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L'Oreal HiColor High Lift Hair Color
117 reviews
82% would repurchase
Package Quality: 3.9
Price: $$
Package Quality: 3.9
Price: $$
on 6/27/2015 10:33:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Acne-prone, Tan, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Black
I've used this product in the following colors: My starting color is a level 4 ash. My heritage is Asian and I have a medium texture hair type.
- Cool Light Brown
- Magenta
- Sandstone Blonde
- Golden Blonde
- Cool Light Brown
This is the color I currently use as a root bump because I have golden blonde full head foils. It is a nice brownish color and I use a 20 volume to do the root bump, I leave it on without covering, for 1/2 hour and it's good to go. Next time I will mix it with Sandstone Blonde. It has no brass and is a very natural tone.
- Magenta
I used this color for a punk rock look before and it was very nice. I mixed it with the 40 volume developer on virgin hair, foiled the lengths and then for the last half hour of processing time, I put it on my roots, I processed for a total of 2 hours without heat that time and it came out nice as the color was intended to be. However it faded to almost a cotton candy pink.
- Sandstone Blonde
This is a very nice dark honey blonde color and comparable to Palty Milk Tea Brown or Dark and Lovely Honey Blonde. It is a light brown color. I use the 40 developer and foil on the lengths. Because this is a blonde shade we have to be more careful to avoid unwanted warmth. So I have to process it with heat on the lengths for 1 1/2 hours on virgin hair. Then I put it on the roots for 1/2 hour, without heat, and with 20 or 30 volume.
- Vanilla Champagne
I did not like this color because it did not have enough of an ash drabber to reduce brassiness. However I like my hair color to be very cool and panic at any hint of unwanted warmth. Maybe, it's because I didn't use heat for a long time. For lighter blonde highlights I now use a lightener plus a toner for double process instead of doing a single process.
on 6/5/2015 8:23:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Acne-prone, Tan, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Coarse
Eyes: Brown
I bought L'Oreal HiColor High Lift Hair Color in Soft Brown and L'Oreal Developer level 30. I dyed my hair auburn in the past but used dark brown. I spent the past couple of weeks fading my hair dye with the vitamin C method along with baking soda and clarifying shampoo. Well, as soon as I opened the dye, my eyed watered. The developer doesn't have a smell. The dye nearly killed me. My eyes were watery and nose dripped. The smell is absolutely too strong. I know L'Oreal box dyes smell strongly of chemicals but the techniques line is worst. Not only that but I got a headache and the dye burned my scalp.
I followed the directions and washed the dye out. Conditioned like crazy and looked in the mirror. Orange roots with darker red/brown shaft to ends. I'm not impressed with the color at the roots. At least my ends are not orange. My scalp is sore and I had the headache after washing the dye out. I think L'Oreal is the worst hair dye out there. Don't use it. I'm lucky I have hair!!! Hopefully it doesn't fall out.
I'm not happy with the results so I will dedicate some time to taking care of it with leave in conditioners and proteins, avoiding heat, and then at the end of the month, I'll use Revlon in dark brown just to cover the roots. I never had a problem with Revlon and from now on I will stick to that brand! It's not strong and has the least chemical smell.
*UPDATE: 6/19/2015. My hair color has darkened a bit but my hair texture is different. I had to do a lot of leave in conditioners to heal my hair. My scalp is back to normal. My new growth is starting to show. My hair basically looks like a reverse ombre. I'm still waiting until my hair is a bit stronger to dye it using Revlon blue black.
on 2/21/2015 3:30:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Normal, Fair, Cool
Hair: Red, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Blue
I got this in magenta and auburn. I'm technically really a black cheery fan over red-orange - strawberry blonde anyday. Once I sure did mixed them.... Ooops, but great results.This brand lasts me eight weeks maximum. This is one of the reasons why I spend extra money and get it done professionally the hair salon. It lasts longer when the hairdresser ferm the beauty parlour does it. This has great reviews online and all over youtube, so I decided to go to beauty store and try it out now. This is much better than than that ion brilliant stuffy. I'm more of a burgundy red lover. Nice package. I leave this on for 35+ minute. Works wonders. will try again. I sue the riverting reds shampoo an condition from sallys, along with my Loreal Total Repair five shampoo and conditioner with it. Riveting reds is a colour depsositing shampoo, it used to have henna in it, it is conditioning, and stains your hair until you wash it out. Aveeda, you must wear gloves for. I got the mixing bowl, colour, and the brush and the whole none yards at sallys. It doesn't burn my hair or scalp or have bad smells. I suggest everyone does an allergy test first, I didn't, neither did mommy, be we should. To avoid hot roots (roots be lighter the rest of the head dyed) I dyed the bottom first and worked my way to the top I watch youtube tutorails and did it myself four times.I need are-touch up soon, my roots are comming in and reds fade quickly because their moleecules are large, and they enter the hair shaft fast, and they exit fast, reds are also the hardest colour the get out.) You know that we are all aware of that. Bottom line, great for dark hair for lack hair and brunettes, I have natural light brown hair it works wonders on me,
on 2/12/2015 1:24:00 AM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Dry, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I used the color GOLDEN GINGER with the salon care 40 developer. My hair is naturally curly and dark brown but I've dyed it two times last year blue black. I have dry hair btw. But anyways, I did not remove my black hair dye only because I heard a lot about this dye and does wonders but I am so disappointed I actually cried a lil after lol I was applying the dye with a salon brush and it was burning my scalp ALL OVER with one application! But I heard that it does itch or burn so I still continued and left it on. After I finished, my roots and edges immediately turned yellow gold. Literally blonde yellow tone gold. So as so, I left it on for 30 minutes with the burning sensation still continuing and my hair still was black except of course my roots which were still getting lighter and lighter. Then I decided to leave it on for extra 10, and my hair still was fcking black! I washed it out with the color brilliance mini packets conditioner for dry damaged hair. And of course as I expected, my roots were orange and the rest of my hair was black. I was so sad and mad. I wish I can have that damn remote from Click but rewind back ;(( it's just I heard so many good reviews on this line and it's just so bad. Next time for people who DO NOT have Virgin hair I suggest to remove all hair dye from your hair ! I'm seriously about to cry lol my precious hair and hopes ;(
on 2/3/2015 7:11:00 AM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
You need to do a strand test before using this. I did one on my partially highlighted hair and the hair got darker instead of lighter andbone it dried the strand started falling apart into little pieces This stuff can really damage your hair. Oh and the kind I tried was Golden Blonde.
on 1/17/2015 1:08:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Warm
Hair: Red, Wavy, Coarse
Eyes: Blue
I used this product in Red with a 30 volume developer to dip dye the ends of my (dyed) auburn hair. I only left it on about 20 minutes, but the result was incredible! Bright, rich color. The aspect of lightening and coloring at the same time really appealed to me, and I'm glad I took a chance on this.
on 12/7/2014 9:10:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Other, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
I purchased this color in magenta, and used one box and 2.4 oz of 20 developer (since my hair was a faded auburn color). I left it on for the recommended time which was 30 minutes, and rinsed in cold water. I applied a deep conditioning hair mask afterward, and let my hair air dry. The color turned out rich and quite bright on my roots, since they were dirty blonde but I love it :) also glad I used the 20 volume instead of the recommended 30.
on 11/9/2014 2:39:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Tan, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I've used two colors of this dye, Magenta and Shimmering Gold. It's important to notice that the dyes are very different by color group. I have natural thick, dry, warm dark brown/black hair.
First time (with Magenta): My hair somehow went REALLY bright, at least compared to what everyone here is saying. Almost pink. I had to dye over some parts with black dye because it was too much for me! It didn't damage my hair at all and I used 40 vol Sally's developer. It faded to a strawberry deep blonde in a few months with daily shampooing (don't do that to your hair!!)
Second time (with Shimmering Gold): I knew my hair wasn't going to actually be blonde but I was a tad bit disappointed. First dye, it turned out brown. second time, a deep gold color. It's very orangey toned but I think it's a bit too dark to use violet conditioner. It looks nice don't get me wrong but considering how great my first experience was I was expecting more!
But that's not all...the Gold dye made me get the WORST split ends. Six splits on one hair, with regular haircuts and coconut oil conditioning. I'm going to try to dye it over with the Magenta to mask the damage.
In short: Red= good, all else= at your own risk and disappointment
on 7/16/2014 1:59:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Oily, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I've never had all my hair dyed and I've never dyed my own hair before but given the last time I went to the salon and my highlights cost $200, I decided to try it on my own. Luckily L'Oreal makes this product! My hair is black and I wanted it bright red. At first I bought the standard HiColor in Red Hot and Intense Red to do strand tests but both barely showed up at all. Then I realized I'm supposed to be using the Red from the HiLights!
After doing another strand test, I decided to forge head and bought 2 boxes. Waist length, thick hair... I wasn't sure if that would be enough so I mixed in half of the left over HiColor in Red Hot. Mixed in 30 developer and luckily, my friend volunteered to help me brush it all in. Even using 2.5 boxes, I only had a little left at the end so when you buy, make sure you have enough. Better to have extra than not enough!
Just a side note for those with sensitive noses: You may want to do this in a well ventilated area.
Ok.. Where were we... In hindsight, since I have so much hair it may have been better to just slather the dye into my hair rather than brush it in because it took basically 30 minutes to get all my hair covered anyway. Because of that some of my hair got a lot longer time but it didn't seem to be much brighter even though some of it sat for 45 minutes or more. What we probably should have done though, was start with the ends and work up to the roots. We started coloring at the roots and it seems to be much much brighter than the rest of my hair. (Or maybe use the blow dryer's hot setting on the ends like another reviewer did?)
Overall, great product. The things I could be happier with were mainly due to inexperience and human error - I should have researched more. Ha. Maybe I'll redye it in a few months to get it even brighter and more even. Starting at the ends.
on 7/15/2014 10:01:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brown, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I could not find a review specifically for Hicolor Hilights in Red or Magenta, so just putting my experience here. This is the best stuff ever. I have tried Manic Panic, Splat, Pravana, John Frieda box, and a Garnier box in the past trying to get bright red/red velvet hair (basically Rhianna red, though Ariana Grande was my original inspiration). Nothing worked as well, not even close, in fact Splat is the only one that did more than give my brown hair a red tint and that required a bleach that fried my hair and it faded to an ugly ginger brown in less than 2 weeks. After that I used the box color from Walmart and got dark dark brown hair with a red tint, the cherry cola type color, which was not what I wanted. Being that I now had dark hair, and box haircolored at that, I figured I was SOL but gave manic panic a shot. Again, I just got a tint and it bled all over the place and got all over everything even when dry no matter how much I rinsed, so I was not a fan. I did test Pravana several times on my hair but it would require pre-bleaching as the color never took, again I just had a faint hint that vanished in the shower.
So this is where my hair was, box dyed a dark cherry cola color (that's generous with the cherry part, in the sun I had red glints, other than that, I just had dark brown hair). My natural hair color is a medium dark brown, not quite chocolate. If you look at John Frieda's color chart I would say I'm about a Medium Ash Brown naturally, so for reference, that's the root color that I'm dying when I get regrowth. The box dye I colored over was much much darker.
I picked up Hicolor Hilights in Red at Sally's along with a vol 30 developer. You also need a bowl, a measuring cup with ounces listed, something ot mix with (I use leftover chopsticks. Hey, free), and gloves. I don't like using a brush. The box says 2.4 oz developer to 1 tube of color, but I just said screw it and do 2.5 oz, not 2.4. I mix it up until it's not lumpy any more and then with my gloves on I just kind of slap it all over my head, massage it in, put my hair up, and put a plastic bag over my head (stay with me, it works). I then blow dry over the bag for about 5 minutes and wrap my head in a towel to keep the heat in. After 15 minutes I do another 5 minutes of heat and rewrap, and then 15 minutes after that, I rinse.
I do rinse in cold water, but I do not take cold showers after this. I do not shampoo, but I do condition (I've used Ion packets from Sally and also Aussie 3 Minute Miracle Moist. No preference there). I will not wash my hair for 2-3 days after dying, but after that I do use shampoo and conditioner like normal, in hot showers. I use Ulta's Red line, a shampoo, a conditioner, and a color depositing glaze, but I've also used Ulta's volumizing shampoo, Aussie 3 Minute Miracle Moist, and in a pinch, hotel shampoo with no problems. Occasionally I use It's a 10 spray after I shower to condition, but not often. My hair really isn't damaged from all this. I have found as time goes on and I touch up my roots that there is NO difference on my hair between the Hicolor Hilights in Red or in Magenta.
Another big plus is this color has not really faded. My ends are less vibrant but it's been over a month of taking hot showers every other day. If you can shower less and/or shower in cold water, yours may stay even more vibrant, but even after over a month since my last color I get compliments on it almost every time I leave the house.
I will upload pics of before/after so you can see exactly what color I had, and how well this works. My photo shows before & after with the shade MAGENTA because it's not very magenta at all, Red and Magenta look the same on me, very bright.
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After making the switch from ...c5 to e5, I just played a 5 minute blitz... and got rocked. I hardly ever encouter this opening, any advice or analysis would be greatly appreciated!
Thats the game. If you know or play this opening alot, if you could tell me the basics about it, that would be great.
5 minute it's not real chess :P
I think I remember Danny saying that, generally, against a gambit you should try to play d5 asap (sometimes even giving back the pawn) to liberate your pieces.
d5 is one way to play the kings gambit accepted. You can also try to hold on to the pawn. The ways to do this are g5 and d6 followed by g5(d6 first to prevent Ne5 in the Kieseritsky gambit).
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I too, remember Rensch saying that d5 was a good gambit counter. I just didn't see a good moment to play it. I realize that 5 min is not "real" chess, I just play it for fun and openings. I usually just check my games with a database afterward, but I wanted some KGA principles. Thx to everyone who replied!
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The Grand Finals Concert was recorded for broadcast at a later date on public radio stations across the United States. Check local listings for air times.
Nearly 1,500 singers between the ages of 20 and 30 years old participated in this year's auditions, which are held annually in 45 districts and 15 regions throughout the United States and Canada and are sponsored by the Metropolitan Opera National Council. Given the reach of the auditions, the number of applicants, and the long tradition associated with them, the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions are considered the most prestigious in North America for singers seeking to launch an operatic career. The National Council Audition process was recently captured in an acclaimed documentary, The Audition, which was shown on PBS and released on DVD. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Susan Froemke, The Audition has increased awareness and interest in these auditions. The documentary, which has been hailed by audiences and critics alike, will be aired again on New York's WNET Channel 13 on Monday, March 15.
Even more important than the cash prizes is the contestants' chance to perform with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra on the historic opera house stage before an audience that includes opera company executives, artist managers, music critics, and other opinion-makers of the music world. Some winners are invited to join the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, which assists talented young singers through training and performance opportunities at the Met. The remaining four finalists: Rena Harms of Santa Fe, New Mexico; Haeran Hong of Kang Won, South Korea; Hyo Na Kim of Seoul, South Korea; and Maya Lahyani of Hod-Hasharon, Israel, were each awarded $5,000.
Past winners of the Met Auditions include many of today's leading operatic artists such as Stephanie Blythe, Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, Nathan Gunn, Ben Heppner, Hei-Kyung Hong, Samuel Ramey, and Deborah Voigt. During a typical opera season, more than one hundred alumni of the Auditions are on the Met roster.
Winners Biographical Notes
The following are brief biographical notes for the 2010 National Council Auditions winners. The region in which each singer won the earlier round of competition is notated at the end of his or her biography.
Leah Crocetto
Soprano (Oxford, Connecticut)
Age 30
Leah Crocetto is a second-year Adler fellow with San Francisco Opera and is a first place, People's Choice, and Spanish Prize winner of the José Iturbi International Music Competition, as well as a winner of the Bel Canto Foundation competition. This season's engagements include Sister Dolcina in Puccini's Suor Angelica and Pergolesi's Stabat Mater with the San Francisco Opera, the Verdi Requiem with Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Handel's Messiah in Anchorage, and Estelle in Weisgall's The Stronger with the San Francisco Opera Center. She is a former member of the Sarasota Opera Apprentice Artists Program and San Francisco Opera's Merola Opera Program. (Southeast Region)
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A year ago, ABC News' Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Richard Besser reported on a group of students at H.B. Woodlawn High School in Arlington ,Virginia, who made a pledge to help students in Bangladesh through an organization called H20 for Life.
H20 for Life connects schools in America with schools in developing countries, to raise money for clean water projects and bathrooms facilities. The organization also provides teachers with a curriculum for children in the U.S. to learn about the water crises in the developing world, and what it's like for children in more than half of all schools in the developing world who don't have access to proper sanitation.
"The students get really excited about funding water projects," said H20 for Life's Val Johnson. "To do this, classrooms in the US come up with creative ways to raise money, such as walks, bake sales, or even selling handmade items."
Students who participate in the H20 for Life program learn that without access to latrines, girls stop attending school once they start menstruation. Every 20 seconds, a child dies from a water-related disease. And, worldwide, 2.5 billion people lack access to adequate sanitation.
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The Fett in my life is this website and a bunch of books. Like a lot of you when I find myself becoming distracted I think of Fett and how he pushes thoughts out of his mind to get the job done.
901 Monday, December 18, 2006 3:11 pm
Re: Where is the Fett in your life? (140 replies, posted in Serious Geeking)
902 Saturday, December 16, 2006 7:23 am
Re: How old are you? (766 replies, posted in Fans)
They could have different astrology charts in the Star Wars universe.
They probably do since a different galaxy would different constellations. By the way, I'm a scorpio.
903 Saturday, December 16, 2006 7:20 am
Re: Who HATES Jar Jar Binks? (111 replies, posted in General)
It is a laugh alright but not in the good natured sense.
904 Thursday, December 14, 2006 4:48 pm
Re: Merry xmas to all (60 replies, posted in Fans)
Happy Holidays all you members of the Boba Fett Fan Club. Great job Boba Fan!
905 Thursday, December 14, 2006 4:39 pm
Re: Does anybody know why every dark one is ugly (39 replies, posted in General)
Another reason a lot of the dark ones are ugly is a basic phenomenom of psychology. People in general tend to sympathize with the attractive and be reviled by the ugly. Hence, George Lucas made the dark ones appear strange in some way
so we would identify with the better looking "light" ones.
906 Thursday, December 14, 2006 4:28 pm
Re: How old are you? (766 replies, posted in Fans)
Miba, where did you get that calander from? Are there going to be any for 2007?
I hope you get well soon!
907 Wednesday, December 13, 2006 3:14 pm
Re: hey people im new here (17 replies, posted in Fans)
Welcome aboard the boards I hope you'll have a good time with it. I sure have!!
908 Tuesday, December 12, 2006 4:18 pm
Re: What do YOU like most about Boba Fett? (444 replies, posted in General)
I like his mysterious demeanor and envy his ability to block certain emotions so he can get to the task at hand.
909 Tuesday, December 12, 2006 2:49 pm
Re: Who HATES Jar Jar Binks? (111 replies, posted in General)
The entertainment industry devolving, how depressing that is. What is it going to take to turn the situation around?
910 Sunday, December 10, 2006 2:41 pm
Re: Are you a Fandalorian? (22 replies, posted in General)
"My Name's Elliot, and.....I'm a Fandalorian...."
"Hello Elliot"
LOL! This thread is starting to remind me of an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting!
911 Sunday, December 10, 2006 6:58 am
Re: How old are you? (766 replies, posted in Fans)
I'm 38. It looks like I'm the suscriber so far.
912 Saturday, December 9, 2006 9:23 am
Re: Star Wars Number One! (46 replies, posted in Film and Television)
Don't feel too bad Humorbot5. I went through a trekker phase myself some 15 years back. Now I'm virtually all fandalorian.
913 Friday, December 8, 2006 4:52 pm
Re: Your Favorite Star Wars Characters (including Fetts) (161 replies, posted in General)
1.Boba Fett
2. Jango Fett
3. Chewbacca
6. Han Solo
7. Padme
9. Greedo
10. Jaster Mereel
914 Friday, December 8, 2006 4:46 pm
Re: Are you a Fandalorian? (22 replies, posted in General)
If being a Fett fan makes one a fandolorian. I have been one for 26 years!
915 Thursday, December 7, 2006 4:04 pm
Re: Favorite spot in BFFC (12 replies, posted in Dialogue)
Sharra Fett, publishing is on hold until the new library is finished. It'll be in its own specialized CMS (content management system), which means some extra functionality and tools for submitting, reading, and sharing the stories.
Thanks Aaron! I was wondering what was going on. I look forward to the new library when it's finished.
916 Wednesday, December 6, 2006 4:49 pm
Re: Yoda different for re-release (19 replies, posted in Film and Television)
Either that or I seriously need to see those movies a second or third time.
917 Wednesday, December 6, 2006 4:32 pm
Re: Star Wars Number One! (46 replies, posted in Film and Television)
Okay! We all agree Star Wars is #1. Now which episode is #1 among the six? I vote for AOTC.
918 Wednesday, December 6, 2006 4:24 pm
Re: Yoda different for re-release (19 replies, posted in Film and Television)
Wow! You people are really observant. I didn't notice that Yoda was different from movie to movie.
919 Wednesday, December 6, 2006 4:20 pm
Re: Favorite spot in BFFC (12 replies, posted in Dialogue)
My favorite spot is fan fiction. I like to see the variations on the Fett story people come up with. It's a shame no one has submitted anything to it since April of last year.
920 Tuesday, December 5, 2006 2:15 pm
Re: Karen Traviss: The Perfect woman (33 replies, posted in Fans)
There IS a picture of her in the back of my copy of "Bloodlines". She has black shoulder length hair and fair skin. Her eyes look like they could be either blue or green.
921 Monday, December 4, 2006 2:58 pm
Re: Star Wars Number One! (46 replies, posted in Film and Television)
That's interesting Star Wars is #1 in Australia. Here in the states it's probably something more serious like " Million Dollar Baby" or "On Golden Pond".
922 Monday, December 4, 2006 2:54 pm
Re: Storm Trooper voice change (40 replies, posted in Film and Television)
I don't think changing the stormtroopers voice to Temuera Morrison's would be good either. Iy would be rather eerie have different people with the same voice. As it was, the stormtroopers were not clones but individuals who opted to join the Imperial Academy.
923 Monday, December 4, 2006 2:48 pm
Re: When Did Your Fettish Start? (178 replies, posted in Fans)
I'm glad to hear you're almost 30. For awhile there I thought there must be something wrong with me being 38 years old and A Boba Fett fan.
924 Friday, December 1, 2006 3:34 pm
Re: Boba Dude and Surgery! (57 replies, posted in Fans)
Boba Dude I 'm sorry to hear you had a brain tumor. I hope you are still doing well. I am glad the surgery was a success. : )
925 Monday, November 27, 2006 3:10 pm
Re: Norwich convention (2 replies, posted in General)
Norwich is too far away from my neck of the woods for me to go. I do like your photograph,however, thank you for sharing it with us. It is also nice to know Jeremy Bulloch (did I spell that right?) is a pleasant person. Welcome aboard!


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Draft UNITE (AMICUS) - HOSPITAL PHYSICISTS' ASSOCIATION Minutes of the National Professional Committees meeting held on Tuesday 26th February 2008 at the Unite Offices, 33-37 Moreland Street, London EC1V 8HA Present: Bob Ardley, Andy Bradley, Rosemary Belton, Steven Crook, Carol English (NO-PD), Paul Ganney (Chair), Cameron Hosie, Tony Millin, and Richard Scott In Attendance: Michael Worn (IPEM APEN Observer) 08/01 Apologies for absence. Action Apologies were received from: Niall McDougall, Eddy Rafiqi, Geraldine Workman, Keith Ison (IPEM Observer,) and Andrew Taylor (FCS Observer). The President welcomed Michael Worn to the meeting as the new APEN Observer. 08/02 Appointment of HPA Officers for the 2008 session, and allocation of Roles and Responsibilities. There was unanimous agreement that the following Officers should be appointed for the 2008 session: President: Paul Ganney Vice-President Niall McDougall Hon Treasurer Richard Scott Hon Secretary Bob Ardley Bob indicated that he was happy to take on the Secretary Role for 2008 but hoped to pass on the role to another NPC member for 2009 onwards. There was discussion of the various Roles and Responsibilities to be undertaken and volunteers called for; the following allocations were made: Tony Millin Industrial Relations Lead; Pay award monitoring; HCS OAC Rep; IPEM PAG Rep; Travel Award Steven Crook Conference Organiser Richard Scott Membership Secretary; Modernising Scientific Careers monitoring; NOS monitoring Paul Ganney Communications with members; Website management; IPEM PAG Rep Niall McDougall HCS OAC Rep; IPEM PAG Rep; Training issues Andy Bradley Recruitment and Retention Database; HPC Consultations monitoring; IPEM PAG Rep Cameron Hosie Regulation issues; Health and Safety Rosemary Belton MTO issues 08/03 Minutes of meeting held on 1st November 2007, and matters arising. After the correction of several typos the minutes were accepted as a true record of the meeting and signed by the President. Tony has still to draft Position Statements on Lecture and other Fees, and on redundancy. Page 1 of 7 Draft A new laptop has been purchased for the Hon Secretary (due to the delays in making the purchase this was paid for from 2008 funds rather than from the unallocated funds at the end of 2007). The two Travel Awards for 2008 were made (cheques paid and cashed, one receipt received, the second not yet received). Tony is still to chase up Ashley Richmond, 2006 Travel Award winner, for a report on his trip. 08/04 President' Report Paul tabled a brief report. There was discussion about some Registrants on the HPC Register being de-registered for failing to return the registration declaration or more worryingly because of failed direct debit payments. This seems to be an erratic HPC administration problem which has not affected many HPA members. It was agreed Paul should include a comment about PG this in the next Presidents' Letter – the advice should be to at least get a Certificate of Posting when sending off the Registration Declaration (using Recorded delivery would be better) and keeping a photocopy of the Declaration. There was still concern over the lack of overtime payments for Band 8 appointments particularly with the increase in six-day working. The recommendations on the Banding of Trainee Physicists seem not to be universally adopted. Although most are on Band 6 some are on Annex U of Band 7 but in the South West Region all the trainees are on Band 5. It was agreed that Steven Crook as the Regional Rep should write to the SW SC Training Consortium asking for an explanation of their breach of a National Agreement and if they give an unsatisfactory response the problem can be escalated to Paul for a President's enquiry. It was noted that the HPA Position Statement on Trainees was essentially that contained in Tony's presentation at the 2007 Conference. 08/05 Hon Treasurer's Report, and Charitable Donations Richard gave a verbal report on his first full year as Treasurer. He reminded the NPC that audited Branch accounts for the period Jan-April 2007 had been submitted to Unite HQ as part of the union merger process. He had recently prepared a Branch Financial Statement for the period May-Dec 2007 and had agreed with the Finance Dept that unedited accounts could be submitted before the deadline of 28th February 2008 with audited accounts to follow shortly (the Hon Auditors Dave Rawlings and Matt Dunn would be RS asked to undertake this ASAP). The bank balance at 31/12/07 showed £1848.78 with cheques to the value of £1432.00 still to clear. Inevitably the unspent residue of some £416 would be deducted from the branch commissions for the first quarter of 2008. Unfortunately the purchase of the new laptop for the Secretary had been made too late to use these unspent funds and will have to come out of the 2008 budget. Richard agreed to prepare a draft budget for 2008 and circulate this by e-mail RS to NPC members. Page 2 of 7 Draft Charitable Donations. The Branch had received two requests for charitable donations: one from a team at Institute of Physics Publishing undertaking the Three-Peaks Walk; and one from the Burnley Branch seeking assistance with a project to send redundant school equipment to schools in Africa. After some discussion it was agreed that it would be inappropriate for the HPA to use members' branch commissions to support these types of Charitable donations. 08/06 Hon Secretary's report Bob gave a verbal report. He receives regular e-mail notifications from the Unite Membership Department of new members joining the Branch; he has asked for the information to be improved with the addition of the member's Job Code/Description and Employer. The membership list still includes some members who are probably in the HPA by mistake, and some who are listed as employed by the HPA. An updated list of members in the National Professional Group is awaited. From this list mailing lists will be produced and letters sent to these two groups asking them to confirm their membership BA details. Carol confirmed that the Freepost address to her office could be used CE for this purpose. Unite Region mergers: Carol advised that Unite had merged the North East Region and Yorkshire & Humber Region and the Eastern Region and London Region. It was agreed that the HPA did not need to merge these Regions in the Branch membership database. Timetable for 2008 NPC Elections: Bob proposed the following timetable for the elections for the NPC Members and Deputies for the odd-numbered regions for the 2009-2010 term: a call for Nominations would go out after the July NPC meeting with a closing date of 26th September; if an election is required in any Region a ballot would be held of all the members in that Region with a closing date of 31 st October; the result of the elections would be announced at the ADC on 21st November. 08/07 Terms and Conditions etc. It was noted that no one in Northern Ireland had yet been assimilated to AfC, and that approximately 70 members in Scotland had still not been assimilated. Overtime and working hours: Tony had recently attended a meeting of the SW Dosimetry Group, representing the HPA, to discuss AfC issues including problems with consistency checking during matching and overtime for Band 8 staff. It was agreed members should be encouraged to claim overtime for hours worked in excess of the standard 37.5hrs Paul is to write PG about this in the President's Letter and undertake a survey of hours worked for the week beginning 21 st April. Trainees: – Paul will extract from Tony's 2007 Conference presentation the PG Position Statement on Trainees' Banding and place it on the website. It was noted that some Part 2 trainees are also being banded to Annex U of Band 7. Page 3 of 7 Draft Unsocial Hours working: – Carol reported the results of the Unite poll; approx 70% of members in the Health Sector had voted to accept the proposals. A Pay Letter from NHS Employers was expected soon. The new T&Cs would take effect from 1 st April 2008. KSF: – Cameron reported that in Scotland all employers would be using the e-KSF for managing personal development reviews. There was nothing else to report on KSF progress. Pay Claim/Award for 2008/9: – there was nothing to report. Recruitment and Retention database: - Andy had provided a report to Paul for posting on the website, covering the period 2006/7. He agreed to produce a new report for 2007/8 in April and circulate this to NPC members before it too is posted on the website. Position Statement on Redundancy: – Tony has still to write this. NHS Pensions: – Carol reported that Unite had produced a good guide to the proposals and the options available to members. This is on the Unite website at http://www.amicustheunion.org/pdf/NHS%20Summary%20Guide.pdf . Modernising Scientific Careers (MSC):– Richard had attended two meetings about this DH initiative. It seems that the biggest problem for many HCSs is that most SHAs do not have a HCS Lead and many are not engaging with HCSs. To that end Shelley Heard (MSC Lead) and Sue Hill (CSO) had produced a document for Trusts and SHAs to raise the HCS profile (copies of this had been received via the IPEM PAG). It was agreed that comments ALL on the document should be sent to Paul who would collate an HPA response. The MSC Project had also appointed Professional Advisers for the three disciplines: Physical Science (Derek Pearson), Physiological Science and Life Science. 08/08 Amicus Issues Professional Officer's Report Carol gave a verbal report. TGWU and Amicus Officers had met in Birmingham to review the Union merger which appeared to have gone well. A meeting had been held to discuss the how the Groups and Associations appear on the main Unite website. The Unite health Sector home page would have a link to the Groups and Associations page which would contain links to all the G&A's websites. It was noted that Sarah Carpenter no longer had National Officer responsibility for HCSs. Carol agreed to find out what the successor CE arrangements are. Carol reported being disappointed that she had received no responses from the G&As to the HPC Consultations. She is involved in regular (three times a year) meetings between the HPC and Health Unions (facilitated by Unison) and asked that NPC members let her know if there are any HPC issues. Page 4 of 7 Draft The Unite Professional Liability Insurance would be rolled out to all HPA members later during 2008 at a cost of £15pa with the option to opt-out of the scheme. Paul will seek members' views on this via the next President's PG Letter. Members of the College of Health Care Chaplains are not currently statutorily Regulated; they are in the process of establishing a Voluntary Register. Carol asked members of the NPC to consider volunteering or nominating someone, to be a lay-member of the Fitness to Practice Panel and Assessors Panel for this new Body, a role for which training would be provided. Tony expressed willingness to be appointed to such a role. Tony reported that the HCS OAC had met on 30 th January 2008 – most of the discussion had been taken up with the proposed Unsocial Hours agreement and BMS On-call issues. The importance of the HPA continuing to attend these meeting was emphasised. The HPA Recruitment Literature had finally been completed. The NPC were very impressed with the result and offered its thanks to all concerned. Copies were available at the meeting and NPC members were encouraged to take ALL supplies and distribute them in their Regions. A copy would be placed on the PG HPA website. 08/09 HPA Conference 2007 and 2008. Sue Elcock and Kate Scott from Profile Productions Ltd (PPL) attended for this item. It was agreed that the 2007 Conference had been a success. It was a good venue and there had been excellent management support from Profile Productions Ltd. In spite of this there was some concern about the "remoteness" and accessibility by public transport of Torquay. For the 2008 Conference the dates were confirmed as 20 th November for the NPC meeting and Delegates dinner and 21 st November for the formal ADC and Professional Conference. The venue will be the Holiday Inn, Harrogate. It was agreed that the theme of the Conference should be "Clinical Science and Technology in the Modern NHS". Programme It was suggested that Barrie Brown be invited to give an update on AfC and other T&Cs (Barrie confirmed during the lunch break that he would be happy to speak on this topic). Richard proposed Prof Shelley Heard of the Modernising Scientific Careers project as a Keynote speaker (Steven SC to contact her ASAP with an invitation). Publicity It was agreed that PPL should prepare a "Call for Papers" flyer to be circulated to all members in the NPG together with a President's Letter (Paul to provide this by 10 th March).The deadline for Proffered Papers would be 30th April with the programme reviewed at the NPC meeting on 8 th May giving time to find other speakers if required before finalising the Programme at the beginning of June. Domestic arrangements. These would all be managed by PPL. Page 5 of 7 Draft 08/10 FCS Matters. Andrew Taylor was absent from the meeting; in his e-mail apologies he indicated that the FCS's main concerns were to do with the MSC proposals. There was nothing else to report. 08/11 IPEM Matters. Professional issues. Tony had attended the PAG meeting held on 29 th January 2008; copies of the draft minutes had been circulated to NPC members. The next meeting is scheduled for 15 th April 2008. IPEM ASM 2008, Bath – It was agreed that Steven should approach Mark SC Tooley of the organising committee to explore the potential for HPA to be involved. APEN –Paul and Tony had attended the Part 1 Trainees' Induction Day last December; a good number of trainees expressed interest in joining the HPA and 15 applications were received on the day. Michael Worn confirmed that MW APEN should be pleased for HPA to participate again and agreed to confirm the date for the 2008 Induction Day. Michael also advised that APEN are considering holding a Part 2 Trainees' Induction Day; the NPC confirmed that the HPA would be pleased to participate in this event too. 08/12 Communication with members. Website. Paul made a plea for NPC members to update the Regional pages on the website. President's Letter. Paul is to prepare a Letter to go to PPL by 10/3/08; a draft would be circulated to NPC members for comment. 08/13 Any Other Business. It was noted that NHS Employers were undertaking a Consultation on the NHS Ill-Health Retirement agreement. Rosemary reported that in Oxford there were some concerns about the way sickness absence was being recorded on the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). 08/14 Cases There were none to report. 08/15 Dates of next meeting The following dates were confirmed (venue to be advised): BA Thursday 8th May 2008 Monday 7th July 2008 Thursday 20th November 2008 (Harrogate, prior to Conference). Bob Ardley, Hon Secretary Page 6 of 7 Draft Unite - HPA NPC meeting 26th February 2008 – Key Action Points TM Prepare draft HPA Position Statements on: Lecture and Other Fees; and Redundancy TM Chase up Ashley Richmond for 2007 Travel Award report PG President's Letter SC Write to SW Training Consortium about Part 1 Trainees assimilated to Band 5 RS Arrange audit of Branch Accounts for period May-Dec 2007 RS Prepare and circulate draft budget for 2008 BA Send letter to "non-HPA" members in Branch/NPG asking for confirmation CE of membership details AB Send report on recruitment and Retention Database for 2007/8 to Paul for website ALL Send comments on "Modernising Scientific Careers" document to Paul for collation and preparation of HPA response CE Find out successor arrangements for National Officer support for HCS OAC ALL Distribute HPA Recruitment Leaflets in the Regional Groups PG Post of copy of HPA Recruitment Leaflet on website SC Invite Prof Shelley Heard to give MSC Keynote paper at HPA Conference SC Contact IPEM ASM Conference organisers about HPA Association Lecture MW Confirm dates for the Part 1 and Part 2 APEN Induction Days ALL Update, or provide copy for, the Regional Pages on the website R G Ardley Hon Secretary Page 7 of 7
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Skaggs got taste of the big leagues, wants more
There's already been a lot of talk this spring about the veteran leadership on the Arizona Diamondbacks' roster, but there's also a lot of interest in the crop of rising young stars that could carry a lot of the load. One of those young stars is left-handed pitcher Tyler Skaggs.
Skaggs was originally drafted by the Angels in 2009 as the 40th overall pick but was sent to Arizona in 2010 as part of the Dan Haren trade. Skaggs started to make his mark in the Majors last season, and he's ready to drop the long bus rides and travel of Triple-A altogether.
"Oh no it was definitely motivating," he said of sticking with the D-backs. "The Major Leagues is a lifelong dream, so nothing gets better than that. I'm coming in confident this year based off my starts from last year."
The 21-year-old had six starts with the Diamondbacks last season and finished with a 1-3 record and a 5.83 ERA. In the minor leagues he's 27-17 with a 2.98 ERA.
"I learned a lot of things," said Skaggs on Friday after their workout. "It was a stepping stone in my career and I know that I have the confidence to know that I'm able pitch in the big leagues and succeed in the big leagues, so I'm excited."
There's also some speculation as to who is going to take that fifth spot in the starting rotation. Skaggs isn't the only one with big league experience, an above average arm and a competitive nature.
"It's going to be good. Me and (Patrick) Corbin are really good friends and I know Randall (Delgado) is a good pitcher, so it's going to be exciting. I'm just going to go out there and show them what I got."
Corbin, who is also a lefty, has 107 innings to Skaggs' 29 and 22 appearances to Tyler's six at the Major League level. Corbin was also impressive the second time he was called up from Triple A Reno for Arizona last season in a relief role.
Delgado is another young player, and he arrived from the Braves this off season in the Justin Upton trade. The right-handed pitcher just turned 23 on February 9th, and has spent parts of the previous two seasons in the majors. In his time there he compiled a 3.95 ERA over 127.2 innings with 94 strikeouts.
Skaggs also mentioned the addition of veteran righty Brandon McCarthy from the A's, yet another solid starter vying for a spot. "I'm just getting to know McCarthy and he's a really good guy, so it's exciting."
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Sussex 'house divided' grows a bit closer after special visit from Packer
Gilbert Brown visits the home of Bears-Packers fans
A Sussex "house divided" became a little more united when a former Green Bay Packer stopped by.
Gilbert Brown played nose tackle for the Packers from 1992 to 2002 and on Sunday was a special guest at the Vogt home during a so-called "Divided House Packer-Bear Party."
Sunday's kick-off at Soldier Field began at noon but by 10 a.m. Brown, his wife and his agent were at the "divided home" of Sherri (Ellefson) and her husband, Brian Vogt with about 50 friends, relatives and neighbors joining them. The reason the house is "divided" is because Sherri is a Bears fan while Brian is a Packer backer.
Sherri graduated from Hamilton High School in 1986, just after the Chicago Bears had their great run at a Super Bowl ring. She grew up in Sussex and somehow was contaminated with the Bear fever and still has it in her terminal state.
Her father was Bob Ellefson who spent 20 years on the Sussex Fire Department attaining the rank of lieutenant before he moved to Phoenix, Ariz. He and his wife, Judy, actually flew back to the area to attend their daughter's big divided house party.
Speaking of Packers-Bear lore, in 2006 Sherri was watching the season-opening Bears-Packers game and she met Brian. They had a friendly spat as Sherri's Bears won the encounter.
Sherri and Brian's marriage did not stop the rivalry as each one has a shrine of their collectables in their shared basement "man cave." The Bears are on one wall and the Packers on the other.
There were also Bears-Packers days where one could see huge, inflatable figures on the front lawn. And the Vogts began hosting parties in 2009 with about 24 people joining them, but they quickly grew to 40 in 2010 and were up to 50 in 2011. Despite Sherri being part of the host couple the predominant music was a continued "The Bears Still Suck" year in and year out. The food became more creative to even include a miniature Lambeau appetizer stadium. The costumes for the party became outlandish as the yearly parties escalated, according to Sherri. However, there was a big add-on this year as all 6-feet, 3-inches, 350-pounds of Brown stopped by the Vogts' home.
Brown made his rounds at the party enjoying appetizers, slapping backs and signing some Packers memorabilia. A good time was had by all. Brown also patronized nearby business, Rumors Sports Bar and Grill during his Sussex visit on Sunday.
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