Leinster baby on way for Blues wedding pair
18.05.12
LEINSTER fanatics who had a rugby themed wedding are expecting a baby just after the Heineken Cup final.
Jacqui Jago and David Stafford tied the knot in true Blue style in September 2011.
After the team achieved victory in last year's final, the couple decided to theme their wedding after Leinster.
The dedicated followers had blue bridesmaid dresses, yellow flowers, named the tables after the players on the Heineken Cup-winning team and the bride even wore blue shoes.
And now the rugby-mad couple from Swords have a baby on the way.
Jacqui (32) said: "I'm due at the end of the July.
"Thankfully it is just the right time. You are allowed fly up to 32 weeks and I am 30 weeks."
The couple held off on making arrangements for the final in Twickenham at the beginning, but when Leinster made it into the semi-final, David couldn't hold back.
"Obviously we knew I was pregnant so we hummed and hawed about it for ages," she said. "Then on the day of the semi final Dave said 'I've booked the tickets.'
Source: Herald.ie
British attorney held on $2M bail on NY tax charge
18.05.12
By LARRY NEUMEISTER
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Bail was set at $2 million and home detention with electronic monitoring was ordered Friday for a British attorney arrested and accused of advising the family of a former top Fidelity Investments executive how to dodge U.S. taxes by hiding millions of dollars overseas.
Michael Little, 61, of Hampshire, England, was likely to remain incarcerated overnight after a U.S. magistrate judge in Manhattan ordered bail secured by at least $1 million in cash or property on the charge of conspiracy to commit tax fraud. The German-born Little, who has a residence in Long Island City, was arrested Thursday night as he arrived at Kennedy International Airport on a flight from London, where he lives with his wife and children.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Stanley Okula said Little engaged in a decade-long tax evasion scheme in which he counseled the family of the late Harry Seggerman how to hide at least $10 million overseas. He called the evidence "compelling, strong." Seggerman died in May 2001. He retired as a vice chairman of Fidelity in 1992.
Source: WIS
Sarah Stanford in a long, elegant black dress. / Special to Bella Bride
18.05.12
Always remember, bride before the dress, advises dress-fitting guru Brenda Carraway, owner of the Bridal Loft in Pensacola. Her sage advice can be extended to bridesmaids, mothers of the bride and groom and even guests searching for a new dress for wedding season.
Be open-minded, Try on various styles, suggests Carraway. For sure, there is a gown for every figure.
In other words, let the mirror and a trusted friend, rather than a preconception of the ideal dress dictate your choices. And take the time to analyze your body type to determine what dress style flatters it most before heading out on the hunt.
Pensacola preschool teacher Sarah Stanford had an ideal situation when attending her friend Kaytee Levan, who married Adam Clark on March 18. As her friends sole attendant, Stanford was given free rein to choose whatever dress she fancied as long as it was blue or black.
She was gracious to let me pick the style that I was most comfortable wearing, says Stanford, who plans to wear the dress again maybe to a ball or formal dinner. I was looking for an elegant and timeless dress, something that wasnt dated by color or style. I wanted a dress that was comfortable to wear and that I felt confident wearing.
Source: Pensacola News Journal
