GroveHillWanderer

My beIN Sports schedule shows Fulham vs Liverpool on 1 and Millwall vs Brighton on 4.

11 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

It is now deemed useless and no taught as a first aid skill.

That's not quite true. It's no longer recommended as the primary method in many countries but most protocols (including those of the European Resuscitation Council and the Mayo Clinic) still include it, although they recommend encouraging the victim to cough first, followed by hard back slaps second and only if these don't succeed, then abdominal thrusts (the Heimlich Manoeuvre) or chest thrusts can be used as a last resort. 

I can personally attest to the fact that the Heimlich Manoeuvre is not useless, I once got a large chunk of steak firmly lodged in my throat - I couldn't breathe at all, my windpipe was completely blocked and a fellow dinner guest successfully used the Heimlich Manoeuvre to dislodge it, probably saving my life.

The main reason why the manoeuvre has been 'downgraded' according to an article on the NHS website is that, "even when done correctly, [...] bruising to the abdomen is highly likely and more serious injuries can occur" and other less risky techniques can be tried first, as mentioned above.

23 minutes ago, OJAS said:

Not sure that I agree with you about Bein, though. Their EPL coverage is fine for those who are fluent in Thai, but not for those who, like myself, are not.

beIN Sports has dual language commentary available if you're using either the TrueVisions TV box or the TrueID TV app. The beIN Sports Connect app used to have dual language commentary when I used it about a year ago, I'm not sure about now as I don't use it any more.

5 minutes ago, Emdog said:

We have a True wireless package that includes True TV & Bein sports. Was great til a month or so ago when some genius (?) decided to eliminate option of original language (English commentary)

I also have a True internet deal that includes a free TV package with one of the beIN Sports channels and I pay 199 Baht a month to get the other 5. They all still have the dual language option available up till now. 

1 hour ago, mrbojangles said:

 

No, you don't get it. You are trying to claim he is a product of your youth academy. He's from Bradford and not like he joined you at 11. He was almost a man when he joined you and trained by someone else. United are just trying to claim the glory

You're right, he didn't join United at 11. According to the Manchester Evening News, he's been part of their youth development system since the age of 6.

Mason Greenwood

2 hours ago, thonglorjimmy said:

Is there a quieter period there, I walked passed there yesterday afternoon and they were queuing outside of the door.

Which office are we talking about - BlúPort? If so, I've been doing 90 day reports there for more than a year and I've almost never seen a queue. There was one time I went during the lunch hour (12-1) and when I came back just before one, there were a couple of people waiting for them to reopen. I went for a stroll around a couple of shops and when I came back 15 mins later, the office was empty. So I would avoid going close to 1 pm (and maybe there's a similar thing when they open at 10) but other than that, it's usually very quiet.

On 3/2/2019 at 9:31 AM, ratcatcher said:

Two things nobody seems to have mentioned.

1. The motorbike rider appears to have been wearing a helmet,unsecured, which popped off on impact

It's been mentioned twice already (posts 7 & 66).

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Sooooo, how else would Trump stay in power- just stay in his chair and refuse to leave?

Where in the world has any president/ PM stayed in power without the backing of the military? The Guardian is just doing what the Guardian does and stirring, IMO.

So you're basically admitting that you can't think of any other way of Trump staying in power except by using the military and then using your own lack of imagination to claim that the article was saying something that it actually didn't do.

And the article wasn't written by anyone on the Guardian's staff of writers, it was penned by a former US Secretary of State and currently professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley, Robert Reich.

As to other ways Trump could try to stay in power, he's already shown no compunction in riding roughshod over the US Constitution when things aren't going the way he wants. He declared a state of emergency when by his own admission, it wasn't really an emergency, just something he wanted to do more quickly. He also claimed massive election fraud even when he won, so what makes you think he wouldn't claim massive election fraud again, and declare a national emergency if he lost?

1 hour ago, tlandtday said:

Canadian physicians don't need topping up.  My friend a gp and not even a specialist worked both countries and he said he will take the canadian pay with no legal suits and collection problems.  Specialists in canada do very well too.  How much is enough?

The issue I was addressing wasn't how much physicians get paid, it was whether private medical practices were illegal in Canada. I was pointing out that they are not, but that doctors are more or less forced to choose between public and private practice there, whereas in other countries (such as the UK and NZ) they are not, which gives doctors a greater freedom of choice.

2 hours ago, Hanaguma said:

Not in Canada, since it is basically illegal for doctors to open private practices

According to an article published on the website of the US National Center for Biotechnology Information (link below) private medical practices in Canada are not illegal 'per se' rather it is the case that in:

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all of the Canadian provinces (except Newfoundland) [...] physicians must opt in or out of the public plan and thus are effectively prevented from working in both the public and private sectors. 

Article on private health care in Canada

By contrast, as the article also mentions:

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In the United Kingdom and New Zealand, physicians are usually employed in the public sector and top up their incomes by working in the private sector on a fee-for-service basis.

As far as I'm concerned this is a less restrictive/better arrangement.

2 hours ago, lucifer666 said:

If he killed her in 2010 it would only be 8 years

If it was in early 2010 it could be over 9 years already and the story actually says 'almost ten years' so with a little bit of leeway for rounding up ...

On 2/20/2019 at 10:01 AM, Just1Voice said:

No helmet and no license on him.  He should be grateful that all he had to pay was 200 baht.  In a country with REAL laws, his butt would be walking - after paying a hefty fine and some jail time. 

 

I don't see where it says he had no helmet, just that he didn't have his license on him.

4 hours ago, fruitman said:

Were there no lifeguards on that beach?

I've never seen any lifeguards on Hua Hin beach, in all the times I've been there. If there are any, they're doing a very good job of hiding.

33 minutes ago, Kieran00001 said:

Its called Mosquirix and is made by GlaxoSmithKline.

Correct - although I suppose it is fair to point out that it is not freely available worldwide yet and as far as I can tell is only being used in a Malaria Vaccination Implementation Programme (MVIP) in three countries in Africa at the moment.

First MVIP underway in Kenya

4 minutes ago, Cheops said:

With "I'd hardly call that an incident that "wasn't too long ago." I was expecting something from the last couple of weeks (or at the most, months)." you do express that you think this happens rarely, while actually the dog problem is huge in Thailand.

Your level of English comprehension seems to be somewhat lacking. Talking about one individual incident and how long ago that specific incident happened, does not reveal anything about how often I think such incidents happen.

4 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Still there aint any vaccines against other mosquito-borne diseases like Dengue fever and Malaria

Well there are - it's just that they're not particularly great.

There is one currently-licensed vaccine for Dengue (others are in late stage development) however it is "recommended that the vaccine only be used in people who have previously had a dengue infection as otherwise there was evidence it may worsen subsequent infections."

There is also a malaria vaccine but once again it is not all that highly-recommended as it requires four injections and has a relatively low efficacy.

45 minutes ago, Cheops said:

Just give us your address Mr. doglover, so the next time (which is daily in Thailand!) we can arrange the dogs to be send to you.

 

There are too much stories of kids and people getting bitten or mauled by dogs in Thailand. If you don't see this you really need to take your head out of the sand. 

 

And don't ask for a link. Just Google it if you don't believe it!

What on earth are you on about? My post was about how long ago the incident happened - nothing else. It expressed absolutely no opinion about dogs.

13 hours ago, tlandtday said:

Not so fast there has been talk of using El Chapo seized drug money (14 billion) to pay for it.  Trump has played Pelosi once again - she is senile and needs to be replaced along with Biden and the whole lot of old folks home politicians hanging around and filling their corrupt pockets.

There is no evidence that El Chapo actually ever had 14 billion dollars - that's just a Department of Justice estimate of how much money the entire Sinaloa cartel should have made, based on the amount of drugs they're estimated to have trafficked. Even if he had made that much (some estimates put his personal stash as low as $1 billion) it still doesn't mean that it's anywhere where the US authorities can get their hands on it.