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A big thank you to all who helped me obtain photos of PI and his bus
regards to you all GEOFF 

Does anyone have a photo of P.I and his bus late 40s or early 50s as i have happy memories of travelling from Lerwick to Walls on it when visiting relations and would love to have a copy
Email address      geoffkemp@btinternet.com

As everyone knows they are proposing to erect MASSIVE wind turbines, Which will through time will destroy Shetland, especially the TOURISM, THE LANDSCAPE and THE WILDLIFE, If you feel the same as i do, you can help by voting against this, by going on facebook where you will find a page to enter your vote, thankyou.
Ashey

hello folks

after a year of studying i have now passed my exams and courses

i have opend up a therapy room at the house for beauty treatments and swedish massage

please check me out on me website and facebook youll find me under benessere   
treatments available are

swedish massage, waxing, eyebrow tinting,waxing eyelash tintin. perming  eyelash extensions, facials manicures, pedicures etc
 

home visits can be arranged if needed 

Hi, thinking about this we would need to recruit some contributors. A few voices to introduce stuff, do some features on what makes you tick or get ticked off with, even a Rasmie Rant. A small piece on what it is like to be a new islander, and stuff to get folk to visit. We are all lucky to be part of this small piece of the world, and in my view the best.
If you fancy taking part, recordings could be done via skype or a good quality MP3 recorder.
We will get the Yule out of the way and get something for the new year...
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Ok, hi folks.

You may have seen talk about radio and the such.

This is the proposal, ,,,,,,

An hours loop for ShetlandLive and inclusion on my PrestonFM show(s)

The hour should consist of 40% music and 60% chat to qualify for community radio status, but it can vary.

We would need jingles, promos, ads and features.

We would need som gud tunes and intros to the tunes.

Another part of this could be the local weekly news read out by folk for folk who may be havin a little trouble seeing so well.
I have not seen anythig like this so far.
We could also do a video if someone could sign for the hard of hearing.

If you can record in high quality mp3 format, and want to have a go I will be looking at providing some public space for you to upload, I am also prepared to pay for a years subs to enable play on demand to enhance this.

It will need some active support.

And if you know folk in Lancashire, I will gladly include them or their input.

This could be a great tool to enhance the Shetland Experience for folk.

Positive stuff and enjoyable, I know wan Auld fella who could have an input, I know another who could give an insight into his fresh on island experience.

I AM MISI HAWE 53 YEARS AND I AM FROM SERBIA  I HAWE THE 7. DAN IN GOJU RY KARATE  THE4 DAN IN JIU JITSU AND 3 DAN  IN SAVATE ,3 DAN IN REAL AIKIDO  IN MY FREE TIME LIKE TOO READ AND COOK.  WORKING IN A STEELFOUNDRY AS A WELDER . I WOD LIKE TOO CHAT WITH SOMWONE.

The world today projects an image of young people as lost in the throes of tumultuous physical and emotional change, unresponsive and self-consumed. As many people are aware, this is an unjust representation of the adolescents of our generation. This is why the Baha'i community has developed a junior youth programme to allow young people to find their own identity.

 

A Junior Youth Group is a spiritual empowerment programme for 12-15 year olds. It is designed to enhance their powers of expression and reinforce moral structures that will serve them throughout their lives. Society often perceives junior youth as unruly, incapable and immature adolescents ‘going through a phase’ with a lack of purpose. As a result, they often feel pressured to live up to these perceptions rather than channelling their surging energy into constructive means. The programme recognises that junior youth have a desire to contribute to the construction of a better world and helps them to achieve this. It aims to develop the spiritual capacities, powers of expression and social interactions of the participants. A Junior Youth Group encourages and assists adolescents to realise their potential as spiritual beings rather than material consumers, and to contribute to the betterment of their neighbourhood. The curriculum is offered by the Baha’i community and, although it explores themes from a Baha’i perspective, it is not religious instruction or indoctrination; rather it focuses on empowering the junior youth to make their own decisions and not succumb to pressure from their peers. These groups have been successfully established across the world, with an aim to collaborate closely with the parents in order to nurture the growth of their children into responsible members of the community. The reason this programme is different to the current youth clubs available in Shetland is the element of service. Together, alongside the study of moral texts, the group creates various different service projects ranging from community clean ups and fundraising to the simple act of helping out a neighbour. This is one of the ways the group helps to raise the awareness of the importance of collaboration and community building activities.

 

The people who facilitate these groups are called ‘animators’ and there is a constant availability to train people interested in junior youth groups. The vision includes treating junior youth as valuable and equal members of the community. They are not just here to be occupied; they have the potential to be positive agents of change. It is important that those who wish to partake in the training have a respect for junior youth and are enthusiastic to contribute to their development.

 

There are currently 3 junior youth groups across Shetland, with two more in the pipeline. Anyone interested in training to be an animator (16+ only) or being part or a junior youth group can contact Anya Charleson (Shetland Junior Youth Coordinator) on 07595941848 or 01595696004   (anyacharleson@hotmail.com)

Where are some of these folk going to get this supposed £2000 damages deposit from? -  perhaps some of them could sell the contents of the last house they got handed to them including brand new carpets and furniture, but alas they are all  ruined - oh well they can  move away for a peerie while, come back again homeless and pennyless and get a lovely  new council house and start over again I suppose.

Probiotic Drops Ease Colic
By Todd Neale, Staff Writer, MedPage Today
Published: August 16, 2010
Reviewed by Adam J. Carinci, MD; Instructor, Harvard Medical School.  Earn CME/CE credit
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Action Points 
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■Discuss with patients that probiotic drops containing Lactobacillus reuteri administered to colicky infants may significantly reduce crying times.

 

■Explain to patients that probiotic supplementation with Lactobacillus reuteri in infants younger than 2 months was not associated with any significant adverse events in this small study.

Any parent with a colicky baby knows the incessant crying that colic can produce -- but use of probiotic drops may reduce the infant's wailing, according to a small randomized trial.

The double-blinded and placebo-controlled study of 46 breastfed colicky infants found those who received probiotic drops containing a strain of Lactobacillus cried significantly less each day after three weeks compared with babies who got placebo drops (median 35 versus 90 minutes a day, P=0.022), according to Francesco Savino, MD, PhD, of the University of Turin in Italy, and colleagues.

Significantly fewer colicky infants in the probiotic group cried for longer than three hours a day at the end of the study (four versus 12, P=0.009), the researchers reported in the September issue of the journal Pediatrics.

Benefits of the probiotic drops may have come from modifications of gut microbiota, particularly a reduction in Escherichia coli, they wrote in their paper.

"These findings provide important insights into the role of an aberrant bacterial flora in the pathogenesis of infantile colic and the potential to overcome this with probiotic supplementation," they wrote.

The probiotic used in the study was Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17 938.

A previous study suggested a benefit from a similar Lactobacillus probiotic when compared with simethicone, but the researchers received criticisms because the study was not double-blinded and placebo-controlled.

So Savino and colleagues recruited 50 exclusively breastfed infants with colic for the current study. They ranged in age from 2 to 16 weeks at baseline.

Colic was diagnosed if the babies had episodes of fussy crying lasting at least three hours a day on at least three days in the week before enrollment.

Half were assigned to receive the probiotic (108 colony-forming units) and half were assigned to placebo. Both were administered in five drops once a day 30 minutes before the morning feeding.

Parents monitored daily crying time and adverse effects in a diary.

Data were collected for analysis from 46 infants; 4 of the infants in the placebo group were excluded from the analysis because of fever in one, gastroesophageal reflux in another baby, and parental failure to complete the diary in two others.

Daily crying times were similar in the two groups at baseline -- a median of 370 minutes in the probiotic group and 300 in the placebo group (P=0.127). There were steady declines in both groups during three-week study.

Infants were considered responders if they had at least a 50% reduction in crying time from baseline. There were significantly more responders in the probiotic group at days seven, 14, and 21 (P<0.05 for all).

Among the intervention group, 96% were considered responders at 21 days. The considerable number of responses seen among the placebo group (71%) "could be elicited by the mother's cow's-milk-free diet ... or more likely by physiologic maturation that ultimately resolves colic during normal development," the authors noted.

During the study, fecal analysis revealed a significant change in the gut microbiota of the infants in the probiotic group only, including an increase in lactobacilli and a reduction in E. coli and ammonia, an end-product of amino acid fermentation by various bacterial species (P<0.05 for all).

The ammonia reduction "could be related to modification of bacterial enzyme activity through the reduction of E. coli and other members of the gut microbiota," the researchers wrote.

No between-group differences were seen in weight gain, stooling frequency, rates of constipation or regurgitation, and no adverse events related to supplementation were reported in either group.

The study was funded by BioGaia AB, which develops and sells probiotic products.

The authors reported that they had no conflicts of interest.