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The Truth Project was set up to give victims and survivors of child sexual abuse the opportunity to share their experiences in a supportive and confidential setting.
It is part of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, which is investigating institutional failures to protect children from sexual abuse. Information gathered in Truth Project sessions will mean the Inquiry can get a better picture of the past to help create a safer place for children in the future.
Over 3,500 people have already shared their experience with the Truth Project. New figures published today, show that a fifth of those who came forward experienced grooming - building a relationship with a child in order to gain their trust for the purposes of sexual abuse or exploitation.
Today, the Inquiry is also publishing another 60 experiences shared with the Truth Project. This includes accounts from Dominic, who was sexually abused in a Red Cross group; Gazala, who was sexually abused in a house mosque; and Anya who was sexually exploited by an organised network.
Chris Tuck, a member of the Inquiry's Victims and Survivors Consultative Panel said:
"Victims and survivors of child sexual abuse often tell me they've been silenced, ignored and failed by organisations they trusted."
"As a survivor, this has been my experience too. I helped to create the Truth Project to enable survivors to feel supported when sharing their experiences."
"We cannot change what went wrong in the past but by talking to the Truth Project, together, we can help to protect the next generation."
Michael May, head of the Truth Project in Oxford said:
"People from all walks of life experience child sexual abuse. Whoever you are, whatever your background, whatever your experience, the Truth Project is here to listen to you.
"We do not underestimate the courage it can take to come forward, but the experiences you share with us are a vital part of the Inquiry's work and will contribute to our final recommendations."
To share your experience with the Truth Project, visit www.truthproject.org.uk or email firstname.lastname@example.com.

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Kids can indulge their love of horses with a party for up to eight or 12, including a 30-minute ride plus grooming and feeding of the ponies
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Choose Between Two Options
- £99 for a two-hour pony party for up to eight kids
- £149 for a two-hour pony party for up to 12 kids
Equine enthusiasts can impress their friends with a birthday party for eight or twelve children at Fordbank Equicentre. The two-hour celebration will see kids on a horseback trek for 30 minutes before grooming and feeding the animals and mucking out their stables. They will then be able to use the party room for an hour, playing games and enjoying any food they would like to bring.
The Fine Print
Expires 4 months after purchase. Excludes 16 Dec 2018-4 Jan 2019. Limit 1 per 8 or 12 children, may buy 3 additional as gifts. Booking required by phone on 01505 705 829, provide Groupon codes. Please call and check availability before purchasing voucher. Present printed Groupon on arrival. 7-day cancellation policy. Parents are allowed to bring own food and drink as riding centre does not provide any. Must be aged 2-16. Equipment provided. Excludes 24-26 Dec 2016, and 1-2 Jan 2017. Maximum weight 14 st. 1 reschedule permitted. £15 surcharge per each additional child. Valid Tue-Sun 10am-5.30pm. In case of unsuitable weather the party will be organised indoors. Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult. Kids should wear leggings or jogging trousers and footwear that supports the foot and ankles. If anyone arrives with inappropriate footwear they will not be allowed to ride. No dogs allowed. Valid on option purchased only.
About Fordbank Equestrian Centre
Based in Johnstone, Fordbank Equestrian Centre is a livery and equestrian school that caters for riders of all abilities. The centre provides a range of horse experiences and lessons. Staff are fully qualified, insured and licensed by Renfrewshire Council. Fordbank Equicentre is an approved Pony Club Centre. Lessons are led by the owner and her daughter, who is UKCC Level 2 qualified instructor. Fordbank boasts an indoor and outdoor arena, both of which are floodlit.


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The Future is Female (Is It)?
In 1893 we were the first country to give women the right to vote and we set a global benchmark for equality. In saying that, one would think New Zealand would continue to strive to be at the forefront of equality in every area of life. That is not always the case it would seem.
Unfortunately, New Zealand ranks in the ten worst performing countries for Women in Business, according to the Grant Thornton 2017 Women in Business report. According to the report, " only 20% of leadership positions held by women and 37% of businesses with male-only executive teams. Australia fares better, with 23% of senior roles held by women and 20% of businesses with no women in senior positions, but it has seen no movement on last year."
Many of today's companies are still run by male-only teams and they are in danger of myopia when it comes to risk." – Francesca Lagerberg Global leader for tax services and sponsor of women in leadership Grant Thornton
Francesca Lagerberg, global leader for tax services and Grant Thornton sponsor for women in leadership says "companies today need to be more productive, more innovative and in many ways more open if they are to thrive."
- 25% of senior roles are held by women, globally.
- 34% of global businesses have no women in senior leadership roles.
- In New Zealand only 20% of leadership positions held by women.
- 37% of New Zealand businesses with male-only executive teams.
It has been 124 years since we got the vote, hopefully it doesn't take us another 120-odd to get back to where we need to be.


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One of my all-time favorite breakfast dishes, Biscuits with Sausage Gravy, is now served exclusively at the Blue Parrot Bar and Grill in San Pedro la Laguna. It's only Q25, and you can get two eggs for only Q5 more.
They also have custom omelets, Eggs Benedict and other economical and tasty breakfasts as well and sandwiches, steaks and sausage. The Blue Parrot Bar and Grill is on 7th Avenue, across from El Barrio Bar. For a review of this restaurant, see the BBlue Parrot Bar and Grill.


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Secluded among lush olive groves and vineyards and with breathtaking views of beautiful Polignano a Mare and the Adriatic Sea, Borgobianco Resort & SPA offers the perfect backdrop for an elegant and exclusive wedding.
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Borgobianco Resort & SPAis the ideal farmhouse setting for parties and weddings.
A generous function room and a delightful outdoor courtyard provide the perfect backdrop to celebrate your special day in style.
The Borgobianco Resort & SPA staff will be on hand to help you organise a wedding that exceeds your expectations, no matter how specific or particular they may be.
A wide range of complementary services (music, decorations, childminder, hairdresser, beautician, etc.) will ensure that your special day runs smoothly and stress-free. Our staff will take care of everything, leaving you to just worry about enjoying yourself.
With its breathtaking terraces and enchanted corners, Borgobianco Resort & SPA also provides the perfect backdrop for hosting civil ceremonies, whether on the water's edge or by the pool.


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Explore the icy wonders of Antarctica and the immense wildlife populations of South Georgia!
Join this adventure to explore some of the world's biggest penguin colonies, beaches filled with seals, immense glaciers, icebergs bigger than sky-scrapers, playful whales and so much more.
The Redfern Team is bringing together an expedition group to Antarctica and/or South Georgia to take place in 2021 after our Falkland Islands Wildlife Adventure. We will design this trip around the collective interests of the group that chooses to come. We have optioned one of the most respected expedition charter yachts crewed by one of the most experienced skippers. Please email to discuss further.
- Cost: Approximately £6,000 - £8,000 (depending upon duration of charter desired by the group).
- Start Point: Stanley, Falklands.
- End Point: Stanley, Falklands.
- Dates: flexible - but suggested dates: February 21st to March 20th, 2021 (28 days / 27 nights). For info email us.
- Group Size: 6-10.
- Bespoke Tour: If you do not wish to join a group tour, we can customise a private trip to fit your dates and interests. Please email us for details and a quote.
Unforgettable Polar Experiences
The Antarctic Peninsula and South Georgia are among the very best polar destinations... stunning landscapes dripping with glaciers, icebergs, immense colonies of sea birds and marine mammals, breaching whales, fascinating historic sites (abandoned whaling stations and research stations).
Visiting the Antarctic Peninsula and South Georgia is truly a life changing experience.
The REAL Experience
There are two main options to visit Antarctic Peninsula and South Georgia:
1. You can join a large commercial cruise ship to "visit", allowing you to stand on-deck amongst hundreds of fellow passengers to watch the landscape pass you by. This approach will allow you get off a few key locations where you will stand in line to take photos. Many sites cannot be visited by the big ships due to visitor number restrictions.
2. Or, you can join a private charter expedition using a small expedition ship for an up close and personal experience, guided by experts and specialist boat crews! With this approach, you can go where the big ships cannot visit, you can adapt your itinerary continually depending upon weather conditions, group interests and wildlife movements, and you won't be one of a large crowd.
This trip offers you the rare opportunity to join a private charter expedition to see the Antarctic Peninsula and South Georgia up close and personal, with extremely experienced guides and specialist boat crews!
An Adventure to the End of the World!
South Georgia and Antarctica are home to some of the world's greatest concentrations of polar wildlife.
South Georgia is one of the few sub-Antarctic islands that is free of sea ice during winter, and so it is a magnet that draws in millions of breeding seabirds and marine mammals from across much of the Southern Ocean. The diverse seabird communities alone are believed to comprise over 32 million pairs of birds, among these are some of the world's biggest penguin colonies (including over 1 million macaroni penguins, half a million king penguins and at least one hundred thousand gentoo penguins). The island is home to a staggering 22 million Antarctic prions, nearly 4 million common diving petrels, 2 million South Georgia diving petrels and a further 2 million white-chinned petrels.
Several hundred thousand albatrosses call South Georgia home, including the wandering albatross, the black browed albatross and the grey headed albatross. The island also harbours giant petrels, skuas, terns, the endemic yellow billed pintail and over twenty other bird species. Additionally, around four million Antarctic fur seals breed on South Georgia each year, along with over one hundred thousand elephant seals and visiting crab eater seals. Many species of whales are native to South Georgia's waters, including orcas, southern right whale, blues, fin, sei, minke, humpback, sperm, southern bottlenose and long-finned pilot whales.
The Antarctic peninsula is home to less concentrated wildlife sites, but a similarly impressive diversity of animals including leopard seals, Weddell seals, southern elephant seals and crabeater seals. More than then species of whales and dolphins are known from the waters of the Antarctic Peninsula, with humpbacks being most commonly seen (often boat-side encounters!).
Four species of penguins breed widely along the peninsula (chinstrap, emperor penguin, gentoo and the Adelie penguin). Other seabirds include the southern fulmar, southern giant petrels, Cape petrels, snow petrels, Wilson's storm-petrels, imperial shags, snowy sheathbills, south polar skuas, brown skuas, kelp gulls and Antarctic terns.
The coasts of the peninsula have the mildest climate in Antarctica and harbour patches of mosses and lichens, as well as both of Antarctica's native flowering plant species, the Antarctic hair grass and the Antarctic pearlwort.
Adventure Itinerary
NOTE: it is impossible to prepare a daily itinerary for polar expeditions due to the fluid nature of charter trips. The expedition will have a clear set of defined objectives and target locations to visit for each location, which will be accomplished as efficiently as possible depending upon weather constraints and wildlife movements. As a group, we will continually discuss the itinerary throughout the trip, and adjust the plan to fit our collective interests, priorities and what we succeed on observing (or otherwise).
PLAN: 28 days
Stanley to South Georgia: 3 - 5 days.
South Georgia: approx. 8 days.
Sough Georgia to Antarctic Peninsula: 3 - 5 days.
Antarctic Peninsula: approx. 7 days.
Antarctic Peninsula to Stanley: 2 - 4 days.
Our goals during our time on South Georgia include:
- Elsehul (to see gentoo penguins, Southern giant petrels and fur seals).
- Prion Island (to see wandering albatrosses, fur seals and elephant seals).
- Salisbury Plain (to explore an immense colony of King Penguins, up to 100,000 birds!)
- Olav Whaling Settlement.
- Possession Bay.
- Shackleton Gap (where Shackleton's march across South Georgia commenced).
- Optional walk from Fortuna Bay to Stromness Whaling Station (following part of Shackleton's route).
- Stromness Whaling Station
- Grytviken Whaling Station.
- Ocean Harbour (fur seals, whaling ruins and king penguins).
- St Andrew's Bay (come to am immense king penguin colony).
- Cooper Bay (fur seals and macaroni penguins).
- Drygalski Fjord (stunning glacial landscapes).
- Elephant Island (to stand on the exact spot where Shackleton's men were marooned!)
- Cierva Cove (stunning glacial landscapes and icebergs).
- Primavera Research Station (gentoo penguins, chinstrap penguins, mosses and plant life).
- Enterprise Island (crab eater seals and leopard seals).
- Wilhemina Bay (stunning glacial landscapes and icebergs).
- Cuverville Island (gentoo penguins and whale skeletons).
- Brown Base (research station).
- Port Lockroy (preserved research station, penguins and whale bones).
- Gerlache Straits (killer whales and stunning views).
- Spigot Point (chinstrap penguins and gentoo penguins).
- Deception Island (whaling ruins, geothermal black sands, incredible volcanic landscape and penguins!)
- Half Moon Island and Livingston Island (stunning landscapes).
Getting there
This expedition begins and ends in Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands.
Reaching the Falkland Islands is much easier than many people imagine. Please see:
Falkland Islands Tourist Board: https://bit.ly/2LwW8aP
Falkland Islands Government: https://bit.ly/2vO9F3d
In terms of flights, there are two main options:
1. LATAM (formerly Lan Chile) offers flights to/from the Falklands via Santiago (with connecting flights across the world). So it is easy to fly from Australia, the USA and Europe with just a flight change in Santiago. These flights arrive/leave on Saturdays. We have planned this trip to start and end coinciding with these LATAM flights.
2. Royal Air Force flights (from RAF base Brize Norton in Oxfordshire) to/from the Falklands. Bookings can be made via the Falkland Islands Government Office: firstname.lastname@example.com (available to civilians of all nationalities).
Adventure Rating: Moderate
Possible extensions
This expedition takes place immediately after our Falkland Islands Wildlife Adventure, allowing participants to discover the Falklands, then travel on to South Georgia and Antarctica!


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By Frank Lopez
Most of us have a schema of who we think we are. This is usually based upon our life experiences, education, friends and work environment. We sometimes inflate our accomplishments and diminish our failures, but overall, we have a pretty good idea of who we are. Once in a great while, these images of who we think we are become threatened by unique experiences.
Such an experience happened to me some 10 years ago. I had been teaching high school for a number of years. My wife and I had a wonderful family, and I was well respected by my colleagues. I took the light rail into work as I usually did, got off at the station, and proceeded to walk two blocks to the local coffee shop where I often met up with fellow teachers before school began. I had my normal large cup of coffee to go and started walking towards campus with two other fellow teachers. Along the way, we stopped at a signal waiting for the light to change. My cup of coffee was in my left hand, and my white cane was in my right hand extended out in front of me.
Suddenly, I heard and felt a "plunk, plunk"! Not quite knowing what just had happened, I asked one of my friends, "What was that?" They were laughing so hard they could hardly answer me. So I repeated, "What was that?" My friend Andy replied, "Someone just dropped some change in your cup!" At first I was very perplexed and then a little angry, with a flood of different emotions. My friends seemed to think that it was a laughable situation. Here I was– a well-paid educated and professionally dressed person on my way to work– yet someone thought I should be pitted, or it could have been a genuinely compassionate person who thought he or she was just doing a good deed.
This experience seemed to bother me the rest of the day. It caused me to wonder how the sighted world views the blind regardless of who they are and what they are. Do they only see the white cane in our hands and regard us with preconceived ideas of our imposed societal limitations?
As a person who happens to be blind, I have had the opportunity to receive many accolades over the years, sometimes making me feel as if I were the "poster boy" of what the disabled can achieve. Over the years, I noticed that society often perceives persons who are blind as either totally helpless and without any social value or phenomenal because we can compete in a sighted world. They look at us as though we are some kind of super blind person if we exceed their preconceived expectations of our abilities, when in truth, most successful persons who are blind are hard workers and passionate about what they do.
This got me thinking about how people in my immediate circle of friends perceive me. I conducted an informal "blind"survey to find out what their experiences were with blind people and what they thought about them prior to knowing me or any other blind person. I was not surprised to find out that the majority of them were uncomfortable around a blind person prior to meeting me. Before they knew me, most of them had little or no experience interacting with persons who are blind. After meeting me, most of them felt that the blind are just as normal as anyone else, and this seemed to be a real surprise to them. The majority of them were surprised to learn that I taught high school for 20 years and they found it hard to understand how I could do that.
It seems that society looks at us with "extreme lenses." Persons who are blind are either to be pitied or praised, and there is no middle ground. We often do things in different ways to accommodate our limitations, but in reality, everyone has some limitations. Some are just more apparent than others. It is how we deal with our limitations that makes us unique and helps us gain a greater understanding of one another.
Frank Lopez lives in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.
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Day 15: 10 Things that make you Awesome – March Blog Challenge
This was the first day that I considered not doing one of the items in the challenge. But let me start something even if I don't make 10 items
1. I think I'm awesome because I made the two most awesome little beings
2. I can make those two beings laugh and feel loved.
3. I can figure things out – when other people get stuck on something I can usually figure it out.
4. I can get excited about the small things in life
5. I'm very open minded
6. I can remember the most mundane facts (I'm terrible at remembering anything important, but that's beside the point)
7. I managed to quit smoking, and not crave it at all
8. I can make the best lasagne ever (To my taste anyway)
9. I'm very curious and have a wide range of interests
10. And this is where I'm stuck….just can't get a 10th item.


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If the sophomore season of The Invisible Man (airing Fridays at 8 pm/ET on the Sci Fi Channel) has left some viewers feeling as if their lives are flashing before their eyes, it's not entirely unwarranted. But rest easy, kids, it's not your lives... just your names.
As series star Brandy Ledford (aka superspy Alex Monroe) whispers to TV Guide Online, the show is paying tribute to the many Internet fans who dissect the program on a weekly basis. "If you watch the new main titles closely, in between the cuts, they're flashing up the screen names of fans." Why? "The show understands the importance of fans, more so than most other shows."
As proof of that fact, Ledford offers up tales from her days as Baywatch's bikini-clad lifeguard, Dawn Masterton. "It was a huge international show, but they weren't doing it for the fans. It became sort of self-indulgent and self-aggrandizing. But on this show, we're so well-received by the fans."
The actress, who first appeared on The Invisible Man in last month's season premiere, admits that she was a tad reluctant to see what online fans had to say about her first episodes. "It's hard, because what if they say things that I don't want to read?" she muses. "But when you see what they write, and how supportive they are, you really want to do a lot for them. And now, their names are in the opening credits!"


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Random reflections on culture, life and the Universe. Warning: will regularly include Scottish actors.
Friday, August 25, 2006
Does anyone else think that...
8 comments:
- Rob Buckley said...
In the US, the tagline is "Some Sacrifices Must Be Made". I'm guessing they're referring to "quality" and "integrity".
- 2:37 pm
- Lisa Rullsenberg said...
- 2:43 pm
- Reidski said...
What is it with all the remakes? It went all really bonkers when Paul Verhoeven remade Psycho with all the same dialogue and, I think, with all the same camera angles. Now what the bloody hell was that all about?
But back to Wicker Man, it reminds me of a really pleasant evening spent with JJ a month or so back - no, of course she didn't do THAT dance ;-))
- 4:21 pm
- Rob Buckley said...
"when Paul Verhoeven remade Psycho"
It was Gus Van Sant. Verhoeven's nuts, but he's not that nuts.
- 10:10 am
But... but... it's got Nicolas Cage in it, which means it will be fantastic. Then again, I thought the original was rubbish, so...
- 12:12 pm
I SO thought that the original was rubbish too. Way too up its own rear. At least Nicolas Cage may succeed in bringing the whole thing down a notch or two! Might be a tad more realistic. Who knows;I won't be clammering to see it anyhoo. Maybe I'll get hold of the DVD some months up the road Rullsenberg...and when I visit yours..we can enjoy watching it together!!! ;) ahem...you know you want to....oh well..just me then ;)
- 6:44 pm
- Lisa Rullsenberg said...
DVD watching with Chrissie - I can't think of anything better!
- 4:54 pm
- SimonHolyHoses said...
It's because the original was so rubbish that it's so good! Edward Woodward is excellently rubbish. You can peel his discomfort off the TV screen.
His performance is almost as convincing as that of Christopher Lee's magnificent Syrup.
The music is cracking too. Folkies with basin-head haircuts playing flutes and flogging someone if they so much as mention modern music. It's wonderful.
I fully understand the modern need to remake everything. It's just putting a new coat of paint onto the old woodwork for the youngsters who would otherwise be incapable of watching without getting very bored with it all.
Remember, newer is better.
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Newton Hall is an awesome wedding venue. As a County Durham based wedding photographer it was a real treat to go up there this year. A beautiful building, with multiple spots for guests to mingle inside & out. A love a wedding venue that makes you feel secluded & away from life for a day. I think thats what weddings are in general, it's escapism & a celebration of two people wanting to spend their lives together. And a good excuse to get smashed of course.


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Kat and Tyrus dig into some pants-stuffing crimes.
Someone's been binge-ordering food on Seamless using Tyrus's name.
Kat shares words of wisdom for dealing with the authorities if you're five.
*Listener Poll* Would you rather be a chicken nugget peeler, or a poop museum curator?
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Optical Assistant - Shropshire - New State of the Art Practice
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Optical Assistant jobs, Optical Advisor, Dispensing Assistant in Newport, Shropshire. Zest Optical are recruiting on behalf of an optical practice with exciting opportunities in the optical eye care sector based in Newport, Shropshire.
We are currently looking for an Optical Assistant to join a new state of the art practice based in Newport, Shropshire.
This is an outstanding opportunity to join a new practice and play an integral part of the growth and development of the new team in a state of the art environment.
The Directors of the practice are looking to create a patient centred environment where the team can enjoy themselves whilst developing their careers.
Optical Assistant – Role
- Brand new, state of the art 3 testing room practice
- Leading the high quality team with the focus on high levels of customer care
- Provide comprehensive dispensing service
- Pre-screening, collections, adjustments etc
- Train and support members of staff
- Extensive opportunities for development – Management or Dispensing Optician etc
Optical Assistant – Requirements
- Previous experience within the optical industry
- Must be calm, comfortable and confident at all times when talking to patients.
- Be able to develop and maintain a reputation for high quality customer care
- Ability to learn and want to develop
Optical Assistant – Salary
- Paying up to £18,000
- Lucrative bonus scheme
- Further added benefits
To avoid missing out on this opportunity, please send your CV across to Kieran Lindley using the 'Apply' link as soon as possible.


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Meet the 50-plus women making sure that female voices are heard in the world of culture
The latest shortlist of nominees in our 50 Over 50 Awards, in partnership with JD Williams, has been announced.
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The Awards celebrate 50+ women who are making a real difference to our world, and the five names on our Champions of the Arts and making significant waves in the world of culture.
They include the woman behind some of our favourite midlife TV programmes and the female architect behind one of the UK's most iconic landmarks.
The winners of this and all 10 categories in the 50 Over 50 Awards will be revealed at an exclusive Woman & Home event in the autumn.
Until then, read more about our Champions of the Arts shortlist below…
Kate Mosse OBE, 56
The co-founder of the Women's Fiction Prize
Kate co-founded the prestigious Women's Prize in 1996 in response to an all-male Booker shortlist. In its infancy, it was controversial to have a female-only award.
She is also the best-selling author of the Languedoc trilogy (Labyrinth won the Best Book Award in 1996), and has just published the first book in a new series, The Burning Chambers.
Kate says: "I wanted to celebrate women's creative voices from all over the world, to make sure that the quiet and often overlooked experiences are put centre stage.
"My career has been haphazard, joyous and lucky, and every new book feels special and miraculous. But without the support of family and friends there wouldn't be much point. It's the sharing of success (and also the failure) that matters."
Kay Mellor OBE, 67
The TV genius who puts our lives on screen
Kay is one of our most prolific TV scriptwriters, best known for much-loved TV series Girlfriends, Fat Friends and Band of Gold, often focusing on relationships, love and sex with humour and honesty.
She has won many awards including a BAFTA and a Writers Guild Award.
Kay says: "I like to think I've changed the goalposts and more women have been employed because of my skills. Also, I've created a lot
of work in the North of England so TV isn't as London-centric these days. When I started, people didn't even know where Leeds was!"
Chila Kumari Burman, 60
The Liverpool-born artist who exhibits worldwide
Chila is a multi-media artist who merges Bollywood bling with politics and childhood memories. She's one of the few UK artists to be exhibited internationally.
Growing up in 50s Liverpool, her father had an ice cream van, and she often uses objects like cones and lolly wrappers in her work.
Chila says: "I use so many different media because I love to make a mess in my studio, and I find my work so satisfying.
"I'm motivated by meeting good women, like Anita Choudhrie, founder of the Stellar International Arts Foundation, who has brought my work to the world.
"People expect Asian women to be doctors or accountants, but I'm just going for it and letting nothing get in my way."
Amanda Nevill CBE, 61
The film pioneer
Amanda set up the BFI Film Academy, which has given bursaries and training to over 5,000 young people who want a career in film.
Amanda won the Social Purpose Award in the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Awards.
Amanda says: "Talent is everywhere but opportunity isn't, so I'm proud that we've created a new pathway. I'm motivated by opening doors for young people who dream about entering this magical industry.
"I don't have a creative bone in my body, so a job that helps others follow their creative calling is a huge privilege and joy."
Julia Barfield, 65
The inventor of the London Eye
Julia conceived and designed the London Eye along with her husband David Marks (who died recently). As no one would fund the development of this London landmark, they founded their own company and raised the money themselves.
Today the Eye is the most popular paid visitor attraction in the UK and has won over 85 awards.
Their practice has also built the i360 by Brighton's West Pier – a vertical viewing platform inspired by a Victorian hot-air balloon ride.
Julia says: "As part of the permanent planning permission, we ensured that 1% of ticket sales go to the local community in perpetuity. That has been no small sum over the years.
"Architecture is a bridge between the arts and science – at school I resisted choosing one or the other as I liked them both.
"My proudest achievement is knowing our projects put a smile on people's faces."


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Blockchain is known as the technology that powers Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. But it can be applied in many different industries and not just virtual currencies. Blockchain can be used for asset digitization, advertising, health care, energy, culture and real estate.
As a decentralized ledger, blockchain allows public agencies and companies to reduce costs and increase their efficiency.
As mentioned before, blockchain can be used for asset digitization. This can be used to convert documents or physical assets into blocks on the blockchain. It is very productive because the information is always available to check, offers high traceability, high credibility and liquidity.
As an example, we can mention the decision taken by the Dutch government to experiment with the technology. Different governmental agencies and companies are exploring blockchain solutions to improve their efficiency.
The Chilean National Commission of Energy (CNE) has decided to regulate the energy sector launching a pilot based on the Ethereum blockchain. Using distributed ledger technology (DLT), the Commission will be improving procedure's safety and have a more detailed information about the energy sector.
The second industry that is going to be benefited with blockchain technology is the healthcare sector. DLT is able to transform healthcare, taking care of the patient and placing him at the center of the ecosystem. It would be possible to increase security, privacy and inter-operability.
At the moment, there are some companies trying to improve some issues related to medical reports.
Companies such as MIT-led MedRec are applying smart contracts to create a decentralized system for healthcare data. Companies can share accurate and verified data maintaining confidentiality.
The technology can also be used in the cultural landscape. The music business is just one of these examples. Some artists do not receive the full amount of money that they deserve after selling their material online. And there are some users that pay for content that is never delivered.
With blockchain technology, these problems can be solved. There are different projects in the market that are trying to deal with these issues.
At the end of 2017, Björk decided to sell its album in virtual currencies such as Bitcoin (BTC).
Artbit, for example, is also working in a platform that aims to compensate artists and creative entrepreneurs.
If blockchain technology is able to change these industries, then, it must have also a positive impact on real estate. Companies working in this industry experience a lot of paperwork, illegal deeds, mistaken public records, fraud and lack of transparency.
One of the main projects in the sector is Propy, a global real estate store that allows buyers and sellers to work using smart contracts.
Another company working on the matter is Ubitquity, which works as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) blockchain platform. It offers a secure ledger and efficient transactions. The funds of the individuals transacting will remain protected and far from attacks.
Finally, we can add the advertising market. According to some reports, the market could reach $550 billion dollars in the year 2018. However, the potential gains remain unrealized due to different issues that must be addressed.
Companies are surrounded by lack of transparency, difficult payment methods and fraudulent traffic. Blockchain technology may change these things forever.
We can mention AdNode, which is creating a decentralized blockchain solution that would increase transparency in the market.
ADconity presents itself as a media advertising platform for both advertisers and publishers with very attractive prices.
In this article we have just mentioned some of the different areas were blockchain technology can be applied. However, DLT has the potential to improve almost every single economic area that is currently facing problems.


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My name is Manuel Uberti.
I started my career developing Java enterprise applications. I have worked both in Italy and in the United Kingdom on software deployed to a wide range of customers: petrol companies, hospitals, job centres, insurance companies, banks, fashion stores, colour and additive factories.
In 2015 my interest has shifted towards functional programming thanks to languages such as Scheme and Clojure. Since 2017 my daily job involves Clojure and ClojureScript at 7bridges. My open source work is available on GitHub.
I am also a cinephile, but I have another blog for that. Get in touch if you want to know more, or if you are looking for a detailed curriculum vitae.
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And not a whole lot of taper madness.
No obsessive weather checking…at all really. I figure the weather is out of my control and with all the stress I have it's not worth it to worry about whether or not I'll get "perfect" weather conditions.
No worrying about nagging aches. Sure I had/have enough worries to make a doctor's trip yesterday worth my while but I don't have the taper worries. Everything I'm worried about I've been worried about for awhile and I just had my last PT appointment before the race and things are a-go. Yes, there's still inflammation but I'm at about 98.4%.
No loss of sleep. In fact, I've been actually sleeping. Of course this means my school work is suffering a bit because I'm using my time to sleep rather than work but hey, I figure I won't sleep at all the week post-marathon in my attempts to get caught up.
No worrying about my pace on the "runs" I've had yesterday and today. Yup my pace is slow but mentally I feel okay with everything. After 15 weeks of huge runnings going out for a 3-6 mile run is sooooo refreshing. Running for under an hour?! That just seems so easy to wrap my head around.
No worrying about my ferocious appetite. It seems that after I eat a meal I'm full but 20 minutes later I need another. I've never experienced this level of hunger before, not even during my 100 mile weeks. I think that it must have suppressed my appetite a bit. But it's all good now. Good because I now have an accurate gauge of what my body wants energy wise. And also good because it lets me know that I'm taking in lots of food to fuel my 26.2 mile endeavor.
No worrying about plans for race day. Which is odd because I don't have any. Probably should make some and figure out how I'm going to get there. That's pretty important. Plus I ordered my jacket last night. Holler.
No worries about post-Boston social plans. My friends are planning a drunken festival for whenever I get back to campus and I'm so all over it.
No worries about post-Boston running plans. Unlike many of you bloggies who are either running Boston or another marathon soon, or even those who have run them in the past and immediately signed up for the next, if you asked me right now if I'll ever run another one I'd have to say NO. But I felt like this last year too. I always thought that I was in the majority with my train of thought but reading some blogs lately I think I'm in the minority. Oh well.
So I'm actually pretty calm. And like I wrote yesterday, this is normal for me. Granted I've only gone through this once but even with my shorter races it was the same way. These past few days have been eerily calm in other aspects of my life too. Now that I say that I'm going to jinx myself hardcore and my life will fall apart. Like tomorrow.
But I think I'm just learning to accept and not let negative shit affect me as much. Or like in my first "No Worries" bullet point: I'm just letting go of things that I can't control.
So I'm going to leave you with that. Nothing exciting going on in my world so nothing much to write about. Hence a boring no-new news post haha. I'm going to try for a short run tomorrow. According to the plan I have a tempo but I haven't done speed in so long I think it's silly to try and "cram" for the race. I'm allowed up to 10 miles (the range is 7-10) but I think I'll cap it at 6.
If I'm running slower because of lack of speedwork I have to consider time spent running and a lower mileage is appropriate. It's totally going to be hard to *not* go far but that's been the story of this week. And I've been successful so far. Like I mentioned above, it's mentally relieving to not have a huge day and that I can stop after one of my routes rather than building up longer ones.
And thanks for all your kind words and support in the past few days as Boston inches closer. Hope everyone is having a good (and zen) day 🙂


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It's safe to say that since Game of Thrones has returned society has been reduced down to two types of people, those that are totally infatuated with Game of Thrones and those that have been secretly judging Game of Thrones fans.
Recently a GoT fan made a GoFundMe account for Bran Stark. For those who aren't fans, Bran Stark has been stuck in a cold courtyard and needs help getting out.
The GoFundMe account was posted with a picture and this message: "The poor kid has been stuck here for days. He's obviously too awkward to ask for help so he's just staring at people. It's starting to weird us out".
The page is fake and was made just for laughs but "donations" have come in from some interesting people such as his sister, Sansa, Tyrion Lannister, and "Aegon Tar, I mean 'Jon Snow'".


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My thoughts:
- The world is a dark, scary place full of deceivers and liars.
The world is a happy, bright place full of trustworthy, altruistic people.
You pick.
- i am happy. u r nice. world is good. nature is pure.
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Olly Ludwig: For ETF industry enthusiasts, the winter has become something to look forward to—that is if you're fortunate enough to attend the annual Inside ETFs conference. It's always balmy in Hollywood—Hollywood, Florida, that is—and the meeting truly is a showcase for how important ETFs have become to investors and advisors.
Welcome to Vanguard's Investment Commentary podcast series. I'm Olly Ludwig, and in this month's episode, "Inside Inside ETFs," recorded on February 21, 2019, we have the good fortune of hearing from Rich Powers, Vanguard ETF Product Management Head, to get his eyewitness account of this year's action in Florida.
Rich, thanks for being here today.
Rich Powers: Thank you, Olly. Good to be here.
Olly Ludwig: So let's get right into it. I want you to set the stage. Inside ETFs—this is your fourth year, right? And I presume it's getting more spectacular. Joe Montana, Michael Lewis, and then, of course, ETF industry stalwarts like Matt Hougan and Dave Nadig. And this industry is big, it's growing, assets are coming in—it's got a big future. So set the stage for me.
Rich Powers: Yeah, it's got all that. I mean there's lots of investment things you can learn about, there's some entertainment. It's a fantastic place, actually, to gather all these different disparate industry participants that very rarely ever are in one room together. You have 2,000 people there who cover areas such as the asset management industry, ETF issuers, index providers, exchanges, advisors. Just runs the gamut, market makers, and so I find it to be incredibly valuable. This is the best year for me by far, and this is the fourth year I've attended just because of the quality of the conversations I was able to have with clients, with index providers, and with the press. The press were there and they want to hear all about what we're talking about.
Olly Ludwig: I heard an analyst a couple years ago, when I attended, call it the "Happy Conference." This is an industry in full blossom. Business opportunity abounds, everybody's in good mood, lots of meetings to attend. Can you speak to that a little?
Rich Powers: I have to say, yes, there is a lot of enthusiasm there, and optimism. There's plenty of new firms who are just getting their feet wet when it comes to being a part of the ETF industry. Remember, ETFs are only 25 years old, whereas mutual funds are, like, coming up on almost a century of being around. And so, certainly a young industry, and there's constant talk of the innovation that's happening in the ETF industry. And I think there's a certain element of truth in that there are new product concepts that are coming that can help investors improve their outcomes.
I'll also say there's probably a little bit too much spaghetti-at-the-wall type of product development that happens as well. But by and large, I'd say what investors come to the conference for, and ultimately decide to do with their portfolios, it's well intentioned. They're trying to get smart, make better decisions, and build better outcomes for their clients.
Olly Ludwig: Now, at the risk of forcing this issue, it's hard to talk about ETFs without talking about declining costs for investors—and easy to talk about that when you're at Vanguard, right? We talk about $715 million in estimated cumulative savings from expense ratio reductions over the past 7 years, based on total assets.1
This is what we can tell the world that we have brought in terms of value to clients. Speak to that whole question or phenomenon of declining costs as it relates to your experience at Inside ETFs.
Rich Powers: It was a thread that ran through a lot of the conversations that happened either with clients or in the sessions themselves, really, to the acknowledgement of the fact that when you look at cash flows in the industry, be it ETFs or mutual funds—but certainly very specifically in ETFs—that the large majority of flows are finding their way into the lowest-cost products.
It's not an accident. I think all the academic work that's been done by many industry participants, the work that our own Investment Strategy Group has done to shine the light on the virtues of low-cost investing, are starting to kind of bear fruit, if you will, in investor behavior.
Olly Ludwig: Now if we can drill into this cost issue just a little bit—Vanguard is a pioneer in putting downward pressure on investment costs, and it's clear that other funds providers are now offering lower-cost strategies, which is a good thing for investors. That being said, what is Vanguard cooking up? Everyone is waiting for the next move from Vanguard which has been a leader. Anything that you could bring into focus right now?
Rich Powers: Yes, we've been cooking up low cost for 40 years now, Olly, so it's not anything new for us, but just thrilled that more and more firms are doing that because what it means is that investors have a better shot of getting value for their investments. So that's a wonderful thing.
The kind of development that's germane to ETFs is that by the time of this recording, ten of our ETFs will have reported lower expense ratios than their Admiral Share mutual fund counterparts. And that's a departure from historical relationship, where ETF expense ratios and the Admiral Shares had identical expense ratios.
And that just simply reflects the fact that more and more investors are buying our ETFs. About $1 in $3 that's coming to the Vanguard complex over the last three years has gone into the ETF share class, while ETFs only represent 20% of our assets. So just incredible organic growth in our ETF lineup, and that allows us to take that scale and return it to shareholders in the form of a lower cost.
Olly Ludwig: I would be remiss if I didn't talk about fixed income. Huge subject. It's a much bigger market than the stock market. Easy to forget that considering how easy the stock market is to talk about. Talk a little bit about what came into focus down there. And the context of my question is, you know, the Federal Reserve now appears to be pausing in its rate-tightening campaign, inflationary pressures in the macro economy clearly remain muted, even ten years after the global financial crisis. It's got to be a hot topic, yes?
Rich Powers: Absolutely. A number of different sessions, but very specifically, our own CIO, Greg Davis, his keynote was focused on expectations for future returns across the asset classes, but certainly drilled down a little bit deeper on fixed income.
And why that's important I think is that you've seen a pretty dramatic change in the complexion of future return expectations for fixed income. And that's because of what you talked about before. The Fed was raising rates, that provided higher yields for many bonds that's allowed us at Vanguard to come up with an assessment that 3% to 3.5% future ten-year returns for investment grade fixed income is a potential path forward. That's about a percentage point higher than it was a year ago. And so I think, naturally, investors are interested in that given maybe where we are in terms of the Fed rate cycle.
The other really interesting point here is that you point out how big the fixed income market is relative to the equity market. Yet if you look at just the ETF universe as a microcosm of that, fixed income ETFs are only 20% of the total ETF asset base. So that tells me that there's a lot more uptake that fixed income ETFs have in front of them in terms of advisors, institutions, individuals using them as a tool in their portfolios.
Olly Ludwig: Now I'm shamelessly promoting you, Rich, but I believe you wrote an article in ETF Perspectives Magazine recently in which you talked about the growth of fixed income ETFs. And clearly, the flows are there. So are there signs that this relatively small space of the bond ETF universe currently is going to become more prominent in investment portfolios going forward?
Rich Powers: First of all, I love a shameless plug, so thanks for that, Olly. No, definitely, I think fixed income is going to have a bigger role in investment portfolios. We see that in the client conversations we're having. You referenced the cash flows, it's manifested itself there. I think there's been some long-held myths around fixed income ETFs and whether the liquidity they provide can be kind of tied back to the liquidity of the underlying securities, which may not be as liquid. There's concerns around their ability to kind of withstand market shocks.
But we've had plenty of observations over the last 15 or so years where fixed income ETFs have stood up to that test, be it the global financial crisis, the "taper tantrum" of a handful of years ago, and even just the prospect of the Fed raising rates over the last year or so, fixed income ETFs have actually shown they're up to the challenge.
Olly Ludwig: Right, and the flows into fixed income ETFs suggest that investors and advisors are really understanding the point you just made.
Rich Powers: Yeah, I think that's absolutely right. Increasingly, the conversations are around which products could help them meet a certain objective, whereas I'd say a couple years ago when I first came into this role, it was more demystifying some misconceptions that investors had around fixed income ETFs and whether or not they could withstand market volatility or they had the liquidity that they are presented to have.
Olly Ludwig: Now another subject that seems very important is the subject of ESG strategies—environmental, social, governance screens that are for investors who want to make a difference in their investment portfolios.
People love to talk about it. It has a lot of mindshare, to use the industry jargon. And yet in terms of market share, ESG doesn't seem to have fully taken off. And I wanted you to speak a little bit to that subject as it applies to the Inside ETFs conference this year.
Rich Powers: That was also a really popular topic amongst many of the sessions that we had during the conference. In fact, actually, it came up during the live webinar that we had done down there. We had a number of panelists on that webinar—Eric Balchunas from Bloomberg, I'd probably put him in the camp of being a skeptic of ESG having a really, really bright future, pointing to the fact there's been very little adoption.
Olly Ludwig: Oh, I'm glad you mentioned Eric. He knows a lot about ETFs. Listen to this, from the live webcast that you took part in. This is what he says about ESG:
Eric Balchunas, during Vanguard's live webcast at Inside ETFs:
I bring up Jerry Maguire, "Show me the money." ESG ETFs get the best press known to man. It's every week there's a great article on ESG. The issuers are excited. The surveys say they want them, but the money trickles in. That's being, you know, positive about it. $1.7 billion in ESG flows last year. That is not much in a 318 billion-dollar a year. That gets their total assets at $7 billion. It's like 0.2% of the total assets.
Olly Ludwig: So, what are your thoughts about that, Rich?
Rich Powers: My counter to that would simply be, we're still in the early days of ESG investing. And even in the earliest days of index investing, investors were skeptical and there was these thoughts that this won't really turn into very much. And, gosh, the index investing story clearly has.
I'm not suggesting it's analogous to ESG at this moment. But, recognizing where we are in terms of people thinking about this type of topic and then asset managers delivering products into the marketplace, one might suggest that the products that have been delivered into the marketplace over the last five or ten years maybe weren't meeting investor needs and preferences there. And, in fact, the need for products that helped an investor build a portfolio that reflected those preferences, but didn't so narrowly define that, that it created a lot of tracking error for those advisors or institutions who were thinking about building that portfolio.
Olly Ludwig: From a flows perspective, Vanguard brought two strategies to market, right, in late 2018? Doesn't look so bad, does it, at first blush in terms of investor interest in these new strategies?
Rich Powers: We're really happy. We launched a U.S. equity ESG-focused fund and an international equity ESG-focused fund in September of this past year. Both the products are off to a really good start, but then they combined as of this point hold over $250 million in investor assets.
What's been really reassuring is the quality of the conversations we've been having. So, we've talked to individuals, financial advisors, endowments, consultants about these products. And there's been some significant resonance in terms of what we're trying to deliver in this portfolio, recognizing that those products aren't a solution for everyone.
They are broad based, they consider the common filters that you hear about when you think about ESG, so things like alcohol, tobacco, firearms. There are some other filters as well. But we're not bringing products to a marketplace that will kind of address every single investor's preference when it comes to this topic but there's broad applicability to, I think, these products.
Olly Ludwig: Thank you. I wanted to, as I said a moment ago, drill in a little bit to your experience on that live webcast, which I watched. It's really very high quality. A lot of good discussion. Obviously, you were there, Charles Thomas was there from the Capital Markets' desk here at Vanguard and a couple of external guys. You mentioned Eric Balchunas of Bloomberg and also Todd Rosenbluth of CFRA. High-quality discussion.
Was there anything in that discussion that you would want to tease out and bring into focus now, or perhaps something you didn't get a chance to talk about when you were down there doing that live webcast?
Rich Powers: You say high quality as though you're kind of surprised that that was actually the conversation. But I kid. No, it was great to actually have some Vanguard experts as well and some industry experts to talk about a range of topics. Certainly the ESG topic came up.
One interesting area that we explored, quite a bit actually, was looking at popping open the hood and understanding what's in your ETF, not just simply looking at the price tag as the beginning and ending point of an evaluation process.
Increasingly what you see is, say, a large-cap U.S. equity product with one benchmark, compared to two or three others with different benchmarks. They deliver different exposures to their clients in many cases, and oftentimes that results in different performance.
And so I think, increasingly, as prices particularly for U.S. equity and broad-based fixed income portfolios or expense ratios are gravitating towards the low single digits, the idea of considering other factors in the evaluation criteria was pretty prominent in our conversation. So exposure, spreads, whether the platform you're trading on has a commission-free offer or not. I guess I'd be remiss, also, to not mention tracking error.
All of that I think is going to create probably more value for an investor. I think that's maybe the key thing that kind of stood out for me is making sure that price isn't the first and last place you go when looking at products.
Olly Ludwig: Right. All that discussion, that very detailed analysis—we'll call it ETF due diligence, right? If you're an advisor choosing investments on behalf of clients, it suggests a growing sophistication. And I presume, if you want to bring all this home, what your experience was in Florida, that we are witnessing an industry—as I said at the beginning—in full growth mode. But the sophistication, the awareness, the specificity of the questions, the reservations, it's getting a lot more, as I said, sophisticated, a lot more detailed, yes?
Rich Powers: You definitely saw that in the questions that were posed to the panelists from the audience. I saw that in the client conversations I had as well, that where we were spending our time was not so much simply explaining here's the price, here's the performance. It was much more let's understand what's different about this product from a methodology standpoint that sets it apart from the two or three other products that an investor can choose from?
Olly Ludwig: Got it. And as far as closing thoughts, you know, mutual funds, open end mutual funds versus ETFs, the utility of ETFs, clearly, these things are coming into focus. People are appreciating something out there called the ETF that's really making a splashy showing in the investment management industry, yeah?
Rich Powers: Sure, definitely. I think certainly funds have a valuable place and serve a lot of investors really well.
But what you're seeing is more and more investors come to the table in terms of considering ETFs as a way to build a portfolio. Be it an individual, an advisor, an institutional investor, there are certain utility features of an ETF.
For instance, particularly for advisors and individuals, this idea of the ETF being a great tool for something like tax-loss harvesting, where a mutual fund probably isn't the best tool because most fund companies have a frequent-trading policy that would kind of frown upon that type of activity.
The ETF is certainly a great tool for that, because any costs that are incurred by that trade are absorbed by the investor who's making that trade, but they're doing it with the knowledge of there's a benefit, which is I'm going to harvest some losses that I might be able to use to offset future gains in my portfolio.
Olly Ludwig: That's great that you finished with an emphasis on lowering costs or declining costs. So thanks very much for joining me today, Rich. It's been really a pleasurable and informative discussion.
Rich Powers: Great chatting with you, Olly.
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Charley Hull is comfortable at Mission Hills.
"I do like this golf course," Hull said. "Who wouldn't? The atmosphere around here is beautiful with the mountains and everything."
The 19-year-old English player opened with a 2-under 70 on Thursday, leaving her three strokes behind first-round leader Morgan Pressel in the ANA Inspiration.
"I could have holed a few more putts coming in, but I didn't, and then I bogeyed the last because I hit a bad shot into the bunker," Hull said. "But I'm pretty happy with that round because I didn't get here until Monday night at 10 o'clock."
She tied for eighth Sunday in Morocco in the Lalla Meryem Cup, the Ladies European Tour event that she won last year for her first professional title.
The LET European Solheim Cup points leader is making her third start in event. She tied for 38th as an amateur in 2012 and tied for seventh last year.
Hull started working with instructor Matt Belsham in January.
"I'm pretty happy with the swing changes that we've made," Hull said. "I feel like I've compressed my irons a lot more. I feel like I've got a good club and a half out of my irons longer and I'm hitting my driver with a lot better touch. I just feel more compact."
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The 16-year-old Moore, from Escondido, won the ANA Inspiration Champions Junior Challenge on Monday to earn the final spot in the 115-player field.
"I felt pretty good today," Moore said. "I wasn't quite as nervous as what I thought."
She played alongside young English pro Charley Hull.
"She has so much talent very young," Moore said. "I learned a lot from her."
The 16-year-old Lee, from Hermosa Beach, is the reigning Rolex Junior Player of the Year
They were tied for 39th.
Nelly Korda, the sister of LPGA Tour player Jessica Korda, and fellow 16-year-old Mika Liu were tied for 101st at 77.
Duke's Celine Boutier, the 21-year-old French player who tops the world amateur rankings, and 18-year-old Bethany Wu, shot 81. They were tied for 113th, a stroke ahead of Amy Alcott — the 59-year-old Hall of Famer who won the event in 1983, 1988 and 1991.
STACY'S SHORTCOMINGS: Third-ranked Stacy Lewis opened with an even-par 72, making four birdies and four bogeys in her afternoon round.
"It was up and down," said Lewis, 2011 winner. "It definitely could have been worse. It definitely could have been better. More than anything, I thought it was the short game. You're going to miss some iron shots around here. You're going to miss a drive. Just the chipping and putting just weren't very good. I've just got to shore that up."
Lewis tied for 15th last week at Carlsbad, ending a string of three straight top-three finishes. She has 11 career victories.
FRIENDLY RIVALRY: Japan's Ai Miyazato, second after a 68, has an endorsement deal with Japan Airlines — tournament sponsor All Nippon Airways' main competitor.
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Tabaka – Georgian chicken under a brick (Georgia)
"In a skillet or on the grill, chicken tabaka (Georgian: ტაბაკა) is an excellent way to cook a whole chicken quickly. The meat turns out juicy and flavorful and the skin shatteringly crisp."
Yield: 3-4 servings
2 1/2 – 3 lbs whole chicken
Salt and pepper
4 tbsps oil or softened butter
Rinse the chicken with cool water and pat it dry. Cut the breast meat away from the breastbone with a sharp knife, then use strong kitchen shears to cut the breast bone from the chicken.
Open the chicken up and press down on the backbone to flatten the carcass. Pound the chicken a few times with a meat pounder to flatten it out even more. If you like, you can tuck the wings behind the neck and stick the ends of the legs into slits cut into the bottom of the chicken's back.
Preheat a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high flame. Rub the chicken with 1 tablespoon of the oil or butter, then season well with salt and pepper. Add the remaining oil or butter to the skillet. Place the chicken in the skillet, skin side up, and cook for 5 to 8 minutes.
Flip the chicken over so the skin side is down and place a plate on top of the chicken. Then put a clean brick or several heavy cans of food on top of the plate to weigh it down. Let the chicken cook for another 20 minutes, or until the skin is crispy brown.
Remove the weight and plate and flip the chicken over again and cook for another 10 to 15 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through.
Serve with rice, a side salad and tkemali (sour plum sauce), niortskali (garlic) sauce, or even ketchup.
Individual Chicken Tabakas: Tabaka is more traditionally made with small Cornish game hens instead of a chicken to make individual portions. They will cook more quickly. If you only have one skillet, hold the cooked birds in a warm oven while you cook the rest.
Seasonings: For added flavor, season the chicken with a some minced garlic, ground coriander or a big pinch of cayenne before adding it to the skillet.
The Georgian method of splitting the chicken along the breast makes it easy to flatten the whole bird for quick, even cooking. A brick or other heavy object placed on top of the chicken speeds the process along even more.
The word tabaka doesn't mean "tobacco." Rather it is derived from the Georgian word tapha, a type of skillet in which chicken tabaka is often cooked. You can use a large cast-iron skillet.
Link to My Post on Georgia: https://theworldfrommykitchen.wordpress.com/2014/12/23/georgia/
Cuisine: Georgian
Main Ingredient: Chicken
Niortskali – Georgian garlic and cilantro sauce (Georgia)
The simple, straightforward flavors of this zesty Georgian garlic sauce pair well with a variety of grilled meats and poultry.Niortskali is a often served as a zesty accompaniment to chicken tabaka."
Yield: Makes about 1 1/2 cups
1 1/2 cups chicken stock
6 to 8 cloves garlic, minced
1 1/2 tsp paprika
salt, to taste
1/2 bunch cilantro, finely chopped
Add the chicken stock, garlic, paprika and salt to a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high flame, and then reduce heat and simmer for about 5 minutes.
Remove from heat and stir in the chopped cilantro. Serve hot or at room temperature to accompany chicken tabaka or other grilled meats.
Add a pinch of cayenne pepper to give your sauce a touch of heat.
Link to My Post on Georgia: https://theworldfrommykitchen.wordpress.com/2014/12/23/georgia/
Cuisine: Georgian
Main Ingredient: Sauce


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Last night was really hard saying goodbye to my District. We also had a testimony with our generation that all came at the same time and THE SPIRIT WAS SO STRONG. My heart was going so fast! I love being a Missionary and always feeling the Spirit! I have the hardest time saying goodbyes! It seriously was so hard saying goodbye to Hermana Hibbard. We both cried like babies... I have been with her every day since I left and it was so hard to say goodbye, but we are going to be friends for life!!
I love this Gospel with every fiber in me. I love this amazing opportunity I have to be a missionary of the truest church on earth. I'm so grateful for my Savior and the endless, immeasurable love He has for me and everyone. I'm so grateful for prayer and the callouses on my knees from praying so much here in the CCM. The CCM has made my testimony grow soooo much, and I feel so ready to go out to the field. I love having the spirit with me every day. This is going to be such an adventure, it's just so crazy it's TIME!! I can't wait to meet President Obeso!


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I have finally finished Phase 1 of IVF which is the stimulation and egg retrieval, and since Phase 2 doesn't begin for a while (and will be kept a secret when it does!) I figured I would share my experience while it's still fresh on my brain. I think that in the IVF world, it's actually separated in to three phases (stims, egg retrieval, and embryo transfer) but for the sake of only doing one blog post, I am going to combo stims and egg retrieval in to one phase!
***Disclaimer*** I didn't hold back any details in this post. It is very long, and filled with medical stuff, so don't read it if you have a queasy stomach!
Day 1 of my first set of stim shots was on 12/30/2016. I actually had my little sister, who is a nursing program student, do my first two shots. My meds were Menopur, which stimulates the ovaries to grow & mature follicles, and Follistim which does the same. Brian did my shots every night for the remainder of the stim cycle, and got very good at it in the process! (I'm so proud of and thankful for him!) I give major kudos to all of you who are able to give yourself the shots. I tried, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it. You all are brave, strong ladies!
The needles themselves don't really hurt, but the meds going in burn like crazy. I had to sit with a heating pad on my belly afterward most nights. As far as the side effects, I started feeling very emotional on day 3. I spent the entire morning crying over some dumb and petty things (Literally because no one was getting ready as fast as I wanted them to! Ha!), so I made it a point there on out to really try to keep my emotions in check. (Though hearing sentimental songs on the radio would always get me!) Around day 5, I started getting bruising and bloating in my abdomen, and also a horrid headache/migraine that came and went the rest of the stim cycle. I also experienced fatigue, nausea, bloating, sore breasts, & was pretty quick tempered. I tried my best to keep my cool, but it was really hard, especially toward the end. (Babe I'm sorry for what I said when I was on hormones!)
On day 6, I had to add a third shot to the regime called Ganirelix which prevents any mature eggs from ovulating on their own. This shot burned so much worse than the other two, and by now my ovaries were really starting to feel full. Finally, on day 10, my doctor confirmed through ultrasound that I was ready for retrieval. He told me that each of my ovaries was about the size of a small orange, and I could totally believe it because it hurt so bad just to walk. I was able to do my trigger shot that evening with the egg retrieval scheduled for the morning of day 12.
The trigger shot wasn't terrible. It definitely burned more than any of the other shots, but it didn't cause me to have any more side effects than I was already having. The day before the retrieval I was super uncomfortable and nervous about the procedure. I was ready to get the whole thing over with and behind me.
Thankfully, my doctor scheduled the procedure first thing in the morning. (Though I wasn't very thankful at first when I woke up at 3:30am! Haha!) Once we got to the clinic, things moved very quickly. I kissed Brian "see ya later", got my hospital gown and blanket, and they had me lay on the operating table. What I knew would be the worst part of the day came next, because I hate getting IVs. People always laugh at me when I say it's the worst part (even when I was giving birth!) but my veins roll and I always, always have to get stuck multiple times. It hurts, and I always bruise so bad. I warned my poor nurse, and she just giggled and said "We shall see!", but understood what I meant when she couldn't even get a higher gauge needle to go in. Luckily, my anesthesiologist was a saint and my nurse had her come in to finally put the IV in my hand. Knowing it was going to hurt, she gave me a small shot of lidocaine in my hand first and I didn't feel a thing! Bless her! :)
Once everything was set up and ready, the anesthesiologist told me "Sweet dreams!" and that's the last thing I remember. The whole procedure only took about 15 minutes so I woke up about 20-30 minutes later in recovery. I was a little out of it, but mostly just thirsty and hungry from having to fast. After they brought Brian in and gave me some water and crackers I felt much better. I wasn't in any pain because they must haven given me some good pain meds through the IV, but once those wore off the pain was terrible. (Not to mention the anesthesia made me throw up everything else I ate that day. It was horrible.)
Apparently the amount of pain a woman feels after egg retrieval depends entirely on pain tolerance and the amount of eggs retrieved. The average amount of eggs retrieved is about 14-15, but I had 27. When my doctor told me they harvested 27 eggs my jaw dropped. No wonder I had been so miserable! The follicles where the eggs come from don't just shrink back down to nothing, so they fill back up with blood and fluid which was where all my pain was coming from. It wasn't sharp pain, more like tremendous pressure and awful period cramps.
I spent the next two days laying on the couch with my heating pad watching movies. Night time was the worst because laying flat hurt terribly, so I had to sleep upright. I suffered from some mild Ovarian Hyper-stimulation Syndrome, and my abdomen filled up with fluid. I literally looked 6 months pregnant. (What a cruel symptom!) I was able to combat it with eating salty food, drinking water, gatorade, & protein shakes, and limiting my sugar and carbs. Luckily, I only had one scary night where I could feel some fluid near my lungs, but once I sat upright and took some deep breaths I was just fine.
I finally started feeling better about 5 days after the procedure, and now, two weeks later, I'm completely back to normal! Of the 27 eggs retrieved 23 were mature and 22 were able to be fertilized. Of those, 12 made it to 5 day blastocysts and 3 made it to 6 day blastocysts, so in total we were able to freeze 15! I couldn't be happier with the results, and I can't wait to begin the best part! Thank you all for your continued prayers and support!
If you are going through or thinking about the IVF process and have any questions or need some support, feel free to contact me!
Also, our Go Fund Me is still open for anyone wishing to donate to our little cause! :) Thank you so much to everyone who has helped!
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