#stanley geddes

[racefortheironthrone]

Someone on Twitter asked who was the British politician who has harmed the British people the most. Of course all the answers were modern politicians - the earliest suggestion was James Callaghan. Looking further back in history, who were the really bad British politicians?

In order to not answer this with a long list of "History's greatest colonialist monsters," I'm going to focus on just the ones who had a negative effect on "the British people," and in order to not answer that with a long list of "the history of English oppression of the Irish," I'm going to focus on just harm done to "the people who lived in what is currently the U.K." I am well aware that this is highly restrictive, but I don't have the time to write a complete history of Britain.

So who's on my shortlist?

Pitt the Younger. Fought the Napoleonic Wars on the backs of the poor while violently suppressing any dissent with a police state. He passed the Treason Act of 1795 to criminalize dissent, the Seditious Meetings Act of the same year to criminalize public assemblies, spied on pretty much anyone who wasn't an arch-Tory, suspended the writ of habeus corpus, and passed the Combination Act of 1799 to criminalize trade unions. In a just world, would have died on a guilottine in Trafalgar Square.

Lord Liverpool. In the wake of the Peterloo Massacre which he was absolutely responsible for, passed the Six Acts to allow the government to search people's houses for arms without a warrant, arrest and transport people for owning weapons or attending a meeting that was deemed to involve unlawful military drilling, reduced due process, shut down all public meetings that involved politics or religion, arrest and transport anyone who wrote anything that criticized the government or Christianity, and heavily tax and impose bonds on newspaper publishers. In a just world, the Cato Street Conspirators would have exercised better tradecraft and assassinated him and his entire government.

Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington. Followed up his victory in the Napoleonic Wars by fighting a war against the British people. Arch Tory bastard, adamantly opposed any political Reform that would enfranchise ordinary people, and opposed Jewish emancipation while supporting Catholic emancipation. To be honest, I wish the mob had torched Apsley House with him inside when they had the chance.

As for the runners-up?

Bonar Law, Stanley Baldwin, and Ramsay fucking MacDonald for dropping the Geddes Axe and then subjecting British workers to twenty years of crippling austerity and repression.

[brokehorrorfan]

UHF will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on July 2 via Shout Factory. Celebrating its 35th anniversary, the 1989 comedy stars and is co-written by Weird Al Yankovic.

Frequent Weird Al music video director Jay Levey directs and co-wrote. David Bowe, Fran Drescher, Victoria Jackson, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Richards, Stanley Brock, Gedde Watanabe, Billy Barty, Anthony Geary, Emo Philips and Trinidad Silva round out the cast.

UHF has been newly scanned in 4K from the origianl 35mm camera negative with Dolby Vision. Special features are listed below.

Disc 1 - 4K UHD:

Audio commentary by director/co-writer Jay Levey and actor/co-writer Weird Al Yankovic

Disc 2 - Blu-ray:

Audio commentary by director/co-writer Jay Levey and actor/co-writer Weird Al Yankovic

San Diego Comic-Con 2014 retrospective panel

Deleted scenes

Behind-the-scenes footage

"UHF" music video by Weird Al Yankovic

Production stills

Promotional materials

Easter eggs

A lot of TV stations have forgotten what "quality" means. But not Channel 62. They NEVER knew what it meant. "Weird Al" Yankovic is George Newman, a daydreamer who becomes the manager of a small TV station that's losing money as quickly as it's losing viewers. Before long he's programming shows like "Stanley Spadowski's Clubhouse," "Wheel Of Fish" and "Raul's Wild Kingdom." But can Channel 62's new popularity save it from sinister forces? To find out… don't touch that dial!

Pre-roder UHF.

[collecting-stories]

Has any one wrote a One Chicago and ER cross over fanfiction story? I would like to read one if there is

Talk about ER look at the stars through out the fifteen series of it !!!!!!

Ewan Mc Gregor, Kat Dennings, Kirsten Dunst, Sally Field, Octavia Spencer, Angela Bassett George Clooney, Linda Cardellini, David Schwimmer, John Stamos, William H Macy, Ming Na Wen, Ving Rhames, Rosemary Clooney, Kristin Davis, Abraham Benrubi, Jared Padalecki, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Piper Laurie, Mary Mara, Lucy Liu, Red Buttons, Scottie Pippen, John Aylward, Alex Kingston, Glenne Headley, Maria Bello, Jorja Fox, Omar Epps, Harry Lennix, Jami Gertz, Lisa Nicole Carson, Clancy Brown, Chad Lowe, Gedde Watanabe, George Eads, Mariska Hargitay, Taraji P Henson, Mickey Rooney, Eva Mendes, Kellie Martin, Julianna Margulies, Mare Winningham, Cress Williams, Keiko Agena, Xander Berkeley, Julie Bowen, Jessica Capshaw, Mike Doyle, Teri Garr, Djimon Hounsou, Marlee Matlin, Eric Christian Olsen, Holland Taylor, Erik Palladino, Alan Alda, Erica Gimpel, Troy Evans, Martha Plimpton, Gabrielle Union, Shia Le Beouf, Anton Yelchin, Mitch Pileggi, Dakota Fanning, Liza Weil, Maura Tierney, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mark Valley, Nancy Kwan, Judy Parfitt, Wentworth Miller, Alan Dale, Chris Sarandon, James Cromwell, Jim Belushi, Eric Stonestreet, Josh Peck, Sherry Stringfeld, Noah Wyle, Eriq La Salle, Mekhi Phifer, Julie Delpy, Mary McDonnell, Michael Gross, Lisa Vidal, Khandi Alexander, Kal Penn, Christina Hendricks, Kim Raver, Don Cheadle, Leslie Bibb, Tom Everett Scott, Chris Pine, Josh Radnor, Crispin Bonham Carter, Aaron Paul, Eli Wallach, Lake Bell, Josh Hutcherson, Ed Asner, Jerry Trainor, Zac Efron, Bob Newhart, J K Simmons, Jessica Chastain, Rocky Carroll, Leland Orser, Donal Logue, Danny Glover, Ray Liotta, Cynthia Nixon, Josh Gad, John Leguizamo, Corey Stoll, Kristen Johnson, Ernie Hudson, Eamonn Walker, Serena Williams, Stana Katic, James Woods, Stanley Tucci, Amy Aquino, Busy Phillips, Joe Manganiello, Estelle Harris, Garret Dillahut, Lois Smith, Forest Whitaker, Parminder Nagra, Mae Whitman, Peter Fonda, Steve Buscemi, Thandiwe Newton, Rooney Mara, Ariel Winter, Susan Sarandon, Judy Greer, Alexis Bledel & Chadwick Boseman,

I’m not sure but yeah, I have watched all 15 seasons of ER.

[ulkaralakbarova]

The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: George Newman: ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic R.J. Fletcher: Kevin McCarthy Stanley Spadowski: Michael Richards Bob: David Bowe Harvey Bilchik: Stanley Brock Philo: Anthony Geary Raul Hernandez: Trinidad Silva Kuni: Gedde Watanabe Noodles MacIntosh: Billy Barty Richard Fletcher: John Paragon Pamela Finklestein: Fran Drescher Esther Bilchik: Sue Ane Langdon Head Thug: David Proval Killer Thug: Grant James Teri: Victoria Jackson Joe Earley: Emo Philips Gandhi: Jay Levey Cameraman: Lou B. Washington Bum: Vance Colvig FCC Man: Nik Hagler Bartender: Robert K. Weiss Spatula Husband: Eldon G. Hallum Spatula Wife: Sherry Engstrom Spatula Neighbor: Sara Allen Sy Greenblum: Bob Hungerford Crazy Ernie: John Cadenhead Blind Man: Francis M. Carlson Earl Ramsey: Ivan Green Joel Miller: Adam Maras Billy: Travis Knight Little Weasel: Joseph Witt Teri’s Father: Tony Frank Teri’s Mother: Billie Lee Thrash Fletcher Cronie #1: Barry Friedman Fletcher Cronie #2: Kevin Roden Phyllis Weaver: Lisa R. Stefanic Big Edna: Nancy Johnson Betty: Debbie Mathieu Little Old Lady: Wilma Jeanne Cummins Animal Deliveyman: Cliff Stephens Band: Guitar: Jim West Band: Bass Guitar: Steve Jay Band: Drums: Jon Schwartz Band: Keyboards: Kim Bullard Whipped Cream Eater: Barry Hansen Thug #3: Bob Maras Thug #4: George Fisher Guide #1: Tony Salome Guide #2: Joe Restivo Yodeler: Charles Marsh Mud Wrestler: Belinda Bauer Satan: Patrick Thomas O’Brien Conan the Librarian: Roger Callard Timid Man: Robert Frank Boy with Books: Jeff Maynard Promo Announcer (voice): M.G. Kelly Promo Announcer (voice): Jay Gardner Promo Announcer (voice): John Harlan Promo Announcer (voice): Jim Rose Film Crew: Production Manager: Gray Frederickson Original Music Composer: John Du Prez Editor: Dennis M. O’Connor Producer: Gene Kirkwood Producer: John W. Hyde Writer: Jay Levey Director of Photography: David Lewis Production Design: Ward Preston Set Decoration: Robert L. Zilliox Costume Design: Tom McKinley Makeup Effects: Allan A. Apone Special Effects Makeup Artist: Douglas J. White Sound Recordist: Ara Ashjian Sound Editor: Christopher Assells Sound Editor: Charles R. Beith Jr. Sound Recordist: Gregory Cheever Sound Editor: Clayton Collins Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Andy D’Addario Sound Editor: Dino DiMuro Sound Editor: G. Michael Graham Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Jeffrey J. Haboush Sound Mixer: Bo Harwood Sound Editor: Dan Hegeman Sound Editor: A. David Marshall Sound Editor: Diane Marshall Supervising Sound Editor: Dave McMoyler Sound Recordist: Art Schiro Sound Editor: Scott A. Tinsley Visual Effects Producer: John Coats Visual Effects Supervisor: William Mesa Visual Effects Art Director: Richard Kilroy Visual Effects Art Director: Ron Yates Post Production Supervisor: Susan Zwerman Production Supervisor: Bill Carroll Stunt Coordinator: George Fisher Stunts: Bob Maras Stunts: Brent Stice Stunts: T. Alan Kelly Stunts: J. Granville Moulder Stunts: Michael Steven Howl Stunts: Richard Drown Executive In Charge Of Production: Kate Morris Associate Producer: Becki Cross Trujillo Associate Producer: Joe M. Aguilar First Assistant Director: John R. Woodward Second Assistant Director: Benita Allen Casting Assistant: Gregory Raich Casting Assistant: Sandi Black Local Casting: Barbara Brinkley Henry Local Casting: Laurey Lummus Key Hair Stylist: Lynne K. Eagan Makeup & Hair: Roseanne McIlvane Wardrobe Supervisor: Ainslee Colt de Wolf Wardrobe Assistant: Phil O’Nan Boom Operator: Joel Racheff First Assistant Camera: Ed Giovanni Second Assistant Camera: Tiffanie Winton Second Assistant Camera: Brett Reynolds Second Assistant Camera: Cindi Pusheck Production Coordinator: Bonnie Macker Script Supervisor: Carol Stewart Second Second Assistant Director: Lorene M. Duran Third Assistant Director: Pam Whorton Additional Editing: Steve Polivka Assistant Editor: Lewis Schoenbrun Supervising ADR Editor: Karla Caldwell Music Supervisor:...

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"TWO FIREMEN DIE IN LONDON BLAZE," Toronto Star. March 5, 1933. Page 9. ---- In a fire which swept the Hunt Flour Mills, London, Ont., Saturday night, two veteran firemen died trapped on the sixth floor, while two jumped 90 feet into a net held by their comrades. Several others were injured. The photographs here show: (1) Deputy Chief Stanley Scruby, dead. (2) Assistant Chief John Mitchell, who was rescued down, an aerial from where he and others were trapped on the fifth floor. (3) The flour mills, showing how fire men jumped into a net. (4) Scene at the blaze. (5) Lieut. Arthur Hartop, dead. (6) Fireman Pat Kirk, taken to hospital gassed. (7) Fireman. Harry West, in hospital from sprained wrists from holding the life nets with which his comrades jumped. (8) Fireman George Geddes, knee injuries. (9) Fireman Reginald others Walters, one of two who escaped by a 90-foot plunge to the net. (10) Fireman Norman Wight, the other who jumped, and (11) Fireman L Fluhrer, almost suffocated.

[odk-2]

The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys - The Dream of the Miner's Child (Live) (1962) Will Geddes (UK Composer) / Robert Donnelly (UK Lyricist) from: "Friends of Old Time Music: The Folk Arrival 1961-1965"            (2006 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Box Set | Disc 1)

Bluegrass | Country | Folk | Acoustic

JukehostUK (left click = play) (320kbps)

Personnel: The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys: Carter Stanley: Lead Vocals / Guitar Ralph Stanley: Tenor Vocals / Banjo Curley Lambert: Mandolin Vernon Derrick: Fiddle Carl Hawkins: Bass

Recorded November 30, 1962

"Dream of the Miner's Child"

A miner was leaving his home for his work He heard his little child scream. He went to the side of the little girl's bed Oh daddy I've had such a dream.

Oh daddy don't go to that mine today For dreams do so often come true. Oh daddy, dear daddy, please don't go away I never could live without you.

I dreamed that the mines were all ablazing with fire The workers fought for they're lives. But then the scene changed and the mouth of that mine Was covered with sweethearts and wives.

Oh daddy don't go to that mine today For dreams do so often come true. Oh daddy, dear daddy, please don't go away I never could live without you.

Go down to the village and tell all of our dear friends As sure as the dry sun does shine. There's something that going to happen there today Oh daddy don't go to that mine.

Oh daddy don't go to that mine today For dreams do so often come true. Oh daddy, dear daddy, please don't go away I never could live without you.

Oh daddy don't go to that mine today For dreams do so often come true. Oh daddy, dear daddy, please don't go away I never could live without you.

[architectureofdoom]

Tags - Architects/designers I-Z

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[captainmactaggart]

A Christmassy Geddes (in May)

Right, does anyone remember that episode of Father Ted where they found themselves lost in Ireland's biggest lingerie department? Yeah, thought not, but this is basically the same idea. Except slightly different, and not co-written by a transphobic cuntbucket. It's called Retail Therapy, and as always, you can find it on either deviantART or FictionPress:

PART 1: https://www.deviantart.com/toastedalmond98/art/GL21-Retail-Therapy-PT1-841777701

PART 2: https://www.deviantart.com/toastedalmond98/art/GL21-Retail-Therapy-PT2-841777753

FICTIONPRESS: https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3345473/8/Geddes-Line-Season-2

Read and enjoy with the usual level of discretion.

[paranormalrealism]

Interview

With Gavin Geddes

By Orville Burch

Author To Author

Orville: Tell us about yourself

Gavin: I enjoyed creative writing as a school kid in England but it always took a back seat to football. My teachers always seemed to read my stories out loud.

I was sexually abused from the age of 9-11.   I kept quiet as my abuser knew I would. In 2017 many ex professional footballers like myself   came out publicly about historical sex abuse they suffered. My abuser was still a friend of my parents so instead of going through courts for justice and compensation I wrote him a letter. That letter saw me jailed for 40 months. He was released without charge even though the Police told my family they know he did it. We have found new evidence that has been handed into Police that will see my abuser jailed. That is why I hold off releasing Soundtrack to a life. I want the last chapter The Long and Winding Road to be a happy ending and closure for me. The concept of Soundtrack to a life is each chapter is named after a relevant song like Life on Mars which is the chapter about my first day in prison. I had talks with a London Documentary maker but I don’t feel we have enough footage for a Doc. However, we are looking at a film dramatization as well as the book. I’ve had offers from England, America, Australia, and etc. to publish the book but until it’s completed I’m undecided. I’m a perfectionist and want this to be perfectly presented in every way.

The catalyst for my adult writing was hearing the Nick Cave song Into my Arms when depressed in my prison cell on day 13 of 1,219. It was the first time I’d heard it and it was beautiful. It gave me an epiphany to write my life story and a screenplay which is called An Evening with Neville Heath. I did these with no internet and haven’t changed anything about either project. The concept of both   as you will find out is so unique. My MC Stanley Turner is purely fictional but Heath was a real life killer. Made for stage or screen I know Heath will be a roaring success. I just need to pitch it!

Orville: Who is your target audience?

Gavin: My target audience is everyone. Sound Track To A life obviously involves Child Abuse, football , prison , mental health, family , the fight for justice and closure. Parts are dark but there’s also humorous parts and inspiring ones.

An Evening with Neville Heath is also for everyone. It charts subjects like the Holocaust, Capital Punishment, redemption etc.

 Orville: What are your hobbies?

Gavin: My hobbies are obviously football, writing and spending time with my kids and family.

Orville: Do you have a favorite quote?

Gavin: My favorite quote is by Arthur Ashe. I saw it on a crumpled poster on my first night in prison. “Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can”.

Orville: Are you a plotter or pantser?

Gavin: I am not a plotter of pantser I’m somewhere in between.

 Orville: Do you think there are underrepresented themes is books?

Gavin: I think books on Child Sex Abuse are underrepresented much like the subject is in society. It’s a taboo subject because child abuse starts at the top and is sadly covered up because of this. My name became public after my trial so Sound Track To A Life is a chance to get this subject into the public domain and hopefully help other Survivors.

Orville: What is your advice for young people wanting to start a writing career?

Gavin: My advice for young writers is believe in yourself and don’t enter competitions that can shatter your confidence. Only write when you feel inspired to do so. Don’t write for the sake of it.

Orville: Who would you say is your greatest influence?

Gavin: My greatest influence in writing is me. I was beating myself up mentally in prison but after that epiphany I picked up a pen and found a bit of battered card in a communal bin and thought up An Evening with Neville Heath. I’ve always been a pessimist but with my writings I’ve never been more optimistic about anything in my life.

[scotianostra]

At around ten o'clock in the evening of July 6th 1988 the Piper Alpha oil platform in the North Sea was rocked by a huge explosion.

The 30th anniversary of the disaster will be remembered at a special memorial service tonight in Aberdeen at the Piper Alpha Memorial Garden in Hazlehead Park. The names of all 167 men who lost their lives on July 6 1988 will be read out during the ceremony to be attended by their relatives, friends and representatives from the oil and gas sector.

The vast human tragedy of that day sent shockwaves around the world and forced the industry to take a painstaking look at its practices. On that night, there were more than 220 men on board Piper Alpha, with most in the accommodation section and more than 60 working on the night shift.

After a gas leak on the North Sea platform a series of explosions followed and, minutes later, it was engulfed in a fireball. By the time the rescue helicopters arrived, flames were reaching 300ft and could be seen from 70 miles away. The smoke and fire made evacuation by helicopter or lifeboat impossible, and many people gathered in the accommodation area. Remaining there meant certain death. With the platform ablaze and exploding, some men jumped off from 175ft above the North Sea. Others plunged from lower levels or clambered down ropes and hoses before plummeting into the water. Poundland to stop selling kitchen blades because of rise in knife crime

There were only 62 survivors that night in what remains the world’s worst offshore disaster. An inquiry led by Lord Cullen opened in Aberdeen in January 1989, ended in February the following year, and published its report of several hundred pages nine months after that. It led to North Sea safety being shifted from the Department of Energy to the Health and Safety Executive, and meant that automatic shut-down valves were made mandatory on rigs to starve a fire of fuel.

It's not often I would name all those that perished, but on the 3oth anniversary I think it is only fitting to do so, RIP to the 167......

Robert McIntosh Adams, 39, rigger George Alexander J Anderson, 29, baker Ian Geddes Anderson, 33, dual service operator John Anderson, 45, catering manager Mark David Ashton, 19, trainee technician/cleaner Wilson Crawford A Bain, 34, valve technician Barry Charles Barber, 46, diving consultant Craig Alexander Barclay, 24, welder Alan Barr, 37, electrical technician Brian Philip Batchelor, 44, seaman Amabile Alexander Borg, 51, non-destructive tester Hugh Wallace Brackenridge, 47, roustabout Alexander Ross Colvin Bremner, 38, production operator Eric Roland Paul Brianchon, 32, technician Hugh Briston, 40, scaffolder Henry Brown, 27, welder Stephen Brown, 39, assistant chef/baker Gordon Craib Bruce, 42, helicopter landing officer James Bruce, 52, logger Carl William Busse, 31, directional drilling supervisor David Campbell, 23, cleaner David Allen Campbell, 29, scaffolder Alexander Watt Cargill, 39, electrician Robert Carroll, 34, safety operator Alan Carter, 43, lead production operator Robert Cleland, 33, derrickman Stephen Colin Cole, 40, radio officer Hugh Connor, 35, instrument technician/lecturer John Edward Sherry Cooke, 59, plater John Thomas Cooper, 37, instrument technician William Nunn Coutts, 37, chef William John Cowie, 32, steward Michael John Cox, 26, scaffolder Alan Irvin Craddock, 31, drilling supervisor Edward John Crowden, 47, electrical technician Bernard Curtis, 45, deputy production superintendent Jose Hipolito Da Silva, 26, steward John Stephen Dawson, 38, telecom engineer Eric Deverell, 51, production clerk Alexander Duncan, 51, steward Charles Edward Duncan, 29, floorman Eric Duncan, 49, drilling materials man John Duncan, 33, engineer Thomas Irvine Duncan, 39, roustabout William David Duncan, 38, crane operator David Alan Ellis, 28, steward Douglas Newlands Findlay, 38, supervisor mechanic Harold Edward George Flook, 51, production operator George Fowler, 40, electrical technician Alexander Park Frew, 41, plater Samuel Queen Gallacher, 30, pipe fitter Miguel Galvez-Estevez, 36, assistant chef Ernest Gibson, 45, mud engineer Albert Stuart Gill, 32, roustabout Ian Gillanders, 50, instrument pipe fitter Kevin Barry Gilligan, 35, steward Shaun Glendinning, 24, painter John Edward Thomas Goldthorp, 37, motorman Stephen Robert Goodwin, 22, geologist James Edward Gray Gordon, 38, floorman David Lee Gorman, 41, safety operator Kenneth Graham, 40, mechanical technician Peter John Grant, 31, production operator Cyril James Gray, 49, safety operator Harold Eugene Joseph Green, 44, rigger Michael John Groves, 44, production operator John Hackett, 49, electrical technician Ian Hay, 31, steward Thomas Albert Hayes, 39, rigging supervisor James Heggie, 45, production services superintendent David William Henderson, 28, lead floorman Philip Robert Houston, 35, geologist Duncan Jennings, 28, geologist Jeffrey Grant Jones, 37, assistant driller Christopher Kavanagh, 49, plater William Howat Kelly, 43, electrical technician Ian Killington, 33, steward John Brian Kirby, 51, production operator Stuart Gordon Charles Knox, 37, roustabout Alexander Rodger Laing, 38, steward Terence Michael Largue, 34, scaffolder Graham Lawrie, 39, roustabout Findlay Wallace Leggat, 37, scaffolder Brian Lithgow, 34, photographic technician Robert Rodger Littlejohn, 29, pipe fitter Martin George Longstaffe, 22, logger William Raymond Mahoney, 60, steward John Morrison Martin, 33, rigger Sidney Ian McBoyle, 36, motorman Robert Borland McCall, 39, chief electrician James McCulloch, 51, HVAC technician Alistair James McDonald, 33, mechanical technician Alexander McElwee, 45, plater Thomas O’Neil McEwan, 38, electrical chargehand William George McGregor, 48, leading steward Frederick Thomas Summers McGurk, 51, rigger William Hugh McIntosh, 24, floorman Gordon McKay, 33, valve technician Charles Edward McLaughlin, 46, electrician Neil Stuart Ross McLeod, 47, quality assurance inspector Francis McPake, 49, steel erector/rigger David Allison McWhinnie, 36, production operator Dugald McLean McWilliams, 31, welder Carl Mearns, 20, rigger Derek Klement Michael Millar, 32, supervisor Alan David Miller, 31, industrial chemist Frank Miller, 33, scaffolder John Hector Molloy, 32, engineer Leslie James Morris, 38, platform superintendent Bruce Alexander Ferguson Munro, 29, floorman George Fagan Murray, 37, steward James Cowie Niven, 27, roustabout Graham Sim Noble, 37, materials man Michael O’Shea, 30, electrician Robert Rennie Pearston, 25, mechanic Ian Piper, 38, motorman Wasyl Pochrybniak, 37, lead roustabout Raymond Leslie Price, 59, production operator Neil Pyman, 32, engineer Terence Stephen Quinn, 28, service engineer William Wallace Raeburn, 38, maintenance controller Donald Reid, 44, chargehand engineer Robert Welsh Reid, 27, roustabout Gordon MacAlonan Rennie, 52, process operator Robert Miller Richard, 45, production operator Alan Riddoch, 44, steward Adrian Peter Roberts, 28, roughneck Alexander James Robertson, 50, lead production technician Donald Nicholson Robertson, 54, mechanical technician Gary Ross, 29, roustabout Michael Hector Ryan, 23, roustabout Stanley Sangster, 56, foreman scaffolder James John Dearn Savage, 41, electrical technician Michael Hugh Brodie Scorgie, 28, lead foreman William Alexander Scorgie, 46, pipe fitter John Francis Scott, 26, scaffolder Colin Denis Seaton, 51, offshore installation manager Robert Hendry Selbie, 32, turbo drill engineer Michael Jeffrey Serink, 26, logger Michael Bernard Short, 41, foreman rigger Richard Valentine Skinner, 41, assistant driller William Hamilton Smith, 43, maintenance lead hand James Speirs, 42, mechanical technician Kenneth Stuart Stephenson, 37, rigger Thomas Cunningham Boswell Stirling, 27, cleaner Malcolm John Storey, 38, seaman James Campbell Stott, 40, plumber Jurgen Tilo Stwerka, 36, research chemist Stuart Douglas Sutherland, 21, student/cleaner Terrence John Sutton, 28, mechanical fitter Alexander Ronald Taylor, 57, roustabout Alistair Adam Thompson, 45, telecom engineer Robert Argo Vernon, 51, production operator John Edward Wakefield, 35, instrument technician Michael Andrew Walker, 24, technician Bryan Thomas Ward, 48, rigger Gareth Hopson Watkin, 42, offshore medical attendant Francis John Watson, 38, head chef Alexander Whibley, 28, roustabout Kevan Dennis White, 42, maintenance supervisor Robert Whiteley, 39, roustabout Graham Gill Whyte, 42, aerial rigger James Gilbert Whyte, 53, aerial rigger Alan Wicks, 40, safety supervisor Paul Charles Ferguson Williamson, 24, floorman David Wiser, 65, survey technician John Richard Woodcock, 29, technical clerk

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En Memoria de Charlotte Figi 💚 La niña que cambió las leyes del Cannabis Medicinal en Estados Unidos. . Charlotte Figi nació en Colorado en el año 2006. A los 3 meses tuvo su primera convulsión y desde ese momento su salud fue empeorando. Fue diagnosticada con Síndrome de Dravet, un tipo de epilepsia infantil farmacoresistente o que no responde a los tratamientos convencionales. . Charlotte experimentaba 300 episodios de convulsiones diarias lo que la incapacitaba para caminar, comer y hablar. En un momento, sus padres encontraron un video de un niño en una situación similar y que estaba siendo tratado con Cannabis alto en CBD. Investigaron más al respecto y pasaron mucho trabajo para conseguir que un médico les recetara Cannabis. En Colorado ya el uso terapéutico del Cannabis era legal desde el 2000, pero todos los pacientes eran adultos. Charlotte tenía 5 años. . Luego de una búsqueda exhaustiva y muchos obstáculos, lograron a obtener el apoyo de los doctores Margaret Gedde y Alan Shackeldord, quienes entendieron que no había otra opción y les ayudaron en el proceso. . Con la receta médica, fueron a un dispensario en Colorado y adquirieron una cepa de la hierba alta en CBD y baja en THC. El CBD o Cannabidiol es un componente de la planta con propiedades anticonvulsionantes, entre otros. . Realizaron aceite de Cannabis con esta variedad, y le dieron un poco a Charlotte. Los efectos fueron inmediatos y sorprendentes. Estuvo una semana seguida sin convulsionar. Había esperanza de recuperación. . El problema era que el aceite se acababa rápido y el Cannabis era caro en los dispensarios. Entonces con el apoyo de los “Stanley Brothers”, un grupo de cannabicultores que habían desarrollado una variedad alta en CBD y baja en THC, lograron obtener de manera gratuita acceso al tratamiento, además de nombrar la variedad en su honor: Charlotte’s Web. . Desde entonces su mejoría fue imparable. 99% de sus convulsiones cesaron y pudo mejorar su calidad de vida enormemente, además de ser ejemplo e inspirar a muchas otras familias en situaciones similares a buscar apoyo y solicitar a los gobiernos el acceso a la medicina. . Será recordada por siempre con mucho cariño. @charlotteswebcbd https://www.instagram.com/p/B-ugnT8BH6i/?igshid=hgv0cnuy8h10

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The Use of High-Cannabidiol Cannabis Extracts to treat encephalopathy and different Diseases

There has been a dramatic rise in news attention to healthful cannabis in 2013, with reports on CNN, ABC, CBS, and native publications regarding high-cannabidiol cannabis oil effectively dominant the symptoms of rare epileptic conditions like Dravet syndrome, Dose syndrome, infantile spasms, plant tissue abnormality, and more. These diseases will cause a whole bunch to thousands of seizures every week, whereas additionally impairing development in an exceedingly range of different ways that. For families with youngsters littered with such conditions, the challenges are overwhelming. Thanks to the extraordinarily complicated nature of Dravet and connected syndromes, ancient prescription drugs are ineffective and infrequently build the issues worse. With no different hope, families have turned to high-CBD cannabis oil that is proving to figure with miraculous effectuality

To clarify, high-CBD cannabis oil is non-psychoactive and apparently even a lot of useful than high-THC cannabis oil. Cannabidiol is another cannabinoid within the cannabis plant, just like a lot of well-known mind-altering cannabinoid tetrahydrocannabinol, with important analysis suggesting neuroprotectant, anticancer, medication, anti-ischemic, medicine, neuroleptic, and antibacterial drug properties, among others. What is more, cannabis oil could be a style of extract from cannabis. Such oil contains giant amounts of targeted cannabinoids that may be orally eaten instead of preserved, conserving the healthful compounds and permitting them to be delivered through systema digestorium, instead of the systema respiratorium.

The analysis suggests that CBD has panacea-like properties, and in observe, this can be proved to be the case. On August eleventh, 2013, Sanjay Gupta frees a documentary on CNN regarding Charlotte Figi. Charlotte could be a young Dravet syndrome patient World Health Organization was having three hundred epileptic seizure seizures every week. No prescription drugs or dietary changes might do something to cut back this range. Charlotte's folks learned regarding high-CBD cannabis oil, and when virtually the primary dose, Charlotte's seizures stopped. She currently has but 3 minor seizures a month. This case is nothing wanting miraculous, and it is not isolated. Dr. Margaret Gedde, an urban center medical man, is trailing eleven new patients of the Stanley brothers, the suppliers of Charlotte's high-CBD medication. Nine of them have had 90-100% reductions in seizures that once more, are just miraculous.

The epileptic conditions that CBD is proving to be effective against extraordinarily complicated, and not even the foremost powerful, well-researched prescription drugs are capable of causation any healing. nevertheless, high-CBD cannabis oil is straight away and powerfully reducing symptoms, with the sole facet effects being systemically useful - a lot of energy, higher learning, improved behavior, and more.

It mustn't be shocking that results like these are occurring for years. a bit like analysis shows cannabinoids are therapeutically effective against encephalopathy, there's analysis suggesting they'll eliminate cancers and management different serious diseases. And in observe, for encephalopathy and these different conditions, the results are translating to humans. Folks are dependably eliminating cancers for years and mitigating diseases like polygenic disorder, Crohn's, fibromyalgia, a heart condition, chronic pain, sclerosis, and more. This can be as serious because it gets, and a lot of attention should be delivered to this issue.

As you'll be able to see, the utilization of healthful cannabis is extraordinarily necessary. This is not regarding assuaging the facet effects of therapy or rising appetency - this can be regarding golf stroke serious diseases into remission, eliminating cancer in humans, and rising all aspects of human health. To envision the scientific and experiential proof supporting this, as well as medical documentation of terminal cancer patients currently inactive, visit https://www.purecannastore.com/. You’ll be able to additionally read on the report on Kindle.

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Is it more dangerous for women to be homeless than men to be homeless?

1.     Question: Is it more dangerous for women to be homeless than men to be homeless? A paper from 1998 found that homeless women were more likely to experience traumatic injury from intentional violence than Homeless men. (“An advantage with limits”, by M. Marpsat. page 271.). The paper cited is in French. So unfortunately, I can’t read it. One paper I can read found that homeless women are more likely to be raped than homeless men, and suffer after being attacked for longer periods of time than men. (Exploring the Experiences of, Violence Among Individuals, Who Are Homeless Using a, Consumer-Led Approach, by Molly Meinbresse, MPH et al. Violence and Victims, Volume 29, Number 1, 2014). However, Homeless men are more likely to actually die a violent death than Homeless women. In Maryland, they represent 85% of homeless people who die violent deaths.  (Characteristics of Violent Deaths Among Homeless People in Maryland, 2003–2011. By Jennifer L. Stanley et all. Table 1). But about 57% of Homeless people overall in Maryland during that same time period. (Overview of Homelessness and, Homeless Services in Maryland. By Department of Legislative Services, Office of Policy Analysis, Annapolis, Maryland, September 2015. Exhibit 5.). However, homeless men and women have similar overall rates of violent victimization and all-cause mortality, with homeless men being more likely to suffer traumatic brain injury than homeless women. (The health of homeless people in high-income countries: descriptive epidemiology, health consequences, and clinical and policy recommendations Prof Seena Fazel, MD, Prof John R Geddes, MD, and Prof Margot Kushel, MD. Lancet. 2014 Oct 25;, 384(9953): 1529–1540., doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61132-6). So, is being homeless more dangerous for women than it is for men? Short answer, no, because the overall rate of victimization and mortality are similar. Long answer, it depends. Women are more likely to be raped and suffer afterwards. But men are more likely to actually die from a violent assault.

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Up and decide to go to Smeaton-Hanscomb first and get money. We arrive about 11 and Mr. Phillip J. Hanscomb is a dear. He gets us to meet Mr. Stanley Taylor, Mr. Ralph Geddes, cashier, and another man. Insist on a drink there then Geddes takes us to American Express & P&O office. Then all meet for luncheon at Waldorf [more here]. Then Geddes and E & I ride about, see guys crusading in Hyde Park, Rotten Row and about. Finally leave him and buy pipe at Dunhill’s and go to sweater shop. Drop in Swan & Edgar and Fortnum & Mason (2 dept. stores). Home.

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The Colorado CBD story that changed America’s views on cannabis

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If there’s one story that transformed American views toward medical cannabis and the plant in general, it’s that of young child epilepsy patient Charlotte Figi, whose life-threatening seizures are now successfully under control thanks to a specialized strain of cannabis that can be used to make CBD-rich, non-psychoactive cannabis oil. And it was in Colorado where the magic happened.

Charlotte’s story was told on primetime television, as part of a CNN documentary that explored the new potential of medical cannabis as a treatment for severe and untreatable epilepsy. Charlotte has Dravet’s syndrome, an epilepsy that causes a myriad of seizures. When at its worst, Charlotte would experience more than 300 seizures weekly, but now she suffers from just a few each month. It’s been a remarkable transition and one that tugged on the heartstrings of Americans.

How the Figis turned to CBD

Initially, the doctors were unable to work out what was causing Charlotte’s seizures, before suggesting that she was suffering from myoclonic epilepsy of infancy (SMEI), or Dravet’s. This condition generally emerges in the first year of life, and as a type of intractable epilepsy, there was no way of managing the seizures with conventional pharmaceutical drugs.

After battling on as best they could, Charlotte’s parents finally chose to take their daughter to Children’s Hospital Colorado when she was 2, where it was confirmed that she did indeed have Dravet’s, as the result of a gene mutation.

The family had two choices: to either stick with mainstream medicine and hope that doctors could find a way to at least manage some of the symptoms, or to find an alternative form of treatment. Thankfully, they chose the latter.

At first, she was tried on a ketogenic diet – while it helped to reduce her seizures by boosting levels of ketones (chemicals with anti-seizure properties), the side effects to Charlotte’s immune system and bones were a heavy price to pay. And after two years of the ketogenic diet, her seizures returned.

The parents had all but given up the quest to find a treatment for Charlotte’s epilepsy until her father Matt came across a story of a child patient in California whose Dravet’s was being successfully managed with an unusual strain of cannabis that was high in CBD, but low in THC – this is the complete opposite to more common recreational strains.

Both CBD and THC are of medical value, but as a non-psychoactive compound, it’s a lot safer and less controversial to treat children with CBD than it is THC. The anti-seizure properties of CBD are reduced by calming chemical and electrical activity in the brain.

With Charlotte’s quality of life declining so much due to the sheer number of seizures – she could no longer walk or eat unaided and had difficulty talking – her parents were prepared to try cannabis-based medication, even though they were previously against the plant and legalization.

However, it wasn’t as easy as just purchasing CBD and administering it to Charlotte. Due to the lack of studies at the time on medical cannabis in children, and no precedent in Colorado on giving cannabis to kids, it was a challenge to get two doctors to support the idea.

After understanding that no previous treatments had worked for Charlotte, and that CBD medicine was her best and perhaps only hope left, two doctors, Dr Margaret Gedde and Dr Alan Shackelford gave the go-ahead for treatment to begin.

Treating Charlotte with CBD

Once they found an appropriate high-CBD, low-THC strain and having it extracted into an oil, Charlotte’s parents began treating their daughter with low doses of cannabis oil. There was apprehension about how successful the treatment would be, but the results were remarkable, with Charlotte quickly going a whole week without experiencing a seizure.

But with Charlotte’s supply of CBD oil quickly running low, more medicine was required. That’s when the Stanley Brothers, well-known cannabis cultivators in Colorado came into the picture. They were working on a predominantly non-psychoactive cannabis oil rich in CBD but low in THC, and now with Charlotte’s case they had a use for it.

This special strain grown by the Stanley Brothers would later be renamed Charlotte’s Web, in homage to Charlotte. They were uncertain at first about producing medical cannabis for a child, but quickly offered their support after learning about the situation.

Charlotte gets two doses of CBD per day, with food, and she is now able to live life like a normal young girl. She can eat without the help of others, walk and talk. The seizures are no longer stifling her development.

Since this case, the Stanley Brothers have set up a foundation to help other patients in need of CBD oil, to treat a range of illnesses, including epilepsy and neurodegenerative diseases. The foundation aims to provide those in desperate situations with low-cost medical cannabis.

The emergence of CBD as a mainstream epilepsy medication

The anti-epileptic effects of CBD are now incredibly well-documented, with several high-quality clinical trials attesting to the effectiveness of the compound. And CBD treatment has even gone mainstream in the United States, with the Food & Drug Administration recently approving Epidiolex, a CBD drug especially designed to be used as an epilepsy medicine.

And there are further stories of children from across America and even around the world heading to Colorado and other legalized states to be treated with life-saving cannabis medication – such patients are sometimes referred to as “medical cannabis refugees.”

Now, many states that were once strongly opposed to medical cannabis are now giving the plant a second look and taking steps to help the most vulnerable children – for example, the University of Alabama is conducting a study on CBD and epilepsy, with approved patients permitted to take CBD oil. While this may still seem very regressive compared to states where cannabis is available more readily, it’s a movement in the right direction. A doubling in support for cannabis legalization since the turn of millennium is proof of the “legalization through normalization” theory.

Final thoughts

But CBD doesn’t just treat epilepsy. In fact, this cannabinoid which regulates the endocannabinoid system can be used to benefit our health in many areas. The mood-boosting and stress-busting properties are helpful for those with depression, stress and anxiety.

The pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory qualities are useful for patients with arthritis, fibromyalgia and other kinds of chronic pain able to medicate with fast-acting treatments like CBD e-liquid. The endocannabinoid system is a game-changing discovery for medicine, and as cannabinoid research develops, even more uses for the plant should emerge, and it will likely become even more reliable.

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