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Minnesota legislation would make touching butts illegal
ST. PAUL—Jessica Goodwin was holding her 1-year-old in a Lifetime Fitness Center last November with her four other children next to her and husband not far away when a "man walked up behind me and fully groped my buttocks."
The Columbia Heights, Minn., woman talked to managers at the fitness center and police, only to learn the man's action was perfectly legal. She also learned that four other women said he groped them the same day, she said in written testimony given to Minnesota state senators.
Once she found out the man could not be charged, Goodwin began investigating. She discovered that a 1988 law made groping illegal in Minnesota for the first time, but it specifically allowed "the intentional touching of the clothing covering the immediate area of the buttocks."
So state law made groping buttocks' legal under what Sen. John Marty, D-Roseville, said was a "boys will be boys" clause.
Minnesota lawmakers on Wednesday, Feb. 7, began the process of making that action illegal when a Senate committee unanimously supported legislation to remove the exception.
The bill is not in direct response to the #metoo movement of women fighting back against sexual misconduct, but sponsor Marty said the movement probably will ensure his legislation's passage. A similar bill is to be considered in the House.
The measure is the only major sexual misconduct bill moving through the Legislature.
Ironically, Marty was co-sponsor of the bill 30 years ago that established groping as fifth degree criminal sexual conduct, although he was not part of the buttocks' exception that senators included at the last minute.
Inadvertent touching would not be against the law under Marty's bill. To violate it, a person would have to intentionally touch someone nonconsensually and in an aggressive or sexual way.
Marty said that a coach patting someone on the rear may not violate the law, but coaches probably should find a new way to express athletic enthusiasm.
To many, the buttocks exemption was news. Not to Caroline Palmer of the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault.
Palmer said in her 10 years at the coalition, "it comes up several times a year." She said that probably more than 85 percent of women have been groped.
Sen. Carolyn Laine, D-Columbia Heights, said things were different in 1988. Such activities were accepted, she said.
But, Palmer said, in the #metoo age "all of a sudden this was the right time" for a change.
Palmer said an intern in her office checked laws in other states and American territories, finding that Minnesota is the only place where touching someone's buttocks is legal.
Two former Minnesota politicians were among many across the country caught up in the #metoo fallout when women said they touched their buttocks. U.S.Sen. Al Franken and state Sen. Dan Schoen resigned after the allegations surfaced.


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New Zealand homes not on town supply usually collect their drinking water from their rooves, or their own bores(wells). This water is mostly unfiltered though some households have filtration systems when the water has a high mineral content, light discolouration, or for various other reasons. Overall New Zealand water is safe and drinkable.
Some of the water in the Abel Tasman National Park contains giardia. Myself and family have always drunk the creek water at our 'kiwi' bach with no ill effects. Regardless of this we still advise all visitors to the Abel Tasman to carry their own water as a precaution.
After 13 years in operation it never ceases to amaze me how much water visitors bring into Riwaka Retreat. We are always recycling numerous plastic water containers from 1 to 5 litres. While water in our area can have some discolouration, ours goes through a complicated filtration system ensuring it is safe and pleasant to drink. No bought water is required and water bottles can be filled from our taps for your day in the Abel Tasman.
Each year the world drinks over 30 billion throwaway bottles of water – that's about 2.7 million tonnes of plastic. It takes 700 years before plastic bottles start to decompose. Up to 1000 years before this environmentally unfriendly product fully decomposes. Please don't be shy to ask your accommodation provider if the water is drinkable. We welcome you to our beautiful country and are only too happy to share our water with you.
On a recent ten week camping and backpacking trip in Europe, one of my two drinking water containers disappeared. This caused me to buy a bottle of water in Croatia. This small plastic water bottle travelled from Split to Dubrovnik. Across on the ferry to Southern Italy. Through Italy to Switzerland, the Alps, and into Germany. From there into France and Spain. This bottle was constantly refilled when there was drinkable water. On other occasions it was filled with water I had boiled. This battered piece of plastic was nearly lost at Barcelona Airport. With a last minute reprieve it was allowed to cross the channel to England. It then travelled through Scotland, England, and Singapore before safely landing in New Zealand. For little more than the equivalent of 1 Euro it served me well. You may say that I am extreme and you may be right. I ask no-one to carry the same water bottle across countless borders until the writing is worn off and the dents are like handgrips. What I do ask is that while you are in New Zealand you recycle your rubbish, you carry it out of our parks with you, and you give a thought for the piles of empty, plastic water bottles in the world before you toss another one in the garbage.
Plastics are like diamonds – they last forever. Take ownership of your waste footprint while in New Zealand. We will love you for it.
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Chapman University is a community of scholars that emphasizes the mutual responsibility of all members to seek knowledge honestly and in good faith. Students are responsible for doing their own work, and academic dishonesty of any kind will be subject to sanction by the instructor and referral to the university's Academic Integrity Committee, which may impose additional sanctions up to and including expulsion. Please see the full description of Chapman University's Policy on Academic Integrity for more information. This document represents the Academic Integrity Policy of Chapman University as it pertains to students and to the responsibility of faculty in handling cases of alleged academic dishonesty.
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For Immediate Release, August 13, 2009
Lawsuit Filed Over Sierra Nevada Logging Plan's Greenhouse Gas Emissions
SAN FRANCISCO— Today the Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Forestry over the agency's failure to analyze the carbon and climate consequences of clear-cutting when it approved a logging plan in the Sierra Nevada. Despite well-established law that state agencies must analyze and mitigate the greenhouse gas emissions from a project when they approve it, the Department of Forestry failed to carry out any project-specific analysis of the emissions that would result from a plan by Sierra Pacific Industries to clear-cut over 400 acres in Tehama and Butte Counties.
"If California is serious about actually reducing its greenhouse emissions, it must start addressing the substantial carbon dioxide emissions resulting from logging our forests," said Brendan Cummings, public lands director at the Center for Biological Diversity. "Unfortunately, state agencies continue to approve clear-cut logging without any regard for the serious carbon consequences of doing so."
Undisturbed forests generally act as carbon sinks, continuously absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere via photosynthesis and storing it in the forests' trees, shrubs, and soil. Logging can convert a patch of forest from a net carbon sink to a carbon source. Clear-cutting generates the most greenhouse gases of any logging method. Globally, deforestation accounts for about a quarter of all greenhouse emissions.
The California Department of Forestry is responsible for approving all logging plans on private land in California and must ensure that each proposed plan complies with the California Environmental Quality Act. Under this law, state agencies and local governments approving projects must analyze the projects' effects on greenhouse gas emissions and global warming, as well as the cumulative impact of related logging. However, rather than attempt to calculate the carbon emissions that would result from Sierra Pacific Industries' actual logging plan, the Department of Forestry simply asserted that over a 100-year time frame enough trees would grow back on the company's lands to render the logging carbon neutral.
"The law is clear that agencies must look at the greenhouse emissions of the specific project they approve," said Jan Chatten-Brown of Chatten-Brown & Carstens, the law firm representing the Center in today's suit. "The Department of Forestry cannot escape this mandate by simply claiming the project's impacts will be offset elsewhere, which is in any case, a dubious claim."
The lawsuit, filed in superior court in Tehama County, alleges the state violated the California Environmental Quality Act and the Forest Practices Act when it approved the timber-harvest plan without disclosing, analyzing, or mitigating the CO2 emissions that will result from the logging. Over two dozen similar logging plans by Sierra Pacific Industries, which owns nearly 1.7 million acres of forest land in California, are awaiting approval from the Department of Forestry.
"While forest management in a changing climate is increasingly complex, one thing is abundantly clear: You cannot clear-cut your way out of the climate crisis," added Cummings. "California should quickly move to ban clear-cutting."
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If you are considering applying at Dawson Community College please follow these steps:
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Contact the Veterans Administration at http://www.va.gov/ and apply for benefits.
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Provide the Registrar with the original eligibility benefits letter from the Veterans Administration by mail or in person. The Registrar is located in the Main Building Student Services Office. The Registrar is the certifying official and assists veterans.
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- Telephone Verification of Enrollment: 1 800-821-8320 Ext 404
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- The Veterans Affairs Education Benefits website is: www.gibill.va.gov/benefits/index.html
- The State of Montana Veterans Affairs Division Regional Office is located in Fort Harrison, MT. You can reach them at 800-827-1000 if there is a question about your eligibility for Veterans' benefits. www.vba.va.gov/VBA/
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Declare a major. Veterans Administration benefits are only approved for classes that lead toward a degree. Changing majors is possible but must be approved by the Veterans Administration.
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Receive assistance from a DCC advisor and sign up for classes. To be considered as full time veterans must carry at least 12 credits per semester to qualify.
Veteran students must report promptly to the Registrar's Office on or before the first day of class.
All veterans and eligible persons receiving educational benefits under federal guidelines are required by law to report promptly to the Registrar any changes that may affect the amount of money being received. (406) 377-9404.
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I love what I do because I have the unique opportunity to help shape the direction and influence the culture for the future of nuclear power in the United States. Every single day presents a new challenge, but I wouldn't have it any other way. As a shift supervisor, I was primarily responsible for managing the development of procedures and programs to support operation of the first new nuclear units in the United States in more than 30 years. As the daily work controls manager, I will be responsible for oversight of the execution and scheduling of daily work to ensure organizational readiness to operate the new units.
I envision a nuclear energy industry that leverages the technology of today to improve efficiency and streamline many of our processes and practices. Vogtle Unit 3 will be the first fully digital nuclear unit in the country. That affords many innovative approaches to how we operate and maintain the plant. One thing that will never change is that the nuclear industry will always hold paramount the health and safety of the community we serve.
When I was a shift supervisor at Plant Farley, I was often asked exactly what it is that I do every day. My favorite response: "I make clouds for a living." This would generally result in a look of confusion on the face of the person I was talking to, but it would give me an opportunity to explain how a nuclear power plant works. It brings me joy to watch expressions soften as I explain the tremendous amount of electricity that we produce, how we produce it, and that the only impact to the environment is the release of water vapor clouds from the cooling towers.
As I transition to my new role in the Work Management organization, one of my responsibilities will be the implementation of a process to allow our work activities to be carried out completely electronically. Paperless work management is a common practice in other industries and will be a huge step forward in improving efficiency in nuclear power.
Delivering The Nuclear Promise to me means taking a very hard look at the way we do business in this industry and challenging ourselves to think outside the box. The industry has previously been stagnant in the area of leveraging new technology to improve processes. It can be easy to become complacent and settle for "how we've always done it," but for our industry to remain viable, we must evolve. The paperless work management process is a perfect example of this principle in action. Eliminating paper will allow work to be completed more efficiently with less potential for error and fewer resources needed for filing and archiving documents.
The above post was written by Southern Nuclear's Donell Banks for the Powered by Our People promotion, which aims to showcase the best and the brightest in the nation's nuclear energy workforce.
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Outfitted with serious hardware and versatile storage options, the Kitchen Sink Backpack is a complete package with heavy–duty appeal. Whether taking a day trip or extended excursion, specialized pockets inside and out organize items while abrasion–resistant fabric keeps them safe, including shoes and most 17" laptops. A padded back and adjustable mesh–lined shoulder straps keep you comfortable and cool when hauling over long distances. Equipped with a hard media–player compartment and reinforced clip and zip closures, the Kitchen Sink Backpack blends toughness, style and diverse function ideal for the unpredictable day.
• Padded side access panel to fit most 17" laptops• Water bottle side pocket• Front zip pocket with accessory organization panel to separately store smaller items• Abrasion–resistant bottom panel for enhanced durability• Bottom shoe compartment provides spacious storage• 34L capacity• 20" H x 14" W x 8" D• 69% Nylon, 31% Polyester• Imported
ABRASION RESISTANTAdvancements in materials enhance durability to improve resistance against everyday wear-and-tear, extending longevity to ensure a full product life of dependable usage.
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These three zone resistance wire wound furnaces are of split construction to facilitate fast and easy loading of a pre-assembled specimen train. The case is constructed from stainless steel with aluminium and hardened insulation board end plates. The optional front cut-out allows the use of side-entry high-temperature extensometry. Adjustable stainless steel latches keep the furnace halves locked together during use, but are then easily opened once testing is complete. The furnace is available with optional heavy duty brackets or mountings, which attach to a wide range of testing systems. An extensive range of standard controllers is available to suit most test regimes. Custom variants can be specified should the standard range not include a suitable unit.
Principle Of OperationThe resistance wire is wound on to recrystallized alumina tube in three independent zones to form the furnace element. This three-zone format allows the user to tailor the furnace temperature gradient, creating a uniform central zone. High-performance ceramic fiber insulation is used to reduce heat losses and provide fast heating rates. The specimen is heated through a combination of convection and radiation, dependent on the test temperature. The furnace bore has been optimized to suit a wide range of test fixturing without encouraging excessive thermal losses. Type K thermocouples are provided as standard, but any other configuration is available on request.
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Honda Motor Company Ltd. announced a new technology to join steel and aluminium & further applied this technology to mass production vehicles, initially to the North American version of the all-new Acura RLX but plans to expand its application to other models.
The first application of this technology was with a new aluminium outer door panel, which has conventionally been made of steel, to join it to the steel inner door panel.
To join together the dissimilar metals of steel and aluminium, the simultaneous establishment of several different technologies was required including technologies to prevent corrosion (electrical corrosion) and thermal deformation caused by the different expansion rates of steel and aluminium.
Honda newly developed three technologies that enabled adoption of aluminium for the outer door panel:
- Technology to join dissimilar materials: adoption of '3D Lock Seam' (3DLS) structure, where the steel panel and aluminium panel are layered and hemmed together twice
- Technology to prevent electrical corrosion: adoption of highly anticorrosive steel for the inner panel and a new form that assures the complete filling of the gap with adhesive agent
- Technology to control thermal deformation: adoption of an adhesive agent with low elastic modulus (better ability to 'stretch') and optimised position of the 3D Lock Seam
The advantages of these new technologies include elimination of a spot welding process required to join conventional steel door panels. Moreover, these technologies do not require a dedicated process; as a result, existing production lines can accommodate these new technologies.
In everyday use, the new technology contributes to the improvement of fuel economy and dynamic performance of the vehicle by reducing door panel weight by approximately 17% compared to the conventional all-steel door panel. In addition, weight reduction at the outer side of the vehicle body concentrates the point of gravity further toward the centre of the vehicle, contributing to improved stability in vehicle manoeuvring.
Going forward, Honda will continue its proactive research and development of leading technologies in order to further enhance the performance and environmental credentials of its products and manufacturing processes, as well as develop innovations to enable society practical ways to enjoy the convenience, independence and fun that come from the freedom of movement.


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I'm pretty sure that no actual Simplex loco have run on anything less than 15" gauge. I'd live to see the 7 1/2" gauge creation you refer to.
The Eaton Simplex had to be much modified, see my post in this thread.
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As soon as I saw your Simplex model photo I realised it was your good self from the 5" gauge web site.
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Reese Campus Vocational Nursing Program
The Vocational Nursing Program is a time-consuming and academically-challenging one-year program that prepares the graduate to meet all requirements of the Texas Board of Nurses for licensing as a Licensed Vocational Nurse. Vocational Nursing is the entry level into the profession of nursing. The licensed vocational nurse practices under the supervision of a registered nurse, advanced practice nurse, and physician. The LVN practices in structured health care settings with multiple patients with predictable healthcare needs.
The Vocational Program at Reese admits two classes a year: August and January.
For more information contact Korbi Berryhill, RN, MSN, CRRN, Program Coordinator.
General Information About the Vocational Nursing Program:
There are two (2) descriptive phrases about the Vocational Nursing Program at Reese:
- Academically Challenging
- Time Consuming
It is academically challenging because the Texas Board of Nurses requires a "C" in each nursing course in order to be eligible to write the licensing exam. A "C" in the Vocational Nursing Program is a "75." Additionally, we do not round up grades, so a 74.9 is a 74—not rounded up to a 75. Think about it—a nurse who earns only 75 has a knowledge deficit of 25%--would you want a nurse taking care of you or your family who knew less??
It is time consuming because in order to maintain this "75," it requires you to STUDY! Students should plan to study 2-4 hours per night, depending on individual study habits. If you do not have the time to devote to study, you will fail out of the program!
Information learned in nursing must be maintained. Some of you may have learned to cram for a test and then "dump" that information after the test is over. You cannot do that in nursing! Information you learn on DAY 1 will be required on Day 356 or Day 2098, etc. You cannot afford to cram and memorize for a test because you will need to know that information later. Therefore, learning must be repetitive and reviewed frequently to place the information in long-term memory. The student is responsible for learning; the instructors are facilitators of learning but cannot learn it for you! A student who does not maintain a 75 average fails the course and is withdrawn from the entire program.
This is a FULL TIME program: this means that you are either in the classroom or the clinical setting 5 days a week, approximately 40 hours a week. Classroom hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Clinical hours are 6:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. for most rotations (there are a few specialty rotations that meet earlier or later). The first 12 weeks of the program are classroom and lab; once the clinical rotations start, clinical days are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, back in class on Thursday and Friday. Absences are monitored very carefully and are very limited. Students who have excessive absences are withdrawn from the program. If you have a pending wedding or court case or some other event that may require an extended absence, you may want to delay your admission.
Length of the program is a full calendar year: January to December or August to August. We go through the summer for both groups. There is time off for Spring Break and Christmas and the usual holidays. Students should schedule medical and legal appointments for this time off, rather than waste valuable school time!
We do NOT recommend that the student work during the year. The discussions above should explain this reasoning. Most students who do work limit working hours to the weekend.
Students with children must have adequate child care and back up child care. This is especially important when the child is mildly ill and cannot go to daycare but is not ill enough to require the student to stay home with the child, missing a day of class or clinicals. This is also important during bad weather when public schools may be delayed but we are not. (Please note: nurses have to work even during bad weather—we can't tell our patients to take their ventilators home because of icy roads!)
Reliable transportation is a MUST! Students must be able to get to class on time and get to clinicals on time. There may be days when students must travel between institutions!
If you do not believe you have adequate time, finances, child care or transportation, this program may not be for you!
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National Turn Off TV Week is April 21-27.
In this many decades old of television, when most people can't imagine living without it day or night, what's a parent to do? TV is a wonderful medium when used appropriately. When not, it can become a hindrance, a burden or even divisive in a family. We could go on forever, hailing its attributes or deriding its evils but really, what is a parent to do?
Many parents turn their backs on TV surveillance at the end of the day, too tired to care after a long day's work. But that is the time when you should be at peak with your kids because they need you to be! All caring and thoughtful parents should take heed on National Turn Off TV Week by going to the web site: (http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/positi ... child.html) and learn so much more about the ill effects of TV on children and how serious it truly is to be on top of this subject.
And while we are examining the family, let each one of us take a good look at our own TV habits. Taking one week off from TV viewing will be a great vacation for some; a real opportunity to do something new! Rekindle old relationships, read that good book you haven't been able to get at. If a week sounds too great a challenge, start with one day. The options are endless. Good luck and happy Turn Off TV Week.
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Christmas has come early for the Religious Right in Texas.
Good news, Texans: come December, students can wish each other a "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Hanukkuh" without the fear of being suspended.
With the 2016 presidential campaign just two years (or maybe two months?) away, Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed House Bill 308, colloquially called the "Merry Christmas bill," into law last Thursday.
The proposal, designed to combat a perceived "war on Christmas" from the secular left, will allow students and teachers in Texas to celebrate religious holidays on school property.
Specific holidays can now be celebrated in the classroom, instead of lumping them together into one "holiday celebration," as long as at least one other religion is represented. For example, if there is Christmas tree, there must also be a menorah to represent the Jewish students.
Not much talk about whether Texans would be willing to celebrate Ramadan or Kwanzaa alongside Christmas.
The bill also allows the open expression of holiday greetings such as "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Hanukkah" without penalization, something that was previously a fire-able offense for faculty and staff members.
Joined by two Hasidic Jewish men and the cheerleaders from Kountze Independent School District, where religious freedom had been hotly debated earlier this year, Perry addressed the crowd after being introduced by Reagan, the son of Rep. Dwayne Bohac, R-Houston.
"It's a shame that a bill like this one I'm signing today is even required, but I'm proud that we're standing up for religious freedom in this state," Perry said just before signing the bill. "Religious freedom does not mean freedom from religion."
Bohac wrote the bill after hearing his son talk about his first grade class' "holiday tree" adorned with "holiday ornaments." After speaking to the administration, Bohac determined that the school was afraid of being sued for offending those who did not celebrate certain holidays.
"I thought to myself, 'why is it that we call it a holiday tree at school, but a Christmas tree at home?'" Bohac said. "We hope that this is a fire that will take off and become laws in 49 other states."
Rabbi Zev Johnson, co-director at The Rohr Chabad Jewish Student Center at the University of Texas, expressed his appreciation for the bill, as Jewish students will now be permitted to express their religious beliefs, as well.
"The Jewish community is, you know, very thrilled to be a part of this," Johnson said after the signing.
The new law states that "a school district may educate students about the history of traditional winter celebrations, and allow students and district staff to offer traditional greetings regarding the celebrations," meaning that religious histories pertaining to the holidays are now permitted in lesson plans.
Texas schools are now allowed to display religious symbols during the holidays, given that at least one of three conditions is met: there are symbols related to more than one religion, there is a symbol of one religion and at least one secular scene or symbol, or a display relating to a traditional winter celebration may not include a message that encourages adherence to a particular religious belief.
The law will take effect in the coming 2013-14 school year, just in time for the next holiday season.
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Besides giving a fresh push to pro-gun and anti-abortion efforts, Dewhurst said he has told Perry that he would like a special session to address redistricting, school choice, a spending cap on the state budget and "phasing out" the troubled Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.
"I talked to the governor .. about the need for a special session on a number of these issues," Dewhurst said.
On guns, besides a campus-carry bill, Dewhurst cited the prospect of a "statement by the Legislature" on whether guns manufactured in Texas "that are designed not to go into interstate commerce but are restricted to intra-state commerce, staying inside the state of Texas" should escape federal regulation.
"It's a strong argument," Dewhurst said.
During a regular session, the Senate requires a two-thirds vote to bring up legislation, giving power to Democrats to block measures.
"In special session, particularly where we have anything controversial such as redistricting, we have done what previous lieutenant governors have done. We've operated with a simple majority," Dewhurst said, and he said he would plan to do the same this time.
Dewhurst said he and Perry agreed to talk closer to Monday's end up the regular session.
"It's really up to him," Dewhurst said, although he added that "I'm inclined to think he will" call a special session.
"I don't know what time he will call it. He was telling people over here in the Senate when he came by Tuesday that he was thinking about calling sometime in June. I have no idea. I would be inclined to think it would be a lot sooner than that," Dewhurst said.
Sen. Kirk Watson of Austin, who heads the Senate Democratic Caucus, said by email, "If there is going to be a special session, it ought to be about more than what someone didn't accomplish during the regular one.
"Middle-class Texans are dealing with a lot of challenges, and I'm pretty sure a political candidate seeking a special session to score points with primary voters isn't one of them," Watson said. "Every issue I've heard suggested for a special session has already been the subject of some failed bill or hearing over the last couple of months. We shouldn't waste taxpayers' money in a special session just because someone didn't get everything they wanted."
Dewhurst, who in lost in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate to now-Sen. Ted Cruz, has said he plans to run for re-election.
Gov. Rick Perry has hinted he may call lawmakers into special session if they don't send him $1.8 billion in tax relief and a water plan.


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Bonnie hits bottom in "Zombies and Cobb Salad" Episode 9 of Season 1
When Bonnie (Allison Janney, left) loses her job and struggles to keep her life together, Christy (Anna Faris, right) tries to get her back on track, on MOM, Monday, Nov. 18 (9:30-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Darren Michaels/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. © 2013 WBEI. All rights reserved.


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The Kiss
Measures: 180 x 180 cm
Technique: Oil on canvas
Depository: Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna
The Kiss (In German: Der Kuss) was painted by the Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt between 1907-08, the highpoint of his 'Golden Period', when he painted a number of works in a similar gilded style. A perfect square, the canvas depicts a couple embracing, their bodies entwined in elaborate robes decorated in a style influenced by both linear constructs of the contemporary Art Nouveau style and the organic forms of the earlier Arts and Crafts movement. The work is composed of conventional oil paint with applied layers of gold leaf, an aspect that gives it its strikingly modern, yet evocative appearance. The painting is now in the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere museum in the Belvedere (palace)|Belvedere palace, Vienna, and is widely considered a masterpiece of the early modern period. It is a symbol of Vienna Jugendstil--Viennese Art Nouveau--and is considered Klimt's most popular work.Partsch, 267, 276 Klimt was 45 when he painted The Kiss, still living with his mother and two unmarried sisters. Behind the respectable facade he was a man with a ferocious sexual appetite; he fathered at least three known illegitimate children. The Kiss reflects his fascination with eroticism, and while its overall architecture is obviously phallic, it is renowned because of its tender representation of the female model who is tightly embraced within the overall geometry of the picture and whose body is formed from the most detailed, colourful and best expressed abstract passages of Klimt's career. In its tenderness, the painting deviates from his typical portrayal of woman as distant femme fatales; here the female is the protagonist, rather than merely the object of desire.
Although the painting is today one of the most popular and recognisable works of art, it was painted soon after his three part Klimt University of Vienna Ceiling Paintings|Vienna Ceiling series which created a scandal and were criticized as both 'pornography' and evidence of 'perverted excess'. The works had recast the artist as an enfant terrible for his anti-authoritarian and anti-popularist views on art. He wrote, "If you can not please everyone with your deeds and your art, please a few".Inscribed on the reverse of the 1899 Nuda Veritas. See Schwartz, 29 By contrast, The Kiss was enthusiastically received, and immediately found a buyer.Partsch, 267
Klimt depicts the couple locked in intimacy, while the rest of the painting dissolves into shimmering, extravagant flat patterning. The patterning has clear ties to Art Nouveau and the organic forms of the Arts and Crafts movement. At the same time the background evokes the conflict between two- and three-dimensionality intrinsic to the work of Degas and other modernists. Paintings such as The Kiss were visual manifestations of fin-de-siecle spirit because they capture a decadence conveyed by opulent and sensuous images. The use of gold leaf recalls medieval "gold-ground" paintings and illuminated manuscripts, and earlier mosaics, and the spiral patterns in the clothes recall Bronze Age art, and the decorative tendrils seen in Western art since before classical times. The man's head ends very close to the top of the canvas, a departure from traditional Western canons that reflects the Japonisme|influence of Japanese prints, as does the very simplified composition. The two figures are situated at the edge of a patch of flowery meadow. The man wears a robe with black and white rectangles irregularly placed on gold leaf decorated with spirals. He wears a crown of vines while the woman is shown in a tight-fitting dress with flower-like round or oval motifs on a background of parallel wavy lines. Her hair is sprinkled with flowers and is worn in a fashionable upsweep; it forms a halo-like circle that highlights her face, and is continued under her chin by what seems to be a necklace of flowers. Similarly juxtaposed couples appear in both Klimt's Beethoven Frieze and Stoclet Frieze. It is thought that Klimt and his companion Emilie Louise Flöge|Emilie Flöge modeled for the work.Klimt by Gilles Neret, 57 but there is no evidence or record to prove this. Others suggest the female was the model known as 'Red Hilda'; she bears strong resemblance to the model in his Woman with feather boa, Goldfish and Danaë (Klimt painting)|Danaë. Klimt's use of gold was inspired by a trip he had made to Italy in 1903. When he visited Ravenna he saw the Byzantine mosaics in the Basilica of San Vitale|Church of San Vitale. For Klimt the flatness of the mosaics and their lack of perspective and depth only enhanced their golden brilliance, and he started to make unprecedented use of gold and silver leaf in his own work. Private Life of a Masterpiece, BBC TV


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During last Wednesday's The O'Reilly Factor, Fox News analyst Dick Morris was asked about Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. Morris replied: "I like 'em both." In a video posted on his website this month, Morris also said that either of them "would make a fantastic president of the United States. We are so blessed with having these two as our main candidates. Don't let the media talk them down ... two absolute powerhouses. Brilliant men, both of them, with incredibly distinguished records." Morris added that Romney "could be counted on to sign a bill repealing Obamacare."
Yet earlier this year, Morris held the opposite view on Romney, saying that "I do not like Romney" because "I can't trust him" to repeal Obamacare. From Hannity on February 28:
MORRIS: Well, my view is that, first I do not like Romney. It's the only one that I really hit.
HANNITY: Why don't you like Romney?
MORRIS: I want to be sure that the new president will repeal Obamacare. And since he enacted the equivalent of Obamacare in Massachusetts, they call it Romneycare, and I talk about how disastrous it's been, I can't trust him on that.
Watch Morris' flip-flop:
So what's changed since then?
In June, Morris admitted on a conservative radio program that he has stopped "dumping on" Romney because the former Massachusetts governor might be the Republican nominee for president and "I don't want to make my own task [of defeating Obama] harder."
For Morris, helping defeat Obama means lying to Fox News viewers about his real views on the Republican primary field. Despite his brazen lying and profiting off of the candidates he is discussing, Morris is still one of Fox News' most frequent on-air political analysts.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco police say a 21-year-old man faces a homicide charge in the fatal stabbing of a Los Angeles Dodgers fan after team's game against the Giants.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco police say a 21-year-old man faces a homicide charge in the fatal stabbing of a Los Angeles Dodgers fan after team's game against the Giants.
Police said Thursday that Michael Montgomery, of Lodi, is being charged in the death of 24-year-old Jonathan Denver.
Police say Denver was walking with his father, brother and two other people not far from the San Francisco Giants' ballpark late Wednesday when their group exchanged words with some Giants fans who were leaving a nightclub.
The exchange turned physical and Denver, who was wearing Dodgers gear, was stabbed to death.
San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr says Montgomery made incriminating statements to investigators.
"While this is one of the most storied rivalries in baseball ... nobody's life should be at stake whether they are at the game, leaving the game or six blocks away," Suhr said.
Denver attended the game, which the Giants won 6-4, with relatives before they all left in the eighth inning and went to a bar. The suspects went to a nightclub in the area, but did not attend the game, Suhr said.
The two groups crossed paths on a street near the ballpark around 11:30 p.m.
The Giants and Dodgers are longtime division rivals. The Giants were the defending World Series champions. But this year, the Dodgers won the division while the Giants were set to miss the playoffs.
The Giants said in a statement that they were saddened to learn about the Denver's death.
"While details are still emerging, we want to be clear that there is absolutely no place in our community for this type of senseless violence," the team said in a statement.
The violence comes just three days after a teenage football fan was attacked at San Francisco's Candlestick Park during the San Francisco 49ers 27-7 loss to the Indianapolis Colts. Other violence broke out at the game on Sunday despite an increase in security. The stadium was also the site of two shootings, beatings and fights during a preseason game two years ago.
Stadium security and fan behavior also came under scrutiny when another Dodgers-Giants matchup saw a Northern California paramedic severely beaten. Bryan Stow, a Giants fan, suffered a traumatic brain injury after a beating by two men dressed in Dodgers gear following the March 31, 2011, home opener between the two longtime rivals.
The Giants are holding a fundraiser for Stow. The team will donate $10 from each ticket sold in certain sections of AT&T Park at Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday's games to a fund setup for Stow, Slaughter said.


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After a season in which it's poised to finish No. 1 in the advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-old demographic for the first time since the end of "Friends" 10 years ago, NBC ran a triumphant victory lap at its annual upfront presentation before an audience of advertisers and journalists Monday in New York City.
The network boasted of triumphs including freshman hit 'The Blacklist," "The Sound of Music Live!", the Sochi Winter Olympics and Jimmy Fallon's successful takeover of "The Tonight Show," and attempted to build enthusiasm for a 2014-15 season that's heavy on romantic sitcoms and spy dramas.
Courtesy of Seth Meyers, the new host of "Late Night," there were a few self-deprecating jokes about the network's less successful efforts this season, like the Blair Underwood remake of "Ironside," but otherwise NBC Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt focused on the positive.
He highlighted the network's 21% growth in overall viewers, a strong enough improvement to put it in second place behind most-watched CBS. Ratings are up on five nights out of seven, with Thursday and Sunday the remaining weak spots. In terms of viewers under 50, NBC is tops this season, up 18% versus last year.
Key to the network's resurgence was the James Spader drama, "The Blacklist," television's top-rated new series this season, which will be moving at midseason to Thursdays, after a post-Super Bowl airing, as part of NBC's ongoing effort to reclaim the must-see-TV mantle.
Also pivotal was the smooth handover of "The Tonight Show" from Jay Leno to Jimmy Fallon. As Greenblatt put it, "Jimmy is killing it" in his new time slot, with ratings in the demo up 82% after 12 weeks. According to NBC, Fallon also continues to beat combined averages of "Late Show With David Letterman" and "Jimmy Kimmel Live" with viewers under 50.
Greenblatt also touted Meyers' ratings performance. His "Late Night" is up 35% in the 18-to-49 demographic.
Looking ahead at the new season, Greenblatt noted that NBC's lineup would remain relatively stable in the fall, with "The Blacklist" in its current time slot at 10 p.m. and the debut of a handful of "noisy and sophisticated" new shows, including relationship comedies "Marry Me" and "A to Z," the lightly comedic Debra Messing police procedural "The Mysteries of Laura," comic book adaptation "Constantine" and the Kate Walsh comedy "Bad Judge."
Moving at midseason into coveted post-"Voice" time slot currently held by "The Blacklist" will be the Katherine Heigl drama "State of Affairs," in which she stars as a Carrie Mathison-esque CIA analyst on the hunt for her fiancé's killer -- with help from his mother, the president.
The network "held back several of our best assets for midseason," said Greenblatt. These include space-age comedy "Mission Control," conspiracy thriller "Odyssey," the Craig Robinson comedy "Mr. Robinson," the Ellen DeGeneres-produced "One Big Happy," the Tina Fey-produced Ellie Kemper sitcom "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" and the Russian spy drama "Allegiance."
Also in the pipeline at NBC are a number of limited series and specials. The Biblical epic "A.D.", which producer Mark Burnett teased as " 'Game of Thrones' meets 'The Borgias' meets 'The Bible' " will premiere on Easter Sunday.
NBC will also commemorate the 40th anniversary of "Saturday Night Live" with a three-hour retrospective on Feb. 15. And in the wake of the resounding success of "The Sound of Music Live!," NBC hopes to make a live broadcast musical an annual tradition.
"I know a lot of people were rolling their eyes about it, right until the numbers came in," Greenblatt said of the live musical starring Carrie Underwood, which became an surprise ratings smash and Twitter sensation.
On Dec. 4., producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan will be back with "Peter Pan," and Greenblatt also announced plans to tackle "The Music Man" in the future.
"We are as well positioned for growth as we possibly could be," Greenblatt said.


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Heck, I even wrote a post after many, many fails on my part. Blog Post Here.
At a recent event I learned about the "Failure Bow" seen here:
Instead of cringing, sulking, hiding make the choice to put your hands up!
Welcome the humility and celebrate the transparency in the willingness to celebrate. That transparency of recognizing your not perfect, you're human, gives you space. That space may be the little thing called happiness. This happiness can move from that space of failure to transform it into an opportunity to move you and other forward.
See more about the failure bow from Michael Smith in his TEDx talk below:
Hope you bow!


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No, our Tradesman Saver policy includes public and product liability insurance cover automatically.
How Much Products Liability Insurance Will I Get?
The indemnity limit for products liability insurance is £1million with the option to increase to £2million or £5million. This is the maximum amount the insurance company will pay in any one period of insurance (usually a period of 12 months). Please ask us if you think you need a higher limit and we will make the necessary arrangements for you.
When Products Liability Insurance paid off
A central heating engineer fitted a pump to a boiler which turned out to be faulty and as a result, it caused a flood resulting in major damage. The claim was dealt with by the engineer's Tradesman Saver policy and was then passed back to the manufacturer of the pump.
A large number of tradesmen and professionals supply many different types of products to their customers that they don't manufacture themselves but which, nevertheless, could cause injury or damage that they could be held responsible for if the product was faulty. Remember, you get product liability insurance automatically with Tradesman Saver.
Legal Expenses
What is Legal Expenses Insurance?
When you run a business, a wide variety of problematic situations can arise. Some things are covered by a standard type of business insurance such as a theft or fire or an injury/damage that your business might accidentally cause. But there are also a number of other problems that you might find yourself faced with that a business policy would not usually be able to help you with. This is where Legal Expenses Insurance can come to the rescue.
What Cover Do I Get With Legal Expenses Insurance?
Legal Expenses Insurance provides cover (up to £250,000) for your legal costs and expenses for a generous range of legal disputes that you could find yourself involved in such as:
- Employment disputes including compensation awards
- Defence of prosecutions
- Property disputes
- Tax investigations
- VAT appeals
- Representation for compliance and regulatory matters (eg. health and safety)
- Employees extra protection defence
Do I Get Other Benefits With Legal Expenses Insurance?
Yes, Legal Expenses Insurance also gives you really helpful advice and support in running your business, whenever you need it:
- Legal helpline, 24 hours, 365 days
- Tax helpline manned by tax experts during office hours
- Business legal services online that help you to build and download legal documents relating to your business such as employment contracts and health and safety policies
- Confidential staff counselling helpline
How Much Does Legal Expenses Insurance Cost?
With Tradesman Saver, there is no additional cost for this valuable cover. We provide it automatically with your Tradesman Saver policy as an extra benefit! When you consider that nowadays, you could easily pay a solicitor a fee of £200 + VAT for every hour of their time to advise you, our Legal Expenses Insurance could save you a small fortune.
Accidental Death
Essential Cover For You and Your Staff
Provides a lump sum payment of £10,000 following accidental death of you or any of your employees covered by this policy caused by a sudden, unexpected event.
Gas Engineer's & Gas Fitter's Insurance – Optional Covers
Employers Liability
Your Staff Aren't Invincible
When you're running a trade business and employing staff, the last thing you need to worry about is your staff getting injured on the job. Not only does it dent your profits while they're out of action, but worse still, a compensation claim could potentially cost you from the tens of thousands into the millions, if someone were to die as a result.
Employer's liability insurance acts as a buffer for these unexpected circumstances. Instead of having to pay a claim from your own pocket, if you include employer's liability as part of your cover, you'll be covered by your policy and your insurer will pay the costs for you. This leaves you free to focus on the day-to-day running of your business, while we watch out for what's coming on the road ahead.
Unlike public liability, employer's liability cover is not an automatic cover, but it can be added onto any standard Tradesman Saver policy if you need it.
The Legalities Of Employer's Liability: Do You Really Need It?
For anybody running a business and employing staff or using labour-only sub-contractors, employer's liability is legally required by law. There are, however, a few exceptions worth noting though.
If your business is a Limited Company which has only one employee who owns 50% or more of the issued share capital in the company, then you aren't obliged to take out employer's liability insurance. If your business isn't a Limited Company and either, a.) you're the only employee, or b.) you only employee close family members, then once again, employer's liability insurance isn't compulsory. However, even in these exempt circumstances, having it is still advised, as it can provide a safety net in case of an unforeseen accident.
The Limits Of Employer's Liability: What Do You Get?
Our standard cover is:
- £10 million employer's liability cover
You can even add cover for working partners or cover for temporary staff as optional extensions to your employer's Liability cover. Our policy is designed for a maximum of 10 manual employees, exceding working partners and clerical staff (if you have more than 10 employees, please contact us directly and we'd be glad to arrange whatever cover you require).
Tools / Equipment
Don't Be A Tool: Protect Your Tools & Equipment
When you're running a business, you know the most important things you need to do your work are your tools and equipment. Whether you work as a carpenter or consultant, or a plumber or photographer, you'll know that you wouldn't be able to carry out vital work without them. They're the lifeblood of your business, which makes covering them an absolute essential.
Our tools & equipment cover offers protection from theft and damage, so in the event the worst should happen, you won't find yourself run out of pocket for the replacements. We have varying levels of cover to accommodate big and small businesses, which means you can focus on keeping things running smoothly, while we look out for the bumps in the road along the way.
Tools & Equipment Insurance: What's Included In Your Cover?
Our policy provides from between £1,000 and £5,000 cover per person for your tools and equipment. You can tailor your policy to your specific needs and choose the amount of insurance you want, in steps of £500, which means you'll always pay the lowest possible price for the cover you need.
Contractors All Risks
All Risks Cover For All Seasons
Sometimes known as contract works insurance, contractor's all risks insurance is an optional cover that can be added to a builders, or similar tradesman policy if you will be carrying out work on a contract site. This optional cover is designed to protect your business against a range of potential hazards that might occur with this type of work.
Contractors all risks cover can be added to your trade policy, and provides cover for any contract works, your own plant, tools and equipment, your employees' tools, hired-in property and temporary buildings during construction.
The Trades Contractors All Risks Insurance Applies To
This cover can apply to a wide variety of trades, including (but not limited to):
- General building contractors
- Electricians
- Plumbers
- Plasterers
- Tilers
- Carpenters
- Joiners
- Bricklayers
- Double glazing installers
- Heating and air conditioning engineers
What Contractors All Risks Insurance Cover Includes
- Contract Works
Up to £500,000 cover for loss or damage to building works while you're responsible for them. This insures your construction projects (both permanent and temporary), as well as any materials you're using on the project
- Plant, Machinery, Tools & Equipment
Up to £75,000 cover for theft or damage to construction plant, tools and equipment for use in connection with the contract
- Temporary Buildings
Up to £20,000 cover for damage to temporary buildings (site huts, etc.) for use in connection with the contract. This cover includes fixtures and fittings
- Hired-In Property
Cover for damage to hired-in property including construction plant, tools and equipment up to a maximum limit of £50,000 for any one item. It also includes up to £50,000 for continuing hire charges that you're liable to pay following any damage
Business Contents
What Is Business Contents Insurance?
Business contents insurance is designed to cover items other than the tools and equipment that you use for your trade or profession; for example, PCs, desks, furniture, photocopiers, fax machines, telephone systems etc. Tradesman Saver gives you wide, all risks cover for these necessary things. If the unexpected should happen and they were stolen, destroyed or damaged, then business contents insurance will protect you.
Why Do I Need Business Contents Insurance?
You almost certainly rely on your items of business contents for the smooth running of your business, but some people tend to overlook them when then they think about their insurance and tend to focus more on other cover such as public liability and their tools or equipment. However, it would almost certainly disrupt your business if you were suddenly left without them – especially if you had no business contents insurance. Finding the money to replace them could be a great strain on your business and it's a problem that you can avoid by including business contents insurance in your policy.
How Much Business Contents Insurance Cover Will I Get?
You can have up to up to £20,000 cover for loss or damage to business contents stored at your premises and used in connection with your business. The level of cover for business contents insurance starts at £5,000 and you can increase it in steps of £5,000.
What Is The Cost of Business Contents Insurance Cover?
The cost of business contents insurance starts at less than £15 per year but it will depend on the amount of cover you choose and the area your premises are in.
Do I Get Business Contents Insurance Automatically?
No, unlike other covers that you get automatically with Tradesman Saver like public liability, products liability and legal expenses cover, business contents insurance is optional. You can add it as you go through the quote process if you want to include it.
Professional Indemnity
What Is Professional Indemnity Insurance?
Professional Indemnity insurance is a form of liability insurance that covers your business against claims of professional negligence. It protects you from having to bear the cost of defending such a claim and the damages awarded.
Is Professional Indemnity Insurance Automatic?
No, professional Indemnity insurance is not included automatically BUT is available as an optional cover for selected trades. Our optional cover provides a standard limit of £50,000. If cover is not available for your trade OR you need a higher limit, just contact us. We'll be happy to discuss the cover you need and arrange a stand-alone policy for you.
Is Professional Indemnity Insurance Compulsory?
Some professions such as solicitors, architects and accountants are required to have professional indemnity insurance by their regulatory or governing body. Many other types of businesses such as engineers, consultants and designers also take out this cover.
Do I Need Professional Indemnity Insurance?
You should think about taking out professional indemnity insurance if your business provides specialist advice or services, especially to other businesses. If you are negligent or make an error that results in your client suffering a financial loss, then professional indemnity insurance will give you the protection you need. Not sure if you need it? Just contact us and we'll be happy to answer your queries.
How Much Professional Indemnity Insurance Do I Need?
Only you can decide on the amount of cover (or in other words, indemnity limit) that your business needs. You will need to try and estimate the damages and legal costs that your business could be faced with. The level of professional indemnity insurance you need may be specified in the contract you have with your client or customer (although this figure may not reflect your actual requirements!). If you belong to a professional body or association, they may require a minimum level of cover. If you find it hard to decide, it may be a good idea to take advice from your solicitor because it could be disastrous to be under-insured.
What Cover Is Usually Provided With Professional Indemnity Insurance?
The cover is described at the top of the page, but other things that are often covered by a professional indemnity insurance policy include libel and slander, unintentional breach of confidentiality, infringement of intellectual property rights, dishonesty of employees and loss of documents and previous partners/firms.
Examples of Professional Indemnity Insurance Claims
An architect draws up plans for a new building. The materials are bought and the construction begins but part way through the project it comes to light that an error was made which has major consequences. The structure has to be re-built and new materials bought. The architect would face a claim of negligence resulting in financial loss to the bulding contractor, which would only be covered by professional indemnity insurance. (Public liability insurance would not cover this situation because no one was injured and there was no damage to property).
An electrician certified the electrical installation of a new retail unit as being safe and compliant with regulation. It then came to light that the electrical installation was in fact not safe. As a result, the opening of the shop was delayed and the owner claimed compensation from the electrician for loss of income. The claim was covered by the electrician's professional indemnity insurance. However, if the electrician had not taken out professional indemnity cover, he would have had to have paid the claim out of his own pocket. There was no injury or property damage and so his public liability policy would not have protected him against this problem.
Things to Remember About Professional Indemnity Insurance
It's important to bear in mind that professional indemnity insurance is usually written on a "claims made" basis. Claims made policies give cover for claims actually brought against the policyholder in the period the policy is in force. What this means to the business owner is that there is a risk of an unknown or unreported claim being made long after the policy period and not being covered because the claim was made outside the period of insurance. So, if you stop trading or retire, then if your insurance was written on a claims made basis, "run-off" cover will be needed for protection against new claims in future years. Also, if you change from one insurer to another with claims made cover, then "retroactive cover" must be considered to protect against claims that may arise from previous work.
In order to try and minimise the risk of a professional indemnity insurance claim, document your projects carefully. Make sure that contracts with your clients set out very clearly the responsibilities that you undertake and if you receive any complaints, keep full records and deal with them swiftly.
Don't leave it to chance – either include Professional Indemnity cover when you get your quote or contact us now and we'll give you a quote for a separate policy that you'll find hard to beat.
Personal Accident
What is Personal Accident Insurance?
Personal Accident cover will provide you with a lump sum payment in the event that you cannot work on a permanent basis or suffer a major fracture or dislocation, and is available for you and your employees aged between 16 and 70.
Cover is on a worldwide basis and operates 24 hours a day.
What Cover Do I Get With Personal Accident Insurance?
The Limits of Cover you will be provided will be:
|Accidental Death
|Permanent Total Disability
|Permanent loss of sight in both eyes
|Permanent loss of use of two limbs
|Permanent loss of sight in one eye
|Permanent loss of use of one limb
|Permanent loss of speech
|Permanent loss of hearing in both ears
|Permanent loss of hearing in one ear
|Permanent loss of use of:
|A shoulder, elbow, hip, knee, thumb, wrist or ankle
|Any finger or big toe
|Any other toe
|Hospitalisation (Maximum 45 days and after a minimum 24 hours)
|Extended hospitalisation (for stays longer than 14 days)
|A major fracture of:
|Upper leg; vertebral body; Pelvis; Skull
|Vertebra other than vertebral body; lower leg; lower jaw; breastbone; shoulder blade; kneecap; upper arm; lower arm
|Lower leg; hand (metacarpals); foot (metatarsals); clavicle; coccyx; wrist (carpals) and Colles' fracture ankle (tarsals) & Pott's fracture
|Dislocation of:
|Spine; back; hip
|Knee; ankle; shoulder or collar bone; elbow; wrist
|Any other joint
What if I need extra cover?
Should the standard limits of cover not meet your requirements, please contact us to arrange a separate Personal Accident &/or Sickness policy.
Short Term Income Protection
What Is Short Term Income Protection?
If you are unable to work as a result of an accident or sickness, how would you pay your bills? Available in conjunction with Personal Accident Cover, our Short Term Income Protection (including Sickness) cover, provides you with protection in the event of you not being able to work as a result of an illness or an accident.
What Cover Do I Get With Short Term Income Protection?
In the event that you are unable to work as a result of accident or sickness, we will pay £250 Per Week or your gross weekly income — whichever is less, up to a maximum of 12 months
What if i need extra cover?
Should the standard limits of cover not meet your requirements, please contact us to arrange a separate Personal Accident &/or Sickness policy.
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Don't Let An Accident Get The Best Of Your Business
It's unfortunate but true; no matter how careful you are, accidents always happen when you least expect it. Knowing this, it makes it all the more vital to have the right insurance in place to ensure you're prepared in the event the worst should happen. Here are just a few situations where you'll find your insurance can really help you out of a bind:
The perfect target for sticky fingers
You're unloading your tools from your van on a job to fix a client's boiler. You enter your client's house and begin talking to them about what the problem is, and realise you've left a tool you need for the job in your van. You return to your van only to discover that the window has been smashed and someone has broken in and stolen your tools. This is the kind of situation where you'll be glad of your tools & equipment insurance – with it, your insurer will cover the costs of replacing the stolen tools, so you don't end up out of pocket because of someone else's greed.
Your hard work, in flames
You're on a construction site, installing a central heating system in a new build home. Unfortunately, the on-site electrician has made a mistake when wiring the house and it catches fire, burning away all your hard work. This is where your contractor's all risks insurance comes in handy – your insurer will cover the costs of repairing or re-doing the work, so you don't end up paying out for someone else's mistake.
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