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The three 'big four' Australian banks that have held out on offering Apple Pay to their customers after losing a bid to force the iPhone maker to open up its NFC functionality could all now be set to adopt the service in the coming weeks. More
- Australian banks set to abandon Apple Pay boycott
- Tappy Christmas! Save the Children raises money with contactless jumpers
- Bayern Munich adds NFC ticketing for Apple users at Allianz Arena
- Barclays lets customers use their mobile banking app to restrict the type of stores their card can be used in
- Guess unveils fashion watches with contactless payment bands
Tappy Christmas! Save the Children raises money with contactless jumpers
Fundraisers wearing Christmas jumpers containing a contactless card reader built into the sleeve are in place at 16 London tube stations today, to raise funds for Save the Children's annual Christmas Jumper Day appeal. More
Bayern Munich adds NFC ticketing for Apple users at Allianz Arena
Fans of one of Europe's top soccer clubs will be able to use the NFC functionality in their iPhone or Apple Watch to gain admittance to games at the team's home stadium from 19 December. They will also be able to use Apple Pay to make purchases at kiosks and fan shops throughout the Allianz Arena. More
Barclays lets customers use their mobile banking app to restrict the type of stores their card can be used in
Barclays bank account holders in the UK can now use a new feature in their mobile banking app to stop their card from being used to make purchases in one or more of five categories of retailer — grocery stores and supermarkets; restaurants, takeaways, pubs and bars; petrol stations; gambling sites and betting shops; premium rate websites and phone lines. More
Guess unveils fashion watches with contactless payment bands
Fashion brand Guess has launched a new collection of six watches that include a Barclaycard bPay contactless payment chip embedded in the watch strap... More
The world's biggest electronics store uses NFC tags to let shoppers self-checkout on their mobile phones
MediaMarktSaturn, Europe's largest consumer electronics retailer, is piloting a mobile self-checkout service that lets customers add products to their shopping basket by tapping the NFC tag included in the digital price tags of more than 100,000 products on sale at its Hamburg city centre store. More
Singtel adds Apple Pay to Dash mobile wallet
Singtel Dash goes global with Visa and Apple Pay — Singtel — "Singtel is expanding the payment capabilities of its all-in-one mobile payments app, Dash, to include international mobile payments. Dash customers are now able to use their Visa Virtual Account on the Dash app at millions of online retailers worldwide and merchant points that accept Visa contactless payments. In addition, customers can also use Dash on Apple Pay, making it the first non-bank mobile wallet in Singapore on Apple's easy, secure and private payments system."
Tesco to roll out high value contactless transactions
Tesco set to get rid of £30 limit on Apple Pay transactions — MoneySavingExpert — "The supermarket giant has said on social media: 'We are currently in the process of trialling high value contactless payment with Apple Pay in a few of our stores and will be looking to extend this offer to the rest of our stores estate over the coming year."
Tech firms to explore next gen payment cards that combine fingerprint sensors with digital displays
Idex Biometrics and Visionox collaborating to develop fingerprint sensors with integrated displays — Idex Biometrics — "By combining the fingerprint sensor with a display, the user experience and security can be significantly enhanced. The display can be used for a range of features including dynamic CVV to address card-not-present fraud, user-specific information such as account balance, or to provide feedback when enrolling the fingerprint. The technology will also be applicable to other verticals such as mobile or IoT."
Google Pay goes live in France
Google Pay is now live in France, with support for Boon, Boursarama Banque debit and credit cards, Edenred Ticket Restaurant cards, Lydia prepaid Mastercards, N26 Mastercard debit cards and Revolut Mastercards. More
EU antitrust chief 'could review' Apple Pay
EU's Vestager may investigate Apple Pay if there are formal complaints — Reuters — "EU regulators looked into Apple's mobile payment service and found it was not market-dominant but they could review it again if they receive formal complaints, Europe's antitrust chief said on Monday… Critics say that an NFC chip embedded in the Apple iPhone means that Apple Pay is automatically selected when an iPhone user pays for goods and services, barring rival payment methods."
Apple Pay goes live in Germany
Apple Pay is now live in Germany for customers of Deutsche Bank, Hanseatic Bank, HypoVereinsbank/UniCredit, Fidor Bank, Comdirect, N26 and Bunq. The service is also available to customers of O2 Banking, Ticket Restaurant Edenred and VimPay plus Boon and American Express cardholders. More
EU citizens report bugs in UK government NFC passport reading app
People taking part in the pilot test of an NFC app developed by the UK government to make it easy for EU citizens to apply for settled status following Brexit have reported a number of bugs, including multiple issues related to NFC passport scanning. More
NXP sets out its vision for the future of NFC payments
PARTNER NEWS: Combining convenience with security is the key to unlocking the next wave of NFC payments innovations, Sebastien Clamagirand, general manager of NXP's payment and identification business, has told NFC World in an interview at the Trustech show in Cannes. More
Tesco lets shoppers self-checkout with their mobile phone at new Jack's discount chain
Tesco spin-off Jack's opens its doors with free mobile 'Smart Shop' app — Internet Retailing — "With the app, shoppers can scan the item's barcode or shelf-front price code and then pay by simply tapping their phone on a self-service checkout terminal before leaving. The app also helps the shopper log what they have bought and how much they have paid."
Brunei's largest bank to use Rambus' Token Service Provider platform to secure mobile payment transactions
PARTNER NEWS: Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam (BIBD), the largest bank in Brunei, is to use Rambus' Token Service Provider platform to add security to its HCE mobile payments service. More
HID Global enables workers to log in with NFC mobile phones
HID Global unites high security authentication and convenience with its Crescendo Mobile smart card — HID Global — PARTNER NEWS — "The HID Crescendo Mobile solution provides organizations seeking to eliminate passwords with a solution that combines the high security of physical authenticators with the usability of a mobile solution. Crescendo Mobile works similarly to, and is compatible with, highly secure Crescendo smart cards; however, rather than inserting a separate device into a contact smart card reader, it connects to a desktop computer via an NFC (near field communication) reader or Bluetooth."
Costa lets customers make payments with their coffee cups
The UK's largest coffee shop chain has teamed up with Barclaycard to put a contactless payment chip in a reusable drinks cup, allowing customers to pay up to £30 anywhere contactless cards are accepted with just a tap of their cup. More
Vancouver commuters 'queue down the block' for TransLink transit ticketing wristbands
People already scalping TransLink's Compass Wristbands online — CTV News — "People ended up queuing up down the block when the wearable technology went on sale at 7:30 am, and it only took about three hours for TransLink to sell out. 'I've gotta say, this is a little more than we expected,' spokesperson Jill Drews said. 'But it's great. We're glad people love the wristbands'."
European Central Bank switches on low cost instant payments system
ECB goes live with pan-European instant payments — European Central Bank — "Target Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS) uses central bank money to settle payments individually in less than 10 seconds… TIPS means consumers can make retail payments across Europe instantly, 24/7/365… The price per initiated transaction is set at €0.002 (US$0.0023) for the first two years of operation, with no charges for the first ten million payments settled on each TIPS account by the end of 2019."


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Welder Instructor in ITI(s) under the Directorate of Employment & Craftsmen Training, Labour Deptt, Meghalaya.
Educatinoal Qualification:
3 (three) years Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from any recognized Polytechnic/ Institution
How to apply?
As already indicated candidates can submit their application only through the following mode:-
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Online applications through the MPSC website viz www.mpsc.nic.in. Kindly read the instructions on the web page carefully before applying online. Last date for online application is 23:59 hrs on.19th February,2018.
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MPSC has introduced State Bank Collect for online payment of application fees. Online applicants may pay either through credit card, debit card, ATM card .
Kindly note that an additional amount in the form of Banks commission is applicable for all the payments made online.
Candidates are strongly advised to read the instructions carefully for making payments using State Bank Collect.
Candidates who have already registered with the Commission website may log in and apply directly against the advertised vacancies/post of their choice.

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Chicago – Not MY Kind of Town
The Mayor's Office of Special Events Nixes "The Nativity Story" Movie Display at Chicago's Annual Christmas Celebration for Fear of offending non-Christians.
Yes, read it again… that's what it says. It brings absurdity to an entirely new level and provides an even more ridiculous category for political correctness. And the name of this annual Christmas celebration? It's the German Christkindlmarket – yet the movie chronicling the birth of Christ is not welcome.
Somehow, though, the grand Nativity display that has been a part of the Celebration since its inception is perfectly o.k. and not considered "insensitive to the many people of different faiths who come to enjoy the market for its food and unique gifts," in the words of Jim Law of the Mayor's Office of Special Events. By the way, among the "unique gifts" is a vendor advertised as follows on the official Christkindlmarket website:
Bethlehem Nativity Products – From the Holy Land –
Nativity scenes, praying hands & religious symbols
According to Natalie Martinez of NBC5 in Chicago, the movie was listed on the city Web site as a sponsor of the city's largest Christmas celebration at Daley Plaza until recently. Even though the city claims they "never threatened to withdraw their support" of New Line Cinema's movie, a statement by New Line expresses their frustration: "We don't understand why our sponsorship would be rejected for religious reasons, particularly considering the fact that our film details the story that inspired the holiday season that Christkindlmarket was created to celebrate."
Only after this story drew national attention did the City of Chicago amend their stance to include any mention of advertising standards. Apparently, the City's problem with New Line Cinema is now under the heading of "aggressive marketing tactics". Interesting. What heading, pray tell, would this fall under:
*I* found it advertised on the official Christkindlmarket website under 2006 Program Highlights… right after "Grand Opening".
I'm sorry, but I'm getting mixed messages here, people. If the underwriters of the Christmas festival participate in blatant commercialism, it's o.k., but if a company produces a movie about the birth of Christ, they can't pay to display the trailer for that movie?
As long as I understand… :-/
How about everyone just gets used to the idea that Christmas actually IS Christ's birthday? It IS a Federal Holiday… we all have a day off to honor Christ's birth and for no other reason. Why not stop the bickering, political hair-splitting, ACLU-ing and try to find out what the day actually means?


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Brock Lesnar is the real deal
Brock Lesnar is a once in a lifetime athlete. People around the world want to be entertained and Brock Lesnar delivers exactly that. He is what makes the WWE interesting; nobody in the WWE brings the sense of realism that he brings to the table.
Even with a scripted outcome, people are turning in to see what Lesnar is doing in the WWE. He's one in a generation and can't be cloned. He's a monster with 300 pounds of pure muscle who moves like a cruiserweight in the ring. Then he goes on to beat people up. That's what makes him terrifying. When people see him on TV, they are just glued to it.
During an episode of Monday Night Raw a few years ago, Lesnar ripped the door off of a car and sent it plummeting towards the fan barrier on the side of the ramp leading to the ring. Certainly, Lesnar had no intention of harming fans, but he is so good when he is in character, that sometimes things just happen to get in his way.
Any other Superstar in that exact same segment would probably just take the door and throw it a foot or so next to them (If they could get the damn thing off the car in the first place) but Lesnar, being the monster that he is, launched it several feet into the air.
This segment, in addition to the rout of Reigns we saw on the road to WrestleMania, is just two pieces of evidence suggesting Lesnar is the most believable professional wrestling character of the last decade.
Brock was a gifted collegiate wrestler and spent years in the WWE before moving onto the UFC where he would become the UFC Heavyweight Champion. Upon his return to the WWE, the company has done an amazing job of protecting him, and by having him break the Undertaker's WrestleMania winning streak, they have invested an incredible amount of booking capital in the Lesnar character.
His in-ring style has consisted of MMA style ground and pound with vicious knees and multiple suplexes. You can watch an entire pay-per-view and enjoy each match, but once Lesnar hits the ring, something different happens. For the next 20 minutes, you forget you're watching scripted television.
The show departs from fiction and moves toward reality. During his program with the Undertaker, I was legitimately concerned for Undertaker's health. Not because Lesnar is a poor worker, but because he is legitimately a powerhouse, and when you're over 50 years old working with someone the likes of Brock Lesnar, something can go wrong.
Everything Lesnar does in the ring looks legit and sometimes I feel that a Brock Lesnar match is the only time WWE isn't insulting my intelligence with terrible looking punches and lacklustre story-telling. For a few hours a week I watch the WWE product with the intent to believe that what I'm watching is real.
That's been the purpose of professional wrestling for the last century, to suspend disbelief and make viewers invest in a fiction based story. It is essential WWE does not attempt to 'tone down' Lesnar. If they continue to have him demolish and disintegrate everything in his path until they feel they have found the right Superstar to defeat him.
The moral of the story is that when Lesnar absolutely obliterated John Cena in the summer of 2014, we all witnessed a legitimate assault. That night something changed, and as we all witnessed Lesnar's elbows reigning down on Cena's forehead we began to watch matches with a different perspective.
Lesnar raised the bar, and every time he appears on Raw or Smackdown, he brings much-needed legitimacy and star-power to a roster deprived of main event level talent.
Like him or not, Brock Lesnar is the real deal. He has an aura of intensity about him that you cannot deny. You're not watching aact folks, he really is that believable.


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The game's lead designer talks in-depth about gameplay, graphics and the final work being done on the game before the beta is released.
I hope this game will be optimized for the playstaton 3 seeing as it going to require some different techniques to harness the same level of gameplay as the pc and xbox 360. John Carmack doesn't believe in the ps3 and that makes me hesitant about this game.
One of the thing I thought might be a negative is that there were only 12 players per side, but after actually looking at some video of game objectives that no longer bothers me. The objective based gameplay means that people are going to concentrate in one area instead of being all over the map and no one being able to find another person for miles. This game looks good and may warrant a purchase, I guess I'll have to compare it with Frontlines: Fuel of War because the objective based gameplay seems to be the same.


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After years of failed attempts gaining a ballot place to run the London Marathon – Louth woman Amanda Young finally got her chance to shine on Sunday.
The 52-year-old ran to raise funds for the British Heart Foundation completed the course in a time of four hours and twenty-nine minutes.
Amanda said that she tried to apply for a place several times over the last thirty years and was thrilled to finally get a place.
She was running in memory of dad Colin, who passed away from his second heart attack 25 years ago while he was at work.
After crossing the line to finish the race, Amanada said: "Running the London Marathon was such an incredible experience.
"The atmosphere on the day was fantastic and I'm so proud to have been running for the BHF."
Amanda added that she hoped the money she raised on the day will help make a difference to the millions of people in the UK living with heart and circulatory disease.
Shonali Rodrigues, head of events at the BHF said: "Without the dedication and commitment of people like Amanda, we wouldn't be able to fund research that has broken new ground, revolutionised treatments and transformed the lives of millions of people in the UK."


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Prip's Flux is a fire scale preventative. It will not always prevent fire scale – but, it helps a bunch. See my related web pages for more information on fire scale – especially: Oxidation, Flux and Fire Scale Prevention (should add Fire Stain too!).
Safety – Wear a particulate (N95) mask when measuring and pouring the chemicals as they are powders and the dust will enter your lungs.
The Recipe:
1 quart or 4 cups of water
½ cup or 4.23 ounces or 120 grams boric acid (available at pharmacies)
2.822 ounces or 1/3 cup or 80 grams T.S.P. Ensure that your box of T.S.P. notes that it contains trisodium phosphate. (Available at hardware stores too). Moderate to strong alkaline product. Moderate skin and severe eye irritant. If ingested, can cause burns to internal organs. MSDS.
2.822 ounces or 1/3 cup or 80 grams borax – available at the grocery and probably, the hardware store. I use 20 Mule Team Borax, which is 99% Borax and 1% trace elements.
This is generally a 3:2:2 mix with 3 being the boric acid and 2 the T.S.P. and Borax.
Boil mixture, stirring – adding more water if necessary, until all powders are dissolved.
It is important to spray this flux onto WARM metal. So, heat briefly with the torch and spray until you have a fine layer of the mixture and there are no spots of bare metal visible. You can apply your soldering flux and solder before spraying or after or not at all.
You can also dip the piece into the mixture or brush it on. These methods are not ideal but, better than nothing. When using the dipping method or brushing method, heat until the flux dries evenly. Your goal is to just dry the flux and not to over or under heat it. With overheating you will see it change color (yellow or brown color) with under heating, it will remain liquid in spots. The Prip's should be white when heated properly.
When the Prip's is dry, apply your soldering flux to the join being soldered and then the solder. Theoretically, you shouldn't need soldering flux but, I often use it.
The flux will re-crystallize and can clog sprayers. You can either re-heat the flux or use a mouth atomizer to aid in application.
An atomizer will work better than a trigger-type of spray bottle. You want a fine spray.
Another method is to let the flux sit for a few days, until crystals begin to form. Pour off the liquid into the spray container and leave the crystals behind in the storage container. If you are using a spray bottle or an airbrush and the sprayer is clogged, transfer the mixture to another container and then thoroughly clean the spray container and spray mechanism with water – removing all crystals. Then pour the solution back in. If possible, store the spray mechanism separately so, that crystals don't form in the hose or alternately, pour the unused portion of flux back into the storage container when you are done and rinse the sprayer well – give the spray mechanism a few pumps in clear water to rinse out any of the solution. This will avoid crystal buildup and blockage.
You can read more about Prip's flux in Peter W. Rowe's article at Ganoksin. Also, Deborah E. Love Jemmott's page.
Mouth Atomizer To use the atomizer, check out this video: by Jo Toye and ArtAlternatives (to see the atomizer in action). These videos are about using the mouth atomizer with paint but the concept is the same.
Related web pages
- Soldering – many pages listed under this heading
- Oxidation, Flux and Fire Scale Prevention
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It looks as if lawmakers in Washington, D.C. aren't too concerned with being transparent to the American people.
According to NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent Kasie Hunt, reporters have been told they may not film interviews with senators in the hallway unless they are able to first obtain permission from the senator and the Senate Rules Committee's chief counsel.
ALERT: Reporters at Capitol have been told they are not allow to film interviews with senators in hallways, contrary to years of precedent— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) June 13, 2017
CONDITIONS for any interview: Previously granted permission from senator AND Rules Committee of Senate— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) June 13, 2017
WHAT HAPPENED: Reporters were in hallways this morning per usual. Gallery staff were dispatched to issue verbal directive: Stop filming— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) June 13, 2017
On Tuesday, the journalist told her Twitter followers that reporters who were waiting in the hallway were told to stop filming after being notified about the rule change. But moments after the change was first reported, several Democratic and Republican senators criticized the move, with some taking to Twitter to complain about the change, demonizing the Senate Rules Committee for reportedly revising how it enforces Senate's rules on press access.
Maybe not the right moment to lower the secrecy veil on Congress. To whoever is trying to protect Senators - we can fend for ourselves. https://t.co/YSbTuaIZKV— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) June 13, 2017
Huh? Maybe worried you will catch the group of guys writing health care bill in back room somewhere. https://t.co/tp5u2dFldh— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) June 13, 2017
This is a bad idea. https://t.co/8qmlBSuqCG— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) June 13, 2017
The Hill has reported that up until today, the Radio and TV Gallery website stated that "videotaping and audio recording are permitted in the public areas of the House and Senate office buildings." The alleged change represents a serious break from precedent that may not be seen as a procedurally sound one as it was implemented unilaterally by Senate Rules Committee Chairman Richard Shelby, a Republican.
After media reported on the change, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, the ranking Democrat on the committee, said she hadn't been consulted prior to this change. Later, however, she said Shelby had talked to her and that he "would never move forward on some major change without consulting with me. He said it was an inquiry and that we would talk about it. So he seemed to imply that they weren't going to change the policy."
This statement may appear conflicting with the reports coming from actual reporters in the Capitol, who are saying that they have been blocked from filming.
RTCA Pres Craig Caplan of C-SPAN tells me he nor any mbr of assn alerted of policy change in CapHill coverage today— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) June 13, 2017
The real test of whether an elected official cares about 1st amendment is whether they'll defend it when it's INCONVENIENT. So far so bad https://t.co/l6KzME2Ti3— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) June 13, 2017
What matters is whether decades of precedent will be broken— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) June 13, 2017
So far we have not been told we are allowed to resume hallway interviews https://t.co/kP0lq8Xowq
According to Shelby's statement on this issue, "no additional restrictions have been put in place by the Rules Committee." Instead, he said, the committee has been "working with the various galleries to ensure compliance with existing rules."
#Break: New statement from Rules Committee Chairman Richard Shelby. Says "no changes to existing rules" https://t.co/BNiAqzWJlJ pic.twitter.com/KSz3VbUuCs— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) June 13, 2017
The odd move to keep reporters from filming interviews with senators follows the increased interest the public has shown toward lawmakers. As Americans demand greater coverage, especially as legislators are criticized for not holding public hearings concerning the Republican-led effort to repeal Obamacare, reporters have been crowding Capitol hallways like never before. Now, some lawmakers appear bent on restricting journalists' access.
While it appears that journalists have yet to regain confidence that the Senate Rules Committee isn't willing to actually embrace any official rule changes, the conclusion to this story is still up in the air. Regardless, it sure does look like some lawmakers have either a lot to hide or are simply not willing to offer any transparency to their constituents.
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The Mull of Kintyre Half Marathon and 10k has been held on the last bank holiday Sunday of May every year since 2006. The event has been rated highly by Runners World readers including being voted 2nd in the UK in 2009. Other events over the weekend usually include a motivational talk by an inspirational sporting hero, a pre race pasta party and a post race ceilidh.
Entry is limited and usually closes before closing date due to popular demand so it is advised to enter early. More information and details to enter online can be found at www.mokrun.com
Jog Scotland Campbeltown offer 10-week beginner and intermediate jogging training blocks 2-3 times per week throughout the year. For more information contact email@example.com
Many discussions and threads on information about club, races, training and general Kintyre information.
Campbeltown Running Club is a member club of the South Kintyre Sports Council. Being a member gives the club access to advice, support and funding from the local Sports Council as well as access to facilities such as the Sports Council minibus.
Campbeltown Running Club would like to thank South Kintyre Sports Council for the financial assistance they awarded us recently to help get the club 'up and running'.
Mid Argyll Tri and Cycle Club
The Mid Argyll Triathlon and Cycle club based in Lochgilphead and have members competing in novice, sprint, Olympic and Ironman triathlons duathlons, mountainbiking, road biking, adventure races, road and fell running races and open water swimming races.
The club hosts the MacQueen Bros Mid Argyll Triathlon at the end of September which is a competitive event including involvement from participants based all over the country. Participants can either enter the event as an individual or in the team category.
They also organise the Crinan Puffer race at the end of May which is an 8.5 mile race along the Crinan canal.
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The national workshops on Institutional Web Management held at the University of Newcastle in September 1998 [1] and King's College London in July 1997 [2] attracted a variety of people involved in running institutional web services. Damon Querry, the WWW Trainer & Enabler at Newcastle University ran a discussion group session at the KCL workshop on The Trials and Tribulations of a Web Editor [3]. That session, together with informal discussions at the workshops and on mailing lists such as the website-info-mgt Mailbase list have shown that there is much interest in the role and responsibilities of such posts. This article attempts to explore these issues.
In response to a message sent on 23rd October 1998 [4] to the website-info-mgt list asking for list members' recollections of the first web posts advertised by UK universities, the following details emerged.
A Network Information Support post at Nottingham University was advertised in January 1994. This was claimed to be the first of its type, although a Networked Information Services Advisor post at Brighton University was advertised (in the Library Association Record Vacancies Supplement) in December 1993.
Both of these posts, however, provided support for finding information on the Internet. Sussex University appointed a CWIS Editor in January 1994, although this was to support a Gopher service. Other universities, such as Cranfield and Leeds were running institutional web services in 1994, but this work was carried out by existing staff who had other responsibilities.
Further investigation revealed additional information on web editorial posts.
A survey of web-related posts in the UK HE community which have been advertised in The Guardian has been carried out recently in order to monitor job titles, skills required and salary scales.
Birkbeck College [5] advertised for a World Wide Web Editor in The Guardian originally on 11 July 1998 and re-advertised on 10 October 1998. The advertisment was available on the jobs.ac.uk service on 23 October 1998. This is a new post, based in the Central Computing Services. The post-holder "should possess a degree or equivalent qualification and have a minimum of two years experience of developing and maintaining a corporate Web site. Up-to-date technical knowledge and experience of Web authoring tools, graphics and design for the effective delivery of Web content are essential requirements." This was a permanent post. Salary for this post was on scale 2-3 (£20,409-£31,182, inclusive of London Allowance).
The University of Leeds [6] advertised for a Computer Officer (WWW Development) in The Guardian in October 1998. The job advertisment was available on the Leeds University Computing Service web site [7], together with further details about the post [8]. This is a technical post in the University Computing Service requiring expertise in HTML, CGI, etc. It is a permanent post. Salary for this post is on scale 2-3 (£18,275-£29,048).
The University of Plymouth [10] advertised for a Senior Computing Officer (WWW and Electronic Information Development) in The Guardian in August 1998. This post, in the Academic and Information Services department, requires someone with a Computer Science or equivalent degree to play a lead role in the installation, configuration and development of the University's central Web and Electronic Information Service. The post was advertised on the salary scale £18,374-£22,407.
Details of public sector web posts advertised recently are given below in order to make a comparison with the Higher Education community.
Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital Trust [11] advertised for a Web Master in The Guardian in September 1998. The advert stated that the Web Master "with creativity and structure will drive/forge the development of the Web services to ensure full use of this innovative communication tool throughout the Trust and ensure its interactions with the NHS and general public. This role will require HTML and training / selling skills." Essential experiences required included demonstrable Web Master expertise, web training and HTML authoring tools. Experience of Java and ActiveX were desirable. The post was advertised on a salary of around £22-24K.
Bristol City Council [12] advertised for a Coordinator - Electronic Information in The Guardian on 17 October 1998. This appeared to be a web editor's post, with responsibility for content of the Council's website. This 3 year fixed term post was advertised on a salary scale of £23,199-£25,245.
In October 1998 the US-based Internet World [13] magazine conducted an email survey of webmasters working for Fortune 500 companies. A total of 65 replies were received. The results of the survey [14] indicated that webmasters (a term liked by over half of the respondents) tended to work in teams, with the most common Web team size is between two and five people, although over 15% work in Web teams with over 50 members of staff! Only 29% have annual salaries of less than $55,000 (£32,860), with 20% receiving over $95,000 (£56,757).
On 19th October 1998 I sent a message [15] to the website-info-mgt list asking for people's views on what it's like being a web editor. A number of personal replies were received, including the following.
Colin Work, University of Southampton wrote that the job of a web editor includes:
Colin listed these in order of importance to the editorial role - in smaller organisations, the "editor" may be responsible for all six roles. In larger organisations, the latter items may be assigned to specialists, or contracted out - the first item may, in a large organisation, be the prime function of the Web editor, though the editor should then have a managerial view over the other functions. Colin regards "information" as the primary driver, all other functions being subservient to the effective provision of information.
Colin feels that the following skills are needed, in the order given:
Colin doubts there is a real future in being able to "twiddle" HTML, etc. However if the focus is on the information management aspect divorced from technology, this has got to be the growth area. Every company, organisation etc. has an information management problem whether or not they realise it. As the actual value of information as a commodity is increasingly realised, people capable of addressing these problems will be in high demand.
Maurice Crockard of Anglia Polytechnic University is the web coordinator who also has responsibility for the University Information Strategy. Maurice has intermediate level HTML and Javascript skills and relies heavily on technical support from his computing support staff. Anglia Polytechnic University has a web-team, comprising two Computing staff plus Maurice, to read mail responses and information requests on behalf of the University web site users. The two Computing staff have many other tasks not related to the web site.
Maurice's role is to establish a consistency of approach down to the first page of any academic or administrative unit. He has a group of "mini web coordinators" at this level who provide content and are expected to update their own central web pages. This is about 30-40 staff, some of whom have little technical ability. Part of Maurice's role is in organising training for these staff and bringing them together for workshops to discuss problems and good practices.
Kriss Fearon, University of York, has the following responsibilities:
Kriss also provides limited technical support for official providers with relatively straightforward problems, is secretary to Web Steering Group, runs various projects as required (e.g. a joint project with an associated college, York CFHE, where the University of York provided web training to them and they designed York's visiting students' prospectus). Kriss runs a training course on promoting web pages and is planning to work with various departments on the marketing side - e.g. helping the conference office write a web marketing plan.
In York University there is a webmaster based in the Computing Service who is responsible for running the web server and support software. Another person within the Computing Service is responsible for Netscape support and HTML training and is also running a web-database interface JISC-funded project. Kriss is responsible for the administrative side, Secretary of Web Steering Group and a number of other admin-related tasks.
Skills which Kriss feels are needed in her job include:
Andrew Cormack, Cardiff University, feels that there are two roles: webmaster and web editor. The Webmaster is the technical person who deals with things from the silicon up to the software; web editor, like any other kind of editor, deals with content. CGI scripts muddy the distinction somewhat, of course! The simplistic, Unix-based, division is that webmaster needs root access and web editor doesn't.
Depending on the size of the organisation, the editor may have mostly managing and collating job, or may be the person who generates most of the pages. So you need people skills, some ability with graphics and design (unless this is contracted out), English (Welsh?), HTML and other web languages. Also depending on the size of the site, you could have anything from one person doing both jobs to a committee for each of them. Under Andrew's terminology, Cardiff University has rather less than half a webmaster and about a dozen web editors!
Linda Newall from the University of Central England, gave a departmental view. Linda is the Faculty Web Coordinator for Faculty of Computing and Information Studies at UCE. Her job includes developing strategies for the Faculty (Intranet, Internet, teaching and learning managing the web developments, team building, writing web pages, learning new technologies, graphic design etc.). The work includes web author, graphic designer, manager, database manager which requires a range of skills including web design, project management, facilitation, report writing, authoring content, data management, information management, database management, server management, etc.
Sarah Bristow, Sheffield Hallam University, who has spent most of the last 3 years being the web person for the Learning Centre at Sheffield Hallam University (i.e. not the person in overall charge of the whole university web service) was also willing to give her views from a departmental perspective.
The job entails creating pages; editing those provided by others to conform with certain 'house styles'; soliciting new pages from all interested parties and overall design and maintenance of the site concerned (about 350-400 pages currently). Whilst writing/understanding HTML is a major constituent of the post, Sarah often has to draw on her detailed knowledge of the department she represents, particularly when it comes to persuading colleagues to provide information about their services. Most see the advantage of being able to advertise the department's services and expertise on the web and have happily jumped on the Internet bandwagon, although a few have been more hesitant in exploiting this media, so diplomacy and negotiating skills occasionally have to come into play.
A number of organisations have been set up to provide support for Web Editors. A brief review of a number of organisations, taken from Yahoo [16] is given below.
The HTML Writer's Guild [17] (HWG) describes itself as the world's largest international organization of Web designers with over 70,000 members in more than 130 nations worldwide. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in web authoring and a desire to improve their skills.
Figure 1 - The HTML Writer's Guild Home Page
The HWG hosts a website which provides useful information for HTML authors, including a variety of FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions). Free trial membership of the group is available, which provides access to additional areas on the web site, including discussion areas. Full membership, which must be taken out after a year's trial membership, costs $40 per year and provides access to additional web services, including a Job Listing Service.
The mission of the International Webmasters Association [18] (IWA) is to "provide education and foster professional advancement opportunities among individuals dedicated to or pursuing a Web career, and to work diligently to enhance their effectiveness, image, and professionalism as they attract and serve their clients and employers."
Figure 2 - The International Webmasters Association's Home Page
The IWA appear to have a broader view of the role of a web editor. Their web site contains a variety of useful resources including a list of names and brief descriptions for those involved in web management [19] (although I suspect that not many readers of this article would call themselves a "Webmaster-Entrepreneur"). The list of job titles is used in a page describing three models for resourcing a web service [20]. The model of medium-sized Web organisation is probably nearest to a UK University, with a "Chief Web Officer" responsible for a "Systems Administrator Web Specialist", "Writer/Editor Web Specialist", "Programmer Web Specialist", "Marketing Web Specialist", "Instructor / Trainer Web Specialist" and a "Web Site Designer Web Specialist". Although these job titles are unlikely to be used, many Universities will have systems administrators, programmers and trainers (often based in the Computing Service) together with editors and designers (who may be based in administrative departments) with marketing input from a public affairs department.
The IWA run Professional Development and Certifications Programs [21] which aim to "to further the effectiveness of the services rendered to the public by the web profession and to achieve the aims and purposes of the International Webmasters Association by providing a means for recognizing those web practitioners who have attained unquestioned professional status, while providing incentive to other members to participate in a program of self-development through education as prescribed by the International Professional Development Committee (IPDC)".
The certification programme is run in conjunction with a commercial company (Sysoft). Although the cynic could argue that the certification programme is a marketing device for a training company, this criticism could be made of other certified training course which operate in other areas of IT and which members of the UK HE community have taken part in, including Sun, Microsoft and Novell certified courses. In fact Novell are now offering certified courses in web design, web development, Intranet management and Internet business strategy [22].
The Sysoft web pages [23] provide access to further details about their web training courses and a career roadmap. Unfortunately the roadmap [24] only covers the technical aspects of web management and their Corporate Webmaster course [25] covers HTML authoring and web programming and server administration, but fails to cover content management.
The IWA also produce a web magazine knbown as the "WebProfesion Ezine" [26]. This has been in existence since December 1997 and provides a variety of articles of interest to web editors, such as The Pains and Pleasures of being a Webmaster, Web Accessibility: A Moral or Standards Issue? and a series on Designing Corporate Internet Sites.
Figure 3 - WebProfesion Ezine
The aim of the World Organization of Webmasters [27] (WOW) is to:
WOW recognises that the degree of technical skills needed by a Webmaster varies widely, with some requiring the ability to such things as write HTML, implement firewalls, and write programming languages such as JAVA, PERL, or C, while others work on a management level, and technical staff carry out technical work. One of the purposes of WOW is to define the various types of Webmasters, and create a certification program for them.
Figure 3 - World Organization of Webmasters
The World Organization of Webmasters is currently working on a Webmaster Certification program which is due to be finalised in Autumn 1998. The National Association of Webmasters (which appears to be a US predecessor to WOW) hosted a two-day meeting on Webmaster training and certification which was reported in WOW's newsletter [28] in January 1998. Unfortunately not a great deal of information is currently available on their website.
The International United WebMasters Association [29] (UWA) describes itself as a "bond of all WebMasters of the Internet world. It belongs to all who care to join. Membership of IUWA is only for WebMasters." Webmasters are defined as " person or persons responsible for the technical care and/or appearance of a web site with specific access to perform such tasks."
Exploring IUWA's web site, such as its list of projects [30] with its lack of a title, pointers to dated resources and text such as "This page is currently under construction" and "Return to the home page", would appear to indicate, however, that this is not a resource for professional web managers.
The Webmaster's Guild [32], unusually, provides only a simple mailing list service. Between 17 September and 25 October 1998 there were 86 postings to the list which included several "Unsubscribe me from this list" and requests for suggestions on HTML authoring tools. There appears to be nothing here which is not provided by the web-support Mailbase list [32].
The Webmaster's Guild is an off-shoot of the Association of Internet Professionals (AIP) [33]. This professional organisation has been in existence since 1994. Its mission statement is "To unify, support, and represent the global community of Internet professionals." Individual membership of AIP costs $90 but it is not clear from the web site what the benefits of membership are.
Unusually, IAP has a UK chapter. The AIP London Chapter web site [34] does provide some local information, and pointers to web resources. However the information about meetings does not been appear to have been updated for some time, and it would appear that it has insufficient momentum to get started.
CIO.com [35], a web site for information executives, host a Web Career Research Centre, [36], in addition, incidently, to research centres (which is how they call the area on their web site) on Intranets and Human Behaviour and the Web. The Web Career Research Centre provides details of job vacancies (in the US), articles about careers and related resources.
Figure 4 - CIO's Web Career Research Centre
Computer Weekly [37], a UK weekly computer magazine, hosts an impressive job vacancies service. A search for jobs using the keyword web provided several dozen hits, including Web Designers with salaries ranging from less than £20K to up to £100K, Internet Programmers, Web Developers, and Web Consultants.
Figure 5 - Computer Weekly's JobFinder Service
Although not as sophisticated as Computer Weekly's JobFinder service (which includes the option to save job details to a personalised job folder), the jobs.ac.uk service [38] and NISS's Vacancies Service [39] are more directly relevant to the UK Higher Education Community.
Finally the Web Developer's Virtual Libary (WDVL) [40], contains a useful section on web-related jobs [41].
Figure 6 - WDVL Section on Job Resources
What conclusions can be drawn? From the University management perspective there appears to be little consistency in the job titles for staff involved in web management, and a range of salary scales and expectations of the skills required by the post-holder. From the web editor point of view there appear to be a feeling that HTML expertise will diminish in importance (as sophisticated authoring tools become available and back-end databases become more widely deployed to provide access to corporate information). Web editors seem to feel that information management, people and political skills are of great importance. Technical expertise (such as systems management and software development) is important in running institutional web services, but is likely to be provided by others within the organisation.
However, although the importance of information management and political skills may be recogonised by the practisioners themselves, and by a number of web organisations, such as the International Webmasters Association, this does not yet appear to be acknowledged by University management, or, indeed, by the marketplace, with the high salaries going to software developers with scarce technical skills.
The career development (or rather lack of a career structure, which was mentioned in several personal communications) for web editors should be of concern to institutions. The web can't be both a strategic tool for institutions and a political football, with key personnel being employed on short-term contracts with uncertain futures.
Who can help? Perhaps the AUT's Computer Staff Committee [42] should have an interest, or the UCISA Staff Development Group (SDG) [43], which currently has projects looking into IT Training Routes to Accreditation / Certification and the European Computer Driving Licence and which runs workshops on communicating with users and management skills, are well-placed to progress the professional development of web editors further? Over to you, UCISA-TLIG Committee [45]!
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Week 27
One week from today we're doing the 3D ultrasound!!
Ed's put EJ's crib together last night. I just love it. The Espresso color looks great against the paint color and the the lines are really nice. I'm so happy we chose that one. Now I'm just waiting for my glider to arrive and the nursery will be fully furnished.
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- Emily said...
Love the new furniture!!!
I tagged you on my blog :)
- October 22, 2008 at 12:21 PM
- kjames106 said...
Glad you are doing well! The crib makes it so much more surreal, doesn't it? I kept walking into our nursery staring at the furniture and I could not believe that it was real. I was so darn thankful!
- October 22, 2008 at 12:49 PM
- Katie said...
I'm glad the appt went well! Can I sleep in there. It looks so peaceful :)
- October 22, 2008 at 4:11 PM
Love the furniture, Maria. I agree with Katie, EJ is going to rest peacefully there. Can't wait to hear about the U/S.
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Relating to your own life what you have studied is difficult. You don't really understand what you have read till it becomes part of your life. One of the reasons it is almost impossible to determine THE NEXT MYSTICAL STATE is because the next mystical state is determined BY how WE ACT TODAY; BY HOW WE RESPOND TO THE GRACES GIVEN NOW. For instance, God may CALL to contemplation, yet the soul does not respond in the proper way and doesn't receive it. To be more specific, God waits for your move. If you don't move right, God doesn't give you the graces never GIVES TO THE, UNDESERVING or never casts PEARLS BEFORE SWINE. (There are those who think God gives without cause. That has to be properly interpreted. God DOES wait for a cause which is PROPER DISPOSITION. If you have not the disposition, the grace would be wasted.
So YOUR DISPOSITION is a cause. And the most proper ways of attaining the right disposition is through suffering in love and prayer.) How are these suffering states different from psychoneurotic or even psychotic states? How do we differentiate between these and mental illness? It is simple: LOVE. All our progress here depends on the degree of love. The more you love, the farther in progress you go, the more you suffer. Question the MOTIVES of the sufferer. What was the CAUSE of the suffering? Was the sufferer trying to attain God's love, trying to bestow God's love? Is the sufferer trying to fulfill her obligations of life, especially all the religious/moral obligations?
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This is the journey of spiritual poverty, of removal of all obstacles, of denuding ourselves, of being undeceived or totally cleansed, and melting into or becoming that place in the soul where is God, and God in the highest form. Let me backtrack to the betrothal where my unitive pains started. I count the pains before that as less significant, although they were awful enough to think of suicide. How do you compare normal but suicidal to the abnormal pain that comes later in dark night and stigmata? I think the AFFECTIVITY of the pain is the same, but later you suffer as a Christ-person instead of a normal person. MUCH STRONGER, YOU ARE CAPABLE OF SURVIVAL. Now you can ENDURE what you could not before, making possible the exposure of - genetic material, unregenerated parts, locked in silence. PAIN and its primitive reaction; rage, hate, envy, malice, etc. are flushed out. Unitive means deep; it means going beyond the earth ego; for Christ's Kingdom is not (of this world. In order to ENTER His Kingdom He must lead us INTO IT through pain. It is painful because it is a ripping through, a forced entrance! into states deeper than normal. It is like an OPERATION - opening the body up and working on it. I can think of actors digging deep into themselves, exposing buried emotions, primitive ones, and suffering greatly. Situations which bare us down to the bone, expose our inner anxieties and wants, are painfully Sometimes we cry from this emotional exposure. Mysticism is like that.
Don't forget that all suffer even animals and reprobates. But does their suffering go deep? In the animal, there is not the sensitivity that a human has and as far as reprobates, they 14AKE themselves like animals; they HARDEN themselves or become INSENSITIVE like animals - thereby losing their souls. People who do not make progress lose by steeling themselves against pain; what God calls "hard of heart. Then it- is difficult for God to ENTER our hardened hearts. A sensitive heart is Malleable and sensitive to pain and love no you want to feel love, live in Dove? Then you've GOT TO TAKE PAIN! THAT'S WHY MYSTICS SUFFER. The opposite of that is OPPOSITION TO LOVE/PAIN It takes pain to be a whole person, deeply, totally OPENED. Those who close themselves off become half persons and dead graves. They create a hell for themselves to which they are precipitated at the time of death, although at has already been created (their own niche in hell) and chosen during their life.
This is exactly what mystics want to avoid. We are lovers who seek to bear our pains now and bear them well, to force entry into the deepest levels, cleanse them and make ourselves whole in God. We seek union with God now and in eternity NO MATTER WHAT THE COST. When I woke up out of the mystical death and was resurrected I felt a new energy which had been gone for months My BODY was not yet completely revitalized or adjusted to new life, for the mystical process is spirit over mind over matter, the body being touched last. I had been in a spiritual coma for months, and I was not steady when I woke up. But what I did have was a sudden jolt of energy which totally transformed me.For a while I felt happiness. I had eight months of mystical peace and fulfillment. The marriage was February 15. Sometime in Au gust (I wish I had written the date! But I never thought I would receive what I prayed for!) I began praying for the divine stigmata of the interior kind. I received it on October the 8th, 1982, and that ended my mystical repose. From then I suffered a state of hell and purgatory I never dreamed about, and it is taking YEARS to recover from. Now I remember the dark night in a bittersweet, nostalgic way, and the time of contemplation between marriage and stigmata as my halcyon days.


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It's like someone said in a previous thread about falling sales of the electric guitar, everything goes in cycles.
It's like someone said in a previous thread about falling sales of the electric guitar, everything goes in cycles.
I misread "classic-rock-is-now-a-young-bands-game". I thought "Classic Rock" would be a terrible band name. Who would be able to find you on YouTube or Google? The band's name is "Greta Van Fleet", named after an 86 year old dulcimer player from their home town.
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"The band's ascent is reviving a question pondered by industry executives ever since hip-hop took over America's youth culture: For younger music fans who see Led Zeppelin, Guns N'Roses, and Nirvana as the distant past, can "classic rock" be new again?"
hip-hop took over
"But rock fans don't stream nearly as much as hip-hop fans do ...... talented, upstart musicians who in previous eras might have tried to be rock stars have embraced rap ....... Meanwhile, the few recent bands to explode ...... are considered pop as much as rock."
new musicians have embraced rap
Maybe, just maybe, classic rock has squeezed new rock out of radio air play. At least Greta Van Fleet is not a tribute band.
I gather from the article that what makes Greta Van Fleet different is that they grew up in a time-warp.
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Benny from ABBA has some comments about music today. In fact he does not think ABBA would be successful now.
He argues that creativity is now being stifled because music is composed 'by committee', resulting in unmemorable songs topping the charts.
Asked whether, in today's industry, ABBA might not have found success, he said: 'Yes, very possible. We were lucky to be in the 70s.'
While he has always composed at the keyboard, valuing the freedom to 'make mistakes', he questions today's approach: 'Music is now created by committee in a way. One guy's doing a nice rhythm track, another one is doing a bass line, a third one is doing some nice synthesiser sounds... And the last thing that happens is that someone is trying to write a melody on top of whatever is on there'.
I'm not sure I agree with that, unless he means that music now is written in the studio. Instead of being written and then produced, writing and production are mixed up. If that is what he means, I can believe that's part of rock's problem too.
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I do believe creativity in general is at an all time low. Just my opinion. I see it in movies that are remakes. A lot of music is being remade. And the rising popularity of tribute bands. I kind of saw it coming in the 80s, most toys were action figures of cartoons kids were watching on TV. Instead of their own games of pretend kids were reenacting the cartoons with their toys. Again just my opinion no science here.
Hip Hop has been taking over though. Even as a teenager in the late 80's and early 90's listening to Pantera, G&R, Ozzy and Metallica, the mainstream was listening to MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice and then 2pac, Biggie and Jay Z.
I do not believe the guitar is dying. I believe that companies like Gibson and Fender have become so ridiculous with prices that more people are embracing the used market. A Mexican Stratocaster used to cost around $300. Now they cost $600 to $800. Why would I spend that when I can get a used American or Japanese guitar for that price or cheaper? People aren't shopping at Guitar Center anymore. They are shopping on Ebay, Reverb, Craigslist and Facebook. My rig brand new through Fender would cost $2300. Well closer to $2500 actually because the hard shell case is no longer included. Not to mention the new ones aren't as good. Meanwhile I paid $600 for the amp and guitar with the case.
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by Laura
Hi everyone. I suffered from halitosis all my life and totally sympathize with all of you. My halitosis was chronic but my dentist repeatedly told me my teeth were great and there were no problems (I'm 23 and only have one filling). After much online research, I realized the sad fact that some people simply are born with more bacteria on the back of the tongue and regular brushing, flossing and using various mouthwashes is a temporary cover-up and fails to deal with the VSC's on the back of the tongue. I used to use Retardex from Boots which is effective for a few hours. However, it is not a permanent solution for someone with a chronic condition (and hellishly expensive). I now use Profresh which has completely eliminated my problem (see www.profresh.com): read the independent laboratory report and the white paper research. This product is patented in the US which means that no other company contain the same ingredients that are 99.9% effective against halitosis. I won't babble on about how the product works etc as you can see for yourself on the website. Although my doctor and dentist are fantastic, unfortunately professionals are light years behind when it comes to halitosis. My doctor once told me to brush my tongue with listerine!!!! I couldn't believe it. Didn't he know I'd spent hundreds of pounds on products and had that morning spent no less an hour and 15 mins obsessively brushing, scraping, flossing, swilling etc etc etc? That's all a thing of the past now thank goodness. Thanks to this product I now have fresh breath 24 hours a day. I hope this info helps but I must stress that this product is only effective for those who have chronic halitosis which is not attributable to sinus problems, post-nasal drip etc. This will only work for those where halitosis originates from the mouth, despite having no significant dental problems. Unfortunately, some of us are just born producing more bacteria than others. In terms of cost, I used to spend £30-£40 a week on Retardex products (hard to believe I know). A bottle of mouthwash was around £7 ish but I used to go through it very quickly. With Profresh I buy it in bulk. I get 13 bottles, each lasting 17 days, twice a year. I usually pay around £120 but Profresh is now shipped from London instead of the States which will eliminate pesky shipping charges the next time I order. So I would say you can expect to pay £200 a year for your supplies (to me its like liquid gold, so price is irrelevant). I would love to hear from someone that they had cured their problem because of this post so please report back with any success stories. You're probably skeptical (like I was) but I guarantee that if you have the same type of halitosis as me... it will work. Good luck :) Laura.
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