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It's been a while since we shared a chic and contemporary city wedding on the blog but lovelies have we got a treat in store for you this morning. Rachael and Joe's big day is the epitome of urban cool despite it taking place in the summer heat earlier this year.
There are dapper men in tailored suits, some of the photos of which are possibly my favourite 'men getting ready' photos ever to appear on the blog. There are also coral clad maids, a super simple and oh so elegant wedding dress and TWO pairs of wedding shoes.
Oh and there's the epic walk down the streets of London and the short tube ride that Rachael and her maids took to the wedding ceremony at Swiss Church. I can only imagine that the anticipation of the journey and all of the well-wishers' words of congratulations would have been truly immense.
And when you thought it couldn't get any better, there's a Ceilidh dance organised by Joe's parents no less. I so would have loved to have been a guest at this wedding.
Come on, let's take a look.
Swiss Church
Rachael The Bride: Our wedding took place at the Swiss Church in London on August 3rd 2013. We decided against a religious ceremony and instead chose a Humanist celebrant, which resulted in a ceremony which we feel was really and truly a reflection of us. Our celebrant, Rupert Morris was the most warm and creative writer who constructed a wonderful ceremony based on the many conversations we had with him in the process of preparing for the wedding.
We took the tube to the church and from the church to the reception. The reception was at the Tufnell Park Tavern pub which we chose for its informality and the team of Martin and Amanda were excellent to work with from the beginning. We are both real foodies and one of the most important things was for us to have amazing food that our friends and family would remember.
Dresses Galore
The dress! I loved trying on all the different styles available, but the number of beautiful and interesting styles out there became a real problem as I wanted lots of them and found myself quite confused in the end. I still have a David Fielden sample that I need to sell! Then I went back to my original, gut feeling, which was to buy a fantastic designer dress that I could wear again. When I found the Roksanda Ilincic ivory dress at Browns in Sloane Square, I knew it would be perfect.
I really struggled with the prospect of wearing a veil and I did look for a hair accessory but in the end decided against it.
Opals And Coral Shoes
I wore my engagement ring designed by Dorothy Hogg MBE; a friend of Joe's family. A pair of earrings were bought from Whistles the evening before by Becky my bridesmaid as I'd forgotten about them, an opal ring that belonged to my late Grandmother and a bracelet which had been delivered to the hotel the afternoon before the wedding by Joe. It was from a designer called Samma and from the website Pour Porter. All of the jewellry I have worn since, and it reminds me of the wedding when I do.
I am a shoe person. I love them. But as a teacher I don't get to wear the most interesting footwear on a day to day basis as I spend lots of time on my feet. So I bought two pairs, one for the ceremony and a second pair for the rest of the day.
The first pair were from Lauren Marinis, an Australian designer. Lauren was so kind when I emailed about UK stockists – because I couldn't decide on the colour I wanted she offered to bring the shoes over to the UK and have them couriered to me whilst she was here in London on business. A very bizarre but fun experience on a drizzly Sunday.
The second pair were a pair of coral Alexander McQueen shoes that I bought not long after we got engaged and they pretty much determined all of the colour choices I made throughout the wedding. I just loved the pale coral colour.
Simple Waves
I had my hair cut shorter about five months before the wedding and decided to go for simple waves on the day, after having an up do in my original trial. I never wear my hair up so it would have felt strange to do so on my wedding day. My make up stayed similar to what I would wear, using bronzes around my eyes but my lovely make up artist Kylie McMichael also added a coral lip which I adored and the (very well priced) Bubblegum lipstick from Miss Sporty has now become a staple of mine. I cannot speak highly enough about Kylie she was so accommodating and considerate, whilst also being a real witty addition to the proceedings in the morning!
Peonies And Flower Crowns
As we were in August we thought we would be too late for peonies and ranunculus, but due to the rain we were able to have some peonies which was lovely. However, we left a lot of the specific flower types up to Hattie Fox, the owner of That Flower Shop, as she is super creative and she had hit the nail on the head with the Pinterest board of colours which she set up after our initial meeting.
She completely understood what we wanted and was able to do something really alternative with what is a difficult space in the church; it being both traditional and starkly modern at the same time. Plus the dahlias and the colours. They were just amazing. She also supplied us with some loose flowers and wire which my bridesmaid Ella and I transformed into flower crowns on the morning of the wedding. A skill that was boozily honed on the hen do.
The flowers were transported from the ladder display in the church to the pub and the flowers were arranged in tiny jars and vases throughout the pub. We just wanted to add colour and life to the space really, and didn't want to ruin the informality with huge centrepieces and organised displays.
Red Spots And Polka Dots
The bridesmaids' dresses were one of many Etsy finds, and they were made to measure by a woman called Sheryll Raz in Tel Aviv. Her company is called Blush Fashion. Sheryll was another very helpful lady, who not only sent me three styles for the girls to try on and choose from along with fabric samples (they all wore a corally pink colour), but when one bridesmaid accidentally got her measurements slightly off Sheryll made a new dress, and allowed me to return the other one in double quick time! She was brilliant.
The girls wore a combination of Vivienne Westwood shoes and some other online buys. Their necklaces were a gift from me on the morning of the wedding and I bought them from Tiny Armour on Etsy.
The groomsmen all wore their own suit and a white shirt. We bought each of them a tie and a pocket square. The best men had paisley blue print ties with nautical print pocket squares. The ushers had blue ties with red spots and polka dot squares. The ties were from Zara and the pocket squares from T.M. Lewin.
A Saville Row Dandy
Joe decided straight away that getting married was a good reason to have a tailored suit made.
As a result he spent a lot of time researching tailors, fabrics and cuts, and eventually decided on a company based in Saville Row called Cad and the Dandy. We spent a very interesting afternoon in there discussing fabrics, and I was then sent away whilst Joe decided on cut with Michael Browne. His suit was beautifully cut and stitched, and is a piece I know he will treasure. He looked incredibly handsome, and I remember just being desperate to get to him as I walked down the aisle, the suit has to take some credit for that I think!
He bought a shirt from Banana Republic and his tie was by an American company called the Hill-Side and bought from Selvedge in Archway. His shoes were a pair of oxblood brogues from Barker on Jermyn Street. He also wore a Nomos Tangomat watch which was a wedding present from me on the morning of the wedding.
Craig And Kate
We met with several brilliant photographers whose work we had agreed we both liked before the wedding and I'm really glad we did. When we met Craig and Kate though we knew pretty much straight away as we simply felt that they were the kind of people we would hang out with in real life! They were interesting, funny and didn't take themselves too seriously. And they were as enthusiastic about our controversial ideas for the wedding, such as travelling on the tube, where others had balked at the idea they saw the opportunity for some fun photos.
Our engagement shoot proved that we had made the right decision; we were basically able to have a fun day out in London, chatting away and getting to know them. By the time we made it to the bizarrely empty pub in which we met (a grungy late night pub called The Dolphin in Hackney) we felt really comfortable and they had managed to take some brilliant photos of a pair of rather camera-shy individuals.
Looking at the photos and our slideshow now it's plain to us that we made the right choice. All of our friends have commented time after time on how wonderful the photos are and even the most manly of men have been brought to tears by the slideshow. Craig and Kate truly have a talent for capturing the unnoticed moments that create the narrative of a wedding day.
Home Baked
As I have already mentioned, we are big foodies but I used to run a food blog and cottage lemon curd business (niche, I know!). So I decided to go ahead and bake the wedding cake. It was a three tier carrot cake which although we left it unfrosted, included layers of cream cheese frosting, digestive biscuit crumbles and schmeared homemade cheesecake which kept it moist. We had planned to have pear and apple crumble layered cake and a chocolate and salt caramel layered cake, but we will be having those for our civil ceremony in November as we ran out of time before the August wedding!
We also had coffee cakes, chocolate cakes, some Victoria Sponges with homemade rhubarb curd (it had to appear somewhere!) and a Greek orange and honey cake made by both sets of mums.
Finally, I made a 10 inch cake with rainbow sprinkles and four layers of cake and frosting, that served as a birthday cake for my dad! Our MC Michael (a friend who is a music teacher and who has a wonderfully booming voice and wicked sense of humour) had everyone sing happy birthday to my dad before the speeches started, which was a really lovely moment.
Cake served as dessert and judging by the empty cake table, was a huge hit. I am not much for heavy, traditional fruit cake at a wedding (although I love it at Christmas) so we wanted something lighter, more fun and prettier! Since the wedding I've had a couple of friends ask me to create unfrosted layered cakes for their dessert tables and for parties, so I've decided to offer a selected number of dates for wedding cakes, beginning with a soft launch discount for Spring 2014 weddings which I'm really excited about!
The Red Hot Rockets
When we arrived at the pub we had a brilliant two-piece called The Red Hot Rockets playing rock n roll standards in the garden which worked wonders in getting everyone out into the sun and chatting with glasses of raspberry infused prosecco. They were really fun and they also looked seriously cool with their sunglasses and double bass!
We originally planned to have a Ceilidh as Joe's parents had one at their wedding and we have been to lots of Ceilidh's and Burn's night suppers as a couple. As well as this we hoped for lots of unorganised dancing later in the evening and Joe's brother's band, The Zetland Players, were scheduled for the headline set! Eventually we realised that most Ceilidh bands wanted to do about 3 hours and we just didn't have time, but luckily Joe's parents came to the rescue.
As a group of teachers and career students (me, Joe, his brother, his mum and dad, lots of his friends) it didn't seem ridiculous to imagine that with a bit of training, someone could learn to run the Ceilidh with some recorded music. So, off went Rita and Tim (Joe's parents) to see some old friends one of whom is a caller and offered to teach them the tricks of the trade, in time for the wedding and over two days they came up with five dances for us. When it came to the day Tim was quite nervous, but it was wonderfully manic. All the teachers kept having to shush each other to listen and it all ended in a tangled whirl of limbs and Scottish music. It was perfect.
Love Is A Shelter
As readings we had Joe's friend Lucie read from The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery. This is a lovely children's book which is quite philosophical and the central message of the section we chose ends by saying, "what is essential is invisible to the eye" which we felt was quite romantic.
My school friend Mark then read a poem we studied at school together by Carol Ann Duffy called Anne Hathaway about the relationship of Shakespeare and his wife. Bits of it are a bit risqué so I wonder who picked up on the "diving for pearls" reference! Finally our friend Jared read Presence of Love by Samuel Taylor Coleridge which is just deeply romantic and explains that love is a shelter and a safe place to reside.
Helping Hands
We had the most wonderful Alexandra from Bijou Bride who coordinated our day and she was really fantastic. Plus she managed an unruly gang of lads in the morning who were our ushers and her decor assistants!
In the church we left it up to Hattie and her wonderfully creative team They came up with the ladders and little vases in the apse at the end of the church, and we had succulents in pots lining the aisle. We also had homemade orders of service in the church which we had edge painted in turquoise, magenta, coral and navy and covered in gold leaf to brighten up the seats. My mum and I spent a day on those which was an interesting experiment of how to get it right!
At the pub we used table runners painted by my mum, ribbons tied in all the trees and paper honeycomb balls strung up on the arbour at the back of the garden. Really simple things like tealights in jam jars also really helped to make the pub feel celebratory whilst also keeping it informal. Hattie's flowers were also used throughout the pub.
Alexandra was truly indispensable in helping me organise this beforehand and in setting up on the day. She also set up the dessert table, the cakes were laid out on platters that belonged to my Grandmother and given height from old Grocer's Manuals which had belonged to my Grandfather.
Try To Eat Lots Of Cake And Dance As Much As Possible
You can't do everything! Unless organising the wedding is the only thing you are doing at that moment in time.
We had a wicked combination of jobs, part time masters work and essays, PhD applications and new job applications and interviews and then we were taking trips to New Covent Garden where I hoped that by process of osmosis I would suddenly be able to put flowers together and to tie bouquets!
So we delegated. Sometimes to family and friends and sometimes to wonderful, creative, experienced people like Hattie and Alexandra. This meant I was then able to focus on the things I really wanted to do such as design and make the invitations, trial and make the cakes and spend time sorting through things in my Grandmother's house with my mum.
Without a doubt, throwing a great party that everyone really enjoyed was one of our top priorities.
We had a lot of random bits and pieces that made up the day and made it feel like our wedding and then we also had lots of fun and more traditional things that we're pleased we did like have a Fuji Instax camera with our guest book and the numerous speeches that made everyone laugh and cry!
Essentially our advice would be to look at a traditional wedding, then have what you want and don't have what you don't want. Oh, and try to eat lots of cake, and dance as much as possible!
Click here & view all images from this wedding
Venue – Tufnell Park Tavern Club
Gown – Lambton by Roksanda Ilincic
Boutique – Browns Bride
Florist – Hattie Fox at That Flower Shop
Make-up – Kylie McMichael
Maids – BLUSH Fashion
Bands – The Red Hot Rockets and The Zetland Players
Groom – Cad and the Dandy
Cakes – The Unfrosted Bakery
Wedding Co-ordinator – Alexandra at Bijou Bride
Photography – Craig + Kate Photography
Personally I think Rachael's advice 'to eat lots of cake, and dance as much as possible' is not only relevant to weddings but to Life in general. There's not much that can go wrong if you bear this mantra in mind.
Wouldn't you agree?


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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Haylie's Kentucky Fried Chicken Commercial
Haylie, age 10, just booked a Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial. Haylie's other credits include Aeroppostale, Children's Place, Spring 2013 JC Penney ad campaigns and catalogs, Primark, Bon Prix, Tobetoo, Bed Bath and Beyond, Pineapple, Regatta, Adidas, Belk, Aldi, Charles Vogele, We Love Pop UK, Tobetoo, Speedo, Converse, a direct booking for Office Depot, a direct booking for Moda Bambini Magazine, three days of direct bookings for Summer 2013 Next UK advertising campaigns and catalogs. two direct bookings for magazine editorial features and a direct booking for Burn Notice.

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Attorney Authorised by the Court to Give Himself £6 Million
In a recent case, an attorney under a Lasting Power of Attorney has successfully applied to the Court of Protection for authority to make gifts of £7 million, with £6 million to himself, from his mother's estate.
The son of a 72-year-old lady, who had lost mental capacity due to dementia, made the application for the stated purpose of reducing the Inheritance Tax due on his mother's estate further down the line. If his mother survived at least three years after the gifts were made, there would be a reduction in the Inheritance Tax, and seven years would see the gifts escape the charge completely. With an estate of roughly £17 million in question, the Inheritance Tax due on death would be significant in any case!
Lasting Powers of Attorney allow someone (the 'donor') to appoint others ('attorneys') to make decisions on their behalf when the donor does not have capacity to manage their own affairs. Attorneys under LPAs have limited powers to make gifts of their money and any above the amounts set in place under the law must be approved by the Court of Protection.
There has been a history of cases such as these, where attorneys have put forward gifts to themselves for Inheritance Tax planning purposes – with varied success. The usual snag is that the actions of attorneys and the Court itself are governed by the principle that any decisions taken must be in the donor's best interests. As any Inheritance Tax saving would be after the donor's death, could it be said to be in their best interests? Would increasing the inheritance of their family members be a good thing for them?
To resolve this, the Court of Protection undertook a balancing exercise. Despite the reason for the application, the Inheritance Tax factor was ignored, as having no impact at all on the donor. Instead, the Court gave weight to the fact that the lady had herself made lifetime gifts to her son, would retain more than enough money to cover her needs for the remainder of her life and that all the parties, including the lady's representatives in the case and her other beneficiaries, agreed. On balance, the gifts of £7 million were authorised on the basis that they were, however narrowly, more in the lady's best interests than against.
The case just shows that there is no black and white answer to the question of best interests and how gifts which may be surprising at first glance can, in fact, be approved.
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A roundup of motoring news from the web:
■ Going by Ford's reckoning, the Ute — the car-pickup truck hybrid so popular in Australia — turned 80 years old this week. Taking into consideration the needs of Aussie farmers, a young Ford designer came up with the idea for the ute, the first of which was sold to a farmer near Melbourne in February 1934. (Ford)
■ Tokuo Fukuichi, head of design for Toyota Motor Company's Toyota, Lexus and Scion brands, has been chosen to lead the Lexus division. Toyota has trimmed its board slightly, giving Mr. Fukuichi a seat that had been held by the Lexus brand's international chief. Toyota says Mr. Fukuichi will continue to run the company's design department as well. (Automotive News, subscription required)
■ Google Glass, the wearable social media device that allows its users to connect with the Internet and manipulate its controls without using their hands, may be banned for use while driving in six states, including Illinois, New Jersey and West Virginia. Google says that as a hands-free device, Google Glass is appropriate for use while driving. The states that favor a ban equate using the device while behind the wheel with texting and driving, which has been shown to be distracting. (Bloomberg)
■ Joe MacDonald of Knoxville, Tenn., lost his 1965 Volkswagen Beetle when it was stolen in 1974, but the car resurfaced recently when federal Border Patrol agents checked its paperwork as it was being shipped overseas for restoration work. Its current owner, a Michigan resident, said he hadn't known the car was stolen, and Mr. MacDonald said the government sent some paperwork to initiate the process of getting him his car back. (The Associated Press)
■ Honda, Hyundai and Toyota announced plans this week to lease limited numbers of hydrogen fuel-cell-powered cars in California and some European countries by late 2015. In California, the cars are part of the state's coming requirement that zero-emissions vehicles comprise at least 15 percent of all new vehicles sold there. (The Wall Street Journal, subscription required)
■ As Acura, Honda's luxury division, struggles to establish its identity among many other strong luxury brands, Honda announced the establishment of an Acura Business Planning Office to rejuvenate the brand. The new unit will be headed by Erik Berkman, who is president of Honda R&D Americas. (Bloomberg)
■ Unfazed by Eastern Montana's brutal winter weather this year, Kyle Johnson, the general manager of American Ford in Glendive, Mont., has been sending his staff out to help customers who have been unable or unwilling to travel to the dealership. Using a flatbed truck and a Ford Super Duty equipped with a trailer, his team has been picking up and dropping off customers' cars for service, as well as dropping off newly purchased vehicles and new models for test drives. (Automotive News, subscription required)
■ Honda said last week that it would build its subcompact Fit and a soon-to-be-released compact crossover at its new plant in Celaya, Mexico. The factory is expected to produce 200,000 units per year. (Edmunds)


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Jeff (Montana Peters) being a young guy with cash, he had the ability to get any girl of his choice to oil his bed but when the time came for Jeff to settle down he was face with the problem of choice as to who to marry between Regina, Tina and Diana.
Jeff resorted to the option of involving Ella (Tande Delphine) who had to flew in from the States to make things easier for Jeff.
The story opens when Regina(Elodie Tarh) walks in to Jeff's room and meets Ella stag naked On Jeff's bed .Regina ''who are you and what are you doing on this bed?'' Ella" what does it look like?'' Regina "before I go to the sitting room and come Back here make sure you disappear through the walls" while Jeff is half naked in the sitting room watching TV,In the scene that follows Tina visits Jeff and meets Ella preparing food for Jeff as she could hear her from the living room calling Jeff "Bebe Jeff " Tina got mad of course because she came for the money(3million fcfa) she collected what she came for and left.
On one faithful morning Jeff and Ella decided to visit Regina and tell her everything she saw was a set up but as faith will have it behold Regina walked in before Jeff and Ella could leave the house. Jeff as he saw Regina walks in Jeff ''baby you are here'' Regina '' don't even think about it , I came to collect my things". To cut the long story short it turn out that Ella is Jeff's cousin who happened to be the brain behind all the happenings. Jeff got Regina engaged on the spot and they got married weeks later.
I know you think the story ended there but sorry they is someone who we still need to find out what happened when she collected the 3 million FCFA and left of course am talking about Tina.
As she collected the 3 million FCFA from Jeff she went and sold her shop for 1 million FCFA added the money to 4 million FCFA and handed the money to Leo (Carl Calito) her boyfriend to use and travel abroad with the hope of coming back to get married to her someday but surprisingly Leo took the money handed 3 millions to Janet (Njong Felicity) who happens to be the girl he was in love with.
Janet took the money and handed to her fiancé Mandy who lost his shop to flames due to the Anglophone crisis in Bamenda . Mandy refuse to collect the money given his Christian nature but after consultation he took the money relocated to Yaounde invested it and made profit, Mandy decided to come meet Janet's parents for marriage, On arriving Buea he coincidentally met with Tina who happens to be his university course mate fortunately for her Leo was present in her house that faithful day as they began talking as to why Mandy was in Buea it happened that Janet is the same girl Leo gave 3 million France to, frustrated Tina cried and sent Leo away.
After Tina finally discovered that Jeff was the right man for her she decided to go back and apologize to Jeff but on reaching Jeff's house she found out that Jeff was married to Regina who was few months pregnant for him , she cried but it was way too late .


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AG Nominee Gonzales Grilled
Attorney general nominee Alberto Gonzales drew scorching criticism from Senate Democrats on Thursday for his role in Bush administration policies on the treatment of terror suspects. He repudiated torture tactics and vowed at a contentious confirmation hearing to abide by international treaties on prisoner rights.
"I will no longer represent only the White House. I will represent the United States of America and its people. I understand the difference between the two roles," President Bush's counsel told the Senate Judiciary Committee.
His assurances did little to placate Democrats.
"America's troops and citizens are at greater risk" because of administration policies that are "tantamount to torture," said Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the panel's top Democrat.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., told Gonzales that policies he supported or helped formulate "have been used by the administration, the military and the CIA to justify torture and Geneva Convention violations by military and civilian personnel."
Despite the Democratic fireworks, Gonzales' nomination was widely expected to be confirmed by the GOP-led Senate. Even his detractors praised the rags-to-riches story of the Texas-raised son of Mexican immigrants.
"The road you traveled....all the way to the White House is a tribute to you and your family," Leahy said.
Gonzales, 49, seated by himself at the witness table, answered pointed questions in a calm, even voice. His wife, three sons, mother-in-law and a brother sat behind him in the first row of the audience.
Before Gonzales' confirmation hearing got under way, the White House refused to provide senators additional documents on his role in the decision to allow aggressive interrogations of terrorism detainees, adding to the administration's confrontation with congressional Democrats over the now-repudiated policies.
David Leitch, the White House's deputy counsel, told committee Democrats in a letter released Thursday that the administration had already turned over all of the documents it plans to.
Democrats seized on the hearing as an opportunity to heap criticism on the outgoing attorney general, John Ashcroft.
"The previous attorney general ran the most secretive Justice Department in my lifetime," said Sen. Charles Schumer of New York. "Will you continue the John Ashcroft 'my way or the highway' approach, which often led to embarrassment?"
Gonzales sidestepped the question.
Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said his committee would closely scrutinize Gonzales' involvement in a January 2002 memo he wrote on the treatment of enemy prisoners and his role in crafting presidential orders on detainee policy.
Specter bluntly asked Gonzales: "Do you approve of torture?"
"Absolutely not, senator," he responded.
Asked about the torture scandal at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, Gonzales said he was "sickened and outraged by those photos." But he declined to give a legal opinion on the alleged abuses, suggesting he didn't want to prejudice a possible criminal case if he becomes attorney general.
At the White House, presidential spokesman Scott McClellan said Bush had "full trust" in Gonzales and hoped the Senate would "move forward quickly."
Looming over Thursday's hearing was speculation that Bush might name Gonzales to a vacancy on the Supreme Court once one occurs, a possibility mentioned by several committee members.
"Let me make it clear, I am not a candidate for the Supreme Court," Gonzales said.
"Just in case it happens, one standard is different than the other," said Schumer, suggesting Senate support for Gonzales' nomination as attorney general would not necessarily translate into support for him if he's nominated to the high court.
Even as they grilled him on administration policy on terror suspects, Democrats on the panel were generous in praising the man who would be the nation's first Hispanic attorney general.
"This is not about your intelligence, this hearing is not about your competence, it's not about your integrity — it's about your judgment and your candor," said Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del. "We're looking for candor, old buddy. I love you, but you're not very candid so far."
Some of the harshest criticism came from Kennedy, who bore in hard on Gonzales' involvement in presidential directives which gave CIA interrogators more leeway in their treatment of terror suspects.
"We had captured some really bad people" who had information that might save American lives, Gonzales said.
A 1994 law imposes harsh penalties on those convicted of torturing prisoners.
Gonzales defended his conclusion that the Geneva Convention protections for prisoners of war did not apply to terror suspects, including those being held in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, who were mostly captured in Afghanistan.
"My judgment was...that it would not apply to al-Qaida — they weren't a signatory to the convention," he said.
However, Gonzales testified that the conventions clearly applied to prisoners in Iraq.
Democrats questioned Gonzales' closeness to Bush, suggesting it might cloud his judgment. They met during Bush's 1994 gubernatorial campaign and Bush hired him as his counsel before appointing him to the state Supreme Court.
"You know there are going to be times when the attorney general of the United States has to enforce the law of the United States. He can't be worried about friends or colleagues at the White House. His duty is to all Americans," said Leahy, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Gonzales responded that he knew the difference. He sidestepped questions on efforts by Senate Democrats to block Bush's judicial nominees, saying a move by GOP leaders to crush Democratic filibusters on constitutional grounds was an internal Senate matter.
In other confirmation news:
Spellings has two children in school. Her daughter Mary, 17, attends a Catholic high school, and her daughter Grace, 12, goes to a public middle school. On money — a sore spot among congressional Democrats, teachers unions and others — Spellings defended Bush's spending record and would not comment on his upcoming budget.
The Senate Agriculture Committee unanimously approved the Nebraska governor's nomination after a three-hour hearing. ``I will always be a farmer's son with an intense passion for agriculture,'' said Johanns, whose father was an Iowa dairy farmer.


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Hi, I am very new to Geronimo. I have a web services application that uses Spring 2.0.3 and Spring web services. It runs in Tomcat 5.5.20 and 6.0.10. It has all its dependent JAR files in the WEB-INF/lib directory in the WAR file so I was hoping that I could simply deploy the WAR file to Geronimo. When I try to do so, there is a pause and then the console (a command prompt window) gets into a whole series of exception stack traces until the process runs out of memory or I stop it. The first is as listed in the subject line of this emai: java.lang.Exception: Could not load 1.0/com/sun/codemodel/CodeWriter.class This class is in one of the JAR files (jaxb-xjc-2.0.1.jar) in my WEBINF/lib directory but the system does not seem to be able to find it. Every one of the classes in that JAR file appear in similar stack traces one after the other. The classes all seem to be in that same JAR file at least as far as I get. I am probably way off base with what I'm doing but does anyone have any idea of what is going wrong? Best wishes, Ivan. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/java.lang.Exception%3A-Could-not-load-1.0-com-sun-codemodel-CodeWriter.class-tf3438319s134.html#a9587182 Sent from the Apache Geronimo - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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The Green Bay Packers did not play this weekend but their organization suffered a loss nonetheless.
Max McGee, the free-spirited Green Bay Packers receiver who became part of Super Bowl lore after a night on the town, died when he fell while clearing leaves from the roof of his home. He was 75.
Police were called to his home in suburban Deephaven on Saturday afternoon, Sgt. Chris Whiteside said. Efforts to resuscitate failed.
McGee caught the first touchdown pass in Super Bowl history in 1967, a game he expected to watch from the sideline. When it was over, he had caught seven passes for 138 yards and two TDs and Green Bay — coached by the great Vince Lombardi — had beaten the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10.
McGee often drew the ire of the legendary Lombardi with his antics off the field. In fact, there was one notable incident which resulted in McGee being reprimanded in front of teammates.
McGee was notorious among the Packers for sneaking out after curfew, in search of bright lights and pretty companions.
One time, Lombardi caught and fined McGee twice within a few days. Then came a third infraction. "MAX!" Lombardi roared at a team meeting, "that will cost you five hundred dollars." That was real money in a time when $25,000 a year would make an All-Pro tackle very happy.
Lombardi was shaking with anger. He seemed to be fighting a losing battle, and he didn't like to lose at anything. "Max, if I catch you again" -- the coach had turned from red to purple -- "the fine will be ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS." The room grew silent and Lombardi stopped shaking. "Max," he said, softly. "If you find anything worth a thousand for sneaking out, call me and I'll go with you."
McGee is survived by wife Denise, four children and several grandchildren.


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By Jacob Stockinger
Last Wednesday night at the Middleton Performing Arts Center, the mostly amateur but critically acclaimed Middleton Community Orchestra (below, in a photo by Brian Ruppert) celebrated its 10th anniversary.
The MCO hit all the right notes. And there were many of them, both big and small.
But perhaps the biggest one was also the quietest one.
It came during the repetition section near the end of the heart-rending slow movement of the Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622, by Mozart.
The Ear knows the piece and considers it one of the most perfect compositions ever written. But suddenly he heard the familiar work in a fresh way and with a new appreciation, thanks to the talented guest soloist J.J. Koh, who is principal clarinet of the Madison Symphony Orchestra. (You can hear the slow movement in the YouTube video at the bottom.)
The movement was going beautifully when suddenly, Koh (below) brought the dynamics down to almost a whisper. It felt prayer-like, so quiet was the sound. Yet it was completely audible. The tone was rich and the notes on pitch, even though Koh sounded as if he were barely breathing. It was a heart-stopping, breathtaking moment of high beauty.
It takes a virtuoso to play that softly and that solidly at the same time. And Koh was backed up with the same subtlety by the fine accompaniment provided by the scaled-down orchestra under conductor Steve Kurr.
The sublime result was nothing short of haunting, a musical moment that The Ear will remember and cherish as long as he lives.
And he wasn't alone. A complete silence fell over the appreciative audience as Koh and the MCO were playing, and at intermission it was what everybody was talking about and wondering at. You just had to be there. It was the kind of musical experience that makes a live performance so engaging and unforgettable.
That moment of communion between soloist and ensemble by itself was enough to tell you how very much the MCO, which improves with each performance, has accomplished in its first decade.
There were other noteworthy moments too.
Of course tributes had to be paid.
So the evening started off with some brief background and introductory words from the co-founders and co-artistic directors Larry Bevic and Mindy Taranto (below).
Then Middleton Mayor Gurdip Brar (below) came on stage to read his official 10th anniversary proclamation and to urge people to applaud. He proved a jovial, good-natured cheerleader for the large audience of "good neighbors" that included many children.
When the music finally arrived, conductor Kurr (below) raised the curtain with his own original 14-minute episodic composition celebrating the "Good Neighbor City" of Middleton. It proved a fitting work for the occasion that evoked both the Midwestern harmonies of Aaron Copland and the brassy film scores of John Williams.
After intermission, the full 90-member MCO under Kurr returned and turned in a performance of Antonin Dvorak's popular "New World" Symphony that did them all proud.
The tempo was energetic with a strong, constant pulse that didn't falter. As usual, the string and wind sections proved outstanding – and still seem to get better each time.
But the real star this time was the brass, whose prominent part in the Dvorak symphony is hard to play. Playing consistently on pitch and expressively – they were clearly well-rehearsed — the brass boosted the whole performance and raised it to a new level. Which is exactly what the anniversary concert demanded and received.
The Ear wasn't alone in being impressed.
A professional musician visiting from San Francisco said simply: "They are much better than our community orchestra."
Is there better homage to pay to a 10th anniversary concert and to make listeners look forward to hearing more? If you aren't going to MCO's affordable and appealing concerts, you are only cheating yourself.
For more information about the complete season, including programs, performers, guest soloists and how to join or support the MCO, go to: http://middletoncommunityorchestra.org
If you went, what did you think of the opening anniversary concert?
Leave your opinions and good wishes in the comment section.
The Ear wants to hear.
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By Jacob Stockinger
This Wednesday night, Oct. 9, the mostly amateur but highly praised Middleton Community Orchestra (below) will open its 10th anniversary season, which is dedicated to retired critic John W. Barker for his help in championing the ensemble.
The concert is at 7:30 p.m. in the comfortable and acoustically excellent Middleton Performing Arts Center (below, in a photo by Brian Ruppert), which is attached to Middleton High School, 2100 Bristol Street.
Admission is $15 for the public, free for students. Tickets are available from the Willy Street Coop West and at the door. The box office opens at 6:30 p.m. Auditorium doors open at 7 p.m.
The appealing program features J.J. Koh (below), principal clarinet of the Madison Symphony Orchestra, as guest soloist in the beautiful and poignant Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622. (In the YouTube video at the bottom, you can hear the sublime slow movement, which may sound familiar from when it was used in the soundtrack to the film "Out of Africa.")
Also on the program is the popular Symphony No. 9 – "From the New World" – by Antonin Dvorak.
But raising the curtain will be the world premiere of a work that was written specifically for this orchestra on this occasion in its own city.
The piece was composed by Steve Kurr, who teaches at Middleton High School and who is the resident conductor of the MCO.
For more information about the MCO's season along with critical reviews and information about how to join it or support it and how to enter its new youth concerto competition, go to:
Kurr, below, will conduct the premiere of his own work, which he recently discussed via email with The Ear:
How much do you compose and why do you compose?
When I do compose, which is not often, it is usually with a specific event in mind. I have written several things for the musicians at Middleton High School, including a four-movement string symphony, a piece for a retiring colleague, and several works we have taken on tour.
In this case, the 10th season of the Middleton Community Orchestra provided a great reason to write. I always enjoy the process, but it can be time-consuming, so I don't do it as often as I might like.
How does composing fit in with your teaching and conducting?
Most of the composing I do comes in the summer because it is when I can devote larger chunks of time. This new work was germinating in some form for several years, but almost all of the notes-on-the-page work came this past June.
How do you compose?
I approach composition in an analytical way, which will come as no surprise to anyone who knows me. I think about structure early on in the process, both at the full work scale and in the smaller sections.
Most of my work comes on the computer in the notation software Finale, and some comes on the piano or on a string instrument.
I run ideas past my wife Nancy for her input and for this piece I also got a huge amount of advice and help from composer and MCO violist Neb Macura (below). (Thanks, Neb! You were invaluable!) Most of the melodic material came to me in the car on the way to school.
How would you describe your musical or tonal style?
I would say that my style is mostly tonal and not all that adventurous in terms of harmony. The fact that I have spent much of my musical career studying the works of the Classical and Romantic periods shows through. And yet you might find some moments that hint at more recent styles.
Can you briefly tell the public about the new piece to be premiered?
"Good Neighbors" is subtitled "Episodes for Orchestra" and the connected episodes describe various aspects of the Middleton community.
Episode 1 depicts the city of Middleton and its bustling energy within a small town feel. Episode 2 is about all of the water around, including the creeks, ponds and Lake Mendota. Episode 3 is the Good Neighbor Festival, appearing at the end of summer for so many years. Episode 4 describes the land around, including the rolling farmland, the driftless area, and the Ice Age Trail.
The final episode brings together tunes from the previous four, combining them to demonstrate that the Good Neighbor City is more than the sum of its parts. The opening theme shows up in several different versions throughout, including most notably the theme from Episode 4.
Is there anything else you would like to say?
At first I considered the endeavor almost self-indulgent as I set a piece of my own in front of the ensemble. Then I started to feel presumptuous. It is a humbling experience to see my name on a program with Mozart and Dvorak, two of my favorite composers.
It has been a terrific experience working with these fine musicians as we realize this new work together. My thanks go to them for their willingness to help me present this gift to the Middleton community.
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By Jacob Stockinger
It has been warmer than the usual fall weather, so why not go sultry?
That's what the Madison Symphony Orchestra (below, in a photo by Peter Rodgers) will do when it opens its 94th season this coming weekend.
The program "Love, Lust and Redemption" will combine the power of the Klais organ (below top) with MSO principal organist and curator of the Overture Concert Organ Greg Zelek who opens the season with Samuel Barber's Toccata Festiva.
The all-orchestral program also features the Madison Symphony Orchestra exploring the sonic sensuality of Wagner's "Tannhäuser"Overture, Debussy's "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" and Dvorak's Symphony No. 7.
Performances will are in Overture Hall, 201 State Street, on Friday, Sept. 27, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 28, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 29, at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets are $19 to $95. For more information, see below.
MSO music director and conductor John DeMain (below) says of the program:
"Our opening concert is both festive and gorgeously romantic as we present our star organist Greg Zelek (below) in his MSO concerto debut.
"We open with one of the most beautiful overtures ever written, Wagner's Overture to the opera Tannhäuser and then, after intermission, the great Symphony No. 7 in D Minor by Dvorak.
In between is the little jewel by Debussy, his quintessential impressionistic masterpiece, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. All are favorites of mine, and I look forward to making them favorites of yours, if they aren't already."
"Tannhäuser: Overture and Venusberg Music" by Richard Wagner (below) is frequently performed as a separate work in orchestral concerts, the first such performance having been given by Felix Mendelssohn conducting the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in February 1846.
Wagner began revisions to the opera immediately, which resulted in two more versions: the Paris version in 1861 and the Vienna version in 1875. Members of the Madison Symphony Orchestra Chorus also perform in this piece.
TheToccata Festiva was written by the American composer Samuel Barber (below) as an occasional work for the Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy. It pairs organ and orchestra, and celebrated the inauguration of a new organ for the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, a gift from longtime patron Mary Curtis Zimbalist who had also commissioned the new piece.
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faunby French composer Claude Debussy (below) is a musical evocation of Stephane Mallarmé's poem "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun," in which a faun — a half-man, half-goat creature of ancient Greek legend — awakes to revel in sensuous memories of forest nymphs. Debussy begins the piece with a sinuous and well-known flute melody evocative of a graceful female form.
Symphony No. 7 by Czech composer Antonin Dvorak was greatly influenced by Johannes Brahms. Dvorak decided to compose this symphony after hearing Brahms's new Symphony No. 3.
The piece is distinguished for its somber and dramatic atmosphere and its lack of Slavic-inspired melodies, a characteristic with which the composer's style is usually associated. (You can hear the vivacious Scherzo in the YouTube video at the bottom.)
The lobby opens 90 minutes prior to each concert. One hour before each performance, Randal Swiggum (below) will lead a 30-minute Prelude Discussion in Overture Hall to enhance concertgoers' understanding and listening experience. It is free to ticket holders.
The MSO recommends that concert attendees arrive early for each performance to make sure they have time to pass through Overture Center's security stations, and so they can experience the Prelude Discussion.
Program notes for the concerts are available online: http://bit.ly/msosept19programnotes.
Discounted seats are subject to availability, and discounts may not be combined.
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By Jacob Stockinger
If you missed the free 40th annual Karp Family Labor Day Concert on Tuesday night in Mills Hall, you missed more than music. You missed the kind of event that makes for long and precious memories.
Sure, you can nitpick the program and the performers, who also included daughter-in-law violist Katrin Talbot (below right) and guest violinist Suzanne Beia (below left), who performs with the Pro Arte Quartet, the Madison Symphony Orchestra and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra.
You could ask, for example, which cello transcription worked better – the Violin Sonatina, Op. 100, by Dvorak or the Violin Sonata No. 10, Op. 96, by Beethoven. (The Ear votes for the Dvorak.)
And you could also ask which performer stood out the most. (The Ear thinks that is the great-grandmother and matriarch pianist Frances Karp playing in a Mozart piano quartet. At 90, Frances still possesses beautiful tone, the right volume and balance, and the necessary technical chops. They say there is nowhere to hide in Mozart, but Frances Karp did need any place to hide. Her Mozart was, simply, sublime.)
But, in the end, those kinds of questions and critiques really seem beside the bigger point.
What mattered most was the sheer enjoyment of hearing a family perform live some wonderful music by Mozart, Beethoven, Dvorak and Schumann (the passionate Adagio and Allegro in A-flat Major, Op. 70, played by Lynn Harrell in the YouTube video at the bottom).
And what mattered more as The Ear thought about it was the kind of time travel the concert involved.
There were two kinds, really.
One had to do with having watched the various performing Karps – clearly Madison's First Family of Music – over four decades. It was touching to realize that The Ear has seen cellist Parry Karp, to take one example, evolve from son to husband to father to grandfather. And through it all, the music remained.
In today's culture of short attention spans, that kind of constancy and persistence — through the inevitable ups and downs of 40 years — is something to celebrate, admire and cherish.
Time travel happened in another way too.
The Ear first watched Frances Karp accompany her son Parry (below top), then watched son Christopher Karp accompany his older brother Parry (below bottom). And it called to mind the days when – before radio or recordings – families made music together in their homes.
Historically, that's how many great composers and much great music got started. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Felix Mendelssohn played piano duets with their gifted sisters, Nannerl and Fanny, respectively. Jean Sibelius played duets with his sister. And there were surely many more. Hausmusik, or "house music," played a vital role.
And this is how it felt at the traditional Karp family concert. We felt invited into a loving, close and gifted musical family who were performing as much for each other as for the audience.
We could use more of that.
The musical and the familial mixed so beautifully, so convincingly, that all one can say after the event is "Thank you" with the ardent wish to hear them again next year.
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By Jacob Stockinger
For the first time ever, the Madison Symphony Orchestra (below, in a photo by Peter Rodgers) is offering a sale on tickets to the first three concerts this season.
You will get 20 percent off if you buy tickets through the Overture Center box office in person, by phone (608 258-4141) or online at https://www.overture.org/events
The discount code to say or use is FIRST3SYMPHONY.
Be forewarned: You will NOT find the ticket sale on the MSO website.
There is no limit of how many tickets you can buy, says MSO marketing director Peter Rodgers who also said the traditional holiday ticket sale, with two-tiered discount pricing, will take place as usual from Dec. 16 through Dec. 31.
The season-starting sale runs through this coming Saturday, Aug. 31. You can get discounted single tickets to the concerts on Sept. 27-29, Oct. 18-20 and Nov. 8-10 with performances on Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday afternoons at 2:30 p.m.
Ticket prices range from $19-$95, up about 2 percent from last year to keep up with inflation, Rodgers added.
Why isn't the sale on the MSO website?
"We did it digitally and in a printed brochure that we mailed out just to try and reach out to either season subscribers or people who have already bought single tickets before and have already been to the symphony," says Rodgers. "We just wanted to give some people a little nudge. But anyone can take advantage of the sale."
Rodgers also said that the inaugural sale is not being held because ticket sales are slow. "Ticket sales for this season are competitive with last season's," he said, adding that some buyers might use the sale to get tickets as birthday gifts or for other special occasions.
Although there is no limit to the number of single tickets an individual can buy, Rodgers said that once you get to 10, you are better off going with the usual 25 percent off group rate.
MSO music director John DeMain (below, in a photo by Greg Anderson) will conduct all performances of the first three concerts.
The September concerts open the season with MSO organ soloist Greg Zelek (below) and features the Overture to the opera "Tannhauser" by Richard Wagner; the "Toccata Festiva" by Samuel Barber; the tone poem "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" by Claude Debussy; and the Symphony No. 7 by Antonin Dvorak.
The October concerts feature guest violinist Rachel Barton Pine. The all-Russian and all-20th century program includes the Violin Concerto by Aram Khachaturian; the Symphony No. 9 by Dmitri Shostakovich; and the Suite from "Lieutenant Kije," for trumpet and orchestra, by Sergei Prokofiev.
The November concerts feature guest pianist Joyce Yang. The program is the Symphony No. 2 by Robert Schumann; the Piano Concerto No. 3 by Sergei Prokofiev; and "Newly Drawn Sky" by the Pulitzer Prize-winning and Grammy Award-winning contemporary American composer Aaron Jay Kernis, who teaches at the Yale University School of Music. (You can hear "Newly Drawn Sky" in the YouTube video at the bottom.)
For more details about the three opening concerts and the entire 2019-20 season, including complete programs, go to: https://madisonsymphony.org/concerts-events/2019-2020-symphony-season-concerts/


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Case Study
Need instead of Buzz – From actual requirements to a data driven marketing roadmap
Omni-channel Retailer
Data is the new oil – probably everyone has already heard this sentence and in fact there is a lot of truth to it: both oil and data are of no use to their owners initially, both must be refined and processed. Similarly, the sentence is also incorrect, because while oil in its crude form, already has a measurable value ($ per barrel), this is rarely the case with data. The latter only shows its true value when processed. As a result, companies often ask us: "We have so much data, what can we do with it?
In the present case, a multi-channel retailer, which collects an unspeakable amount of data and thus possesses a true raw diamond, was advised to license a DMP (Data Management Platform). However, it was not clear to the customer, what he actually wanted to achieve with his data. A clear data strategy was missing to drive more data-driven marketing:
- What data do we actually have (from which tools, in which databases)?
- Is this data already linked?
- Which goals do we want to achieve with Data Driven Marketing?
- Which steps must be taken towards more data driven marketing (technical & process-related)?
- What is the so-called "next-best-project" on which we should focus?
Considering this FELD M was commissioned to develop a data strategy together with the customer within a series of workshops to identify the next-best-projects.
Strategy and Actions
In this project we developed use cases for the effective and efficient use of data within the framework of data-thinking workshops. In a first step, we identified and discussed use cases in order to create a common understanding of what Data Driven Marketing means for the company and all parties involved. Since the multi-channel retailer works with many agencies, we also conducted interviews with the marketing agencies within workshops. For example, we asked which tools are in use, what data is generated, how they are used and reported and who has control over the tools and data. Based on the collected findings, we were able to create a very extensive data and tool landscape, which made all participants aware of the wealth of available data, but also of the optimisation potential of the current set up. With the help of this data and tool landscape, the feasibility and effort of the use cases (formulated and prioritized by all participants) were evaluated and subsequently located on a roadmap.
The development of the roadmap clearly showed where procedural internal weaknesses existed, which could often be eliminated by better project organisation and more transparency. We acted as process coach in addressing these challenges.
Depending on the project and its content, we now provide either advice or support regarding the implementation of the identified "next-best-projects".
In close cooperation with all the client's relevant stakeholders and the agencies involved, an integrated Data Strategy was developed which contains the following components:
- A data and tool landscape for a uniform understanding of existing data, its sovereignty and existing and potential missing links
- Support and assistance in the optimisation of internal processes, for example the introduction of new tools
- High acceptance and motivation through early involvement of all stakeholders
- A roadmap of the next measures to lead to more data driven marketing, and as an aid for the evaluation of newly emerging ideas


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AceShowbiz - The first-look photo at "Game of Thrones" prequel series "Bloodmoon" has found its way out online. The photo, which was taken from the upcoming show's top secret set in Italy, featured star Naomi Watts donning her mysterious character's extravagant costume.
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In addition to Watts, "Bloodmoon" will star Josh Whitehouse, Miranda Richardson and Jamie Campbell Bower. The cast also includes Toby Regbo, Georgie Henley, Alex Sharp, Naomi Ackie, Marquis Rodriguez, John Simms, Richard McCabe, John Heffernan and Dixie Egerickx.


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Memphis Depay was less than impressed with a report in the UK media which highlighted his recent purchase of a serious amount of toilet roll.
The Daily Mail's article included a photo of Depay 'leaving Booths in Cheshire with bottled water, even some Capri Sun orange juice, and that most vital of commodities... loo roll.'
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The Lyke Wake Walk is a 42 mile crossing of the North York Moors from Osmotherley to Ravenscar. The official starting point is the Lyke Wake Stone, just past the reservoir on the outskirts of Osmotherley and the finishing point the Lyke Wake Stone on Beacon Howes at Ravenscar.
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