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Cape Breton school reverses decision to ban veterans' prayer
Ryan MacDonald CTV News Atlantic Reporter
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Published Thursday, October 31, 2019 10:22PM ADT Last Updated Thursday, October 31, 2019 10:38PM ADT
SYDNEY MINES, N.S. -- A controversial decision not to allow a veterans' prayer during a school Remembrance Day ceremony in Cape Breton has been reversed.
While some believe a public backlash led to the change of heart, others say it was all a misunderstanding.
Some veterans are still emotional about having to fight again for what they feel is right.
It was a move that brought tears to the eyes of some of those who have served.
"I think an apology should be done to all veterans," said veteran Clarence Dawe. "They were the ones that were slighted."
Members of the Branch 8 Legion in Sydney Mines, N.S., were told there wouldn't be a prayer during next week's Remembrance Day service at Jubilee Elementary.
It was apparently an effort to make the ceremony more inclusive, but veterans say they felt excluded, and that a prayer for peace has been tradition for more than 90 years.
One Jubilee parent, who served in Afghanistan, says he had a hard time explaining it all to his five-year-old son.
"He just wanted to know why I was crying," said Leo Seguin. "And I said, 'Dad had a lot of close friends, and some people are making decisions that daddy can't change.'"
Thursday morning, there was a phone call to the legion to inform the veterans that there had been a change of heart and the prayer will now be allowed.
"She apologized," said Elizabeth Simpson, service office for the Legion. "I had mentioned to her, 'You're apologizing to the wrong person. You should be apologizing to the veterans.'"
Veteran Mel Birmingham remembered his fellow comrades overseas.
"They said their prayers," he said. "Some of them would carry their prayer beads."
In a statement to CTV News, the Cape Breton-Victoria Regional Centre for Education says "it was mutually agreed that a non-denominational prayer of peace will be read during the program. In this way, the ceremony will appropriately and respectfully honour our veterans and provide a culturally respectful ceremony for all students and staff."
"Cape Bretoners stick up for Cape Bretoners, but they also stick up for veterans, and they don't forget," Birmingham said.
The centre for education adds that determinations like this one are made by individual schools.
"We deeply and sincerely regret any anxiety caused from our earlier decision," a spokesperson said. "It was never our intent, and we are sorry."
The Remembrance Day ceremony and the prayer will go ahead on Wednesday.
"I'll be as proud as I ever was," said Clarence Dawe. "It's been a part of our service all these years."
Legion members say had the decision not been reversed so quickly, they were planning on holding their prayer on the sidewalk outside of the school and that members from other branches planned to join them.
The centre for education says it doesn't have a policy to govern situations like this.

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It does not matter how old you are — you can still give the gift of life through organ, tissue and eye donation. However, the number of people who register to be donors drops off significantly after age 50.
UW Organ and Tissue Donation (UW OTD) hopes to change that with targeted presentations to older audiences.
Trey Schwab, community outreach coordinator at UW OTD, recently spoke to eight different community groups for people of ages 50+ in the Eau Claire area about why they should register as donors.
"Many of the people were surprised they could still be donors," he says. "I think it was the first time they had heard that message. Some had stopped registering to be donors because they smoked or had issues in their past medical history and they thought that would disqualify them."
While older people are rarely able to donate their heart or lungs, they can often donate their kidneys — and 80 percent of the patients on the waiting list are waiting for kidneys. Another commonly donated organ among older patients is the liver.
UW Hospital and Clinics has had donors who are in their 80s, and other facilities across the nation have had donors well into their 90s. "Don't rule yourself out — let the doctors and other medical professionals make the decision about whether you can be an organ donor," says Trey.
After Trey's presentations, many listeners said afterward they plan on registering to be organ donors. "One of those people we reached could wind up saving someone's life," says Trey. "That makes it worth the effort."


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Your 2017 Black Friday Booklist: Eight Essential Science Reads
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The holidays are prime reading season. All that travel and post-meal lounging will give you plenty of time to plow through the books that have been stacking up on your bedside table for the past year. Just be sure to grab a good one. Your body will already be full of empty calories—you don't want your brain to be stuffed with junk, too.
Endurance by Scott Kelly
When Scott Kelly returned to Earth in March of 2016, he became the proud possessor of a major space record: He had completed the single-longest spaceflight—340 days—ever undertaken by an American. In his new book, Endurance, the veteran astronaut dishes on what it takes to prepare for and live in space for that long. The upshot: Space is weird. And don't you want to know the details? Like, oh, I don't know, the fact that the International Space Station smells like jail? Yes. Yes you do.
Soonish by Kelly & Zach Weinersmith
Predicting the future is thankless and hard and often ill-advised—but that didn't stop scientist Kelly Weinersmith and cartoonist Zach Weinersmith from trying, with this wild glimpse into a future that may or may not involve space elevators and brain-computer interfaces and programmable matter. In it, they sift through mountains of literature and pick the brains of the researchers at the forefront of things like bioprinting (like 3-D printing, only more bio) and augmented reality (like reality, only more augmented), turning a skeptical yet exuberant eye toward the technologies of tomorrow.
Making Contact: Jill Tarter and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence by Sarah Scoles
If humans ever find aliens—or if aliens ever find us—it will likely be a consequence of the work of Jill Tarter. A former director of the SETI Institute, a formidable radio astronomer, and the inspiration for the main character in Carl Sagan's Contact, Tarter has devoted her life and work to the search for life in space. In Making Contact, WIRED contributor Sarah Scoles interweaves Tarter's story with the science, philosophy, and politics that underpin the ongoing quest to understand life in the universe and humanity's place with in it—whether we're alone or not.
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat
A science-y cookbook? Yes. A science-y cookbook. Samin Nosrat's ode to its eponymous components is light on recipes and heavy on insightful exposition vis-à-vis salt, fat, acid, and heat—the fundamental ingredients to any dish. By understanding how they act and interact, she claims, you can learn to not just follow instructions but truly cook, in that elusive, improvisational way you know you fantasize about. Outstanding illustrations, graphs, and charts from Wendy MacNaughton up the informational ante, without weighing down the culinary knowledge Nosrat dishes out.
Why Time Flies: A Mostly Scientific Investigation by Alan Burdick
Is there a more well-worn subject than time? I submit that there is not. It routinely ranks as the most commonly used noun in English. Aristotle ruminated at length on its subjectivity. And physicists, philosophers, and neuroscientists quibble over its qualities to this day. But in the hands of New Yorker staff writer Alan Burdick, the topic of time is revivified through this compelling mix of personal experiences and expertly translated research findings.
Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone by Juli Berwald
Before she wrote for publications like National Geographic, Nature, and WIRED, Juli Berwald was an ocean scientist. But jellyfish—those gelatinous, pulsating, invertebrate aquatic creatures—drew her back to the sea. Jellyfish, it so happens, have experienced a population explosion in recent years, even as many other components of the oceans' ecosystems have floundered. In Spineless, Berwald sets out to understand why jellies have flourished, and what their unexpected response to a changing planet could mean for the rest of us.
The River of Consciousness by Oliver Sacks
The second of Oliver Sacks' posthumously published works (the first, Gratitude, comprised four essays the neurologist wrote following the cancer diagnosis that would end his life), The River of Consciousness collects 10 essays on subjects ranging from the fallibility of memory to Sigmund Freud's early studies on fish. Fans of the good doctor will appreciate the chance to revisit a collection he curated shortly before his death: The writings are stitched through with Sacks' characteristic curiosity and verve, weaving esoteric research, incisive observations, and intimate anecdotes into lucid expositions on the natural world and those who seek to understand it.
Big Chicken by Maryn McKenna
To understand modern agriculture, one must consider the chicken. In this wide-ranging exposé, journalist Maryn McKenna details how growth-boosting antibiotics plumped a little backyard bird into the fat fowl we know today. By tracing poultry's rise, the book reveals how the most popular meat in America cleared the way for industrial farming practices and a rapidly proliferating slate of drug-resistant diseases. Equal parts informative, propulsive, and frightening, McKenna's work is the kind of public health journalism you'll actually want to read.
Scott Kelly Answers Astronaut Questions From Twitter
Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly uses the power of Twitter to answer some common questions about astronauts. How fast is the international space station? Can you see the eclipse from space? Scott Kelly's book 'Endurance' is now available.
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Film Review: 'Fighting With My Family'
by Jake King February 15, 2019
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This is the movie WWE Studios was born to make!
Fighting With My Family is the biographical tale of Saraya Bevis, who grew up in a family of professional wrestlers. Both Saraya and her brother, Zak, try out for the WWE when the organization visits their English hometown, but, of the two of them, only Saraya gets chosen. This deeply hurts the competitive Zak, who, with a child on the way, was hoping to have a successful wrestling career. His jealousy causes him to resent Saraya, now going by the stage name of Paige (yes, it is a reference to Paige Matthews from Charmed). With this burden on her shoulders, as well as some nasty stage fright, Paige now has to go through a physical and emotional journey to keep her family together, and to eventually become the youngest champion in the WWE's Divas Championship.
I wasn't expecting too much from this film because its trailer wasn't at all captivating, but a strange feeling occurred in me during the first quarter of the film. Even though I was able to predict where this film's plot was going, I was still intrigued to see what happens next. It could be perhaps the filmmakers took great care in allowing the audience to get familiar with these characters, as well as their conflicts and their goals. Director Stephen Merchant also creates some great belly laugh moments in order to bring levity to this film's story, which makes for an entertaining and heartfelt thrill ride at the movies.
Florence Pugh, whom one might remember being one of 2017's standout actresses thanks to her performance in Lady Macbeth, gets to truly show off her range in portraying Paige, who is the heart of the film's story. Everything about her performance, from her mannerisms to her moves in the ring, is pitch-perfect, and you just can't imagine anyone else in the role. In addition to a great lead, the film also has a terrific supporting cast, including the likes of Lena Headey and Nick Frost as Paige's parents, and Vince Vaughn as Paige's coach, a sort of water-downed version of his character from Hacksaw Ridge. The interactions between the characters, which include some great zingers, are some of the best scenes in the movie.
An ongoing theme in the film is not to judge a book by it's cover. Piage, a Goth-like personality, competes against a number of blonde supermodel types. A more conventional film might reduce the blonds to stereotypes and amp up the animosity between them an Paige. In this film, however, these characters are shown to be normal people who are in the same boat as Paige. While it may be true that there are some feisty competitors in professional sports, they have become a tired cliché in films of this genre. This simple approach to depicting competition is a welcome breath of fresh air, and allows for a more genuine sense of growth for Paige.
Having both a heartfelt story and realistic characters however is not always enough to help a film stand out. Thankfully, this film has one other key ingredient: energy. This is especially necessary in a story about wrestling, which is an adrenaline-fueled sport. All of the actors bring their A-game to the wrestling scenes, and they are exciting to watch. The energy can even be found in the film's soundtrack, which includes a spunky cover of Bachman-Turner Overdrive's "Takin' Care of Business", by a band whose name I'm afraid to mention in this review (imagine a dirty sounding version of "Thundercats").
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson makes an extended cameo appearance in this film, and it's a welcome return to form after starring in both Rampage and Skyscraper last year. However, some moments of him on-screen, including a less-than-subtle nod to his public feud with Vin Diesel, feel a bit too meta and do nothing but massage Johnson's ego. Of course, Johnson is impossible not to find charming, and his impact on professional wrestling cannot be understated (he is "The Rock," after all), but egos do need a break every once in a while. Maybe Merchant, who acted with Johnson in 2010's Tooth Fairy, wanted to give him a more proud role? It doesn't matter, The Rock still rocks!
Now, I try not to get personal in my reviews, but want to make an exception here. Even though I enjoy writing my reviews, I never really know if they are being read. But, in the last third of the film, Paige said a phrase that stuck with me: "Just because millions of people aren't watching you, it doesn't mean what you're doing is not important." At that point that the film seduced me with its earnest story about doing what you love.
In the end, I highly recommend seeing Fighting with my Family. There is something in it for everyone, including both wrestling fans and general filmgoers. With great performances, a genuine approach to sportsmanship, and a surprising amount of energy, this film proves that you cannot always judge a book by its cover, or a film by its trailer.
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Last night, President Trump gathered the national family together around the dinner table on the pretense that he would deliver urgent and sober news about America's strategy in Afghanistan, and instead basically sent us to bed without dinner. Rather than a detailed policy vision for extricating the country from its Afghanistan adventure, he offered platitudes ("We will defeat them, and we will defeat them handily") and declined to clue the American people in on this big new strategy he's decided on with, as he would put it, "his generals." But in all likelihood, we are headed toward another disastrous troop surge that will end the way every previous attempt to "win" in Afghanistan has ended: in failure.
The meat of the speech, though, was about America's forever war in Afghanistan, a conflict he says that Americans are weary of. It was also a conflict that Trump himself was rabidly opposed to as a private citizen and as a presidential candidate. But at this point his about-faces on policy are unsurprising, and hardly the man's worst flaw. This time he even had the decency to acknowledge his change of heart rather than pretending he was in favor of a troop surge all along. "My original instinct was to pull out," he said.
For once, his instincts were correct.
While the president didn't put a figure on the number of new troops to be sent to Afghanistan, it is rumored to be just a few thousand, an utterly comical number that not even the most deluded believer in this lost project could possibly believe will make a difference. The United States has been fighting without interruption in Afghanistan since October of 2001, when George W. Bush launched a nimble invasion to dislodge the Taliban from power, an end they richly deserved for their general depravity and their role in the attacks of 9/11. Toppling the regime was a policy nearly all Americans supported at the time and that goal was reached quickly. The problem is that the Bush administration had no plausible plan for what would come next.
Ever since, we have been waging what is essentially an unwinnable struggle against Taliban guerillas to stabilize the country and transform it into a developing democracy. Trump's policy seems designed to split the difference between our only real options — walking away from the war and cutting our losses by sensibly acknowledging the impossibility of our expansive goals, or massively doubling down by mounting a sustained, much more comprehensive and expensive occupation which would require actual sacrifice from the civilians and voters currently content to pretend this is all not happening.
In the run-up to the Iraq War, skeptics and opponents were routinely browbeaten with the example of Japan and Germany as proof that the U.S. can invade other countries and successfully transform them into functional liberal democracies. But neither Iraq nor Afghanistan were granted, even briefly, anything like the scale of the commitment that we made to our vanquished World War II adversaries. There was no Marshall Plan, minimal debt forgiveness, no years-long garrisoning of the force levels needed to restore order and extinguish any lingering resistance.
We left 350,000 troops in Japan at the end of 1945. Afghanistan is nearly twice the size of Japan and we have never had more than 100,000 troops there. There are now about 8,400. To think that things will be different this time by adding a few thousand troops is the very worst kind of policy myopia. No doubt these forces will fight gamely and achieve short-term success where they are deployed, but there are simply not going to be enough of them. They too will fight, as President Trump accurately called it, "a war without victory."
Since its inception, the Afghanistan war has claimed the lives of 2,403 U.S. military personnel and sent more than 20,000 others home wounded. More than 1,500 civilian contractors and another 1,136 soldiers from 19 countries, including the U.K., Italy, Spain, and South Korea have also died there. At least 91,000 Afghans, including over 26,000 civilians, have been killed over the last 16 years of this war. The country's economy is in ruins. No one under the age of 40 has ever known a single day of peace in their entire lives. The putative government in Kabul controls less than two-thirds of the country, while the Taliban made significant gains last year. The cost of this war for the United States may already be as high as $2 trillion.
Our failure as a society to come to terms with the scale of this calamity, and to do something about it, is total. It spans an entire generation. It has never been the focus of an effective, sustained anti-war campaign. If it ever figured in our politics, it was only briefly and then as an empty talking point in the 2004 and 2008 campaigns by John Kerry and Barack Obama, bizarrely situated as the noble war in contrast to the perfidy of the Iraq disaster. Most Americans have only the barest sense that we are at war there.
As a society, we have judged the Afghanistan conflict unworthy of debate, delegating it instead to foreign policy elites, military experts, and the soldiers, civil servants, contractors, and innocent civilian victims whose bodies are inscribed with its horrors. We assume that someone, at some point, will reckon with its totality, comfortable that it won't have to be us. We should, in fact, be wearier of this war than we are. And because we are not, it will go on.


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5 'Must Do' Things in Brussels
by Belvicci
in Discoveries, Sights
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Brussels is the capital of Belgium and the headquarters of both the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). What began as a mere fortress outpost in the 900′s has grown into a sophisticated metropolis, admired the world over for its architecture and its food.
Brussels is a bilingual town, where residents speak, and street signs are printed in, Dutch and French.
The people of Brussels are known for a sharp sense of humour, as evidenced by the Manneken Pis, the city's most famous statue, which depicts a urinating boy.
Below are descriptions of five can't-miss attractions if you'll soon travel to this lovely city.
The Grand Place
The grandest place in Brussels is the Grand Place. Originally a market in the 1200′s, this palatial landmark is today a centre for the city's residents and tourists.
It's a gilded architectural masterwork, where you can take in concerts, admire quaint churches, enjoy charming cafes, and people-watch to your heart's content.
Come in the spring and the summer, and you'll see the Grand Place's flower market in full bloom. Or come at Christmastime for the giant Christmas tree, elaborate lighting, and the Christmas Village, a market selling all kinds of Christmas decorations and edible treats.
Rue des Bouchers
Stroll the Rue de Boucher and you might momentarily think you've stepped back in time to the 1600′s. This avenue is lined with restaurants and cafes, many boasting ornate doors and large fish hanging in the windows.
Many different kinds of cuisines are available on this street, including Indian and Chinese. For families, the restaurant Aux Armes de Bruxelles is a reliable choice. It offers tasty steaks, a traditional Belgian stew called waterzooi, and some of the best mussels in Brussels.
The 1958 World's Fair was held in Brussels, and for this fair the city constructed the stainless-steel Atomium Building, which resembles a giant, round molecule.
This monument includes nine connected spheres, and you can reach five of these spheres via elevators. The view from the top sphere, 335 feet high, is spectacular.
At night, the Atomium dazzles, decked out as it is in brilliant blue lights. The building is also home to an outdoor bar, an indoor panoramic restaurant, and a mini-museum dedicated to the 1950′s, including gigantic wall photographs of fifties movie stars.
Cathedral of Saint Michel and Gudule
The Cathedral of Saints Michel and Gudule, the seat of the Malines-Brussels Catholic archdiocese, began as a crypt in the 900′s and was finished in the late 1400′s.
Predominately built in a style of architecture known as Brabant Gothic, the cathedral sustained heavy damage in 1695, when French forces bombarded Brussels. State funerals are often held here, and the cathedral houses a collection of priceless medieval religious relics.
The Chocolate
Belgium's Chocolate Factory
Brussels is the world's choco-champ. The chocolate companies Leonidas and Godiva make their homes here, and a Brussels chocolatier named Jean Neuhaus first came up with the praline in the early years of the twentieth century.
The city's teeming with excellent places to buy the stuff. There's Mary on Rue Royale, which since 1919 has offered all-natural gourmet chocolate made from beans from all over the world.
There's Laurent Gerbaud on Rue Revenstein, which sells delectable concoctions mixing chocolate with spices and fruit. And there are many, many more.
Come to Brussels in late November for a brand-new tradition: Chocolate Week. This is a week when the city sells visitors "chocolate passes," tickets admitting them to tastings and workshops throughout Brussels.
Be forewarned: if your friends and family know you're going to Brussels, they'll probably expect you to bring home some chocolate for them.
Some famous and exclusive chocolat makers in Brussels are GODIVA Chocolatier, MARY Belgian Chocolats since 1919, NEUHAUS Créateur Chocolatier since 1857, PLANÈTE CHOCOLAT, VAN DENDER Chocolatier, WITTAMER Chocolatier, GALLER Chocolat-Passion and PIERRE MARCOLINI Chocolatier
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The Beatles, Liverpool Sites Tour – The Early Years
On 30th May 2013, I went on my second 'Fab Four Taxi Tour' in Liverpool. This time we visited some of the more obscure Beatles locations, including former homes of all four members of the band as well as many other places along the way.
After a hugely enjoyable tour around Liverpool with the Fab Four Taxi Tour company last year, we decided that during a few days in the city we would once again embark on a tour – this time of some of the slightly lesser known places that were involved in the lives of John, Paul, George and Ringo during the early years. Prior to the trip, we got in touch with Ian Doyle, our tour guide and Beatles fanatic who gave us a hugely enjoyable trip last time around and he was more than happy to repeat the tour, showing us some more sites in his cab 'Dear Prudence'. You can read about the many places visited below. A big thanks to Ian and Fab Four Taxi Tours for this experience and it is something I would highly recommend to any Beatles fan.
81a Renshaw Street
81a Renshaw Street is the former location of Bill Harry's office, the producer of local music newspaper 'Mersey Beat'. The first edition issue was published on 6th July 1961 and included an article where John Lennon explained the origins of the name 'Beatles'. It was in this office that he gave the famous quote "It came in a vision, a man appeared on a flaming pie and said from this day on you are Beatles with A." Some 36 years later, fellow Beatle Paul McCartney took inspiration from this for the title of his album 'Flaming Pie'. Mersey Beat paper recorded the rise of the band until its ending around three years later.
Renshaw Street
81a, the former location of Bill Harry's office
The Beatles on the cover of the Mersey Beat in 1962
4 Rodney Street
This was the birthplace of Brian Epstein, music entrepreneur and manager of the Beatles from 1962 until his death in 1967. The Georgian building on Rodney Street was once a private nursing home and on 19th September 1934, Brian Samuel Epstein was born to parents Harry and Queenie, a middle class Jewish couple who lived on Queens Drive. Epstein went on to become one of, if not the most influential people in the Beatles remarkable rise to fame, being responsible for getting the band a record contract with EMI.
Rodney Street
Outside Brian Epstein's birthplace
3 Gambier Terrace
This was a flat shared by John Lennon, Stuart Sutcliffe and Rod Murray, all students from the art college. His Aunt Mimi wasn't happy with the decision but John went ahead and moved into the flat in 1960. They used it as a place to draw, paint and practice with the rest of the band, as well as spending many a night with girlfriend and future wife Cynthia here. Paul McCartney also claims that this is the location where Lennon and Sutcliffe told the rest of the group that they wanted to change the name to 'The Beatles'. The two Beatles members living at Gambier Terrace only stayed a few months before leaving for Hamburg in the Summer of 1960.
Gambier Terrace
Stood outside the flat shared by John Lennon, Stuart Sutcliffe and Rod Murray
John and Cynthia at the Art College
This is the exact location where the famous photo of John and Cynthia, along with Art college friends Tony Carricker and John Hague, was taken in 1959. Cynthia was 19 and John 18 years old and the couple had only been together a few months when the photograph was taken. Lennon remembered both these friends for many years, and in 1968 Hague was the painter that helped Lennon in a gallery exhibition, while in a letter from 1974 from Lennon to Cynthia – he asks 'What's happened to Tony Carricker?'.
The entrance to the art college
John Lennon and Cynthia sit on the steps with some friends
John and Cynthia sit with Tony Carricker (behind John) and John Hague
A similar angle to the original photograph
Stood where the photo was taken over 50 years later
37 Aigburth Drive
Stuart Sutcliffe, original bassist of the Beatles, and his family originally lived on Ullet Road which was on the other side of Sefton Park. In 1961, the Sutcliffe's moved into an apartment in this building on Aigburth Drive. Sutcliffe tragically died in 1962 and this is where his family were living at the time, remaining here until 1970. It is now the Blenheim Lakeside Hotel and has many Sutcliffe related items in the hotel, including images, a plaque and a bar named after his girlfriend Astrid Kircherr.
Stuart Sutcliffe's family home
The plaque
Stuart Sutcliffe memorabilia on the wall
Dovedale Infant School
Dovedale was the infant school for both John Lennon and George Harrison, although the boys did not know each other at the time.
John first enrolled at the school on 6th May 1946 and stayed for 6 years before leaving to join Quarry Bank Grammar School in 1952 after passing his 11-plus exam. John was a talented reader and writer and learned quickly. He wrote his first 'book' at Dovedale, "Sport, Speed and Illustrated" which included jokes, drawings and cartoon strips. John brought his wife Yoko Ono to the school when he was showing her around the sites of his youth and Yoko has since made a number of donations to the school to help improve the facilities and there is a plaque to commemorate this.
George Harrison also went to Dovedale Infants School and after passing his 11-plus exam, moved to the Liverpool Institute, a school that was also attended by Paul McCartney. Another famous person to attend Dovedale was comedian Jimmy Tarbuck.
Stood outside the school that John Lennon and George Harrison both attended
The plaque on the wall
1 Blomfield Road
This was the house where John Lennon's mother Julia lived with her partner John "Bobby" Dykins and their two daughters Julia and Jackie (Lennon's half sisters).
John spent his free time with his mother, getting the kind of encouragement from her that his Aunt Mimi Smith, who raised him never did.
Then, on the evening of July 15, 1958, disaster struck. Having spent the day at her sister Mimi's house on Menlove Avenue, Julia waved goodbye and began to cross the road in order to catch the bus home. She never made it. She was hit by a car being driven by an off-duty policeman and died instantly, aged 44.
John was sitting with Julia's boyfriend, waiting for her to return, when a policeman knocked on the door. "It was just like it's supposed to be, the way it is in the films," he told biographer Hunter Davies a decade later. "Asking if I was her son, and all that. Then he told us, and we both went white."
"It was the worst thing that ever happened to me. We'd caught up so much, me and Julia, in just a few years. We could communicate. We got on. She was great. I thought … I've no responsibilities to anyone now."
John changed after this became more of a rebel than ever.
In 1969, John brought Yoko Ono to this house and they were invited in and shown around by the owner at the time.
Outside the house
The home of John Lennon's mother, Julia
This two-bedroom council house on Western Avenue in Speke was the home of Paul McCartney from the age of 4 to 8 years old. He lived here from 1947 until 1950. The family got this home due to McCartney's mother Mary being a midwife. When she resigned from her job, the McCartney's moved to Ardwick Road.
Stood on Western Avenue
The former home of Paul McCartney
25 Upton Green
In January 1950, the Harrison family left their terraced home in Arnold Grove and moved to this newly built, more spacious council home in Speke. The Quarrymen played at this house in December 1958 at George's brothers wedding reception, a picture from which can be seen below. It was also in this home that George first heard 'Love Me Do' on Radio Luxembourg in his bedroom. He moved out in late 1962 to Mackett's Lane. By the time he left Upton Green, Harrison was a recording artist.
The street sign
The former home of George Harrison
George Harrison with his guitar case outside the house
Attempting to recreate the shot in 2013
George Harrison in 25 Upton Green
The Quarrymen in 1958
Fab Four Taxi Tour driver Ian Doyle in his cab 'Dear Prudence' outside the house on Upton Green
12 Ardwick Road
When Mary McCartney, Paul's mother, became a health visitor the family moved into this home on Ardwick Road in the Speke council estate. This was the home of Paul McCartney from 1950 until 1955 and was his penultimate childhood home before moving to Forthlin Road – his most famous home and a house now owned the National Trust. It was in this house that the ex-Beatle recalls almost the entire neighbourhood watching the Queen's coronation in 1953, the McCartney's being the only family in the area with a television! This house was located very closely to the Upton Green home of another Beatle, George Harrison. It was whilst living here that the two boys met and formed a friendship, catching the bus to school each day.
McCartney's former home
A young Paul McCartney on his bike outside his Ardwick Road home
Attempting to recreate the photo in 2013
The bus stops where Paul McCartney and George Harrison caught the 82 bus as schoolboys, resulting in the two first meeting
Woolton Village Hall
This club located in Woolton, a suburb of Liverpool, was the venue of one Quarrymen performance on Saturday 24th January 1959. The group performed a 10 minute set, playing various skiffle songs, and were booked both due to their locality and availability. The club is very close to John Lennon's main childhood home at Mendips and is in the same area as the church hall where Lennon met Paul McCartney.
The village hall, where the Quarrymen played on one occasion
Quarry Street Newsagents
The shop owned by Pete Shotton's mother holds a very important place in Beatles history. Shotton was the washboard player in the Quarrymen and also good friends with John Lennon, remaining friends with the Beatle for the rest of his life. Now a hairdressing salon, Mrs Shotton overheard a conversation between the St Peter's church hall caretaker Harry Gibbons and another customers about the upcoming Summer fete. She enquired about whether her son's group the Quarrymen could perform at the event since they attended the Sunday School and Youth Club at the church. An audition was arranged with the organiser Harry Foster the band performed at the fete on 6th July 1957, with a certain Mr Paul McCartney amongst the audience. The rest, as they say, is history.
If that conversation had never took place, then the Quarrymen may have never played at the fete and Lennon may have never met McCartney so the Beatles may never have existed!
Pete Shotton's Mum's shop
Vega – Childhood Home of Ivan Vaughan
A key figure in Beatles history, Ivan Vaughan, lived at this house on Vale Road, named 'Vega'. The garden of this house, in which Ivan lived during his childhood, backed directly onto John Lennon's home on Menlove Avenue. The two were boyhood friends, while Vaughan was also a schoolmate of Paul McCartney at the Liverpool Institute – the two being born on the same day. He played bass part-time in the Quarrymen and was responsible for introducing John Lennon and Paul McCartney at Woolton Church Fete in 1957.
Vega, childhood home of Ivan Vaughan
The house backs onto Mendips
A road sign for the street John Lennon grew up on
120a Allerton Road
The Dairy Cottage is a small house which was attached to the dairy farm. It was owned by John Lennon's Uncle George Smith (his Aunt Mimi's husband) . For a while as a young boy John lived here with his mum Julia while his father Alfred was away on his voyages. Mimi's sister Harriet also lived here with her husband Norman and eventually they became the guardians of John's half sisters Julia and Jackie when they moved in.
The Dairy Cottage
Stuart Sutcliffe's Grave
Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe, the original bassist of the Beatles, died on the 10th April 1962. After quitting the Beatles, choosing instead to stay in Hamburg with his girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr and concentrate on his art, Sutcliffe began experiencing severe headaches and collapsed on 10th April 1962, dying in the ambulance on the way to the hospital at the tragically young age of 21 – with the cause of death later revealed as an aneurysm. The funeral took place at St Gabriel Church in Liverpool and his final resting place is the Huyton Parish Cemetery. Sutcliffe's father was unable to attend the funeral due to being in South America and neither Astrid Kirchherr nor John Lennon – who was devastated by the loss of his friend – attended. These photos show the gravesite, with Stuart buried alongside his father Charles, who passed away 18th March 1966 – outliving his son by just under four years.
Huyton Parish Cemetery, the final resting place of Stuart Sutcliffe
The original Beatles bassist is buried alongside his father Charles
I look over the grave of Stuart Sutcliffe
Lowlands was a community hall in Haymans Green, on the same road as the Casbah Club in West Derby. The Les Stewart quartet which featured George Harrison, as well as Ken Brown, Les Stewart on guitar and Geoff Skinner on drums, played here several times. It was here that Ken Brown left the band after an argument, and George Harrison went with him. The two later joined up with Paul McCartney and John Lennon to reform the Quarrymen, taking the headlining spot at the opening of the Casbah – a spot originally meant to be filled by the quartet.
Stood outside Lowlands
The road sign
38 Kensington
The location of Percy Phillips' Studio, where the Quarrymen – including John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison, made their first recording in 1958. The group, which also saw Colin Hanton on drums and John "Duff" Lowe playing piano, recorded "That'll Be the Day" and "In Spite of All the Danger". The date was originally unknown except mid-1958, but the plaque recently unveiled at the home claims the date was 14th July 1958 (one day before John's mother Julia was killed). However recently this date has been disputed. The songs were released on the Anthology discs in 1995 and the original recording is thought to be one of the most valuable records in the world. John "Duff" Lowe kept hold of the record until 1981, when Paul McCartney bought it for an undisclosed amount.
'Birthplace of the Beatles'
Ye Cracke Pub
The Ye Cracke is an old 19th century pub on Rice Street was a popular pub amongst students at the local Liverpool College of Art. John and Stuart Sutcliffe drank here often, with their favoured drink apparently being Black Velvets. The pub was important to John as it is both where he came to drown his sorrows after hearing of the death of his mother Julia and the place he brought Cynthia after meeting her at a college dance. One of the first photos of John and Cynthia together was taken next to this pub. A copy of one of Stuart Sutcliffe's paintings, showing the Ye Cracke, also hangs inside the pub.
Outside the pub
John Lennon with a friend outside the pub in October 1958
Stuart Sutcliffe inside the pub
The bar area
A plaque on the wall inside
Beatles pictures hang all around the pub
Sutcliffe's painting of the pub
A plaque to remember the Dissenters – a group of boys, including John Lennon, who drank in the pub
Inside the pub
Victoria Monument and Crossing – 1963 Photoshoot
On 19th February 1963, London photographer Michael Ward was hired by Honey magazine to spend a day with the Beatles in Liverpool, doing photoshoots with the group. With Britain deep into its harshest winter since 1740, the 'Fab Four' were understandably reluctant subjects for the photographer. This was also a historic day as, although they had a top 20 hits with 'Love Me Do', it was on this day that they discovered their latest single 'Please Please Me' had hit number 1.
The day was based around three photo sessions, with the morning spent on the streets of Liverpool. The Beatles were photographed on both the Victoria Monument and also a nearby zebra crossing – something famously repeated over six years later at a different crossing at Abbey Road in London! In the afternoon he photographed their rehearsal at the Cavern and finished with a photo session of the evening performance at the club – some of the final photos taken of the group performing their as they only returned twice more.
The monument
The group pose here during a photo shoot in Liverpool
Stood in the same spot as George Harrison
Recreating John Lennon's pose
The original photo at the crossing, with Paul McCartney blocked out of shot by Ringo
Recreating the photo
In 1962 Brian Epstein hired the Peter Kaye studio to photograph the Beatles. On a drizzly Wednesday in late September 1962, a one day outdoor Liverpool photoshoot took place. Photographer Les Chadwick took some of the most famous pictures of the group in the city, including this one in front of the famous Liver buildings. During my stay in Liverpool, I bought a shirt with this image on and attempted to recreate the photo 51 years on.
The Liver Buildings
The Beatles pose for a shot outside the buildings
Recreating the photo, which is also on my t-shirt, in 2013
Mathew Street and Cavern Walks
Mathew Street is one of the most famous streets in Liverpool and home to various Beatle-related places, including most famously the Cavern Club. Also on the street is Cavern Walks, a shopping centre which we briefly visited to view the various pieces of art related to the 'Fab Four', including the statue on the ground floor by John Doubleday and the 'Lucy in the Sky' art.
Mathew Street, one of the most famous streets in Liverpool
by the John Lennon statue
The entrance to one of the clubs on the street
The statue at night
A statue of the group in Cavern Walks
A plaque in Cavern Walks
'John Lennon'
'George Harrison'
Another shot of the statue
Yet more references to the Beatles
Another Beatles related piece of art
A plaque
Grapes Pub
The Grapes pub on Mathew Street, which stood just across the road from the Cavern club, was a favourite Beatle hang out in the early 60's. The back room today is a 'shrine' to the band and includes an actual photograph of the band (with Pete Best) sat in the corner. This dates from around Spring 1961 and even today you can still sit in the same corner as John, Paul, George and Pete! Some of the wallpaper from the photograph is also preserved in the pub. However, the photo that hangs in the pub is shown as a reversed image, Lennon should be sat on the left with McCartney on the right.
The outside of The Grapes
The corner where the group were photographed
Another shot of the corner
A sketch of the picture of the Beatles in the Grapes, this time the correct way round
Beatles memorabilia is all over the pub
Song lyrics on the wall
Another shot of the Grapes
White Star Pub
The White Star pub which dates from the 1880's stands in the heart of the Cavern Quarter has its own little unique place in The Beatles history. It is the place where Bob Wooler and Alan Williams used to pay all of their groups, including The Beatles. Where the Beatles wall is in the back room today, is where they were paid after there shows at the nearby Cavern on Mathew Street.
Outside the White Star pub
The Beatles corner
Iron Door Club
The only remaining sign of the club that gives itself the title of 'Cradle of Mersey Beat' is a bronze plaque on the wall. The club opened on 9th April 1960, originally as a jazz club, and in March 1961 the Beatles played five dates here while the club was still named the 'Liverpool Jazz Society'. The plaque lists the various artists that played the club between its opening in 1960 and closure in 1964, including The Beatles, Cilla Black, Gerry and the Pacemakers and Rory Storm.
The Iron Door plaque
The former location of the Iron Door club
The street the club was located on
A big thanks to Ian Doyle for taking me and my Dad on this hugely enjoyable tour around the Beatles sites of Liverpool
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Hi, I want to say you that I like your website. I like this post specially because I went to Liverpool to see the Beatles's places, too. Thanks for this photos. Regards from Spain 🙂
Ryan, As a long time Beatle fan who has seen it all, I must say I'm knocked over by your site…great detail. I've never seen ANYONE cover Rosebery st. like you did. Great stuff !
Very thorough x
Veronica Spriggs says:
Ryan, it's wonderful to know that a young person like you loves the Beatles. I am an old Cavernite from the 60's, seeing the Beatles perform many times. Please note though that there is only one Liver Building! – the other two buildings are the Cunard Building and the Port of Liverpool Building.
Veronica.
Bryan Wyatt says:
Well done young man for your web site, just read every word of it. I first saw the Beatles in 1962 when I was 16 and became a massive fan. I saw them 17 times in all during the early 60's and went to an after gig party in 1963 collecting their autographs.


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McMinnville High School senior Brian Barnes won the wrestling state championship in the 285-pound weight class, ending the season undefeated. This is Brian's third state wrestling championship.
Brian pinned his opponent from Newberg at the 1:17 mark of the first period.
Junior Michael Abeyta also finished with a medal, coming in second place in the 145-pound weight class, falling in the championship match in a 7-4 decision.
Other qualifying athletes were Stevie Ryan, Max Morton and Andre Mushembe.
McMinnville had five state-qualifying wrestlers and finished 12th place overall, scoring 66 points total, which was just five points out of a top 10 team finish.


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The 1997 Adelaide Rams season was the Adelaide Rams' debut season as a rugby league club. They competed in the Super League's Telstra Cup and World Club Championship.

The club had appointed St. George Dragons international back rower Rod Reddy to be their inaugural coach, along with two-time NSWRL premiership-winning  Kerrod Walters from the Brisbane Broncos to be the first captain of the team. Most of the junior players were drawn from the SARL's lower grade competitions in the region.

First match
The club played its first premiership match against the North Queensland Cowboys on 1 March 1997 and, after leading 16–4 at half time, eventually lost 24–16.

This game was the first to be played of the new Super League competition.

Results
Their first home match, against the Hunter Mariners, was also the Rams' first win, and drew their record home attendance of 27,435 to the Adelaide Oval, one of only two home wins for the season. The Rams also won four away games with their first being in Round 4 against the Auckland Warriors at the Ericsson Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand, but their overall record of 6 wins, 11 losses and 1 draw placed them second last on the Super League premiership ladder, one win ahead of North Queensland.

The Rams first home game attendance of 27,435 was the 4th highest attendance of the entire 1997 season, behind only the Grand Final at the ANZ Stadium in Brisbane (58,912), the opening game of the season in Brisbane (42,361) and a Round 6 match at the Stockland Stadium in Townsville (30,122). The Rams average home attendance of 15,330 was also the 4th best in the league behind Brisbane (19,298), North Queensland (17,539) and Auckland (15,442).

Telstra Cup

World Club Championship
The Rams were placed in Australasia Pool B along with the Hunter Mariners, North Queensland Cowboys and Perth Reds and would be matched up against teams from Europe Pool B including the Leeds Rhinos, Oldham Bears and Salford City Reds. The competition would see the Rams play three games at home and three in England.

The Rams won their three home games rather easily, but only managed to win one of their games in England leaving them in third place in their pool. As only one team from Australasia Pool B would go on to the Quarter finals, this meant that the Adelaide Rams did not advance past the group stage of the tournament.

Pool B

Players

Excluding World Club Challenge matches, Goal kicking utility back Kurt Wrigley was the Rams top point scorer for the season with 81 points from 5 tries, 30 goals and 1 field goal. Wrigley and fullback Rod Maybon were the team's top try scorers with 5 each.

Under Super League's rules, players were free to choose their own numbers which they would use throughout the season rather than wearing the traditional 1 through 13.

†Full team list not available for WCC matches against Oldham on 20 June 1997 or 25 July 1997, or against Leeds on 18 July 1997 or Salford on 3 August 1997 but this player scored in one or more of these matches and so is awarded an appearance for that match.

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It is the end of the week again, and we are sitted down commemorating the success of the last seven days work.
With lots of plastic around the world being dumped on to the streets, water and soil causing pollution, we decided to do a small plastic recycle project on the farm to give you an idea about how you can recycle tyres lying around in your compound.
Wash and paint the tyre after drying. You could decide to cover it with a piece of cloth instead.
Cut a circular shape out of wood that fits perfectly on the top of the tyre.
Put glue in the centre of the circular wood, and with thread, make continuous spirals from the centre, round and round till the edge of the wood. (Now the wood should be soft to sit on).
Place the base of the wood without string on top of the wheel.
Now you got yourself a new seat or table.


I lost it! Woo hoo.
As a keen follower of all things fashion, it has always been a dream to attend Fashion week and this year I did. I woke up in the morning stressing about what I should wear (usually I'd plan an outfit before hand but for some reason I didn't and was heavily relying on my fashion instincts to choose me an outfit). Make-up was applied in 20 minutes and then I decided to paint my nails in my favourite charcoal OPI nail varnish 'Suzi Skis in the Pyrenees'. I don't know why I decided to paint my nails before I got dressed but of course today was the day it would take my nails an age to dry, so my mum ended up getting me dressed- you can always rely on mum to save the day!
I spent the hole day getting lost in the pop up shops whilst keeping hydrated with a delicious champagne and elderflower drink… (okay drinks). The pop up shops included Pringle (who were the main sponsors of the show), Toni and Guy, Maybeline, Marcus Lupfer and many more.
Later on in the day I took my seat at the catwalk which featured the upcoming trends. Suede, flares, metallic's and good old monochrome made is appearance on the models that strutted their stuff on the catwalk.
I kept my outfit for LFW pretty simple. My trusty black leather trousers and black polo-neck (both from Zara) made an appearance which I teamed with my fab new black studded Zara boots which are very Christian Louboutin esq as well as a royal blue waistcoat, also from Zara- I don't tend to stray too far!
The first few months of the year I always dull- but that doesn't mean your make-up bag has to be dull either! This post is my first beauty post- so bare with me on this one as I am no beauty expert FYI.
I started using make-up when I was around 11. My poor baby skin was caked in 'Maybelline Dream Matte Moose' and my eyelashes coated in 'Maybelline Great Lash' black mascara- no bronzer, no eyeliner nothing! Luckily my application of make-up has improved through the years and hopefully it will continue to do so! I have always had little confidence with regards to make-up. Watching beauty vloggers and picking up tricks from the ladies on make-up counters is always helpful when you want to expand you make-up skills.
As a sufferer from spotty teenage skin I never found a foundation that would cover those awful blemishes the way I wanted it to. For many years I used tinted moisturizer, which just didn't have the coverage that I needed. Foundation was always my nemesis until I found the 'Nars Sheer Glow' foundation.
I wear make-up every day but I have never experimented with different companies and have stuck with cheaper brands. It wasn't until September 2014 that I opted for a change and really upped my make-up game. I watched a certain beauty vlogger who filmed a video of her daily make-up routine using 'Nars Sheer Glow'. I saw the instant change in her skin as she painted on the foundation and just knew that it would change my life.
That day I went and brought 'Nars Sheer Glow in the Santa Fe' tint along with some Real Technique brushes and I have never looked back since. This foundation is everything I wanted and more. For a foundation that covers blemishes so well you would have thought it would be quite thick and heavy- it is in fact not. It is super light and can be applied with ease. It looks dewy and allows your skin to glow. My natural skin pigmentation is loads of different colours- I guess this is through having spots over the years. For £32 the 'Nars Sheer Glow' foundation makes my skin all one colour and hydrates it at the same time- check me out with all my beauty lingo! Anyway, this is totally amazing and if you are looking for a new foundation I100% recommend this to you!
So before I apply my one love Nars foundation I prep my skin so I can remove all the crap off it from a heavy night before. I use a Clarasonic brush (I'll write about this in another post) which deeply cleans my face and then I use the 'Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion'. From a sufferer of dry skin a moisturizing moisturizer is key for me. I love this lotion. Moisturizer is a difficult product to recommend as everybody has different skin but if your skin is flaky and in need of a rich moisturizer then this yellow potion is for you!
My best friend got me the 'Lacome Hypnose Waterproof Mascara' for Christmas and my eyelashes are ever so thankful. The mascara glides onto my lashes easily without any nasty clumps. My eyelashes look very defined and are a great length when the mascara has been applied. The brush is a great size and captures in the big lashes to all the small lashes in the corner of your eye.
In this cold weather you may find that your lips are suffering from dryness but suffer no longer with the 'Clinique Moisturizing Chubby Sticks'. These sticks of wonderfulness come in loads of different beautiful colours and wacky names. My favourites are 'Graped Up', 'Mighty Mimosa' and 'Chunky Cherry'. The balm is easy to apply with the pencil effect applicator and feels SO soft on your lips. If you were a fan of colouring-in when you were younger and you lips need a bit of TLC then you need to invest in a Chubby Stick now- they are a blast from the past.
Uh Oh… So I haven't posted since the 5th December and I feel tres bad about this. Lots of personal stuff going etc and the fact it was Christmas and I couldn't draw myself away from my kitchen table. Eating all the delicious Christmassy foods has meant that my poor blog has suffered and has been feeling very neglected!
Fear not. Wild About Fashion is back with a fashionable bang and is ready to smash 2015 with lots of exciting blog posts!
Apart from eating my body weight in lindt chocolate over the festive period I also did a bit of charity work. On Christmas day Freddie and I (Freddie being my trusty Fiat 500) drove up to Canary Wharf, London to help at homeless shelter. When walking into the shelter I felt a bit apprehensive but as soon as I saw a number of people doing a Zumba dance lesson to Uptown Funk by Bruno Mars my anxious feelings drifted away!
I was working in the kitchen and prepared and served a 3 course meal to 40 homeless guests and 30 volunteers along with 5 other helpers. We created a delicious Christmas feast of Turkey and all the trimmings. I was mainly in charge of preparing the starters which was mushroom soup and garlic bread (making 17 loafs of garlic bread made me never want to see a clove of garlic ever again!).
Everyone seemed to really enjoy the food we made and it was amazing to see how grateful the guests were when we served them their dinner.
I am so grateful to have been able to partake in such an amazing and eye opening experience. The meaning of Christmas has become so lost within all the fancy wrapping paper and perfect presents, that spending time with people who have all their belongings in a black bin bag makes you think about what really matters.
There are loads of different and exciting volunteering roles for you to get stuck in with!
If you hadn't noticed, it's December which not only means you can crack into your advent calendar but it also means you can delight yourself with this blog post about the classic Christmas jumper!
Christmas jumpers are renowned for being the most un-fashioanble piece of clothing in one's wardrobe, but this year the high street have pulled out all the stops and provided us fashionistas with some stylish christmas jumpers. Wave goodbye to the ugly knitted jumper and hello to the fantastic slogan knitwear!
This 'kissing guys for mine pies' is not only fabulously christmasy with the red-sequined writing but it is also something I would do to get my hands on some mince pies! This £28 jumper from ASOS is definitely on my Christmas list.
Not that I think the slogan on this sweatshirt is necessarily true because let's face it, who is too old for Santa? This could be the perfect jumper for you if you are a bit of a grinch, from ASOS for £28.
Now on the other hand, H&M have got this jumper completely correct. This 'Dear Santa, I want it all' is £14.99 and Santa, I want this one too!
For those of you who are on the forgetful side this £42 jumper is the winner for you. Now you will never forget when Christmas day is! On behalf of the forgetful ones, thanks Topshop!
This Rad £17.95 jumper says it all, so I'm not going to say anything more…. apart from I love Ryan Gosling.
It is a known fact that it is officially Christmas when the Coca-Cola ad is show on TV, this year it can be officially Christmas when you wear your Coca-Cola sweatshirt from ASOS for £30!
You can get super festive with this £46 Topshop jumper. Treeeeee-ific!
I think this jumper would be on the top of Miley Cyrus's christmas list this year from Rad costing £17.95.
Okay so this isn't a christmas jumper, but this t-shirt was just too good not to mention on my blog. I love this ASOS £18 t-shirt!
Happy 100th Birthday to the iconic Burberry Trench coat! That's right, the Burberry trench coat has been around for 100 years! The trench is the ultimate classic coat and to me represents old school Hollywood glamour. The 'Sandringham – Long Heritage Trench Coat' from Burberry is a special (and expensive) piece that I have had my fashion eye on for many years! As it is Burberry it does come at an expensive price which is why I have found scoured the high street shops for you! The fabulous trench coat never seems to go out of style and as it's 100th birthday has arrived high street stores have given the Trench coat a re-vamp! Check out some of the luxe for less trench coats I have seen!
This double breasted belted beauty (that's hard to say) from Zara is a super chic and stylish all for £99.99.
I am loving this Miss Guided trench and it's only £34.99! It's uber flattering and looks great belted or non-belted. I'd get this before it flies off the shelves!
A dark green trench coat that is bang on trend- it has to be from my favourite high street store Zara for £99.99. This dark green coat is a great twist on a classic.
Another wonder from Zara here. This tan coloured short trench is particularly perfect for petites, costing £69.99.
Karen Millen's metallic 'Glam Trench Coat' might not be everybody's cup of coffee but I think this is fab-u-luxe. It does come with an expensive price tag (£325) but this is a unique and eye catching piece. It would be perfect dressed down during the day but would also look amazing draped over your shoulders worn with a cocktail dress.
Stand up collar – check. Buckle fastening belt – check. Tortoise shell buttons – check. Epaulettes – check. This trench has all the right artistes and for a price of £99.99…. another winner from Zara here!
Turn up your collar and cinch the waist on this Mango trench coat. The leather detailed cuffs add a urban twist on a classic for £69.99.
Its November, so I can officially start blogging about Christmas which makes me very happy!
December is always a great month because it is socially acceptable to wake up every morning and eat some chocolate from your Advent Calendar. For a chocolate lover like me, this makes those cold December morning's just that little bit more bearable. I know it's not December yet but I just had to blog about these insane Christmas Advent Calendar's before they all sell out!
If chocolate is not your thing or you just want something different this year, then these Advent Calendar's are for you!
This Boohoo Advent Calendar is the perfect festive treat for every fashionista all for £22! Behind each door lays a new piece of makeup or jewellery! What a lovely Christmas treat!
Countdown to Christmas with The Body Shop Advent Calendar. Open the Advent windows to discover either a bestselling body/face care, iconic fragrance's or nail colours. Make it Christmas every day in December for £50!
Wake up to a jewellery surprise every day and build your accessory collection in time for Christmas from Topshop at £25! 12 stud earnings, pretty bracelets and rhinestone charm necklaces trump chocolate any day!
Christmas will come early when you open your Advent Calendar from Benefit this year. The Calendar is packed with 24 of Benefit's bestsellers (from lipgloss to mascara) all in miniature sizes which is perfect for your handbag! Sadly this £60 product has already flown off the shelves but lets wish to Father Christmas that some more will be in stock asap. Counting down has never been so fun!
If nail varnishes make your heart flutter then you should prepare for some serious butterflies. Ciaté's Mini Mani Manor is filled with beautiful colours and nail art sprinkles so your manicure can look good all season. With this extravagant 24 piece for £49 set you receive 15 mini paint pots, 1 full size paint pot and 8 nail effects.
Your Christmas wishes could come true with this Jo Malone Advent Calendar. Behind each signature cream and black draw is a beautifully scented fragrance, delicious body creams or a bath time treat. This will be available at Harrods on the 10th November for £250.
No7's first ever Advent Calendar has arrived and it's a cracker. The Calendar consists of No7's bestselling products with a special beauty quote behind each door- everyone loves a quote. This calendar's value is worth £135 and is being sold for £35. It's a winner for all ages with the glittery seasonal makeup.
This £149 Liberty's Calendar would make a great early Christmas present for yourself or a loved one. Liberty's have provided the ultimate indulgence Calendar which will unveil a new surprise every day with Liberty's must-have beauty buys. With a Calendar like this, I think it would be tough not to peak at the goodies before it is time!
Christmas is just around the corner and I am really noticing the sudden winter chill. My next couple of posts will be based on some lovely cozy winter accessories that will keep you very toasty.
If you want to look good but also do good then listen up because today's post is about a scarf that isn't just any scarf, it is a scarf that will make a difference.
Alder Hey Children's Charity supports the life-saving work of Alder Hey Children's Hospital which cares for families across the UK. Support from the public helps provide remarkable life-saving equipment and research that the NHS doesn't fund as well as arts and crafts bits for the patients.
#AlphabetScarves have been worn by a load of celebs; SJP, Abbey Clancy, Britney, Jessie-J, Mark Wright, Justin Bieber, Tinie-Tempah and loads of other famous faces who are all supporting the charity. The scarves are not only super comfy and stylish but they also feel very personal. 100% of the profits that are made go straight to the charity so whilst you prance around getting a load of complements on your scarf you can also feel good because you have helped a charity- and that's priceless!
So why don't you go and support Alder Hey Children's Charity in style with a alphabet scarf.


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Q: Athena insert data into new added column Trying to insert data into a new column I added.  Athena does not have an update table command.  Is there anyway to do this without reloading the whole table?
I created a test table and then added the column doing this:
ALTER TABLE MikeTest ADD COLUMNS (monthNum int);

I want to update the column with this SQL statement:
month(date_parse("date", '%m/%d/%Y'))

A: Amazon Athena reads its data from Amazon S3. It is not possible to 'update' a table because this would require re-writing the files in S3.
You could create a new table with the additional column:
CREATE TABLE new_table
WITH (
      external_location = 's3://my_athena_results/folder/',
      format = 'Parquet',
      write_compression = 'SNAPPY'
)
AS
SELECT
  *,
  month(date_parse("date", '%m/%d/%Y')) as month
from old_table

This will copy the data to a new location in S3, while populating the new column

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