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Never had it so good?BMJ 2008; 336 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39532.671319.94 (Published 24 April 2008) Cite this as: BMJ 2008;336:950
- Iona Heath, general practitioner
- iona.heath{at}dsl.pipex.com
What does it mean to be old? What is the relationship between ageing and illness? How does the subjective experience of multiple and compounding illnesses relate to the medical model and the taxonomy of disease? These questions become more pressing as an ever greater proportion of the population survives into extreme old age, and as the postwar baby boomers—those who "never had it so good," as Harold Macmillan put it—begin to draw their pensions.
Globally the proportion of people aged ≥60 years is growing very fast. It is expected that by 2025 a total of about 1.2 billion people will be in this age group. By 2050 this number will have risen to two billion, 80% of them in developing countries. The older population itself is also ageing. Currently 69 million people are aged over 80, and although this age group now accounts for only 1% of the world's population (and 3% in developed countries), it is the fastest growing segment of the population.1
The World Health Organization and many national governments are promoting the concept of "active ageing," which portrays ageing as a positive experience and promotes continuing participation in social, economic, cultural, and civic activities. The concept is based on rights rather than on need and seeks to move away from a view of elderly people as frail and dependent. All this is to be applauded, but it may conceal a worrying reluctance to acknowledge the inevitable reality of death and dying. All bodies must die and find ways of doing so.
Age is a fundamental cause of disease, working through a multiplicity of causal pathways to generate multiple risk factors and multiple disease outcomes.2 All clinicians are familiar with this process, by which treating one disease in a frail, older person often means that symptoms reappear through another pathway. As the treatment of disease slowly becomes more effective, an ever greater proportion of the population survives with multiple compounding chronic diseases. The commonest of these are cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, musculoskeletal conditions, and mental illness (including dementia), occurring in many different combinations. The orthodox medical view is that these are distinct and definable conditions each of which carries a different prognosis and requires different treatment. However, people who live with multiple diseases, physical and mental, experience them simultaneously and inseparably. The patient with diabetes and depression and congestive cardiac failure does not have these conditions in separate compartments of her life. She has all three inseparably and, if she is also lonely and frightened, all of this is a single condition.
The problem is that in health care the specialist medical view predominates. And, as a direct result, multiple diagnoses lead almost inevitably to polypharmacy as each condition is treated in perverse isolation from the others. Research findings are extrapolated from younger age groups and interpreted overoptimistically in the context of what inevitably are limited life expectancies. As a direct result, older people are taking an ever increasing number of prescribed drugs, but because of diminished physiological reserve they are also more susceptible to adverse drug reactions and interactions. Nevertheless, the all too easy accusation of age discrimination means that the limited time available for older people to derive clinical benefit is not seen as a legitimate reason for "underprescribing."3 Systems of "quality improvement" that involve payment for performance, such as the UK Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), apply standards with no allowance for age and systematically encourage overtreatment of hypertension and type 2 diabetes, to the detriment of patients.4 Many preventive treatments in old age may simply change the cause of death and not its date. The energetic treatment of cardiovascular risk factors is effective in reducing cardiovascular mortality but does not prolong life and increases the likelihood of a diagnosis of cancer or dementia.5
Old people themselves have different priorities and can find the epidemiological perspectives of healthcare professionals to be intrusive and inappropriate.6 Most elderly people are very aware of death and know that it must be faced and negotiated: "The big event of old age—the thing which replaces love and creativity as a source of drama—is death."7
Many frail older people have a rapidly diminishing appetite for technological health care and a proportionately increased need for sensitive, gentle, hands-on physical care: a need that is easily compromised by the very real fear of becoming a burden. At present, medicine seems to have limited means of marking this transition, but such means are urgently needed, because the continuing emphasis on individual diseases leads, usually inadvertently, to undertreatment, overtreatment, or mistreatment—and often all three.8
Tragically, the global trends of commodification, privatisation, and fragmentation in health care mean that the dimensions of care most needed by frail elderly people become less and less accessible. Yet multiple illnesses can be coherently managed only by a personal generalist physician who is able to provide continuity of care for the patient's whole experience of illness,9 while at the same time remaining alert to those diagnostic possibilities that are readily remediable. But how, within a market system, can unprofitable need for time intensive and hands-on personal care from a known other ever be given commensurate priority?
Competing interests: None declared.
Provenance and peer review: Commissioned; not externally reviewed.


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We had scheduled weeks, and at the weekends we work with an environmental association over here in Pontevedra called Vaipolorio I brought it few time in the last blogs, you can always go back and check them. Lately there was […]» Read more
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In July, Ticket2Europe sent 3 youth workers on a training course across the world in Atskuri, Georgia. The project, "Outdoor L.O.V.E. (Laboratory of Various Emotions) on emotional intelligence through experiential outdoor learning in nature and hiking the Georgian mountains. The […]» Read more
Ticket2Europe teamed up with Prisms Malta for a Youth Exchange in Malta, where 5 participants joined us in this journey. The exchange was about "Communication as an Art" where the participant learned about communication and media. Also they had the […]» Read more
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I have already provided a quick over view of parish finances from the standpoint of cash flows. I talked about how the structure of a parish works. Today I want to use that background to look at what the Catholic's of Pleasanton have posted on their website. It is not very good financial data (in fact it tries too hard to be a narrative and not an accounting).
I have taken time to review the fall town hall meeting slides posted on their website. Bar charts are no substitute for balance sheets, but perhaps their finance council does not not know they should, at least in the spirit of the canon, be sharing that level of detail with their fellow parishioners. Nevertheless I think we can gather a few grains to eat as we wander through the grain fields of finance after sabbath.
Catholics of Pleasanton
First, you have a looming $10M capital campaign. Looming is an apt word. You effectively had negative cash flow in 2013. You barely broke even the previous year. You are not publishing real financial data. I am not saying you're hiding anything, but you sure are trying hard to tell a story. It certainly looks like CCOPers will be suffering under never-ending capital campaign weariness.
CCOP: your overhead costs look large to me. Fully .45 on every dollar coming in goes to administration, clergy, rectory and the diocese. Why so much?
And speaking of your rectory, why is it repeatedly featured so prominently in your financials? There is "rectory project" under expenses and then rectory again in your pie chart. For a church looking for $5,000 to fix what looks like ground level electrical hazards (which is extremely serious), one hopes the rectory is the last thing to be fixed. Ground level hazard means "children hazard". More on this in a moment as if you skip forward and look at the fall expenses list you will see rectory mentioned yet again. Odd.
You spent $344k on buildings and maintenance in 2013, outside of personnel this looks like it might be your largest single line item. But it is a large increase over the previous year, enough that I hope you parishioners discussed what the priorities were with your treasure. You did ask for a breakdown of maintenance expenses and timing didn't you good laypeople?
Worrisome is the mention of "maintenance accounting change". What does that mean? We hate to see a tacit footnote like this without clear explanation or notations as to what such consequences such a change might have had on previous year's results. Such a note gives the appearance of changing measurement criteria on the fly. This is poor practice, even optically.
And then there is the wonderful parishioner who bequeathed her estate to the parish netting you fortunate people $1.4M. I am assuming some of the assets were illiquid and needed to be sold. Stocks, bonds, real estate require licensed agents to act on the behalf of a seller. Additional legal services are required. While it is not clear what assets were being sold the use of the language on the slide suggests third parties were involved. I want you to notice the phrasing used in the presentation because it is carefully worded: "over the course of 2013 her [Ms. Smith's] estate was liquidated and CCOP received $1.4M in proceeds". Which likely means that commissions were paid to third parties to dispose of the assets and that the estate was worth more, but the "net" (less commissions and fees) was $1.4M. So how much was paid out and to whom? Perhaps you had parishioners who did it pro-Bono, if so great. If not, what process was used to determine who should get your business? Did people bid? My good people, the phrasing on this slide is so careful as to make me concerned.
Barring my questions about the process I think it is safe to say that your parish would be facing cut backs without Ms. Smith's bequest to help shore things up. You have more cash flowing out than flowing in if you remove the bequest. It is no surprise that over 20% of those proceeds went into savings which allows a higher degree of latitude on what it can be spent on. Based on these numbers about 45% of that will be spent on overhead in your parish.
Here is a summary checklist for you to ask your finance council and Pastor. I would ask (in fact I am asking), but so far I am being ignored:
1. Please break down by maintenance item and date what Parish buildings were fixed and/or improved? What process was used to determine the priority of the fixes and/or improvements? What process was used to defer items?
2. What is the "maintenance accounting change" and why was this change implemented now?
3. What commissions and fees were paid to liquidate Ms. Smith's estate? To whom were they paid and what process was used to determine who should get the parish's business?
Tomorrow we will turn back to the diocese as a whole as there are some other interesting areas in their financials to delve into, particularly the bond. After that I will return to Pleasanton's Capital Campaign as the Fall Town Hall slides create more questions than not.


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"In the same instant you died and were born again; the saving water was both your tomb and your mother." The Jerusalem Catecheses
At the beginning of the 4th century, the church was faced with a huge catechetical task. The Roman Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity, and thousands of Romans wanted to be baptized. Whether their motives were pure is beside the point. The church had to catechize adults in large numbers for the first time.
The sermons and instructions of St. Cyril of Jerusalem are a marvelous tool in this regard. Written for adults as a way to help them understand and enter the mystery of faith, they are full of evocative images and metaphors. Today, in the office of readings, Cyril reminds his students not to think of the death to which Baptism calls us as a tomb, but as a womb in which we are being readied for new life in Christ. By dying to that which keeps us from God and God's love by plunging into the waters of baptism, we break through the waters of death into new life in Christ.
As the church evolves in the 21st century, we have a similar task. Helping Christians make sense of the virtual world of the Internet, Twitter, Facebook and so much more, is the work of contemporary catechesis. While we know that the church espouses enduring values, unless they are articulated in a way that makes sense to the people of this generation, we will lose them to the glitter of the world.
Today, ask yourself what you are doing to understand your faith more deeply.
Who was your best catechist?


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Wednesday, 25 March 2015
Koi pond + other stuff
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- Anonymous25 March 2015 at 04:55
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CLOUD! I'll send you a gift later if you like or just a Jam-A-Gram that says happy birthday! :3ReplyDelete
I agree. Koi's are beautiful! They have very nice colours and they are HUGE. Oh, and you gotta love that mustache!
I like all of this art. My favourite is Liza because she's got some crazy crossed eyes. XP
I think the true/false question is true. I don't know how but I've read somewhere that oysters are the only animals that can change genders. I'm not so sure if that's ACTUALLY true. All I know is that I saw that sentence before. I wish I can change genders or morph into any animal. I think this would've been a great birthday gift for me. I love fantasy books!
Oysters change their gender at least once in their lifetimes. All oysters start off as male, but most change permanently to female by the time they are a year old. HAPPY BDAY!!!! I WILL SEND U A RARE!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous25 March 2015 at 05:34
Happy Birthday! :)ReplyDelete
Whoa yayz to cloud! Happy Birthday! what do you want for your birthday from animal jam? a circus mask? an ice cram maker? a cheese hat? Lol those are weird things. Anyways I've read it in a book and it's yes, Oysters change their gender! Wouldn't that be weird if humans did? Also the koi you drew looks like a handsome gentleman.. LolReplyDelete
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLOUDCLAWS!!!!!!!!! THank god the koi ponds are back been needing those lol anyway i gtg but thx CLOUDCLAWS!!!!! and i think oysters do change genders weird huh? LOL BYEEEE -PETZ52LUVReplyDelete
Today is my birthday too! Happy Birthday Cloud!ReplyDelete
Happy birthday, Cloudy! (Like the llama I gave chu on DA? :3) :DReplyDelete
kewl es suh sway
Dat koi n its mustachio- huehue. 8{D
Sir Gilbert looks boss. B@W$ (wt o.o)
Hey, some cartoon characters can be leik very handsome! Leik moar handsome than those real-life idiot boys in school. Animeeeeeeeeeee
me is forever alone -insert "forever alone" meme here-
In math class today, this guy entered the classroom (cuz random guys enter my classrooms all the time- weird, I know). Then he pointed at me and knows who I am. I never saw him before tho. (0.0)
Haja, I'm off topic. X3
You be a mermaid, youuuu
Nu, dun feel sick on your birthday! D:
idk. I want to say yes. Yes? idk.
~ Cutepups
(cuz sig is so leik official)
- Anonymous25 March 2015 at 12:38
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SENPAI-CLOUDCLAWSReplyDelete
OMG HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLOUDCLAWS! I REALLY WANNA GIVE YOU A PRESENT, BUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW U IN REAL. OH I KNOW! I WILL GIFT YOU ON AJ! YAY! THAT IS A GOOD IDEA ME! LOL! I KNOW ME! XDReplyDelete
I never knew how "KEWL" Koi Fish are! Lol!
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Stephen: I Found Malaysia
This entry is different from our usual featured blogs. Stephen did not relocate to Malaysia for work-related reasons, but to spend his retirement years there. Also, rather than spending time with fellow expats, he tries to immerse himself into the culture of his new home as much as possible. I Found Malaysia chronicles his experiences.
Please tell us a little bit about yourself. Who you are, where you come from, when you moved to Malaysia, etc.
My name is Stephen Sovie. I am originally from Watertown, N.Y, but I lived in Boston, MA for a number of years before I retired and moved to Malaysia.
When and why did you decide to start blogging about your experiences?
I decided to start blogging about my experience of moving to Malaysia because I had such a difficult time trying to find information when I decided to move.
Do you have any favorite blog entries of yours?
How I Moved to Penang, Malaysia to Live (Part 1)
Tell us about the ways your new life in Malaysia differs from that back home. Did you have trouble getting used to the new circumstances? Did you experience culture shock?
I adjusted to my new life here with very few problems. The greatest difficulty was getting used to the high humidity. I thought I would experience culture shock, but I never did.
Do you think you were fully prepared for what awaited you in Malaysia? If you could, would you change some decisions/preparations you made?
I feel as though I was fully prepared for life in Malaysia. The problems that I had were with the US government and US banks.
Every expat knows that expat life comes with some hilarious anecdotes and funny experiences. Care to share one with us?
Something that has happened to me a few times is both amusing and annoying at the same time. I love spicy food, especially Thai food and eat it quite often. When I first moved here I had to search out the best places to get Thai food. Since most of my friends are local I depended upon their recommendations. One night some of friends took me to a Thai restaurant that was known for its spicy authentic Thai food. When the food came it was bland. There was not a hint of heat. After the end of the meal, the manager came over to ask how the meal was. I said it was not very spicy. He responded, "Since you are British we made it very mild, because we know you people don't like spicy food." We all laughed as my friends explained in Chinese that I was not British, but American and I loved very spicy food. The embarrassed manager apologized and assured us that the next time it would be authentic Thai food.
Which three tips would you like to give future expats before they embark on their new life in Malaysia?
I would advise them to be open minded, adventurous and not expect living here to be just like home.
How is the expat community in Malaysia? Did you have a hard time finding like-minded people or fellow expats?
I did not then and do not now search out the expat community. I feel very strongly about people who move to a new country and immediately search out others from their home country to socialize and live near. If I wanted to hang around like minded Americans I would have stayed home. The purpose of living in a foreign country is to experience a new culture, new food and a different way of life. I find that if I ask a local about something I need, I will get more accurate and helpful information than I would get from a fellow expat.
How would you summarize your expat life in Malaysia in a single, catchy sentence?
I moved to Malaysia and became part of the life here, not a spectator.


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University of Cincinnati Bicentennial Legacy Gift – Experiencing UC's Story, History, & Future Through Virtual Reality
Start Date
July 1 2017
End Date
October 1, 2018
Current Status
Active Development
Project Client:
UC Bicentennial Legacy Committee
Richard Harknett,
Tracy Herrmann,
Project Lead:
Chris M. Collins
UCSIM | Center for Simulations & Virtual Environments Research
Project Sponsor:
UC Foundation
Danute Miskinis
UC Bicentennial Director of Programs & Community Outreach
Project Description
As the University of Cincinnati's Bicentennial approaches (1819-2019), UC President Neville Pinto proclaimed, "The University of Cincinnati story is unfolding one Boldly Bearcat moment at a time. Our Bicentennial celebration honors the past, elevates the present and bends the future. It propels us onward to our next exciting quest in an epic of unlimited possibilities." The UC Bicentennial Legacy Committee was formed to, "Commemorate the bicentennial for generations to come via the creation of one or more permanent historical displays around campus," and the committee met on March 28, 2017 with the following charge: "The Legacy Committee is charged with designing, developing, and producing a Virtual Reality experience that will enable visitors to 'walk' through and experience UC's Story, History and Future. The Committee will also coordinate and oversee the development of a Time-line/memory-bank web platform. The delivery date of both legacies by early October 2018."
UCSIM will design and develop a virtual reality (VR) application that celebrates the story, history, and future of the University of Cincinnati through five vignettes with the following themes: Bearcat Spirit; Cutting Edge UC; Living, Learning, Leading; UC on the Move; and History of Diversity at UC. Each vignette will include an emotional impact, educational content, and diversity context. The VR experience will be delivered via a fully immersive head-mounted-display (HMD) virtual reality system.
High-Level Requirements
- The primary deliverable is a desktop executable VR application containing five (5) vignettes.
- Application must be designed with high comfort for a general, public audience of all ages.
- Framework must accommodate the possibility of future additional modules.


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Any Ideas as to Azalea Losses?
I am on Wadmalaw Island SC. I have about 30 well established large azaleas and about 20 small "suzikis" (sp) About two years ago some of both varieties started getting yellow leaves and then dying branch by branch. I saw no obvious pests, and cut out the branches. The bush died anyway. The problem has slowly spread bush by bush from the first area. Any suggestions?
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- Never leave a child without supervision
- All play is on your own responsibility
- All the children must wear socks, and no shoes while playing.
- It is not allowed to bring sharp objects into the playland
- It is not allowed to bring your own food to eat
- Food and drinks must not be brought onto the playground equipment
- It is not allowed climb on the outside of the playground equipment or walk/climb up the slides.
- The area with plastic ball is reserved for children aged 0-2 years old.
- Everyone has to be considerate towards each other
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Yutaka Kobayakawa is one of the main characters of Lucky Star. She is the cousin of Konata Izumi and the younger sister of Yui Narumi.
- "Oh no! I'm so tiny!"
- ―Yutaka Kobayakawa
- "Onee-chan, why are you up so late?"
- ―Yutaka Kobayakawa
- "What's yaoi?"
- ―Yutaka Kobayakawa
- "Uhhh.. I think I got some dust in my eyes..."
- ―Yutaka Kobayakawa
Likes and Dislikes
It is revealed in Hiyori's notes that Yutaka enjoys the internet (a remark states: "...it's like her toy"). In the same manner it is reveals that Yutaka also likes hot foods (like oden), and animals; and her dislikes include milk, her sickly physique, and aggressive people.
She is also noted to be strong at Japanese class; and not suprisingly, she isn't all that good at athletics.
Yutaka is very small (shorter than even Konata). She has a "sickly" physique, and is skinny and flat-chested.
Yutaka Kobayakawa has reddish-pink hair that is usually tied into high pigtails using 2 blue or white ribbons, and green eyes. Her eye and hair colors resemble the color scheme of a watermelon, and she has pale skin.
Like most/all of the Lucky Star characters, she is sometimes depicted without a nose, has a certain face shape, abnormally large eyes that take up more than half of her face, colorful, messy hair, messy bangs, and fringe covering her ears.
Yutaka only lets her hair down when she is sick or about to sleep, as shown in a scene wherein she woke up very early in the morning to see Konata playing games. Yutaka is also shown with her hair untied in a flashback of her middle school life, where she was sick. In the flashback, Yutaka was feverish, and she was lying down on a futon, with a moist towel on her forehead.
Yutaka Kobayakawa has a weak immune system and would often get sick, so she was unable to make any friends in the previous schools she was in, which is why she was very happy when she befriended Iwasaki Minami, and eventually the whole class. She is very close to her older cousin Konata, and is innocent, as she lacks knowledge of ero-games, yaoi, and adult video games.
Yutaka is very appreciative of her friend Minami, and she is very grateful to have a friend like her, to the point that Hiyori Tamura pictured both of them as a yuri-pair and created a doujinshi with characters that resemble both of them.
Yutaka first appeared on the anime on episode fourteen, when she moved to live with Konata to help with the commute. During this episode she did her entry exam for Ryōō High School, on that day she met Minami Iwasaki, who let Yutaka use her handkerchief. After being accepted into the school, she became friends with Minami Iwasaki, Hiyori Tamura and Patricia Martin. Yutaka is the closest friend of Minami and is often the only one who understands the latter's behavior. Hiyori notices this and frequently fantasizes Yutaka and Minami being a yuri-pair and has even done some sketches for a doujinshi she is creating where the characters has an uncanny similarity with the two, but still fights the thought because of the fact that they are all friends.
Character song Vol. 5: Yutaka Kobayakawa contains 2 songs sang by Yutaka's voice actor, Shizuka Hasegawa.
The songs are:
- Minimum Tempo
- Tatoeba Pinku to Burū demo (But, for example, Pink and Blue)
- In episode 18, when Konata and her friends play the animal personality game, Konata thinks Yutaka would be a squirrel.
- Yutaka is the 2nd shortest character to Hikage Miyakawa.
- Yutaka's voice and personality are very similar to Starfire from Teen Titans, because of her naïveté, and she is voiced by the same actress in a high pitched voice.
- Yutaka is left handed.
|Main Characters
|Konata Izumi - Tsukasa Hiiragi - Miyuki Takara - Kagami Hiiragi - Ayano Minegishi - Misao Kusakabe - Yutaka Kobayakawa - Minami Iwasaki - Hiyori Tamura - Patricia Martin - List of Characters
|Minor Characters
|Sōjirō Izumi - Kanata Izumi - Yui Narumi - Tadao Hiiragi - Miki Hiiragi - Matsuri Hiiragi - Inori Hiiragi - Yukari Takara - Honoka Iwasaki - Nanako Kuroi - Hikaru Sakuraba - Hinata Miyakawa - Hikage Miyakawa - Akira Kogami
|Goldy - Cherry
|Anime Only Characters
|Minoru Shiraishi - Meito Anizawa - Daisuke Ono - Gotouza
|Manga Only Characters
|Kō Yasaka - Yamato Nagamori - Izumi Wakase - Fuyuki Amahara - Tamaki Yamanobe - Miku Busujima


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Gift Guide for an 18 Month Old: So now Halloween is officially over and done with for the year my thoughts have turned towards Christmas. I have put together a little list of things for the special 18 month / 2 year old in your life. Not only are there some great products and toys but I am giving one lucky reader the chance to win all the items mentioned in this guide!
ErgoPouch Sleep Suit:
ErgoPouch is the no.1 Australian sleeping sack brand and is renowned for the design and manufacture of high quality baby swaddles, sleeping bags and sleep suits made from skin-friendly natural breathable fibres. This is really important for us because of Monkey's delicate skin and eczema problems.. The ergocoon had been acknowledged as 'hip-healthy' by the International Hip Dysplasia Institute for their ergonomically designed bell shaped bottom, which provides extra leg room for healthy hips. ErgoPouch products actually create a mirco-climate for babies and little people so they don't sweat! If you would like to find out more you can read our full review here – ErgoPouch Sleep Suit. Available in beautiful designs in sizes 8-24 months and 2-4 years, with tog ratings of 1.0, 2.5 and 3.5. There will be an ErgoPouch Sleep Suit to meet to fall in love with. RRP £55.99
My First Thomas & Friends Railway Pals Destination Discovery Playset:
Little ones will love exploring some of the most popular locations on the Island of Sodor with the new Railway Pals Destination Discovery. Roll Percy over the track activation points to hear fun sounds, songs and phrases that teach letters, numbers, colours and directions. Each of the playsets nine activation points trigger over 50 unique sounds and sayings, from cheerful songs and destination-themed content, to helpful phrases that encourage children to learn.
Press Percy's light-up bumper to hear him talk and sing, or activate it by bumping him into the crossing gate. Rotate Percy on the turntable, or spin the drum on Tidmouth Sheds to see it light up. Includes Railway Pals Percy train with cargo car, 2 cargo pieces, over 40 track pieces, 9 track activation points, light-up Tidmouth Sheds, Knapford destination, McColl's Farm destination, trackside cargo bin, turntable, and a crossing gate! RRP £49.99
Leapfrog Count and Colours Band:
Count and Colours Band. Aimed at children six months plus it helps young children to identify colours and numbers. Kipper was transfixed from the moment he saw the bobbing Scout. Every time he hit one of the musical instruments he got rewarded by lights and noise. To find out more you can read our review – Count and Colours Band Review RRP £14.99
Toddlebike2 is aimed at confident walkers that can mount and dismount without falling over. You will know your child best and so when to introduce Toddlebike2 to them but as a guide somewhere between 12-18 months. Kipper has been playing with it in doors for a couple of months now. I wanted to let him get use to it on his own. He's been pushing it around the kitchen, sitting on it, getting off, picking it up – he can pick it up as it is so light it weighs less than 1kg which is three times lighter than most balance bikes and scotters. Kipper loves it, to find out more you can read our review – Toddlebike12 Review RRP £23.95
aden + anais Dream Blanket:
When I first had Monkey I discovered aden + anais and fell in love with their products straight away. They are still my go to for gifts for new parents and on occasion I treat the boys (and myself if I'm honest!) to something from their collection. Not only do their items look lovely but they wash fantastically well too. aden + Anais Dream Blankets make wonderful gifts, made from 100% cotton muslin, the four layers are completely breathable. They come pre washed so can be used straight away and there is a wide selection of designs including a large number of neutral ones. Some of which are very grown up and would not look out of place in an interior design magazine, such as the Metallic Gold Deco Dandelion design. Which is a lovely deep navy blue, making the gold dandelion pattern really stand out. Reversible, both sides of the blanket have a pattern on with the underside having gold dots. They are perfect for snuggling under (1.2m squared) for any toddler. RRP £44.95-£58.00
Bobux Soft Soled Shoes:
The first shoes Bobux ever designed were soft soled shoes for the founders daughter. Now they are all about teaming healthy foot development with good design that us mums will love. They have a wide range of shoes from soft soled ones, to first walkers to trainers, sandals and shoes for Monkey's age and beyond. We are big fans in the Mudpie Fridays house so I was really please that they have kindly offered my readers a chance to win a pair of their newly launched soft sole shoes. There are patent styles, along with some cosy merino wool lined booties which are great for the winter months. Plus a mix of 'mini styles' which are similar to their older range but in soft soles and include a range of character soft soles unicorn, giraffe, tiger, lion, fox and cat styles. They are available in size small to XL and prices range from £20-£27
Find me a Gift Personalised Book – My Book of Nursery Rhymes
I always like to give books as a gift as they tend not to date. Being able to personalise one makes it even more special. The book contains 23 classic nursery rhymes including Humpty Dumpty, Hey Diddle Diddle, Jack & Jill, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and many more. Available as a Hardback or Softback book, you can personalise the book with a child's name, which will then be cleverly embedded throughout the book within the illustrations. To make this wonderful children's gift complete you can even add your own special message on the inside front cover. I found that the delivery by Find Me A Gift was really quick despite the book being personalised. They also offer a wide range of other personalised and non personalised gifts for both children and adults alike. RRP £20.99
Peli Bath Tub Play Pouch from Dreambaby®:
Its really handy for all is bath toys and the fact that its adjustable to fit most baths means it a must in keeping everything in one place. Although Kipper finds it much more like a toy itself happily filling it up and then emptying it again. Peli Bath Tub Play Pouch from Dreambaby has a RRP of £15.00
Festive Essentials from Nutmeg:
You can not beat some festive clothing when it comes to gifts and Nutmeg Clothing have some great options. Nutmeg's childrenswear is created with 'thoughtful details' in mind to ensure durability and comfort and also comes with a 200-day 'no quibbles' guarantee, assuring parents of the quality of Nutmeg's clothing. Nutmeg now has a presence in all Morrisons stores. They have also launched a women's collection which is now available in ninety of their stores. Reindeer Hat Newborn – 24 months RRP £4.50, Popover Bibs £3 for a pack of three.
Tommee Tippee Insulated Straw Beaker:
I don't know about you but we seem to go through a fair few beakers in our house. Which is why a good beaker is always a welcomed gift. The Insulated Straw Beaker from Tommee Tippee is a great addition. The insulated nature of the beaker means that it will keep drinks cool. The straw is made from soft silicone which is easy to drink from and soft on baby's gums. Thats so important as Kipper's currently teething poor thing. The star flips down between drinks which will keep it clean and minimise spills. Aimed at 12 months plus, the beaker comes in three different colours and has an RRP of £4.99.
In The Night Garden Soft Toy:
Extend imagination beyond the screen with these lovely soft toys Igglepiggle and Ups Daisy from In the Night Garden. Supper soft and cuddly with embroidered features they are perfect cuddle companions for tiny hands. Include crinkle in hands and feet and a rate or a squeaker when you squeeze their bodies. With a RRP of £9.99 you can buy these and other In the Night Garden toys from Very.co.uk.
If you would like the opportunity to win the items included in this gift guide which are worth almost £300 then please enter via the gleam application below. For a full list please see the T&Cs below. Good luck!
18m Gift Guide Contents worth almost £300
- Competition is open to residents of the UK aged 18 and over
- There is no cash alternative offered
- The winner will be drawn at random and will receive:
- ErgoPouch Sleep Suit – in their choice of design and size subject to availability
- Toddlebike2 – in their choice of colour
- Tommee Tippee Insulated Straw Beaker – in their choice of colour
- Find me a Gift personalised nursery rhyme book
- aden + anais Dream Blanket – in their choice of design
- Leapfrog Count & Colours Band
- Upsy Daisy In the Night Garden Soft Toy (please note the Igglepiggle will not be included and is for illustrative purposes only)
- My First Thomas & Friends Railway Pals Destination Discovery Playset
- Nutmeg clothing reindeer hat size 12-18 months and pack of three popover bibs
- Peli Bath Tub Play Pouch from Dreambaby®
- Bobux soft soled shoes – in their choice of design and size subject to availability
- The giveaway will close on the 1st December at midnight, the winner will be notified through Twitter
- The Winner will be asked to provide an email address and full postal address
Please note that items will arrive separately and there is not guarantee that the items will reach you before Christmas. I have some other giveaways running at the moment so please check them out in the Blog Giveaways Page above.
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Medical Plastics News
Plazology invests in medical moulding growth
Leeds based medical plastics consultant Plazology has announced a raft of investment in staff and premises. Read more
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Soap & Glory No Clogs Allowed Super Self-Heating Deep Pore Detox Mask - £11.50 for 100ml
Top 3 Face Masks For Oily/Combination Spot-Prone Skin
Soap & Glory No Clogs Allowed Super Self-Heating Deep Pore Detox Mask - £11.50 for 100ml
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The S&G one sounds great, I have the body shop warming mask and love that one so think this would be great too! xoReplyDelete
The body shop masks are amazing! XDelete
I have the Origins Charcoal face mask and I absolutely love that so I will definitely have to try the Boots one!ReplyDelete
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I am desperate to try out the Origins mask xDelete
I annoyingly have combo skin and I love using the no pores allowed to help control everything ♥ReplyDelete
Its such a good mask. You should try multi-masking xDelete
Want to try the boots one! I love me some detoxing masks! the origins one IS great!ReplyDelete
It is a great mask. I cant wait to try the origins one soon xDelete
I really want to try the No Clogs Allowed! I love their Fab Pore moisturiser so can imagine this is just as fab when my skin is spotty. I recently discovered the Body Shop Tea Tree mask and love it when I'm breaking out - I do love their Seaweed range to but haven't tried the mask (yet...) xxReplyDelete
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I haven't tried the Fab Pore moisturiser yet but I would love to soon. I love the tea tree range but I havent tried the mask yet. xDelete
I've not tried any of these but they sound great for oily skin. I like to scare my boys when wearing one of those black face masks, lol! xReplyDelete
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They are brilliant. Poor things. Haha! XxDelete
They sound awesome for oily skin! I have crazy oily skin around my t-zone, and everywhere else I get dehydrated patches of skin, which is super frustrating. The packaging for Soap and Glory is always so cute!ReplyDelete
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That is so annoying. Try multi-masking, thats what I do in the winter. Or just apply a mask to your problem area xxDelete


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Funnily enough, I usually have trouble getting colors to come out as vivid and bright as they are in real life in my pictures. Tonight, the spinning is shining through. Must be the silk, I guess.
It's so nice and soft, I want to get it all spun (8oz. really shouldn't take long) and see how it looks when plied.
Hopefully I'll remember to ask YoD tomorrow whose roving this is so I can give them proper credit.


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Catholic College Alumni 'March For Life' All Year Long
Ryan Eyrich said that Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, N.C., helped form him into the pro-life leader that he is today, noting specifically the Fr. Felix Hintemeyer Catholic Leadership program, traveling to the March for Life with the College, and "seeing our teachers, administrators, and the monastic community do all that they can do to support the on-campus student maternity home, MiraVia."
Eyrich, who currently serves as the southeast regional coordinator for Students for Life of America, said that he's still receiving "guidance and support" from leaders at Belmont Abbey.
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Lépine, A; Chandrashekar, S; Shetty, G; Vickerman, P; Bradley, J; Alary, M; Moses, S; CHARME India Group; Vassall, A; , COLLABORATORS; +6 more... Blanchard, J; Isac, S; Lowndes, CM; Ramesh, BM; Reza-Paul, S; Washington, R; (2016) What Determines HIV Prevention Costs at Scale? Evidence from the Avahan Programme in India. Health economics, 25 Sup. pp. 67-82. ISSN 1057-9230 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3296
Chandrashekar, S; (2015) Scaling up HIV/AIDS prevention in India: an economic analysis of Avahan interventions for high risk groups in four southern states. MPhil thesis, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17037/PUBS.02997235
Lépine, A; Vassall, A; Chandrashekar, S; (2015) The determinants of technical efficiency of a large scale HIV prevention project: application of the DEA double bootstrap using panel data from the Indian Avahan. Cost effectiveness and resource allocation, 13. p. 5. ISSN 1478-7547 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12962-015-0031-2
Lépine, A; Vassall, A; Chandrashekar, S; Blanc, E; Le Nestour, A; (2015) Estimating unbiased economies of scale of HIV prevention projects: A case study of Avahan. Social science & medicine (1982), 131. pp. 164-172. ISSN 0277-9536 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.03.007 Full text not available from this repository.
Beattie, TS; Mohan, HL; Bhattacharjee, P; Chandrashekar, S; Isac, S; Wheeler, T; Prakash, R; Ramesh, BM; Blanchard, JF; Heise, L; +3 more... Vickerman, P; Moses, S; Watts, C; (2014) Community Mobilization and Empowerment of Female Sex Workers in Karnataka State, South India: Associations With HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Risk. American journal of public health, 104 (8). pp. 1516-25. ISSN 0090-0036 DOI: https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2014.301911 Full text not available from this repository.
Chandrashekar, S; Guinness, L; Pickles, M; Shetty, GY; Alary, M; Vickerman, P; CHARME–1 Evaluation Group; Vassall, A; (2014) The Costs of Scaling Up HIV Prevention for High Risk Groups: Lessons Learned from the Avahan Programme in India. PloS one, 9 (9). e106582. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106582
Panovska-Griffiths, J; Vassall, A; Prudden, HJ; Lepine, A; Boily, MC; Chandrashekar, S; Mitchell, KM; Beattie, TS; Alary, M; Martin, NK; +1 more... Vickerman, P; (2014) Optimal Allocation of Resources in Female Sex Worker Targeted HIV Prevention Interventions: Model Insights from Avahan in South India. PloS one, 9 (10). e107066. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107066
Vassall, A; Chandrashekar, S; Pickles, M; Beattie, TS; Shetty, G; Bhattacharjee, P; Boily, MC; Vickerman, P; Bradley, J; Alary, M; +3 more... Moses, S; CHARME India Group; Watts, C; (2014) Community Mobilisation and Empowerment Interventions as Part of HIV Prevention for Female Sex Workers in Southern India: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. PloS one, 9 (10). e110562. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110562
Vassall, A; Pickles, M; Chandrashekar, S; Boily, MC; Shetty, G; Guinness, L; Lowndes, CM; Bradley, J; Moses, S; Alary, M; +2 more... Charme India Group; Vickerman, P; (2014) Cost-effectiveness of HIV prevention for high-risk groups at scale: an economic evaluation of the Avahan programme in south India. The Lancet Global health, 2 (9). e531-40. ISSN 2214-109X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70277-3
van Ginneken, N; Tharyan, P; Lewin, S; Rao, GN; Meera, SM; Pian, J; Chandrashekar, S; Patel, V; (2013) Non-specialist health worker interventions for the care of mental, neurological and substance-abuse disorders in low- and middle-income countries. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 11 (11). CD009149. ISSN 1469-493X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD009149.pub2
Chandrashekar, S; Vassall, A; Reddy, B; Shetty, G; Vickerman, P; Alary, M; (2011) The costs of HIV prevention for different target populations in Mumbai, Thane and Bangalore. BMC public health, 11 Sup. S7. ISSN 1471-2458 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-S6-S7
Chandrashekar, S; Guinness, L; Kumaranayake, L; Reddy, B; Govindraj, Y; Vickerman, P; Alary, M; (2010) The effects of scale on the costs of targeted HIV prevention interventions among female and male sex workers, men who have sex with men and transgenders in India. Sexually transmitted infections, 86 Sup. i89-94. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.2009.038547
Sudhashree, VP; Parasuramalu, BG; Rajanna, MS; (2006) A clinico-epidemiological study of allergens in patients with dermatitis. Indian journal of dermatology, venereology and leprology, 72 (3). pp. 235-7. ISSN 0378-6323 https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1472157


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Georgia (USA), December 2019.- The Guidoni Group from Brazil is setting up a quartz surfaces factory in McRai-Helena, in the state of Georgia. The new plant is expected to commence production in late 2020 and is expected to employ more than 400 people when working at full capacity.
Amsterdam (Holland), October 2019.- Neolith® inaugurated its new urban boutique in, Amsterdam (Holland), in collaboration with its distributor Michel Oprey & Beisterveld (MOB). Neolith® Urban Boutique (NUB) is the all-new concept store developed by Neolith® which focuses on the customer experience as a way to re-invent the traditional showroom and turn it into an imaginative exhibit space. As Mar Esteve, Neolith® Marketing Director says: "Our urban boutiques are more than just showrooms: we've carefully chosen their locations in dynamic and international urban areas, inviting people with all types of baggage to explore and enjoy them". NUB Amsterdam joins the NUB series recently inaugurated in other major European capital cities like Madrid, London, Milan and Düsseldorf.
October, 2019. USA.- The US government has decided to impose a temporary CVD (counter-veiling duties) on imports of quartz from India of 4.32%. The definite duties will be known sometime in January 2020. This measure follows the much higher around 300% custom duties on quartz from China implemented earlier this year.
October, 2019. Australia.- The state of Victoria in Australia, in its efforts to protect exposure to workers of crystalline silica, found in engineered stone, and which leads to the disease silicosis, has banned dry cutting of engineered stone unless the tools used have water suppression or dust extraction devices incorporated and there is also respiratory protection.
Narón, La Coruña (Spain).- The Guidoni group inaugurated the new second line of Breton in a ceremony in its installations in Naron, Spain last 19 September. With this new investment the company doubles production of Topzstone to reach one million sqm per year. Present in the ceremony were the CEO of the group Rafael Guidoni, the Vice President Rayner Guidoni along with the founder of the group, Jose Antonio Guidoni. There was also the presence of several authorities from the Galician government, apart from customers, employees and professionals in the construction industry.
India, July,2019.- The quartz industry in India is now beginning to acquire a certain dimension in terms of new factories coming into operation. To protect the interests of the industry, the companies have recently got together and formed a Federation of Indian quartz surface industry. The President of the Federation is Mr Krishna Rao.
USA, 24 June, 2019.- The tariff wars in quartz continue and are playing havoc with investment decisions everywhere and uncertainty among American buyers. The US Department of Commerce will continue with its antidumping and countervailing duty investigations concerning imports of quartz from India and Turkey, and around 1 August preliminary counterveiling duties will be decided upon ( from 45% to 180%) and antidumping duty determination is expected around October 15, 2019. These antidumping duties could be from 140% to 190%. In other words, in practical terms, the approximately 20 new quartz factories coming up in India may not even get to start production.
Spain, 15 June, 2019.- The company Investindustrial of which Andrea Bonomi is the President of the Board, has taken over majority control of the Spanish company TheSize, whose factory in Almassora (Castellón) manufacturers the big format porcelain,under the well known brand Neolith. The founders, the Esteve brothers, continue to have a significant market share in the company and will continue to be involved in the management of company. There is no change in the Presidency of the company and the management. The company plans to invest around 100 million euros to keep developing the brand, increase production capacity and its international presence.
USA, 11 June 2019.- In a judgement the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) determined today that the imports of quartz surfaces from China would NOT be to retroactive anti-dumping and counterveiling duties. The judgement has come as a huge relief to the American distributors. USITC also determined that quartz from China is subsidized and sold at less than fair value, which means the US government will impose anti-dumping and counterveiling duties on quartz imports from China. In practical terms this means that the approximately $500 million quartz exports business from China to US is finished for now.
USA, 9 May, 2019.- Even though the American economy is booming and construction activity in the country may well be at the highest level ever, all of a sudden there is tremendous nervousness, uneasiness and uncertainty among those working in the US stone industry. A very large part of the industry works with imported materials, be it natural stone or quartz. Apart from the possible consequences of countervailing duties related to quartz imports from China (see earlier news item), now it seems that perhaps even more shocks lie ahead. The American quartz company, Cambria, has filed a petition to the US government asking for antidumping and countervailing duties to be imposed on quartz surfaces from Turkey and India. Moreover, there are now reports of public hearings taking place soon on whether high duties should be imposed on quartz surfaces and granite from the European Union. Strangely,marble and otjer limestone is not included. (Granite exports from EU to USA amount to almost 150 million euros and quartz exports are around 200 million euros).A massive disruption in supplies could take place soon in the industry if these measures take effect. Not only could all kinds of projects in USA, big or small, currently being executed, be severely affected in terms of meeting deadlines and being within projected budgets due to disruption in supplies and possible bankruptcies declared by American companies, the risk for foreign suppliers, be they of any kind of stone, of not getting paid, is now very high.
USA,May,2019.- The high tariffs on quartz imports in USA from China may well end up, in an indirect way, having devastating negative secondary consequences for the natural stone suppliers. The US government is now imposing duties on the American quartz importers, with retroactive effect, on imports 90 days prior to the imposition of tariffs from 1 December, 2018, and these are arounf 300 to 500%, depending on the company, citing the clause of "critical circumstance". Coalitions of Amercian importers have gone to court on this matter. Hearings are scheduled soon and a verdict is expected in June. If these duties become definite, in practical terms there is a very high probability of several American companies declaring bankruptcy and this would mean, among several other consequences, that their foreign natural stone suppliers will not get paid. A frightening prospect indeed, since a very large part of exports to US are made without guarantees,
April, 2019.- The Cosentino Group reached a turnover of Euros 984.5 million with EBITDA (earnings before interest taxes depreciation and amortization) of Euros143 million in the financial year 2018.
April, 2019.- Mr Paras Kumar Jain has been appointed the CEO of Pokarna Engineering Stone Ltd, the whole owned subsidiary of Pokarna Limited as of 1 April, 2019.
March, 2019.- LAPITEC has been awarded the first prize in design iF DESIGN AWARD 2019 with the colour Nero Assoluto, which was given in the section'Product' within the category 'Innovative Product'. The award for design iF DESIGN AWARD 2019 recognises the value of full mass sintered stone. iF International Forum Design Gmbh, the oldest independent organization dedicated to design, organizes every year the iF DESIGN AWARD.
February, 2019.- The tariffs by the US government on quartz from China is creating a tremendous amount of uncertainty in the market. American importers had started stocking quartz from China in huge quantities last year in anticipation of the tariffs, but had hoped the trade wars would end in early 2019. As of mid-February it seems possible the tariffs may continue for longer period of time, and now the American buyers are wondering what to stock up on. In the mean time, Chinese quartz manufacturers are flooding the markets of the rest of the world with low price offers. Many businessmen in other countries who, spotting an opportunity, started planning on setting up new quartz factories, but many are now having second thoughts, unwilling to take risk in such an uncertain environment.
Valencia, Spain, February, 2019.- The main novelty in the annual Cevisama fair, held in Valencia( Spain) from 28 January to 1 February this year, was the greater presence of big format porcelain slabs manufactured by different companies with a special emphasis on the application in the kitchen.
In terms of visitors, as expected, there were a large number of Spanish interior designers and architects. The exceptionally cold weather in North America was probably a factor for less visitors from that continent, but the presence of visitors from all over Europe kept the exhibitors busy. Notable was the much reduced presence of buyers from the Middle East, a consequence of the currently weak construction activity in the Gulf area.
January,2019.- The South Korean company, Lotte Advanced Materials, has recently acquired the Turkish engineered stone company, Belenco, which manufactures quartz under the brand name Radianz.
January,2019.- The Cosentino group presented Dekton slabs of big format in 4mm thickness during the Cevisama fair in Valencia end of January.
January, 2019.- The high import tariffs imposed on quartz from China by the US government as part of the "trade wars" currently taking place has meant that new factories are being set up in other countries. In India, for example, an estimated 30 new factories for quartz are under construction, in different parts of the country. Most should be ready by end of 2019. While it is hard to estimate new production capacity at this stage, it will easily exceed 1 million sqm per year.
December, 2018.- The frenetic pace of technological innovation in the ceramics industry continues (apart from new production coming into the market of big format porcelain slabs on a huge scale). Just during the second half of the year 3 mm thin slabs of porcelain have now become hugely popular among prescribers due to their lightness, ease in handling, etc. apart from maintaining the other characteristics such as strength.
November 23th, 2018.- The Spanish company Compac took part in the Boutique Design New York where it presented its range of surfaces, specially the latest collections Ice of Genesis and Unique Collection. Boutique Design New York, which this year completes its nineth edition, and is held in Jacob K Convention Centre, brings together every year interior designers, architects, builders and manufacturers and commercial companies in the hospitality sector.
November 5th, 2018- The company Compac has recently presented its new range of quartz collections in its new showroom in the United States in Aventura (Florida) in an event attended mostly by architects and interior designers. The two collections, Ice of Genesis and Unique Collection, are available in big format(330 x 163 cm). The Ice of Genesis, a collection created in collaboration with Arik Levy, is inspired by the glaciers in the Artic Ocean while the Unique Collection comes in different shapes and two finishes.
October , 2018.- The Spanish company Neolith inaugurated its new stockyard in Novelda (Alicante) on 25 October with the presence of around 300 people, mostly stone industry people from the neighbouring area.
October 2018.- According to the Spanish association of Tile and Ceramic Pavement Manufacturers, ASCER, the tendencies in designs seen during the recent fair CERSAIE, held in Bologne (Italy) last September, have moved towards geometric forms and a return to colour, harking back to the aesthetic of the 80s in the last century. The combining of different textures has been another trend, along with the highly polished surfaces inspired in marble and ceramics in marble look and black stone.
October, 2018.- One consequence of the high tariffs on Chinese quartz imports to USA is that American buyers are now desperately looking for alternative suppliers. Indian quartz manufacturers are,all of a sudden,flooded with orders. At least 10 new factories are expected to come soon. The same American buyer who would pay his granite slab suppliers after several months is now willing to pay a deposit upfront to assure supplies.
August,2018.- All the noise regarding tariffs on imports of Chinese quartz by the US government has had some side effects. For example, many American importers are now shifting from China to other countries like India for their suppliers of quartz slabs. It remains to be seen to what extent suppliers from other countries can really substitute China, which accounted for almost US$ 500 million of quartz to USA in 2017.
July,2018.- The quartz manufacturer Caesarstone Ltd has appointed a new CEO, Mr Yuval Dogim.
June,2018.- In recent years the ceramic industry, now undergoing through an unprecedented innovation phase due to technological improvements in different aspects of production and end products, has caught the attention of investment funds, which have invested in major companies in Italy and also in Spain, till now family owned. How the structure of the industry will change in the medium term, with the industry becoming more and more capital intensive, requiring huge investments in production lines, logistics and marketing, is now becoming the favourite topic of social conversations in the industry.
June,2018.- Most people in the ceramic industry would easily be able to calculate the annual production of a factory. But what is the total production of the vast ceramic industry in the world? Official organisations and associations have calculated it to annual figure of around 13 billion sqm.
June, 2018.- NEOLITH has recently opened a showroom in one of the most upmarket area of Madrid in Barrio Salamanca in the street Pasaje de Enrique Ruano, as a way of being closer to the end customer. The showroom displays a wide range of NeoLith colours and its applications.
June, 2018.- The data available from US customs for the first 3 months of 2018 reveals that for the first time ever the import of quartz surfaces was higher than that of processed granite. Worked granite accounted for US$ 195 million in the first 3 months (Brazil being the biggest supplier) while that of quartz it was US$ 252 million, with China being the biggest supplier. (Source: StoneUpdate).
June, 2018.- The COSENTINO GROUP plans to instal the biggest solar energy installation for self consumption in the industrial park of Cantoria (Almería, Spain). The capacity being planned is between 10 to 40 photovoltaic megawatts and is expected to be ready around 2020.


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Great recipes – had to share.
Month: February 2012
Lately I've been de-cluttering. Painting the pumpkin room has led to cleaning and getting rid of the clutter. I had too much stuff in that room and once I calmed the colour I needed to calm the clutter. I've made several trips to the Salvation Army and I said to my husband "we could of had a really profitable garage sale with all the stuff we've gotten rid of." He said "we've been so blessed with what has been given to us" and he reminisced to the time we found out we were pregnant with our first child. We looked at cribs and baby furniture and marvelled how we would afford it all. Out of the blue this man that my husband knew from his past, called him up and said we've got baby furniture and if you and your wife want it you can have it. He gave us a perfectly good crib and changing table and wouldn't take a cent. My neighbour got a new couch and gave me her old one, my mother-in law gave me quite a few antique pieces and many other people have given us things. We have saved a lot of money on furniture. My husband's right, we need to spread the wealth. That couch that my neighbour gave me a few years ago really had to go and I've thinking about replacing it, when out of the blue a girlfriend of mine tells me she's getting rid of couch and do I want it? Today we finished putting the pumpkin room back together and took many boxes, an old coffee table and the old couch to the Salvation Army. While there I had to take a browse through the store and it was packed with browsers. It was 50% off day and people were buying everything. I found five Ikea dishes that I currently use as my everyday set and I paid $4.00 for all five, I usually pay $3.50 a piece. A few weeks ago I decided I wanted a new canister set for my counter. I saw something in a tupperware brochure and the ones I wanted were $54.00 for a set of 5. I took a browse through Value village and there I found two canisters very similar to the tupperware ones. $1.00 a piece. I looked around a little more and found a few more canisters that I mixed and matched with the tupperware wanna be's! The whole set cost me $8.00.
Of course while I was there I found a few other things too!
A scarf, some jewellery, a pair of ski gloves for one of the boys, a couple of frames plus the canister set – all for just under $50.00. I'm not knocking tupperware, the product is very good but Value Village gave me more bang for my buck.
Around Christmas time my husband got a great deal at Value Village that saved me quite a bit of money. I have a beautiful nativity scene by Willow Tree and I wanted the manger to complete the set. I looked at a Willow Tree manger in the store and it was over $120.00. I couldn't justify paying that so I resolved to having a nativity scene without the manger. My husband and mother-in law went to Value Village one day and came home with a manger for $2.00 – big savings there!
Looks so much more complete with the manger – Willow's did not have a palm tree!
There is so much good karma in thrifting. You get rid of something you really don't want only to be someone else's treasure and that someone else's throw-aways become your treasure. To top it all off if you want to get rid of any of your treasures – back to the thrift store you go only to delight someone else – you can't feel guilty about that. So go ahead spread the wealth!
After work as I sat on my porch watching my boys playing roller hockey, I turned to the sky and saw this – it's been such a miserable couple of days and I've been feeling rather exhausted and here is this beautiful rainbow showing me that things can improve. This quote says it all:
"Life is like a rainbow, you need both the sun and the rain to make its colours appear"
Looking forward to the weekend!
Quotes inspire me and I feel when you find one that touches your heart, it is your duty to share – I plan to share quotes in the future.
I found this one while searching blogs – studiolightblue – This lady's blog inspires me!
"Let me ask you something, what is not art? Author unknown
Another favourite in the artist category
" I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free." Michelangelo
I can remember being a very young girl in elementary school and being excited all day about having a major pig-out of pancakes, sausage, hash browns and whatever else my mom threw together for Pancake Tuesday. I grew up in Quebec and the English called the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday Pancake Tuesday. Also, big with the French Canadians is Mardi Gras and the Quebec Carnival. The Quebec Carnival does not necessarily fall around Pancake Tuesday but the carnival spans for two weeks and is usually in January or February – the 2012 Carnival just ended on the 12th of February. Just in time for another party, Mardi Gras. All in all as much fat as possible is eaten to prepare for fasting and abstinence of meat during the Lenten season. I continue the tradition for my children and they look forward to having pancakes and sausages for dinner. Today was a good day for the boys as the school they go to served them pancakes for lunch and then a little Quebec Carnival celebration for the afternoon. Pancakes for dinner again – all the sugar they can eat! This recipe is one I use all the time. I always have ripe bananas around and I throw the really ripe ones in the freezer for pancakes or banana bread. This recipe is from Crazy Plates. If you haven't experienced Crazy Plate recipe books look it up – well worth it – really good low fat recipes.
Peter Pancakes
1 1/2 Cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp each baking soda and salt
1 3/4 cups buttermilk
2 tbsp reduced fat butter or margarine (melted – not fat free)
1 egg
1 tbsp honey
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup mashed ripe banana
Strawberry sauce (recipe follows)
Combine both flours, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl – set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk together buttermilk, egg, honey and vanilla. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. Fold in mashed banana.
Spray large wide skillet or electric griddle with non-stick spray – heat over medium heat.
Use a big spoon and pour a good amount of batter on the griddle. Cook until undersides are lightly browned and flip and cook until other sides are lightly browned. Serve with syrup or strawberry sauce.
Strawberry Sauce
2 cups diced strawberries, 1/3 cup orange juice mixed with 1tbsp cornstarch and 1/4 cup sugar.
combine all ingredients over a medium saucepan. Cook and stir over medium heat until liquid as thickened and strawberries have softened. About 6 to 7 minutes.
Let cool slightly before serving. Sauce may be refrigerated for up to 1 week.
It's done – I've sent the great big pumpkin room to a room in the great big sky! Gone forever, although I have to appreciate that the great big pumpkin served it's purpose for my need of bright colour at that time of my life. I now want something soothing, relaxing a place where I can breathe – think I'm getting old. I posted So Inspired as I was inspired by the Schmitt house. Cara does deserve a medal though she did all the work herself. I was all set to paint the room and trying to figure out how I was going to fit it in to my already busy weekend schedule and then my girlfriend told me she hired a painter. Got the painter in to give me a quote and hired him on the spot. I'm not use to hiring someone for something I can do, but have to say it was worth every penny – done in one day! Would of taken me two weeks! Here are the results – I'm still trying to get the room back together:
Pumpkin – gone, gone!
Still trying to figure out what pictures to bring back -has to be the right one!
Gone is the lego battleship!
Not Better Home and Gardens but it works for my family. My son's artwork framed – can't get much cheaper than that!
Bought this baby at Salvation Army for $24.00 – painting it white – I'll show results when it's finished! Good productive weekend at this house!
When my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and was still living close to me – I spent some time reading about the disease so I could prepare myself and other family members for the eventual fate of Alzheimer's. One book that meant the most to me was "Losing my mind" by Thomas DeBaggio, a well known herb farmer in the United States. When he was diagnosed with the disease he set out to write a book about the various stages of the disease – what makes this book so interesting is that he was going through the stages as he was writing about the disease. At times he said he couldn't remember what a word looked like never mind write it. The book fascinated me, saddened me, frightened me, taught me much about Alzheimer's and about the journey we were about to embark upon with our mother. Below is a poem he received from a woman who wrote this poem dedicated to her husband as she watched his mind being robbed by the disease – the poem struck a chord with me and I kept it close to my heart. Two years after reading it, I included the poem at the end of the Eulogy I said at my mother's funeral. As the disease robbed my mother of the joys in her life, this poem reminded me of her because she fought the disease with all of her heart – determined to try and remember. For anyone who is suffering of watching a loved one waste away with Alzheimer's or anyone who has been through this experience I believe it may bring you some comfort.
Alzheimer's Revisited
Today I hear the voice of a 58 year old man,
As he spoke of losing his memory,
Word by word, thought by thought,
He said "The only thing I never forget
is that I have Alzheimer's disease."
As he spoke of exercising his mind,
I pictured, once again, my husband
sitting at his desk, writing his name,
over and over, letters missing,
writing fading into a meaningless scrawl.
Then a group of near-perfect signatures.
Strong will and determination to not let go,
Beaten by the inevitable progress
of a mind-stealing illness.
At that moment I wanted to reach out
and tell this family that I too could
never forget that I loved one who
had Alzheimer's disease.
I wanted to tell them too,
That times of pure love and closeness
will be theirs to savour and enjoy.
The simple accomplishments
are like a mountain climbed.
A victory against all odds.
That the act of unlearning
is like a book read backwards.
The words and stories there
to be unscrambled, interpreted,
and imprinted on the minds of others.
Author Anonymous
My mother pictured at our wedding – one of the last good times everyone was all together before she got sick.


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Quick Cash System by Sarah Markel – Is It a Scam?
Technology is extremely sophisticated these days and now it is even possible to promote a less than legitimate product and convince people to invest in it, by using these technologies. Sarah Markel's Quick Cash System may even fall into this product category, though it is presented as a Binary Options Trading Platform. So how can you tell the difference between a genuine product and a fake one? What are the clues, besides good common sense, that let you know that it's possible you are being scammed? As an example and because some people are actually promoting this probable scam, let's look at Sarah Markel's Quick Cash System in more detail.
The Details are Inaccurate.
The video that is the sales pitch for Sarah Markel's Binary Options Signals System has been praised as a very professional production, until, that is, some of the details are checked more closely. For example the spelling of the word Barclays as in Barclay's Bank is wrong, Barclay's is never spelled Barklays with a "K". Another detail which appears to be mistaken is the make of the car in the driveway – as the car enters the driveway of the house that the supposed Mum is living in, it is a Mercedes, no less, but as it is parked in the driveway it appears to be a very ordinary Mazda. The point here is that there are so many inaccuracies in the promotional video that this alerts viewers to the possibility that Sarah Markel's Quick Cash System is a nothing but a scam. Why else would the details be so carelessly and unprofessionally recorded?
Fake, Fake, Fake.
It has been noted that the actress who plays the role of the Mum seems very sincere and selecting a role such as this is a good ploy because most people trust Mums. Unfortunately in the promotional video the Mum is an actress. Some experienced web users say that they have seen this actress before in other promo videos; she is young and attractive and she seems to be one hundred percent sincere – what this means is that she is a very good actress who may have played a similar role many times over.
Testimonials and bank statements can easily be acquired from Fiverr.com, where they can be bought for a low price, then easily duplicated to look like the real thing on sites such as Sarah Markel's Quick Cash System. Likes on Facebook can also be fake, as can Instagram accounts. So now we have the beginnings of a scam, the actors, the testimonials and the bank statements which show how much Sarah Markel has profited are all in place. The Sarah Markel binary options signal software platform has already been blacklisted, but it is still up on the web. This demonstrates how far scammers are willing to go to draw people in to their fraudulent endeavors – don't be fooled by them.
Is Sarah Markel's Quick Cash System a Ponzi scheme?
The original Ponzi scheme was perpetrated by Charles Ponzi in the 1920's, though it had been conceived of previously. A Ponzi scheme is a fraud or scam in which unwitting investors are offered extremely high profits as a lure into the scheme. These same investors are then paid by monies which are invested into the scheme by other investors, rather than by the profits the Ponzi scheme has generated itself. In this way a Ponzi scheme may quickly fall apart, as the central figure in the scheme will not have enough money to pay new investors.
Is Sarah Markel's Quick Cash System a Ponzi scheme? Is this why their site is still running? There is a possibility that the Quick Cash System webpage is still running in the hopes of attracting new investors to pay the former investors. This scenario brings to mind the old adage "If it seems too good to be true, then it probably is."
What's in it For Sarah?
It may seem like a simplistic question, but it is also a valid question to ask. What is in it for Sarah Markel and her backers? Could it be that Sarah Markel has cleverly realized just how big a deal binary options trading has become? Binary Options University has many students, because even though it is risky, binary options trading signals can work out over the long term. Binary Options University exists because binary options trading is popular. The idea of putting a new spin on binary options may have occurred to Sarah Markel.
Why not put a new face on the usual story? A generous sincere young Mum decides to share her special get rich quick formula, because she wants everyone to be as rich as she is becoming herself. Why would she do this? Why would Sarah Markel decide to generously invite others to walk the same road to riches as she has? Is she a humanitarian, or could it be that the Quick Cash Scheme is just another clever scam?
Some traders who have tried their luck with Sarah have reported that opening an account on her page can result in heavy pressure from the tele-marketers who are the customer support team on her site. These calls are made from call centres were the employees earn approximately twenty dollars per hour. Why are these tele-marketers working for such a lowly wage if they are a part of Sarah Markel's team? Aren't they able to participate in the Quick Cash System and make their fortune?
The minimum deposit on the Sarah Markel's Quick Cash System is $250 so even if five people per day pay in at that price, that would still be a tidy earning of $17,500 a week for Sarah.
Watching the Video.
In watching the Quick Money System video the first signs that something is different is in the appearance of Sarah Markel, the attractive young mother, as she tells viewers that women are better at earning money as binary traders and better money makers in general than men. Who is this statement designed to appeal to? Is it strapped young men who are searching for guidance from a motherly figure? Or is it women who feel that they have failed to become rich because the binary trading scene is dominated by guru-like male figures?
Either way the story that Sarah tells is a little bit like a magical fairy tale. Her husband had to disappear because he had found The Pattern, the algorithm that makes a profit 100% of the time? This is not a believable statement from the beginning, with its description of computer programmers working night and day to find the magic code, to the ending where Sarah Markel's husband disappears, but leaves her with a miraculous algorithm that will help her to create unlimited wealth. None of this sounds anything like a true story and it is very off-putting to think that Sarah Markel thinks that inexperienced traders, or anyone at all, will believe her.
If nothing else seems awry, surely the language of the video is a little bit hyper? "An algorithm that makes a profit 100% of the time." "You can make from $5,000 to $10,000,000 per year." "I made $1,349.22 in 1.25 seconds" "You can become a millionaire in three months." Surely only the most naive of people would believe those lines. It is extremely disingenuous and mean of Sarah Markel to spin such stories to her potential trading customers. Or does the spinning of such tales reveal everything about Sarah Markel's Quick Cash System in that she is only looking for those people who are very, very gullible.
More Errors and Anomalies.
A reviewer from a trusted binary options review site has also discovered some suspicious anomalies on Sarah Markel's Quick Cash System page. For a start the email address is a Gmail address. It seems unlikely that a trustworthy binary options trading platform would have a Gmail address, unless of course they had something to hide. The phone number has a +44 prefix which is a UK prefix, while Sarah told viewers of the video that she lives I Oregon, USA. It may be best not to enquire why this is the case. The reviewer was served up a 404 page error message when he attempted to sign in to the broker on the Quick Cash System's page. An error such as this one shows the cynicism of Sarah and her cronies – the sign in is through an affiliate page which has already been blacklisted, Titan Trade. At this point most expert reviewers would have concluded that the Quick Cash System is a fraudulent cash system and they would not also need to see the Quick Cash Systems login page which has a strong resemblance to a WordPress template.
In Conclusion.
It would be an obvious answer to the question "Is Quick Cash System a scam?" to say "Yes." The errors are so blatant, the sales pitch so far-fetched that surely most people would watch the video to the end just to see how much further into deep insincerity Sarah would go. Nevertheless, it was an interesting attempt to find some clients in a very competitive marketplace. There are some good 'Bots on the web, it's just that Quick Cash Systems is not one of them.
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