Pippa Murray, 28, is founder of Pip & Nut – who make the most delicious nut butters on the market. She lives in a flat in Stockwell, south London, with a flatmate.
My sisters and I bought the flat together about four years ago, it's in a 1930s block of flats so it's a fairly sturdy building with big windows and high ceilings. It is, like a lot of flats in London, tiny – but it's really cosy and I'm slowly fitting it out with some pieces of furniture. I'm a bit of a made.com addict….
I grew up in Wokingham in Berkshire and I'm the youngest of four daughters, with five years between me and the oldest, so growing up in our house was pretty chaotic – which I wouldn't change for the world.
Did both your parents work outside of the home, if so – what did they do?
It's funny because my mum's a nurse and my dad's a doctor and neither me nor my sisters followed in their footsteps into healthcare. I think that all the NHS chat around the dinner table put us off at some point or another… I'd say though that the entrepreneur does run through the family. My dad was a partner in two GP surgeries so I often ask for his advice on Pip & Nut.
Growing up, did you harbour dreams of becoming an entrepreneur?
Whilst I never imagined that I'd be running a business when I was older, I've always been pretty headstrong and naturally a hard worker. I think this stems from the fact that I'm dyslexic and it's meant that I've always had to put in a bit more effort and push harder to get good the results that I wanted.
You're a runner (including marathons) and it was while researching high protein foods that you came across nut butter. Did you find a brand or make your own, initially?
I would always eat peanut butter on toast after a run, but I wasn't particularly loyal to any brand. It was whatever I could find usually! That was before I started making it myself. The first few attempts were pretty poor in fact and when I started developing the flavours I got through a few blenders that just weren't powerful enough to mill the nuts.
You discovered that many contain sugar and palm oil, why is this bad?
Yes, the reason I began making my own nut butter was because I found that most products on the supermarket shelves were full of palm oil and cane sugar. Palm oil is incredibly unsustainable, in fact it is one of the leading causes of deforestation in the world, and sugar – well we all know about that. I discovered that palm oil was a stabiliser that solidifies the product. It does nothing for the flavour of the product – it's simply an aesthetic thing.
Were you already a keen cook/foodie, or was this your first foray into the world of food?
When (and why) did you decide to package up your creation and sell it?
It was an idea that chipped away at me for months before I did anything about it. In fact, I'd spend my cycle rides to my old work thinking of brand names and coming up with new flavour ideas, and my weekends browsing Wholefoods and researching the sector at the British Library Business Centre. And it got to the point where I was obsessed by the idea that if someone else launched a similar product I'd be so annoyed that I hadn't done it.
When I did start, it started small. Taking jars of nut butter to Maltby buy nexium over the counter Street Market in Bermondsey at the weekends to see how they sold. The reaction to the product by the general public was what then spurred me to start thinking about how I could actually scale a hobby into a viable business. Fast forward 12 months and I launched the Pip & Nut brand onto the shelves of Selfridges in January 2015.
My decision to leave my job as a theatre producer at the Science Museum and really focus on starting my own company was triggered by me winning a competition for budding entrepreneurs put on by Escape the City. The prize was the opportunity to live rent-free in a shed in central London for three months.
When I entered I genuinely didn't think I had a chance of winning and if I'm honest, it was on a bit of a whim. But the moment I got that phone call saying I'd won was a bit of an 'oh my god I'm actually having to go ahead with this' moment and I handed in my notice an hour after getting the call. The moment when you cut ties with your day job is terrifying but really liberating, and although scary I've always had the attitude of 'what's the worst that can happen?'.
Do you have a mentor, or where did/do you seek business advice?
Having the right people by your side is absolutely key. My mentor is a guy called Giles Brook. He's the CEO of Vita Coco EMEA and former general manager at Innocent and I cannot tell you how helpful and supportive he's been. The first couple years can be quite tough so having someone who can offer some advice and hopefully guide you in the right direction has been really useful when you've never worked in food and drink before.
You secured £120k in crowdfunding, why were people so receptive to your product?
I think there were a few things that really helped in closing the funding round on Crowdcube. I have a really strong brand identity, designed by a talented design agency, a product that's entering a growing market and a clear route to market, that's scalable. As well as this, I did quite a bit of homework prior to going live on the site including lining up potential angel investors in advance and coordinating some great press that landed in the first week that the pitch went live.
What did you do with those funds?
That initial £120k was the capital I required to fund the first production run and then maintain working capital as the brand grew. It's not unusual to make a loss in the first few months as you get out the door so I needed some cash in the bank to ensure we could sustain this as we grew our customer base.
You're now stocked in Sainsbury's and 2500 stores in the UK, how does it feel to be doing so well?
It's amazing to go into a Sainsbury's and see our products lined up on shelf but if I'm really honest I feel like we're only just getting started… we're only in one of the main supermarkets in the UK so we're busy squirrels at the moment in the sales department.
It's a boring thing to say but fundamentally key: cashflow. We're a fast growing brand and you have to be really careful not to overstretch yourself and overtrade.
Why do you love what you're doing?
I love the variety of my job and the excitement of seeing the brand develop. One of my favourite things is seeing our brand come to life at events. There's genuinely nothing more satisfying than hearing someone saying that they love Pip & Nut when they walk past our stand. It makes all those late nights worth it.
Yes, I find it's the best way to clear my head if I've got a creative challenge or need to unwind after work and I'll often go for a long run at the weekends.
I've got big ambitions for the brand. Our aim is to make Pip & Nut the nation's favourite health food brand. We want to change the perception that health food has to be bland or boring and in doing so encourage more people to incorporate health food into their every day life.
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Queen calls Captain Sir Tom Moore an 'inspiration for the world' in personal honour after his death at 100: War hero who won nation's heart by walking around garden to raise £33m for NHS dies of Covid
Inspirational NHS fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore died today in hospital surrounded by his family
The war veteran was admitted to hospital on Sunday night with coronavirus after battling pneumonia
His family say he was taken to hospital after 'requiring help with his breathing' before he passed away
A family spokesman revealed Captain Tom's pneumonia battle meant he had not had the coronavirus vaccine
Centenarian became a national treasure over first coronavirus lockdown after raising millions for the NHS
He hasn't been seen in public since pre-Christmas 'bucket list' break he took to Barbados with BA
By Dan Sales and Jack Elsom For Mailonline
Published: 11:05 EST, 2 February 2021 | Updated: 01:17 EST, 3 February 2021
The Queen led tributes to inspirational war veteran and fundraising hero Captain Sir Tom Moore who has died aged 100 after being admitted to hospital with coronavirus.
A ray of light shining through the tragedies of the pandemic, he raised more than £32million for the NHS by walking 100 laps of his garden before his milestone birthday.
His unrelenting optimism and belief that 'tomorrow will be a good day' endeared him to fans around the world and news of his death prompted a flood of tributes.
Today it was announced the centenarian had passed away peacefully in Bedford Hospital with his devoted family by his side for his final hours.
His daughters Hannah Ingram-Moore and Lucy Teixeira hailed the last year of his life as 'nothing short of remarkable', and said: 'He was rejuvenated and experienced things he'd only ever dreamed of.'
Her Majesty this evening sent a message to Captain Tom's grieving relatives and told of her joy at meeting him in person when he was knighted in July.
A statement from Buckingham Palace said: 'The Queen is sending a private message of condolence to the family of Captain Sir Tom Moore.
'Her Majesty very much enjoyed meeting Captain Sir Tom and his family at Windsor last year. Her thoughts and those of the Royal Family are with them, recognising the inspiration he provided for the whole nation and others across the world.'
A tribute to Captain Tom was emblazoned on the screens at Piccadilly Circus, while the London Eye, Wembley Stadium, and Blackpool Tower were all lit up in his honour.
Downing Street lowered its flags to half-mast as Boris Johnson hailed the national hero as a 'beacon of hope in the world'.
And in a mark of Captain Tom's international acclaim, Joe Biden's White House posted a tweet paying tribute to the man 'who inspired millions through his life and his actions.'
Inspirational war veteran and fundraising hero Captain Sir Tom Moore has died aged 100 after being admitted to hospital
His family announced Captain Tom had died at 4.05pm today with this social media post celebrating his life from 1920 -2021
The last picture: This was the final picture of Captain Tom, released by his family on January 18 with his loved ones around him
Captain Tom receiving his knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II during a ceremony at Windsor Castle. He raised almost £33m.
The Queen, who knighted Captain Tom in July, led tributes to the great man, who died at the age of 100 today, his daughters announced. Joe Biden's White House also paid its respects
A tribute to Captain Tom tonight at London's Piccadilly Circus, with a message saying 'the nation salutes you'
A member of the public leaves a candle outside the home of Captain Sir Tom Moore after his death was announced tonight
The broadcast caused a huge snowball effect, with £60,000 in donations coming in an hour after the interview on Monday April 13, and by the end of the day Sir Tom had raised £1.5million, three times his target
From Yorkshire to India: Colonel Tom Moore's career in the military
Colonel Tom pictured during the Second World War. Boris Johnson described him as a national treasure during the Covid-19 crisis after raising almost £33million for the NHS
Captain Tom Moore was conscripted into the British Army in June 1940 when he was 20, alongside all men aged 20 to 35.
He began his military career in Otley, West Yorkshire, where he joined the 8th Battalion, the Duke of Wellington's Regiment under Lieutenant Lord George Saville.
The Regiment was sent to train in Wadebridge, Cornwall where they were tasked with coastal defence amid a predicted German invasion.
A young Captain Moore was soon promoted to Corporal and sent to the officer cadet training unit in Droitwich Spa. Here, he celebrated his 21st birthday after he passed as a Second Lieutenant.
In August 1941, he was sent to the DWR headquarters in Halifax where he joined the 9th Battalion at Winchcombe.
The infantry battalion then converted to an armoured regiment 146th Royal Armoured Corp, though the majority of the soldiers could not drive.
Captain Moore is pictured front centre during his days in the Army. He joined the Armed Forces in 1940 when he was aged 20
In October, the unit was posted to Bombay, now Mumbai, in India. The journey took six weeks by sea, with a four-day delay in Freetown, Sierra Leone and a four-day stop in Cape Town.
Captain Moore then took a train from Bombay to Poona, before arriving at Kirkee, a town now known as Khadki.
The 9th DWR formed the 50th Indian Tank Brigade under the command of Brigadier Schreiber.
Captain Moore was then asked by the Brigadier to start a motorcycling course for the Brigade due to his expertise for the sport.
The Brigade was then ordered to move to Calcutta - the road journey was in a monsoon and took three weeks.
His Battalion was stationed in the Lohardaga district near Ranchi. They then took part in two exercises in the Arakan before moving further east and south to Rangoon.
Captain Moore was then sent on a course at the approved vehicle depot in Bovington, England. He remained here as an instructor until it was closed.
The Prime Minister said: 'Captain Sir Tom Moore was a hero in the truest sense of the word. In the dark days of the Second World War he fought for freedom and in the face of this country's deepest post war crisis he united us all, he cheered us all up, and he embodied the triumph of the human spirit.
'It is quite astonishing that at the age of 100 he raised more than £32million for the NHS, and so gave countless others their own chance to thank the extraordinary men and women who have protected us through the pandemic.
'He became not just a national inspiration but a beacon of hope for the world. Our thoughts are with his daughter Hannah and all his family.'
Earlier Captain Tom's daughters had announced the sad news that their father had passed away just after 4pm.
They said: 'It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our dear father, Captain Sir Tom Moore.
'We are so grateful that we were with him during the last hours of his life; Hannah, Benjie and Georgia by his bedside and Lucy on FaceTime. We spent hours chatting to him, reminiscing about our childhood and our wonderful mother. We shared laughter and tears together.
'The last year of our father's life was nothing short of remarkable. He was rejuvenated and experienced things he'd only ever dreamed of.
'Whilst he'd been in so many hearts for just a short time, he was an incredible father and grandfather, and he will stay alive in our hearts forever.
'The care our father received from the NHS and carers over the last few weeks and years of his life has been extraordinary. They have been unfalteringly professional, kind and compassionate and have given us many more years with him than we ever would have imagined.
'Over the past few days our father spoke a great deal about the last 12 months and how proud he felt at being able to leave behind the growing legacy of his Foundation.
'We politely ask for privacy at this time so we can grieve quietly as a family and remember the wonderful 100 years our father had. Thank you.'
On Sunday Ms Ingram-Moore had revealed he had been battling pneumonia over the 'past few weeks' before also testing positive for Covid-19 a week ago.
The former serviceman was then taken to Bedford Hospital in Bedfordshire on Sunday night after requiring 'help with his breathing', but was not put into intensive care.
Captain Tom had not been able to have the coronavirus vaccine because of the pneumonia.
Originally from Keighley, West Yorkshire, Captain Tom had been on a dream holiday to Barbados on December 11 after British Airways offered him free flights to the Caribbean.
He had not been seen in public since the pre-Christmas break, but tweeted as he departed: 'The support I have been shown in 2020 has given me renewed energy and today I get to tick something off my bucket list.'
He first shot to international prominence in the teeth of the first wave of the pandemic last year, when on April 6, the 99-year-old set off to walk 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday.
Captain Tom aimed to raise £1,000 for the NHS.
But after capturing the nation's hearts the money donated to his Just Giving page grew exponentially and by his 100th birthday on April 30, the sum had surged to almost £33million.
Flowers and candles were laid outside his home in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, tonight.
Jonny Taylor, 28, who left a bunch of flowers outside the family home, said: 'I've lived in Marston for about five years now and I had no idea about Captain Tom until his heroic efforts last April.
'I just wanted to pay respects to the remarkable person and the remarkable family as well. He will be sorely missed.'
Blackpool Tower and Wembley Stadium were among the places lit up in his honour.
Several football matches also marked his death before kick-off.
And public figures and reams of fans from across the world paid their respects on social media this evening.
The Archbishop of Canterbury said: 'Sir Captain Tom Moore was the very best of us. Where he walked, a nation followed.'
The NHS simply said 'thank you for everything'.
Piers Morgan, who interviewed the hero in an emotional episode of ITV's Life Stories, tweeted: 'RIP Captain Sir Tom Moore, 100. A magnificent man. A national hero.
'In our darkest hour since WW2, he rallied Britain with his resilience, courage and optimism. Let us all heed his mantra in our own lives: 'Tomorrow will be a good day'. Thank you, Tom.'
His ITV colleague Lorraine Kelley called for a statue of Captain Tom to be erected in Trafalgar Square.
Morgan revealed the Life Stories interview was, with the approval of Captain Tom's family, re-airing on ITV again tonight.
Politicians of all stripes came together in mourning, with Chancellor Rishi Sunak hailing 'a proud Yorkshire man. A dedicated Army Officer. A tireless fundraiser. And above all, an inspiration to us all.'
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said 'Britain has lost a hero' and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab paid tribute to the 'quite extraordinary individual who inspired and boosted the morale of the whole nation'.
Health minister Nadine Dorries, the MP for Mid Bedfordshire, said: He will be deeply mourned, not just in Mid Bedfordshire but across the whole world.'
The White House tweeted: 'We join the United Kingdom and the world in honoring the memory of Captain Sir Tom Moore, who inspired millions through his life and his actions.'
Among the slate of achievements in the extraordinary final year of his life, Captain Tom became the oldest person to reach Number One in the charts, with a version of You'll Never Walk Alone with Michael Ball.
Ball told the One Show tonight: 'When I got to spend that time with him at his home, that's when the real Tom came alive because he was so on the ball and so quick,' the singer told The One Show.
'He was staggered by what had happened but he's from that generation that they took it in their stride. He was thrilled by the way everything had gone and was so proud of it.'
He was also the oldest person to appear on the front cover of GQ magazine, pictured with his medals proudly pinned to a tuxedo and draped in the Union flag.
Dylan Jones, editor in Chief of GQ, said tonight: 'Captain Tom was one of the heroes of 2020, and he was the first person we thought of celebrating when we started planning last year's Men Of The Year Awards.
'Not only was he the oldest person ever to grace our cover, he was one of the most gracious. He was a hero, a genuine old-fashioned hero, and I feel blessed that we were in his orbit, albeit for a very brief time.'
Rowland White, the editor of Captain Tom's autobiography, said the fundraiser 'packed more into the last year of his life than most of us manage in a lifetime'.
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The London Eye is lit up with the colours of the Union flag following the death of Captain Sir Tom Moore
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Wembley Stadium tweeted: 'Tonight, Wembley Stadium joins the nation in remembering and celebrating the life and achievements of @captaintommoore'
The Union flags above Downing Street have been lowered to half mast to honour Captain Sir Tom Moore who died today
Captain Sir Tom Moore's incredible achievements meant he was featured as a guest on Piers Morgan's Life Stories last year
Captain Tom Moore, with (left to right) grandson Benji, daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore and granddaughter Georgia
Captain Sir Tom Moore (pictured in April) became a national treasure during the first coronavirus lockdown after he raised more than £32 million for the NHS by walking 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday
He was named GQ's Inspiration of the Year 2020 and also scored a No. 1 single, wrote an autobiography and is helping to set up a charity
Captain Sir Tom Moore receiving Inspiration Of The Year Award at the GQ Men Of The Year Awards 2020
A family leaves a floral tribute outside the home, in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, of 100-year-old charity fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore who has died after testing positive for Covid-19
Boris Johnson records a video message after the passing of Captain Sir Tom Moore from Downing Street
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that Captain Sir Tom was a hero in the truest sense of the world and a beacon of hope
In a statement shared on Twitter, Liz Lees, chief nurse at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said: 'It has been our immense privilege to care for Captain Sir Tom Moore.
'We share our deepest condolences and sympathies with his family and loved ones at this incredibly sad time.
'We'd also like to say thank you, and pay tribute to Captain Sir Tom Moore for the remarkable contribution he has made to the NHS.'
His daughter Ms Ingram-Moore, a recruitment officer, previously revealed the fundraising idea to walk 100 laps came about after her husband Colin challenged his father-in-law to do the feat.
Ms Ingram-Moore revealed how her father had a fall in their kitchen at the end of 2018 and had bought himself a treadmill to rehabilitate after he fractured his hip.
The veteran came out with his walker one lockdown weekend and her husband said: 'Carry on walking, Tom, we'll give you a pound a lap. Do 100 by your 100th birthday.'
The family were forced to cancel his birthday party in April because of Covid-19 restrictions but set up a JustGiving page in the hope they would raise £1,000.
She told how the total went to £2,000 overnight and £12million a month later after Sir Tom featured on BBC Breakfast and Michael Ball spoke to him on BBC Radio Two.
She described how the family were 'not eating or sleeping' to manage the technology, phone calls and emails while keeping the recruitment business going.
'Dad could see we were so tired and he said: ''Should we make this stop? I'm worried for you'. It was a watershed moment,' Mrs Ingram-Moore said.
She continued: 'We said: 'No, because what you are doing is having such a positive impact on people around the world.
'We just have to manage it.'
Captain Sir Tom Moore (pictured in his BA plane seat) and his family jetted off to Barbados after British Airways offered him free flight in December
Sir Tom Moore (pictured front) along with his grandchildren Benji (left), Georgia (middle left), his daughter Hannah (middle right) and her husband Colin Ingram (right) as they enjoyed the Barbados sunshine
Inside the stadium as players stand for a minutes applause in memory of Sir Captain Tom Moore prior to the Sky Bet Championship match between Coventry City and Nottingham Forest at St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium
How Sir Captain Tom's heroic actions boosted Britain amid lockdown
Sir Captain Tom Moore hoped to raise £1,000 for the NHS, but ended up capturing the hearts of the nation.
Here's how 100 laps around his garden became a knighthood...
April 2020 The army veteran begins fundraising in the hope of raising £1,000 for the NHS amid the coronavirus pandemic. He wants to walk 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday on April 30.
April 14 More than £2million is donated.
April 15 The total rises to £7million as more than 340,000 people show their support.
April 16 He completes his 100 laps - meaning he walked an average of six laps a day - and reveals he's going to keep going to raise as much as possible. Both the Prime Minister and the Royal Family congratulate him.
April 24 Sir Captain Tom is the oldest person ever to reach Number One in the Top 40 Charts with his cover of You'll Never Walk Alone. He performs it alongside singer Michael Ball and The NHS Voices of Care Choir.
April 30 The fundraising page hits £32million on his 100th birthday. He is made an honorary colonel and enjoys a military flypast.
July 17 The Queen awards him a knighthood in a special engagement.
September He writes bestselling autobiography Tomorrow Will Be A Good Day and signs a deal to film a biopic of his life.
October 5 - Captain Tom starts a podcast to tackle isolation among Britain's elderly.
December He ticks a holiday to Barbados off his bucket list.
January 31, 2021 He is admitted to hospital amid an intense battle with pneumonia, his family reveal.
February 2, 2021 Sir Captain Tom's death is announced days after he tests positive for coronavirus.
His fundraising led to a slew of personal honours and he was knighted by the Queen and also made an honorary army colonel.
The Royal honour would have seemed entirely unexpected for the 20-year-old who had been conscripted into the army back in 1940.
His career in the services saw him promoted to Corporal, then Second Lieutenant before a captain in 1944.
He served in India and the Burma campaign during the Second World War.
He had been enlisted into the eighth battalion of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (8 DWR), an infantry unit that was converted to operate Churchill tanks as part of the Royal Armoured Corps (RAC).
Then after he was selected for officer training he rose to the rank of captain, later being posted to 9 DWR in India.
In his later military years he served and fought in the Arakan in western Burma and went with his regiment to Sumatra after the Japanese forces surrendered in 1945.
Afterwards he became an instructor in armoured warfare in Bovington, Dorset.
The MOD now has a page devoted to him on its website, calling him 'An inspirational role model'
His dedication to service saw him wear his medals on his fundraising walks, explaining 'It's important.
It shows that I was part of a very important and super army at the time who were all battling for our country, which we're all so proud of.
'I still very proud of our country.
'There is nowhere like ours.'
In July the Queen came out for her first official engagement since lockdown to knight him in person for his incredible achievement.
Windsor Castle saw a 'unique ceremony' where he had the honour bestowed upon him.
He said afterwards: 'I am absolutely overawed.
'This is such a high award and to get it from Her Majesty as well - what more can anyone wish for? This has been an absolutely magnificent day for me.'
Incredibly his fundraising fame was not the first time he had enjoyed the spotlight in front of millions of people.
An unearthed clip showed the then Colonel Tom, aged 63, charm the audience as he chatted to the late Terry Wogan, while appearing on Blankety Blank in 1983.
His good nature was clear as he made the host and audience laugh while telling them he was from a 'good place' called Tipps End.
he then Colonel Tom, aged 63, charm the audience as he chatted to the late Terry Wogan, while appearing on Blankety Blank
'The last year of our father's life was nothing short of remarkable': Captain Tom's daughters tell of their pride
'It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our dear father, Captain Sir Tom Moore.
He only managed to walk away with the consolation prize; its infamous chequebook and pen, after appearing on a Christmas special version of the programme.
But in recent times Captain Tom became GQ magazine's oldest cover star and even scored a number one chart hit with Michael Ball in a charity recording of You'll Never Walk Alone.
In an interview with the publication after his award, the veteran opened up about his 20-year first marriage, his beloved late wife Pamela's battle with dementia, and how he wants to be there for 'lonely people in need of help'.
He broke down as he discussed the moment he realised he would have to put his wife into a care home.
He told the magazine: 'Taking her... she didn't really know what we were doing. And I felt... I felt I was letting her down.
'I realise it was the best that could be done. I realise my effort wasn't enough.'
He also joked about installing two stair lifts at his home and how he enjoys 'lots of sugar' on his porridge every morning, 'because cholesterol is the least of his worries at 100'.
The hero also wrote an autobiography and is helping to set up a charity.
He also launched a £35.95 bottle of gin, his own podcast and there is even a movie in the works after UK companies Fred Films and Powder Keg Pictures bought the rights to the feature about the former British Army captain.
The centenarian had smiled as he sat in a plane seat emblazoned with his name in a picture shared to his official Twitter page as he went to Barbados in his last public appearance.
Poignantly he revealed the flight ticked an item 'off his bucket list'.
He said at the time: 'I never thought that, at the age of 100, I would get to travel again. I'm so grateful to everyone who has made this possible.
'The support I have been shown in 2020 has given me renewed energy and today I get to tick something off my bucket list.'
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The war hero who became a national treasure by walking 100 laps of his garden: How Captain Sir Tom Moore went from fighting in Burma to raising £33m for the NHS and being knighted by the Queen
Captain Sir Tom Moore's death today aged 100 marks the end of an extraordinary life that saw him go from WWII hero to quiz show star and then a national treasure after walking 100 laps of his garden to raise £33m for the NHS.
The grandfather-of-four's service in World War Two took him across Asia and the Far East, including tours in India, Burma and Sumatra.
Back in Blighty, spells as an Army tank instructor were interspersed with work at the family building business - while in his spare time he enjoyed riding motorbikes.
The Yorkshire grammar school lad was to shoot to national attention in 1983, when he charmed the audience on hit BBC show Blankety Blank.
Finally, after his heroics during the coronavirus pandemic, he would be knighted by the Queen, made an honorary member of the England cricket team, and be lauded by Britain's best-known celebrities and politicians.
He also became GQ magazine's oldest cover star and scored a number one hit with Michael Ball in a charity recording of You'll Never Walk Alone.
But though his family today rightly recalled his life as an 'exciting adventure' it also saw darker moments, including a sexless first marriage that ended in annulment.
In his autobiography, Captain Tom said he had 'given up on love' until aged 50 when he met his beloved second wife, Pamela. They went on to have two children, and the veteran went on to become a proud grandfather of four.
Sir Tom Moore (pictured front) along with his grandchildren Benji (left), Georgia (middle left), his daughter Hannah (middle right) and her husband Colin Ingram (right) as they enjoyed the Barbados sunshine. This was to be the final photo of the veteran before his death today
Captain Tom was born in Keighley, West Yorkshire, on April 30 1920.
He attended Keighley Grammar School and later completed an apprenticeship as a civil engineer before joining the Army.
He enlisted into the eighth battalion of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (8 DWR), an infantry unit that was converted to operate Churchill tanks as part of the Royal Armoured Corps (RAC).
In 1940, he was selected for officer training and rose to the rank of captain, later being posted to 9 DWR in India.
He served and fought in the Arakan in western Burma, since renamed Rakhine State, and went with his regiment to Sumatra after the Japanese surrender.
After the war, he returned to the UK and worked as an instructor at the Armoured Fighting Vehicle School in Bovington, Dorset.
He also worked for his family's building company and later became manager at a concrete company.
In his free time he was a keen motorcycle racer and has admitted receiving a speeding fine while in his late 90s. He also appeared on popular BBC television quiz show Blankety Blank in 1983.
He wrote frankly about a sexless first marriage that ended in annulment.
Although Moore was 50 when they met, he had a 40-year marriage with his second wife, Pamela, and visited her every day while she was in a care home with dementia.
In a BBC interview, he spoke of his distress about her mental deterioration and pity for other residents who had no visitors.
After she died, he moved in with his daughter, Hannah, and his son-in-law Colin Ingram and grandchildren Benji and Georgia in the village of Marston Moretaine.
Captain Tom suffered a broken hip in 2018 and also required treatment for skin cancer of the head.
His family said this inspired him to do something to help the NHS, and he decided to walk 100 laps of his garden in Marston Moretaine before his 100th birthday to raise funds.
Captain Tom started his challenge in early April 2020 with the initial target of raising £1,000 for NHS Charities Together.
Ten days later, assisted by his walking frame, he had completed 100 laps and raised more than £20 million.
'It really is absolutely enormous isn't it?' he said at the time.
'That sum of money is very difficult to imagine but it's coming in so well.'
He vowed to keep on walking laps of the 25-metre circuit, and did so until his birthday.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said his 'heroic efforts have lifted the spirits of the entire nation', the Duke of Cambridge praised him as a 'one-man fundraising machine' and he even released a charity single.
A long list of celebrities praised Captain Tom's efforts, including David Walliams, Sir Mo Farah, Lewis Hamilton and Gary Lineker, along with politicians and royals including Health Secretary Matt Hancock and the Duke of Sussex.
Captain Tom with a Scott bike after the war. It was made in Shipley and he said he raced in Yorkshire after the war
Captain Tom's triumph sparked off an extraordinary few months for the veteran which saw him feted as a national treasure.
His cover of You'll Never Walk Alone, together with singer Michael Ball, reached number one in the charts, making him the oldest artist ever to have a UK number one single.
A flypast of a Spitfire and a Hurricane marked his 100th birthday, and he was made an honorary colonel.
Speaking about the flypast, Captain Tom said: 'I'm one of the few people here who've seen Hurricanes and Spitfires flying past in anger.
'Fortunately today they're all flying peacefully.'
He raised a total of £32.7 million, with donations from 1.5 million supporters, before his fundraising page was closed at midnight following his 100th birthday.
He started his challenge a little over three weeks earlier, and he encouraged people to continue to donate to NHS Charities Together.
Captain Tom rounded off 2020 with a trip to Barbados with his family, and his fundraising efforts were marked during the New Year drone display in London, as his figure appeared over the O2 Arena.
He was the guest of honour at the opening of the NHS Nightingale Hospital Yorkshire and the Humber in Harrogate, set up to help with increased numbers of hospital admissions during the pandemic, and he appeared by video link.
So many people sent him cards to mark his 100th birthday that a dedicated sorting office was set up at his grandson's school.
He was sent more than 140,000 birthday cards, including a signed card from the Queen.
A train was named after him, he was awarded the Freedom of the City of London, and the postbox outside his village Post Office was painted NHS blue in honour of his efforts.
Captain Tom, who was a cricket fan, was also made an honorary member of the England cricket team.
'People keep saying what I have done is remarkable, however it's actually what you have done for me which is remarkable,' he said at the time.
'The past three weeks have put a spring back in my step.
'I have renewed purpose and have thoroughly enjoyed every second of this exciting adventure.'
His daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore said on his 100th birthday: 'I think we know that he has touched the hearts of many people around the world.
'He's definitely engaged us all and given us hope and unity.
'So, there will be legacy.'
The Captain Tom Foundation was established by his family to 'spread hope and ease loneliness', and his Walk With Tom campaign had the same goal during England's second lockdown in November 2020.
Captain Tom helped raise spirits during the coronavirus crisis, saying in one TV appearance: 'To all those people who are finding it difficult at the moment: The sun will shine on you again, and the clouds will go away.'
His motto, which signed off many posts from his popular Twitter account, was 'tomorrow will be a good day'.
Captain Tom died today aged 100.
Archbishop of Canterbury among slew of fans paying tribute to Captain Sir Tom Moore after his death aged 100
The Archbishop of Canterbury was tonight among a slew of fans paying tribute to Captain Sir Tom Moore, who has died aged 100.
Speaking tonight, Justin Welby said: 'I am deeply saddened to hear that Sir Captain Tom Moore has died. I pray for his family and friends, and I join millions across the country in mourning with them.
'Captain Tom was the very best of us. His courage, compassion, resilience, hope and generosity have been an inspiration to millions - and an example to us all. Where he walked a nation followed.
'I give thanks to God for such a long life, so well lived. May Captain Tom rest in peace.'
Singer Michael Ball, who recorded a charity cover of You'll Never Walk Alone with Sir Tom that reached number one, wrote on Twitter: 'Rest in peace @captaintommoore. A wonderful life so well lived and a hero and fighter to the very end.
'So very very sad. Love and prayers for @Hannah-I-M and all the family. '
Boris Johnson has spoken to Sir Tom's daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore to offer his condolences, while Queen Elizabeth has sent a private message to his family to pay her respects.
Boris Johnson and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby have paid glowing tributes to Captain Tom, who has died at the age of 100 after a short battle with Covid-19. The PM said he 'was a hero in the truest sense of the word'
Chancellor Rishi Sunak tweeted: 'A proud Yorkshire man. A dedicated Army Officer. A tireless fundraiser. And above all, an inspiration to us all. Rest in peace Captain Tom.'
Health Secretary Matt Hancock tweeted: 'I'm so sorry to hear that Captain Tom has passed away in hospital.
'He was a great British hero that showed the best of our country & I send my best wishes to his family at this time.'
Home Secretary Priti Patel tweeted: 'An inspiration to millions, not just in the United Kingdom, but around the world. A bright, kind light in the darkest of times. A British hero.
'I will never forget his undaunted optimism and how it helped us all to keep going. Rest in peace, @CaptainTomMoore.'
Former PM David Cameron paid his respects, tweeting: 'Captain Sir Tom Moore has been an inspiration - lighting up what has been such a dark year for so many.
'My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends, and with all those who have so sadly lost a loved one due to this terrible virus. RIP Sir Tom, a great British hero.'
Captain Tom Moore (2-L) with grandson Benji (L), daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore (2-R) and granddaughter Georgia, pictured after completing his 100th length of his garden. A statement from his family tonight read: 'The last year of our father's life was nothing short of remarkable. He was rejuvenated and experienced things he'd only ever dreamed of'
Other politicians have also remembered the centenarians phenomenal contribution in 2020, with MPs describing him as a 'real candle in the gloom'.
Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said: 'A light has gone out in the world tonight, with news of the death of our very own national treasure, Captain Sir Tom Moore.
'He came into our lives when he was 99, by raising an incredible £32 million for the NHS by walking 100 laps of his garden with his Zimmer frame.
'He inspired us during the first Covid lockdown, raised our spirits and made us think that we can do this - we can get through this pandemic.
'A nation will be in mourning today, and our hearts go out to his family, who have lost a wonderful father and grandfather.
'Captain Sir Tom, you were a hero during the Second World War. You were a hero during some of our darkest hours. We salute you - may you rest in peace.'
For Labour, shadow transport minister Mike Kane added: 'Some people are born great, some people achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them, and I think Sir Tom probably was all three of those things.
'An inspiration to the whole nation at a time of crisis, a real candle in the gloom for the British people and I wholeheartedly concur with your comments, Mr Deputy Speaker.'
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer tweeted: 'This is incredibly sad news. Captain Tom Moore put others first at a time of national crisis and was a beacon of hope for millions. Britain has lost a hero.'
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan tweeted: 'Heartbroken to hear the news that Captain Sir Tom Moore has sadly passed away. He was a true hero, in every sense of the word, and will be mourned by millions. My thoughts are with his family at this very difficult time.'
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab tweeted: 'Deeply saddened by the news of Sir @captaintommoore's death.
'He was a quite extraordinary individual who inspired and boosted the morale of the whole nation. My thoughts are with his family who can be proud of everything he achieved.'
Veteran fundraiser Lloyd Scott, who wore a 130lb deep-sea diving suit to race Captain Sir Tom Moore at his home in Marston Moretaine, Bedford, said: 'The very saddest of news.
'Captain Tom was a shining light, who inspired everyone; helping us cope through this dreadful time - battling this ghastly virus.
'A humble hero, his spirit touched the very soul and brought out the best in humanity. God bless you Tom and RIP.'
DJ MistaJam tweeted: 'Feeling extremely grateful for Captain Sir Tom Moore today - he was a real beacon of light in such dark times and a reminder that we all have the power to make things better for each other if we truly are willing to put in the effort. Rest in Peace Sir.'
TV and radio presenter Amanda Holden wrote on Instagram: 'Goodbye to this absolute joy of a man. @captainsirtom ..A National Hero who brought us all together and shone so much light in such a dark time. .. his indomitable spirit and sense of humour taught us so much. .. and will live on thanks to the enormous legacy left behind . My love goes out to your wonderful family.'
The NHS, as well as nurses who cared for the beloved veteran, made sure to honour his passing.
The NHS, for which Sir Tom raised millions of pounds, tweeted: 'Thanks for everything Sir Tom.'
BBC presenter Victoria Derbyshire tweeted: 'Thank you Sir for everything you did for our country. You will never, ever be forgotten
'To Hannah and your whole family - we were privileged to be able to get to know your father a little. Thank you. What an incredible man. Sending so much love and strength to you'.
Boris Johnson's fiancee Carrie Symonds tweeted: 'Just amazing to think what @captaintommoore achieved in his 100th year of life. Thank you for inspiring us all.'
Some Twitter users paid their respects by sharing images of characters saluting in his honour
Dylan Jones, editor in Chief of GQ, said: 'Captain Tom was one of the heroes of 2020, and he was the first person we thought of celebrating when we started planning last year's Men Of The Year Awards.
Top Gear presenter Paddy McGuinness tweeted: 'I never knew Captain Sir Tom Moore personally but, like millions of others, it felt like I did. He brought us together at a time when we needed it the most. I'd smile whenever he popped up on the telly, he made me feel proud, optimistic and hopeful for the future. RIP Captain'.
Radio presenter Zoe Ball tweeted: 'Captain Sir Tom Moore. Thank you for inspiring us all to do more to help our fellow humans.
'You are forever in our hearts. May your star shine the brightest for your loved ones. RIP magical chap.'
BBC presenter Dan Walker tweeted: 'How sad to hear about Captain Sir Tom Moore. He did so much to inspire us all last year & achieved so much in his 100th year. He raised millions of pounds, lifted millions of spirits and now millions will miss his wisdom & his smile. My deepest condolences to his loved ones'.
Good Morning Britain's Susanna Reid tweeted: 'The man who united and inspired our nation at a moment of deepest despair. Thank you Captain Sir Tom Moore for your service. I am heartbroken for your family. A life well lived, and well loved. RIP.'
Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster tweeted: 'Captain Sir Tom Moore has left us. He leaves behind a living legacy to our NHS heroes and his inspiring example of the power of the human spirit in the face of adversity.'
Fitness expert Joe Wicks, also known as The Body Coach, wrote on Instagram: 'An inspiration who helped millions of people feel hopeful and optimistic during a difficult time. Rest in Peace Sir Captain Tom Moore.'
TV star Nick Knowles tweeted: 'RIP Sir Tom Moore Was an honour to get to know you & laugh & smile together in Windsor An honourable man, you epitomised positivity & hope.'
Ruth May, chief nursing officer for England, said Captain Sir Tom Moore gave the nation a 'boost when we most needed it'.
She said in a statement: 'On behalf of everyone in the NHS, I want to pay tribute to Captain Sir Tom Moore who has been the model of all that has been good about our country's response to Covid-19.
'People rightly marvel at the tens of millions of pounds Captain Sir Tom raised for the NHS, but for me his biggest achievement and most important contribution to helping my fellow nurses, doctors and all those in the NHS responding to coronavirus, has been how he brought the country together and gave us all a boost when we most needed it.
'I also want to echo the thanks of Hannah and Lucy to my colleagues who have cared for Captain Sir Tom in his final days, and I am proud that the NHS was able to offer Captain Sir Tom and his family compassion, skill and dedication when they most needed it.'
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said: 'In national emergencies ordinary people do extraordinary things and inspire us all to pull together to overcome adversity.
'Few will have heard of Capt Sir Tom before this crisis but his contribution and example now live on in us all.'
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden tweeted: 'RIP Captain Sir Tom Moore He captured the hearts of the nation with his incredible fundraising, wise words and can-do spirit Thank you Sir.'
Susan Hinchcliffe, leader of Bradford Council, said: 'We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Captain Sir Tom Moore and our thoughts are with his family and friends at this difficult time.
'He was a great inspiration to many people with his fighting spirit and optimism during this pandemic.
'The huge amount of money he raised for the NHS showed how his efforts inspired people, not just in the UK but all around the world.
'It was a story of hope, determination and, as a man who was Keighley born and bred, of true Yorkshire grit.
'Captain Sir Tom was one of the heroes of the Covid-19 pandemic, but, as well as that, he was a remarkable man whose compassion for the pandemic compelled him to do his bit to help despite his age.'
BBC's The One Show tweeted: 'We are so saddened to hear the passing of Captain Sir Tom Moore. He inspired us all and our thoughts and prayers are with his family and loved ones at this time'.
How Captain Tom became a national treasure: War hero was thrust into the global spotlight, aged 99, after his offer to walk 100 laps of his garden for the NHS captured the nation's imagination - and raised £33m
By William Cole for MailOnline
Less than a year after he won over the nation's hearts by raising millions of pounds for the NHS, Captain Sir Tom Moore has died from the very virus he inspired people to rally against.
The WWII veteran, 100, became a national treasure by walking 100 laps of his Bedfordshire garden during the first lockdown, leading to international plaudits, a No1 single in the charts and a knighthood from The Queen.
But while many fundraisers would be happy just to hit their targets, Sir Tom shattered the world record with an astonishing £33million in donations.
Thanking people for their support during his fundraising walk, the man himself said: 'There has been so much kindness shown and so many people making kind remarks. It's really outstanding; I never anticipated anything in my life like this.'
So how did a humble 99-year-old grandfather raise this record-breaking sum and become the inspiration for millions?
Less than a year after he won over the nation's hearts by raising millions of pounds for the NHS, Captain Sir Tom Moore has died from the very virus he inspired people to rally against
First reported on local news on April 9, three days into his 100 laps of his Bedfordshire garden, Sir Tom's fundraising campaign quickly caught the attention of viewers keen to support the 99-year-old
The news received a very positive reaction, with some people asking the broadcaster where they could donate to the campaign. Another decided to tap Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan, telling him to interview Sir Tom about his fundraiser
It began with a challenge, set Sir Tom's son-in-law Colin who suggested he do 100 laps of his garden in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, before his big birthday on April 30.
This would be no mean feat for a man approaching his centenary and required the use of a walker to get around, but Sir Tom accepted the challenge, starting on April 6.
His daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore, a recruitment officer, revealed her father had broken his hip in a fall in their kitchen at the end of 2018, and that he was grateful to the NHS for the treatment he received and wanted to do something in return.
So they set up a Just Giving donations page in the hope of giving back to 'fantastic NHS workers' through the service's Charities Together.
According to The Telegraph, Sir Tom came out with his walker one lockdown weekend and Colin jokingly said: 'Carry on walking, Tom, we'll give you a pound a lap. Do 100 by your 100th birthday.'
days later Sir Tom was face-to-face with Piers Morgan on ITV's breakfast show talking through his military career and his desire to give back to the NHS. Piers shocked Sir Tom and his daughter Hannah by offering to donate £10,000 to his campaign in the hope of encouraging others
Three days in to the walk he was interviewed by local news ITV Anglia - having raised £7,000 - after his daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore sent them a press release, with Milton Keynes radio station KMFM also reporting.
The news received a very positive reaction, with some people asking the broadcaster where they could donate to the campaign.
Another decided to tap Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan, telling him to interview Sir Tom about his fundraiser.
While he may not have seen the exact tweet, days later Piers was face-to-face with Sir Tom on ITV's breakfast show talking through his military career and Sir Tom's desire to give back to the NHS.
In something of a surprise move, Piers shocked Sir Tom and his daughter Hannah by offering to donate £10,000 to his campaign in the hope of encouraging others.
At the end of the interview Piers said: 'I want to help get you over the line (£500,000 target) today, I'm going to put £10,000 of my own money into your fundraising today, and I hope that encourages everyone watching at home to do the same, to give as much as they can.'
The broadcast caused a huge snowball effect, with £60,000 in donations coming in an hour after the interview on Monday April 13, and by the end of the day Sir Tom had raised £1.5million, three times his target.
Hannah then accompanied her father through a whirlwind of interviews on BBC Breakfast, in dozens of national newspapers and with Michael Ball on BBC Radio Two (pictured)
By April 17, Sir Tom's Just Giving page had hit £20million, 40 times his £500,000 target which he had originally set at £1,000 before receiving a hugely positive reaction
Hannah then accompanied her father through a whirlwind of interviews on BBC Breakfast, in dozens of national newspapers and with Michael Ball on BBC Radio Two.
By Friday the total had increased 13-fold to £20million, with Just Giving reporting a surge in activity on the site and they attempted to keep up with donations.
Sir Tom was approached with a stream of interview offers and opportunities, with everyone from the England Cricket Team to British Airways wanting to speak to him.
He was honoured on the cover of GQ as their 'Inspiration of the Year', a knighthood and his own autobiography, Tomorrow Will Be A Good Day.
Sir Tom and his daughter Hannah celebrated his 100th birthday with an RAF flypast provided by a Spitfire and a Hurricane over his home on April 30
With the page not accepting anymore donations, supporters turned their attention to Sir Tom, with over 120,000 cards being sent to his home to mark his 100th birthday, along with thousands of presents.
By his 100th birthday he had broken the world record for fundraising, with the total amount donated confirmed as £33million the following day as his fundraising page closed.
But the humble West Yorkshireman had already been left 'completely overwhelmed' by the generosity to his campaign, and asked people not to give to him as he was not seeking any reward.
Thanking well-wishers, he added: 'I am very comfortable and have everything I need. Covid-19 has left so many without, so please donate to those in need. Thank you.'
Captain Sir Tom Moore dies aged 100 after battle with coronavirus
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The Local Plan
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Brown not Green
Surge of objections as over 700 residents say NO to Mayor's plan for new town in North Beds
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Over 700 residents have expressed shock over plans to build thousands of new houses to the north of Bedford. The proposals, slipped out quietly in the Mayor of Bedford's Local Plan on 2ndJanuary, would see the building of 4,500 houses by Lee Farm in Sharnbrook, generating thousands of extra car journeys every day.
The plans are being rushed through at a meeting of Bedford Borough Council's Executive next Wednesday (10th January), with many residents complaining that they have not been properly consulted.
Posting on the Keep North Beds Green Facebook page, Bill Welsh said:
"Consultation with local people is a sham. The Green Belt, which the Conservatives promised to defend, is being wrecked. The damage to the countryside is irreparable. It is a disaster."
Another resident, Eileen Ferguson Smith, commented: "I can't begin to imagine how much more difficult it would be to get into Bedford if this went ahead."
Since its launch three weeks ago, Keep North Beds Green has received an outpouring of support from the local community – with over 700 residents registering their opposition to building on green land in North Beds via the campaign website.
Speaking on behalf of the Keep North Beds Green campaign, Baroness Young of Old Scone, who lives in North Bedfordshire, said:
"Not only does this plan involve concreting over hundreds of hectares of green-field countryside, but will add thousands of traffic movements everyday onto local roads which are already congested and simply blocked at peak hours.
"Keep North Beds Green recognises that more homes are needed, but they should be the right homes in the right place – on brownfield sites with good road and rail connections. There are better sites emerging in the South of the Borough with these transport links, but they haven't featured in the plan.
"A development of this magnitude, on open green land, will completely change the face of Bedford and its surrounding countryside. We urge all local residents to register support for our campaign before Bedford Borough Council's Executive makes its decision on 10th January."
Cllr Alison Foster, the Councillor for Harrold Ward (which comprises the villages of Harrold, Carlton, Odell, Podington, Wymington, Hinwick and Farndish) said:
"Building thousands of new houses in an area where infrastructure is already stretched shows a real short-sightedness from the Mayor.
The thousands of additional car journeys taking place during peak traffic periods every day will make a bad situation even worse. This is simply not the right plan for Bedford.
The recent National Infrastructure Commission report indicates that all such new development should be along the Oxford/Cambridge arc. The A6 is nowhere near the Oxford/Cambridge arc. Dave Hodgson has made a terrible error in pursuing development on green land to the north of Bedford over brownfield sites to the south."
Enquiries about the campaign should be directed to keepnorthbedsgreen@gmail.com
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CPRE Bedfordshire's Response to Bedford Borough Council's Local Plan Review Summer 2020
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The Curse Of La Llorona Trailer Is 2 Minutes Of Sheer Terror
Cheryl Eddy
Oct 19, 2018, 10:00pm
Linda Cardellini's character consults the God Squad. (Image: YouTube)
Video: We got a peek at The Curse of La Llorona at San Diego Comic-Con — and now everyone else can join us in our excited (yet petrified) anticipation with the arrival of the film's spooky first trailer. The movie is by first-time feature director Michael Chaves, who was just hired for a little movie called Conjuring 3.
As the title suggests, The Curse of La Llorona makes use of the horrifying "weeping woman" legend from Mexican folklore, which the film's press release explains thusly:
La Llorona. The Weeping Woman. A horrifying apparition, caught between Heaven and Hell, trapped in a terrible fate sealed by her own hand. The mere mention of her name has struck terror around the world for generations. In life, she drowned her children in a jealous rage, throwing herself in the churning river after them as she wept in pain. Now her tears are eternal. They are lethal, and those who hear her death call in the night are doomed. La Llorona creeps in the shadows and preys on the children, desperate to replace her own. As the centuries have passed, her desire has grown more voracious… and her methods more terrifying.
Did we mention this movie is produced by James "Welcome to my Conjuring multiverse, now you'll never sleep again" Wan? (Also producing: Gary Dauberman and Emile Gladstone.)
As you can see from the trailer below, The Curse of La Llorona is set in 1970s Los Angeles and stars Linda Cardellini and Patricia Velasquez (as well as Raymond Cruz, Marisol Ramirez, Sean Patrick Thomas, Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen and Roman Christou). Cardellini plays a social worker and single mum whose latest case ends in tragedy; it also introduces her to a lurking monster who is very much not "just a folktale". As you will soon see.
That's really more of a clip than a teaser, which actually works quite well considering how freaking tense that entire scene is. Kids, when mum says stay in the car... y'all better stay in the car!
The Curse of La Llorona is out in the US 19 April 2019. An Australian release date has not yet been announced.


I have often heard small business owners say that they are comfortable where they are, that they are not looking to increase business, not looking to expand, they are happy with their current income level and the amount of work that they have to do and that they don't have an interest in doing anything more than what they are currently doing. This quite honestly is a horrible attitude for any business owner to have, small, medium or large. The purpose of a business, including a small business is not to make you comfortable, its purpose is not to provide the owner with a paycheck so that he or she can live comfortably and do just enough to get to a comfortable point in life. That is not the purpose of a small business.
The purpose of all businesses are the same, whether that is a small mom and pop operation or fortune 500 company, the purpose is the same, it is consistent across all verticals, it's purpose is unwavering, and it is a simple one; the purpose of a business is to MAKE MONEY. That's it, nothing more, it exists to generate as profit. It doesn't matter if you have a DBA, are a sole proprietor, a corporation, or a publicly traded company, a business is its own entity, and has its own purpose, and that is to generate a profit. Whether your small business is providing a service, or selling a product, it has a life of its own, and it has a purpose of its own, and that purpose is to generate a profit, have a return on investment that is sensible and to continuously strive to improve its bottom line, and if you are running your small business any other way than you are doomed for failure. I say that because regardless of how successful your business is, regardless of how loyal your customers base is, a business cannot survive without constantly bringing in new clients, and continuously doing things to improve on the service and products, bringing in new services and products, because failing to do this is certain death for a business. You can only survive so long on the loyalty of existing customers, eventually a better deal will come along, customers no longer need what you are offering, they move out of the area, they lose jobs, whatever… your business needs to consistently strive to improve itself, it needs to consistently strive to bring in new clients and it needs to consistently strive to increase the bottom line, to make more money.
So at the end of the day if as a small business owner you are not motivated to do these things that your small business needs, if you are burned out, been doing this too long, whatever the reason is, it may be time for you to move on, let someone else take over, whatever works, but your business needs to be fed, it needs innovation, it needs new clients, it needs to attempt to outperform where it is currently, it needs to create new streams of revenue, it needs to continuously grow and without this it is doomed to die.
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The article mentions Enterprise Ireland few times. Another name which comes to my mind (read about them in tech blogs also) is Paddy's Valley, group of Irish business and technology people who are trying to build better ties between Silicon Valley and entrepreneurs here. Check their website for more information.


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DeMille's 'Radiant Angel': A thrill ride with a loose cannon
Nelson DeMille, whose new thriller is "Radiant Angel." Photo: Sandy DeMille
Radiant Angel
By Nelson DeMille
308 pages. $28.
Reviewed by Paul Davis
nolead ends In Radiant Angel, Nelson DeMille's latest thriller, John Corey targets the resurgent Russians, in a change of pace from the usual Middle Eastern terrorists. Corey, a tough, wisecracking, and irreverent retired NYPD homicide detective turned contract federal agent, has left the New York Anti-Terrorist Task Force for the Diplomatic Surveillance Group. He and his team are assigned to follow a Russian named Vasily Petrov, who is posing as a diplomat. Petrov is a colonel in the SVR, the Foreign Intelligence Service that took over espionage duties from the old KGB.
"Col. Petrov lives in a big high-rise in the upscale Riverside section of the Bronx," narrator Corey tells us. "The building, which we call the 'plex - short for complex - is owned and wholly occupied by the Russians who work at the U.N. and the Russian Consulate, and it is a nest of spies. The 'plex itself, located on a high hill, sprouts more antennas than a garbage can full of cockroaches."
Petrov is a special case. His father is a former KGB general who was once head of SMERSH, the assassination arm of Soviet intelligence. Following in his father's bloody footsteps, Petrov is a ruthless killer. He is suspected of murdering political enemies of Russian President Vladimir Putin and of running a mass-execution program of Chechen civilians suspected of aiding the rebels.
Next to Corey in his surveillance car is a young, attractive teammate named Tess Faraday. Corey feels Kate Mayfield - his wife and FBI partner in crime-fighting in previous thrillers - looking over his shoulder from her Washington office. As the partners sit and watch the Russians, Faraday peppers the older, more-experienced Corey with questions and pleas for advice. Corey has a good tip: Borrow money from fellow agents; that will give them incentive to keep you alive in a gun battle.
When Petrov and companions drive out to a party at the Long Island estate of a Russian billionaire, in violation of their diplomatic travel restrictions, Corey and his team follow.
DeMille, a former U.S. Army officer who saw combat in Vietnam, did extensive research on seaport security for this thriller; a threat to New York Harbor is key to the plot. Radiant Angel is fast-paced and exciting, with amusing commentary and sarcastic asides from Corey. He's a loose cannon. But as DeMille has said in interviews, sometimes, a loose cannon is the only way to win a battle.
Paul Davis' Crime Beat column and crime fiction are at www.pauldavisoncrime.com. Contact him at daviswrite@aol.com
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Charles Bukowski's Posthumous Poetry: As the Spirit Wanes, Shit Happens
By Abel Debritto
EDITING POETRY is not a big deal. It happens all the time. But there are regular edits and then there are outrageous edits. There have been quite a few notorious cases of work-changing edits over the years, most notably Maxwell Perkins editing F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and Thomas Wolfe, and Gordon Lish editing Raymond Carver. Both would unceremoniously rewrite, cut, and trash entire passages. Some argue it was for the best, some say the original work was stronger. As always, beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
Out of the 23 poetry collections put together by Bukowski's longtime editor John Martin, 11 came out while Bukowski was alive and 12 appeared posthumously. The latter 10 posthumous collections, beginning with What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through the Fire (1999) and ending with The Continual Condition (2009), were heavily edited. Collectively, they feature almost 1,600 poems, in which, I believe, Bukowski's original beauty is simply gone.
Much like a seasoned photographer, Bukowski had an acute eye for capturing reality as is, showing things almost without comment in his poetry. Matter-of-fact storytelling was one of his fortes. He also had this uncanny ability to turn mundane, ordinary events into something extraordinary with astounding simplicity — legions of fans have failed at mimicking his apparently artless style. His lines are, for the most part, clear and all too direct, occasionally tinged with lyricism; his words are raw, crude, uncompromising, often touched by humor.
Unafraid, he talked about anything and everything, as if taboo and fear were not part of his vocabulary. Smiling, he unleashed all kinds of hell on the blank page. He deliberately came up with this tough guy image, this Dirty Old Man persona that attracted and repulsed readers equally. Some people were appalled by his seeming obscenity and coarseness, while others embraced his openness and unswerving will to fight the Establishment with his typewriter. Having little time for double standards, Bukowski punched readers in the gut, hit them hard with his trademark uppercuts, making them feel each and every word on the page, spare and simple as they were.
Words did matter to Bukowski, who always said that writing kept him from committing suicide or being locked away in the madhouse. Writing was his crutch, his incurable disease. While drinking the "blood of the gods" and listening to classical music, he wrote furiously almost every day. He was sick with the Word, and the changes made to his poems posthumously robbed his poetry of his natural beauty.
Let's consider the following poem: first titled "right rear" in Bukowski's original February 13, 1993 manuscript, it was later collected as "born again" in The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain (2003).
[Click here to see poem comparison]
A quick glance reveals that the first three lines are gone as is the last stanza. This is especially egregious because Bukowski looked up to Ezra Pound, wrote many great lines and poems about him over the years, and never willingly removed a single reference to Pound in his poetry. Doing so, as any Bukowski fan will know, makes no sense at all.
Only three lines of the poem remain unchanged, but what makes the collected version so hard to stomach is the final stanza. What Bukowski says quite simply in three lines — like a snapshot in time — is replaced by an attempt at explaining what Bukowski didn't want to explain.
In addition, Bukowski never used the word "reluctantly" in his poetry. Not even once. According to my Bukowski databases — with some 5,800 pages of fully digitized original manuscripts and 3,000 pages of poems published in little magazines plus all the books put out by Black Sparrow Press and Ecco — a search for the word "reluctant" returns only four entries out of the roughly 700,000 words that make up all the BSP/Ecco books:
Upon close inspection, "reluctant[ly]" appears only in posthumous collections. Clicking on one of the "reluctant" entries, we can read in the poem "iron," published in Sifting Through the Madness For the Word, the Line, the Way, a line about "muscles reluctantly responding," while the original manuscript for the same poem simply says "muscles respond." The same happens in the other posthumous instances. The word never appears in the unpublished and uncollected poems I have on file, either.
Let's consider yet another example. The poem "stone tiger, frozen sea," dated July 9, 1992, in Bukowski's original manuscript, was first published in the little magazine Hype in late 1992 without a single change, and it was eventually collected as "like a dolphin" in Sifting Through the Madness with significant changes.
Only two lines remain unchanged. This is especially upsetting because the poem was used to close Sifting Through the Madness, and all previous collections were graced by a strong closing poem that readers saw as the icing on the cake. The title itself is eyebrow-raising. Bukowski was not a dolphin kind of guy: in his poetry, we find dying mockingbirds in the mouth of a cat, flies trapped in spider webs, cockroaches and snails climbing walls, but leaping dolphins? A quick search in my databases tells me that the word "dolphin" appears only twice in all the BSP/Ecco books, both times posthumously: in a poem titled "guru," the "jellyfish" that appears in the original manuscript is replaced by "dolphins" in the posthumous version. The only time Bukowski actually used the word "dolphin" was rather mockingly in a poem titled "we get along."
The "lost childhood" image that is tacked on in the posthumous version is nowhere to be found in Bukowski's actual poetry. In his work and interviews, Bukowski talked about his "rotten childhood" and "a twisted childhood [that] fucked [him] up" but never of a "lost childhood." This unbukowskian image appears only twice in all the BSP/Ecco books and, again, both times posthumously. In a poem titled "explosion," the original manuscript's "Europe reaches out…," is replaced by "my lost childhood reaches out…" It's true that the original ending lines of this poem were perhaps not that stellar to begin with. It's quite possible that Bukowski, in his old age, felt there was nothing else to say. As simple as that. The version most readers saw, however, used an embarrassingly trite image to end the poem — and the book.
I'm not cherry-picking here: the researcher in me would like to go on and on, showing hundreds of startling changes, the edits made to Bukowski's poetry once he was gone. I can't help but thinking of "bayonets in candlelight," which runs for 98 strong lines in the original manuscript, and 31 heavily edited lines in the posthumous version printed in The Continual Condition, but I believe the two instances above should be enough to illustrate the extent of the changes that were made to virtually all the poems published posthumously.
Contrary to popular belief, Martin did edit Bukowski's work when he was alive. When Martin published Bukowski's first novel, Post Office, in 1971, Bukowski knew it had been heavily edited and almost cut in half. But other than refusing to have a glossary at the end of the book, he didn't complain. His attitude changed when he received the first edition of his third novel, Women, in 1978. There were so many nonsensical edits that he requested Martin restore the original text and asked his German translator not to translate Women until he received the unedited version. Both complied, and the unaltered edition of Women was soon published. However, Bukowski never complained about the changes made to his poetry during his lifetime. Those edits were minor, and many of them were made by Bukowski himself, who rewrote his poetry more often than is commonly thought.
After Bukowski died, things went downhill. The edits were no longer minor. Some people believe Bukowski deliberately reworked his poetry and put it aside to be published posthumously. This is simply not true: he was a prolific writer, too busy writing new material all the time. As I have noted elsewhere, Martin was entirely responsible for selecting and editing Bukowski's poetry, including the posthumous collections.
This poses a most pressing question: who made all those changes? I have personally seen all Bukowski manuscripts, typescripts, and notebooks in libraries and in private collections — a few Bukowski collectors hold up to several hundred manuscript poems. Some of those poems do have edits by Bukowski himself — usually dropping weak lines and words and correcting spelling — but I can safely say that large changes like the ones that appear in the posthumous collections were not made by Bukowski himself. For the most part, Bukowski ran away from ludicrous platitudes, overblown imagery, and beside-the-point clarifications. His poetry was clear enough as it was; changing it to explain what Bukowski meant made it pedestrian at best.
When asked about this, Martin didn't hesitate:
Bukowski could write a poem, send it out where it might or might not be accepted, put his copy of the poem in a pile, and then come back to that poem 4-5 years later. At that time he might scrap half the poem and rewrite the remaining portion into a new poem. Or perhaps revise it. Or he might (or might not) give it a new title. This creates an impenetrable maze.
But the examples above point in an altogether different direction. On another occasion, Martin said that sometimes his secretary at BSP was so bored typing things up that she would "throw things in."
Bored secretary or not, it's a moot point now. Pointing fingers won't change anything. All I can say is that the countless changes that mar the almost 1,600 poems published posthumously were not made by Bukowski. All is not lost, however. Unabridged editions of the posthumous collections, restoring Bukowski's genuine voice and style, will hopefully appear before long. Storm for the Living and the Dead, available now from Ecco, is the first all-new poetry collection in 25 years to print Bukowski's work without alterations. It is the first step in this necessary direction.
I would like to express my most sincere gratitude to Linda Bukowski for the many conversations we had on the posthumous edits over the years. She was the first person to openly condemn those edits, hoping to eventually right that wrong. Setting the record straight is never easy, and without her zeal and enthusiasm I don't think I would have been able to write this piece.
Thanks, too, to Michael Phillips for tirelessly bringing this issue to the public eye.
Abel Debritto is the author of Charles Bukowski, King of the Underground, and he has edited On Writing, On Cats, On Love, Essential Bukowski, and Storm for the Living and the Dead for Ecco. He's currently working on two new Bukowski projects.
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Twenty-four-year-old Anwan Wesley of East Liberty is about to publish Fatherhood magazine -- with some emphasis on the hood. He is an unmarried father of two sons, ages 6 and 1 ½, and a student in business administration at Duff's Business Institute. The first issue is planned for the second week in February.
When I was having my second son, going to doctor's appointments. I was looking around for some literature to read for myself. I couldn't find some for men, period. I decided then I was going to do it myself.
What makes you believe you can give good advice?
I have countless nephews and nieces I have taken care of. I've run after-school programs [for] ages 5 through 17 -- Operation Nehemiah in the East Hills. I did pre-school teaching at UPMC Matilda Theiss [Health Center in Oakland]. I've worked with special-needs kids, ages 6 months to 5 years, and run a summer arts camp through Petra International Ministries in East Hills for kids 7 to 14. I also work with the Mount Ararat Baptist Church in Larimer in their mentor program for Reizenstein Middle School.
Fatherhood, your brochure says, is especially for "young, minority and expecting" fathers. What's particularly important for these fathers to know?
These young fathers grew up with absent fathers, without any examples. They're just winging it. They really don't know how to ask for help. We will focus on the racism issue because it is relevant. America is real diverse: When you're raising the child, you want his mind to be diverse also. It's important for the minorities to notice it's OK to associate with different races and religions. There's so many things you need to prepare for -- clothing, doctor's appointments, talking to the baby, just so many things the average man doesn't know. One of the things is being present, so the baby knows who you are.
You don't have custody of your sons. Are there special child-rearing issues there?
As long as I am doing my part, having my hand in raising them, there's no problems with them. I have good women behind me. They're strong women, great mothers. They know that I'll always be there for them. We're adults and we try to act like it. We don't expose them to anything negative.
Is a magazine the best aid for fathers?
A class isn't going to do it. They need to see something in writing. They need to see somebody in action. They want to feel like they're not alone.
What articles are planned for the first issue?
We're going to be talking about what a father means, your health and your kids, helping your spouse with [her] pregnancy. We'll be giving legal advice, some inspiration. We'll definitely go into parental rights for fathers, grooming tips for men and their children, and quality-time tips, and also crib and fire safety. We'll also give book reviews and age-appropriate books and activities. We have a music section. We'll definitely have a write-up on the Steelers and all the hometown sports. I have an interview with my brother, Ahmad Wesley, because he's a young father like myself and we are both doing our part, getting involved in the community. He's a supervisor at the YMCA in Homewood; he supervises [at] the Brightside Academies. He has a daughter with disabilities, going through some things. ... That's what the fathers need to know -- that somebody cares about [his] children. He's doing the right thing.
Some people would say doing the right thing would be marrying one of your kids' mothers.
I would hope to marry for love, not for children. You don't want to have them seeing you with a woman you don't truly love. Half of the marriages in the U.S. end up in divorce anyway. You're better off making it work out.
And you've never been to court to establish official custody or support payments?
Dragging me through the court system is not going to do for my child what I'm doing. In fact it's going to drive people away. Every relationship can't be like mine. I'm definitely fortunate. I grew up in a home with my dad part of the time, so I know how married people act with the kids. It doesn't matter if you're married or single; we all go through the same thing. Being a single father, I get that one-on-one time with my kids. I believe it helps more. I believe I understand more and he can open up more. As a child gets older, he gets more independent and keeps more to himself. We're going to give some strategies for helping the parents understand their child more. The times are changing, and we have to change our parenting style.


Look out there's another glitch that has been discovered in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Peep the exploit inside.
Pen Ninja has posted a video explaining the Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 dead character snapback glitch. The video describes what is happening on the screen and how to make it work. With a glitch like this, expect some of the fighting game community's finest to find ways to capitalize.


Fatorda (Goa): Delhi Dynamos FC secured their second win of this year's Indian Super League (ISL) with a 2-0 triumph against FC Goa at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Sunday evening.
Both goals came in the second half, following the introduction of Marcelinho. The winger scored first in the 72nd minute before setting up Richard Gadze four minutes later for a comfortably victory against last season's runners-up.
Goa came desperately close to taking the lead in the fifth minute after Rafael Coelho went in, but Toni Doblas just managed to get his finger-tips on the Brazilian's attempted chip, which was still heading towards the goal until Anas Edathodika headed heroically off the line to concede a corner.
Julio Cesar was next to try his luck for Goa after a delightful pass by Coelho found him in a good position. He dragged his shot wide and failed to test Doblas this time around.
Delhi had three quick attempts on the goal soon after through Gadze. The Ghanaian's first two shots were blocked by the Goa defence, while his third effort was safely collected by goalkeeper Subhasish Roy Chowdhury.
Mandar Rao Dessai came closest to breaking the deadlock in 26th minute when a thunderous left-footed shot from distance nearly took the paint off the post.
Gadze had another shot on goal three minutes later after Florent Malouda set him up. This time, the 22-year-old missed the target to Delhi's despair.
Delhi's last chance of the half also fell to Gadze. The Ghanaian drove at the defence before forcing Chowdhury into a save.
Romeo Fernandes had Goa's last shot of the half, which required Doblas' intervention to keep it 0-0 at half-time.
It was a slow start to the second period with the first shot of the half coming in the 56th minute through Bruno Pelissari, whose effort from range was straight down Chowdhury's throat.
Cesar flicked on a Dessai cross from the left into a dangerous area two minutes later.
A desperate stretch by Luciano Sobrosa wasn't enough to meet the 36-year-old's flick-on, however, as the ball trickled across the face of the six-yard box and went behind for a goal-kick.
Marcelinho came off the bench for Delhi shortly after the hour mark and made his presence felt immediately with two quick attempts.
Sobrosa then had a cheeky effort on goal tipped over the bar by Doblas in the 66th minute.
The opening goal came six minutes later after some individual brilliance by Marcelinho. Delhi's super-sub expertly controlled a long ball from Doblas before gliding past Goa's defenders and unleashing a venomous shot into the back of the net.
Delhi sealed the result in the 76th minute after Marcelinho headed a Malouda cross that found him at the far post towards Gadze, who was on the edge of the six-yard box.
This time the Ghanaian striker made no mistake as he buried the ball into the bottom corner to give the Dynamos a two-goal cushion.
Delhi kept their shape and possession well in the final 10 minutes to run down the clock as Goa struggled to get on the goal.


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National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Launches Foal Patrol
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will launch an innovative new project called Foal Patrol, a one-of-a-kind collection of live web cameras where people can view real-time streams of several in-foal mares during their pregnancy through the actual foaling. The live camera feeds will be available beginning Dec. 19 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST daily with extended hours as the expected foaling date approaches.
The live cameras can be accessed for free by visiting www.foalpatrol.com. The website is optimized for viewing across all media platforms, including tablets and smart phones.
"We are delighted to be the first to offer this one-of-a-kind program that will build new fans and strengthen insights for racing enthusiasts," said Cathy Marino, the Museum's director. "We are so thankful for the creative mind and generous heart of our president, John Hendrickson, who brought the Museum this opportunity. In addition to creating the concept of Foal Patrol, Mr. Hendrickson and his wife, renowned philanthropist and thoroughbred owner Marylou Whitney, are underwriting most of the project."
"I am thrilled that Foal Patrol has become a reality. New fans, racing enthusiasts and young people will have their own virtual stable at their fingertips," Hendrickson said. "They will get to know these magnificent athletes up close and personal and be an integral part of their lives through foaling and far beyond. One of my most-appreciated experiences is to be at Whitney Farm in Kentucky witnessing the foaling process. I truly believe, once you see a foal born, you will never be the same. I want everyone to feel ownership in this wonderful sport, with the magnificent beauty and tranquility of the farms as the backdrop. Foal Patrol will enable everyone to have unprecedented insight into a thoroughbred's life and allow the followers to learn while having fun."
Foal Patrol will debut with five mares: Sabbatical at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky. (in foal to War Front with an expected foaling date of Jan. 28, 2018); Stopchargingmaria at Three Chimneys Farm in Versailles, Ky. (in foal to Pioneerof the Nile with an expected foaling date of Feb. 2, 2018); Centre Court at Shawnee Farm in Harrodsburg, Ky. (in foal to Medaglia d'Oro with an expected foaling date of Feb. 19, 2018); La Verdad at Edition Farm in Hyde Park, N.Y. (in foal to Tapit with an expected foaling date of March 15, 2018); and Memento d'Oro at Old Tavern Farm in Saratoga Springs (in foal to Bodemeister with an expected foaling date of March 31, 2018).
Three additional mares are scheduled to be added to the Foal Patrol roster in March 2018: Via Veneto at Double Diamond Farm in Ocala, Fla. (in foal to Bodemeister with an expected foaling date of April 25, 2018); Bird Town at Gainesway Farm in Lexington, Ky. (in foal to Empire Maker with an expected foaling date of April 26, 2018); and Arravale at Chanteclair Farm in Versailles, Ky. (in foal to American Pharoah with an expected foaling date of May 24, 2018).
Foal Patrol will provide viewers with unprecedented access to what daily life for a mare in foal is like. Each individual mare page will feature updates on the horse and extensive educational content, including information on breeding, nutrition, information about the stallion the mare was bred to and fun facts. There will also be a comprehensive background of each mare that includes its racing history, video and image galleries. Regular blogging, video content and audio interviews will keep fans of the horses updated on daily activities. Following the foaling, there will be updates on the development of the foal.
Fans following Foal Patrol can sign up for various contests, including opportunities to name some of the foals once they are born. There will be several prize packages announced throughout the duration of Foal Patrol that will feature unique racing experience packages. Whitney and Hendrickson have donated their box seats for the 2018 Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks as the grand prize. The box seats six and is located at the finish line at Churchill Downs.
People can also sign up for alerts when there is notable activity involving the mares such as new blog postings or when the mare is close to the foaling date. Countdown clocks for each mare's expected foaling date will be included throughout the site.
"The development of Foal Patrol has been a collaborative effort within the racing industry. Everybody in the game is invested in it and wants to see it succeed and grow," Hendrickson said. "The Museum has been fortunate to work with the talented teams at The Jockey Club, Keeneland Broadcast Services and Fingerpaint Marketing in this effort to bring Foal Patrol from concept to reality. We'd also like to thank all the owners and farms that are supporting this project and granting us such unprecedented access to these special horses. We are most grateful to everyone for their enthusiastic support of this initiative."
Denis Blake2017-12-19T19:21:45+00:00
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