The secret life of Laurie Lee, artist

He was the much loved author of Cider With Rosie. But in another life, Laurie Lee dreamed of being an artist. His daughter Jessy Lee shares his secret side  These are edited extracts from Laurie Lee: A Folio by Jessy Lee, published today by Unicorn Press, £24.99     ...
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Universities struggle with curbing sexual assaults on campus

A new White House report released Tuesday on sexual assaults on college campuses is putting a spotlight on concerns about how best to educate and effectively communicate the issue to students. The report issued by the White House task force to protect students from sexual assault urges colleges to adopt a three-point action plan that includes:  -- Campus climate surveys, to gauge student concerns about sexual violence -- Educating and empowering men to step in when someone's in trouble  -- Putting in place effective campus response plans when a student reports an assault The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) estimates that a college with 10,000 students could experience as many as 350 rapes per year, while the White House Council on Women and Girls -- co-authors of the White House report -- estimates nearly one-in-five women will be sexually assaulted during her time in college. Kelly Andersen believes that it's up to the colleges to take...
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Wyoming gov accuses White House

 

  The American coal industry is accusing the Obama administration of using the Environmental Protection Agency to end the use of coal despite the president's claim of having an "all of the above" Combined with other EPA policies and regulations, Betsy Monseu, CEO of the American Coal Council said, "Starting in about 2012 and continuing to 2020, we'll have about 60 gigawatts of coal-fired generation coming off-line...and the majority of that will come off in regard to the implementation of MATS in 2015 and 2016."  "We need all energy," countered Mead, "whether it's renewable, whether it's coal, oil, or gas, and we all have a responsibility to do it in the best way possible." "One of the keys to America's success is to have an energy strategy that does in fact have 'all of the above' and recognizes no energy source is perfect,” Mead said. “All of them need improvement. Let's focus our...
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Gas explosion rips through Florida jail

At least two prison inmates were killed and between 100 and 150 inmates and corrections officers were injured late Wednesday after a gas explosion at a Florida jail. The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. Castro didn't know if flooding in the area was a factor but says the jail did get extensive flooding during heavy rains that drenched the region Tuesday and Wednesday. Two nearby hospitals confirmed to WALA that they had admitted a total of 81 patients, none of whom had life-threatening injuries.   Family members of inmates and officers gathered outside the jail, claiming authorities were slow to provide them with information about their loved ones. "Where is our family members? We don’t know if they dead or alive," family member Eva Stewart told WALA-TV. "It’s really frustrating. I can’t sleep not knowing if my child’s okay. I got other family members in there too, I don’t...
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Mean Girls: Where are Cady and The Plastics ten years on?

Ten years ago today Mean Girls was released in the United States. Now, it is a cult classic and is widely considered to have been the reinvention of the teen genre. Starring Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams and Amanda Seyfried, Mean Girls was written byTina Fey and followed Lindsay’s Cady Heron, a teenage girl who arrives in Ohio to begin her junior year at North Shore High School after leaving Africa.There, she befriends social outcasts Janis and Damian before later being recruited to join The Plastics, the most popular group of girls in school.Speaking to the New York Times, Tina remembered her research for the script, talking about the politics of being a teenage girl in high school."I revisited high school behaviours of my own—futile, poisonous, bitter behaviours that served no purpose," Tina said, before adding: "That thing of someone saying, 'You're really pretty,' and then, when the other person thanks them, saying, 'Oh, so you agree? You think you're pretty?' That happened in...
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Elsa Pataky and Chris Hemsworth leave newborn twins at home for outing with daughter

Elsa Pataky and Chris Hemsworth left their newborn twin sons at home on Wednesday to take a break in Malibu with daughter India Rose and fellow thespian Owen Wilson.The couple welcomed Sasha and Tristan to the world in March but the little one were nowhere to be seen as they stepped out for a snack in the sunshine. Along the way the couple bumped into The Internship actor Owen, as well as another friend. All were enjoying the warm weather as they donned shorts, and T-shirts for the short journey in the beach town.It seems Elsa has easily bounced back into shape as she wore white bottoms and a stripy red and white top. Meanwhile her husband was comfortable in an orange shirt and like Owen covered his head with a cap. The Thor actor carried their little around while Fast and the Furious actress Elsa rested her arms as she is often seen toting her eldest around the Los Angeles area during...
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Prince William and Kate Middleton given painting from 'role model' artist with Down Syndrome

Prince William and Kate Middleton received a painting done by Tazia Fawley, a talented British artist with Down Syndrome, as a gift to mark the arrival of Prince George.The colourful picture, entitled Rupert flies over the Suspension Bridge, depicts Rupert Bear looking up into the sky while admiring the flurry of hot air balloons flying past the famous Bristolian landmark.Speaking exclusively to HELLO! Online, Tazia's mother Gylda Thomas explained how her daughter was a role model and a "light" to other people with Down Syndrome, and how Tazia had felt giving away her artwork. "Tazia thought it was a lovely thing to do, to give the painting away," said Gylda. "Especially as the Duke and Duchess had said it was going to be hung in the royal nursery."I think she was quite sad at first because it was a painting that she loved, but also thought that the baby would love it. It was such an honour."The...
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Chanel sausages and Fendi fishfingers: the 'FabFood Project'

Chanel sausages, Fendi fishfingers and Louis Vuitton toast – this is the ultimate fashion/food fusion.Photographer Linus Morales has created some of the world's most recognisable fashion brand logos out of food in a an exhibition entitled 'The FabFood Project'. The iconic Chanel logo – two crossed Cs – has been fashioned from large sausages, the double-F Fendi made out of fishfingers and a pork chop has the Gucci double-G seared into it.Meanwhile, a piece of toast is branded with the LV of Louis Vuitton.According to his website, Linus is a Sweden-based photographer who has worked with Puma, Mitsubishi and MIH Jeans. http://www.hellomagazine.com/fashion/2014042518413/linus-morales-chanel-sausages-fendi-fishfingers/ ...
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Jennifer Lawrence embarrassed herself in front of Miley Cyrus at Oscars party

Jennifer Lawrence has admitted that she had a little too much fun at an Oscars after-party – and threw up in front of Miley Cyrus. Never one to hold her tongue, Jennifer was speaking during a taping of NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers.  A source told US Weekly: "Jen said she was so drunk, she puked on the stairs at Madonna's after-party, and Miley walked by and said something like, 'Get it together, girl!'"The taping, which was recorded on 21 April, will air on 21 May.The 23-year-old Oscar winner was nominated in 2014 for Best Supporting Actress for her role inAmerican Hustle, but lost to Lupita Nyong’o for her performance in 12 Years A Slave.Jennifer attended the 2 March ceremony with her best friend – and caused more disruption when she fell over on the red carpet. It was the second Oscars embarrassment for Jennifer, who in 2013 tripped on her way to collect her award for...
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Nick Clegg challenged by wife Miriam

During a speech demanding a culture change across British industry to tackle "old-fashioned attitudes" to flexible, family-friendly working practices, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is challenged by his own wife Miriam Fathers who look after their children have “more cojones” and only “dinosaurs” think men shouldn’t share childcare, Miriam Clegg has said. Nick Clegg’s wife, who is a high profile lawyer, interrupted her husband’s press conference to ask the Deputy Prime Minister to take a public stand for men who look after their children. In a rare move, which will be seen as highly political, Mrs Clegg took the microphone at the launch of Cityfathers to demand that “modern working fathers” announce "loudly and proudly" that taking responsibility for your own children does not “affect your level of testosterone. “ Mr Clegg replied: "Of course I agree with you Miriam”. He added: "I am assuming I don’t have to translate cojones – or cojos as it’s...
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Super Cute Tom Fletcher's "From bump to Buzz!"

Tom Fletcher and wife Giovanna have found the most adorable way of celebrating the birth of their baby son Buzz Michelangelo – releasing a song, of course! The McFly star uploaded a video onto YouTube showing Giovanna during the whole of her pregnancy as he sings beside her. He explained: ‘We took photos every day through the 9 months of our pregnancy, this is the result (plus a little song I wrote called “Something New”).’ The video quickly had fans on Twitter hailing the couple as ‘so cute’. The clip shows the couple standing in front of each other with Giovanna wearing the same clothes as her bump gets bigger and bigger. It ends with Giovanna disappearing and returning with Buzz in her arms. Tom revealed recently on Instagram: ‘Having a baby makes you the most happy AND most tired you’ll ever feel…at the same time…like this.’ Also, the famous actor Russell Crowe has talked about this video...
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Curious details of Dulce María

The singer and actress Dulce Maria ( RBD famous former member of the group) is more than happy with the recent release of his album ' Without Borders ' , his second studio album coming loose as first singles ' Tears ' (sung a duet with Julion Alvarez ) and " Before seeing the Sun. To please the fans that this young artist has in all parts of the world, we share with you some fun facts about her new album and other projects : Did you know? 1. The video for ' Before I see the Sun ' was filmed in Salt Lake ( Baja California) and the images of the road were made between Calexico and Ocotillo . February . Presentation of the album ' Without Borders ' will be held on May 21 at the National Auditorium Lunario Mexico City and invite some of his fans so they can see the...
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Dougie's McFlown! Ellie Goulding announces that she is now single

But it seems Ellie Goulding’s super-secretive relationship with Dougie Poynter has come to an abrupt end. The 27-year-old Burn singer is now referring to herself as “single”. Ellie first hooked up with McFly’s cutest member at the Cosmo awards last December. They both denied the hook-up for what felt like an eternity until Mr Poynter, 26, admitted last month: “We’ve been seeing each other since last year. "Ellie’s a lovely person and a breath of fresh air in this industry.” However, it seems he needn’t have bothered. Ellie has declared her current status in a new interview, explaining: “I used to put men on a pedestal. “I decided to remedy that, and that’s why I’m single now. “They would be everything but I’ve realised I don’t need a guy. “I’ve got amazing, awesome, stupid friends in the best way possible.” Miss G then tellingly went on to discuss break-ups at length. Subtle Ellie said: “A lot of despair in breaking up...
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Dolce & Gabbana tax evasion verdict upheld, but they won’t be going to prison

11 months since Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana were found guilty of evading around €400 million (£342 million), the design duo have been condemned once again, this time by the court of appeals in Milan. espite the case's prosecutors calling for the overturning of the designers' initial 20-month sentence - Gaetano Santamaria argued that if the conviction were upheld it would "run counter to common sense" - a three-judge panel reached its decision today. Dolce and Gabbana have subsequently been sentenced to 18 months in prison, while Dolce's brother Alfonso, Dolce & Gabbana general director Cristiana Ruella and finance director Giuseppe Minoni were sentenced to one year and two months in jail. However, none of the defendants will spend any time in prison as only sentences of over two years have to be served in Italy. The designers' lawyer said the ruling would be appealed at Italy's equivalent of the Supreme Court. In 2004,...
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McBusted, O2 Arena: 'relentless fun'

Back in 2004, British teen-pop behemoths Busted and McFly were inescapable. They ruled the charts with their chirpy, loveable guitar songs and bleach-blonde fringes, and for a time as a student it seemed virtually impossible to have a first snog without McFly’s 2004 number one Obviously jangling away overhead. Both bands operated in a skater-jeaned pocket of enjoyment outside normal conventions of arch tween cool. Duly, every man had his favourite. I always preferred McFly's surf-infused style to Busted's watered down approximation of American pop-punk. Now, you needn’t choose sides, as the bands have joined forces (minus refusenik Busted leader Charlie Simpson, who, having disbanded Busted in late-2004, is focusing on his acoustic solo career). Billed as the “ultimate supergroup” – though the Traveling Wilburys might justifiably quibble – McBusted have all but sold out a 34-date UK arena tour. It wasn’t hard to see why during this 100 minutes of relentless fun....
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British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)

- Awarded for: the best in film - Country: united kingdom - First awarded: 1947 - Annual ceremony AWARDS FILMS 2013:                                                                                                                                                              ...
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Guy Fawkes Night

The history begins with the events of 5th of November 1065, when Guy Fawkes, Sir Robert Catesby an theur catholics coworkers tried to make an attempt on king Jaime l's life putting a few of powder barrels under the Parliament's chambers. The reason of this uprising was that they wanted the king to obey the Pope. Nevertheless, Fawkes and his team were discovered and arrested and finally executed, that is why on 5th on November people from United Kingdom use to burn a puppet  of Guy Fawkes accompanied by fireworks. ...
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Spain's economy grows at fastest rate since 2008

Spain's economy grew at its fastest quarterly pace since 2008 during the first three months of the year, according to the country's National Statistics Institute. Compared with a year earlier, Spain's economy grew by 0.6%, the fastest pace in three years. Despite signs of improvement in Spain's economy, the number of people in employment fell by 184,600 in the quarter just below 17 million, the lowest level for the first quarter since 2008. The country's unemployment rate edged up to 25.9% from 25.7% in the fourth quarter of 2013. Spain emerged from recession in October last year. It was one of the countries hit the worst by the fallout from the credit crisis, as its housing bubble burst and its banks needed government bailouts to survive. It has the second-highest unemployment rate in Europe after Greece. ...
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Tito Vilanova

TITO VILANOVA DEAD: WATCH LEO MESSI, CESC FABREGAS AND GERARD PIQUE ATTEND MASS TO REMEMBER BARCELONA HERO. Barcelona stars including Leo Messi, Cesc Fabregas and Gerard Pique have gathered for a mass at the city's cathedral to remember their former coach Tito Vilanova, who died on Friday. Vilanova, who died aged just 45, had been battling throat cancer for three years. He leaves behind a wife and two children. During his time at Barcelona Villanova served as assistant and confidante to head coach Pep Guardiola, and helped to turn Barca into one of the greatest teams the world has ever seen. His death has prompted tributes from across the Spanish football community, with fans of Real Madrid joining their Catalan rivals in paying tribute to one of the country's best-loved sporting figures. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tito-vilanova-dead-watch-leo-messi-cesc-fabregas-gerard-pique-attend-mass-remember-barcelona-1446556 ...
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Nicolas Cage at SXSW 2014: 'It really sucks being famous right now'

Speaking at the SXSW festival in Austin, Cage lamented his own notoriety and the way it affected how his films are perceived. The actors who inspired him to learn his art, he suggested, didn't face the same indignity. "I started acting because I wanted to be James Dean," Cage told an audience of journalists. "I saw him in Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden. Nothing affected me – no rock song, no classical music – the way Dean affected in 'Eden'. It blew my mind. I was like, 'That's what I want to do.' This was before everyone had a thing called a smartphone and before the advent of the 'celebutard' – just being famous for famous' sake. I'm not complaining, but it really sucks to be famous right now." Cage said he was fed up with reviewers discussing his personal life instead of his acting work. "Now even the art...
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Cristiano Ronaldo beats Lionel Messi to Ballon d'Or

The Portugal captain, 28, was named world player of the year for the first time since 2008 by national coaches, captains and journalists. Germany goalkeeper Nadine Angerer was named best women's player, while former Bayern Munich boss Jupp Heynckes picked up the coach of the year accolade and Germany manager Silvia Neid claimed the women's award. Ronaldo claimed the award with a total of 1,365 points, ahead of Messi (1,205) and Ribery (1,127), with the votes cast by 184 coaches, 184 national captains and 173 members of the global media. Neither Ronaldo or Messi voted for the other in their top three. Ronaldo selected Radamel Falcao for first place, followed by Gareth Bale and Mesut Ozil, while Messi opted for Barcelona team-mates Andres Iniesta, Xavi and Neymar. England manager Roy Hodgson chose Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Robin van Persie as his top three, while captain Steven Gerrard picked Ronaldo, Messi and Liverpool team-mate Luis Suarez. Messi, 26, had won the award for the last...
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Louis Smith: Olympic gymnast to make comeback

mith, 24, took a break after winning individual silver and a team bronze at the London Olympics in 2012. "I'm not done with gymnastics yet. I have unfinished business," said Smith, who also won Olympic bronze in 2008. Smith, who won the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing television show during his break from gymnastics, said qualification for the Commonwealth Games would not be straightforward."I believe I can very much compete amongst the best in the world and challenge for medals." "I'm not surprised. I've been speaking to Louis throughout the year and he's a competitive animal," Hall said. "He's always harboured a feeling to come back to competition after a rest and to finish his business at a competition he loves. "Selection is never guaranteed. He could end up not even being selected for the Commonwealth Games. With the upsurge in quality in British gymnastics there are about 10 gymnasts who could make the England team. It will be a real big...
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TRADITIONAL FOLK OF MUSIC

The traditional folk music of England has contributed to several genres, such as sea shanties, jigs, hornpipes and dance music. Some of the best known songs are Greensleeves, Scarborough Fair, Pastime with Good Company, Over the Hills and Far Away amongst others. From the mid-16th century, nursery rhymes began to be recorded in English plays. Some of the best known nursery rhymes from Britain include; Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Roses are red, Jack and Jill, Cock a doodle doo, Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, The Grand Old Duke of York, etc. ...
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How WhatsApp is different than other messaging Apps

•Facebook announced on Wednesday that it plans to buy WhatsApp Messenger for $19 billion. WhatsApp Messenger has at least three compelling qualities. •-Wide-ranging cross platform support: WhatsApp Messenger is available for Android, iOS, BlackBerry, Windows Phone and Symbian •-No Ads: WhatsApp Messenger has been upfront about its “no ads” policy •-Lots of users: Probably the top reason Facebook spent mega dollars on WhatsApp Messenger is its user base. Currently, it has about 450 million monthly users. COMPARAISON How we can see whatsapp follow being the more used app and there are much persons that they defend it like the first new but how can see in the other notice a good app isn’t few ads or a lot of users, like shown the second new is more aspects. OPINION In our opinion we should use other apps like telegram because whatsapp isn’t so secure like we think and now what facebook have built the app the security will be more less. ...
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Neymar

Corruption in football as World Neymar will cost 95 million, 38 more than that. According to the newspaper, the Barcelona "paid for the signing of Brazilian striker Neymar Da Silva Santos 95 million euros and not the 57 that officially declared president Sandro Rosell, 38 million euros more, http://www.ecorepublicano.es/2014/01/corrupcion-en-el-futbol-segun-el-mundo.html Claims against Barça could trigger price Neymar 180 million. The Neymar has uncovered the case of worms against FC Barcelona. Beyond the 'political' implications of the case, the greatest fear by the entity culé focuses on the  economic problems that it could drag. http://ecodiario.eleconomista.es/interstitial/volver/selfbankene14/futbol/noticias/5 01068/01/14/Las-reclamaciones-contra-el-Bara-podrian-disparar-el-precio-de Neymar-a-180-millones.html CONTRADICTIONS and opinion We can see that the Neymar case and the  money spent in this player for the Football Club Barcelona is giving a lot to talk, while as we have seen in these two latest news, in each newspaper there is a different amount of money regarding their move. In our opinion this is a corruption case by Football Club Barcelona and the team has to prove the true about this signk ...
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