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Those of more advanced years, with long memories can recall a time when boxing was the most talked about sport in the country. Dial back half a century to an era of Radio Caroline, cars with tail fins and Mary Quant fashion, the Beatles and the Stones were still boy bands while fleets of mods and rockers had it right off on south coast beaches. In those days it wasn't elite footballers that dominated coffee-break or after-work pub conversations, it was fighters. Boxing was big news, a TV staple, with stories carried by every major newspaper. The UK's best were all household names.
At the forefront of this era of fistic dominance were the heavyweights. Regarded as the blue riband division, the power of the big boys captured imaginations and raised pulses. In heavyweight boxing, it was said, outcomes were never predictable.
The USA was at its zenith as boxing's leading power and Patterson, Liston then Ali took control of sport's richest prize. On home turf it was British, Commonwealth and European champion Henry Cooper who led the way. Despite failing in his only challenge for the world title, against Ali in '66, the likeable Londoner became a bona-fide national treasure.
Inside the ring, the reality is that Cooper lost almost every time he went in with genuine world class – Ingemar Johannsen 1957 (KO 5), Zora Folley 1961 (KO 2), Muhammad Ali 1963 & 66 (TKO 5 & 6) and Floyd Patterson 1966 (KO 4), yet he still endeared himself to a British nation who loved to laud a plucky loser. With a left hook that could put anyone on their pants, including Ali when they first met, Cooper's greatest hindrance was a tendency to cut around the eyebrows. Of his 14 defeats, 7 came via the ref stepping in because of Our 'Enery's facial lacerations. Images of Cooper with his face oozing gore like an extra from Night of the Living Dead became a common sight. The fact that most photography in those days was still black and white probably helped to soften their impact.
The anti-boxing brigade were yet to find their voice and while Sir Henry's natural charm played a major part in his popularity, there is no way he would have become such a national star without his long running, evenly matched and absorbing contests with fierce domestic rivals. These internecine battles kept him firmly in the public eye and introduced him to fans all over the country.
Before new-kid-on-the-block Joe Bugner ended his 55 fight career in 1971, Cooper was a regular fixture on the BBC, boxing Derbyshire's Jack Bodell twice, winning both, Blackpool's Brian London three times and Welshman Dick Richardson twice (all wins). He also went 1-1 with Jamaica-born Liverpudlian Joe Bygraves and struggled through an incredible five contests with another Welshman, Cardiff's Joe Erskine, which Cooper edged 3 to 2. These men and several others fought each other repeatedly, winning, losing and passing national and continental championships between them.
Back then, promoters and managers did not try to protect an unbeaten record with easy opposition. Losses were an accepted part of the game. Fans expected to know definitively who was top dog and to be afforded the opportunity to fight for world honours you had to first prove yourself at home. In this climate, the best went in with the best and as a result the domestic heavyweight scene was vibrant, busy and eventful. Off the back of that, boxing itself boomed.
Fast forward to the present day and most of those conditions are lacking. For too long the noble art has been cocooned away on subscription television, with the biggest and most anticipated cards on pay-per-view. The days when twenty million people would tune in to 'Big Fight Live' on a Saturday evening seem like a nostalgic fairy-tale. Though there is a ray of hope they may soon return, with the Carl Frampton ITV deal and Martin Murray's challenge of Gennady Golovkin appearing on channel five.
This change from terrestrial to satellite coverage in the 90s cemented shifts in boxing business that had been developing steadily since the late 70s. The top end of the market sky-rocketed while everything else fell away. Distribution of wealth became hugely imbalanced. Suddenly it was no longer possible to make a living as a domestic level fighter – to earn big bucks and have regular TV bouts, boxers had to be marketed to world level, or at least some semblance of it. Even the WBU was sold by the 90s TV boys as being a credible title. For channel executives with eyes on demographics and target audiences, unbeaten records were essential to this. Thus a new pugilist career path was created.
Rather than looking for talent, managers looked for ticket sellers, to make money in the small-hall short term, feeding them soft opposition to keep them profitable until bumper paydays on the telly could be organised. These prevailing conditions meant that well matched domestic rivals would generally avoid each other. The risks, it was felt, outweighed the benefits.
Could we soon be emerging from that dark tunnel? Anyone with the sport's best interests at heart must hope so. The Sky grip on all things boxing is loosening and that is a good thing. Among the marquee division, for decades a shallow one in this country, the green shoots of recovery have sprouted too.
On Saturday night at London's Camden Centre, Dillian 'The Villain' Whyte (13-0) knocked out dangerous Brazilian Marcelo Luiz Nascimento after 41 seconds of the second round. It was Whyte's fourth contest since returning from a two year ban for a positive test and sent a message of menace to the rest of the UK heavyweight division. At present Whyte does not have big promotional backing and is still represented by West London's Mickey Helliet. Unless that changes, he will have to earn his chances, but that is not necessarily a bad thing.
Nascimento (17-8) had gone the eight round distance with former world title challenger Eddie Chambers in his last fight, lasted 8 with Manuel Charr in 2011 and 5 rounds with Tyson Fury in the same year. That provides real food for thought – it is not a fact easily avoided that the Brazilian has mixed in decent class and Whyte inflicted his heaviest defeat to date. In doing so, the Brixton man not only showed power, but a sound boxing brain.
Nascimento can bang and 15 of his 17 wins have come via KO. He constantly tried to line Whyte up for the right hand, but 'The Villain' controlled the distance, always wary of the counter, showing nice upper body movement before timing his own shots to perfection. He put the big Brazilian down with the first clean punch he landed, a left hook halfway through round one, then used educated pressure to survive some difficult moments before dispatching his man at the start of the second.
Whyte, it must be remembered, holds an Amateur victory over Matchroom / Sky and Olympic golden boy Anthony Joshua. While Joshua looks a fearsome prospect himself, he is not yet at the stage where promoter Eddie Hearn is willing to risk his investment with dangerous opponents, but a rematch between the two young guns would be an extremely attractive proposition.
Where does this place Whyte in the current heavyweight hierarchy? It's difficult to say until we know how well he takes a punch. According to the statistical analysis of BoxRec, he is now UK no 10, below the likes of Sam Sexton, Martin Rogan and Michael Sprott. On Saturday's blistering performance, I would suggest that is several places too low and he should really be closing in on the big 4 of Fury, Price, Joshua and Chisora. With the likes of Ian 'Lay em out' Lewison, Scotsman Gary Cornish and Tyson's young cousin Hughie Fury also hovering around, not forgetting the potential return of David Haye, it could be the beginnings of a genuinely exciting domestic scene.
Imagine if the ITV fight deal turns into something long term and channel five sustain their boxing output, perhaps triggering more terrestrial TV interest? Imagine if the Sauerland brothers bring Price back from fighting in eastern European exile. With his huge right hand and fragile whiskers he always brings entertainment. Imagine if Fury's world title shot doesn't come off and he looks homeward for exciting match-ups, if Hearn abandoned his safety-first approach with AJ? Throw Whyte into the mix and all that would then be needed then is a small cultural shift – for the TV men who hold the purse strings to realise that there is big money in making exciting, 50/50 match-ups, even if world titles of dubious value aren't on the line. How about a UK 'super-six' style tournament to determine the no.1 heavyweight? Both high drama and viewing figures would be guaranteed.
Five years ago, such a vision would have been a hopeless dream, but now? There are some grounds for optimism. Maybe an electrifying heavyweight era to match that of the 1960s is just around the corner.
Mark Turley's book 'Journeymen, The Other Side of the Boxing Business" is available in kindle or hardback from bookshops and Amazon, now.


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Johnson has agreed to a pay cut from the $4.75 million base salary and up to $1 million in roster bonuses he was set to make, according to ESPN's Field Yates.
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This new structure lowers Johnson's cap hit for this season by more than $4 million. Johnson's cap charge will go up $500,000 as a result of the signing bonus and he is signed for the 2018 season.
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The city of Orvieto approves the regulation on urban commons
Ever since the City of Bologna approved in May '14 the Regulation on Collaboration Between the Citizens and the City for the Care and Regeneration of the Urban Commons, twenty municipalities have approved the Regulation and fourth-three more are examining it. In this sense, the city of Orvieto has numerous predecessors, but this does not change the fact that it should be considered a success in itself.
Every little, medium and big city that voted in favor of a collaborative governance of the urban commons represents an important achievement along the way towards the end of the practice of devolving power. Active citizens have the chance to take care by themselves of the place they live and to do it hand in hand with the public administration, in a constructive cooperation that brings benefits to the whole community.
On December 29th, 2014, thus, Orvieto joined the list of the cities that decided to completely revolutionize the way of thinking about the commons, and in particular about the urban ones. The Municipal Council endorsed the Regulation by a unanimous decision. A fact, this, which highlights that behind themes like this, there is a common background able to eliminate the differences between the various political factions in favor of a shared agreement. Furthermore, the approval in itself helps avoiding all those cases in which the active citizenship is blocked and even punished (e.g. the emblematic case of Mrs. Ilaria Montis who was fined for having cleaned the seaside of Is Solinas (CI) and for throwing the garbages in dumpsters far away from her house). To regulate a phenomenon does not mean to block it or to establish boundaries and limits, but rather to let it flow according to its characteristics and according to the different realities it takes place in.
The Regulation found its origin in the work carried out also by LabGov experts in Bologna and is centered upon the principle of horizontal/circular subsidiarity enshrined in the Italian Constitution (Art. 118) in an innovative way. Article 118 should not be interpreted as a way of merely dividing the responsibilities between the private sector and the public one, but rather as a shared background on which a new model of society shall be built. A society where active citizens can practically contribute to the renewal of the reality they live in. Obviously, this implies that the Regulation cannot be applied everywhere in the same form. Changes are firmly supported in order to adapt the goals to the concrete situation and to the history and values of the city at issue.
The analogies and differences between the four different versions of the Regulation approved in the cities of Bologna, Ivrea, Siena and Chieri were already analyzed, through seven parameters. Now, with the same methodology, it has come the moment to present the vision that the city of Orvieto decided to offer with the approval of the Regulation, in comparison to the original version of Bologna.
- Principles. The Municipality of Orvieto maintained all the original principles that constitute the foundations of the original version of the regulation. However, an interesting voice was added by the City Council of Orvieto during the drafting phase: art. 10 makes an explicit reference to the Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society, approved in Faro in 2005. In the words of Paolo Maurizio Talanti, the Democratic Party councilman of Orvieto "a city with such an artistic and cultural heritage like ours shall know that the knowledge and use of the cultural heritage is an individual right […]".
- Subjects. For both Bologna and Orvieto, the subjects taken into consideration are the active citizens, namely "all subjects, single or associated, anyhow gathered in social formations, also of entrepreneurial type or with social vocation, which are active for the care and regeneration of urban commons".
- Organizational aspects. Unlike the case of Bologna, Orvieto does not explicitly provide a unique office for the evaluation of the proposals of the active citizens, thus provoking an organizational gap that risks to provoke overlapping procedures and ambiguity during the implementation. In fact, according to the topic, each proposal will be submitted to the competent office.
- Type of administration. The kind of administration that takes shape in Orvieto is based on the authorization by the public offices, which are competent to technically evaluate the feasibility of the projects.
- Relevance of the private assets. The Regulation of Orvieto puts a particular emphasis on the public spaces as objects of the care of the active citizens, leaving however the possibility for a shared management of the private spaces for public use. Worth mentioning is the fact that the regulation merges the provision about the public spaces with the one about private ones in a unique norm.
- Forms of support. This is probably the most interesting aspect of the whole Regulation of Orvieto. In fact, the text completely eliminate all forms of exemption and relief from levies and local taxes and of administrative facilities, such as in obtaining permits. The Municipality may contribute to the reimbursement of costs only in those cases where an in-kind support is not possible.
- Disputes. Contrary to the Bologna Regulation, which provided for the creation of a Conciliation Board in order to solve future disputes, the City Council of Orvieto did not, thus leaving open the possibility to submit the arising cases to the ordinary jurisdiction instruments.
Strongly adapted to the local situation, the Regulation of Orvieto, with its strengths and weaknesses, constitutes a remarkable example of how much our society is changing and how well the Regulation fits in this challenging and stimulating environment.
Il Comune di Orvieto approva il Regolamento sulla collaborazione fra cittadini e amministrazione per la cura e la rigenerazione dei beni comuni urbani!
Il Comune di Orvieto ha due settimane fa approvato il Regolamento sulla Collaborazione tra Cittadini e Amministrazione per la Cura e la Rigenerazione dei Beni Comuni Urbani. Seppur con un testo adattato alla realtà della città, l'approvazione del Regolamento dimostra un rinnovato modo di pensare sui beni comuni urbani che si sta diffondendo velocemente in tutta Italia.


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Now do a search for hostels in these same cities. You have just saved hundreds of dollars, if you stay in a youth hostel. Sound to good to believe, it`s true.
Youth hostels have been popular for traveling students for at least fifty years. Staying in youth hostels were the only way to see Europe in the 50`s-60`s for the average college students. They were called youth hostels then, now hostels are not just for the young, they accept all ages, from young teens to the elderly. Some hostels may not accept young children, but check first as many have no restrictions. Hostels are now popular all over this wonderful world.
Making reservations for a hostel is just like making reservations for a hotel. The nice thing in this day and age is the inter-net service. Booking a hostel on line you are able to get a description of the property and the room, see photos, reserve the nights you want, and can see if it is available for the dates you choose. It will also show the price and show which nights are more expensive. Thats a great way to save some money, stay a night or two during the week and maybe save yourself some money.
Not only will staying in a youth hostel save you some money, but instead of just going to your room in a hotel, turning on the t.v. You will find that hostels are a wonderful place to meet people from all over the world. Most hostels have a common area for guests to play card, play guitars, visit, and just in general have fun meeting other travelers. Most hostels also have a kitchen for your use. This can be a great money saver and fun way to interact with other guests.
Happy Hosteling.
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LOS ANGELES -- Caustic commentator Andrew Breitbart was loved and hated.
The conservative media publisher and activist who died Thursday was embraced by anti-tax, conservative tea partiers and reviled by liberals for his Internet investigations that brought down politicians and chastised mainstream journalism.
Breitbart, 43, was behind investigations that led to the resignations of former Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York and former U.S. Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod.
His loudmouth style was lionized by his fans for exposing government corruption and media bias. He was a colorful and often abrasive user of Twitter, including a final message that called a follower a "putz."
Breitbart was skilled at finding issues that pushed conservative buttons while pulling Internet traffic to his websites anchored to news aggregator Brietbart.com.
"I'm committed to the destruction of the old media guard," he once said. "And it's a very good business model."
It also was a radical departure from conservative voices of the past such as William F. Buckley Jr.
"I do what I do because the mainstream media chooses not to do it," Breitbart said. "The game of the left controlling the narrative ... is ending."
Republican candidates for president were quick to offer praise and condolences after learning of his death.
Newt Gingrich tweeted: "Andrew Breitbart was the most innovative pioneer in conservative activist social media in America. He had great courage and creativity."
Condolences also came from his liberal critics.
"We've disagreed more than we've found common ground, but there was never any question of Andrew's passion for and commitment to what he believed," said Ari Rabin-Havt of Media Matters, a liberal watchdog group.
Breitbart's website, bigjournalism.com, said Thursday he died of natural causes. He was walking near his house in the Brentwood neighborhood shortly after midnight when he collapsed, said actor Orson Bean, his father-in-law.
He was rushed to the emergency room at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Breitbart had suffered heart problems a year earlier, but Bean said he could not pinpoint what happened.
"It's devastating," Bean told The Associated Press.
Larry Dietz, watch commander at the Los Angeles County coroner's office, said a cause of death was unknown and an autopsy was likely.
Breitbart's online profile called him a "mild-mannered family guy," However, Rick Santorum said he was a "powerful force."
"He will be what a huge loss ... for our country and certainly for the conservative movement and my prayers go out to his family," Santorum said. "I'm really sorry to hear it."
Mitt Romney posted to Twitter: "Ann and I are deeply saddened by the passing of (at)AndrewBreitbart: brilliant entrepreneur, fearless conservative, loving husband and father."
Sherrod, who is black, was ousted from her job as the USDA's state rural development director for Georgia in July 2010 after an edited video surfaced of her making what appeared to be a racist remark. She is seen telling an NAACP group that she was initially reluctant to help a white farmer save his farm more than two decades ago, long before she worked for USDA.
Missing from the clip was the rest of the speech, which was meant as a lesson in racial healing. Sherrod told the crowd she eventually realized her mistake and helped the farmer save his farm.
Once the entire video surfaced, Sherrod received numerous apologies from the administration -- including from President Barack Obama -- and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack asked her to return to the department to work on civil rights issues.
She declined Vilsack's offer but later sued Breitbart, his employee, Larry O'Connor, and an unnamed "John Doe" defendant for "defamation, false light and intentional infliction of emotional distress."
A lawyer for O'Connor said Thursday that it is unclear whether the case will proceed for the other two defendants, who were in the process of trying to get the case dismissed from federal court.
Breitbart's websites also featured a 2009 hidden-camera video that brought embarrassment to the community group Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. The videos show ACORN staffers offering advice on taxes and other issues to actors posing as a prostitute and pimp.
Those videos triggered a firestorm of criticism, with some ACORN employees appearing willing to support illegal schemes involving tax advice, misuse of public funds and illegal trafficking in children.
A Government Accountability Office report cleared ACORN of criminal activities.
Even so, public pressure led Congress to block previously approved funds from going to ACORN and to stop future payments. Roughly 10 percent of ACORN's funds came from federal grants and the group eventually disbanded.
Breitbart also sparked a controversy that ultimately led to the resignation of Weiner, whose problems began on May 28 when Bretibart's website posted a lewd photograph of an underwear-clad crotch and said it had been sent from Weiner's Twitter account to a Seattle woman.
Initially, Weiner lied, saying his account had been hacked. But he pointedly did not report the incident to law enforcement -- a step that could have led the way to charges of wrongdoing far more serious than mere sexting.
Additionally, his public denials were less than solid -- particularly when he told an interviewer that he could not "say with certitude" that he wasn't the man in the underwear photo.
Weiner's spokesman said the photo was just a distraction and that the congressman doesn't know the person named by the hacker.
The congressman denied sending the photo and said he had retained an attorney and hired a private security company to figure out how someone could pull off such a prank.
But Weiner dropped that story line on June 6, offering a lengthy public confession at a Manhattan news conference, acknowledging to online activity involving at least six women.
Breitbart seldom showed restraint in his vitriol to his critics and seemed to relish in the negative attention his antics earned him.
After Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts died in 2009, Breitbart tweeted, "Rest in Chappaquiddick" and called him "a special pile of human excrement." When critics questioned his tone, he tweeted they "missed my best ones!"
Breitbart is survived by his wife, Susannah Bean Breitbart, and four children.
Associated Press writers Mary Clare Jalonick, Jack Gillum and Brett Blackledge in Washington, Jeff Wilson in Los Angeles and Ray Henry in Dalton. Ga., contributed to this report.
Conservative media publisher and activist Andrew Breitbart, who was behind investigations that led to the resignations of former Rep. Anthony Weiner and former Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod, died Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 43.
"RIP 'O Mighty Warrior!" Texas Gov. Rick Perry, on Twitter.
"Media Matters has a long history with Andrew Breitbart," said Ari Rabin-Havt with the liberal watchdog that was a frequent Breitbart critic. "We've disagreed more than we've found common ground, but there was never any question of Andrew's passion for and commitment to what he believed."
Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum called Breitbart a "powerful force" after learning of his death from reporters in Georgia. "He will be what a huge loss ... for our country and certainly for the conservative movement and my prayers go out to his family.
"I'm really sorry to hear it."
Mitt Romney, on Twitter: "Ann and I are deeply saddened by the passing of (at)AndrewBreitbart: brilliant entrepreneur, fearless conservative, loving husband and father."
Newt Gingrich tweeted: "Andrew Breitbart's sudden death is a tragedy for his family and for conservatism. Callista and I send our prayers and our condolences" and "Andrew Breitbart was the most innovative pioneer in conservative activist social media in America. He had great courage and creativity."
Sarah Palin, on Facebook: "God bless you, Andrew. Rest in peace, friend. We will continue the fight."
Matt Drudge posted this on his website:
"DEAR READER: In the first decade of the DRUDGEREPORT Andrew Breitbart was a constant source of energy, passion and commitment. We shared a love of headlines, a love of the news, an excitement about what's happening. I don't think there was a single day during that time when we did not flash each other or laugh with each other, or challenge each other. I still see him in my mind's eye in Venice Beach, the sunny day I met him. He was in his mid 20's. It was all there. He had a wonderful, loving family and we all feel great sadness for them today... MDRUDGE"
Arianna Huffington, editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post Media Group, on her website:
"I was asked many times this morning for my thoughts on what Andrew meant to the political world, but all I can think of at the moment is what Andrew meant to me as a friend, starting from when we worked together -- his passion, his exuberance, his fearlessness. And above all, what I'm thinking of at the moment is his amazing wife Susie and their four beautiful young children. My love and thoughts are with them right now."
Paul Krassner, co-founder of the 1960s radical group the Youth International Party (Yippies), who interviewed Brietbart last year for a lengthy, spirited debate that was published in the December issue of Playboy magazine:
"We should put our political and social differences aside at a time like this. It (death) humanizes people in a way that transcends politics.
"He got very insulted when I referred to him as a right-wing propagandist. I said, first of all, he was right-wing, so that was just accuracy. And propagandist wasn't necessarily bad, propaganda could be truth sometimes."
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, the Virginia Republican, tweeted his condolences: "I'm stunned to hear about the passing of Andrew Breitbart."
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Breitbart just gave lefties the chance to give Steve Bannon the finger — make that two fingers.
The store on Breitbart.com is selling a Steve Bannon fidget spinner bearing a picture of the former White House chief strategist who returned to Breitbart News as executive chairman when he left the White House on Friday.
"Leftists need comfort at times like these. Gift them this pacifying item that will give them something to do in between pulling down monuments. Or keep one for yourself," reads the pitch.
The toy has a promised two-minute spin time, is "proudly made" in the U.S.A. and costs $7.95.
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The fidget spinner also bears the hashtag #war, which a Breitbart editor, Joel B. Pollak, tweeted Friday when Bannon left the White House.
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Now, he has his own fidget spinner.
Tsk, tsk, Breitbart.
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10 Night Bermuda & Caribbean (Cape Liberty Roundtrip)
Sail Date: May 06, 2015
Ship: Liberty of the Seas
Cabin Type: Inside
Cabin Number: 6459
Traveled As: Couple
Reviewed: 3 years ago
Review SummaryCruise was good, time schedule for port stops was pathetic! Especially san juan Puerto! Got there at 7:00 am and nothing opens till 10:30! Had to be back on boat by 12:30! Also food in windjammer repeats WAY to much for a 10 day cruise! Also dining room waiters were not up to par with previous cruises. Also room attendant was slacking, floor was never vacuumed the entire 10 days! Finally ship is showing where and tear especially the carpet threw out the ship, its nasty looking and needs replaced bad!
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Simply put, clickstream data is information that web analytics tools can gather about your site. The most common tool platform is Google Analytics, probably because it is accurate, thorough, free and convenient. Clickstream data can easily become the most complicated part of your website analytics, and for beginners I think there are 9 basic metrics that together give you a very good idea about the effectiveness of landing pages. Put the pages together to get the big picture for the effectiveness of your website.
1. Visits, unique visitors, returning visitors. If you continually update information on your website, have calendars and add new products often, then you want to have a relatively high number of returning visitors. Overall visits gives you an indication of your site's popularity- it counts each time anyone visits the website (technically, a session). If you have been tracking clickstream for a while, you'll notice patterns emerge in these metrics. For example, your site might have noticeably fewer visitors on weekends. Which means that if you are going to do some work on the site that might interrupt traffic, then it should be done on weekends.
2. Traffic Sources; Direct traffic, referring sites, search engines. This metric helps you to see how visitors are finding your site. It can indicate how well your online advertising efforts are working; the effectiveness of your SEM campaigns, which engines have sent visitors, and which sites are sending visitors to you. I think one of the most valuable parts of the metric is actually direct traffic. This segment could be measuring brand awareness if you have a good site name, or it could be measuring visitor loyalty- these fans (or possibly employees) probably have your site bookmarked. It helps to get a clearer picture of the metric if you overlay returning visitors with all visitors.
Generally, you also have access to keywords as a component of search engine sources. This can indicate what visitors are looking for when they find your site. This is a handy bit of information because it reveals how closely aligned your keywords and content are. As part of that, it shows which words are driving visitors to your site.
3. The bounce rate is one of the few direct measurements of customer behavior available. In the Google Analytics tool set, the bounce rate does not account for time spent on the page before a visitor leaves the site. Therefore, the bounce rate metric also counts single-page visits. For bloggers, this means that you will probably have relatively high bounce rates if you are using Google Analytics.
To benchmark your bounce rate, I found this helpful post at http://webanalysis.blogspot.com.
4. While on the subject of bounce rates, it helps to drill-down into content to find out more about visitors who are continuing the session past the first page (non-bounce visitors). What are they looking for and how do they go about finding the information or making a purchase? What are the most successful pages and entry paths?
5. Average time on site helps indicate either how engaged the visitor is, or how lost & determined the visitor is. This metric is most helpful in comparing different kinds of visitors. Look at the average time on site for visitors who arrive by search engine. Compare that to those who arrive by direct traffic. What is the average time on site for non-bounce users? Where should you be advertising to attract more engaged users?
6. The depth of visit metric is helpful. According to Avinash Kaushik, author of Web Analytics 2.0, "The more pages a visitor sees, the deeper their journey and the higher the degree of engagement (Kaushik, p. 57)." If you have not already set up goals and conversions on your website, the depth of visit can shed some light on the overall percentage of visitors who technically could reach a desired number of page views, for example: It may take six page views to complete an ecommerce transaction. What percentage of your overall visitors technically could complete a transaction?
7. Conversion rates: Usually you will track conversion rates for a specific page deeper in the site- the submission of a form or order. This metric reads as a percentage, usually with visitors (as opposed to unique visitors) in the denominator.
Google Analytics explains conversion rates this way: Once you have set your goals, you'll be able to see conversion rates and the monetary value of the traffic you receive. You can also define a "funnel path" for each goal. A funnel path is the path you want visitors to take to reach a goal. Defining a funnel path allows you to monitor how frequently visitors who begin a conversion process actually complete it.
8. Exit rate. This metric tracks the leaving page for the website. This metric is helpful in indicating which kinds of information or actions were ultimately motivating visits to the website. It also shows where holes in the funnel for conversions exist. Pages with high exit rates may be getting in the way of your goals- check them for confusing links, difficult forms, or otherwise undesired content.
9. Traffic sources. Most websites can be accessed from most internet connections virtually anywhere in the world. Traffic sources maps indicate the most popular sources of ip addresses that request your website, along with the top countries of origin. Traffic sources for Google Analytics are sensitive enough to indicate locations in small cities. This information helps not only with online marketing, but it also ties-in to any direct marketing campaigns or local marketing campaigns that may be ongoing. It identifies the location of your visitors. This can also be helpful if you are conducting paid search campaigns in revealing where the best audiences are for your money.
For further reading about clickstream analytics, I recommend Web Analytics 2.0 by Avinash Kaushik. My copy even came with a helpful CD and a $25 coupon for Google Adwords.


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Okay, to be honest I have never watched Hanna Montana (I swear), and hence got no idea if she is from Montana. Probably not, but for Jove's sake let's say, she was, in the same vain that Thomas Miller was once a Miller called Thomas (or his son). The point is that I am about to Rave on about a different Hanna, which I did see.
It's not often that I consider it worth the effort of me turning my brain on to write a movie review (the last one was for V, about 4 years ago), but that time has come again. Then, it was the amazing array of words starting with V that were blasted out during the meeting of the two protagonists, now it is the addictive whistled tune, which reminds you of a boy scout's hymn, along with the very simple and yet deep (deeper than deep) phrase – ' I just missed your heart' that will etch the memory of this film in my conscience.
I mean, there is something about a blonde haired blue eyed sixteen year old girl, who just happen to have the reflexes and chopping ability (humans not vegetables) of Nasir the Saracen in that most famous of the Robin Hood TV adaptations among Sri Lankans – Robin of Sherwood (seriously, they started showing it in the mid-eighties when it was made, and I don't think they've ever stopped, even though the series only went for 26 episodes). What's more about her is that she is trained from birth (and quite literally engineered prior to that) to be a stone cold, efficient killing machine, for one sole purpose.
This sole purpose was to survive, and this could only be done by annihilating those who were responsible for her creation, and who killed her mother, and those who will (and did) chase her to the end of life once they get the faintest signal (quite literally) of her continued existence. She was deprived of a childhood, of technology, of friends and of music, in a hard hermetic life by her equally capable killer of a father with the single mindedness of achieving this goal. What really clicked was that, it was smack in the middle of her pursuit of this life goal, that she discovered life itself, and experienced what she was deprived of in her training for that journey.
Then there were the thugs, oh the thugs – Tom Hollander gave a magnificent performance as a slightly built, possibly quite underestimated, and definitely munted –in-the –head villain, a contract killer with weird tastes, a goof whistle and possibly interesting sexuality. He was served by his two loyal, but vacuum headed skinheads (all three were German). Brute force over brain, in the best traditions of the German Nazi Party. These were not efficient, highly trained and surprisingly hygienic and clean killers of today's film folklore, but the old school blood stained thugs, who are as obvious in their purpose as a cat sitting on a stool in an empty room, who prefers a blunt instrument to a high powered silenced sniper rifle. What was most entertaining was however, the way they fell.
To me, there was something beyond the gut wrenching action, timely placed, mood defining, eerie and absolutely addictive soundtrack. It was the question asked of me, by the blonde blue eyed fallen angel staring right down beyond my own eyes, peering into the depths of my cranial cavity (it's a cavity) – How much of our lives do we give up to live? Is it worth giving up your life to achieve the dream of your life? We all have aims, but giving up the present and potentially much of the future, achieve it; would that make us happy and content once we get there? Or will it leave a huge blob of regret where everything we've missed could have been, that any satisfaction from getting whatever we chased (dream to be a teacher, to have a Maybach, or to be a super-efficient killer) pales in comparison to?
At the moment, I find it too hard, or more likely I find myself too scared to answer this question.
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An arrest warrant has been issued for a 37-year-old man who allegedly struck and killed a 38-year-old male pedestrian. The pending charges against the man stemmed from an accident that occurred on the night of March 8 near the vicinity of Ernie's Market at the intersection of Williams Street and Albany Avenue.
Connecticut man faces charges for fatal hit-and-run
A 57-year-old man from Kent, Connecticut, has been charged with a Class D felony for leaving the scene of a fatal auto accident in the town of Armenia, which sits on the Connecticut border.The charges stem from an incident that occurred around 8 p.m. on March 19 when the man allegedly struck a 36-year-old mother from Copake, New York, with his vehicle.
Connecticut man faces first-degree manslaughter in hit-and-run
A 36-year-old East Hartford, Connecticut, man has been charged with first-degree manslaughter for his alleged involvement in a hit-and-run crash in Newington that killed a 51-year-old women from New Britain. Police state that the man turned himself in after he was identified as the alleged driver. The identification came while police were investigating a cockfighting ring in East Windsor in which 45 people were arrested.
Lawmaker looks to change Connecticut open container law
A bill that went before a public hearing during the last week of February could change Connecticut's open container law if it is passed. The law, which currently allows passengers in a moving vehicle to have an open container of alcohol, puts the state in a minority with 10 other states that still allow what is known as "drunk riding."
Connecticut woman dies in hit-and-um
The Newington Police Department continues to search for the driver of a maroon or dark red 1997 Ford F-150 pickup truck that was allegedly involved in a hit-and-run accident that occured on the night of February 27. The accident, which happened around 8 p.m. at the intersection of Robbins and Williard avenues, was reportedly responsible for the death of a 51-year-old woman from New Britian.


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Domestic Violence: The Signs We Miss
Topical Debates in London, Birmingham and New York
16, 22 and 30 April 2018
Thought leaders and diversity champions Subjectivity have announced three new conversational events on domestic violence in the UK and the USA. The events, in London, Birmingham and New York in April will lead debate on the topic of Domestic Violence: The Signs We Miss. The discussion will revolve around recognising and analysing the signs that point to domestic violence, and discussing the ways in which to engage with them accordingly.
In a world where real life conversation has been replaced with digital connection, Subjectivity has emerged as a socially conscious initiative who seek to ignite ideas and real life connections through conversation. Unlike TED talks where the speaker lectures to the audience, Subjectivity encourage audience debate, conversation and interaction at their events.
Subjectivity was founded in 2014 by two young social entrepreneurs, the award-winning poet and TEDx speaker LionHeart and the wellbeing consultant Charles Rare. Both LionHeart and Rare specialise in questions of emotional vulnerability and social anxiety, exploring the tools for emotional self-empowerment in the modern age. Self proclaimed social architects, Subjectivity aim to change the way diversity is discussed and understood. Through regular conversations, from topical debates, to expansive podcasts and interviews. Their mission is to both create a safe space for honest dialogues and to open up conversations on important issues to all audiences, encouraging open communication for the next generation, one city at a time.
The 2018 Subjectivity themes include Spectrum of Love, Culture & Nurture, Self-Care and Futurism & Tech. Visual projects, as well as interviews, podcasts and spoken word features precede each show.
In addition to their topical debates, Subjectivity also collaborate with educational institutions, such as the University of Birmingham and UAL, as well as corporate environments and the Southbank Centre.
SubjectivityUK: Domestic Violence: The Signs We Miss
London, 16th April
Old Queen's Head, Islington, N1 8LN
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Birmingham, 22nd April
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Doors open 5pm, show starts 5.30pm
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Those who know me best know that I am not a morning person. I am quite unpleasant. Cranky, groggy, whiney, squinty, sleepy, I am all of the above. But once "fun" is on the agenda, I am quickly engaged. And that's exactly what I wanted to do today. I wanted fun.
We pulled ourselves out of bed and headed for the mountain. I reunited with Breckenridge for the first time this year with the boys and it was such a fun day. I think everyone wanted to be there today. It was a "parking lot", but for good reason. The sun was out, the skies were open and blue, the snow was soft, and it was 33 degrees. My kind of snowboarding weather. And the experience was so colorful! Everything about today was a treat to my eyes. The blue sky, the green trees, the animated outfits, and the printed snowboards. So much color!
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There are some of us though who seem to need the conveyance old books offer more than ever. Finding them is like mining for diamonds.
"The sound of wind has been conventionalised by the theatre, the film, and the B.B.C. into a wailing and whistling, but that is not the sound the climber hears. The worst Alpine storm I was ever in was on the Schreckhorn in the Bernese Oberland. The wind made a noise rivalling the thunder that accompanied it, so that the wind and thunder were almost indistinguishable. There were times when it approached with a roar like an express train in a tunnel, whilst now and then it fell upon us with a sudden tearing, explosive sound as though it were rending the mountain in twain. I have heard this same rending sound in the British hills, a fearsome noise difficult to attribute to so fluid and transparent an element as air. But to appreciate the grandeur of wind you must struggle down through a storm of it and having reached shelter listen to it on the mountain above".( P. 34 )
"The great advantage of British mountaineering is that it is unnecessary to rise early. For me the early Alpine start, the inadequate breakfast, and rebellious stomach, the boot lace that breaks, the candle lantern that insists on unfolding the wrong way, the stumblings and cursings on the moraine are things that must be endured: they have long since lost their romantic charm. In the British hills a man can rise at a Christian hour, leisurely bathe and dress himself, and tuck away, in peacetime at all events, a substantial breakfast of bacon and eggs, toast, butter, and marmalade before setting forth on his climb". ( P. 25 )
The bookshop I work in will be closing soon. Is that a triumph of the new over the old? Perhaps, but perhaps too it's a fearsome rendering.
I'm fortunate to have my shelter and to know I can climb the steepest of gradients.


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Odin's Eyes :
A Story Of Hugin And Munin
Chapter 7
" This Means War ! "
The great golden hall was emptied of Einherjar, and mead and ale placed on the golden tables for the Gods and Goddesses when they arrived. As Syn opened the heavy golden doors one by one they entered the hall. A Valkyrie then escorted each of the Asgardians to their assigned seats on the golden benches, and saw to their needs. Many wished to know why they had been summoned, but the Valkyries had given their word to Odin that they would not disclose the reason for the calling of such a hasty meeting of the Gods.
When all had arrived Odin and Frigga took their rightful places on their high - seats. Odin, who liked to heighten the importance of a given moment, allowed Hrist to pour him a goblet of ale before he addressed his fellow Asgardians. With the sounds of the Einherjar out in the courtyard practicing their battle craft in the background Odin finally spoke :
" I know that you are all wondering why I summoned you here on such short notice, but I assure you that it is for a very good reason. " he told his captive audience before taking a sip of his ale.
" This morning one of my ravens, Munin, returned to Asgard with an injured wing. My pet, it seems, was attacked by the serpents that suck on the roots of the great World Tree. This day, however, they were waiting in the upper branches of Yggdrasil to ambush my ravens ! " Odin told his fellow Asgardians with an angry flare.
A low murmur began to make its way around the great hall as the Gods began to talk among themselves about the ramifications of such an evil act. To take back the floor, and quiet the hall, Odin shouted :
" And this was not the first unprovoked attack, my friends ! Oh, no ! In an earlier attempt they were nearly killed by the harts, who tried to crush my pets in their antlers !! " he informed the Gods.
Then with fire in his eye Odin rose up off of his high - seat and shook his fist angrily in the air !
" And if not for Habrok, who I sent to protect my pets this time, I fear that both Hugin and Munin would now be lost to me ! " he stated, and then paused for effect.
" We all know that these evil creatures are one of many minions who are friendly with the Frost Giants ! " Valfather told the gathering with a slight snicker.
Odin then pointed his finger around the room at each of the Gods.
" And we also can be sure that these despicable creatures did not act on their own, now can't we ? " Odin asked.
The Gods and Goddesses all confirmed what the All - father was asking with a chorus of : " Yes ! Yes !! "
" If the Frost Giants want to kill my scouts, ...... well, ...... then they must have something to hide ! And if they mean to do us, or Midgard, harm there is only one reaction we can take, ...... this means WAR !! " he told the Gods with a dramatic hand gesture.
Thor stood up and held Mjolnir high over his head.
" Let us go to Jotunheim and kill all of the Frost Giants ! " the Thunder God bellowed.
The Gods all cheered Thor, and Tyr especially rose up and made a point to stand by the side of Odin's son. Valfather, however, walked back to his high - seat and sat back down.
Frigga, who had been very quiet up till this point, rose up and stepped forward.
" My fellow Asgardians ! I am afraid that you misunderstand my husband . This " war " is not to be fought between Asgardians and Frost Giants, but will instead be waged between their evil creatures, and our glorious , and faithful pets ! " the All - Mother explained to everyone with a slight grin.
By the time Frigga sat back down the inside of the great hall was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop. The only sound that could be heard at all was the dull sounds of sword and axe striking shields out in the courtyard. Such was the shock felt by all the Asgardians in attendance after hearing what Frigga had to say.
" Then why have you summoned us father ? " Thor asked impatiently.
Odin frowned at his son as he answered.
" Because from you I need Tanngrisner and Tanngnjoster ! " he replied.
Then Odin pointed to Balder.
" From Balder I need Habrok ! " he explained, and then pointed to Freyr and Freyja.
" From the Vanir Gods I will require the assistance of Gullinbursti, and Hlidisvini, ......., Oh ! ...... and your cats as well Freyja ! " Odin told the Fertility Gods.
Odin looked around the room until he found the War God.
" Tyr ! Can you lend me Fenrir ? " he asked.
Tyr lowered his head before shaking it from side to side negatively.
" No, my Lord ! " Fenrir is not here in Asgard at the moment. " the War God explained.
Odin looked disappointed, but continued :
" Well, it is of little importance. I will of course be sending out my ravens, as soon as Munin has recovered of course, and Geri and Freki too ! " he informed his fellow Gods and Goddesses.
Thor, not one afraid to be bold, walked up to the high - seats, and placed a foot up on the arm of Odin's chair. Looking not at his father, but at the golden wall beyond, he whispered to Odin and Frigga.
" Have you both gone mad ! ? A war between animals ! What nonsense is this ? ! " Thor demanded to know.
As Thor waited for an answer he did not notice that his half - brother Balder had come up beside him.
" There is great wisdom in their words Thor. We have lost so very many of our brothers and sisters in the Aesir - Vanir War, and the many Frost Giant Wars. Do we really want to see more perish over the killing of animals, even if they are valuable to us ? " Balder asked in a low voice so no one else could hear.
Thor lowered his eyebrows in a fierce frown before replying :
" I hear what you are saying brother,..... but a war between animals, ..... does that really make sense to you ? " Thor asked in return.
Odin answered for his shining son :
" It makes better sense than to risk my children in another all - out war ! " Valfather replied sternly.
Frigga smiled at both the son she so loved, and the one she could not help but resent. Then she rose up again and spoke one final time.
" Then it is decided ! We will release our animal friends on the creatures that dwell on the lower branches and roots of Yggdrasil. May the Norns weave a glorious victory for them ! " she exclaimed happily.
With a simple nod of her head Frigga exited the great hall, and left the Gods to work out the details for such an unusual plan. Balder did not watch his mother leave. He was intrigued by Thor's unusual expression, and could not help but smile at the bewildered look on his brother's face.
- End Chapter 7
- Next : Chapter 8 : The Forces Of Evil Respond
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Mauritius can be regional hub in fintech say industry leaders
The British High Commission in Mauritius organised Wednesday, jointly with the Financial Services Promotion Agency (FSPA) and the Board of Investment (BOI), the first ever UK-Mauritius fintech conference. The half-day event saw the participation of many industry leaders and Nicole Anderson, a London-based fintech entrepreneur and one of the experts in the field, delivered the keynote speech.
In her opening speech, Dr Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, the President of the Republic of Mauritius, stressed the fact that Africa needs to innovate in all sectors, and especially in financial services due to its context, where almost 80% of the continent does not have access to banking facilities.
She also thinks that Mauritius, thanks to its rapid development and rapid adoption of technology, can really position itself as a regional fintech hub for Africa, a feeling that was also expressed by Jonathan Drew, the British High Commissioner to Mauritius.
In her keynote speech, Nicole Anderson, CEO of FinTech Circle Innovate, a London-based company that works to establish financial services companies with support through innovation and investment, talked about the opportunities in the fintech industry and explained to the attendees why key players like the UK were able to reach the top position in the field.
She also, like other speakers at the conference, talked about the potential for Mauritius to act as a fintech hub for Africa. She believes Mauritius has the proper expertise and reputation in the traditional financial services sector and also the capacity to innovate. Replying to a question from the audience, she added that not only can Mauritius serve as a gateway to Africa, but can also tap into the potential that the continent offers.
Many industry leaders participated at the conference, during which different issues pertaining to fintech were raised and discussed by panellists. On regulation and compliance, Mark O'Sullivan, CEO of InterPayTech, highlighted that his company was importing the best technology from the City of London, and explained that clients were 'onboarded' by the regulator, the FCA, through electronic checks. "I think there is some way to go in Mauritius, if we position ourselves as a hub between Asia and Europe. I don't think regulation is to be feared, far from it. The danger is that if we do stand still there could be 'choke point' and that we might not be able to 'onboard' and attract clients", he commented. He added that, while a lot of people see compliance as a burden, it should be the opposite and "the future is very bright".
The CEO and Co-Founder of NOW Money, Ian Dillon, offered his experiences in the Middle East and London as interesting examples of how Mauritius could learn from these regulators and improve, and saw that "a fintech company without regulation is worth nothing. For fintech companies, he added that "if Mauritius wants to be a fintech hub, you have got to have a regulator that will let them have a licence and Mauritius will be the central hub".
Looking at how Mauritius could be promoted as a fintech hub, Harvesh Seegolam, Chief Executive of the FSPA, explained that they wished to build on the expertise, strong experience and know how of Mauritius as a leading regional financial centre and that, while there was a lot to do, Mauritius already had the ingredients in place together with a conducive business environment, which makes Mauritius an ideal place for fintech companies. For the Board of Investment, Managing Director Ken Poonoosamy said that in view of the synergy between the financial services and ICT sectors it was "logical" that Mauritus should position itself in this space, and commented that around 30 companies in Mauritius were already involved in fintech. He said that there is "potential for us to move forward" but that greater understanding was needed of where the international market was moving. He added that the BOI was making a recommendation for a real drive for capacity building and that "we need to get the talents and make sure people on the market understand this".
From an operator's perspective, Hirander Misra, Chairman and CEO of GMEX Group, saw that technical skills were important and that it was important to work with training institutes and others, and that educational institutions need to keep pace, with a public-private partnership approach needed. He said that "there is no point in establishing a hub if you don't have the right level of capital investment and time horizons have to be varied. Government policies are key and we are very bullish on Mauritius. Government policy has to set the standard." He said that he was pleased to see "pragmatic regulation, as overbearing regulation kills it from the start. Some of it is also trial and error. It is all about being agile and adapting to change whether at the regulatory or government level", he concluded.
Kabir Ruhee, Managing Partner of Technology at Rogers Capital, noted that fintech would be a focus after a re-structuring exercise, and that they were already tied up with a number of senior professionals from Google and Apple amongst others, and they hoped they would be able to unveil some products soon.
In his concluding remarks, Harvesh Seegolam announced that the FSPA will set up a Working Group on fintech in the coming weeks which will come up with a ten point plan.
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20 January 2010
starting next week on vit b12 shots. the docs nurse is going to administer them. every week for ten weeks to see if i will feel any better. back on the calcium tablets and vit d, due to the osteopenia of the spine. nystatin is going to be introduced an anti viral in a week five. ive just paid out ten pounds, half price, at holland and barret for some huge bombs of tablets l-carnintine.
im tired, and weak at present. im sure the cold weather doesnt help. dark, grey days seem to be the norm here. the cold does me no favours.
one positive. ive started to do a little knitting. i must take a picture, lime/lemon green alpaca wool, in a delicate pattern which i adapted from a babies dress. i can manage a few rows a night, which i love even if it does bugger my joints up.
5 comments:
- Robert said...
When the sun pokes its head out a little more often we'll all feel better! I hope the knitting helps you through the long nights and short days.
- 21 January 2010 at 02:01
- Rachael said...
I agree with Robert about the summer and feeling better - when i even think about the sunny weather to come i feel better!
Anyway i havent popped over and said hi for a while for various reasons so hi :), i hope you start to feel better soon and all the meds go ok.
take care
- 21 January 2010 at 18:26
Hi Alice,
When you feel those rays on your skin I'm sure you will feel better. I think one of the most depressing things of the last 2 years at least had been the promise of a hot summer that never arrived. Its been mostly gloomy and dull.
I hope those treatments do you some good. It would be good to find something helpful early in the year and make this one a good one for you.
All the best
- 22 January 2010 at 12:01
I forgot to add something about the main. I think you might have taken the wrong image from diver's blog. Instead of the 660x240 image you've maybe taken the preview image and uploaded it with 'stretch to fit' selected. I might be wrong but its worth having a look at.
All the best
- 22 January 2010 at 17:17
- alice said...
hi robert
would love some sun at the moment. was able to sit in a park cafe yesterday, outside the sun peaked its head out and i felt warm. roll on summer.
knitting, i will post a picture, i cant do much but its nice to get back to what i loved.
hi rachael
thanks, i hope the meds give me a little boost. its suppose to affect the cells, well thats the gist of it.
hope you start to pick up soon too. you little jimmy must make you feel good on down days. good luck with the volunteer work.
hi nechtan
i hope to we have a great summer, not to hot, but decent, and not just for a few months, a little longer please.
the picture, i used my own, diver kindly linked me too piknic a site that alters your pictures for free. this is the first one i tried, im sure if i fiddle with it for a bit i will fit it. thanks for the tip though.xxxx
p.s glad your earache is passing.
- 22 January 2010 at 18:50