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FRONT COVER: Fashion designer Vicky Kidd-Gallichan Story Page 4. Photo by Silas Brown

MANY people only ever observe Canberra from a car window, and the ACT Government is going to change that view, according to An-drew Barr.

“There’s a lot of spaces in the city that are looked at from that vantage point; not from the vantage point of people, pedestrians, cyclists in terms of usable spaces,” the Deputy Chief Minister, Treasurer and Minister for Econom-ic Development Andrew Barr told “CityNews”.

And things are changing with the long list of projects, part of the “Canberra City Action Plan”, that are well on their way to completion.

One controversial move includes revisiting the failed sale of the Government-owned car park on London Circuit, next to Canberra Museum and Gallery.

“I think it’s unsustainable in the long term, given the amount of land available in the CBD, to think we’ll continue to maintain surface car parking forever,” Barr said.

The Government has ear-marked the block for a five-star hotel; a plan Barr hopes will en-courage more people and more competition to the accommoda-tion market.

“There is a need for more ho-tel accommodation in Canberra. Industry has indicated in the context of our ability to host major events and to be a player in that sort of space, we would need more accommodation in the higher end,” he said.

The number of hotel rooms in the city was on the decline with many two and three-star properties taken off the market and replaced with residential property, he said.

“If we get some new players in town, they are potential partners with National Capital Tourism in marketing and promotion,” said Barr.

“So that’s why we are keen for another in-ternationally known brand to come into the marketplace.”

Barr concedes that earmarking the land for a hotel has some difficulties, because “hotels aren’t the highest return on commercial land”,

however he says despite the lower return, the investment would meet a specific need in the marketplace.

But that’s not the ACT Government’s big-gest issue; Barr said the greatest challenge for the CBD was City Hill.

“Nearly every Canberran would have driv-en past at 60 km/h but very little people would have set foot on the hill and that is a problem,” he said.

“The way that you get access to that and change the dynamic of City Hill is entirely linked to the extension of Constitution Avenue and Edinburgh Avenue to Vernon Circle.

“The trigger projects for that are Section 63, the Leighton and Mirvac devel-opment, and the Commonwealth Government funding that’s been provided for duplication of Con-stitution Avenue.”

However, since its sale in 2007 for $92 million, Leighton Proper-ties and Mirvac Projects are yet to secure a tenant.

“They’ve been shopping around for a Commonwealth tenant for some time,” he said.

“I anticipate they will be a significant player in bidding for the ACT Government tenancies,

they were pretty quick to seek some particular clarification around our announcement on the changed delivery for ACT Government accom-modation needs.”

Barr said that within the lease variation charge framework was the capacity to offer concessions to developers “provided there are some social returns”.

“Examples of that would be improved environmental outcomes, an affordable hous-ing component within those urban renewal projects, or a significant upgrade to the public realm,” he said.

“So, if a developer wanted to turn an old Government building into something else, but upgrade the areas around, we’d look at provid-ing some tax incentives to do that.

“That’s a direction option we are thinking of doing.”

Andrew Barr’s never slow coming forward with the “vision thing”. He gives FREYLA FERGUSON an insight into where he sees Civic heading

Andrew Barr.

Barr’s taking it to the streets


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Freyla Fergusonreports

IN a converted garage in Richardson, British-born fashion designer Vicky Kidd-Gallichan experiments.

At the moment she’s hand painting silk roses; delicate flowers she’s made “like the old French couture houses had made them”.

Vicky owns Rockstars and Royalty, designing and making one-off bridal gowns. She special-ises in Victorian corsetry and has branched out to jewellery and fascinators.

But how did Vicky, originally from Ports-mouth, find her way to Canberra?

In England, Vicky studied jewellery metal work in college but sewing, a skill taught by her mother at 10, was her favourite hobby.

“I was trying to make a corset,” she said. “At that time I was making all my own clothes.

“I began experimenting and wanted to get things right.”

She said after she studied and taught herself Victorian corsetry, she knew that’s “what I wanted to do”.

In her shop in Portsmouth, Vicky made goth corsets and nightclub wear, but gradually moved into wedding gowns.

“My clients have a dream in their head and I get to make it a reality,” she said. “That’s some-thing special. I’m passionate, I love doing it.

“Every bride is different, every gown is dif-

ferent, every fascinator is different. It’s just something different every day.”

Vicky met her Australian husband while he was in England on a working holiday. When his visa was up, they decided to move back to his home town of Canberra to “settle”.

In 2008, a year after her move to Canberra, she started Rockstars and Royalty.

She now has a two-year-old daughter Lily, and between being a mum and making gowns, she keeps herself pretty busy. From starting out showing her gowns at local wedding fairs, she now has an affiliation with Shop Handmade.

Fashion designer Vicky Kidd-Gallichan... “I don’t trust anyone to do the sewing – I’m so picky.” Photo by Silas Brown

Corsets to bridal


brieflydreams“People here are definitely more open

minded,” Vicky says of her Australian clients.And “word’s getting around” with Vicky

now picking up clients from Sydney and Mel-bourne.

“I feel a lot of people are wanting gowns that are different to what you can buy off the rack,” she said.

“I think my corsetry also sets me apart from anyone else.

“I can also make gowns for girls in any size and any proportion.”

Spending between 100 to 150 hours on one gown, Vicky describes her style as “a really classic, feminine shape with a modern twist”.

She says she draws inspiration from design-ers including the late Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood, Thierry Mugler and Mr Pearl, who has designed many dresses for Dita Von Teese.

She also spends hours, sometimes “work-ing till midnight in my pyjamas”, experi-menting and pushing herself to develop new techniques.

But despite her quiet success, Vicky’s happy in her Richardson studio.

“Sometimes I think I’d like to start my own label,” she said. “But I am such a control freak, I’d want to do everything, I don’t trust anyone to do the sewing – I’m so picky.

“And I’ve developed a special skill set. It’s years of hard work creating my own methods of doing everything.”

More information at rockstarsandroyalty.com.au

Tolerant capitalSAM Wong, chair of the Canberra Multicultural Community Forum, has hailed new ABS figures that show the ACT has the highest national acceptance rate of other cultures. The ABS found that 87 per cent of ACT respondents either agreed or strongly agreed with the statement: “It’s a good thing for a society to be made up of people from different cultures”. This compared with 80 per cent nationally.

Airport open dayPLANES of all shapes and sizes plus an aerobatic display are promised for Canberra Airport’s Open Day, 9.30am-1.30pm on Sunday, March 25. There will be activities for children, food and entertain-ment. Parking is free in Brindabella Business Park. More information at www.canberraairport.com.au/openday

Free bus travelSENIORS card holders will travel free on Action buses between 9am and 4.30pm, and after 6pm on weekdays and all day Saturday and Sunday during ACT Seniors Week, until March 25.

Wheels movesTHE 30th anniversary of Shannons’ Wheels vehicle display will be held at Thoroughbred Park, due to the uncertainty of the availability of the lawns of Old Parliament House because of recent rain. The display, hosted by the Council of ACT Motor Clubs, attracts around 1100 veteran, vintage, classic and modern vehicles each year. The event will be held from 10am to 3pm on Sunday, March 25, with money raised going to the Rotary’s Shelterbox project. Entry is free.


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No forgetting old Bogart’s

IN mid-1999, I stood in a recording studio in Watson and read a script that said: “I bet he’s been to Vision City.”

That line has come back to haunt me for more than a decade on the company’s TV advertising and, while I cringe whenever I hear it, I guess it must have worked for them over the years – but not perhaps for very much longer.

Vision City is among the group of ten-ants at Canberra House who will have to pack up and move out to make way for a new development on the site.

The Civic building is owned by prop-erty investment company Prime Space, which also has an office in Canberra House. It bought the building in 2010 in a joint venture with the Canberra Club.

Canberra House was built in the 1970s. Its tenants include Vision City, The Wig and Pen pub and the Canberra Club. Call-ers to my radio program reminisced about better days at the Canberra Club, but they also mentioned Bogart’s Restaurant and Bar. Longtime Canberra residents will remember Bogart’s as an upmarket eat-ery in the ‘70s and ‘80s.

Listener Heather had mixed memories of going up the stairs to Bogarts. “We booked to go with a group of friends for New Year’s Eve and there was a grog strike,” she said. “We spent the night drinking Coke!”

Caller Mark recalls it very differently in the mid-to-late ‘80s.

“We heard it was a pretty flash res-taurant, so we dressed up, but when we arrived people were wearing track pants and uggies,” he said.

Cheryl was an apprentice in the kitch-en. She told me it was “quite a high-class restaurant and it was full most nights”. Cheryl was there between 1981 and 1983.

“We used to do suppers, Thursday-to-Saturday night after the theatre and we’d have live bands in three nights a week. It was really popular,” she said.

I’m sorry I missed Bogart’s, but I won’t miss the Vision City ads!

Mark Parton is the breakfast announcer on 2CC.

Redevelopment of a Civic site brings back memories to listeners of MARK PARTON’s radio show

By Libby HillAN alternative to the dentist’s needle is providing more options for Canberra patients.

A new needle-free anaesthetic injec-tion, Injex, hurts less than a needle and is being requested by patients who have a fear of needles.

Manuka dentist Dr Anthony Le, of Definitive Dental, is using Injex but says it has limitations.

“It’s another tool in the tool box, but we are not close to replacing the needle all together,” says Dr Le.

“Injex can only be used on certain parts of the mouth because we are only able to administer quite a small amount.”

He says his patients who have tried

it seemed to be happy with it, but it is mainly used with simple procedures including fillings and restorations.

“It provides us with a substitute in certain situations, but unfortunately does not eliminate the need for needles,” he says.

Injex works by micro-streaming the anaesthetic through the skin, meaning it is absorbed more rapidly, and there is less damage to the skin at the point of contact.

“Actually administering Injex is less painful than a needle but there tends to be more post operative discomfort than with a needle,” he says.

Dr Le does not charge any differently for patients who have Injex. More information at www.injex.com.au

Dr Anthony Le demonstrates the needle-free anaesthetic. Photos by Silas Brown

The new needle-free anaesthetic injection and the regular needle.

Nearly, but not rid ofdentist’s needle yet



politics

Burch on back foot over public housing

REVELATIONS that there are more than 2000 people waiting for public housing has left the ACT Government clutching at straws.

As the waiting lists grow longer the Gov-ernment is looking more and more desper-ate. Housing Minister Joy Burch has indicated that she is even considering legislation which will turn our public housing system into wel-fare housing.

What has happened to the principles that drive a Labor Government? Ms Burch has been in the media arguing details instead of presenting the principles. The problem is not the few people in public housing earning reasonable salaries, but rather the lack of ad-equate investment over many years as Canberra grows larger.

ACT Housing should have the dual role of look-ing after those in need and being a landlord – using the profits from market rental to subsidise those who cannot afford it.

One voice of reason on this issue has been the director of the ACT Council of Social Services and former MLA, Roslyn Dundas, who warned about the marginalisa-tion of people in the public-housing sector.

She identified one of the key problems of lack of proper investment resulting in conver-sion of public housing to welfare housing. “It is important to maintain a mix of people,” she told “The Canberra Times”, “as targeting is narrowed, this can lead to greater stigmatisa-tion of people”.

Instead of being on the back foot Housing Minister, Joy Burch, should have been putting

the argument in favour of public housing com-pared to welfare housing.

As with public funding of health care, we do not make accusations about people on high in-comes using the public hospitals. That is their prerogative. It should be the same story with public housing – if people wish to remain in public housing by paying full market rent, the benefit can come back to the community. The Government, as the landlord, injects the profit back into the system.

“The Canberra Times” ran a front-page story of a public housing tenant, in need of a bigger house, being “peeved” at the 200 or so people on average incomes or better who are still in pub-

lic housing. Did anyone explain to Mr Lovelock that, by paying market rental, these people sub-sidise his own housing and that he actually has a reason to thank such tenants?

The last thing needed by our community is someone losing their home as a disincentive to employment. Minister Burch wrestled with some of the complexity of trying to move people out of public housing once their income im-proved. They simply should be moved on to market rental. They will then be in a position to make up their own mind if they wish to purchase their current home or to buy privately.

There was a time when Government invest-ment meant that most of Canberra was public housing. There is no reason to attempt to wind the clock back, however, it says something about the movement of politics to the right when the attempt to shift from public to welfare housing comes from a Labor Government.

Michael Moore was an independent member of the ACT Legislative Assembly (1989 to 2001) and was Minister for Health and Housing.

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Minister Joy Burch... Government clutching at straws.


Rita’s new book for bilingual bambinosBy Libby HillO’MALLEY grandmother Rita Aiello Martiniello is helping children become bilingual with her new book, “The Bambino Book”.

The first of a series, “The Bambino Book, Numeri e Animali” is an educational book aimed at four to 10-year-olds, written in Italian and English.

“The inspiration came from my grandchildren. I didn’t want them to lose their roots,” Rita says.

Born in Italy, Rita immigrated to Melbourne in 1967. She moved to Canberra in 1972 where she has since worked as a hairdresser.

“When my children were growing up, we always had grandma living with us and she only spoke Italian so my children understand the language,” she says.

Rita started planning “The Bambino Book” when she learned that she was going to become a grand-mother.

“The Bambino Book, Numeri e Animali” comes with a DVD so children can learn the correct pronun-ciation of the words.

“The Bambino Book, Numeri e Animali” is available for $19.95 from www.thebambinobook.net

Author Rita Aiello Martiniello... “The inspiration came from my grandchildren. I didn’t want them to lose their roots.” Photo by Silas Brown

Don’t worry, be massaged!

SCHOOL mornings can be stressful. My kids have PhDs in passive resistance. Getting them fed, dressed and teeth cleaned is a challenge and, sometimes, everything kind-of gets on top of me.

The other day, when I’d finally got the kids squeezed into our tiny car, wedging them between my son’s enormous drum kit, and the cocker spaniel (who was off to the beauty parlour), I realised I hadn’t checked whether the iron was switched off.

Of course it was, but I had to go and check just in case.

Then, as we were pulling out of the driveway, I realised I’d left the back door open, at least I thought I might have, so I headed back into our house to check – making us even more late.

As we were finally heading down the road, I developed a nagging fear that I might have left a heater on in our bedroom. With visions of an electrical fault leading to a fire, my long-suffering husband had to turn back for another quick stop home.

And the worry doesn’t end. On the way to school I worried my five-year-old may not have cleaned her teeth; that she is having issues with another

little girl at school; that my nine-year-old didn’t have enough breakfast and gener-ally doesn’t want to eat his vegetables; and that we need to work more to help him with his reading and writing.

I didn’t used to be like this, a constant worrier. It’s crept up on me over the years. And I know I’m not alone. Talking to other mums I find their story is often the same.

I wonder whether our mothers worried like this or whether the angst is some-thing particular to today’s women who are supposed to be trying to have it all: ca-reers, families, a hectic social life and an effective personal-fitness regime.

But I do know I can’t let anxiety get too much of a foothold. It’s so easy to get caught up in worries and not pay enough attention to things such as what a beauti-ful autumn day it is, or that my son just told me how much he loves his new school, and that my daughter has painted the most beautiful picture of a rainbow.

So today I’m taking some time out just to decom-press. I’m booking a massage and I’m having my nails done and meeting up with a friend. Then I’m going to pick up the kids and we’ll go and have ice cream. I’m not going to worry about tomorrow or revisit the things I did and didn’t do this morning, yesterday and last week. Just for today I’m going to enjoy the here and now.

Sonya Fladun mum in the city

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First expat picnicJAZZ, blues and swing band Annie and the Armadillos will play at Canberra’s first expat family picnic to be held at the Australian National Botanic Gardens, Clunies Ross Street, Acton, 2pm-5pm, on Saturday, March 31. There will be free children’s activities and a free raffle. BYO food and drinks. RSVP at Heepurl.com/jR3i9

Harvest funTHE Canberra Harvest Festival will be held at Canberra Environment

Centre, corner of Lennox Crossing and Lawson Crescent, Acton, noon-5pm, on Saturday, March 31. The festival will feature local organic goodies, free workshops, organic gardens, a gourmet organic lunch and live music. The free workshops include backyard beekeeping, seed blocking and making compost tea.

CorrectionIn a “briefly” item last week, national artist Ken Duncan was wrongly credited with tirelessly painting a hospital in Zambia. It is Canberran Peter Trick who does that work.


Canberra Confidential Know something? / [email protected]

Barista Steven’s on the ballHE’S only been in the job a week, but Tosolini’s new barista Steven John Ball is ready to leave a mark on the coffee hot-spot.

Steven, who’s been a barista for the past seven years, may be recognised from his previous work at the fast-paced Urban Pantry in Manuka.

He’s welcomed the slower pace at Tosolini’s and hopes to bring a few new tricks of the trade to the popular cafe restaurant.

“I’ve just got to convince [owner] Carlo to make a few changes,” he says.

One of those being micro-roasting – where beans are roasted in small batches to customise flavours. Sounds good to “CC”!

Coffee and cultureAND on the other side of the road, the Canberra Museum and Gallery has opened its new cafe.

After several attempts over the years to bring coffee drinkers into the gallery space, it looks like new director Shane Breynard may be on to a winner.

The cafe, run by barista Grant Dumigan, offers pastries from Croissant D’or and free wi-fi.

CMAG has also convinced librarians at Civic Library to support the new business; library card holders can break the rules and bring their take-away coffees into the library.

At the moment, the cafe is on a four-month settling-in period and if it continues to do well, CMAG will look at getting a liquor licence for after hours events. Now we’re talking!

‘Times’ takes some spaceKNOWING how uncomfortable the daily paper finds it to ever mention our name in its news columns, you can imagine our surprise to see “The Canberra Times” choosing to run paid advertising on our website, citynews.

com.au, extolling the virtues of theirs! Flattering as it was, we’ve spared any future embarrassment and filtered them out of our daily, breaking news site. But if anyone else wants to follow their lead, Greg Jones is happy to help on 6262 9100.

Ottoman’s new outpostKINGSTON is set to welcome a new (and much-needed) watering hole thanks to Ottoman owner Serif Kaya.

To open in November, the wine bar/grill/steakhouse will be situated in the old St George Bank building on the corner, next to the IGA.Ottoman manager Clarence Beale says the concept for the new venue is still being refined and a name hasn’t been decided on yet.

The much-loved Ottoman restaurant in

Barton will close for the months of June and July for a refurbishment.

Clarence says the restaurant will be modernised but “maintain the classic style that Ottoman is known for”.

Morrissey to show allFASHION designer Peter Morrissey has just been confirmed for an upcoming Diabetes ACT fundraiser.

Word has it, the multi-award winning designer will fly into Canberra especially for the charity.

Guests will get a sneak peek of Morrissey’s latest designs in this one-off fashion parade to be held at the Hellenic Club in April.

“CC” believes Channel 9’s celebrity trainer Lee Campbell will MC with Canberra personality Lisa Ridgley.

WIN TV’s Ellena Midgley has apparently been cast as one of Morrissey’s models.

Morrissey has dressed many A-listers over the years including Kylie Minogue, Naomi Campbell, Michael Hutchence, Geoffrey Rush and Elle Macpherson.

Clip your heelsTWO left feet are welcome at the Monaro Folk Society’s Shearers’ Ball at the Yarralumla Woolshed, on the evening of Saturday, March 31. Publicity officer Barbara Court says: “All dances will be taught and called on the night, so no bush dancing experience is required.”

The look is daytime colonial wear – long skirts and frilly blouses for the ladies, and moleskins and waistcoats for the gents.

Sydney fun, bush band Southern Cross is providing the music and, apart from bringing a plate of supper, the cost is $24. Email your interest to [email protected]

Looking like a WalleeHERE’S possibly the world’s silliest iPad ac-cessory... Melbourne tech accessory designer StudioProper has launched the Wallee Hand Strap, which turns an everyday iPad into a... wrist watch!

“For just $19.95 with free global shipping, anyone can use iPad’s 9.7” screen to create an arguably portable, undoubtedly attention-grabbing wrist watch,” the publicity pants.

Designer Alon Tamir promises that the Wallee hand strap can be used in other ways and using it to turn an iPad into a wrist watch is, mercifully, just one of them.

Barista Steven John Ball... bringing his tricks of the trade to Tosolinis. Photo by Silas Brown

citynews.com.au enjoys the advertising support of “The Canberra TImes”... go figure.

Time to look silly... the iPad as a wrist watch.


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At the Canberra Star Ball, Hotel Realm, Barton At the Bellabar launch, Rydges Lakeside, Civic

Holly Love, Marie Kochinos and Cathy Piani

Bly Miers, Nolen De Podolinsky and Chris Tinker

Peter and Kelly Axion with George Miklas and Marcia Ishlove

Captain Chaos and Captain Neon

Barry Faux and Therezia Mihajlovic

Zoe Evans, Sandi O’Dea, Mandy Lucas, Stacy Miller and Cristy Chamberlain

Chris and Shawn Willis, Belinda Condon and Luke Job Chloe Butler, Brittney McGlone, Natasha Roberts and Brittney Visser

Elise Gill, Amy Tainsh and Annika Smith

Laura Brennan and Drew Trenbath

Katey Johnstone, Nick Michaels and Rob James Zane Taylor and Fleur Reid

Ashleigh Eldridge and Nick Norton

Nicole Dwight and Kristen Rose


scene more photos / www.citynews.com.au

At the Telopea Park High School 50 years’ reunion At the French Film Festival, Arc Cinema, Acton

Denyse Fitzsimmons, Tony Ward and Di Summerhayes

Roslyn Davis, Marelle Price, Wendy Hoy and Shara Turner

Laurie and Helen Ganter with Ken Roberts

Peter Rees and Sue Langford

Rod and Vicki Holmes with Lynne Grady and Kerrie Blain

Judy Summerhayes, Sue King, Lynne Davis and Anne Pritchard

Pauline and Robert May with Ron Winter

Miriam Jaclyn Cohen, Sam Byrne, Marylou Hayman and Stacy Miller

Maryam Rashidi, Diana Davis and Jacqueline Lo

Steve Sitko and Monika Tecsy Dorota Gozdecka, Ashleigh O’Toole and Danielle Tan

Dr Stefan and Claudine Kloetzli


arts & entertainment ‘Doc Martin’DVDs waiting to be won atwww.citynews.com.au/win

By Helen Musa WHEN is a musical not a musical? Easy. When it’s called “Midsummer” and the production is from Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre.

We will be seeing this non-musical in a couple of weeks at The Playhouse and I’ve been talking to actor Mat-thew Pidgeon, who’s been in the show since its creation by British playwright David Greig and Scottish singer/songwriter Gordon McIntyre, of indie band Ballboy.

Pidgeon, a veteran actor raised in Edinburgh, isn’t the world’s greatest fan of musicals, but that’s no problem because he says firmly that “Midsum-mer” isn’t one.

In fact, he says: “The show is defined by what it isn’t – not another musical and not a conventional rom-com... it’s been built as the play for people who don’t like musicals.”

“It’s a play with songs, shagging, bad behaviour and incredible warmth,” he says. “Prepare yourself for

a great lost weekend of bridge burn-ing, car chases, wedding bust ups, bondage miscalculations, midnight trysts and self-loathing hangovers.”

Pidgeon explains that it’s about two people, Bob and Helena, around the age of 35 whose mishaps involve stolen money.

“It all begins with a bang – a one-night stand that is – when two unsuitable people get together,” he says.

Pidgeon even gets to play the guitar in it and, along with his co-star, Cora Bissett, he does pretty well everything. “We play all the parts, do all the roles, speak all the voices and play the musical instruments,” he says.

It’s been a huge critical success, winning a Critics’ Award for Theatre in Scotland.

“Midsummer (a play with songs)”, at The Playhouse, March 28 to April 3, bookings to 6275 2700 or canberrath-eatrecentre.com.au

Pianist Gerard Willems... sets a cracking pace as a role model for his students.

A ‘Passion’ for Easter

LLEWELLYN Choir will usher in Easter with the performance of JS Bach’s inspiring “St. Matthew Passion”. Rowan Harvey Martin will conduct soloists Michael Martin, Stephen Bennett, Rebecca Collins, Rohan Thatcher and Christina Wilson, the 120-strong choir, 40 guest soloists and the Llewellyn Sinfonia. At Canberra Girls’ Grammar School Hall, 7.30pm, March 31, bookings to 6278 4498. Tickets at the door.

THE Archibald Prize arguments have started. One “CityNews” online comment says Canberra shortlistee, stencil artist Luke Cornish’s portrait of father Bob Maguire, shouldn’t be there as it’s, well, a stencil.

PROGRAMMING director at The Q, Steven Pike, has been rendered almost speechless by his newest show, “Syncopation”, which he describes as “beyond words”. Set in Ragtime-era New York, 1912, the lavish two-hander illustrates just how dangerous ballroom dancing once was. At The Q, Queanbeyan, March 27-April 5, bookings to 6285 6289 or www.theq.net.au

PHOTOACCESS’ Huw Davies Gallery has gone exotic with an exhibition of Josh Wodak’s photographs, “Sense of Surroundings (images of Spain)”, showing until April 1 – the more exotic because he uses selec-tive underexposure, motion-blur, silhouetting and ambiguously “awkward” positioning of subjects.

HARPIST and pianist Meriel Owen will be perform-ing Debussy and Saint-Saëns with Barbara Jane Gilby and Hayley Bullock (violins), Michelle Higgs (viola) and Martin Barker (cello) for Wesley Music Centre’s “Lunchtime Live” series on March 28, 12.40pm to 1.20pm. $2 or paper note entry. No bookings required.

OUT-of-town shows during this glorious season are Tumut Art Society’s 55th annual Art Exhibition at “Fiveways Studio”, 1 Tumut Plains Road, Tumut, 10am-4pm until April 8 and our own Julie Bradley’s joint exhibition with Eurobodalla artist Tim Moorehead at Ivy Hill Gallery, 1795 Tathra-Bermagui Road, Wapengo, Friday to Monday, 10am-5pm until March 26.

ARTISTS 12 to 25-years-old living in the ACT or surrounding regions have until March 30 to enter the Headspace ACT exhibition aimed at National Youth Week in April. The prize is an iPad2 and the theme is “Imagine, Create, Inspire”.

UNTIL March 31, M16 Artspace in Griffith is inviting proposals from artists wanting to exhibit in 2013, with the hope of expanding its range of shows. Inquiries to Emily at [email protected] or call 6295 9438.

Helen Musa arts in the city

Cora Bissett and Matthew Pidgeon in “Midsummer”.

Non-musical play – with songs!

Gerard’s Beethoven with a touch of BonaparteBy Helen MusaIF Dutch-Australian pianist Gerard Willems is mad about Beethoven, then Beethoven, for part of his life, was mad about Napoleon.

Irrelevant to us? Not a bit of it. For the exciting “Concerto no. 3 in C minor”, which Willems will perform this month during a rare visit to Canberra, belongs to a period when the composer was inspired by ideals of progress and freedom personified by Napoleon.

“From now on, I am taking a new path,” Beethoven wrote of this concerto, and Willems tell me how it marks a radical turning point for him, separating him from Mozart and other classical pre-decessors and becoming, in the pianist’s words, “unmistakably Beethovenian”.

Take Part II, the Largo movement, which Willems describes as “lovely, with tender moments”. You can pretty well hear Beethoven experimenting with the

soft pedal of that newish instrument, the piano.

But his radical optimism would not last. When Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor in 1804, the composer was frankly disgusted.

“As far as Beethoven was concerned, he’d lost the plot… truly, Beethoven believed in the democratic way of life,” Willems says.

And he should know. His recordings for the ABC Classics label of Beethoven’s complete sonatas and the complete piano concertos have made him one of the world’s leading Beethoven experts.

A piano lecturer at the Sydney Conservatorium, he sets a cracking pace as a role model for his students.

“It’s a job that suits me very well… I like being with young people… putting them on track for their future careers,” he says.

Willems’ role has not been confined

to the concert platform. “I’ve done a lot of work with The Australian Ballet, performing solo for Nureyev, Fonteyn and Baryshnikov,” he says. His recent international touring program has been breathtaking.

A post-war immigrant, Willems arrived here at age 12. He tries to get to the Netherlands every year, as he remembers the “very rich cultural life” there, yet his heart is in Australia, he says.

Gerard Willems will be the featured artist in the opening concert of the Canberra Symphony Orchestra’s 2012 Llewellyn Series, in which artistic director Nicholas Milton will also conduct Tchai-kovsky’s “Pathetique” and Beethoven’s 1810 “Egmont Overture”.

The First Llewellyn Series Concert, Llewellyn Hall, 7.30pm March 28 and 29. Free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm. Bookings to 1300 795012 or www.ticketek.com.au

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DANCE“Don’ts for Dancers”At The Courtyard Studio, season closed.Reviewed by Samara Purnell

“Margin Call” (MA) SOME may find it strange that the debut film from one-time real-estate agent JC Chandor, charting the first hours of the Global Financial Crisis, got classified MA without gun-fire, gore, automotive mayhem, punch-ups, time-bombs, drugs, physical brutality or nudity.

“Margin Call” is one of two films opening this week to get MA’d apparently for free use of uninhibited four-letter words.

It’s a thriller built around dialogue. A New York banking house downsizes its risk-assessment division. Mid-level manager Eric (Stanley Tucci) has nearly finished an analysis so threatening that, as he leaves the building, he slips a USB stick to the sharpest of his younger colleagues to finish it.

A memorable cast (Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons, Paul Bettany, Simon Baker, Demi Moore) plays employees, managers, board members, each with a self-preservation mechanism either over-speeding or arguing with moral issues about how to play it.

At Greater Union

“21 Jump Street” (MA) THE rubric “Don’t judge a film by its trailer” led me to expect I’d detest this intellectually-deprived inflation of a 1980s TV sitcom about incompetent New York cops muddling through disasters.

It’s the second of this week’s new films classified MA for vocabulary, which “Margin Call” used ration-ally to emphasise emotional states, but this one uses it like verbal whitewash to elicit laughs, a cheap trick doing nothing to boost the reputations of writers Michael Bacall and Jonah Hill (also on board with co-star Channing Tatum as executive producers).

Smarter than he looks and a better actor than many of his film roles would indicate, Hill has packed the screenplay’s gaps between vocabulary malfunctions with enough wit and cinema deriva-tions to sustain it at a level somewhere between downright stupid (doing the film more credit than it deserves) and funny (amusing us without insulting our intelligence).

Rookie cops Schmidt (Hill) and Jenko (Tatum) join an undercover team at a local high-school suspected of being a narcotics distribution centre. Interactions between students, staff, cops and crooks move more slowly than the situation merits, on the way to a school production of Peter Pan and a shoot-out at the senior prom satirising Hol-lywood’s tendency to burn more gunpowder than reality needs.

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“The Rum Diary” (M) BRUCE Robinson’s film adapting a novel by Hunter S Thompson invites film-goers to read between its lines without making any convincing new argu-ments about binge drinking, Puerto Rican poverty, the high life, cock fighting, friendship and drugs.

It’s a fun movie flowing undemandingly through a story about Paul (Johnny Depp), writer of 2½ unpublished novels, joining the “San Juan Post” where the acerbic editor (Richard Jenkins) assigns him to local news and the horoscope. Reporters warn him of the paper’s dismal business situation, introduce him to staff photographer Sala (Michael Rispoli) and urge him to avoid Moberg (Giovanni Ribisi) who writes crime and religion and whose body would stop working if he stopped pouring alcohol into it.

PR flack Sanderson (Aaron Eckhard) asks Paul to publicise a land speculation on an island the US Navy uses for gunnery practice. Sanderson has win-some Chenault (Amber Heard) in his thrall, a flash yacht, scheming business associates, a red Austin Healy to die for but no visible morality.

Ignore the titles before the end credits about Paul and Chenault marrying and Paul becoming a famous writer. They’re fabrications that Thompson, the founder of Gonzo journalism, might have thought meritorious.

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Surprise treatfrom EstoniaBy Helen MusaTHE Griffyn Ensemble’s artistic director Michael Sollis recently received a special musical package from Estonia, where he had taken part in an interna-tional music summit late last year.

In a curious Canberra-Estonian hook-up, Sollis discovered that the Estonian composer/astronomer, Urmas Sisask, had visited Australia and particularly Mt Stromlo, during the late 1990s, also observing many Aboriginal rituals in NSW. He later composed a “stellar” piece of music with connections to Aboriginal mythology, and the score was in the package.

Now the ensemble will perform the Australian premiere of Sisask’s “Southern Sky” in the ruins at the observatory, joined by astronomer Fred Watson, who will take audiences on a journey throughout the stars and Aboriginal mythology. The ensemble will later take the concert to Melbourne and Bendigo.

“Southern Sky”, Mt Stromlo, 7.30pm, March 30, dress warmly. In case of rain, the event will be moved inside the Scope Café, single tickets to http://griffyn.iwannaticket.com.au, free for members, visit www.griffynensemble.com

Estonian composer/astronomer Urmas Sisask.

“DON’T be frightened of your partner” and “gentlemen should follow their partner’s idiosyncrasies” was some of the advice demonstrated in “Don’ts for Dancers”.

Inspired by the book of the same name, Nerida Matthaei and Nicole Canham interpret and play with dance etiquette from the 1920s and blend it with today’s music, dance styles and social mores.

Matthaei and Canham were joined by Alex Bryce and Leah Shelton (and a few unsuspecting extras!). Bryce gave a wonderful performance as the debonair, albeit “wet” dance partner portrayed in old movies, and followed it up with a very funny, camp, jazz routine to Lady Gaga, where he flamboyantly accepted “belle of the ball”.

Shelton, as chaperon, perfectly fit the stereotype of the ‘20s flappers. She mixed humour with poise and strong dancing.

Matthaei demonstrated strong

technique and control, and Can-ham’s musical talent and creativity formed a large part of the show.

Some partner work seemed a little unnecessarily awkward, but on the whole was well executed and fluent.

The toe-tapping audience was kept laughing as the Charleston became the Nutbush, the Macarena and, much to the amusement of the younger ones, Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” and even “krumping.”

After the curtain call, and filled with sage advice that nanna would be proud of (“Don’t go to unknown clubs and bars, they usually turn out to be sordid dens”), audience members bopped away on stage with the cast, or each other, to Whitney’s “I Wanna Dance with Somebody”.

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When new love goes wrongTHOUGH certainly not the first Canberra production, as claimed in the program, Domenic Mico’s stylish presentation of this clever and sophisticated contemporary mini-musical, provides an absorbing and satisfying evening of theatre.

Written in 2001, “The Last Five Years” charts the breakdown of a five-year relationship between budding novelist, Jamie (Simon Stone) and struggling actress, Cathy (Claire Watson).

Told through a series of cleverly constructed, finely observed songs, the show plays like an intriguing jigsaw. It makes significant demands on audience attention because of

the device of having Cathy and Jamie tell their stories from chronologically opposing directions.

Cathy begins hers at the end of the relationship and works backward, while Jamie commences when they first meet and works forward. This is made even more brow-knitting by some directorial interpolations that tend to muddy

rather than clarify.Claire Watson gives a particularly

appealing performance as Cathy. Her clear, sweet soprano and impressive acting range allow her to quickly engage the attention of the audience and easily negotiate the complexities of the songs. Simon Stone is also vocally impressive, but needs to inject more colour and energy into his acting to convince as the young upwardly-mobile writer.

Enhanced by Thompson Quan Wing’s uncluttered, visually-pleasing setting and Casey White’s excellent on-stage orchestra, this production is a must for music-theatre enthusiasts.

THEATRE“The Last Five Years”Written and composed by Jason Robert Brown, directed by Domenic Mico, at Tuggeranong Arts Centre until March 24. Reviewed by Bill Stephens

IT has been drawing crowds for more than a decade with award-winning dishes inspired by the rich cooking traditions of Croatia and the country’s adoration of fresh seafood.

Maestral is a small, unpretentious, friendly place on Trenerry Street, near Cooleman Court, in Weston. The team in the kitchen cook up a storm,

including dishes celebrating the food influ-ences of neighbouring countries such as Austria, Hungary, Italy and the Middle East. Yumbo!

We were introduced to the restaurant by big fans – very big fans – who have been dining at Maestral forever and a day.

Every item on the menu cries out “order me”, making it very difficult to choose what to eat. Luckily, we were able to sit back and be guided by our friends.

The bouillabaisse ($18) is the best I have ever tasted and the goulash soup ($14.50) not far behind. We shared the fried baby calamari with fresh garlic aioli from the main menu and sen-sational fried school prawns with lime from the large specials board. Starters begin at around $13 and move up to around $20 and the restaurant is happy to convert any to a main.

Jewels from the sea included scampi, jumbo prawn and lobster dishes. Maestral also offers three intriguing seafood platters, including an Adriatic platter for one ($31.50) and for two ($62) as well as a Maestral platter for two ($90).

On the meatier side are classics such as Pljeskavica (veal and pork mince patty stuffed with feta cheese), Stubica (pan-fried pork fillet stuffed with prunes and served with a plum brandy cream sauce) and Barun Trenk (veal schnitzel stuffed with mild salami, sweet capsicum paste and boiled egg).

You must try pola/pola, a mixture of Cevapcici (small sausages formed from spiced ground meat) and raznici (skewered pork meat). It is

addictive ($27.50). The grilled Moreton Bay bugs with rice and a chilli creamy sauce ($32) from the specials board were out of this world with the chilli making its presence known. Every other dish ordered was a winner – we simply could do no wrong.

Maestral has a kids’ menu. Desserts (all reason-ably priced at around $10) include a traditional apple strudel. The decor is straightforward and several awards of excellence from the Restaurant and Catering Association, stretching back as far as 2003, hang on one wall.

One friend who introduced us is from Vienna. He sums up the food experience at Maestral perfectly: “It’s like I’m dining at home.”

Maestral, 13 Trenerry Street, Weston, call 6287 3930. Open for lunch, Wednesday to Friday, noon-2pm and dinner, Tuesday to Saturday, from 5pm. BYO.

Passions of Croatian cookingWendy Johnsondining

Orange roughy with black mussels, clams and spinach.

Croatian assorted sweets. Photos by Silas Brown


health & fitness

Free advice on exercise-bra fitA NEW brochure produced by Sports Medicine Australia helps women find a bra that fits correctly for exercise.

According to Sports Medicine Australia and the Breast Research Australia team in the University of Wollongong’s Biomechanics Research Laboratory, the majority of Aus-tralian women wear ill-fitting bras when playing sport or exercising, often at considerable cost to their performance and, in some cases, to their health.

They say most women choose not to consult profes-sional bra-fitters – for a variety of reasons, including

modesty and the lack of availability of trained fitters where they purchase their bras.

The free brochure, called “Excercise and Breast Sup-port”, is a guide to understanding breast support during physical activity and how to determine whether your bra is fitted correctly.

The brochure provides explanations on why correct bra fit and support is important for women of all ages when they play sport or exercise, as well as information about the potential for ill-fitting bras to contribute to neck, back and arm pain.

It contains a table that helps women make the right choice of bra based on age, bra cup size and the type of physical activity being undertaken. It contains advice on the type of bands, straps, cup, underwire and material, three steps to correct bra fit and a bra-fit checklist.

BRL team researcher Dr Deirdre McGhee said the information in the brochure was prepared from evidence-based research, and would be a valuable guide for women of all ages.

“One of our recent studies found that 88 per cent of female adolescents wore a bra during sport that didn’t fit properly, while 85 per cent failed a simple knowledge test on bras and bra fit,” Dr McGhee said.

“At the same time the vast majority of women, 75 per cent in the younger age group and 67 per cent among older women, do not choose to use the bra-fitting services that some bra retailers provide.

“So clearly there is a problem, and we are de-lighted that Sports Medicine Australia has partnered with us to produce this brochure, which we feel will be a great help to women who want to be active – whether it is very physical activities like playing hockey, netball, football, jogging or gym workouts, or more passive activities like walking.”

The brochure is available to download at sma.org.au

Heart-attack, butno chest painWOMEN are more likely to have a heart attack without chest pain, according to new research published in the journal of the American Medical Association.

The study involved more than a million heart attack patients and found that two-fifths of women arrived at the emergency department without chest pain compared to 30 per cent of men.

“Heart attack warning signs aren’t always what you think – symptoms are not necessarily sudden or severe and some people don’t experience chest pain at all,” says national CEO of the Heart Founda-tion, Dr Lyn Roberts.

“Many people think that heart disease only affects older men, but in reality heart disease is the number one killer of Australian women.

“Heart attacks kill almost exactly the same number of women as men in Australia so we’re urging women to learn the warning signs of a heart attack.”

The Heart Foundation Go Red for Women campaign in June aims to raise awareness of heart disease as the number one killer of Australian women.

As part of this year’s campaign, the Heart Foundation will run a free, six-week Healthy Heart Challenge to help women take control of their heart health.

“Join the Healthy Heart Challenge and learn how simple changes you make can lower your risk of heart disease,” Dr Roberts said.

The Healthy Heart Challenge starts on Monday, June 4. Registrations open on Tuesday, May 1 at goredforwomen.org.au


garden

Pretty as a ‘Poker’Cedric Bryantgardening

KNIPHOFIA, commonly called “Red Hot Poker”, were very popular in the ‘60s but less so in the ‘70s.

Like many plants they are a fad for some time and then other plants take over in the popularity stakes.

Originating in South Africa and Madagascar, the genus has about 24 species, the most popular being K. uvaria with fiery, scarlet torch flowers and yellow lower flowers.

Pictured here is the bright yellow variety flowering at present, giving an extra splash of colour. They are ideal as a backdrop to other perennials, growing to a metre tall. They are easy to propagate by division, preferably in spring.

It is important that they are well established over several years before dividing so that the new shoots have developed strong healthy roots.

IRIS unguicularis is a delightful winter flowerer that is quite common in many older gardens and deserves to be planted more often in newer gardens.

It is often not grown to perfec-tion as the flowers and buds can be hidden in the mass of strappy, green leaves. These leaves are a haven for snails, which in turn devour the flowers.

Unlike many irises, this variety will grow and flower equally in shade or full sun. It is great on slopes to prevent soil erosion. The flowers have a delightful fragrance.

It is best at this time to cut the foliage to ground level to allow winter sun to penetrate the emerg-ing flower buds. New foliage will not usually emerge until spring, enabling the flowers to be seen to perfection.

Now is also an ideal time to divide these iris, although you may get reduced flowers for the first season.

After the wet

• CATERPILLARS are the bane of grape growers at this time and can be controlled with Dipel. This is a natural bio-insecticide that is non-toxic to humans and will control only caterpillars, not other insects.

• ST Patrick’s Day is the traditional time to plant Sweet Peas, if you missed this time it is still okay.

The idea is that the ground is still warm to germinate the seeds before the frost.

• IT’S time to prune climbing plants such as Trachelospermum jasminoides or Star Jasmine and Potato vine.

• DIG and divide tall bearded iris rhizomes, keeping the top of the rhizome exposed to the sun and not covered by soil or mulch.

Iris Unguicularis... a delightful winter flowerer, quite common in many older gardens.

Kniphofia... the bright yellow variety flowering at present, giving an extra splash of colour.


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Joanne Madeline Moore your week in the stars / March 26 - April 1 Across

1 Which fabric has a fine, raised finish?8 Name an edible snail.9 Which chess piece moves obliquely on squares of the same colour?10 What is an alternative term for eccentric persons?11 What do we call the occupation followed as one’s lifework?13 What is an amulet or charm also known as?16 Name those aircraft attendants who wait on passengers.19 What is an unsweet, usually salty, bite-sized morsel?22 Name another term for a stratagem.24 Which of the royal houses reigned in England 1485-1603?25 What is the fine downy wool of particular goats of India?26 Name another term for actually, or indeed.

Down 2 Which Southern African shrub is cultivated for its showy flowers?

3 Which earth material is used as a pigment?4 What is another name for a journalist?5 Which nickname is applicable to Mark Philippoussis?6 Name one of the assassins of Julius Caesar.7 What is a devotion consisting of prayers on nine consecutive occasions?12 Name the renowned Australian pop singer, born 1947, Normie ...?14 Who alleged that a reef of gold existed in western NT, Harry ...?15 What do we call a short note?17 Which part of our body consists of the larynx and trachea?18 Name the brothers who made the first powered aeroplane flight.20 Which alcoholic drink is of Russian origin?21 Which term is descriptive of country life?23 Caesar was warned to beware of which part of March?

ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20)Rushing Rams – you’re keen to move ahead in leaps and bounds but is something (or someone) holding you back? With Mars in retrograde motion (until April 14) slow your motor, cool your heels and practice plenty of patience. Home sweet home is the place to be on the weekend, as you leave work problems outside the door and enjoy some well-earned rest.

TAURUS (Apr 21 – May 20)With Jupiter jumping through your sign, an adventurous approach will transform your world and bring more purpose and passion into your life. And with Venus visiting Taurus (until April 4) your appreciation of the arts is intensified. So it’s a fabulous time to soak up some culture and creativity at a movie, concert, play, book reading, art exhibition or music festival.

GEMINI (May 21 – June 21)Gemini gadflies love to multitask at great speed, but retrograde Mercury is asking you to put on the brakes. The main quality you need to cultivate this week is patience. You’re keen to escape from present difficulties but the motto for the moment is “Good things come to those who wait” – especially involving professional projects and workplace relations.

CANCER (June 22 – July 22)If you say what’s on your mind you could end up offending others (especially work colleagues or loved ones). Be a careful Crab – sometimes honesty is definitely not the best policy! The Moon’s in your sign on the weekend, which heightens your sensitivity and moods. If you make mountains out of molehills, then it’s going to be an emotionally exhausting two days.

LEO (July 23 – Aug 22)I’ve got two words to describe this week Lions – it’s complicated! Jupiter encourages you to lead others in a confident and inspiring way. But Friday’s Sun/Pluto square boosts your bossy side, as you switch from determined and dynamic to dogmatic and domineering. If you want to avoid dramas, stop trying to control others. Cool compromise is the key.

VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sept 22)Have you lost your Virgo vim and vigor? Do you feel hamstrung? Keen to move ahead but obstacles appear at every turn? With Mercury (your ruling planet) retro plus Mars reversing through your sign, it’s time to be patient as you tie up loose ends and complete unfinished business. Place new projects on the backburner, plus listen closely to what loved ones have to say.

LIBRA (Sept 23 – Oct 23)With Uranus in your relationship zone, take a chance on love. As birthday great Erica Jong wrote: “love really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.” Attached Librans – it’s the perfect time to pamper your partner with lashings of love. Singles – with Jupiter and Venus visiting your intimacy zone, lust and travel are lusciously linked!

SCORPIO (Oct 24 – Nov 21)Avoid using guilt or manipulation to get what you want – especially on Friday. Gentle persuasion is the preferred way to go. Attached Scorps - it’s time to get talking (really talking) with your spouse. Singles – look beyond the exterior package that a potential partner presents. If you can’t communicate with them (openly and honestly) then it’s not going to last.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21)Speedy Sagittarians are raring to go but you need to balance energetic enthusiasm with plenty of patience. When it comes to professional relationships, concise communication and calm cooperation will get you a lot further than hot-headed hubris. With the Sun and Uranus in your sport/hobby zone pull on your running shoes, hit the gym, or turn up the music and start dancing.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19)With the Moon, Venus and Jupiter moving through your romance zone, it’s all about love this week – how to find it and how to nurture it. You won’t hold onto your partner by being a bossy-boots though! So slip out of control-freak mode and keep a cool head on your sensible shoulders. The weekend is wonderful for releasing the creative Capricorn within.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18)Watch your urge to splurge doesn’t get out of control, as retro Mars, retro Mercury and Neptune all move through your money zones. And avoid making dodgy business decisions that get you deeper into debt. What looks like a divine deal now could end up being a financial fiasco further down the track! If you must be a rebel on Friday, be one with a worthy cause.

PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20)With Mercury reversing through your sign, choose your words wisely – otherwise there’ll be mix-ups and mayhem. Nurture your overtaxed nerves with supportive friends and a peaceful environment (preferably somewhere near water). The Cancerian Moon heightens your intuitive side this weekend so activities like meditation, writing, art and music are favoured.

Daily astrology updates at www.twitter.com/JoMadelineMooreCopyright Joanne Madeline Moore 2011

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