text: What is critical illness coverage Critical illness coverage is a kind of health insurance that could help protect your future and loved ones. If you have serious illness insurance and are diagnosed with serious illness, you will receive a tax-free payment. How could coverage for serious illness help? A payment from your insurer could help support you and / or your family in a life changing situation. Your illness may leave you unable to work and a health insurance payment can help you out. You can decide how to spend it but you could choose to spend it in: Mortgage payments Private medical treatments Invoices Lost losses What diseases are covered by a health insurance? Each critical illness policy is different, but each has a list of conditions associated with it. If you are diagnosed with a disease listed in your policy, you will be able to file a claim and receive a payment. You will find that all critical illness coverage includes the following diseases. This is because the British Insurers Association (ABI) dictates these as a minimum. However, the disease must have a certain level of severity for you to be covered: Cancer Heart Attacks Strokes Medical health insurance, in the UK, pays even if you have been diagnosed with a life-changing disease that is unlikely to cause death. For example, it would usually cover Alzheimer's disease or a major organ transplant. Most critical illness policies also cover permanent disability caused by illness or injury. If you want critical health insurance for a certain condition, look for a policy that covers it before applying. Insurers have several definitions of critical illness and terminal illness. A terminal illness is when you have been given 12 months or less to live. This is usually covered separately by life insurance. How is critical health insurance different from life insurance? Health insurance gives you a lump sum if you are diagnosed with one of the diseases listed in your policy. He does not pay for existing conditions or if he dies suddenly. Payment can be spent however you like, but for many people, pay for expenses if they can't work. Others spend it on medical treatment. If you want insurance that covers sudden death, you'll need to find critical life insurance. Critical life cover pays a lump sum when you die and the money goes to someone who has chosen to receive it. It is a way to protect your loved ones when you are gone and can be reassuring if you are the main earner of your family. Compare life insurance policies here. Some life insurance policies offer additional coverage for serious illness. This means that it is a good idea to compare life and critical illness insurance when looking for a policy to see what is available. It is important to find the best possible coverage for life and critical illness. Just use the form linked to this page and compare your coverage for life and serious diseases today. How many times is critical illness insurance paid? Coverage for critical illnesses in the UK pays only once. Remember that once you have had a payment, the policy ends. This means that you will no longer have a critical health insurance policy. It's important to find the right policy that takes care of all your financial needs in case of failure, but if you have life insurance and you've added critical health insurance to that, it's a different situation. You will receive a payment when you die and even if you are diagnosed with a critical illness. If you have combined coverage, it will only pay once – when you die or when you are diagnosed with critical illness Do I need critical illness coverage? It depends on your situation. Someone who has enough savings to pay for everything if they can't work may decide they don't need coverage for critical illness. The same could apply to someone whose partner could pay for everything or someone who has coverage under an employee benefit plan, but serious illness insurance may give you peace of mind if your situation she is different. If you don't have sufficient savings or a package for employees with good disease protection, coverage for serious illnesses might be a good idea. State benefits may not be sufficient to cover all expenses if you are unable to work. do I need coverage? When you receive a quote for a serious illness, don't forget to check what you may require. Each insurer has a limit on what is required. Usually, coverage starts at £ 25,000. We recommend that you find the best critical illness coverage you can. Before going further, there are a few things worth thinking about: first, look at what health conditions are covered. All policies cover stroke, cancer and heart attacks, but others cover up to 114 other health conditions. Second, to find the best critical illness insurance, think about how long you want to last. Each insurer has a maximum time for which you can have a policy or a maximum age. Finally, think about your age. The older you are, the more difficult it will be to get coverage for serious illnesses. Some insurers do not cover people who are over a certain age, such as 59 or older. This also affects the price of serious illness insurance, so keep that in mind when comparing your serious illness coverage comparison. You will pay premiums for the duration of your critical illness policy. If you want coverage that is unlimited or that ends when you reach a certain age, you may want to seek "life-long" coverage for critical illness instead. health insurance? Critical health insurance usually only covers one person. But you can find joint policies, which cover yourself and a partner. If you have a joint health insurance policy with your partner, you are likely to pay only once. He will pay for whoever is the first to be diagnosed with a critical illness. There are also family policies, which cover you, your partner and your children. You will need to decide which is the best coverage for critical illness for your How to Apply for a Critical Health Insurance To find the best coverage for critical illness and apply for it, you need to follow a few simple steps. First of all, choose your coverage. Use the information above to decide what you need from your cover. When you have chosen the best coverage for critical illnesses for your needs, you will be ready to request your coverage. You can usually do this online or over the phone, but some insurers also offer a face-to-face service. How to find the best critical illness insurance The way to find the best coverage for critical illness in the UK is to have a good illness critical insurance comparison. So you will be able to find the right type of coverage to offer you when you need it most. What information will my critical illness coverage quote be based on? When you compare critical illness insurance, the insurer will look at the information you have Share. So they will give you a quote for critical illness insurance. This will be based on: Your age Your health and your medical history Your lifestyle The cover you have chosen / How much coverage you want How happy you are to pay each month How long you want to pay it For any terms and conditions. For our best prices call 0161 702 0301


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Photo Coverage: On the Opening Night Red Carpet for JOHN LITHGOW: STORIES BY HEART
Virtuosity and imagination combine in one utterly unique event, as Tony and Emmy Award winner John Lithgow creates a singularly intimate evening. With equal measures of humor and heart, he evokes memories of family, explores and expands the limits of the actor's craft, and masterfully conjures a cast of indelible characters from classic short stories by Ring Lardner and P. G. Wodehouse. Lithgow elevates the magic of storytelling to masterful new heights.
John Lithgow: Stories By Heart began preview performances on December 21, 2017 and opened officially last night, Thursday, January 11, 2018. This is a limited engagement through Sunday, March 4, 2018 at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway (227 West 42nd Street).
Check out photos of the opening night arrivals below!
Stories By Heart first took shape in 2008 at Lincoln Center Theater directed by Jack O'Brien in a special repertory presentation, with Lithgow telling one story each night. Since then he has evolved the play in theaters around the country, produced by Staci Levine, on evenings away from his filming schedule. Now, the Broadway debut of John Lithgow: Stories By Heart will be the culmination of this artistic development.
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Patty
It's hard to publish an article about myself, so when my writer suggested it, I was reluctant. But she convinced me many of you would find it fun. We decided to make it a question and answer article. Hope you enjoy it.
Q: How long have been at Telescan?
Patty: 14 years this May.
Q: What did you do before Telescan?
Patty: I owned a chain of mail and packaging stores in the St. Louis area called Mail Authority. After that I traveled across the country selling our business model and my company image and identity.
Q: What drew you to Telescan:?
Patty: One of my customers was George Meyer's daughter. He said George was looking for someone like me. George was the founder of Telescan. I meet with him and have been here ever since.
Q: Tell us about your family.
Patty: I have two adult children, Monica and Jimmy and one granddaughter, Violet. Violet is Monica's daughter and the apple of my eye. She likes to hang out with her Ya Ya as much as possible and Ya Ya feels the same. Monica is expecting my second grand child in November. I can't wait.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
Patty: I'm one of those really lucky people who loves their job. I love all our clients. I love meeting new people. I love the constant changing dynamics of this industry. I love being able to help people with their businesses. I just love my work and the friends I've made over the years.
Q: If you have any spare time, what do you like to do?
Patty: First I am passionate about music, especially the oldies from the 70's. I go to concerts whenever I can. My favorite band is Pink Floyd I also like Ozzy Osbourne and Eric Clapton. When I was in high school, I thought I would be a radio DJ. I also love sports, especially boxing and hockey. My favorite team is the Boston Bruins. I also enjoy art. When we can, my boyfriend, Scott, and I take trips on our motorcycles. I also love to fish, any kind of fishing.
Q: I've heard you also like to travel. Where do you most like to go?
Patty: I do like traveling. I mostly like to go anyplace tropical. I like the Caribbean a lot.
Q: What are the most interesting trips you've taken?
Patty: I like the West Indies a lot. It's very laidback and not so touristy. I like hiking through the rain forest there. I also liked Russia. The architecture was amazing. I'd love to go back sometime.
Q: Tell us one thing you'd like to do that you haven't done yet?
Patty: I'd like to see the baby sea turtles hatching in Trinidad and Tobago.
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This will be a chance to work with yourself alongside other like-minded people while make lasting change to your weight? Perhaps it sounds too good to be true? After all you may have tried countless diets and failed, but this really IS different.
It's important not to beat yourself up for whatever has happened in the past because it's not you and it's not your fault.
Diets haven't been working for most people for one simple reason, they rely too heavily on willpower, which can only take so much before it caves-in, and more importantly they don't make any deeper changes to address your relationship with food, so you come out the other end with little in the way of insights. And we've all been there!
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I Am so sick of McCain and the rest of Washington. TPTB have just about backed us and Israel into a corner. We can't be like Europe and sucumb to Islam, I mean how's that working out. Hate to go all UN-PC on ya, but ….
Screw Any Muslim Who Believes in a Caliphate , and The Camel They Rode in on.!! 😡
This is my opinion and not the opinion of FOTM
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First He Went To Turkey……
by sundance @ theconservativetreehouse
Republican John McCain is just as dangerous to our nation as his new BFF President Obama; Perhaps more so….
n 2009 McCain went to Turkey in support of another BFF of Obama, Prime Minister Erdogan. We tried to warn….. it fell on deaf ears.
Turkey has descended into a hardline Islamist state, no longer the moderate secular nation it once was.
In 2010 McCain joined the chorus of fools proclaiming that Egypt needed support to overthrow Hosni Mubarak, and claimed the Tahir Square protesters would give a new rise to freedom. We tried to warn…… it fell on deaf ears.
Egypt quickly and intentionally descended into a hardline Islamist state. Now ruled by the Muslim Brotherhood, and facilitating attacks against Israel as they continue to advance their extremist Sharia ideology.
In 2011 McCain went to Benghazi in eastern Libya. There he joined with Obama/Hillary's toolish BFF Ambassador Stephens (pictured below to his left). As Clinton, Obama and Stephens, together with Susan Rice and Samantha Power Rice structured, yet again, the Obama Doctrine [R2P] by arming the "rebels" who were in actuality al-Qaeda. We tried to warn….. it fell on deaf ears.
Eastern Libya became a hell hole of radical Islamist jihadi's. Eventually they brutalized, raped, and murdered Ambassador Stephens while dragging his body through the streets. Three other Americans were also killed.
Eastern Libya is now an al-Qaeda launching base, and the media hides the reality to protect Dear Leader.
2012 was an election year, so other than lying and covering the death of Stephens behind all manner of irrational nonsense excuses to cover for their short-sighted failure; luckily the election cycle made the crew of U.S. usurpers wary of involvement in Syria.
But now here we are in 2013, today, yet another McCain trip to yet another Middle East nation to support another batch of "rebels". This time the Free Syrian Army (aka al-Qaeda in Syria). We're not going to even bother with warnings this time……
What will happen is what has happened before.
The "Resistance, or Rebels, or Freedom Fighters et al" will be called such by the mediauntil they are armed, and in charge. Once that happens their ideology will surface, they'll be viewed as radical Islamists; And after they chop up a few folks, launch some terrorist actions against the U.S. and Israel, their name will evolve in the media to "al-Qaeda"
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With carbon cap-and-trade legislation before Congress and increasing pressure from shareholders, US companies know they'll have to deal with their greenhouse gas emissions, or carbon footprint, and many are jumping the gun to change their carbon liability into an asset.
"The best-managed companies are evaluating their carbon footprint," says R. Paul Herman, founder and CEO of HIP Investor Inc., a Californian investment advisory firm that has created two sustainability indexes tracking the S&P 100 and S&P 500 constituent companies. "And they're managing it lower to save energy and costs, reduce their future volatility of materials costs, mitigate potential environmental liabilities, and create new competitive advantages."
Getting a handle on these emissions, however, takes work.
Emissions generated in the creation of a company's principle product or service, whether it's a megawatt of electricity or a truckload of goods moved 100 miles, can be relatively easy to calculate. But other emissions, like those generated when your employees fly to meetings or when consumers turn on your appliances, are harder to evaluate.
And for sectors with complex supply chains and wider geographic footprints—like home builders (see chart) and retailers—this evaluation requires more thought, and probably more spreadsheets.
"Direct emissions are usually coming out of a company's smokestacks. They are easy to measure," says Chris Erickson, CEO of carbon accounting and consulting firm Climate Earth. "The problem is that for most companies 80% of their emissions are indirect, and that means they are hidden in their supply chain, because if a company manufactures a product, the design decisions, transportation decisions and material decisions all have direct impact on emissions of the suppliers that provide parts of the product."
There are several tools available to measure a firm's carbon footprint -- dozens of software packages and consulting firms have sprung up in recent years to help analyze emissions -- but the most widely used set of accounting guidelines is the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, GGP, criteria created by World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development in partnership with governments and businesses around the world.
The GGP divides carbon emissions into three areas. Scope 1 emissions are directly created from the production of a product. Scope 2 includes indirect emissions from purchased electricity. Finally, Scope 3 covers the remaining indirect emissions caused by employee travel, waste management, use of products by consumers, and so on.
Many of the largest corporations have already begun this type of analysis. The Carbon Disclosure Project, a not-for-profit data collection agency funded by hundreds of institutional investors, in mid-September released its annual report looking at the carbon footprints of the 500 largest corporations.
Members of the project's "Global 500" voluntarily submit data based on the GGP protocols. This year's report covered 409 responding corporations, accounting for ten billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalents.
But even with defined protocols and wide participation, cross-sector analysis is complicated by a corporation's core business. One example is the financial services sector; how do you quantify the emissions of the companies, projects and technologies that they fund, and whose responsibility are they?
"If emissions are your sole criteria, you'd end up with a portfolio of advertising companies," says Mario Lopez-Alcala, senior analyst in the climate change research group at analytics firm RiskMetrics Group, pointing to a subsector with a light footprint. Banks are similar, as their Scope 1 and 2 emissions are smaller than their geographic presence or market capitalization would suggest.
"Banks don't emit a lot of CO2," says Lopez-Alcala. "But how are they investing their money? Into projects and technologies that emit a lot?"
Some banks have backed off from funding new coal-fired plants because of the carbon risk, and investor pressure may push back on future funding of other emissions-intensive businesses and technologies, like oil refineries or mass-scale agriculture.
Shareholders are also pressuring management teams. A PricewaterhouseCoopers report from 2008 lists 43 climate-related shareholder resolutions filed with US companies during 2007, with 15 leading to new climate commitments by management from firms like ConocoPhillips , Wells Fargo , and Hartford Insurance. More shareholder challenges are expected in years to come.
But while there could be a short-term drag on company performance due to implementation costs, longer-term results could be worth it.
"Traditional Wall Street analysis has not yet fully integrated this thinking into valuation, but when an investor does incorporate environmental, or social, measures of results, a portfolio that weights the leaders higher than the laggards can outperform the market," says HIP's Herman, whose index has outperformed its S&P analogs since 2004. "That's because this (forward-thinking) is a leading indicator of success. Investment firms from (Al Gore-founded) Generation Investment Management, to Goldman Sachs' GS Sustain, to HIP Investor have shown this consistently."
Climate Earth's Erickson says that corporations need to treat carbon like any other input into their processes, and not as a separate regulatory requirement. "Manufacturers need to manage carbon emissions like quality," he says. "If a (product's) part is flawed and yields a poor quality end-product, no manufacturer today would tell customers that the poor quality product was not their fault."


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Sunny Valley Preserve is 'a huge asset'
A kestrel soars overhead and deer prance across an open field.
Butterflies unfold their wings for the first time and a New England cottontail hops about amid the vegetation.
Cows graze in the afternoon sun and vegetables grow in tended soil on working farmland.
These are some of the natural wonders that surround us daily.
For those who don't have the pleasure of seeing these in or near their own backyard, they can be seen at Sunny Valley Preserve.
"Conservation is for wildlife and plants. It is also for people because our welfare is inextricably linked to nature and what it provides," said Wayne Woodard, preserve manager of the Nature Conservancy's Sunny Valley Preserve in New Milford and Bridgewater. "We're conservationists in your backyard. Walk on our trails and view our landscapes. We give people a place to go and feel like they want to be here. There's a real connection between people and nature."
Managing the preserve's working and natural lands is what makes Sunny Valley Preserve unique, Woodard said.
He said the preserve and the Nature Conservancy "have demonstrated to people that you can have these lands together."
Sunny Valley is part of the Connecticut Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, a 63-year-old conservation organization whose mission is to conserve the lands and water on which all life depends.
The preserve has 1,900 acres of land -- consisting of 1,250 acres of natural lands, 450 acres of active agriculture and 200 acres of grassland -- and 12 miles of hiking trails in Bridgewater and three miles in New Milford.
It leases out five working farms in the two towns (see sidebar).
Active agricultural land and natural habitats are featured on the preserve's 14 parcels, six of which offer hiking trails.
"Our trails offer a walk through Connecticut," Woodard said.
He cited hardwood forests, hemlock groves, rock formations, wetlands, farmland edges, a butterfly field and trails along Lake Lillinonah as some of the landscapes visitors could experience.
The trails are for all skill levels, Woodard noted, although some are harder than others, and are designed to manage habitat protection and hiker enjoyment.
The preserve is currently forming a trails working group and needs volunteers.
"I truly believe the Sunny Valley Preserve is a huge asset to New Milford and other communities," said Dan Calhoun, director of New Milford Parks & Recreation Department. "This is a wonderful place to bring children to experience nature first hand, and to observe a working farm."
The preserve's properties were gifted to the Nature Conservancy by George Pratt in 1970 (see sidebar).
Following his wishes, the Pratt family and the Nature Conservancy created the Sunny Valley Preserve Foundation and oversaw the properties at first.
Then, in 1991, the Nature Conservancy assumed management of the properties.
Over the years, the Nature Conservancy has fixed up the properties, including several buildings on the various lands.
It has also leased out farmland to independent farmers to serve as privately operated businesses that "enable the preserve to carry out the farming obligations" requested by Pratt, according to the preserve's literature.
"We have a really good relationship with Sunny Valley," said Paul Bucciaglia, who operates Fort Hill Farm with Rebecca Batchie. "Wayne is a super guy and (Sunny Valley Preserve) wants to see (the) farms succeed.
"It's great they've preserved all this farmland in the middle of town. They've preserved the town's agricultural history."
The preserve's non-farmed properties are natural habitats. The creation of an early succession habitat is in the preserve's plans in the near future.
"Look out," Woodard said, glancing out the preserve's office window on Sunny Valley Lane. "You see open space and woodland, but there's no transition."
He emphasized how nearly 50 species rely on successional habitat.
It would be made by clear-cutting certain areas and managing it, he noted.
Sunny Valley Preserve invests even further into conservation, initiating surveys to develop an inventory of the preserve's wildlife and plants.
Woodard said he works with land trusts, nonprofit organizations and municipalities that have acquired agricultural land and are looking to the future, helping them set goals.
"One of our successes is that we work with people," Woodard related.
He cited the preserve's work with nonprofits such as the Farm Bureau and the Working Lands Alliance, among others.
He said sometimes a group may have an idea of what they want to see on the land, but "the land will tell you" what it wants.
To recognize and celebrate the work of the Nature Conservancy and Sunny Valley Preserve, the preserve holds an annual Open Farm Day, during which visitors can experience life on a working farm.
A variety of demonstrations, animal exhibits and petting, machinery and farm equipment displays, hayrides and pumpkin sales are available. In addition, guests are welcome to hike the preserve's trails.
This year's Open Farm Day is slated Sept. 27.
For more information about Sunny Valley Preserve, visit www.nature.org/sunnyvalley or call the office at 8 Sunny Valley Lane at 860-355-3716.


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There are more people over 65 in the UK now than there are under 18. These latter years can be an amazing opportunity, but can bring increasing difficulty.
The Bible is incredibly positive about the wisdom that comes with maturity, and in a society that marginalises the elderly, we want to be counter-cultural and support those entering the 'third-age'!
We seek to support those beginning to find life a struggle, and also learn from those who have experienced so much.
Our KITES team hold monthly lunches at Project 229 giving the more mature members of Grace a forum for conversation, and opportunity to invite friends from the wider community.
Hello, I'm Mike and I help organise the Seniors ministry at Grace. My wife Dorothy and I have lived in the local area for 30 years and have many friends and contacts in the town. It is a real joy to be able to serve other people who are entering their retirement years through all kinds of regular events, often held at Project 229 in Kempston. We'd love to welcome you soon!
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You are right. Fake News did elect Donald Trump president.
Every time you made a big stink out of nothing, you pushed voters closer to him.
Remember this story?
Trump Mansplains the World to Female Reporter
Donald Trump insulted a female NBC News reporter during a live on-air interview Wednesday, calling her naïve. When Katy Tur stumbled over a question about immigration and crime, Trump cut her off and said, "Come on, try getting it out." Trump continued: "Don't be naïve. You're a very naïve person," he told her when she referred to the Pew Research Center as an independent source. He then followed up by telling her, "I mean, I don't know if you're going to put this on television, but you don't know what you're talking about." Trump stuck to his guns on immigration and bashed Hillary Clinton as the "worst [secretary of state] in the history of the United States."Mansplains?
A man cannot tell a bad journalist she is bad?
Then there was this:
Trump Teases Critic for Being Paralyzed
Not content with insulting a female reporter's intelligence and professionalism, Donald Trump apparently mocked a conservative critic for being paralyzed. Trump in an interview with NBC News was asked about columnist Charles Krauthammer, who is paralyzed from the waist down and has called Trump a "rodeo clown." In response to criticism from Krauthammer and National Review columnist Jonah Goldberg, Trump said the following: "I went out, I made a fortune, a big fortune, a tremendous fortune… bigger than people even understand," he said before discussing his plan to release financial statements. "Then I get called by a guy that can't buy a pair of pants, I get called names?"He made no mention of Dr. Krauthammer's wheelchair. None. The only mistake Trump made was pronouncing the surname with a "th" instead of a hard T, then H.
What were some of the others? There were so many to chose from. Oh yes, Hillary got schlonged by Obama. That was fun.
Donald Trump's offhand comment this week about Hillary Clinton getting "schlonged" in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary was a racial dog whistle suggesting that Barack Obama is a "black rapist," according to Media Matters founder David Brock.
"What we're going to see — and what we got a taste of last night — was the misogynistic attacks on Hillary Clinton," Brock, the founder of the pro-Clinton super PAC Correct the Record, said Tuesday on MSNBC.Schlonged, though, is not a euphemism for coitus. It is a New York City expression for losing bigly.
All these nonsense stories added up. And last November, Trump schlonged Hillary and the media.
The constant nit-picking 1. distracted from real issues, and 2. inoculated him when the Billy Bush tape came out.
Did the press learn?
No. The petty stuff continues. His two-week vacation? Turns out the White House is renovating the HVAC system, making it slightly unlivable for two weeks. Under the last several presidents, the White House has turned into a dump.
As I said in "Trump the Press," my book on the nomination:
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My 10k Run Ready Journey Continues
It's week 4 of my 10k Run journey, and I'd be lost now if it weren't for Kiqplan's 10k Run Ready App. There are many components that go into training for a 10k, especially if you have never run one before. There's nutrition, strength training, running and rest times. I'm not good at math so I'm glad the app calculates it for me. I just sync the app to my Fitbug, Fitbit or other fitness apps and the app figures out the rest.
Usually when I am training for a race, I tend to eat less than the desired amount of calories. Fueling your body (eating) for the extra exertion due to lifting weights and running is just as important as the exercise portion. Kiqplan's app makes it easy to track your nutrition and count calories with the scan feature. Just scan the barcode on the item you are eating, enter the serving amount, and your calories and nutrients are added to your daily intake. I've already noticed my clothes fitting more loosely just after 4 weeks. You really don't need a specific "weight loss" program to lose weight; you just need a new exercise challenge to keep you moving.
I've been a consistent 5k runner for the past 4 years, and now for the first time I feel motivated that I can run a 10k. Each week my run time has increased. In the first week I started at 20 minute runs and by the end of my third week I was running for 30 minutes. I have been slowly conditioning my body to run longer and faster. The challenge to run for a longer amount of time excites and encourages me to break past the 3.12 mile mark and edge into 4 miles.
My strength training days are just as crucial as my run days. The app has a detailed plan with warm-up exercises, sets that focus on my core, legs and arms plus a cool-down session. I find that these days allow me to stretch and strengthen my muscles for my run days. My goal is to avoid injury at all costs by keeping all the parts of my body strong and in-shape.
Rest days are days that I don't go to the gym or run. It's hard to have an actual "do-nothing" day because I'm a mom, and realistically moms don't get rest days. So, I'm intentional about not straining myself vacuuming or bending over to pick-up toys, and If I do manage to get some quiet time, then I take a 30 minute nap instead of scrolling through Facebook.
Training for a 10k is a learning process. It's about listening to your body. Knowing when to push yourself and when to slow down. I've already seen progress in just 4-short weeks. I'm excited to see what's in store in the next 8-weeks.
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DIRECTOR: Jeff Nichols
CAST: Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Marton Csokas, Nick Kroll, Michael Shannon, Jon Bass, Bill Camp, David Jensen, Terri Abney, Sharon Blackwood, Christopher Mann, Winter-Lee Holland, Alano Miller, Michael Abbott Jr.
RUNNING TIME: 123 mins
BASICALLY…: In 1950s Virginia, interracial couple Richard and Mildred Loving (Edgerton and Negga) are persecuted for their marriage, which becomes a court case that could change the Constitution…
In 1960s America, which was already riled with tension over civil rights and equal recognition, one couple whose love for each other transcended the fact that one of them happened to be a coloured person ended up changing the US Constitution for the better. Now, in 2010s America, which is already riled with tension over civil rights and equal recognition, a film about that very couple is out to remind us all that no matter how different we all are, love is a universal right that should never be persecuted or segregated.
Writer-director Jeff Nichols, a filmmaker I have been fond of for some years now after films like Take Shelter and Mud – although I found last year's Midnight Special to be a little underwhelming considering the high expectations I had for it – is behind the camera once again for Loving, the real-life tale of interracial couple Richard and Mildred Loving (Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga, respectively). Living in rural Virginia during the 1960s, where interracial marriage is not recognised and considered illegal, both are arrested by the local authorities and exiled from the state for 25 years. However, when the city life just doesn't cut it for them or their growing family, their decision to risk everything and move back to Virginia soon attracts the attention of the American Civil Liberties Union, who offers to take on their case pro bono all the way to the Supreme Court, and in doing so ends up changing the Constitution for the better.
However, the film is not at all interested in exploring the legal side of the case, with the lawyer characters including Nick Kroll's portrayal of ACLU lawyer Bernard S. Cohen being relegated to side characters. In fact, the film puts the majority of its focus exactly where it needs to be: the relationship between Richard and Mildred Loving. Nichols offers an intimate look at the deep love they clearly share with one another, even opening the film with them already firmly in love, and Mildred announcing that she's pregnant with their first child. From that very first scene, you can sense that their bond is virtually unbreakable, and that these are two people who no matter what, through thick and thin, have each other's unconditional support at the end of the day. It is a relationship that is portrayed like any other, which really works perfectly around the message of love being universal, no matter what race, sex et al. Also contributing heavily to their on-screen romance is the strong chemistry and magnetic individual performances from both Edgerton and Negga, with the latter especially standing out as someone who takes an uncontrollable amount of bad things with a defiant steadfast attitude and an eternal look of determination that everything will work out fine in the end, because she has the undying love of her husband. You are right there with both of them as they are subjugated to endless humiliation and persecution by the racist law enforcers, led by a disgustingly villainous Marton Csokas, and are both cheering and crying for them when victory eventually comes around for them. It is the strength of both Nichols' intimate direction and writing, and the two lead performances that are both excellent in their own right, that you really feel like this is a romance worth fighting for.
Although it is one of the more romantic films in recent months, it also carries a significant amount of weight to it regarding its themes of segregation and persecution based on outdated beliefs of racial inequality, which given recent events in American history make this film feel a lot timelier than it probably intended. With the world so concerned right now with granting equality to those who need it, pushing back against the backwards-minded authorities in charge, a real-life story of such like the Lovings is heavily needed to spread the positive message of love for all, colour be damned, and to rob the bullying and prejudiced persecutors of their power. To say that it should erase all prejudices at once is incredibly immature, as no matter what we do as a species prejudice will always factor into our everyday lives somehow, but if an interracial couple from rural Virginia in the 1960s can somehow fight the system in order to preserve their love and the loves of other people in their situation, then perhaps Loving is a gentle and, yes, loving reminder that no matter what, love conquers all.
Loving is a gentle and intimate portrayal of the Loving couple that is expertly brought to life by writer-director Jeff Nichols and two wonderful lead performances by Joel Edgerton and especially Ruth Negga, both of whom really make you feel the genuine connection that these real people actually felt for each other.


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This continued demand feeds through to the wholesale sector, with cash and carries and delivered wholesalers well placed to profit from sales of tobacco and smokers' requisites, and also of e-cigarettes, the fast growing product category targeting smokers who are trying to give up but still want their nicotine fix.
The penalties are tough for independent retailers caught selling illegally imported tobacco products, but there's a limit to how much advice a cash and carry or delivered wholesaler can give customers. So 'EX-IT,' Philip Morris Ltd's National Field Force's nationwide educational programme for independent retailers, is a timely contribution.
Another welcome move detailed in these pages is Imperial Tobacco's 'Partnering for Success' initiative, which includes a video accessible on ITL's website about EU TPD II, the EU Tobacco Products Directive and how the impending legislation is likely to affect the tobacco category.
In other news from ITL, its JPS Crushball has replaced JPS Duo.
The crushball sector continues to grow and now accounts for 1 in 10 factory made cigarettes sold in the UK.
Roll your own tobacco and the brands involved have a long established connection with adult smokers. ITL's Golden Virginia has a history going back to 1877 and is now available in a limited edition tin echoing its heritage.
Swan is another iconic brand with strong hand rolling connections. Now part of Republic Technologies, the tobacco accessories supplier whose other brands include ZIG-ZAG and OCB, this spring sees Swan introducing more choice to the filters market with its first 'Eco' Swan filter.
On the e-cigs front Blu, the UK's number two e-cigarette brand, which is part of ITL, has launched a product and packaging upgrade for its closed system e-cigarettes, providing significant technology upgrades and extended battery life.
As reported in our recent 'Vaping' feature, growing numbers of cigarette smokers are turning to e-cigarettes in their attempt to quit smoking. They include a group of former smokers who want to give up the habit but do so in a stylish way, which has given rise to the development of the vaping culture. You can read more about vaping in our January-February issue, available on our website. This includes how the forthcoming EU Tobacco Products Directive, as mentioned above, will affect ecigarette sales.


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Name of the Tour : Trout Fishing In Kashmir.
Tour code: 1936
Best time of the Year: May to October.
Duration: 8Nights 9 Days. .
Kashmir the mountain retreat of Great Mughals, the venice of India,the Alps of India jehangir's Valley of Paradise.The valley of Kashmir is bounded by two major ranges,the Pirpanjal and the Great Himalayas travesed by streams,brooks and high altitude lakes where Rainbow, Salmon and Snow trout thrive inabundance.
Tour itinerary.
Day1. Arrive Srinagar meet and greet at point of arrival, transfer to Luxury deluxe houseboat. Afternoon Shikara ride on Lake-Dal,
A two hours boat ride takes you on a relaxing sightseeing tour of interior parts of the calm and placid waters of Dal-Lake. Nice vignettes of life on the lake.
Day 2. Morning: Visit Mughal gardens and Shankarcharya temple:
Mughal Gardens: - Meticulary laid out by the great Mughals a visit Chasma Shahi (Royal spring), Nishat Bagh (pleasure Garden) and Shalimar Bagh (The Adobe of love) is must.
Shankarcharya Temple: - The 18th century Shankarcharya Temple atop on a thousand feet hillock on the bank of Dal Lake offers panoramic views of Srinagar township with its Lake, Hari Parbat Fort and the Jhelum River. After noon free for personal activitiesOver night in Houseboat.
Day 3. Early Morning drive 85kms full day excursion to Sonmarg at the alt of 2743mtrs enroute Fishing at Butkut Sind river.
Sonmarg is located North East of Srinagar Properly known as the "Golden meadowâ€.its is wild and virgin valley of meadows and woodlands. Optional visit Thajwas glacier from Sonmarg take 1hrs side trip by Ponies to Thajwas glacier dipping into the valley of berch forest .Over night in Hotel at Sonmarg.
Day- 4. Early morning drive to Srinagar en route full day for Fishing at various beats all along Sindh River. Arrive Srinagar check in House-boat/hotel for overnight.
Day 5. Morning drive 90 Km to "Village of Shepherds" PHALGAM at an altitude of 2488 mts. Check in hotel .Optional : Fishing Horse ridding,Nature walk. Over night in hotel.
Day-6. Morning drive to Arul Valley full day for Fishing over night in Tents/Hotel.
Day7. Morning Fishing after noon driver Sringar check in house-boat/hotel.
Day 8. Morning drive 56 Km to Gulmarg at an altitude of 2650 mts.Check in hotel for over night.
Gulmarg meaning 'the meadow of flowers : - Gulmarg boasts of the highest golf course in the world. Have a spectacular view of the towering mountain including Nanga Parbat and other peak. In winter Gulmarg offers top-class skiing activies.
OPTIONAL-GONDOLA RIDE:-Take a cable car ride to the top of Apharwat hills. View nomadic Gujjar Huts dotting the hillsides. Optional, Gondala ride (Cable care), Skiing, Horse-ridding, Nature walk, bird watching, return Srinagarover night InHouse-Boat.
Day-9.On time transfer to Srinagar airport/Bus station, depart Srinagar.


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Violent games in spotlight again after Newtown shooting
Rachel Scott was mortified to find out her 1½-year-old son, Pablo, had pointed a .22-caliber gun at her late husband's face, thinking it was the same type of object as his toy water gun.
The incident happened more than three decades ago. Pablo is now 34, but Scott, from Bridgeport, is sharply reminded of what could have been a fatal moment when she sees the images of the 20 children shot to death Dec. 14 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
"My son had just started walking," Scott said. "I wasn't home at the time. But when I heard what happened, I was like: 'What?'"
The potential danger in her own household caused Scott to shun toy guns and video games with gunplay, in the way that some parents are weighing their gift choices this Christmas season.
"Ever since, I've been too nervous to have guns around kids, even water guns," said Scott, who has a second son, now 20, and cares for three foster children, ages 4 months, 21 months and 4 years. "It's just the thought. "
Bill Lee of Stratford said his gifts of choice will be puzzles and Lego building sets.
"Video games have a rating system, but I don't think parents really monitor them," he said.
That strategy went over well with his grandson, who wants the kid version of a tablet computer for Christmas.
"I don't really like the shooting games," said Lee's 8-year-old grandson, Anthony Boutot. "It doesn't really interest me.
"I like the building ones and the racing ones and the ones that let you take care of animals."
It's not clear how deeply the Newtown shooter, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, was influenced by video games or toy guns.
State police spokesman Lt. J. Paul Vance said investigators are trying to recover information from a computer hard drive that was found smashed in the Lanzas' home, and police have seized all electronics found in the house.
Discussion in the wake of the shooting has focused on lapses in the delivery of mental health care; whether regulatory gun laws are adequate; and what some have called a culture of violence that includes movies, TV shows, video games and pop music.
Gregory Harrison, corporate earnings research analyst for Thomson Reuters, said he could not find any record among company analysts or retailers studied by Thomson Reuters that show mass shootings -- or the Newtown incident specifically -- have had an impact on video game sales.
Buyers might, however, switch to a different genre of video game rather than abandon them altogether, he said.
"Maybe there will be more information as companies report their fourth quarter results in January. At this point I don't think there is a way to quantify the effect.
"If anything, sales would likely be transferred from violent material to another category," Harrison said.
Retailer Toys R Us is keeping stores open for 24 hours through Christmas Eve and is discounting certain children's gifts during that period, including a video promotion in which consumers can buy one and get a second at 31 percent off.
Consumers have been gift shopping in earnest since Black Friday and Cyber Monday in November, but Toys R Us spokeswoman Adrienne O'Hara said there are many last-minute shoppers who will be on the hunt for bargains.
Popular nonvideo gifts this year are the kid version of tablet devices; portable preschool pals such as Minnie Mouse, Tigger and Doc McStuffins; '80s retreads like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and My Little Pony figurines.
The No. 1 game on Forbes magazine's list of the top five in 2012 was "Dishonored," a game that gives players the option to get through the game without killing any characters, or at the other extreme, to go on a killing spree.
In addition to joining Democratic lawmakers in calling for a ban on assault weapons, Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, I-Conn., wants a national commission to scrutinize gun laws and loopholes, the mental health system and the role that violent video games and movies play in shootings.
"There are a lot of serious questions here about what is the impact of violence in the entertainment culture on everybody," Lieberman said.
"There is a vulnerable population out there, and I'm afraid (Lanza) was obviously one of them. How do we identify shooters before they shoot and make sure they get the mental health help that they need, and then what about gun control?"
Daniel Greenberg, chairman of the Anti-Censorship and Social Issues Committee for the International Game Developers Association, said the industry group welcomes an educated dialogue about the role of violence in games.
"As confirmed by extensive research and acknowledged by the U.S. surgeon general, the (Federal Trade Commission) and the U.S. Supreme Court, video games do not cause real-world violence," he said.
To the victims' families and friends in Newtown, Greenberg said: "Our hearts go out to those affected by the tragedy in Newtown and to the whole nation that grieves with them."
He tried to set parents at ease by saying they do not need to fear that games will make ordinary children violent.
"We encourage them to make informed choices about the level of violent gameplay they feel is appropriate at each stage of their child's development, including the choice to allow no violent imagery whatsoever," Greenberg said, adding that developers also provide "extensive ratings as well as content information on games."
"While we cannot always predict shifts in purchasing, we love providing a wide range of experiences and meeting the interests of all kinds of game players," he said.
Greenberg said the association welcomes a bill proposed by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-West Va., chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, to study the impact of violent content, including video games and video programming, on children.
Game developers responded to the 1999 mass shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado and other tragedies by focusing on action games with problem-solving features and rewards for players who find nonviolent solutions, Greenberg said.
Brad Bushman, a professor of communication and psychology at Ohio State University, conducted a study that he said showed that a person who played violent video games three days in a row showed more aggressive and hostile behavior than people who weren't playing.
It's not certain what the impact would be on people who played these games for years because testing them "isn't practical or ethical," he said.
New Haven Alderwoman Jacqueline James, mother of a 2-year-old daughter and a former social worker, said everything going on in a child's home is important to how they will cope with situations they face in life.
"I think there are a number of factors. It's not just the movie itself or the music itself or the game itself or the water gun itself," she said.
New Haven lawmakers are going to review recommendations from Police Chief Dean Esserman on expanding the city's gun buyback program beyond its annual run just before the holiday, James said. (It will continue this coming Saturday in New Haven and Bridgeport.)
"We want to make sure it continues to be safer for everyone. Guns are on the street every day of the year, and if we're going to be serious about this, we need a comprehensive program," she said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. Contact Angela Carter at 203-393-8866 or follow her on Twitter @ReachAngi.


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Did a surfeit of marshmallows lead to Marcus Gwill's death by electrocution - or was foul play involved?
In Flaxborough's posh neighbouring village, Mumblesbury, the local solicitor, Richard Daspard Loughbury, has suddenly died.
Natural causes it appears, but DI Purbright and the ever-helpful Miss Lucy Teatime are taken aback by the quality of Loughbury's art collection – including a Paul Klee, a Corot, and even a fragment of the "True Cross".
All seem to have been acquired locally and the question of blackmail hangs in the air. Loughbury's decidedly un-posh widow, Zoe, is less than grief-stricken, as are a cast of colourful characters from randy farmers to gin-soaked county types. Then, the recent suicide of a local farmer's wife also begins to look questionable.
Witty and a little wicked, this final tale in Colin Watson's Flaxborough series offers a mordantly entertaining cast of characters and laugh-out-loud wordplay.
"Colin Watson wrote the best English detective stories ever. They work beautifully as whodunnits but it's really the world he creates and populates … and the quality of the writing which makes these stories utterly superior."
"The Flaxborough Chronicles are satires on the underbelly of English provincial life, very well observed, very funny and witty, written with an apt turn of phrase … A complete delight."
"If you have never read Colin Watson – start now. And savour the whole series."
"Light-hearted, well written, wickedly observed and very funny – the Flaxborough books are a joy. Highly recommended."
"How English can you get? Watson's wry humour, dotty characters, baddies who are never too bad, plots that make a sort of sense. Should I end up on a desert island Colin Watson's books are the ones I'd want with me."
"A classic of English fiction… Yes, it is a crime novel, but it is so much more. Wonderful use of language, wry yet sharp humour and a delight from beginning to end."
"Colin Watson threads some serious commentary and not a little sadness and tragedy within his usual excellent satire on small town morality and eccentricities."
"Re-reading it now, I am struck by just how many laugh-out-loud moments it contains. A beautifully written book."
"As always, hypocricy and skulduggery are rife, and the good do not necessarily emerge triumphant. Set aside plenty of time to read this book – you won't want to put it down once you've started it!"
"Colin Watson writes in such an understated, humorous way that I follow Inspector Purbright's investigation with a smile on my face from start to finish."
"If you enjoy classic mysteries with no graphic violence and marvellously well drawn characters then give the Flaxborough series a try – you will not be disappointed."
"Watson has an unforgivably sharp eye for the ridiculous." New York Times
"Flaxborough is Colin Watson's quiet English town whose outward respectability masks a seething pottage of greed, crime and vice … Mr Watson wields a delightfully witty pen dripped in acid." Daily Telegraph
"Arguably the best of comic crime writers, delicately treading the line between wit and farce … Funny, stylish and good mysteries to boot." Time Out
"A great lark, full of preposterous situations and pokerfaced wit." Cecil Day-Lewis
"One of the best. As always with Watson, the writing is sharp and stylish and wickedly funny!" Literary Review
"The rarest of comic crime writers, one with the gift of originality." Julian Symons
"Flaxborough, that olde-worlde town with Dada trimmings." Sunday Times
Did a surfeit of marshmallows lead to Marcus Gwill's death by electrocution - or was foul play involved?
When vandalism turns to murder in the quiet town of Chalmsbury, Inspector Purbright is called in to investigate.
The inhabitants of 14 Beatrice Avenue have disappeared, and something very disagreeable seems to be lurking in the drains…
When the Flaxborough butcher's sister-in-law disappears, the trail leads to a local lonely hearts agency...
When one of Flaxborough's most tireless charity workers is found the wrong way up in her pond, DI Purbright investigates.
An elderly sex-pest, nicknamed the 'Flaxborough crab', is at large in Flaxborough. Will DI Purbright catch him in his net?
When freethinking Edna Hillyard goes missing at the Folklore Society's "revels", could evil forces be at play?
When the bitter rivalry between Flaxborough's leading fat-cat businessmen ends in murder, DI Purbright is on the case.
A charming conman has more than dodgy dog food on his plate when ruthless villainy and murder break out in Flaxborough.
A pornographic movie leads investigative journalists to Flaxborough, but before long the subject has switched to murder...
A knock-out plaster cottage at Flaxborough's antiques auction leads to a tale of heirlooms and murder.


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120' Below Earth's Surface: A Journey to Fix Charleston's Deep Tunnel System
From 2002 to 2008, Hussey Gay Bell was involved in Phases II-IV leading up to the Phase V West Ashley Sewer Tunnel & Influent Pump Station. Phase II consisted of the design and construction of the $38.9 million Ashley Tunnel; Phase III consisted of the design and construction of the $48.6 million Cooper Tunnel; and Phase IV consisted of the design and construction of the $29.4 million Daniel Island Tunnel Extension.
The $50.8 million fifth and final phase of Charleston Water System's 15-year+ sewer tunnel improvements program, replaces an existing deep tunnel from the Croghan Spur to the Plum Island Wastewater Treatment Plant (PIWWTP) located off of Harborview Road in Charleston with a new tunnel 120-foot-deep, 1.6 mile long tunnel from Albemarle Road, under the Wappoo Cut, to the Plum Island Wastewater Treatment Plant. Other improvements consisted of the construction of a new 60 MGD influent pump station, new pile-supported 48-inch force main, new 3,200-square-foot pump control building at the treatment plant, installation of near surface connection at the PIWWTP, two shaft sites and surface collection improvements in the Country Club of Charleston and along Harborview Road. The shafts consist of a 60-ft ID at PIWWTP and 20-ft ID at Croghan, both built using the caisson sinking method, and 30-in. drop pipe at Porter Gaud. The 8,300 ft tunnel was excavated with an 86-inch diameter single shield tunnel boring machine, manufactured by Southland Contracting, and supported with ribs and lagging boards.
On a complexity note, this project featured design and construction of a massive infrastructure, deep tunnel project in a sensitive coastal area surrounded by water and marshes with very poor soil conditions and geographic challenges. The most challenging aspects of this project include sinking a 60 ft. diameter concrete caisson shaft 150 ft. deep in mixed ground conditions for a 15 MGD Influent Pump Station and (2) each 5' diameter drilled piles 140 ft. deep. The tunnel portion includes 8,300 LF of 86" tunnel for 54" fiberglass reinforced pipe (FRP) approximately 125 ft. below ground. In addition, 1,200 LF of 48" pipe was installed above the marsh wetlands on pile bents. Project is located on an estuary with fill, soils, and Cooper Marl. Project required intensive full-time construction inspection and administration services to maintain integrity.
Hussey Gay Bell, in collaboration with Black & Veatch, has been involved with all design and construction administration phases of the project which is being constructed by the joint venture of Fort Worth, Texas-based Southland Contracting, Inc. and Roanoke, Texas-based Oscar Renda Contracting, Inc.


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It is Sunday and time for the latest installment of DearMYRTLE's BEST of the Internet for Genealogists Awards. There are some sites Ol' Myrt here has never written about before.
[Ahem, drum roll please…]
The BEST of the Internet for Genealogists – 9 March 2008 awards go to:
1. BLOG: Jaisa's "Here's Where I'm at With Analyzing My mtDNA Results" posted 26 Feb 2008 at the Creative Gene blog, aptly describes the quandary we're each in when we receive that printout of numbers and codes. Subsequent blog entries chronicle Jaisa's interpretations and growing understanding of DNA as an emerging resource for genealogists.
2. INSTRUCTION: Women's History page posted at the Library of Congress website with the following categories:
- Broadsides and Printed Ephemera ~ ca. 1600-2000 An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera
- Manuscript Division ~ Selected Highlights Words and Deeds in American History: Selected Documents Celebrating the Manuscript Division's First 100 Years
- Woman Suffrage ~ Books and Pamphlets ~ 1848-1921 Votes for Women: Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921
- Woman Suffrage ~ Photographs and Prints ~ 1850-1920 By Popular Demand: "Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920
- Woman Suffrage ~ Photographs ~ 1875-1938 Women of Protest: Photographs from the Records of the National Woman's Party
- Woman Suffrage ~ Scrapbooks ~ 1897-1911 Miller NAWSA Suffrage Scrapbooks, 1897-1911
- Women's History ~ U.S. ~ Multiformat American Women: A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States
3. DATABASE SITE: Sally Routledge's "Victorian Place Name Abbreviations" posted July 1999 at AustraliaGenWeb.org. Sally is the Heritage Services Officer of the North Central Goldfields Regional Library in Bendigo – another fine example of librarians serving genealogists. Sometimes it takes a local to explain the oddities of nick names or abbreviations for place names that us outsiders simply wouldn't understand. For instance, would you know that "Yonga" stands for the town of Yarrawonga? Me neither. Thanks Sally!
4. SCANNED IMAGE SITE: A History of the County of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, posted at World Vital Records.com through partnership with Archive CD Books Canada. Flly searchable, including links to scanned images from the out-of-print book titled A History of the County of Antigonish, Nova Scotia by Rev. D. J. Rankin (1929).
5: PODCAST: Anna-Karin's Genealogical Podcast Series, posted at http://annakarin.libsyn.com, is celebrating its one year anniversary. Swedish-American genealogy info from this Swedish gal's point of view. Also available for automatic download through iTunes.
6. VIDEO: War Letters posted at RootsTelevision.com. 15:18 minutes, featuring an interview with author Andrew Carroll, (Grace Under Fire, Operation Homecoming, Behind the Lines, and War Letters). Andrew is the founder of The Legacy Project, a collection of 75,000+ letters posted at www.warletters.com. You'll want to share this video with your local genealogy society, as an introduction to The Legacy Project and end with an appeal to all attendees to submit copies of their family letters to this project.
7. COMMENTARY: Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 posted at the Library of Congress website. Browse, search by subject or state. "Contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves. These narratives were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and assembled and microfilmed in 1941 as the seventeen-volume Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves. This online collection is a joint presentation of the Manuscript and Prints and Photographs Divisions of the Library of Congress and includes more than 200 photographs from the Prints and Photographs Division that are now made available to the public for the first time. Born in Slavery was made possible by a major gift from the Citigroup Foundation."
8. INNOVATION: Picasa Web Albums by Google.com. Place your photos on the web to share with everyone or just those you specify. No need to drag your computer around everywhere.
9. MOST INTERESTING THREAD: "FTM 2008 Crashes (a lot!)" posted at the RootsWeb Message Board for Family Tree Maker Software beginning 5 Jan 2008, including some 48 posts from FTM users who are attempting to affect a work-around. The crashing occurs consistently when entering sources, and the work around involves adding Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 (KB110806). Note that Ancestry.com removed several entries for breach of posting policies.
10. ETHNIC STUDIES: Lithuania Global Genealogical Society posted at www.lithuaniangenealogy.org, a web-based association "collect, disseminate and preserve information on Lithuanian family history and to assist our members in genealogical research. Join the Yahoo group to communicate with other researchers of Lithuanian ancestry.
Please note that this week's award winners may have published the spotlighted content earlier, it is just that this week Ol' Myrt here stumbled across them and wishes to honor excellent work.If you have suggestions for winning genealogy content be sure to drop me a line. After all, we get by with a little help from our friends.
Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt :)
Your friend in genealogy.
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Wakin Chau
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Emil Wakin Chau
Wakin Chau in concert 2007
|Singer, songwriter, actor
|Years active
|Constance Woods (American)
|Andrew (周厚安), Anya (周厚恩)
|Golden Melody Awards – Best Male Mandarin Artist
|Chinese name
|Traditional Chinese
|Simplified Chinese
|Musical career
|Also known as
|Emil Chau, Wakin Chau, Zhou Huajian, Chow Wah-Kin
|Hong Kong
|Mandopop, Cantopop
|Vocals, guitar, piano
|Rock Records
|Associated acts
|Easy Band, Superband
Wakin Chau (born 22 December 1960), better known by his stage name Emil Chau predominantly throughout the 1980s and 1990s, is a Hong Kong-born Taiwanese singer, songwriter and actor. Chau's popularity has spread throughout Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mainland China, and parts of Southeast Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam). As of August 2007, he has released more than 40 albums and held several international concert tours.
Wakin Chau was born in a rice store owned by his family at Sai Ying Pun in then-British colony of Hong Kong. Growing up as the fourth son in his seven-member family, Wakin learned to play the guitar when he was about 13 years old. In 1979, he left for Taipei to major in mathematics at National Taiwan University. During his college years, he sang and played folk songs in local coffee shops. This activity was a tradition among NTU students, and it is how Wakin learned to sing in Mandarin, which would be key to his future as a music-maker in Taiwan.
Wakin had high hopes to establish a career as a recording artist, and he actively sought out contacts in the music industry. But a persistent lack of interest eventually led him to give up trying to become a performer – instead, he could sign on as an assistant producer at Rock Records, where he wrote marketable pop songs for other artists.
Wakin was later encouraged by Chyi Yu to sing some jingles for commercial advertising spots. One of these tunes was for a car commercial, and it happened to catch the attention of Wakin's boss at Rock, who realised it was the voice of his own assistant producer.
That moment opened the door for Wakin to record and release his first Mandarin album under the Rock Records label in 1987. For a man who had dreamed of performing professionally but had settled on being a record producer, this was a period of particularly good fortune that launched a succession of chart-topping records.
Shortly before his music career took off, Wakin the record producer met an American girl named Constance Woods, whose father was in Taiwan as a Fulbright scholar. Seeming to have plenty in common (including birthdays only one day apart) Wakin and Constance began to date, got engaged and then on 16 November 1986, they married in Taipei. Four months later there was another ceremony with family and friends in the United States of America on 14 March 1987. They have a son named Andrew and a daughter named Anya.
From 1985, Emil Chau, who has been using his given name Wakin since 1999, has released more than 40 albums in Mandarin, Cantonese and English. He has become a prominent name in the music of Taiwan and has fans of all ages not only around Asia but also in North America, Europe and elsewhere. His platinum albums such as You Make Me Happy and Sad (讓我歡喜讓我憂), The Flowery Heart (花·心), Music Brings Us Together (有弦相聚), and Emil & Friends (朋友) have won awards in Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Wakin has appeared in a number of films and made guest appearances on TV and radio programs in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and Japan. Alongside his singing career, he is a restaurateur and also is active in international charitable causes, such as kidney dialysis charities in Singapore, the January 2002 "Take a Deep Breath" concert in Taipei to raise money for local health-care organisations, Beijing's 4th Grand Charity Drive for Children in 2005, and Jackie Chan's all-star concerts in Las Vegas.
Wakin Chau has formed with distinguished artists Jonathan Lee, Chang Chen-yue, and Lo Ta-yu in the four-member band Superband. In 2010, after finishing all their concerts and tours, they disbanded and resumed their individual careers.
Mandarin albums[edit]
- 最後圓舞曲 The Last Waltz (Feb 1985)
- 心的方向 Direction of the Heart (Jul 1987)
- 我付出我的真愛 我實現我的夢 I Gave My Love I Realized My Dream (Aug 1988)
- 期待更多 付出更多 The More You Give the More You Expect (Jan 1989)
- 最真的夢 The Truest Dream (Nov 1989)
- 不願一個人 I Don't Want to Be Alone (Dec 1990)
- 讓我歡喜讓我憂 You Make Me Happy and Sad (Nov 1991)
- 花·心 The Flowery Heart (Apr 1993)
- 今夜陽光燦爛 Asia Tour'93 Emil Alive! (Jan 1994)
- 風雨無阻 Nothing Will Stop Me From Loving You (Jun 1994)
- 我願意去等 I Am Willing to Go Soon (Feb 1995)
- 愛相隨 Love Follows Us (Jul 1995)
- 愛的光 Light of Love (Feb 1996)
- 小天堂 My Little Paradise (Sep 1996)
- 朋友 Emil & Friends (Apr 1997)
- 有故事的人 Story Teller (Aug 1998)
- 現在 Now (Nov 1999)
- 忘憂草 Day Lilies (Otc 2001)
- 329最完整周華健 All Out (2003)
- 一起吃苦的幸福 Love Hotel (Jul 2003)
- 周而復始 Keep Wakin 1987-2002 (Sep 2003)
- 雨人 Wakin in the Rain (Mar 2006)
- 花旦 Diva (May 2011)
- 江湖 Jiang Hu (Dec 2013)
- 賽貂蟬 My Farewell Lady (Mar 2019)
- 少年 The Younger Me (Dec 2019)
Cantonese albums[edit]
- 有弦相聚(真的周华健) Music Brings Us Together (Otc 1994)
- 弦途有你(真的周华健 Ⅱ) (Apr 1995)
- 弦弦全全(真的周华健·完满篇) (Dec 1995)
- 弦猶在耳 Emil's Live Moments (Jun 1996)
- 生·生活 Living With Emil Chau (Dec 1996)
- 世界由你我開始 (Otc 1997)
- 聽健 (Feb 1998)
English albums[edit]
- Sad Without You (Sep 1988)
- Blue Bird (Feb 1991)
- I Remember (May 1992)
- Songs of Birds (Aug 1993)
- Forever Young (Best Collection) (Jun 1996)
- My Oh My (Feb 2001)
- My Favorite Songs (May 2002)
- 1987: Osmanthus Alley (桂花巷)
- 1987: The Game They Called Sex (黃色故事) - Tung Tzu-Chi
- 1993: Once a Cop (aka. Project S) - Martin Lee
- 1994: Right Here Waiting (等愛的女人) - Alex Chow
- 1995: Rumble in the Bronx - Ice Cream Man
- 1995: Just Married (橫紋刀劈扭紋柴) - Kong Chi Wa
- 1995: I Want To Go on Living (我要活下去) - Man Chi-Yeung
- 1995: Faithfully Yours (叛逆情緣) - Pao Wing-Cheung
- 1996: Who's the Woman, Who's the Man? (金枝玉葉2)
- 1997: Mr. Nice Guy - Ice Cream Man
- 1997: All's Well, Ends Well 1997 - Long
- 1997: (知解時空)
- 1997: Walk In (奪舍)
- 1997: Spicy Love Soup (愛情麻辣燙) - Neighbor
- 1999: Gorgeous (玻璃樽) - L.W. Lo
- 1999: Purple Storm (紫雨風暴) - Ma Li
- 2001: Headlines (頭號人物) - Sorrow Chan
- 2003: Homerun - Policeman
- 2003: The Pawnshop No. 8 (第八號當鋪) (TV Series)
- ^ "Wakin Chau". imdb.com. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ "Wakin Chau". chinesemov.com. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
External links[edit]
- Wakin Chau on Facebook
- Wakin Chau on Instagram
- Wakin.com (Big5-code; his personal website in Taiwan)
- True Blue Emil's Page (Hong Kong, Big5-code)
- Sunny Stars Ferry — Wakin Chau (China, GB-code)
- Every Wakin's Moment (Singapore, English & GB-code)
- Emil Chau on IMDb (English)
- 1960 births
- Hong Kong male singers
- Cantopop singers
- English-language singers from Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Mandopop singer-songwriters
- Hong Kong male film actors
- Hong Kong people of Chaoshanese descent
- Taiwanese people of Hong Kong descent
- Cantonese people
- Living people
- National Taiwan University alumni
- Superband (band) members


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Engagement Portfolio
Engagement Sessions
We believe that an engagement session is an important experience and at the same time fun that all couples should try before their wedding day. Besides receiving a series of professional-quality images, and having a laugh along the way, it's a great opportunity to get to know your Derbyshire wedding photographer!
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As professional wedding photographers in Derby, we normally shoot engagement sessions on location or outdoors in the local area of Derby and Derbyshire. Many couples take away the professional-quality stills and frame them, order our best-selling box frames, use the photographs for their wedding invitations, 'Thank you' cards and their other wedding stationery!


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Links Bank
last modified July 9, 2008 by sonali
List of competition, similar apps or references and inspirations
1. Competition/Inspiration
- riseup.net
- Civic Space
Screen Shots of version 8.2
Uses Drupal for content mgt, and CiviCRM for "constituent relations management"
Mitch Kapor of OSAF helped start it (mentioned in Dreaming in Code p 203).
- NetSquared - techsoup project
"remixing the web for social change"
2. Hosted project management tools
- Basecamp
user: missmoun pass: topp
Their manifesto + Extensive review
- Copper Project
- Active Collab
- Go Plan
Not released yet but screenshots available
- Zoho Projects
Also pre-release but demo available
- Unfuddle
might be a bit different?
- PhpCollab
related to MS projects
- QuickBase
more advanced but might offer some good insight
- Groove Site
seems to focus more on web collab than project management -good
- Ning
Their process to create a social network is really clean.
3. Some similar features
- Tadalist
- Appears to be too simplistic -only one level task etc... too personal also
Not really worth mentioning. The BaseCamp full task list app is closer to what we need.
- Clocking IT
- Confusing PM application. Task list is almost too extensive. Feature Overload. Bad visual interface.
+ Creates "company URL" topp.clockingit.com (user: missmoun pss: topp)
- @Task seems solid
- Remember the Milk
PClearly the best of all hosted task list. very ajaxy, full featured but seems good
username: missmoun, pass:12345
- Freewebs.com
4. Stuff for non-profit/community activities
- Service Leader
Some stuff on volonteerism etc.
- Tech Soup
Great reference on all thing related to tech for non-profits
- Volunteer Match
Matches organization and people to volunteer for then. But somehow it's strange.
- Idealist.org
Lots of info: portal for some world change communities
- http://www.justgive.org/
5. References
- Thinking about moderation strategies: http://social.itp.nyu.edu/shirky/wiki/?n=Main.PatternLanguage
- About mailing lists http://producingoss.com/html-chunk/mailing-lists.html#reply-to
6. Places & People using virtual tools for social change
- Never Again International
Small organisation - attempted the use of a wiki for core content
7. Wikis
- Google collaborative tools
- social text: http://www.socialtext.com/
- Jotspot: http://www.jot.com/
- Confluence: http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/
- PB wiki: http://pbwiki.com/
- PmWiki (not hosted) http://www.pmwiki.org/
- Wikipedia, simple, anyone can figure it out. Running wiki media
- Wet paint http://www.wetpaint.com/
- Edit me http://www.editme.com/
- Tiddy Wiki: http://www.tiddlywiki.com/
- Sycamore: http://projectsycamore.org/
Yahoo! and google groups
Online gaming
mooveon.org and other
indymedia.org... services like us,
Ning Building mashups
Request Tracker (fed ex uses it so it can be very complex and do anything thought about).
MySpace. lots of tech issues and doesn't do much, yet. And it looks ancient.
Source Forge
participatory way of publishing social events and activities
Tools for stuff that need to get done.
list of more related software: toolcrib.ning.com


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Foxconn chief Terry Gou says people are animals, after all, and he has to deal with a million of them
Granted, he was entertaining the Taipei Zoo president Chin on the stage at the moment, jokingly asking him after his lecture how does he manage his animals. Still, the remark didn't fly well, and WantChinaTimes, which reported the incident, noted that he could have chosen his words more carefully.
He quickly became a textbook example for "rampant capitalism", buying a $30 million castle in the Czech Republic, filling the tabloids with stories about sexual tape blackmails, or doing push-ups at his 2010 wedding to demonstrate his tip-top shape. All the while Foxconn working conditions were surrounded with controversy, factory fires, trade secrets leaks, and several suicides by workers there.
Foxconn's CEO started traveling to college campuses and talking with young people there, raising salaries and bonuses, and improving work conditions after the incidents, concluding that younger Chinese workers are no more willing to work as if in labor camps, and the days of China as only a cheap labor supplier are coming to an end.
The end conclusion seemingly was that if people with too various needs, dreams and aspirations to be managed effectively get in the way, you can always replace them with robots, which is exactly what he is doing. The CEO said last year that Foxconn will be deploying about a million-strong robot army to assemble gadgets within three years, with 2012 alone seeing 300 000 of them taking over the conveyor belts.
Terry Gou's personal fortune is said to be north of $6 billion, and we can't wait to see if his "animal" remark will make the late-night comedy shows round, as Foxconn got in the crosshairs of Jon Stewart the other day, which you can see in the video below.
source: WantChinaTimes via PCMag


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20 Things David Bowie Discovered Before You
No matter how original you think you are, David Bowie did it first.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel officially proclaimed Sept. 23 as "David Bowie Day" in honor of the rock star's retrospective exhibit, David Bowie Is..., opening that day at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art.
See also: 101 Typefaces Inspired by David Bowie
The exhibit will feature more than 300 items from the rocker's personal archives — including clothes to hand-written lyrics and set lists, as well as diary entries from his teen years until his retirement from the music industry. It's a glam fan's sparkly dream come true.
But it's not just Chicago who should pay tribute to the legendary star. Throughout all this rock chameleon's ch-changes, David Bowie has always been about one thing: originality.
You'll want to write a big thank you card for all the wonderful things Bowie has bestowed upon the world. Just make sure you have plenty of glitter.


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