david_carnell

Genuinely brilliant journalism. Fascinating stuff. The hidden side of London - immigrants, cleaners, prostitutes, gangsters and drunks.

Err...those hawkers selling "cake" are often selling something more...medicinal. I wouldn't let your kids buy any! ;-) Haven't been with kids but it's a fantastic place with huge expanses of beach for the kids to play on. I expect the fish market will be quite fun and there are some great ice cream shops nr the harbour. Oh, and I hope you like stray cats. Like most of Morocco, there are thousands.

Baby. Bathwater. Both gone.

TE44 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Link to an interesting article on safety of drugs > approved by FDA. > There is no doubt that alternative therapies > should be used with care, and thought for > interactions. > > http://www.pcrm.org/research/animaltestalt/animal > testing/dangerous-medicine-examples-of-animal-base > d-tests > > it has been shown time and time again that > medicines approved to be safe by FDA does not > guarantee safety. > > I find this article interesting as it is lookin at > animals being used to decide safety. > Animals natural instincts have been mentioned on > this thread, and yet most of tbe approved drugs > involves looking > at animals reaction, in an unnatural enviroment. > > I believe like others on here, each to there own. I think that article is a both ludicrous and willful distortion of facts to suit an anti-animal testing agenda. Highlighting a handful of examples where modern medicine and drug trials have failed or had damaging consequences undermines the fact the thousands of successful drug treatments developed and the millions of patients cured by them every year. Believing in science and blind trials/animal experiments etc does not make someone or the 'industry' closed-minded. In fact the opposite. Show me something works, genuinely prove that it does and I'll happily accept it. I'll believe that water has memory, that copper cures arthritis or that placenta capsules help with PND as soon as anyone shows me some evidence. What is close minded is believing in something despite no evidence supporting it because it is "natural", because anecdotes say it is or because of snake-oil marketing campaigns that prey on the desperate.

jacks09 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > MediaBoy what type of training are you looking > for? I looked at ESPh but not even a squat rack > or bench?? If you want lots of heavy free weights, resistance machines, smith machines, squat racks etc then Flaxmans behind Camberwell bus station is the place to go. Old school but v friendly. A few cardio units too for warming up/down. And cheap. Gym only is just ?20pcm.

Also, comparisons to animal behaviour aren't really valid. Horses go off and give birth in solitude away from other equine contact. No one suggests humans should do the same since having family/doctors/midwives present makes birth safer. Just because an animal does something "natural" doesn't make it the correct thing for humans to do. Scribble nails it for me - given how untested and unproven this is, it would seem at best ineffective and at worst possibly dangerous.

sillywoman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There's more out there > than our narrow technocratic medical model > currently encompasses. Would you care to explain this? Or provide examples? That's quite a statement.

Seconded. It looks better than the old Payless sign. Yes, it's now a bit of a weird meme that's taking over the street but their stock is now better than ever so I've little complaint. General Store prices still make me break out in a cold sweat on occassion though. How much for porridge oats???

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12576973 Sean Larkin QC, prosecuting, told the trial: "These were glorifying terrorism." In context, 18 months seems about right. I don't get it ???? - why are you looking to defend these chaps and turn this into poor-old-downtrodden-whitey vs no-one-can-say-anything-against-them-muslims? You've previously argued that strong prison sentences deterred football hooliganism in the past. Is this not similar? And as I've shown, it's pretty easy to find strong jail terms for people that are only associated with "terrorism" in the most loose fashion. And I can play the Guantanamo card too where hundreds were held without charge or evidence for years.

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Cyclehoops > http://www.cyclehoop.com/product/cyclehoops/cycleh > oop-for-lamp-post/ are banned from Southwark > street by council officials. > Why on earth are they banned? You can retrofit to existing street furniture, don't need to dig up streets and look quite pleasing to the eye. They must be a cost saver?

I have previously donated to the forum although I wasn't aware this was a contest on the depths of our wallets. Especially given I'm not the one complaining about anything I've posted being removed. And if you want to wage battle on our respective interests then I'm happy to front up against your endless campaign of postcode and geographic pedantry. Not for the first time, your sources are innaccurate. I'm not going anywhere to the best of my knowledge although as I live nr Bellenden Road I'm unsure if I've ever actually lived in East Dulwich. If only there was someone who could tell me? I was merely pointing out that your persistent gloom and tetchy aside at the thought that some of your historic map pictures may be being removed to allow the forum to remain functional was uncalled for. And that if you were that interested in preserving them for public viewing, perhaps a personal blog might suit your needs.

Start a blog then. Or pay the server costs on admin's behalf? Or stop whinging.

Before having a screaming baby to wake me all through the year, in the dark winter months I had a sun-lamp as an alarm clock by the bed. It gradually increases the light from about 30mins before you want to wake and then sounds an alarm right at the end (just in case). I'd say it did help in not feeling quite so groggy in the mornings.

Ah, for me, Tom Hollander as a minor royal stole the second episode. A terrific comic actor.

Agree with EP on both counts. I'm a big wuss anyway but various moment of BoB had me in utter pieces. Mainly the interviews with the veterans. And there is an episode towards the end of the series that deals with the Company discovering a concentration camp. Harrowing. I couldn't get into Pacific either but may re-try at some point. I'm rather liking the new Mitchell and Webb vehicle at the moment - The Ambassadors. Very tightly written and while cultural cliches abound in their central Asian setting (all men are hard drinking and look like villains etc) it's funny enough when poking fun at the Brits it gets away with it.

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Actually, the Club premises in Pall Mall were the > Club premises of the Royal Automobile Club (i.e. > group of members) - but now you can be an RAC > member (I think) without being a member of the > Pall Mall Club. So the RAC Club is the club > premises (of old) of the Royal Automobile Club - > indeed you may need to say RAC Club to > differentiate it from the motorists assist > organisation only. > > This is the problem with the word Club here doing > two jobs. A Club being both a specific posh place > to go open only to members, as well as a > membership group (with no implied location or posh > premises). Remind me to invite you to the next dinner party I host.

LondonMix Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How intimidating and frightening would a group of > men need to be before you actually rang the police > in fear... Without know all the facts, turning > this into a discussion on the victimisation of > white working class men is odd. I'm with DaveR on > this. Quite. A bizarre turn of events. I wasn't aware being rich enough to attend a football match made you part of some white underclass either.

Please use the thread in the General section.

A young lady who wrote chick-lit and went on to become a Tory MP before deciding it wasn't for her and fleeing across the Atlantic "to spend time with her family".

http://popbitch.com/home/2013/10/31/groupie-dynamic/ I'm surprised she wasn't more popular with her constituents....

Makes Dulwich B&B look luxurious: http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g186338-d1088965-Reviews-Countryside_Hotel-London_England.html

The rabies jab isn't an innoculation it just gives you more time to get to a hospital. Especially useful if you're bitten in a remote area.

Ramble66 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > david_carnell Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > What is the qualification criteria to declare > > oneself a "cranial osteopath"? > > > > Which medical board do they report to in the > event > > of malpractice? > > 4-5 year full time honours degree and postgraduate > training in Cranial. > > Lizzie Lomax also has a masters degree in > paediatric osteopathy. > > The General Osteopathic Council. > http://www.osteopathy.org.uk Good-o. I would suggest to those new parents, in difficult situations, that before spending a lot of money on these treatements to do some proper research into their effectiveness and safety. The evidence for cranial osteopathy is extremely weak and has been openly criticised by many with the Osteopathic profession. Also, please do make sure you don't use a craniosacral therapists, who are completely unregulated (i.e. do not have to prove fitness to practice, evidence of training etc).

Yellow fever, if needed, is particularly unpleasant.

What is the qualification criteria to declare oneself a "cranial osteopath"? Which medical board do they report to in the event of malpractice?