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Taking a look at the stunt men and women who make Hollywood's action sequences happen.

Action scenes are designed to excite and shock an audience – as voyeurs we are taken on a thrilling and thought provoking ride without leaving the comfort of our seats. Left in awe, we marvel at the dazzling actors and actresses who are playing out our wildest fantasies (and sometimes nightmares) on the ...

I reviewed a couple of new Tesco Finest crisp flavours a few days back, but it turns out I wasn't done, as I spied this bag of chilli and ginger crisps on the shelf yesterday. Yes, chilli and ginger, the promise of a spicy extravaganza. I love chilli, and I've grown to love ginger too, so this sounded like a fantastic bag to me.
These are spicy, there's no doubt about it, not as spicy as I'd ...

We all are born, complete our schooling and higher education, get jobs and as such lead our usual lives. Then comes a phase in our life, where we need the company of someone special. Now comes the beautiful part of marriage in our lives. Marriage is one of the best parts of our lives, which brings love, care, happiness and stability in our lives. But after few years of marriage, comes another big milestone in our lives, which completely changes our way of living.

Stanford University

Brock Turner, a top swimmer at Stanford who raped an unconscious woman behind a dumpster after a party, was sentenced to six months in county jail on Thursday. The presiding judge felt that a full sentence “would have a severe impact” on Turner, discounting the severe impact his victim described at his sentencing. This ruling sparked national outrage, which only grew after a letter Turner’s father had ...

Divorce cases are rarely "pretty". but some are just strange. Even very strange.

A recent case in Haifa had a husband divorcing his wife and accusing her of performing witchcraft on him. He was making this claim in the hope that he would not have to pay her the value of the ketuba, which was very high.

The dispute was over the ketuba of 1,555,000nis. The husband claimed in the beis din that he should not have to pay it because she was attacking him with witchcraft. he brought in... Читать дальше...

"Vaad Harabbonim l'inyanei tzedaka" is one of the most important, and one of the largest, tzedaka organizations in the Haredi community.

They are in serious trouble, and they did it to themselves.

After an audit by the registrar of organizations, a department in the Justice Ministry, they are losing their status of "chapter 46" and might have to disband completely.

The audit found many many financial irregularities, including money laundering, money collected in campaigns... Читать дальше...

4th June. This evening we had another pilgrimage to Chez Pantxua, one of our favorite restaurants on the Côte Basque. As always, it was absolutely faultless. (They have a cod omelet on their starter menu - mmm!) It's ideally situated (map here) by the sailing center at Socoa (just across the bay of Saint-Jean-de-Luz) with a large car park nearby. Afterwards, a post-prandial waddle around the harbor is the perfect end to the evening.

3rd June. Two or three little-known factoids for you when it all goes quiet in the snug... Читать дальше...

Steven Starr:  This is a discussion in which, as Manpreet Sethi has noted, all the participants “either argue in favor of nuclear power or decline to argue against it. … [T]hey see no need to eliminate nuclear energy.” That is, the Bulletin has selected experts who may suggest new policies or technological fixes for the nuclear industry, but will not call for the industry’s abolition.

I regularly burst into flame.
Of course, you wouldn’t know it to look at me.
Or maybe you would.  It’s hard to have one’s internal temperature moved to “Bake” – and without permission! – and not give it away.
Take, for instance, the flush of my downy pink cheeks.  There’s a giveaway.  What once spoke of a day in the sun now shouts of increasing distraction and the urge to get into some sort of hollering match, preferably one in which I am absolutely in the right, something that perhaps... Читать дальше...

We can only give of ourselves to the extent that we know and accept who we are. If we are peaceful and very understanding of our emotions we are also to an extent able to understand another person. There is something peaceful about pastel shades and every time I wear a pastel, like this skirt I wore here previously, ...

On the England, Wales border of the counties of Shropshire and Powys you will find the garden nursery of Claire Austin Perennials. The nursery has many plants but specialises in Peonies and Irises. Once a year Claire Austin opens the nursery to the public along with her private garden. You may already be familiar with the name Austin, Claire is the daughter of the world renown Rose specialist David Austin. I have blogged previously about David Austin Roses as the plant centre, garden and tea room are located close to where I live in Shropshire.

With a generation of children and adults being distracted with technology, work and school commitments, resources and time pressures, traditional outdoor activities have been left out in the cold.

A new trailer for the Japanese market reveals more footage from the upcoming reboot.

Ghostbusters is in UK/ROI cinemas July 15th.

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Fresh Brewed Coffee Worlds Best Fragrance Oil – Fragrance Oil Spotlight

As you may or may not of noticed I am covered in moles. I absolutely hated it at one point of my life, but my Dad would always call them beauty marks and so I've learnt to love them. My main issue now is keeping them in check - I constantly have to make sure none have changed or discoloured, or anything that might mean they're not looking quite right. One of our family friends had skin cancer at a ...

A primer for the sub-genre of incarceration exploitation.

The latest video from Indietrix Film Reviews provides a brief introduction to the controversial WIP genre, one that's as politically progressive as it is problematic.

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June 6th is the start of Ramadan

O moon-faced Beloved,
the month of Ramadan has arrived
Cover the table
and open the path of praise.

O fickle busybody,
it’s time to change your ways.
Can you see the one who’s selling the halvah
how long will it be the halvah you desire?

Just a glimpse of the halvah-maker
has made you so sweet even honey says,
“I’ll put myself beneath your feet, like soil;
I’ll worship at your shrine.”

Your chick frets... Читать дальше...

2016 Watched List

I did a watched list last year and now I have decided to make a slight twist on it all, I will continue to do a list of the order I watched them all but I will also rank the 10 films from worst to best. So here is the list, what do you think and how do you rate this films.

Here is 181 – 190,

1.       April Fool’s Day

2.       Atlantis Down

3.       XXX

4.       XXX 2 The Next Level

5.       Rosemary’s Baby

6.       Bereavement

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In my Harvest Monday post yesterday I described a lettuce called Tom Thumb, and mentioned that we used it in a nice salad. This is the nice salad. The inspiration for it came from a book called "Around the world in salads - 120 ways to love your leaves" by Katie and Giancarlo Caldesi.

Obviously, it starts with a good lettuce, and a suitably firm one at that. Tom Thumb has quite a crisp heart, more robust than many butterhead types, so it served the purpose well. A ...

The minute you hear 'SHORTS' - and your mind gets redirected to some casual, comfy daytime look, that very instant.  Shorts have always been stereotypical of everyday casual clothing, but I personally feel there is so much sartorial potential in this tiny-inseam clothing. Not only can you take a pair of shorts from day to night, but also effortlessly step up your daytime-chic game.

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at sites like Stonehenge, Avebury, Old Sarem and Durrington Walls you hear this commentary from archeologists, "The ditch was inside the bank," this is bad for defense but great for levelling off a water course or circular canal or 'harbour', should you want to deliver stones to a site that (at the time) was surrounded by water.

But this has implications, most importantly, ...

I'm a self-proclaimed (and husband ...

What is Nuclear Waste?

Put ...

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