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Could that have been me

Newly released casino security camera footage shows 21 year old Stephany Flores strolling up to a poker table, introducing herself with a quick shake of the hand and sitting in an empty chair next to accused murderer Joran Van der Sloot. They play, they chat and, ultimately, they slide their chairs back from the table and amble out of the casino together. Previously released footage shows what happened soon after: They walk through the lobby of his hotel and head straight for the 22 year old room. don know what the pair actually talked about or why they decided to leave together (according to some reports, Flores was a lesbian) but it easy to project personal experience onto these silent scenes. They seem emblematic of life in your 20s: A chance meeting with a stranger, the small talk and flirtation that ensues, and then the decision to go somewhere a little more comfortable, private. So many of us have been there only Flores ended up dead.

I watch these videos and think: Could that have been me? try to imagine the security camera footage of my teens and early 20s. There I am, on vacation in Hawaii at age 15, leaving a brightly lit hotel lobby for the dark of night with a that,clover necklace copy van cleef, even then, I suspected to be many years older than his claimed 15. on a shadowy deserted span of beach, he introduces me to a couple of firsts: Rum, vomiting from too much rum, making out and, when he tries to push things too far, an awareness of my own vulnerability. Things turned out fine but they so easily could have not. The same could be said for all those ill advised (and aptly named) and drunken walks home alone and, once or twice, with a stranger late at night.

Young women are supposed to avoid putting themselves in these situations, we are always to be on guard and see predators lurking behind every corner. so many uneventful walks home with your keys laced between your fingers, though, it easy to let your guard down. Maybe the world isn such a threatening and unfriendly place, after all. Then another story breaks of a young woman being raped or killed after boozing, going home with a guy, or just being a young woman, and again we wonder: Could that have been me? The media is often quick to answer online women magazine, Shine, offered up a list if ways to protect yourself murderous men while traveling. It includes: not get into a car, go on a walk, go back to a house or hotel room alone with a man. Be safe, trust no one! This might all sound or over the top, writes Jessica Ashley, I am very sure that Stefany Flores and Natalee Holloway mothers would say that they would much rather have had their daughters be overly cautious and alive today rather than lost to the night with one man. In fact, why not just skip the vacation altogether and put that money toward building your own personal panic room. Might sound extreme, but tsk, tsk better safe than sorry,replica van cleef and arpels flower necklace, girls.

This rule making and advice giving allows us to distance ourselves from the victims of senseless crimes. It might be a reasonably healthy mind game for us to play happiness requires some of self delusion, right? but it easily veers into victim blaming territory. we not teach her self respect, self restraint and morals,replica vca necklace, they might be wondering. That right, the preposterous thing about this case is that a girl went home with a stranger not that that stranger allegedly bludgeoned her to death. Horton adds: this tragic news, women the world over will continue going into hotel rooms with men they just met a decision that is never intelligent, never rational, never moral. Chastising murder victims, though? Totally kosher.

It no secret that the media seizes on and exploits our fears, and it isn just the murder of young women. From kidnappings to shark attacks, anomalous events are turned into teachable, instructive moments. It smart to take some precautions, of course, but so many of these worst case scenarios that make global headlines are not practically preventable,van cleef necklace imitation alhambra, at least not without living in total paralysis and even still! are no guarantees in life, aside from death and that a fact that can be either depressing or freeing, you get to choose.
Jun 12 '17 · 0 comments
Around Town

The official opening of the Victoria Public Market at the Hudson is just six days away, but who's counting?

A whole lot of fans of local fruits, vegetables, meat, cheese, herbs and more, that's who.

The excitement was palpable during a noon hour visit to the weekly Wednesday outdoor markets held since May in the Hudson's sun dappled carriageway in advance of next weekend's grand opening.

Haley Kuppers, 25, was one of dozens who checked out what 19 vendors were offering everything from a $5 beef brisket sandwich (from Smoken' Bones) to mouthwatering doughnuts hand crafted in Esquimalt (Doughboys Donuts).

"It's so convenient and I like to check out what's local and fresh," said Kuppers, looking fit and healthy. "I'm active and have a healthy lifestyle for sure. That's part of my job," the occupational health inspector said. Ministry of Energy and Mines employee had just been shown an aromatic selection of teas such as Sereni Tea and Sensuali Tea made from locally grown herbs by Libby Seabrook, owner of Infuse Herbals.

Demand for herbal teas rises in winter, Seabrook said. "Having a market open off season is crucial for my business."

Nolan Rosatto,bracelet copy van cleef and arpels, 3, gleefully devoured his Sparkler,replica van cleef and arpels bracelet, a brioche with chocolate ganache and candy sprinkles his parents Marco and Krista purchased from Noah Warder, owner operator of Doughboys Donuts.

"It's a perfect opportunity for a lunch date a beautiful space on a beautiful day," Krista said during the outdoor food focused event, its urban flavour accented by construction of the next phase of the development.

At the Lockwood Farms stall, customers snapped up free range eggs and fresh veggies.

"We like to focus on a little bit of everything,replica van cleef & arpels bracelet," said James Lockwood, whose Cobble Hill farm produces 140 varieties of vegetables. "I like to stay outdoors as much as I can. I'm a farmer."

The French Oven was another hotspot where Lyon bred Nick Castro's authentic French baked goods such as croissants, brioches and pain au chocolat prompted oohs and aahs.

"People on the search for a good croissant say they've finally found one,van cleef copy bracelets," laughed Sandra Van Vliet, Castro's wife and business partner.

Duncan Reimer of Sidney's Boughneath Farm answered questions about their ethically raised beef.

"It just means we don't keep them in little pens and fill them full of drugs to make them bigger," he said. "We just leave them alone. We make sure we feed them during winter to have enough body fat to keep them warm."

Market manager Corry Matechuck was thrilled by the growing response. "We're in the middle of construction in the middle of the week and we have a great clientele," she said. with a focus on local food centred non profits. The market is at 1701 Douglas St., between Fisgard and Herald streets.
Jun 12 '17 · 0 comments
Conservatives a tough job

Conservative Party.

Family values. Versed in tragedy. Well armed.

Dan Brooks quit as party leader Monday and the monumental indifference to that news shows how tough it is for people on the fringes of politics,van cleef and arpels imitation alhambra bracelet. politics trivia masters. Liberal coalition that more practical conservative voters support. Whatever difference he made during 20 months as leader is evident only to a few hundred active members of the party. Some of them begrudge him even that there's been some sniping about him not working hard enough.

His brief turn at the top gives a glimpse of how difficult it can get when someone decides they want to try to make a difference. Brooks is one of many people who developed that honourable intention and acted on it. Sometimes lightning strikes and people like Justin Trudeau wind up covered in glory. Often it doesn't. The valiant effort just fizzles out. Conservatives realized, yet again, they simply don't have what it takes.

In early 2012, they looked ready to make their breakout move. They had well known ex MP John Cummins as leader. They'd turned ex Liberal cabinet minister John van Dongen into a member. Encouraging poll results drew dozens of candidates.

Then their God given ability to turn any situation into a clown show kicked in. Van Dongen left in a huff and Cummins started a purge of dissidents,van cleef and arpels imitation clover bracelet.

They managed to show up for the 2013 election, but didn't even manage five per cent of the vote.

Brooks limped in literally to put the pieces back together. He was deep in the woods trying to recover a moose he'd shot when his packhorse kicked him,vca copy bracelet, breaking his leg badly. Nonetheless, he beat Vancouver investment adviser Rick Peterson and took over in the spring of 2014.

Considering his colourful background, it was a pretty quiet tenure. He said Monday his biggest accomplishment was quelling the infighting and developing a new governance system within the party. Neither of those were considered newsworthy.

He's quitting because he simply can't afford to lead the party any more,van cleef arpels imitation bracelet. The infighting isn't as over as Brooks would like to think. Peterson is suing him in the belief Brooks had something to do with some anonymous poison pen letters about his investment career and Brooks said he's racked up thousands of dollars in legal bills defending himself.

The leg injury stopped him from guiding for more than a year. He had to hire someone else to run his business last year. He only got back into it last spring. That meant a time out from politics, which Brooks said created some hard feelings among Conservative supporters. Conservative Party?"

Brooks' response is simple: "I've got seven kids to feed."

The time and money costs turned out to be too much.

"It all took a toll and I can't keep it going," he said. "There's so much more to being a party leader than people see. You have to know every issue, who the characters are. I spent hours a day researching and it hurt the family. My wife is so relieved."

"I never for a moment thought a grizzly hunting Mormon from Vanderhoof would ever become premier," he said. "But I hoped I'd be able to make the breakthrough to a number of seats, so someone else could take over."

He's a smart, well spoken northerner who will likely show up on the ballot some day. But his leadership is a lesson in how circumstances have to align just so for that lightning to strike.
Jun 12 '17 · 0 comments
Andy Burnham's boast about his wife's business is pretty cool

It was a sticky question and Andy Burnham looked a bit worried: what experience did he have of the private sector?

As someone who began working for his party at the age of 24, the frontrunner for the Labour leadership knew his world experience amounted to little more than a brief spell as a journalist on a transport magazine.

Luckily help was at hand in the shape of his other half, Marie France van Heel, (better known by her nickname Frankie). wife has run her own business in the past so I have experience of working in the private sector, he declared like a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat.

While Burnham claim may have been a little overstated Dutch born Frankie business career appears to have been pretty short lived: her marketing company was wound up after three years it the nonetheless represented something of a landmark moment.

Wasn it refreshing to hear a senior politician boasting about his wife achievements rather than burying them, or worse denying their existence? Burnham, alongside the many other career politicians in Westminster, are increasingly having to rely upon their spouses' experiences of the 'real world'. Lots of these spouses are still wives but at least their roles are being upgraded from that of arm candy.

And yet, we just come out of election in which the party leaders wives were paraded like show ponies. Lawyers Justine Miliband and Miriam Gonzlez Durntez, Nick Clegg Spanish wife, found themselves grilled about their husband favourite food rather than their high powered legal careers, while Samantha Cameron outfits gained far more attention than her work as a successful businesswoman for the luxury goods firm Smythson.

Miriam Gonzlez Durntez on the campaign trail with husband Nick Clegg

Two months on, and it feels as if we are in a different era. First Yvette Cooper declared the death of the political spouse, and then her leadership rival Mr Burnham started boasting of his wife business credentials.

Ever since Gordon Brown brought his (successful PR expert) wife Sarah on to the stage in a bid to soften his austere image, the depressing sight of the political spouse trotting up to greet her man with a kiss at the end of his keynote speech has been a fixture of all the party conferences.

But when Cooper, 46, last week was asked at a political lunch if her husband Ed Balls, who had been shadow chancellor before being booted out of office last month, would be joining her on the podium, she scoffed at the idea.

should be long beyond the era of expecting any politician to have the political wives standing next to them, she said. think that role in terms of the party conference is an outdated one.

Cooper was also asked what she thought about being compared to , the Democratic presidential challenger.

But her work on health reform was fatally undermined by sniping from Republicans and a wider public which found the sight of an unelected, female politician trying to achieve major social change too much to stomach. Her successors, the demure Laura Bush who tried to promote reading for children and Michelle Obama,replica van cleef and arpels bracelet, child obesity campaigner, have proved more palatable female role models to an unreconstructed American public.

More than 20 years on from Hillary health care debacle, and the role of the political wife finally appears to be on the brink of becoming a far more interesting one.

Frankie Burnham is certainly an interesting character.

Marie France van Heel, Andy Burnham's wife, meets the Queen

Born in Holland, she met Burnham at Cambridge and they married in 2000. She has forged a highly successful career as a brand consultant while raising three children, the first born just after he became an MP; not easy given that she lives full time in his constituency of Leigh while he returns to Westminster during the week.

Both now 45, the couple seem particularly close. In 2010, Frankie took the brave decision to have a double mastectomy, having been diagnosed with the breast cancer gene and watched family members, including her sister, a mother of three, die well before their time.

Burnham was so rattled,van cleef arpels imitation alhambra bracelet, both by the death of his sister in law, whom he had been close to, and the enormity and courage of her decision, that he fluffed the 2010 Labour leadership campaign, barely bothering to campaign as he spent as much time as possible with Frankie and the children.

During last month election campaign her Twitter feed was a joy cheeky messages to her husband ( I have a question, when is AB home for dinner? she replied to a Radio 5Live shout out for questions ahead of a Burnham interview) were interspersed with gentle mocking of her husband opponents: Boris Johnson was labelled an

If the shadow health secretary fails again to win the leadership, then Labour is likely to have a woman at its helm for the first time in its history.

Ed Balls will make a fascinating political spouse keen to give Cooper her chance to shine he has taken up an academic post at Harvard and has forsworn all media for the duration of the leadership contest. If his wife is elected, we look forward to hearing his thoughts on what she likes for tea. Perhaps he will consult with Bill Clinton.

Yvette Cooper marries Ed Balls

Liz Kendall, the other serious contender for the crown, is single. A sympathetic, and married,van cleef imitation clover bracelet, female Conservative MP told me with genuine concern that she feared for Kendall and any politician who went through a bruising leadership contest, let alone the travails of office, without a partner to turn to when things got rough.

The 44 year old recently split from her longterm boyfriend, the comedian Greg Davies. Shame Westminster needs some laughs.

Meanwhile Jeremy Corbyn,van cleef replica gold bracelet, the left wing outsider, has admitted he divorced his Colombian wife Claudia Bracchitta partly because she insisted on sending their son to a grammar school against his wishes, something the comprehensive school champion couldn abide. Now there a political wife with a mind of her own.
Jun 12 '17 · 0 comments
Congratulations To Roger Ailes

President Trump was visited by the president of Colombia and thankfully didn't make any public comments about how Penn is a much, much better school with much, much more beautiful students. Roger Ailes died, marking the end of a man whose tenure atop of the Putnam County News Recorder was rife with controversy. And news broke that Kevin McCarthy said last year he believes the Russians are paying Donald Trump a development that until Trump we thought would ruin someone's career but then Trump happened and literally nothing matters. This is HUFFPOST HILL for May 18th, 2017:

DEMOCRATS' GREAT WEEK BEING RUINED BY JOE LIEBERMAN Joe Lieberman was to the Senate what that guy who was way too needy about his gluten intolerance was to your wedding. Ali Vitali: "President Donald Trump said he is 'very close' to choosing a new FBI director with at least one senior White House official putting the odds of a selection as early as this Friday at 'better than 50 50'. Speaking to reporters at an off the record lunch, and reiterating the comments on camera moments later, Trump called former Sen. Joe Lieberman his top pick. Multiple officials tell NBC News that Lieberman is the current 'frontrunner' for the job. On Wednesday, Trump met with Lieberman, acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating, and former top FBI official Richard McFeely. Lieberman demurred when asked by MSNBC if he would accept the job should it be offered." [NBC News]

A senior Democratic Senate staffer floats the idea to us that senators will vote for Lieberman out of a very passive aggressive form of spite: "To be honest, since everyone who gets close to Trump sees their reputation go down the toilet, some Democratic Senators may be only too pleased to vote for him," the aide writes. "It will be the sendoff we never got to give him when Obama let him off the hook in 2009."

That aide also writes: "The entire democratic caucus thought we could finally be rid of Joe Lieberman. She says right person is Andrew McCabe. Politics and law enforcement don't mix

TRUMP IS NOT MAD. state of affairs. 'I believe it hurts our country terribly because it shows we're a divided,van cleef arpel imitation necklace, mixed up, not unified country,' Trump said in his first public remarks about the appointment of former FBI Director Robert Mueller to probe the Russian controversy." [HuffPost]

No, this is funny to Trump, really. He's definitely not mad online.

Oh. "Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, told senators on Thursday that he knew President Trump planned to fire James B. before he wrote a memo outlining the reasons for his dismissal, according to three Democratic lawmakers who were in the briefing." [NYT's Matthew Rosenberg and Rebecca R. PROGRESSIVES ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY You know, aside from impeachment. Nancy Scola: "[A] small collection of non partisan tech upstarts will Thursday call on the DNC to toss its exclusive digital tools plus data contract with NGP VAN, the progressive company that has held it for a decade. The challenge to VoteBuilder, as DNC's system for keeping tabs on voters known, reignites long simmering Democratic data wars. But the new petition, called 'Unlock the VAN,' is complicated by being led by a Los Angeles based non partisan firm NationBuilder that has celebrated its use by Republicans. But it isn't about ideological purity, say signers. It's about unleashing the best tools. The DNC, for its part, seems resistant. 'Data is the crown jewel of the Democratic Party and we have a duty to protect it,' said communications director Xochitl Hinojosa, via email,van cleef and arpels imitation necklace, when asked about the push. 'We are in the business of electing Democrats and not bending over for consultants who want to make a buck.'" [Politico PRO]

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Flynn isn't exactly being warm toward the Senate intelligence committee.

CHAFFETZ STEPPING DOWN EARLY This way he can spend more time with his family who will help him get to the bottom of Hillary's emails. Paige Lavender: "Chaffetz, whose term was set to last until 2019, confirmed the news in a letter to constituents, saying his last day will be June 30. The news comes less than a month after Chaffetz,van cleef copy necklace alhambra, the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, announced he would not seek re election or 'be a candidate for any office in 2018.' He also hinted in an interview with Utah's KSL Newsradio that he was considering leaving before the end of his term. While he left open the possibility of running for governor of Utah in 2020, Chaffetz said he wants to spend more time with his family. Sources told Politico that he is considering joining Fox News." [HuffPost]

POSSIBLY THE MOST TRUMPIAN STORY THIS WEEK Guess the president's trip to Toledo, Spain, will have to be called off. Instead, Trump will now deliver a speech at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. It comes after an Israeli Air Force (IAF) regulation that prevents helicopters landing at the summit of the Masada site, according to Israel's Channel 2 broadcaster. Unlike former presidents who have made the trip, such as George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, Trump declined to land the helicopter at a base of the historic site and then take the cable car up, preferring to cancel the visit altogether." [Newsweek]

THIS IS NOT THE KEGGER PAUL RYAN WAS PROMISED Amber Phillips: "On Thursday, at a weekly news briefing during a week that has been anything but normal, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R Wis.) tried desperately to steer his small slice of Washington back into some normalcy. It was in vain. At news conferences, reporters get to ask questions. And after Ryan was done talking about what he wanted to talk about, reporters immediately started asking him about the half a dozen massive news stories from the past 12 hours alone that, taken together, raise even more questions about whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia in the 2016 presidential election." [WaPo]

KEVIN MCCARTHY, NEVER CHANGE Our take: 1) Kevin McCarthy probably doesn't have any hard evidence because he's always too busy taking selfies at fundraisers. 2) Like everyone else, Kevin McCarthy is a human with two eyes and probably believes there are ties between Trump's campaign and Russia. 3) Kevin McCarthy is so, so bad at all of this. Adam Entous: "A month before Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination, one of his closest allies in Congress House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy made a politically explosive assertion in a private conversation on Capitol Hill with his fellow GOP leaders: that Trump could be the beneficiary of payments from Russian President Vladimir Putin. 'There's two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,' McCarthy (R Calif.) said, according to a recording of the June 15, 2016, exchange, which was listened to and verified by The Washington Post. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher is a Californian Republican known in Congress as a fervent defender of Putin and Russia. House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R Wis.) immediately interjected, stopping the conversation from further exploring McCarthy's assertion, and swore the Republicans present to secrecy." [WaPo]

The dateline on that piece: "KIEV, Ukraine"

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WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE Solid and by that we mean completely depressing man on the street stuff from AP. Steve Peoples, Bill Barrow and Thomas Beaumont: "President Donald Trump's loyal backers say they don't know, don't believe or don't care about the explosive revelations that forced the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel to investigate possible collusion between Russia and the Republican campaign. 'I tuned it out,' said 44 year old Michele Velardi, a mother of three sons, during a break from her job at a Staten Island hair salon. 'I didn't want to be depressed. I don't want to feel that he's not doing what he said, so I just choose to not listen.' die hard Trump supporter Joseph Amodeo, 19, incorrectly praised the president for raising New York's minimum wage, something enacted by Democrats in the Legislature. The college student had little understanding of the Trump administration's deepening political struggles, but he offered a stern message to Trump's critics." [AP]
Jun 12 '17 · 0 comments
Aviva Premiership transfers 2016

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Jun 12 '17 · 0 comments
Biographies of Julia Margaret Cameron

Julia Margaret Cameron (1815 1885)

Julia Margaret Cameron was best known for her soft focus portraits as well as her historically themed illustrative photographs, many of which could be mistaken for oil paintings, and for her portraits of historical figures such as Charles Darwin, Lord Alfred Tennyson, and Julia Prinsep Jackson, most of whom she was also good friends with. Her popularity was truly ignited when, in 1975, Imogen Cunningham said, "I'd like to see portrait photography go right back to Julia Margaret Cameron. I don't think there's anyone better."

Julia Margaret Cameron, unlike many famous women photographers, did not discover her love of photography until later in life, at the age of 48, when she received a camera as a gift. She had been born in Calcutta, India, in 1815, daughter of East India Trading Company's James Pattle. She was educated in France, but returned once again to Calcutta, where she married Charles Hay Cameron in 1838. Ten years after their marriage, Julia Margaret Cameron and her husband moved to England after her husband's retirement. She humanized the struggles of the poor, the homeless, farmers and sharecroppers, migrant workers,van cleef clover copy necklace, and those forced to relocate during times of strife. Due to the controversial ad emotional images she depicted in her photographs, many of her works were impounded at the time. They are now available in the National Archives, The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley,replica van cleef and arpels necklaces, and the Art Institute of Chicago. She was also introduced into the California Hall of Fame in the California Museum of History, Women, and the Arts in 2008.

Dorothea Lange was not gifted with an easy life. She was born in new Jersey in 1895 and at the young age of 7, she developed polio. When asked later on about her disability, she replied, "It formed me, guided me, instructed me, helped me and humiliated me. I've never gotten over it, and I am aware of the force and power of it." She was educated and apprenticed in New York City, New York, and she moved to San Francisco in 1918. She lived the rest of her life in Berkeley. She was married twice, once to Maynard Dixon, from 1920 until 1935, and once to Paul Schuster Taylor, from 1935 until the end of her life. She is known for being the first woman war correspondent photographer, the first woman photographer allowed in combat zones, and also the first photographer of her time allowed to photograph the intimate details of the Soviet industry. Lesser known, but equally important, is her work during the India Pakistan partition during the 1940s. Her fame doesn't stop there, either, as she worked in architectural and commercial photography as well. Her photographs are now displayed in the Brooklyn Museum, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Syracuse University's Bird Library Special Collections, and in the Library of Congress.

Margaret Bourke White was born in the Bronx in 1904 and her father, Joseph White was an amateur photograph who exposed her to the art of photography at a young age. She was educated at the University of Michigan and at Cornell University,van cleef and arpels clover copy necklace, graduating from that latter in 1927. She was married to Everett Chapman, a marriage that lasted only a short time, and after her divorce, she moved to Cleaveland, where her career as a photographer began in full. In 1953, she was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease and she passed away in 1971, at the age of 67, in Stanford, Connecticut as a result of her disease.

Diane Arbus (1923 1971)

Although Diane Arbus was afraid of being known as 'the photographer of freaks', she undoubtedly was best known for her work with unusual people, including the physically and mentally handicapped, dwarfs, giants, transvestites, and circus performers. It is her skill with soft lighting and her specialization with squared black and white photographs, however, that really drew the attention of people. She was also the first woman photographer to have her works displayed in Venice, Italy's Venice Biennale. The 2006 move 'Fur' depicts a fictional version of Diane Arbus' life.

Diane Arbus was born in New York City, New York, in 1923, to wealthy parents who both possessed an interest in photography and whom were published in Glamour and Vogue magazines. Diane Arbus worked for Esquire, Harper's Bazaar, and the Sunday Times Magazine and later taught photography in both New Jersey and New York. Sadly, she took her own life in 1971, at the young age of 48, after years of suffering from episodes of depression.

Annie Leibovitz (1949 )

Annie Leibovitz is one of the most famous women photographers of out time, known best for her work published by Rolling Stone magazine, as well as her work for Vanity Fair magazine and the New York Times. She began taking black and white photographs but soon developed not only a taste for color photographs, but a flair for color and intimacy. She photographed many celebrities in revealing poses, capturing a human aspect that is lacking in many Hollywood photographs. She is most well known for being the last person to photography John Lennon, along with Yoko Ono, just hours before he was killed. She also took pictures of Queen Elizabeth II for the Walt Disney Company, Demi Moore for Rolling Stone magazine, and many other famous photographs.

Annie Leibovitz was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1949, the daughter of an US Air Force Lieutenant. She travelled much at a young age, due to her father's assignments, and it was during a visit to the Philippines that she discovered her love of photography. She later studied painting at San Francisco University, but soon her love of photography overwhelmed her love of painting. She worked for Rolling Stone magazine from 1970 until 1983 and developed a reputation as well a small fortune in royalties. Due to financial troubles, she is currently struggling to retain the rights to her photographs, which where used as collateral in a 2009 loan for 15 million dollars.

Jodi Cobb

Jodi Cobb is a former international photographer for National Geographic magazine and is most famous for exploring topics such as slavery in the modern age. She has visited over 50 countries around the world and was one of the first photographers to enter China when it opened its borders. She specializes in women's issues, having taken pictures of geisha's, women in Saudi Arabia, and women in Brazil. She has contributed her photography to many books, including the 'Day in the Life' series, 'Vietnam Veterans Memorial: The Wall,van cleef necklace copy alhambra, Here Be Dragons', and 'The Way Home: Ending Homelessness in America'.

Jodi Cobb grew up in Iran and was able to travel a great deal when she was young. She currently teaches workshops around the world and has been featured on television programs such as PBS' 'On Assignment' and NBC's 'Today Show'. is best known for her work documenting human rights issues in Latin America, especially her work in El Salvador and Nicaragua. She focuses on human issues, rights, and freedom and has published numerous books on the subject. She also photographs issues in her home country, the United States, that deal with stripers and prostitution, revealing aspects that are both revealing and controversial.

She was educated at Sarah Lawrence College and Harvard University, has published numerous books, and has worked largely as a freelance photographer. She has had exhibits in Paris, Madrid, Amsterdam, London, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York, and has received many awards for her work. She is known for combining dramatic landscapes with imagines of people, creating very powerful, very emotional results. She is as dedicated to human rights as she is to her work, sharing her experiences as well as those she comes in contact with.

Born in the United States and educated at the University of Chicago, soon turned her attention to Mexico, where she has lived and worked since 1944. She was exposed to social ideas and thoughts of freedom as a young child and has never left those behind. She has published many works and has been displayed in institutes in the Netherlands, England, and Mexico. She also gave many lectures in the United States, Mexico, and England about Mexican culture and social issues. She passed away in 2002, leaving her husband, Arjeh van der Sluis, behind, along with many great works.
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87 minsFalcao really should have scored there. He finds himself one on one with the keeper after an exquisite ball from Shaw but his strike, from an acute angle,van cleef imitation bracelet, hits the outside of the post. He cannot buy a goal.

71 mins

Falcao's shot from close range is blocked brilliantly by Cahill. Mata is replaced by Januzaj, the former receiving applause from all corners of the ground. Di Maria is on for Young while Mourinho has brought Ramires on for Oscar.

70 mins

They would say that.

Twitter: Manchester United 67' It's all United at the moment, with McNair, Mata, Rooney and Falcao all firing efforts towards goal. Still 1 0 to Chelsea. mufclive

66 mins

Falcao tries his luck from range. Like Denis Irwin taking a penalty in days of yore,bracelet imitation van cleef and arpels, he slips as he strikes it and it's always veering wide.

63 mins

Fellaini tees Rooney up on the edge of the box but, once again, it goes wide although this time it took a deflection. United are growing in confidence as this half wears on. Shaw has probably been the visitors' best player.

61 mins

McNair's effort is well saved by Courtois before Shaw's fine work on the left leads to a real chance for Mata to score against his former employers. He can't direct the ball and it loops over.

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United looked vulnerable but they're starting to see more of the ball again this half. Shaw goes down under the challenge of Ivanovic and wins a free kick, the Serbian receives a yellow card. The free kick, like United's many corners,van cleef and arpels imitation bracelet alhambra, leads to nothing.
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With the game fizzling out, John Swift sidefooted in Jordan Obita's low cross for a third successive victory.

Birmingham manager Gianfranco Zola still awaits his first win in charge, and has picked up just three points from a possible 27 since taking over.

It was a first clean sheet at St Andrew's for Jaap Stam's side in 12 league attempts,van cleef and arpels perlee copy bracelet, despite being without defensive players Tiago Ilori, Joey van den Berg and Paul McShane.

Reading had conceded 26 goals in their previous 13 away games, but now have a four point gap over fourth placed Leeds.

Despite no victory since Gary Rowett's final match in charge on 13 December, the Blues remain in the top half.

Birmingham manager Gianfranco Zola: "There is no idea in my mind to give up on this situation,van cleef arpels alhambra copy bracelet. I know can turn this around. I have the anger and determination to do this. At the moment there is no doubt about my position.

"I've been in other difficult situations in my career,replica van cleef arpels bracelet. It has not always been easy. It is not going to change this time.

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Reading manager Jaap Stam: "It was a good overall performance. We were aware that Birmingham, with a new manager, were trying to play a different type of football.

"The weather conditions were not good and it made it difficult at times and with the quality Birmingham possess they made it troublesome for us.

"Everyone in the team played well to get the result we wanted. It is difficult in this league to win every game, but we are trying. Sometimes you need to lose a couple of games to be aware of where you need to improve and get results.".
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Another Pride Of Filipino In 2015

The pride of all Filipino around the globe that brings much honored to the country in the competitions, and achievement in their journey. Make all Filipinos proud despite in all the circumstances and calamities the Philippines are still Shining.

Here is the list of Filipinos in their journey this year 2015

Six Filipino figure skaters took home gold medals at the 2015 Asian Junior Figure Skating Challenge in Hong Kong. The competition happened on Oct 5 7.

"The Philippines' youngest delegate, 7 year old Amanda Sophie Fernandez scored 48.56 in the Basic Juvenile Girls category to outskate Shuhen Zhang 37.51 by a gap of 10 points, If you're still reeling from Saturday's Gilas loss, look to Charmaine Skye Chua of the Metro Ice Skating Club,van cleef and arpels alhambra imitation bracelet, who finally gave the Philippines a win over China. The girl dominated the Basic Novice Subgroup A Girls category, finishing with a score of 40.69. Her nearest competitor,sweet copy alhambra bracelet, China's Yu Jing Zhao, was some eight points away. "Other gold winning Filipino skaters include Ann Cathryn Lagemann in the Basic Pre Novice Girls category, Kate Orrock for the Basic Pre Novice, Diane Gabrielle Panlilio for the Basic Novice Subgroup A Girls category, and Emee Marjorie Dy for the Basic Junior Ladies category.

And in X Factor Australia another pride of Filipino in blood Cyrus Villanueva shining like a star in his performances in stage since he's audition. Cyrus Villanueva, the 19 years old Fil Aussie manage to advance in top 7

While Chris Isaak thought Cyrus did beautifully he had to because he picked the song other judges James Blunt and Guy Sebastian weren't too crazy about the song choice. They both felt Lenny Kravitz's "It Ain't Over Till It's Over",van cleef and arpels copy bracelets, wasn't rock enough, especially for Cyrus who is obviously a crooner more than a rocker. Cyrus good naturedly acknowledged the fact on he's tweeter and laughed at himself, saying he was "so, NOT rock." Thankfully, there were enough people who thought otherwise. The singer advances alongside other contestants Natalie Conway, Michaela Barano, Louise Adams, Big T, Mahalia Simpson, and Jess Matt.

Miss Globe 2015 Ann Lorraine Colis is back in the country after becoming the first Filipino to win the title.

Ann, who hails from Pampanga, said she is still overwhelmedAnn's is set to travel around the globe as part of her reign last October 8 in Toronto, Canada. Ann also shared with the press the question she was asked during the pageant.Miss Globe 2015 Ann Lorraine Colis shares her winning answer at pageant QnA "The question was 'what qualities do women possess that makes them a great leader? She said the quality of a woman that makes a great leader is that she's sensitive and nurturing. And she will decide based on her love combined with intelligence, making her a great leader," she said.

In Singapore another pride for Filipinos in the manhattan fish market restaurant manager Cherry Sampang, 33 won the superstar award at the manual excellent service award.

Ms,van cleef arpels imitation bracelet. Sampang a Filipina who was work in Singapore for 5 years regularly attends skills upgrading courses. She said the award would help her encourage and motivate her colleagues to improve service standard.
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