text: Conventional thinking leads us to believe that light only follows a straight path and that it diffracts as it travels. But some scientists are breaking all the rules by creating a new class of nondiffracting optical beam that can bend around corners. These rays are called "Airy beams," a name that honors the English astronomer Sir George Biddell Airy for his studies of the parabolic trajectories of light in rainbows. The leap from mathematical predictions to experimental observation was made in 2007 by a group of researchers at CREOL – the College of Optics & Photonics at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. In this setup for nonlinear generation of Airy beams, the nonlinear photonic crystal is placed on a temperature-controlled stage tuned to the phase-matching conditions. Images courtesy of professor Ady Arie. Now, researchers at Tel Aviv University have demonstrated new ways to generate and control Airy beams, using new algorithms and nonlinear optical crystals. Their research is reported in the July 2009 (online June 21, 2009) issue of Nature Photonics and in two subsequent publications, Applied Physics Letters in November 2009 and Optics Letters in May 2010. To date, Airy beams have been generated only with linear diffractive elements that project a single color of light. But, the aptly named professor Ady Arie and his graduate students Tal Ellenbogen, Noa Voloch-Bloch, Ayelet Ganany-Padowicz and Ido Dolev of Tel Aviv University's faculty of engineering have discovered that a brand-new approach yields greater control of these unique beams. This photographed profile of the green Airy beam was projected onto the laboratory wall. By using three-wave mixing processes, which occur in asymmetric nonlinear photonic crystals, Arie's team generated beams at new wavelengths, opening up new possibilities for all-optical switching and manipulation of Airy beams. "The most interesting application in my opinion is optical manipulation of small particles," Arie said. "The Airy beam can trap microparticles and drag them along the parabolic trajectory of the central lobe. This may enable [sorting of] particles into different locations in space by varying the acceleration slope and direction of the beam." The team's approach involves sending light through a special kind of crystal, whose nonlinear coefficient is spatially modulated. The light waves bounce inside the crystal, changing their wavelength and color and providing the researchers with greater control of the trajectories as well as the ability to create light beams at new wavelengths. Shown is an artist's concept of simultaneous multiple nonlinear generations of Airy beams. "We have designed and fabricated a special nonlinear photonic crystal that converts a near-infrared Gaussian beam into a visible accelerating Airy beam," Arie said. "We have shown how the nonlinear process can be used to control the parameters of the generated beam." In particular, the shape and peak intensity location of the beam can be varied by either changing the operating temperature of the nonlinear crystal or by changing the wavelength of the pump laser. What's more, the team also has demonstrated how to change the acceleration direction of the beam: If the nonlinear process is an up-conversion one, the beam is accelerated to one direction; if it is a down-conversion process, it is accelerated to the opposite direction. In this illustration of the experiment, ω and 2ω represent the angular frequencies of the pump and second-harmonic laser beams, respectively. The black-and-white regions of the nonlinear photonic crystal represent the sign modulation of the nonlinear coefficient of the stoichiometric lithium tantalate crystal used in the experiment. The lens is used for optical Fourier transformation of the beam, which is generated in the crystal into an Airy beam. Their next step is to mix two – or even three – Airy beams in a nonlinear crystal. An interesting possibility would be to mix beams with different acceleration coefficients because the acceleration of the generated beam depends upon the accelerations of the input beams. "In addition, we plan to expand to study nonlinear conversion of other types of accelerating beams," Arie said. "The beam we studied so far is only the simplest member of a family of nondiffracting and freely accelerating beams."


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Down to Sleep Exhibit
Down to Sleep is an exhibit of textile art curated by Joetta Maue and currently on display at the Chester F. Sidell Gallery at the Essex Art Center in Lawrence, MA.
The bed is a powerful locale in our daily life – with most of us beginning and ending our day here. We experience our most intimate moments of vulnerability, love, passion, sadness, and weakness here. Most of us begin and end our life in this place that is piled with soft sheets and pillows. As a metaphor we can experience all the most significant emotions of human life in this one simple place of our daily life. This exhibit is work that explores this liminal space with contemporary fiber practices.
It looks like a wonderful exhibit from the photos. The gallery, filled with pieces that literally reach off the walls and into the viewer's space invite interaction and consideration. It's like a textile wonderland waiting to be explored. I have one piece, The Other Woman, in the show. I had hoped to travel to Lawrence to see the show in person, but alas, it's not in the cards.
I encourage anyone who IS within a reasonable distance to make the excursion. Or if you can't make it there, maybe like me, you'll want to purchase the catalog here.

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Weird homes - season 1.
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- Physical Description: 1 online resource (13 video files (approximately 286 min.)) : sound, color
- Publisher: [United States] : Syndicado : 1998.
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Episode 3 Recycled Wonders Episode 9 Strange Yet Wonderful Episode 1 Retired, Still Working Episode 7 Yards Of Fun Episode 8 Fantasy Gardens Episode 10 Collectors Episode 11 Junkyard Treasures Episode 4 Inspired By Pain Episode 5 Funny Farm Episode 2 Folk Artists Episode 6 Something To Say Episode 12 Paradise Found Episode 13 Artists In Residence.
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Directed by Moyra Rodger.
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Weird Homes is a television series about some of most unusual and bizarre homes and the fascinating and inspiring people who built and live in them. Eccentric yet elegant, batty but beautiful, these homes and yards salute the creative spirit in us all, the spirit that defies trends, the neighbors and the local building code. Weird Homes, the highest rated Canadian produced show on the Life Network, is also the winner of the international Gold World Medal for Documentary Profiles Series at the New York International Festivals and the winner of the Gemini Award for Best Lifestyle Series.
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- 16 residents received food through The Shoreline Soup Kitchen and Pantries, an interfaith ministry that serves lower Middlesex County and provides food and fellowship to people in need and educates our communities about hunger and poverty.
- 211 boys and 30 girls participated in the Boy Scouts of America, Connecticut Rivers Council, and the Girls Scouts of Connecticut, respectively.
- 11 Haddam residents utilized the services of the John J. Driscoll United Labor Agency. 100% of Clients at United Labor Agency reported they improved their job seeking skills, 69% received job interviews, and 57% obtained employment.
- 6 Haddam residents utilized the services of MARC: Community Resources, which works to empower adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
- 4 Haddam families remained in their homes thanks to one-time assistance through the Middlesex County Coalition on Housing & Homelessness Prevention Fund.
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From a Lagos- based photographer, Adolphus Okpara, has come a unique and visually compelling photographic portrayal of the custodians of indigenous religious belief. What message is the photographer passing on to viewers? Is it a plus or a minus for the African religion? His on-going solo exhibition, provides the answer.
In a solo photography exhibition, Emissaries of an Iconic Religion, which opened last Saturday at the Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA), Lagos, Okpara creatively pushes the boundaries of contemporary portraiture, while highlighting some of the existing tensions between the cultures of animist belief and organised religion. The exhibition, which featured fifteen images from the twenty strong Emissaries series made between 2009 and 2011 is expected to be accompanied by a discussion session as well as video documentary of the artist's experiences. The Imo State-born photographer's primary interest is to tell the story of 'our roots and the need to know it and preserve it. If we don't document it, it will soon face extinction.' From this stand point, Emissaries of iconic religion is not only timely, but it is also historic as it flaunts the humanity, identity and dignity of the believers in African traditional religion. The exhibition, which is supported by the British Council, London, is curated by Jude Anogwih and organised by CCA, Lagos.
Unlike his past shows, such as Rugbol (2009/10) series or his ongoing projects Shrinking Shores and Cocoa, Emissaries of an Iconic Religion goes beyond the reportage and documentary style characteristic of Okpara's work. It is a departure from his past exhibitions especially in contextual assertions and stylistic composition. The images and composition of the photographs are good replica of what the Victorian plantation owners and money bags of slave trade era exhibited in the colonial days.
In fact, the photographs exude confidence, pride and honour for African religion unlike in most presentations by the West who presents Africans in the way they want to see Africans. Every image in the collection is frontal and bold facing the camera. Each work 'engages the sensitive debate surrounding the demonisation and denigration of traditional religion instigated by colonial and missionary rhetoric, and more recently by the most dominant and visible forms of the religious belief systems in Nigeria and across the continent: Islam and Evangelical Christianity.' Yet, Okpara attempts to re-assert the importance, the centrality and the vitality of local belief systems despite the incursion of external pressures.
Okpara has exhibited widely locally and internationally and his recent exhibitions include Contested Terrains, 2011, Tate Modern, London; African Lace, 2010, Museum fur Vulkerkunde, Vienna, Austria; African Photography Encounters, 2011, Bamako, Mali; The Tie That Binds Us, 2012, Tiwani Contemporary, London among others. He has undertaken assignments for notable organisations and his works have been published in magazines, books and websites including the BBC, World Press Photo ENTER, New African Magazine and Nigerians Behind the Lens, the first Fine Art Photobook showcasing contemporary photography from Nigeria.


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Perhaps we ought to encourage the maintenance and upkeep of classic vehicles. We could limit parking on our streets and elsewhere to "vintage" vehicles.
I'd actually like to limit on street parking to cars built by the American Motor Corporation.
The folks at AMC built their cars in America's Dairyland, Wisconsin. These were the folks that brought us the Matador (I fear I don't have an actual Matador above. Might be a Concord).
I have a bounty out for pictures of AMC products on Seattle streets. If you see any of the following on our city streets, photograph it with some kind of verification that the photo was taken in Seattle (a consolation prize will be given for out of town photos, just take the picture), and a clear ID of what you're photographing, I will buy you a coffee and donut at your favorite Seattle donut shop. I won't have to be there.
Send the photo to theLand Use Pictures!
Please humor me. I love these cars. Take a look and I think you'll fall in love too.
I have never seen an AMC's Rebel 'The Machine.' I will buy you a dozen donuts if you find "The Machine" on city streets. Don't send me pictures of a GTO or a Duster. I wasn't born yesterday.
Extra points for convertible, special package versions, or vehicles that are in tact. One thing you'll notice is the two doors. That's a dead giveaway you've got yourself an AMC. The wagons and the Eagle, I think, always had the four doors. And just so you know, the Pinto was not an AMC product.
In any event, some of you might think I am joking. Others of you with a keen sense for beauty, design, and true American craftsmanship (and some kind of camera) will be laughing all the way to the donut shop.
And feel free to share your AMC stories. Maybe the first car you drove or made out in was an AMC Matador or Javelin. Did you break the speed limit in mom's Pacer. Maybe you rear ended an old man in a Gremlin. Would love to see some of that in the comments.
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NOTIFICATION OF LICENSE AGREEMENTYou have obtained this typeface software either directly from Linotype GmbH or together with software distributed by one of Linotype's licensees.This software is a valuable asset of Linotype GmbH. Unless you have entered into a specific license agreement granting you additional rights, your use of this software is limited to your workstation for your own use. You may not copy or distribute this software. If you have any questions regarding your license terms, please review the license agreement you received with the software.General license terms and usage rights can be viewed at www.linotype.com/license.Generelle Lizenzbedingungen und Nutzungsrechte finden Sie unter www.linotype.com/license.Pour plus d'informacin concernant la contrat d'utilisation du logiciel de polices, veuillez consultez notre site www.linotype.com/license.Linotype GmbH can be contacted at:Tel.: +49(0)6172 484-418
Kandel 205 W01 Lt Oblique
Talbot TypeAuthor
Adrian TalbotTrademark
Kandel 205 is a trademark of Talbot TypeCopyright
Copyright (c)2013 Talbot Type. All Rights ReservedDescription
Part of the Kandel 205 Collection by Talbot Type
Franklin ITC W01 Cn Thin It
International Typeface CorporationTrademark
ITC is a trademark of International Typeface Corporation Registered in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions; Franklin is a trademark of International Typeface Corporation and may be registereCopyright
Copyright 2007 International Typeface Corporation. All rights reserved. ITC Franklin is designed by David Berlow, The Font Bureau, Inc.License
NOTIFICATION OF LICENSE AGREEMENTThis typeface is the property of International Typeface Corporation (ITC) and its use by you is covered under the terms of a license agreement. You have obtained this typeface software either directly from ITC or together with software distributed by one of the licencees of ITC.This software is a valuable asset of ITC. Unless you have entered into a specific license agreement granting you additional rights, your use of this software is limited to use on up to five (5) workstation for your own publishing use. You may not copy or distribute this software.If you have any questions concerning your rights you should review the license agreement you received with the software or contact ITC for a copy of the license agreement.General information:www.itcfonts.comFor license terms and usage rights, please visit our web site at:www.itcfonts.com/license
champion coffee cup
champion coffee cupStyle
1.00 July 3, 2012, initial releaseAuthor
www.dafont.com wino-s-kadir.d2209Trademark
weknow Trademark of (http://www.dafont.com/wino-s-kadir.d2209).Copyright
weknow (weknow.deviantart.com). 2012. All Rights ReservedDescription
This font was created using FontCreator 5.5 from High-Logic.com
Plastic No.20 V1
Plastic No.20Style
Melinda WindsorCopyright
2001, Melinda Windsor. All rights reserved. Email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.apostrophiclab.com for more information.Description
2001, Melinda Windsor. All rights reserved. Email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.apostrophiclab.com for more information.
Style : KhadijaPackages
Khadija is a trademark of Mikrojihad.Copyright
Copyright (c) 2014 by Mikrojihad. All rights reserved.Description
Copyleft (c) 2014 by Mikrojihad . All fights deserved.License
Personal Use
P22 FLLW Eaglefeather W01 Bold
P22 type foundry, Inc./The Frank Lloyd Wright FoundationAuthor
Frank Lloyd Wright, David SegalTrademark
P22 Eaglefeather Bold is a trademark of P22 type foundry, Inc./The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.Copyright
2007 by P22 type foundry, Inc./The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. All rights reserved.Description
2007 by P22 type foundry, Inc./The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. All rights reserved.License
P22 End User License Agreement and Limited WarrantyThank you for purchasing P22 fonts. To ensure that P22 continues to bring you more exciting, historically relevant type, please take the time to read this agreement. It might not be the most fascinating read, but its very important and may answer many questions that you may have. Please register your fonts and remember that free software is an exception, not the rule. 1. Notice to user. You (End User) have not purchased the ownership rights to this font, but rather a license to use this font on a limited basis. Purchasing a license for any P22 font or font distributed by P22 (International House of Fonts, Sherwood Collection and other) via download, or e-mail, constitutes an agreement between P22 type foundry, Inc (P22) and the end user of the enclosed typefaces (software) that the terms and conditions of this contract will be followed. 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Upon completion of job, service bureau must delete the font software or purchase their own license.--To calculate the required additional license, call P22 at 716 885 4490 or visit: http://www.p22.com/licensing.html to receive a quote.One copy of the font software may be made for backup. You may transfer the original software to another party provided All materials, including back-up copies are transferred and that the recipient agrees to the licensing terms and conditions contained in this agreement, and all copies are removed from the originating end user's (your) devices. 3. Fair Use. The basic P22 license is intended to accommodate personal use as in the course of everyday correspondence and document writing, or in the design of self-promotion pieces like business cards, newsletters and brochures. Other uses designated as professional or commercial may require additional licensing.Professional use is work performed by, not limited to, freelance designers, small design firms and corporate advertising firms that incorporate P22 fonts within a design for a client or self-promotion. Most alphanumeric fonts are allowable without additional licensing provided that the Grant of License guidelines are met. However, the use of illustrative elements (also known as dingbats, extras, ornaments) within logo design requires an additional one-time license. If you have purchased the font(s) license for use on a large scale campaign such as in the course of entertainment promotion, advertising, corporate identity design, product packaging, store signage or in any way that requires the multi media (television, internet, print or other) output of the font(s), an additional license may be required. This applies to in-house or client based work. Call P22 at 716 885 4490 to receive your large scale campaign quote. A royalty based Commercial license is required when P22 font software is used to create a product sold for profit. If you have purchased the font(s) license for use as the principle design element to create a product to be sold such as, not limited to, rubberstamps, refrigerator magnets, or if the usage of the font adds value (value added) to a product to be sold such as wrist watches, house numbers, stencil kits, decals, digital art (screensavers, 3-D models, or other computer application), please call P22 at 716 885 4490 if you have any questions, for permission or to receive your commercial license quote or visit: http://www.p22.com/comlicensing.html for examples.The font may be modified if properly licensed for non-commercial or in-house use. The modified font software may not be sold or distributed.4. Font Embedding. 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You agree to indemnify and hold P22 harmless from any and all claims, liabilities, and costs including attorney's fees, arising out of your breach of this agreement or promises you made. If these terms are not agreed to and respected P22 reserves the right to revoke Grant of License.9. Construction. This agreement is governed by and constructed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. All disputes between P22 and the end user whether or not arising hereunder shall be conducted within the courts and jurisdiction of Erie County, New York.Please register your fonts. If you have purchased your font(s) directly from P22 you have been automatically registered. If you ordered your font from an authorized P22 reseller please keep a record of the time and place of the purchase; or if you purchased a CD, send in the reply/registration card enclosed within each package. (c)2004 P22 type foundry, Inc. -- Not Your Typical Type(tm) -- http://www.p22.com -- PO BOX 770 -- Buffalo, NY 14213
Fredoka One
Fredoka OneStyle
Copyright (c) 2011 Milena B Brandao (email@example.com), with Reserved Font Name FredokaLicense
This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is available with a FAQ at: http://scripts.sil.org/OFL
Grenale 2 W03 Cnd Md
Jeremy DooleyAuthor
Grenale#2 is a trademark of Jeremy Dooley.Copyright
Copyright (c) 2013 by Jeremy Dooley. All rights reserved.Description
Copyright (c) 2013 by . All rights reserved.
Walk Da Walk One V2
Walk Da Walk OneStyle
1.000 2011Company
Mns GrebckAuthor
Mns GrebckTrademark
Walk Da Walk One is a trademark of Mns Grebck.Copyright
Copyright (c) 2011 by Mns Grebck. All rights reserved.Description
Copyright (c) 2011 by Mns Grebck. All rights reserved.License
Please read this before any use of the font.-----------------------This font is for PERSONAL USE ONLY:Do not under any circumstances use the font in public media unless permission is given from designer Mns Grebck or legal reseller. You may not share this font, neither on websites or to other computers,unless Mns Grebck's permission is given.If you do not accept these agreements, do not install or use the font. -----------------------For further information, purchase and licence, please contact designer:Mns Grebck email@example.com+46763068614 (Sweden) http://www.mawns.com


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Jet d'eau, originally uploaded by -- brian cameron --.
Some whimsical graffiti from Ghent, Belgium.
Champs-Élysées, Paris.
Oscar Wilde's grave, Paris.
Netting to prevent golf ball chaos. Toronto.
The streets of Bruges.
A canal in Bruges.
Grand Place, Brussels, where you can find thousands of tourists.
Bruges, Belgium.
Nemo, Amsterdam.
Street art in Amsterdam.
A well-used wall in Brussels.
Rotterdam architecture.
Building detail in Brussels.
More photos from my Europe vacations last year. King's House in Brussels.
Albert Cuyp Market, Amsterdam
A tattoo parlour in Amsterdam.
Hoek Herengracht-Fluwelen Burgwal-Korte Poten-Bleijenburg. Den Haag/The Hague.
Den Haag/The Hague
"Het Strijkijzer" (Flat Iron) building, Den Haag/The Hague
Outside le Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou.
Le musée d'Orsay, Paris.
At the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, Paris.
Train from Paris to Amsterdam.
At le cimetière du Père-Lachaise, Paris.
Le cimetière du Père-Lachaise, Paris.
Le cimetière du Père-Lachaise, Paris.
La basilique du Sacré-Cœur, Paris, 2009.
The window of a sex shop in Pigalle, Paris.
A fence enclosing an area of construction on rue de Rivoli, Paris.
An odd Piano, seen on the streets in the Pigalle area in Paris last year.
For some reason, I didn't post all of the my photos from Europe last year, so I will add a few more.
The Eiffel Tower, eclipsing the sun.
Shot on approach to the Eiffel Tower.
Near Earlscourt Park, Toronto.
This is how I felt during high school and university :-)
I love these things.
Chocolate Addict, Kensington Market, Toronto.
Chocolate :-)
Galleria Italia at the renovated ROM.


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PORTSMOUTH — For students with autism, the multi-sensory nature of Halloween can be overwhelming.
But with the help of Birchtree Center staff, 18 local youth with autism donned costumes, practiced trick-or-treating and carved pumpkins all within the safety of their school, to prepare for the actual event.
People with autism can be very sensitive to scratchy fabrics or other textures, so it is important to find a costume that works for each individual child, staff members said.
Most students dressed up in costumes, transforming into likenesses of Harry Potter, witches, bumblebees, cowboys and much more, filling the parking lot near the Jewell Court school with color and smiles Wednesday during a costume parade.
"It is a real tribute to them to be able to tolerate it," Executive Director Christine Guarino said.
On Tuesday, members of the Altrusa Club of Portsmouth helped students practice trick-or-treating.
Guarino said it was helpful to have the women from Altrusa act as role players, opening classroom doors and passing out candy. Guarino said it better simulated real life to have people unfamiliar to the students answering the doors, rather than staff the students see on a daily basis.
Students practice saying "trick-or-treat" and putting the candy in their bag, getting used to all the new movements associated with the event.
"It is about knowing the expectations," said parent Judy Enos, of Plaistow. "It is nice to have something predictable. By pre-teaching ... you give them the tools they need."
Enos said her 15-year-old daughter, Lauren, who recently enrolled at Birchtree, loves to dress up. Each year she is a witch.
The Birchtree Center's educational and treatment program focuses solely on youth with autism. Its purpose is to improve the quality of life, increase the independence and productivity, and nurture the full potential of children and youth with autism.
Guarino said the Center has been implementing more and more activities to help prepare children for real-life social situations since it opened in 2002.
Most recently, parents were saying they would love to be able to go see a movie with their children with autism. Guarino and her staff brought in a big movie screen, received a donation of theater seats, and started simulating a movie theater experience for students.
The Birchtree Center is currently raising money to complete a facility in Stratham, which will be much larger than the current, 20-student location.


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A 17-year-old trying to shed light on the racism faced by Muslims since President Donald Trump's ascension to power quickly turned ugly for the teen as threats began pouring in.
The girl, identified only as Lamyaa, was discussing politics on a chat group created by her friend; the subject of discussion was to do with the ordeals Muslims face. When the 17-year-old mentioned she was from Saudia Arabia and gave some strong views on the group chat, she was subjected to racism.
Lamyaa explained that she did not support Trump because he does not speak for Muslim Americans, Latinx, people of color or women.
"He has insulted almost every group of people other than straight white christian (sic) males," Lamyaa texted. "How do you expect me to stand up for and respect a man that has done nothing but dehumanize everyone that doesn't look like him?"
It was at this point a bigoted man felt it was his right to humiliate the girl because she was a Muslim from Saudi Arabia living in America, so he tried to silence Lamyaa by declaring that her father would "beat her a**" if she decided to take her head scarf off.
"Stop defending Islam b**** shut up you couldn't take that scarf off or your dad would beat your a**," the text read.
Lamyaa, who has been subjected to such Islamophobia previously, like many Muslim woman in Trump's America, felt the need to correct this person's misconception about Muslim women, so she texted her father — and his supportive response was everything.
"I was thinking I want to take my hijab off," she texted her father.
"If it's what you feel like you want to do, go ahead. I'll support you no matter what," he responded.
Lamyaa then shared her father's response on Twitter, in an attempt to clear all the misconceptions people commonly hold for hijab wearing women, thinking they are generally oppressed or forced to wear the hijab.
Since this is a mentality a lot of you seem to have pic.twitter.com/CQn5L8zibS— l a m y a a (@lxmyaa) April 15, 2017
The tweet has gone viral since, with overwhelmingly positive and supportive messages.
@lxmyaa Yes, everybody should be in tottal control of thier lives, & not be told what to wear or what not 2 wear! Whatever U Wanna Do , U Decide!— DavidAlexanderHagan (@DudeHagan8570) April 15, 2017
@lxmyaa I get what message you're trying to send, shame some people are too ignorant to realize this though. And your dad is so sweet!— Stargirl (@MabelleKreidy) April 15, 2017
also, for those of you scared of the text in arabic, it says "are you okay, my love?" so don't sweat it https://t.co/MRBfjF40to— sonia (@pneusonia) April 15, 2017
Not everyone was taken with Lamyaa's post. One woman complained that she wishes to take off the hijab but can't because she doesn't have the freedom to make that kind of a decision. Others said that Lamyaa's father's response was an exception.
@lxmyaa So because you're not oppressed, therefore no one is oppressed...so the countless of girls (like myself) who do want to take it off, but— Fateemz (@athenaaaaaa777) April 15, 2017
This is sweet an everything but it ignores/ misrepresents the fact that there are so many places where no hijab = beating or murder. https://t.co/1UTqRRD6V3— Sugabelly ?? (@sugabelly) April 16, 2017
Later, Lamyaa made it clear that her intention was not to deny that some women are in fact forced to wear the hijab, but there are many like her who chose to wear a headscarf out of their own will.
April 15, 2017
The teenager said she was in contact with such women. "I tweeted some users to tell them that if there is anything I can do to help them that I am here, and that I am so sorry for what they face."
She explained that there was hypocrisy in the way non-Muslim individuals — particularly conservatives — in the U.S. claim to be concerned for women's rights after perceiving that all Muslims were misogynists.
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I am of the considered opinion that the expression "near relatives" as used in Section 372 of the Indian Succession Act, must refer to the persons who would be entitled to succeed the person who had.died intestate on the principle of nearer excluding the remoter. The "family" may comprise of the husband and wife and their minor children either being sons or unmarried daughters for the purpose of the law. The "family" may have a restricted meaning as a small unit. It cannot be lost sight of that in modern times the trend indicates "fission" and not "union". The bigger family concept of joint Hindu family is by and by withering away giving rise to small units of family.Print Page
Madhya Pradesh High Court
Munni Devi And Ors. vs Anguri Devi on 9 May, 1998
Equivalent citations: AIR 1999 MP 31, 1998 (2) MPLJ 648
Bench: S Srivastava
1. Feeling aggrieved by an order under Section 383 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), on the application filed by the contesting respondent, the mother of the deceased Hari Shankar, revoking the grant of succession certificate issued in their favour vide the order dated 7-7-1989, passed in Case No. 23 of 1989, the present appellants who had claimed the succession certificate in the aforesaid case No. 23 of 1989, have now approached this Court seeking the reversal of the impugned order and the restoration of the earlier order dated 7-7-1989.
2. I have heard the learned counsel for, the appellants as well as the learned counsel representing the contesting respondent, and have carefully perused the record.
3. The relevant facts as they emerge from the pleadings of the parties and the evidence brought on record lie in a narrow compass. Hari Shankar, who was born on 1-1-1951, was selected and appointed on the post of Aarakshak in the State Police Department on 4-4-1980. At the time of his appointment in the State Police Department, Hari Shankar was required to furnish various informations in a prescribed form which was submitted to the State Police Department on 4-4-1980. In his aforesaid statement while supplying the names of his family members, Hari Shankar had disclosed that Munni Devi/Bai (hereinafter referred to as Munni), the present appellant No. 1, was his wife. At the instance of Hari Shankar, in his service book, a note was made that his heir would be his wife, Smt. Munni.
4. On 21-7-1985, the aforesaid Hari Shankar had also submitted a nomination for the release of the benefits under the Madhya Pradesh Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme in the event of his death nominating Munni, his wife and Avadh Behari, his son whose age was disclosed to be only 4 month as his nominees to the extent of 50% each. In this nomination, Hari Shankar had clearly indicated that Munni was his wife. Even in the nomination form for D. C. R. G., Hari Shankar had nominated Munni clearly describing the relationship between them to be husband and wife. This nomination form was signed in the presence of two witnesses.
5. It may be noticed that in the Madhya Pradesh Police Service Roll which was prepared underArticle 886 of the Civil Service Regulations and was prepared on 4-4-1980, Hari Shankar had disclosed Munni to be his wife and his heir and it was on the basis of his declaration that Munni was shown to be his heir in his service book.
6. Munni, the appellant No. 1 was born on 1-3-1953, and was two years younger to the aforesaid Hari Shankar. She was selected for the training course of Nurses in (he year 1974, and after completing the training; she was granted appointment on the post of staff nurse in the year 1978. The entries made in her service book maintained by the State Department indicate that she had disclosed her relationship with Hari Shankar to be that of wife and husband. A copy of the service book (Ex. N. A. 34) prepared on 7-4-1984, which has been brought on record indicates Ihe above.
7. However, in the proforma which has been filed as Ex. N. A. 8 which does not appear to have been signed by Munni indicates that the name of husband of Munni was Jagadish Prasad Saxena. The document, Ex. N. A. 34, however, has been signed by Munni and countersigned by Zilla Parivar Kalyan Avam Swasth Adhikari (District Family Welfare and Health Officer), Guna, and is dated 25-4-1984 whereas the unsigned proforma is dated 7-4-1984.
8. Hari Shankar was murdered on 2-10-1988. Thereafter, the present appellants initiated proceedings under Section 372 of the Act, praying for the grant of succession certificate in their favour for the entire amount left behind by the deceased, Hari Shankar to which he was entitled towards service benefits and the other amounts deposited by him while he was in service including the interest which had accrued thereon. The application for obtaining the succession certificate was filed on 18-2-1989, and as has been noticed hereinabove Case No. 23 of 1989 was registered on its.basis which was decided by the V Additional District Judge, Gwalior, on 7-7-1989.
9. The applicants in the aforesaid case had impleaded "all concerned" as respondents, and pursuant to the order passed by the Court, a public notice was published in the daily newspaper Navprabhat on 17-4-1989, inviting objections from any one concerned.
10. In the aforesaid proceedings, the statement of Munni was recorded and on the basis of the oral and documentary evidence produced by her in that case, a succession certificate as claimed was granted subject to certain conditions.
11. A perusal of the order dated 7-7-1989, granting succession certificate in favour of'the present appellants indicates that Hari Shankar had died on 2-10-1988 while combating with the criminals and had left behind his wife, Munni, and his son Manoj Kumar aged 17 years, daughter Kum: Hemlata, aged 15 years, daughter Kum. Seema, aged 13 years, daughter Kum. Guddan aged 5 years and son aged about 4 years who were his only successors-in-interest. It was also provided in the order that all the amounts payable to the deceased Hari Shankar towards Ex-employees Group Insurance Scheme, Parivar Kalyan Yozana, Ex-gratia, P. F., Gratuity, etc., amounting to Rs. 92,942/- was payable to them. But, out of that amount, an amount of Rs. 50,000/- was to be kept in a nationalised bank for a period of at least 5 years for the benefit of the minor children in their names.
12. Thereafter, an application was filed by Anguri Devi, the contesting respondent under Section 383 of the Act on 7-8-1989, praying that the succession certificate granted in favour of the present appellants in Case No. 23 of 1989, be revoked, and after affording an opportunily to the applicant, Anguri Devi, to file objections and lead evidence, the succession certificate be granted to her. Case No. 116 of 1989 giving rise to the present appeal was registered on the basis of this application.
13. It may be noticed that although Anguri Devi while seeking revocation of the succession certificate had prayed that the same be granted in her favour yet she had initiated separate proceedings for the grant of succession certificate in the year 1997, on the basis of which application, succession case No. 33 of 1997, has been registered which is pending in the Court of V Additional District Judge, Gwalior. This Court vide its order dated 13-10-1997, had directed that the proceedings in that case shall go on but the final order shall not be passed.
14. In her application seeking revocation of the succession certificate granted in favour of Munni and others, the contesting respondent had asserted that she was the mother of the deceased, Man Shankar. who was in police service since the year 1980, and had died in harness on 2-10-1988. It was claimed that Hari Shankar had died as a bachelor and had never married. She asserted that Munni was wrongly claiming to be the wife of the deceased Hari Shankar and the claimants Nos. 2 to 6 to he the children born out of the wedlock with him. It was further claimed that Munni had been married to one Jagadish and the claimants Nos. 2 to 6 were bom out of the wedlock of Munni and Jagadish. The mother claimed that the succession certificate had been obtained by Munni and others in a fraudulent manner on incorrect facts. The mother claimed to be the only heir and legal representative of the deceased Hari Shankar and entitled to the amount of P. F., Group Insurance, etc., It was also claimed that no information was given to the mother not she could see the newspaper as she resided in Morena. It was also claimed that Munni was married to Jagadish Prasad and since there had not been any divorce, Munni could not marry Hari Shankar. As has been no-ticed hereinabove, the mother claimed that Munni had in fact not been married to Hari Shankar and Ihe succession certificate had been obtained on incorrect assertions which deserved to be revoked.
15. The present appellants contested the afore-said application denying the assertions made therein. It was claimed that Munni had been married with Hari Shankar in accordance with the Hindu rites in the year 1968. It was specifically denied that Munni had ever been married with Jagadish Prasad. It was claimed that the appellants No.s. 2 to 6 were born out of the wedlock of Munni and Hari Shankar. It was further asserted that the due publication of the notice was given and Anguri Devi was having full knowledge of the proceedings.
16. The trial Court vide the impugned order placing reliance on the document ex. N. A. 7 which was a certificate issued by Dr. Ruparn Jain, wherein the name of husband of Munni was disclosed to be Jagadish and the service book (Ex. N. A. 8) at page 103, wherein the name of the husband of Munni was disclosed to be Jagadish Saxena, and further the statement of Rajeev Dubey, came to the conclusion that Munni was not the wife of Hari Shankar holding that the statements of Devi Singh, Basant Kumar, Putin Singh Bhadoriya, Baghirath Ramole and Ramprakash, examined on behalf of Munni were not reliable.
17. The trial Court, however, found that non-applicants Nos. 2 to 6 were the children of Hari Shankar and not Jagadish.
18. The trial Court further found that it was not proved that Munni had been married with Hari Shankar. It was also found that Hari Shankar had died as a bachelor.
19. On the aforesaid findings, the trial Court held that by suppressing the correct facts and acting in a fraudulent manner and on misrepresentation, the said succession certificate had been obtained. It was, therefore, revoked allowing the application of Anguri Devi.
20. On the aforesaid findings while revoking the succession certificate granted vide the order dated 7-7-1989, the prayer made by Anguri Devi for the grant of succession certificate in her favour was refused leaving it open to her to move a fresh, application under Section 372 of the Act.
21. The finding returned by the Court below so far as the paternity of the appellants Nos. 2 to 6 was concerned, was in their favour holding that their father was Hari Shankar and not Jagadish.
22. The trial Court simply on the basis of the entries in the service book of Munni wherein she was alleged to have disclosed her husband to be Jagadish Prasad Saxena had rejected, her claim holding that it could not be believed that Jagadish Prasad Saxena was the alias of Hari Shankar or that Hari Shankar was also known as Anil or Jagadish.
23. The learned counsel for the appellants has assailed the correctness of the findings returned against Munni asserting that they are based on incorrect assumptions which are not at all supported by the evidence and the materials on the record. It has further been urged that the Court below has manifestly erred in overlooking altogether the presumption in regard to legitimacy which was available to the appellants Nos. 2 to 6.
24. It has further been contended that it stood established from the evidence and materials on the record that Munni and Hari Shankar had been cohabiting as wife and husband for a very long duration and from this union five children were born. This long cohabitation as husband and wife with habit and repute, it is contended gave rise to a presumption in regard to the marriage in law which presumption had not been rebutted many manner.
25. It has next been urged that taking into consideration the own clear cut and categorical admissions of the deceased Hari Shankar, there could be no manner of doubt about his having married Munni.
26. It is further contended that the evidence adduced in support of her claim by Munni was relevant and consistent with the provisions contained in Section 50 of the Evidence Act. The trial Court, it is contended erroneously ignored the relevant evidence which proved the relationship and the fact that Hari Shankar and Munni had throughout been treated as husband and wife and enjoyed such a status and repute. It has also been pointed out that even the father-in-law of Munni i.e., the husband of Anguri Devi had never disputed the relationship between the deceased Hari Shankar and Munni as was apparent from his letters on the record which have been ignored altogether by the Court below.
27. It is urged that the finding of the Court below on the question relating to the marriage was _perverse and liable to be set aside.
28. The learned counsel for the contesting respondent has however tried to support the findings returned by the Court below and has urged that no such compelling circumstance has been pointed out which could justify any interference in the appraisal of the evidence by the trial Court which had the advantage of watching the demeanour of the witnesses.
29. The learned counsel for the contesting respondent has strenuously urged that the application filed by Munni and others for succession certificate deserved to be rejected as the requirement stipulated under Section 372(1)(c) of the Act were not complied with.
30. The aforesaid provision requires that the applicant should set forth in the application the particulars of the family or other near relatives of the deceased and their respective residences.
31. It is contended that the mother of the deceased Hari Shankar was a member of the family of the deceased and also fell in the category of near relatives but her name was not shown in the application filed by Munni. In the circumstances, it is urged that the application suffered from a fatal defect and was liable to be rejected outright.
32. In the aforesaid connection, it has been pointed out that a succession certificate granted under the provisions of the Act could be revoked if the proceedings to obtain the certificate were defective in substance, or that the certificate was obtained fraudulently; by the making of a false suggestion, or by the concealment from the Court of something material to the case; or that the certificate was obtained by means of an untrue allegation of a fact essential in point of law to justify the grant thereof, though such allegation was made in ignorance or inadvertently:
33. The learned counsel for the appellants has contended that a public notice in respect of the application had been published in a widely circulated newspaper inviting objections to the application and Anguri Devi had to be deemed to have knowledge and in law must be imputed with knowledge of the contents of the application filed by Munni and the pendency of the proceedings. In the aforesaid circumstances, it is urged that a defect even if it be assumed to be there, cannot be of a fatal character. Anguri Devi could still in view of the publication of the notice in the widely circulated newspaper, file the objections, if any; and contest the application.
34. I have given my thoughtful consideration to the rival contentions of the learned counsel for the parties.
35. In the present case, a succession certificate had been claimed by Munni and others asserting that Hari Shankar since deceased had married her and out of this wedlock, the claimants Nos. 2 to 6 had been born. The applicants claimed to be the heirs of the deceased Hari Shankar falling under the Class I of Schedule I of the Hindu Succession Act. This required establishing the marriage of Hari Shankar with Munni.
36. In case a marriage in fact is established there would be a presumption of a marriage in law. However, where the parties consistently, continuously and openly lived as husband and wife, cohabited together had five children arid were regarded and recognised by friends and relations as husband and wife and enjoyed such a repute in general public, sufficient ground is made out for raising a presumption about the existence of a marriage and such a marriage in law creates the same rights and obligations on the parties as originate and flow from establishing a marriage in fact. The presumption of marriage on account of long cohabitation with habit and repute of that particular status which flows from a lawful marriage is further strengthened, in case the evidence on the record indicates that such union gave birth to children as there is apresump-tion in regard to the legitimacy of such children. The presumption of legitimacy necessarily involves that the union which gave birth to such children was lawful. The presumption in favour of a marriage as indicated above cannot be rebutted in case the husband himself admits the marriage and such an admission has to be accepted as conclusive especially in the absence of any material to indicate that the admission had been obtained in a manner not recognised by law.
37. In fact, where the parties consistently, continuously and openly lived as husband and wife, cohabited together for a long period had five children and were regarded and recognised by friends and relatives as husband and wife, it furnishes a clear evidence of marriage raising the presumption unless it is shown that the connection started in mere concubinage. Before raising the presumption of marriage arising from long cohabitation with habit and repute, it is necessary that the requisite conditions of a valid marriage stood satisfied in the sense that such a marriage was not prohibited under the law.
38. It must be emphasised that presumption in regard to marriage on the basis of evidence of habit and repute referred to hereinabove cannot be raised in a case where no valid marriage is possible or permissible under the law as no amount of evidence in regard to habit and repute could establish it in such a case. In other words, the presumption of legal marriage from cohabitation for long period is not available where it is not possible to have legal marriage.
39. In the present case, what I find is that no such fact or circumstance has been pleaded or proved which could indicate in any manner whatsoever that Munni was living in sin or the alleged marriage or the relationship had its origin in concubinage. Further, there is nothing on the record to indicate that no legal marriage could be permissible between them.
40. According to Munni, her marriage with Hari Shankar had taken place in the year 1968. At that time, she was about 15 years of age. The age of their eldest son at the time of the moving of the application is shown to be about 17 years. Therefore, he must have been born somewhere in the year 1972.
41. It was claimed by the mother-in-law of Munni that Munni had been previously married with Jagadish and the children were bom out of this wedlock. In support of her claim, Anguri Devi besides examining herself had examined, Barkat Ali, Bhagwandas as well as Maheshchand Jain.
42. Barkat Ali in his deposition before the Court below stated that he came to know about Munshilal Chitoria, the father of Hari Shankar in the year 1964. He claimed to have seen Munni in the house of Tularam, in the year 1969-70. He further claimed that he got acquainted with Jagadish in that year and had seen Munni living in the house of Tularam for one or two years, and thereafter, he had not seen her or Jagadish. He further stated that he had heard that Jagadish had died but he could not remember the date or the year of death.
43. Bhagwandas who was examined as a witness by Anguri Devi had in his examination-in-Chief stated that the name of the wife of Jagadish was Munni but he had immediately corrected himself and stated that Jagadish had never married and had no wife.
44. Maheshchand Jain, however, stated that Hari Shankar died as a bachelor.
45. Anguri Devi, had asserted that Munni had been married with Jagadish who was resident of Kampoo, Gwalior, and she came to know about Munni when she was living in the house of Tularam as a tenant. She had stated that out of the wedlock of Jagadish and Munni, one son and one daughter had been born.
46. However, in her cross-examination, she stated that she knew Munni from the year 1965-66 and had seen her only for a period of about 2 or 3 years. She showed her ignorance about the members of the family of Hari Shankar as indicated in the Ration Card. She asserted that Hari Shankar died as a bachelor.
47. Munni in support of her claim besides examining herself had examined Rajeev Dubey, Devisingh, Vasantkumar Jain, Puftusingh Bhadoriya, Bhagirath Ramole and Ram Prasad. She had also proved the letters brought on record which had been written by Hari Shankar and her father-in-law, Munshilal Chitoria.
48. The oral evidence tendered by Munni was admissible under Section 50 of the Evidence Act, and had proved the relationship in question. This evidence was also consistent with the own admissions of Hari Shankar to which a reference has already been made hereinabove.
49. There is nothing in the evidencc tendered by Anguri Devi which could in any manner establish that the clear'cut and categorical admissions of Hari Shankar in regard to his having married with Munni was in any manner incorrect or could be said to have been explained away. The evidence led by Anguri Devi, therefore, was not sufficient to rebut the presumption available in regard the marriage of Hari Shankar with Munni.
50. In the circumstances indicated hereinabove, it seems to me that the entire approach of the trial Court was erroneous. The clear cut and categorical admissions of Hari Shankar were ignored without any justifiable basis.
51. The trial Court erroneously totally ignored the service book of Munni prepared in the year 1984 wherein she had herself indicated the name of her husband to be Hari Shankar. There was no such evidence on record which could establish that Munni was ever married with a person by the name of Jagadish. According to the witness produced by Anguri Devi herself, Jagadish had died long ago and had not been heard for about 12 years. One of her witnesses had clearly admitted that Jagadish had never married. The oral evidence tendered by Munni was consistent with the documentary evidence and the admissionsof Hari Shankar himself and was not liable to be discarded as unworthy of credit. The said evidence inspires confidence.
52. In the aforesaid view of the matter, the finding returned by the trial Court to the effect that Munni could not be treated to have been married with Hari Shankar is not liable to be sustained especially when the trial Court itself has found that the sons and daughters who have been impleaded as respondents Nos. 2 to 6 were the children of Hari Shankar.
53. The expression "family" has not been defined under the Indian Succession Act. Even the expression "near relatives" has also not been defined.
54. I am of the considered opinion that the expression "near relatives" as used in Section 372 of the Indian Succession Act, must refer to the persons who would be entitled to succeed the person who had.died intestate on the principle of nearer excluding the remoter. The "family" may comprise of the husband and wife and their minor children either being sons or unmarried daughters for the purpose of the law. The "family" may have a restricted meaning as a small unit. It cannot be lost sight of that in modern times the trend indicates "fission" and not "union". The bigger family concept of joint Hindu family is by and by withering away giving rise to small units of family.
55. In the circumstances, the omission in question does not appear to be a fatal one so as to vitiate the entire proceedings especially when the publication of the notice referred to hereinabove ensures and secures notice of the proceedings to every person having a claim or interest in the estate left by the deceased. The requirement in question, therefore, is only directory.
56. Anguri Devi, in her application seeking revocation of the succession certificate granted in favour of Munni, had prayed for the grant of succession certificate in her favour after revoking the earlier succession certificate. ,
57. The trial Court while revoking the certificate granted in favour of Munni, had left it open to Anguri Devi to initiate fresh proceedings for getting the succession certificate.
58. I am of the clear opinion that in the facts and circumstances of the present case, there was no occasion for such an exercise which would have resulted in mere duplication of the proceedings. According to Anguri Devi, the order granting succession certificate in favour of Munni was an ex parte one which had been passed without affording an opportunity of hearing to her. In the circumstances, since Anguri Devi had put forward a claim to get a succession certificate in her favour exclusively, this matter could have been gone into by the trial Court since all the necessary parties were before it and had led the evidence in support of their respective cases.
59. In the facts and circumstances of the present case and the findings referred to hereinabove, it is apparent that Munni along with her sons and daughters and Anguri Devi, the mother of the deceased Hari Shankar fell in the category of heirs of Class I of the Schedule as indicated inSection 8 of the Hindu Succession Act. It is not in dispute that Hari Shankar had died intestate. The provisions contained in Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act, stipulate that the property of a male Hindu dying intestate shall devolve firstly upon the heirs being relatives specified in Class I of the Schedule. The sons, daughters, widow as well as the mother of the deceased are relatives falling in Class I of the Schedule appended to the Hindu Succession Act, and therefore, succeed simultaneously with equal shares. The mother, Anguri Devi, therefore, had l/5th share in the property in question.
60. In view of my findings indicated hereinabove and further taking into consideration the nomination of the deceased, 'Hari Shankar, this appeal is disposed of finally with a direction to the trial Court to prepare a fresh succession certificate in sucession Case No. 23 of 1989, in the light of the observations and findings referred to hereinabove indicating clearly therein that Anguri Devi is also entitled to l/5th share in the property in dispute left by the deceased, Hari Shankar. The order passed by the Court below on 7-7-1989, in Misc. Case No. 23 of 1989 (Succession) shall stand modified accordingly.
61. Considering the circumstances, there shall be no order as to cost of this appeal.


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Preparing the perfect bbq
With your chosen menu complete, invitations sent and final guest numbers confirmed it's time to think about the finer details of your upcoming BBQ. Making the difference between a casual summer gathering and a BBQ party your guests will never forget, the following points outline our top tips to perfectly prepare for your big day.
Plan ahead for the Great British weather
Due to the wonderful wet weather we often experience here in Britain, rain is something we all have to consider when planning social events outside. However creating sheltered areas in your garden using, a marquee or a number of tents filled with cushions or bean bags will allow you to keep the party going in comfort and style come rain or shine.
Create a theme
Providing a concept that ties all the separate elements of the day together will play a key role in making your guests feel as though they are attending an event to remember rather than an informal get together. Why not consider implementing something that reflects the sunshine you're hoping for, such as a Hawaiian theme? Or, if you prefer something a little more subtle, consider simply focusing on a specific colour scheme that runs throughout; from your furniture to the disposable cups and plates you choose.
Consider your seating arrangements
Perhaps an obvious point to make, however you may find that additional furniture is needed to accommodate all those attending in order for everyone to sit comfortably throughout the day, therefore consideration will need to be paid to the possibility of borrowing certain items from family and friends ahead of your BBQ. Remember, you don't want your guests to be sat so far apart that they cannot easily socialise with one another, whilst you also do not want to find that everyone is uncomfortably squashed together with no room to enjoy the BBQ masterpieces appearing from the grill.
Create the perfect playlist
We've all been subjected to it at one stage or another; that looping playlist for hours on end. Take some time to sit down and consider what music will best suit all your guests' tastes so you can ensure that the right atmosphere is created, whilst building a playlist that will play over a 5 hour period will prevent any unwanted repetition during the day.
Don't forget the snacks
Having carefully considered your main BBQ menu it can often be easy to forget the added extras that go hand in hand with a summer event.
Try to ensure that a range of crisps and dips are on offer as your first guests begin to arrive, as well as a variety of other small treats in order to keep them happy whilst you finish cooking on the grill.
Get your guests involved
It may be hard to accept, but you don't need to do it all! Consider asking your guests to bring a couple of items with them such as snacks, desserts or drinks; that way your load will be lightened and your guests will be glad to feel that they have made a contribution.
Prepare your drinks menu
If you have asked your guests to contribute to this you may find that you do not need to purchase a large amount of beverages. Always make sure that you have a large range of soft drinks and bottled water available alongside any alcoholic beverages, especially on hot summer days, and of course, don't forget the classic taste of summer - a Pimms punch!
Consider organising a range of activities
Creating a schedule of games is not only the perfect way to keep the kids entertained but will also help to keep the party spirit going throughout the day. This will also provide a topic of conversation, entertainment and a way in which to unite all your guests, preventing from them splitting into separate groups - after all BBQs are the perfect opportunity to socialise.
Enjoy yourself!
Finally, remember that BBQs are all about having fun! Don't let all your planning and preparation go to waste on the day by failing to socialise or enjoy the event you've worked so hard to create. Never be afraid to ask for help from your guests and leave the vicinity of your BBQ (ensuring there is a responsible adult present in your absence) to join in with the fun around you.


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Communications Minister Stephen Conroy today announced that the filter will be delayed for 12 months to complete a review of the "RC" category of prohibited content, but will still go ahead following that review. Some coverage of the announcement can be found here and here. EFA's responded with this media release.
Gizmodo launches "Fight the Filter" campaignJul 8 2010, 9:05
Prominent tech site Gizmodo today launched a campaign entitled "Fight the Filter", to spread awareness of the plan and the reasons why Australians should be worried. This week will feature a series of posts by experts on what is planned, how it has developed, and what the concerns are. The filter is not going away, and […]
Gillard takes aim at the net's "dark side"Jul 8 2010, 12:11
In case you were hoping that a change in PM might lead to a change in policy, think again. On Darwin radio yesterday, Prime Minister Gillard continued the Government's push for mandatory internet censorship, taking aim at the internet's "dark side". If there's any change on this issue, it's merely a slight shift in the […]