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The 1st & 3rd Tuesday Night Cafe – LGBTQ Family Night!
“Who Lights Up Your Life?”: a community-driven visual art project presented by Tuesday Night Project and the Big Draw LA!
Parking is available across the street at the Aiso Street Parking Lot!
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Tuesday Night Project is an Asian American grassroots and volunteer-based organization fiercely devoted to bridging communities by providing programming and interactive spaces for people to connect through artistic expression and strong, creative, community partnerships. Founded in 1998, it has grown into a community of artists, organizers, activists, professionals, independent business owners, educators, and community members.

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I hope our nation realizes that electing a new president was only the beginning of this new way of thinking we need to embrace. With a fierce battle waging between capitalism, socialism , Marxism, racism, terrorism, nationalism – let’s do more than just cross our fingers that the prevailing philosophy will be volunteerism.
Over at the Smoking Gun, they have reported on an MTV interview with Barack Obama about the new ordinance in Riviera Beach, FL banning the “sagging” of pants, a style popular amongst the youth, the skate/surf crowd, and of course, the cause of all of the world’s problems: the hip hop culture.
The big questions for me: is the law against wearing your pants/shorts below what the government determines is your waist, or is the law against the exposure of underwear? If it’s all about the waist, who gets to decide where a 2008 American waistline should be? What if you were wearing gym shorts under your underwear, and just the shorts were seen or exposed? Are underwear really that offensive? Are seeing exposed, multi-colored boxers any different than seeing someone at the beach in board shorts? Don’t we see advertisements with people in their underwear on tv, magazines, billboards, newspapers, and in the mail everyday?
What if you were wearing shorts with extra big and long pockets that could be worn at the waist but are baggy enough they appear you are wearing them 3 inches below the waist? Is seeing underwear worse than seeing someone without a shirt on? What if you were trying to be a good citizen and your belt broke, and you were on your way to the store to purchase a new one? Would you get leniency? I’m not sure of their motives, but I’ve seen women’s attire be far more borderline indecent; I’ve seen people wearing bandanas look far more menacing; and I’ve seen t-shirts with words and sentiments are far more obscene. Correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t I allowed to wear a shirt that says “F*ck You”?
If a person of ordinary intelligence cannot determine what persons are regulated, what conduct is prohibited, or what punishment may be imposed under a particular law, then the law will be deemed unconstitutionally vague. The U.S. Supreme Court has said that no one may be required at peril of life, liberty, or property to speculate as to the meaning of a penal law. Everyone is entitled to know what the government commands or forbids.
It’s fairly easy to pinpoint laws created to attack particular groups of people whether it’s the youth or black people. I feel everyone has the right to be comfortable in how they dress and choose their own appearance, as long as it isn’t causing harm to another citizen, or violates rules of private businesses or certain places because of the distracting nature (i.e. school, church, etc.) I remember when I was in high school, our administration actually voted and placed a ban on any t-shirts soliciting any association, promotion, or related imagery with Marilyn Manson. At the time, I remember thinking how ridiculous and insane that seemed to me, even as a 16-year old kid who knew very little about life and discrimination – but not caring because it wasn’t an injustice directed towards me. This was also around the same time when my mind started developing realizations that adults were not superheroes – they were just older versions of myself, capable of making the same stupid mistakes, having the same poor judgment, but clouded by preconceived perceptions, outside influences, and how their “neighbors” thought about them.
It’s not the president’s responsibility though to enter in and intervene in municipal politics. That’s what local politicians are for. Those people who oppose such gross misuses of power and government resources should be using their local voice to influence local politicians. Politicians that want to stay in office, do what the people nag them for – and if they know that the spectrum of people who decide if they get re-elected has ballooned, and more people are a part of the political process, then they will be more likely to cater to those groups. I hope people of all color and age, take their involvement in getting Barack Obama elected as a sign that we need to be more involved with politics on every level of government across the whole country.
Hopefully, people will see that for the most part, the things they did to support the presidential election and candidate, were not all that complicated or time-consuming. I’m glad that this election motivated and inspired people to register and join the political process, no matter what they’re reasons for doing so. More voices = more opinions = more chances of finding solutions. If you feel that strongly about it, the great thing about our country is that you can travel down to Riviera Beach, FL and do something about it.
Mike Tyson & Bobby Brown sing the “Monster Mash” on The Jimmy Kimmel Show.
The “how many” on Halloween 2008 won’t be in regards to the amount of candy, but the amount of Obama/McCain/Palin/Joe the Plumber costumes I will have to come across. Happy Halloween, everyone.
Just some lesser known gems from around the music spectrum.
It’s time to change the American culture.
Should the president, who is only one man in a nation of millions, have the right to shape American culture how he sees fit? Isn’t he there to serve the people? Shouldn’t Americans shape American culture? The president is merely supposed to be the figurehead guide for the political process. If the American people decide as an overwhelming collective that we want to celebrate and integrate into our American culture that October 16th will be “National Wear-Your-Underwear-on-Your-Head Day” – doesn’t the president have a duty to serve our interests and not his opinion of our interests?
Related Links: Find out which presidential candidate represents your beliefs the best.
In support of Blog Action Day, we should all take an opportunity to reflect on the reality of poverty. I definitely think there are two types of people when it comes to the issue of poverty: those who acknowledge it and have seen proof of it’s existence (and in some sense can probably relate), and those who exile the idea from their minds and simply sweep it under the rug. The basic idea of poverty is that you are unable to afford necessities. The homeless vagrants standing out front of 7-11 asking for change certainly exhibit traits of being poor. But, the reality is – people who have jobs, have cars, rent houses, have children, and vote – are also poor.
Every year the federal government is nice enough to tell us who is poor and who is not. For 2007, the imaginary poverty line for a single person under the age of 65 was set at $10,787 – and at $21,027 for a family of four. By this logic, someone who makes an astounding $15,000/year is actually fairly well off. But, with the average rent/mortgage payment in the U.S. hovering near $700 each month – how can someone making 11K per year not be poor, when devoting nearly 75% of their income just to the basic principle of shelter? I can remember being in this income bracket, with nothing but a 5 lb box of rice to tide me over – everything else was a luxury. How can someone muster up the gas money, application fee, and cost of books to go to college when a gallon of gas is equivalent to what they make in 60 minutes of work?
It’s time that the ‘powers that be realistically’ address the definition of poverty.
In the meantime, read George Clason’s “The Richest Man in Babylon” (pdf).
Find out what you can do to take a stand against poverty in your community.
And of course, whether rich or poor, don’t forget to vote November 4th.

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The only bar on the west coast serving duvel on tap!
An arts district cafe pouring Belgian style imported and domestic beer on draught and from an extensive bottle list with a kitchen showcasing Belgian food favorites in an updated traditional style.
My girlfriends and I had an outstanding experience here. Our original dinner selection had an hour long waitlist, so we happened upon Little Bear... The service was outstanding. My friend made a random/embarrassing request of the waitress, but she totally rolled with it. Also enjoyed the ambiance, would be good for a date or a relaxing dinner.
This is a true hidden gem! Their Little Bear burger is one of the best burgers I've ever had! This place has a wide open floor plan and can accommodate small to large groups. I've been a few times and everything on the menu is fantastic! I was initially drawn to this place because of their wide selection of Belgian beers, but now the food keeps me coming back for more! Love this place!
I appreciate the selection of beers and great service. I look forward to having a chat with Joshua, his service is always attentive but not overbearing. The food is good from my experience so far... I've had the portobello mushroom burger added cheese and the grilled cheese with tomato soup and added avocado. Yum! I'll definitely be visiting again.
I love that I can ALWAYS find a sour beer at this place, thank you Little Bear! Also, their classic burger is one seriously solid burger. I prefer it over the other burgers on their menu. The word classic says it all. Pair that with the fries and a sour and call me tickled.
This place was really good. The food was great. I had the little bear hamburger. It was very flavorful. The server was really nice and patient with me since I wasn't sure on what I wanted to have for dinner. They have a lot of tvs if your looking for a place to watch sports. Looked like they had a lot of beer options as well as a full bar. I would go back again.
On Thursday April 25th Come share a Chimay and sample some of the Chimay Cheeses!
Hugues Glatigny, export manager for Chimay Trappist Brewery, is spending just a few nights in L.A. we are very proud to have him hanging out at Little Bear this Thursday!!
We will also be serving a very special Whiskey Barrel-Aged Chimay Grand Reserve, you won't want to miss this!!

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We're going to Seattle this weekend for Rick's friend Anna's wedding. The major plus is that we get to visit Dirk and Tracey and Camryn in the process. The downside is that the wedding isn't actually in Seattle; it's in Port Orchard on Bremerton Island. I called Dirk this morning to get his address so that I could get driving directions from the net, but after 20 minutes on the phone, we've determined that whether we go via the Bremerton ferry, or the Bainbridge ferry, or just drive around the long way, it's going to take 2-3 hours to get there. That puts a bit of a kink in plans for Saturday, since we'll be needing to be headed for the five o'clock wedding about two o'clock. Oh well.
Looks to be beautiful weather in Seattle this weekend though. Can't wait to go.


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This guide is your way into a greater understanding of compensation. Whether you are making a personal injury claim, thinking about doing so, or just interested in knowing more about compensation, we hope this guide will be useful to you.
Welcome to The Ultimate Personal Injury Compensation Guide!
A one-off award of compensation?
This guide is your way towards a greater understanding of compensation. Whether you are making a personal injury claim, thinking about doing so, or just interested in knowing more about compensation, we hope this guide will be useful to you.
Negligence – such as an accident at work, a road traffic collision, a slip or trip, or clinical negligence.
Each one of these examples in could easily be the subject of their own guide. The way in which an injury has occurred – and proving that someone else was at fault – are topics which are beyond the scope of this guide.
There are several elements to a personal injury claim: liability, causation, and quantum. This guide focuses solely on quantum but it is helpful to have an idea of what all three terms mean. Each element must be proved to make a successful claim.
Liability – The question of who is legally responsible for the incident. You could view it as who is to blame, but be aware that blame does not always mean liability. For example, a cleaner who leaves a puddle of water on the floor might be blameworthy for causing someone to slip, but their employer could also be liable for the incident.
Causation – The question of how harm or loss was caused. For an injury claim, you must prove that the injuries you suffered were a consequence of the incident in question. This is the case even if liability for the accident is accepted by the party you are claiming from.
Quantum – It sounds like something from a sci-fi film, but it really means ‘amount’ – the amount of damage or harm you have suffered. Or, to look at it another way, the amount of compensation you are claiming. You must prove the extent of your losses and injuries in order to be awarded appropriate compensation for them.
What you can claim compensation for.
How injuries and losses are valued.
How injuries and losses are proved.
Compensation is a vital part of any personal injury claim. In other words, the question of ‘how much is it worth?’ You might hear this referred to as the ‘quantum’ of a claim (see above). In the same way that there can be disputes over fault for an accident, there can be disputes over quantum as well.
A strong support network. In particular, family and friends who are there to support you through a challenging episode of your life.
Knowledge. Taking the time to find out more about a compensation claim is very useful preparation. That’s where this guide comes in. There’s a reason why horror films don’t show the monster straightaway – the unknown is scary! By peeling away the mystery around compensation claims, we hope this guide will lay your fears to rest. It can also make you feel more involved in the claims process and less reliant on your solicitors for information.
With everything you see and hear about compensation claims, it can be difficult to get a clear picture of what they actually involve.
American influences – especially from TV and film – might lead you to expect multi-million dollar payouts, attorneys duelling in front of a jury, and huge settlements for spilling hot coffee on yourself just because the cup didn’t tell you it would be hot!
Closer to home, newspaper headlines about personal injury claims are more likely to focus on the seemingly inevitable onset of a similar ‘compensation culture’ in the UK.
It is hard to find a true indication of the personal challenges you will face when making a claim. A good rule of thumb is to forget all you have seen on TV or film and through the media because, in reality, none of this will be your experience of a compensation claim.
A personal injury claim will not be done in a matter of weeks.
A personal injury claim is not a ‘get rich quick’ scheme.
A personal injury claim will require your involvement.
A compensation award will not make you better from your injuries on its own. It can make your life easier and help you to pay for treatment but the end of your claim does not necessarily mean the end of the harm you have suffered.
A personal injury claim is not a way of getting revenge upon the blameworthy party – it is about helping to get your life back.
This guide aims to give you as much information as possible on claiming compensation for a personal injury, but presented in a way that is clear and easy to understand.
It is organised into sections, each covering a different category of loss that you might claim for. You might feel that some of the effects of these different losses (or ‘heads of damage’ as they are called) might overlap. However, the approach taken by courts and legal professionals is to consider and deal with each loss as distinctly as possible.
Legal Source – Don’t worry, this guide isn’t going to be filled with cases and statutes like a law textbook. But it can be helpful to know where some of the more significant legal principles come from. The law of England and Wales is formed from Acts of Parliament and from influential case decisions made by judges. This case law is sometimes referred to as ‘the common law’. So the legal sources in this book will sometimes be from Acts of Parliament (or statutes) and sometimes from common law case authorities.
Definitions – The law has a language all of its own. Technical terms are often used because they give very precise meanings, but they can also be confusing if you haven’t come across them before. Knowing a few of the more commonly-used terms can be useful, so this guide will provide definitions of them. These definitions are also collected together in the Glossary.
Ask Your Solicitor – This icon indicates a particularly large or detailed topic which cannot be dealt with fully in this guide. If you wish to find out more about the topic, we recommend that you discuss it with your solicitor.
Case Studies – Theory is all well and good, but sometimes a real world example can go a lot further to explaining an idea. The case studies in this guide put information into context, all using circumstances from actual cases. This can be especially handy if you have not yet begun a claim, or you have not yet encountered a topic in your claim.
Key Points – At the end of each chapter, a list of the key points to bear in mind will be provided. If you are short on time, you could do a lot worse than to just skim read these key point lists for each topic.
Accident – This is used to refer to the wrong you have suffered. It may have been a long way from being an accident (such as a criminal assault) but the term has the advantage of being often used in everyday speech for an incident which has caused a personal injury.
Defendant – This is used to refer to the target of your claim and whoever will be compensating you in one. In some situations, these might not be the same person. For example, with most road traffic accidents the party you are claiming against (the other driver) will probably not be the same party who will end up paying your compensation (their insurance company). For ease, the guide will refer to all parties on ‘the other side’ of your claim as the Defendant.
This guide is no substitute for legal advice or representation – nor does it claim to be! In any personal injury claim, it is recommended that you instruct a firm of solicitors who specialise in personal injury cases. Firms of solicitors are subject to legal regulation on how they operate.
Not all lawyers are created equal! In fact, the term ‘lawyer’ is not the same as ‘solicitor’.
If a legal practitioner has the title of ‘solicitor’ it means they have met certain training requirements and their work is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (the SRA). ‘Lawyer’, ‘Paralegal’, ‘Claims Executive’ etc, do not denote any such standards.
Regulation brings with it a number of protections for clients that use the services of a solicitor.
It is important to make sure you get the best standards of advice in your claim and that you are legally protected should anything go wrong with your claim.
For more information, read Truth Legal’s article on the subject.
Another crucial consideration is to choose a firm of solicitors that you trust. Making a personal injury claim where this trust does not exist is guaranteed to be a much more difficult process. You have to feel confident in the advice your solicitors are giving to you, and feel assured that they are acting in your best interests.
If your case has already been assigned to a firm, you are completely within your rights to choose another firm of solicitors to act for you instead. It is common for you to be allocated to a firm if you are claiming through your insurance company or your trade union for example. Don’t worry though, switching solicitors is remarkably simple.
My name is Andrew Gray. I am the owner and founder of Truth Legal solicitors. I qualified as a solicitor in 2007. Before setting up my own personal injury law firm in 2012, I worked for the largest personal injury law firm in the country.
I have 11 years of experience of representing injured people. This guide represents the culmination of that experience, seeing the different areas where clients have had questions. The case studies in this guide are all based upon my experiences in practice. However, some details have been changed to maintain the confidentiality of the clients involved.
If you wish to find out more about anything discussed in this guide, please feel free to contact Truth Legal. We are more than willing to help you with any legal problems or queries you might have.
Read a summary of each chapter of the guide before downloading.
When can compensation be paid?
You could see the injuries you have suffered as the main part of your personal injury claim. After all, it is your injuries which have the greatest effect on your life and, in most cases, lead to all of the other losses in your claim occurring – for example, you wouldn’t have lost two weeks of earnings if you had been fit and healthy enough to work.
In this chapter, we explain what injury compensation is actually compensating you for, how injuries are proved and how injuries are valued.
When suffering an injury, your first intention will naturally be to recover from it. To undo the effects of the accident – as much as possible – almost certainly means undergoing treatment in one form or another. Even if a complete recovery may be impossible, treatment can help to manage symptoms and ease the process of adapting to a new way of life.
Rehabilitation and treatment costs – e.g. physiotherapy, acupuncture, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).
The costs of equipment and other aids – e.g. crutches, wheelchairs, prosthetics.
This chapter discusses early rehabilitation, proving and valuing treatment costs and future losses.
Your income can be a major concern after suffering a personal injury. If your injuries prevent you from working, losing some or all of your earnings for a period of time can be a natural consequence.
The kind of work you do.
The first two are fairly self-explanatory. The more debilitating your injuries, or the more demanding your job, the more likely you are to need time off. However, your employment status plays just as important a role, and also determines how you go about proving the earnings you have lost.
This chapter discusses what can be claimed for, proving and valuing loss of earnings, future loss of earnings and also looks at your employer’s losses.
This head of damage is one which most people rarely think about when making a claim. Yet if you have suffered injuries with permanent effects, it is entirely possible for your earnings to be affected in the future.
So what does claiming for loss of earning capacity actually mean?
In essence, it means you are seeking compensation for a possible disadvantage on the open labour market which you might face in future.
This might sound a bit like a claim for future loss of earnings. There is some overlap between the two: they both aim to compensate for the accident’s effects on your future income.
However, future loss of earnings involves direct losses to your income, which are usually ongoing and which you will continue to suffer. They can often be predicted with a decent level of accuracy.
This chapter discusses claiming for loss of earning capacity, supporting a claim for loss of earning capacity and valuing a claim for loss of earning capacity.
Serious injuries can prevent you from continuing the job you held before the accident. This is bad enough from an income point-of-view, but what if your job gave you more than just a salary? If your job was something you loved, a skilled craft, or a source of satisfaction then you might be able to claim additional compensation – in recognition of losing a positive part of your life. The legal term for this head of damage is ‘loss of congenial employment’.
It is similar to a loss of amenity – part of the injury aspect of your claim. Both aim to compensate you for losing enjoyment from life rather than for a direct financial loss. Loss of congenial employment is considered to be a distinct head of damage, however.
This chapter discusses proving a loss of congenial employment, valuing a loss of congenial employment and switching solicitors.
This is another head of damage which considers ‘what might have been’ had the accident not affected your working life. Instead of looking at situations where you might lose your job (like a claim for loss of earning capacity) loss of chance concerns the career opportunities that the accident may have taken from you.
These aren’t the more mathematically predictable losses of a future loss of earnings claim. Loss of chance is focused on the possible earnings from a future career path which has now been denied to you.
Young claimants, who might never have had a job before the accident, are also eligible to claim for loss of chance. If it can be shown that the accident denied them the chance of pursuing an intended career, losses may be specifically claimed for this.
However, with all loss of chance claims, the possibilities in question must go beyond guesswork, speculation, or just hope. Many people have ambitions but there is no certainty these will be fulfilled. Even if an opportunity presents itself, all the other bits of someone’s life can stop them from pursuing it.
This chapter discusses the impact of a personal injury on your career prospects, and how to prove and value a loss of chance.
Another way in which an accident might affect your working life is through your pension. Your pension could be the main provision you have for your retirement, a nest-egg to help you in your later years. Even if you are many years away from retirement age, an accident which disrupts your earnings can have an impact on the value of your pension.
Ordinarily, a pension is built up through regular payments from your earnings. This could be as voluntary payments into a private pension or money your employer sets aside from your salary. If you are an employee, money put into workplace pensions is generally matched by your employer and the government, up to certain values.
An accident which prevents you from working can easily disrupt pension contributions. Your pension payments could be stopped temporarily as your income is affected, or you might be forced to take early retirement due to your injuries.
This chapter discusses proving a loss to your pension and calculating losses to your pension.
The natural instinct, when a loved one has been injured, is to do all you can to help them get better. If your injuries restrict your ability to do normal, everyday tasks, then your friends and family are likely to be the ones to provide care and assistance.
You might think you cannot claim compensation for this. After all, you haven’t paid them anything for their help and it is natural to want to help those closest to us. The fact is, however, such help would not be needed if the accident had not occurred. If you need care and assistance because of your injuries, your carers will be providing their time and effort to help you. It is a service which has value, and their actions represent a loss on their part – a loss which can be included in your claim.
This chapter discusses care and assistance in more detail and how to prove and value a care claim.
We have already looked at how injuries can affect your daily home life. This chapter looks at some similar heads of loss. Unlike daily care and assistance however, the losses in this chapter relate directly to your home and, in general, are carried out less frequently.
If you are a housewife or househusband, it could be said that your job is to maintain your home. An injury can affect this just as much as any other kind of job. Whilst you may not be paid for your role, being unable to do it due to your injuries means that you have lost the value that it brings to your home.
This chapter discusses how to prove housekeeping and home maintenance losses, valuing housekeeping and home maintenance losses, future losses and other losses.
If you start claiming benefits due to your injuries, some deductions may be required from your compensation. This is to prevent you from being compensated ‘twice’ for the same loss.
If you have been claiming benefits before the accident, receiving compensation from a personal injury claim can influence any means-tests attached to your benefits.
This chapter discusses benefits and compensation.
When you make a claim for injuries, part of that claim is for the impact the injuries have had on your enjoyment of life. As mentioned in the ‘Your Injuries’ section, this is called loss of amenity and is usually compensated as part of your injury award.
However, certain ways in which your enjoyment of life has been affected might be claimed for under a separate head of damage called ‘loss of enjoyment’.
Potentially any event which has been booked in advance and which you cannot enjoy to its full extent because of your injuries.
This chapter discusses how to prove loss of enjoyment and valuing loss of enjoyment.
Suffering injuries in an accident can make it difficult for you to get around, reducing your independence and changing your way of life. At the same time, an accident can lead to a number of necessary journeys, such as doctors’ appointments, hospital visits, or treatment sessions. We looked at the direct losses of getting better in an earlier section of the guide, but all of those losses may mean a great deal of travelling as well. Your travel expenses can easily mount up.
This chapter looks at the different kinds of losses which can arise from these situations, from common claims like taxi fares to rarer losses like adaptations to a vehicle following a severe injury.
The circumstances of your accident claim are unique to you. You may have suffered many losses which fall neatly into the different sections of this guide, but there is always the potential for other losses besides. This section is all about those ‘other losses’.
Your legal representatives should take the time to explore your losses with you, including any which may be less common. For various reasons, it may not be possible to include some of them in your claim, but it is always worth investigating your situation fully. If you do not feel your legal representatives are approaching your claim in this way, remember that you are always entitled to switch solicitors.
This chapter discusses miscellaneous expenses and other losses to consider.
You are only entitled to compensation when you have successfully established your claim. As mentioned in the introduction to this guide, this means proving all elements of your claim – liability, causation, and quantum – on the balance of probabilities. For more straightforward claims, a Defendant may admit liability and causation, leaving only the extent and value of your losses to be proved.
When a personal injury claim is successful, compensation is normally paid as a one-off lump sum at the end – a ‘full and final’ settlement. This might be after a court hearing – where judgement has been made – or it could be after an offer to settle your claim has been accepted.
But this is not the only time when compensation might be paid. There are some situations where you might receive payments at other times. These are explored in this section.
This chapter discusses interim payments, provisional damages and periodical payments.
Interest can be awarded on personal injury compensation. This is not technically part of the compensation itself – it is more a recognition of the time where you have been kept from money which is rightfully yours.
However, you can only claim interest on your compensation if your case becomes involved in court proceedings and the claim is served.
If you settle your claim before any court proceedings are served, you cannot claim interest. Even if your case goes to court, the court has no power to award interest on any sums you have already recovered. This is one of the reasons why interim payments can be useful for the Defendant.
This chapter discusses damages, special damages and interest after a judgement.
Compensation can seem completely inadequate when a loved one has been killed in an accident. It is a loss which no amount of money can undo. But if you depended on your loved one for your livelihood, it is only right that financial worries should not be added to your distress.
Similarly, if your loved one was pursuing a claim for a personal injury they had suffered, their claim may be continued for the benefit of the people who will inherit it from them.
Claims brought on behalf of the deceased’s estate.
Claims brought by deceased’s dependants, often called dependency claims.
In this chapter, we’ll discuss claiming on behalf of the deceased’s estate, dependency claims and how to calculate for claiming for a loss of life expectancy.
Securing compensation is rightly seen as a victory. You may have overcome many obstacles to do so, and endured a process which can be difficult and disheartening at times. When you have received your compensation, it is a chance to move on with your life and put the accident behind you.
However, a sudden, and potentially large, influx of money may present its own challenges. After all, it is not a bonus or a windfall. It is intended to compensate you for the accident and return you to the financial position you would have been in had the accident never occurred. For very severe injuries, the compensation may have to act as your income for life.
In this chapter we’ll discuss trusts and claiming for the cost of financial advice.
This term is used throughout this guide to refer to the wrong you have suffered. It is used purely for ease of reference and does not imply that no one was at fault, or that the other party’s actions were not intentional.
If someone dies without a valid will, or without valid Executors, the people who manage and look after that person’s Estate are called administrators. Administrators’ duties include collecting together all of the Deceased’s property, selling assets, and paying the Estate’s debts.
This is a Standard of Proof. It is the required standard in personal injury claims (and other civil cases). In practice, it means that you must prove something as more likely to have happened than not. In your claim you must prove any facts upon which you rely on the balance of probabilities.
The question of how harm or loss was caused. For an injury claim, you must prove that the injuries you suffered were a consequence of the Accident. Even if Liability for an accident is accepted by the party you are claiming from, you then have to prove that the Accident caused your injuries.
This is a general legal term to indicate the party who is making the claim. You will be referred to as the Claimant if you are making a personal injury claim.
A CRU certificate is issued by the Compensation Recovery Unit (CRU), part of the Department of Work and Pensions. The Defendant applies to the CRU to ascertain whether you have received any benefits which are recoverable and how much they need to withhold from your compensation. The CRU certificate confirms these details. If there are no recoverable benefits the certificate will read ‘Nil’.
You have probably come across this particular term. It is often used in legal documents to refer to someone who has died. For example, ‘we enclose a copy of the Deceased’s will’.
In general, this is a legal term used to indicate the party who is having a claim made against them. However, in this guide, the term is used a bit more loosely, referring to both the target of your claim and whoever will be compensating you for it in one. In reality, these might be different people. For example, with most road traffic accidents the party you are claiming against (the other driver) will not be the same party who will end up paying your compensation (their insurance company). Technically, in that situation, the Defendant would be the other driver; their insurance company just foots the bill.
A dependant is someone who can make a dependency claim. In the context of a fatal accident, a dependant can claim against someone who is liable for the death of a person upon whom they depended. The dependency could be financial or for some kind of service.
In general terms, a person’s estate is formed from everything they own at the time of their death. It includes their: money, property, assets, personal belongings and debts.
Someone appointed in a valid will to manage and look after a person’s Estate is called an executor. Executors’ duties include collecting together all of the Deceased’s property, selling assets, and paying the Estate’s debts.
If a settlement is termed ‘full and final’ it means that, once the settlement is accepted, you will be unable to claim anything more in relation to the accident in question.
This is a term which is frequently used as short-hand for ‘compensation for your injuries’. However, technically it means damages or losses which are presumed to result from the wrong for which you are claiming. General damages can include both Pecuniary Loss (like future loss of earnings) and Non-Pecuniary Loss (like injuries).
These terms are used interchangeably to refer to the different ‘categories’ of loss you might be claiming for. For example, loss of earnings would be considered as one head of damage, ‘physiotherapy treatment’ would be another.
The question of who is legally responsible for the Accident. You could view it as who is to blame, but be aware that blame does not always mean liability. For example, a cleaner who leaves a puddle of water, which causes someone to slips, might be blameworthy, but their employer could also be liable for the incident.
Mitigation is doing all you can reasonably do to ensure that the losses you suffer (as a result of an accident) are kept to a minimum. This shouldn’t be seen as a way of ‘punishing’ the victim. Genuine, proven losses suffered through an accident which wasn’t their fault should be compensated. Instead, mitigation prevents an injury claim from being seen as a ‘blank cheque’.
Negligence, in the legal sense, occurs in situations where someone owes a duty to take care in relation to someone else. If they breach this duty and this causes harm or damage to that other party, they have acted negligently. This can be through positive action or through failing to take action. An example would be an employer. They have a duty to their employees to safeguard their health as far as reasonably possible. If they provide employees with substandard safety equipment and an employee is harmed as a result, they will be liable to their employee for negligence.
This refers to a loss which cannot be calculated to a definite figure. For example, injuries are non-pecuniary losses as there is always going to be some element of judgment required when valuing them. There is no mathematical formula to say how much a broken arm is ‘worth’.
This refers to the injury element of a claim. It states exactly what is being claimed for – namely: the pain, the suffering, and the loss of enjoyment from your life which the injury has caused.
A pecuniary loss is one which is possible to calculate definitely – such as how much has been spent on medication due to an accident.
This means ‘amount’ – the amount of damage or harm you have suffered. Or, to look at it another way, the amount of compensation you are claiming. You must prove the extent of your losses and injuries in order to prove the quantum of your injury claim.
This is a document which details all of the losses you wish to claim in your case. The schedule should also set out the value of your losses and show any calculations used to arrive at these figures. It is important that the schedule is as accurate as possible. The court and the Defendant will treat it as the definitive statement of everything included in your claim.
Service is the term used when documents are formally brought to another party’s attention. When a claim is served, it generally means sending certain legal documents and supporting evidence over to the Defendant – or asking the court to do this for you. Service is a vital part of starting court proceedings.
A standard of proof is the extent to which you have to prove something for it to be accepted by a court. For example, in your claim you may have to prove that the Defendant drove into your vehicle, or that you paid £7.00 for a parking ticket. The standard of proof for establishing both of these ‘facts’ is the Balance of Probabilities.
This is a minimum level of sick pay, set by statute, which employers must pay to eligible employees. SSP is set currently at £89.35 per week.
A trust is a legal form of holding money or property. The most basic kind of trust involves a ‘settlor’ (the person creating the trust) giving assets to a ‘trustee’ (the person who holds and manages the assets) to look after for a ‘beneficiary’ (the person who is completely entitled to the assets and any income the assets may generate).
Trusts are a huge legal topic with many different forms and complications. In general however, different kinds of trust give the trustees and beneficiaries different powers and rights.
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I’ve finally updated NWSGI to use IronPython 2.7: NWSGI 2.1. The only other change is that NWSGI.dll will be added to the GAC by default by the installer.
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There will be a coaches clinic run by Bridgewater Little League and Al and Al Baseball at Danvers High School on Sunday March 2nd. This is a very good clinic where you can learn a lot of different practice drills. The clinic is free to all of Bridgewater Little League coaches as Bridgewater Little League has already paid the costs.
There are two different training sessions offered depending on the age of the players you will be coaching.
Session Two: Registration starts at 12:30PM Session starts at 1:00PM.
For more info, please visit the event website by clicking here.
Chief of Police George Gurley and the Bridgewater Coalition Against Community Violence are pleased to announce an Introduction to Women's Self Defense course. The course, offered to women 15 years old and up, will be an instructional series focused on the best techniques for self defense.
To register for the event, please contact Anne Schuster at 508.697.6118 or Lorraine Carrozza at 508.697.0929.
The event costs a suggested donation of $35.00 to the Bridgewater Coalition Against Community Violence.
Bridgewater State College professor Dr. James Hayes-Bohanan, who posted about the coffee tastings at Rockin' K Cafe on Friday evenings, is perhaps Bridgewater's coffee expert. Though we all might enjoy a good cup of coffee on an hourly basis, Dr. Hayes-Bohanan has focused on the interesting science behind the geography of coffee.
To check out Dr. Hayes-Bohanan's website documenting the geography of coffee, please click here.
Friends of the Bridgewater Public Library: 9a.m.-10a.m.
This is a name your own price event. The book sales always feature something for everyone. Whether you prefer romance novels or historical non-fiction, you will surely find something for you!
The book sale is held at the Bridgewater Public Library at 15 South Street and will take place in the lower level of the library.
A five week beginner American Sign Language course will start on March 3, 2008 from 6 to 8 PM at the Conant Community Center. The program is designed for those who have little to no experience with signing, especially those who are in the education or social services fields. Class space is limited, therefore, pre-registration is required.
To register, please call Marianne Molinari at 781-447-2470 or email her by clicking here.
Please call Uplifting Connections to register in advance.
Have you ever wondered how to start eating healthier? Many of us get confused about what the "right way to eat is. Come and learn some tips and ideas to start transitioning yourself to a cleaner and healthier lifestyle.
The event is presented by Noelle Armstrong, Holisitic Health Counselor, AADP. Armstrong is a graduate of the Institute of Integrative Nutrition and a Certified Holistic Health and Wellness Counselor. She is the Founder and Owner of Holistic Health and Wellness.
The Bridgewater Garden Club is offering two, fifteen hundred dollar scholarships to graduating high school seniors or students enrolled in college who live in Bridgewater or Raynham. Study must be in specified fields.
Application forms are available at the Guidance Office at Bridgewater-Raynham High School, Coyle Cassidy, Southeastern Regional, West Bridgewater, Bristol Plymouth and Cardinal Cushing. Deadline to remit forms back is April 1.
BTV9 will be airing a special presentation, immediately following Bridgewater This Week on Friday through Monday (normal news times), which will take their viewers on a virtual tour of the Academy Building, Memorial Building, Town Hall, and McEllwain School giving a historic perspective and current conditions of the building. This program was co-produced by BTV and the CPC, who will be holding a forum to discuss the future of these buildings on Monday evening at the Academy Building meeting room.
Who doesn't like a good pile driver or body slam from the top rope every now and again?
The World Wrestling Alliance is coming to Bridgewater! Wrestling stars including former WWE/ECW Champion Rob Van Dam along with former WWE/ECW Tag Team Champion Spike Dudley will come amped up for a premier wrestling event here in town.
The wrestling event will benefit the Bridgewater 4th of July Celebration so not only will you be catching some great entertainment, but also will be helping out a great community event.
The event will take place at the Bridgewater Knights of Columbus on Bedford Street on February 29th beginning at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $15.00 at the door or $12.00 in advance.
Tickets can be bought in advance at Bridgewater Liquors and Emma's Pub & Pizza. Tickets can also be purchased by contacting Jeff Fowler at 508.631.0544.
Interested in learning about some of the different varieties of coffee?
Come to the Rockin' K Cafe every Friday night between 4PM and 8PM to sample some of their coffee offerings. Rockin' K Cafe serves coffees from Equal Exchange and their line includes Love Buzz, Ethiopian, Midnight Sun, Breakfast Blend, Dark Roast and more!
Admission to the coffee tastings is $3 and along with the sampling of the different coffee roasts, you are also welcome to sample some of the homemade cookies and organic brownies that Rockin' K Cafe is well known for.
Rockin' K Cafe is located at 132 Broad Street in Bridgewater.
Planning on doing some early spring cleaning? Have some things lying around the house that you were planning on throwing away at the transfer station?
Rather than adding to the landfills, consider joining Freecycle Bridgewater. This a free online group to join that allows you to post items that you are looking to get rid of. People post a variety of items and the site allows for free trading of goods that you might no longer need but someone else might be interested in. Also, it is a great way to find things that you might be on the lookout for!
Again, this is a complete free site and is a huge benefit to all residents and businesses in Bridgewater. Log in today and check it out for yourself!
The Board of Library Trustees will meet this Tuesday, February 19th, at 7PM at the Bridgewater Public Library. This meeting is open to the public and anyone wishing to attend should ring the buzzer at the delivery door toward the back parking lot of the library as the main door will be locked.
America's Little Angels Preschool is currently collecting can tabs and Shaw's receipts to benefit Athena's Hope.
Athena, a young child from the South Shore, has metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD). This is an extremely rare, progressive, genetic disease. There is no cure or treatment. The disease has caused loss of all muscle control, she is unable to chew or swallow and can go deaf and blind. Most are left in a vegetative state. Life expectancy is 3 to 6 years old.
America's Little Angels Preschool is also collecting new child themed blankets to donate to a hospital that gives them to children who are getting different treatments and services at the hospital.
Shaw's receipts, can tabs, blankets can be picked up from you by emailing America's Little Angels Preschool by by clicking here.
Russo's, located on Bedford Street in Bridgewater, was voted Best Liquor Store in Bridgewater. Stop in today to visit Dean and Greg and tell them you saw their victory on Around the Common!
Congratulations to all the other vote getters, as well.
The Rita Dziergowski Memorial Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce that applications for the 2008 scholarship are now available. The Rita Dziergowski Memorial Scholarship this year will be for $1,000.00 and will be awarded to a Bridgewater student graduating from high school and looking to further their education. The scholarship application consists of a short essay and some background questions.
Completed applications will be due back by April 11, 2008 so do not delay your opportunity to receive this significant $1,000.00 scholarship.
The Bridgewater Knights of Columbus Council 488 will hold its monthly meat raffle this Saturday from 1PM to 3PM.
There will be five meat raffles and two 50/50 raffles.
The event will be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall at 582 Bedford Street in Bridgewater.
The Bridgewater Senior Little League will hold its registration at the Recreation Building on Cottage Street this Friday from 6PM to 9PM and this Saturday from 9AM to 2PM.
The age requirements for the league are 13-15 year olds and registration can be completed with two checks, one payable to Bridgewater Little League for $100 and the other to the Bridgewater Recreation Department for $25.
This upcoming election is about our future. It is about achieving meaningful change, not serving personal agendas, or maintaining the status quo.
I am the first candidate in this race who has offered a substantive plan on how to adequately address the full-blown fiscal crisis in our town. I will provide CLEAR positions to the many challenges that face Bridgewater rather than offer vague stances for political expediency. What people will hear throughout this campaign are my core beliefs on what needs to be done to turn Bridgewater around.
* Stay away from “politics as usual”.
*Support a more responsive pro-business approach to the permitting process that welcomes, not discourages commercial development.
VOTE FOR MEANINGFUL CHANGE ON APRIL 26!
I look forward to talking and listening to you throughout this campaign. Should you have any questions or require further clarification, please feel free to contact me directly at 508-279-1971.
Where is Bridgewater on the ladder?
Currently, Bridgewater is a town divided. In 2007, Bridgewater cut 28 town employees from the payroll. Although we have created a wonderful infrastructure for our schools, they remain on probation and have never restored 30 of the positions they lost three years ago. Our library is on the brink of being de-certified. We have turned off many of our street lights; de-funded our recreation program and our senior center has been forced to run on private contributions and fundraisers. In the last year, two override propositions failed by a narrow margin; a vote to re-certify the regional school budget passed by an equally narrow margin. Citizens have lost services, property values are jeopardized, town employees and teachers often feel de-valued and we are unable to agree about a course of action to change direction.
The Hunt for Unity platform proposes a way to restore Bridgewater. Climbing the ladder represents positive forward motion. This, however, cannot happen until confidence and trust in government are created. Trust requires two-way, responsible, respectful interactions between government and its citizens.
Philosophy: Every Board of Selectman action should be guided by an attitude of respect, responsibility and responsiveness. Bridgewater has a “town meeting” form of government. Thus, citizens vote openly to direct the Board of Selectmen (BOS) on a majority of Town issues. The BOS should listen and respond respectfully to the citizens of Bridgewater. Although particular citizens may support a candidate for his or her election, once elected, that Selectman represents all citizens.
•Maintain regular office hours, remain listed in the phone book, answer email and phone calls and advocate for a public forum at BOS meetings.
•Recommend the establishment of open public meetings in advance of town meetings so citizens may ask questions of their elected officials in an informal setting.
•Communicate respectfully and consistently with both elected officials and general citizens.
•Be a responsible leader and encourage other members of the BOS to be responsible not only to the citizens but to the various state and local statutes/regulations under which the Town operates.
•Be respectful to the various appointed and elected boards and committees in Bridgewater and communicate with them in a consistently professional and responsible manner.
•Respect the findings presented in reports from town departments, boards and standing or appointed committees. While she might disagree or have ideas other than those presented in a particular report’s findings, she will always listen respectfully, respond appropriately and be responsive to those entities.
•Always make her views known as early as possible so the citizens of Bridgewater may express their support or opposition. She will listen respectfully and attentively giving due weight and consideration to arguments that contradict her opinions.
•Marilee will always explain her positions and the reasons she reaches her conclusions.
Philosophy: Trust is built through consistent actions. Marilee is absolutely committed to consistency. She will bring that commitment to Bridgewater government. Her word is her bond.
•Use management methods which will provide solid leadership in fiscal, personnel and general practice arenas.
Philosophy: When respect, responsibility and responsiveness have been proven consistent in Bridgewater, trust will be established.
Citizens of Bridgewater cannot be expected to trust government that is not transparent and responsive--- which means no hidden agendas, no “found money,” no misleading presentations explaining what the results of a particular vote will be, then changing the impact after votes are cast. Trust is difficult to build and easy to lose.
•Hold herself to the “higher standard” expected of a public servant.
Philosophy: With trust restored, Bridgewater can take action to move forward.
•Advocate for a clear reporting schedule by all departments and boards overseen by the BOS.
•Fiscal responsibility. Bridgewater will benefit from Marilee’s experience as a state and federal grant-manager. She has both personnel and fiscal management experience that will allow her to take a thoughtful, disciplined approach to budgeting. She has assisted numerous non-profit agencies across the Commonwealth as they replaced unproductive “crisis management” with best-practice management.
•Changes in town by-laws to promote better fiscal management. Marilee supports the intent of the proposed draft by-laws that are available on her web site and on the Citizens for a Better Bridgewater web site. Such by-laws will bring fiscal responsibility by creating a stabilization account, free cash policy and general reserve policy.
•Research and understand the Tax Incentive Financing (TIF) and District Improvement Financing (DIF) in hopes that they may provide some helpful answers to Bridgewater’s fiscal problems.
•Implementation of the Master Plan. The Master Plan Implementation Committee has worked to encourage implementation of the Master Plan. However, there is little “ownership” of the Plan by various departments, committees and boards. As one member of the BOS, Marilee will encourage their advocacy in encouraging all town agencies to take seriously their roles in the implementation of the Master Plan.
•Completion and implementation of the Four Building Study. Funded through the Community Preservation Committee and undertaken by Newport Collaborative Architects, the Four Building Study, due in April 2008, will outline a 10 year road map for the use, preservation and restoration of the Academy, McElwain and Memorial Buildings and the Town Hall. As chair of the Community Preservation Committee, Marilee has proactively promoted this comprehensive and responsible approach to the use and preservation of municipal buildings. Implementation needs to be coordinated with both the Master Plan and any recommendations being implemented from the Government Study Committee.
•The Government Study Committee. The request for a Government Study Committee was presented to the town by a citizen’s petition at the 2007 Fall Town Meeting. The Town Meeting voted in favor of forming the Committee and the citizens of Bridgewater now await its report/recommendations on the best type and structure for our government. Marilee pledges to listen respectfully to the report/recommendations brought forward by the Committee. Her acceptance/rejection of the Committee’s report/recommendations will be based on thoughtful consideration of what is in the overall best interest of Bridgewater. Implementation must be coordinated with the Four Building Study recommendations.
•Investigation into best practices for streamlined permitting for development in hopes that it may hold some answers to help us attract businesses to Bridgewater.
•School De-regionalization Study Committee Marilee pledges to listen respectfully to the report/recommendations brought forward by the School De-regionalization Study Committee. Her acceptance/rejection of the Committee’s report/recommendations will be based on thoughtful consideration of what is in the overall best interest of Bridgewater.
•Establish a budget planning calendar to assure scheduled, timely, annual review and construction of the town budget.
o Schedule mid-fiscal year meetings with all department heads to ascertain budget status.
Philosophy: Bridgewater will be stable when fiscal responsibility and government efficiency result in a balanced budget that provides for the needs of all citizens. Continued stability requires ongoing responsiveness to the citizens, and continued reevaluation of plans. Stability will maintain a …..
Midgets: Girls entering Grades 7 & 8 in fall, 2008.
Peewees: Girls entering Grades 5 & 6 in fall, 2008.
Any current 8th grade girl that is interested in coaching a team for the 2008 year should contact the Bridgewater Badgers Cheerleaders Board by clicking here.
Bridgewater State College will be hosting a film series in celebration of Black History Month for the month of February. The film series is sponsored by the Women's and Gender Studies Program, the Anthropology Department, The Ethnic Studies Program and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program. The series is free and open to the public. For more information, please call 508.531.1799.
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice - Though virtually forgotten today, Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a household name in Black America during much of her lifetime (1863-1931) and was considered the equal of her well-known African American contemporaries such as Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois. Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice documents the dramatic life and turbulent times of the pioneering African American journalist, activist, suffragist and anti-lynching crusader of the post-Reconstruction period. Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison reads selections from Wells' memoirs and other writings in this winner of more than 20 film festival awards.
After a full week of online voting and with a tremendous turnout logging in, here are the results for the Selectman's race poll.
A salute to Handi Kids Valentine's Dinner Dance.
This event is sponsored by the Bridgewater Kiwanis Club. Tickets are $25 per person and can be purchased by calling Hank Boudreau at 508.697.5923 or Rich Gosselin at 508.580.8900.
Along with the National Marrow Donor Program, Bridgewater State College will sponsor a marrow registration drive. Individuals must be between the ages of 18 and 60 and in good health. To register, only a cheek swab is needed. There is no cost to those that register.
The registration drive is dedicated to Alyssa Correira, a 10 year old from Rehoboth, who was diagnosed with leukemia this fall and is in need of a life saving bone marrow transplant.
For more information about the drive, call 800.283.8385 x. 720.
The visioning session sponsored by the Bridgewater Community Preservation Committee on February 25th at 6:30 PM will be held at the Academy Building and not the Senior Center as previously reported.
Interested in how Bridgewater residents voted in the Super Tuesday primary?
Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney win Bridgewater!
Bridgewater Sports Photographs Now Offering Senior Photos!
Bridgewater Sports is combining with Captured Moments to offer you the best Senior Portrait sitting available!
They are currently booking on-location senior portrait sessions at a variety of great locations. Unlike most of the studios shooting senior portraits, Bridgewater Sports actually spends more than fifteen minutes with you taking what will be one of the most important photos of the year. Each portrait session is booked for you, or you and a friend. During the sitting they will give you all the time needed for you to become comfortable with our photographer and to make a truly spectacular photograph. There are never any time limits on how long Bridgewater Sports will take to make your portrait the best that it can be. After the sitting you can view you photos on-line or have actual proofs delivered right to your home.
Compare their packages. Then call 508-941-5891 to schedule your sitting with Bridgewater Sports!
Looking for the perfect cake?
In the past few years, television shows have been popping up all over many different channels highlighting the artwork and precision that goes into custom cake making. The ability for a baker to not only create a fabulous tasting cake but also an artistic masterpiece is an amazing quality to have and Bridgewater is lucky to be home to Cake by Paula Surrette.
Paula Surrette started her custom cake business a few years ago and has seen her business grow by leaps and bounds into one of the most successful custom cake businesses in the region. With a knack for perfecting her customers' specific and individual custom cake requests, Paula ensures her clients not only a cake that is fun to look at but equally as fun to taste.
Cake by Paula Surrette has completed hundreds of cakes ranging from weddings to birthdays and from baby showers to bridal showers.
Check out Cake by Paula Surrette's website the next time you are in need of a custom cake. Not only will you be supporting a Bridgewater business, but will also be talking about your cake for a long time after the last piece is gone!
WATCH THE 2008 RED SOX IN STYLE!
It seems like everyone is hankering for a Sony 40" LCD TV. Do yourself a favor by donating to the 4th of July community celebration with the possibility of a little something extra for yourself! Raffle tickets are $5.00 each and tickets and are going fast! At $5.00 a chance for a prize valued at over $1,500.00 you will want to get yours as soon as you can! Do not miss out on this opportunity, as the Bridgewater 4th of July Committee has a limited number available.
Tickets are being sold at: BTV Cable - Spring Street, Bridgewater, MA and by 4th of July Committee Members around town! Again, there is a limited supply of tickets available for this raffle! Get your raffle ticket today -- get the 4th of July Committee closer to their fundraising goals -- and get a chance to win this great TV for your home!
Call Jeff Fowler at 508.697.1833 for more information or email him at jfowler@bridgewater4th.com.
The Bridgewater Water Department would like to inform its water users that the Water Department is currently rehabilitating it’s 4-million gallon Water Tower, off Broad Street. The tower is 32 years old and is now in need of sandblasting and painting, both inside and out. There is much labor involved in this process and the projected completion time of this project is the last week of May 2008. The water Tower had to be drained and taken off line. As a result, the work had to be scheduled through the winter months and early Spring, so the tower could be filled and put back into operation for the water peak demands of the summer months.
In taking this 4-million gallon tower off line, the Town’s wells are now pumping our water supply to the 1-million gallon water tower up on Burrill Avenue. With the water supply now flowing in a different direction, up to the Burrill Avenue Water Tower, instead of the Broad Street Water Tower, there has been periodic discoloration associated with the flow reversal. This is common in other cities and towns when Water Towers are taken off line for scheduled maintenance.
The Bridgewater Water Department would like to apologize for any inconvenience this may cause during the maintenance of the Water Tower. However, this work has to be performed to keep the structure of this Water Tower operational. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this matter please feel free to call the Bridgewater Water Department Office at (508) 697-0910.
The delivery of meals to seniors takes from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Drivers can work alone or as a team of driver and runner. The drivers pick up meals at the Bridgewater Senior Center, 10 Wally Krueger Way, between 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. and deliver them to a specific list of recipients in Bridgewater. There is a small stipend for mileage. Drivers can drive on a daily basis, or an on-call, emergency basis.
Please call 508-697-0929 and ask to speak to Director of Elder Affairs Lorraine Carrozza or email LCarrozza@Bridgewaterma.org as soon as possible if you want to deliver meals to the town's seniors.
This event is open to the public. Adult price is $8.50 with children's meals being sold for $5. Reservations are accepted by calling 508.697.6241.
After coming off a large victory as best place in Bridgewater to get a coffee, Uplifting Connections has won this week's poll of best place in Bridgewater to get a massage. Congratulations to all the other businesses, as well.

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An initiative of the Department of Health, it has been developed by the sector so it is 'fit for purpose' and makes a real difference to those who sign up. The social care commitment can be made by any employees and employers in adult social care. As a training provider NAPPI is unable to make the commitment in its own right; however, we publicly support the commitment aimed to increase public confidence in the care sector and raise workforce quality in adult social care.
Making the commitment involves agreeing to the seven statements and selecting tasks to help put those statements into practice. Tasks cover activities such as recruiting the right staff, having a thorough induction, ensuring a strong culture that values dignity and respect and effective communication. Doing the tasks provides an official record of work done, which can raise job satisfaction and increase staff confidence.
Made up of seven statements, with associated 'I will' tasks that address the minimum standards required when working in care.
Who should make the commitment?
Importantly it's not just for those who are employed in care and support roles, but for everyone in the sector including volunteers. An employer or organisation makes their commitment first, then they are able to encourage their employees and subsidiaries to make the commitment, so the whole workforce is working towards improving quality and raising standards.

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I’m always searching for new domains.
An idea that pops into my head and one of the first things I do is run to see if it’s available.
I’ve found some great domains that way. Not that I always have the idea fully developed to build with that domain, but at least I got the domain!
But some of the early domain name ideas I had were not great. There were a couple that were just bad ideas and I had to let them expire. Better to lose a few bucks on a domain than to end up tangled up in a big mess because of a bad choice!
But finding a good domain name can be challenging. So many of the best domains have been registered already and there a lot of people who’ve bought domain names just to squat on them and hope to sell them at a premium.
But just because they’re not really all that easy to find doesn’t mean you should register first thing that comes to mind.
There are a few things to keep in mind when you’re doing your research to find the perfect domain name for your project and a few things you need to avoid.
Here are six things that you need to make sure you avoid when choosing your domain name.
I mentioned this previously when discussing the brand name I used previously for my web design and development business. It gets tiresome and just really isn’t a good brand if you have to do a bunch of explaining every time you talk to someone about your website.
You don’t want to have to be explaining how to spell it, why you spelled it the way you did, what that combination of characters you chose is supposed to mean over and over again. Pick something you don’t have to explain all the time.
A couple years ago it seems there was a mad rush to grab domains that and try to build them into brands. While the letters were pronounceable, they made no sense and were related to no word in the English language, or most others either.
Another pitfall you want to avoid is unfortunate word combinations. Here are a couple examples of unfortunate combinations to illustrate the point. Yes – these were real – or still are – real sites.
All you have to do is combine those words together, put a .com at the end, and see how they look in your browser to see what the problem is. So, make sure you write it out and see what it looks like. Sometimes when you combine words you can end up with some rather unfortunate and offensive results.
Numbers and hyphens are a bad idea when it comes to domains. In addition, they really don’t look good on a business card and they carry with them the stigma of not being very well thought out.
Think about how your potential visitor would view such a domain. It’s got hyphens, and it’s long. Does that present the professional image you want your new site to demonstrate? Probably not.
Numbers are an even bigger problem. Do you spell them out, or just use numerals? Do you have to explain them when you’re trying to communicate them verbally? It’s better to stay away if you can avoid them.
The only exception I can think of is if the numerals are part of your brand like 48 Days, Blink 182, or 37 Signals. If your business is branded like this, then numerals make perfect sense, and it would be intuitive for users to find your domain that way.
It should go without saying that registering a domain that uses someone else’s intellectual property is off limits. However it happens. And often. If the phrase you want to register is trademarked, copyrighted, or has any other kind of legal protection on their name it’s best to save yourself the trouble and stay away.
If you’re not sure take the time to do your homework. I have a client who registered a domain for a phrase that you might think would have been fine to use for his project, only to find out that was not the case. He received a cease and desist order via mail that required him to surrender the domain to the trademark holder. Luckily, that was all.
This one is a bit tricky. Exact match domains are those domain names where you have a word-for-word exact match for a keyword target. At one time, this was a huge win. If you had an exact match domain name for your primary keyword on your site the search engines saw you in an extremely favorable light and it was easy to rank.
However, that’s not quite the case any longer, and in some instances, an exact match domain may not be helpful, but could actually be hurtful to your site.
The tricky part comes when an exact match domain is your legitimate business name. If you have high-quality content on your site and your brand is an exact match, then it should be ok.
But otherwise, long domains can be a serious pain. They aren’t easy or clear to communicate and it’s easy to forget a simple preposition in the phrase which could send your potential visitor somewhere else entirely.
They’re also a problem in instances where you have character limitations, like social media.
Avoid long domains in favor of something that’s short.


text: Katarína Slobodová Nováková, Slovakia, ID LLCE2016-374; The article discusses the influence of macro-social processes and issues of assimilation, acculturation, ethnic and linguistic revitalization on the example of one particular group of German woodsmen in the social context of Western Slovakia. It attempts to analyse how historical and political transformations during the 20th century influenced changes in the structure, system of values and hierarchy of the ethnic group and whether that contributed to assimilation or prevented the assimilation of the group’s members. The article also attempts to indicate the possibilities of their contemporary ethnic and linguistic revitalization.The uniqueness of the members of this group lies in a specific way of coping with the new conditions and also in their way of identification with their own group and its cultural traditions. Peculiarity of the life of Huncokári was determined above all by cultural and language distinctness, geographical and social isolation (life in hamlets, endogamy) and also by specific forms of communication within the group as well as outside the group. These factors resulted in conservation and long-term preservation of multiple archaic elements of their traditional culture. Huncokári of the Little Carpathians present a specific form of adaptation and acculturation of a group in different ethnic surroundings. Therefore we consider them to be an important component of European and global cultural heritage.


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Owning a property with your self-directed IRA is a great investment option but it also comes with a certain amount of responsibility for you as the account owner. Although you are not allowed to act in the capacity of property manager, or physically work on or live in the property, you must manage the account that owns the property. Managing the IRA includes selecting a property manager, hiring contractors when and if needed and authorizing payments for expenses such as repair work, property taxes and insurance. The IRA owner must also make sure that the cash balance of the account meets the minimum required by the Custodian. Preferred Trust Company requires that five (5) percent of the purchase price of the property plus $500.00 must always be kept in cash in the IRA. Why does Preferred Trust require a holdback amount?
It is important to avoid overextending the IRA into an investment where the IRA may end up being unable to cover unexpected expenses. The IRA owner cannot personally pay the expenses owed by the IRA as that would constitute a prohibited transaction by a disqualified person. Industry experts recommend that the IRA maintain ten (10) percent of the purchase price of the property in liquidity to cover unexpected expenses.
Examples of some of these expenses include loss of rental income, damage from natural disasters and other accidents and increased insurance premiums and property taxes.
What are your options if you do overextend the IRA and the liquidity of the account becomes less than the required amount? The IRA owner may be eligible to make an annual contribution to the account to cover the shortfall. If the IRA owner has more than one retirement account, they may also be eligible to transfer or rollover an amount from that account to the IRA that owns the property. In extreme circumstances the IRA owner may rely on Department of Labor Prohibited Transaction Exemption 80- 26, which allows the IRA owner to loan money to his or her IRA so that the IRA may pay the obligations that it owes. This type of loan – from the IRA owner to the IRA is only permissible if certain criteria and conditions are present. It is important for the IRA owner to discuss this option with the IRA Custodian as well as a CPA or qualified tax specialist.
This type of loan is not permissible to fund new obligations or to make new investments but can be used as a last resort.
Finally, if the IRA does become overextended and is unable to pay the expenses owed and the options listed above are not viable, Preferred Trust Company will elect to resign as Custodian of the IRA owned property. In this scenario ownership of the property will be transferred to the IRA owner personally which is a taxable event.
It is important to be aware of this information to avoid causing the IRA to become overextended. Preferred Trust Company provides clients with online access to their accounts, 24-hours a day, seven days a week. This type of access allows clients the ability to check the available cash balance of the account, view transaction history, verify rental income received and confirm expenses paid.
Representatives from Preferred Trust Company are available Monday through Friday from 8 am until 5 pm to discuss the minimum cash requirements with you and answer any questions you may have.

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


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Martinique is a French overseas department and territory (département et territoire d’outre-mer) and has a population of somewhere around 386,000. Its capital, Fort-de-France, is a captivating seaside community that has a European vibe, with a Caribbean beat. Although the French flag flies here, and the euro is king, it is the sounds of Creole and reggae that flood the city streets.
On the rue de la Liberté, across the road from a decapitated statue of Empress Josephine (more on this below), sits Fort-de-France’s crown jewel, its public library. The building itself is an elaborate and exotic structure with a Byzantine-style cupola. Designed by French architect Pierre-Henri Picq in 1884, the building was first erected in Paris, and then dismantled and shipped for re-assembly in Martinique. That this glorious building still stands is a testimony to the genius of its designer, as the island is prone to earthquakes and hurricanes.
The library itself is named after French abolitionist Victor Schœlcher, who drafted the 1848 decree that abolished slavery in the French colonies. Schœlcher donated his own private library in 1883 to the General Council of Martinique for the purpose of creating a public library. One of the library’s mandates is to preserve heritage materials related to the island.
Being duly impressed with the exterior of the building, I decided to check out the interior space. Although my French is poor, the reference librarian on duty spoke wonderful English and was kind enough to provide an impromptu tour of the place.
Although the interior is showing signs of wear (including a few cracks resulting from earthquakes), it is still quite grand. The domed ceiling is exquisite, and there is a striking portrait of Victor Schœlcher hanging in the atrium. The collection is impressive and covers everything from literature to law, including the most current Dalloz French codes. (As an overseas region of France, French national law applies in Martinique, but can be modified to address situations specific to the island.) What really impressed me, however, was how busy the library was. This is not simply a relic from an earlier time; it’s a working and modern library that is being heavily used.
Finally, a word about the decapitated statue of Empress Josephine across the street. Joséphine de Beauharnais, Napoleon I’s first wife, was born and raised in Martinique. Although she may be the island’s most famous citizen, she is also probably the most despised. Her family owned slaves, and she was purportedly instrumental in convincing Napoleon to reinstate slavery in the French colonies in 1802. The marble statue was mysteriously beheaded in 1991 and was later splattered with red paint around Josephine’s delicate neckline. The gory headless statue still stands, overlooking the lovely La Savane park. For an interesting read on the statue, see the Prologue (“Josephine Beheaded”) to Cultural Conundrums: Gender, Race, Nation, and the Making of Caribbean Cultural Politics (University of Michigan Press, 2006).

industry_corpus2: Travel & Geography


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If you don't have mental and emotional health and wellness, you have nothing. Without the two, life's chaotic and out of control. Life's choices become emotionally and irrationally based. It's the dreaded knee-jerk reaction to all of life's circumstances. Your choices are directed by your emotions and mental state as they are right now, rather than from a state of wellness and health.
How many more times will you react to the driver in front of you because they were driving too slow? Or, maybe they past you, and you didn't like that. How many more times will you blow up at your kids because the room isn't clean or they didn't do their chores? How many more dreaded times will you defend yourself to the death when someone makes a statement that you don't agree with?
When you believe you are worthless and non-deserving, you will respond to everything that happens around you, with that sense of worthlessness and non-deserving attitude. For instance, your child doesn't clean up his/her room, and you've asked repeated times. This affects you in a negative way. Why? Because you are thinking you are worthless and non-deserving. So if you're thinking you're worthless and non-deserving, when the child doesn't do as you ask him/her, it becomes your fault. You are the one to blame. You didn't parent correctly. Maybe you said it with the wrong tone of voice. Whatever you come up with, it will be your fault. Your emotions of worthlessness and non-deserving arise, causing you to react from that mental and emotional state, and probably not in a pleasant manner.
On the other hand, take the same scenario, but you feel worthy and deserving. You know who you are and how life works. You have a sense of calm and ease within yourself. When things don't go the way you want them to go, you let it go. You creatively find another way to work with it, rather than get stuck and negatively chatter at yourself.
This scenario is possible. I've experienced it myself. A few years back, I was a mess both mentally and emotionally. My rage, anger and depression were totally out of control. I reacted to everything protecting myself from everyone around me. My walls of defenses were thick and solid. No one was getting in! And, nothing did.
The self-realization I had was that because the walls were so thick, I protected the hurt and pain and the darkness that was within me. Because of the walls around me, I couldn't let this hurt and pain out. And, neither could I let anything that had to do with love in.
To heal your life and to begin making better, more inspired choices, your walls must begin to come down brick by brick. That first step is yours to make, and only yours. No one else can do that for you. If you are forced into change, resentment and resistance will happen. Perhaps, you will change for a while, but over time, you will resort back to your old ways.
The question I have is, what will it take for you to begin to transform your life and change the direction of your destiny? Are you on drugs? Are you an alcoholic? Are you an over-eater? Do you live with rage or depression? What is it going to take for you to make that FIRST STEP? If you can't live for your self, then who? For me to transform my ways, it was my children that kept me going when painful emotions started to spill over and memories began to flow back. It was faith knowing that I can have a better life. When I made that choice, that one day standing in the middle of my kitchen, that everything around me was created by me and it wasn't about anybody else anymore, I began "THE WORK." I began my journey to a life of mental and emotional wellness. I began my journey to freedom from the gremlin in my mind. You can do this too. I am here to support you in your journey to mental and emotional health and wellness.


text: Trinh is a business law attorney with fourteen years of experience in commercial transactions, real estate, and corporate law. He has in-depth experience advising a diverse spectrum of public and private clients on business issues ranging from routine corporate matters to finance and equity transactions to complex reorganizations. A unique aspect of his experience is serving as lead counsel on complex finance projects for housing and economic development, working in partnership with non-profit entities, state and federal governments, and private funding sources. Trinh understands the intensity, responsiveness and creativity required to serve clients’ legal needs. He brings a result-oriented and practical perspective to resolving legal problems.


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Neil Gaiman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty books, including Norse Mythology, Neverwhere, and The Graveyard Book. Among his numerous literary awards are the Newbery and Carnegie medals, and the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner awards. Originally from England, he now lives in America. Sir Terry Pratchett was the internationally bestselling author of more than thirty books, including his phenomenally successful Discworld series. His young adult novel, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, won the Carnegie Medal, and Where's My Cow?, his Discworld book for "readers of all ages," was a New York Times bestseller. His novels have sold more than seventy five million (give or take a few million) copies worldwide. Named an Officer of the British Empire "for services to literature," Pratchett lived in England. He died in 2015 at the age of sixty-six. Jeffrey Archer is one of the world s best-selling writers, having sold over 120 million copies of his novels and short stories world-wide. He is a former member of Parliament and currently a member of the British House of Lords. He lives in London and Cambridge with his wife, Mary.Martin Jarvis career ranges from award-winning London theatre productions of Ayckbourn, Pinter and Wilde to Murder, She Wrote and James Cameron s Titanic in the U.S. He has twice received the British Talkies Award.
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industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


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People who work phones in customer service get all kinds of strange and funny calls. Even the Conway Scenic Railroad in New Hampshire gets a few.
The Conway Scenic Railroad runs several excursion passenger trains through the White Mountains which has some of the most beautiful views in New England, especially during fall foliage season. Trains run April through November so there are plenty of excursions to choose from.
One particular customer call the Conway Scenic to ask what time the 11:00 train left. Wha?
At least they were nice about it. I would have sooooo loved to have said, "Sir, the 11:00 train leaves at 12:15, but if it's more convenient, we can get you on the 12:00 train that leaves at 10:00."

industry_corpus2: Transportation


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To be honest, the design of the Form is not particularly user-friendly, so please follow the advice given in this “Save Westbury Library” help sheet: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3746162/westbury%20libray%20leaflet.pdf taking particular note of the information given on the second page of the link.
Finally, if you have already signed an online petition, this will count for NOTHING in the Council’s final analysis of their Consultation process. The only way to make your voice heard is to complete the Council’s questionnaire.
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We do not know exactly how many people have fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). Several different approaches have been used to estimate how many persons are living with FASDs in the population. FASDs include several diagnoses related to exposure of the baby to alcohol during pregnancy. More specifically, fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is the most involved diagnosis, used when several physical and developmental abnormalities are present (see Facts about FASDs).
Data come from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), a telephone survey that tracks national and state-specific self-reported health risk behaviors of adults, 18 years and older, in the United States.
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS): This telephone survey tracks national and state-specific health risk behaviors of adults, aged 18 years and older, in the United States. The BRFSS is administered and supported by the Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC.
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS): The NHIS is a multi-purpose nationwide household health survey of the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population conducted annually by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC, to produce national estimates for a variety of health indicators.
National Survey on Drug Use and HealthExternal: This survey provides information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drug use and abuse in the general U.S. population, 12 years and older. It is conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services AdministrationExternal.
Alcohol-Related Disease Impact (ARDI): This software, supported by CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, generates estimates of alcohol-related deaths and Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL) due to alcohol consumption.


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Learning about the Italian culture and Italian customs is an important part of learning the language. You will probably find that among the people they will generally be understanding if they know you are learning the language. They will appreciate you more, however, if you take the time to understand the Italian culture and Italian customs.
Note: Italian is the closest language to Latin in pronounciation and writing. There are NO silent vowels.
per (for) is shorthanded to x. For example, for you => x te (instead of per te.
The climate in Italy is highly diverse because of its position in the Mediterranean and the mountainous terrain. The higher altitudes tend to cold, wet, and snowy, and the coastal regions have mild winters, warm and dry summers, and even hot summers in the low valleys.
Merry Christmas — Buon Natale!
Happy New Year — Buon Anno!
Happy Easter — Buona Pasqua!
Happy Birthday — Buon compleanno!
The most popular sports include soccer, volleyball, waterpolo, Italian sports car racing, fencing, rugby, cycling, and hockey. Sports are also part of festivities like Palio, and the venician gondola race. Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in Italy.
The arts go back for millennia. In fact, much of what the world has in art and music, theater and opera, is influenced by art from the Italian renaissance. Amongst its greatest artistic heritage are artists like: Bernini, Botticelli, Caravaggio, Donatello, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian.
Parliament consists of a Chamber of Deputies and a Senate, a separate judiciary and executive branch headed by the Prime Minister over a Council of Ministers (or cabinet). The President of the Italian Republic is elected for 7 years. The President nominates the Prime Minister, and elections choose him and the houses of paliament.
Elections are complex. Both houses are elected for up to 5 years, but can be dissolved by the President. The judicial system is based on Roman law and the Napoleonic code, along with other statutes.
Italy has 20 regions, five of which have special status to enact legislation on local matters. Within each region there are provinces and municipalities.
About 95% of the population is Catholic. The remainder are Protestants, Jews, and Muslims. All faiths have equal freedom. The Italian renaissance and religion are still studied world-wide today.
Italians are rich in culture. This is no different for their styles in fashion and food. They enjoy a rich cuisine, with pastas, wine, and bread being the most recognized. The U.S. attributes pizza to Italy, though a true Italian pizza is quite different from the traditional pizza found in the U.S. You haven't tried the real thing until you've had Italian food in Italy.
Italian traditional dress is known for its bright colored dresses and white blouses.
There are many dialects in Italy, including Tuscan, Ligurian, Abruzzese, Cicolano-Reatino-Aquilano, Pugliese, Umbrian, Laziale, Central Marchigiano, Lombardo, Molisano, Neapoloitan, Piemontese, Sicilian, Venetian. It is said that Piemontese, and Sicilian are different enough to be their own languages. Italian dialects have elements of French, Spanish, Greek, etc.
Hopefully you have been able to learn a little bit about the Italian culture. If you are simply looking to learn Italian, you will soon learn how important culture is when you learn a language. There are plenty of free resources available here to help you to learn Italian. If you want to talk about love or you are looking for Italian greetings, you must visit the Italian phrases page. There are also many Italian words in many different categories from which you can learn. In addition, you can learn over 350 Italian verbs and how to conjugate them with free audio flash cards and step-by-step instructions.


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An thatched country house dating in part from the 16th century occupying a rural location with views towards oulton mill pool. Ground floor- reception hall- drawing room- sitting room- dining room- cloakroom/w.
And penthouse apartment in hartford open plan living with superb kitchen, two double bedrooms plus en-suite! Glorious surroundings close to the village and station. Two private parking spaces + communal gardens!

industry_corpus2: Real Estate & Construction