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You could argue that no athlete has it better than Stephen Curry right now.
Curry won MVP last year, led the Golden State Warriors to a title, and is now the clear favorite to repeat as MVP this year while his Warriors are the best team in the NBA once again.
And perhaps no athlete has a better off-court life. From becoming the face of Under Armour and numerous other endorsements to his friendship with Cam Newton and his increasing profile as a celebrity, Curry has it made.
Here's a look at his marvelous life:
Curry's deal with Under Armour is also a bit of a steal for the company. It lured him from Nike with a deal reportedly worth about $4.5 million per year. In 2015, it extended his deal to 2024, and he now has an ownership stake in the business.
Source: Money Nation
Read more: " Under Armour hit the jackpot with its Stephen Curry bet"
His jaw-dropping highlights leave other professional athletes in shock. His postseason performance in 2015 had pro athletes flooding Twitter with praise.
(h/t Warriors World)
Source: LA Times
Source: GQ
Sources: GQ, Stephen Curry/YouTube
From Sports Illustrated, read "Watch: President Obama imitates Stephen Curry at White House"
And their daughter, Riley, famously hijacked Steph's postgame press conference and become the talk of the NBA world.
When he decides to retire, he might have a future in golf. He reportedly has a handicap of 5 and has finished in the top five at the American Century Championship. ESPN's Michael Collins said that Curry could potentially make the PGA Tour.
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Filed under: Major Movement , Competitive Strategy , Barrick Gold (ABX) , Commodities , Federal Reserve Back in the late 1970s, the Hunt brothers from Texas tried to corner the silver market . That drove prices to $48 an ounce. Now, 31 years later, silver is shooting higher again. The March silver futures contract closed at $32.296 per ounce , up 72 cents. Since gold is expensive, investors are turning to silver to hedge against inflation. Many fear that the Federal Reserve will not be able to control the spike in commodity prices. The Fed is buying $600 billion of treasuries and keeping interest rates near zero. Continue reading Silver Near a 31-Year High Silver Near a 31-Year High originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink �|� Email this �|� Comments
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NovaGold (AMEX:NG) CEO and President Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse said earlier in the month that the company has reversed its setbacks over the last three years and is now set financially for the next three years, referring to the financing secured by the gold miner.Much of the financing required by NovaGold was secured through investment from hedge fund Paulson & Co. and Quantum Partners, which brought

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Free Download Bollywood Movies Madaari 2016 – This story begin A 10 year old child, Rohan, is kidnapped from his hostel. Madaari (English: Puppeteer) is a 2016 Indian social thriller film directed by Nishikant Kamat. It is produced by Shailesh Singh, Madan Paliwal, Sutapa Sikdar, and Shailja Kejriwal. The film stars Irrfan Khan, Vishesh Bansal, Jimmy Shergill, Tushar Dalvi and Nitesh Pandey and was released on 22 July 2016.
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Rohan is the only son of the Home Minister. The army and the CBI storm into action. CBI officer Nachiket Verma (Jimmy Shergill) heads the case and gets restrain order from all the other security agencies to make sure that the kidnappers don't panic and kill Rohan. Initially the case is thought of mistaken identity wherein the kidnapper might have tried to kidnap the friend of Rohan, Cheeku who was also drugged while kidnapping.
For a long time there is silence from the kidnapper and everyone is left guessing as who it might be and at the same time the investigation is kept extremely secret, so as to keep the kidnaper(s) from killing Rohan. Behind the scenes the security agencies try to find the location of the kidnapper without raising any kind of suspicion. Rohan is actually kidnapped by Nirmal (Irrfan Khan) after drugging him. Rohan shows his anger towards Nirmal for kidnapping him. Nirmal shows Rohan a pre-recorded video of his friend Cheeku who is in a drugged state struggling with fear. Nirmal tells Rohan that Cheeku will be killed if he refuses to co-operate with him. Nirmal keeps traveling via public transport to evade his location.
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Google has unveiled a new simplified search interface for Apple iPad and Android 3.1 tablets. The changes, which are being rolling out over the next several days at google.com, including a streamlined layout better suited to touchscreen users.
The modest makeover increases the size of page contents, such as text, buttons and other "touch targets," writes Google software engineer Xiaorui Gan. The goal is to make it easier for tablet users to browse and interact with Google search results in either portrait or landscape view.
Tablet users will likely appreciate the Search button located below (and to the left) of the search box. When you tap the button, large finger-friendly links to specific types of results, including Images, Videos, News, Shopping and so on, appear below it. To jump to image thumbnails, for instance, you simply tap the Images link.
Speaking of Google Image Search, it features a few additional refinements, including enlarged image previews, continuous scroll and faster loading of image thumbnails.
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The question itself is simple; "Why do we watch films?". Unfortunately, the answer isn't so simple. I think we can all agree that all different kinds of film can be used as a form of escapism. In fact, I even have historical evidence to back that up. During the 1930s, movies could be used to distract audiences from the Great Depression. In the 1940s, movies were used to distract people, or sometimes promote propaganda about what was going on in World War II. But enough of that, there are more reasons as to why we watch films.
Education. One reason we might create, use, or watch films is to educate. Just look at the millions of documentaries you can find online or in stores. There's even an abundance of film essays on YouTube on anything and everything, from the Renaissance, to why mukbangs (food eating shows) even exist. We can learn just about anything from films, from facts, to philosophies.
We can relate. Another reason why we might like films so much is the fact that sometimes, let's be real here, we can totally and indefinitely relate with that one character who always unintentionally forgets to bring things to class. Or maybe we were once that two year old in a comedy film who accidentally ran into a glass screen door, thinking the door just happened to be wide open for no apparent reason at all. Escapism or Change of Scenery. The kind-of-sort-of reason that comes to everyone's mind when trying to think of a "deep" reason as to why we watch movies. Maybe we're going through a tough time, and want a little distraction for just 2 hours. 2 hours of not worrying about anything at all. Maybe you're "escaping" (totally not the same thing as procrastinating) from writing that essay due at midnight, although I don't think I would recommend that option. We can also use these films as a coping mechanism.
Entertainment. We just like it. Maybe some of you are just watching because you're bored. There is absolutely no problem with that. You don't need some super deep reason as to why you enjoy movies. Maybe you just like it, and that's that.
Share stories. Films are essentially storytelling. We share experiences, perspectives, and opinions on whatever we might take from films. We can take different advice and apply fresh ideas to our life that we take from movies. Maybe we'll learn from others' mistakes and take care not to make the same mistake.
Bonding. I can bet that you've watched a movie with someone before. How was it afterwards? Did you discuss the movie, share opinions, offer ways on how you viewed the movie? That, my friend, no matter how small of a chat you have about the movie, is bonding. You connect, relax, and share interests when watching the movie. The chat after the movie opens up new discussions between the viewers. You can learn so much more about someone just by knowing the reasonings as to why they may enjoy a particular type or style of movie.
So all in all, we watch films for a variety of reasons. Whether its for education purposes, storytelling,or just because we like it, I think we can all get something out of it. Why do you watch films?


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The brand is expected to give away 150,000 free pretzels across 165 locations
For the 10th year in a row, Philly Pretzel Factory will be celebrating National Pretzel Day by giving away an estimated 150,000 pretzels at their more than 165 locations across 19 states, from Boston to Florida, to Las Vegas and of course Philadelphia.
"Our goal is to not only give back to the community, but to also educate people on the Philly-style pretzel," Marty Ferrill, Philly Pretzel Factory President, said. "It's a little bit of a reward for the commitment they have made to us coming in the whole year."
National Pretzel Day is all about recognizing the history of the pretzel and its creation. Different pretzel shops celebrate this day in their own way, however the Philly Pretzel Factory has carried on the tradition of giving away free pretzels on this day for 10 years.
There is no purchase necessary to receive a free pretzel on the national holiday.
"It's a great experience for both our customers and our employees," Zissis Pappas, Philly Pretzel Factory franchisee, said. "We get a lot of interaction with existing customers and new customers. It gives them opportunity to try the fresh pretzels if they've never had them before."
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The Vedantic Scriptures very deeply analyse & diagnose the cause of human sufferings and deliberate about its possible ways & means to efface them completely, and thus help bring about well-being & fulfilment in one & all. We wish & pray for the well-being of all the people of the world. May all be happy & enlightened.
The world is amazingly beautiful, and there is nothing basically wrong with any human being anywhere also, all the problems are just borne out of ignorance and the subsequent mis-understanding of the basic facts of life.
The basic problem of everyone is that of Self-Ignorance. Not knowing our real truth we start taking ourselves as a limited & perishable individual, and herein lies the root of all the problems of mankind.
There is just one truth, which is infinite, imperishable & immutable. Everyone is basically that. Everyone needs to be given this education & knowledge, and then alone everyone will live with dignity, self-respect & fulfilment. This is the birth-right of all human being all over, and this redeeming knowledge thus becomes the most precious & important thing for everyone in this world.
We sincerely believe that everyone can and must get the right knowledge of the truth of their Self and the world. This alone is the way out of all problems. We all need to think about the ways & means to make this possible – for the real well-being of all.
We sincerely believe that the ancient art & science of Vedanta is the real way to help bring about 'Love & Light' in the whole world, and thus save not only the mankind of all its self-created problems but also our beautiful earth of all the problems inflicted on it by the selfish & petty minded humanity. We not only see this knowledge as a blessing, but also as a necessity, and that also as urgently as possible. We have already created lot of mess all over by our baseless & petty understandings.
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Wanted: Wife
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If you love the humor and romance of Rachel Gibson and Susan Elizabeth Phillips, don't miss the fabulous debut of Gwen Jones!
Landed, financially secure 40-yr-old male
* Handsome, but with old-school communication skills and a secret past
Seeks healthy, athletic female
* Preferably a pretty reporter with a messy love life who has never spent a day in the woods *
For marriage and family
* What could possibly go wrong?
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Gwen Jones is an MFA, HEA addict, politics geek, and part-time native of the Jersey Shore. She lives with her husband, Frank, and the absolute cutest cats in the world—Gracie and Tommy—near Trenton, New Jersey.
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I really enjoyed this book. The characters were really developed well and the story was great. Julie is a TV reporter and is engaged to Richard, the man of her dreams. With her wedding in just two weeks, Richard dumps her. He makes her life miserable in the span of 24 hours. Right after Julie is dumped, she and her cameraman, Denny, hear about how some guy is advertising for a wife by hanging up flyers. They decide to check it out in case they can get a news story from it. Julie walks over to the man who is looking for a wife and sees Andy for the first time. She was expecting someone not very good looking and instead this man is gorgeous and sexy with a killer smile. Instant attraction. Andy agrees to let her do a story about him trying to find a wife. At the end of the interview process, Andy decides he wants Julie to be his wife. He offers her a proposition that Julie just cannot refuse. The rest of the story is how they become man and wife in name only to a real married couple. There were a lot of funny, sexy and even sweet emotional scenes. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good story, with a good happy ending.
This was a fun story. I was not sure how the story was going to evolve. I did enjoy the read and how the characters were developed.
A flyer on a telephone pole advertising for a wife is just one of many oddities in Julie's life at the moment. Although Andy Devine is just that, and not surprisingly she is what he wants. Contracting for a wife his cool and calculating manner suits her down on men attitude perfectly. Julie is smart and curious: willing to work hard and surprising herself and Andy with her determination. Andy is a master at distraction, whether it is from his sheer sex appeal and sensual manner, or diverting with his French, his history is shared in small bits with great difficulty. As these two learn to work together and trust one another, the one constant is the sexual attraction. And if anyone, after reading this story can pretend that French isn't one of the most seductive and sexy languages to declare that "I love the way you ____ me" (and you can fill in the blank): You Are Lying! Their sexual chemistry, Julie's inner voicing talking about the shattering effect Andy has on her, and the pure romanticism of the French all combine to make those sections of the story steamy hot – and it infiltrates almost every interaction between Andy and Julie. Gwen Jones has taken an off-beat idea for a plot starter, and against all odds made a romance that is both believable and incredibly enjoyable. Even supporting characters are developed with an eye to their purpose for the plot, with their interactions bringing a bit of relief from the highly charged interactions between Andy and Julie. A great story all around, I tore through the pages hoping for the HEA that both characters so deserve. I received a Galley copy from the publisher for purpose of honest review for the Jeep Diva. I was not compensated for this review: all conclusions were my own responsibility.
Pornography in capital letters. Had to skip so many pages - left very few pages to read. I won't be reading anything else by this person.
Great new author. I am very excited to read more by her. The story is a wonderfully written contemporary romance. I highly recommend this book.
Really enjoyable read. Has all the elements for a great romance
In Wanted: Wife by Gwen Jones, Television reporter Julie Knott is known for her off-the-beaten-path spots on Channel 8 News in Philadelphia where she meets some very, well let's say, interesting characters. When she covers a story about a local man in Iron Bog, New Jersey, who is advertising for a wife by putting flyers on utility poles, she never guessed she would be the first choice to become his bride. Of course this had to happen at a very chaotic time in her life. She had just been dumped by her fiance mere weeks before they were set to be married while he runs back to his ex in Seattle. He locks her out of their apartment and bank account leaving her with few options. She soon finds out as well that the station is cutting her spot and she'll be moved to late nights as a newscaster. When the mysterious and devastatingly handsome Andy Devine asks her to marry him, she is stunned and more than a little skeptical. He presents the proposal to her like it's a business agreement, with a contract and everything. They will have a three month "trial run" where she helps take care of the farm they'll be living on and they are to try to become pregnant during that time. Julie doesn't have to give him an answer for a few days and ends up deciding to go along with the plan so long as she can write a book based on her time with Andy. 'It was all I could do to think, breathe. 'Tres belle...tres belle...' he murmured, his mouth falling over mine. I don't know if it was the French or the raw feel of his kiss, soft and cabernet-warmed, but when his tongue laced hungrily into mine it was like some crazy bomb went off in my head.' The adventure begins with a shaky start the day they marry. Andy's late for the wedding due to an emergency on the farm and from there crazy funny situations ensue. Julie still thinks there must be more to his story than he is letting on and is determined to get to the bottom of it. The one thing she is sure of is the incredible chemistry they have together. She can't even think straight when she's in the same room as Andy. They both have a lot to learn when it comes to not only farming, but being married and compromising, and they do eventually find their own rhythm to daily life in the Pines. That is, until one of Andy's family members comes to visit and drops a bombshell causing Julie to have to rethink her decision to follow through with this plan. They both have some thinking and soul-searching to do. Julie goes back to life in the city for a bit while Andy goes back to work. Events that happen while they are apart cause complications and Julie has to decide whether or not she wants to bring Andy into her life again or to forge ahead alone. 'Even someone as jaded as me sometimes has hope, when my dissolute mind allows just enough slack to believe--yes, sometimes things actually lean in my direction. And because of that I reached up and pulled my husband to me, his kiss meeting mine with tenderness.' Written as a narrative, this book by Gwen Jones is funny, romantic and witty. The love scenes were scorching hot...not sure if maybe it had to do with the French Andy spoke to Julie throughout the story...;) This is definitely a unique spin on contemporary romance and it works. I felt bad for Julie's situation at the beginning of the book and while I don't know if I'd be brave enough to jump into this kind of adventure, admired her for taking a chance--whether it was initially just for the story, or to start a new life. Andy was one of those mysterious characters that I both loved and was perturbed with at times. He obviously felt something toward Julie but I just couldn't figure out if he was real or simply playing a game until close to the end. I'd recommend this if you're looking for a romance that has a little bit different plotline but is still steamy.
I beenn thinking to read another book but i just keep on reading the sample over and over like almodt a billion times
This was a quick enjoyable read. Now Andy's brother neeeds a wife!
Highly developed and likable characters, many surprising twists, and a strong sub plot as well. This is not just a comedy but an clever study in human character. I definitely recommend this book.
Wonderfully witty and very sexy story. May not be for the squeamish of heart, but hey love should be sexy no? This is a fantastic debut for an obviously very talented author. Clever and unique story line that keeps you reading until you figure out what motivates Andy and how they will make this work. I loved it and highly recommend it. Love this new author!!
If you love strong women and the men that care about them read this. I loved it.
This is a hot, sexy fast paced read. It got my blood flowing...this is a sizzling page turner. Enjoy it and make sure you have a glass of ice water handy to cool down!
I really like the story. Funny and practically romantic.
Very good book. Captured my attention right away and I could hardly put it down.
Oh my goodness. This story was terrible. The characters are not well developed. They feel very two dimensional. I felt there was very little growth from any of the characters. This is always the reason for telling a story; a person is at the end of their rope and we watch how they succeed, or not. In this story, we had two characters who were certainly at the end of their ropes (even though "Andy" really doesn't seem pushed enough) but the struggle just didn't seem interesting enough even though the author opens with a very interesting, very racy, very fun idea. There are "secrets" which are always great in a well told story. Unfortunately, the author does not do anything interesting with the secrets and leaves no room for surprises; they are all hinted at or revealed in the overviews. Even when the mother in law is introduced, the reader finally has the sense that things are going to get interesting. They do not. It's nothing we don't already know. My minor complaint is the number of grammatical errors through out the novel. Because the author begins with an idea that could be very entertaining, I'm sure she has other writing that is very interesting and well developed. This just isn't her best sample.
was fun to see where this book was going and how it got to where it did :) will be looking for more books by this author .
This book was a great quick romance read it kept you right in the action of what was going to happen next. And a little guessing along the way. I would recommend. Happy reading.
The chemistry, the story, the writing. And the ending perfect
Upon finishing, my initial reaction: I can't even express the amount of awesome that is contained in this book. It is the best book I've read so far this year. Definitely in the top ten of my life. My Thoughts (full review): I have no idea why it's taken me this long to write my review for this beauty of a book. I signed up for a promo tour for Wanted: Wife and its sequel months ago and ended up being so intrigued by the synopsis that I had to buy a copy. And oh my goodness, you guys... this book became my favorite of 2014! There was something so impossibly perfect about the idea of Andy looking for a wife and picking Julie. It's so ridiculously silly on the surface, but when we get to the wedding day, everything they face draws you in and holds you there. Andy not only wants a wife and a family, but also someone to help him take care of their house, crops, and animals. They live in the middle of nowhere with limited contact with the world around them. I love the idea of this--going back to something simpler and pure and beautiful--and that's probably why I loved reading their story. Reading the journey Andy and Julie take to accomplish everything that needs to be done completely warmed my heart. They got married without really knowing each other, but now they're together and the more time they spend together, the more they fall for each other. But life isn't as easy as they would like it to be, and on this road of ups and downs, they need to work together for it to stay together. Wanted: Wife is in my top ten favorite books of all time! I loved the sweetness of it, how romantic Andy is when he speaks to Julie in French. I looked up all the words he said and I swear I was a melted pile of swoon. There's so much to this story, more than just the romance, and I adored it even more because of it. I will absolutely be reading more books by Gwen Jones! My Rating: Exceptional


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After looking like a former No. 1 overall pick in Week 1, Sam Bradford is dealing with a bit of a knee issue.
After being acquired late in the 2016 preseason, Sam Bradford had a full offseason to acclimate to the Minnesota Vikings' offense and work under familiar coordinator Pat Shurmur this year. Coupled with vastly improved pass protection, he took apart the New Orleans Saints' secondary to the tune of 346 yards and three touchdowns while completing 27 of 32 passes.
A far tougher matchup is coming against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 2. On a short week an absence from practice, even this early in the season, would not necessarily be a huge concern. But Bradford was limited on Wednesday and Thursday with a left knee issue, and the Vikings are apparently somewhat concerned about it.
"Optimism but concern" is Schefter-speak to the highest degree, and Chris Mortensen added that an MRI on Tuesday was negative.
This particular injury issue is of note because Bradford's left knee is the one he has torn the ACL in twice during his career. For what it's worth, considering the generally lighter nature of Friday practices, Bradford was seen throwing by reporters on site.
Vikings' head coach Mike Zimmer would not even confirm the aforementioned MRI happened, but did suggest Bradford will start on Sunday.
If Bradford did have to miss some time, which is far from certain at this point, Case Keenum would start under center for the Vikings. Teddy Bridgewater is not yet ready to go after a significant knee injury of his own in August of 2016, if he will be able to play this season at all, so he's not an option to step in.
I fully expect Bradford to be listed as questionable for Sunday's game, due in part to the NFL's elimination of the probable injury designation prior to last season. But it would be very surprising if he is inactive, as the Vikings attempt to go to 2-0 with a road win over a tough opponent.


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Apple Cider Vinegar, Anyone?
Good evening, yogis!
So now my dad is obsessed with apple cider vinegar. I swear, I have been preaching to my family about the various health benefits of apple cider vinegar for years. Most of my family members suffer from bad acid reflux and some take medicine for it. I can remember when I was young I would wake up in the middle of the night to hear my dad yelling in the next room. We would all jump out of bed and run in his room thinking he was having a heart attack! Nope, it was just heartburn. He's a bit dramatic.
The other day when I was over for Sunday dinner he says, "Jen, have you heard about this apple cider vinegar (like it's a mythical thing) getting rid of heartburn? My buddy has been doing it and says he doesn't have heartburn anymore!" As if he is just hearing about this now and I had never told him that 1,000 times before. Either way, now he has been taking a shot of it daily and miraculously he hasn't had any heartburn since. He tells me on a daily basis how impressed he is that this works. Said he even tested it out by eating a whole jalapeno, which I don't recommend that but hey, to each his own.
There are many different kinds of apple cider vinegar and methods of ingesting it. Acid reflux relief is just one of the many amazing benefits. As my brother-in-law asked, "Does it have to be the hippy apple cider vinegar or can it be the normal kind?" Yes, it has to be the "hippie" kind. The raw, organic, unfiltered, unpasteurized apple cider vinegar has what's called the 'mother of vinegar' in it which is where all of the goodness comes from. It doesn't taste very good, in my opinion, so I take it in a shot glass diluted with water (60/40 ratio). Some can drink it in an 8 oz water bottle (1 tbsp apple cider vinegar diluted in 8 oz water). Then there are others that like making a concoction out of it with honey and cinnamon. As always, ask your health care practitioner before trying any of these.
I am so glad that my dad has finally found comfort from his chronic heartburn and he does not have to take an unnecessary pill to find relief. How have you used apple cider vinegar to help your heartburn?
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The children get up from the floor at the count of one, all big eyes and toothy smiles. At the count of two they start to move, chanting the syllables of words in unison before taking up positions behind their chairs. At the count of three they are allowed to sit down.
The teacher sings a command - "Move to the red words, no-ow" - and the class splits into pairs: a reader, who reads aloud, and a "tutor", who comments on the reader's performance. The room fills with the low chatter of children, punctuated by audible remarks from the five- and six-year-olds such as "good job" and "excellent reading".
The teacher then makes a noise and uses sign language to indicate that the students should swap roles. The exercise is soon completed and the children sit on the carpet to be taught as a whole class. It is a display of highly choreographed, even regimented, classroom control.
Welcome to King Solomon Academy, an Ark-sponsored, all-through school nestled among the concrete motorway flyovers, shisha-vending coffee shops and crowded housing estates surrounding central London's Edgware Road. And welcome to a method of US-inspired teaching that is rapidly emerging in the UK.
While we watch the class, the academy's primary head, Vanessa Willms, explains why her member of staff is singing commands and using sign language. She talks about the importance of "economy of language" and "tight transitions". This is teaching US-style, and it is likely to soon be appearing in a classroom near you. These methods are part of a growing trend: the Americanisation of British schools.
The creep of American culture into our own is hardly anything new. From the corrupting influence of rock and roll in the 1950s to the obesity-inducing Big Mac and the fierce competition of cheerleading, the US has been shaping our society for years. Then there is the school prom. Ten years ago, British teenagers and their parents were aware of the phenomenon only if they watched American teen soaps. Today, the prom business in the UK is said to be worth #163;80 million, with the average student spending around #163;250 on the increasingly important school leaving do. Firms offering goods and services for proms and school graduation ceremonies are flourishing, such as those that create high-end, keepsake yearbooks. There was no market for such an industry a decade ago.
You might dismiss these as gimmicks that have gained a foothold thanks to the relentless stream of popular culture exported to the UK by the US. But American ideas on teaching and even the curriculum are now creeping into our state schools.
Why are we so ready to adopt methods from a country that performs no better than us in nearly every international league table? (See panel, page 27.) And why are we Americanising our schools when many might feel that America should be copying us?
One group of schools that has borrowed liberally from the US is the Ark academy chain, which sponsors King Solomon. Comprised of 18 schools, Ark represents a tiny percentage of the 24,000 schools in England. But for such a small organisation it has a huge amount of influence, and is often praised by politicians and education reformers.
Teachers who join the Ark family of schools go through a week-long induction where they are expected to learn the different teaching models used across the institutions: "cold calling", for example, where teachers fire unexpected questions at students to check they are paying attention; "strong voice", where a teacher pauses mid-sentence to show they know that not every student is listening; and "finger clicking" by students to show encouragement when their peers answer a question correctly. Watching rows of children clicking as their teacher questions each of them in turn is more than a little West Side Story. It's also very, well, un-British.
Such teaching methods have led to accusations that Ark takes a "cookie-cutter" approach to its teachers, but in the classroom at King Solomon, Willms rejects this. "We're very clear about what we want our lessons to look like in our schools," she says. "Each (Ark) school will teach (its) teachers and teaching assistants how we do it, but our schools look and feel very different from one another."
Many of the methods are those promulgated by Doug Lemov, an American teacher and the author of Teach Like A Champion: 49 techniques that put students on the path to college (2010). Lemov is also managing director of Uncommon Schools, a chain of 32 charter schools (the US equivalent of academies) operating in New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts. These have become the highest-performing schools in their districts, despite being located in some of the most deprived communities.
Lemov's book has become a "bible" for thousands of teachers in the US and the UK, and in 2012 he followed it with Teach Like A Champion Field Guide: a practical resource to make the 49 techniques your own.
High-flyers fly to the US
King Solomon Academy's senior leadership team, like many in the Ark stable, is made up of Future Leaders. The government-backed Future Leaders Charitable Trust supports young teachers, who are fast-tracked to become heads. The aim is that they will work in schools in the country's most challenging areas.
Lemov's Uncommon Schools are often visited by Future Leaders, which is why the charity is one of the biggest promoters of US teaching methods in England. Once a year, it flies a group of UK teachers to the US to see how particular schools in some of the poorest regions of the country function.
Heath Monk, chief executive of Future Leaders, says that the purpose of the US trips is more to do with school culture than pedagogy. The US as a whole, he admits, does not perform well, but there are pockets of brilliance where schools are working miracles.
"We are looking at very small subsets of very successful charter schools; schools that are achieving, by US standards, outstanding outcomes," Monk says. "And they are doing so with some seriously challenging kids. It shows what can be achieved with an outstanding school culture, even when their pedagogy would likely be judged by Ofsted as requiring improvement."
Many of the US schools they look at, Monk adds, are hugely aspirational, managing to bring students who are four or five years behind their peers up to standard. And many are a good fit with the UK because of the common language and, above all, the yawning inequality in US society.
"We took a trip to Sweden once to see what they were doing, but it just wasn't the same. If you look at, say, some areas in inner-city Chicago where you are more likely as a black youth to be murdered than to gain a college degree, and you see kids from those communities committed to going to college, you can't help but come away inspired," Monk says.
For him, it is not what these teachers are teaching, it is how they are teaching it. But even what is being taught in UK schools is now being influenced by the US.
The draft of the revised national curriculum, published earlier this year, has been condemned for being too heavily focused on the teaching of facts and the importance of rote learning. The primary history curriculum, in particular, has come under intense criticism from academics and teachers who see it as too dense, too regimented and too insular.
But a great deal of the thinking behind the curriculum has been informed by the work of an American academic who is now in his eighties, after British government ministers were heavily influenced by his theories.
E.D. Hirsch, the philosopher-turned-education guru, worked as a professor at the University of Virginia in the 1970s, conducting research into reading among young people from local community colleges. He was shocked to see how students from the community college struggled to read passages on Robert E. Lee - the general of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War - when students at the university had no problems. It was, he believed, because the poorer students lacked a basic understanding of the history of the Civil War.
This led Hirsch to formulate the idea of "cultural literacy", in which reading is based not only on having the skills to decode words but also on having a wider background knowledge of the subject matter.
Hirsch's book Cultural Literacy: what every American needs to know, published in 1987, became a best-seller. The work was seized on by former schools minister Nick Gibb in 2008, during his time as shadow minister. Gibb readily bought into the idea of the need for a "transfer of knowledge", as he called it, from one generation to the next.
Knowledge, Gibb said in one of his first speeches as schools minister, is the "basic building block of a successful life". Although the Conservative MP is no longer in the Department for Education, his influence, and that of Hirsch, can be seen clearly in the draft programmes of study that were published in February.
Implement with care
Dylan Wiliam, an emeritus professor at the University of London's Institute of Education, who advised ministers on the curriculum, says Hirsch's ideas carry a great deal of weight. But he has concerns about their implementation.
"I spoke to Nick Gibb about E.D. Hirsch's work and I have a lot of sympathy with his ideas - when kids fail to make progress in reading at Years 3 and 4, it is because they don't understand what is being described. They may understand the words but they don't understand the context," Wiliam says.
"In the US, they have spent years trying to thrash out and define the public sphere. They can't talk about religion so they spend a lot of time on civil law," he adds. "You need a national consensus, a 10-year project to agree on what it is that defines being English. The problem is that you can never (reach) agreement (about) what should be in the curriculum."
Academics have broadcast their opinions of the revised curriculum in the letters pages of UK national newspapers, focusing on what they believe are the flaws, potential benefits and everything in between. They appear to support Wiliam's view.
Wiliam has spent a great deal of time in America and has questioned whether England should be borrowing US educational policies wholesale. While he admits that there are individual examples of brilliance, he points out that overall the country is weaker than the UK in terms of its schools.
In many American states, for example, the poorer you are the less money will be spent on your education. Students in Lower Merion, on the wealthier outskirts of Philadelphia, will have $25,000 (#163;16,500) per capita spent on them each year, compared with students in the poorer areas of the city who may have less than $5,000 spent on them.
In fact, Wiliam believes that America's teachers should be coming to Britain in their droves to learn from us, rather than the other way around. "Teaching and learning is very much stronger in Britain than in the US," he says.
Private possibility
Yet Wiliam believes that one idea from the US - the private education provider - could be of benefit here.
"Everyone accepts that it is OK for BT to make money from schools by providing phone services, but they struggle slightly when exam boards make a profit," he says. "But I am not clear why you draw the line at private providers in education.
"The US has tried education management organisations, where they take over existing schools, and they work pretty well. In Philadelphia, they have seen sustained improvement (where they have been used)," Wiliam adds.
A few years ago, Philadelphia ran a controlled experiment that compared the performance of two similar groups of schools, one that was run for profit and one that was not. Although the gap was small, the difference in favour of those run for profit was statistically significant.
Already the management of free schools in the UK can be outsourced to profit-making companies. IES Breckland in Suffolk, for example, is managed by Swedish free school company Internationella Engelska Skolan. The school has only just opened, so it is hard to evaluate its success, but its mere existence is a major line in the sand for English education.
Running state schools for profit is forbidden in England but many - those on the Left of the political divide, for example, such as teaching unions - believe it is only a matter of time before it is introduced, particularly if the Conservatives win the next general election.
Flying the star-spangled banner of profit-making over England's schools may be an Americanisation too far for the voting public, but it has already been considered, especially among right-leaning thinktanks. Whether or not we follow this route, it will not be the last educational idea inspired by our counterparts in the US.
We are now veterans of prom nights, with their stretched limousines, pastel-coloured dresses and nervous first dances. We are even au fait with the handshakes and scrolls, the mortarboards and gowns of the graduation ceremony. These are all exports from America that have become mainstays of English school life.
What will come our way next is anyone's guess. But when people in England go searching for the next big idea in education, you can bet they will be looking across the pond.
Progress in International Reading Literacy Study
Distribution of reading achievement, 4th grade (Year 5)
1st - Hong Kong
6th - US
11th - England
Percentage of students reaching advanced benchmark
1st - Singapore
5th - England
7th - US
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
Maths, 4th grade (Year 5)
1st - Singapore
9th - England
11th - US
Maths, 8th grade (Year 9)
1st - Korea
9th - US
10th - England
Science, 4th grade
1st - Korea
7th - US
15th - England
Science, 8th grade
1st - Singapore
2nd - England
3rd - US
Programme for International Student Assessment
Reading (15-year-olds)
1st - Shanghai, China
17th - US
25th - UK
Maths (15-year-olds)
1st - Shanghai, China
28th - UK
31st - US
Science (15-year-olds)
1st - Shanghai, China
16th - UK
23rd - US.


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UNIVERSITY CITY, MO – One brother is dead, the other brother charged with murder after a planned assault went wrong in University City.
Two other people have also been charged with murder.
The deadly shooting occurred Sunday afternoon.
Fox 2/News 11 has been told one woman had plans on taking 3 males to her husband`s home to assault and rob him, but that didn`t go as intended when the homeowner turned a gun on them.
25-year-old Jasmine Kimbrough, 18-year-old Davion Rainey, and 18-year-old Gregory Bell have all been charged with second-degree murder, assault and armed criminal action.
Investigators say the three along with one other now-deceased male were in the backyard of Kimbrough`s husband`s house in the 1300 block of Coolidge. That`s when the husband, armed with a handgun shot 16-year-old Noah Bell.
All four suspects ran and authorities later found Noah Bell at the edge of River
Des Peres suffering from a gunshot wound.
He later died from his wound.
The other three were later taken into custody and confessed to the crime.
All 3 suspects are now being held at the St. Louis County Justice Center on $250,000 cash only bond each.


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This year's changes to the province's Agricultural Land Reserve continue to generate province wide debate and today we begin a series of stories not only examining what those changes are, but also the government objectives and regulations associated with them.
To do that, we'll talk with Peace River North MLA Pat Pimm, who was appointed Agricultural Minister, in June of 2013, following the Liberals provincial election victory.
He confirms that making sure the Agricultural Land Commission, the ALR governing body, works for all British Columbians, was key part of his mandate letter from the Premier.
"I took a look at things and found out very quickly that there were differing opinions on ALR lands throughout the province," he said.
"In the areas where your land is covered by snow for six months of the year, you have about 90 per cent of the farming families working off the land so they can make enough money to carry on and to farm during the year.
"When you're in the other areas of the province, where there isn't snow, you're actually farming your land all year or pretty much," Pimm continued.
"That's when we realized that there's was going to have to be two different zones because there was two very different opinions. In zone one which is the Island, and the Lower Mainland, and the Okanagan, you have about 85 per cent of your total farm receipts come from zone one.
"In zone two you have about 15 per cent of your total receipts but you have about 90 per cent of your ALR lands. I wanted to also make sure that farming was more viable for all British Columbians. I wanted to keep more farming families on the farm because we're seeing a rapid decline in farming families, and the other thing is that we wanted to preserve the best agricultural land for future generations to come. Those were the four things I had as a goal to accomplish."
Unfortunately just about the time the legislation was ready for presentation, Mr. Pimm was diagnosed with cancer and to facilitate what turned out to be his successful treatment, he was forced to resign from cabinet.
What followed was passage of the ALR changes in the legislature and an associated package of regulations by the cabinet.


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Trump: A reverse Robin Hood with his tax plan
March 14, 2018
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Donald Trump has shoved down our throats a tax plan that is objectively bad for America.
Reminiscent of Reaganomics, this tax bill gives tax breaks for luxuries like private jet ownership, something we all know that rich people need.
Trump released the Tax Cut and Jobs Act which was touted as a tax break for the working man, one that will help them in their day-to-day lives by giving them a few extra thousand dollars per year.
This tax cut was also intended to give corporations a cut from the standard tax of 35 to 21 percent. Lowering the corporate tax was attempted in the 1980s through Reagan's economic plan nicknamed trickle-down economics."
Trickle-down economics was an economic plan that, by reducing the amount of money that businesses were supposed to spend on taxes, companies would supposedly re-invest in their businesses and create new jobs for Americans.
The bill included a tax raise for middle class families who make less than $75,000 per year by 2027. It also includes a section that raises the estate tax, which a tax of 40 percent on people whose estates are valued at $5.6 million, to people who's estates are valued at more than $11.2 million.
The bill also allows for the drilling of oil in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge.
The tax bill is being touted as a break for the working middle class family, the core of whom voted for Trump.
But the bill is a way for millionaires to make more money off of their companies who will make 10 percent more this year due to the corporate tax rising. Warren Buffett's company, Berkshire Hathaway, made $29 billion off of the Trump tax cut, according to Buffett himself.
Republicans have found that if they give small tax breaks to the middle class at the passing of the bill in the short term, then these people might not notice their taxes rising by the 2027.
The worst portion of the bill is the part that allows for oil drilling in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
The ability of the government to drill in the ANWR has been a debate for the last four decades. The US Geological Survey has estimated that there are between 4.3 and 11.8 billion barrels of oil in a 1.5 million acre section of the refuge.
On top of the risk of spillage, using all of that oil will create a large amount of carbon dioxide from burning it all and creating a even bigger environment issue.
Drilling in the wildlife refuge endangers species, such as caribou and polar bears. The only reason this oil field should be drilled is if drilling this site is vital for national defense.
Many people are probably wondering, "How is the government going to pay for this tax cut for corporations and the wealthy?
The answer? Raising the national debt even higher than it is. It will raise the national debt by $1 trillion over the next 10 years. The national debt is about $21 trillion, with the debt per citizen equaling about $63,000.
Trump's tax bill is nothing short of reverse Robin Hood – taking from the poor (or in this case lower middle class) and giving to the rich.


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We are thrilled to see that Ben and Samantha's beautiful countryside engagement was featured on Savvy Deets Bridal on Monday! With their wedding at Starlight Meadow coming up in a little over a week, it is perfect timing!
Be sure to visit Savvy Deets Bridal for wedding ideas - they have some beautiful work & ideas on their blog!


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Carbonates precipitate in shallow, warm oceans to form sediments of variable sizes, textures and chemical compositions giving it variable pore sizes. On further burial of these sediments with time, compaction and cementation takes place which decreases the inherent porosity and permeability of the rock. Also post depositional processes like diagenesis gives rise to a secondary porosity system which results in fractals of heterogeneity in the reservoir. It becomes very difficult to determine the effective porosity and permeability of the carbonate reservoir in one region and extend it to different regions of the same reservoir. In most sandstones, the porosity and permeability follow a linear relationship, but in carbonates this relation varies from region to region in the same reservoir. A good understanding of the geological processes which take place in carbonates can be very useful in determining the porosity and permeability of the system, taking into consideration the relevant secondary porosity which plays a vital role in determining the flow characteristics of the reservoir.
Porosity and permeability can also be determined using the log and the core data (a typical carbonate core sample is shown above). Routine core analysis as wells as special core analysis (SCAL) makes use of several experiments carried out on cores to determine those same properties but on a smaller scale. In a reservoir, what we get are the fractals of certain characteristics, i.e., the properties that we observe on a large scale (well logs) are also present in the small scale observations (core data). Integration of the log and core data makes our observations more reliable at different scales of observation. Since the carbonate reservoir has a large scale heterogeneity, a thorough understanding of the log and the core studies, individually as well as together, makes it a bit easier to work out the properties of the reservoir. Experiments are the essence of any research work. When the same experiments are carried out on different core samples numerous times, what we get is a trend of the behavior of the sample owing to that particular property that we are trying to evaluate for the reservoir and hence we get an empirical relation. These empirical relations obtained can then be applied to different reservoirs to see if they hold for them or not. These relations, if present, are of vital importance in determining the reservoir properties.
These empirical relations can then be used to determine various petrophysical and rock physical properties like the Archie's coefficients, porosity, permeability, P- and S-wave velocities etc. which are then used to determine the flow characteristics. These relations could also relate the petrophysical to the rock physical properties and vice versa, which could help to simplify the evaluation of the reservoir characteristics especially for such a complex system as the carbonates.


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Chocolate Beet Cake and Frosting
Chocolate Beet Cake
This cake is great for birthdays and parties. My kids beg for this decadent but nutritious dessert. I also have other fabulous uses for beets in the Jump-Start recipe collection and 12 Steps to Whole Foods chapters.
- 3 eggs (organic, range fed)
- 1 ½ cups Sucanat (unrefined cane sugar)
- ¾ cup coconut oil (can substitute applesauce for half of this, if desired)
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 3/4 cups steamed beets (about 2 medium-large beets, peeled and chopped)
- 4 Tbsp. raw cacao (best) or nonalkalized baking cocoa
- 2 cups whole-wheat flour (soft white wheat, ground fine)
- 1 ½ tsp. baking soda
- ½ tsp sea salt
Puree beets in BlendTec, then add eggs, sugar, oil, and vanilla. Add chocolate and other ingredients. Bake in 9″x13″ oiled pan at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
Cream together:
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa (even better, raw powdered chocolate)
- ½ cup butter, softened (or coconut cream concentrate, if it is soft but not turned to liquid–please note that you can't put frosting made with coconut oil/cream on a refrigerated cake or it will become hard)
- ½ cup powdered Sucanat (if you have only regular Sucanat, blend it in your BlendTec until very fine, or your frosting will be grainy)
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Before I thought to search your blog for the chocolate beet cake recipe, I googled it and found one. As it turns out, it's somewhat similar to yours, one of the major exceptions being that the frosting is a cream cheese frosting, and I left out the cocoa, so it was a white frosting. My family absolutely LOVED it! I did, however, make the mistake of putting the leftovers on the bottom shelf of the fridge, right at two year-old level. It looked as though a mouse had been nibbling at the cake! 🙂
This is the best chocolate cake I have ever made! it is dense and really chocolaty, my whole family loved it and couldn't believe it has beet in it. Love it Thanks!


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Congratulations to the beautiful Abby who jumped the broom stick in a My little Wedding Shop bespoke wedding dress earlier this year.
Thank you Abby for sharing these incredible photos with us. It was a joy to work with you and I am was honoured to be a part of you wedding preparations.


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We've worked with the Chili's management team at the Windward Parkway store (across from Walmart) and have put together a Spirit Night program that all Cambridge Athletic clubs are encouraged to take advantage of. The program will not only support this local business partner, but will provide each club with another way to raise funds with little to no effort, doing something we all are going to do anyway – namely eat dinner and perhaps partake of a beverage.
Here's how it works:
1. The program will run from February through the end of May.
2. Every Thursday between 4pm and 9pm between now and then will be Cambridge Athletic Spirit Night.
3. The program is simple:
a. Go eat at Chili's Windward Parkway on any Thursday during this period between 4pm and 9pm.
b. Take the attached flyer, and fill in the three lines that are blank:
1) the sport you are associated with
2) the number of people in your party
3) the date.
c. Give the flyer to your server.
d. Enjoy your dinner!
4. 20% of the money spent by Cambridge families each Thursday during the program period will be donated back to the Cambridge Athletic Association:
a. 25% of that money will go to the CAA to fund work benefiting all athletic programs
b. 75% of that money will go back directly to the specific sports programs based on their level of participation
5. From the flyers, we'll keep track of the sports teams that participate and the number of people from those teams. So the more your team members, parents, neighbors, friends, etc. frequent Chili's on Thursdays and turn in the flyer on your behalf, then the more money you stand to raise from this opportunity.
Thanks to all in advance, and let's take advantage of this great opportunity and the partnership with our friends at Chili's Windward Parkway.
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The Knights, charity, and the State of TennesseeMost of the time, I blog about newsworthy items in the world of politics or sports. Occasionally, I will blog about an issue in which I have a vested personal interest and I know people of influence read my blog who might be able to act as agents of change, in however small a capacity as that might be. The next two entries fall into that category.
Most of my regular readers know that I am a Knight of Columbus, more specifically I am a member of Council 645 here in Knoxville. Council 645 has its problems, most of which relate to an aging membership, and this is a problem most fraternal organizations face today. Our council faces another issue, however: We have no money with which to carry on our charitable work. It wasn't long ago in the anals of recent history that Council 645 was able to save Knox Catholic High School from bankruptcy, and over the years has given countless hundreds of thousands of dollars (probably millions, if the truth were known) to local charities, worthy causes, the pro-life movement in East Tennessee, and just folks who needed help. That sort of thing is what the Knights do.
The problem came home to me in a very real way when the Council received a request from the state organization to help a brother in need who had been killed in the line of duty as a security guard in Nashville, and had left a young wife and two small children. Every Council in Tennessee was giving something, and you don't need to have much discussion when the widow and children of a departed brother are in need.
We, however, needed a debate, as we had no money to give. It was eventually decided we would give the profits from our monthly church pancake breakfast (a function designed to cover only our operating expenses-it makes no real profit) to the family of the murdered guard. At least we were able to give something.
The Knights could have a lot more money to give and be a real force for God and for good in our community, but the current laws in our state may not allow that to happen.
In tomorrow's post, I will explain why, and what could be done to change it-and it isn't a government subsidy.


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Boris Servais
Illustration, Small Press and Fine Arts
Founder (with Dieter Juedt) of Poste Aérienne,
a collective of mainly German and Belgian graphic artists.
Docent for illustration at Ecosign Academy, Cologne, and the Department of Design at the University of Applied Arts Münster.
Co-initiator of the Illustratoren Festival Cologne.
Reviews and statements
"Boris's work is deeply rooted in the northern European tradition of line drawing, he swims his own channel in the gene pool of Heinrich Kley, Pierre Alechinsky, James Ensor and Palle Nielsen.
His book works are intense scribulations that suck the viewer into the vortex of his high protein ink well."
Henrik Drescher / CA
"To me, Boris Servais is definitely one of Germany's best illustrators
… although he's actually Belgian!"
Prof. Felix Scheinberger
Vice-chairman Illustratoren Organistation / DE
Mut zum Skizzenbuch / Wasserfarbe für Gestalter
"…Crazy great drawings…"
Craig Atkinson / Caféroyal Books / UK
"The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Strange Things:
Somewhere between a captioned art book and a graphic novel."
Last Gasp / San Francisco
"Boris Servais illustrates his words in sketchy ink line drawings with some tiny hatch marks for shading. I love his loose style."
Julia Rothman / Book by it's Cover / Brooklyn, New York


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Stunning silver tones for this intimate pavilion wedding complete with Wall-E cake topper!
The Engagement
I was overseas when Daniel started planning our engagement, we were together for only a few months. But in his words 'I never want to be apart from you ever again' so he went straight to planning the surprise. Once he picked me up from the airport and took me home he showed me my room, notes from when we worked together that he had placed in my locker each day were stuck to the doors, he had written poems as well as purchased some of my favourite things that he had sitting on my bed. Under a blanket, he had an Xbox one! I lost my mind, he knew I always wanted one, but when I lifted the box it was light, I opened it to find the ring in there along with a note asking me to marry him. I didn't know whether to hug him or kill him, but I will admit, I did eventually get that real Xbox one! It was so geeky and cute.
We got married on the 29th of October 2016 this also happened to be my maid of honours birthday who I have known since primary school. There is definitely no chance of forgetting that date! The most memorable part of the day was when I first saw Daniel and the emotion he was showing made me cry with happiness, it was happening, it was real, this is it! Our wedding was small and intimate with only forty guests, we wanted those closest to us throughout our lives, we had a silver themed wedding, it was something that hasn't been done that often, and made the planning of decorations and layouts much easier. In three words? Best day ever!
Daniel and I looked around a bit, when we came across Parkwood International golf course we were pleasantly surprised with the support and information we were given. Our wedding coordinator Mel from Parkwood International really dealt with my crazy ways, every question I had she responded with positivity and reassurance, right down to the little fine details she was a massive help.
We fell in love with the pavilion which was in the full bloom with jasmine flowers along the pillars of the walkway. It was a lovely open area that we found flawless. The ceremony was at the same location so the guests didn't have to walk far at all, it had a chandelier and fairy lights with draping, the chairs and tables had silver satin and accessories placed over them. The bridal table had fairy lights as well, along with all the guest's tables placed around the dance floor so it felt more intimate.
About two months after getting engaged I started just looking, as most bride's to be do. There was a store at Robina (that is unfortunately closed down now) where I just popped my head in to look. I budgeted, not wanting to spend the earth – So I looked on the discontinued rack and found a dress for an extremely good price. It was a dress designed by Henry Roth. I tried it on, not knowing if it would even suit, then decided why not and purchased it then. That was two years before I got married. So luckily I still loved the dress even after all that time!
It was a family get together because one of Daniels groomsmen was his brother, so his parents and I came along for the giggles seeing all the boys dress up. They got their suits from the men's store Connor where it was a full suit set for a certain price.
Finding the bridesmaid dresses was more tricky. There was a store at Harbour Town that had different styles and colours. Our wedding was originally going to be blue but we had to change it due to the hundreds of different shades of blue. The girls tried on some silver one strap dresses and felt comfortable in them. My main concern was finding a colour that could be used throughout the theme and for something the girls felt confident in wearing. After a bit of searching, it was decided for a silver themed wedding.
My maid of honour is a beauty therapist who owns her own business 'Bashful Beauty' on the gold coast. She did all of our makeup styles. I had a few different trials with her and we mostly wanted colours that suited the colour scheme of the wedding for the bridesmaids so they had more dark purples. As for myself, she used more pink and lighter tones.
Our hair artist was Sharne from 'Once Twice More' hair and beauty – I think I sent her a hundred different hair designs because I couldn't make up my mind, but when the day finally came around we decided that the girls would have their hair up and I would have mine down, just to differentiate us that tiny bit. She travelled to the apartment as well so it helped to do everything in the one place.
We had artificial flowers for the bouquets, button holes and corsages. We chose white traditional roses with little diamantes through them. The main reason we did was so we didn't risk getting any not so fresh looking flowers from a supplier. It also gave peace of mind that we had them weeks beforehand so it was one less stress to worry about.
There were canapés for the guests whilst we got our photos taken, then there were alternate drops for entrees and mains. Entrees had either pork belly or sweet chilli prawns, and mains were steak or chicken with bacon. The cake was a two tier white chocolate mud cake that everyone went crazy for! We always loved the Disney movie 'Wall-E' so much so that we have the two robots tattooed on our shoulders, so we ordered the figurines online and I made the accessories for them to be the main attraction of our wedding cake
Our cake was a two tier white chocolate mud cake that everyone went crazy for! We always loved the Disney movie 'Wall-E' so much so that we have the two robots tattooed on our shoulders, so we ordered the figurines online and I made the accessories for them to be the main attraction of our wedding cake.
We did have a wedding organiser book, but it was hardly used. I found personally if I wrote everything out myself I handled the stress of it all a lot easier. Our wedding invitations I found on a facebook buy swap sell page, where a lovely woman sold them to us for a crazy small amount and they looked very professional considering we just used the printer at home to print out most bits!
We had a DJ for the evening. Because our wedding was quite small and intimate, everyone enjoyed chatting to each other and getting to know one another.
We chose 'The Photo Grinder' a husband and wife team, John and Billy. They had done our engagement shoot and were so easy to talk to. They dealt with our craziness and taught us how to pose without looking silly. They became great friends of ours, that much so, that we invited them to be guests at our wedding as well! They did a full day package for us, a lot of running backwards and forwards between different locations, but they did all of it with a smile on their faces.
What made the day memorable was all our guests, at one point every person had their moment of fame either on the dance floor or during speeches. I don't think I have laughed so much in my life. I'll never forget the nerves and tears I had walking down the aisle, seeing Daniel was truly a magical moment, this was happening, this is it! All our hard work and we are finally here and it is such an amazing feeling to have.
The main thing you must do is take a moment to let it all sink in, there will be nerves, tears, happiness and 'oh is this set up the right way?' Sort of thoughts. At the end of the day, you're getting married! Smile, enjoy every part of the raw emotion you feel. This is something that starts and ends so quickly, the last thing you will care about is if something is in the right position or not. Smile, be thankful for those around you and cherish every moment.
Ceremony & Reception: Parkwood International
Wedding Dress: Henry Roth ♥ Makeup: Bashful Beauty
Hair: Once Twice More ♥ Accessories: Louvisa
Groom & Groomsmen: Connor ♥ Bridesmaid Dresses: Harbour Town
Flowers: Events de'fleur ♥ Cake: Chanels Cakes and Cupcakes
Entertainment: United DJs
Photography: The Photo Grinder