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Monthly Archives: January 2013

Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama Petition

31 Thursday Jan 2013

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Frank do the right thing and put a stop to Diabolical Daves Dastardly Deeds..

Click the following link:
https://www.change.org/petitions/prime-minister-voreqe-bainimarama-stop-air-pacific-trademarking-15-distinct-masi-motifs?utm_campaign=friend_inviter_modal&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=permissions_dialog_false

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Dog Food Diet

31 Thursday Jan 2013

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Yesterday I was at my local Coles store buying a large bag of Chum dog food for my loyal pet and was in the checkout queue when a woman behind me asked if I had a dog..

What did she think I had, an elephant? So, since I’m retired and have little to do, on impulse I told her that no, I didn’t have a dog, I was starting the Chum Diet again.  

I added that I probably shouldn’t, because I ended up in hospital last time, but I’d lost 2 stone before I woke up in intensive care with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms.

I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that it works is to load your pockets with Chum nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry. 

The food is nutritionally complete so it works well and I was going to try it again. (I have to mention here that practically everyone in queue was now enthralled with my story.)

Horrified, she asked me if I ended up in intensive care because the dog food poisoned me. 

I told her no, I had stepped off the kerb to sniff an Irish Setter’s arse and a car hit me.

I thought the guy behind her was going to have a heart attack he was laughing so hard. 

I’m now banned from Coles.  

Better watch what you ask retired people. They have all the time in the world to think of daft things to say.

 

Be Informed

26 Saturday Jan 2013

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grandpaThe following web site provides full details of The Political Parties (Registration, Conduct, Funding and Disclosures) Decree 2013

click here… http://www.electionsfiji.org/political.html

 

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A FNPF Pensioner ??

26 Saturday Jan 2013

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Hearing loss in ‘brain decline link’

25 Friday Jan 2013

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The brains of elderly patients with hearing loss appear to decline more rapidly than those with full hearing, a US study shows.

Suggested explanations include rewiring of the brain as hearing declines or social isolation caused by not being able to communicate.

The researchers hope that treating hearing loss can slow the onset of cognitive decline and dementia.

The study was published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.

A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University followed 1,984 people in their 70s for six years – all had hearing and mental ability tests at the beginning of the study. There were then follow-up brain tests over the next six years.

Test scores declined as the study progressed, but patients with a hearing loss deteriorated 40% more quickly.

Slow dementia?One of the researchers, Dr Frank Lin, said there were two main theories about how the two could be linked.

Becoming socially withdrawn due to hearing loss – such as not going out or struggling with conversation – has been linked to cognitive decline and dementia in the past.

Another idea is “cognitive load”. As hearing declines the brain dedicates more resources to interpreting the information it is sent, stealing brain power which would be used for other functions.

Cognitive decline can be an early symptom of dementia.

Dr Lin told the BBC: “The major public health question is if we treat hearing loss can we delay cognitive decline or dementia?

“That’s what we all care about, but the answer is we just don’t know.”

He said people with hearing loss used a hearing aid in only 15% of cases in the US “so it is very undertreated”.

Dr Eric Karran, from the charity Alzheimer’s Research UK, said the exact connection between hearing loss and cognitive decline was still unknown.

He said: “Potential social isolation caused by hearing impairment is a more likely explanation for this link than there being a shared disease process, although this needs further investigation, this will be an interesting area to study further.

“Many people find their hearing becomes worse as they get older, and age is also the biggest risk factor for dementia.

“Understanding whether the two are directly linked could give important insight into the condition, but more research will be needed to fully answer this question.”

Dr Jason Warren, from University College London, researches how dementia affects the way people hear the world around them.

He said brain scans had shown that hearing loss in patients was also down to the way a dying brain tried to handle sound.

“People with Alzheimer’s often become ‘lost’ trying to follow a conversation in a noisy room or over the telephone.

“We hope ultimately to design and target effective interventions to help people manage such symptoms in their everyday lives.”
By James GallagherHealth and science reporter, BBC News

 

Conquering Hero or Con Man

24 Thursday Jan 2013

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DP ParachuteConquering Hero or Con Man or both? You decide..
http://davidpflieger.wordpress.com/

One thing for certain Dave does not believe in the old adage “Self Praise is No Recommendation”  

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Nothing Changes

22 Tuesday Jan 2013

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Commodore Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, CF, MSD, OStJ

Nothing Changes In over 2000 years 

“Do not blame Caesar, blame the people of Rome who have so enthusiastically acclaimed and adored him and rejoiced in their loss of freedom and danced in his path and given him triumphal processions. Blame the people who hail him when he speaks in the Forum of the new wonderful good society which shall now be Rome’s, interpreted to mean more money, more ease, more security, and more living fatly at the expense of the industrious.”

–Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC)

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24/7 Shopping

16 Wednesday Jan 2013

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Understanding Women

14 Monday Jan 2013

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“Understanding Women” is now out in paperback.
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A Little Window of Hope

13 Sunday Jan 2013

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Editor

FNPF pensioners who lost out with the Regime’s illegal restructuring of the FNPF pensions might note that Yash Ghai Commission’s Draft Constitution states in Schedule 6 (Transition Arrangements), Clause 24: Judicial proceedings and other pending matters

that

“(1) Any proceedings before any court, tribunal or commission that had arisen under any law and that had been terminated by order at any time before the General Effective Date, are revived and may be proceeded with under this Constitution”.

I presume this also applies to the Burness/Shameem case.

FNPF pensioners who lost out may wish to go to the Constituent Assembly or influence those persons who are appointed to it, to press for this clause to be retained in the Draft Constitution.

This will no doubt be totally futile, but at least the pensioners can go on record.

Professor Wadan Narsey

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