During this year's Tyrollean Wellness Congress in June in Innsbruck/Austria, I had a chance to meet and get to know Waltz 7 better.
Waltz 7 is a company from Vienna, with – so I find – a super innovative product in the Spa & Wellness Market, that is redesigning the spa@home experience.
Their aim is to provide every person with an opportunity during every day to enjoy a short moment of pause&relax and recharge the batteries. This way 'wellness' does not need to be related to a large effort, such as booking a wellness getaway weekend, but can be enjoyed at home or even in a hotel room.
Absolutely worth having a long conversation with co-founder and GM Thomas Gruener. His great and detailed answers and visionary personality made the interview super fun and the outcome so worth reading. Enjoy!
Thomas, how was the idea of the shower tabs born?
As a busy consultant with lots of travelling and long working hours, I spent quiet some time in hotels. The Hotel Spas were often closed by the time I got back to the hotel. Above, I don't like bathtubs or they were not existing. For me, the best way to relax hence is to take a long hot shower. However I did not like the overbearing and artificially scented shower gels that are usually provided in hotels.
Hence I missed the wellbeing aspect in the shower. I am South Tyrollean and love the Sauna for example. With its aromatherapeutic aspects and relaxing atmosphere.
So one day I had the idea of sprinkling a few drops of Swiss Stone Pine Essential Oil on the shower cubicle floor. This way and together with the hot water and shower steam, I kind of created my own little Sauna Infusion with a beautiful scent.
This was the initial idea. Of course, the liquid oil went down the drain very fast and the moment was gone. So I thought that it must be possible to press high quality essential oils into tabs or capsules.
On a merry evening in one of Vienna's famous 'Heurigen' (for all of you who have no clue what this means: it is a small and casual place typically run by the wine farmer's family, where you enjoy the lovely local wine and homemade food in a social atmosphere.) together with my alumni also called Thomas, we discussed my idea.
The basic theme was that there are hundreds of bathing salts and products for the bath tub out there which work mainly through their scent. So it is about relaxation, scent and well-feeling.
But why is there no equivalent shower product, when most people prefer showers, or take showers more often than full baths? And is this not particularly applicable to hotels, where showers replace bath tubs almost all together more and more?
We did our research and realised that there is a market out there. We found blog articles where such products were discussed in lengths, and also YouTube videos for DIY recipes.
How do the tabs work?
Our aim from the very beginning was to make this a super easy-to-use product, much like a bath salt.
In our case: you open the water faucet in the shower, place the tab on the floor away from the drain and step in the shower.
Super easy and works in every single shower.
The tab gently dissolves and releases its lovely scent from natural essential oils. This is an entirely olfactory sensation, which is part of our USP: there is no perfuming of the skin or hair at all!
Our tabs have a predetermined breaking point for different duration of shower experiences.
Half a tab runs for about 3 to 4 minutes, while the full tab lasts about 6 to 8 or even 10 minutes. It depends where you place the tab on the floor, right into the jet of water or more to the side.
There is no residues when finished and our customers confirm that this is a great alternative to overly scented shower gels, which are currently highly promoted to create spa@home wellness experiences.
Our range includes a variety of different scents, such as the Swiss Stone Pine – one that is very popular in hotels – or energising mint, inspiring lemongrass and more. Each aroma has their specific aromatherapeutic effect, such as relaxation, uplifting etc. and our customers can thus choose the one that suits their very individual need best.
I, for example, love the mint tab in the morning which wakes me up and provides me with energy throughout the day.
What does the brand name Walt 7 stand for?
Waltz 7 relates to our location Vienna with its famous Viennese Waltz. And to cloud no 7 on which you feel after using our tabs.
Thomas, what is the company's Vision, and do you have other products planned?
Our quantitative goal is to be market leader for shower tabs in the German speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) by end of 2019. This is for all our distribution channels hospitality, online shop and most important retail.
We are currently working on a successor product developed from our shower tab, with which we will be entering the wellness market directly. This is very exited and we expect to be ready by beginning or latest mid of 2018. It means redesigning the spa@home experience!
Who is interested in the Shower Tabs?
Waltz 7 has a strong social media community on Instagram with almost 3000 active users and followers.
We also receive requests almost daily from lifestyle & wellness blogger (even from Japan!), which have written over 200 posts about Waltz 7 so far.
Customer feedback is important to us. We encourage this with monthly activities. We always look into our customer's feedback and how we can accommodate their needs.
The good news is, that our tabs are suitable for both, private use and also for the hotellerie. These are two different approaches. We actually started offering our tabs to hotels first, actually to a cruise line. Hotels use our tabs as give away to the guest, typically on check in. This works great for welcoming the guest, breaking the ice and providing the little extra relaxation.
In hotels, water consumption is an issue, hence we are busy designing a tab that can dissolve faster.
Thomas & Thomas have known each other since their studies in economy since 2009.
Thomas Gruener is from South Tyrol and has studied in Vienna und Texas. During his work for PWC in Merger&Acquisition as Senior Consultant, he had to travel a lot.
He says about himself: 'I am said to be the visionary and sales person at Waltz7. As managing director I am responsible for project management, sales, and strategic development'.
Thomas Schloss was born in Vienna and studied in Vienna and Hawaii. Before Waltz7 he worked as notary. Thomas is the pragmatic managing director, responsible for operations, HR and product development. His entire family is in the service industry, yet he has always had a keen interest in manufacturing. His motivation is to create something that noone else has ever done before.


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Remnant Cholesterol Improves CVD Risk Prediction
The accuracy of cardiovascular risk prediction is crucial for primary prevention. On July 13, a new paper was published online in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, which suggests that adding remnant cholesterol to guideline prediction models should improve the identification of individuals who would benefit the most from statin treatment for the primary prevention of heart disease. Remnant cholesterol includes the cholesterol content of the triglyceride-rich very-low-density lipoproteins, intermediate-density lipoproteins, and chylomicron remnants. Despite the limited availability of remnant cholesterol measurements in routine practice, it can be calculated from a standard lipid profile in the nonfasting state as total cholesterol minus LDL-cholesterol minus HDL-cholesterol.
The researchers analyzed data from the Copenhagen General Population Study, which recruited individuals from the White Danish general population from 2003-2015 and followed them until 2018. Information on lifestyle, health, and medication, including statin therapy, was obtained through a questionnaire, and participants underwent physical examinations and had nonfasting blood samples drawn for biochemical measurements. For the current study, they included 41,928 individuals aged 40-100 years enrolled before 2009 without a history of ischemic cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and statin use at baseline. The median follow-up time was 12 years. Information on diagnoses of MI and ischemic heart disease was collected from the national Danish Causes of Death Registry and all hospital admissions and diagnoses entered in the national Danish Patient Registry.
During the first 10 years of follow-up there were 1063 MIs and 1460 ischemic heart disease events (death of ischemic heart disease, nonfatal MI, and coronary revascularization). For individuals with remnant cholesterol levels ≥95th percentile (≥1.6 mmol/L, 61 mg/dL), 23% (P < 0.001) of myocardial infarction and 21% (P < 0.001) of ischemic heart disease were reclassified correctly from below to above 5% for 10-year occurrence when remnant cholesterol levels were added to models based on conventional risk factors, whereas no events were reclassified incorrectly. Consequently, the addition of remnant cholesterol levels yielded NRI of 10% (95% CI: 1%-20%) for myocardial infarction and 5% (95% CI: −3% to 13%) for ischemic heart disease. Correspondingly, when reclassifications were combined from below to above 5%, 7.5%, and 10% risk of events, 42% (P < 0.001) of individuals with myocardial infarction and 41% (P < 0.001) with ischemic heart disease were reclassified appropriately, leading to NRI of respectively 20% (95% CI: 9%-31%) and 11% (95% CI: 2%-21%).
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When i try to search a document in SharePoint using the Document Library App, the search will work on Default Zone I could see the file/document I've search. But when searching for a document on the other site which is the Intranet the search does not give any data even if the document exist.
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How to fix my Intranet Zone to make use of search function?

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Classic beehive design. An alternative to our Beehive With Roseplate Cabinet Knobs. Ideal for kitchen cupboards, bedroom wardrobes & drawers, or any ocassional cabinet furniture.
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James Cook in Rouen
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In 1989, as part of commemoration of the bicentenary of the French Revolution, Patrick Herr of the French parliament had the idea to of gathering together many tall ships in the seaport of Rouen. Amongst those that came were Amerigo Vespucci (Italy), Sagrès II (Portugal), Druzhba (USSR) and Simon Bolivar (Venezuela). In all there were 23 tall ships, 32 escorts and countless different boats. Entrance was free and the number of visitors was estimated at 1,000,000 over the ten days. Since then, similar gatherings have been organised in 1994, 1999, 2003 and one will be held later this year in 2008.
In 1999 the sculptor Jean Marc de Pas accepted the challenge of creating a clay bust every day of the "Armada". This idea was a great success and the following busts were produced: Jean François de la Pérouse, Jacques Cartier, JAMES COOK, Amérigo Vespucci, Cavelier de la Salle, Jean de Béthencourt, Fernando Magellan, Christopher Columbus, Marco Polo and Vasco de Gama.
After so much success, the organisers thought that they should not stop there and lose them all. So they sought sponsors, one for each bust. A difficult task but, with perseverance, the funds were found. The busts were all remade in bronze and were presented at the Town Hall on 20 March 2003. The maritime city of Rouen proved itself worthy of all the effort and the organisers benefited from the construction of a bridge for cyclists and pedestrians. The busts have been raised up and protected by putting them on stands made of bamboo.
Alain and the bust of James Cook The site was opened on 1 December 2007. While waiting for the next Armada, these mariners can turn their gaze to the passing walkers. Seriously, though, soon the port will be busy again with tall ships, and all this activity will be under the watchful eyes of these famous explorers.
The bust of James Cook was financed by Ressorts Masselin, a major metallurgical enterprise in the region. The father of the Armada, Patrick Herr, financed the purchase of the busts, which cost 60,000 Euros, from parliamentary reserves.
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Pre-recorded evidence for rape victims rolled out nationwide
The initiative aims to reduce stress for victims and witnesses and boost convictions
Crown courts in England and Wales have rolled out new technology which aims to spare rape victims the stress of being cross-examined during a live trial.
The government's goal is to boost rape convictions and ensure better support for victims. Subject to a successful application to the court, the tool allows victims and witnesses to have their cross-examination evidence recorded and played later during trial.
The recording takes place as close to the time of the offence as possible, while memories remain fresh.
The measure is now available at a final 20 crown courts in Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, East Anglia, Essex, London and the South East, and marks the completion of national rollout.
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Criminal damage and protest law
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Good things come in small packages. But when you lock eyes with a Great Dane, you cannot help but think that's just not true! One of the largest dog breeds, the Great Dane is one big softy on the inside. Their most impressive trait (besides their big heart) is their lanky, gangling legs! Here are some of the pros and cons of those super-lengthy gams.
PRO: They are great for gymnastics.
CON: The legs don't quite fit on the couch when napping.
PRO: The legs are great for snuggling up with puppies.
CON: Sometimes they can get tangled up… in everything.
PRO: The longer the legs, the bigger the stretch.
CON: Great Danes will NEVER fit through the doggie door.
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Phu Quoc For Seafood, Sunshine and Scooter Exploration
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Phu Quoc is an island off the southern coast of Vietnam. Access is by ferry from the mainland or you can get dirt-cheap flights from Ho Chi Minh; we went with the latter. Arriving at the new international airport, there are taxis at the ready to take you where you...
Hoi An – Vietnam's Picturesque Tourist Town
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Hoi An is a beautiful, picturesque town about halfway up the coastline of Vietnam. There are a few beaches on the outskirts of town but the town itself is the real star of the show here. With minimal traffic in the town centre, it's easy to get around on foot and...
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Ho Chi Minh was our first stop in Vietnam and what a great place to begin our travels in the country. On the bus ride into the city center from the airport we kept ourselves entertained looking out the windows, taking it all in as we made our way towards the...
A Night On The Mekong; Homestay on An Binh Island
Our bus dropped us off on the side of the highway and with no clue which direction we were going we began a lengthy conversation of gestures with a taxi driver and three motorbike taxi drivers. The roads in Vietnam are notorious when it comes to motorbikes but we...
Exploring the Floating Markets on The Mekong Delta
Floating down the Mekong Delta, the sun dawning and traditional triangle hats on our heads; it was peaceful to say the least. There weren't too many other boats around this early and it was quiet other than the chugging motor on the back of our boat. Rather than...
Crawling Through the Chu Chi Tunnels With a Vietnam Vet
Before visiting Ho Chi Minh, we had been reading up on what to do in the area and came across the Chu Chi Tunnels. A mind-boggling 200 kilometer network of underground tunnels, used by the Viet Cong in the Vietnam war. Visiting the tunnels couldn't have been easier....


Coalville is a wonderful English market town based in the Charnwood area of Leicestershire, which lies close to Junction 22 of the M1 motorway. One of the most notable attractions in the area is Bardon Hill, which at 912 feet (278 m) above sea level, is the highest point in Leicestershire and a delight for hill walking enthusiasts.
Great transport links keep Coalville well connected to its neighbours and the rest of the country, with Leicester city centre only 20 minutes away and the cities of Birmingham and Nottingham reachable within an hour.
As its name suggests, Coalville was originally a coal mining town, which was established during the industrial revolution.
Our Fulfillment Center in Coalville is 1,000,000 square feet and this new site will create 600 jobs over the next 3 years.


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Abolishing Carceral Society
Abolition Collective (Editor)
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Beyond border walls and prison cells—carceral society is everywhere. In a time of mass incarceration, immigrant detention and deportation, rising forms of racialized, gendered, and sexualized violence, and deep ecological and economic crises, abolitionists everywhere seek to understand and radically dismantle the interlocking institutions of oppression and transform the world in which we find ourselves. These oppressions have many different names and histories and so, to make the impossible possible, abolition articulates a range of languages and experiences between (and within) different systems of oppression in society today.
Abolishing Carceral Society presents the bold voices and inspiring visions of today's revolutionary abolitionist movements struggling against capitalism, patriarchy, colonialism, ecological crisis, prisons, and borders.
In the first of a series of publications, the Abolition Collective renews and boldly extends the tradition of "abolition-democracy" espoused by figures like W.E.B. Du Bois, Angela Davis, and Joel Olson. Through study and publishing, the Abolition Collective supports radical scholarly and activist research, recognizing that the most transformative scholarship is happening both in the movements themselves and in the communities with whom they organize.
Abolishing Carceral Society features a range of creative styles and approaches from activists, artists, and scholars to create spaces for collective experimentation with the urgent questions of our time.
Through essays, interviews, visual art, and poetry, each presented in an accessible manner, the work engages with the meaning, practices, and politics of abolitionism in a range of historical and geographical contexts, including: prison and police abolitionism, border abolition, decolonization, slavery abolitionism, antistatism, antiracism, labor organizing, anticapitalism, radical feminism, queer and trans politics, Indigenous people's politics, sex worker organizing, migrant activism, social ecology, animal rights and liberation, and radical pedagogy.
"Abolishing Carceral Society is an immense contribution to contemporary struggles for freedom. The pieces in this collection provoke new questions that inform resistance strategies, and deepen our understandings of the systems we are seeking to abolish and the social relations we are working to transform. This collection will be a profoundly useful tool in classrooms and activist groups. The conversation happening in Abolition is essential reading for those participating in the thorny, complex debates about how we dismantle structures of state violence and domination. The writers and artists whose work makes up the inaugural issue of Abolition, rigorously explore the most pressing questions emerging in liberation struggles."—Dean Spade, author of Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics and the Limits of Law
"Abolishing Carceral Society is a wonderful mix of provocative ideas married with art, to help us consider a world without prisons, policing, and surveillance. Many of the submissions, however, are less concerned with dismantling what exists than they are with taking seriously that abolition is a project interested in building and in practical organizing. This comes through particularly in David Turner's essay, among others. Abolishing Carceral Society asks us some questions that we sometimes prefer to ignore, like 'What does it mean to transform human relations?' This inaugural issue from Abolition pushes us to ask a number of questions that are important to moving us toward an abolitionist horizon."—Mariame Kaba, founder of Project NIA, and cofounder of Chicago Freedom School, Chicago Taskforce on Violence Against Girls & Young Women, and Love & Protect
"Abolition is a crucial contribution to radical social movements. While fighting against prisons and the death penalty as instruments of class rule, the journal amplifies the voices of the incarcerated, actively engages with organizers on the ground, and builds bridges across multiple movements. The first issue, Abolishing Carceral Society, presents incisive interventions in the current debates about prison abolition and abolitionism as a political principle. It is a bold beginning for what will become an essential forum for all insurgent thinkers."—Silvia Federici, author of Revolution at Point Zero: Housework, Reproduction, and the Feminist Struggle and Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body, and Primitive Accumulation
"From slavery to prisons, abolition has always been a project of courage and breadth. Abolishing Carceral Society brings to bear the reflective, transformative urgency needed to confront today's violent world order. Of the struggle, by the struggle, and for the struggle: this auspicious collection offers not answers but pathways down which contemporary abolitionists travel en route to a future freedom. Check out their words, scope their visions—heed their calls."—Dan Berger, author of Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era
Understanding E-Carceration
Abolition. Feminism. Now.
Prison by Any Other Name
Creative Interventions Toolkit
Carceral Con
Abolition for the People
Colors of the Cage
The Red Deal
Organizing for Autonomy
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Old Coulsdon Medical Practice
Old Coulsdon Medical Practice Good
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Overall summary & rating
Updated 4 July 2016
Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice
We carried out an announced comprehensive inspection at Old Coulsdon Medical Practice on 26 May 2016. Overall the practice is rated as good.
Our key findings across all the areas we inspected were as follows:
There was an open and transparent approach to safety and an effective system in place for reporting and recording significant events.
Risks to patients were assessed and well managed.
Staff assessed patients' needs and delivered care in line with current evidence based guidance. Staff had the skills, knowledge and experience to deliver effective care and treatment.
Patients said they were treated with compassion, dignity and respect and they were involved in their care and decisions about their treatment.
Information about services and how to complain was available and easy to understand.
Patients said they found it easy to make an appointment with a named GP and that there was continuity of care, with urgent appointments available the same day.
The practice had good facilities and was well equipped to treat patients and meet their needs.
There was a clear leadership structure and staff felt supported by management. The practice proactively sought feedback from staff and patients, which it acted on.
The provider was aware of and complied with the requirements of the Duty of Candour.
We saw two areas of outstanding practice:
The practice Patient Participation Group (PPG) regularly invited specialist speakers and provided educational events for patients on topics including dementia, cardiology, prostate cancer, breast cancer, arthritis and gastric reflux; about 30 to 80 patients attended these talks; these talks were followed by a question and answer session. Following these events the PPG obtained feedback from these patients and found that these educational events were very useful for patients as they provided exercise and lifestyle advice.
The practice hosted a dementia carers support group through their Patient Participation Group (PPG) and had a held carers week. The practice also ran monthly carer support group afternoons. The PPG invited guest speakers during these support group meetings and provided talks and live demonstrations on topics such as manual handling, incontinence pads, eating and dressing.
There were areas of practice where the provider should make improvements:
Ensure that the business continuity plan is up-to date.
Ensure that all staff have annual basic life support training.
Review the complaints procedure to ensure it contains all the relevant information for patients.
Consider documenting discussions from staff meetings.
Professor Steve Field CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP
Chief Inspector of General Practice
Inspection Report Published 4 July 2016 PDF (opens in a new tab)
Inspection areas
The practice is rated as good for providing safe services.
There was an effective system in place for reporting and recording significant events.
Lessons were shared to make sure action was taken to improve safety in the practice.
When there were unintended or unexpected safety incidents, patients received reasonable support, truthful information, a verbal and written apology. They were told about any actions to improve processes to prevent the same thing happening again.
The practice had clearly defined and embedded systems, processes and practices in place to keep patients safe and safeguarded from abuse.
The practice is rated as good for providing effective services.
Data from the Quality and Outcomes Framework showed patient outcomes were at or above average for the locality and compared to the national average.
Staff assessed needs and delivered care in line with current evidence based guidance.
Clinical audits demonstrated quality improvement.
Staff had the skills, knowledge and experience to deliver effective care and treatment.
There was evidence of appraisals and personal development plans for all staff.
Staff worked with multidisciplinary teams to understand and meet the range and complexity of patients' needs.
The practice is rated as good for providing caring services.
Data from the National GP Patient Survey showed patients rated the practice above average for several aspects of care.
Patients said they were treated with compassion, dignity and respect and they were involved in decisions about their care and treatment.
Information for patients about the services available was easy to understand and accessible. There was a wide range of information leaflets available for patients which provided information on health and wellbeing and local support information.
We saw staff treated patients with kindness and respect, and maintained patient and information confidentiality.
The practice is rated as good for providing responsive services.
Practice staff reviewed the needs of its local population and engaged with the NHS England Area Team and Clinical Commissioning Group to secure improvements to services where these were identified.
Patients said they found it easy to make an appointment with a named GP and there was continuity of care, with urgent appointments available the same day.
Learning from complaints was shared with staff and other stakeholders; evidence showed the practice responded quickly to issues raised.
The practice provided a phlebotomy service at the practice to encourage older patients who may have difficulty in getting to the hospital and to improve monitoring of patients with long term conditions.
The practice provided minor surgical procedures including dermatological procedures, joint injections and coil fitting which reduced the need for referrals to hospital.
Well-led
The practice is rated as good for being well-led.
The practice had a clear vision and strategy to deliver high quality care and promote good outcomes for patients. Staff were clear about the vision and their responsibilities in relation to this.
There was a clear leadership structure and staff felt supported by management. The practice had a number of policies and procedures to govern activity and held regular governance meetings.
There was an overarching governance framework which supported the delivery of the strategy and good quality care. This included arrangements to monitor and improve quality and identify risk.
The provider was aware of and complied with the requirements of the Duty of Candour. The GP encouraged a culture of openness and honesty. The practice had systems in place for knowing about notifiable safety incidents and ensured this information was shared with staff to ensure appropriate action was taken.
The practice proactively sought feedback from staff and patients, which it acted on. The Patient Participation Group was active.
There was a strong focus on continuous learning and improvement at all levels.
Checks on specific services
People with long term conditions
The practice is rated as good for the care of people with long-term conditions.
Nursing staff had lead roles in chronic disease management and patients at risk of hospital admission were identified as a priority.
The national Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) data showed that 77% of patients had well-controlled diabetes, indicated by specific blood test results, compared to the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) average of 72% and the national average of 78%. The number of patients who had received an annual review for diabetes was 94% which was above the CCG average of 86% and national average of 88%.
The national Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) data showed that 78% of patients with asthma in the register had an annual review, compared to the CCG average of 75% and the national average of 75%.
Longer appointments and home visits were available for people with complex long term conditions when needed.
The practice provided a phlebotomy service, electrocardiography, spirometry and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to improve monitoring of patients with long term conditions.
All these patients had a structured annual review to check their health and medicines needs were being met. For those patients with the most complex needs, the GP worked with relevant health and care professionals to deliver a multidisciplinary package of care. The practice also had personalised care plans for these patients.
The practice GPs had personal patient lists which facilitated continuity of care of these patients. The practice used a risk stratification tool that analysed medicine interactions and blood result anomalies on a weekly basis.
Families, children and young people
The practice is rated as good for the care of families, children and young people.
There were systems in place to identify and follow up children living in disadvantaged circumstances and who were at risk, for example, children and young people who had a high number of urgent care and Accident and Emergency (A&E) attendances.
Immunisation rates were relatively high for all standard childhood immunisations.
Patients told us that children and young people were treated in an age-appropriate way and were recognised as individuals, and we saw evidence to confirm this.
The practice's uptake for the cervical screening programme was 89%, which was above the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) average of 82% and the national average of 82%.
Appointments were available outside of school hours and the premises were suitable for children and babies.
The practice nurses ran daily minor illness clinics to manage patients with simple issues; the lead practice nurse was a nurse prescriber.
The practice is rated as good for the care of older people.
The practice offered proactive, personalised care to meet the needs of the older people in its population.
The practice was responsive to the needs of older people, and offered home visits and urgent appointments for those with enhanced needs.
The practice checked their list of house-bound patients every six months to ascertain if these patients had their problems and medicines reviewed.
The practice ran an open surgery every day from 8am to 11:30am to enable patients to be seen on the same day; this enabled improved access for older people.
The practice GPs provided care for a local warden assisted property and a local care home for highly dependent neurologically impaired patients supporting the needs of the residents.
Working age people (including those recently retired and students)
The practice is rated as good for the care of working-age people (including those recently retired and students).
The needs of the working age population, those recently retired and students had been identified and the practice had adjusted the services it offered to ensure these were accessible, flexible and offered continuity of care.
The practice was proactive in offering online services as well as a full range of health promotion and screening that reflects the needs for this age group.
The practice offered early morning appointments and telephone consultations to enable access to working age people.
People experiencing poor mental health (including people with dementia)
The practice is rated as good for the care of people experiencing poor mental health (including people with dementia).
The number of patients with dementia who had received annual reviews was 86% which was above the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) average of 85% and national average of 84%.
92% of patients with severe mental health conditions had a comprehensive agreed care plan in the last 12 months which was above the CCG average 85% and national average of 88%.
The practice regularly worked with multi-disciplinary teams in the case management of people experiencing poor mental health, including those with dementia. The practice GPs provided care for a local home for patients with mental health issues.
The practice carried out advance care planning for patients with dementia. The practice hosted a support group for patients with dementia and their carers.
The practice had told patients experiencing poor mental health about how to access various support groups and voluntary organisations.
The practice had a system in place to follow up patients who had attended accident and emergency where they may have been experiencing poor mental health.
Staff had a good understanding of how to support patients with mental health needs and dementia. The practice had also trained many non-clinical staff in care for the patients with dementia.
The practice used books and online resources to educate patients with mental health problems.
The practice also used local re-enablement services to reduce social isolation and to ensure that the patients remain stimulated.
To enable improved access to cognitive and behavioural therapy the practice had arranged a training session for clinical staff from the local NHS psychological therapies service. This particularly helped patients with anxiety who were reluctant to travel to access this service.
People whose circumstances may make them vulnerable
The practice is rated as good for the care of people whose circumstances may make them vulnerable.
The practice held a register of patients living in vulnerable circumstances including homeless people, travellers and those with a learning disability.
The practice offered longer appointments and extended annual reviews for patients with a learning disability; 76% (37 patients) of patients with learning disability had received a health check in the last year.
The practice regularly worked with multi-disciplinary teams in the case management of vulnerable people.
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Michel Nicrosi is a partner in the firm's Business & Commercial Litigation Practice Group. Her practice focuses on preventive and litigation services for businesses and individuals in corporate and white collar criminal matters.
Ms. Nicrosi served as a federal prosecutor for more than 16 years. After graduating from The University of Alabama School of Law, she joined the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. Ms. Nicrosi was appointed to the Department of Justice under the Attorney General's Honor Program, the Department's premier recruitment program. For several years, Ms. Nicrosi served as a trial attorney in the Southern Criminal Enforcement Section of the Tax Division, prosecuting white collar criminal cases with an emphasis on tax fraud and other financial crimes in several states throughout the country.
In 1995, Ms. Nicrosi transferred to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Alabama, where she continued to handle white collar cases involving fraud, public corruption, and cybercrime. From 1997–2001, she served as chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney's Office. In this position, she was responsible for supervising criminal attorneys and managing criminal litigation for the judicial district. In 2006, Ms. Nicrosi successfully defended the former chief of staff to the governor of Alabama in the most significant public corruption trial in Alabama's history. A federal jury acquitted the former official on all charges, including RICO violations, mail and wire fraud, and obstruction of justice, after a nine-week trial.
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"Public Corruption: When Do Campaign Contributions and Political Favors Become Bribes?" LACDL Seminar, December 4, 2008
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It might not look overly tempting at first sight, with its very peculiar aroma and intense green color. Yet, beyond its strange or unusual appearance, spirulina is a true super-food because it is capable of providing an incredible variety of all sorts of nutrients. So, what are the benefits of spirulina?
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When we say that spirulina contains antioxidant effects, this means that they reduce the negative effects of the so-called free radicals. These are highly reactive substances that accelerate the aging process. This deteriorates cells and tissues. Free radicals are produced in the body by following an unhealthy diet, subjecting yourself to stress, and when you are locked into a sedentary life.
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You will definitely be able to find it in stores like herb shops, dietary stores, and natural pharmacies. At the same time there are also a large amounts of online stores that offer it among health care products.
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Experts recommend that children and people that recently began incorporating spirulina into their diet, begin with a dose of 3 to 5 grams a day. For adults, you can slowly increase this daily dose until reaching 5 to 10 grams a day.
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Author(s): Steve Burrows
Newly appointed police inspector Domenic Jejeune doesn't mind ruffling a few feathers. Indeed his success has elevated him into a poster boy for the police. The problem is Jejeune doesn't really want to be a detective at all; he much prefers watching birds. Recently reassigned to the small Norfolk town of Saltmarsh, located in the heart of Britain's premier birding country, Jejeune's two worlds collide with the grisly murder of a prominent ecological activist. His ambitious police superintendent foresees a blaze of welcome publicity, although doubts soon emerge when Jejeune's best theory involves a feud over birdwatching lists. A second murder does little to bolster confidence. Jejeune must call on all his birding knowhow to solve the mystery and deal with unwelcome public acclaim, the mistrust of colleagues and his own insecurities. For, in the case of the Saltmarsh birder murders, the victims may not be the only casualties...
Steve Burrows has pursued his birdwatching hobby on five continents. He is a former editor of the Hong Kong Bird Watching Society Magazine and a contributing field editor for Asian Geographic. Steve now lives in Oshawa, Ontario.
Publisher : Oneworld Publications
Imprint : Oneworld Publications
Author : Steve Burrows


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It was broken up like white fireworks. It was beautiful.


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Rolls-Royce & Fabergé Unveil the 'Spirit of Ecstasy' Egg
in Rolls-Royce
Placing a work of art inside a work of art only happens once in a great while. The creations of Peter Fabergé are amongst the most valuable objects in the world. He only created 50 Imperial Eggs before the Russian Revolution in 1917, and since then his legacy has been the subject of intrigue and oligarchs. Until today, only one Imperial Class egg had been commissioned in over a century. So a wealthy Rolls-Royce and Fabergé collector decided to ask for a modern…eggsample.
Stefan Monro and Alex Innes are designers at the House of Rolls-Royce. They visualized their iconic hood ornament surrounded by blossoming leaves of crystal. It was then finalized by Fabergé lead designer Liisa Talgren.
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This man wants to know whether he has any legal recourse after supporting his girlfriend for three years.
The podcaster says it's regarded as a moral and personal failure when people are bad with money.
The airline industry lacks a uniform policy on how to deal with passengers with allergies.
My sister sold our parents' home and pocketed the cash—what should I do now?
This woman believes her sister may have run away with her father's money.
Critics say he more often sides with corporations than customers.
The company must answer to the Senate over its email policies.
This woman is concerned about the unforeseen consequences of a complicated financial arrangement involving her family.
U.S. schools rarely incorporate personal finance into their curriculum.
Two top executives from ITT, a now-defunct for-profit college, settled with the SEC last week.
Invest in nuclear power, along with wind, solar, and other renewables, to cut carbon footprint, writes Richard Rhodes.
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Inventing Elsa Maxwell
How an Irrepressible Nobody Conquered High Society, Hollywood, the Press, and the World
Author: Sam Staggs
1 The Sun Never Sets on Elsa Maxwell
Elsa Maxwell, introduced by Jack Paar on his late-night talk show in 1958: "Elsa, your stockings are wrinkled."
Her response: "I'm not wearing any. Those are varicose veins."
I first met Elsa Maxwell in the summer of 1922. I found her dynamic, gay, bursting with energy, courageous, insanely generous and, to me, always kind.—Noël Coward, in his introduction to Elsa Maxwell's last book, The Celebrity Circus, 1963
"Elsa was one of my aversions," Walter Winchell wrote in his memoir. "Now along comes Mr. Paar and makes a brand-new life and career for Elsa, who'd publicly announced that she had 'never had a man in her life.'
"The Lez said about it, the better."
While filming The Black Rose on location in England in 1950, Tyrone Power sent a picture postcard to Clifton Webb back in Hollywood. Power, in costume, is holding a prop from a banquet scene: a boar's head on a silver platter with an apple in its mouth. On the back he scrawled: "I'll be home on the 15th. As you can see, I ran into Elsa Maxwell over here and she's in fine fettle. Ty."
Elsa Maxwell? Just another pretty face.—Hermione Gingold
I went to a big party she gave in Paris. I don't know why she bothered to ask me. I think it was because she needed extra men at these affairs from time to time, and I had a clean shirt.—Claus von Bülow to author, 2009
The ugliest woman I have ever seen.—Giovanni Battista Meneghini, divorced husband of Maria Callas. (He hated Elsa for her lesbian designs on his wife.)
A fat old son of a bitch!—Maria Callas
As I remember every single person who was ever kind to me, I remember that often maligned woman very well.—Maria Riva (daughter of Marlene Dietrich)
"I May Not Be Good Looking but I'm Awfully Good to Ma"—one of many songs composed by Elsa, this one published in 1909
Old battering-ram Elsa always gives the best parties.—the Duke of Windsor
The old oaken bucket in the Well of Loneliness.—the Duchess of Windsor's vicious epithet during their noisy feud in the mid-1950s
Elsa Maxwell was part of the old generation, a generation for whom sexuality was not intrinsic to public identity, whose community—even if predominantly with homosexuals—was defined more by class and privilege than anything else.—William J. Mann, Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood, 1910–1969
Elsa to the formidable Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, wife of sugar baron Adolph Spreckels and, like Elsa, a San Franciscan: "How old are you, Alma?"
A. de B. S.: "Old enough to remember when there was no such person as Elsa Maxwell." (She meant it figuratively, since they were born the same year. The remark implies, also, that Elsa's social status as a girl in San Francisco was not of the highest rank.)
She preferred rich women with large houses in which she could stage her parties. What most people regard as amusing interludes were to Elsa a profession.—R.V.C. Bodley, a military attaché at the British embassy in Paris after World War I, when Elsa was making an international name for herself.
Shaped like a cottage loaf with currant eyes.—Stanley Jackson, Inside Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo. Elsa Maxwell, the cumbersome butterfly, staged her night parties with unbelievable mixtures of the great and near great.—film director Jean Negulesco, recalling his youth on the Côte d'Azur in the Roaring Twenties
Asked why Elsa hadn't been invited to a celebrity bash at his famed Hollywood restaurant, con man and faux Russian royalty "Prince" Mike Romanoff replied, "No phonies."
Personal and Confidential Memo to J. Edgar Hoover from E. E. Conroy, an underling at the FBI, dated July 26, 1945:
"Miss Elsa Maxwell has been a Special Service Contact of this office since September of 1942 but contact has been had with her infrequently. The Bureau is aware, of course, that presently she is writing a column for the New York Post and for some time now she has enjoyed the reputation of a successful hostess at gatherings which she arranges for socially prominent people. However, it has come to the attention of this office in the recent past that generally they consider her now to be a person of somewhat unsavory background and reputation. In addition, the Bureau itself has evidence of the fact that she is indiscreet and not entirely trustworthy, as is indicated in G-2 reports forwarded as enclosures to this office with a letter from the Bureau dated January 8, 1943.
"For the reasons outlined above it is deemed advisable therefore to discontinue the services of Miss Maxwell as a Special Service Contact and this will be done unless the Bureau advises to the contrary."
Elsa's indictment of racism, from her column in the New York Post, November 16, 1943:
"Let's look this matter of prejudice straight in the eye. I'm sick and tired of all the pussyfooting that's been going on about Jim Crow. Either we are believers in the principles of democracy—as we piously declare, three times a day—or we are a collection of the greatest frauds the world has seen.
"For generations the conventional and learned citizens of this republic have stood stolidly silent while the American Negro has been vilified, libeled, and denied almost all access to the privileged places of sweetness and light.… Democracy has been wayward in the cause of democracy."
Although as lively and perky as a sparrow, Miss Maxwell never strikes me as being a particularly happy woman herself. She has unsmiling eyes. She is restless. One of her idiosyncrasies is to eat chocolate continually between the courses of meals—which is to me only less disconcerting than that abominable habit of smoking between the courses.—"The Talk of London," a pseudonymous column by "The Dragoman" in the Daily Express, October 22, 1932
Headline in the New York Herald-Tribune, 1957: ELSA MAXWELL ORDERED TO PAY $840 TO FAROUK FOR INSULT, which, decoded, was reporting that a court in Paris had ordered Elsa to pay that amount to the deposed King of Egypt for defamation of character. While still on the throne, he had invited her to one of his parties. Elsa replied with a telegram to his equerry which read, "I do not associate with clowns, monkeys, or corrupt gangsters." An intemperate reaction, surely, from the author of Elsa Maxwell's Etiquette Book, published around the time of the king's party. In it, Elsa wrote that "whenever you are asked to be a guest you are paid a compliment. Your host or hostess, in effect, looks upon you as someone who will contribute to the success of their party. A prompt reply will express your appreciation of the invitation."
Elsa Maxwell took a bad fall on the Guinness yacht in Monte Carlo. The yacht is expected to recover.—Earl Wilson's column, 1961
Telegram sent from the White House, May 31, 1963, to Elsa at the Park Sheraton Hotel in New York: "Thank you very much for your birthday message. It was kind of you to remember me on this occasion, and I am most appreciative of your thoughtfulness. John F. Kennedy."
The following day, Western Union notified the White House that the telegram was undelivered because Miss Maxwell was on the high seas aboard the SS France. It was her final trip abroad. (The telegram was missent to the Park Sheraton Hotel, rather than the Delmonico, where Elsa lived at the time. Had the address been correct, she would have received the telegram before departure. The great irony is that both Elsa and President Kennedy celebrated their last birthdays in that month of May 1963. She died on Friday, November 1, exactly three weeks before the assassination.)
In 1969, the director of Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum, in Hartsdale, New York, assured Mickey Deans, widower of Judy Garland, that "your wife will be the star of Ferncliff. Jerome Kern rests here, and Moss Hart, Basil Rathbone, and Elsa Maxwell, but your wife will be our only star."—Anne Edwards, Judy Garland, page 305
As this book goes to press, there are 133 memorial "flowers"—i.e., kitschy floral icons and visual bric-a-brac—posted on findagrave.com at Elsa's page (or should I call it her ePlot?). Many bear weepy sentiments such as "Happy Heavenly Birthday, Dearest Angel" (posted May 24, 2011) forty-eight years after Elsa's death) and "Rest in peace, Great Lady." But Judy Garland remains, as predicted, the star of Ferncliff, at least electronically; she has 6,150 tributes.
Copyright © 2012 by Sam Staggs
Inventing Elsa Maxwell, the first biography of this extraordinary woman, tells the witty story of a life lived out loud.
With Inventing Elsa Maxwell,...
With Inventing Elsa Maxwell, Sam Staggs has crafted a landmark biography. Elsa Maxwell (1881-1963) invented herself–not once, but repeatedly. Built like a bulldog, she ascended from the San Francisco middle class to the heights of society in New York, London, Paris, Venice, and Monte Carlo. Shunning boredom and predictability, Elsa established herself as party-giver extraordinaire in Europe with come-as-you-are parties, treasure hunts (e.g., retrieve a slipper from the foot of a singer at the Casino de Paris), and murder parties that drew the ire of the British parliament. She set New York a-twitter with her soirees at the Waldorf, her costume parties, and her headline-grabbing guest lists of the rich and royal, movie stars, society high and low, and those on the make all mixed together in let-'er-rip gaiety. All the while, Elsa dashed off newspaper columns, made films in Hollywood, wrote bestselling books, and turned up on TV talk shows. She hobnobbed with friends like Noel Coward and Cole Porter. Late in life, she fell in love with Maria Callas, who spurned her and broke Elsa's heart. Her feud with the Duchess of Windsor made headlines for three years in the 1950s.
One of the twentieth century's most colorful characters is brought back to life in this biography by the author of All About All About Eve.
"Elsa was a huge personality who led an amazing life; she knew everyone and everyone knew her. If you relish, as I do, the stories of old Hollywood, you'll love this book–and you might end up loving her too!" —actress Miriam Margolyes
"Only in America could Elsa have lived the life she did. What a talent Sam Staggs is to be able to write so entertaining a book about a phenomenon." —Robert Wagner, actor and author of Pieces of My Heart
"Elsa venit, ea vidit, ea vicit: Elsa came, she saw, she conquered. What a gal! Sam Staggs' riveting biography of the high-priestess of the twentieth century is a real page turner." —HSH Principessa Rita Boncompagni Ludovisi


And now, it's my pleasure to introduce you to Laura Lee, author and blogger at The Power of Narrative. Her second novel, Identity Theft, is available for pre-order, and given the log line, I'm going to like this one immensely: A bored employee in a rock star's office begins an online relationship with a fan in the guise of his boss and sets off a chain of events he cannot control.
I often begin speaking engagements by explaining to the audience that I am not a British man.
Of course they can see that by looking at me. It is less obvious, it seems, when they only have a page of writing to consider. Apparently I am linguistically androgynous. The editor who worked on one of my books referred to me throughout her notes as "he." There was also a brief period after my novel Angel was published that the internet decided I was a gay man and started showing me ads for gay luxury travel and dating sites on every web page. So I find that it is helpful just to put it out there that I am not male, gay or otherwise.
Throughout the years a number of professional reviewers have referred to me as "British author Laura Lee." I never claimed to be from England. The reviewers came to this conclusion on their own. I am not sure if the different reviewers read my writing and independently imagined I sounded British or if one person did and the others picked up on this mistake via internet research.
I was born and raised in metro Detroit.
This remains one of the best things that has ever been said about my writing. I love its unintentional humor so much that I have tried to use this in biographical blurbs a number of times. The marketing folks at my various publishers, as if to prove the point, always ask me to cut it out.
Of course not. I am frightfully droll.
I cannot be sure, of course, that my high school friends should be cited as as authorities on things British. Another friend of mine around this time noticed that I had two copies of the Adam and the Ants album Prince Charming. One was the regular U.S. release, the other was the U.K. import with a gatefold sleeve. She asked me what the difference was between the two albums and I told her that one of them was British.
"It's British?" she asked with what seemed like too much excitement.
I put the record on and she looked crestfallen. "They're just singing in English," she said. She thought I had been playing a joke on her.
To be clear, it is not only Americans who have trouble with this kind of thing. When I was in London once, I was visiting a friend's family. The mother was watching Starsky and Hutch on TV. She asked where I was from. I said, "Michigan." She squinted and asked if we had Starsky and Hutch in my country.
Americans pronounce Michigan as though it were spelled with an "sh" in the middle. In England, they insist upon pronouncing it as it is spelled– even though they pronounce Worchestershire as if there were basically no distinct letters in the middle of the word at all. She had no idea what this "Mishigan" place was.
I have finally had the opportunity to put my mock-Englishness to use in my forthcoming novel Identity Theft. The novel tells the story of a British pop star who goes by the stage name Blast and a young man who works in his office. The office worker, Ethan, poses as his boss online and starts flirting with a fan in e-mail and chats. I had to create two voices, one a young American who pretends to be English and is comically inept and the other a real Englishman who has been living in Los Angeles for a decade and whose dialect, with any luck, does not elicit laughs. For this I enlisted the help of a couple of real live British-speaking English type people to help me edit my Americanisms out of Blast's speech. A few slip in– you see– I'm American.
See you on the flip side, Laura!
Thank you very much for featuring me. Rock n Roll novels rule!
Thank you to Lisa Peers, who was featured on this blog, for allowing me the opportunity to write a guest post for her site. You see her book by clicking on the Michigan Authors link above.


Is this the first baby you have delivered here at See-Spital? Then you may well have some questions because everything is still so new. Even if you have given birth before, you will have probably forgotten exactly what it was like with your new born baby when you were in the throngs of it… because little ones grow up so quickly!


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Thursday 4 November 2021 (other days)
Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop
on Thursday after the Twenty-second Sunday after Trinity
Christ is the chief shepherd, the leader of his flock: come, let us adore him.
Year: B(I). Psalm week: 3. Liturgical Colour: White.
St Charles Borromeo (1538 - 1584)
Charles Borromeo was a leading figure of the Catholic Reformation.
He was born in a castle on the shores of Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, to a powerful family. He was related to the Medici through his mother. As the second son, he was destined for a career in the Church from an early age. He received a doctorate in civil and canon law at the University of Pavia, and when his uncle was elected Pope Pius IV in 1559 he was summoned to Rome and made a cardinal. Among many other responsibilities he was made administrator of the vacant diocese of Milan and protector of the Catholic cantons of Switzerland and of the Franciscans and the Carmelites.
He played a large part in the diplomatic efforts that led to the re-opening in 1562 of the reforming Council of Trent, which had been suspended since 1552. As long as the Church was in a weak and corrupt state, emperors and kings could control it and its assets – and they would not easily give up control.
In late 1562 Charles's elder brother died, leaving him as head of the family. His relations wanted him to abandon his ecclesiastical career and marry, and even the Pope suggested it; but Charles saw his brother's death as a sign of the vanity of human wishes. Eventually, in 1563, he settled the argument by secretly being ordained priest. He was soon consecrated as Archbishop of Milan, but the Pope would not let him leave Rome because he was needed there. He worked on the catechism, the Missal and the Breviary, and reformed his own diocese as well as he could from a distance through trusted deputies.
At length Pius IV died and in 1566 his successor permitted Charles to take up residence in his diocese. He began reform from the top, giving much of his property to the poor. He set up the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine to teach children the faith: it was the beginning and inspiration of the Sunday School movement. When famine struck the province, he fed 3,000 people at his own expense for three months and inspired others to do likewise. When plague came, he prepared himself for death, made his will, and went to the hospital where the worst cases were. After enormous amounts of nagging, preaching and persuasion the secular clergy at length followed his example.
As might be expected, Charles encountered determined opposition to his programme of reform. His aunts, in Dominican convents, treated the introduction of grilles as a personal insult. More seriously, the canons of one church slammed the door in his face to prevent him making a visitation and their servants fired at him, damaging the crucifix he was carrying; and the members of a rich and corrupt order of monks were so opposed to being reformed that one of them dressed as a layman, joined Charles's household at evening prayer, and shot him. The assassin's bullet did not penetrate Charles's clothing. (Two years later the Pope had to suppress the order and distribute its assets: a sad end to an order that had done much good and produced many saints in its 350-year history).
The King of Spain, whose jurisdiction included Milan at the time, resisted any diminution of his power, and the next fifteen years are a complex tapestry of arrests, excommunications, denunciations, calumnies, and absolutions – ending at last in peace.
Charles's final visitation was of the cantons of Switzerland in 1583, where as well as the usual corruptions and abuses he had to deal with senior priests who were practising witchcraft and sorcery, and enemies who claimed that his fight against heresy was a plot to extend Spanish domination into the region.
Charles died on 3 November 1584 at the age of 46.
Wisdom 19:22 ©
Lord, in every way you have made your people great and glorious. You have never disdained them, but stood by them always and everywhere.
Deuteronomy 4:7 ©
What great nation is there that has its gods so near as the Lord our God is to us whenever we call to him?
Esther 10:3 ©
The single nation, mine, is Israel, those who cried out to God and were saved. Yes, the Lord has saved his people, the Lord has delivered us from all these evils, God has worked such signs and great wonders as have never happened among the nations.
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