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Shane added: “One of the reasons I wanted to play this part is that he is so different from the parts I have played before.
“I think you see him in the first scene and you think he is just a typical lad. But as it gets darker and deeper… well you’ll have to wait and see.
“Peter James is a good friend of mine, and have read the books. He is also a big fan of Kat and Alfie. I’ve been asked to play it and was just a case of finding the time to do it. It is also only a nine week tour which was another appeal.
“When Jessie came on board, I said to her that there are plenty of laughs in the show and you can play it for laughs or you could go deeper and darker.
He is also pleased to be back on the stage having been on Albert Square for the last few years.
Shane said: “The tour has been going really well so far. We were in Dublin and there was a sell out crowd of 2,000 people and so we are hoping for the same at Northampton and Coventry.
And he does wish he could do more theatre.
Shane added: “I do really love doing theatre when I am about to start it although when I am at the end of the tour, I think I can’t wait to go back to television.
You suspect if he is not fed up of Jessie Wallace before the end of the year, then he never will be. Filming soon starts on a drama based around both their Eastenders characters and they will appear in pantomime at the end of the year.
Shane said: “I get my wrists slapped when I call it a spin off, but it will be interesting to see the audience reaction as there is no template for this before. There has been nothing where two soap characters have been given their own drama series so there is no template.
“I think it is like a cross between Broadchurch and The Wicker Man. Kat and Alfie goes to Ireland, this quiet little village and there are lots of secrets and they are both in the heart of it.
“I’ve read the script and within the first 10 minutes I was going, no please don’t go there.
Tickets for the show cost between £18 and £38. To book call 01223 503333 or visit www.cambridgeartstheatre.com.
IT staff expected to be in demand this year include those with ERP, business analysis, project management, quality assurance and general internet development experience.
That’s according to recruiter Robert Walters, which has released the findings of its latest job market survey. It shows IT skills were in demand during the second half of last year.
“We saw an unusually high number of quality candidates receiving more than one job offer,” says the company’s Auckland office director, Richard Manthel, in a press release.
Most in demand were senior level project managers and “hands-on technical” staff.
The market is such that employers can’t afford to delay hiring decisions, according to Manthel.
“The longer a hiring manager takes to make a definite offer, the more they risk losing the candidate to other potential offers."
Barcelona are watching young Dane Andreas Skov Olsen.
Currently with Nordsjaelland, the 19 year-old attacker has scored 23 goals in 34 games for his Danish club.
Mundo Deportivo says Barca are in the market for a young forward and Skov Olsen is on their radar.
The youngster stands at 1.87m and has impressed Blaugrana scouts.
Barca sources say he is "a good player" and will continue to watch him leading up to the summer market.
Enterprise communications and collaboration are undergoing a major transformation.
Will the world succumb to the "chaos" brought about by social media?
BPI’s data protection officer and enterprise information security officer talks about social engineers and how they target their victims.
Change is the only constant in life, and we need to play a part in securing our future.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts coach Frank Reich has confirmed right tackle J’Marcus Webb injured his hamstring late in Sunday’s loss to Cincinnati.
Reich did not provide a timetable for his return.
Indy (0-1) played Sunday without longtime left tackle Anthony Castonzo because of a hamstring injury or projected starting right tackle Denzelle Good because of knee and wrist injuries.
Cornerback Chris Milton entered the concussion protocol during the game and did not return and Reich did not say how much time Milton might miss.
The Colts also signed Sean Harlow to the practice squad Monday after releasing interior offensive lineman Jamil Douglas.
Indy visits Washington next weekend.
The Carbondale Rodeo Arena will host events Saturday and Sunday to promote awareness about suicide and raise funds for a proposed midvalley youth house.
The event is being organized by Temple Glassier, whose son Patrick Palardy died from suicide last year.
Saturday will feature team roping. Entry will open at 9 a.m. Roping begins at 10 a.m.
Sunday will feature sorting of cattle, with entry at 9 a.m. and sorting at 10 a.m.
The Basalt Lions Club will serve lunch. The concession stand will be open all day. There will be special kids activities such as bird housing construction, rock painting, pony rides, a petting zoo and games.
Glassier has turned her grief into a mission to promote suicide prevention efforts and she is working to build Patrick’s Place, the youth house, in El Jebel. All proceeds from the rodeo weekend will go to Stepping Stones, a Carbondale-based nonprofit that is helping Glassier pursue Patrick’s Place.
The goal of Patrick’s Place is to provide a youth mentoring program aimed to provide a free and safe place for youth to recreate, meet with a mentor, get academic assistance, develop skills and have access to resources that shed light on the highly taboo and stigmatized topic of suicide.
Anyone who would like to be a sponsor or volunteer to help for the rodeo weekend should contact Patricksplace2018@gmail.com.
I should have had what she had, I thought as our server sat a plate of French toast in front of my friend.
This was no ordinary French toast, and I can't believe I hadn't thought of making it myself. I am, after all, a huge fan of anything pumpkin.
This special breakfast item had top billing on the chalkboard at The Chalkboard Cafe in Lodi.
Three slices of homemade chocolate chip-walnut-pumpkinbread had been used for the French toast instead of the typical thick white bread restaurants usually serve up.
Better still? The French toast was good to the last bite - with a bit for me to sample.
Delicious. At $7.25, it was tasty, filling and memorable.
The frittata I ordered, $7.75, could have fed two of us. It was made up of three eggs, spinach, smoked bratwurst, and jack and Parmesan cheeses. The smoky meat was a bit overpowering, and the frittata was a little watery from the spinach, perhaps. It came with a choice of hash browns, fresh fruit or a house-made muffin...
It was a chilly morning, and my friend started with a cup of hot cocoa. It was topped with a generous amount of whipped cream and a drizzle of chocolate syrup, $1.50. My coffee, also $1.50, was brewed just right and bottomless.
The setting? The tiniest eatery I'd ever been in for sit-down service. The Chalkboard Cafe, on California Street, is a cheery, charming place. As small as it is, on this particular morning it was full of breakfast customers but didn't seem cramped or crowded. The service was a bit slow but worth the wait.
I ordered takeout for a fan of biscuits and gravy, just $5.75, with a side of bacon, $4.
He reported that the flaky biscuits were topped with a generous portion of gravy that included chunks of ham. He raved about the gravy, saying it wasn't too rich. The bacon, he said, was a thick cut and wasn't overcooked, as can sometimes happen.
Also on the breakfast menu were pancakes, homemade cinnamon and raisin French toast, a croissant breakfast sandwich and other breakfast staples. Breakfast items ranged in price from $1.50 to $7.75 and included all the standards plus plenty of specials.
The tables are decked with checked white-and-red tablecloths. Some customers were sitting at the counter. There also is outdoor seating.
With perky decorative roosters and inspirational signs, we felt like we were eating in a friend's kitchen.
At lunch, the cafe features comfort food such as a homemade meatloaf sandwich or lighter fare such as Chinese chicken salad.
Its Web site described the August dinner as including an appetizer; dinner salad with romaine, red onions, bleu cheese, tomatoes, cucumbers and toasted pecans with a Champagne vinaigrette; beef barley soup; smoked tri-tip and smoked ribs; pesto potatoes; fresh vegetable and dessert for $27.95.
Our server said the cafe has been open 11 months, and if Wednesday's breakfast was any indication, it's going to be a success.
I'll definitely be back for the French toast. And, by the way, if you prefer the plain version, they have that, too.
Why don't sunrise and sunset occur at the same time on the equinoxes when day and night are the same length?
Why don't the latest sunrise and the earliest sunset both occur on the winter solstice, when the day is shortest? Why don't the earliest sunrise and the latest sunset occur at the summer solstice, when the day is longest?
The short answer is that the apparent disparities arise from human beings' attempts to force an artificial form of timekeeping upon the rhythms of nature.
The technical answer is somewhat more complicated.
At least nine factors affect the precise times of sunrise and sunset, often with unexpected results, according to astronomer Bradley Schaeffer of Yale University. "We can measure the distance to the sun and the moon to the nearest centimeter, but we can't predict the time of sunset to the nearest minute," he said.
The most important factors are the Earth's speed in its orbit and the inclination of its axis. Because the Earth's orbit is an ellipse rather than a perfect circle, its orbital speed varies--faster when we are closer to the sun and slower when we are farther away. The height of the sun in the sky, as a result of the in...
The net effect is that the time from local high noon to local high noon at any one site is not exactly 24 hours, but may be a few minutes more or less, depending on where the Earth is in its orbit.
That small difference is cumulative. At the beginning of November, the sun is about 16.25 minutes behind an accurate clock, so that noon, as measured by a sundial, actually occurs at 12:16 p.m. The earliest sunset comes at 4:44 p.m. Nov. 27 through Dec. 11, according to astronomer Patrick So of the Griffith Observatory...
By the middle of February, solar time has raced ahead of humanity's clocks by about 14 minutes, so the sun is at the highest point in the sky at 11:46 a.m.
The difference between clock time and true solar time is given by the so-called equation of time shown in the illustration. Good sundials usually have a representation of the equation of time engraved on them, astronomer Owen Gingerich of Harvard University said. When the correction indicated by the equation is made to...
If time were kept with sundials, said amateur astronomer Eric Werme of the DEC Corp., sunrise and sunset would come at the same time on the equinoxes and the latest sunrise and earliest sunset would come on the winter solstice. "But it would play havoc with airline schedules," he added.
Refraction (bending) of the sun's light by the Earth's atmosphere can also change sunrise and sunset times by allowing us to see over the horizon. When the sun is on the horizon, its light gets bent about half a degree, around the curve of the Earth. Looking westward over the ocean, therefore, one is able to see the su...
A newly recognized source of error, Schaeffer said, comes from thermal inversion layers, such as those that trap smog in the Los Angeles Basin. Such layers, which come and go on their own unpredictable time scales, can change observed sunrise and sunset times by "as much as a couple of minutes in either direction," he ...
Schaeffer noted that he often gets phone calls from lawyers, who need to know the exact time of sunset for an accident case, or from Islamic clerics, who are forbidden from evening prayers at the moment of sunset. "I simply cannot tell them the time with the degree of accuracy they require," he said.
The equation of time shows the correction that must be made to a sundial reading to obtain accurage clock time. The difference is caused by the Earth's varying speed in its orbit and the inclination of its axis. For example, in November (month "11" on the chart) sundial time and clock time can differ by more than 16 mi...
It took only 135 seconds for a pair of robbers to make off with over US$200,000 from a bank in Moscow.
The pair made fast work of the Moscow bank shortly after it opened on Sunday morning. They were so eager to do the job that they arrived at the bank an hour before it actually opened, so they had to wait at a bus stop for some time.
Once entering the bank, they easily forced the security guard to the ground and tied him up, then had the teller open the vault.
It was only a matter of seconds before they got their hands on the cash and were out the door.
The whole episode was caught on the bank's security cameras.
Moscow police immediately launched a massive man-hunt for the suspects and the car seen in the video.
Coincidentally, just two hours ahead of the bank robbery, police stopped a suspicious car with three men inside. They had masks in the trunk and one of them had a previous conviction record. They were released in the absence of evidence.
After the robbery occurred, all three were located in less than a day, and subsequently charged with the crime.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — What’s worse: Your deepest sexual secrets exposed? Or a cyberattack on the country’s financial system?
If you were freaked out by the Adult FriendFinder hack, the other risks should really keep you up at night.
Stock market trading is electronic, and often automated and lightning-fast. We’re creating Internet-connected cars without protecting them first. Plus, the energy grid is under constant attack.
Here’s a warning from TrustedSec cybersecurity consultant David Kennedy, who spent time as a military hacker with the U.S. Marines.
This isn’t tinfoil hat stuff. President Obama, the NSA director and several CEOs have talked about how devastating a cyberattack on the nation’s infrastructure could be.
The Sony Pictures hack, blamed on North Korea, showed how a country could go to war with a corporation and nearly destroy it.
Meanwhile, hackers break into major banks. And the ex-NSA director says China has hacked “every major corporation” in United States, killing future economic growth by stealing blueprints from American businesses.
But even mere data breaches, like the Adult FriendFinder hack, carry a significant danger to victims. It reveals their sexual preferences — which threatens their relationships, careers and even their lives.
Consider that a tabloid in Uganda just published the names of “top homosexuals” the day after the country passed barbaric anti-gay laws. What damage could a tiny software bug in a dating app cause in a place where homosexuality is punishable by death, like Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, or Yemen?
“People should think twice about exposing this type of information to service providers without understanding what the company is doing to protect this sensitive data,” said cybersecurity expert Chris Wysopal of Veracode.
Hackers are relentless, talented at stealing data and getting better. And most companies don’t properly guard your data. Anthem. AOL. Target. Snapchat. But we give them our secrets anyway.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho insisted the controversial late spot-kick from which Eden Hazard earned a 2-2 draw with West Brom was a "clear penalty".
Baggies boss Steve Clarke was outraged by Andre Marriner's decision to penalise Steven Reid for a collision with Blues midfielder Ramires.
But Mourinho told BBC Sport: "I have watched it two or three times and it was a clear penalty.
"The referee made many mistakes during the game but that was not a mistake."
He added: "It is always a difficult situation to accept for the team that is winning, but when they go home they will see on their screens that it was a situation where the referee did not make a mistake."
The pivotal moment arrived in the last minute of stoppage time when Ramires's rampaging run took him deep inside the Baggies' box.

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