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$420,001 in Regional Grants Scheme funding for Wagin electorate
$420,001 in Regional Grants Scheme…
Three projects in the Wagin electorate will share in $420,001 through the State Government's Regional Grants Scheme (RGS).
The Great Southern Development Commission (GSDC) announced the grant recipients of the electorate's RGS on Friday, made possible by Royalties for Regions (RfR).
Member for Wagin Terry Waldron MLA said the RGS provided one-off grants to community, public and not-for-profit groups to enhance and develop regional infrastructure and services.
"I'm pleased that three worthy local projects have been identified to share in $420,001 in funding during this round of the scheme," Mr Waldron said.
"The RGS-funded projects will benefit the localities of Cranbrook, Katanning and Bremer Bay and I congratulate the recipients on their successful applications."
Mr Waldron said the scheme provided grants of between $50,001 and $300,000 to support region-specific projects that were driven by local communities.
"The RGS is an RfR-funded initiative that aims to improve economic and community infrastructure and services across regional Western Australia," he said.
Nationals WA candidate for Roe and former GSDC Chair Peter Rundle said the RGS played an important role in assisting to attract investment and improve quality of life in the regions.
"This funding will support dedicated community organisations to make the Great Southern region a better place to live and will contribute towards the region's sustainability," Mr Rundle said.
"It's thanks to Royalties for Regions continuing to invest in a diverse ranges of projects like these that the Great Southern region's liveability is continuing to be enhanced."
The State Government, through the RfR program, will invest $10 million into the Regional Grants Scheme for the 2016-17 financial year. Local project information is listed below –
Shire of Jerramungup
Bremer Bay Airfield Cross Runway and Water Bomber turnaround – design and construct
Katanning Country Club
Katanning Country Club Redevelopment – Stage 1
Shire of Cranbrook
Cranbrook Regional Motocross Facility – Stage 1
Please contact the GSDC for more information on (08) 98 42 4888.
For media enquiries contact Terry Waldron on 9881 1225 or email terry.waldron@mp.wa.gov.au or Peter Rundle on M: 0418 959 810 or E: peter.rundle@nationalswa.com
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Q: Start PySpark in Jupyter notebook on EMR 6.5 I am trying to start a pyspark job using Amazon EMR Jupyter hub feature, as follow:

And with following code:
from pyspark import SparkSession

spark = SparkSession \
    .builder \
    .appName("My App") \
    .getOrCreate()

But at the end, I always got:
The code failed because of a fatal error:
    Session 0 unexpectedly reached final status 'dead'. See logs:
stdout:

stderr:
SLF4J: Class path contains multiple SLF4J bindings.
SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/usr/lib/spark/jars/slf4j-log4j12-1.7.30.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/usr/share/aws/emr/emrfs/lib/slf4j-log4j12-1.7.12.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/usr/share/aws/redshift/jdbc/redshift-jdbc42-1.2.37.1061.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#multiple_bindings for an explanation.
SLF4J: Actual binding is of type [org.slf4j.impl.Log4jLoggerFactory]
WARNING: An illegal reflective access operation has occurred
WARNING: Illegal reflective access by org.apache.spark.unsafe.Platform (file:/usr/lib/spark/jars/spark-unsafe_2.12-3.1.2-amzn-1.jar) to constructor java.nio.DirectByteBuffer(long,int)
WARNING: Please consider reporting this to the maintainers of org.apache.spark.unsafe.Platform
WARNING: Use --illegal-access=warn to enable warnings of further illegal reflective access operations
WARNING: All illegal access operations will be denied in a future release
22/05/04 13:21:11 INFO RSCDriver: Connecting to: ip-10-42-255-42.eu-west-1.compute.internal:10000
22/05/04 13:21:11 INFO RSCDriver: Starting RPC server...
22/05/04 13:21:11 INFO RpcServer: Connected to the port 10001
22/05/04 13:21:11 WARN RSCConf: Your hostname, ip-10-42-255-42.eu-west-1.compute.internal, resolves to a loopback address, but we couldn't find any external IP address!
22/05/04 13:21:11 WARN RSCConf: Set livy.rsc.rpc.server.address if you need to bind to another address.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError: Inconsistent constant pool data in classfile for class org/apache/livy/shaded/json4s/DefaultFormats. Method 'java.text.SimpleDateFormat $anonfun$df$1(org.apache.livy.shaded.json4s.DefaultFormats)' at index 156 is CONSTANT_MethodRef and should be CONSTANT_InterfaceMethodRef
    at org.apache.livy.shaded.json4s.DefaultFormats.$init$(Formats.scala:318)
    at org.apache.livy.shaded.json4s.DefaultFormats$.<init>(Formats.scala:296)
    at org.apache.livy.shaded.json4s.DefaultFormats$.<clinit>(Formats.scala)
    at org.apache.livy.repl.Session.<init>(Session.scala:66)
    at org.apache.livy.repl.ReplDriver.initializeSparkEntries(ReplDriver.scala:43)
    at org.apache.livy.rsc.driver.RSCDriver.run(RSCDriver.java:337)
    at org.apache.livy.rsc.driver.RSCDriverBootstrapper.main(RSCDriverBootstrapper.java:93)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
    at org.apache.spark.deploy.JavaMainApplication.start(SparkApplication.scala:52)
    at org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit.org$apache$spark$deploy$SparkSubmit$$runMain(SparkSubmit.scala:959)
    at org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit.doRunMain$1(SparkSubmit.scala:180)
    at org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit.submit(SparkSubmit.scala:203)
    at org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit.doSubmit(SparkSubmit.scala:90)
    at org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit$$anon$2.doSubmit(SparkSubmit.scala:1047)
    at org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit$.main(SparkSubmit.scala:1056)
    at org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit.main(SparkSubmit.scala)
22/05/04 13:21:11 INFO ShutdownHookManager: Shutdown hook called
22/05/04 13:21:11 INFO ShutdownHookManager: Deleting directory /mnt/tmp/spark-2804f6ee-21f1-4773-98dc-8b3e3bd1924a

Seems the livy version is clahing with the livy version embedded with the apache shaded jar, so I tried to override the jar using a fat jar that contains all the spark jar I'm used to use, and use the following config to import it:
%%configure -f
{
    "conf": {
        "spark.jars": "s3://mybucket/myfatjar.jar"
    }
}

But without any effect.

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Agriculture & Food | 10 September 2008
Meat is sacred?
The chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change did the unthinkable this week.
Rajendra Pachauri suggested people scale back on their consumption of meat, in part by eliminating it from their diet for one day a week. Pachauri's logic was that nearly 20 percent of greenhouse emissions are caused by meat production, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization.
But a firestorm has erupted in response, with London's mayor calling the suggestion "bull" and saying "the whole proposition is so irritating that I am almost minded to eat more meat in response."
A column in the Sydney Morning Herald declares: "Not content with raising the cost of everything, terrifying small children and ruining the fun of driving, the gloom merchants of global warming now want us to stop eating meat to save the planet."
And an editorial in Mumbai's Daily News & Analysis sarcastically calls the recommendation "a new rule to abide by, for the virtuous earthling," comparing it to a forthcoming big-brother style ban on smoking in public places.
What does this fierce opposition tell us about people's desire to halt climate change? It turns out you can suggest people dump their gas-guzzling cars in favor of public transportation, but people's diets are off limits.
The opposition isn't a surprise, considering similar calls for reduced meat consumption by the working class were ill-received in the late 1800s and early 1900s, said Melanie DuPuis, a professor at the University of California-Santa Cruz who specializes in the sociology of food.
"Your choice of what you eat can be considered sacred to people, and when somebody suggests you change your food habits, they're really kind of attacking your identity," DuPuis said. "As any food anthropologist or sociologist would tell you, food and identity are very much tied together."
DuPuis noted that people choose certain foods for social or cultural reasons, for comfort, or for personal preference. By eating something, a person incorporates it into his body, which makes it "the closest thing in the world to a symbol of who you are," she said.
Pachauri, a vegetarian, made the suggestion in London on Monday, noting he wasn't in favor of mandating a reduced-meat diet.
"But if there were a (global) price on carbon, perhaps the price of meat would go up and people would eat less," he said. "If we're honest, less meat is also good for the health, and would at the same time reduce emissions of greenhouse gases."
To be fair, The Times of India came out in favor of the proposition, asking "why not take up his suggestion?" if it can help the environment and a person's health.
And DuPuis said there are segments of the population who have become vegetarians for environmental reasons.
"But people don't necessarily make their food decisions based on the abstract terms like 'I'm going to give up steak for the sake of the polar bears'. There's a lot of steps between those two decisions," she said.
"Anyone that thinks declaring meat is something we should do without is going to get this kind of reaction because they're not paying attention to the reasons why people choose to eat what they eat."
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"""Upgrader for Python scripts from 1.* TensorFlow to 2.0 TensorFlow."""

from __future__ import absolute_import
from __future__ import division
from __future__ import print_function

import argparse
import functools

from tensorflow.tools.compatibility import ast_edits
from tensorflow.tools.compatibility import renames_v2

class TFAPIChangeSpec(ast_edits.APIChangeSpec):
  """List of maps that describe what changed in the API."""

  def __init__(self):
    # Maps from a function name to a dictionary that describes how to
    # map from an old argument keyword to the new argument keyword.
    self.function_keyword_renames = {}

    # Mapping from function to the new name of the function
    self.function_renames = renames_v2.renames

    # Variables that should be changed to functions.
    self.change_to_function = {}

    # Functions that were reordered should be changed to the new keyword args
    # for safety, if positional arguments are used. If you have reversed the
    # positional arguments yourself, this could do the wrong thing.
    self.function_reorders = {}

    # Specially handled functions.
    self.function_handle = {}
    for decay in ["tf.train.exponential_decay", "tf.train.piecewise_constant",
                  "tf.train.polynomial_decay", "tf.train.natural_exp_decay",
                  "tf.train.inverse_time_decay", "tf.train.cosine_decay",
                  "tf.train.cosine_decay_restarts",
                  "tf.train.linear_cosine_decay",
                  "tf.train.noisy_linear_cosine_decay"]:
      self.function_handle[decay] = functools.partial(
          self._learning_rate_decay_handler, decay_name=decay)

  @staticmethod
  def _learning_rate_decay_handler(file_edit_recorder, node, decay_name):
    comment = ("ERROR: %s has been changed to return a callable instead of a "
               "tensor when graph building, but its functionality remains "
               "unchanged during eager execution (returns a callable like "
               "before). The converter cannot detect and fix this reliably, so "
               "you need to inspect this usage manually.\n") % decay_name
    file_edit_recorder.add(
        comment,
        node.lineno,
        node.col_offset,
        decay_name,
        decay_name,
        error="%s requires manual check." % decay_name)

if __name__ == "__main__":
  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
      formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
      description="""Convert a TensorFlow Python file to 2.0

Simple usage:
  tf_convert_v2.py --infile foo.py --outfile bar.py
  tf_convert_v2.py --intree ~/code/old --outtree ~/code/new
""")
  parser.add_argument(
      "--infile",
      dest="input_file",
      help="If converting a single file, the name of the file "
      "to convert")
  parser.add_argument(
      "--outfile",
      dest="output_file",
      help="If converting a single file, the output filename.")
  parser.add_argument(
      "--intree",
      dest="input_tree",
      help="If converting a whole tree of files, the directory "
      "to read from (relative or absolute).")
  parser.add_argument(
      "--outtree",
      dest="output_tree",
      help="If converting a whole tree of files, the output "
      "directory (relative or absolute).")
  parser.add_argument(
      "--copyotherfiles",
      dest="copy_other_files",
      help=("If converting a whole tree of files, whether to "
            "copy the other files."),
      type=bool,
      default=False)
  parser.add_argument(
      "--reportfile",
      dest="report_filename",
      help=("The name of the file where the report log is "
            "stored."
            "(default: %(default)s)"),
      default="report.txt")
  args = parser.parse_args()

  upgrade = ast_edits.ASTCodeUpgrader(TFAPIChangeSpec())
  report_text = None
  report_filename = args.report_filename
  files_processed = 0
  if args.input_file:
    if not args.output_file:
      raise ValueError(
          "--outfile=<output file> argument is required when converting a "
          "single file.")
    files_processed, report_text, errors = upgrade.process_file(
        args.input_file, args.output_file)
    files_processed = 1
  elif args.input_tree:
    if not args.output_tree:
      raise ValueError(
          "--outtree=<output directory> argument is required when converting a "
          "file tree.")
    files_processed, report_text, errors = upgrade.process_tree(
        args.input_tree, args.output_tree, args.copy_other_files)
  else:
    parser.print_help()
  if report_text:
    open(report_filename, "w").write(report_text)
    print("TensorFlow 2.0 Upgrade Script")
    print("-----------------------------")
    print("Converted %d files\n" % files_processed)
    print("Detected %d errors that require attention" % len(errors))
    print("-" * 80)
    print("\n".join(errors))
    print("\nMake sure to read the detailed log %r\n" % report_filename)

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The magic of Christmas comes to the Greek National Theatre as the Marika Kotopouli Stage at the Rex Theatre extends a festive embrace to the whole family.
Share in all the joy and excitement of Yuletide in a thrilling musical version of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol by the dynamic young director Giannis Moschos, who invites us into the world of dreams and the imagination, revealing the true meaning of Christmas!
Dickens's most famous creation, Ebenezer Scrooge, is the most iconic miser in modern Western culture, and his trials and tribulations are brought to life on the stage of the Rex Theatre in a unique spectacle that will capture the hearts of young and old alike – especially those who are still able to see the world through the innocent eyes of a child.
Scrooge believes in discipline and hard work and disapproves of Christmas. But this year he has to re-evaluate his life and the people around him when forced to confront his past, present and future by three ghostly apparitions. Will the hard-hearted Scrooge be moved by the holiday spirit? And if he is, then who can possibly resist it?


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package org.apache.shardingsphere.test.sql.parser.parameterized.jaxb.cases.domain.statement.distsql.rdl.create;

import lombok.Getter;
import lombok.Setter;
import org.apache.shardingsphere.test.sql.parser.parameterized.jaxb.cases.domain.statement.SQLParserTestCase;

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAttribute;

/**
 * Create default shadow algorithm statement test case.
 */
@Getter
@Setter
public final class CreateDefaultShadowAlgorithmStatementTestCase extends SQLParserTestCase {

    @XmlAttribute(name = "algorithm")
    private String algorithmName;
}


This dazzling Parallel Arc Diamond Channel Ring ring has an infinitely modern design and is squared with slightly arced sides. Parallel sides and an open channel nestle a diamond baguette approximately .13 pts. Shown here in white gold with a brushed finish.
Categories: Bridal, Engagement Rings, Wedding Bands, Collections, Streamline, Women's, Rings.
Tags: arc, baguette, bridal, diamond, engagement, gold, pink, platinum, ring, rose, solitaire, stackable ring, Streamline, wedding, white, women's, yellow.


Korean Air, the second largest 747 operator in the world, yesterday ordered five 747-8Is, making it the second passenger airline to order the type. Korean Air had previously ordered five 747-8Fs and two options. A delivery date was not announced, but Boeing acknowledged that the first delivery of the passenger version would be in late 2011.
Korean Air CEO Cho Yang-ho was recently interviewed by Airline Business. In this interview, he discusses how Korean Air is adapting to the weak won, continuing to expand and order new aircraft, returning to the Asian value of long-term vision, and above all, not panicking.
Korean Air was recently featured in this article by Air Transport World, focusing on the airline's current financial concerns, its aerospace manufacturing, international connecting passengers, and rise to the top of the cargo world.
Korean Air celebrated its 40th anniversary on 1 March, commemorating the airline's takeover from the national government by the Hanjin Transport Group. The company was originally founded in 1962 to replace the prior state-run airline. Over the last four decades, Korean Air has grown from a fleet of eight serving 700,000 passengers annually among eleven destinations to a fleet of 130 carrying 21 million passengers to 116 cities.
Korean Air ordered six additional A330-200s today, which will be used for expansion rather than replacing its fleet of A300s. The aircraft will be delivered between 2010 and 2013. The airline already has three A330-200s and sixteen A330-300s.


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Humanist Society Singapore's light-hearted response to the Disney Christmas decorations on Orchard Road
Source : Your Singapore.
In a cheeky response to unfolding reactions about the Disney-themed Christmas decorations on Orchard Road and the subsequent letter of concern from the National Council of Churches (NCC) to the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), the Humanist Society of Singapore (HSS) released a statement to express their "concern that others are concerned about the STB's themed Year-End Light-up along Orchard Road".
The statement light-heartedly presents the history behind Christmas, specifically pointing out pre-Christian history of the year-end celebration that has its roots in pagan rituals. The statement says, "we are concerned that the light-up, with a heavy leaning towards emphasis on one religion, may detract the historical significant of the days surrounding every December".
They go on to name more than a few different communities around the world, specifically in the Northern Hemisphere, that celebrates the winter solstice such as the Druids, Pagans, Egyptians, Arabians, Sumerians, Persians, Indians, and more who celebrate some version of the winter solstice, also known a Saturnalia among other names.
"In pre-Christian Rome, Saturnalia involved gift giving and the associated role reversal between servants and masters; and other parts of Europe, Yule time and Odin (father of Thor) were celebrated at this same season. The character Santa Klaus was Sinterklass in Europe, and uncannily based on or imbued with qualities from Odin and Old Man Winter", said HSS.
The HSS ends their statement with a smooth segue to promote recycling, charity, healthy eating, and safe driving during the holidays.
The post by HSS has since garnered a lot of attention on local social media, having been shared over 700 times.
Many are tickled by the statement from HSS and agree that the debate around the decorations not being 'Christian' enough is pointless since Orchard Road is not a church and the target audience for the decorations go beyond just Christians:


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Description Patoka, the oldest town in Gibson County, made a bid for county seat in 1813, but the 'black plague' swept the town at the same time, killing many of its residents, and the bid was lost. In 1852 trains passed over the bridge at Patoka for the first time. This view shows the crossroads between the railroad bridge and covered wooden bridge at Patoka.


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PSA To Thugs: Stop Wimping Out By Going To The Hospital After Being Shot By Your Intended Victim
You chose the thug life for a reason, and it's to prove to the world how tough you are. So why, after being shot by your intended victim, do you immediately go to the hospital? Suck it up, man. Time to hand in your thug card. You didn't realize the hazards of your occupation?
Two thugs did just this after attempting an armed home invasion, but the homeowner was having none of it. When police arrived to the scene Thursday night, the homeowner told them that two men had broken into his home. He also said that he fired at the two men, who were last seen taking off in a vehicle. Apparently they didn't like being shot at.
Shortly after police spoke with the homeowner, they received word that two men matching the home invader's descriptions were at the hospital seeking treatment for gunshot wounds.
Which means our armed citizen was a good shot.
No one –that actually belonged inside the home– was hurt during the incident.


Today I wanted to do an outfit of the day. I haven't actually done one of these posts on my blog yet so this is a first.
My boyfriend and I went out to the cinema today so I wanted to dress smart/casual. We had a lovely meal before hand and then we went to watch Captain Marvel, my boyfriend is a big fan of Marvel so this film was a "must see". I really enjoyed it and would definitely recommend.
For the top I am wearing this lovely shirt by Micheal Kors, I love how bold the stripes are. I love the quality of the material this shirt was made from, its 100% cotton so is really breathable. On all of the buttons there is a little MK Logo and they're all metal so the quality of the buttons is really good and they feel really sturdy. When this shirt is untucked it is quite long so I tent to either tuck it in or tie it up when I'm wearing it. I think this top adds a bit of class to an outfit, I don't wear shirts very often so when I do I feel a lot smarter than usual haha!
For the jeans I am wearing this dark indigo blue pair from TopShop they are from the Jamie collection. I really love a good high waisted pair of jeans and I think they look great with the shirt. High waisted jeans seem suit me the best as they are tight and sinch in at the waist. The thing I love about these jeans are the belt loops, I normally purchase Joni jeans from TopShop but they don't come with any belt loops and I love to add accessories such as belts to my outfits! These Jamie jeans are very much like the Joni style but the material is a little thicker and of course they have belt loops which is amazing.
In addition to the jeans I added this belt from newlook. I love the gold detailing on this belt as I think it really stands out when I wear it. I love how this belt looks with the jeans a top, I think it ties the two items together. In my opinion I think the gold detailing on the belt goes well the both the blue in the shirt and the jeans. I get so much wear out of this belt as I really think it can complete a look!
On my feet am I wearing Adidas Gazelles in a baby pink shade. I love these trainers so much, they are so comfortable and very wearable. Although they are trainers I do think that they are on more of the smarter side compared to some of ones I have for example Adidas superstars. I think this type of trainer goes well with the outfit and keeps it a little more casual. As these shoes are suede I tend to only wear them when the weather is nice, so I was glad to see the sun shining today! The baby pink colour of the trainers tie in with my makeup look and add more colour into the outfit.
For my hair today I went straight. I recently donated 12 inches to the little princess trust so I'm getting used to having short hair! It feels so different but as soon as I got it cut I could feel the difference, it felt so much lighter which I didn't expect. As my hair is naturally curly I like to switch it up sometimes, so I decided to straighten it today also with it being cut it's so much quicker to style!
For my makeup I went quite simple, as my outfit was blues and pink I went for a subtle eye look which I have created a tutorial for on my blog which you can check out here Peachy Eye Look. For this look I used the too faced chocolate bar palette. I wore a light tinted moisturiser, and for my lips I applied Velvet Teddy by Mac.
That's all for today lovelies, I really hope you enjoyed reading this post. Let me know in the comments what film you last saw in the cinema!
Today I wanted to talk about nails! Have you tried out acrylics nails before? Maybe you wear them all the time or have never worn them at all!
In todays post I wanted to share my experience with acrylic nails, how I got on with them, what products were used and how well they lasted.
I got my first set of acrylics done when I was 15 I was going on holiday with my family and I thought it would be fun to try something a little different rather than the usual paint or shellac. I loved the whole experience of getting them done, the lady was lovely and chatty and I was really happy with the end result. My first set of acrylics cost me around £20 which I think is pretty good. The nails latest just under 2 weeks by this time they were beginning to lift and the sides, bearing in mind I was applying suncream and going in the pool daily for 10 days so I'm sure it had an affect on how long the nails lasted. I went for a coffin shape and they were pretty sort as far as acrylics go because it was my first time having them done. I was really happy with the colour it was a very bright coral which was a bit out of my comfort zone but I was glad I went for it. The nail growth underneath was pretty good although I will say my natural nails felt as though they had been weakened and were a little bendy which i was expecting as I had heard acrylics can do this.
My second experience with acrylics was a little different i was a year older. This time it was the summer holidays and i thought it would be nice to try acrylics out again as i hadn't had them for a while. The difference this time was that i went to a nail bar. The staff in the particular place i went to were very nice but not very chatty them seemed to talk amongst themselves most of the time which i was completely fine with. This was my first time going to a nail bar and i was pretty impressed with the appearance of the place, it was very clean and sanitary which is what you want. I picked a pink colour which i loved and went for a square nail as it was different to what id had done before. I thought the look of the nails was really good and they did the full set in about 45 minutes compared with my first experience which was about 1.5 hours. I believe part of the reason why they were faster is because the salon was using an electric file which of course is quicker than doing all of the filing by hand. I did think they were a little rough with my nails as the drill did get a little warm but it wasn't anything the complain about. These nails lasted around 2 weeks also, as i went longer with the length i wasn't sure if that would effect it but it didn't seem to. I am unsure of the brand this salon used on my nails but the result was lovely. After having these acrylics on my natural nails were again a bit soft when i took the acrylic off but i filed them down so there wasn't much chance of them snapping. I paid £23 for this set acrylics which i think was reasonably priced for a salon and the service they provided. Unfortunately i don't have pictures of the first and second time i got acrylics as it was quite a long time ago but i hope the recent ones make up for it!
The next set of acrylics have to be my favourite. I went to a lovely little hairdressers/ beauty salon, i go to this salon quite regularly to get shellac on my nails. They had an offer going for 50% off of any nail treatments, so i jumped at the chance to try out a set of their acrylic nails. Without the discount a full set of acrylic nails would have been £30 and for the quality of the products i can understand why they charge this amount. This salon is one of the more expensive places to get your nails done but i believe for the service and the products it is worth the little bit more on the price tag. When i came in i was greeted and offered a hot drink which i hadn't had before in any other place i had been to. Once i'd sat down the lady started a conversation with me and chatted to me throughout the whole time which was great as I'm rather shy these sort of situations can be awkward for me but i was made to feel very comfortable. I went for coffin/ ballerina shaped acrylics this time and the shade from CND shellac called unearthed which as you can see it a taupe/ grey colour that i loved. All of the products used to create these acrylics were by the brand CND, i really do think that this brand is the best for quality and my nail technicians application was great she spent a lot of time making sure i was happy before moving onto the next steps and so forth. These nails lasted me just over two weeks and i had no lifting and there was a little bit of growth at the top of the nail. All of the filing was done with a hand file so it wasn't too harsh at all and the nail polish she added onto lasted the full two weeks with no chips or any sign of wear.
In conclusion i have been happy with every time i have had acrylics done, but some more than others. I really do think that if you pay that little bit extra you can get a better result in the end. With my most previous experience I didn't experience and brittleness of my nails and they didn't feel weak at all. In fact they actually felt a lot stronger which i found very bazaar as i went expecting the complete opposite so was very pleasantly surprised!
I really hope you enjoyed this post, it was a little different so let me know if you liked this more of a "story time" sort of post in the comments! I'd also love to know your opinion on acrylic nails.
Today I am going to be sharing my thoughts on the March Birch Box. There were lots of lovely products in this months box so read on if you would like to find out about them!
The first item in the box I picked out was this detoxifying clay mask, it really caught my eye. First impressions were that I loved the packaging, I think it's really sleek and classic they grey colour also goes with the theme of the mask as its contains charcoal. I have tried this mask out once and i really enjoyed using it. I applied a thin layer onto my face a let it sit for 15 mins. I loved how this felt when applying, it is quite a thick consistency so i found that I didn't need to use lots of product. As the mask was drying it did make my face become quite tight which i liked as it felt as though it was working and doing something. I didn't make my face feel itchy or hot at all which is something I've had problems with in the past with other masks. After leaving this on for 15 mins I removed it using a flannel and some warm water. The results of using this mask for me was that my skin felt very smooth and soft and the amount of bumps on my skin had seemed to receded a little which i was happy about. It also didnt break out my skin. I defiantly think I'll continue to use this and may buy the full size product when i have run out. The only thing that holds me back slightly is the price as it is £28.50.
My first thoughts when I saw this product was that the box and the packaging was gorgeous, that drew me to this item straight away. I have only tried to bronzer out once but from that i think i will definitely be using it again. The colour of this compact is a warm bronze rather than cool, I quite liked that this had more of a warm undertone because i think this will be nice to wear in the summer with a bit of a tan. The consistency of the product is lovely, it is really smooth but has a little bit of a creaminess to it so it's not chalky at all. At first glance this looks as though it is a completely matte bronzer but it does in fact have little bits of shimmer within it which I think is lovely.
I was really excited to see a brow product in this months box as I'm always looking for new beauty products to try. I love this look of the packaging it quite simplistic, the design of this product is also really clever in my opinion. I think it would be good to travel with as it's not very big and you get the brow pomade and the brush all in one. To use this product you pop the lid off if one end to reveal an angled brush and on the other end you unscrew it and the product is in the end of the little pot. I thought the colour match was great for me, it is a cool toned brown colour called "tantalising taupe". The consistency was creamy and went onto the brows really nicely I loved using the brush as it allowed me to be really accurate. This brow cream dries down pretty well and i would say it is completely smudge proof so will stay on the brows all day long. This product is £20 so in my opinion its a little pricey but i do like the results.
The next product in March's Birch Box is this hydrating balm. I have really enjoyed using this lip balm, it is unscented which is a little disappointing but the quality makes up for it. This is a clear balm and it was really soothing on the lips. The main ingredients in this balm are aloe vera and olive oil, so is very moisturising. This was a full-sized product and would cost £3.95 if bought individually. This balm has multiple uses can be used for lips, cuticles and skin.
Also in this months box was a smoothing hair balm. This product smells lovely, it is used to help with curly hair that is frizzy and or coarse. I used a small amount on damp hair and it made my hair feel a lot smoother, it also looked really shiny which doesn't normally happen when I leave my hair natural so I was quite impressed with that.
The last product I received in this months box was a Charlotte Tilbury perfume Sample. I was quite surprised to find this in the box as i know this is quite a high-end product, the full-sized bottle is £49. To be brutally honest i was not a big fan of this scent, i think it is a little bit mature for me so i will probably give this away to a family member. I loved the rose gold and white packaging but just wasn't to keen on the scent. I think this would be great for an older women as that's what this scent reminded me of, it's just such a shame i didn't love it.
That's all for today lovelies, i hope you enjoyed reading. Let me know if you have tried any of these products out in the comments below!
Today I wanted to share my favourites for February with you, I apologise for it being a little late there have just been so many posts I wanted to do as well as this one.
I would love you know one of your favourites of February so comment down below!
The sun came out for a short moment in February and it was lovely but for most the month it was pretty chilly. My first favourite would have to be this lovely teddy bear jacket/coat it is so soft and cosy, it's perfect for this time of year. I got this jacket from eBay, I had seen lots around on Depop and regular shops but decided to have a look on eBay and there were loads, I liked that on eBay there was much more variety with colour. I am definitely going to be ordering it again but in a different colour, perhaps orange rust or Khaki green. One of the other reasons I got it on eBay was because it was a lot better value than in the shops as some places are selling them for £50 and I wasn't sure if I was going to like it so didn't want to spend out before I knew.
My next Favourite is the Primark brow pencil, I did a review of this which you can read here Brow Emergency Kit | Review. I loved the kit and have actually been using it ever since. One of my particular favourites though is definitely the brow pencil, it's so soft a buttery which I was completely not expecting, I thought it might have been tough and hard to get product onto the brows without hurting as it is with other cheaper product, but it really did surprise me. As it is so creamy you only need to press really lightly and it gives the brows a really natural but full look. I am very happy with this purchase and will definitely buy it again.
My next favourite is a pillow mist. I've been having a really tough time with my anxiety lately, making it hard to fall asleep is something that happens as a result. I thought I would give this "sleep serenity " pillow mist a go. It is infused with camomile and lavender which are of course both very calming products. I have been spraying this on my pillow whenever I've had a really bad day with anxiety and I do feel it is helping me fall asleep faster. Before I used this I would lay in bed for hours just thinking, not being able to shut my mind off (I'm sure lots of you can relate). I got this product from Avon quite a while a go and it came in a set with a few other "sleep serenity" items. I believe you can purchase it on its own so when I have run out I will be repurchasing it.
My last favourite for this month is a bottle of perfume I received from my lovely boyfriend for Christmas. This perfume is called White Amber and it is from Next, I've been loving it! As it's such a wearable scent I can wear it pretty much anytime. I love how it smells and it lasts all day which I think is great. I also adore the packaging I believe it works well with all of my other perfumes as they are all unique. The white ombré detail on the bottle as it's something I don't think I've seen before. This bottle of perfume is pretty big so I'm hoping it'll last for quite a while.
That's all for today lovelies, remember to leave a comment about your top February favourite! I hope you enjoyed reading this post, let me know by giving it a like!
This week I was very kindly nominated for the Blogger Recognition Award by the lovely Ashli from Me, You and Benny. If you haven't already go and check her blog out, it's fabulous, she also has a YouTube channel too!
I am going to list the rules below for my nominees and so you can take part if you wish to.
I haven't been blogging for very long compared to some but I have just reached my 1 year bloggiversary last month. I have a real passion for photography but didn't know how to could showcase it to people. I loved reading other people's blogs but didn't think I was confident enough to create my own at the time.
After about a year I decided that it was time to be brave and step outside of my comfort zone. So I created my blog and published my first ever post. The response I got from the blogging community was amazing and it has continued to be right up to present day. Other bloggers were so supportive of my blog and really helped me to feel positive and confident about my posts!
A year down the line and I don't have any plans for stopping just yet. I love making content and taking photos to share with all of my fellow bloggers and viewers. Blogging has really helped me with my mental health, I struggle with anxiety and blogging helps me to forget about everything else going on in my life for a while. I can write about my passions which is beauty, fashion and lifestyle I love creating makeup looks and reviewing products and I'm so happy people enjoy reading my content.
I have still got a long way to go with my blog, just yesterday I upgraded my plan to premium and now have my own domain name, it feels amazing to know I have something that's all mine and right now I couldn't be happier!
1 | As I said I have not been blogging for the longest time but one piece of advise I would like to give it to not get disheartened by views or likes. Try not to focus on the numbers and remember the reason you started your blog, passion! As long as you are happy with your content I believe that's one of the most important things.
2 | Create a twitter account for your blog and join as many blogging pages as possible. Also follow other bloggers as they will support you as long as you support them. Blogger follow trains or comment swaps are really great for getting people viewing your posts and interacting!
That's all for today, I really hope you enjoyed reading my blogging story. I want to thank Ashli again for nominating me I am so grateful!
How are you all doing today, i hope you have all had a fabulous weekend.
Today I wanted to step out of my comfort zone a little bit and create a little bit of a darker smokey eye look. As you will know if you have been with me for a while i like really bright summery sort of colours for example peaches and pinks and golds, so this look is definitely a new one for me.
I am 100% not a pro or MUA but i just love makeup and really want to venture out with my makeup journey and start trying new looks. I really hope you enjoy reading and seeing the look i created.
The smokey eye is not something i have had a lot of practice with but i wanted to give it a go. I used a couple of different palettes one called "day to night" by Avon and another from makeup revolution called " …….".
For my base i started of with just a simple primer and white shadow to even out my skin tone and create a good base for the rest of my makeup.
To start this look off i went in with a browny sort of colour in my lid which was quite cool toned, i thought by starting off lightly it will be easier to build it up instead of going all in and then not being able to correct it as easily!
After going in with a brown i went in with a darker shade that was almost black but not quite, i applied this onto the outer corners of my eyes making sure to be very gentle. I then blended out that colour a little bit further onto the eyelid and through the crease, this really helped to bring it together and soften the look a little.
Next very lightly i went in with a black eyeshadow from the Avon palette again, i applied this with a smaller brush to ensure i didn't pack too much product on. I very lightly put this shade into the outer corners which darkened up the look a lot but i think it definitely added to the smokiness.
Now onto my favourite part of this look, the pop of purple! I wanted to add a but if vibrance to this smokey eye and these revolution pallets are perfect for the job. This palette was only £4 and for the amount of pigment these shades have i think its 100% worth the money.
I used two different glitters from the revolution pallet, the blue and the purple. I think both of these shades are gorgeous and really suit the smokey eye i saw going for. For these glitter shadows i find you get the most pigmentation out of them when they are applied using your finger.
I went in the the blue first in the outer part of my eyelid, i thought because this was a darker shade it would blend nicely out with the darker colours around the outer end of the lid. After this added the purple shade and it really just made the whole look pop, i especially love how it looks underneath on the lower lash line! I really love the vibrancy of it and how well it works alongside the blue.
To finish off this eye look i added a wing using the Seventeen liquid eyeliner and a little bit of Benefit Roller Lash mascara. I think the wing really adds to the look and makes it a little more dramatic.
I think this look would be great for a night out paired with a sparkly top and a pair of black jeans!
I would love to know your thoughts on this look, do you like a smokey eye? Let me know in the comments!
How are you doing today? I hope you've had a fab weekend. Today I thought I would do something i haven't done before on my blog, a lush haul!
Read on to find out what I purchased and my thoughts on them.
I really love Southampton for shopping as there is such a massive variety of places to go. The majority of shopping I did today was in the west queue shopping centre, last time I went to Southampton to shop was a few years ago and i never remembered there being a lush store there, so when I arrived and saw it I was very happy.
I have never actually done a lush haul on my blog before so this is a first! As the nearest lush shop is about an hour away from me I always have to make the most of it when I get the rare chance! Lush is one of my favourite shops, I know some people can't stomach the smell, and i'll admit it is quite overpowering and you definitely smell it before you see it! I really enjoy looking round and getting to test out and smell all of the different products.
As it's getting close to easter now Lush always bring out special holiday products, there were a few I hadn't seen before such as cream egg and easter bunny sugar scrub. I really love that they bring out new and different products for holidays. I was a little bit disappointed that quite a few of these products where glittery, the reason why i find it a little but harder to shop for new products to try out is that I'm not a bit fan of the bath bombs or bubble bars that have glitter within them, i get that it appeals to some people, but having tried them out before i just don't like getting out of the bath looking like a glitter monster! Instead I hunt for new products that are glitter free.
I was able to pick up a couple of things that a get almost every time I step into lush and I was also able to find a couple of new things that i hadn't seen or tried before so I am really excited to give you all my opinions on them once i have tried them out. Let's get on with the haul!
The first item I found was the Think Pink bubble bar, for me this is a staple for my baths. I know some find the snow fairy scent overwhelming but i love it, to me it's a really sweet sugary scent and I love the colour its turns the bath water to as its a bright pink! What I love about bubble bars is that you can get so many uses out of them, I break off a little pice each time I want to spice up my bath water and overall I think I can get around 6 or 7 baths out of this one bubble bar. With that being said i think it's definitely worth the money at £3.50 As it has coco butter in it I find it helps to moisturise and soften my skin.
The next product I picked up is another one of my all time favourites, Butterball. This little bath bomb is just a classic from lush and I think pretty much all people will like the scent this one has, as its made with cocoa butter it smells incredible and leaves your skin feeling so smooth and moisturised. Every time I go into lush I have to pick one of these up, I think they are a great bath bomb and a very reasonable price at £2.95. I love the simplicity of this bath bomb when you go into lush you are bombarded with all of the different colours of the rainbow and more, so I think it's really nice to have some products that aren't as bold for people who are maybe new to lush or just prefer something a little less wild. I find the scent really relaxing and it helps me to sleep at night after having my bath. Again if I really wanted to save it I sometimes break this bath bomb in half so I can get two uses out of it as i can't get to a lush store as easily as others.
This item was part of the easter range, which I thought I would have a give at least one product a go from. There were two different type of this product one was a white bunny which had more of a coconut vibe and this one which was more chocolatey. As i have a lot of products already and are coconut scented I thought I would go for the cocoa bunny, this one smelt heavenly. They texture of this is quite coarse as it contains granulated sugar so I imagine it is going to be lovely to exfoliate your skins with in the shower and it will make you smell amazing! This product was pretty reasonably price a £4.95 I think that I will be able to get quite a lot of uses out of this sugar scrub.
The last thing I picked up from lush today was this lovely facial cleanser, I don't use many products on my face as i do have rather sensitive skin but I thought this sounded really lovely and wanted to give it a try. I have used this product for the first time tonight, I love the way it feels on my skin when i was rubbing it in, it also has very tiny pieces of coconut shell within it which gently exfoliated my skin. I love the smell of this product and i only us very small amount as it just melted into my hands. It removed my makeup really well, it even removed my mascara without much trouble. The one thing I will say is currently my cheeks are very red, I am not sure if this is due to the cleanser or not as my skin is quite sensitive it may just be that it needs a while to settle down. I would love to write a full review on this product when i have tested it out properly. I think if this product works for me i will definitely buy it again as it was £4.95 so i think it is good value for what you get in my opinion.
And thats the end of my haul, it was only a little one today. I hope you enjoyed reading, if you did let me know by leaving a like!
I'd love it if you could let me know what your favourite lush products are in the comments, or what would you like to try out!
Todays post is going to be about the Versatile Blogger Award. I was very kindly nominated by three wonderful ladies and wanted to give them a huge thank you before I start! I will leave their links so you can check all of their blogs out!
I have taken part in the versatile blogger award once before last year and really enjoyed thinking of facts to share with you, so to be nominated again I was delighted! I think this is a great way to bring bloggers together.
I have been a vegetarian for 10 months now. I decided to make the change when meat started tasting funny towards the end of may last year, i did some research into the industry and after that my mind was made up. I have been completely meat free for just over 10 months now i don't think i will ever look back. I would love to become vegan one day but don't want to jump right into it just yet.
I love spending time with my family. To me family is the most important thing in my life, I know they will always be here for me throughout everything. I spend a lot of time with my close and extended family, we go out for dinners and take the children on fun days out, i find I'm most happy when I'm surrounded by them.
I studies childcare for two years in college. I really loved working with young children and watching them develop and turn into wonderful young people. At the moment my job isn't childcare related but I hope to one day go back to it.
I am a really musical person. I love to learn new instruments, in the past I have learned to play the piano, keyboard, flute, and guitar. I love to sing as well, I might not be the best but having music on and sinign along is another one of my happy places.
I am battling with my anxiety. Right now I'm going through a bit of a rough patch as my anxiety has become increasing worse, writing on my blog and spending time with the people I love help to calm me down so I'm trying to do that as much as possible currently. I have had anxiety all my life but was diagnosed when I was 13 years old, it got to a point where I couldn't even walk into my local shop without having a panic attack so I would avoid it all. So to look back on how much I have overcome it helps a lot, there's still a lot of work to do to overcome my anxiety but i am taking it one step at a time.
My boyfriend is my biggest supporter. He helps me with everything, if I'm down he knows just how to pick me back up and make me smile. We have been together for 2 and half years and I met him when I had just started college. He is an incredible person and i'd be lost without him!
I LOVE to cook. Since becoming vegetarian I make pretty much all of my meals for myself, I love experimenting with different ingredients and flavours. I have found it is my new passion and something that takes my mind off of everything that going on around me. I love to cook for my mum as she loves trying out different veggie foods as well.
I hope you enjoyed reading a few facts about me you didn't know before, I have loved taking part and want to thank Ashli from You me and Benny, KC from The frugal life and Zuri from Absolutely True Confessions once more for nominating me I'm so grateful!
How are you? Today I am writing about the February Birchbox, whats inside and my first impressions of the products. Read on to find out more!
As february is the month of love, being valentines the box has this sort of theme, in this months box a few post cards were added in with different wording on the design as you can see.
The first thing that caught my attention in this months box was this cleanser. It is a full size product as it is 100ml. This cleanser is called "no one gets flirty with the dirty pick me up body cleanser" sticking with the theme of valentines day. I have heard of this brand before but until now haven't tried any of their products out. I really like the scent of the cleanser, at first I wasn't sure but the more I've used it the more I've grown to like the smell I would say it's a unisex scent as it's not either too feminine or masculine it sort of meets in the middle. It lathers up really well and a little goes a long way. As the RRP is only £4 i would consider buying it again.
This lotion is by the brand John Masters Organics, the size of this product is only small as it's a sample but would be great for travel or to keep in your handbag as it won't take up too much room. I really love how this makes my hands feel, as one of the ingredients is coconut oil it really hydrates and moisturises. After using this product my hand feel so smooth and soft but you don't get any oil residue and the product sinks into the skin very fast. The scent of this body milk is the one thing that I wouldn't rave about, the main ingredients are geranium and grapefruit. As I am not a big fan of citrus scents this isn't to my taste, the grapefruit is a powerful scent but you can also smell the floral notes of the geranium. I wouldn't purchase this again as the full size version is £18 and I don't love the smell enough to buy it.
The next thing that caught my eye was this coco & eve "like a virgin" hair mask. I have seen this product advertised so am looking forward to giving it a go. I will do a full review on this once I have given it a few tries. The first thing to say about this product is that i adore the scent, one of my all time favourite scents is coconut so i can't go wrong with this! It's not an overpowering type of smell but it is really lovely, and i can't wait to find out what its like when it's in the hair. The directions for this product are different to what i thought they would be, you shampoo your hair and towel dry it, then distribute it evenly throughout your hair. This product claims it improves shine, texture and tames frizz. As i have naturally curly hair i can't wait to see what the results are because my hair goes very frizzy when its natural.
In this months box there were two shades of this eyeshadow you could possibly get, I received Eclipse. I really love this colour, it is a coppery shade and is a shimmer eyeshadow. I have worn this eyeshadow out once for a few hours, it applied really easily and is really pigmented. This product lasted the whole time i was out, its pretty smudge proof which is great as most powdered shadows start to wear off the longer you wear it. I love how shimmery it is and the applicator makes it easy to apply and enables you to be more precise as it's not too big.
The last item in February's BirchBox is an eyeshadow brush from the brand Luxie, I've heard of this brand and think they are quite popular but I myself haven't tried their products before. I like the look of this brush and the rose gold detailing is lovely! The bristles are quite soft, although i don't think they're as soft as the real techniques eyeshadow brushes. I am yet to give this brush a go but as it say i think it will be really good for blending shadows together. It does feel like a good quality brush and i am going to look into the brand more if i love using this brush.
That's all from Birchbox this month. I am quite happy with the selection of different products I received this time, but would've liked to see maybe another beauty product added into the mix.
I hope you enjoyed reading and let me know what you think of these products or if you've tried any of them out in the comments!
How are you all doing today? I have been loving this mascara for a while now so I decided to write a review to tell you all about it.
I first tried this benefit mascara when I went away for the weekend. I had forgotten to pack a makeup bag! I thought I'd take a stroll down to boots and see what i could pick up. I found this lovely little gift set that included a miniature brow gel, primer and the roller lash mascara. Prior to this I had never purchased any products from benefit because to be honest i didn't know if the product would be with the money.
Lets start of with the packaging, I received this full size version for christmas. This mascara came in a lovely box. I love the design of roller lash, my favourite colour is pink and i think the black works really well with it. The handle of the wand has a slight rubbery texture which makes it easier to undo and grip whilst using it (especially if you have just applied hand cream) As you can see it also has a sort of lattice design to the handle, i think the design and the feel of this product is really good quality.
At first I wasn't sure about this style of wand because i don't always get on well with plastic bristles but I wanted to give it a try. I ended up being pleasantly surprised, with the mascaras I have tried before that have had plastic bristles I found that it made my lashes clump together which I'm not really a fan of. Instead it made my lashes look really fluffy and separated them well. This wand has a small curve in it which helps to reach all of the lashes .
The colour I chose was black, I mostly like to wear black mascara as have quite light eyelashes so I find I need as dark a colour as I can get to really bring out my lashes. This mascara adds a lot of colour to the lashes and helps to accentuate them! I love how dark this mascara makes my lashes.
To summarise I really love this mascara, as it has a curved wand it help to give your lashes that extra curl that I definitely need. It also helps to reach all of the little lashes in between to give the best effect and to give the lashes volume. I think the packaging is lovely and I think the colour scheme is great. After receiving this as a gift for Christmas when it runs out I definitely do think I'll be repurchasing it even thought it is the most expensive mascara I have owned at £20 I do think it is worth the price tag.
Here are the before and after photos!
Let me know in the comments if you have tried this mascara and what your thoughts are!


Marius Hordijk plays the role of a young millionaire with glamour and irony: the Tom Ford sky blu blazer, the jewels, the mirrored lenses and the "exaggerated" grooming represent the mood of the nouveau riches. An imaginary traveller looking for the great beauty of southern Italy. Ph. Michael Woolley. Styling Alessandro Calascibetta.


Homestay 24/1 is located in the close proximity to Galle – Colombo main road. When arriving from Colombo using public trsnsport towards Galle, can get off at the bus stop soon after passing the well known Dadalla cemetery and BTS College. From Galle Road to Homestay 24/1 is only about 100 meters the road between the Dadalla Cemetry and the BTS College and walkable even with the backpack. It is about one hour drive from Colombo via the Southern Expressway (three hours via Galle-Colombo main road) and 4 minutes walking distance to a beautiful sandy beach, Galle-Colombo main road, public transport such as bus stop and 7 minutes walking distance to Piyadigama Railway Station. It is only 5 minutes (3km away) drive to Galle city centre, central bus station, Railway Station (by TukTuk approximately LKR 250/-). Galle Dutch Fort, Galle light house and International Cricket Stadium 3.5km from Homestay 24/1.
The apartment is on the upper level with high ceilings and a large wrap around balcony comprises 3 bedrooms with attached washrooms with hot water and bidet shower. The bedrooms consist all aminities such as queen size beds that can be comfortably shared by 2 guests. Fresh clean linen will be provided. Each room has access to the balcony for those who wish to enjoy natural breeze.
Even though it is highly residensial area, the beuty of the nature still exists such as greenery all around, various kinds of birds increasingly singing in the morning and the evening and the rarest black monkeys on the trees that are amazing.
Homestay 24/1 offers rooms with free WiFi, parking space for 2 vehicles. The guest house features a garden, a shared lounge with a fully equipped kitchen.
Our guest uses Homestay 24/1 as a base to visit other cities such as Unawatuna, jungle beach, Tea plantation Ahangama, Waligama, Mirissa, Matara, Hikkaduwa, Ambalangoda and Bentota.
We speak English and Italy.


Morrison telling the story from the rocket's point of view is rather brilliant. The Brainiac technology has traveled across galaxies and has a penchant for arrogance. "Jor-El of El, the father of such a mind!" Brainiac's mind, I presume. "Apes with atom bombs" is the way it refers to humans as the military descends upon the crash site. There is a matter of factness in the narration that feels stoic and extreme, perhaps what we imagine an alien to be. It works well in this context.
As many of you know, I am an admitted Morrison apologist. I find his reference-heavy, symbolic writing to be thought-provoking. Up to this point, Action Comics has seemed a bit more straight-laced than what we usually get from Morrison, and I've been waiting for the weird. Well, it is time to put your thinking caps back on, kids. Action Comics #5 is bringing the converging plotlines and a bit of time-travel fancy. Morrison will ties it all together, magically, at some point, but we are going to have to wait for it. In the meantime, issue #5 does give us a few "a-ha!" moments regarding the previous four issues.
Action Comics #5 succeeds by bringing richness and nuance to a long-loved story. But if someone picked up this comic and had not read any of the prior issues, they would be completely lost. This is where Action Comics #5 fails, because I thought that is what DC was trying to get away from. The purpose of the relaunch was to bring in new readers, particularly on flagship titles such as this. For a seasoned comic reader, the quirky, esoteric elements that Morrison adds to his stories are part of his charm. But the truth is, Morrison's writing has made Action Comics insular after a few issues. You simply must go back to issue #1 to know what is going on.
Andy Kubert does a super job on art duties this month. He may have drawn one of most handsome Jon Kents I have ever seen. He has a knack for letting the eyes of the character tell the story in a panel. There is some really great expressiveness, which gives a lot of much needed emotion to the story. Where Grant goes off on a bit of an alien tangent, Kubert brings the issue back down to Earth with some classic (solid) comic art. I also think that Jesse Delperdang's inks and Brand Anderson's colors play a big part in the traditional feel of the issue.
While there is something fantastic in Morrison's cryptic references and unabashed imagination, the feeling of "Oh my gosh! That was so good" does not dwell in these 20 pages. It is clever and interesting, but serves more as disjointed, ambiguous groundwork than an action comic.
A version of this review was published previously on Newsarama.


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In-depth Summary of USPTO Revised Guidance on Subject Matter Eligibility
USPTO 101, subject matter eligibility, Tim Hirzel, USPTO
By Tim Hirzel
The PTO released their highly anticipated revised guidance on subject matter eligibility that take effect on January 7, 2019.[1] Below, we discuss the changes to the subject matter eligibility analysis made by the revised guidance and how Applicants may address these changes in practice.
Summary of Revised Guidance
The revised guidance maintains the two step Alice/Mayo Test but revises the procedure for determining whether a claim is directed to a judicial exception (e.g., an abstract idea) under Step 2A. Previously, the PTO guidelines (wrongly) equated a claim merely "reciting" an abstract idea with a claim being "directed to" the abstract idea under Step 2A. The PTO has replaced this approach with a new two prong analysis.
In the first prong of Step 2A, Examiners evaluate whether a claim recites an abstract idea. The first prong is similar to the previous approach with one important change. Previously, Examiners were to describe the subject matter claimed and identify whether the subject matter had previously been found to be directed to an abstract idea by the courts. The PTO found this approach impractical due to the ever-increasing number of court decisions and rightly noted that it has been difficult for Examiners to apply this approach in a predictable manner, especially between different technology centers.
Instead of this case law specific approach, the PTO newly identified three groups of abstract ideas: mathematical concepts, certain methods of organizing human activity, and mental processes. Examiners must now a) identify specific limitations in the claims believed to be an abstract idea, and b) determine whether the identified limitations fall within any of the three newly identified groups. If the identified limitations fall within the three groups of abstract ideas, the analysis proceeds to the second prong of Step 2A.
In the second prong of Step 2A, Examiners evaluate whether the claim as a whole integrates the abstract idea into a practical application. The million-dollar question then becomes what is a practical application? The PTO broadly answers this question by stating "[a] claim that integrates a judicial exception into a practical application will apply, rely on, or use the judicial exception in a manner that imposes a meaningful limit on the judicial exception." The PTO also gives several examples based on case law that indicate an additional element or combination of elements may have integrated an exception into a practical application, such as: improving the functioning of a computer or a technical field, effecting a treatment for a medical condition, using the judicial exception with a particular machine, or transforming or reducing a particular article to a different state or thing.
The PTO acknowledges that these examples and the second prong of step 2A overlap considerations that the courts and the PTO's guidance consider under Step 2B but feels that this new approach will increase certainty and reliability. For clarity, the PTO reiterated that merely using a computer as a tool to perform the abstract idea, adding insignificant extra-solution activity, or generally linking the abstract idea to a technical field will still not be enough to establish a practical application and patent eligibility. If the claim does not integrate the abstract idea into a practical application, then the claim is directed to an abstract idea under Step 2A and the analysis proceeds to Step 2B.
Step 2B has not been changed under the revised guidance and Examiners are still to evaluate whether the claims provide an inventive concept by reciting significantly more than the abstract idea. However, the incorporation of several Step 2B considerations into the second prong of Step 2A limits how much additional analysis the Examiner needs to apply in Step 2B. Importantly, whether the additional elements are well-understood, routine, conventional activity is not evaluated under the second prong of Step 2A and is unrelated to whether the claim integrates the abstract idea into a practical application. This evaluation is still done in Step 2B pursuant to the Berkheimer memo[2] to determine whether the additional element or combination of elements adds limitations that are not well-understood, routine, conventional activity in the field which is indicative that an inventive concept may be present.
Our Impressions
The new two prong approach to Step 2A should make it easier to work with Examiners, especially during interviews, to overcome 101 rejections. Under the prior guidance, Examiners would often dismiss any Step 2A arguments because their guidelines simply said a claim was directed to an abstract idea if any part of the claim recited an abstract idea. This made it very easy for Examiners to establish the claims were directed to an abstract idea without much analysis. The revised guidelines will make it much more difficult for the Examiner to simply dismiss an Applicant's Step 2A arguments.
Equally as frustrating was Examiners misapplying case law when attempting to identify a decision that found subject matter, similar to the claims, to be directed to an abstract idea. Applicants should be able to avoid the necessity of debating case law cited by Examiners (which was rarely an effective manner of overcoming a 101 rejection anyway) because the Examiners are not required to cite specific decisions in their rejections anymore and merely must identify one of the three newly defined groups of abstract ideas.
Instead, Applicants can now focus on the newly articulated "practical application" consideration in the second prong of Step 2A. While the examples of practical applications given in the revised guidelines are nothing new and come straight from case law Applicants should have already been using to overcome 101 rejections, the examples were not always given much weight by the Examiners or simply dismissed nominally in Step 2B. The revised guidelines' focus on the "practical application" consideration and the given examples may make it easier to use these examples to effectively overcome the 101 rejections (without necessarily having to argue the case law behind the examples).
Moreover, the PTO broadly describing the case law as establishing a "practical application" consideration gives Applicants more leeway than relying on specific court decisions as done in the past. For example, it may be easier to convince an Examiner on a technical level that claims "apply, rely on, or use the judicial exception" in a meaningful manner than to convince the Examiner that claims are similar to subject matter previously held by the courts to be directed to statutory subject matter. However, Applicants must be mindful that the goal is not simply to get patent applications allowed by satisfying the PTO's revised guidelines, but to have claims that are statutory as supported by case law and that can withstand the 101 analysis performed by the courts.
Any noticeable change in examination will depend heavily on how Examiners are trained to implement the new guidance. Accordingly, it may be months before we fully realize how significant the changes will be to 101 rejections in practice.
[1] 2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance
[2] Revising 101 Eligibility Procedure in view of Berkheimer v. HP, Inc.
For a shorter summary of the above, visit here.
Summary of USPTO Revised Guidance on Subject Matter Eligibility
Articles 101, subject matter eligibility, Tim Hirzel
The PTO released their highly anticipated revised guidance on subject matter eligibility that take effect on January 7, 2019. A summary of the guidance is provided below. A more in-depth discussion can be found on our website HERE.
The revised guidance maintains the two step Alice/Mayo Test but revises the procedure for determining whether a claim is directed to a judicial exception (e.g., an abstract idea) under Step 2A by instituting a two-prong analysis.
First prong of Step 2A – Examiners evaluate whether a claim recites an abstract idea. Instead of a case law specific approach as previously performed, the PTO newly identified three groups of abstract ideas: mathematical concepts, certain methods of organizing human activity, and mental processes. If any recited claim limitations fall within the three groups of abstract ideas, the analysis proceeds to the second prong of Step 2A.
Second prong of Step 2A – Examiners evaluate whether the claim as a whole integrates the abstract idea into a practical application. A practical application will apply, rely on, or use the judicial exception in a manner that imposes a meaningful limit on the judicial exception. The PTO gives examples based on case law that indicate practical applications, such as: improving the functioning of a computer or a technical field, effecting a treatment for a medical condition, using the judicial exception with a particular machine, or transforming or reducing a particular article to a different state or thing. If the claim does not integrate the abstract idea into a practical application, then the claim is directed to an abstract idea under Step 2A and the analysis proceeds to Step 2B.
Step 2B has not changed under the revised guidance and is still performed pursuant to the Berkheimer memo.
Under the prior guidance, Examiners would often dismiss any Step 2A arguments because their guidelines simply said a claim was directed to an abstract idea if any part of the claim recited an abstract idea. The two-prong approach will make it much more difficult for Examiners to simply dismiss an Applicant's Step 2A arguments.
Applicants should now be able to avoid the necessity of debating case law with Examiners because the Examiners are not required to cite specific decisions in their rejections and only have to identify one of the three newly defined groups of abstract ideas. Instead, Applicants can now focus on the newly articulated "practical application" consideration in the second prong of Step 2A.
While the examples of practical applications given in the revised guidelines are nothing new, the revised guidelines' focus on the "practical application" consideration may make it easier to use these examples to effectively overcome the 101 rejections (without necessarily having to argue the case law behind the examples).
The PTO broadly describing the case law as establishing a "practical application" consideration gives Applicants more leeway than relying on specific court decisions as done in the past. For example, it may be easier to convince an Examiner on a technical level that claims "apply, rely on, or use the judicial exception" in a meaningful manner than to convince the Examiner that claims are similar to subject matter previously held by the courts to be directed to statutory subject matter.


Indian online furniture store Urban Ladder has raised USD 5 million (approx INR 30 crore) Series A funding. Launched in mid 2012, Urban Ladder had raised their initial funding of USD 1 million from Kalaari Capital in August 2012.
The current round of funding is led by SAIF partners with existing investors Kalaari capital participating in the round.
The funds raised by Urban Ladder will be utilized to strengthen their customer service, technology platform and expansion of their furniture product range. Urban Ladder aims to become the largest furniture store in India within next 18 to 20 months.
Ketto.org, Mumbai based online crowd-funding platform has raised angel funding of $150,000 from ah! ventures and not-for-profit angel network Calcutta angels. The funds will be utilized for general expansion including product development and marketing.
Ketto was launched in October 2012 by Varun Sheth, Kunal Kapoor and Zaheer Adenwala. The platform allows individuals, NGOs and organizations to list projects that are social in nature and are in need of funding. Ketto has also won Google Grants award in 2012.
Justeat.in, Bangalore based online food takeaway business today announced it's 3rd round of funding from JustEat Holdings, Forum Synergies and Axon Venture Partners. Hemchandra Javeri, who was previously CEO of Madura Garments and Nike India, has joined JustEat's board.
The quantum of funding has not been disclosed. The funds will be utilized strengthen their team increase their restaurant reach and expand to more cities.
Currently, JustEat has signed up over 2,500 restaurants in Bangalore, Delhi NCR and Mumbai.


I am sitting in front of the open fire with my dog Mr Bumble (honorary Regents Canoe Club dog member who is acting as a very good foot warmer) reflecting on my 4* assessment which coincided with the March 2016 Mile End Mill trip. I am not sure what to write about but remember that during the RCC Training Meeting a number of questions were asked about what the difference between coaching and leading is and what the British Canoeing Star Awards are about. Mh, I am thinking, why not try and attempt a brief summary? Mh, I'm thinking further…the club is in need of more coaches and leaders. You may well have heard the committee talk about this. Mh, once again… there was some criticism that maybe as a club we do not promote the British Canoeing progression steps enough. Well, if I'm honest, anyone attempting to make sense of the British Canoeing website is being seriously challenged and as such as I can understand the confusion. But, we do need your help and we do listen to what is said and we do try and act upon what is said. There are a number of proposals coming up at the AGM – please do come along as these might well help you to get onto the leadership/coaching ladder. In the meantime, here is my attempt to make some sense of the British Canoeing progression ladder.
'… the candidate has the skill level required to lead a group of 4 paddlers (not including themselves) in appropriate locations, up to moderate white water conditions [grade 3 white water or equivalent weirs] and to judge the conditions and the standard of the group and make appropriate decisions.' Leading a group entails ensuring paddler's safety and fun. In terms of the British Canoeing definition, it does not include developing paddlers' personal skills (coaching). That said, good leadership includes stopping at features to allow people to play and henceforth enhance their skills; id does entail encouraging paddlers to e.g. eddy hop as this is a skill required for running rivers safely. The main difference is that a coach would stop at features and teach and give people feedback about their personal skills.
A level 2 coach is able to plan, deliver and review a series of six progressive sessions on flat/sheltered water. Level 2 coaches will predominantly work with paddlers in their first 3 years of paddling.
I know there are a number of you out there who would like to get more involved. This is my call – please get in touch with me and I promise I will get you involved. It would help me to know whether you might be more interested in organising a club trip, help with coaching or would like to assist with things like equipment maintenance/hire; organising training events e.g. rolling course/New Members Evening, Beginners Courses, Drop In Sessions or social events. Depending on what you are interested in, I am happy to talk you through what it would entail which would allow you to assess how much time it might take. The new club year is starting in June and that means we need to 'allocate' trip organisers to the various different club trips. There are a number of coached sessions planned including some more forward paddling and river running/river reading Drop In Sessions. There are Rolling Courses and Star Award Training Sessions planned and there is another Beginners Course starting. So, get helping – you can get me on steffithorhauer@hotmail.com or 07903 964010.
A successful day of coaching and assessments!
There's not a lot moderate about Moderate Water Endorsement training!


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! ------------------------------------------------------ !
! Bubel - strange_graphene.f90 - Krzysztof Kolasinski 2015
!
! Graphene unit cell consists of two atoms A and B, those
! atoms can be viewed as a two spin states of some quantum
! object. In that case Graphene lattice can be presented
! as a simple square lattice with propper coupling between
! nearest neightbours.
! ------------------------------------------------------ !

program graphen

use modunits    ! unit conversion tools
use modscatter  ! eigen values and transport
use modlead     ! bandgap structure
use modshape
implicit none
character(*),parameter :: output_folder = "strange_graphene_output/"
type(qscatter)             :: qt
type(qshape)               :: lead_shape

doubleprecision            :: zeros_vector(200)
doubleprecision            :: a_dx,a_Emin,a_Emax
integer                    :: no_expected_states
integer ,parameter         :: nx = 50
integer ,parameter         :: ny = 15
doubleprecision,parameter  :: dx = 5.0 ! [nm]
doubleprecision,parameter  :: alpha30 =  30.0/180.0*M_PI

integer , dimension(nx,ny) :: gindex ! converts local index (i,j) to global index
integer :: i,j,k,m
doubleprecision            :: lead_translation_vec(3),x,y,z,Ef
character(300) :: line

!QSYS_FORCE_SCHUR_DECOMPOSITION = .true.
! Initalize system
call qt%init_system()
! ----------------------------------------------------------
! 1. Create mesh - loop over width and height of the lattice
! ----------------------------------------------------------
k      = 0
gindex = 0
do i = 1 , nx
do j = 1 , ny
    ! Initalize atom structure with position of the atom. Now instead of atoms A and B we have
    ! one atom with two spins.
    call qt%qatom%init((/ (i-1) * dx , (j-1) * dx + (i-1) * dx * 0.0 , 0.0 * dx /),no_in_states=2)
    ! Add atom to the system.
    call qt%qsystem%add_atom(qt%qatom)
    k           = k + 1
    gindex(i,j) = k
enddo
enddo
! ----------------------------------------------------------
! 2. Construct logical connections between sites on the mesh.
! ----------------------------------------------------------
qt%qnnbparam%box = (/2*dx,2*dx,0.0D0/)
call qt%qsystem%make_lattice(qt%qnnbparam,c_matrix=coupling)

! ----------------------------------------------------------
! 3. Find eigenvalues of the system.
! You must provide range of energy (Emin,Emax) and
! number of expected states in that region. Eigen problem
! is solved with FEAST library.
! ----------------------------------------------------------
no_expected_states = 40
! we choose small window
a_Emin =-3.0+0.1
a_Emax =-2.9+0.1
call qt%qsystem%calc_eigenproblem(a_Emin,a_Emax,no_expected_states)

! Write founded eigenstates to file if there are states in the range (Emin,Emax)
if(qt%qsystem%no_eigenvalues > 0) then
zeros_vector = 0
open(unit=222,file=output_folder//"eigenvecs.dat")
do i = 1 , nx
do j = 1 , ny
    ! Remapping to graphen lattice
    x = (qt%qsystem%atoms(gindex(i,j))%atom_pos(1) + qt%qsystem%atoms(gindex(i,j))%atom_pos(2)*sin(alpha30))/dx
    y = (qt%qsystem%atoms(gindex(i,j))%atom_pos(2) - sin(alpha30)*qt%qsystem%atoms(gindex(i,j))%atom_pos(1))/dx
    z = 0
    if(qt%qsystem%atoms(gindex(i,j))%bActive)then
        ! get unique ID of current site
        k = qt%qsystem%atoms(gindex(i,j))%globalIDs(2)  ! spin = 2
        m = qt%qsystem%atoms(gindex(i,j))%globalIDs(1)  ! spin = 1
        write(222,"(500e20.6)"),x,y,z,abs(qt%qsystem%eigenvecs(k,:))**2+abs(qt%qsystem%eigenvecs(m,:))**2
    else
        ! fill with zeros empty spaces
        write(222,"(500e20.6)"),x,y,z,zeros_vector(1:qt%qsystem%no_eigenvalues)
    endif
enddo
write(222,*),"" ! GNUPLOT necessary line break
enddo
close(222)
endif ! end of if are there eigenstates?

! ----------------------------------------------------------
! 4. Use generated mesh to calculate the band structure
! in the region of homogenous lead.
! ----------------------------------------------------------
! Setup shape and initialize lead
lead_translation_vec = (/  dx , 0.0D0 , 0.0D0 /)
call lead_shape%init_range_3d((/ -0.5*dx , 0.0D0 , 0.0D0 /),lead_translation_vec)
call qt%add_lead(lead_shape,lead_translation_vec)

lead_translation_vec = (/  -dx , 0.0D0 , 0.0D0 /)
call lead_shape%init_range_3d((/ (nx+0.5-1)*dx , 0.0D0 , 0.0D0 /),lead_translation_vec)
call qt%add_lead(lead_shape,lead_translation_vec)

a_Emin =-3.0
a_Emax = 3.0
call qt%leads(1)%bands(output_folder//"bands.dat",-M_PI,+M_PI,M_PI/160.0,a_Emin,a_Emax)

! Save lattice to file to see if constructed system is OK!
call qt%save_system(output_folder//"system.xml")

Ef = 0.1
QSYS_DEBUG_LEVEL = 1 ! tell me more
call qt%calculate_modes(Ef)
call qt%solve(1,Ef)

! Save calculated electron density to file
do i = 1 , size(qt%qauxvec)
    qt%qauxvec(i) = sum(qt%densities(:,i))
enddo
call qt%qsystem%save_data(output_folder//"densities.xml",array2d=qt%densities,array1d=qt%qauxvec)

print*,"Performing energy scan..."
open(unit=111,file=output_folder//"T.dat")
QSYS_DEBUG_LEVEL = 0 ! show me less
do Ef = -3.0 , 3.025 , 0.051
    ! Update hamiltonian elemenents value
    call qt%qsystem%update_lattice(c_matrix=coupling)
    call qt%calculate_modes(Ef)
    call qt%solve(1,Ef)

    print*,"Energy:",Ef,sum(qt%Tn(:))
    write(111,"(100f20.6)"),Ef,sum(qt%Tn(:))
enddo
close(111)

! ----------------------------------------------------------
! X. Clean memory...
! ----------------------------------------------------------

call qt%destroy_system()

print*,"Generating plots..."
print*,"Plotting band structure..."
call system("cd "//output_folder//"; ./plot_bands.py")
print*,"Plotting eigenvectors..."
call system("cd "//output_folder//"; ./plot_eigenvecs.py")
print*,"Plotting Transmission..."
call system("cd "//output_folder//"; ./plot_T.py")
print*,"Use Viewer program to see the structure and created leads."

contains

! ----------------------------------------------------------
! Define coupling between atoms
! ----------------------------------------------------------
logical function coupling(atomA,atomB,coupling_mat)
    use modcommons
    implicit none
    type(qatom) :: atomA,atomB
    complex*16  :: coupling_mat(:,:) ! you must overwrite this variable
    ! local variables
    integer         :: xdiff,ydiff
    doubleprecision :: dydiff,dxdiff,t0
    ! Calculate distance between atoms in units of dx.
    dxdiff = (atomA%atom_pos(1)-atomB%atom_pos(1))/dx
    dydiff = (atomA%atom_pos(2)-atomB%atom_pos(2))/dx
    ! Convert it to integers
    xdiff = NINT(dxdiff)
    ydiff = NINT(dydiff)

    ! default return value
    coupling       = .false.
    coupling_mat   = 0.0
    t0 = -1
    if( xdiff == 0 .and. ydiff == 0 ) then
        coupling      = .true.
        coupling_mat = t0 * MAT_SX
    else if( abs(xdiff) ==  1 .and. ydiff == 0 ) then
        coupling = .true.
        coupling_mat = 0.5*t0 *(MAT_SX + xdiff*II*MAT_SY)
    else if( xdiff ==  0 .and. abs(ydiff) == 1 ) then
        coupling = .true.
        coupling_mat = 0.5*t0 *(MAT_SX + ydiff*II*MAT_SY)
    endif
end function coupling

end program graphen


Congratulations to our 2018 Logo Competition winners! These artists will receive a 2018 membership to the Society and free registration to the upcoming meeting.
1st Place: Laura-Ana Cuciureanu, B.Sc.
Runner Up: Laura Kervezee, Ph.D.
Runner Up: Miriam Ben-Hamo, Ph.D.


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Muslim preacher who runs Britain's biggest sharia court denies raping two Dutch women in UK when they were young schoolgirls
As I've maintained all along - Muslim rape gangs were given free rein for the last 45 years. That means it was inevitable that past rapists will have got into positions of power and prestige (politicians, journalists, imams, judges). If they'd been convicted when they were younger, their criminal records would have stopped them from reaching such heights of power. Like Aylesbury, Telford, Blackpool, Birmingham, Bradford... the town of Nuneaton was another place where the EDL held protests. This man may not be guilty, but there will be hundreds of powerful men who are guilty.
From: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6282147/Muslim-preacher-denies-raping-two-Dutch-women-UK.html
A Muslim cleric who has worked towards opening sharia law courts in the UK has been questioned over historic rape claims.
Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi, 51, voluntarily spoke to officers looking into claims two Dutch women were sexually abused when they were children in the 1990s.
The women went to West Midlands Police over allegations they were attacked while staying with the sheikh's religious community in the UK, Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported.
Mr Siddiqi told the paper the claims were 'unfounded' and were part of a campaign to discredit his family.
A West Midlands Police spokesman said: 'A 51-year-old man from Nuneaton has been voluntary interviewed in relation to allegations of historical rape cases. Enquiries remain on-going.'
Lawyer Sheikh Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi is principal of a religious college outside Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
He was a leading figure in protests against Charlie Hebdo magazine after 11 of their journalists were massacred by Muslim extremists
He helped set up Muslim Arbitration Tribunal panels around the UK in 2007, described in 2008 as Britain's first legally binding sharia courts.
Speaking about the courts at the time, he said: 'This method is called alternative dispute resolution, which for Muslims is what the sharia courts are.'
The courts were criticised at the time, with then shadow home secretary Dominic Grieve said: 'These tribunals have no place in passing binding decisions in divorce or criminal justice hearings.'
After Theresa May announced an independent review into Sharia Courts in Britain, Mr Siddiqi hit back.
He said: 'What about ecclesiastical courts [and the] hundreds of other tribunals out there – professional, industrial, all sorts. Are they a threat to the British way of life? Have they become a parallel system? No. So why is it just Muslims? It is Islamophobia. It is exactly the same intolerance that Isis and al-Qaeda and these guys preach.'
His father, renowned Sufi Muslim scholar Hazrat Mujadid Abdul Wahab Siddiqi, founded Hijaz Manor where the preacher lives today.
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