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Neknominate . . . Bath students urged not to get caught up in drinking game craze
Posted: February 03, 2014|
Bath Spa University is urging students not to get caught up in the neck and nominate craze sweeping the country.
Neknominate involves people posting a video on Facebook of them 'downing' alcoholic drinks and nominating two friends to do the same.
Participants are also encouraged to perform a stunt while carrying out the challenge.
Neknominate is believed to have originated in Australia and is suspected to be responsible for the deaths of two men in Northern Ireland over the weekend.
Emma Weskin, vice president of Welfare at Bath Spa University, said universities needed to make students aware of how silly the craze was.
"It's started to go round Bath Spa a little. We're letting students know that, whilst it can seem like harmless fun, it is peer pressure and won't win them any credibility," she said.
MailOnline reported that Ross Cummins, 22, was found unconscious in a house in Dublin in the early hours of Saturday morning and died later in hospital amid reports he was drinking spirits at the time of his death.
Hours later, the body of Jonny Byrne, 19, was discovered floating in the river at Milford Bridge in County Carlow after apparently jumping in as part of a nomination.
Today Johnny's family pleaded with people not to take part in the drinking craze.
A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police said: "We are not aware of having any problems in relation to this particular game in the Avon and Somerset area but we would always caution people to drink cautiously.
"We would always urge people not to drink too much and to be aware that games of this nature can have serious consequences."
The charity DHI, which supports people struggling with drugs and alcohol issues, has warned against people taking part in the trend.
Its chief executive Rosie Phillips said: "Drinking games are not new, but the fact that this game has gone viral on the internet could increase the likelihood of risk taking behaviour, particularly amount vulnerable young people.
"We have help and support available for those concerned about their own or a loved one's alcohol and substance misuse. Support is available through our young person's service P28 and our adult service. People can either self refer or drop in for more information. If you have any concerns please call us on 01225 329411."
A more positive message is also spreading on Facebook following the story of a South African man who donated food to a homeless person, called the Change One Thing campaign.


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CRE superbug: The Centers for Disease Control issued a warning to medical professionals across the U.S. about CRE superbugs resistant to most types of antibiotics.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control is warning to doctors across the country of rare superbugs resistant to nearly all types of antibiotics.
The CDC said that there has been an increase in Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) superbugs. These can resist carbapenem antibiotics, which are considered the most heavy-duty kinds.
There have been reports of 15 forms of the CRE superbug in since July 2012 in the United States. There are an overall 37 "unusual forms of CRE" types in the U.S., the CDC said, adding that reports are "still uncommon."
"This increase highlights the need for U.S. healthcare providers to act aggressively to prevent the emergence and spread of these unusual CRE organisms," reads a press release from the CDC this month.
The CDC said that most CRE infections "were isolated from patients who received overnight medical treatment outside of the United States."
In a study published on Wednesday, Israeli researchers said that of the 97 patients who tested positive with CRE, it took them around 387 days on average to be finally tested negative for the bacteria. It was published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
A recent strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae, a type of CRE, spread through the National Institutes of Health hospital near Washington D.C., killing six people.
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political commentator * author * publisher * bookseller * radio presenter * blogger * Conservative candidate * former lobbyist * Jack Russell owner * West Ham United fanatic * Email iain AT iaindale DOT com
Friday, May 11, 2007
An Interview with John McDonnell
I'm always on the side of the underdog, so I thought I'd alert you to THIS half hour interview Peter Tatchell recorded with Labour leadership contender John McDonnell last Friday for 18 Doughty Street. Or see below for a bite sized excerpt where he explains how his left-wing leadership campaign differs to Gordon Brown's. Will it appeal to the electorate and more importantly, his fellow MPs?
Note to left wing bloggers: if you want to embed the short clip into your blog click HERE for details.
6 comments:
- Laurence Boyce said...
There was only one problem with John McDonnell's performance on the 18DS sofa. It was completely humourless.
- May 11, 2007 2:58 p.m.
- Chris Paul said...
Laurence is right. JMcD was pretty serious and a little whiney at times. If there is a contest he will have to buy one of Iain's books of after dinner funnies or perhaps better get Dennis Skinner to write his speeches.
John was the straight man to Ken's gagster at the GLC rather as Brown was to Blair.
It's all to play for. Two horse race and all that.
- May 11, 2007 3:45 p.m.
- jane said...
trot gobshite
- May 11, 2007 3:49 p.m.
- Ross F said...
Did Peter Tatchell as McDonnell what his views were on the glorification of terrorism bill the government tried t pass a while ago? My guess is that he isn't keen on it.
- May 11, 2007 4:37 p.m.
If he gets elected we can look forward to the stock market going into a nosedive. Will probably happen under Gordon eventually anyway but this Old Labourite will cause even more damage.
- May 11, 2007 5:54 p.m.
- Harry Haddock said...
where's an medium sized meteorite when you need one? Two for the price of one, that would have been.
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Lift scallops out of marinade and put 1 on top of each pasta cake. Top with salsa and serve immediately.
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David Scott over at CoachCal.com has a great post on head coach John Calipari's trip to Haiti on Wedneday. Calipari traveld to the poverty-stricken country that was struck by a horrendous earthquake months ago to help aid the country's people in the long road to recovery.
Calipari, along with Urban Fitness' Royce Pulliam, UK Director of Basketball Operations Martin Newton and a group from the Samaritan's Feet organization, cleaned the feet of orphans at the New Life Orphanage in Sarthe, Haiti.
Sam Dick with WKYT traveled with Calipari on Wednesday and has coverage of the visit at WKYT.com.
Here a couple of select quotes from Calipari's experience:
"I would say that the ultimate level of service leadership would be washing someone's feet," said Calipari Wednesday night, just moments after returning from the Red Cross-facilitated trip to the earthquake ravaged region. "That's what I did and I'm telling you, it was a very powerful experience."
There were a lot of kids there and you have to figure most of them lost their parents in the quake - they perished, " Coach Cal said. "It's heartbreaking stuff. But it's amazing how upbeat and brave all the people are. They're living in tents - a million people in tents - with no electricity and it's the rainy season so there are mudslides. It's just incredible."
"These people are resilient," he said. "They have a pride, but they're up against it now, there's no question. Our driver said they're a bit stressed about the situation, but they have a smile on their face. They are well-kept and they have hope."
Calipari also has some thoughts on Thursday's NBA Draft in the post, including why he thinks this could be the biggest night in Kentucky basketball history. No joke. Read it all here.


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S. Korean Authorities Hand over Sexual Abuser to U.S. MP
Pyongyang, October 1 (KCNA) -- The south Korean authorities handed over to the U.S. MP a criminal belonging to the Second Division of the U.S. imperialist aggressor forces present in south Korea who committed sexual assault against an 18-year old girl student of south Korea in Tongduchon, Kyonggi Province.
The authorities committed such humiliating act under the pretext of the south Korea-U.S. "Status of Forces Agreement".
The U.S. imperialist aggressors have committed all sorts of monstrous crimes such as violence, killing and rape, exercising extraterritorial right under the pretext of the above-said unequal agreement for the last several decades.
But those criminals have gone free due to such humiliating acts of south Korean ruling quarters.
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To summarise empirical intervention research conducted in cardiac patients and their families, in order to guide the development of family-centred interventions across the trajectory of cardiovascular disease.
CINAHL, PsycINFO and MEDLINE were searched from 1980 to 2001. The keywords included 'family', 'family function', 'acute care', 'recovery process', 'cardiac', 'cardiac event' and 'intervention'. Citations in published studies were also reviewed.
Original research studies were eligible for inclusion. Randomised controlled trials (RCTs), non-randomised controlled trials, two-group quasi-experimental studies and pre-test post-test studies were included.
Studies of interventions designed to promote family functioning were eligible for inclusion. Acute phase interventions (in which the intervention occurred solely during the patients' hospitalisation) and recovery phase interventions (in which a major component occurred after hospital discharge) were included in the review. Studies of acute phase interventions were aimed at providing support for family members through psychological support groups and education or orientation sessions. Most of the acute phase intervention studies were conducted in large teaching hospitals or university medical centres in the United States, and consisted of a single session. The control interventions, where present, consisted of usual care.
Most of the recovery phase studies were conducted in cardiac rehabilitation centres or the patients' homes, and consisted of multiple sessions with a total delivery time ranging from 1 week to 3 months after the patients' hospital discharge. The recovery phase interventions included: educationally orientated discussion groups; counselling sessions; physical conditioning; home visits; telephone calls by nurse; and wives observing and/or participating in their husband's treadmill exercise, plus counselling. The control interventions, where present, included no information provided and usual care with and without slide/tape.
Studies of cardiac patients and their families during the acute or recovery phase of a cardiac event were eligible for inclusion. Most of the acute phase studies were conducted with family members (primarily spouses; most respondents were female) of the patients in coronary care units. However, studies of family members of patients in medical, surgical and neurosurgical intensive care settings were also included in the review. Most of the recovery phase studies recruited white, middle-class male patients (post myocardial infarction or coronary artery bypass grafting or valve surgery) from cardiac rehabilitation centres and university, community or metropolitan hospitals in the United States.
The inclusion criteria were not defined in terms of the outcomes. The acute phase studies assessed the following outcomes in family members: heart rate; blood-pressure; stress using the Kerle and Bialek subjective stress scale, or scales developed by the investigators; social support and hope; anxiety levels using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory or a visual analogue scale; anxiety and depression using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale; and knowledge of nature and causes of heart attack, and confidence as a care giver. The recovery phase studies assessed the following outcomes in family members: anxiety and self esteem using a questionnaire; the wives perception of their husbands' physical and cardiac self-sufficiency; Family Inventory of Resources for Management; Family APGAR; Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Scale; social network and support using a questionnaire developed by the researchers; State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; Affect Adjective Check List; and Family Control Attitudes Scale.
The authors do not state how the papers were selected for the review, or how many of the reviewers performed the selection.
The authors do not state that they assessed validity, although some aspects of validity were discussed in the text of the review. These included the use of power analysis, validation of the measure used to assess the outcomes, and study design.
The authors do not state how the data were extracted for the review, or how many of the reviewers performed the data extraction. The following information were tabulated: author and year of publication; characteristics of the sample and setting; characteristics of the intervention or theory and control; study design; data collection; outcome measures; and results.
The studies were grouped according to the timing of the intervention relative to the cardiac event (acute or recovery phase) and a narrative synthesis was undertaken.
Differences between the studies were discussed in the text, in particular, with respect to the intervention intensity and the timing of the outcome measures.
Thirteen studies (1,535 patients and their family members) were included. There were 6 RCTS, 6 non-randomised controlled trials and one pre-test post-test study.
Methodological flaws included the lack of a discussion of statistical power.
Acute phase (six studies with 533 patients and 91 family members): none of the five two-group controlled clinical trials found any significant difference in family member anxiety, stress or depression scores between the intervention and control. The pre-test post test study found that an educational session significantly increased the knowledge and confidence of the carer.
Recovery phase (seven studies with 334 couples and 219 spouses, including four RCTs): four of the seven studies found significant improvement in family member anxiety levels, social network, and perceived control and efficacy for the intervention compared with a control; the other three studies found no significant difference for the intervention compared with the control. Three of the four RCTs reported no significant benefit from the intervention compared to a control, while the remaining RCT reported pre-test post-test results and did not appear to report inter-group comparisons. Two of the three studies that reported no significant effect for the intervention used telephone interventions and were delivered for a shorter time period than the in-person interventions. The duration of the interventions was longer in the four studies showing a benefit from the intervention.
Conclusions regarding patient- and family-centred interventions are varied, although a significant amount of research has been conducted into the use of family-centred cardiovascular nursing interventions. Directions for future research should focus on the need for family- centred interventions that address the needs of patients with cardiovascular disease specific to phases in the trajectory of illness.
The aims of the review were stated and the inclusion criteria were defined in term of the intervention and participants. The inclusion criteria were not defined in terms of the study design or outcomes. Three relevant databases were searched, but it was not stated whether any language restrictions had been applied. The lack of an attempt to locate unpublished material raises the possibility of publication bias. The methods used to select the studies were not described. Validity was not systematically assessed, though some aspects were mentioned in the 'Discussion' section. Relevant data were extracted and tabulated, but the methods used to extract the data were not described. In addition, it was not always clear whether the numbers given were for individual patients or couples. A narrative synthesis was appropriate given the small number of studies with heterogeneous interventions and outcomes. However, the text focused on a description of the individual studies in no apparent order; the review would have benefited from a more focused approach in which evidence from better quality studies was highlighted. The 'Results' section mentioned studies not listed in the tables.
The evidence presented appears to support the authors' conclusions. However, evidence to support the authors' implications for practice would seem to be lacking, given the level of evidence and poor pooling of the studies.
Practice: The authors state that the evidence suggests that effective acute phase interventions consisting of a series of events are more effective than single interactions.
Research: The authors state that further research is required. This should be conducted in the following areas: factors associated with psychological distress and recovery process within the context of the family; difference in coping styles and patterns of recovery between men and women, and between individuals of varying age groups; supportive mechanisms, family functioning and role change in different ethnic groups; and an analysis of expected outcomes with interventions that target both patients and family members.
NIH/NINR, grant numbers #T32 NR07091 and #R29 NR04532-05.
This is a critical abstract of a systematic review that meets the criteria for inclusion on DARE. Each critical abstract contains a brief summary of the review methods, results and conclusions followed by a detailed critical assessment on the reliability of the review and the conclusions drawn.


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April 22nd, 2008 #27
Excellent points, Jason and Steph. And everyone else. I'll be doing portfolio reviews in May so I'll be sure to incorporate a lot of this discussion into my blog before then.
IdiotApathy -- That was different -- you were hanging out with a bunch of friends sharing sketchbooks. In that case, having a quick access to a gadgety portfolio (with good work on it) was a cool thing.
By the way — it's easy for me to say what's wrong with a presentation from my side of the desk, but there is a reason I never became a freelancer. I'd starve to death while falling into everyone if these pitfalls.
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April 22nd, 2008 #30
This is some excellent advice guys. And while it mostly seems pretty common sense, having it in writing like this makes it easy to put on that mental checklist. I usually think of myself as fairly poised, but I know nerves get the best of me plenty of times- especially with that self-critiquing tendency. I don't think I've ever done it in front of an AD yet, but it's probably a habit to avoid period.
Here's something: Plain ol' figure drawing/painting. Does it ever have a place in a portfolio? I noticed a lot of that from my fellow hopefuls over NYCC and didn't feel it was MY place to knock it, but to me it created the impression of unnecessary filler. No matter how pretty, there's just no content.
"The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity."
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April 22nd, 2008 #31
Always tailor your portfolio to the particular situation. There's no such thing as one-size-fits-all. And nothing in it should be filler of any sort, no matter how pretty.
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April 22nd, 2008 #32
PS- We didn't get a chance to talk about your portfolio- soon!
April 22nd, 2008 #33
one more point about "less is more"; WotC AD said at NY comicCon: "I'll hire you on 3 good pieces in your portfolio, Just 3 good ones. But if you don't have those 3, 24 others are not going to convince me."
April 22nd, 2008 #34
I've made the iphone mistake, however, that was after they saw my portfolio and wondered if I had any newer stuff (I did, but didn't have time to go out and get it printed before the convention.)
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April 22nd, 2008 #36
wait wait wait...portfolio on the iphone!?
I understand where Peter is coming from...but an iphone as a portfolio? really?
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April 22nd, 2008 #37"I'll hire you on 3 good pieces in your portfolio, Just 3 good ones. But if you don't have those 3, 24 others are not going to convince me."
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April 22nd, 2008 #39
aside from portfolio, I think a confident attitude also helps to sell your service.
the more i read and discuss this sort of thing, the more it makes me realize the reality of the art world.
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Gestational Diabetes
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Given the rapid increase in the worldwide incidence of gestational diabetes, the need for defining the risks and effects associated with raised glucose concentrations in pregnancy is great. Recent large studies are helping to define the risks, as well as identify the benefits of reducing glucose intolerance. Written by an esteemed list of international authors, Gestational Diabetes: Origins, Complications, and Treatment presents timely reviews relating to some of the most important aspects of gestational diabetes, specifically its causes, consequences, and treatments.
Divided into five sections, the book begins with a section on metabolism in pregnancy and gestational diabetes, dealing with maternal and foetal glucose metabolism and the controversial area of what actually constitutes gestational diabetes. The next section examines risk factors and causes of gestational diabetes, including the obvious but often overlooked factors—being female and pregnant. The text also outlines environmental and genetic risk factors. The third section deals with the potential complications of gestational diabetes for both mother and offspring, considering short-term and long-term effects.
The largest section in the book addresses treatments in an effort to improve the outcome for the mother and the baby. Chapters describe the nutritional approach, considered the cornerstone of treating gestational diabetes, as well as evidence for the role of exercise in its treatment and a useful strategy for treating gestational diabetes pharmacologically. The final section discusses future prospects in screening, diagnosis, prevention, pathophysiology, and treatment of gestational diabetes.
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what are your thoughts on facebook?
in my case, facebook seems to be sucking the life out of millions of people. it prevents people from actually interacting, and most it is just instant messaging bullshit drama. what do you think?
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Re: what are your thoughts on facebook?
I deactivated my Facebook page 18 months ago; permanently deleted it in May. A very Zen moment, that it was. I don't regret it at all. I have no problem keeping in touch with my friends. I did so just fine before I got into social networking. Besides, many of my "friends" on Facebook were either:
A) Someone I'd met once at a party and made no effort to contact since, and vice versa;
B) Someone I know from [insert school or workplace] and am on friendly terms with, but probably wouldn't invite out for lunch or for a drink, and vice versa.
As time went on, my resentment of the social network grew. If Facefuck were more enjoyable (i.e., more than just a dumping ground for shitty memes and viral videos), then perhaps it wouldn't bother me so much that it has sucked most of the internet into its vortex. Not only do I have a glaring ethical problem with their random censorship and blatant disregard for user privacy, but their Edgerank system dictates what appears on your wall and deems many of your friends' posts unimportant, instead highlighting contentious political posts of the worst kind.
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Re: what are your thoughts on facebook?
its alright if your not INTO IT MUCH, but I hardly use mine. Might deactivate it. Not a fan of random friend requests! I only have about 100, ppl I know irl.
Re: what are your thoughts on facebook?
Deactivate it! Nothing is more liberating.
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Re: what are your thoughts on facebook?
i actually just use Facebook to be connected with my fam ,which is living preety far away from me,but i need to guess that u won´t find any privatepics on my fbside!so it´s not really personel my side...i actually just share stuff from all of my friends and fammades thats it!if my fam would´t live that far away i wouold´t use it!Reallife is much better!
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i love FB , i get updated on everything there, and stay in contact with ppl i dont get to see often.


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SACRAMENTO A Sacramento Superior Court judge heard final arguments Wednesday in a complex lawsuit with far-reaching consequences for future water supplies and rates in San Diego County.
Imperial County supervisors and the Imperial County Air Pollution District claim that Southern California water brokers skirted environmental laws in a frantic push to secure a hard-fought and costly deal to reduce the state's dependency on an over-tapped Colorado River.
That 2003 landmark agreement also cleared the way for the transfer of water between Imperial Valley farmers and the San Diego County Water Authority, a deal vital to guaranteeing the region would have adequate supplies as the river allotments dropped.
The question before Judge Lloyd Connelly is whether the agreement contains sufficient safeguards and financial commitments to protect public health in the Imperial Valley and prevent the total collapse of the Salton Sea.
His answer, expected toward the end of the year, will carry economic consequences for all of Southern California in general and the San Diego region specifically.
That's because Connelly could go as far as tossing out the river agreement and water transfer, although he has an array of less-sweeping options. For example, he could keep the present accord intact but order new environmental studies and mitigation measures.
"From a legal standpoint, it means we start all over again," Dan Hentschke, the water authority's counsel, said in an interview.
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"San Diego has gotten a really good deal," contends attorney Antonio Rossman, representing Imperial County. "But it doesn't begin to scratch the surface of the environmental costs at the Salton Sea or to the residents of Imperial."
Rossman and others press a number of arguments. One of which is the eventual consequence of the transfer will be an acceleration of the Salton Sea's demise, taking with it one of the last remaining large habitats for multiple endangered and threatened migratory waterfowl.
To date, the San Diego authority has cumulatively bought a half-million acre-feet, or enough for 1 million typical homes, from the Imperial Irrigation District. The 10-year running tab has topped $344 million, which includes paying the Metropolitan Water District to deliver the supplies through its plumbing network.
Officials with the authority see that water as a hedge against future shortages and as an integral part of their strategy to develop a reliable supply independent of Metropolitan, its Los Angeles-based wholesaler.
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With 25 attorneys packed into his courtroom, Connelly spent much of the past two days pointedly questioning all sides. There are more than 10 agencies, cities, environmental groups and private interests involved, exchanging thousands of pages of arguments and rebuttals in the court record.


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The Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) is a public, residential, liberal arts college, which offers both undergraduate and graduate programs. It is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges and is located in North Adams, Massachusetts. Originally established as part of the state's normal school system for training teachers, it now offers a variety of programs leading to Bachelor of Science and Arts degrees, as well as a Master of Education track. MCLA is the smallest college in the state system.
From the 1960s, the college's athletic teams were known as the Mohawks. In response to concerns about racial stereotyping, the name Trailblazers was adopted in 2002.
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Universal joints are installed at each end of the driveshaft to allow the shaft to articulate with the rear axle. These little guys have a big job to do. They have to keep power going to the rear axle under some very adverse conditions. The more power we throw at the driveshaft and universal joints, the larger and beefier these items have to be.
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I just cooked up 8 eggs to color with my son for Easter. Out of force of habit, I immediately shook them in the pan when they were done and drained. So obviously these cracked cooked beauties can't be colored. And now I have to cook another 8 eggs to color. So, other than egg salad, potato salad, deviled eggs and just the hardcooked eggs on their own, any other ideas out there? Has anyone tried the chocolate chip cookies with hard cooked eggs? Thanks!
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Birching is a (physical) corporal punishment with a birch rod, typically a spanking (i.e. given on the delinquent's buttocks, usually bared), although occasionally on the back and/or over the shoulders.
The implement
A birch rod (often shortened to "birch") is a bundle of leafless twigs bound together, much like a bunch of flowers, to form an implement for flagellation.
A single branch, on the other hand, when used as a disciplinary rod is known as a switch, if equally flexible, or else as a cane, cudgel or stick.
Contrary to what the name suggests, a birch rod is not necessarily made from a birch tree, as was the case with the Roman fasces, but can also be made from various other strong but flexible trees or shrubs, such as willow (hence the term willowing). A hazel rod is very tough, and therefore particularly painful; it was used on the Isle of Man until 1975, the last place in Europe to use the birch.
Another parameter for the severity of a birch rod is its size - i.e. its length, weight and number of branches. In some penal institutions, several versions were in use, which were often given names (rather like cane types). For example, in Dartmoor Prison the device used to punish male offenders above the age of 16 - weighing some 16 ounces and a full 48 inches long - was known as the senior birch.
There are several versions about the sense of soaking the birch in liquid before use, but as it takes in water the weight is certainly increased without compensatory air resistance, so the impact must be greater if the caner can use sufficient force.
In the 1860s, the Royal Navy abandoned the use of the cat o' nine tails on board its ships. The Cat had acquired a nasty reputation because of its frequent use in prisons, and was replaced by the birch with which the wealthy classes had been chastised in public schools. Ironically, the judicial system soon followed the Navy's example and switched to birches also. In an attempt to standardise the Navy's birches the Admiralty had specimens according to all prevailing prescriptions, called patterned birch (as well as a patterned cane), kept in every major dockyard, for birches had to be procured on land in quantities, suggesting quite some were worn out on the sore bottoms of miscreant boys.
The term judicial birch obviously refers to the severe type in use for court-ordered birchings, especially the Manx hazel birch. A 1951 memorandum (possibly confirming earlier practice) ordered all UK male prisons to use only birches (and cats o' nine tails) from a national stock at South London's Wandsworth prison, where they were to be 'thoroughly' tested before being supplied in triplicate to a prison whenever a procedure was pending for use as prison discipline.
By contrast, terms like Eton birch (after the most prestigious, and reputedly birch-happy, public school in England) are used for a birch made from birch tree twigs.
- Compare similarly bundled implements, such as Faggot
- In BDSM, the term birch is also used for an implement consisting of a bundle of thin canes
- Also see the page [ Birch-making tutorial ]
The victim can go over the spanker's lap or knee (usually only young boys, as with an adult the arm is not free for full impact, and bigger boys can be quite heavy; girls are less often spanked, since for an effective birching, the buttocks must be bare -- in the case of girls, this exposes their genitals) but will often be bent over an object (as in the expression 'over a barrel') to raise the buttocks, and even tied down if likely otherwise to leave this position under the agonizing pain.
In some prisons a wooden apparatus known as birching donkey or birching pony, referring to the silhouette of an equine, was specially constructed for birchings. As there were no detailed rules, prisons and police stations over the empire devised, adapted and used myriad contraptions under even more numerous names that juvenile and adult offenders were bent over to have their bare buttocks professionally lashed; some models also allowed a standing or leaning position for other implements.
A simple alternative position known from school discipline is horsing (again an equine etymology), where the person to be spanked is hung by the arms from the neck and over the back of another person (e.g. a classmate), or on the shoulders of two or more colleagues.
It was the most common school, home and judicial punishment in Europe up to the 19th century when caning gained increasing popularity. A good, well-wielded birch is a very effective torment, more than presently often thought - in fact, there are accounts that even the legendary sting of the cat o' nine tails was less feared in certain prisons, although British judges usually prescribed the latter most for armed robbery, the birch for various lesser, 'unmanly' crimes such as indecent exposure - accordingly, the birch was generally applied to the bare buttocks (also on the continent), a humiliation usually befalling boys (like the boy's pussy, equally on the naked posterior), the 'adult' cat on the back or shoulders of adults.
In the United States, the paddle and whip-type implements including the prison strap have been more prominent.
Today birching is rarely used for judicial punishment, and has also almost completely died out as a corporal punishment for children. In Britain birching as a judicial punishment for young offenders was abolished in 1947, but the Isle of Man (a small island between Britain and Ireland with its own legal system as a crown dependency outside the UK) caused a good deal of controversy by continuing to birch young offenders into the 1970s. In the Caribbean Commonwealth Republic, Trinidad and Tobago the 1953 Corporal Punishment Act (http://www.corteidh.or.cr/docs/casos/articulos/seriec_123_ing.pdf Interamerican Court of Human Rights March 11, 2005 judgment in Caesar v. Trinidad & Tobago - §49) allows the High Court to order males, in addition to another punishment (often concurrent with a prison term), to undergo corporal punishment in the form of either a 'flogging' with a knotted cat o' nine tails (made of cords, as in the Royal Navy tradition) or a 'whipping' with a 'rod' [i.e. switch] of tamarind, birch or other switches and allows the President to approve other instruments; in 2000, the original minimal age was raised from 16 to 18, the legal threshold of adulthood (e.g. cases in 1999 on CorPun); corporal punishment in schools was completely banned, but there is reportedly wide support for a controlled reintroduction as recommended in 2004 by a government-initiated study.
History of birching
From antiquity throughout the middle ages up to well into the 19th century, birching was very popular for both the punishment of criminal offenders (either given on the back or on the bare buttocks) and for the punishment of children at home and in school. Birching was extensively used in the great public schools, most notably Eton.
For a severe birching, often two birch rods would be made. The delinquent would be birched with the first rod until too many twigs had broken off and it was no longer deemed fit for use. This might be the case after, say, 24 strokes. Then the second, fresh, birch was taken and the birching was continued until the second birch was also "used up".
Birching was so popular because it is very painful, but at the same time comparatively safe because the individual birch twigs are lightweight and air resistance ensures that you can't strike the skin too hard. Even heavy birching will cause only surface skin injuries (possibly drawing blood), but will do no deeper damage to the tissue or internal organs.
In the UK, birching as a judicial corporal punishment for young offenders was abolished in 1947. The Isle of Man (a small island between Britain and Ireland with its own legal system as a crown dependency outside the UK) caused a good deal of controversy by continuing to birch young offenders into the 1970s.
There were generally two main types of birch:
The "spray" type
Used in schools, the British navy, and judicially in prisons and by police officers after summary judgement by magistrates. It consisted of a "spray" of (usually) birch twigs tied to form a fairly loose bundle with a handle at one end
The "Isle of Man" type
This was used, as the name implies, on the Isle of Man to birch young male offenders and consisted of four to six hazel or willow rods bound together. This was generally thought to be more painful than the spray birch because, in effect, several cane-like rods were being applied to the bare buttocks with each stroke.
For judicial use, the dimensions (overall length, length of handle, diameter of spray and weight, etc.) were all specified for various ages of miscreants. The smallest birch being for boys age 10 and under, a larger, heavier one for boys aged 11 to 15, and the largest and heaviest birch for boys aged 16+, and adult men. In practice, the dimensions could vary enormously, as could the severity with which the strokes were applied. Judicial birchings of both boys and adult men were always applied to the bare buttocks.
Ceremonial birching
In the Czech Republic and Slovakia, boys traditionally awake young, nubile girls on the morning after Easter by dowsing them with water and whipping them on their buttocks or legs with a pomlázka, a specially-designed and decorated birch switch made from eight braided willow branches. The dowsing and whipping is thought to chase away illness and bad spirits, and to bring good luck, wealth and rich harvest for the whole year. (See Easter and spanking.)
Non-punitive uses
- It remains as a nostalgic sadomasochistic practice, mainly in Northern and Eastern Europe.
- In Scandinavia, Finland and Russia there is also a tradition to strike one's body with soaked birch twigs in the sauna to increase blood circulation, opening the pores and as a form of massage. As these birch rods do not have their leaves removed, there is little pain involved.
Birching 'furniture'schools, reformatories and prisons, often had specially designed items of furniture called birching table, birching block, birching horse, or birching pony. The delinquent was laid (and often restrained) over these to keep him or her in a good position for the duration of the punishment (see lying position, half-standing position and bent-over-object position). When furniture was not used, it was common for the miscreant to be "horsed" on the back of another person to administer a birching.
Judicial and prison birchings of boys aged 16 and over, and adult men, were done with the miscreant secured to a flogging triangle or A-Frame, which was the same apparatus which was used for administering the Cat O' Nine Tails. For both types of punishment, the miscreant's ankles would be spread wide apart, and secured to the bottom legs of the A-Frame. However, whilst the Cat was applied to the bare back with the miscreant in a standing position, the birch was applied to the bare buttocks with the miscreant bent over the leather padded "cross bar" of the A-Frame. His wrists were then secured to the base of the A-Frame's third leg, at the rear.
Gallery (art)
Marginal drawing of a teacher/pupil birching, possibly by Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497-1543).
Political spanking caricature depicting Tsarina Olga, by Gustave Doré (1832-1883).
From The Convent School by Rosa Coote (1876).
Victorian F/F birching, tied onto a table.
"Birching" by Pavel Osipovich Kovalevsky (1880).
Drawing by Andreas Bloch (1905).
Cartoon by Wilhelm Busch (1832-1908).
Chastising a convict-girl at Bridewell prison.
F/m spanking illustration by Alphonse Friaux (1927).
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French postcard of domestic M/F birching, (c. 1890).
Vintage F/F birching photo.
Schoolgirl birched in "Final Exam", a video by Jameslovebirch.
Spray birch and birched male buttocks.
Suitable position for birching a male.
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"Blues guitarist Eric "Guitar" Davis, son of drumming great Bobby "Top Hat" Davis, was killed early Thursday morning in a double-shooting in Chicago's South Side. He was 41.
He was found behind the wheel of a car and was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:07 a.m., the Chicago Tribune reports. Davis is said to have spent the evening at Kingston Mines blues club in Lincoln Park in the hours before the shooting.
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I realized (in the middle of the night last night, of course) that I will be returning to work a month from today. A month is a really long time, technically, so it's not like I have to start getting up at 5:45 AM tomorrow. I have a few weeks before I need to start doing that. But still, when you start with twelve weeks off from work and suddenly you're down to four weeks off, it's a little jarring.
The best metaphor I can think of is that maternity leave is like a really long vacation where your wallet gets stolen on the second day. You spend the first couple of weeks freaking the fuck out and wondering what you are going to do about it. You have to scramble to get everything replaced before someone steals your identity. You have no money, no credit cards, no ID, so you are losing sleep and the stress is killing you. Then everything gets resolved, and you start to have some fun. You see the sights and get active and do a bunch of cool stuff. After about seven weeks, you get lazy and start spending long hours sitting in your hotel room, happy to be on vacation but kind of bored with your surroundings.
And that is where I'm at. I'm happy to be on leave, but I've noticed a steady decline in how much I am able to get done lately. A couple of weeks ago, I'd spend the morning cleaning the house or cooking something interesting while Tim kept an eye on the baby (i.e., she was asleep in his office while he worked). Tim still keeps an eye on the baby in the mornings, but I don't get anything done. I have cooked some good meals, though. Hopefully, I will get some kind of second wind or whatever during my last four weeks, because there's a lot I'd really like to get done around here before I go back to work. I am convinced that my house will start looking like something out of Hoarders after I go back to work if I don't get it cleaned now.
My big accomplishment today (thus far) is that I went to the grocery store. I think Tuesday must be markdown day at the grocery store, because I picked up a bunch of sale stuff to throw in the freezer for later. I also picked up some beer that had been marked down. Our local store carries a pretty decent selection of craft beer, and they recently started carrying beer from Flossmoor Station. As a native of the southern suburbs (but not Flossmoor), I wanted to try it, even though my opinion of Flossmoor Station was somewhat tarnished by a complete nutsack who was on the Three Floyds brewery tour with Tim and I last year. He kept going on and on about how he had just finished going on the tour of Flossmoor Station and how he tasted their newest beer and blah blah blah…while he was on the Three Floyds tour. Admittedly, Flossmoor Station Nutsack wasn't as annoying as the father who brought his hyperactive four-year-old on the brewery tour and expected everyone to find his antics completely adorable, but still…ANNOYING.
I may be a parent now, but my attitude toward poorly behaved children hasn't changed very much. I told Lenora that she can move into a cave and be raised by wolves if she wants to act like an ass in public. (Perhaps "move into a barn and be raised by donkeys" would be more appropriate.)


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And the Marchesa winner is... Mischa Barton!
Marchesa update: No official publicist confirmation yet.
But inside word is that Mischa Barton is the latest Hollywood lovely to wear a Marchesa gown -- designed by Harvey Weinstein's girlfriend Georgina Chapman. She showed up in her Marchesa frock at the Brit version of the Oscars, otherwise known as the Orange British Academy Film Awards which were held on Feb. 19 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London.
Barton, as previously mentioned, is set to star in "Decameron: Angels & Virgins," which will be theatrically distributed by Harvey W.'s new film company, Weinstein Co.
And may I say that I'm shocked, simply shocked at this latest Weinstein movie/Marchesa fashion connection.
The film will be shot in Florence, Rome and Tuscany, Italy. Barton is set to play Pampinea and IMDB.com describes the film's plot succinctly: "Young Florentines regale one another in the Italian countryside while the Black Plague decimates their city."
Wow. Good times.
Barton's frothy mauve chiffon gown sure looked angelic, although some might suggest that Chapman shorten the single strap a bit to prevent a narrow escape from "wardrobe malfunction."
Although such a mishap certainly would have made bigger headlines, wouldn't it?
Photo: Mischa "Sure Harvey, I'm happy to wear your girlfriend's dress" Barton looks like an angel in a Marchesa gown at the BAFTA Orange Awards.
(Tim Whitby / WireImage)