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Workers who have been injured on the job too frequently experience various forms of intimidation after filing a workers' comp claim. Some workers are afraid to file a claim at all because they fear of retaliation from their employer.
In 1992, North Carolina enacted the Retaliatory Employment Discrimination Act (REDA) to prevent employers from discouraging workers from filing workers' comp claims. REDA was passed in response to a deadly fire at a food products plant in 1991 that killed 25 workers. An investigation revealed that the company had committed a number of safety violations, including locking fire doors to prevent employee theft. Sadly, the surviving employees reported that they were too fearful of losing their jobs to report the violations.
REDA provides employees with a powerful weapon to protect their rights in the workplace to ensure such senseless tragedies do not take place again. Employers who intentionally retaliate against their employees for filing workers' comp claims may be forced to pay treble damages and attorneys' fees.
Often, employers will not terminate an employee for filing a workers' comp claim, but will engage in other abusive actions designed to get the employee to quit, including assigning unpleasant tasks to the employee or failing to abide by work restrictions recommended by a doctor. Employers engage in these types of actions because it is often more difficult to prove retaliation than if they just terminated the employee. If the employee quits their job, many employers try to use that fact to defeat the workers' comp claim and to avoid having to accommodate the employee's injuries.
If you are injured on the job and feel your employer is harassing you because you filed a workers' compensation claim or are contemplating filing a claim, you should not quit your job or take other action before consulting a workers' compensation attorney. A good attorney can assist you in the proper steps to take to protect your interests.
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New signs are being installed as the North Texas Tollway Authority finishes its transition to a totally cashless system.
The switchover is scheduled to be completed Saturday.
NTTA said electronic payment conversion at the Dallas North Tollway, the Addison Airport Toll Tunnel and Mountain Creek Lake Bridge will complete the change.
The authority said motorists without TollTags will be billed later at the higher rate with ZipCash, the NTTA's pay-by-invoice option.
NTTA says construction will continue into 2011 on the cashless conversion project as toll booths and other support equipment are removed.
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We've been doing a lot of this time last year type comparisons of late:
- this time last year we bought our Queensland house
- this time last year we put our Sydney house on the market
This time last year…
It doesn't seem so long ago – but at the same time, it feels like a lifetime.
Anyways, that's all by the by – the first month of 2018 has flown by. Looking forward to February, it's a busy one with work trips to Adelaide and Sydney on the schedule and a mini break to Melbourne. In between that, I have some freelance projects that are under deadline and a book that needs to be rewritten. So without further ado, let's wrap up January so I can get my teeth into February already!
1.Happy New Year…and farewell to Fraser Island…for now.
Dinner at Maroochydore Surf Club…for somewhere different.
2. Brekky at One Block Back, Nice Kiwis back to NZ – it's been fabulous having you here.
3. Back to work…enough said.
4. Testing and more testing, but also a big afternoon scheduling posts for January on the astro page.
5. Business plan (and post) completed for the year, Word of The Year post scheduled, Wellness goals and Creative Goals posts scheduled, and astro posts written and batched for the rest of January. That's a huge tick in the box.
6. Markets, Jimmy's for brekky, Nigella's herbed lamb roast and olive oil chocolate mousses for dinner.
7. Another hot one on the coast, but glad we're not in Western Sydney where it's 45C! Secrets on the Lake for lunch and some respite from the heat.
Made a batch of corn and ginger soup with the corn I bought yesterday. The recipe is here.
8. Walk this morning, the gym at lunchtime, and the office in between.
9. Cut this morning's walk short to have a swim as well. It's hard to imagine that at 6.30am this time last year I would have been on the M2 bus into the city and doing a 90-minute commute to work with no time to exercise and absolutely no walk by the beach.
10. Back into the pool for some black line swimming. I reckon it's been about 8 years since I did lap swimming, but man, it felt good.
11. Mum and Dad's 54th wedding anniversary – seriously admirable in this day and age – and Adventure Spaniel gets a clean bill of health from the vet. In other news, my hair is green – I suspect from the chlorine yesterday.
12. Hairdressers – to get rid of the grey…and the green! She sent me home with some gunk that will protect my hair from future green episodes – although sadly not future grey ones. Back into the surf this arvo, so the fresh hair thing didn't last long.
13. Winnie at Woombye for brekky, followed by a day of swimming, floating, reading…and some more swimming. Saturday done well.
14. Sunshine Coast Collective Markets this morning – scored some great earrings for $8. Pitaya bowls at Little Boat Espresso afterwards.
15. Walk, work, laps – all under a blue sky.
16. Dragged myself to the gym again at lunchtime – poked my bicep to see if it has grown yet…disappointment sets in.
17. Wednesday is usually a writing day, but sadly not today – I had to log into the office instead. Managed a walk in the morning and a swim at lunchtime in between. Big dumping waves down at Mooloolaba thanks to tidal surges and southerly winds.
18. A catch-up call after work with the friend in France I'll be road-tripping with in April – love planning roadies.
19. My one day of the week to get some words done and boy the writing was a struggle this morning.
20. Went to buy a tart pan and bought a madeleine one instead – which meant I had to make some. The recipe is here.
21. Noosa Farmer's Market for a change.
22. Friends from Sydney for dinner after work. Barbecue, potato salad and an apple and berry crumble.
23. Happy 76th birthday to my Mum – so grateful for how fit and vital she is and proud she still rocks a bikini.
24. Finally nailed the France road-trip itinerary…watch this space…
25. So humid at 5.30am on this morning's walk. Train disruptions in Sydney so had to be at my desk early.
26. Australia Day – sun, pool, repeat.
27. Markets, writing and coq au vin and some little almond and apple cakey things (from the Rick Stein French Escapes cookbook) on the menu for diner a la maison. (See how I'm practising my French?)
28. Sunday lunch at Woombye – a real Queensland pub.
29. Walk work gym work walk.
30. Dinner and movie date with my daughter – The Greatest Showman. Spectacular.
31. Stupendous surf this morning, laps at lunchtime (with a visiting AFL team on pre-season training as a distraction) and work in between.
It's Lovin' Life Linky time…
It's Thursday, so it's time to look for our happy and share it about a bit. The Lovin' Life Linky is brought to you by Team Lovin' Life: Deep Fried Fruit, Debbish, Seize the Day Project, Write of the Middle, 50 Shades of Age, and, of course, me.


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I spoke with Boone Pickens Tuesday as he launched Clean Energy's (CLNE) next venture at the Port of Long Beach in Southern California. The basic idea is to wean trucks and buses from diesel, and fuel them instead with liquid natural gas.
The state and federal government are willing to put money behind it because it's good for the environment. They say they'll spend hundreds of millions of dollars on what they are calling the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan with the goal of cutting particulate matter pollution from all port sources by more than 50 percent within the next five years.
That's great. But what I care about is the cost. After all, it isn't a viable energy alternative if it costs more to use it, because then no one will use it (without government subsidies, also known as my tax dollars). Clean Energy says if you use natural gas in a vehicle, it costs 10-15 percent less to go the same distance versus gasoline. In fact, we spoke to some cab drivers here in New York who have natural gas taxis and they agreed, and some cases had even better luck.
The problem of course is the infrastructure. Clean Energy operates natural gas filling stations in California, Colorado, New Mexico, New York, Texas, Washington, Wyoming, British Columbia and Ontario, and a liquid natural gas plant in Willis, Texas. The focus is fleets of vehicles, not you and me. Their customers include Los Angeles International Airport, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, SuperShuttle, Foothill Transit, Waste Management, Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport, Sysco Foods, Denver International Airport and the U.S. Navy.
It's an interesting idea. Especially because, according to AAA, if you normalize a gallon of ethanol for how far it takes you versus a gallon of gas, E85 will cost you $3.12 per gallon. They peg a gallon of gas at $2.99 today. I'm not sure Americans love the environment 13 cents more per gallon.
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This activity introduced the children to the idea of male and female, and the idea that we can sometimes tell the difference between them by looking and sometimes not.
We talked about the ways they can identify whether someone is a boy or girl. Clothing, hair length, games that are preferred, first names and of course genitalia.
We came to the conclusion that some girls have short hair and some boys have long hair; some girls are good at what are traditionally regarded as boys' games; first names do not always indicate gender (Sam, Robbie, Lindsay, Gerry, Charlie to name a few).
We also talked about animals whose sex we can tell just by their appearance. A lion and lioness, peacock and peahen, cow and bull.
Next Week
Next week we will be looking at gender stereotypes.
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text: Nike Soccer recently unveiled the Nike Streetgato Premium, an indoor soccer shoe designed with a rugged appeal with the street-style sport at heart. The shoe embodies the versatile nuances of the sport, as it is both performance ready and stylish, making for a 'wearable' soccer shoe. the upper design features a number of pronounced ridges and bumps on the toebox and medial panel. Three new colorways of the Nike Streetgato have released; a black leather with a neon volt trim, a white leather with a green swoosh, and a tonal grey with a suede upper and gum outsole. You can catch these at Nike Soccer retailers like Tursi's Soccer now, so take a look at the three colorways below.


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What's New – FileMaker 16 Platform
Create custom apps that work for your team
Create apps for iPad and iPhone that are sure to delight
Animations and transitions with scripts
Provide visual transitions to help orient users as they navigate through their custom apps on FileMaker Go.
For example, use script steps to animate the transition from a list of contacts to a contact's details.
Enhanced signature capture
Sign documents on your iPad or iPhone just as you would on a paper form. In addition to full screen, display the signature capture screen as an overlay or embedded in a layout. Users can now see what they are signing on the same screen.
Region-monitoring script step
Automate business workflows based on the location of your iOS device. Now you can automatically perform an action when an iOS device detects a nearby, predefined iBeacon. Or automatically pull up location-based information when entering a predefined geofence.
Custom paper sizes
Pick the right paper size for your needs. Add user-defined paper sizes
and reorder existing paper sizes when printing in FileMaker Go.
Build powerful custom apps in less time
Layout Objects window
Save time when working with layouts. The new Layout Objects window provides a hierarchical list of all objects on your layout. Simply select an object and instantly make a change without having to ungroup the set. Plus, easily find stacked or hidden objects on your layout.
In one easy step, create windows that are automatically sized and placed appropriately on the main screen. Cards allow for a more controlled user experience — guiding users to take action before returning to the main window, without impacting any interaction with other windows or files.
PDF Support
Print PDFs of invoices, labels, badges, and more in FileMaker WebDirect.
Run automated reports and save other information as PDFs, using scripts performed on FileMaker Server.
New FileMaker Pro
interface on Windows OS
Get a more native Windows OS experience on FileMaker Pro with the brand-new user interface. Maximize screen real estate and use multiple monitors when working with your custom apps.
Copy and paste value lists
Save valuable development time with the ability to copy and paste value lists in FileMaker Pro.
Variables in FileMaker data source references
Dynamically open hosted FileMaker files by specifying a variable when choosing a file path.
Enhanced Data Viewer
Increase your productivity with auto-complete for function names in the Data Viewer, available in FileMaker Pro Advanced. Plus, automatically evaluate results for functions and resize the Edit Expression window to easily view all results.
Connect to other data sources and get even
more from your FileMaker apps
cURL and JSON
Easily exchange data with other web services and applications.
Enhanced cURL options
With more than 90 cURL options to choose from, easily create detailed HTTP/HTTPS network calls to request JSON data from other applications via REST APIs.
JSON functions
Use predefined functions to simplify parsing and generating JSON data requested from other data sources.
FileMaker Data API Trial
Use FileMaker data in other popular apps and services with the REST-based FileMaker Data API in FileMaker Server during the trial period.
Tableau Web Data Connector for FileMaker
Better visualize your FileMaker data with the Tableau Web Data Connector for FileMaker. The connector is a FileMaker Data API that provides integration with Tableau Desktop.
The trial period for the FileMaker Data API will expire on September 27, 2018. After which, it will cease to operate.
External script steps
Extend the capabilities of third-party plug-ins with support for external script steps in the FileMaker Plug-in SDK. This new functionality also works with iOS apps created using the iOS App SDK. Easily connect your FileMaker-based apps to other applications and technologies your business regularly uses.
Get new tools to secure your custom apps
OAuth 2.0 support for accounts
Simplify credential management with OAuth 2.0 using third-party authentication providers. Use your existing Amazon, Google, or Microsoft Azure account credentials to log in to your FileMaker-based custom apps.
Clickable security lock icons
Get more details about the security of your network connection in FileMaker Pro. You'll find information about SSL certificates, related details, and certificate validity.
Share data with even more users via a web browser
FileMaker WebDirect scalability
Connect even more members of your team simultaneously over a web browser. FileMaker WebDirect now supports up to 500 users at the same time.
New! FileMaker Cloud
Easily share information with your team in the cloud. New FileMaker Cloud provides secure, reliable access to your custom apps. Get the simplicity and performance of the FileMaker Platform without having to deploy and maintain a server. FileMaker Cloud runs on the Amazon Web Services Cloud. Available in the United States, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and Africa.


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The thin skinned Police Chief's hypersensitivity has reached an absurd level at the Greenwich Police Department. Things are so bad that David Ridberg feels the need to lash out at critics on WGCH.
Tonight as many of you know I was going to go on Greenwich Matters, which is hosted by Sam Romeo at WGCH in Greenwich and complain about how poorly the Greenwich Police Department was being managed by the Greenwich Police chief David Ridberg.
I was also planning to take Mr. Romeo to task, because I feel that he seems to demand accountability of every Greenwich governmental department except the Greenwich Police Department.
Over the last week I had been reporting that I had been planning to call Mr. Romeo at WGCH.
Last night and very early this morning I had been blogging about how I intended to call about how the four to midnight police shift is managed in Byram.
I was going to write more about how Greenwich Police Chief David Ridberg was mis-managing the Greenwich Police Department, but I had the usual illegal parked car problem in front of my wives store in Byram.
Around one o'clock an car with Virginia tags parks in front of my wives's store where there is 30 minute parking.
About two o'clock I start calling the Town Hall switchboard operator to reach Parking Services to get someone to come to mark the tires and issue a ticket. No one from parking services comes out so I again call Town Hall to get parking services again I am told that a parking enforcement officer would be dispatched.
I then call Hall again after another 30 minutes a parking enforcement officer is promised and none is delivered.
Just before 4 pm I get the same run around from parking services.
About 20 minutes later I have to call the Greenwich Police Department to be connected to the Parking Services Office, because the Town Switchboard Operator is through for the day. The operator answering the police non-emergency number connects me to the parking office and some one picks up and then hangs up the phone.
I then have to call back the police dispatcher again and explain to her that the call was somehow disconnected and then get put through to the parking services office again. This time I get an answering machine and I leave a message saying I have been requesting a parking enforcement officer for about two and a half hours.
Later I again call the Police Department non-emergency number and ask the operator if she could please send out the police officer for Byram. She says she will send him out. Later I see a police car drive by and I hope that is the Byram officer noting the illegally parked car from Virginia and not just another police dough nut run to Johnny Cakes in Byram.
I then start planning what I am going to say to Sam Romeo when his show comes on in an hour. I thinking of something smart alack to say like ...
Tommy Hillfiger's ex-wife doesn't have to call parking services and the police for four hours to get an illegally parked car taken care of in front of her store on Greenwich Avenue, but the merchants and residents of Byram complaints are ignored.
I then thought I would continue my rant by saying.....
Tommy Hillfiger's ex-wife doesn't have to put up with a poor old man drinking from open containers just down the street from her store on Greenwich Avenue, but the merchants and residents of have to put up with this everyday.
Then I was going to add that...
Tommy Hillfiger's ex-wife doesn't have street signage with gang graffiti scrawled all over it near her store, but the merchants and residents of Byram have to look at this everyday. Nor does Tommy Hillfiger's ex-wife have to worry that her car windows will be smashed or that her tires will be slashed like the merchants and residents of Byram have to.
But First, I decided to be fair I would call the Greenwich Police Department non-emergency number again at 5:40 pm and give the Byram Officer another chance to ticket the car. If he came I could tell Sam Romeo that it took about four hours to get an illegally parked car taken care of in Byram. If he didn't come I could say see what I mean, Sam.
The police dispatcher told me that the officer has noted the illegally parked car at 5:10 pm and she did not know why the officer had not returned to ticket the car. I asked her to please ask the officer one more time if he would come out and ticket this illegally parked car.
She said that she would once again ask the officer to take care of the illegally parked car.
So at 6 when the Sam Romeo show starts to come on two police officers come into my wives store asking for me. They tell me they ticketed the car that I had been complaining about and now they were going to inspect my wives's store for infractions.
They took down my name, address, social security number, date of birth, and social security number, but they did not ask for my frighten wives's information.
Then they were demanding that I give them a drivers license. I told them I did not drive, because I did not drive. I have a glass eye in my right eye and that I do not see to good out of my left eye.
Then officers started telling me that my photo ID was not good enough, They then started telling me that they were going to have to arrest me and have me make bond for the ticket they were going to write up. They started claiming that they did not know who I was.
I then told the officers that they knew exactly who I was, because one of the officers had made remarks to me previously, because I had filed a civilian complaint against a police officer, who latter sued the Greenwich Police Department for discrimination and said the Greenwich Police were inappropriately using road blocks to profile poor and minority residents of Byram.
I then added that the officer who all of a sudden did not know who I was had improperly written me a parking ticket as I placed merchandise in my wives's car a couple of weeks ago. I had to call up a police Sargent and complain about the improper ticket. The police Sargent then instructed me to go to First Selectman's Office and go before a hearing officer. My wive and I explained everything to the hearing officer who voided the ticket.
The officers were illegally searching non-public areas of our store without probable cause, a court warrant or our permission. The officers were taking pictures of my wives store, and demanding that we take down window signs.
These officers were pouring over town regulations just trying to find something wrong, they were issuing tickets and then latter taking the tickets back.
Moreover, these officers were using personal cell phones to communicate to avoid using authorized and legitimate police communications equipment during this rouge raid on my wives's store.
I had to call 911 three times to get a police supervisor down to my wives's store. The 911 operator told me that there was only one Sargent on duty for the whole Town Of Greenwich, while my wives's store was suffering a rouge police raid during the Sam Romeo show.
I guess thin skinned Police Chief was so busy attacking attorney Lindsy Urso on WGCH all day, he did not have time to make sure the four to midnight shifts was adequately, competently and safely staffed.
In all about four police cars were dispatched to my wives's store during the Sam Romeo show. I guess Glenville, Central Greenwich and the back country had no police coverage during this roguish retaliatory illegal search and raid..
When I finally, got the Greenwich Police Sargent to my wives's store he huddled with the two of the police officers. They again poured over law books and decided that there was no infraction in the store.
Then the Sargent and another officer berated me and then started instructing the officer to start taking certain actions against me in the morning.
I repeatedly asked to file a civilian complaint as the police officer I was complaining about was allowed to threaten and interrupt me.. The police Sargent refused to take a statement and denied that a ticket had ever been written.
I told him the ticket had been fully completed and said just give me the number on the ticket. The Sargent said officially no ticket was written unless I signed it and refused to give me the number of the unsigned ticket.
I called the 911 operator and told about the ticket and once again my desire to file a civilian complaint over the incident.
I was told to go down to the police department and obtain the forms. I then walked to the police department and obtained the form.
I am going to complete the form and file a freedom information request for the 911 calls and the police radio communications.
Further, I am going to file a freedom information request for the ticket that was completed and then withdrawn under the orders of a Greenwich Police Sargent.
I will probably put all of the audio and documents up here at Greenwich Roundup.
More than a few times I have spoken out on by filing complaints, calling WGCH, speaking at Selectman's meetings and have suffered retaliation from Greenwich officials and police officers.
I have had thin skinned Greenwich Officials retaliating attacking me on WGCH all day long just for speaking out at a First Selectman's meeting.
If Greenwich Police Chief David Ridberg and his police officers are going to try and do a "Lindy Urso" on me for speaking out on his poor performance, then Police Chief and the Town Attorney are going to get their butts dragged before a Federal Judge to account for violating my civil rights.
It is easy to see how the incompetent and out of control managers of Greenwich keep getting the taxpayers of the Town sued for massive amounts of money.
I have repeatedly sent letters to Town Attorney Wayne Fox complaining about the Town Of Greenwich retaliating against my self and others for exercising their constitutionally protected right to freedom of speech.
Yet, time and time again Town Attorney Wayne Fox fails to take steps to protect the civil rights of those who complain about the management of the Town Of Greenwich.


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Apple sent out a press release this morning, crowing about the 40 billion apps that people have now downloaded from the App Store. In typical fashion, the publicists piled on the numbers – nearly 20 billion in 2012 alone! over 500 million active accounts! 775,000 apps now available for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch!
And my favorite of all: over 2 billion apps downloaded in the month of December!
They also unleashed a fury of adjectives – record-breaking! incredible! – and then had some of their happy developers weigh in as well on the adjective front:
"Our success on iOS has been incredible," said Samir Hanna, vice president of Consumer Products for Autodesk. "We set off with the modest goal of bringing SketchBook to iPhone users as a way of introducing them to Autodesk. Fast forward three years, we now offer 20 apps to iOS users that have achieved more than 50 million downloads, and we continue to roll out new creativity and design tools that appeal to both professionals and consumers."
And this from Bad Robot Interactive's JJ Abrams:
"The App Store provided us with opportunities beyond our wildest dreams. Our app Action Movie FX was designed to bring Hollywood special effects to anyone's self-made video, whether that be on an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, and we're just thrilled that millions of fans around the world were as excited as we were about the possibilities that this app brings."
And those 2 billion apps downloaded in December? In case you were wondering, I did the math:
64,516,129 apps each day
2,688,172 apps each hour
44,802 apps each minute
and – drum roll, please!
746 apps per second
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The justice system tends to move very slowly, and this week it seemed to be struggling to keep up with politics.
A circuit judge in Leon County pondered whether to try to redraw a flawed congressional redistricting plan with an election looming. Another judge in Monroe County grappled with his own decision that same-sex marriages should be allowed in Florida -- keeping that ruling on hold even as the newest Republican member of the state's congressional delegation supported allowing gay couples to wed.
Other things moved more quickly. The state announced that a "hurricane tax" that has cost Floridians almost $3 billion in recent years will end 18 months ahead of schedule.
And Libertarian Adrian Wyllie, now included in the Quinnipiac University Poll that occasionally checks in on the Florida governor's race, showed that figuring out who will win the state's top office in November could be more complicated than originally thought.
Even Leon County Circuit Judge Terry Lewis expected that his decision striking down congressional districts approved by state lawmakers in 2012 would be appealed. Now that the Legislature is willing to go along with Lewis' opinion -- at least for now -- a new question has emerged about whether the state can use the current map in the November elections.
Attorneys for the state say yes. Their argument: It would be too complicated to try to redraw the map in time for the general election, much less the August primaries, in which some members of the armed forces stationed overseas have already voted.
"The fundamental problem is, we could have a new map tomorrow, and we still don't have time to make it for this election, because people have already returned their ballots and voted," Raoul Cantero, a former state Supreme Court justice representing the Senate in the case, told Lewis at a hearing Thursday.
But the voting-rights groups and voters who successfully challenged the map in court had a different spin on things: The map violates the anti-gerrymandering standards approved by voters in 2010, meaning it can't be used.
"The other side has an amazing tolerance for the fact that 18,800,000 Floridians are facing an election with an unconstitutional map," said David King, a lawyer for the organizations. "They don't seem to care very much about that."
For now, Lewis looks cautious in considering the challengers' most-radical ideas, including pushing back the date of the November elections or holding a separate, special election early next year under a new map.
"I have to tell you, I'm extremely skeptical that I can do what the plaintiffs want me to do," Lewis said near the conclusion of an almost three-hour hearing.
Lewis said he would try to issue a ruling by the end of next week.
One case the state is appealing: Monroe County Circuit Judge Luis Garcia's ruling that gay couples should be allowed to marry in Florida.
But same-sex couples in the Keys can't get married quite yet. Siding with Attorney General Pam Bondi and courts in other states, Garcia on Monday refused to lift a stay on his ruling.
The automatic stay was prompted by Bondi's appeal, filed almost immediately after Garcia issued his initial ruling that the state's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.
Lawyers for Aaron Huntsman and William Lee Jones, two Key West bartenders who sued Monroe County Clerk of Court Amy Heavilin for refusing to grant them a marriage license, asked Garcia to order Heavilin to start issuing marriage licenses because the state has little chance of winning its appeal.
But Bondi's lawyers asked Garcia to "maintain the status quo" as other courts have done throughout the country. Both sides anticipate that the U.S. Supreme Court will ultimately decide the fate of same-sex marriage bans.
Meanwhile, newly minted Republican Congressman David Jolly was on the defensive after being quoted supporting Garcia's ruling to allow gay marriage. On Wednesday night, Jolly issued a 1,509-word long statement explaining how, Jolly said, he's never changed his position on same-sex marriage.
As a Christian, Jolly said he personally supports traditional marriage between a man and a woman.
"But as a matter of constitutional principle, I believe in a form of limited government that protects personal liberty, and therefore I believe all individuals, all couples should be allowed to determine the sanctity of their marriage by their own faith or their own beliefs of marriage," Jolly wrote.
Instead of a court-ordered delay, insurance policyholders in Florida will get a quick resolution with regard to an extra charge on property-insurance and auto-insurance policies to cover claims paid for the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons.
The Office of Insurance Regulation formally issued orders Tuesday for insurance companies to move up by 18 months the end of a 1.3 percent "emergency assessment" for the state-run Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, which provides backup coverage to insurers. The levy will now end Jan. 1.
The assessment has hit policyholders for $2.9 billion, which has gone to reimburse insurance companies for claims from the eight hurricanes that hit Florida in 2004 and 2005, the last time a hurricane made landfall in Florida.
"It's been nine years since (Hurricane) Wilma," said Sam Miller, executive vice president of the Florida Insurance Council. "If anything, the assessment helps us remember how devastating these storms may be."
The orders make official a decision Gov. Rick Scott and the Cabinet made last month to end the assessment, Amy Bogner, a spokeswoman for the Office of Insurance Regulation, said in an email.
Scott has tried to turn lowering the cost of living in Florida into a campaign weapon, also calling this week for the state to make permanent the temporary lifting of a sales tax on the purchase of manufacturing machinery. The governor pushed a three-year cut through the Legislature in 2013, but wants the charge gone forever.
But the race between Scott and his Republican predecessor turned Democratic challenger, former Gov. Charlie Crist, is already moving even more steadily toward a media war. Scott has spent millions to define Crist (and soften his own image), and Crist hit back this week with his second ad, going directly after Scott on education.
The new television ad points out the state currently spends less per student in public schools than it did during the best budget year of Crist's administration and has seen a reduction in the number of Bright Futures scholarships awarded to Florida students.
"When I was governor, we brought both parties together to open the doors of opportunity, not close them," Crist says in the ad.
Sen. John Thrasher, a St. Augustine Republican who also chairs Scott's re-election bid, instead highlighted Crist's decision to cut school spending amid a recession at the end of the former governor's term.
"Rick Scott has cleaned up his predecessors mess, funding schools $370 more per student in state funds than Crists last budget," Thrasher said. "Charlie Crists fuzzy math wont fool Floridians."
The back-and-forth came despite a warning from Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac poll, that Libertarian candidate Wyllie was pulling 9 percent in the governor's race, in part because of the drumbeat of attacks that has for months defined the race between Scott and Crist.
"That is almost certainly a reflection of some unhappiness in the electorate with the tone of the campaign," Brown told reporters. "There's an old maxim in politics, which is you can't throw mud without getting some on yourself. And that seems to be what's happening to Mr. Crist and Mr. Scott."
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Three in four patients not covered for obesity treatments
In one of the largest studies ever conducted to better understand insurance coverage of obesity treatments, researchers found that three out of four consumers report that they are not covered for necessary, evidence-based obesity treatment services, including access to a registered dietician (72% not covered), medical weight management (77% not covered), bariatric surgery (76% not covered) or FDA-approved obesity drugs (84% not covered). The findings were presented at ObesityWeek 2015 in Los Angeles, CA.
"Our findings suggest that nearly 60 million adult Americans with obesity do not have access to science-based treatments for this chronic disease," said TOS member, Dr Theodore Kyle of ConscienHealth, who led the research. "There is a clear gap in treatment; without access to obesity care by experienced medical professionals, too many Americans are being left with nowhere to turn."
The researchers conducted the study among 9,388 anonymous, voluntary survey respondents in February 2015. All respondents answered questions about medical services covered by their health insurers, and employed respondents answered questions about employer wellness programmes with financial incentives based on weight or BMI. Descriptive statistics were calculated and analysed to identify significant patterns.
Researchers found that 16% of employees say their employers have wellness programmes focused on BMI and they offer incentives and/or penalties based on participation. However, even when employers are working to support employees' health by asking them to reduce BMI through these wellness programmes, the employer-based health insurance often excludes obesity treatment coverage.
"Employers, many of whom may be acting in good faith, are essentially telling their workers to reduce BMI for health, while at the same time denying access to the evidence-based care that is one of the most effective ways to help them reach weight-loss goals," added Kyle.
In a position statement, TOS recommends all wellness programmes include coverage for "responsible weight loss programmes that use evidence-based interventions" and "a supportive workplace environment that provides opportunities for employees to be healthy and practice long-term healthy behaviours."
"We have long advocated for insurance coverage of obesity treatments, among all health plans," said Dr Emily Dhurandhar, TOS Advocacy Chair. "We're hopeful that this new research will shed more light on the lack of access to evidence-based obesity care by health plans, including those offered by employers with wellness incentive programmes."
"Under the ACA, proven obesity treatments and bariatric surgery are often not defined as an essential health benefit, which means coverage by state plans varies greatly," said Kyle.
TOS and its partners advocate for action by federal and state governments to expand public programmes to cover these treatments, including Medicare, Medicaid and essential health benefit plans under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Current efforts by TOS and its partners to improve treatment coverage include:
- Treat and Reduce Obesity Act – Legislation that will provide Medicare recipients and their health care providers with meaningful tools to treat and reduce obesity by improving access to obesity screening and counselling services, and new prescription drugs for chronic weight management.
- Access to Care Campaign – An advocacy effort by TOS to achieve coverage of the full spectrum of evidence-based, medically necessary obesity treatments within every state health exchange plan across the country.
- Treat Obesity Seriously – A campaign by TOS to improve the treatment of obesity as a disease, and educate policymakers and healthcare practitioners on how to treat it seriously. Sign the pledge and show your support.


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Going to the office? Be Careful, It Is A Chemical Soup
As if you didn't have enough to worry about, what with filling out TPS reports and dealing with the boss. It turns out that the Office Space is full of polyfluorinated compounds (PFCs) that may be causing reproductive, developmental, liver and immune problems. (TreeHugger has noted that they may also be linked to ADHD, which may account for some of the odd behavior at Initech)
Emily Sohn writes in Discovery News:
People who spend the most time at the office have the highest levels of polyfluorinated compounds (PFC) levels in their blood, found a new study, which also showed a direct link between chemical levels in the air of a person's workplace and the amount of PFCs in his/her blood.
This is the stuff that makes fabrics stain resistant and water resistant, and is probably in the fabric that the cube farms are made of, the carpet tiles and in the upholstery in the chairs. The most surprising result of the study is that levels were highest in the new buildings and lowest in older offices; I thought that most manufacturers were phasing these chemicals out.
Its amazing that people can put up with spending a third of their day in a chemical soup of PFCs and flame retardants, not to mention every other chemical spouted out of the copiers and printers and used for cleaning, in sealed boxes with lousy ventilation. People deserve better. It is one reason I like LEED for offices; they give points for more ventilation and source control.
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The SECOND COMING is US….are we ready? and…we are the leaders!!!
SOAR…Sounding Our Authentic Resonance
SOAR is a Educational Initiative……..Finding the Courage to Lead the World with your Voice of Truth "The essence of the Divine feminine is her powerful voice of truth"
SOAR Supports Women to become Become an Ambassadors of Light and Love for the Planet
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There is a revolution on this planet and it is occurring through the Voices of the Awakening Women. Mothers, Sisters, Healers and Visionaries who are hearing the call to step up and become who they promised to be to help shift the earth and her people back to her senses. As each woman becomes aligned with her intuitively guided higher self all her actions and decisions become purposeful passionate and joyful. Naturally,her rising vibration affects her family, community and global activities. The SOAR participants are active change agents in their community. Our organization teaches how to set up a SOAR Women's Circle in your area…to link up with the bigger geometry of Awakening Women!!
the Message is: GET INTO CIRCLES OF SUPPORT NOW!!
SOAR Mission: Creating a Global Leadership Training via the MEDIA and Ambassador Visitation Program to take the new paradigm consciousness out into Communities Worldwide
– Develop an Educational program and global community of specialists in these 3 areas to go out in trios to visit communities around the world.
– Natural Healing Arts and the Arts
– Sustainable Living Principles
– Leadership and Empowerment
The Goal for SOAR is to make available education for any woman to be in mastery of her energy field and to be a creator being. The "Being Light" principles will form the foundation of our education together and we can facilitate empowerment of each other. A Fear-based society can delude us into thinking we are powerless but the truth is we never lost our right to connect to Source…our Divine light that is powerful and compassionate. Through song, ritual, movement and sharing we make a circle of safety where each can emerge and birth her own divinity and Voice of authority. You can join us at our retreat/workshops by watching your newsletter and following the events page.
The Long Term Vision is to create a roster of Women in their Leadership Mastery who will go out in the World Visiting Circles of Emerging Leaders. We can travel Globally meeting with Women who are ready for the new Resonance and we will accomplish the exchanges through dialogue and the ARTS.
We have Training Programs/Retreats during the year to Introduce you to the Core Principles of SOAR and support you in your becoming an Ambassador. Join us for a free Internet Session Meditation and Global Connection!!! Wednesday am 9:00-10. Check out the Webpage for all the how-to information for Meditation – Chats
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Can you imagine a Voice of Truth Mystery School to create the possibility for many women to gain skills, confidence and the tools needed to be part of this team of Awakened Feminine Ambassadors? Our truth, wisdom, beauty and love must be unveiled to the point where we command reality back to her senses. We are watching for the perfect School Building and eventually the type of funding that would allow resident staff and rotating teachers to create a year round training program. Women from around the world would come stay for 7-10 days and learn from masters how to shift their community for New Paradigm living and there would be a natural interchange taking place. When the Women return to their country they will take the new information and "vibration" back into their homes and communities. If this calls to you, please email Jan to be on our special mailing list for meetings. To be honest…this is just a VISION to inspire everyone to move towards their own mastery and SHARING it.
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Dear Jan,
What a great weekend Jan. I was very excited to see in my aura reading that my crown chakra was 100%! and my solar plexus was 80%. That is very validating for the work that I did with you during our retreat. Talk about raising my vibrations! You are very talented as a facilitator Jan, you really help amplify people's soul progress, I am so happy that you are in my life. Also, we did enjoy the ambience of the Gaia house, what an amazing building that is, so many fascinating architectural features. I am having a CD of my photos done for Jody, who I understand is going to send out a compilation for the group. If you like I will do one for you too to use as you wish? So enjoyed Jody's part in the program, she has a lot of good ideas. See you soon dear Jan. Namaste, Sue H.
Dear Jan,
To be able to share just two days was a gift for me. To be with women who are so gifted and dedicated to their individual goals in the light is completely over whelming and I savored every moment of the days we shared. I have never considered myself a leader or claimed that position in life. If it means that I am to be someone who might lead in any way I of course. will be ready to accept the challenge. Your leadership is an inspiration to anyone who follows the path of light. Much love, LaVerne
Dearest Ones,
This ranks in the Top 10 of the coziest, most loving, magical, heart-opening weekends I've spent in my lifetime, and I've been part of a LOT of heart-opening gatherings..Thank you to each one of you for dancing in our exquisite mandala together. Jan, thank you for creating the cosmic container. Your vision is so deep and so clear. Blessings to all, Michele Hodah Heart
Dear Sisterhood of the Heart and Soul,
Thank you for your beautiful PRESENCE and open hearts to give , receive, co-creating setting a beautiful energetic tapestry of leadership in such a joyous love field way.Each of you have touched my heart with your courage , tenderness and vulnerability.I am grateful for this opportunity to get together in such a Sacred way.Deep gratitude for Jan Cercone to have listened to the call , trusted and obeyed the guidance of Spirit to hold the space both physically and energetically for this gathering to unfold.Jan led us with the rains of love and kindness, and set a beautiful example for Woman's leadership .Jan Cercone navigated the logistics and interactions ,maintaining her poise , calm ,fun authentic SELF.What a beautiful leader! Inspiring by BEING!!!
Throughout the weekend , I watched her expressing the message and the needs that would arise with clarity , gentleness and Heart connection.
There are Mighty shifts, interruptions and terminations along with Mighty birthings and blessings that will occur simultaneously internally and externally throughout this year, and into the next, that may appear to obstruct or challenge us at deeper levels than previously experienced.
Through it all, if you focus on 'the awareness of the blessings,' you will notice your human nature, with its tendencies, fading ever deeper into your background, as you begin to feel your true life (and all of Life) move like a great wave beneath you, preparing to erupt within you. Breathe and move with the wave. It knows where to take you.To "navigate " what may appears as rough seas we are asked to connected and be rooted to the Christed HEART of mother Gaia , our hearts and the Might IAM, this vertical connection is the calm in the eye of any storm.This is the movement from "doing ness" to BEIN NESS.You each have a magnificent unique contribution to this mighty birthing that is taking place.I am privileged to witness your birthing, and it's expression through your Soul gifts bringing more of your Divine nature into the world.In deepest gratitude and appreciation,
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Baltic Journal of European Studies (abbreviation BJES) is undergoing a change in its focus and will be renamed to TalTech Journal of European Studies (TJES) since 2020. As before, the journal will continue as semiannual double blind peer-reviewed international research journal with an international editorial office and extensive international editorial board, abstracted in SCOPUS and other relevant databases. The scope of the journal will be more related to digitalization and technology implementation and its impact in social, legal, political, economic and cultural domains in the European Union and its member states.
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BJES 2018 Vol. 8 Issues 1 and 2 have been supported by the project 'Digital Single Market as a Key Element in EU-oriented Georgian Higher Education' (no. 155-2016-A), funded by the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the framework of Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid.
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The Body Maps series up at The Fanzine is a new feature and for the first installment Sarah Rose Etter of Philadelphia set the bar sky high with her piece, "The Spine." Here a few excerpts:
Everything inside of you is a curtain. Everything can be slid and tied to reveal more. You are a canyon of organs, bones, fat deposits, possible tumors, breast tissue, ligaments, white and red viscera, and then, finally, beneath all of that, the spine, which is your main river only very still, very hard, made of bone.
The night before it happens, you are swimming in painkillers in patches sucking at your skin to deliver relief, fog. The night before the Russian man splits you open, you picture him inside of you, his hands deft, sliding small, clear fragments from your flesh, your body just a skin bag of shattered glass.
You can describe, at length, the pattern the stitches made up your spine. You can go on about the way your head became a permanent moon over the toilet, the contents of your stomach shooting like white rays through black night into the clear sea below.
It's a twisted narrative form with sharp, heavy language and there is not one line that lets the reader off the hook. We can only hope that the rest of the series will be this good.


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Destination Weddings
Destination Weddings
Why a destination wedding?
Celebrities are definite advocates for the destination wedding: In 2006, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were married in a castle in Italy, Heidi Klum and Seal chose Mexico for their 2005 nuptials and more recently, Megan Fox wed actor Brian Austin Green in Hawaii.
But you do not have to have a Hollywood budget to plan a destination wedding. It's rumoured around 25% of couples today get hitched away from their home cities, inviting friends and family to enjoy their special day and a holiday in one. And one of the most appealing things about getting married abroad is that you can have a wedding AND honeymoon for a fraction of the price, effort and stress that is usually involved with wedding planning.
Specialised companies and hotels all over the world offer couples a variety of packages to suit their budget, tastes and requirements with minimal personal organisation: the location, decorations, flowers, food, celebrant, photographer, flights or other transport, and accommodation can all be included and prepared for you.
Basically the only thing you and your partner need to decide is where to go!
Where to go?
At a destination wedding, the location is the star of the show (apart from you of course!), so it is important to pick somewhere meaningful for you and your partner.
It does not matter if you have never been there before. Paola Bamonte from Marry Me Abroad told SheSaid that her clients range from those who have travelled extensively, to those who have never travelled and are using the opportunity to fulfil their "dream trip".
Sometimes, couples with multicultural backgrounds will choose to embrace their heritage and marry in the country or city of their ancestors.
Destination wedding planners like Marry Me Abroad match your personal style, theme and budget to the right location to take some of the guesswork out of the planning process.
Another popular choice for Australians is to visit our neighbours in the Asia-Pacific. The most popular choices are Fiji, Bali, Cook Islands, Thailand and Vanuatu. All have warm climates, beautiful beaches, and are rich in culture. Keeping within the popular beach theme, but a little further away, are Hawaii, Mauritius and Mexico.
Tip: These locations are becoming quite popular for destination weddings, so try to avoid the crowded scene by choosing somewhere a little bit more secluded, like a private resort or island. It may mean a little extra travelling, but the intimate setting will be worth it. You don't want package tourists gawking at you over the poolside buffet!
Royale Titikaveka Wedding- Royale Takitumu, Rarotonga Cook Islands
This is a beautiful location for a romantic and private ceremony, with private beach huts and the choice to have the ceremony on the beach, the lawn, poolside or in the local chapel.
Includes: Personal Wedding Coordinator, Marriage License, Necessary Transport, Minister or Celebrant, Flowers, Floral Archway with 2 Flaming Tiki Torches, In room massage for Bride and Groom, Island String Band prior to ceremony, Official Photographer with Album, 50 photos and negatives, 2 Tier Wedding Cakes, 2 Bottles of Celebration Bubbly, Dinner for Two, Video of Ceremony from $2410 per couple. Cheaper packages are also available. Visit www.royaletakitumu.com/.
Seaside Wedding Chapel Package- Shangri-La Fijian Resort, Fiji
On its own private island 45 minutes from central Nadi, this resort caters for all including families with children. The Seaside Chapel is picturesque. This package includes: Coordination of wedding, set-up, marriage licence, bouquet and flower lei, Celebrant, Transportation, Photographer with 72 prints and negatives, chapel decoration, Fijian Village Choir, Flower Shower, Welcome Board and Memorial Plate, Wedding Cake, Bottle of Sparkling Wine, Fijian Seranaders, 4 course dinner for Bride and Groom. From $2650 per couple. Visit www.resortweddings.com.au/packages-fiji.html.
Destination weddings to Europe are gradually growing in popularity. Marrying in Europe gives you countless options: a castle in Scotland, a vineyard in Tuscany, clifftop on the Amalfi Coast, any of the Greek islands…According to Paola, the newest popular destinations include Turkey and Croatia.
Villa Bossi, Orta San Giulio – Lake Orta, Italy
Just over an hour from Milan, the quaint little island village on Lake Orta is an incredible way to spend your special day. Travel from the mainland by boat to Villa Bossi where you can choose to say your vows in a wedding hall, or by the shore of the lake. The photograph opportunities are phenomenal with the classic Italian architecture, weeping willows, and
backdrop of the lake. There are several restaurants on the island and in the Villa to hold a reception.
Palazzo Parisio- Naxxar, Malta
You can wed your prince charming in the most prestigious palace in Malta. Surrounded by lush greenery, the palace offers you access to the grounds for photography, and rooms for the ceremony, reception, and a bridal suite. You can choose between a finger food menu or a Gala dinner, as well as choices with beverages, wedding cake, decorations and flowers- the
entire organisation can be done for you, so you can relax and be a princess for a day! There is accommodation available nearby. Visit: www.palazzoparisio.com.
Things to consider
It is important to acknowledge that by choosing a destination wedding, your guest list may be significantly smaller. While this may appeal to some couples, the choice to wed away from home may come under criticism from family and friends who do not have the time, money, health or desire to travel. For those who are willing to travel, it is important to give them as much notice and planning time as possible – Paola suggests 12-14 months prior to departure.
Tip: Organise a small celebration or gathering on your return for those who missed out on the wedding. You can share stories and photographs, and perhaps screen a video of the ceremony.
Delicate and often bulky (not to mention expensive), the bridal dress is not just another item to throw in the suitcase. While you could check the dress in a special handling, most brides prefer to take it as carry-on for safety reasons. Some planes will have a closet where the dress can be hung, but it is best to contact the airline in advance to confirm.
As with any wedding, there are things that are out of your control, which is only exaggerated when the location of your wedding is far away. It is vital to purchase insurance and recommend to your guests to do the same, just in case disaster strikes.
Organising Online
As its popularity continues to grow, countless websites are emerging dedicated to destination weddings. However, Paola recommends that couples should be "wary" of organising everything online. "I have heard horror stories…properties that were unclean, disorganised or different to their advertisement." Instead, she suggests having personal meetings with your destination wedding planner. By having face-to-face conversations, the planner can get a feel of what you want for your wedding and make
recommendations accordingly. You will be building a trusting relationship, and know you can rely on someone back at home if something goes wrong.
Special Offer: Marry Me Abroad is currently offering a 10-20% discount on their Europe packages. Visit: www.marrymeabroad.com or call 1300 553 573.


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Whether you are browsing for information about the church, looking for a place to worship or seeking information for a baptism or wedding welcome to the website for St Mary the Virgin, Charminster near Dorchester.
We are a rural church a few miles outside of Dorchester, serving Charminster, Charlton Down & Forston. We meet in a beautiful 11th Century church in the heart of Charminster and you will be most welcome to join us on a Sunday. A loo and servery enable us to provide hospitality with Coffee & Tea at the end of the service. We have disabled access, a hearing loop system and baby changing facilities.
SAFEGUARDING: St Mary's Church takes its responsibilities surrounding the safeguarding of children, young people, and adults who may be at risk very seriously, and works in partnership with the Diocese of Salisbury to ensure that we work in accordance with best practice at all times. If you have any Safeguarding questions or concerns, you can contact our Parish Safeguarding Officer, Rev'd Pene Kennedy on 01305 251422 or 07952913374, or email her on email@example.com Alternatively, you can contact the Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser, on 07500 664800 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
To view Safeguarding Policy click here SAFEGUARDING - POLICY - July 2018 - Promoting a Safer Church -Jun 2017[3479].pdf


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Amanda Mealing
Amanda Jane Mealing (born 22 April 1967) is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Connie Beauchamp in the BBC medical dramas Holby City and Casualty.[3]
Amanda Mealing
Amanda Jane Mealing[1]
22 April 1967
London, England[2]
|Years active
|Holby City
Richard Sainsbury (m. 1998)
Early lifeEdit
The only adopted member of her family, Mealing was the youngest of four children, with two sisters and an elder brother.[4] She grew up in Dulwich, South London, with her adoption being a secret.[4] Although very much part of a strong and loving family, she was always aware that she looked nothing like her siblings and was left feeling that she did not quite fit in.[4] Despite a yearning to know more about her biological parents, Mealing was concerned that looking for them would upset her family.[4]
When she was 15 years old, Mealing's brother died after using heroin. Although Stephen was 14 years her senior, they were very close and it affected her deeply. Realising that "life can be short... there's no point sitting around", she was influenced to "do stuff".[4]
Originally known as Mandy Mealing, her first professional performance was in a Julie Andrews special on BBC television at the age of six. She then started Saturday classes at the Italia Conti Academy, before enrolling full-time at the age of nine. Parts in Just William, The Morecambe & Wise Show and Premiere followed, before she was cast as comprehensive-school pupil Tracy Edwards in Phil Redmond's long-running BBC One children's drama series Grange Hill.[4]
Mealing appeared in The Darling Buds of May, Four Weddings and a Funeral, In Deep, Capital City, The Bill, Midsomer Murders, and Delise in the 1990 mini series The Gravy Train. She appeared in the TV miniseries, Jake's Progress, as Robert Lindsay's love interest, in 1995. She played Ruth Manning in the first series of Russell T Davies' 1920s period drama series The Grand in 1997, and JoJo in Jimmy McGovern's The Lakes in 1999. Alan Bleasdale wrote the part of Katie in "Jake's Progress" for Amanda after working with her on GBH.
Mealing appeared as cardiothoracic consultant Connie Beauchamp in BBC One's BAFTA award winning medical drama series Holby City from 1 June 2004[5] to 28 December 2010, announcing her decision to quit Holby City in October 2010,[6] filming her final scenes in October and her departure seeing her resigning from her position at the hospital.
On 16 July 2010, Mealing appeared on ITV's The Five O'Clock Show with Jason Donovan and Corrine Bailey Rae. In 2011, Mealing appeared in the Sky1 series Strike Back: Project Dawn as Colonel Eleanor Grant. In 2013, Mealing appeared in an episode of the BBC series Death in Paradise. Mealing also appeared in the latest series of ITV's Law and Order: UK playing a solicitor.
On 29 March 2014, Mealing reprised her role as Connie Beauchamp, but in Holby City's sister show Casualty,[7] in which her character quickly rose to the role of emergency department deputy clinical lead and later clinical lead. Her return was well received, though the Daily Mail called her out as being unrealistic of the modern NHS, describing her as "impossibly glamorous", "wearing more make-up than the entire cast of TOWIE" and "teetering around saving lives in her tight pencil skirts and towering heels".[8]
On 26 February 2016, when being interviewed on This Morning, Mealing was asked about directing, and about her directing three episodes of Casualty. She also directed a short film titled Another Man's Shoes.[9] In 2019, Mealing directed an episode of CBBC series The Dumping Ground.
Personal lifeEdit
Mealing has been married to screenwriter Richard Sainsbury since 1998, they have two sons, Otis and Milo, and they live on a farm in Lincolnshire.[10] Paul O'Grady and Charlie Condou are close friends of Mealing and are godfathers to her sons. She has appeared on The Paul O'Grady Show on several occasions, sometimes with her sons.
After the birth of her first son, the desire to find out more about her background became "hard to ignore"; she also wanted him to "know his heritage".[4] Investigations took Mealing to New York, where she eventually found her birth mother, a model for Biba in London during the swinging sixties.[4] She discovered that her biological father was a half-Ghanaian poet and activist.[4] She gets on well with her mother and takes the children to visit her in New York but her father died some years earlier.[4] She also found out that she has a sister, a year younger, also adopted in Britain.[4] Her sister did not know of the relationship until she was 16, but had watched Mealing in Grange Hill, with people saying 'you look like that girl on TV'. Now close, when they first met their similarities were unbelievable — "we talk the same, walk the same, even our actions are the same".[4]
With a desire to reconnect with her roots and acknowledge her father, and as an ambassador, Mealing has worked with Save the Children in Sierra Leone. She filmed a documentary about Kroo Bay — a slum built on the rubbish discarded by Freetown — saying: "It's the worst place in the world you could grow up as child. One child in four will die before they reach five years old."[4]
The day after giving birth to her second son, Mealing was diagnosed with breast cancer.[11] Mealing was asked to be an ambassador for Breast Cancer Care in early 2010. She has developed a close bond with the charity. "When I was diagnosed the first leaflet I received was from Breast Cancer Care. They have been there for me ever since. I am deeply honoured to be given a chance to give something back to them." After losing a close friend to breast cancer early the same year Amanda decided to dedicate a JustGiving page to raise money in memory of her friend. She ran the 2012 London Marathon on her 45th birthday for Breast Cancer Care.
Since 2015, Mealing has been a Patron to the Nationwide Association of Blood Bikes, and is running the Great North Run in aid of the charity.
|Grange Hill
|Tracy Edwards
|TV series
|Relative Strangers
|TV series
|Capital City
|TV series
|The Gravy Train
|TV miniseries
|Anglo-Saxon Attitudes
|Elvira Portway
|TV miniseries
|The House of Eliott
|Jessie Christy
|TV series
|TV miniseries
|Requiem Apache
|TV movie
|Blood on the Dole
|TV movie
|Four Weddings and a Funeral
|Naughty Nicki – Wedding Two
|The Detectives
|Emily Ford
|TV series
|Jake's Progress
|TV series
|The Grand
|Ruth Manning
|TV series
|The Girl with Brains in Her Feet
|Vivienne Jones
|The Lakes
|Jo Jo Spiers
|TV series
|Midsomer Murders Episode: Electric_Vendetta
|Sally Boulter
|TV series
|2004–2010, 2014, 2016, 2019
|Holby City
|Connie Beauchamp
|TV series
|Lie With Me
|Carolyn Henson
|TV miniseries
|Dr. Zemekis
|Strike Back: Project Dawn
|Colonel Eleanor Grant
|TV series
|Death in Paradise
|Eloise Morrison
|TV series
|2014–2019, 2020–
|Connie Beauchamp
|Main role; also directed 3 episodes
|Short film
|Captain Whittard
- ^ "Marriage Registration Details" Archived 27 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Ancestry.co.uk (Retrieved on 16 July 2009)
- ^ Amanda Mealing plays Connie Beauchamp Archived 19 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine, Holby.tv (Retrieved on 16 July 2009)
- ^ Seddon, Dan (20 November 2018). "Casualty actress reveals inspiration behind character". Digital Spy. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Cook, Emma; "My real hospital drama" Archived 15 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine TimesOnline.co.uk, 1 March 2008 (Retrieved on 16 July 2009)
- ^ Shepherd, Rose; "Best of times, worst of times: Amanda Mealing" TimesOnline.co.uk, 9 May 2004 (Retrieved on 16 July 2009)
- ^ Tobin, Christian (30 June 2010). "Amanda Mealing to leave 'Holby City'". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ^ "Amanda Mealing swaps Holby City for Casualty". BBC Media Centre. BBC. 23 July 2013. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ^ Connell, Claudia (15 June 2014). "I know how to solve the crisis in the NHS – ban sexy doctors! CLAUDIA CONNELL reviews the weekend's TV". Daily Mail. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ^ "Casualty star aiming for the Oscars with film shot at Celtic Manor". Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ^ Simpson, Richard; "Portrait of a driver: Amanda Mealing" Archived 22 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine Telegraph.co.uk, 12 March 2005 (Retrieved on 16 July 2009)
- ^ Rayner, Clare; "Portrait of an honest woman" Archived 28 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine Guardian.co.uk, 11 June 2003 (Retrieved on 16 July 2009)
External linksEdit
- Official Twitter
- Amanda Mealing on IMDb
- Spotlight casting directory Spotlight.com


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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Edward Gorey in High School
HERE. This biographical outline includes many interesting facts and images, including Gorey's High School Diploma shown above.
I was recently sent some xeroxes of The Parker School's 1941 yearbook which includes the class picture for The Eleventh Grade. Edward Gorey is seated in the front row wearing a light colored shirt, the third person in from the right. This yearbook picture does not appear on the Loyola site.
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Friday, January 23, 2015
January Auction News
original artwork, all of them dust wrapper designs, have been sold in the past couple weeks.
Earlier this month, the watercolor painting for Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense from 1988 appeared on eBay and was sold. The cover vignette of the man entering Hell is a particularly nice detail of this artwork. The art for the hand lettered typography was not included with the painting.
Swann Auction Galleries January 22 Illustration Art sale had two finished book cover designs and one rough sketch for a book cover (see my post from December 30, 2014). All three pieces sold, with the Haunted America cover exceeding its pre-sale estimate. Swann now posts their auction items on eBay, but it should be noted that the final prices listed on eBay do not include the additional 25% buyers premiums. To see the final sale prices, visit swanngalleries.com.
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Monday, January 19, 2015
Blithering Christmas Stuffed Frog
For many years, I had heard that Edward Gorey created a small number of Stuffed Frogs in a Christmas fabric which were sold at his 1992 production of Blithering Christmas, but I had never seen one. Recently, the frog pictured appeared on an on-line auction (this frog is not in my collection). Mr. Gorey often sold Figbash dolls at his theatrical productions to benefit the theater, but the Christmas fabric frog was only ever available at Blithering Christmas. Mr. Gorey did sew a few frogs in non-holiday fabrics which he gave to friends.
One of the interesting things about this frog is the tag that is tied to one of its legs, stating that it was created by hand by Mr. Gorey in 1992. The earliest Figbash dolls sold at the theatrical productions did not have tags. It was not until Gotham Book Mart began selling the Figbash dolls that Edward Gorey made tags for them, at the request of GBM.
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Monday, January 12, 2015
The Glorious Nosebleed
Edward Gorey's fifth alphabet book, The Glorious Nosebleed was published by Dodd, Mead & Co. in 1975 as a hardcover book in illustrated boards with a matching dust jacket. This title is reprinted in Amphigorey Also.
The Glorious Nosebleed is one of Mr. Gorey's most amusing and popular alphabet books. The individual images have been reprinted as postcards and calendars over the years. The book ends with one of EG's nicest self portraits which accompanies, "He wrote it all down Zealously".
This title was also published as a signed limited edition of 250 numbered copies and 26 signed/A -Z copies (limitation on a tipped-in colophon page at the front of the book). All of the limited edition copies were issued in a red slipcase. I am showing numbered copy #55/250 and lettered copy K. I recently acquired the lettered edition from a dealer at the Boston Book Fair this past November.
This is one of the easiest Gorey books to spot in first printing because the binding color of the first edition (including the limited edition copies) is tomato red. When this book went into a second printing, the color of the binding changed to cherry red. I have put the two books side by side so you can see the color difference (the first edition is on the right).
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Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Z is for Zillah
While discussing The Gashlycrumb Tinies with a good friend this past Thanksgiving, she mentioned that she had always wanted a doll like Zilla's for her very own. My partner Bill, who is handy with such things, decided to make one for her as a Christmas gift.
The resulting doll has a moveable head, and is weighted so it can sit "splay fashion" like the doll in the original illustration. Gin was not included.
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The Stilt Owl comes back to life
One of our brilliant artists involved in our project, Pawel Nuckowski of Oahu Films, has shared with us a short video of the initial stages of what he is currently working on about the flightless Hawaiian Stilt Owl. These birds have been extinct for many hundreds of years and we only know about them through fossils, so it's magical to see them come back to life in this video!
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Fascinating! I'm excited to follow this project. The video is beautiful.
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Homecoming Ornament
After long days at the Executive Mansion, President Lincoln commuted back to the Soldiers' Home where his family waited to greet him. Abraham, Mary, and their young son Tad used the Cottage as a place of sanctuary from the chaos of civil war Washington. Coming home to the Cottage allowed Lincoln to be both a person and a president, both a devoted father and a determined leader.
Today, President Lincoln's Cottage invokes this spirit of homecoming as a home for brave ideas, fostering Lincoln's legacy of freedom in his beloved summer residence. This ornament portrays a tired father engulfed in a warm embrace with his son, Tad Lincoln. The horse, the Cottage's front door, and the evening sky represent that daily back and forth to work for the 16th President. Homecoming conveys that no matter what stresses Lincoln faced during the war, he had a place to come home to and a family waiting there to embrace him with their love.
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