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I have been using this website on and off for years now, since it was Ipoints. It is a points rewards system where you earn points for various actions and cash them in for gifts from their catalogue. I've had quite a few rewards from these now and haven't spent much money, 95% of these points came from free clicks and sign ups.
You get your first points for signing up, the only information you really need is a username, password, email and address.
You will receive surveys via email to complete that can be worth anywhere between around 50-500 points (maximiles). You can opt out of receiving emails if you wish. Other emails are just links to websites and you will receive 5 points for clicking these.
The free points can be earned in various ways, a new features is the maximiles toolbar which you receive 100 points for downloading and a further point for every 2 searches completed.
Many free points can be earned by signing up for email newsletters, requesting brochures or catalogues and free sim cards etc. I earned thousand of free points over the years for signing up for things but have done most of them now and new ones don't appear very often.
Watching short adverts can earn you free points, also requesting quotes for car insurance etc.
The shopping points is great as they have so many partners, they might give you a point for each point spent up to 10 points per pound spent depending on which online store you are using. The good thing about it is the variety of partners. I recently deposited £10 on a gambling website (which I was going to do anyway) and because I clicked through to the site from the maximiles page I was rewarded with 6500 points for joining. A lot of high street stores are on the website, and travel pages so it is always worth checking to see if they are on the partners list before ordering online.
Examples of partners:
Hotels.com, PC World, Pizza hut, Boots, B&Q, Littlewoods, Tesco direct, Debenhams, Toys R Us, Monsoon, Miss Selfridge and hundreds more!
You can choose rewards from the catalogue, these could be aftershaves/perfume, dvds, magazine subscriptions, flowers, day's out and for more points electrical items such as I Pads and DVD players.
You do not have a time limit in which you have to redeem your points, so if you see something in the catalogue you fancy you can save your points up for them but I prefer to get the vouchers and think they prove to be more value for your points. Your gifts or vouchers will be posted out to you within 14 days.
The last points I cashed in were last week, I was ordering bridesmaids shoes from Debenhams and saw that they were a maximiles partner so used the maximiles page to link me to Debenhams. I received around 400 maximiles for my order, together with the 6500 I received for joining a gambling website, plus a few survey points I reached 8000 points. I cashed in 7780 points for £30 in John Lewis vouchers which have arrived and have a year'x expiration date so I gave them to my mum who is going to hang onto it until I have enough for another couple of vouchers and treat herself.
I have previously had a couple of bottles of aftershave (what a generous girlfriend I am......little do they know it was free haha), a £50 curry's voucher which I used to purchase and MP3 player, £30 boots vouchers to buy holiday toiletries and sun cream, £20 leisure vouchers which I spent on a couple of trips to Pizza Hut.
Considering I don't do shopping online much except for those mentioned above, the majority of my rewards came for free. It's a good site especially for those who do order a lot of stuff online. All of my rewards came swiftly and in good condition with no complaints.
I would definitely recommend having a look at the website, you can browse the partners and rewards before signing up to anything. Any free rewards can't be a bad thing!
If anyone is interested in joining and would like me to send a referral please inbox me :)
I just thought I would share my opinion of Maximiles. I have been using the website for just over a month now and have managed to accumulate my first 3000 points which I then exchanged for a £10 argos voucher on 23/11. The voucher has just been received in this mornings post (01/12) although been advised it may take up to 14 days for the reward to be delivered!! I am already very satisfied with the service provided at Maximiles. I have not actually paid a penny for the gift voucher as I have simply filled out surveys as they have reached my inbox and watched the latest videos on their website which also earns points. After receiving my voucher I am nearly now on 1000 points again which means just another 2000 until my next voucher can be redeemed.
There are lots of ways to redeem points including small gifts, christmas products, dvds etc but I feel that the gift vouchers are the best form of reward as you can actually save them gradually for something you really wan't or need. There are vouchers available for many high street stores not just argos, and if you like films then you can simply swap your points in to cinema tickets to enjoy a free film at your local cinema!
Thanks again Maximiles from another satisfied user.
I see on here some people are criticising Maximiles, but after reading their reviews it appears they are not maximising it's potential.
Firstly, it is a rewards scheme which is linked to multiple partners. You do need to check out several of the partners and their offers to make the most of Maximiles.
You can do all sorts including shopping via Maximiles web site, taking surveys, registering for brochures, watching video ads, applying for mobile phones, credit cards, insurances, energy providers etc.
I have been using the site for a few years and I have had several free gifts back. Admittedly they have not been anything outstanding, because to get such a free gift (for example an iPad) you would need to be really maximising their site and undoubtedly spending money in the process. My gifts have been mainly DVDs & Blu Ray movies, but also I have had a Ken Hom Wok, HMV Vouchers, online music download vouchers and several USB memory sticks.
The best offer I had via Maximiles was to register and bet £20 with World Series of Poker (WSOP). I don't play poker and never have, but I blew the £20 playing online casino games.... and I never won anything back, but I did not expect to. I did the offer simply to get the maximile points. For this £20 I spent I recieved 12000 Maximiles + 8000 more as a promotion which was on at the time. This 20000 maximiles got me £60 of HMV vouchers, a blu ray movie and a dvd movie. So for spending £20 I got about £70 - £80 worth of goods.
The rewrads and partners are constantly changing so you do need to be regular on there to keep up to date with offers.
A good example of how to get points quick with current promotions is:
1) Apply for the Maximiles credit card (5000 points plus 1 point for every pound spent). Use the card as much as possible but pay off the balance every month to avoid interest. This card also has 9 months free on balance transfers. Use it for groceries, petrol etc.
2) Sign up for a Lovefilm free trial. Remember to cancel after the trial period or you get charged. (800 points).
3) Register for a Blockbuster trial. Again, cancel the subscription after the trial. (750 points).
4) Do your grocery shopping online via Asda, using your grocery shopping. Say you spend £150 on a months shopping, using your Maximiles credit card (550 points as a new Asda customer, 150 points for your spend & 150 points for every £ spent on your credit card = 850 points)
By just doing these few examples you could quickly get 7400 points. This could get you up to 3 blu ray movies or 3 DVDs or £25 HMV vouchers.
Overall I think it's good when utilised correctly. Yes you do have to spend time and possibly spend money but you can accumulate points over time easily and then get a little freebie. Another good idea is to use their credit card for your Xmas shopping and do it all through Maximiles partners (they are partnered with most of the high street shops), you soon gather points.
1) Maximiles change the value of their points without notice, so my review may be out of date by the time you read this.
2) Spend money: However, as of Jan 2011: You need 3500 points to get a DVD (Toy Story 3 = cost around £10) I got 45 points for spending £58 at Asda online grocery. So, around 1 point per £1 spent.
***Therefore to earn the 3500 points needed for a single DVD, you would need to spend around £3500
3) Spend time: I read from other reviews, that you can earn 10 points for filling out a survey that takes around 3minutes. So that's 3.33 points per minute. If each point is worth around 1/3500 of a £10 DVD, I calculate that means you earn around 1p of DVD per minute of your time spent filling in surveys.
4) Not only are you being paid just 1p or so per minute of your time, but, if you answer honestly, you are giving away details of your shopping habits and preferences, which will no doubt be used to target you all the better, and persuade you to buy -more-, not save more.
Seems to me that with the time you spend signing up, reading email newsletters, and deciding what to save for, then checking and rechecking your points score (and their current market value), you are actually losing out.
You lose time, lose privacy, and for what? For 1p per minute? For 60p an hour? Stuffing envelopes pays more, and you don't have to give up personal info that may well end in you spending more (because you spend so much more time reading/viewing products).
Very clever marketing going on here. Nothing else though imho. I hope that I have totally miscalculated due to being on Morphine at the moment. But possibly not....
This is a fantastic free website where you can earn money by shopping online on other websites. Similar to nectar points you go onto the Maximiles website and go to the website you're wishing to shop on via it.
You earn so many points per pound which differs with different websites.
Points are called maximiles. They do not have an expiry date as long as your account stays active (if it is unactive/ not used for 12 months you may lose your maximiles). The points take around 30 days to be put into your account, because they have to be verified via the site you shopping on via maximiles etc.
***Other ways to earn points on the website***
Sign up for direct debit to various charities. Get points via the national lottery. Get points for betting. Get points for signing up for their surveys which they email you for.
***Free points***
Every day they have different ways to get free points like registering for different websites or by taking part in polls, referring friends (50 points per friend + 100 points when your friend makes a purchase) or watching videos.
They have thousands of ways to get points and thousands of ways to redeem your points.
***How to redeem your points for vouchers or other items***
These are some examples:
1. Food vouchers e.g. £10 waitrose voucher = 3000 maximiles, £15 selfridges voucher = 3700 maximiles, £30 M&S voucher = 7400 maximiles.
2. Entertainment vouchers e.g. HMV £15 voucher = 3700 maximiles
3. Cinema vouchers
4. Shopping vouchers like Debenhams, Love2shop, H.Samuel, Argos etc
Plus many other ways to redeem your points.
I love this site and points add up quite quickly, I have made 2000 points in 2 months and all those points I got for free I have made no purchases.
Sign up and get free vouchers!!
Maximiles is a reward site for - what they claim - everything you do online. This includes earning points through buying things through their partners, referring friends, completing surveys (both longer surveys and quick polls), clicking on e-mails, registering at websites and most recently voting on videos on the site (between 5 and 20 points each. These points can then be spend on rewards, either products or vouchers for many stores online and on the high street. You can build your points entirely through no-pay methods but you will find that your points increase more when you do buy something.
** Registering **
Registering is easy to do and will earn you 100 points. You can then opt into the survey section of the website. Once on the website, click on the link that says 'sign up' then enter your details and you are done!
** Using the site **
The site is not as well laid out as it used to be though it is quite easy to find what you want. At the top they have different sections for collecting points, spending points, to see your account and faq's. Then a little more to the right you can see how many points you have. On the homepage, down the right hand side has the Maximiles recommendations. This includes discount codes and news of any increased points. It is very handy to look here. If there is a quick poll it can be found above this as well.
When you go to collect points, you can look at partners (either A-Z, by category and new partners), at discount vouchers, free points, credit card, mobile phone and videos (which are also free). Through the free points tab, it will also take you to sign up to their surveys and free partners.
When you have enough points, you can do to the 'Spend points' tab to spend your points where you can then browse rewards through category.
All in all, I think that the site is quite easy to use and to find what you want. Not sure the colour scheme is what I would have chosen, but it doesn't affect the functionality of the site and it is easy to read the black on white writing.
** Earning points **
There are different ways to earn points, either by spending money on other sites or through free ways.
Partners: By going through the maximiles website to the shops that you would normally shop at, you can receive so many points per pound that you spend. They have a good selection of partners, including some big names (e.g. Halfords, Asda, Avira insurance, Bench, Body Shop, JML and Superdrug) and some lesser known names. They have categories for: entertainment, fashion, finance, gaming and gambling, gifts, green partners, highstreet, lifestyle, travel and utilities.
Even though I don't often buy things online, I will always have a look on maximiles before I do just in case. They do have a good selection of partners to buy from.
Partners: There are free ways to earn points through partners through signing up to sites, requesting newsletters and emails, entering competitions, taking out free trials. These sometime change often, especially competitions. However, some have remained as long as I can remember, such as the Love Film trial for now a reduced 800 points or registering with a survey site for 400 points. Good selection, though some may not change often its worth checking every now and again just in case.
Emails: You can also earn free points through email. Maximiles will occasionaly send you emails, of which you just need to click on to take you to the company being advertised website. Per click you get 5 points. It may not seem like much but it does build up eventually. I would usually expect at least one a week but often quite more than this.
Surveys: Free points can also be earned through surveys. There does not seem to be a standard of how many points you will be issued per amount of time you spend on a survey but you can expect between 50-300+ points. These are sent to your email inbox for you to access when you can. I usually get quite a few invites a week but not always accepted. The surveys are usually quite good though and recently I received a free product to try after the survey and was delivered within a few days. So worth checking it out.
Friends: By referring a friend, you will receive 2000 points if they go on to make a purchase. So could be worth referring friends. Though I've not done this before so I cannot give you much information on this.
Videos: It is also possible to earn points through watching videos and then voting on them. Typically you get 5 points per vote but some videos allow you to earn 20 points. I am unsure how often there are new videos as I tend to do this every so often and watch my points build up very quickly. It is small things like this that I like about the website. Such small and simple ways to gaining points that soon build up.
Credit Card: Maximiles also have their own credit card (through mastercard) on which you can earn cashback on your shopping. You can earn 5,000 bonus points on your first purchase. As someone paying off her credit card, its not something I'm going to recommend. But if you are in need of a credit card, it could be worth checking out Maximiles. They also have 0% p.a. on balance transfers for 9 months.
Points can take about 30 days to be added to your account. You can always contact Maximiles if you have failed to receive points. All in all, there are some good ways of earning points. They are mostly simple, and minus the surveys, they don't take up much time. So, how can you spend these points?
** Spending points **
There are many ways to spend points and I am sure there will be something to suit you. You can look at rewards by category or by price. Categories include: back to school, electrical, gifts, health & beauty, home & garden, music & film, summer, video games & consoles, green rewards and vouchers & tickets. So I am sure there is something to suite all.
Prices of rewards vary. For example, a CD is about 2,000 points and a Nintendo 3DS is 42,120. So you can either buy things when you have so many points or keep saving them up to buy something larger. Personally, I prefer to spend my points on vouchers so I have a wider choice of what to spend my points on. Vouchers come in many guises, from HMV to Argos, to B&Q, to John Lewis, to Asda and even amazon vouchers.
I prefer to save up to 8,400 points to receive a £30 amazon voucher. This process has always been straight forward for me. It is a case of requesting the reward and then checking your emails. You can then add the certificate to your account to use whenever you want.
** Issues **
My issue with the site, and probably the only one I have, is if you are having a problem witht he site. The one time I did I contacted them about it (which is an easy enough process). But my reply was less than satisfactory. It was obviously an automated response based on key words that I had used.
** Cashback sites? **
You may be asking, why not just join a cashback site where you get money? Well, I prefer this site. The opportunities to gain free points/ money is greater than others and I always get my points. As I am on quite a budget I don't spend much time buying products online so the free points are great for me.
** Overall **
I would recommend maximiles - especially if you shop online regularly and then again, even if you don't as there are plenty of ways to earn free points. Of course you get as much as the amount of effort you put in and it can take a while to build points up. But I look at it as a treat for now and again. It is a good site and good way of treating yourself from time to time
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I joined Maximiles about a year ago after reading about the offers that were available through it on the forum MoneySavingExpert. Formely Maximiles was called Ipoints.
Information about Maximiles
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This site is a rewards-based online shopping network, in which you can gain rewards in exchange for loyalty points. You can collect points by shopping online at retailers and going through your Maximiles account. By going through your account you will recieve cashback in terms of points for each spend. For example collect 8 points per £1 spend at specified retailer. You can also collect points by filling out surveys and registering with companies.
Example of Maximiles "Offers"
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Until recently I haven't really used my account, prefering to use the site Quidco for cashback on my online spending, however about a week ago I received an email from Maximiles with an offer I felt too good to miss. In this email it described and had a website link for an introductory sign up bonus incentive for a casino (Intercasino), in which if you signed up to this online casino, deposited and waged £10 you would receive 12,500 points into your maximiles account (equivelant to £50 in vouchers). I went ahead and gambled my £10, unfortunately I didn't win, but did recieve my points within a week. So after refunding myself the £10 out of the points I recieved (Asda voucher for my weekly shop), I was £40 up!!
I have now put this equivelant £40 worth of vouchers towards one of their numerous "rewards" called 'a week in the sun', in which 12,500 points will buy you a self catering hotel room for 7 days in a choice of one out of 5 hotels in either Andalucia, Portugal or Tenerife (name and details of hotels provided). This is for between 2-4 people. Great offer, and free accomodation in my eyes! So...this is one aspect of Maximiles.
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Sign up online at maximiles.co.uk and you will be able to earn points through a number of different ways. These points you can redeem against their "rewards", which are numerous! I will list a select few rewards for your reference:
*A week in the sun (Hotel for 2-4 people, self-catering, 7 days)
*Food and Drink vouchers (e.g. Asda £10, Sainsbury £10, Bella Italia £30)
*Fragrances (Men/Women)
*Health and Beauty (GHD's, Beauty creams etc)
Plus many MANY more. Definately something for everyone.
You can choose a broad search under rewards, e.g. 0 points- 499 points in which all rewards in this bracket will be displayed. Or choose a sub topic e.g. Food vouchers and search these rewards.
Collecting Points
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There are a number of ways you can collect points, these include the following.
*Complete online surveys (sent to you via email from maximiles)
*Enter competitions (on the maximiles site)
*Register for services (e.g. free trial/free test drive/casino)
*Respond to emails (email sent about product, click through to website to gain 5 points)
*Cashback for your online shopping (via points, e.g. 4 points per £1 spend at Burtons)
I have so far completed a number of surveys, rewarded on average 300 points per survey lasting 15 minutes. Responded to emails asking me to click through to an affiliate website, 5points received on each one of these. I have also registered for some of the services listed (there are many!), especially the ones where you don't have to spend anything or buy anything. For example free trials, request a free brochure, sign up to free forum etc. These are easy and free ways to accumulate points.
Points can take up to a maximum of 90 days to appear in your account (see Maximiles website), although I have not had to wait any longer than 2 weeks but this may vary for others.
Website is clearly layed out and you can easily navigate through the site using the tabs at the top of the homepage.
So far my experience has been totally positive and I am glad that I have joined. Looking forward to booking my now FREE hotel for my summer holiday ;-)!
Thanks for Reading!
Ipoints.co.uk (soon to be maximiles.co.uk) is a reward based website, similar to cashback websites. The basis if the site is that you use the websites links to go to a well known website, purchase as usual and for virtual ipoints to be debited into your account.
As well as getting points through online shopping, you can get points in other ways too. Some points are free by signing up to different offers, (free sim cards is popular), watching short video adverts, doing special ipoints surveys and clicking on links sent by email to you to find out more about a website.
As you can guess, the free points, are quite small in what you earn, but if you do enough and make sure you sign up to the emails, the 5 points here and there can soon add up.
The real points are given to you when you spend money though a website. The website that you use actually determines what amount of points you get, some give u a bonus payment first time round, some just offer a standard amount of points per money spent. However, I have found that gambling websites tend to earn you loads, so if you are into that sort of thing, I suggest using ipoints, or any other cashback site!
The only recommendation I have is that you keep to one cashback site and don't use many at a time. Otherwise you will never get enough points for the rewards.
The rewards vary across a whole range of things. You can get electrical items, such as cameras, holidays, food and drink, gadgets, home & garden, the list is very big!
At time of writing, the website is actually running an easter competition, which requires you to visit the website, get the clue and look for the easter bunny. This gets you 5 ipoints each day, and is lasting for 15 days; not a bad 75 points to have!
There are lots of supposed extras and improvements to come with the new maximiles website when it comes, so it might be worth keeping a look out!
ipoints is yet another website that awards you for shopping, answering surveys, quick polls and clicking on e-mailed links to visit other sites and join thousands of random companies mailing lists. They used to pay rather well for this but in the past year the paid clicks have become less frequent, the surveys take longer to complete for a lesser reward and the quick polls have become few and far between. Every cloud has a silver lining though and in the case of ipoints its MySupermarket.com. Simply placing an order for your grocery shop from Asda, Tesco, Sainsburys or Ocado enables you to claim 80 ipoints in addition to the usual incentives offered by the individual supermarket loyalty rewards schemes.
Gifts from the site commence at the entry level of 2000 points with an eclectic mix of the random, the bizarre and the practical which include CDs, DVDs, furry handcuffs and the GCSE guide to Of Mice and Men, they also change frequently. 8000 points (or 100 supermarket shops) gets you a £30 Amazon voucher whilst a mere 51,050 is sufficient to claim a 32GB 3rd generation Ipod touch.
Fortunately supermarket shops aren't the only way of gaining ipoints. There are literally thousands of retailers offering anything up to 10 ipoints per pound spent which very quickly mounts up if you do a lot of internet shopping. The site is easy to navigate, shops are quick to find and the incentives for using a particular store are clearly displayed. Some sites, which include Microdirect, also have a reminder at t he checkout page that you can claim iponts for shopping with them even if you didn't enter their site via the ipoints webpage.
Since joining the site in May 2007 I have requested £110 of gift vouchers all of which have been sent to my by post arriving in under 30 days from cashing in my points.
There are plenty of cashback sites out there with better financial incentives, but they don't necessarily offer the range of stores available via ipoints.
I was a member of ipoints last year, because I am a big fan of survey sites, but after being a member for a few months, I found I was not getting many survey invitations and so I terminated my membership, as the points were totting up much slower than the other survey sites like Lightspeed and valued opinions.
However, I recently resubscribed to ipoints as I discovered they were partners with the superb Mysupermarket.com. Basically, this is a site where you do your shopping online, and it tells you which online retailer is the cheapest. this is a fantastic site in its own right, but even sweeter because if you sign up to ipoints, you get 1 point for every pound you spend up to 80 points. This is money for nothing, because we all have to shop, so if I go through mysupermarket I get clubcard/nectar points as well as ipoints on my weekly shop!
The ipoints site is really interesting, and when you join up, they make you fill in some short surveys to assertain your interests. Basically, the whole site is run on the premise of targetted advertising. they have several partners, such as Debenhams and boots, and if you shop through their site you can earn ipoints as you shop. You can also earn extra points for signing up to email alerts and newsletters, as well as competition and survey sites.
I have found that it is a good idea to have a seperate email address linked to your ipoints account, because as you can choose to earn points from receiving newsletters, your inbox can get quite full. You can sign up to as much or as little as you want. You can also get free ipoints for answering surveys.
The surveys don't come about very often, but when they do they are quite interesting and fun to complete. One I did recently was to do with diferent perspectives on Supermarket shopping. Sometimes they even ask you to attend focus groups, where you can be paid £20.
Redeeming points is easy. The site has a link to redeem your points, and then it is a case of choosing a reward partner. Personally, I like redeeming my rewards for moonpig cards. For about 650 ipoints you can get a personalised card sent to someone. My brother was ill at the time with a broken leg, so i sent him a really nice card with his name on. he didn't know I got it for free.
Ipoints is great because you can tailor it to your own shopping habits. If you are going to buy something from, say, HMV or Debenhams, you may as well get it via the site and earn yourself some free cash, and at 80 points per week on grocery shops, they add up pretty quickly.
The problem with I Points is I WISH I COULD GET ANY.
They advertise themselves the place to get rewarded for shopping, surveys, competitions and emails
After registering you can earn points either by shopping online through their website and/or through surveys which they periodically send to you.
Their latest survey offered me 200 points for completion (I wish)
I couldn't find out what monetary vaue of their Points is as they have to be spent on their rewards.
Examples of what a minimum spend of 2000 points will get you are a little paperback Carb Counter (Collins GEM) worth £3.09 on Amazon.
Or Avril Lavigne - Best Damn Thing (Music CD) £4.94 on Amazon. There are more to choose from.
If like me you do your online shopping through another cash back or points site then that leaves the surveys.
Every time they send me a survey, which admittedly isn't that often, I spend 5 minutes answering their questions only to be told "Sorry you don't qualify for this survey".
Given all the information they collect on you at various times I have to ask "then why send me the survey!" Grrrr.
I understand that the survey information collected is anonymous but they do have profile pages so I would expect to get suitable surveys at least occasionally.
I have given up on them now there are better ways to waste my time.
ipoints is an online rewards system where you can build up points (ipoints) which you can then redeem for different rewards. I've been a member of ipoints for a long time now and would certainly recommend it.
With ipoints, there are lots of different ways to collect points. These are:
*online shopping*
ipoints is partnered up with a whole range of online retailers, including Boots, Clarks, Thomas Cook and many more. It is also partnered with other online providers such as car insurance companies and bingo sites. If you log in to ipoints, and then click through to the retailer from the ipoints website, your purchases will be tracked and ipoints will be credited to you. So you are earning ipoints for purchases that you would have been making anyway. As an example of how much you will earn, a £2 spend at Boots.com gives you 7 ipoints.
If you sign up to receive surveys from ipoints, you will receive an email each time there is a survey available. Simply click through, complete the survey (if you qualify), and you'll receive ipoints. These normally give you about 150 ipoints, but the amounts do vary. The reward is specified on the email. I've also had product tests through this way, which is good because you get ipoints AND a free product.
*'click-through' emails*
I regularly receive what are essentially advertising emails from ipoints, but you receive ipoints (usually 5 or 10) simply for clicking through to the advertiser's website. Again the reward is clearly specified in the email.
*free ipoints*
You can get free ipoints by visiting the 'Free ipoints' (surprise surprise) section of the website - here you can get tens or hundreds of points for signing up to other websites, newsletters or taking up offers. Some of these might generate a lot of marketing, so you might want to choose which offers to take up.
You will see your ipoints mount up quite quickly, and your balance is clearly displayed each time you log in. There are a HUGE range of rewards that you can redeem for, the catalogue is really massive and includes DVDs, electrical items, cookbooks, activity days, vouchers and many more things. Rewards start from 1,200 points (for a £5 Odeon voucher), but if you can be patient you coudl hold out for an ipod nano which will set you back 25,640 ipoints. Vouchers tend to come in at about 3,000 ipoints for £10 or 7,400 for £30, and retailers like HMV, Asda, John Lewis, Amazon and Love2Shop are available.
I would highly recommend ipoints. You can see your balance building up, there are lots of ways to collect points, but the best thing is the huge range of rewards available.
EDITED TO ADD: Sorry you're right, I didn't mention how to redeem. You simply log on to ipoints and search through their rewards catalogue by clicking on the 'Spend ipoints' link at the top of the screen. Once you've chosen your reward, click 'Add to basket'. You then have to click 'Add to basket' again to confirm your reward. You can order multiples too. I have ordered cookbooks, which arrived within a couple of weeks, and Amazon vouchers, which come by email, i think these arrived if not straight away then within a day or two.
ipoints.co.uk is a reward site. Over the years I've seen many rewards sites come and go but it's only the really good ones which stick around. iponints is one of them.
The basic premise of the site is as follows - you sign up to the site (I recommend using a 'spare' hotmail account as you do get the usual newsletters etc when signing up for free points).
You can make points in two ways - by signing up to newsletters, free samples (for example, Olay - always big brands) and offer alerts. All the sites are legitimate so there's no need to worry, and you never ever have to give detailed personal information. Or you can make purchases via the site. This is how the big bucks (in terms of ipoints) are made! You can do your 'regular' shops through here - ipoints is quite favourable compared to Quidco, Captain Cash and the like - but I tend to do Bingo and Casino offers. I like playing online bingo, and when you sign up through ipoints you can get thousands of points for your initial deposit. This is generally matched by the bingo or casino site, so you get a good deal. For example - I can sign up to a bingo site, load £10 and get £20 bonus money to play with. So I have £30 to play on the bingo (I usually buy tickets at £1 a time - with the jackpots around £30 - £40 I only need to win every 4th site to stay cash neutral). I then get around 3,000 (but sometimes as much as 10,000) ipoints back (about two - three weeks later). You can get a great deal of things for your ipoints, so it works out very favourably for me (and you!)
You can redeem your ipoints in a variety of ways - there really is plenty of choice, the best amount of choice from any cashback or loyalty scheme I've seen, full stop. You can get books, DVDs, electronics, vouchers, homeware, cookware, travel (a week self catering in Tenerife for example is a bargainous 12,000 ipoints - which you can achieve with just one £30 deposit on a casino site). I've had Boots Vouchers, Amazon vouchers, Love2Shop (High Street) vouchers, chocolate, wine, books, you name it. Yet to try the week in the sun but hey, might give it a try, with some £10 flights it might be a fun little getaway! Even an xbox 360 is a very very reasonable 19,000 ipoints and a bottle of Kylie Darling is 3,600 ipoints. A £10 Asda voucher is 3,000 ipoints. There's loads on there, something for everyone.
The site itself is very easy to use, quite simple, which is good, fast to load and is sectioned off into 'earn ipoints' 'free ipoints' 'spend ipoints' tabs, which is very clear. The delivery time for your goods is stated as 14 days, it's usually a week. They have clearly got a lot of support from retailers as there are loads of high street offers, freebies, and goodies on there.
I can't recommend this site enough - for a cashback / freebie addict like myself it is great to make a few treats! Just exercise a little caution - don't go in all guns blazing if you're not used to bingo sites, and never ever risk cash you cannot afford to lose. There is no such thing as a guaranteed win. Even using it as a purchases site and for free points, it is well well worth it. I must have had a few hundred pounds in goods from ipoints and in terms of a reward site it's up there with DooYoo for how much I love it!
I discovered i points in 2008 and at first it seemed like a very good site to use when shopping online as you can earn i points for using the site to do your shopping or for signing up for information from other companies. I initially did very well on this site and redeemed over 20000 points in less than a year but after redeeming points i found it very hard to earn any more as i had taken up most of the offers on the site. I was also annoyed to see that they had increased the level of points needed to redeem for a £10 voucher by over 500 points. On the plus side you can just earn points by clicking on emails and answering i polls on the site homepage but at 5 points each it can take you some time to have enough points for anything. A good site overall but have seen better.
Rewards is the name of the game on Ipoints you just need to do various stuff through the site to earn your self rewards. It begins with signing up and picking up a easy 100 free points to get going with. On I points you can pick up points through different methods including shopping, registrations on other websites, polls on the website, surveys sent from Ipoints and even for referring friends you can earn points.
I started of by taking the Lovefilm special offer they have on the website. I was told for taking a 3 week free trial with Lovefilm I would get 1,800 points. This offer was completed by me but my points were given 3 months later! So it can be a slow process of getting your points at time but most of the time with other retailers the site is quick to add on the points for you.
Another thing I found out was easily you can pick up your self some free points. Some sites just require you to sign up on them and you can easily bag free points this way. Sites like Survey.com give you 300 free Ipoints just for signing up!
Rewards on the site include vouchers,dvds,cds and even electrical items.Once requesting your reward Ipoints sends them out within two weeks. I requested a Asda Voucher for my first reward however I points never sent it tracked.
3 weeks later no reward had been sent but after putting a claim in the site sent a replacement. It is odd they never send the vouchers recorded the first time but do the second time. I think I points is a good site to earn rewards on. Some people compare it to cashback sites but its not unless you shop for points.
There are retailers on Ipoints that you can not find on other sites at all so sign up and grab free points plus earn rewards!


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Director Zuzanna Solakiewicz
"If any nation lasts 2,000 years they will last forever and return to glory." —Rabbi Halberstam, Yorzeit
Rabbi Halberstam's words may reflect the entire history of the Jewish people, but they seem particularly apt in describing the headstones being excavated from various buildings in Gorlice, Poland, where the Nazis buried them during World War II. For 30 years it has been Meir Moszkowicz's task to see to the restoration of the graves, particularly the grave of Tzaddik (righteous man). Director Zuzanna Solakiewicz (Cabaret Polska) focuses on Moszkowicz's relationship to space, faith, Rabbi Halberstam, and the community of Gorlice in her latest work, Yorzeit. She presents a man who displays patience in trials and conveys details in his life of faith and miracles—covering a story that would normally only be covered in a small-town newspaper.
"Is this town famous because of any holy place that Hasidim (orthodox Jews) visit?" Zolakiewicz asks. "I would have to answer no. Gorlice is a completely forgotten town for Judaism. Everything you can find on the destroyed Jewish cemetery lies in graves of three holy masters."
Traveling from his home in Israel, Moszkowicz journeys to Poland in a fight of faith-based instincts. Being of Romanian/Hungarian descent, there is more than meets the eye to Moszkowicz, whose initials read MaYM or "water." Water surrounds, cleanses, consumes and plays an important role in the Holy Scriptures, created even before land or light. Although water plays a subtle thematic role in the film, it has a continual presence in Moszkowicz's life, as he searches for God in a Polish town.
"Meir, being inspired by his inner faith and idealistic world, sees Gorlice as a place of miracles and his every year journey is, for him, a profound religious experience which feeds him with power to live his everyday life in Israel," said Solakiewicz. "His joy of life helps him to eradicate painful and cruel reality."
Meir Moszkowicz
Read our brief interview with the director:
When did you decide to make this documentary? And why tell this story?
This is an interesting question. Why, when you're a Polish, not-Jewish female, do you decide to make a film about an orthodox Jewish male. How I met Meir is a long story, too long to be said in few words. I can only tell you that in the end, or rather in the beginning of our journey, Meir decided that probably the only answer is that I was sent from heaven. Otherwise there is no logical explanation how two people like us could have done something like this together. Meir thought I was sent from heaven to help him with translating into Polish during his visits in Poland. It took me five years to convince Meir that I was sent from heaven to make a film.
I decided to make a film about him the moment we met in Gorlice in 2005, but it took me few years of work until I reached the moment when Meir trusted the camera and trusted me.
I wanted to tell this story because I think the need for spiritual travel disappears in our times and that is not good. I mainly wanted to show the positive aspect of this religious experience, which we forget when we're criticizing religion. Meir embodies the universal search for the transcendental truth. At the same time he expresses it using the means, symbols and meanings of his Hasidic culture. In the historical context of Jewish history in Poland, the Polish-Jewish relationship, and the Holocaust, which took place on this soil, comes Meir's ability to find the holiness here, which is something exceptional and worth telling.
Why did Meir see such significance in the headstones? Is this part of Jewish tradition?
Headstones are not only tombstones from the cemetery, but because of the way they were destroyed they are turned into a symbol of the Holocaust. And what makes Meir an extraordinary hero is that his attitude toward this excavation is beyond the historic, national or patriotic boundaries. Meir's faith allows him to remain untouched; he is still a "simple Hasid" who does what he has to do in dealing with the renovation of the cemetery. He gets his energy and joy of life in the Holy presence of God, and his master, while praying on the master's grave. He is an orthodox Jew traveling to today's Poland to talk to God. And what he does with the tombstones is in the framework of religious Jewish tradition.
When Meir talks about water, there's a passion and sentiment in his voice, what greater meaning do you believe this has for his journey?
In Hebrew the initials of his name mean "water" MaYM. The miracle when he was saved from death happened over the ocean (water). The flood happened in Gorlice a few years ago when the mayor of the city did not want to take care of the grave of the Zaddik. So yes, everything revolves around water in Meir's story. I believe that presence of "water" that he finds in everything significant that happens to him lets him make his experience coherent; it helps him to find deeper meaning. Water is symbolic and makes sense to all these miracle stories.
Yorzeit is screening as part of the New York Jewish Film Festival on January 16 at 3:30pm and January 17 at 6:30pm. Director Zuzanna Solakiewicz will be in person at both screenings!

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How a 110-Year-Old Hospital Rebranded Itself
This article appears in the May 2013 issue of Healthcare Marketing Advisor.
The details of rebranding Children's Hospital Los Angeles back in 2011 starts with the tale of a missing apostrophe. According to original documents dating back to 1901, when the Southern California pediatric hospital opened, a defective typewriter left off the important punctuation mark on the incorporation papers.
Despite the obvious grammatical error, the hospital name remained Childrens Hospital Los Angeles until just two years ago when the hospital decided to correct the mistake and kick off a rebranding campaign to coincide with its 110th year anniversary as well as the opening of a new $636 million hospital.
DeAnn Marshall, chief marketing and development office for Children's says building a new hospital and rebranding its presence in L.A. was long overdue.
"The hospital had not invested in building the brand externally or internally in large part because it was a hospital that was at capacity," says Marshall. "Our beds were full, almost all of the time, and there wasn't really an opportunity to really market the hospital externally because we could not accept new demand."
Not anymore. The hospital's new Marion and John E. Anderson Pavilion has 317 beds, 85% of which are private rooms. The old hospital had 286 beds, but Marshall says the figure is misleading.
"We had to cohort and aggregate based on age, sex, and so there were times when yes, we had 286 beds, but [some] children, who, based on their illness, needed a private room… there were two beds in one room; that took a bed out of service. So, that was a key change we made in planning for the new hospital," says Marshall.


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Allegra Jimenez, a culinary student representing British Columbia, won the national finals for The 2013 USA Pears Pear Excellence Canadian Culinary Student Recipe Competition on April 16.
Four judges made up the panel:
Frank Spagnuolo, senior produce category director, Loblaw Cos. Ltd.
Rita DeMontis, lifestyle and food editor, The Toronto Sun;
David Keenan, chef instructor, Liason College Barrie; and
Mark McEwan, owner and executive chef of Fabbrica.
"At first I wanted to do a Pear Wellington, but my brain wouldn't stop there. I kept thinking of new ideas, and I love the classic combination of pears, wine, and cheese. Once I settled on this recipe, I practiced every day for two weeks," Jimenez said in a news release.
The student created an appetizer of poached red anjou pears with Canadian prosciutto and a blue cheesecake garnished with crisp bosc pear chips.
On the side, Jimenez served a candied beet salad with a pear-fig vinaigrette seasoned with Vancouver Island Co. maple-smoked rock salt. The judges said they enjoyed it from start to finish and ate every bite, according to the release.
As a grand prize winner, Jimenez took home a cash prize.


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will they always wear white at home, or was that a one time thing?
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will they always wear white at home, or was that a one time thing?
I hope they do it, I love the whites. I always hoped we would mirror the Cowboys in that respect.
If you didn't know, the home team picks what jerseys they wear and the away team has to conform. I remember the titans had like a 110 degree Sunday against the steelers and they wore white and made the steelers wear the black.
That was a great strategy IMO.
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You see that a lot in early season games, outdoors. The home team will wear white to keep their team a little cooler. Other teams will do it often as well.
notably the dolphins and cowboys always wear white at home
i love it when the colts wear white at night (usually on the road) they glisten under the lights
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Although we don't have a lot of pictures yet, Vermont Woods Studios does offer many different solid wood wall mirrors, custom made to match your furniture. This round Shaker beveled mirror was recently delivered to a customer in Albuquerque who had previously bought the 2 legged table shown in the photo:
I just wanted to let you know that the Round Shaker Mirror arrived
today, and it is absolutely stunning! It's already hanging
over the matching table. Best regards
and thanks again, Richard K
We do offer a number of wall mirror styles on our website that are
specifically designed to match our furniture styles. If you're looking
at a dresser,
buffet or accent table, check for a matching mirror. Each can be customized to fit
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ByMegan Buerger
It's the season finale of "Project Runway," folks, and we're down to the final four. Helen was eliminated last week, which took some serious competition off the table, but that doesn't seem to quell anyone's nerves too much. Poor Justin can't stop shaking even in the little confessionals.
The final challenge calls for the designers to create a machine washable garment that will show alongside their finished line. They begin sewing and, at least in Justin and Alexandria's cases, try to be mindful of the feedback they received last week. Justin attempts to tame his models' too-crazy-hairdos while Alexandria tries to inject some wow-factor into her line.
When Tim comes around to check in, he sees that Alexandria is still pretty rattled from her harsh judges' critique (if you remember, Nina was not a fan). She starts panicking, and at the last minute, even decides to remake an entire shirt from her collection. Tim advises her to take a deep breath and focus on correcting the elements that drew criticism from the judges panel. Even if the judges don't end up loving the final products, he reasons, they'll appreciate that she took their feedback seriously. Hi, Tim, can we put you in our pocket and carry you through life's biggest obstacles?
As their time in the studio winds down, Tim gives them one last speech. Of course it brings everyone to tears, but he doesn't stop before giving them one final push. "What I love about this," he tells them, "is that it's anyone's game."
On the morning of their show at fashion week, Bradon and Justin are awake and dressed at 2 a.m. Bradon is drinking coffee and while Justin sits in a dark corner of the room quietly freaking out. Full disclosure: We know this is a reality show, but we totally buy their anxiety. Is anyone else biting their finger nails? They round up their gear and head to Lincoln Center. As they walk into the first sprawling warehouse anchored with a white, empty runway, all of them fall into tears.
"I keep pinching myself," Justin says. "I've never felt anything quite like this before." It's really very sweet, and for a short moment, all of the designers seem bonded, happy and at peace.
Minutes later, chaos ensues. Justin finds out that one of his models broke her ankle and he's forced to find and fit an alternate. Bradon, after yelling at the models to please not eat so close to the clothes, finds a coffee stain on one of his dresses. He tries to dab and blow dry the stain out, but it's relatively noticeable. How horrifying!
Meanwhile, on stage, Heidi introduces the judges. Sitting front row are Nina Garcia, Zac Posen and guest Kerry Washington.
Justin is first up. His collection blends a lot of neutrals — girly creams and whites, soft beiges and browns — which leaves a little to be desired, but his unconventional finale dress is a true stunner and earns applause. Then, it's time for Don, who introduces her collection as "Retro Redux." The prints are to die for. They're graphic, bold and rockstar ready. In fact, can't you see Gwen Stefani in some of these pieces? Next up is Alexandria, who sends her unconventional look down the runway first. While it certainly makes a strong opening statement, what follows is a tad boring and looks like anything you could buy at Maje. Man, so much for wow factor! Last to go is Bradon, whose springtime wonderland ends the show on the a fabulous and pretty note. Some of the fabrics look a little strange (dare we say, aquatic?) in the harsh runway light, but he and Tim seem thrilled with the effect, so maybe it's just us.
After the crowds leave, it's time judgment day. Justin earns high marks for his "gentle architecture," as Nina says, but could have pushed the envelope a little bit further. Similarly, Bradon gets praise for being courageous and meticulous, but Nina (again) believes he lacked focus and the line wasn't cohesive. Frankly, the judges have next to no criticism for Dom's collection because she took risks with bold prints and modern silhouettes – and succeeded. And of course, it is distinctly and authentically Dom, which we've learned is a key to winning them over. Alexandria's line gets mixed reviews. While the panel admits she has definitely improved – Nina commends her styling, saying it would be perfect for an editorial shoot — it seems like no one judge was particularly blown away by any one garment. That's not a good sign.
The last step is for each designer to explain why they feel they deserve to win this season. Unsurprisingly, pretty much everyone has a mini breakdown on stage (and, um, was anyone else weeping during these monologues? Just us?). Bradon's story tugs at our heartstrings a bit, because you can tell he feels so grateful to have discovered a second love. But Dom's pitch is the strongest; she's got unmistakable energy, and watching her is infectious.
"It's not like, I need to make money," she tells them. "It's like, I need life. This is my life."
After the designers leave the runway, the judges huddle to make their final decision. It's almost immediately clear that Justin and Alexandria are out. Even though Nina and Heidi are big fans, Zac thinks both of them need more time to develop as designers. Particularly with Alexandria, he questions if it is enough to make clothes that are hip and marketable, but not necessarily innovative.
Ultimately, it seems that Bradon, who has been a frontrunner all season, may have lost his edge with this collection. They knock him for losing focus in the final challenge, and he is the first to get booted. After him goes Justin, who naturally takes his elimination in stride. It is down to Alexandria and Dom, and boy oh boy are we relieved to hear when it's Dom. Because she really earned it, don't you think?
In tears, Dom comes to grips with the fact that she has won the competition, and that her prize includes the tools to build her own collection (half a million bucks, and that's the tip of the iceberg). Nina seems particularly proud. "Congratulations, girl," she tells her. "You were fearless, you were bold, you did it."
"This is huge for me," Dom says. "I'm going to sleep a lot, and then I'm going to pick it up and get right to work on my next collection."
What do you guys think about the final winner? Did you see it coming? Were some of you a little bit surprised, like we were, that Bradon didn't win? Let us know what you think in the comments, and check out our Q&A with Dom: Designer Dom Streater Reveals Why She Won 'Project Runway'


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Fairfax County Presents Recycling Award to 8 Local Businesses
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Fairfax County Presents Recycling Award to 8 Local Businesses
The Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Program recently named eight recipients for the 2008 Business Recycling Award. The winners are:
Freddie Mac Corporation: In 2007, Freddie Mac recycled more than
457 tons of material resulting in a disposal cost savings of $23,000.
Thanks to their efforts in recycling and purchasing products made with
recycled content, they have reduced their carbon footprint by 12,000
tons per year.
Raytheon Company: In 2007, Raytheon recycled 53 percent of its
waste and saved approximately $33,000 in disposal costs. Raytheon has
successfully integrated the idea of recycling and "being green" into
their corporate culture through creative and effective employee reward
and incentive programs.
Noblis, Inc.: Noblis worked to expand its recycling efforts in
2007 by incorporating computer recycling, document shredding and
recycling, and the collection of grass, tree trimmings and brush that
is generated on the property outside their building. As a result, they
reduced the amount of annual trash generated by 34 percent.
Peterson Management, LLC: As a result of their recycling efforts
on all of their residential and non-residential properties, Peterson
Management has reduced their carbon footprint by 200 tons in 2007. In
addition, Peterson Management has taken a leadership role in its local
community by sponsoring a computer recycling and paper shredding
opportunity at Springfest in early April.
Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc.: Since its inception, Booz,
Allen & Hamilton's recycling program has expanded from just paper
to include cans and bottles, printer cartridges, fluorescent lamps and
ballast, and rechargeable batteries. In 2007, they successfully
recycled 522 tons of material — just over 28 percent of the total waste
Science Applications International, Inc.: SAIC is one of the
largest firms in Fairfax County that actively recycles paper and
cardboard and cans and bottles, and problematic wastes like
electronics, fluorescent lamps and rechargeable batteries. Their
commitment to the environment extends beyond their own staff as they
also train vendors to recognize recyclable materials and require them
to comply with their recycling mandate.
Reico Kitchen and Baths: In 2007, Reico Kitchen and Baths
donated unsold inventory with a total estimated value of $237 million
to charitable organizations such as Habitat for Humanity's ReStore,
instead of disposing of the items in a landfill. In addition, corporate
strategies including the use of GPS mapping for efficient delivery
routing and virtual meetings have allowed Reico staff to reduce fuel
consumption and their carbon footprint.
- MITRE Corporation: In 2007, MITRE recycled or reused just over 239 tons of material representing an increase of 8 percent in their recycling rate from 2006. They have expanded their program to focus on recycling or reusing electronics, office furniture and carpeting; and purchasing products that are made of recycled content and display environmentally friendly certifications.
"The businesses in Fairfax County play a critical role in our ability to effectively recycle," said Pamela Gratton, Fairfax County's recycling manager. "The businesses we have recognized have accepted this responsibility by recycling not as a matter of requirement, but as a matter of principle. Their recycling efforts have resulted in real bottom-line benefits, but their commitment to our environment is recognized by and extends into the community of which they are a part."
The purpose of the Business Recycling Award Program is to honor and reward those businesses that have achieved success in recycling and in making environmental stewardship a key part of their corporate culture and identity.
For more information about the awards or Fairfax County's Solid Waste Management Program, contact Pamela Gratton at 703-324-5498, TTY 711.


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Report of Brig. Gen. A. R. Wright, C. S. Army, Commanding Brigade.
APRIL 27-MAY 6, 1863.--The Chancellorsville Campaign.
May 13, 1863.
Maj. THOMAS S. MILLS,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Anderson's Division.
MAJOR: I herewith inclose a report of the part taken by my brigade in the recent engagements near Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, together with a correct list of casualties sustained by this command.
At 10.15 a.m. on the 29th ultimo, I received orders to move with my command to or near Hamilton's Crossing, and within supporting distance of General Early's left. I immediately put my brigade in motion, and at 12 m. reached the position indicated, with my right near to Early's left. Here I remained until late in the afternoon, when, in obedience to orders from Major-General Anderson, I moved my command near to his headquarters on the Military road. Here we bivouacked, as we hoped, for the night, but at 12 o'clock I was ordered to move rapidly with my command to Chancellorsville, distant some 12 or 15 miles, where I would report to Major-General Anderson. During a drenching rain and impenetrable darkness, we commenced the march, and, moving by the Fredericksburg and Orange Plank road, at daylight on Thursday, May 30, I reported in person the arrival of my brigade at Chancellorsville. Here I received orders to retrace my steps and fall back toward Fredericksburg as far as the crossing of the Old Mine road on the Plank road, and there await the approach of the enemy, then reported as advancing in heavy force by the Ely's Ford and Germanna roads.
At 8 a.m. I reached the desired position, and formed line of battle on a range of hills in rear of Hopewell Nursery, with my right resting upon the Plank road. My men had marched 27 miles in less than twenty-one hours, and most of the time in a heavy rain and through deep mud, and when I halted were almost completely exhausted. After a hasty reconnaissance of the position, I concluded to change my line to the crest of a range of hills upon which the small-pox hospital and an old church were situated, and about three-fourths of a mile in rear of my first position. Here I formed as before, with my right resting upon the Plank road and my left upon the Fredericksburg and Gordonsville Railroad. During the afternoon, having received a few intrenching tools, I commenced digging a line of rifle.pits in front of my position, and, by working during the whole night, I had by 7 o'clock on Friday morning my entire line well protected, having also during the night kept a detail at work throwing up an epaulement for two pieces of artillery on the right of the Plank road.
No enemy having appeared in sight in front of my position, at about noon on Friday, May l, I was ordered to move my brigade up the Plank road, and, feeling for the enemy, to drive him before me, should he be found. Having proceeded about I mile, my skirmishers became engaged with the enemy's advance, who began very soon to give way, while I pressed forward with the main body of my command until, having reached within 1 or 2 miles of Chancellorsville, I discovered the enemy in considerable force occupying a position on both sides of the Plank road, along the skirt of a heavy forest, with a large clearing in his front. At this point, by command of Lieutenant-General Jackson, [E. P.] Alexander's battalion of artillery was placed in position, and, supported by my brigade, opened a heavy fire upon the enemy's line. Meanwhile I threw forward a strong body of skirmishers from the Third Georgia Regiment on both sides of the road, and, pushing them well to the front, those on the right soon became actively engaged with a considerable body of the enemy's infantry. The firing continuing very heavy on my right, I ordered Captain [George S.] Jones' company, Second Georgia Battalion, to the support of Company H, Third Georgia Regiment, then on the right. In a very few minutes the enemy began to give way, and Captain Jones continued to press them for some distance through the dense wood.
About the middle of the afternoon I received orders from General Anderson to move my brigade across and to the left of the Plank road, and, bearing well off from the road, endeavor to get upon the enemy's right flank and rear. I immediately commenced the movement, and, reaching the Gordonsville and Fredericksburg Railroad, I moved rapidly up that road, keeping Captain [R. J.] Wilson's company, Forty-eighth Georgia Regiment, and Captain [E. G.] Scruggs' company, Twenty-second [Forty-eighth] Georgia Regiment, well in advance as skirmishers.
About 6 p.m. I reached Welford's Iron Furnace, 1 miles southwest of Chancellorsville, where I found Major-General Stuart, who informed me that the enemy in considerable force were occupying the thick woods north of and near the furnace, in the direction of Chancellorsville. I immediately prepared to give him battle, and ordered Lieutenant-Colo-nel [R. W.] Carsell, commanding Forty-eighth Georgia Regiment, and Lieutenant-Colonel [.J.] Wasden, commanding Twenty-second Georgia Regiment, to move cautiously forward through the almost impenetrable forest, with one company from each regiment thrown forward as skirmishers, and, finding the enemy, to press him vigorously. The Third Georgia Regiment and Second Georgia Battalion I held in reserve, to be used as occasion might require. Lieutenant-Colonels Carswell and Wasden, moving rapidly forward, were soon engaged with a heavy force of the enemy's infantry, and the firing for a few minutes was very severe. Through this heavy fire Carswell and Wasden continued to press, and their gallant commands soon cleared the woods, and, reaching the edge of an open field, charged upon and drove the enemy up a high hill in rear of a farm-house, where he took shelter under cover of a dense pine thicket. Fearing lest my small command should fall into a Yankee trap, I ordered my line to halt, and dispatched a messenger to General Stuart, asking that he send me a portion of his artillery, under cover of whose fire I intended again to charge the enemy, unless our artillery should show them to be in very greatly superior force. Some time elapsed before our guns could be got into position, owing to the character of the ground and the very bad roads over which they had to pass, and it was nearly sunset before we opened our fire. Immediately the enemy responded with two heavy batteries, one immediately in front and one upon our right, and very soon a third opened upon us from a high hill on our left. Our guns replied with spirit, but owing to the superior number of guns opposed to them, and their advantageous position, the result was not as favorable to us as I had hoped and anticipated. Ascertaining the locality of the enemy's guns, I directed Lieutenant-Colonel Carswell to move off by his left flank through a deep ravine near the edge of the field in which the enemy's guns were posted, and, gaining the right and rear of the enemy's battery upon our left, to charge upon and take it. But owing to the near approach of night, and the dense undergrowth through which he had to pass, it was found impossible to accomplish my object, and at dark the firing ceased on both sides, and I withdrew my men; and, in obedience to orders from Lieutenant-General Jackson (received through Major-General Stuart), I marched by the Furnace road, and at 11 p.m. rejoined my division, then on the Plank road, about 1 mile from Chancellorsville.
My loss during the day amounted to 2 killed and 22 wounded. The enemy's loss I had no means of discovering, as I left the scene of conflict so soon, but it must have been very considerable, including quite a number of prisoners.
Early on Saturday morning, the 2d instant, I was ordered to form my brigade on the left of and perpendicular to the Plank road, with my right resting upon it, keeping one regiment deployed as skirmishers well to the front in the dense woods. In this position I continued until 2 p.m., when I received orders to move quickly in the direction of the iron furnace to the support of General Posey, who was then threatened by a heavy force of the Yankees. Just at this time the enemy advanced two full brigades upon the Third Georgia Regiment, deployed as skirmishers in my front, and commenced a fire upon that regiment. I was compelled to leave it unsupported; but, reporting promptly the fact to the major-general commanding the division, I proceeded rapidly to the support of General Posey, whose brigade I found in line extending on both sides of the road to the furnace, and distant from the latter about 1,000 yards. The enemy appeared in considerable force upon the hills around the furnace, and had a strong line of sharpshooters advanced as far as the small run which flows at the foot of the Furnace Hill. After a brief consultation with General Posey, I formed my brigade on his right, with my line extending well to the right in the direction of the left of the Third Georgia Regiment, left, as before stated, hotly engaged by a large force of the enemy. The firing continuing so incessant and terrific in the direction of the latter regiment, I dispatched a messenger to Major [John F.] Jones, commanding, to ascertain the condition of things in his immediate front, and to inform him of my readiness to re-enforce him if he should require it, but ordering him to hold his position at all hazards, as he held the key to our whole line in this quarter. Having received an answer from Major Jones that he was not only able to hold his own against the terrible odds to which he was opposed, but that he was actually advancing upon and driving the enemy before him, I drew in my line upon the left and concentrated the balance of my brigade there, in order to co-operate more favorably with Posey, who was about this time threatened with a heavy force which was seen advancing down the hill from the furnace, and approaching his position with loud cheers. This was about dark on Saturday, and as the enemy's threatened movement against General Posey was not made, I again directed my attention in the direction of Major Jones' position, on my right. Shortly after dark the firing ceased along my whole front, and at 8.30 p.m. Major Jones' Third Georgia Regiment, having been relieved from its position in the woods as skirmishers, returned to the brigade, and was formed upon its right.
My loss during the day was very slight, though I regret to add that some of my men, who were wounded the day before and left at the furnace in hospital, were to-day captured, together with two ambulances which had been sent up to bring them off. When the depot for my wounded was established at the furnace, it was at least a mile within our lines, but by some means unknown to me the enemy retook the position on this day (Saturday, the 2d), and thus got possession of some of my wounded men.
Early on Sunday morning, I received orders to advance my brigade through the woods in the direction of Chancellorsville, connecting my right with General Mahone's left and my left with General Posey's right. This gave me a line of over a mile to cover with less than 1,600 men. I soon found that this was entirely impracticable, and pushed forward through the woods, endeavoring to keep equidistant from Mahone and Posey, keeping my flanks protected by a strong line of skirmishers and flankers. In this order I moved steadily on, my right about three-fourths of a mile to the left of the Plank road, until I full upon a strong body of Yankee infantry posted in the woods about one-half mile in the front (as I afterward discovered) of a strong line of rifle-pits, protected by abatis formed by the felling of the thick forest timber for some distance in front of their intrenchments. Quickly engaging the enemy with vigor, he gave way, and I pursued him up and into his strong works. Here my small command encountered the most terrible fire of artillery and musketry I have ever witnessed, and our farther advance was temporarily checked.
About this time firing on my left was heard, and I felt assured Posey was up to his work. Not having heard from or of General Mahone, I dispatched an officer of my staff to seek him and inform him of my position, and beg him to move forward to my support. Immediately after this messenger left me, Major [Fielding L.] Taylor, an officer in command of General Mahone's line of skirmishers, approached me, and informed me that he knew nothing of the locality of General Mahone's brigade, except when last heard from it was very far in the rear, and that he (Taylor) should wait or fall back with his skirmishers until he could be brought near to his brigade. I urged him not to do so, as I had just sent word to General Mahone informing him of the condition of things in front, and urging him to come to my support, and which I thought he would speedily do. Directly after this, Major Taylor left me, and I saw no more of him or General Mahone's forces during the day.
Being thus without support on my right, I determined to move a little toward the left, where I continued to hear Posey's fire, and ordered Major Jones, with his Third Georgia Regiment, to deploy his line, and, pushing up to the enemy's works, examine his position and report. About this time the firing far on the left of Posey's position became heavy, and I felt assured that Jackson was advancing there. Major Jones moved his regiment rapidly up to within a few rods of the enemy's works, where, pressed by Posey and Perry on my immediate left, and Jackson farther on, the Yankees gave way, and fled from their intrenchments. We pressed forward, and immediately occupied them, although on my right the enemy still retained possession of their works, and opened a pretty sharp fire of shell and musketry upon us as we took possession of their abandoned rifle-pits. I was then ordered by Major-General Anderson to move up the Third Georgia Regiment and dislodge the enemy's sharpshooters on our right, and then push forward for the enemy's battery which was so incessantly playing upon us. The order was given, and the Third Georgia commenced its movement along the line of rifle-pits toward the Plank road, led by Major Jones. In a few minutes he received a severe wound in the right arm (since amputated), and the command devolved upon Captain [C. H.] Andrews, who continued to advance until, having reached the Plank road, about 200 yards from Chancellorsville, I ordered him to charge the enemy, then in some confusion around and in the rear of the brick house. This charge was made with spirit, and the enemy fled, leaving us in entire possession of his strong position. At this point we captured 3 pieces of artillery and 8 caissons, and about 300 prisoners. I immediately reformed my brigade (now somewhat scattered in running through the woods and timber) along the road in front of the brick house, and ordered four companies of the Third Georgia forward on both sides of the Ely's Ford road as skirmishers to feel for the fleeing foe.
Soon as I had my line formed and ready to press on, I reported the fact to Major-General Anderson, who, with General Lee, had -ridden upon the field, and then received orders to move down the Plank road for a few rods and await further orders. Meantime my skirmishers had overtaken the running Yankees, and had succeeded in capturing an entire Yankee regiment (the Twenty-seventh Connecticut), with all its field officers and about 600 or 700 men. I continued to scour the woods for an hour or two, and captured quite a number of straggling Yankees.
Late in the afternoon I was ordered down a byroad in the direction of United States Ford, following Posey's brigade. Nothing of importance occurred during this march, and at night we bivouacked near Childs' farm. My loss during this day was pretty severe, amounting to 17 killed and 163 wounded, including in the list of killed some of my best officers.
On Monday morning, I received orders to move back up the road toward Chancellorsville until I reached the Turnpike road, and from thence was ordered down the turnpike to Salem Church, 5 miles above Fredericksburg, which point we reached about noon, when I halted to receive further orders. Major-General Anderson then directed me to move off to the right of the road, and, passing well to the left of the enemy's line, to take position on the slope of the hills in rear of Downman's farm. Here I formed line of battle, my right upon the left of Hoke's brigade, of Early's division, Posey's right upon my left. The enemy were in position along the north slope of the ridge upon which Downman's house stands, with a strong line of sharpshooters occupying the crest of the ridge and the house and fencing around Downman's yard, with heavy batteries on the hills in their rear. At the appointed signal, just before sunset, I moved forward by the right flank around to the right of the hill on which I had formed, and, passing up a ravine came upon the border of the open field in rear of Downman's house, about 400 yards from it, and here, rapidly forming in line, I charged across the fields, swept by the house, and reached the woods opposite, driving the enemy before me like chaff. Arriving at the skirt of the woods, I halted my command (fearing, if I proceeded farther in that direction, I should encounter Wofford's brigade, which I had been informed would advance in that direction), and sent a messenger to General Anderson informing him of my position, from whom I received instructions to wait in my then position for further orders. During this time the enemy kept up a murderous fire along my whole line, and with considerable effect. I remained in this position until dark, subjected to this murderous fire, without being able to respond to the enemy's guns.
Between 8 and 9 o'clock I was ordered to move up to the Plank road and form on Posey's left, which I did, and soon after we moved down the road in the direction of Banks' Ford, Posey in advance. After proceeding 2 or 3 miles, we were ordered to halt, and were then ordered by Major-General Anderson to bivouac for the night.
My loss during this day was considerable, amounting to 6 killed and 83 wounded.
On Tuesday, the 5th instant, about 2 p.m., I received orders to move my command immediately up the Plank road to Chancellorsville. I commenced the march at once, in one of the hardest rains I have ever seen, and which continued with less violence during the whole afternoon. At dark we encamped about 1 miles from Chancellorsville, and early next (Wednesday) morning we marched to Chancellorsville, and from thence down the Ely's Ford road to a point just behind Brooke's house. Here we were halted until about noon, when I was ordered to retrace my steps (the Yankees having retired beyond the river) and take my men into their camp in the rear of Fredericksburg. Thus ended the eight days of marching and fighting.
I cannot, in justice to the brave men composing this command, close my brief report without expressing my highest admiration for their splendid conduct during this eventful week. No man ever led better or braver soldiers. The Twenty-second Georgia, Lieutenant-Colonel Wasden, and the Forty-eighth Georgia, Lieutenant-Colonel Carswell, on Friday near the iron furnace acted with distinguished coolness and courage, driving a vastly superior force of the Yankees for nearly a mile, and only relinquished farther pursuit by receiving orders from me to halt. On the same day, Company H, Captain [L. F.] Luckie, of the Third Georgia, and Company B, Captain [George S.] Jones, of the Second Georgia Battalion, performed efficient and valuable service as skirmishers during the advance and firing on the Plank road.
On Saturday, the Third Georgia sustained its former reputation in engaging and actually repulsing two brigades of the enemy on the left of the Plank road, near Chancellorsville.
On Sunday, at Chancellorsville, and again on Monday afternoon, near Fredericksburg, the entire command evinced the most heroic fortitude and chivalric daring, charging in both instances and routing the Yankee infantry under a deadly fire from the enemy's batteries. To Lieutenant-Colonel Wasden, Lieutenant-Colonel Carswell, Major [George. W.] Ross, and Major Jones, and the skillful officers and brave men of their commands, is the country in no small degree indebted for the splendid results of the week.
This command and the country have to deplore the untimely loss of Captain [F. M.] Heath, of the Twenty-second Georgia; Captain[William N.] Kendrick and First Lieutenant [William A.] Spier, of the Forty-eighth Georgia, who were killed on Sunday near Chancellorsville.
To Captain [V. J. B.] Girardey, assistant adjutant-general; Lieutenant [William] Hazlehurst, and Captain [R. H.]. Bell, aides-de-camp, I am greatly indebted for their valuable and efficient services during all the week's operations.
I am, major, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Brigadier-General, Commanding Brigade.


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Of all the rare features about early-model Corvettes, it's amazing that one of them is the color yellow. There were several years when that color wasn't even offered, and when it was, more often, the color was of a gold than a bright yellow. Certainly red is the most popular Vette color, but yellow is definitely appropriate. Our feature car not only displays what yellow does for a classic Vette, but it is made even rarer by the two-tone paint-of which only 190 were produced. Of course that was a $16.15 option back in 1958!
For Kenneth and Joan Crowder of Whittier, California, owning and showing this car is a family affair. When they show it and drive it, they go together and watch it like a baby. This actually was one of the drawbacks to having the car used in a TV commercial. After an agent spotted their Vette, and they signed up to allow its filming, the Crowders made sure they were right by the car whenever it was used. In recounting the experience, the owners were glad they were there because film people are film people, and most have no more regard for classic cars than they do for any other set piece. Ken and Joan made sure their beauty wasn't used for sitting on or that it wasn't abused. It was nice to get a few bucks for the commercial, but the Crowders were relieved when they could drive their Vette home to its own safe garage.
After the commercial was filmed, Ken said that he got a call from another film producer who wanted to use the car but was a little vague on how much he wanted to pay for it. Actually, he wanted to have some scantily clad showgirls sit on it for one scene and he thought Ken might be able to arrange some compensation from that. Not only wasn't Ken interested in having anyone sitting on the car, Joan wasn't taken with the idea of trading Ken's services for anything but cash. Ain't showbiz great?
With the exception of a few minor details, Ken and Joan found their rare '58 pretty much the way it looks today. The car had been restored to its original look by a previous owner and was listed for sale in the classified section of their local newspaper. This is just another example of looking everywhere for special cars, and not passing up the chance to get something rare and beautiful just because it isn't at a high-priced auction or special event.
For now, the Crowders show their Vette regularly, and take an award about 90 percent of the time. They enjoy the shows, people, and awards much more than worrying about what actor wants to perch on the fender.


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Oskaloosa, IA (Sports Network) - Three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup series champion Tony Stewart broke both bones in his lower right leg in a sprint car race Monday night at Southern Iowa Speedway.
Stewart-Haas Racing confirmed the severity of the injury Tuesday morning. Stewart immediately underwent surgery after he was transported to a local hospital. Another update on Stewart's condition is expected Tuesday afternoon.
The injury will keep Stewart out of this weekend's road course race at Watkins Glen. Stewart-Haas Racing did not immediately announce a replacement driver for Stewart's No. 14 Chevrolet.
The team canceled a planned test for Tuesday at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Stewart was leading the 30-lap feature of a race called the Front Row Challenge, but with five laps left Josh Higday's car was involved in a wreck with the cars of Stewart, Tasker Phillips and Tony Shilling.
Stewart has one Sprint Cup victory this season, the June 2 event at Dover. He's currently 11th in the season points standings.


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