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Mrs. Marcos’ Logs Show $50,000 Gift to Ex-Gov. Ariyoshi
Imelda Marcos made a cash payment of $50,000 to then-Gov. George Ariyoshi of Hawaii when she visited Honolulu in 1982, three days after the Democrat announced that he was running for reelection, according to logs of the former Philippine first lady’s travel expenses.
A record of the previously undisclosed cash payment to Ariyoshi was found amid voluminous evidence recently introduced here by federal prosecutors in the fraud and racketeering trial of Mrs. Marcos.
It was unclear from the document whether the $50,000 cash payment was intended to aid the Ariyoshi campaign or was tendered for some other reason. Ariyoshi did not list it among his campaign contributions, which by law were limited to $2,000 from any one source in the primary election.
Although unrelated to any of the criminal charges pending against Mrs. Marcos, the Ariyoshi payment discovered in the Marcos expense logs raises new questions about how the former first lady spent what the U.S. Justice Department asserts were Philippine government funds.
No explanation for the $50,000 expenditure was listed in the court documents, and Ariyoshi did not respond to numerous requests by The Times for an interview.
In the past Ariyoshi has acknowledged receiving gifts from the Marcoses but has declined to describe the extent or nature of those offerings, calling gift giving “a private act of courtesy” that he would not discuss publicly.
The recently admitted court documents are notebooks in which a private secretary to Mrs. Marcos, identified in testimony as longtime aide Fe Roa Gimenez, maintained a running log of expenses incurred by the Philippine first lady and her entourage during trips abroad. Many of the handwritten entries record payments for art, jewelry and shopping trips that federal prosecutors contend were financed with money looted from the Philippine national treasury.
Prosecutors submitted the expense logs to support charges in the federal indictment that Mrs. Marcos spent great amounts of Philippine public money for non-governmental and other personal expenses. For instance, some of the recorded art and jewelry transactions have been confirmed by other documents and testimony.
Ariyoshi’s name appears in the log of a July, 1982, trip that Mrs. Marcos made to the Soviet Union, Morocco and the United States.
On a page listing “cash disbursements” for July 20, 1982, is the brief handwritten entry: "$50,000--Given to Gov. Ariyoshi.”
Also on July 20, Ariyoshi’s lieutenant governor, Jean King, announced that she would challenge him for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. It would be, according to local news accounts, the toughest campaign of Ariyoshi’s political career.
The Marcoses’ possible financial interest in U.S. political campaigns became the object of a federal investigation in 1986, soon after the deposed couple arrived in Honolulu after fleeing a popular revolt that February.
U.S. customs agents, going through more than 300 boxes and suitcases filled with cash, jewelry and documents, found a financial statement indicating that the Marcoses may have made illegal contributions in excess of $175,000 to 10 U.S. politicians, including then-President Ronald Reagan and former President Jimmy Carter. The document was dated 1982 and purported to recount spending of Philippine military intelligence money in the United States as approved by Fabian C. Ver and Irwin Ver, former leaders of military and security forces under Marcos.
Based in part on discovery of that document, the Federal Election Commission launched an inquiry into whether the Marcoses had secretly funneled intelligence funds into American political campaigns through a California company owned by a Philippine businessman.
The investigation was dropped in 1988 for lack of evidence, over the objection of one commission member who complained that investigative leads had not been thoroughly pursued. How the document came to be among Marcoses’ private papers was never established.
Although contributions from foreign sources are not permitted in federal elections, Hawaii state races were not subject to such restrictions in 1982. The names of contributors who gave more than $100 had to be reported to the Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission, however, and a limit of $2,000 from any single source in both the primary and general gubernatorial campaigns was set.
State records show that Ariyoshi, who was governor from 1974 to 1986, did not report the $50,000 payment from Mrs. Marcos as a campaign contribution.
The former governor and his wife, Jean Ariyoshi, are longtime friends of the Marcoses, and Mrs. Ariyoshi has been a regular shopping companion of Mrs. Marcos on the former Philippine first lady’s frequent stopovers in Hawaii.
When the Marcos regime fell in 1986 and the Marcoses were forced to go into exile, Ariyoshi invited them to make their new home in Hawaii.
When the Marcoses stepped from an American military aircraft at Hickham Air Force Base in Honolulu, the governor was the highest-ranking American official to meet them, offering a traditional red carpet and Hawaiian lei greeting.
Soon after the Marcoses arrival, reports surfaced that the Ariyoshis had received unspecified gifts from the Philippine leader over the years. Under pressure from local media, Ariyoshi issued a statement in which he called gift giving by officials “a custom which prevails among people as private citizens or formal representatives.”
“The govern engages in this custom with government officials and other dignitaries, national and international,” the statement continued. “This is done in a variety of settings and is an especially traditional custom in Asia and the Pacific.
“Because the governor regards the bestowing and receiving of gifts a very personal matter, it will remain a private act of courtesy between himself and others.”
Ariyoshi is now an attorney in private practice in Honolulu. A secretary said he was traveling on business in Japan but that she had forwarded The Times’ interview requests to him.
Honolulu freelance writer Susan Essoyan contributed to this story.

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While no one can predict the strength or timing of our next economic recovery, many experts feel the U.S. may be entering a period of slower, long-term economic growth. Against this backdrop, many parents may have adult children with less earning power or fewer job opportunities than they had themselves. Parents often tell me they are looking for ways to provide their children with more financial security for the future.
Fortunately, a thoughtful estate plan can help create a bigger safety net for the next generation of your family-particularly when it comes to your IRA. If you don’t plan to use all of the money in your retirement accounts for your own living expenses once you stop working, you can gift any remaining money to your adult children and help them fund their own retirement needs. The key to turning your IRA into a source of retirement funding for your children is reducing the impact of required minimum distributions on your future account growth.
As a starting point, you may want to set up a “stretch IRA” strategy for your traditional IRA. Depending on your personal situation, you may also want to consider converting some or all of your traditional IRA to a Roth IRA. Here’s a high-level look at each of these ideas. Remember to consult with your personal wealth manager and tax professional before making any major changes to your retirement accounts. When set up properly, these strategies can help you give the gift of financial security to the next generation.
Stretching Your Retirement Savings
With a stretch IRA, you name your spouse as the primary beneficiary and one or more of your children as a secondary or contingent beneficiary. When you die, ownership of the IRA is transferred to your spouse. When your spouse dies, any remaining money is held in your spouse’s name for the benefit of your child. The advantage of this strategy is that minimum required distributions will now be based on your child’s life expectancy, dramatically reducing withdrawals from the account and allowing the account to continue growing over time.
When done properly a stretch IRA strategy can help minimize estate and income taxes and help you transfer more of your hard-earned savings to your family. However, there are some fairly large pitfalls to watch. If you forget to designate a secondary or contingent beneficiary, your IRA could pass directly to your estate and become immediately taxable, costing your heirs up to 60% of your account value. Also, if you have young beneficiaries and want to name a living trust as the contingent beneficiary, ask your attorney to make sure that your living trust is IRS qualified, which will allow your beneficiaries to employ a stretch IRA strategy.
Finally, it’s important to make sure that your children understand how a stretch IRA strategy works. A stretch IRA will provide your children with a small income stream during their working years, plus the opportunity to take much larger withdrawals in their retirement years. Your children should avoid taking an immediate, lump-sum distribution, because they’ll lose most of their inheritance to taxes. In addition, your children should leave the IRA in your spouse’s name upon inheritance, such as “The IRA of Mary Smith, deceased.” This will allow them to reset minimum required distributions based on their own life expectancy.
Converting to a Roth Account
A Roth IRA can also offer you and your family some powerful estate-planning advantages. During your lifetime, you won’t need to take required minimum distributions from your own Roth account. This means that your retirement savings can continue growing in a tax-advantaged account over time-potentially decades or even more. And tax-advantaged account growth is a powerful way to increase your retirement savings, for you and for future generations.
When done properly, your heirs will inherit a 100% tax-free Roth account. When your beneficiaries inherit the account, they will begin taking required minimum distributions from the inherited Roth IRA based on their own life expectancy. Any qualified withdrawals will be tax-free, making this a highly appealing strategy for estate-planning purposes.
Keep in mind that you’ll need to pay ordinary income taxes on any money you convert from a traditional retirement account to a Roth account. These income taxes need to be paid within two years of making the conversion. We generally recommend that you pay the taxes from a different source than the account that is being converted in order to preserve and maximize the account value.
The good news is that you have the flexibility to convert only part of your traditional IRA to a Roth if you choose, meaning that you don’t have to convert your entire account to enjoy the attractive tax advantages of a Roth. You can convert as much or as little as you choose and continue making conversions in the future. In addition, recent changes in tax law expand Roth conversion eligibility to a greater number of people, including high-income earners.
Tips for Stretching Your IRA
- When you retire, withdraw money from your taxable accounts before taking withdrawals from your IRA. This will allow your IRA account balance to continue growing for you and your spouse. If there happens to be money leftover that you don’t spend for your own retirement, you can leave it to your children in a stretch IRA.
- Ask your wealth manager to verify with your IRA custodian that the custodian will allow your secondary beneficiaries to stretch distributions. Some custodians may require your secondary beneficiaries to take all distributions within 5 years. If needed, consider changing custodians.
- Make sure your kids can avoid liquidating the IRA upon the deaths of you and your spouse. Set up a qualified IRA trust for your children, which will allow them to employ a stretch IRA strategy-and keep more of their inheritance.
Your Personal Chief Financial Officer
When you work with a fiduciary wealth manager, your wealth manager serves as your personal Chief Financial Officer. He or she is able to manage your IRA within the context of your overall estate plan, making sure that you have enough income in retirement to cover your living expenses while also protecting assets for future generations. Managing your IRA properly requires an in-depth understanding of your personal goals, as well as current legal, accounting and tax guidelines. As your personal Chief Financial Officer, your wealth manager brings together several different disciplines to help you make the most of your IRA.
By David Robinson, CFP(TM)

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US Olympic hockey hero follows a strict Paleo food regimen with no dairy, no sugar, and no Tupperware bins
- US Olympics hockey star Strauss Mann did his greatest to hold Group USA in Beijing.
- Mann was one of many top-performing goalkeepers earlier than Group USA’s elimination.
- His journey to Olympics stardom consists of discovering his strict food regimen that guidelines out meals in Tupperware.
Strauss Mann led Group USA’s push in males’s hockey on the Beijing Olympics together with his poise and self-discipline as a goalkeeper. However he additionally applies that self-discipline to his Paleo food regimen.
The 23-year-old goalkeeper was one of many group’s top-performing gamers within the Olympics. His heroics


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Praise the Lord, everything he has created,
everything in all his kingdom.
Let all that I am praise the Lord.
Psalm 103:22 (NLT)
There is a type of bird on the Florida coast
That is the cutest thing.
They are small, round with long beaks and long three inch legs.
And they scurry around faster than the eye can keep up with.
They rrrrrrrrrun towards the wave going out.
Then they rrrrrrrrun back to safety when the wave rolls in.
Praising God is what this cutie is doing.
It brings joy to me to watch
God’s got to be laughing at his creation!
In God’s kingdom is us.
We need to seek It above all things.
That’s how we praise Him.
By clinging to Jesus through our days.
By the kindness and comfort we show friends.
By giving our friends the reason for our hope, but respectfully.
That’s the way we praise Him.
And one more thing, He loves to hear us sing
Of Him of heaven of His love.

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Aug 10 Celloglas News
Celloglas is awarded AA BRC certification
We’re proud to announce we recently passed our BRC hygiene audit and have been awarded with a BRC certification – the leading product safety and quality certification for retail suppliers.
The BRC Global Standard for Food Safety is a global standard accreditation that provides a framework for managing product safety, integrity, legality and quality in the food manufacturing, processing and packaging industry. It’s used by more than 25,000 certified suppliers in over 130 countries. Our facilities and staff have been accredited with prestigious Grade AA status – meaning customers can have even more confidence that our finishing operations meet global standards and all our work is handled in a hygienic manner.
Hard work has been put in across the board at Celloglas for this accolade. Every member of staff is now fully compliant in the standards, aware of and implementing all cautionary procedures throughout our sites. Not only that, but many of our suppliers have been brought up to speed too and they also operate to standard.
Part of the strategy for gaining the BRC certification was to invest in a new foil blocking machine and increase the packaging work we do on our Leicester site.
John Locke, group operations and technical manager, commented: “We’re extremely proud of this achievement. It comes hot on the heels of the recently installed new foil blocker at Leicester and the two go hand in hand in our bid to take on more packaging work. Hopefully, their coming together will show those in the industry that we’re serious about our finishing operations.”
The highly regarded certification was developed by food industry experts to inspire customer confidence in retailers and manufacturers and ensure products and services are of the highest standard.
The BRC hygiene audit is held annually so customers are assured we’re always evolving and always up to standard.

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Making food exceptional takes a little bit of skill, a good sense of taste, but most of all, fresh quality ingredients. Having the best produce will give your dish something extra, a certain panache that will get you noticed by friends and family at the dining table. North Bay Produce offers a unique variety of produce that has evolved over years of partnerships with growers across North and South America. When a farmer becomes part of the North Bay family of growers, they have proven their produce is of exceptional quality and consistency along with offering the most stringent food safety standards within the industry. The following recipes have been created using the fruits (and vegetables) of their labors creating easy, tasty recipes that will make you a star in the kitchen.
As well as being the National Marketing Manager for North Bay Produce, Sharon is an avid cook and recipe creator using fresh produce as the center of many of her dishes. Sharon's recipes have been featured on Indy Style, The Produce Mom's blog and Facebook live broadcasts along with North Bay Produce's Facebook and Instagram accounts.
Add some flare to any meal with our Blueberry and Corn Salad recipe. Made with blueberries, fresh corn on the cob, cilantro, green onions, and cucumber, this recipe makes the ultimate summer salad!

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Last updated at 10:42 p.m. Aug. 14
Three people have suffered injuries—one seriously— in the "Buck" fire that broke out Tuesday 25 miles east of Murrieta in Aguanga, authorities said.
Two firefighters were transported to a hospital with minor injuries, and one civilian was transported by air ambulance for treatment of serious burns, Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department confirmed.
The resident may have suffered the burns near the area of Checkmate Road, and two others may have also been injured, according to unconfirmed reports.
The "Buck" fire quickly spread to 1,800 acres within hours, and as of the latest update just after 10:30 p.m., the blaze was mapped at 3,000 acres and still only 5 percent contained.
Thirty-two of 47 nearby homes had been evacuated, according to Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department.
A Cal Fire spokesman said four structures were destroyed and more were threatened due to the fast-moving blaze.
Cal Fire spokesman Glenn Barley has confirmed earlier that the fire ate up 1,800 acres in less than six hours and more acreage would be lost—and possibly more homes.
"It's burned pretty aggressively throughout the day," he said of the blaze. "It's still burning heavy at the head of the fire. Others [homes] are threatened."
As night fell, Barley said crews would be working through the night and tomorrow.
The blaze was reported to Cal Fire/Riverside County fire officials just before 1 p.m. near Sage Road, between Lewis Valley and Buck roads.
Smoke from the fire was visible throughout the Temecula and Murrieta Valley.
Broadcast images clearly showed a house destroyed by the flames.
Mandatory evacuations were ordered for residents north of Sage Road, south of Stanley Road, east of Benton Road and west of Reed Valley Road, according to Jody Hagemann, spokesperson for the Riverside County Fire Department.
Residents of homes on Stanley, Garrett, Checkmate, and Reed Valley roads were ordered to evacuate, Hagemann said.
An evacuation center was opened by the American Red Cross at Temecula's Community Recreation Center, 30875 Rancho Vista Road, Temecula.
Greg Good lost his trailer home in the blaze and appeared at the evacuation center tonight in tears. Lynda Shoemaker, a Red Cross volunteer who is managing the center tonight, said Good told her he was trying to douse flames when his dogs escaped. They are described as large brown Scottish Deerhounds. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Riverside County Department of Animal Services.
Good was the only evacuee at the center at press time.
The Ramona Animal Shelter at 690 Humane Way in San Jacinto was being used as an evacuation depot for dogs, cats and other small pets.
Riverside Emergency Animal Rescue System (R.E.A.R.S.), 581 South Grand Ave. in San Jacinto, was helping to evacuate animals—large and small.
Larger animals, including horses, were being accepted at Helton Hay and Feed at 26852 Bradley Road in Menifee. Owner Melanie Helton said she and her husband can take in horses and other livestock that may be displaced by the blaze. The couple own a 6-acre ranch near their feedstore and said they have room to house at-risk animals.
Additionally, Helton said the horse community has reached out to her and she now has a list of other property owners throughout Riverside County who can take animals that need temporary shelter due to the fire. She also has an extensive list of volunteers who can help with transport.
"It's great to see the community come together," she said.
Helton can be reached throughout the night at 951-775-2226.
Additionally, county animal services representatives are on scene in the Buck Fire area to assist with pet and livestock evacuations.
"We will have staff members there throughout the night and into the early morning hours," said Riverside County Animal Services spokesman John Welsh.
More than 200 firefighters were on scene; six helicopters and six air tankers were deployed.
Crews from the Los Angeles County and Orange County fire departments, as well as the U.S. Forest Service, were lending assistance.
It was not immediately clear what may have sparked the blaze, although fire officials are on high alert due to weather conditions that are calling for afternoon thunderstorms and lightning.
—City News Service contributed to this report


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HAPPY FRIDAY AND I’M BACK!! It was a crazy storm (and completely devastated some areas nearby which freaks me out). We had some fence damage (we were able to put it back together) and definitely plenty of roof damage, but luckily that’s already on the list to fix and in progress.
Best of all, nothing worse than that, on my street (mostly everyone had roof damage and a few downed trees). No flooding which was making me super-nervous!!!!!
P.S. YAY OCTOBER & HALLOWEEN SEASON!! I’m so excited that the Holiday season has just kicked into gear!!
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Festive foods for Easter.
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Festive salad with cherry tomatoes and shrimp.
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Most large countries have three principal cities – a political capital, an economic capital and a much less official “fun” capital. In Brazil, Sao Paolo is a bustling financial metropolis; Brasilia is all policy and government, while Rio de Janeiro – with the festive lounges, clubs and restaurants that punctuate the iconic beaches along its South East coast – has the party scene on lock.
With so many nightlife and entertainment options at your fingertips, planning your evenings out in Rio can be a challenge. We’re here to break it down for you…
Ipanema remains the most widely coveted social destination in Rio de Janeiro. It’s where the young, the beautiful and the surgically enhanced (not necessarily mutually exclusive) come out to play on the beach, mingle in the streets and show off their hot-bods. As a result, it’s also one of the most expensive places to lay your head after a night of guzzling Caipirinhas along Visconde de Piraja St.
For easy access to Ipanema’s trendy nightlife without the price tag of its accommodation options, consider lodging options in nearby Copacabana, just a modest walk or a quick drive away. The Cariocas (locals) may refer to area as a tourist trap, but if your wallet is doing the talking, be prepared to do the walking.
If you’re more of an exclusive scenester that prefers to rub elbows with wealthy locals away from the tourist-types, Leblon is where you’ll want to spend your evenings. The area has some of the highest real estate values in all of Brazil (and much of South America), so it’s only appropriate that it also boast some of Rio’s finest dining and designer shopping.
Less than a half-hour drive north of Rio’s famous beach towns you’ll find Lapa, a historic area that’s become known as a bohemian neighborhood. The Carioca Aqueduct located there serves as a symbolic photo backdrop, paying homage to Brazil’s colonial days with its smooth, double-tiered Roman arches. By night, the resident music scene is best absorbed at Lapa 40o and Carioca da Gema, both of which feature some of the best live performances around.
We’re kind of obsessed with Brazil these days with our OneTravel iPhone App contest still underway. Enter now and look out for more Brazil “inside scoops,” coming soon!
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From 1960s shift dresses to wide 1980s leather belts, I love adding quality vintage pieces to my wardrobe. There is no shortage of vintage shops packed with treasures in Southern California. Here are some of my favorite spots....read more
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Fruitcakes parade through town as an ornate pyramid looks out on the scene. While not any sort of a sugar plum dream, this is the reality of the Dresden Christmas market, commonly referred to as the Dresden Striezelmarkt. Hailed as Germany’s oldest Christmas market, it is also arguably one of the most unique in Europe for its traditions, from fruitcake festivals to prized wooden toys. If you are toying with the idea of attending Dresden’s highlight of the year, here are a few fun facts about Germany’s oldest Christmas market....read more
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12 AAA Alkaline Batteries
The LUXPRO 12 pack AAA alkaline batteries come conveniently packed in a battery storage case. This box is great for organizing and storing batteries.
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I am crazy about these little lights; I now own several and they are quite handy and portable during power outage. NG
AAA batteries fit most of all products I use.
I love these lights. I,m handicapped and when my lights go out because of a failure, my luxpro is by my side and I feel safe with the wide light.


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I'm 2015 I did a blog post labelled Tangled,to sum it up it was about being confused or overthinking.
For a while now I've been feeling really down so I thought I would extend on the subject.
Our feelings and emotional well being are personal and sometimes quite a touchy subject that can be painful to talk about. As we as human beings don't like opening up and being vulnerable.
In my opinion if we all talked about our feelings more often,then some of us may be reassured in knowing it's ok to feel not great, that we're not alone.
Otherwise your left with only your own worries of tangled emotions swishing around in your brain almost like a washing machine spinning around all day long.
I'll be ok and then find myself feeling sad and unfulfilled and questioning every life decision I've made.I compare myself to everyone on social media who is my age and how amazing their careers are as apposed to mine.
Please let me know if you feel even similar in the slightest.
Do you think we should talk about our emotions more ?

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Archival Seedling Sarita Alston's family is from Jamestown, Tennessee. Her family members trace their roots back to enslavement in the Tipton County area. She has started a family history collection kicked off by an oral history interview with her grandmother, Sarah Alston Maclin.
As part of her interview with her 78-year-old grandmother, Alston learns a family recipe that is only shared orally in her family, and about how the recipe has been passed down through the generations.
To find more family stories and artifacts and to connect Alstons across the country, she started a Facebook group that has grown to over 400 members, including a large branch of Alstons from North Carolina. The group aims to trace Alston family history back to the Alston Plantation in Tennessee and to enslaved people at North Carolina plantations.
Though her primary audience is her family, Alston will also partner with the Tipton County Museum to preserve digital copies of her collection.
"These items, along with a recorded oral history saga, will help navigate the discovery of who the Alstons are and how we came to be. As we can easily account for eight generations, we look for this project to become a foundation for our family history that can be built upon by future generations."
- Sarita Alston

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David Keighley at News-watch doesn't just agree, he's also put a huge stick of dynamite under the programme's deeply dodgy use of statistics.
It's a must-read post.
Newsnight and Ipsos MORI had co-operated on a post-Referendum poll and that night's Newsnight gave its take on the findings.
Here's an extract from James O'Brien's introduction:
And what about buyer’s remorse? All those voters who supposedly want to change their minds? Well, maybe not. 92% of respondents said they would definitely vote the same way. But of them, 5% of Leave voters did say they would now change their vote, compared to just 2% of Remain voters.
Note the 'maybe' in "maybe not" there and the big "But". And note the statement that "5% of Leave voters did say they would now change their vote, compared to just 2% of Remain voters" - a 'finding' highly relevant to the programme's later discussions about overturning the 23 June referendum, perhaps with a second referendum.
Newsnight used the following graphic to illustrate the point:
Here's how David outlines the problem:
Third – and even worse, perhaps – two separate statistics of polling information were conflated so as to overemphasise the numbers who said they would change their vote.
92% of the Ipsos Mori respondents said they would not change their minds if asked to vote in a second referendum (with 4% saying they would change their vote, 3% saying they didn’t know, and 1% saying they wouldn’t vote)
Newsnight presented this 92% figure in the graphic shown above. However, O’Brien then introduced an additional statistic: that 5% of Remain voters and 2% of Leave voters said they would now change their vote. Two smaller circles were duly placed on the chart to reflect this, despite these numbers having no direct correlation to the initial 92% figure. Therefore, the graphics and commentary suggested 7% wishing to change their votes, whereas the Ipsos Mori data itself had given a figure of just 4%.
Further, the two smaller circles of 5% and 2% cannot even be fairly compared to each other, given that more voted to Leave in the referendum than voted to Remain. The only way to have fairly reflected this difference would have been to have introduced a second chart, showing the overall numbers of Leave and Remain voters, and how potential shifts in voting intention might have affected the totals.
A closer inspection of the Ipsos Mori data also reveals that, to produce the 5% and 2% figures, two responses were combined: those who would ‘definitely’ change their vote, and those who ‘probably’ change their vote.
Had Newsnight focused only on those who were certain to change their votes, then the chart and commentary would have been even less striking: only 1.1% of those polled would definitely change their Leave vote, and just 0.4% would definitely change their Remain vote – a far less dramatic statistic than the one selected.
Put another way – bringing in the unweighted sample size of 935 voters who were actual consulted to reach these findings – only FIVE people told Ipsos Mori that they would definitely change their mind from ‘remain’ to ‘out’ and two people said they would definitely switch from ‘remain’ to ‘leave’. On that highly tenuous basis, Newsnight told its viewers, in effect that 5% of total ‘leave’ vote of 17.4m was considering changing sides. This was a preposterous extrapolation.
Please read the polling results for yourselves. You will see that David is correct.
Q3 is specific. As you can see for yourselves, only 1% of Leave voters said they "would definitely change their vote".
So when James O'Brien told Newsnight viewers that "5% of Leave voters did say they would now change their vote", he wasn't giving them an honest representation of the poll's actual results.
What he should have said is:
And what about buyer’s remorse? All those voters who supposedly want to change their minds? Well, almost certainly not. 92% of respondents said they would definitely vote the same way, 4% said they would change their vote, 3% said they didn't know and 1% said they wouldn't vote. And a separate question revealed that just 1% of Leave voters would definitely change their vote and 0% of Remain voters would change their vote.
Once you've read those Ipsos Mori findings for yourself, wouldn't you agree that my re-write of James O'Brien's spin on the results is much closer to the reality of those results?
And another thought that struck me is that - were Newsnight biased in the other direction - they could (and with more justification) have spun the findings of Q2. which asked, "And as you may know the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. Do you think that was the right decision or the wrong decision for the United Kingdom?"
The curious result of those findings is that 4% of Remain voters now say that it's the "Right decision" and 3% Leave voters now say it's the "Wrong decision" - a result that could very easily be spun to show that it's actually Remain voters who are suffering buyer's remorse.
Was the conflating of 'apples and pears' in that graphic merely sloppy or proof of bias?
Was the hyping and distorting of the 'buyer's remorse' findings merely sloppy or proof of bias?
Was the failure to point out the curious finding of Q2 merely sloppy or proof of bias?
All I'd say is that I've heard and seen how James O'Brien spun it on Newsnight and I've read the very careful Ipsos Mori presentation of the findings and, to my mind, Newsnight presented the findings in a reckless fashion.
On top of the extraordinary levels of anti-Brexit bias recorded on this very blog last week, I'm far less inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt that I might have been before.
This is shoddy journalism either way though.


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Julye, I had so much fun with this shoot! I hope you love the photos as much as I do.
You're darn gorgeous!
With this gallery, you have the option to "heart" and download your favorite images. If you're interested in having any photos retouched, or prints or an album made, the "heart" feature can be really helpful in selecting images for that, too. You can print these photos where ever you choose, but if you're interested in having me print them or design you a lil album, I'd love to talk about your options!
p.s. you're amazing. thank you so much, again!

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In just its first year of operation, the Farnham Repair Café has given a new lease of life to nearly 400 kilograms of damaged household items, diverting them from environmentally costly landfill. Established in February 2015 by our Centre for Sustainable Design and the local initiative Transition Town Farnham, the Repair Café meets every month and encourages local people to ‘share the repair’ by bringing along damaged items in need of restoration.
The international Repair Café movement launched in the Netherlands in 2009 and there are now 18 Repair Cafés in the UK. The Farnham Repair Café is supported by a steering board and funded through donations and grants.
In addition to repairing items, the Repair Café also offers a Creative Zone, giving attendees the chance to explore new ideas around the customising and 'up-cycling' of new products. The Saturday morning sessions also look to provide owners with a greater understanding of how their product works, along with an insight into why repairing is a better solution to recycling or throwing an item away.
“A successful repair should increase the useful lifetime of a product, therefore diverting waste from landfill,” said Professor Martin Charter from our Centre for Sustainable Design. “The Repair Café has been really well-received and it operates as a place to socialise and network, adding to Farnham’s identity as a crafts town.”
The Repair Café has attracted over 400 attendees to its 11 sessions. Electrical and textile-related products have been the most repaired items, but the team of repairers (made up of local volunteers and staff from UCA and Transition Town Farnham) have also worked on bicycles, furniture, baby strollers and vacuum cleaners.


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See a full list of WSU Kitsap Extension COVID-19 Resources, as well as an up-to-date statement on our office’s status.
COVID-19 Advisory: WSU Extension is working to keep our communities safe. All Extension programming is being provided virtually, postponed, or canceled. Effective March 16, 2020, WSU Extension county offices and WSU Research & Extension Centers will be closed to the public. We are available via email, phone, and webconference.
Kitsap County 4-H is excited to be offering a new opportunity to youth in our community! Due to COVID we are not able to meet in person at this time so we have decided to offer 8-week experiences. Starting October 22, 2020, we will be offering weekly art activities for youth via Zoom!
Open to ALL youth 5-18 years old. $5 per activity. (PRICE REDUCED!)
See below for some of the awesome activities we will be creating over the next few weeks.
Youth Art Experiences
4-H Youth Art Experiences will be offered weekly via Zoom. A different experience each week. Includes multiple hands-on art mediums, including abstract art, painting, and other crafts. Most materials needed are things you may already have at home or can be purchased locally. Join the fun!
Fee: Each Art Experience is $5 (PRICE REDUCED!)
Date & Time: Wednesdays from 10:00am to 11:00am and Thursdays from 4:00pm – 5:00pm, starting October 21
Location: Your own home via Zoom
Participation: Complete the registration form linked below and then select and pay for as many Art Experiences as your child(ren) want to participate in via Zoom. The Zoom login information and supply list will be emailed when registration is complete. You will need a free Zoom account in order to participate in the 4-H Art Experiences. Zoom accounts can be created at https://zoom.us/.
Description: Beautiful, Creative, and One of a Kind. This messy art form will blow your mind by how easy it is and how beautiful it turns out. Anyone can make one of a kind artwork that will amaze your friends. *Parent Note: High mess factor. Please help your child by having a contained area to do this project (Garbage bag, disposable table cloth, cardboard box, etc)* Teacher: Lis Sign up now
Description: The craft you can do ANYTHING with. What other activity can you make a snake, a necklace, a bowl, an ornament and a truck and still have 1000’s of other options? SALT DOUGH!! Teacher: Sheila Sign up now

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I finally got to run a one-shot of Cepheus Atom, Stellagama Games’ post-apocalypse version of the Cepheus Engine. It’s a fun, light little system designed to run Gamma World-style games using Traveller-style rules.
Cepheus Atom doesn’t have a built in setting, so I threw together the Shabby Lands, a small hexcrawl. I’m thinking of cleaning it up a little and posting it on itch.io at some point.
I prepared a number of pregenerated characters for the one-shot. I’m reposting them here in PDF form for anyone who might find them useful. I used my Cepheus Atom fillable character sheet to create them.


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Our Mission: To promote knowledge of astronomy and science (in general) for the residents in and around our community.
Enjoy the discovery of the amazing universe with other like-minded astronomy enthusiasts. Come to our monthly meetings, open to all who have an interest in this wonderful hobby. The Lima Astronomical Society meets at 8:00 on the first Friday of every month at:
670 N. Jefferson Street
Lima, Ohio 45801

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If there’s a music festival, there will be rain. And there will be mud. And Riot Fest is no exception.
The Chicago Sun-Times had four writers on the grounds of the tenth annual Riot Fest: Digital Editor Brandon Wall (BW), Sun-Times reporter Tina Sfondeles (TS), music writer Mark Guarino (MG) and Pioneer Press editor Ben Meyerson (BM) to capture the first day. Our photographers Peter Holderness and James Fostercaptured the best of the muddy, but rocking, fest.
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Get Up Kids
When you are an emo band from Missouri that has released one album in the last decade, playing opposite of the Wu-Tang Clan is a guaranteed way to ensure your audience is made up of diehard fans.
The diehard fans who showed up weren’t disappointed as The Get Up Kids played Something To Write Home About as part of Riot Fest’s 10-year anniversary celebration. It was no surprise then that the band’s set was an energetic singalong as they worked their way through the album’s 12 songs of love, heartbreak and friendship that helped define The Get Up Kids as the prototypical emo band.
Despite the album’s serious tones, the band was clearly having fun. There was plenty of stage banter (and bottles of whiskey) in between songs. At one point, the band lamented that “getting old doesn’t have to suck.”
Nearly 15 years after “Something To Write Home About” was released, The Get Up Kids proved the album title to be accurate. –BW
The Elmhurst, Illinois natives continue to impress, delivering a delightfully sloppy performance that coursed with energy as the band played their limited discography.
The Orwells seemed right at home at Riot Fest. Beyond amps occasionally popping from maybe a little too much rock and roll, lead singer Mario Cuomo summed it up perfectly as they neared the end of their set: “Let’s destroy these vocal chords!” —BW
Yes, this is Macaulay Culkin’s pizza-themed Velvet Underground cover band. It’s an amusing concept that’s mediocre in its execution. If Culkin wasn’t in the group, they’d be written off instantly as a stoned art-school student project.
But the 34-year-old formerly known as Kevin McCallister leads the band, so they snagged a spot opening up Riot Fest day two. Their jams are cleverly titled — “All the Pizza Parties,” “Take a Bite of the Wild Slice,” to name a few.
The joke gets old after a few songs, though, and then you’re left with some rather unremarkable acoustic covers. I did want to eat pizza afterwards, though. -BM
For a fun, high-tempo surf-rock punk band, Wavves has surprisingly little stage presence. I don’t think frontman Nathan Williams moved further than three feet in any direction during the band’s entire set. -BM
Tokyo Police Club
You know you’ve finally made it as a band when you share a trailer with Wu-Tang Clan, at least according to Tokyo Police Club lead singer David Monks. That’s as good an indicator as any.
Despite the band’s more subdued tone and swaths of mud keeping the crowd spread out, those who made it to Humboldt Park in time for Tokyo Police Club’s 1:30 set were treated to a band that clearly loves what they do. The band smoothly moved from hit to hit, stopping just long enough for the prerequisite stage banter. They recounted their first time playing in Chicago (at Schubas), their second time in town (two shows at Schubas), and their third (three shows, yes, at Schubas). Humboldt Park is certainly a change of scenery from the Lake view bar, but the band didn’t seem to mind. —TS
Emily Haines of Metric looked pretty excited to get such a great timeslot at Riot Fest. The Canadian rock band — Haines of Broken Social Scene fame — played all their big hits. She danced, she shook her hair around, and played some great music. Their set coincided with the sunset, meaning people stopped feeling so grateful for the warmer temperature on Saturday and started preparing for a chilly night. —TS
Emily Haines is a pure frontwoman. The Metric singer can belt out lyrics with the best of them, but she somehow keeps a bit of croon in her voice as she shouts across the field at Riot Fest. Mesmerizing. -BM
Wayne Coyne’s music has changed in the past few years. The Flaming Lips’ most recent full-length album, 2013’s “The Terror,” was a bleak soundscape — a big departure from the energetic, happy pop they’re known for.
Just a few months after that album was released, his common-law wife of 25 years filed for divorce.
It’s not hard to draw the connection. And in fact, Coyne’s stage personality has changed drastically in the last few years.
No longer is he the happy-go-lucky frontman he once was. The band still put on a hell of a show at Riot Fest, but instead of being a giant party, a good amount of the material now seemed dark or melancholy. His banter with the crowd isn’t playful — it’s slightly bitter and impatient.
Of course, it could have simply just been a bad night. The band’s intricate stage setup overloaded the power on Riot Fest’s “Roots” stage, knocking electricity out in the middle of their first song, as massive confetti cannons fired for the first time. That’d be enough to put anyone in a foul mood. -BM
The National had a travel issue that led to a 25-minute late start. How did fans deal? They listened to Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips play a couple of extra songs, including fan favorite “Do You Realize?” and a cover of “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” That’s no surprise, since the band is releasing a “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” tribute album next month. They also launched into a chant of the word “love” for about two minutes. Chanting the word — for two minutes. I didn’t quite get it, but it looked cool on the big screen. Coyne showed off his always intriguing stage presence, which included his sparkly white jacket, and his actions, like holding a baby doll for a song and then dangling it by the feet by the end of the tune (?). He also crowd-surfed in a giant plastic bubble, something he’s done before. He actually did the same stage stunt in 2006 at Chicago’s own Lollapalooza.
The National started their set at 9:10 p.m., instead of 8:45 p.m. Oops. But frontman Matt Berninger immediately addressed the late start, joking that the band was “catching up on emails.” He later apologized about two more times. He seemed genuine. Apparently the group was stuck in Canada. The band launched into some of their greatest hits for the shortened set including “Bloodbuzz Ohio,” “Squalor Victoria” and “Afraid of Everyone.” The consistently good band ended their set with “Terrible Love.” A very pleasant end to day two. —TS
Renn Fontana, 24, of Pilsen walked around during Die Antwood’s set with a giant mohawk, violet at the both the roots and a bit in front, and blonde throughout. She said it took her awhile to style, to get the perfect height. Fontana said the weather messed up her Friday schedule, but she was ready to hear some great music the rest of the weekend. —TS
Paola Chalurand danced around with her 2-year-old son Allian. The toddler seemed to enjoy the tunes while sitting on top of his mom’s shoulders. “We’re visiting from Guadalajara, Mexico,” said Uri Espinosa. “He’s having a good time listening to all these bands,” Espinosa said of his son. —TS
Pain for gain
Hannah McGinnis, 19, of Maywood, and David Jeselski, 24, of Oak Park, have contorted their bodies and walked on glass at Riot Fest for the past three years.
The couple got their first taste of the circus with a group at Triton College in River Grove before deciding to strike off on their own. They’ve performed at Bulls games and on the Steve Harvey show.
The glasswalking is self-taught, though.
“We’ve gotten street-smart about it,” Jeselski said. “It’s a lot of mental strength … it hurts like heck.” –BM
Keeping it cool
Saturday was remarkably better weather, although that isn’t saying much. Temperatures floated around 50 degrees for most of the day; warm enough to feel good in the sun, cool enough that you’d shiver in the shade.
Sunday could be even colder. When fall arrives in Chicago, it makes sure you know about it. Bundle up! —BW
Mud fight continues
Things started to dry up a bit from Friday night’s rains, but for the most part, Humboldt Park was still a mud pit Saturday. After an afternoon of intense sun, though, some spots had started to dry up by the end of the day. -BM
E-cigarette vendor Blu handed out samples of their e-cigs to festivalgoers Saturday. I spoke with a Blu employee who told me “everyone” was asking them whether it was OK to smoke at the festival. He said they stayed out of the fray, but told festivalgoers it was their choice where to smoke. —TS All of the lights https://twitter.com/Walldo/status/510955862576599040 Humboldt Park is a big place, and there is a lot of ground to cover. So why was so much of it shrouded in darkness? —BW
“A little muddy.” Any attempt to reach the far-off Rock stage required navigating the swampy mudscape in the dark. Are you about to walk on relatively stable mud, or an inch of standing water? Only one way to find out! A few enterprising individuals used their cell phones to lead the way, but at least one iPhone that I saw ended up accidentally getting dropped. Bummer. Carnival!
Sunday will be my day to put Riot Fest’s carnival experience through its paces, but credit where credit is due: organizers have put together a great carnival vibe in Humboldt Park. From the wafting smell of corn dogs and funnel cake to festival hands goading you into playing games, Riot Fest’s carnival environment is in full force. —BW

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Looking for small runabout
Hi Morgan, I'm in the market for a small runabout with good performance and sporty looks. Fuel consumption and space are not a problem.
The Fiat 500 Abarth caught my eye, but I don't know much about the car. I have about R250000 to spend and I will drive the car every day so reliability and a service plan are important. - Zubair Reddy, Lenasia, Gauteng
The Abarth name has been around for half a century in Europe . It is Fiat's performance division . The white wheels and decals come with the Essesse kit which adds a more powerful 1.4 turbo engine now rated at 118kW. This includes stiffer suspension, bigger brakes and sporty interior. But it is stiff over our highways and the gearbox could do with a meatier action. Space is limited and, at the price there are better packages like the VW Polo GTi or Opel Corsa OPC.


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Today throughout the world we celebrate the dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. We use the word Baslica in two ways. The most common is the honorary title given to a church of some historic or artistic importantance. These basilicas are scattered throughout the world. They are all more specifically minor basilicas. Four in the city of Rome are major basilicas. Each of the five is associated with one of the five centers of Christianity:
St. John Lateran -Rome
St. Mary Major-Antioch
St. Peter- Constantinople
St. Paul outside the Wall - Axelandria
These four churches and there associated cities keep us rooted in the history of the early church.
There is another sense in which we use the term basilica. It describes a particular architectural style.
When the early Christians began to look for something to immulate they did not want their churches to look like pagan temples. And so they chose another large public building, the basilica. It served as a courthouse and for other public business.
It was a roof over a large rectangular building with a wide center isle and either one isle on each side or two isles on each side that would be narrower. The roof would be supported by rows of columns that would create the isles. Any church built in this fashion could be architecturally describes as a basilica.
When someone says a church is a basilica, it can either refer to the architectural design or the title given by the Pope or both. In the case of St. Mary Major it is both. Even now one can see mosaics dating back to the 5th century. This church above all others reminds us of the ancient and constant devotion of Christians to the mother of Jesus, and our Mother. Perhaps it has been a while since you have prayed the rosary. Perhaps today would be the day to find the rosary. No it is not worshiping Mary, it is simply respect for and devotion to the woman God chose to be the one through who he would become incarnate.


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The last government shutdown was the longest in history (December 21, 2018 to January 25, 2019). Those who recall previous shutdowns know that “nonessential” federal personnel are hit particularly hard by these events. But many people ask us: Is real estate affected by government shutdowns?
During the last shutdown, the media focused on the roughly 800,000 workers who missed paychecks. But the ripple effect of a shutdown goes far beyond the federal government and creates waves in the private sector. The spending gaps can affect the real estate industry in significant ways.
Wise investors will be observing these trends, and to keep you informed, we’ve made some observations about the impact of a government shutdown on land trusts, real estate investing and more. Let’s dive in to exactly who in American real estate is affected—and how—when the country’s government is closed for business.
The Government Shutdowns Hit Landlords with HUD/Section 8 Tenants
Multi-unit investors, particularly owners of apartment complexes that cater to Section 8 or otherwise federally assisted tenants, may encounter problems directly tied to the shutdown. Sales of these complexes are likely to slow dramatically, but their landlords face bigger issues. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has two main ways of subsidizing housing, one of which is contracting with landlords. Landlords with expiring contracts will not be able to renew them during the shutdown. Some 1,050 of these contracts, which cover an average of 52 tenants each, will expire in February while active contracts will be paid for the first 30 days.
A prolonged shutdown complicates many issues related to real estate. If payments are not made on behalf of the millions of Section 8 and HUD-sponsored tenants, landlords may face difficult choices about evicting these tenants for unpaid rent. Evicting a Section 8 tenant is a more complex process for all involved (landlord, tenant, and court) than a standard eviction, and evicting many at once even moreso.
Owners of public housing may also experience delays with securing mortgages and loans.
Mortgage and Lending Difficulties
Investors and other homebuyers nationwide are already being affected by the shutdown’s impact on lending. Right now is a more difficult time to secure a mortgage in general. Certain small business loans are not available during a shutdown, which could be problematic for small business owners in any sector. Of these, the Small Business Administration has a substantial backlog already, with some experts noting that nearly $2 million in loans have yet to be approved. Fair Housing Act (FHA) loans are still being issued but may be delayed.
Some prospective lenders have already experienced delays. Many private lenders who rely on our friends at the IRS to verify potential borrowers’ income were stalled out. During the early weeks of the shutdown, the income verification service was unavailable.
Professionals Can Help Real Estate Investors
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The Surrey Learning Disability Partnership Board is made up of people with learning disabilities, their families, professionals, and voluntary organisations.
They work together so people with a learning disability have a voice, be safe, informed, healthy, and confident to be part of their community. The board meets every two months.
We also have Local Valuing People Group meetings across the four areas of Surrey. They make sure everyone has a voice and can talk about local issues. These groups meet four times a year.

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Local News for Thursday 4th May 2017
Polls open in Council Elections
The polls are now open in the 2017 local authority elections, with candidates waiting to see who islanders will choose to represent them for the next five years as councillors. MP Angus MacNeil and MSP Alasdair Allan are encouraging people to use their vote – whichever way their voting preference lies. Mr MacNeil said: “It is very important that people come out and vote in the council elections. I would encourage them to rank all candidates in order of preference and I would advise them to use all numbers so that their vote holds value throughout the process”. Alasdair Allan added: "The Comhairle is the biggest employer in the islands, and a huge provider of public services locally. Voting in the council election matters, and I would encourage people to turn out.” There’s been one last-minute change to the polling stations for today. As the Tolsta Community Hall is temporarily unavailable, the polling station has been changed to Tolsta Community Development Limited, which is just across the car park from the Hall. Signage is in place to direct voters. Votes will be counted from 9am tomorrow at Lewis Sports Centre, with results announced through the day on social media. Isles FM will have all available results on Behind the Headlines from 4pm tomorrow afternoon.
Many support Feis fundraising
A GoFundMe campaign to raise money for Feis Eilean na Hearadh has raised nearly three-quarters of its target sum in just two days. Fèis Eilean na Hearadh promotes Gaelic language, culture and heritage through an annual festival for school age children on the Isle of Harris, with this year’s festival just a few weeks away in June. Last weekend’s fire at the Scalpay factory destroyed items donated over the years, including musical instruments, and although the Feis were due to buy some new items anyway, they now just hope to replace what has been lost. They’ve set a target of £4,000 cash on GoFundMe, with £2,700 raised within 48 hours. Second hand materials and instruments will also be greatly appreciated and can be donated via Sir E Scott School in Tarbert.
Road surfacing work starts
The Comhairle is due to start this year’s road surfacing programme in Berneray, on 8th May and will continue on to other locations in North Uist, Benbecula and South Uist for a further two to three weeks. Once work has finished in Uist operations will move to Harris and Lewis around the 25th May for a further four to five weeks. Work will be done on the A859 Harris west side, in South and North Lochs, Bernera and Point. The Comhairle is advising drivers to expect some delays and to comply with posted temporary speed limits, signage and any traffic management throughout the work sites. Works are weather dependent and are subject to delays.
Power to HebCelt Islands Stage
The award-winning Hebridean Celtic Festival has confirmed an international line-up for its Islands Stage, which will be sponsored by Lewis Wind Power for the second successive year. The partnership fits with HebCelt's environmental credentials as well as giving a platform to local voices such as Lewis-born singer songwriter Eleanor Nicolson, who releases her fourth EP to coincide with her HebCelt appearance. Also appearing are Tide Lines, a four-piece band including former Skipinnish members Robert Robertson, from Lochaber and Ross Wilson, from Mull. On Friday night, the stage will be given over to visiting Canadian act the Lumber Jills, and former X Factor contestant Lucy Spraggan. Musicians taking part in this year's Ceilidh Trail will kick off Saturday night's performances.
Swimmers’ mystery revealed
There’s no longer any mystery about the next challenge for three Lewis open-water swimmers, who are set to swim 21 miles from the Flannan Isles to the Outer Hebrides this summer in aid of the RNLI. Colin S Macleod, Ed Smith, and Stuart Baird are busy preparing for The Flannan Isles Mystery Swim, planned to honour the memory of the three lighthouse keepers who vanished from the rocky outpost in December 1900. The Team will swim in relay formation, in 45 minute legs, from the Flannan island of Eilean Mor to Uig on the Isle of Lewis. Team Captain Colin Macleod said: “The thing about swimming in the ocean is that you don’t know what’s out there. We’re happy to put our lives on the line to raise money for the RNLI as they do it all the time. And anyone who knows the story about the Flannan Lighthouse Keepers, it had to be a team of three swimmers to represent the missing keepers.” You can find out more about The Flannan Isles Mystery Swim – as well as more on the islands and their enigmatic past – online at www.theflannanislesmysteryswim.co.uk


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Budding Melbourne-based artist/producer Hindley pours his heart and soul into the release of his highly anticipated debut EP ‘A Hundred Suns‘.
Incorporating rich elements of Hip-Hop, R&B, Indie Pop and Soul, the project puts forward five compelling tracks which showcase the many layers to his unique artistry. From the bold and anthemic opener ‘Fashion Lights‘, to the more wholesome and vulnerable tracks (‘Golden Boy‘ and ‘A Hundred Suns‘), the EP beautifully explores Hindley’s thoughts on creative perpetuity, the never ending cycle of successes and failures, as well as the highs and lows that come with creating art. Sonically ‘A Hundred Suns‘ offers a breath of fresh air in the sense that it feels completely raw and authentic. Hindley projects heavy-hitting flows, gently crooned hooks, as well as touching spoken word sections, all over his perfectly textured self-produced beats which span the entirety of the project.
Keeping it local, all the recording was overseen by Hindley alongside familiar Melbourne names REYKO! and Drest, with MixedByTrae also lending his engineering wizardry.
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