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What Causes Eczema? Which Foods?
Eczema, Atopic Dermatitis
Definition, Prevalence, Causes and Treatment
Breakthrough research* on groups of food sensitive babies and adults has shown atopic dermatitis, eczema can be controlled - even cured by reducing milk products.
In fact - the evidence is so convincing that eczema can be taken as a common telltale sign of dairy intolerance . . . the inability to fully digest proteins in milk.
Video: "What is the Cure for Food Intolerance?"
What is the Definition of Eczema?
What is the defintion of Eczema?
Eczema is characterised by repeated eruptions of extremely itchy red rashes on the skin. It can affect almost any part of the skin - but is common on the hands and face and in the creases behind the knees and inside the elbows.
Each distressing outbreak can last many days - or even weeks. Eczema sufferers can be burdened with such discomfort they may be unable to sleep soundly, miss work or school and suffer low self-esteem. It is estimated eczema sufferers spend $2000 per year on temporary relief treatments.
We now know from research that many cases of Eczema arise from the inflammation caused by Food Intolerance.
How common is Eczema?
How prevalent is Eczema?
- Eczema usually first appears in babies
- Up to one in three children are affected (33%)
- The prevalence of eczema has tripled in recent years
- Eczema may abate as the child grows - but many people have it for their entire life
Eczema is characterised by repeated eruptions of itchy red rashes on the skin. It can affect almost any part of the skin - but is common on the hands and face and in the creases behind the knees and inside the elbows.
Each extremely itchy outbreak can last many days - or even weeks. Eczema sufferers can be burdened with such discomfort they may be unable to sleep soundly, miss work or school and suffer low self-esteem.
It is estimated eczema sufferers spend $2000 per year on medications for temporary relief. We now know from research that many cases of Eczema arise from inflammation caused by Food Intolerance.
There are only a few possible suspects: Gluten intolerance or Yeast Sensitivity or Dairy Intolerance.
Why did I get Eczema?
Your Food intolerance (which caused your Eczema) is genetic. You have Eczema because it's in your genes! You got it from your parents, grandparents and other ancestors. . . . and we cannot change our genes. It's like having freckles or brown eyes. The genetic material has already been given to you.
Of course that means - if you have children - that these same genes have been passed on to your sons and daughters. Therefore - isn't it a good idea to be fully informed - so you can share the knowledge with them?
What are the causes of Eczema?
Even though not widely understood or appreciated - new research (ref.s below) shows Eczema is commonly caused by undiagnosed and untreated food intolerances (food sensitivities).
- A major cause of Eczema is Gluten Intolerance
- Another major cause of Eczema is Dairy Intolerance - specifically Casein Allergy
- Yeast overgrowth in the body - or Yeast Sensitivity can result in Eczema
- Sometimes Food Additives in processed foods can cause Eczema
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How does food intolerance cause Eczema?
The bodily disruption caused by Food Intolerance allows partially digested proteins (say from Gluten, Dairy or Yeasts) to leak through into your bloodstream - a medical condition called Leaky Gut. The proteins are not recognised as 'friendly' by your immune system . . . and the immune system's immediate response is to set up inflammation in your body:
- Inflammation at the joints causes stiffness and Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Inflammation in the lungs or nasal passages: Respiratory congestion, asthma and cough
- Inflammation in the digestive tract leads to Colitis and inflammatory bowel disorder
- Inflammation in the membranes of the brain causes Headache and migraine
- Inflammation at the skin can cause Eczema, Hives and Psoriasis
How to find out which food intolerance causes your Eczema?
You can use various types of Clinical Testing - but these are always subject to interpretation - and can give misleading results. However - the Journal Method is by far the simplest and most accurate.
Solve the cause of your Eczema now with our simple Journal and Food Guide system - in the Healing Program.
Not ready for a solution yet? To find out more - sign up for the Free E-book 'How to Tell If You Have Food Intolerance'
How do I find the cause of my Eczema?
If food intolerance has been causing your Eczema - you an choose to use various methods of Clinical testing - like blood tests, breath tests and biopsies - amongst others. Video comparing types of Testing
The Power of a Journal to find Your Food Intolerance
A journal puts system into your exploration. It's easy. All you do is track your symptoms as you switch a few foods. We recommend the purpose-designed Detection Diet Journal in the Healing Program.
You'll also need food substitution guides so you can enjoy a wide variety of great foods. The full series of six Complete Guides (to Gluten-free, Fructose-Free etc. ) is included. Find out more >
Not ready for a solution yet? To find out more - sign up for the Free E-book 'How to Tell If You Have Food Intolerance'
What is the cure for Eczema?
The cure for Eczema - is to discover your Food Intolerance - and substitute the Problem Foods.
See video this page: "What is the Cure for Food Intolerance?"
Temporary relief treatment: You can keep taking daily medications like anti-inflammatories or supplements from the pharmacy for a few hours relief. Some people choose to keep using creams and lotions. Unfortunately - few doctors ever realise there could be a food sensitivity behind the outbreaks - because food intolerance is not taught extensively in medical schools. So doctors miss a real chance to heal their patients.
Permanent cure: Choose the natural no-drug alternative. Find the actual cause of your eczema (find your food intolerance) and substitute that food for other yummy things. These days there are so many great substitute foods - it's easy to avoid the problem ones. And the good news is - when you avoid that food - your eczema begins healing within a day or two, and no new outbreaks begin.
It is estimated eczema sufferers spend $2000 per year on temporary relief treatments.
How much is the Healing Program?
What if I do nothing about my Eczema?
You can choose to do nothing of course. But untreated food intolerance leads to chronic symptoms (those you suffer every day of your life) which can develop into chronic inflammatory disease.
In fact eczema is actually a valuable warning sign - like a Red Flag - that you will develop further symptoms later in life.
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I am ready for an immediate solution - what's next?
We have helped thousands of people overcome long-term symptoms like Eczema. With foodintol® Healing Programs - everyone finds our simple step-by-step system effective and revealing.
You'll easily pinpoint your Problem Foods with our program - then claim your life back - Eczema-free. Even if you have more than one food intolerance it will find them - guaranteed.
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All foodintol® information is based on research from peer-reviewed medical journals

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Or, explaining the transforming power of pretty.
There is a game I play whilst completing my quotidian duties. Grasping errand and shopping lists in hand, I secretly people-watch as I add items to my supermarket trolley or wait patiently in line in a store to be served. (There is my compulsion to tuck exposed clothing tags back into the shirt or sweater of the stranger in front of me, but I suppose that really ought to be discussed in another blog).
My game involves finding an element of natural beauty in each woman around me; the arch of an eyebrow, the gentle tilt of a neck, a throaty laugh, elegant hands, high cheekbones, kind eyes, a warm smile… Often times the women I see are oblivious to that lovely element of their personage; or have lost themselves in the endless daily routine of waking, showering, dressing, shopping, fetching, washing, driving, waiting, tidying and the getting through of each day… somehow.
I am quite sure these ladies have convinced themselves they are not worth looking at. These women are 'disappearing' themselves; this may be deliberate or unconscious but it makes me sad to see it. Sweat pants, a shapeless t-shirt and flip-flops are depressing both to wear, and to be seen in. If you are at the point in your life where this is all you think you can manage to dress yourself in; admit to yourself you are in a sad place. Most of us have chores and errands and children and bills and family issues. That's life, and these things must be done. Just not in a livery of gloom.
One can re-emerge from this sadness. You don't need money, youth, innate style, or to be a slave to fashion. Make no mistake; this is not encouraging vanity. This is about finding your trick to feeling pretty. Feeling pretty helps. It helps you get through the day, it helps when you're feeling flat or down or hopeless. Work out what makes you feel pretty. It doesn't need to be much; a touch of blush, a sweep of mascara, a slick of gloss, sweeping your hair into a high ponytail, or a spritz of your favourite scent. (Oh,... I nearly forgot to add, never save scent for an 'occasion', your occasion is NOW!) Take one minute of your day to think of something simple and quick that you could do right now to make you feel pretty. Take one more minute and DO IT! That's a total of two minutes from your day. Not one soul would begrudge you that…
|Pin this to remind you if you have lost the habit of finding time for pretty.
My beloved Russian grandma always wore red toenail polish (or varnish as she used to say), and she never left the house without lipstick; (the thrifty soul she was, she had the same tube of lipstick for over 20 years; she would use a tiny brush to paint just the right amount of stain to colour her lips). There was a long mirror in the hallway and Grandma would allow herself a quick overall glimpse to check all was in place, (no vain lingering 'selfie' styled poses, this was the 70's after all). A little spray of scent and she was ready to face the world outside. Helena felt pretty, and I always thought she was beautiful.
Plastic Kewpie dolls are a perfect visual metaphor to explain the transforming power of pretty. How seemingly plain they are straight from the packet; but a little blush, some lipstick, a 'do' on the eyelashes, a pretty frock: Gosh! From pretty 'plain' to pretty 'lovely', pretty-quickly!
Instructions follow on how you can transform a Kewpie doll into a pretty angel pretty-quickly… Why not add Her Prettiness to the top of your Christmas tree? After the Christmas season has passed, our Kewpie doll angels will reside in the bathroom for the rest of the year, as a visual cue to add just a bit of something to make both Sylvie and I feel pretty.
Best wishes, and remember to do something to make you feel pretty (if you don't already!)
Lara-Jane. xx
Kewpie doll angel wing pdf pattern
For one angel you will need:
A plastic Kewpie doll (they come in two sizes, 14cm and 17cm)
A fine Sharpie pen (to write the date and any sweet message you like)
Adding the 'pretty' to your angel's face
Turps or water to clean the brushes (depending on paint type)
Paint brushes (one ultra fine for the facial features, one slightly larger for the hair)
Gold paint
Pink paint
Red paint
White paint
Black paint (I use model aircraft paints and these colours are part of my crafting arsenal)
Ultra cheap fake eyelashes from a discount store
For the angel's attire
Gold pipe-cleaners x 2 for the halo and to secure the frock
Plain wire to hold the halo in place
A small length of white tulle (see below 'And now, for the dress')
Fabric scissors to cut the tulle
Glue gun & glue sticks
Charged electric drill and very fine drill bit
Wings to make wishes with
A clean 2-litre milk bottle
Kitchen scissors
Pencil/biro to mark out wings on plastic
White feathers (from a craft store), I made-do using an old white feather boa
Glue gun & glue sticks
A print out of the wing pattern (either large or small) glued to light card (think cereal box)
A print out of the wing pattern (either large or small) glued to light card (think cereal box)
How to transform your Kewpie doll into a pretty angel.
|Here she is, out of the packet and washed clean of paint flakes.
|Her hair needs attention!
Every angel needs a halo
Take a half-length of a gold pipe-cleaner and turn into a circle to form the halo, twist the ends around each other to secure. Take a 5cm length of wire and twist around the joins of the pipe-cleaners. Take the electric drill and make a hole in the top back of the doll's skull. Insert the wire of the halo into the hole and secure with the hot glue gun. Let the glue cool.
(At this stage of proceedings ask yourself this: will I be hanging this angel on the tree as a decoration? If so, drill a hole into the centre of her head also. Cut a 2cm length of wire, fold and twist at the ends to make a hanging loop. Insert the ends in the hole so just the loop remains and then add a small dob of glue to secure. You could also experiment with the larger sized crocodile clips and hot glue them to the smaller Kewpie doll's feet so she could be clipped onto a Christmas tree branch, I have not tried this however, it's just an idea, let me know how it went if you have tried it).
Augmenting her coiffure
Touch up the manufacturer's gold paint on the hair, and paint over the lump of glue that holds the halo in place (and any hanging arrangement made if she is destined as a Christmas tree decoration).
Time for the pretty
It is entirely up to you how you choose to pretty-up your Kewpie doll angel. I added more black to the eye (sometimes the paint was unevenly applied in the factory). After the black dried, I added a white dot as the iris. Pink cheeks were applied as simple circles and I gave the angel cupid's bow lips (think flapper-era actress Clara Bow). Cut some of the eyelashes to length and apply. Once glued in place, trim the eyelashes to a shorter length.
Clara Bow... Those lips! Just a few small brush strokes are all that is required on the Kewpie doll to mimic this look.
Take a length of milk bottle plastic (see the link to this project for how to prepare the bottle to use it).
Click to take you to instructions to prepare the milk bottle plastic (from my February 2013 post, "Make me! The milk bottle Easter bunny").
Line up the wing pattern so the straight edge is on the natural fold of the milk bottle plastic. Trace around the wing pattern you made using a biro or Sharpie marker (I prefer the biro that doesn't leave an ink mark, just a faint score line that you can cut by in good light). Firmly hold the folded plastic in your left hand and cut out the wing.
Open out the wing and using the hot glue gun, begin to glue the feathers, covering both sides, I preferred the downier feathers that lends an ethereal soft effect, but you may choose to use down at the top part of the wing and finish on the edges with the tapered feathers (many illustrations and paintings of angels follow this semiotic angel cliché).
(Ask yourself this: is the angel being crafted as a tree topper? If this is the case, you will need to add some wiring to the doll's waist, and have it hot glued in place before you dress her).
And now, for the dress
This can be über-simple, that is, in my example which is simply the tulle and gold pipe-cleaner to hold the dress in place, or you could bead the skirt or dip the bottom edges of the skirt in PVA glue and add gold glitter; it's up to you. Whatever you think is... pretty of course!
Measure the body length of the doll and double it. Cut a length of approximately 1 metre by the height of the doubled body length. Fold in half lengthways to a single body length. Lift the doll's arms upward. Gather up the tulle around the angel by hand (like folding a fan) and secure with a gold pipe-cleaner around the waist, holding the doll in your left hand and spreading out the gathers with your right hand. The join should be in the back. Once the pipe cleaner has been wrapped around the waist and tied firmly at the back, trim the excess pipe-cleaner. Pull and tug at the skirt above the waist line to give and good shape to the 'bodice' of the dress. In you left hand, gather the skirt at the ankles and trim to an even length. Add a generous amount of hot glue at the back waist to secure the skirt to the doll.
Attaching the wings
Again, using the hot glue gun, attach the wings (tips of the wings facing down). The wings should cover the globs of glue added to secure the skirt. The wings should be placed so the natural "memory" of the fold from the milk bottle is facing out from the back (you'll see, you want the wings to sit away from the back, think butterfly). (You will need a glob of glue at the waist band and one just above the nape of the neck in the lower part of the hair). Hold the wings in place for a minute or so until the glue has cooled somewhat.
Grab your Sharpie pen…
And write the year on the underside of her foot, perhaps a "for (insert loved one's name), "with love from" (insert your name).


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I know a lot of people - but I only have a few real friends.
They're the folks that when you do get to spent time with them you just throw your arms around each other and can't stop chatting. They're folks you've known for a long time - they may be far away physically, but they're always close in your heart. That's the deal with Chowdah and Toga.
I've known Chowdah for more than a dozens years - and I was the first guy to ride bitch on the back of her Road King. I think it scared the hell out of her - I just jumped on as she rode past our old clubhouse one day!
Anyway, because this is about bikes and not my personal buddy list, time passed and Chowdah got hitched to a cool dude named Toga who loves wrenching on the old iron. Well, let's let him tell a bit of the story:
Howdy, so this is how it went.
My wife has always wanted a Panhead. Back in 2002 I bought a rolling [well almost] chassis with jap wheels and a rusted out girder front end. Of course it sat in the shop for a while as I gathered parts. As it does,time kept marching on. I got a deal on a bagger so the chassis sat and stared at me while I wrenched on the bagger.It had way too much stuff on it.
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Mr. Lotspeich's portion of the presentation will focus on Celtic Energy's microgrid project with the City of Stamford, Connecticut.
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How to Fail at Donor Relationships—Part II
Ron had finally managed to set up what he thought was one of those mountaintop meetings—a key major donor. He thought he'd arrived. This man was known to be generous and quick to give.
But Ron was nervous. He didn't want to botch it. So he called me for advice. I told him simply, "Ron, ask questions, and listen. Talk less." That was the extent of my advice.
Ron was an eager student and promised me that he would follow my advice. The big day arrived—the appointed time of the meeting. Afterwards, Ron was the first to call me. He was bubbling, beyond enthusiastic over how well the meeting had gone. He was confident that the dollars would soon start flowing. Ron promised me that he'd followed my advice to the letter. He'd asked questions, listened and did less of the talking…
Funny thing. A few days later I ran into my friend, the donor, who was the object of Ron's meeting. I asked him how the meeting went. He laughed, and said, "Oh that! It was horrible—he did all the talking and I could hardly get a word in, and all he wanted to do was talk about the ministry."
It bears repeating. Ask questions. Listen. Talk less.
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It's nearing Christmas, and with about 3 months(give or take a few weeks) to go until we hit the road, cleaning is in full swing! 7ish rooms have been gone through, and the only things left in them is stuff we're taking with us in the RV. Well, except for what we call, the TV room; it's holding boxes full of stuff we're giving away or selling.
The whole downstairs except for the office has been gone through and cleaned, and my mom expects to take all of the coming week on the office. After the office is done, we're moving upstairs to clean bedrooms! Boy, that should be fun! Not. That's where all the toys and clothes and stuff that us kids have stays. I have no idea how long that'll take.
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You might think you know actress Minnie Driver after her long career, but her most recent project shows another side -- as she tells Anna Werner:
She's the woman who always seems to be in control, whose characters speak their mind -- very much like actress Minnie Driver herself.
Her portrayal of the outspoken Skylar opposite Matt Damon in the movie "Good Will Hunting" brought her fame, and an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
She described her audition for that role as "amazing," but said "the producers didn't want me at all. And it was after this audition. I don't think they thought I was -- they didn't think I was sexy. They didn't think I was, you know, hot.
"They were probably right," she laughed, adding, "I was quite, you know ... I had other qualities."
One quality that the 44-year-old Driver has always had plenty of is determination.
Raised in Barbados and London, she attended an English boarding school. It was there, as a teenager, she decided she wanted to act.
"My idea of what it was I wanted to do was to be a storyteller, if not like a playwright, and then be in the plays that I wrote," she said. "And I definitely designed and created the idea of being an actor really early on, yeah."
That vision generated parts on British television, and then a role as a lovestruck girl in the 1995 film, "Circle of Friends."
She soon decided to leave England and move to Hollywood -- a move she believes was made easier by her unusual family background:
"My family didn't operate in the same sort of societal norms," Driver said. "My parents weren't married. My dad was married to somebody else who he didn't live with. But I grew up in a state of love, albeit unconventional. And I think it was probably a really good training ground to be able to move 7,000 miles away from my home and begin a life here in an industry that people were like, 'Are you nuts?'"
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Unit description
Develops students' understanding of skills in social work practice in groups and communities. Encourages students to identify the potential of both community development and group work in addressing social justice and human rights issues as they impact on a range of different communities. Enables students to consider different modes of group work practice, including support groups and therapeutic groups.
Unit content
1. Understanding and theorising group work
2. Group development and group processes
3. Support, therapeutic and psycho-educational groups
4. Responding to conflict in groups and communities
5. Conceptualising community, including location-based and identity-based communities
6. Community development models and practices, including assets-based community development
7. Community education and community consultation
8. Linking the global and local: the potential of social work practice in groups and communities
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
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|On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
|explain different theoretical approaches to group work and community development practice in social work
|Knowledge of a discipline
|analyse the potential for group work and community development strategies to address social justice and human rights concerns, particularly with respect to linking the local with the global
|Knowledge of a discipline
|critically reflect on the characteristics of diverse communities, including culturally and linguistically diverse communities, and strategies to engage effectively with these communities
|Communication and social skills
|analyse different modes of group work practice in social work, including therapeutic groups and support groups
|Knowledge of a discipline
|demonstrate skills in group work and community development.
|Communication and social skills
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Session 1
- Hardina, D, 2013, Interpersonal Social Work Skills for Community Practice, Springer, New York. ISBN: 978 8261 0811 1.
- McDermott, F, 2002, Inside Group Work: A Guide to Reflective Practice, Allen & Unwin, Sydney. ISBN: 1 86508 892 7 (pbk).
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Greg: I must ask: is Alexander and Nod the same person?
Nod: Yes.
Greg: I'm asking because the two names are written as well.
Nod: Yeah. Yeah. Well, it's sort of like it basically works - the given name Alexander - Nod's been a pseudonym for years, and I think having done something with vocals this time...
Greg: I thought there was a third brother.
Nod: Right. Well, it's four brothers. But it's one and the same person.
Greg: Four brothers?
Nod: There's five of us all together.
Greg: Oh dear.
Nod: Yeah, five boys. But only four play music.
Greg: Can you describe how all this started, you know, the band's history, stuff like that?
Nod: You know our previous history, stuff we've released before, with the band Fields of the Nephilim?
Greg: Yeah, I know. Fields of the Nephilim and Rubicon.
Nod: Yeah. But it's the next step, basically. Still playing, still writing and recording. So we're around the people we're around. If it wasn't any particular band at that time, it was time to do it ourselves and see how far we could get with it. Pushed myself into vocals, give me sort of a chance to see what was possible, and just do it with each other.
Greg: How did the idea start?
Nod: Initially, it stemmed from ideas of music. Where do ideas of music start?
Greg: The material was composed before the departure from Fields.
Nod: That's right, yeah. It wouldn't have done, it probably would have been part of the next Fields album, perhaps.
Greg: You mean that there [are compositions] here that on this album that was to be for any Fields album?
Nod: Well, there was talk a couple of years ago, Fields of the Nephilim were gonna get back together and do an album. We'd already worked on stuff for that; that was quite separate, really. We'd already worked on stuff for that, but it didn't happen, so next thing you know, you've got something inside, you've got to get it out. We did just that, really. Got some new stuff together, and got on with it.
Greg: So am I clear then? This album was proposed to be a new Fields album?
Nod: Not at all. We'd already written stuff for that.
Greg: You had written stuff for that?
Nod: We had done, yeah.
Greg: Don't you have the rights on that? Wasn't that your songs?
Nod: Well, they are, but they haven't released anything, so -- that band doesn't exist anymore, Greg. That band split up a long time ago. We was going to reform and get an album together, but it didn't happen. It was a no-go. It didn't happen. As a result of that, me and Paul formed Last Rites.
Greg: Have you been pushed out of Fields, or you left by your own, because there was nothing happening?
Nod: Well, there was something happening, but it didn't involve me and Paul, so we got out of it, really.
Greg: You have the material here, the sound is quite heavy, more heavy than Rubicon or the old Fields stuff, and that's quite a surprise.
Nod: Yeah, I suppose. That's how it comes out really. I haven't deliberately tried to make it sound fiercer or heavier than anything else, I've a bit more control and ideally I'd like to hear it.
Greg: You have a variation of songs not similar to each other. Such as the atmospheric doom of "Resolution" and "The Powers that Be." You have a powerful instrumental, "Galleon," a lot of heavy, groovy stuff. These are songs that don't pass by, they stick in your head. You have experience as a composer, I think.
Nod: Ah, cheers. They're just there, I think it's nice to try and get a bit of variation and stuff in. There's a lot of different feelings that create music, and an awful lot of feelings that do just that, Greg. So I think it's gonna be quite a wide across-the-board split sound, really. And that's how it comes out.
Greg: How would you describe your music with your own words to someone who hasn't heard it? A friend of yours, for example.
Nod: Atmospheric. Initially, I'd say something like that. It's quite dark, but heavy. I don't want it pigeonholed, as for the moment anyway, that's something used around the corner. It's said loosely.
Greg: You said you were giving an interview to a metal magazine this morning.
Nod: Yeah.
Greg: So I must ask you, listening to the metal elements in your album, I must as you if you like metal music.
Nod: Yeah, very much so.
Greg: Such as?
Nod: Clawfinger, Slayer's okay. All sorts of things. Machinehead, I really like the album they did before the last one. Really, really good.
Greg: You like the powerful stuff.
Nod: "Burn My Eyes," Machinehead, yeah. Good stuff.
Greg: Your drumming is once again brilliant.
Nod: Oh wow, cheers, thanks.
Greg: But have you, have you done any weird editing on the drums?
Nod: For this album? Basically, the majority of the stuff was constructed with programming. Yeah, all the stuff I played in via midi, it wasn't like a complete drum set-up, I just played the part in. I didn't play the songs from start to finish. It wasn't a recording like that. Most parts are played in via midi. In order to get the album out, I was not in a position to be able to record everything and do it basically like that, studio and all that sort of thing. I did it totally within a very small environment to make sure what I was capable of getting it out, what with problems with studios, things disappearing, things drying up, et cetera. The only way I could physically do it was to make sure I recorded the drums as I would have done, and I would have liked them to have sounded. But it was done synthetically. Obviously it sounds to you like it's been a kit, so it's quite a successful job, I think, yeah?
Greg: From the breaks, I can't find out your identity.
Nod: Right.
Greg: Do consider yourself as a studio drummer or a live drummer? I'm asking because when you played for example, I have seen the [fair festival?]. And you know the videos and stuff like have seen the [fair festival?]. And you know the videos and stuff like that, you get very loose when you're playing live. You get a frenzy.
Nod: It's good to be playing in front of people. In the studio, it's very hard to get that excitement and atmosphere. You've got people around you, probably an engineer or so, and that's about it, really. It's hard to sort of get into the swing of it, no matter what sort of situation you're in. So yeah, I'm very much a live drummer I think. The way I programmed the album, I recorded and played the parts in with a visualization of being able to perform it on a kit.
Greg: You're the main singer here, right?
Nod: That's right, yeah.
Greg: At the gigs, are you going to sing and play drums?
Nod: I am, on the album. I've done all the vocals on the album.
Greg: Yeah, but in the gigs?
Nod: No, I've got a guy called Rory, who initially came down to start with us on the movie concept a long time ago. He auditioned, and was sort of earmarked for that.
Greg: That was the singer?
Nod: Yeah, he's always been a favorite that we would have liked to have used to some extent.
Greg: Yeah, but his look aren't a little more like hard rock stuff like Paul Rodgers and stuff like that?
Nod: No, no, it's not that one, it's not Andy Delaney.
Greg: Ah, who are we talking about, then?
Nod: He comes to the audition, we auditioned a couple of guys.
Greg: Ah, you're talking about a new singer.
Nod: Yes.
Greg: Uh-huh. Ah, good. So he will be for the gigs, and the next album maybe?
Nod: Maybe, yeah.
Greg: How come Paul isn't more active as a composer here?
Nod: Um, well, actually, I think it's the way that he likes to come in, put his guitar stuff together, and keeps out of all the technical sort of stuff. I think he's sort of forgetting to be able to play like he does, and I don't think he likes to tie it up too much with the technology. It tends to inhibit his playing a bit.
Greg: And where do the other two lads come from, any other band?
Nod: They're friends and colleagues in a way. I've known them for a long time. Good players I know, 'cause I had a studio we originally sort of felt like doing the stuff with [unintelligible], and we sort of had a lot of bands coming in and out and we asked them to play, and I got involved with one or two of them. So I thought I'd keep 'em handy, et cetera, and we did some good stuff together, pretty heavy. I haven't seen Pete for a long time.
Greg: About the name of the band, Last Rites. Is this a kind of a play on words with your surnames?
Nod: Yeah, to some extent, yeah.
Greg: Because your name is Wright, you know.
Nod: Yeah, sure. Well, I think it kind of sums up and says that we're not keen to do too many more of these sorts of starting and reforming another band, and then another one and another one. I think it's a statement as well to say that we're pretty adamant that this is what we're gonna do now.
Greg: Oh right, yeah. What about the title, "Guided by Light?" Isn't that a little bit gloomy?
Nod: Gloomy?
Greg: A title like that.
Nod: (laughs) It's two ways, really, Greg. You can look at it both ways, to be honest with you. So it depends on how you look at it, which side of the journey you want to take, to be honest.
Greg: It is a dark album.
Nod: Yeah, sure it is, yeah. "Guided by Black." You wouldn't say that.
Greg: It would be a little bit cliche.
Nod: Yeah, sure, yeah.
Greg: The lyrics, they are deeply melancholic. What lies behind them? Are there personal experiences and stuff?
Nod: Yeah, sure, yeah. At the moment, been up and down. It's been a roller coaster for quite a long time. In a band, not in a band, things happening, not happening, et cetera, it inspires sort of deep personal stuff into it, and come out of it in this. That's pretty much the result I've come out with.
Greg: You're hitting the road soon, I think.
Nod: Yeah, next month.
Greg: September.
Nod: That's right.
Greg: Your place is only this album. Are you going to play any old Rubicon songs?
Nod: Yeah, it'll probably be more likely just the Last Rites stuff.
Greg: How do you cover all the time?
Nod: For the moment, for these gigs, we might play a couple of old songs, but we have yet to make a final decision on that. But sure, it'd be nice to play - we've written a lot of stuff in the past. It'd be a shame not to play stuff.
Greg: From Nephilim?
Nod: From both bands.
Greg: From Rubicon as well?
Nod: Yeah, from both bands.
Greg: You have the rights to do that?
Nod: Yes.
Greg: There's no problem? Because you know if you're headlining this tour, so you must play something more.
Nod: Well, some bloke from [unintelligible] can play it, I don't see why we can't. We wrote it as well.
Greg: I suppose you have the knowledge that the biggest part of the press and the audience will be focusing this band because of you and your brother being ex-Fields of the Nephilim members.
Nod: To some extent, I think it really didn't seem to work out for Rubicon in that sort of a way. Okay, initially there was an interest in that, but I think this has taken on something else in its own way. The album's making a lot of noises for people, and it's not just because we was in a band, but it's because this is what it sounds like. And they like it. It seems to be coming across quite well like that. Sure, there's elements of people that will be curious purely because of our history, but I think it's also sort of like getting people involved in it and asking more questions et cetera, when they hear it they're interested purely on the strength of the album itself at the moment.
Greg: Isn't it like a double-cutting knife? In the one hand, it pulls all the necessary attention in a saturated scene, but on the other hand there is the ghost of Fields and the comparisons many will start making.
Nod: Well, we can't have that. We're sort of written a lot of stuff that was in Fields of the Nephilim, and if we sound a bit like that it's because we were as much a part of that as anybody else.
Greg: You're the legendary lineup. That's something you must know.
Nod: Yeah.
Greg: Have you given many interviews until now?
Nod: I've done a few in the past couple of weeks.
Greg: Are they asking very much about the past and stuff like that?
Nod: Uh, not really as much as yourself, to be quite honest. But that's all right. It's okay, it's fine, you know? I think a lot of people are genuinely interested in the album itself. They're all a little bit about the confusion, trying to solve the mystery of what happened to Fields and stuff like that. It's inevitable there's going to be a bit of that, and you're left to answer their questions and go through it. There's generally a lot more interest in what our album is about and stuff, but sure, lots of people are going to be interested in what happened and, in a way, want to know what is still happening with another formation of the band, maybe.
Greg: Yeah, I know many are disappointed because this is not the original lineup anymore in the Fields. Are there any relations existing between you two and the other two?
Nod: Any relations?
Greg: Yeah.
Nod: That we see them any more?
Greg: If you see them in the road, would you speak to them or would it be totally cold?
Nod: Oh, I dunno, yeah, I'd have to wait to see them.
Greg: Oh, you haven't seen them?
Nod: No.
Greg: Uh huh. Now. What's next now, except the gigs and tours?
Nod: I'd love to do a bit more writing, get some stuff ready hopefully for another album, and get ahead a bit, and hopefully see where the gigs from here can lead us. I think it's important that the music and stuff's up and running for the live shows, it's important to keep it on the ball and hopefully take it somewhere and let people see it, so it'll be good to get on the road. There's a certain promise about that within the band. We're not doing just English gigs. We'd like to sort of get out and do some shows elsewhere, really.
Greg: Would it bother you to open up for any other bands, for example, on a big European tour, not being the headliner?
Nod: No, it wouldn't bother us. We're a fresh band as well. You wait your place in a certain sort of date. It's only the first album, yeah sure, people don't really know much about us at the moment.
Greg: Uh huh. Are there any ideas in your head about new songs and stuff like that?
Nod: Yeah.
Greg: Anything ready? Pre-recorded or something?
Nod: Yeah, there are three or four tracks that probably didn't make it onto the album. They weren't all very finalized and completed. But there's two or three there that are probably sort of like crutch songs, to some extent.
Greg: So you must be more protective than in the past, I hope.
Nod: Yes, I like to think so, yes.
Greg: Are there going to be any progressive elements like that in the past - you had more stuff like more long songs and stuff like that.
Nod: Now the first album's out of the way, it's sort of like, we can rely and sit back on for live and that. So yeah, I think the next album might lend itself being of a particular nature in some sorts of ways, but I think with the album that we've just done, it was important to get certain sorts of elements of feelings and music across, basically. So yeah, sure, it might be room for a bit more experimentation and stuff, a bit more color in there, perhaps.
Greg: Probably, Nod, tell me what are your expectations for Last Rites from now on?
Nod: Just to make sure we have a chance to do it again, you know what I mean?
Greg: And your craziest dreams?
Nod: Craziest dreams?
Greg: Yeah.
Nod: Oh. Yeah. I don't fancy going round in the space shuttle, nothing like that.
Greg: Okay.
Nod: Certainly not. No chance of that.
"As an old FOTN fan, I must say it was a great honour speaking with a part of the legend - Nod Wright. From the small discussion we had, he proved out a great guy, very polite and friendly, totaly unaffected by the heaviness of his historical background. Beside all that, the album he released is at least superb, vindicating his name and it's an album recommended, not only to FOTN fans, but to all of those who prefer heavy, groovy, dark atmospheric music. My only objection is some of Nod's statements considering the FOTN current status. I just feel the urge to express my opposition on this, declaring: Carl McCoy was, is and shall always be the NEPHILIM, what once we all were and again shall be..."


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Baby who got missing in the Nice attack in France is found (photos)
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The 31-year-old man who wreaked terror on the Nice seafront as he turned an evening celebrating Bastille Day into a night of terror in which he murdered 84 innocent people - drank alcohol, ate pork and took drugs.
He never prayed or attended a mosque, and hit his wife - with whom he had three children - and was in the process of getting a divorce. Bouhlel, who had been known to the French police since January, had been on the radar for six months for petty criminality. It is understood he lost his job as a delivery driver when he fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into four cars and had also been involved in a bar brawl.
Walid Hamou, a cousin of Bouhlel's wife Hajer Khalfallah , told MailOnline: 'Bouhlel was not religious. He did not go to the mosque, he did not pray, he did not observe Ramadan.'He drank alcohol, ate pork and took drugs. This is all forbidden under Islam.
'He was not a Muslim, he was a s***.
'He beat his wife, my cousin, he was a nasty piece of work.'
Yesterday, he was stopped by police just hours before he crushed scored of people underneath the wheels of his 25 tonne truck and fired shots indiscriminately at police and innocent bystanders.
He told officers that he was delivering ice-cream to the area and was allowed to park on the waterfront for several hours.
Obanikoro's wife is arrested by DSS over alleged N4.745b fraud...
Security agents yesterday arrested Hajiya Morufat Obanikoro, former Minister of Defence Musiliu Obanikoro's wife. Her arrest followed intelligence sharing by the Department of State Service (DSS) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
TB Joshua says he saw a revelation about the France Attack...
As the world reels in shock once again at the news of another appalling terror attack, it has been revealed that a certain prophet T.B. Joshua predicted it, founder of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations and Emmanuel TV, an international TV station, is said to have predicted the attack four days earlier, on Sunday 10th July during a Sunday service which was broadcast live.
In a video published on YouTube, the pastor is seen, saying: "God keeps saying that we should pray and fast on Thursday to avert any attack in any nation." Emphasizing that the Thursday he was referring to was the immediate one, he said: "This coming Thursday, pray and fast. Every nation, just pray for protection on Thursday; an attack on any nation should be averted. We cover Thursday with the blood of Jesus."
In direct line with what Joshua said, on the evening of Thursday 14th July, the world learned of yet another terror attack which took place in Nice, France. Crowds had packed out the city's main promenade to watch a fireworks display marking Bastille Day, a major public holiday in France. They were beginning to head home when a heavy truck literally rammed through the crowd, killing dozens. It has been reported that gunmen also ploughed into the crowd, shooting sporadically. The French newspaper, Le Figaro reported that at least 80 are dead while over 100 are injured. The President of the region (who also used to be Mayor of Nice), Christian Estrosi, revealed that the truck was full of "firearms, explosives and grenades", an indication of how much more destructive the attacker might have been.
Another significant attack occurred in Kenya on the morning of Thursday 14th July. A lone gunman opened fire, murdering six police officers including a senior police officer at the Kapenguria Police Station in Western Kenya.
It was initially reported that the gunman may have had links to al-Shabaab, Somalia-based Islamic group. However, reports later indicated that the attacker may have been a police officer at the station. In the afternoon, it emerged that, after almost eight hours' siege, the GSU officers had neutralised the gunman.
Ironically, this was not the only attack on a police camp in Kenya on Thursday. 20 gunmen, who are suspected, Al-Shabaab militants attacked a police camp in Lamu on Thursday morning at1am. According to Lamu East AP commander Abdullahi Adan, the militants who were armed with rocket propelled grenades tried to force their way into the camp with intention to bomb it. Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and various police units were able to avert the attack as they hotly pursued the terrorists, killing one.
The gravity of the situation in Kenya could have been much worse if not for the quick reaction of the forces which thwarted the two separate attacks. Perhaps the call to prayer from T.B. Joshua to avert attacks in nations played a role in arresting the situation.
Joshua is known to have predicted numerous events over the years. He publishes his world prophecies on his YouTube channel, Emmanuel TV, which currently has over 375,000 subscribers.
Wow..Meet this Nigerian family with five girls and are all Lawyers...
Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission, Dr Tor Uja and his wife of 35 years are blessed with five girls. What made them make the news is that all of their daughters are grown and they grew to become lawyers. The photos were shared by one of the women. God bless their profession! See another after the cut.
See the widow who allegedly lures school girls into prostitution is arrested...(photo)
A widow, identified as Chinonso Okolokwo, who was paraded by Lagos State Police Command alongside some criminals for allegedly recruiting young schoolgirls as commercial s3x workers in a hotel in Surulere area of the state during school hours, has denied the charge. Briefing newsmen on her arrest, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, disclosed that the suspect's method was to lure the students from different secondary schools around Surulere to the hotel.
Okolokwo, according to the CP, would give the students clothes to change into and use them as s3x slaves until school closing hours. Some of the students, as gathered, went home with between N1,000 and N2,000, depending on the number of men they attended to. But the amount, it was learned, was just 10 percent of what was paid by their male customers, while the rest was allegedly pocketed by their managers, among who is Okolokwo.
When interrogated, Okolokwo who hails from Ebonyi State, said: "I do not know anything about the schoolgirls. I am also a 'hustler' at Sunderland Hotel. I took to prostitution after the death of my husband 11 years ago. I have four children, but two died before my husband. "I lodged at the hotel for a week or two before going home to take care of my children with the proceeds. Several girls from Abuja and other parts of the country come there to hustle as well. "Police raided the hotel and arrested me. I am not connected with what they alleged."
Courtesy Punch
Former Deputy Governor of Osun state Omisore's bail is dismissed, told it lacks competence...
The Federal High Court in Abuja today dismissed Sen. Iyiola Omisore's bail application for lack of competence. The former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Omisore is being prosecuted by the EFCC over N1.3billion he allegedly got from the office of the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki. He awaits further decision from them.
See the life Oyo state Governor Ajimobi is living with American God daughter Malika Hagg (photos)
Khloe Kardashian's best friend, Malika Hagg posted a photo of herself with Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi referring to him as her God father and Nigeria's finest. She wrote;
"Reunited with my God Father @abiolaadeyemiajimobi #NigeriasFinest #OyoStateGovernor"
Read the beautiful message the Vice President Osinbanjo wrote about his wife on Twitter...
Today is the birthday of the wife of the Vice President. The VP took to twitter to praise his beautiful wife and shared the photos above. He wrote;
"At my side. My support. My wings. Happy birthday to my beautiful wife, Oludolapo."
Tragic..Terrorist attack kills more than 60 people as truck plows into crowd in Southern France...
A truck plowed into pedestrians during Bastille Day celebrations in the popular French seaside city of Nice, leaving at least 60 people dead, officials said. Broadcaster i-Tele quoted the prosecutor's office as saying the preliminary death toll was 60. The president of the Nice region, Eric Ciotti, said on French radio 60 people were killed. Nice's former mayor and a city official, Christian Estrosi said there appeared to be dozens of deaths. He later said there were 70 "victims."
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A. For quite a while, my sister and husband were urging me to stop wearing wigs and braids and just go natural. Keep in mind, the whole process is a mental transition as well. When I finally did it, I received so much support from my family, along with co-workers. During this period, I really needed it, since I was 38 years-old and really hadn't embraced my natural hair, since I was a kid.
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Common assault
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Common assault was an offence under the common law of England, and has been held now to be a statutory offence in England and Wales. It is committed by a person who causes another person to apprehend the immediate use of unlawful violence by the defendant. It was thought to include battery but it does not. In England and Wales, the penalty and mode of trial for this offence is now provided section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988, and it has been held that the offence should be alleged as contrary to the statute because of this. It was also held that common assault and battery are two distinct offences, so that a charge that the accused "assaulted and battered" another person would be bad for duplicity (the rule against charging more than one offence in a single count).
Section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 provides:
Common assault and battery shall be summary offences and a person guilty of either of them shall be liable to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both.[1]
On 13 September 2018, the Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 received Royal Assent.[2] This added a subsection which states any common assault and/or battery on an emergency services worker is also now indictable and therefore subject to a maximum of 12 months if tried on indictment[3]
Ingredients of the offenceEdit
Section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 does not contain a definition of the expression "common assault" that appears there. What the offence actually consists of must be determined by reference to case law.
A person commits an assault if he performs an act (which does not for this purpose include a mere omission to act) by which he intentionally or recklessly causes another person to apprehend immediate unlawful violence.[4]
Actus reusEdit
Both in the common law and under statute, the actus reus of a common assault is committed when one person causes another to apprehend or fear that force is about to be used to cause some degree of personal contact and possible injury. There must be some quality of reasonableness to the apprehension on the part of the victim. If the physical contact is everyday social behaviour such as a handshake or friendly pat on the back, this is acceptable even though the victim may have a phobia although, if the defendant is aware of the psychological difficulty, this may be converted into an assault if the intention is to exploit the condition and embarrass the victim. More generally, if the defendant threatens injury tomorrow, the victim has the opportunity to take avoiding action. Thus, what is threatened must be capable of being carried out immediately. This would exclude a conditional threat. For example, if the defendant says that he would beat the living daylights out of you but for the presence of a police officer watching them both, the victim is supposed to understand that there is no immediate danger (cf. Tuberville v Savage's "If it were not assize time I would not take such language from you"). But inequality in size can be disregarded so if a very small person threatens a very large person and it is obvious that the risk of any real injury from this attack is remote, the large person may nevertheless feel some degree of apprehension. Normally, both the one making the threat and the victim must be physically present because, otherwise, there would be no immediate danger. However, if a mobile phone is used to transmit the threat (whether orally or by SMS) and, from the words used, the victim reasonably understands that an attack is imminent, this may constitute an assault.[citation needed]
In Fagan v. Metropolitan Police Commissioner[5] a police officer ordered the defendant to park his car and he reluctantly complied. In doing so, he accidentally drove the car on to the policeman's foot and, when asked to remove the car, said "Fuck you, you can wait" and turned off the ignition. Because of the steel toe cap in his boot, the policeman's foot was not in actual danger, but the Divisional Court held that this could constitute an assault. Albeit accidentally, the driver had caused his car to rest on the officer's foot. This actus reus was a continuing act and the mens rea was formed during the relevant time (see concurrence). Whether realistically or not, the officer apprehended the possibility of injury so the offence was complete.
In R v. Ireland,[6] it was found that causing a person to apprehend violence can be committed by way of action or words. Words can also mean that otherwise threatening actions are rendered not capable of being an assault, as in the case of Tuberville v. Savage.[7] In that case, the plaintiff told the defendant (while putting his hand on his sword) that he would not stab him, because the circuit judge was visiting town for the local assizes. On that basis, the defendant was deemed to have known that he was not about to be injured, and it was held that no assault had been committed by the plaintiff (which would otherwise have justified the defendant's allegedly pre-emptive strike).
The "immediacy" requirement has been the subject of some debate. The leading case, again, is R v. Ireland. Therein, the House of Lords held that the making of silent telephone calls could amount to an assault if it caused the victim to believe that physical violence might be used against him in the immediate future. One example of "immediacy" adopted by the House in that case was that a man who said, "I will be at your door in a minute or two," might (in the circumstances where those words amounted to a threat) be guilty of an assault.
See also R v. Constanza.
Mens reaEdit
The mens rea is that this fear must have been caused either intentionally or recklessly. A battery is committed when the threatened force actually results in contact to the other and that contact was caused either intentionally or recklessly.
Self-defence is available when reasonable force is used to prevent harm to self or another. Prevention of a greater crime or with the purpose of aiding a lawful arrest is also known as The Public Defence. The Private Defence or defence of property also may be used as an argument. These arguments are not strictly defences but justifications for a certain level of force.[8]
Alternative verdictEdit
The original effect of sections 39 and 40 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 was that common assault was not available as an alternative verdict under section 6(3) of the Criminal Law Act 1967.[9]
Common assault is now available as an alternative verdict under section 6(3) of the Criminal Law Act 1967, by virtue of section 6(3A) of that Act (which was inserted by section 11 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004).
Whether it is a statutory offenceEdit
In DPP v. Taylor and DPP v. Little[10] it was held that common assault is a statutory offence, contrary to section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988. This decision was criticised[11][12][13] and in Haystead v DPP[14] the Divisional court expressed the obiter[15] opinion that common assault remains a common law offence.
Mode of trial and sentenceEdit
In England and Wales, it is a summary offence. However, where section 40 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 applies, it can be an additional charge on an indictment. It is usually tried summarily.[quantify]
However, if it is tried, it is punishable with imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both.
See Crown Prosecution Service Sentencing Manual for case law on sentencing. Relevant cases are:
- R v Nottingham Crown Court ex parte Director of Public Prosecutions[16]
- R v Dunn[17]
Racially or religiously aggravated offenceEdit
In England and Wales, section 29(1)(c) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c.37) creates the distinct offence of racially or religiously aggravated common assault.
Status of offenceEdit
This is the least serious assault. It is not at all uncommon for more serious assault charges to be reduced to common assault in "plea-bargaining" by prosecutors to avoid the additional expense of a Crown Court trial should the defendant elect for same. In real terms, the degree of fear or the level of injury required for a conviction can be unproven. No injury is required to prove battery.[citation needed]
See alsoEdit
- Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice, 1999, paragraphs 19-166 to 19-189 at pages 1605 to 1611
- ^ "Criminal Justice Act 1988". www.legislation.gov.uk.
- ^ "Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 — UK Parliament". services.parliament.uk.
- ^ "Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018-Common assault and battery". www.legislation.gov.uk.
- ^ R v Venna [1976] QB 421 at 429, 61 Cr App R 310 at 314, CA, Smith v Chief Superintendent of Woking Police Station, 76 Cr App R 234, DC, R v Ireland, R v Burstow [1998] AC 147, HL
- ^ Fagan v. Metropolitan Police Commissioner [1968] 1 QB 439
- ^ (1669) 1 Mod 3, T.
- ^ Participation, Expert. "Criminal Law Act 1967". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ R v Mearns [1991] 1 QB 82, 91 Cr App R 312, [1990] 3 WLR 569, [1990] 3 All ER 989, [1990] Crim LR 708, CA
- ^ DPP v. Little [1992] 1 QB 645, 95 Cr App R 28
- ^ Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice, 1993 supplements and 1994 and 1996 editions
- ^ Smith and Hogan, Criminal Law, 9th Ed, p.402
- ^ J.C. Smith [1991] Crim LR 900
- ^ Haystead v DPP 164 JP 396, DC,[1]
- ^ Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice. 2004. Paragraph 19-178 at page 1746.
- ^ R v Nottingham Crown Court ex parte Director of Public Prosecutions [1996] 1 Cr App R (S) 283
- ^ R v Dunn [2003] 2 Cr App R (S) 90


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My older boy Tomás is starting school today. He has been looking forward to it all summer.
I'm proud and happy and sad all at the same time.
My little boy is growing up.
Selfish and ungrateful – and lets not get started on Tomas 🙂
Key day Tom and great to mark it like this. I have those days on my private family blog and take those pics every year. Wait till you do the 3 or 4 year comparison side by side.
Very nice picture!
Good luck with the school; see you in Sept at Helsinki, hopefully,we'll grab some beers LOL
@Keith – a private family blog is a great idea. Still, I have enough blogs to be managing right now!!!
@horia = is Helsinki on for definite in Sept? Excellent, if so but they guys were a bit vague the last time. Beer it is, if we go!
Dunno as yet,but hope so:-)
My oldest daughter Anna is also starting her first day at school today. I'm in the UK today so I'm in her bad books. However the promise of flowers when I collect her next Monday did the trick – they grow up so fast.
Aww, hope his first day at school went well? (or as well as can be hoped for I suppose?)
We're just about to introduce Adam to solid food in a week or two. Got a couple of more years before he's out the door to school!
nice boy. tomas junior 🙂
Hi – was trying to find out how to add one of those little facebook bookmark this article to our blog – htt://purple13.blogspot.com and came across the smashing picture of your lads first day at school.
My eldest lad has just started secondary school today – i popped round this am to wish him well and took his picture – very smart in his new uniform.
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Book Review: "A Dirty Life"
Category : Book and Movie Reviews, October, Seasonal Menu Ideas
In the Island Library (part of the Whatcom County Library System), there is a special rack of books with a "Hot Picks" sticker on each of them. A lot of them have had to do with food, gardening and farming. I recently found a book on farming that was too good not to share.
"The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love" is by Kristin Kimball, whose lifestyle as the book opens is about as far from farming as a person can get. She was a freelance writer living in New York City's East Village neighborhood (before gentrification) across from the Hell's Angels' headquarters. She frequently partied until 4 a.m., played pinball for recreation, and secretly longed for a family.
She meets farmer Mark while working on a story about young farmers raising organic local produce. When she shows up to do the interview, Mark immediately puts her to work hoeing broccoli in heels on the small farm he manages. It takes her two days to get him cornered long enough to complete the interview. By then he has decided he wants to marry her (though it's some time later before he lets her know), and she is perplexed about how she got conned into working so hard and why she wakes up at home wanting to do more.
Later they decide to try farming together. An acquaintance lets them use his long neglected "summer home" farmland. Their dream is to create a farm which will produce organic food sustainably using horses instead of machinery. They want to sell their products directly to consumers as a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). Each CSA share will include ALL food needs–meat, dairy products, grains, beans, vegetables, fruits, nuts, eggs, etc. And they wanted to get it all up and running in a year, with only $18,000 in savings between the two of them.
I was totally engrossed in the book by this point. First of all, I know how much work it is to start even a small garden, much less a farm. I also know from my grandparents' farm in the Midwest that raising livestock adds another level of complexity (which means more work). To do all this without a tractor means even more physical difficulty, and to have it operational within one year seemed–well, "naive" is only an approximation of what I was thinking.
Amazingly, they succeeded in making a profit that first year, enough to purchase some of the land and the farm buildings. The story of how they did it is good reading, but also a valuable education for anyone who eats, which is why I'm recommending it to you.
Many of us have a view of farming as a pastoral, even tranquil, occupation. This book quickly puts those romantic notions to rest. While Kimball talks about spiritual dawns and peaceful milking times, she also describes the "to do" lists that grow longer every day and dangerous situations that arise suddenly from a failed fence post or an error in judgement at the end of a long, hard day.
In short, the book provides an honest account of the day-to-day life of one pair of farmers. While their story is unique to them, it gives a feel for the lifestyle, commitment, and just plain effort that goes into any small farm operation. It can't help but increase your appreciation for the incredible work our local farmers do for us.
Since the book describes the importance of using all parts of an animal, I thought this stew menu would be an appropriate accompaniment. (Note: The name "oxtail" is a carry over from earlier times. These days the "oxtail" is from a cow.)
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- Fresh Salad Mix with Herbed Yogurt Dressing
- Apple Brown Betty
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I read this book too! I loved it, she does a really good job of describing a farmers life and she is a great writer! Do you have any other suggestions that are similar to this book? Thanks for sharing 🙂
Hi, Cara! I don't know of anything exactly like this, but there are some other interesting books related to farming and food. I especially liked "Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan. He's also a great writer, and there's a lot of his own personal experiences in the book, which always makes for a more interesting story, I think. I also liked "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" by Barbara Kingsolver about her family eating locally for a year. Fabulous writer and interesting story. You can purchase any of these through links on my Bookstore page from Village Books in Bellingham.


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Composition and nutritional value of raw milk
Guetouache, Mourad1*; Guessas, Bettache2 and Medjekal, Samir3
1,3University of Mohamed Bouadiaf M'sila, Faculty of Science. Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry 28 000, Algeria.
1,2 Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Oran University. Algeria.
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Milk is a considerable resource of products whose composition varies. Four components are dominant in quantitative terms: water, fat, protein and lactose; while the minor components are minerals, enzymes, vitamins, and dissolved gases. It satisfies the demand of the consumer who seeks more and more innovative products with consistent quality. The dairy industry needs to utilize all the riches of this raw material, which is both simple in appearance and complex in composition. In general, cow milk is less rich in lactose, fat content and protein. On the other hand, the mineral content is similar.
Key words: Milk composition, element, nutrition, components.