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ABUHB first Welsh NHS Health Board to deploy NRFit
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Since the untimely death of Wayne Jowett in 2001, who died after a toxic cancer drug was wrongly injected into his spine at Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre, the NHS, medical device industry and various global standards organisations have been trying to produce a mechanical barrier to prevent further tragedies, after the Toft report in 2001 recommended "A new spinal needle with a connection that cannot fit Luer mount intravenous syringes should be introduced, in conjunction with a new syringe which can only be fitted to that specific spinal needle." In the intervening years various attempts have been made to produce a design which is accepted internationally and which would mitigate these 'wrong route' risks.
9 years ago, Welsh Government set up a group (the Welsh Non-Luer Connectors Reference Group - WNCRG) which was responsible for monitoring developments in this area and for coordinating the introduction of such devices when they were available. An international standard was published 2 years ago specifically for epidural and neuraxial devices (ISO 80369-6) which specified new connectors for syringes and needles which would reduce the risks of further wrong-route incidents. Since the publication of that standard, industry have adopted it and have been working with the NHS to deliver medical devices incorporating the new connector.
A decision was made in mid 2017 that Aneurin Bevan University Health Board would be the first Welsh organisation to roll out the new devices. Doctors Stephen Edwards (Deputy Medical Director -
At the date of writing (26th Feb 2018) 3 hospitals have made the transition including the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport. Other hospitals in Wales will start changing over to the new devices later this year, but completion of the process will not be possible until all of the epidural administration sets are available in NRFit designs. This could mean some hospitals or procedures may have to wait until Spring 2019 before all the equipment they need is available.
SMTL Science Award 2017
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SMTL were invited to the 8th RCSEd All Wales Medical & Dental Student Surgical Research symposium at Margam Orangery in October 2017 to judge poster and oral presentations and to present the SMTL award for best science paper. The winner was Gargi Pandey for her poster on "A systematic review and meta-analysis on the effectiveness of Radiofrequency Ablation in patients with low-grade dysplastic Barrett's oesophagus.". Gargi also won the best overall poster award. The photo shows Pete Phillips, Director of SMTL, handing Gargi her award trophy.
New work programme for NHS England Clinical Evaluation Team
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SMTL have commenced a testing programme for the NHS England Clinical Evaluation Team (CET). The CET reviews and assesses healthcare consumables used by the NHS to identify products that enable staff to provide the highest standard of patient care and deliver the best outcomes for the NHS, and their work will inform the future development of national clinical criteria across various product categories.
SMTL have agreed a work programme with the CET to undertake the testing of advanced woundcare dressings, which they will use as part of their clinical evaluation reports, merging the CET's clinical expertise with SMTL's medical device technical and testing expertise.
SMTL highly commended in NWSSP Staff Recognition Awards event
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SMTL are delighted to have won a Highly Commended award in the Working Together Category at the NWSSP annual Staff Awards, which took place in the Angel Hotel, Cardiff on the 9th June 2017.
The award recognised the close working relationship between NWSSP Finance, Workforce & OD and SMTL during SMTL's move from ABMU HB to NWSSP during the Summer of 2016.
SMTL pleased to announce Matthew Alderman as their new Operations Manager
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Matthew Alderman has been working as a Procurement manager in NWSSP for 7 years, and for this whole period he has been involved with the Non-Luer project and a member of the Welsh Government Wales Non-Luer Connectors Reference Group (WNCRG). In recent years he has also taken on the responsibility for liaising on test programmes being run by SMTL for Procurement Services contracts.
We are pleased to announce that we recently appointed Matthew as Operations Manager for SMTL. Matt's role will continue to include the Non-Luer project and liaison with procurement colleagues, but he will also now deal with other SMTL operational matters and our evolving human factors/usability expertise.


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How do you count words? Ashley Wagner discusses the question as part of our video on the number of words in the English language.
Definition of atontar in Spanish:
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a última hora de la tarde, le invade un sopor que la atonta
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atontarse Quedarse una persona aturdida, como si fuera tonta.
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Powercruise- Australia's favourite Crusing Car Show comes to Queensland Raceway three (3) times throughout the year, bringing the biggest power skids, cruising and drags. Two Powerplay's are held earlier in the year, while there hugely popular Powercruise is held later in the year drawing hundreds of muscle cars, thousands of spectators during the three day event.
This family friendly event is great for any muscle car enthusiasts, with loads of on and off track entertainment. The event includes cruises and competitions involving burnouts, off-street drag racing, powerskids, drifting and Miss Powercruise. Kids rides, trade stands, show-n-go awards and stunt entertainment, are all apart of the must see entertainment.
Camping is also available, please remember this is a strictly non alcohol event.
For online tickets, driver entry and more spectator information visit Powercruise website.


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The Red Sox only hit against Rays starter James Shield in one inning Tuesday afternoon at Fenway, but sometimes one inning is all it takes.
Jacoby Ellsbury's three-run home run capped a three-hit third inning, and Jon Lester struck out eight in seven innings to pick up his 12th win. The Red Sox beat the Rays 3-1 in Game 1 of a doubleheader. With the win, Boston now leads New York by a half-game in the AL East.
Lester Pitches Better and Better Across Game
Two of Tampa Bay's three hits off Lester Tuesday came in the first inning, and all came on high cutters to Rays batting righty.
Left fielder Desmond Jennings led off the game with a double to left, then stole third before scoring on a one-out ground out to third by Evan Longoria to put the Rays up 1-0 in the first. DH Ben Zobrist followed it up with a double to center, but a ground out stranded him.
Lester continued to struggle early in the second, hitting second baseman Sean Rodriguez and walking catcher Kelly Shoppach on four pitches with one out. Perhaps the walk shook off whatever rust Lester was pitching through, because after that Lester absolutely dominated, retiring the next two to preserve the one-run deficit.
Lester sailed through the next three innings, retiring all nine batters he faced. Given a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the third, he struck out the side swinging in the fourth, then retired the side 1-2-3 on six pitches in the fifth. The Rays did not put another runner on until Longoria singled with one out in the sixth, breaking up a string of 12 consecutively retired Rays. Lester responded to the single with two more strikeouts to end the sixth.
Lester's strong middle innings allowed him to go a full seven innings (the last of which also went 1-2-3) despite needing over 50 pitches to get through the first three. He finished the game giving up just the one earned run on three hits, a walk, seven strikeouts and a hit batter. He earned his 12th win of the season, picked up his fifth day-game win (now 5-0, 1.55 ERA) and lowered his ERA to 3.22.
Lester's control wasn't perfect: he threw just 65 of his 113 pitches (57.5 percent) for strikes, and just nine first-pitch strikes to 26 batters. Nor was his power quite what it can be: Rays hitters fouled off 25 pitches to just 11 swings-and-misses.
Lester's domination Tuesday, rather, was aided by the Rays always making easy outs when they put the ball in play. Of the 13 non-strike outs Lester recorded, nine were ground balls that Red Sox infielders handled with little difficulty. Of the remaining four, two were lazy fly balls and one was a muffed-bunt popup. Only Shoppach's foul-out to end the seventh required any kind of defensive display, and that was only because Jarrod Saltalamacchia almost over-ran it.
Daniel Bard struck out two in a perfect eighth, and Jonathan Papelbon pitched a 10-pitch perfect ninth for his 28th save, aided by a diving grab by Dustin Pedroia on a B.J. Upton liner up the middle to end the game.
Shields Dominates Red Sox in Every Inning but the One that Mattered
Boston hitters entered Tuesday's game having already combined for 12 career home runs off Shields, so their free-swinging approach to him early in the game made sense. Unfortunately, it didn't produce any results, as the Red Sox went 1-2-3 in both the first and second innings, flying out three times in the first.
Shields stopped relying on the fastball in the third, instead going to more change-ups. The Red Sox responded by switching from power to contact hitting, and the switch paid off. Josh Reddick led off the bottom of the third with a single to left, then took second two batters later on a single up the middle by Mike Aviles.
Shields next faced Ellsbury, getting the count to 1-1 before leaving another change-up over the middle of the plate. Ellsbury crushed it beyond the Tampa Bay bullpen in right-center for the 3-1 lead and Ellsbury's 21st home run of the season.
Shields bore down after the home run however, and did not allow another hit in the game. Only Kevin Youkilis even reached base after that: on a leadoff walk in the fourth. Shields went the full eight innings in his 10th loss of the season and 8th career loss at Fenway (1-8, 6.99 ERA). He allowed three runs on three hits, a walk and six strikeouts.


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Kruger Lowveld Tourism (KLT) held its annual Tourism Month roadshow in September, visiting and engaging local tourism organisations (LTOs), government and other stakeholders across the region.
"KLT's roadshows generate awareness around our activities and achievements over the past year, which are aligned to our three-year marketing strategy, and our plans for the future. They also serve as a platform to generate ideas to ensure tourism growth," says KLT's Executive Director, Lisa Sheard.
The roadshow kicked off on 13 September, engaging LTOs and stakeholders from Lydenburg, Sabie, Pilgrim's Rest and Graskop. All LTOs across the region were invited to KLT's presentations, held in the various areas represented by the regional tourism body, including Bushbuckridge, Hazyview, Barberton, Nkomazi, Nelspruit, White River and Badplaas.
Kicking off the sessions with the recently-launched destination marketing video, Sheard discussed how important tourism is as a growth sector in the economy and how the Kruger Lowveld / Ehlanzeni region performs in this regard.
"Tourism is one of the only growth sectors in our stagnant economy – an economy with negligible GDP growth, high and growing unemployment and poverty rates, declining business confidence and very high levels of political turbulence and policy uncertainty. As such, tourism has been prioritised by government as a major contributor to future GDP growth in South Africa," says Sheard.
In light of the above, Sheard's presentation focussed on how the Kruger Lowveld is performing as a tourism destination in the domestic and international markets and provided some insight into how to improve performance.
"South Africa's tourism grew in tourist volumes by 2.8%, compared to 2015, with 34.3 million tourists visiting the country. In addition, a total tourism revenue of approximately R102.1-billion was injected into the economy in 2016. This is a 11.1% increase compared to 2015. Almost 70% (R75.5-billion) was generated from international tourists," says Sheard.
"There's no doubt that tourism is a growth sector, two economic indicators prove this – direct contribution to the GDP and direct employment," she adds.
The Kruger Lowveld / Ehlanzeni region is by far the most important tourism region in Mpumalanga, with a 52.1% share in the total spent by tourists in the province.
"The number of tourists to the region is increasing, with 46.7% of the total number of tourists that come to the province visiting our region. In addition, R9.4-billion was spent in the region in 2013, the highest of all spend in the province's three districts. Not only is this an increasing trend, it's also over 50% of the total provincial spend," says Sheard.
What's needed to be a successful tourism destination?
According to Sheard, tourism is a growth industry with great potential, but various things are needed to make this possible.
"These include meaningful political buy-in to the tourism sector and its potential across all levels of government and many more tourism-savvy, skilled, passionate, empowered and energetic politicians and officials who understand their respective role in tourism delivery and general economic growth at provincial, regional and local level," says Sheard.
"Government needs to understand its role as a facilitator for tourism growth by maintaining and developing tourism infrastructure; public attractions and access; ensuring the delivery of municipal and other services; and providing a safe and secure operating environment. We need to clean up our towns and villages and provide 100% reliable services," she adds.
One of Sheard's proposals for the sector would be a tourism growth 'think tank' comprising of experts from both the public and private sectors, to build a collective structure, strategy, action agenda and resource financing plan which is measurable at all levels of government.
"In addition, bigger tourism marketing allocations and smarter marketing techniques are needed to grow our domestic and international markets," says Sheard.
She explains that the real tourism growth opportunities lie in leveraging off of established strengths.
"In Kruger Lowveld / Ehlanzeni, we need to build on existing strengths. For example, we should be upgrading and innovating product offerings along the Panorama Route – including the villages of Mathibiti, Moremela and Leroro. In addition, finding an invigorating new model for Pilgrim's Rest is an absolute must and needs to be done quickly!"
"We also need catalytic projects to spark cultural tourism in our rural economy; an international signature event; the identification of tourism development corridors; and to elevate Mbombela / Nelspruit into a vibrant provincial capital city," she concludes.


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It's Bang Card Time!
Big news here, guys. It's official. I'm blown away by "The Bachelorette."
I've watched a lot of shows, from MacGyver to Gossip Girl, but I don't think I've ever been as shocked by a show as I am by "The Bachelorette." To summarize:
Hot 26-year old brunette wants to get married and start having kids ASAP. ("Hey, Life? This is Fun. Just wanted to say it was nice knowing you, and good luck with everything.") She's in a rush, so she doesn't want to go through the normal channels (e.g. dirty bars, temp jobs, eHarmony, "mishaps" with GHB, etc.), so she goes on a nationally televised program pitting 25 men against one another to win her heart through contests and tests of commitment like "opening up." Oh, and did I mention she's hot?
I have many complaints about the show (number one being that she kicking and punching amongst the bachelors is not allowed), but overall, in a deeply philosophical and life-redefering way, my qualm is this: That out one side of her mouth, all DeAnna does is talk about finding true love and spending her life with someone and making that magical connection that only soul mates can share, and out of the other side of her vagina she's decided that the pool from which she will find this soul mate is a subset of twenty-five studly men. That's it. Twenty-five. When you consider how many men there are in the world, doesn't twenty-five seems like a small percentage? Especially when you're a hot brunette who can basically break up relationships at will and shop for boyfriends like XBOX games at Toys R' Us?
Now here's something that might surprise you. Fundamentally, I think this is a sound premise. In fact, it's something I've thought for a long time now. In college, I called it the "Packed Elevator" theory, the premise being that if I was on my way to class in an elevator packed full of girls, there is a very good chance that I could have a long, happy relationship (or a drawn out, cat and mouse game of who cheated on who the most) with at least one of them. No need to accidentally trip over each other in the cafeteria only to find out that we're both English majors who secretly (shh, it's so embarrassing!) like that song from the Volkswagen commercial. Just a simple, "Oh, you're going to six too? We should have sex and ruin each other's lives."
But here's DeAnna going on and on about once in a lifetime opportunities to find the soul mate of her dreams, when really she has just as much of a chance of finding her future husband at the local grocery store. (Or, more appropriately, the local gym. I haven't seen that many six packs since my last trip to the beer distributor. AM I RIGHT?) And what really sticks in my craw is the sincerity of the show: that we're supposed to believe that while DeAnna will only find one soul mate from the crop of twenty-five, that all twenty-five of those guys think she is their soul mate. I would do the math on that to prove how ridiculous it is, but I don't think that that's what math is used for anyway.
Listen, I'm not saying that the "natural" order the male/female mating game isn't without its flaws. Girls go on four bad dates a week, guys sleep with their housekeepers – heck, I even have a friend who dated a girl solely because she worked at a chocolate shop. But the point is, the way they do it on "The Bachelorette" doesn't work. You can't just go kissing every guy who says you look "wow" in a cocktail dress and find "a connection" while enjoying extravagant meals in private mausoleums or whatever the hell they do. Bottom line – it just doesn't work.
Until now.
That's right, tonight is THE BIG NIGHT. It's down to three bachelors, and tonight they may or may not (at the discretion of DeAnna's hooha) be presented with what I affectionately refer to as a "Bang Card." Basically, a Bang Card is an invitation to
learn more about their special relationship by spend the night with do DeAnna in her "fantasy suite" in the
Needless to say, I think this is a brilliant turn of events. I can't tell you how many times in my life (four) I could have used such a clear-cut signal as a piece of paper (which could considered a written contract and used as evidence in a court of law) that a girl wanted to get it on. No more of this, "She touched my hand when she laughed" or "She ordered dessert, so she owes me anyway." Just a black and white token of intentions. It doesn't even matter what's written inside. It could be a drawing of a bear cub sliding down a rainbow. The deal's done.
The only question I have left, then, is this: If you were DeAnna's father watching tonight's episode, how many bottles of Jim Beam would you drink:
a) 1
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Buy-to-let landlords who are encountering difficulties in the current financial climate have been advised to save money.
Christian Hills, producer of BBC1's How to Survive the Property Crisis, said putting a bit of money aside each month could be a good idea.
Speaking to BBC News, he stated that saving for a rainy day would help people be prepared for different eventualities.
For example, he said a cash reserve could help to take the "sting"out of any unexpected costs.
Mr Hills added that buy-to-let property owners would also benefit from seeing a mortgage adviser if they are struggling with their repayments.
This, he stated, could allow people to work out a new and more affordable mortgage plan within their means.
The advice comes after William Jordan, managing director of Jordans, told the Manchester Evening News that landlords could boost their rental yields by relaxing bans on pets.
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"I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles."
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So it's been a while since I've posted a 'blog entry' and I think it's fair to say that the focus of my posts in the last 12 months or so has been the latest immigration news effecting wannabe migrants.
This is something I'd like to try and address during 2014. I'm hopeful that the entries will still be of interest to those of you looking to make the move down under and I'll try to focus on life in Australia as much as I can to give you all a flavour of what life in Australia really is like.
For starters though, I'll let you onto a little secret. This time last week I was shivering my butt off back in the UK! I've not returned to the UK since arriving in Australia over 7 years ago and since separating from my wife and gaining a new 'missus' it seemed the perfect opportunity to make the return back 'home' to spend time with my folks over Christmas whilst introducing my Aussie missus to the delights of winter in the UK.
To be honest, a lot has changed in my life since being back in Blighty and I was intrigued to see how I'd feel about the old haunts once I returned.
Flying into Manchester airport and feeling the blast of freezing cold air as it smacked you across the face made me quickly wish that I'd not thrown all my old UK winter cloths away when arriving down under.
You see, Aussie winters are very different to those in the UK. Sure, the mornings can be a little fresh but by lunchtime you can quite easily saunter around the streets of the Perth CBD wearing a pair of trousers, a short sleeved shirt and very little else. Back in Blighty on the other hand, we were quickly attired with t-shirts (x 2) Fleeces, scarves and hats to keep out the winter chill.
The new missus who's a born and bred Aussie didn't think it was too cold when we arrived. I may or may not have spent the last few months suggesting that your breath freezes and that you stick to metal pipes in the UK wintertime so she was expecting far worst!
I think from memory, when we arrived, the temperature at Manchester airport was in the region of 4 degrees Celsius, a whopping 31 degrees colder than the Aussie summer weather we'd left only 24 hours earlier. Add a small thing called 'wind chill' and she quickly got the idea though.
Picking up the hire car from of all places the 'hire car village' which is conveniently (not) a 5 minute bus journey away from the airport, we were quickly on our way northbound, on the M62 to sunny Yorkshire.
So, how did I find the UK after not seeing it for over seven years?
Well, in seven years, not much has changed and in a way that's not a good thing. I was born and bred in Bradford and the lack of development was depressing. The place seems littered with pound shops and other tack starting to take over the empty stores abandoned by more mainstream retailers a number of years ago.
What was the old Broadway shopping strip is now a building site although according to my folks it's been a building site for a very long time. With all that said, the new Bradford city park seemed a nice addition but beyond that it was a pretty glum place to hang out.
Now I don't mean to bag the old city that I called home for over 30 years. It's just a very different place to the place I now call home here in Australia. Even the 1000's of starlings who used to call the city centre home appear to have taken flight to pastures new.
On the flip side, the drive from Manchester up to Bradford through the Lancashire and Yorkshire countryside reminded me of just how beautiful a place England really is.
Compared to the desolate deserts you'll come across during long journeys back in Australia, the rolling hills and green grass really does take your breath away. It was very easy to take the countryside in England for granted when I lived here but a decent break made me see the countryside in a whole new light again.Other observations from my trip.
- It's cheap, well it seems it after spending a decent time in Oz!! With the exception of petrol prices which are crazy back in the UK, everything else just seems so ridiculously cheap. A coffee doesn't cost a squillion dollars and a nice meal in a restaurant can be had without the need to auction off one of your appendages.
- Christmas in the UK is still awesome. My mum and dad made sure they had a proper live Christmas tree which smelt amazing the second we walked through the door. The Aussie missus found the fact that they were playing Christmas songs in the shops whilst it was cold outside weird. A feeling I can relate to as jingle bells + 40C heat + people in shorts and T-Shirts also feels weird!
- Being cold has benefits. My mum and dads double garage served as a massive extra fridge during the Christmas period. It must have been just a touch over freezing in there for the most part and beers and white wine stored in the garage came out colder than the drinks stored in the fridges. Water from the tap was also a delight to drink due to the automatically chilled pipes. Cold nights also seemed to have a mysterious impact on sleep patterns and hangovers too. I slept pretty well back in England and despite my best efforts to drink my dad under the table with a couple of mum special, face numbing G&T's, wine, beer and brandy chasers throughout the night, I woke up with a clear head every single morning.
- Fireworks rock!! Unfortunately you can't buy fireworks here in Western Australia due to the fact they present a bushfire risk. Obviously the UK winter weather means that the fire risk is low so Fireworks can be bought in plentiful supply in the lead up to the new year celebrations. I bought enough explosives from the supermarket to blow up a small country in a mass of gold and purple sparkles. They totally rocked!
- You don't have to give way to bus drivers.. A small thing but a massive pet peeve of mine since arriving in Oz.. Beep Beep Mr. Bus Driver! Wait your turn on these small country lanes!!! Similarly, not being able to undertake on the freeway/motorway is a good thing. It's illegal in the UK and means you don't need to be completely paranoid every time you merge back into the inside lane after overtaking.
- It rains… A lot! Ok , I know it doesn't rain all the time and to be fair, I choose a pretty stormy time to come back to the UK but as these are my observations of my trip.. It rained.. A LOT!!
- New Year's Eve in the UK rocks! I think this may be more down to the fact that I live in Western Australia but the whole of the UK really kicks off on New Year's Eve. I know Australia has Sydney and the fantastic firework displays over the Opera House and the Bridge but the lack of displays in Australia due to the fire risks makes the wider new year's celebrations sometimes seem a little flat. It may well be my Neanderthal instincts kicking BUT I miss setting fire to stuff on New Year's Eve!!!
I could go on but I won't. Instead I'll summarise my thoughts.
Going back to the UK was brill. It was wonderful to see my folks and spend Christmas getting stuffed with my Mums perfectly cooked turkey. It was also great to introduce the Aussie missus to the places where I grew up and feel the chill of the cold winter air and warm pubs selling decent 'proper beer' on draft.
With that said. Going back to the UK also made me realise that I made the right decision moving out to Australia. The UK will always be my birthplace, Australia though is now my home.
It's a little pricier to live here but on the flip side I'm better paid. I could be spending my weekends walking though puddles back in England but instead I'm dipping my toes in the warm waters of the Indian Ocean and the golden sands of the beautiful beaches they have here.
There is a buzz of optimism here in Australia, I didn't sense that any longer back in the UK. Lots of news about migrants flocking into the UK from central Europe. Claiming benefits and taking advantage of the UK benefits system. All pretty gloomy news indeed.
I still love the UK though and the missus and I plan to go back at some point in the future as we simply didn't have enough time to see all the things we wanted to see including several visits to the great curry shops back in Bradford.
Perhaps next time we'll wait until it's a little warmer though!
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Dove Go Fresh Cool Moisture Body Wash Review
That, I have to say, resulted in the delay in posts for which I duly apologize but I've figured out what I need to do now and here comes a rain of reviews.
I love the Cucumber and green tea range from Dove. When it was launched a few years back, I hoarded everything Cucumber and green tea because I just loved the fragrance that much.
I really like the consistency, texture, fragrance and feel of this body wash. Especially love to use it in summers.
It is really creamy and lathers well.
Gives a clean feel and smells wonderful.
Dove has released several variants of this. I really like the pomegranate one too.
The lemon grass one is slightly disappointing in that department but nevertheless not too bad.
If one might compare it to their soaps it may not be as moisturizing but does a good job as a body wash.
I also hoarded on the Dove Go Fresh Cucumber Body mist but that was a thorough disappointment for me, fragrance-wise. I am just trying to finish that up now.
This was gifted to me so I do not know what it's priced at.
Definitely would repurchase this variant.
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Sounds nice :) Will check it out :)ReplyDeleteReplies
hi, Swati. Hope you are doing great :)Delete
I remember using this when I went to my aunt's place and I hadn't carried my body wash with me. She hoards Dove body washes but I didn't find this one particularly impressived either.. I had to slather on body butter after using this since I have dry skin. :)ReplyDelete
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It's good that you remember to use your body butters. I am so lazy, I hoard them and barely touch them but I really should :)Delete
I Have Used This and The Scent Is Just Ok!ReplyDelete
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Thank you, Heena. :)) Have a lovely day.Delete
I would love to try it!! :) Thanks for sharing this review Coral! :)ReplyDeleteReplies
most welcome, Niesha :)Delete
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Pretty lovely range of body washes, indeed, Garima :)Delete
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nice review..i would love to try..ReplyDelete
actually i love dove body wash...:)
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Then you will like this too, Tejinder :)Delete
I used this earlier and its pretty good!ReplyDeleteReplies
It does a good job, Rachna :)Delete
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Welcome to the pariSoma Innovation loft!
pariSoma is a collaborative loftspace for coworking and events in the SoMa district of San Francisco. They host diverse and captivating events for entrepreneurs, startups and independent professionals, as well as providing an innovative coworking space with wifi, coffee, work stations and a conference room. They promote the growth of collective intelligence through five core values – community, collaboration, innovation, openness and sustainability.
Anyone is welcome to join the experience at pariSoma. Come in anytime for a free drop-in day or reserve the loft for your next event!
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Every now and then I mope about superficial things: not being rich, not having Kourtney Kardashian's body, not being creative enough. And then I realize everything I have is everything I need. I might not feel like I have it all, all the time, but in reality I really do.
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Health Benefits of Hemp Oil
Hemp oil is one of the healthiest oils you can ingest, and there are many health benefits to getting hemp oil in your diet on a regular basis.
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I doubt there's anyone who played FM 2005 and doesen't know Freddy Guarin, with his misspelled First Name. How's that? He's called Fredy, without the double d. But did you know that? It's interesting how you remember so many things about him – probably some awesome long range goals – yet you waren't aware of real name being spelled incorrectly.
He didn't seem good enough to get a permanent deal at Boca Juniors, but Saint-Étienne decided to sign him after having him on loan for a season. But quick enough, after a year he was bought by Porto for €1 million. And eventually, Inter signed him for €10 million after they had him on loan.
Just one year later, Porto signed another Colombian
Yes, you've guessed it, we're talking about Radamel. Now let's have a look at Falcao's profile page in the last FM edition he was still at River Plate:
He only scored 13 goals in 31 league matches that season. Other than that, he was capped only once, and had no more than 67 minutes of playing time for Colombia.
But he was already very popular amongst FM fans, as he was performing much better in the game than in real life.
Porto found a very good reason to pay €5 million for the striker, only to sell him for €40 million two years later.
Another FM popular Freddy was Benfica's choice
Freddy Adu was undoubtedly one of the best buys of Football Manager 2005. They 14 year old became the youngest American ever to sign a major league professional contract.
This was his profile page on Football Manager 2007, in his last season before signing with Benfica:
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"As soon as Freddy can speak Serbian, I'm going to thank him for everything," says the lifelong FK Jagodina fan. "Everything. Every sleepless night, every trophy, every SuperLiga title and every Champions League. He has already won it all with Jagodina." Zivanovic said.
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Eleven years later, the Illinois festival keeps breaking new bands and honoring legendary ones.
Pygmalion 2015 Festival Review: The Top 10 Sets + Photos
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In Photos: Lights All Night 2011
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TV on the Radio, James Murphy, St. Vincent added to MoogFest 2011
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Flaming Lips, Bassnectar, Pretty Lights head inaugural Snowball Festival
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Derek Jarman struggled for seven years to bring his portrait of the great Renaissance painter Michelangelo Caravaggio to the screen, producing a critically acclaimed masterwork and powerful meditation on sexuality, criminality and art.
Told in flashback as the artist (Nigel Terry – TROY) lies dying in poverty, the film brilliantly recreates the look and colour of Caravaggio's original paintings while exploring the homoerotic subtext of his work. Speculating on the artist's relationship with his model Ranuccio (Sean Bean – LORD OF THE RINGS, GAME OF THRONES), the film explores a vicious love triangle also involving the model's wife, played brilliantly by Tilda Swinton (ORLANDO, MICHAEL CLAYTON) Jarman's muse and collaborator throughout several films, this was Swinton's first feature role. With luscious production design it was the first major film production for award-winning costume designer Sandy Powell (THE AVIATOR, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE) the dazzling Caravaggio is arguably the most accessible of Jarman's films.
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It came to my attention just this week that MARAD had recently (October 2014) awarded a ship recycling contract to a Texas company that bid $400,000 less than a Louisiana company for the exact same vessel and contract. For its part, MARAD says it was operating in the best interest of the government when making this decision. On the other hand, the also-ran bidder – in this case, Southern Recycling – insists that this was anything but the case. Are they sore losers? You decide.
I have been covering the U.S. Maritime Administration and its handling of the nation's so-called "ghost fleet" vessels for more than a decade. It's the story that keeps on giving. Actually, MARAD hates the phrase "ghost ships." That's because these ships, moored in three different fleets on the East, Gulf and West Coasts, have all seen better days and all eventually will go to the scrap yard to be dismantled. Until that happens, the government is responsible for making sure they stay safely moored, out of harm's way and that they present no threat to the environment. At this point, they are doing an arguably good job at just that. It wasn't always that way.
Actually, the responsibility at one point overwhelmed MARAD, both in terms of juggling the documentation and disposal of the vessels, but also in its husbandry of the vessels themselves. Indeed, the MARAD Ship Disposal Program has a long history of exporting federal and U.S. Navy ships for breaking overseas in less-than-acceptable conditions. And, over time, domestic ship recycling firms that participate in the MARAD Ship Disposal Program have had to spend precious resources repeatedly countering MARAD attempts to allow foreign beaches and yards to participate in ship disposal acquisition programs funded by the U.S. taxpayer.
In many places – the most notorious residing in India and Bangladesh, just to name a couple – the practice of shipbreaking created a virtual sweatshop of sorts, where locals literally risk their lives on a daily basis under less than perfect environmental conditions. For this reason, the United States – and other responsible countries – no longer allows the disposal of vessels in this manner.
In fact, firms like Southern Recycling, for example, must be audited and approved, and demonstrate on a daily basis that they operate in not only a safe fashion, but also one which also upholds the strictest of environmental standards. This allows the government to adhere to its own policy of not exporting these vessels, keeping the money and jobs here and generally doing the right thing.
Eventually (October 2014), Southern Recycling protested the awarding of the bid to the other contractor, especially when they were prepared to pay significantly more for that contract and had demonstrated that Southern Recycling facilities were government approved and ready for the task at hand. Within a week of that protest, MARAD had dismissed it out of hand, in a letter to Southern Recycling, citing the firm's inability to remove the vessel (YELLOWSTONE) in a timely manner.
The plot also thickens, knowing that U.S. Reps. Vela and Boustany have requested that the DOT IG investigate MARAD's ship recycling program. And now, it appears that the Texas Company that was awarded the contract in December was sued last week by a Canadian company. According to lawsuit documents, the firm borrowed money from the Canadians and then stopped repaying the loan. At this point, says Southern Recycling, the only question left to ask is whether the U.S. government will have to get involved in the lawsuit because the other company leveraged MARAD and Navy ships to get the loan.
If only the government had just taken the extra $400,000. To be fair, MarPro contacted MARAD this week for comment on the matter and, after a fashion, a DOT public affairs officer came back with the following reply:
"MARAD awards vessel dismantlement and recycling contracts based on "best value," and as required by law, all MARAD-owned vessels must be recycled in the U.S. Best value means that MARAD considers technical factors such as performance schedule, facility capacity, and past performance in addition to price when awarding contracts. As an example, a recycling facility may offer the highest sales price for a ship but, based on their current capacity, and vessel performance schedule, the facility offers a performance period that extends for a year. A second facility offers a lower sales price for the ship, but has current capacity and acceptable vessel performance schedule to recycle the vessel several months faster. In this example, MARAD may consider the shorter performance period a greater value than the higher sale price."
In response, a Southern Recycling spokeswoman declared, "MARAD's definition of best value is significantly flawed – it deprives the agency beneficiaries of the Vessel Operating Revolving Fund, maritime heritage organizations and state maritime schools of much needed funds and more importantly, it highlights the government's continued inability to properly manage taxpayer resources."
I for one would have liked to have seen that $400,000 go into the government's coffers or better yet, go towards the state maritime academies who desperately depend on these revenues in order to continue training the very people MARAD relies upon when it comes to crewing the next sealift emergency event. It will be interesting to see just how fast the vessel really does get dismantled. MarPro will be watching.
In the end, the government's logic in this matter appears to have hinged on a few months difference in when the vessel could be extracted and delivered to the Southern Recycling disposal yard. But, it's not like anyone is making any anything on interest on money in the bank, in any event. Beyond this, the urgency of moving these vessels off to scrap has long since evaporated with the departure of the last of what MARAD deemed "high risk" vessels, a long time ago. The deal could have waited 90 days. The Maritime Administration's primary duty here, so it would seem, is to get best value for these obsolete vessels. And, whatever they tell you, that didn't happen in this case.
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Joseph Keefe is the lead commentator of MaritimeProfessional.com. Additionally, he is Editor of both Maritime Professional and MarineNews print magazines. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or at firstname.lastname@example.com. MaritimeProfessional.com is the largest business networking site devoted to the marine industry. Each day thousands of industry professionals around the world log on to network, connect, and communicate.


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Chapter 4: Human Biodiversity and the Egalitarian Fiction
Biosocial criminology was born from a contrarian spirit. Deeply unsatisfied with traditional sociological explanations of crime, biosocial criminologists have pursued and reinvigorated lines of research that had been idle for decades (Wright & Boisvert, 2009). Indeed, with few and isolated exceptions (see Ellis & Walsh, 1997), biological criminology had essentially been relegated to the dustbin of history (Wright & Cullen, 2012). Not only had it been replaced by purely social explanations of crime, but it also became synonymous with racial prejudice. Indeed, it was just a few years ago that no mainstream criminologist would dare link genetic or biological forces to criminal behavior (Wright & Boisvert, 2009; Wright ...
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For the past six decades, Helen Mirren's career has successfully shifted from a respected theatre actress to an iconic fixture on British television to a beloved Hollywood star. Her range of work has earned her the triple crown of acting - an Oscar for The Queen, a Tony for The Audience, numerous Emmys - including for her iconic performance in Prime Suspect - and an appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. The Helen Mirren Archives chronicles Miss Mirren's life and career from the early days to the recent with information, pictures and video clips.
A first look image of Helen Mirren as eccentric firearms heiress, Sarah Winchester has emerged online, with Mirren looking eerily scary in her Victorian costume reminiscent of the Queens grandmother, Queen Mary. Winchester tells the story of the eccentric firearm heiress, Sarah Winchester who believed she was being haunted by the souls of people killed by the Winchester repeating rifle. After the sudden deaths of her husband and child, she threw herself into the 24/7 construction of an enormous mansion designed to keep the evil spirits at bay. A sceptical San Francisco psychiatrist soon learns her obsession may not be insane. In an interview with People Magazine Mirren divulged she didn't actually believe in ghosts; "I don't believe in ghosts, but I do believe people can be haunted, and Sarah Winchester is a haunted person. That was the appeal in the role." The film which is currently in production and directed by Daybreakers Michael and Peter Spierig will be shot at the actual Winchester mansion in San Jose, California. The Spierigs say Winchester tells a different sort of ghost story. Michael Spierig says the heiress, who died in 1922, "was an intelligent woman and a little misunderstood," while Peter Spierig went on to say in the same interview: "Sarah Winchester is quite a remarkable woman, and the idea of her being just a crazy person who was haunted by ghosts is not the full story. Helen Mirren, in particular, I think is great in portraying that … It's about a woman who is deeply troubled by the violence of the rifle and what she inherited. She's trying to come to terms with that."


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Trip Agenda
Less formal trips may be organized through the Trip Planning Forum on the VOC message board rather than on the wiki. If you are organizing such a trip, it's a good idea to post a link from this page to the thread in the trip planning forum.
All events have been moved to the new trip agenda tool. Please don't put any more trips here.
Instructions for how to add events to the new agenda can be found here.
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Mathew Cullen
Writers: Martin Amis , Roberta Hanley
Stars: Gemma Chan, Cara Delevingne, Amber Heard
Country: UK
Language: English
Runtime: 118 min
Movie is based on a novel written by Martin Amis, Samson Young (Billy Bob Thornton) is a terminally sick writer who moves to London from New York and now shares room with another writer (Jason Isaacs). Soon a mysterious femme-fatale Nicola Six (Amber Heard) comes into her life, who is also dating two other men Guy (Theo James) and Keith (Jim Sturgess) at the same time. Her sexy looks and sexuality turns her lovers into puppets. She knows the future and soon she will be murdered by one of her lover and agrees to share her story with Samson.


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More than $250,000 in Disputed Down Payment Never Returned
Chicago - Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court on Friday alleging that two Chicago area real estate developers have violated the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act by failing to complete construction on 39 homes and by further failing to refund $250,000 in down payments to the customers most first-time home buyers with dreams of homeownership.
Madigan = s lawsuit names two individuals as defendants: John J. Popp, Jr., of Aurora and Christopher Smith of Peotone. The suit also names three corporate defendants: Lord & Essex, Inc., located at 625 North Broadway in Aurora, and Pembrooke Homes, L.L.C., and Estates at Brookmere, L.L.C., both of which are located at 89 Lawrence Lane in Matteson.
For most of us, a home is the most important purchase that we will ever make, Madigan said. These consumers paid hundreds of thousands of dollars of their hard-earned money as down payments for their dream homes, but the defendants are turning their dreams into nightmares.
Popp and Smith, through Lord & Essex, serve as the developers of the Brookmere subdivision in Matteson. Thirty-nine would-be homeowners entered into agreements with Popp and Smith and made down payments to purchase new homes, but the developers have failed to complete the homes or return the down payments. Popp and Smith also developed the Autumn Ridge subdivision in Crest Hill in Will County where another individual entered into a purchase agreement and made a down payment with no results.
As part of the process for purchasing a new home in their subdivisions, the defendants require consumers to sign purchase agreements, which generally state that the homes will be completed
within a two-year period. The defendants typically require that consumers pay a down payment of five percent of the home purchase price as earnest money on the homes. Additionally, several months after signing the contract, the consumers often made additional deposits to pay for upgrades and options. Some consumers also signed riders to the contracts that would allow them to cancel the purchase agreements under certain circumstances.
Madigan's complaint alleges that the Lord & Essex sales agents told some consumers they could expect their homes to be completed sooner than the two-year time frame stated in the contact. These verbal representations helped to convince some consumers to enter into purchase agreements and to take the next step of securing mortgage commitments. In many instances, however, consumers have complained that the defendants extended the completion date on their homes well beyond the promised time frame.
According to the complaint, some consumers have tried to exercise their contract cancellation riders and obtain down payment refunds when the defendants failed to complete the homes within the promised time period. Other consumers have attempted to cancel contracts when the defendants did not meet the contracted two-year time period. The consumers allege that the defendants told them they would refund the deposits, but have failed to do so. The defendants have allegedly received approximately $250,000 in down payments from the 39 customers who have filed complaints with the Attorney General's office.
Madigan's complaint also alleges that for a number of homes that the defendants have completed and delivered to consumers, the defendants have failed to honor homeowner warranties and to make repairs to items under warranty when requested.
The suit asks the court to prohibit the defendants from engaging in the business of selling homes or developing real estate and from further violating Illinois = consumer protection laws. It also asks the court to order the defendants to pay restitution to consumers, a civil penalty of $50,000 and additional penalties of $50,000 for each violation committed with the intent to defraud, along with the costs of the suit.
Madigan encouraged any other Lord & Essex customers with similar complaints to file a complaint with her consumer protection division by downloading the complaint form at www.IllinoisAttorneyGeneral.gov/consumers or by calling the Attorney General = s Consumer Fraud Hotline at one of the following numbers:
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Springfield 1-800-243-0618; TTY: 1-877-844-5461
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Callers to the premium phone line were charged €2.40 per minute for 'instant psychic readings' and the website stated that it was "operated by genuine Celtic psychics, the most psychic race in the world. Only the most spiritually gifted individuals are selected to participate in this site".
Cashed out at the right time
The premium phone line business was established in 1998 and built up a large cash pile over the years before the shareholders cashed out in 2009, sharing a dividend payout of €9 million and selling the company.
One of the original owners had declared his intention to be the first Irish person in space on board Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic after paying $200,000 for the privilege.
Profits nose dived as income plummeted
The most recent figures show that following the sale, the company became loss-making, recording a pre-tax loss of €315,225 in 2010 after recording a post-tax profit of €1.1 million in 2009.
The loss arose as a result of plummeting income, with the abridged accounts for the 12 months to the end of April 30th 2010, showing its gross profit declined by 72 per cent from €4.27million to €1.19 million.
Cashflow problems
The figures also show that at the end of the period, €805,714 was owed to Revenue through €479,332 in corporation tax, €191,407 in VAT and €134,975 in PAYE/PRSI.
The firm had net liabilities totaling €809,956.
A note attached to the accounts states that "the net assets of the company are negative and the company has reported a loss in the year compared to profits in previous years back to 2003".
Return to profitability envisaged using the power of.....
The note to the accounts also states: "In the subsequent period, the management accounts indicate a return to profitability, although the turnover has reduced substantially and the balance sheet remains insolvent. It is expected that the company will continue to be profitable and return to solvency in the 2011-2012 year."
It is not known how the business performed since, as accounts have not filed in over two years, with the last accounts filed in December 2011.
It seems that despite the headline, the original owners may have had a better grasp on the future than you might have first thought?


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Workdays, craft show at Westside Center
A large volunteer workday at the Westside Community Center will be joined by a seniors craft show in the center's gym Saturday, Oct. 16
They will be mostly simultaneous, with the craft show from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the workday from 8:30 a.m. to noon. The center is at 1628 W. Bijou St.
Dick Siever, the center's director, said he expects about 130 volunteers to help with various tasks inside and outside the center. Another workday will start at the same time Oct. 23.
More volunteers are welcome, with lunch provided by Woodmen Valley Chapel's Mobile Kitchen, he said.
The craft show will feature items made by local senior citizens, according to spokesperson Shirley Cherry. Visitors that day can also get a tour of the center and learn about upcoming events, she said.
For more information on either activity Oct. 16, call 385-7920.
The Westside Center is owned by the City of Colorado Springs, which turned over operations to Woodmen Valley Chapel last spring as part of extensive budget cuts.
In other center activities…
The Family & Friends Night on Fridays has proven fairly popular, averaging 50 to 60 people each time, but "we could double that," Siever said.
He invited people of all ages to attend the free gathering from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the center's gym, in which people have been playing bingo for prizes.
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Colin Craig has given up. Kind of. But by conceeding he can only win a seat with a deal, he's put the onus firmly on National and made John Key an offer the PM can hardly afford to refuse
Remember in the 2009 Mt Albert by-election when Melissa Lee said she was hoping to come second? She was roundly mocked and, presumably put straight by an advisor or senior colleague. Before the day was out she had rediscovered a never-say-die spirit, declaring "I am not in this game to lose". It's simple really. Conceeding before the votes are cast isn't the done thing.
Yet that's exactly what Colin Craig did on The Nation today. Check out this exchange with Paddy Gower:
Gower: So you'd be very happy to stand against a National candidate?
Craig: Absolutely. We are making our decisions based on where we are going to maximize party vote. We are not asking the question at all of where are National making a space. Because we're not the National Party.
So which one of those could you beat? Which one of those three candidates could you beat? And tell the truth.
Well look, I don't think I could beat any of them unless we run a fantastic local campaign and people get behind us. Last time I –
So just – you don't think you could beat any of them? Any of those three: Paula Bennett, Mark Mitchell, or Murray McCully.
I think being very realistic, um, it'd be a big call to say that you're going to beat a sitting National MP, and let's count Paula Bennett as sitting because half the electorate is one she's... Or a Labour MP.
Alright. So let's just back up. You can't win one of those electorates can you without John Key?
No. No. And that's why I'm saying our campaign has always been to get the party vote. And we've been very clear about that.
It's a striking confession, to admit you're fighting for second place. Craig went on to say that he hasn't asked National for a deal, won't be asking for a deal and has no intention of talking to National. Full stop.
It's a statement that does two things.
First, it puts huge pressure on the Conservatives to reach five percent. But then Craig maintains that'll be a doddle, going on to say:
We've only got to get from 87.5-thousand people who wanted to vote for us last time to 120 [thousand]. It's less than 40-thousand people. It's not that big a deal. People are making it some great big hurdle. We're going to get there. We know we're going to get there.
Few people share his degree of confidence. While acknowledging it's possible, I'd say it's a hugely contested field competing for the conservative vote and with New Zealand First and National showing such strength in the polls, you've got to wonder where the extra three percent (going by Pundit's Poll of Polls) will come from.
Second, it puts pressure on National to deal. By acknowledging he can't beat 'em, he's sending National a clear signal he needs to join 'em. But he's putting it on them to be the one who initiates the deal, so they'll wear the "dirty dealer" badge, not him.
National won't like that, but Craig probably figures there's no need to woo Key and co because they've made it pretty clear they don't like the look of a deal with the Conservatives any which way. They'll only do it is they absolutely have to.
Remember, this comes at the end of the week where the third MP in Craig's electorate pick n' mix told him to stay away from his patch. Last year Paula Bennett warned Craig off the new Upper Harbour seat, where she said she'd be "running a strong campaign for National". Murray McCully stressed in March his "intention to stand again in East Coast Bays". And now Mark Mitchell has said Craig's "dreamin''" if he thinks Mitchell will stand aside in Rodney.
Why is National so relucant? Because Craig is to Key what Harawira is to Cunliffe -- a pain in the middle. Craig is a stick which with Labour can beat him and hurts Key's appeal to women and younger urban voters.
So at face value it looks like three strikes and you're out. Craig is making life hard for Key and Key is signalling to voters he'd only do a deal with Craig if he's desperate. Game over.
And going further, you might have noted that Craig this morning said that he'll choose where to stand based on where he can maximise his party vote. If so, you wouldn't rule out Upper Harbour, as most commentators have done. He'd get a lot of attention standing against Bennett and when the new seat was created in November the NZ Herald reported:
Before knowing of Ms Bennett's intentions, Mr Craig said this morning that the location of the new seat was "awfully good" for his party.
It is close to his home and a growing support base.
"We had really been hoping for a seat in the Upper Harbour or Glenfield area."
Mr Craig said the Upper Harbour area had a high proportion of elderly and immigrants, who tended to have values which aligned with his party.
Except that the line about standing where he'll maximise his party vote is dispensable, just as is his commitment to five percent and not wanting a deal from National. Indeed, all the signalling and posturing is, as Winston might say, bunkum.
Yes, he may get 40,000 voters more than in 2008 and climb over the five percent threshold. Yes, he may not ring John Key to ask for a deal (preferring to speak through the media). But he certainly won't gamble everything on five percent. And, let's be frank, National wouldn't want him to. He certainly will be hoping National offers him a deal and National knows it will almost certainly have to.
If he's on, say, four percent getting close to the election, neither he nor National wants to see those right-wing votes wasted. But even if the Conservatives are on 2.5 percent (and remember they got more votes on election day than polling suggested), National would be taking a big risk just letting those tens of thousands of votes disappear down the plughole. The arrival of Internet-Mana and the near-certainty that votes won't be wasted on the left make a deal on the right a near-certainty as well. (The Mana merger has been manna for Craig, you might say).
So Craig needs to stand somewhere a deal is possible, and Bennett doesn't offer that option. So it has to be Rodney (again, where you'd think he's likely to get the most party votes given his local government efforts and choice to stand there in 2011) or East Coast Bays (where McCully is the easiest National candidate to move to the list, perhaps in return for the promise of an ambassadorship - or whatever else he might want).
The only real out from all of that is New Zealand First. Winston Peters will never accept Colin Craig in the same government, given that Craig is trying to take his voters and become his heir in that part of the political kingdom. So Key would have to choose. But would he be confident that Peters would choose him back? And which would he prefer as a partner - Peters or Craig? Craig might harm his vote more but Peters would demand more in government.
Craig will announce his intentions next Sunday afternoon; until then Mitchell and McCully (and Key) are in the odd position of being at the mercy of a minor party. (Unless of course Key sends a quiet message to Craig as to which seat to choose). After that, it'll be up to John Key to choose. Does he risk it all by turning Craig away? Or does he keep the door open to a coalition?
Assuming that Key has no desire to come second and really isn't in this game to lose, he'll minimise the risk, wear the flak and choose the deal with Craig. And Craig will enter parliament as National's biggest junior partner.
Which leaves just one question -- how voters will react to that pre-election deal, plus the others with ACT and United Future, required to get National a third term. Because that could decide the ultimate winner and loser come September.


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When considering the potential impacts of climate change on vegetation we generally focus on future increases in temperature and changes in the severity and frequency of extreme events (eg. drought). While the effects of increasing temperature on vegetation may only be apparent over many decades or even centuries, rising atmospheric CO2 is with us now and arguably is already altering vegetation dynamics. Under current CO2 levels, tree and shrub seedling growth rates are possibly several times faster than they were at the time of European arrival in Australia. This is important because the size of many tree and shrub seedlings is closely related to their ability to survive grass fires – the bigger the seedling, the more likely they can survive a fire and go on to become an large adult tree. In higher rainfall areas, some trees and shrubs that might have reached a size where they can survive fire in 3 to 4 years could perhaps do so in 12 to 18 months. Conditions are shifting in favour of trees over grasses and this has big implications for how we manage landscapes with fire.
There are two recent publications that have had a huge impact on how I view the Australian landscape and both have implications for how we might manage grassy woodlands now and in the future. The first of these, Bill Gammage's wonderfully rich book The Biggest Estate on Earth, has challenged my ideas about current and historical land management and vegetation patterns. The second is a research paper by William Bond and Guy Midgley which details the impact of changes in our global atmosphere on vegetation, in particular the influence of atmospheric CO2 levels on tree densities in grasslands and grassy woodland ecosystems (savannah).
Despite the considerable differences in the two publications there is a strong theme current to both. Both see fire as central to determining many vegetation patterns, something most ecologists and land managers would agree with. Gammage strongly argues that in 1788 vast (but specific) areas of Australia were open and grassy owing to intentional, planned fire undertaken by indigenous Australians. With the removal of planned fire following European settlement many of these areas rapidly thickened, promoting large destructive fires and requiring clearing of regrowth.
More recently, land retirement (or removal of livestock) in open grassy woodlands often leads to rapid regeneration, and loss of the open woodland characteristics, presenting a significant challenge for conservation management of these ecosystems. Gammage would argue these landscapes lack the fire regimes necessary to keep country open. Previous work by Bond and Midgely has also demonstrated the role of fire in maintaining open grassy ecosystems across the globe.
The work of Bond and Midgley adds an additional element to the historical story told in The Biggest Estate on Earth. Their central argument is that while fires are crucial to determining the relative dominance of trees in higher rainfall savannah landscapes, atmospheric CO2 concentrations influence how effective fire is.
While increasing rates of tree and shrub growth due to increased CO2 might be good in some respects, making it increasingly possible to restore tree cover rapidly to agricultural landscapes with appropriate soils and management, it does have serious implications for how successfully we can use fire to keep country open and grassy, which is essential for maintaining much of the ground layer diversity of grasslands, grassy woodlands and grassy forests. While trees in woodlands are good for biodiversity, dense thickets may not be.
During the last glacial period (which peaked ~20,000 years ago) atmospheric CO2 levels were less than half what they are today, approximately 180ppm (it is now 396 ppm and rising). In southern Australia not only was it much colder and drier, but lower CO2 levels were strongly limiting for plant growth. Under these circumstances grasses dominated many landscapes, in particular drought tolerant C4 summer active grasses, such as Kangaroo Grass (Themeda triandra). This is despite the colder summer temperatures – C4 grasses compete more effectively with cool-season (C3) grasses (such as native Poa tussocks), at low CO2 concentrations. Tree and shrub seedling growth in contrast was much slower and relatively few fires were necessary to tip the balance in favour of open grassy ecosystems.
By the time of European arrival in Australia CO2 levels had risen to about 280 ppm and the climate was warmer and wetter. Trees and shrubs would have been growing faster and fires would need to have been more frequent to keep country open. Since then CO2 has risen dramatically and throughout the world tree densities in savannah woodlands have been found to be increasing, even where historic fire frequencies have been maintained.
It is almost certain that returning to pre-1788 fire regimes will not have the same effect that it did then or several thousand years before. There is little doubt that more frequent fires will be required to maintain open grassy woodlands. These more frequent fires would then need to be weighed up against the possible impacts on biodiversity and current land use. Other management strategies may need to be employed if we want to keep our woodlands and forests open and grassy, including physical removal, stem injection with herbicide and strategic use of livestock.
Regardless of the rate at which our climate is changing due to human actions, the effects of rising atmospheric CO2 are already here. Navigating the interactions between CO2, vegetation change and fire is a challenge for how we manage our land now and into the future.
Bill Gammage 2011 The Biggest Estate on Earth Allen & Unwin
William Bond and Guy Midgley 2012 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 367: 601-612
This short opinion piece was written for the Far South Coast Conservation Management Network and can be downloaded in full here: History__Fire__Global_CO2_Dorrough_CMN_Nwslttr_24_SPRING_2012


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Dr John Griffin (contact) - A lecturer in materials chemistry at Lancaster University. My research interests concern the study of structure and mechanisms in materials - in particular those with energy storage or conversion applications. One of the key tools I use for this is solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, a powerful anayltical technique that can provide detailed information about atomic-scale structure, disorder and dynamics.
Most of my research has involved developing and applying NMR experiments to study materials and combining this with insight from computational calculations. In this way it is often possible to get access to information that is very difficult to obtain from other experimental approaches.
Dr Verena Görtz (contact) - Verena is a lecturer in Materials Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry. She came to Lancaster University from the University of York, where she was a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow in the Advanced Functional Materials Group of the Department of Chemistry.
Verena studied for her PhD in the field of polymer chemistry at the Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Germany. Her research explores the fascinating area of self-organised soft matter, and centres on exploring and exploiting aspects of polymer, colloid, and liquid crystal materials. The aim is to develop micron to nano-structured smart materials with applications in areas such as optical sensing, actuation (artificial muscles), photonics, and stimuli-responsive devices.
Dr John Hardy (contact) - A lecturer in materials chemistry at Lancaster University. I am a multidisciplinary scientist with experience in chemistry, materials science, pharmacy and biomedical engineering. I am interested in developing materials for drug delivery, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
Dr Robert Young (contact) - I am an experimental scientist leading a quantum information processing group within the Quantum Technology Centre at Lancaster University. My research straddles three main disciplines; material science, quantum optics and information security. Through the hybridisation of these fields I'm driving a unique research theme; investigating the application of light-matter interfaces in low-dimensional structures for physical security applications. I'm the co-founder of a spin-out company, Quantum Base.


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Regular readers of our Kentucky medical malpractice blog might recall a case from a couple of years ago in which a woman south of Covington sued her dentist after he apparently dropped a small screwdriver down her throat. She later had to have the tool used on her implants surgically removed, Kentucky.com reported.
Children's dentist running "house of horrors"?
Three lives forever changed by medical malpractice
She used to run marathons and she used to be a fitness instructor and a teacher. Like virtually every adult, she used to walk and talk and feed herself and dress herself. But those days are gone.
Epidural at birth leads to permanent injuries
Many women who are in labor look forward to the epidural since it offers some pain relief. While many women know that there is a risk of injury because of the epidural, many women still choose to put their comfort in the hands of the anesthesiologist. The trust is that this medical professional will get the epidural done without causing any problems. That isn't what happened in one woman's case.
What is the Glasgow Coma Scale?
When a person is in a coma or has suffered a serious brain injury, the medical team might assess the patient's condition. The Glasgow Coma Scale is one tool that can be used to assess patients. This scale provides a score of 3 to 15, which indicates the person's prognosis.


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Teresa McAdam
Email: tmcadam<at>uwo.ca
PhD in Neuroscience (2010-2014)
University of Western Ontario
London, ON, Canada
MSc in Pharmacology and Toxicology
Queen's University
Kingston, ON, Canada
BSc (Hons.) in Life Sciences
Queen's University
Kingston, ON, Canada
BPHE (Physical Health and Education)
Queen's University
Kingston, ON, Canada
Cavina-Pratesi, C., Fattori, P., Galletti, C., McAdam, T.D., Quinlan, D.J., Goodale, M.A., & Culham, J.C. (2010). Functional magnetic resonance imaging reveals the neural substrates of arm transport and grip formation in reach-to-grasp actions in humans. JNeurosci 30:10306-10323.
Kroliczak, G., McAdam, T.D., Quinlan, D.J., & Culham, J.C. (2008). The human dorsal stream adapts to real actions and 3D shape processing: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study. JNeurophys 100: 2627-39.
McAdam, T.D., Brien, J.F., Reynolds, J.N., & Dringenberg, H.C. (2008). Altered water-maze search behaviour in adult guinea pigs following chronic prenatal ethanol exposure: lack of mitigation by postnatal fluoxetine treatment. Behav Brain Res 191(2):202-9.
Monaco, S., McAdam, T. D., McLean, A. D., Culham, J. C., Singhal, A. (November 2008). fMRI reactivation in the Lateral Occipital Complex during action execution and action imagery toward visually and haptically explored objects. Talk to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.
Cavina Pratesi, C., Monaco, S., McAdam, T., Milner, D., Schenk, T., & Culham, J. C., (November 2007). Which aspects of hand-preshaping does human AIP compute during visually guided actions? Evidence from event-related fMRI. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, California.
Kroliczak, G., Quinlan, D. J., McAdam, T. D., & Culham, J.C. (October 2006). AIP shows grasp-specific fMRI adaptation for real actions. Talk presented at the Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, Georgia.


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Life is Short
Let's be blunt. We won't live forever, eternal life is still in the labs next to the everlasting youth. We all have things to do so as we keep our head over water, things we should or things that help us keep going. Have you ever wondered how much time all these things take out from our lifespan? According to this presentation we have roughly 9 years and 6 months of pure life for doing things we love!


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Thor: Ragnarok Block Screening
October 28, 2017 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pmPhp1200
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The UP Vanguard Inc. 96th Homecoming Committee presents a block screening of Thor: Ragnarok, 11:00 am Oct. 28, Saturday at BGC Uptown Cinema.
The block screening is a fund raising project for the 96th Homecoming activities and for the continuing support to the UPVI and Medical Support Auxiliiary Squadron, PCG (formerly Rescue Squadron 161) for the continuing rehabilitation of communities in the municipality of Polompon, Leyte, the center of Mercy Trident relief operations in the aftermath of the 2013 Yolanda disaster.
The Thor: Ragnarok is bundled with the Justice League block screening to be shown on Nov. 19. Tickets are at 1200 for both movies.


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Series: Wayward Children #1
Published by Tor.com on 5th April 2016
Genres: YA, Fantasy
Pages: 173
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Eleanor West's Home for Wayward ChildrenNo SolicitationsNo VisitorsNo Quests
Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere... else.
But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children.
Nancy tumbled once, but now she's back. The things she's experienced... they change a person. The children under Miss West's care understand all too well. And each of them is seeking a way back to their own fantasy world.
But Nancy's arrival marks a change at the Home. There's a darkness just around each corner, and when tragedy strikes, it's up to Nancy and her new-found schoolmates to get to the heart of the matter.
No matter the cost.
This book surprised me in so many ways. I'm not entirely sure what I was expecting from a book all about children who had been on such wonderful adventures to find themselves disenchanted with the real world – somwhere they didn't feel they belonged anymore. Well, what can I say other than it blew me away, the story is such an original take on something that we all ask ourselves after reading one of the adventures?
I think one thing that I really enjoyed in this book was the science that was applied to the magical worlds, it kind of added a lot of sense to what they were trying to do. I adored the fact that we were experiencing everything through Nancy's eyes and it was all brand new for her – we got to learn a lot! Especially about the different worlds and what it means to be from each of the types. I loved that, I loved that the personalities made sense, I loved the characters that had been formed by these different worlds. It really made me happy to meet them all and learn about their experiences.
I have to say the diversity in this book was off the charts in a really well-done way, the characters were natural and nothing was forced on the reader. It was really nice to read about and to see especially with the ongoing discussion within the writing and reading community for more diverse reads. Plus it was set in a high school so it was segregated like a normal high school it was just this time who was cool was determined by what kind of world you had been a part of.
My favourite character in Every Heart a Doorway has to be Jack, I loved the story of her and her sister. Plus the insight we gained into what growing up in a land full of horror really is. I really love the dynamic of the relationship and the way they rely on each other without actually interacting all that much. The whole sequence made for really interesting reading and I thoroughly enjoyed their back story!
My least favourite character has to be Lundy!! I hated her attitude towards the kids and I thought that she struggled to share any kind of empathy with the children even though she had similar experiences and should have been in a unique position to help them. Instead, she seemed to berate them and almost kick them when they were down. It was disconcerting to see if I'm honest and it didn't sit well with me at all!
I would totally recommend Every Heart a Doorway – in fact, I already have! I love the characters and I think the concept of the entire story is something that was done exceptionally well. Something I really love reading about was taken to a whole new level!
Have you read any books that have flipped fairytales on their head? Let me know what they are in the comments below!
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