actors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Emmerdale_characters xxxxxx 1938-0912 Patrick Mower* as Rodney Blackstock (2000-). From oOxford, Oxfordshire, England 1948-0519 Chris Chittell* as Eric Pollard (1986-). From Aldershot, Hampshire, England 1962-0110 Claire King* (b Seed) as Kim Tate (1989-). From Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England 1962-1215 Nick Miles* as Jimmy King (2004-), From Moseley, Birmingham, England 1964-0906 Tony Audenshaw* as Bob Hope (2000-). From Denton, Lancashire, England 1968-0828 Mark Charnock* as Marlon Dingle (1996-). From Bolton, Lancashire, England Continue reading

XX topic When a relative of mine was diagnosed as suffering from depression, and suicidal She, who had never exercised in her life - so wanted to go to a gym if that was available in the place she was staying

This is a new article series that concerns what role places play in our lives on an emotional level. I give you an example. We can talk about places of hurt for instance. Meaning what sort of places leave us hurting the most

xxx CONTINUE FROM 2nd class passengers, after Hasano xxxx. RMS Titanic sank April 14th, 1912. https://titanic.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/ The last remaining survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912: ??????? xx/Titanic survivor 18xx-x 18xx-x 1856-1218 Ella Holmes White* widower/Titanic survivor – New York City, NY USA (1942/85) 55 (1) 18xx-x 1858-0115 Archibald Gracie IV* writer/the first adult survivor to die - Mobile, AL USA (1912/54) 54 (1) Continue reading

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Munich - München in German - is our city this time around in Streets and Squares. The capital and most populous city of the Free State of Bavaria in southern Germany. As always, clicking on the address will take you to Google Maps, and clicking on the name to Wikipedia. And here’s first some German for you: Brücke (bridge) - Platz (square) - Straße (street) class=“streetsign-holland” - StreetView - Wiki Continue reading

Mimura Iechika (1517–1566) In the year 1566, one of the first gun assassinations in Japanese (if not world) history takes place as Mimura Iechika is shot dead (Endo Ma (Feb 24), the foundation stone of Valletta, the future capital city of Malta, is laid (Mar 28), the construction of the white marble bridge across the river Neretva at Mostar (in modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina) begins (Jul 19) - and all these fine people were born: Continue reading

King Henry VIII of England (1491-1547). Picture credit: Paris Orlando In the year 1547, Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy becomes the first Tsar of Russia, to be known also as Ivan the Terrible (Jan 16), King Henry VIII of England dies in London (Jan 28), and Edward VI of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey (Feb 20), the Duchy of Brittany unites with the Kingdom of France (Aug 13), Yarmouth Castle on the Isle of Wight is completed, Huguenots increasingly immigrate to the English county of Kent, Edward VI of England outlaws execution by boiling - and all these fine people were born: Continue reading

the recommendation to walk 10,000 steps daily is a truly arbitrary one? For the figure 10,000 is based on a marketing gimmick in Japan in the 1960s - and the fact that there is a kanji sign for the number 10,000 in the Japanese language. The advertisement you see here admonishes people with the slogan “Let’s walk 10,000 steps a day!” 一日一万歩あるきましょ Ichi-nichi ichi-man po arukimashou! So the device was neatly called a Manpokei - 万歩計. Continue reading

You might have heard the expression “a few good men”. Perhaps seen the film with that title. The idea being that it may take only a few good men - and/or women - to turn a bad thing or circumstance into something better, against all odds. It takes dedication, perseverance and belief in what one is doing. The opposite is also true. It may take only a few bad men (and women, but more seldom) to turn a good thing or circumstance into something worse, perhaps much worse. Continue reading

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