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Female Friendly Society - Female Friendly Societies were a common form of Friendly Society in England during the nineteenth century. The societies were more common in areas of the country where larger proportions of the female population were in employment.
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority - The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is the Australian regulator of banks, credit unions, building societies, insurance companies, friendly societies and superannuation funds. It is an independent statutory authority of the Commonwealth Government established under the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998.
Industrial and Provident Society - An Industrial and Provident Society (IPS) is a legal entity for a trading business in the United Kingdom. It is used for businesses without share capital such as various forms of co-operatives, some social enterprises, mutual investment companies, friendly societies and housing associations.
Burial society - Burial societies are a form of friendly society. These groups historically existed in England, and constituted for the purpose of providing by voluntary subscriptions, for insuring money to be paid on the death of a member, or for the funeral expenses of the husband, wife or child of ...
Association of Friendly Societies - The AFS is the representative body for UK friendly societies. The site aims to keep member societies aware of developments in the industry and to provide information about friendly societies to everyone, including information on member societies. UK friendly societies provide assurance, insurance and healthcare products to millions.
Rechabite Friendly Society - This society offers financial services to people who are non-drinkers. More than an alcohol-free friendly society, its members share a common vision of a better way to live and a truly mutual society. In addition to product and contact details, there is information on a unique museum about the society.
Friendly Societies Research Group - An Open University research group set up to promote research into the history and operation of friendly societies, to exchange information about them and to raise awareness of the historical and current roles of friendly societies.
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20th Century Boys 1: Beginning Of The End (Japanese) (Widescreen) : It all begins in 1969 when a young boy named Kenji and his friends get together in their secret fort in a vacant lot and write "The Book of Prophecy." In their book, they write about a future where they fight against an evil organization trying to takeover the world and bring about doomsday. Years later in 1997, Kenji is the manager of a convenience store who has given up his dream of becoming a rock star and leads a simple life as he raises his sister's baby girl Kanna after his sister suddenly disappears. Then one day, his boring life is turned upside down when his old classmate, Donkey dies mysteriously and then an entire family in his neighborhood disappears. At the same time, a mysterious cult being lead by a man only known as "Friend" emerges and begins to gain strong influence over society. A series of catastrophic events begin to occur mirroring the prophecies made up by the young Kenji and the greatest fear is the climax of The Book becoming a reality; December 31st, 2000, a terrifying giant virus-spreading robot will attack the entire city of Tokyo leading to the end of mankind. Th...
Just Friends by Robyn Sisman, ISBN 034544227X : Thirtysomethings Freya and Jack have been "just friends" for more than ten years. Of course, they've had their differences. Freya doesn't approve of Jack's taste for student teeny-boppers from Planet Bubblegum, and Jack has problems with Freya's utter scorn for human frailty-especially his own. So when Freya, dumped by her lawyer boyfriend, moves temporarily into Jack's apartment, tensions simmer. They reach a boiling point when Jack agrees to act as Freya's Significant Other at her step-sister's society wedding. Now, old friends, best friends, "just friends, are fighting like cats and dogs.
Night World #01: Secret Vampire/Daughters of Darkness/Spellbinder : "Vampires, werewolves, witches, shapeshifters -- they live among us without our knowledge. Night World is their secret society, a secret society with very strict rules. And falling in love breaks all the laws of the Night World." In "Secret Vampire," Poppy thought the summer would last forever. Then she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Now Poppy's only hope for survival is James, her friend and secret love. A vampire in the Night World, James can make Poppy immortal. But first they both must risk everything to go against the laws of Night World. Fugitives from Night World, three vampire sisters leave their isolated home to live among humans in "Daughters of Darkness." Their brother, Ash, is sent to bring the girls back, but he falls in love with their beautiful friend. Two witch cousins fight over their high school crush. It's a battle between black magic and white magic in "Spellbinder.
Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman, ISBN 0375753834 : The winner of Britain's prestigious Whitbread Prize and a bestseller there for months, this wonderfully readable biography offers a rich, rollicking picture of late-eighteenth-century British aristocracy and the intimate story of a woman who for a time was its undisputed leader. Lady Georgiana Spencer was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. In 1774, at the age of seventeen, Georgiana achieved immediate celebrity by marrying one of England's richest and most influential aristocrats, the Duke of Devonshire. Launched into a world of wealth and power, she quickly became the queen of fashionable society, adored by the Prince of Wales, a dear friend of Marie-Antoinette, and leader of the most important salon of her time. Not content with the role of society hostess, she used her connections to enter politics, eventually becoming more influential than most of the men who held office. Her good works and social exploits made her loved by the multitudes, but Georgiana's public success, like Diana's, concealed a personal life that was f...
Bleach, Vol. 23 (Full Frame) : Kariya and the Bounts arrive in the Soul Society and find themselves battling two Soul Reaper lieutenants, but the abundance of reishi in the Soul Society gives the Bounts a ready source of power, rendering them formidable opponents. Ichigo and friends arrive in the Soul Society, and when Rukia is injured in a fight, Ichigo follows her to the Kuchiki house, where he asks Byakuya to fight alongside him against the Bounts. Byakuya refuses and insists they leave it up to the 13th Court Squad Guards, but soon enough Byakuya finds himself in a one-on-one battle with Kariya. English Subtitles; Contains Fantasy Violence.
Bug-opoly Board Game : A creeping, crawling, property-trading game! Bug-opoly is a look inside the wonderful bug kingdom. Buy, sell and trade your favorite insects, and a few of their friends (because not every bug included in the game is technically an insect). As you play, flip over the deeds and read some amazing and fun facts. Gather family and friends and get buggy with it! Who knows? You may soon be elected president of the Entomological Society or you may be sent to Bug Off and out of the game for three turns.
Prime Cut by Diane Mott Davidson, ISBN 0553574671 : A CATERER'S NIGHTMARE Caterer Goldy Schulz is convinced things couldn't get worse. An unscrupulous rival is driving her out of business. An incompetent contractor has left her precious kitchen in shambles. And she has just agreed to cater a fashion shoot at a nineteenth-century mountain cabin with her mentor and old friend, French chef Andre Hibbard. A DASH OF COLD-BLOODED MURDER Together Goldy and Andre struggle in a hopelessly outdated kitchen to cater to a vacuous crowd of beautiful people whose personal dramas climax when a camera is pitched through a window...into the buffet. Then Goldy's contractor is found hanging in the house of one of her best friends. A second murder follows and Goldy must somehow solve a mystery and prepare for a society soiree that could make -- or break -- her career. A RECIPE FOR DISASTER It's a mystery that involves the dead contractor's unwholesome past, a food saboteur, the theft of four historical cookbooks, and an overzealous D.A. who has suspended Goldy's detective husband, Tom, from the force. What Goldy discovers is the perfect recipe for murder.
Wah-Wah (Widescreen) : Acclaimed actor Richard E. Grant's "Wah-Wah" is a semi-autobiographical "coming-of-age at the end of an age" story, told through the eyes of young Ralph Compton. Set during the last gasp of the British Empire in Swaziland, South East Africa, in 1969, the plot focuses on the dysfunctional Compton family whose gradual disintegration mirrors the end of British rule. As an 11-year-old, Ralph witnesses his mother's adultery with his father's best friend. His parents divorce and Ralph is sent to boarding school. His father, Harry (Gabriel Byrne), not only loses his wife (Miranda Richardson) and best friend, but also his position as Minister of Education with the coming of Independence, prompting his rapid descent into alcoholism. Now 14, Ralph (Nicholas Hoult) returns home to discover that his father has re-married an American ex-air "hostess" named Ruby whom his father has known all of six weeks. As round a peg as you could find in this square holed society, Ruby (Emily Watson) ridicules the petty snobbery of the restless colonials whose chief amusements are gin, adultery, and their foppish slang...
Buccaneers, The : Edith Wharton's final novel, the story of four beautiful young aristocrats who journey from America to England in search of love and adventure, comes alive in this BBC production, remastered for DVD and presented unedited for the first time. Deemed nouveau riche and shunned by elitist New York society, sisters Nan and Virginia St. George, along with their friend Lizzy Elmsworth and their English governess Laura Testvalley, try their luck in London. With the help of their glamorous newly married friend, Conchita Closson (Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino), the girls quickly become the talk of the town. With their vivacious ways and large dowries, the girls have no lack of suitors, but they soon learn that love and marriage do not necessarily mix. As the New and Old worlds clash, the girls find that their passionate desire for romance is not satisfied by their marriages, which are riddled with Victorian hypocrisy and the grim realities of responsibility, repression and repetitiveness. Aspect Ratio is 14:9, "On The Set Of 'The Buccaneers'" - Interviews with cast and crew as well as social b...
Powell Furniture Sea Creatures Activity Chairs : Vibrant activity chairs in fun sea creature themes PW3427: Ships Via Small Parcel Ground This set of four hand-painted and silk-screened youth activity chairs are sturdy, colorful, and well-made. Included are a friendly dolphin, a lively Octopus, a shy Sea Turtle, and a mighty Whale, all ready to be your child's favorite friends! Specially made for curious minds and little legs, the 12'' seat height is perfect for play time, and the vibrant colors are sure to stimulate curiosity and learning. Activity Chairs Features: Set includes 1 dolphin, 1 octopus, 1 sea turtle, and 1 whale chair Vibrant finishes Sturdy construction Perfect for play time Some assembly required Seat height: 12'' H Overall dimensions (each chair): 24'' H x 10.75'' W x 10.13'' D 1-Year warranty against defects in materials, workmanship, or manufacturing Powell Furniture: A Commitment to Excellence: Founded in 1968, Powell Furniture has been a leading producer of design-driven, high-quality products for nearly 40 years. Powell's success is a result of their service-oriented culture, broad product offerings, and an industry-...
Flushed Away / Shark Tale (Full Frame) : Double Feature includes: "Flushed Away" - Set on and beneath the streets of London, "Flushed Away" is the story of Roddy, an upper-crust "society mouse," who is rather rudely evicted from his Kensington flat when he is flushed down into Ratropolis, the bustling sewer world found under London's streets. There, he meets Rita, an enterprising scavenger who works the sewers in her faithful boat, the Jammy Dodger. Together they must navigate their way through a busy city filled with dangers for any mouse, including terrifying rapids, treacherous whirlpools and, most of all, the villainous Toad and his hench-rats Spike and Whitey. Though completely out of his element at first, the privileged Roddy finds himself an unlikely hero when he learns that Ratropolis is in danger from the world above. "Shark Tale" - A comic catch from the studio that brought you "Shrek," "Shark Tale" is a hilarious hit and "a wonderful under-the-sea adventure for movie lovers of all ages!" (Clay Smith, Access Hollywood) Oscar (Will Smith), a lowly tongue-scrubber at the local Whale Wash, becomes an improbable hero when he ...
Cold Comfort Farm : From Academy Award winning director John Schlesinger comes a brilliantly witty film. Starring Kate Beckinsale (Pearl Harbor) as Flora Poste, a London society girl, and Joanna Lumley ("Absolutely Fabulous") as Flora's friend and mentor, this heartwarming comedy is full of charm and clever satire. Recently orphaned, Flora ignores the sage advice of Mrs. Smiley (Lumley) and moves to the country to live on a decrepit farm with her eccentric relatives. Fancying herself a writer, Flora encounters perfect material for her novel in the humorously odd collection of rural characters. In her own inimitable way, Flora insists on creating order out of their chaos, and in the process, she fills their lives with light and laughter. Also starring Rufus Sewell ("A Knight's Tale"), Ian McKellen ("Lord Of The Rings"), Stephen Fry ("Peter's Friends") and Eileen Atkins. Trailers.
The Shelters of Stone: Earth's Children 5 by Jean M. Auel, ISBN 0609610597 : The Shelters of Stone opens as Ayla and Jondalar, along with their animal friends, Wolf, Whinney, and Racer, complete their epic journey across Europe and are greeted by Jondalar's people: the Zelandonii. The people of the Ninth Cave of the Zelandonii fascinate Ayla. Their clothes, customs, artifacts, even their homes--formed in great cliffs of vertical limestone--are a source of wonder to her. And in the woman Zelandoni, the spiritual leader of the Ninth Cave (and the one who initiated Jondalar into the Gift of Pleasure), she meets a fellow healer with whom to share her knowledge and skills. But as Ayla and Jondalar prepare for the formal mating at the Summer Meeting, there are difficulties. Not all the Zelandonii are welcoming. Some fear Ayla's unfamiliar ways and abhor her relationship with those they call flatheads and she calls Clan. Some even oppose her mating with Jondalar, and make their displeasure known. Ayla has to call on all her skills, intelligence, knowledge, and instincts to find her way in this complicated society, to prepare for the birth of her child, and to decide whe...
Seizing the Light: A History of Photography by Robert J. Hirsch, ISBN 0697143619 : ""Its chief virtues are a succinct, mostly lucid style, a wide intellectual scope, a flood of ideas and insights at every turn, sensitivity to the technology and culture of photography, and a willingness to attend to images . . . In the end, perhaps the best measure of a text is whether or not one would choose it from among all the offerings to use in class. I have chosen to use this book."" - Photo Review, Spring 2000 ""An excellent introductory history book."" - Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism "In this wonderful and entertaining book, Hirsch has produced the most useful, readable, and practical successor to Newhall. Seizing the Light is written in a friendly, accessible way -- dense with information, but more hip and lively than other offerings, especially those aimed at college students."" - exposure: The research journal of the Society for Photographic Education. Vol. 32.2 (Fall, 1999) "Hirsch's prose is very digestible. He writes in a clear, lively style with a minimum of jargon."" - Views: the newsletter of the Visual Material Section of the Society o...
The Outside Man by Richard North Patterson, ISBN 0345300203 : The outside man is society lawyer Adam Shaw. A northerner in a southern town jealous of its secrets, he finds the dead body of his best friend's wealthy wife -- and his friend is missing. In a world where wealthy people will stop at nothing to maintain a genteel image, Shaw must gamble his career, his marriage, and his very life in a passionate quest for the real murderer -- and learn the shocking truth about his own past and future . . . . " A classic detective story." -- The New York Times Book Review " Rich, complex, beautifully written." -- The New Republic " Richard North Patterson seems destined for celebrity status, alongside Scott Turow and John Grisham, as an acknowledged master.
Pawprints of Katrina: Pets Saved and Lessons Learned : "Pawprints of Katrina" includes nearly 200 heroic rescues, heartwarming reunions, and stories of selfless efforts of strangers brought together by a disaster in an effort to save animals at the Best Friends Animal Society.
Breathers: A Zombie's Lament : Meet Andy Warner, a recently deceased everyman and newly minted zombie. Abandoned by his friends and reviled by a society that no longer considers him human, Andy is having a bit of trouble adjusting. But all that changes when he goes to an Undead Anonymous meeting and meets a few kindred souls.
Balls Of Fury (DS) : Welcome to the unsanctioned, underground, and utterly unhinged world of clandestine ping-pong. Based on the forthcoming film, Balls of Fury, you take the role of washed-up ping-pong champion Randy Daytona who faces an uphill battle to reclaim his once legendary skills. The government has recruited Randy to go undercover and bust a crime lord, who hosts an annual ping-pong tournament in which all the losers are executed. In this secret underground ping-pong society, the competition is brutal and the stakes are high. It's up to you to help Randy bounce back and avenge the death of his father by beating his killer -r's killer, the fiendish Feng. Features: Use the intuitive Nintendo control schemes to control the action. Use the Wii Remote to move your bat and beat your opponent. Unlock and play as one of eight stars from the film including Randy Daytona, Feng, Master Wong, Maggie and Karl Wolfsachtagg. The engrossing story mode follows the plot of the film and puts you in Randy's shoes as he aims to regain his talent and defeat the evil Feng. Take on their friends in a frantically paced multipl...
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