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Lauren Daigle, for King & Country, and Danny Gokey Dominate K-LOVE Fan Awards
CP Current Page: Entertainment | Monday, June 06, 2016
By Jeannie Law, Christian Post Reporter | Monday, June 06, 2016
Singer Lauren Daigle arrives at the 58th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California February 15, 2016. | (Photo: Reuters/Danny Moloshok)
Lauren Daigle, Danny Gokey and for King & Country were the big winners at last night's 2016 K-LOVE Fan Awards at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry stage.
Christian music's new star female artist Lauren Daigle received both Artist of the Year and Female Artist of the Year, while Danny Gokey took home Male Artist of the Year and Breakout Single. And for KING & COUNTRY were honored with Best Live Show and Group/Duo of the Year.
The K-LOVE Fan Awards, hosted by Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Matthew West, are based on fans voting for their favorite artists to be nominated and also picking the winners for each of the seven award categories. The Awards night was kicked off by the Ultimate Experience Weekend on Friday, June 3, which is an annual weekend packed with performances and activities leading up to the award show dedicated to the radio station's beloved fans.
Among some of the other artists who won Sunday night were Chris Tomlin, Francesca Battistelli and Matthew West. for King & Country and TobyMac each led with four nominations but TobyMac did not come out on top at this year's awards.
A full recap of winners is listed below.
2016 K-LOVE Fan Awards Winners
Male Artist of the Year
Female Artist of the Year
Group/Duo of the Year
Best Live Show
Chris Tomlin "Good Good Father"
Worship Song of the Year
Francesca Battistelli "Holy Spirit"
Breakout Single
Danny Gokey "Tell Your Heart To Beat Again"
Best Lyric
Matthew West "Grace Wins"
Sports Impact
Adam LaRoche
Film/Television Impact
Book Impact
Gary Thomas "Sacred Marriage"
For more information visit KLOVEFanAwards.com
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Here is a problem that often troubles many clients, and it's often troubled me as a small business and law firm owner, as well. Many businesses struggle attracting and advertising to clients. For us at the law firm we rely heavily upon referrals and relationships, but we have also made an effort to use social media and other sources to increase our footprint in the advertising world.
The trouble that a lot of businesses get into is relying upon marketing services that claim to be able to boost your traffic using emails, bubble contacts, advertising campaigns, and other database marketing. The trouble that you get into is that often these agencies are using bots — online automated tools — to convince you that they are increasing advertising and getting more people to look at your posts.
It is not always accurate.
There are two ways in which someone can get into trouble doing this. First, you may be overpaying for the services. You may be paying a digital marketing company way more money than what they are actually producing, which then leads to a poor return on investment. It may look like your numbers are crazy high, yet you don't a lot of activity in your sales funnel to show for it. On top of that, it's not the easiest thing to measure. My advice is to try to find a social media expert or a neutral third party who can determine if you are being scammed by your digital marketing services company.
The other problem that you can get into is that if you are using your website to sell services — the bot scam could be creating something that is called click fraud. Scammers will guide robots into mimicking human interaction on your website through a form of artificial intelligence. The result is that a lot of ad revenue is being generated fraudulently. Fraudulent ad revenue can lead to a deeper problem: a visit from the Federal Trade Commission. They may look at your advertising procedures. If you are selling your ads across state lines you could even add mail fraud to your list of problems.
Be careful when you are using some of these marketing services that promise things like a high number click through or engagements by web users.
If you are going to employ a digital marketing service make sure you do extra research into what practices they have and what they can provide to you as a client. Be sure to compare different companies and their success rates. Just because somebody has low numbers it does not mean that they are bad, but rather that they are strikingly accurate.
If you're not sure, always back away. I do recommend you get a second opinion if you are unsure. If you get a call from the Federal Trade Commission, then give us a call, because we are going to have to do some work to help you out.


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Earlier this year Google confirmed that they are rolling out Google Assistant to almost all Android smartphones running Android 6.0 Marshmallow or higher. And devices from Ulefone are the newest to receive Google Assistant. And they also make a video showing how the voice assistant works on their phones.
Google Assistant is an artificial intelligence-based piece of software that can do a lot of things, from performing Google searches, sending messages, adding an event to you calendar, setting reminders, making phone calls to music playback and restaurant discovery. Checking out the video, you would find that the smart assistant works pretty well on the all-screen Ulefone MIX. Nearly all tasks can be done just with your voice. With the help of Google Assistant, life becomes much easier.
According to Ulefone, the smart assistant also goes well with other Ulefone handsets, for instance, the rugged Armor 2 which allows you to easily handle various situations outdoors and the T1 Premium Edition with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage that provides rather smooth multitasking and enough room for your favourite videos and pictures. If interested, you can grab the Armor 2 for $235.99 or the T1 Premium Edition (6GB RAM+128GB ROM) for $299.99.


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If you think your chances of finding a holiday inside your cracker at this year's work Christmas party are pretty slim, you're probably right.
So Peppers and Mantra have devised the perfect way to combine that much-needed getaway with the annual Christmas shindig, offering a range of spectacular Christmas party packages throughout Queensland and Northern New South Wales.
Whether it's the appeal of Tropical North Queensland's relaxed ambience and stunning natural attractions, or the Gold Coast's promise of excitement and fun that wins you over, Peppers and Mantra can give the gift of a very merry Christmas party for you and your hard-working colleagues to celebrate another year over with.
Celebrate in style with Peppers packages that deliver a commitment to divine cuisine and wine, stylish accommodation options and idyllic location choices, or be the life of the party with Mantra's packages that let you dance the night away with everything organised for you, including fine food and wine.
PEPPERS BEACH CLUB & SPA, PALM COVE: Enjoy a gourmet seafood buffet or an alternate drop three-course set menu with four-hour standard beverage package and complimentary sole use venue hire with festive season table decorations, from $130* per person. Stay in a Lagoon Spa Room from $189* per night including buffet breakfast for two plus for every 10 rooms booked receive one Lagoon Spa Room complimentary. If booked for any day other than Saturday, receive 10% discount on the above food and beverage package price plus a complimentary festive cocktail on arrival for all guests. Call 07 4059 9275 or email vanessa.pope@peppers.com.au.
*Book by 01/12/11 for functions held prior to 31/01/12. Valid for 30 or more guests.
PEPPERS BEACH CLUB, PORT DOUGLAS: Share generous platters for entree and dessert, served with an alternate drop main course. Celebrate in either a private function room or at Sublime Bar & Grill overlooking the beautiful lagoon pool. From $85* per person including a complimentary glass of Sparkling Wine on arrival. Stay in a Spa Suite from $266* per night, including continental breakfast daily for bookings of eight or more rooms. For every 10 rooms booked, receive one complimentary Spa Suite. Call 07 4087 1000 or email portdouglas.events@peppers.com.
*Book by 30/11/11 for functions held prior to 31/01/12. Min of 8 pax and max of 40 pax applies to Christmas dinner.
PEPPERS BLUE ON BLUE RESORT, MAGNETIC ISLAND: Choose from the stylish function room, The Indigo Room, or signature restaurant, Boardwalk Restaurant & Bar, offering sensational water views. Talk to our Event Coordinator about our festive buffet from $59* per person or $105* per person including three-hour beverage package, or three-course alternate drop from $69* per person or $115* per person including three-hour beverage package. Book before 15/10/11 and receive an extra complimentary half-hour pre-dinner drinks package with a platter of cocktail snacks for groups of 40 pax or more. Single share Hotel Rooms are from $167* per night including return ferry transfer and cooked tropical buffet breakfast for one adult. Call 07 4758 2407 or email events.blueonblue@peppers.com.au.
*Book by 01/12/11 for functions held prior to 24/12/11. Minimum 40 pax applies for bookings in Boardwalk Restaurant & Bar and minimum 20 pax applies for bookings in The Indigo Room.
PEPPERS CORAL COAST RESORT, AIRLIE BEACH: Savour the superb flavours, personal service and stunning majestic views over the Coral Sea and the Whitsunday islands at Peppers Coral Coast Resort where our Events Team will create an indulgent selection of irresistible dishes matched with the unsurpassable nautical location. For a limited time, for every 10 guests or more booked, the organiser receives a meal free. For every 30 guests or more booked, the organiser receives one free night's accommodation plus dinner. Receive a bonus lucky door prize for your function valued from $100 to $500. Stay in a One Bedroom Apartment from $245* per night including hot plated breakfast for one adult. Party packages can be tailored, starting from $55* per guest, including personal party planner. Call 07 4962 5100 or email sandi.holman@peppers.com.au.
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MANTRA ON SALT BEACH, KINGSCLIFF: Celebrate by the seaside at the trendy Salt Village with Mantra party packages. Get festive on Mantra's pool deck for $120* per adult and $60* per child aged 4 to 12 years, including a Christmas buffet dinner, three and a half hour beverage package, venue hire, and a 'Very Beachy Christmas' theme complete with bon bons, for a minimum of 30 adults. Or Mantra's Plantation Room comes for $130* per adult and $65* per child aged 4 to 12 years, with three alternate drop courses, four hour beverage package, room hire, red and gold theme, bon bons and a dance floor with DJ provided, for a minimum of 60 adults. Stay the night for convenience in a stylish Hotel Room with breakfast included, from $167*. Call 13 15 17 or visit mantra.com.au.
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PEPPERS SALT RESORT & SPA, KINGSCLIFF: The holiday haven of Salt awaits with a spectacular christmas party package on offer poolside at this popular resort's lovely lagoon pool. For $130* per adult and $65* for children, dine on a buffet dinner with a three and a half hour premium beverage package, venue hire, winter wonderland theme and bon bons for a minimum of 30 adults. Or move to the groove in the Peppers ballroom for $140* per adult and $70* per child aged 4 to 12 years, with a four hour premium beverage package, room hire, red and gold theme, bon bons, DJ and dance floor for a minimum of 60 adults. Then rest and relax in your Resort Room from $176* with breakfast, or from $265* in a 1 Bedroom at the adjacent Peppers Balé Salt resort with breakfast. Call 1300 987 600 or visit peppers.com.au.
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This month saw Moreton Island undergo a top secret name change for the day to 'Jeep Island', in preparation for a feature media event for world famous off road vehicle manufacturer Jeep Chrysler.
The well-known car makers searched Australia for the ideal location to launch their top of the line Jeep Grand Cherokee and found it on South East Queensland's local island getaway – Moreton Island.
At such close proximity to Brisbane, within 10 minutes by helicopter from a major international airport, but with every inch of adventure you could ask for in a 4WD destination, Moreton Island was the perfect spot to host a group of automotive and lifestyle media from across Australia to experience Jeep's newly launched, state of the art vehicle.
Media guests were flown by helicopter directly from Brisbane airport to the western beaches of Moreton Island into another world, with a luxury Bedouin tent awaiting their arrival for quick introductions to Jeep's chief designer, Klaus Busse, flown in from Jeep headquarters in Detroit especially for the occasion.
It was a day of adventure for those lucky media guests able to take part, with each one invited to test out the new vehicles on a specially prepared circuit of some of Moreton Island's most challenging sand tracks, with their local guide Roz Shaw, head of Moreton Island Adventures.
And to captalise on their great location, Jeep Australia are also offering Jeep owners and enthusiasts across the country the chance to get themselves and their Jeep to Moreton Island too, with a competition running on www.jeepescape.com.au until the 18th September.
For more information on Moreton Island, timetables for the MiCat ferry and bookings, please visit www.moretonislandadventures.com.au or join the Moreton Island Adventures facebook.
SEADREAM Yacht Club has a unique way to ring-in 2012, with both its mega motor-cruisers, SeaDream I and SeaDream II anchored amid the yachts of billionaires, super-models and Hollywood's who's-who in one of the Caribbean's liveliest fun-spots, Gustavia Harbour in St Barts.
Also known as St Barths, this French island offers a unique vibe of laid-back-Caribbean meets chic French Riviera, with spectacular beaches, great shopping, fine dining and a colourful nightlife.
And it's expected some 100-plus luxury yachts will be at anchor there, many hosting star-studded private New Year's Eve concerts and parties, while ashore there'll be a massive fireworks display on the stroke of midnight.
SeaDream I will be celebrating with Champagne in St Barts on December 31 and January 1 as part of a 7-night sailing from San Juan on December 30 for St Barts, Anguilla, Virgin Gorda, Jost van Dyke, St John and back to St Juan; SeaDream II sails 7-nights on December 30 from St Thomas for St Barts, Saba, Virgin Gorda, Tortola, Norman Island, Jost van Dyke and San Juan.
Prices start from US$5891pp twin-share (SeaDream I) and from US$5091pp twin-share (SeaDream II) inclusive of all 5-star gourmet dining with wines at lunch and dinner, drinks from the open bars throughout, nightly Cocktail Parties, use of the 30-course golf simulator, power and sail water-sports, onboard gratuities, and port charges and taxes. Air fares are additional.
CRUISECO has two fly, cruise and stay packages in November of this year for those for whom pampering is a pre-requisite, and time of no importance.
Cruising is aboard the 5-star Seabourn Pride that carries just 208-guests and which will sail 18-nights from Piraeus (port for Athens) on November 10 for Dubai, and visiting eight ports in Crete, Jordan, Egypt and Oman.
This is priced from $7525pp twin-share including airfare from Melbourne or Brisbane (add $20 ex Sydney; add $120 ex Adelaide; deduct $60 ex Perth) to Athens, 2-nights at the Hilton Hotel Athens pre-cruise with breakfast daily and two nights post-cruise at the Raffles Hotel Dubai, again with breakfast daily and airfare back to Australia.
Seabourn Pride then sails 16-nights from Dubai to Singapore via Muscat, Mumbai, Mangalore, Cochin and Penang, priced from $6450pp twin-share includes 2-nights pre-cruise in Dubai at the Raffles hotel and 2-nights post-cruise at the Mandarin Oriental (breakfasts at both hotels,) and return airfare.
Both packages also include transfers between airport, hotel and port, onboard gratuities, port charges, government fees and air taxes.
And for those with even more time, the two packages are available together, priced from $10,779pp twin-share (but less the two nights in Dubai) giving a full 34-nights of luxury 5-star cruising.
Hyatt Regency Coolum is giving golfers a chance to tee off behind the likes of Bubba Watson and Greg Norman after this year's Australian PGA Championship.
Golfers have the chance to play the 6,137-metre course designed by Robert Trent Jones Jnr immediately following the 2011 Australian PGA Championship on Monday, 28 November - with the tees and pin positions still in place from the previous day's final round.
This offer is priced at AU$170 per player and includes a shared motorised cart, competition entry and a BBQ after the round.
Golf fanatics can also relive any day of the championship tournament by playing a special course set-up from Tuesday, 29 November to Friday, 2 December. The course will feature the same tee and pin configurations played by the pros in the PGA Championship, with Tuesday emulating day 1, Wednesday day 2, Thursday day 3 and Friday the final day.
Green fees on these days are AU$110 per player for 18 holes when booked by hotel guests. Accommodation is priced from AU$240 per night for two people in a King or Twin Room, and includes continental breakfast, adult entry to the Spa, tennis court hire and a daily shuttle service to Noosa.
As home to the Australian PGA Championship since 2002, the par-72 Hyatt Regency Coolum course has challenged such champions as Fred Couples, Peter Lonard, Ian Baker-Finch, Peter Senior and Craig Parry.
For full details and bookings, call 1800 COOLUM (1800 266 586) or visit coolum.regency.hyatt.com.
One of the most secluded areas in Papua New Guinea will be readily accessible to Australian travellers at the start of 2012, with the opening of the first resort at the Conflict Islands. Consisting of 22 pristine, untouched islands, the Conflict Islands group is located in the Lower Milne Bay area, at the top of the Coral Sea, and boasts world-renowned diving and fishing experiences.
The private Conflict Islands resort is located on the Island of Panasesa and consists of six traditional double occupancy timber bungalows complete with beachfront balconies. These bungalows include modern comforts such as air-conditioning, a mini bar with tea and coffee facilities, iPod dock, and an ensuite bathroom complete with essential toiletries.
Each bungalow can be fitted with either a queen bed or two king singles, with a maximum of 12 people on the island at any one time.
The islands are part of the Milne Bay Province, which is famous for its array of diving locations and unique coral reefs which have twice the diversity of the Great Barrier Reef. Alotau, on the edge of Milne Bay and part of the mainland, is a popular base from which to explore the surrounding Islands.
On the Conflict Islands you will be spoilt for choice on how to spend your days. The activities include diving and snorkelling, fishing, island tours, sailing, paddle boarding and kayaking or simply relaxing in your own private paradise.
The resort has its own resident chef who uses the abundance of fresh local produce available on the islands to create a delightful cuisine. The surrounding waters also provide a variety of fresh seafood, including numerous varieties of fish, lobster, crayfish and many other marine delicacies.
Previously not open to the public, this island resort was developed as a private hideaway for the owner and is now being opened up to a limited number of guests who want a personalised holiday away from the hustle and bustle of daily life.
The secluded island getaway is being offered at a rate of $3,750 (normally $4,500 - $5,000) per person for bookings between December 2011 and June 2012. This price covers all expenses, including transfers to and from Port Moresby, plus all activities, meals and basic alcohol.
To take advantage of this amazing offer, a seven night minimum stay must be booked and the resorts' occupancy full (12 people). Travel must also be made between December 2011 and June 2012.
The resort is available for individual and group bookings of up to 12 people.
For more information visit www.conflictislands.com or call +61 (0) 406 831 638.
Spring is just around the corner and with it comes the joy of sunshine, warmth and outdoor activities on the Sunshine Coast.
It's time to spring into some fun with outstanding new packages launched at Caloundra's five-star Rumba Beach Resort at Bulcock Beach, offering a Pay 3 and Stay 4 deal.
Whether you're an intimate couple, a multi-generation clan or a group of mates, your holiday can be as warm & relaxed as it is exciting.
Make yourself at home in self-catering five-star luxury at Rumba Beach Resort. You're just seconds across the esplanade to crystal clear Pumicestone Passage and Bulcock beach with all the eat-street vibe of the Waterfront to be found right at your doorstep.
Round up your family or your mates and have some fun in the sun with these new Spring savings packages at the luxurious Rumba Beach Resort.
The new package ranges from $585 inclusive for two people for a four night stay in a one-bedroom Resort King Spa Suite, or $735.00 for a 2 bedroom suite for 4 nights.
In addition to one free night, free Bicycle hire to enjoy the new Bulcock Beach boardwalk is also included as a bonus addition for two days during the package duration.
Rumba's Spring Fling Deal is available from 1st September 2011 to 30th November 2011 and excludes Saturday nights or school holidays.
Toronto — As Canada's largest city and the country's entertainment, cultural and financial capital, Toronto attracts tourists from around the globe who come to visit some of the world's tallest towers, to play in the city's 1,500 parks, and to marvel in its many museums.
Toronto CityPASS makes visiting more affordable and convenient by packaging discounted admission to the city's essential attractions: CN Tower, Royal Ontario Museum, Ontario Science Centre, Casa Loma, and the Toronto Zoo. And that discount is substantial: Toronto CityPASS costs 45 percent less than the combined price of the same tickets purchased individually. Adult Toronto CityPASS booklets cost $58.40 CAD (a value of $120.30); child passes (ages 4-12) retail for $34.50 CAD. Note: Prices do not include applicable sales tax.
Toronto's fall travelers won't want to miss a new suite of recently opened permanent galleries at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). Featuring both never-before-seen objects and many artifacts that had been in storage since 2004 for the duration of the Renaissance ROM expansion project, the new galleries showcase the ancient civilizations of Rome, Byzantium and Nubia. Among the not-to-be-missed treasures are an Early Byzantine ciborium (altar canopy) dating from about AD 500-600, the only such example from this period to have survived from the Middle East (Byzantium Gallery); opulent Imperial Roman jewelry (Rome and the Near East); and intricately inscribed shawabtis (magical figures) found in the pyramid tombs of the Napatan kings (Nubia).
At Casa Loma, visitors can explore this medieval-style castle's secret passages, lofty towers and elegant rooms. Highlights include The Conservatory, with its stunning stained-glass dome and Italian marble floors; and the Great Hall, featuring an impressive 60-foot-high (18 meters), oak-beamed ceiling.
CN Tower continues to offer the best views of Toronto, while the Ontario Science Centre's interactive exhibits and the Toronto Zoo's acres of animal habitats are definite must-sees for families.
Toronto CityPASS can be purchased online at CityPASS.com or at any of the CityPASS attractions. It is valid for nine consecutive days, beginning with the first day of use. CityPASS ticket booklets are also available for New York City, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Hollywood, Houston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle and Southern California. For more information on CityPASS, visit CityPASS.com.
Book a trip to New Zealand and get $150 off your return economy flights. This discount applies no matter what seat option you choose - whether it's Seat, Seat+Bag, The Works or Works Deluxe. Just enter promocode NZ150 for travel during 05 September and 19 December 11 and promocode NZ150OFF for travel during 19 January and 30 June 12. Hurry, this sale is only on for 3 days, you've only got until midnight 24 August so get booking now!
As travel to significant battlefields continues to increase and pilgrims seek new frontiers to explore, Mat McLachlan Battlefield Tours has extended its range of group and bespoke tours.
As Vietnam Veterans Day approaches (Thursday August 18) Australians nationwide reflect on the war that was undoubtedly one of the most controversial periods in our history – with many seeking to commemorate those who fought through travel to the battle sites of Vietnam.
Lasting for ten years from 1962 to 1972, the Vietnam War was the longest major conflict in which Australians have been involved, and was one of the most divisive events in Australia's history. Almost four decades on, and Australia has come to terms with our involvement, with many war veterans and everyday Australians now seeking the opportunity to visit the former battlefields and learn more about this important chapter in Australia's history.
In response to this growing interest, Mat McLachlan Battlefield Tours has launched a new fifteen-night Vietnam Commemoration Tour, to be escorted by Australia's leading author on war - Gary McKay, a former platoon leader in Vietnam who was wounded and awarded the Military Cross for bravery.
"Travel to significant battlefields has skyrocketed in recent years, with pilgrims becoming increasingly adventurous. The development of this new Vietnam Tour is in direct response to the growing interest we have received from both Vietnam Veterans and battlefield pilgrims who wish to engage with wartime history, while at the same time exploring modern day Vietnam," said Mat McLachlan, Australian Historian and founder of Mat McLachlan Battlefield Tours.
"Vietnam has moved on strongly since it was devastated during the war years, and is now one of Asia's most vibrant countries - and a very popular destination for Australian travellers. This new tour aims to both commemorate the Vietnam War and educate about Australia's involvement, while at the same time highlighting the beauty of Vietnam."
The tour is being conducted with the full co-operation of the people of Vietnam and takes in all the key Australian sites from the war, plus many of Vietnam's cultural treasures.
With travellers ranging from young backpackers who've studied the Anzac legend at school through to families tracing fallen ancestors, Mat McLachlan Battlefield Tours guides over 1000 people each year, assisting travellers to connect with their heritage, and learn more about Australia's war-time history.
First launched in 2007, Mat McLachlan Battlefield Tours is headed by leading Australian war historian, author, journalist and media commentator, Mat McLachlan. By combining his extensive war-time knowledge and story-telling abilities, Mat is able to bring the experiences of our diggers to life in the very places they occurred.
To ensure a memorable experience, Mat encourages his travellers to seek out their own ancestral roots as part of their journey, and he is more than willing to help locate sites of personal significance along the way.
Depending on the time of year, tour itineraries feature visits to significant sites in Gallipoli, the Western Front in France and Belgium, the D-Day beaches of Normandy, Armistice Day sites, Vietnam and more – as well as individually tailored tours to any location relevant to war buffs, school groups, cadets, and senior citizens.
And for those tours Mat can't join himself, he has hand-picked a team of qualified historians who live and breathe the battlefields and are some of the world's most respected authors and guides. Their expertise and publishing credentials far outweigh any offered by other war tour operators, and with Mat designing each battlefield tour, itineraries include sites unknown to many other groups.
Mat McLachlan Battlefield Tours is a fully licensed travel company and a full member of the Australian Federation of Travel Agents. It is accredited by the International Cruise Council of Australasia and the Council of Australian Tour Operators, and is the preferred battlefield tour supplier for Harvey World Travel, Travelscene American Express, Jetset, Travelworld, NRMA Travel, Breakaway Travel and Foxtel's The History Channel nationally.
With the Australian spring wedding season fast approaching, now is the perfect time for lovebirds to start considering their honeymoon options. And, with Quickbeds.com you can don't need to venture far to find the perfect getaway to suit you, your betrothed and more importantly - your budget.
Despite a wealth of versatile honeymoon options available to newlyweds, Quickbeds.com has noticed consumers are still choosing romance as the key component to their ultimate escape.
Quickbeds general manager, John Feenaghty has noticed several new up and coming romantic hotspots gaining popularity, offering couples fantastic value for money yet with all the luxury amenities you would expect from a honeymoon getaway and minus the costly price tag.
"Weddings are a stressful time for couples and so it's no surprise that they're looking for getaways that offer peace and relaxation complete with all the frills" said John.
Hamilton Island, located off the coast of Queensland Australia, is renowned for its tropical beaches and world-class snorkelling. Check out Whitehaven Beach, one of the most beautiful beaches in the world, or, if you're feeling adventurous try snorkelling in the Great Barrier Reef, chartering a yacht for the day or taking a scenic flight over the islands.
The Blue Mountains is the perfect place for couples to escape and unwind. With breathtaking scenery, quaint villages and picturesque nature walks, it's hard to believe it's just a stone's throw away from busy Sydney. In winter, it's the perfect place to hibernate inside beside a real log fire, while in summer it offers an abundance of nature trails and villages to explore.
Surfers Paradise has long been a honeymoon haven and it's easy to see why. With the Gold Coast offering beautiful beaches and an abundance of water sports to keep even the most adventurist occupied – your honeymoon can be whatever you want it to be.
If you're looking for a honeymoon destination with less of the 'hype' and more of the 'experience', try Tasmania. Cradle Mountain is the perfect area to choose, offering stunning lodges and log cabins surrounded by picturesque scenery and fantastic walking trails through the wilderness.
Muri Beach Club Hotel in the Cook Islands is offering guests the chance to stay for six nights but only pay for four and receive a free tropical breakfast daily and a couple's massage per room. This great deal is valid for sale until 30 September, 2011 and valid for travel until 31 March, 2012.
Adventurous activities and tours away from the water are also available including horse riding, four wheel drive adventures, buggy and quad tours, Golf, a Cultural Village tour and guided walks and mountain treks.
Caressed by the fragrances that greet guests and the treatments that elevate stress and relax the body and mind, The Beauty & Spa at Muri Beach Club Hotel offers guests the ultimate in pampering. Internationally trained staff can help guests relax with a soothing massage, cleanse the body or refresh the soul. The Beauty & Spa offers facials, pedicures, body treatments, manicures, waxing, cosmetics, massage, spa treatments and skin care.
A six night stay at Muri Beach Club Hotel starts from AUD$1335.40 per room for two adults, normally AUD$2004.00 and includes a tropical breakfast daily and a couple's massage per room.
An 18-day tour of China which encompasses the sights of Shanghai, Xian, Guilin and Beijing and includes a four-night leisurely cruise of the Yangtze is one of a host of exciting programs from Asian specialist Helen Wong's Tours until the end of the year.
Among the star-studded line-up with spaces available on October and November tours is a 20-day Breathtaking China itinerary which, from $4920 per person, twin share from Australia, focuses on Wuyi Mountain and seaport Xiamen as well as traditional cities of Beijing, Xian and Shanghai.
Another is a 17-day Jewels of China, priced from $4990pp, twin share, which includes Chengdu and a close encounter with the giant pandas in a breeding research centre, and spectacular Jiuzhaigou, a scenic alpine valley address in the very heart of China.
The Premium-rated 14-day China Highlights, from $5420pp, twin share.
Meanwhile, spaces still remain on a number of Helen Wong's Tours Vietnam programs for October and November, including the 11-day Glimpse of Vietnam, priced from $2600pp, twin share from Australia, and the 16-day Best of Vietnam, priced from $3500pp twin share.
The 11-day Vietnam Discovery tour between Saigon (Ho Chi Min City) and Hanoi is priced from $3680pp, twin share while an exciting 16-day Cambodia and Vietnam Odyssey tour, highlighted by a visit to Siem Reap's archaeological wonder, Angkor Wat, priced from $5220pp, twin share.
14-day Angkor and Vietnam, from $4660pp, twin share.
SPECIAL NOTE: Due to departure taxes, security charges and fuel surcharges, prices are subject to change.


In the run-up to completing my essay on the "Surrey Fens" causeways I noticed that Senex's county map of 1729 and Rocque's better-known equivalent of the 1760s both feature the name Hamton Bridge in the locality (the former can be seen on the sixth page of the pdf and the latter as part of the relevant post on the homepage). This immediately sparked my interest, having failed to spot any reference to its existence in the course of my preparatory research for a rather shambolic talk I once gave on Surrey's rather modest population of tun place-names (I still harbour intentions of revisiting the topic in a much more focussed manner one day, but I say that about a lot of things don't I?). Given its floodplain-edge position, I suspected that "Hamton" could bear interpretation as an Old English place-name, hamm-tun – the first element being preferably translated as "river-meadow" in this instance (what place-name scholars classify as a hamm 3 form). Such an interpretation could hence be used to connect it to the considerable meadow resource recorded at Send in Domesday Book. However, having no access at the time to my copy of the English Place-Name Society's standard 1934 county volume The Place-names of Surrey (often abbreviated to PNS, although you may care to use the full title when in polite company to avoid any embarrassing elision of the acronym) I chose to omit it from the essay.
Since then I retrieved said book from my parents' house, and a quick consultation of the entry for Send parish revealed that the name wasn't appraised by the book's authors. Nor does it appear on the 1872 OS 1:10,560 scale map of the area (viewable via the historic map archive on British History). The bridge is still there, two bridges in fact, carrying a bridle path over the Wey Navigation and Broadmead Cut and on across the floodplain towards Old Woking (these are next to a mill that I swear was once occupied by a company named Crack Processing, although that may just be a figment of my youthful imagination). Historical circumstances would suggest that the first bridge there was no earlier than the seventeenth century, the date of the Navigation (unless there was one across a pre-canal watercourse in the same vicinity), but the date of Hamton as a (possible) adjacent place-name is a separate matter requiring different information to be drawn upon and analysed.
I realise it's a big leap to make backwards from the eighteenth century to the eleventh (or earlier), and what is more there are several serious complicating factors. For one thing, there is no guarantee that it wasn't a family-name application (i.e. that of the owner and/or occupier from somewhere named Ham(p)ton) of medieval or post-medieval date – this is suggested for nearby Boughton Hall in PNS (page 147). (I am giving a talk at the end of the month on a definite instance of such a name, Frollebury/Frowsbury in Puttenham, brought from Hampshire in the 1230s.) Secondly, there are no shortage of place-names in Hampton (its expected modern form) of alternative derivations; either ham-tun, "home farm", or hean-tune, "(at) the high tun" (I am citing the latter in the dative singular form on the strength of Victor Watts et al's Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, page 275). On the other hand, hamm was certainly used a short distance downstream to denote river-meadow within what was once Send parish at Walsham Meadow near Ripley (see PNS, page 133, for an inconclusive discussion of the name; though late, the 1652 form Wallsome indicates the suffixing element represents hamm).
It will require someone with detailed local historical knowledge, or the inclination and time on their hands to acquire such knowledge, in order to ascertain whether the name Hamton pre-dates its appearances on county maps of the eighteenth century, and by how long. If there are instances to be discovered in documents of the name being attached to a place, moreover a settlement, in Send parish then these might reveal details about it and its association with the river meadows. As things stand, not just the nature but the very existence of a connection between the two remains unproven.


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The Southern parts of the Caribbean along with the nations Venezuela and Trinidad faced heavy earthquakes on Tuesday evening which recorded a magnitude of 7.3. The U.S Geological Survey issued the report and also a warning of a possible Tsunami alert in the Caribbean region. The epicentre of the earthquake is said to be around the northwest coast of Trinidad.
According to reports, no human casualties were found so far and a lot of damages were caused due to this quake. This is one worst earthquake the nation has faced after the one which took place during 1997 with 6.9 magnitudes and caused more than 85 deaths in the Cariaco region.
The depth of the earthquake was reported to be 76 miles. The power in Trinidad and Tobago is out and no phone connections either after the quake that caused more building damages. The states Boliver, Delta Amacuro, Carabobo, Sucre and some more regions felt earthquake of 6.3 magnitudes while the people of coastal regions were advised to stay safe and alert in the coming days.
The whole nation hung up for a moment and all the regular works stuck for a long time. People rushed out of the buildings after feeling the earthquakes. Social media was filled with the photos and videos of the disaster-damaged areas around the nation.


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NHS Facing GP Retirement Crisis
On 17th April 2015
Categories: General/
A survey by the British Medical Association has revealed that a third of GPs are considering retiring in the next five years. This figure has raised a lot of concern, as the NHS is already struggling to cope with the ever-increasing number of patients requiring appointments.
GP Retirement Figures
Of the 15,560 UK GPs who were polled, 34% currently wish to stop working by 2020, and a further 28% may move from full-time to part-time work. 9% are thinking of moving abroad, while 7% are considering quitting medicine altogether.
The results of the survey also highlight the predominant factors which are making GPs unhappy with their profession. 71% say that the workload is excessive, 54% complain that un-resourced work is being moved into general practice, and 43% say that they do not get enough time with their patients.
GPs Overworked
"Highly trained and experienced GPs are leaving the profession in growing numbers because of the intense and increasing pressures that we are facing, and not enough medical students are entering general practice to replace them," says Dr Maureen Baker, chair of the Royal College of GPs (RCGP). "This is a genuine danger to patient safety, and to the well-being of hard-working family doctors and our teams."
"This poll lays bare the stark reality of the crisis facing the GP workforce," says Dr Chaand Nagpaul, chair of the BMA's GPs committee. "It is clear that incredible pressures on GP services are at the heart of this problem, with escalating demand having far outstripped capacity. GPs are overworked and intensely frustrated that they do not have enough time to spend with their patients."
Politicians' Promises
As the general election approaches, politicians are promising to use funds to tackle the shortage of GPs. The Conservatives, for example, claim that they will commit an extra £8billion a year to the NHS, and that this will "ensure a new deal for general practice, including better investment and the recruitment of an extra 5,000 GPs by 2020." However, Dr Nagpaul argues that this is an entirely unrealistic goal.
"In this climate, it is absurd that in the recent leaders' debate, political parties were attempting to outbid each other on the number of GPs they could magically produce in the next Parliament," he says. "Since it takes five to eight years to train a GP, it is not possible to create thousands of GPs in this time frame."
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According to new research, retirement is good for your health. German researchers say that retired people are using their leisure time to become healthier than they were when they were working. The researchers analysed data…


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When I think of Mary the mother of Jesus I think of the forgotten city of Sepphoris. According to tradition she was the firstborn daughter of an older couple named Joachim and Anna who lived there.[i] Few today have heard of Sepphoris. It is not mentioned in the New Testament. Until fairly recently it was not even included on those maps of the Holy Land found in the back of many Bibles. It had become a lost city to us—until very recently.
I first took my students to excavate at Sepphoris in the summer of 1996. We returned in 1999 and 2000 to participate in two more seasons of excavations. We joined one of the teams, led by Professor James Strange of the University of South Florida, who had begun digging there in 1983. After more than two decades of excavations by several teams of archaeologists not even one-tenth of the ancient Roman city has been exposed. Yet enough has been done to begin to offer us a glimpse of the splendor of the place in the time of Mary and her son Jesus.
When Jesus was growing up in Nazareth, Sepphoris was the dominant city of the entire region. Built on a hill rising 400 feet above the flat plain below, it is still visible from miles around. Jesus' well-known saying that a "city set on a hill cannot be hid" surely came to him growing up in Nazareth and looking north at the gleaming city of Sepphoris four miles away. It could not be missed. Nazareth was hardly anything. Nestled in the hills, just to the southeast by a spring, the total population was probably not more than 200. It was one of dozens of small villages that dotted the plain around the huge and impressive capital city.
Today things are reversed. Nazareth is the largest Arab city in Israel with a population of over 60,000, half Christian, half Muslim. It literally fills the hills and valleys around its center with impressive suburbs and magnificent churches. Christian tours invariably include it as a major stop on their itinerary. Sepphoris is merely a bare hill dotted with ancient ruins in the distance. Every day at our excavations we would sit on the southern slopes of the ruins of Sepphoris and eat our lunch, gazing across the valley at the bustling city of Nazareth gleaming in the late morning sun. We tried to imagine how different things must have been in Jesus' day, with the prominence of the two locations reversed. Though living in a small village, Jesus grew up just outside the urban capital of Galilee. The implications of this geographical fact are enormous as we seek to historically recapture hidden or forgotten aspects of the early life of Jesus.
When Mary was born, around the year 18 BC, the Romans occupied the northern area of Palestine called Galilee. Sepphoris was a Jewish city, but the Romans had made it the administrative center for the entire region. Herod the Great ruled the country. He had been an intimate friend of Antony and Cleopatra. The Roman general Octavian, later to reign as Caesar Augustus, confirmed him as "King of the Jews." And yet Herod lacked the vital Davidic bloodline that would have entitled him to such a throne.[ii] Herod had a Jewish mother but an Idumean father. He was sensitive about his half-Jewish origins which many Jews considered a disqualification for legitimate rule over Israel. Out of jealousy and fear he ordered the public genealogical records of the leading Israelite families destroyed. He also married Mariamne, a princess of the priestly Hashmonean in a vain effort to placate Jewish opposition to his base origins. The Hashmonean line is the one that produced the Maccabees who had ruled the country for a century before the Romans invaded Palestine. In a fit of rage Herod later murdered her and their two sons. Josephus, the 1st century Jewish historian tells us that he went so far as to equip the desert fortress Masada as a place to flee should the population depose him and restore a ruler of David's royal line.[iii] The Roman emperors Vespasian and Domitian would search out and execute members of the royal "house of David" family in the late decades of the 1st century.[iv] In those times power was one thing, but pedigree—particularly that of the native royal family—was quite another. And this matter of pedigree takes us right back to Nazareth.
In 4 BC, when Mary would have been about fourteen, Herod the Great died. Shortly after the death of this "king" a man known as "Judas the Galilean" broke into the royal palace at Sepphoris. After seizing all the arms that were stored there, he and his followers began to rampage throughout Galilee. Pockets of revolt and opposition to Rome broke out all over the country.[v] Josephus wrote that at that time "anyone might make himself king as the head of a band of rebels," and he named several others who tried.[vi] The Romans reacted quickly and with overwhelming force. The Roman governor of Syria, the infamous Publius Quintilius Varus, led three legions from Syria to brutally crush opposition to Roman rule.[vii] Including auxiliary forces as many as 20,000 troops poured into the country from the north, burnt Sepphoris to the ground, and sent its inhabitants into slavery as punishment for their participation in the outbreaks. Varus rounded up rebels all over the country and crucified 2000 men who had participated in the revolt.[viii] The trauma that gripped Galilee must have been dreadful, with dying men nailed to crosses at intervals up and down the main roads or on hillsides visible to all who passed.
Following the revolt the Romans divided Palestine into three districts, each ruled by a son of Herod the Great. Archaelaus received Judea which was in the south and included the mountainous territory to the north called Samaria. Philip was given charge of the region east of the Jordan, around the Sea of Galilee. Herod Antipas received the territory of Galilee, north of Judea, as well as Perea that lay east of the Jordan River. This was the same Herod that later beheaded John the Baptizer and participated in the trial of Jesus. Herod chose to fortify and rebuild the city of Sepphoris, making it his palatial capital, and he did it in high Greco-Roman style. It occupied a strategic location overlooking the Bet Netofa valley with major roads intersecting. Though it remained a Jewish city it had a 4000-seat theater as impressive as the one his father had built at Caesarea on the Mediterranean coast, colonnaded streets and markets, elaborate civic buildings, an elaborate water system, and public baths. Josephus, who was eyewitness to its splendor, writes that Sepphoris became the "ornament of all Galilee."[ix] But as Herod Antipas consolidated his hold over his bequeathed territories, his legitimacy to the throne was suspect. Who was the rightful King of Israel?
When you understand the history of Sepphoris a whole new set of images is added to the "Christmas story": crucified corpses rotting on crosses, the nearby capital city in flames, and fellow citizens either killed or exiled into slavery. The future of this family and the child that they carried was hardly certain.
Continue with Part 2 here….
[i] Mary's parents, Joachim and Anna, are not named in the New Testament. Our earliest source is the 2nd century AD Gospel called The Protevangelium of James. A reliable 3rd century Greek copy, the Bodmer papyrus, was recently discovered. Joachim and Anna became popular figures in Catholic lore and their story was a favorite theme of Renaissance artists. Churches were dedicated to St. Anne as early as the 5th century and are common throughout the world today. The tradition that Mary was born in Sepphoris is much later, and less reliable, first mentioned by the "Piacenza Pilgrim" in 570 AD. He reports being shown the house of Mary. A Crusader church was built to commemorate the site, but there is some evidence of Byzantine remains on the grounds including a 3rdcentury mosaic. Today the "Sisters of St. Anne" maintain a convent there and maintain the tradition of Mary's family.
[ii] Josephus, Jewish War 1. 386-397 and Jewish Antiquities 15. 194-201.
[iv] See Eusebius, Church History 3. 12 and 19. These texts will be analyzed extensively in subsequent chapters.
[v] Some have put the death of Herod slightly later but 4 BC is the most commonly accepted date.
[vi] Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 17. 271-285. Translations from Josephus are by J. St. J. Thackerary in the Loeb Classical Library edition.
[viii] Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 17: 285-298 and Jewish War 2. 66-75.
[x] In Jerusalem, just outside the Garden of Gethsemane in the Kidron Valley, there is the "Church of the Tomb of the Virgin," sometimes called the "Church of the Assumption." Queen Helena, mother of the emperor Constantine, built it in 326 AD. It claims to have the graves of Mary, Joseph, and Mary's parents Joachim and Anna. We have no independent evidence the deaths of Joseph and Mary's parents in Jerusalem.
[xi] The Greek verb mnesteuo means one is legally pledged to be married. It is the same verb used of Mary in Luke 1:27 and Matthew 1:18. In Jewish tradition "engagement" is a type of preliminary "marriage," but without full consummation, and sexual unfaithfulness is regarded as adultery (Sanhedrin 57b).
[xii] This is according to Luke 1:26. Apparently Matthew is unaware of this tradition. He does say that the couple eventually settled in Nazareth, but only after the birth of Jesus (Matt 2: 23).


Here is a world-historical event that you probably missed this week. India, which holds the world's second largest population, has not had a new case of polio for one year. That means the World Health Organization can certify India as no-longer a polio endemic country.
Until very recently, India had more polio cases than any country in the world. For more than a decade, working as the lead for polio surveillance at a national and state level in Bihar and more recently in my role at the Gates Foundation, I have joined millions of volunteers, health workers and community and religious leaders, as well as global partners Rotary International, WHO, UNICEF and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and donors, in a sustained and dedicated campaign to rid India of wild poliovirus once and for all….
Success in India proves that polio can be stopped in the toughest places in the world. It demonstrates the possibility of tremendous progress even in the face of difficult economic times, a challenging environment and competing development needs. And it means we can stop polio everywhere, so that no child again, anywhere is ever crippled by this disease.
But, we can't sit back and rest on our laurels. We must remain vigilant here in India and stay as committed, if not more so, than we've been before.
Now, more than ever, we must ensure India's polio program continues to move forward until global eradication is achieved and translate gains into stronger systems that save and improve the lives of children. This includes the great work in managing measles immunization, surveillance, and other critical health services. We also must inspire other polio endemic countries to continue to use lessons learned from India to their own benefit.
India, of course, will have to keep up its vaccination campaigns to remain Polio free. But taking India off the list means that only Pakistan, Nigeria and Afghanistan remain polio endemic. The long fight against Polio is not over, but the announcement this week by the WHO is a huge tactical victory.
Want to Stop Polio? Vaccines are Crucial. But So Are Toilets.


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Dances with Wolves (1990)

reviewed by
Laurie D. T. Mann

                            DANCES WITH WOLVES
                       A film review by Laurie Mann
                        Copyright 1991 Laurie Mann

     I'm not a Western fan at all, but when I first saw the trailer for
DANCES WITh WOLVES last fall, I knew I'd go see it.  The photography in
the movie is absolutely gorgeous.  Kevin Coster and the team that
photographed the movie did a magnificent job.

     The story is very simple on the surface.  A Union soldier asks to
be posted to the frontier after he accidentally becomes a hero after
being wounded in a battle.  Dunbar (Costner) wants to see the frontier
before it becomes shopping malls, and I can't say I blame him. (:-))  He
wants to see buffaloes.  His post turns out to be a deserted sod hut on
the prairie.  He's alone, and while he wonders why his relief never
shows up, he enjoys his solitude.

     Eventually, the local Indians find him, and they learn to trust one
another.  Communication between them is quite difficult, but it is made
a little easier when a white woman who has lived with the Indians since
her childhood agrees to "make the white man's talk."  The woman, Stands
with Fist, is portrayed by Mary McDonell.  The Indian holy man, Kicking
Bird, is portrayed by Graham Greene.  Greene gives a wonderful
performance, and McDonell's is a little more tentative (though so is her
character).

     Gradually, Dunbar spends more and more time with the Indians.  In
the movie's highlight, he joins them on a buffalo hunt which is a
magnificently photographed sequence.  Costner deserves enormous credit
in pulling that one off.

     Most of the movie is quite subtle and understated.  The photography
is the real star, the long shots of the prairie.  So when reality
"intrudes" about a half hour before the ending of the film, it's
jarring.  I suspect the people who gripe about revisionism in the movie
are complaining about this portion of the film.  The movie is quite long
and leisurely but never boring.  It also feels quite realistic until the
ending.

     While I still think AWAKENINGS was the best movie of last year,
DANCES WITH WOLVES is so strong for so long that it comes close to being
a great movie.  For a first directorial effort, Costner deserves an A.

     Aside from the ending, the Barry score is the film's other major
weakness.  John Barry hasn't written an original score in many years.
He wrote a nice military piece that's used in the beginning, but isn't
used for the rest of the movie.  Barry's score is okay, and it suits the
movie, but it isn't at all original.  If you've seen KING KONG [the
remake -Moderator] or OUT OF AFRICA or MOONRAKER, you've heard the score
already.

     This movie is an 8 on the Chuck scale.  I think it will win Best
Picture, Best Actor, and Best Cinematography.

Laurie Mann
lmann@jjmhome.UUCP
Laurie_Mann@m80.stratus.com
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