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A lot of people have experienced difficult situations when they urgently needed extra financial help. For instance, you've spent a fortune on Christmas presents to all the friends and relatives. Or you've splurged too much on product advertising. In the case of any financial emergency, the most common misstep is maxing out the credit cards.
Everybody can make debt mistakes. The crucial thing here is what you should do once it happened. In this article, we will share with you the tips of three personal finance experts on what debt mistakes they've experienced and how they managed to overcome them.
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Minimum Payment Mistake
The first example of debt misstep is from Grayson. He has his own blog where he shares his journey and how he managed to get out of $75,000 debt. He eagerly writes about what he has already learned about saving money, paying off the debts, and investing.
His story starts in 2006 when he graduated from college and the real life started. He admits that adulthood is connected not only with bigger paychecks but also with bigger expenses. And often young people realize this simple truth when it's too late and they are in debts from head to foot.
Grayson was the same presumptuous young man when one day he decided to purchase a jet ski. He thought it would be a nice present. Besides, it would only cost him $70 a month… So why not?
All in all, the total purchase cost him more than $10,000. The minimum payments that he regularly did over the next three years happened to repay only $3500 of the total cost. More than that, after the three-year teaser period had finished, the monthly payments jumped to $200. As a result, Grayson realized he couldn't afford this new toy, so he had to sell it.
To sum up this story, remember that the minimum payment isn't always enough to get you out of debt.
Student Loan Mistake
Another example of widespread debt mistake is from Robert Farrington. Robert has his own blog where he writes about student loan debt and debt missteps students often make while studying. His blog is considered to be one of the best and most popular blogs among young people. He points out that the main debt mistake is an abuse of student loan borrowing. Thus, a lot of people can relate to this mistake.
For example, you are middle-aged now and still have quite a large sum of student loan debt from your bachelor's or master's programs. The problem of these people is that they borrowed much more than they actually needed while being students.
There is nothing bad in being self-confident and thinking you can get a better return by investing some of this money. But it can lead to unfavorable results like a snowball of debts that are constantly growing.
To sum up this story, remember that it isn't always a good idea to borrow more money, even if it's offered at a low-interest rate.
Big-Ticket Purchase Mistake
JD Roth, the personal finance expert, decided to share with us the last widespread mistake so many people can make (and even apply for secured personal loans for this). It was not a mistake he made himself but the one he came across during his coast-to-coast trip in the USA. Traveling in North Carolina, JD Roth saw the Biltmore Estate, which is considered the biggest home in the US having 250 rooms and 179,000 square feet.
Bonus: Check the best place to buy sports tickets.
The most striking fact in this story is that George Washington Vanderbilt II built the house paying $5 million out of his $7 million inheritance. In other words, the house cost him three-quarters of his possessions.
The statistics show that the average new house that is constructed now is about 2,600 square feet. In the 1970s, new houses were only about 1,600 square feet, which means the houses are getting bigger and bigger.
To sum up this story, ask yourself what you really need before making your next big-ticket purchase like a car or a house. Is bigger purchase going to make you happier?


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My research interests are based on the interstices between the Economy-Culture-Nature, in particular in tourism and mobility. From a theoretical perspective I combine elements from political economy, cultural economic approaches and political ecology. I view 'the' economy as multiple forms of economic and cultural practices linked to aspects of nature.
From 2009-2013 I was employed as Senior Lecturer at the University of Sunderland (UK) and was mainly responsible for transnational education in tourism;
From 2006-2009 I was Lecturer at the University of Otago (New Zealand);
Before that I completed my PhD on corporate geographies of transnational tourism companies at the University of Exeter (UK).
My recent publications include an edited book entitled Political Economy of Tourism: A Critical Perspective (Routledge, 2011). I am also book series editor (with Caroline Scarles) of Current Developments in the Geographies of Leisure and Tourism.
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"Doctor, I need your help. For several months I've been having this dream that never seems to go away."
The person asking this question is a young man, sitting down in a comfortable red chair. He was exactly six feet in height, blond haired, blue eyes, strong features, and a pale complexion that suggested he wasn't spending enough time outside. His normally cheery face was twisted in a worried expression, and he was moving rather uncomfortably in the chair he was sitting.
The room where he and the Psychiatrist were sitting in was a large, comfortable room, designed to promote relaxation in its occupants, but this had no effect on the young man whatsoever. The contents of this room is irrelevant, save that the room was carpeted in a relaxing red color, with diplomas hanging on the walls, the chair the young man was sitting in, and the large desk and adjoining chair that the Psychiatrist was sitting on.
"Can you describe the nature of this 'dream' you've been having, sir?" the Psychiatrist leaned back in his own red chair, fingers interlaced over his crossed knees. He was five-foot-six, brown haired, gray eyes that can twinkle at will, scholarly featured, and a well-tanned complexion that proclaimed he spent as much time outside as he did in the office.
"I don't know where to begin, sir, but it always started out in a dark place, very, very dark." The young man replied as he shifted again in his seat. He was obviously agitated over this dream, "Every time I close my eyes, I would find myself in this dark place. I would see a large concrete street stretching before me. I would take a step forward, and then before I can stop myself, I would be walking, always down the same path. . . .
The wind blew restlessly as I walked down the cold, wide street, rimed with old-fashioned streetlamps. The sky was an oppressing blackness, no stars, no moon, no blinking lights that pointed out planes. No sounds whatsoever. A newspaper blew by me in the wide street, pale in the dim light cast by lamps around me. I reached over and stopped it from moving further. I opened it and saw it was a copy of The Washington Post. But that was all that was written on it; the rest of the paper was blank, blank as the sky above me.
My path brought me into a large square, rimed by more streetlamps, some of which were sputtering, others blown out completely. In the beginning of these nightly wanderings, they had all been lit, but now the illumination was scattered by burnt-out bulbs and flickering lights. Only one or two still burned brightly and unwavering.
The cold wind picked up in its pace as I sat down upon a bench. I pulled my coat closer towards me, shutting out the damp breeze, but still I shivered. I opened the paper again, and started to scrutinize it closely, hoping to see something when all of a sudden, a blinding light split the still and dark night, outshining the dim lamps around me. I covered my eyes, and got up from where I sat, and began to look for something to shut out the light.
I soon found it; a small alleyway between two buildings down a street that led away from the square. I quickly made my way towards it, and once I was in the cool and soft darkness, I was able to relax.
After a while, (a minute, an hour, or a day, I do not know) I became aware of a large crowd outside of my hiding spot. I turned around to behold a sight that I'll never forget. Hundreds, thousands, maybe more, of people were everywhere, standing in ranks facing forward. People in all of the varied forms of humanity; male and female, adult and child, rich and poor, from Asian to European, all here.
I turned my head towards where they were facing, towards the bright light. There I saw a building; the United States Capitol, the eastern front facing the vast crowd of humanity. As I gazed upon it, the blinding light soon resolved into a globe atop the Capitol. Before the building, I saw a strange figure standing, facing the crowd. It took me awhile to see that he (or it?) was addressing the crowd, but I could hear nothing, even though his arms were gesturing.
The people surrounding me all wore the same expression; a blank, uncomprehending expression as they faced the Speaker. Here and there, amongst the crowd, I saw single persons, with their heads bowed, facing something that they were holding. Curious, I walked over to one. It was a man, but his features were obscured by the large hat he wore. He was holding a little note-book, a pen scratching away into it.
"Hello?" I asked, "What is this place?"
He ignored me, still writing.
I walked directly in front of him, and waved my hand over his field of vision, blocking his view of the note-book. Still, he went on writing. I gave it up, and instead looked at the little book he was so intent upon. All I saw was nothing, nothing was written in it. The pen made no mark on it whatsoever, though I could see that it was full of ink.
"Hey, listen to me! What is this place?" I asked again. Still he ignored me. I reached over, and grabbed him by both arms and shook him, dislodging the note-book. "What is this place? Where am I?"
As soon as I let go, he reached down and picked up the note-book, and began to walk away. As he disappeared in the crowd of humanity, I turned to face the front. The Speaker (whatever he or it, was saying) had taken no notice of me, even though my voice had echoed throughout the vast, empty square. I was the only one whose voice made any sound at all.
"You are all fools!" I yelled, disturbed by the oppressive silence, "Why don't you say something? Anything!?" Still, no answer. As the dying echoes of my voice disappeared in the darkness, I saw everyone beginning to kneel, including the Speaker. Soon, I was the only one left standing. I looked upwards to where the light was, what everyone had bowed to.
And then, I saw words forming in the light. At first, I could not make them out, but then I saw them, and they made me shudder.
Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the Earth.
I tore my gaze away from those blaspheming words, having recalled the Book of Revelation. I instead cast my gaze upon those worshiping the 'light'; the light which I was sure was something false and foul. And then I saw that upon their right hands, or on their foreheads, was a number. The number was six hundred, sixty and six. The Mark of the Beast.
Realizing that I was in a place full of condemned people (for who would not listen to me and think?), I turned and ran for my life. How long I ran, I did not know, but somehow, I ended up in a subway station, of all the places. Catching my breath, leaning up against a coke machine, I became aware of a small group of people standing before a wall, looking at it. Unlike the crowd of humanity above, these were talking, though in whispers, so low I could not make them out. I came closer towards them, and saw what they were looking at; a sight most strange, and did not make much sense to me. Written upon the wall, were these words:
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls
Underneath that was another:
Let freedom ring/Let the white dove sing/Let the whole world know that today/is a day of Reckoning/Let the weak be strong/Let the right be wrong/Roll the stone away/Let the guilty pay/Its Independence Day
The final one was most ominous, but oddly comforting:
I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. The King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. Surely I come quickly. Amen.
. . . . . and the dream ended." Concluded the young man, having relaxed on his seat, as if telling the Psychiatrist had helped relieved his tensions. At first, his narrative was shaky, and he stumbled, but as he went on, his voice had grown stronger and bolder, until he spoke in a conversational tone, as if he was talking about commonplaces with the Psychiatrist. "Do you know what this means?" he queried.
"Well, I do not know what this vision of yours means, so I suggest you visit your Pastor for this seems a religious matter, and I have no experience in such things. However, what I can do is make a few suggestions" The Psychiatrist answered, then asked, "what is your job?"
"I work in an Insurance company; my job is that of casualty insurance. To be more specific, I cover automobile insurance. Why?"
"I suggest you take some time away from the office, and spend some of that time outside. You are suffering from overwork, and lack of sleep, which is probably why you are having these dreams."
"But I've had this dream for months on end!"
"In that case, then what do you do other than insurance work?"
"I attend the Republican Party's meetings, for I'm a Republican; I attend school, government class is what I take, studying to be a lawyer; and I attend bible study with friends and afterwards discuss the current political issues of the day."
"Then I conclude that you are close to suffering a mental break-down. Take a break from these activities for awhile, and then come back later. Also, while you are doing that, I suggest you talk to your Pastor, for you need spiritual guidance and I cannot help you there."
The Psychiatrist stood up, and walked over to the young man, who also had stood up. "You need to take some time out from your work-load, and get more sleep if you do not wish to go insane." The last was said with a smile, and the young man laughed, and replied, "Of course I will. Thank you, sir. I'll go see my Pastor and after that, go on over to the YMCA. Thanks again."
The Psychiatrist opened the door, and showed the young man out. When the door closed, he walked on back to his desk and sat down, a frown on his face. 'This is most odd; that is the third time this week I have talked to people who've had identical dreams' he thought worriedly, 'Does this mean something? If is does, then what does it mean?' he asked himself silently.


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Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives are trying to quell a rebellion over the cost of health-care legislation by dozens of members of their own party.
In a letter yesterday to party leaders, the Blue Dog Coalition, a group of self-proclaimed fiscally conservative Democrats, raised "strong reservations" about the latest draft of a bill they said would fail to sufficiently reduce health- care costs and may hurt doctors and hospitals. The leaders postponed today's scheduled release of the draft, according to a senior Democratic aide.
The bill "fails to include adequate structural changes that will succeed in lowering costs and increasing value," read the letter signed by 40 coalition members.
The potential defection of that many Democratic lawmakers posed a serious challenge because to pass the legislation in the House, Democrats would need Republican support, which is considered unlikely, the aide said.
The objections from Blue Dog Democrats will require the legislation's authors to make changes to have a chance to pass the measure, said the aide, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Democrats hold a 255-178 advantage over Republicans in the House.
The momentum for the revamp of the health-care system has slowed with disagreements hardening in Congress over how to finance the plan. Senate lawmakers from both parties have urged leaders to abandon their goal of bringing the legislation to a vote in the next month. They're clashing over issues such as whether to impose a surtax on wealthy Americans and whether to tax employee-provided health benefits.
More Aggressive Cuts
In their letter yesterday, the Blue Dog Democrats said cost-cutting should be "much more aggressive" in the legislation, which has had a price tag of at least $1 trillion and is President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.
Referring to Obama's push to extend coverage to the estimated 46 million uninsured Americans, the letter said, "We cannot 'add' new consumers to a broken system."
The lawmakers also said a planned government-sponsored insurance program, the so-called public option, should reimburse doctors at market rates to ensure continued high quality of care.
A public-option that resembled the government's Medicare program for elderly Americans "would negatively impact hospitals, doctors and patients," the letter said.
'Seriously Weaken' Hospitals
"Using Medicare's below-market rates," which are sometimes 20 percent to 30 percent below what private insurers pay, "would seriously weaken the financial stability of our local hospitals and doctors," the lawmakers said.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, a Maryland Democrat, Democratic Whip James Clyburn of South Carolina and other party leaders met with Representatives John Tanner of Tennessee, Dennis Cardoza of California and other members of the Blue Dog Coalition yesterday to try to preserve support for the plan to create the publicly run insurance program to compete with private coverage providers.
House Republicans have banded together this year to vote almost unanimously against most major pieces of legislation. Their leaders have denounced the health-care overhaul as a prescription for destabilizing private insurance and denying Americans choice of doctors.
In their letter, the Blue Dog Democrats also urged caution about requiring small businesses to provide employees with health-care coverage.
"Small business owners and their employees lack coverage because of high and unstable costs -- not because of an unwillingness to provide or purchase it," the lawmakers said. "We cannot support a bill that further exacerbates the challenges faced by small businesses."
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A man who has settled down from an otherwise adventurous lifestyle and started a family. The ultimate destiny of anyone who fights, and subsequently loses to, Guile from the Street Fighter franchise. Family men are known to be overly patriotic due to getting their butts kicked by a man with a tattoo of the American flag on each bicep. Family men are not necessarily male; a small number of females have been known to become family men after facing Guile in combat.
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BEIJING — In the latest bid to turn the tide in the world's biggest counterfeiting market, the European Union has urged Chinese retailers and manufacturers to accept a "gentleman's agreement" that would stop a wave of legal action.
"The idea is to try and have a kind of gentleman's agreement, understanding and exchange of goodwill on both sides. If it works, OK; if not there will be massive litigation and massive condemnation," said EU ambassador Serge Abou.
After a case brought by some of the world's top luxury brands, a Chinese landlord in the capital's famous Silk Alley market was fined $12,500 for allowing fakes to be allowed to sold on his premises.
Foreign firms see this as a great opportunity to start wide-scale legal action against pirates and their landlords.
Under the EU plan, landlords would agree not to allow the sale of counterfeit foreign brands in their stores.
This could form a blueprint for a nationwide plan, Abou said, adding that a memorandum of understanding could be signed when EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson visits Beijing next week.
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Governor Pat Quinn signed Senate Bill 957 into law Sunday, a bill that will help ensure every Illinois motorist, including the 250,000 illegal immigrant motorists, be properly licensed to drive.
Quinn, an early supporter of the bill says, unlicensed drivers present a serious, but preventable safety risk to all Illinois drivers.
"There`s a passage in scripture, if you save one life you save the world and that`s why we`re here today -coming together to save lives, said Gov. Pat Quinn."
According to the Illinois Highway Safety Coalition, unlicensed, uninsured drivers are involved in almost 80,000 accidents in Illinois each year, resulting in $660 million in damage.
Illinois Senate President John Cullerton, the Chief senate sponsor of the bill said bi-partisan cooperation helped get the historic legislation passed.
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Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Peter Kay. The stars which have graced the stage of the Opera House reads like a who's who of popular culture for the past century.
Now in its third reincarnation, the modern-day Opera House opened in 1939, designed by Charles MacKeith and was built to reflect a cinematic experience for its almost 3,000-strong audience who can experience a diverse entertainment mix on its stage – one of the biggest and widest in Europe.
Described as a "masterpiece of theatre design", the Opera House still retains a lot of its original features which have also been given the royal seal of approval by the Queen who oversaw two Royal Variety Performances here in 1955 and 2009.
In recent years, the Opera House has become a second home to some of the biggest West End shows, from Cats to Joseph to Hairspray and Shrek. Its facilities allow the Opera House to accommodate the biggest shows with the biggest stars outside of the major cities and a must-see stop on the tours from London up north.
Experienced on three levels, the Opera House is a unique venue which has rightly taken its place in the entertainment Hall of Fame over the past 100 years.
- Her Majesty's Opera House originally opened on June 10, 1889
- The "first" Opera House was designed by the legendary Frank Matcham, responsible for some of the most iconic theatres across the UK
- MacKeith's other Blackpool projects include the Savoy Café (now Brannigans), the Ramsden Arms on Talbot Road and the Red Lion in Bispham
- The first headliner of the "second" Opera House was Anna Pavlova – the first time professional ballet had been seen in Blackpool
- One of the features retained by the Opera House is a "magic microphone" used by Frank Sinatra in the 1950s.
Opera House Blackpool Accessibility
The Opera House Blackpool is a fully accessible venue with lift access to all floors. Dedicated wheelchair spaces are located in the stalls and accessed via the Floral Hall or Church Street doors.
For accessible bookings, use our dedicated access line and please make sure to explain your particular access requirements when you book your tickets.
Dedicated Access booking line: 01253 749273.
Opera House Blackpool Shows and Tickets
Unless otherwise stated tickets are available via TicketMaster UK, in box office or by calling 0844 856 1111, links are supplied from the individual event pages to the relevant booking pages.
In some instances, tickets may be available via different platforms.
You can see all of the upcoming shows for the Opera House and all other Winter Gardens venues by visiting our What's On page.
Opera House Blackpool Seating Plan
The Opera House has fixed theatre style seating over 3 floors including the Stalls, Circle and Balcony. With no restricted views the Opera House provides fantastic views of the entire stage although those who don't like heights aren't advised to book seats with the Balcony.
Key Information
- Capacity: Almost 3000
- Ideal For: Musicals, Stand up Comedians, Concerts
- Interesting Fact: The first Royal Variety Performance to be held outside London was staged at the Opera House in 1955


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I don't know about you but Christmas usually brings with it an array of gift boxes in all manner of sizes and shapes. This year was no exception, even receiving this pretty hexagon one and thought it was too nice to throw away. Of course I felt a DIY brewing. I'm loving the cork trend at the moment and so decided to play into that, remembering this super nifty self adhesive cork from a previous project. You can use any size or shape box you fancy but if you like the hexagon vibe, I've linked to a place you can get hold of one below.
I don't know about you but usually a new year gets me rethinking organisation across the board and that's been especially relevant this new year having just finished my new studio. I say 'I' but it's definitely more a case of 'we'. My husband did a lot of furniture building…and rebuilding. I'm so happy with the way it's come together and can't wait to show you guys soon but for now I've been having a great time organising my props, my stock and all those stray crafting materials. These boxes are a great idea for minimal desk storage, especially in a few different sizes.
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Start with the top of the lid. Peel away a little of the plastic backing and line the corner up correctly. Then gradually continue to peel back, pressing down as you go. If there is any over hang at the end just use the knife / scissors to trim that off.
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Your box is ready to go and why stop there? Why not make a few in different sizes. Use them for your desk or around the home or even go wild and regift the box with a present inside. That way they kind of get a double gift!
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from Tim Challies Mar 20, 2009 Category: ArticlesLate this afternoon we heard from Thabiti Anyabwile on "Cosmic Treason: Sin & the Holiness of God." He began by joking that his name is Swahili and roughly translated means "suffering for Jesus in the Cayman Islands." And then he got down to business. He read Numbers 25 and divided his exposition of this chapter into four sections. He wanted to use this passage to make some observations about sin as cosmic treason. Keep Reading
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Like Jeffrey, I've found posting during cooloquium (I'm letting that typo stand!) difficult, not for reasons you might surmise however.
First, I'm learning to adapt to the qwerty reality of a tablet. And I've somehow acquired a very debilitating sinus infection that has kept me up these last two nights. Enough of that.
All I wish to share is that among many wonderful sessions and rehearsals, I experienced the most beautiful Mass of my Catholic life yesterday, an EF within the Octave of Pentecost. How can I sum this up? I finally felt the joy of being a "child of God." Even though I know that Mass, per se, isn't solely a "me and Jesus" encounter, there was no doubt, repeat, NO DOUBT, that through the actions and enactions of His ordained ministers, the diverse sub-groups of scholas, choirs, acolytes, concelebrants and the Faithful in general, I was with and among my real family. I was partaking, finally, not as a stranger but as friend. I knew we were all elsewhere, clearly and unequivocally in the presence of Christ offering Himself again to our Father through the guidance and support of two millenia's work within His Church.
From 2006 to 2011, joy of joys, and these last forty years, that some I believe errantly describe as our liturgical wanderings in the desert, proved to be of great consequence and value- these few years led this soul to the treasure-filled banquet in the union of heaven and earth.
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Mr. Hammond: The Minister has cited as one of the circumstances in which the provisions would not apply a situation in which collective procedures, rather than the statutory procedure, had been used. Is not the import of what we have just discussed in clause 30 that those collective procedures would be additional to and consistent with the statutory procedures? If so, it is not clear to me why he needs to exclude compliance with the statutory procedures. By implication, those would have been complied with because the broader and more extensive procedure that he has in mind had been complied with.
Alan Johnson: Simply, if, for example, a grievance had been taken up by a trade union and represented collectively-whatever that grievance might be-it would be unfair on employers to expect each individual to go through the grievance procedure when the matter was being dealt with collectively with the employees. We do not want to duplicate the process and force employers to go through a procedure several times when the issue is collective.
A balance needs to be struck. We are determined to get it right, and we will consult on the regulations. I recognise that these are important issues, but I hope that I have given some flavour of what we expect from the provision to which amendment No. 54 refers.
Are we also debating amendment No. 55?
Mr. Hammond: Yes.
Alan Johnson: I am here courtesy of Nurofen this morning, but I will struggle through.
Amendment No. 55 attempts to remove the Government's ability to modify statutory procedures. However, I believe that the provision that it would delete is sensible and necessary. We have no intention of making wholesale modification of the procedures, but we need flexibility in case, when we come to make the regulations, we discover circumstances in which it would be sensible to adjust them.
Let me give the illustration for which the hon. Gentleman asked. We might want to allow for a delay in the disciplinary procedure should an employee under notice of dismissal make an application to a tribunal for interim relief while the procedure is taking place. In such circumstances, the outcome of the interim relief application would be crucial to the decision about the dismissal. That would require a modification to the procedure because under the procedure, the timing of the meetings is required to be reasonable. As hon. Members will know, interim relief is available where the tribunal thinks that the employer may have dismissed for certain reasons that are automatically unfair. Union membership is one example, as is the so-called whistleblower's act of making a disclosure in the public interest.
I hope that those examples give the hon. Member enough substance to be able to withdraw what is, as he said himself, a probing amendment.
Mr. Hammond: I am grateful to the Minister. His comments were very useful. However, I have to probe him a little further on collective dealing. Does the Minister propose that where a recognised trade union is negotiating on behalf of its members in a workplace, other employees who are not represented by the union would be prevented from raising a similar matter through the grievance procedure? Is that what the Minister has in mind? Can he assure the Committee that the availability of a separate procedure for collectively represented workers will not in any way exclude the rights of unrepresented workers in a workplace where such a procedure is taking place.
Alan Johnson: It would depend on the issue. If there were a collective issue about the absence of a proper catering facility and the union was addressing that collectively with the employer, it would be unfair, given that a recognised union exists to deal with collective issues, to insist that the employer should deal with complaints about the absence of facilities individually as well. That is an important point, because I would not want to take away the rights to pursue a grievance of individuals who are not trade union members. We shall consider the point when we come to the regulations, but I hope that the hon. Gentleman understands the gist of what we are trying to do.
Mr. Hammond: I do indeed understand the purpose that the Minister outlined. I am grateful to him for recognising the potential difficulty if the Bill deprived an individual worker of what he would regard as his rights. That would place the worker in an adverse position simply because some of his colleagues were pursuing a collective route to solution of a similar grievance.
I am glad that we have had the opportunity to flag up that concern. I am grateful to the Minister for undertaking to consider it. I hope that we can return to the point later in the Bill's consideration to ensure that we do not inadvertently create a group of second-class employees who have fewer rights than colleagues in a non-unionised workplace, simply because some of their colleagues are unionised. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Mr. Hammond: I beg to move amendment No. 56, in page 36, line 45, leave out paragraph (b).
The Chairman: With this it will be convenient to take amendment No. 57 in page 36, line 48, leave out paragraph (c).
Mr. Hammond: Again, I suspect the grouping of these amendments is more in the interests of economy than anything else. Amendment No. 56 is a probing amendment, to seek the Minister's clarification of just what jurisdictions he has in mind. A list of jurisdictions is contained in schedule 3, and subsection (6)(b) gives the Secretary of State the power to make provision, excluding the application of clause 31 to proceedings, relating to claims of any specified description in relation to any specified jurisdiction. That is very widely drafted, and we are being asked to scrutinise a Bill that contains very wide regulation-making powers. It is appropriate to ask the Minister to explain just what he has in mind and why he thinks he needs that very wide power.
Amendment No. 57 reverts to a familiar theme and a debate that I guess we have already had in relation to another part of the Bill. It is about the power that the Minister is giving himself to define someone who is not an employee as an employee for the purpose of clause 31, and, indeed, to define someone who is not an employer as an employer. Without wanting to go round the loop of the employee-worker debate, I maintain that the power is unnecessary because if at some future stage the Government are determined to extend the definition of employee in general employment protection legislation, a general application change would have to be made to the primary legislation, although I do not know exactly how that could be done. Nevertheless, such changes would affect a wider body of legislation than this Bill.
It is unclear why the Minister needs to take a specific order-making power to deal with something that would arise only as part of a broader decision to change the boundary between employee and worker or the definition of who is subject to or benefits from the Bill and similar legislation. I am unhappy that he is taking a power to do something that could not be done by order if it were to apply generally. If the power was of narrow application to the clause, it would sit oddly with the Secretary of State's confirmation on Second Reading that the question of the worker-employee distinction would be part of the Government's broader review of employment legislation, which will, if she believes it necessary, lead to legislation during the course of this Parliament. I would be pleased to hear the Minister's views on those two subjects and an explanation on my last point.
Alan Johnson: On amendment No. 56, schedule 3 lists the jurisdictions to which clause 31 applies. The probing amendment is searching for an example of where we may need the power that the amendment seeks to exclude so that that example may be addressed in the regulations, which returns us to the collective versus individual argument. For example, although unfair dismissal is one jurisdiction listed in schedule 3, it is unlikely to be possible to apply the statutory procedures to unfair dismissals arising out of industrial action because they arise out of a collective dispute. This example relates to a jurisdiction already listed in schedule 3, but subsection (6)(a) enables new jurisdictions to be added to the list. When and if we consider making such additions, it may well become apparent that the statutory procedures are suitable for some descriptions of claims that can be brought under the jurisdiction but not others. It is therefore prudent to be able to exclude the procedures from applying to particular descriptions of claim within a jurisdiction that might be added in future.
Prudence also drives us to oppose amendment No. 57. We have previously cantered round the worker-versus-employees course. It is sensible to retain the flexibility to widen the coverage of the clause beyond employees, should that be considered necessary in the light of next year's employment legislation review. The subsection that the amendment seeks to remove will give us the ability to implement the findings of the review if it recommends an extension of the clause to non-employees. The hon. Gentleman does not know how that could be done, and in that he is at one with me, but we should not pre-empt the outcome of the review. It may lead to changes in some areas, it may lead to no changes or it may lead to the type of blanket change to which he referred, which would have to be dealt with in other legislation.
Mr. Hammond: In my opening remarks, I should have asked the Minister to give a categorical assurance that he will not introduce an order under this subsection other than as a consequence of the comprehensive review about which the Secretary of State has spoken. He gave such an assurance the last time we discussed the worker-employee distinction, and if he can give us such an assurance now it would alleviate our concern.
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Don't Talk to Strangers
When I was a child, the word "friend" was a noun and referred to a few close acquaintances in my neighborhood and at school.
In our social networking lives today, a friend can be practically anyone... and now you don't have to know a friend to have a friend. This new difference is important when speaking with children and teens. In short, "friend" is a verb when speaking of Facebook and other social networks.
A majority of teens and tweens will friend most people on social networks. They will friend their friends, of course. They will friend people who know their friends, i.e., friends of friends.
Taking this concept further, kids will friend someone they met just once. They will friend a boy at school they have never met and say, "But hey, he goes to my school!"
Tweens and teens will friend the parents and siblings of their friends. Sometimes, they friend teachers and coaches. They will even friend an adult that "looks nice on-screen" because their friend did. In essence, kids today are capable of being a friend with someone they don't really know. Does that alarm you as a parent?
In my day, we used to refer to a person we didn't know as a "stranger." And my mom taught me never to speak with strangers. In one dictionary I checked, the word "stranger" is defined as a "person whom one does not know or with whom one is not familiar."
Thus, the concept of "friend" is different now because of social networking. At the same time, the concept of "stranger" is different too -- and the original definition seems to be lost.
So beware mom and dad, if you tell a child not to speak with strangers, well...the definition of stranger no longer means someone you don't know. On Facebook, those "whom one does not know or with whom one is not familiar" are now called friends..
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It's important to speak with your child about communicating online with unknown or unfamiliar people. If you speak of "strangers," you are likely not communicating what you really intend. Discuss with your child the concept of safe "friending" practices. I'll leave it to you as a parent to determine those safe practices for your family.
I have four kids and I know that it's difficult to keep track of their online and social whereabouts. The good news is that there are software tools that allow parents to monitor a teen on social networks such as Facebook.
At third-party review websites like CNET, TopTenReviews, or ZDNet, there are tools such as "Facebook monitor" or "Facebook parental control" solutions.
Kids appreciate having open lines of communication with parents. They like to have rules and they like to know their boundaries. These things provide a sense of security. And kids want to feel safe. In addition to talking with your teen, software tools can be helpful for the busy parent, to be alerted to the occasional "friending" mistake made on a social network.
About the Author: Russ Warner is the CEO of ContentWatch, makers of Net Nanny Social. The opinions expressed here are his own


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All of our Bundts are made from scratch and come from our very own homemade recipes. With no added preservatives these Bundts will be shipped to your doorstep as fresh as they were when they came out of the oven. Bundts are Gluten-Free (except for cookie butter flavor) with no added sugar. Using all natural ingredients, we made sure that every bite was filled with a warm, familiar taste.
Being an almond lover forever I had to include this flour in my recipes as it added such a rich flavor to the Bundts. Almond flour serves as a low-carb alternative to wheat and all-purpose flour. This flour is very high in dietary fibers which so many people lack in there regular diets. A great healthy alternative to the various other flours which fits perfectly into the Paleo diet!
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This is a blend of various Gluten-Free flours that we felt we had to include in our protein bundt cakes. We at Bundts of Steel have realized the dangers with starchy flours as they contain almost no vitamins or minerals, and lack protein and fiber. All of the Gluten-Free flours found in our Bundt cakes are rich in vitamins and minerals, assist in weight loss, and help balance your energy levels.
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Rogue permissions are the bane of every systems administrator. Have you ever migrated users from one group to another and then spent hours tracking and updating the security permissions of files and directories so that your migrated users can access them? Security Explorer, from Small Wonders of Orlando, helps you manage your file security better.
Security Explorer is a utility that lets you view and change the security permissions on files in your Windows NT environment. The utility's extensive search capabilities let you search across subdirectories for permissions on specific groups and modify those permissions recursively on your system without affecting the permissions of other users. As Screen 1 shows, you can even replace the security permissions for an entire group with permissions for another group (e.g., move all the permissions for the marketing group to the sales group).
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Installing Security Explorer is simple. My test copy arrived on two disks. I installed the program on my primary NT 4.0 Server, a home-built Micronics-based dual-Pentium II system. This server, with 8GB of hard disk space at 75 percent capacity, serves all the users in my test lab, so it was a natural selection. After running the setup program, I had to answer a few simple questions regarding the program's installation. A few minutes later, I started using the software--no reboot was necessary. The install program automatically places the Security Explorer icon on your desktop.
Running Security Explorer launches a Windows Explorer-like screen from which you can search, view, and manipulate security permissions on your server's drives. You can launch the program using the Start Menu, Security Explorer's desktop icon, or Windows Explorer. To launch the program in Windows Explorer, you right-click the file you want to perform a security-related operation on and select the Security Explorer option.
User Interface
Similar to Windows Explorer, Security Explorer uses a dual-pane window configuration, with directories shown in the left pane and a directory's contents shown in the right pane. You navigate through directories by expanding and collapsing branches. A series of toolbar buttons along the top of the window lets you perform various security functions once you select a file or directory.
Overall, I was not very pleased with Security Explorer's user interface. Although setting or changing the permissions for a file or directory took fewer keystrokes in Security Explorer than in Windows Explorer, I still found the process tedious. For instance, to change a directory's permissions, you navigate through the directory list, click the directory, and then click the Grant or Revoke permissions toolbar button, which launches a dialog box in which you can make the necessary changes.
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After you specify your search criteria, an interim screen with search results appears. You select a file or directory in the result list and click View permissions to see the permissions for that file. You can then change the permissions for the file if you want.
I also liked Security Explorer's permissions clone feature. When you clone permissions, you select the permissions of a user or group as the source and specify the user or group to which you want to clone the permissions. This feature lets you create new groups and move permissions for your entire directory tree to the new group, saving yourself time and aggravation.
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Reddies baseball finish as GAC runners up
For the third consecutive year Henderson State finished as runners-up at the Great American Conference Baseball Tournament as the Reddies lost to Arkansas-Monticello 6-1 in the championship game, Sunday in Arkadelphia.
Henderson collected just four hits in the game and stranded eight base runners while UAM totaled 10 hits and played solid defense to win its second straight GAC Championship.
UAM, 32-19 on the year, struck first in the second-inning as Guy Halbert reached on a one-out walk and advanced to second on a wild pitch by Reddie starting pitcher Austin Cross.
With two-outs, Austin Brakebill delivered a seeing-eye single to left field to score Halbert. Lathan McFadden then blasted a double over the head of HSU center fielder Alan Hall to score Brakebill. The inning continued with Nick Piraino reaching on a walk and tournament MVP Brian Ray driving in the third run with a single to right field to give the Boll Weevils a 3-0 lead.
Henderson cut into the deficit in the third-inning as the Reddies loaded the bases thanks to a walk, a hit batter and a single by Hall. Hayden Lessenberry drove a Kris Brown pitch to deep right field that was caught by McFadden as he banged into the wall. Nolan Ryan scored on the sacrifice fly to make the score 3-1.
The Boll Weevils tacked on an unearned run in the fourth and two more in the seventh on a two-run blast by GAC All-Tournament selection Brady Weiss.
Hayden Lessenberry had two doubles in the game with Hall and Brentten Schwabb both having singles.
Bryant Haralson entered the game in the third-inning on just two days rest and pitched 5 1/3 innings picking up a pair of strikeouts.
Henderson landed four players on the GAC All-Tournament Team including Hayden Lessenberry, Parker Jones, Bryant Haralson and Bryant Haralson.
Lessenberry had six extra-base hits in the tournament including five doubles, a home run and five runs batted in.
Jones finished the six games hitting .480 going 12-for-25 with a pair of doubles and four runs batted in.
Patterson totaled three saves in the tournament and struck out eight batters in six innings of work. Patterson finished the year with 13 saves.
Haralson worked 19 2/3 innings while striking out 20 batters in picking up two wins. Haralson finished with 114 strikeouts on the year, the second most in a season in GAC history.
The Reddies finished the year with a 32-21 record. It is the third straight year Henderson finished with 30 or more wins.


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McAuliffe signs bill to let ex-officers be armed in schools
RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) -- Gov. Terry McAuliffe has signed legislation that will allow some retired police officers to conceal carry while working as security guards at schools.
Guns are generally banned from school grounds under state law, with an exception for active law enforcement personnel assigned to schools as part of their official duties.
House Bill 1392 would give schools the option of hiring armed security guards as school board employees, but only if the guard is a retired law enforcement officer who has been retired for 10 years or less.
McAuliffe quietly signed the bill Monday, according to the state's online legislative system.
It will go into effect on July 1.
Delegates in support of the bill said it will mean better protection for teachers and students.
"This gives rural communities the added benefit of being able to hire these retired police officers because they just don't have enough cops to go around," said Del. L. Scott Lingamfelter of Prince William County to the Richmond Times Dispatch.
The bill does not force local school boards to hire armed guards, but opens it up as an option for localities that want to pursue it.
This year's version of the bill was amended to require armed guards to prove that they meet specific training and qualification standards, including receiving instruction in active shooter response. Schools boards would also have to check with local police before granting a security guard the ability to carry a gun.


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Examples of pituitary gland disorders include pituitary gland tumors, hypopituitarism and acromegaly, states Hormone Health Network. Pituitary gland tumors, the most common type of pituitary disorder, are usually benign.Continue Reading
Physicians refer to the pituitary gland, located at the base of the brain, as the master gland because it is responsible for many essential hormones and bodily processes, according to Hormone Health Network. Pituitary tumors are rarely cancerous but can cause problems for patients through hypersecretion, hyposecretion and tumor mass effects. Hypersecretion occurs when the gland releases too much of a hormone, while hyposecretion means the pituitary gland releases too little of a hormone. Pituitary tumors can also grow large and press against the brain, resulting in headaches and vision problems.
Hypopituitarism occurs when the pituitary gland does not release enough of its essential hormones, such as prolactin, adrenocorticotropin or luteinizing hormone, states Hormone Health Network. Symptoms vary widely based on the hormone affected. Tumors, brain surgery, traumatic brain injury or severe bleeding in the brain can cause this condition.
An excess of growth hormone in the blood causes acromegaly and is typically seen in middle-aged men and women, advises Hormone Health Network. Symptoms include disruptions in energy level, muscle strength and bone health. Acromegaly is usually caused by a tumor in the pituitary gland called a pituitary adenoma, but it can also result from a hormone-producing tumor elsewhere in the body.Learn more about Conditions & Diseases


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Microsoft Corporation has announced that the next generation of operating system, Windows 8, will be available from 26th October of this year. It is an operating system which has been made for people who are slowly shifting from personal computers to smartphones.
Windows 8 is going to be made available in one hundred and nine languages. It is going to be marketed in over two hundred markets all over the world. The new operating system is going to be available from next month for computers, smartphones and tablet makers to build into their hardware. Marketing effort of this magnitude will make Windows 8 the biggest deal for Microsoft Corporation to have happened in the last seventeen years since the launch of the Windows 95 operating system.
Microsoft had presented the Windows 7 system exactly three years ago. It has sold more than six hundred million licenses of Windows 7 since then and the software is being used by a majority of business desktop PCs. Windows 8 will also be used on many smartphones and tablet computers including Microsoft's own tablet, Surface, which is to be launched this year.
The Surface tablets of Microsoft will come out in the market when the Windows 8 operating system becomes available to the public in the month of October. Windows 8 will allow users to easily share and store personal information among several devices under the cloud-based computing service of Sky Drive.
Windows 8 will support a large range of devices including the stylus-based and touch smartphones, tablet PCs, desktops and laptops. Some versions of Windows 8 have been specially designed for chips that are meant for various mobile phones.
With Windows 8, Microsoft may just stretch its presence in the big market for smartphones and tablets that is, at present, heavily dominated by Apple and Google.


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Our preschool program is designed to meet the needs of children age four and five and to prepare them for entering kindergarten or other appropriate programs.
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If your child is not riding the bus please let us know. Our bus run is lengthy and it helps if we do not go by homes when the child is going to be out. Call 652-9590 before 7:15 and leave a message.
If Bristol Tennessee City Schools are on a two hour delay, our class does not attend school. It is too confusing for the children and we would only be at school a very short period of time.
If Bristol Tennessee City School are cancelled, we are as well.
We begin at 8:00 a. m. and end at 12:00. If your child rides with you, you may bring them between 8:00 and 8:15 and pick them up at 11:45, This keeps confusion to a minimum when we begin to load buses.
We follow the holiday schedule for Bristol Tennessee City Schools.
Please keep your child home if they are running a fever, throwing up or have a green or yellow discharge from the nose. They need to be free of these symtoms for 24 hours before returning. If you feel they have anything contagious please keep them home. We are careful not to spread desease.
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U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan visited Iraq on Saturday for the first time since the U.S.-led invasion more than 21/2 years ago -- a war he had condemned as illegal -- and called for reconciliation among political factions vying for the country's leadership.
During his brief visit, Annan rushed between meetings with the leaders of the government elected in January, including Prime Minister Ibrahim Jafari, a Shiite Muslim, and Vice President Ghazi Yawar, a Sunni Muslim. Annan also met with former prime minister Ayad Allawi, now a member of parliament.
"The political transition must be a process that is inclusive and transparent and takes into account the concerns of all groups," Annan said about parliamentary elections set for next month, the Reuters news agency reported.
The Iraqi government has been pushing the United Nations to become more involved in the country, requesting humanitarian help and a peacekeeping force that could ultimately replace the U.S.-led troops viewed by many Iraqis as occupiers. The United Nations, which pulled out of Iraq in the months following the August 2003 bombing at its Baghdad headquarters, is slowly reestablishing its presence in the country. The attack killed 22 people, including the top U.N. envoy to Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello.
"Welcome to Baghdad," Yawar said, greeting Annan as the two settled into a palatial meeting room in the fortified Green Zone. "There is no one more welcome in Baghdad than the U.N. representative. You promised us you would come here, and you have fulfilled this promise."
Annan declined to speak with reporters after his 15-minute meeting with Yawar, a session that had been scheduled to last an hour. Annan left the country before sunset.
Yawar, fielding questions from behind a bank of microphones, said Annan had come to Baghdad to rally support for an Arab League conference organized to bring together Iraqi political participants in advance of the Dec. 15 elections.
"He promised to support the conference and the decisions made there," Yawar said. "We also discussed the ways to reactivate the U.N. role in Iraq through the political and economic support after the elections."
In a short news conference with Jafari earlier in the day, Annan said the United Nations was encouraging participation in the conference, "which aims at building a new future for the Iraqi people."
Annan's visit came a day after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced trip to the country to push for participation in the elections by the Sunni Arab minority. Rice also expressed cautious support for the conference. "All parties who attend should recognize that they are participating with an elected Iraqi government," she said, adding, "The lead on this really ought to be the Iraqi government."
Hours after Annan arrived in Baghdad, a bomb exploded in a market in the New Baghdad neighborhood in an eastern part of the city, killing at least eight people, including a small girl, witnesses said.
Annan stopped in Amman, Jordan, on Friday to condemn the bombings of three hotels Wednesday that killed nearly 60 people. Some Iraqis expressed anger that Annan had visited Jordan before Iraq.
"He visited Amman just because 50 people were killed, while in Iraq hundreds die each day," said Abdullah Dulaimi, 36, who works in an electronics store. "After almost three years of suffering, he comes to Iraq. He came to say hello to the government and leave back to America."
Hassan Ali, 45, who was a brigadier general in the former army, also criticized the visit. "Kofi Annan's visit to Iraq means nothing for the Iraqis, but it means a lot to the Iraqi government and the American government. It will give them the political support and the political cover for whatever they are doing."
Meanwhile, unconfirmed reports continued to circulate that Izzat Ibrahim Douri, who was a top deputy to ousted president Saddam Hussein, had died Friday. But in his home town of Dour, there were no signs of mourning that traditionally would be common after such a death. Many of the town's residents are related to Douri.
Douri is considered the highest-ranking member of Hussein's inner circle still at large -- the king of clubs in the U.S.-issued card deck of wanted Iraqis -- and is believed to be an important strategist in the Iraqi insurgency. The United States has offered a $10 million reward for his confirmed death or information leading to his capture.
News that Douri had died was initially posted on an Arabic-language Web site based in Britain. The announcement described Douri as the "leader of the Iraqi resistance" but did not provide details on where or how he might have died. Douri reportedly has leukemia.
At least three erroneous reports of his capture have surfaced since U.S. forces toppled Hussein's government in April 2003. There have been several reports that he might be intentionally spreading false information about himself.
"What the satellite channels announced is untrue," said Hammad Khaylif Douri, 33, a former intelligence officer in Dour.
Safaa Douri, a former member of Hussein's elite Special Republican Guard and now a police officer in the new Iraqi force, also dismissed the reports, saying the news was untrue "because if it is really true, huge demonstrations would happen here." The town was quiet Saturday.
Safaa Douri invited a Post correspondent to meet with Izzat Douri's main assistant in the town on the condition that the correspondent be blindfolded on the way there. They arrived at a house, and the correspondent met a man who identified himself as Abdul Qadir Douri, who appeared to be in his fifties.
"Izzat Douri is alive," he said, reacting angrily to the question about Douri's possible death.
It was not possible to independently verify the accounts about Douri.
Special correspondents Bassam Sebti, Naseer Nouri and K.I. Ibrahim in Baghdad and Salih Saif Aldin in Dour contributed to this report.