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Pathfinders to Venus. Episode Eight – Planet on Fire
August 6, 2017 July 22, 2017 archivetvmusings ITV Children's Programmes - 1960's	george coulouris, gerald flood, pathfinders to venus, robert james
With the jungle on fire, Conway and the others struggle to reach the safety of the rocket ….
Brown's fanaticism – he broadcasts back to Earth a message that everyone else is dead and the planet is hostile – is plainly on show here. His attempt to sabotage the rocket is a little half-hearted though (since Conway is able to quickly to reverse his damage).
There's another example of Brown's disregard for the others – Wilson is attacked by a Venusian in the forest and Brown elects to leave him there. But what's worse is that Wilson was looking after Hamlet at the time. So poor Hamlet's lost in the forest – clearly Brown is a monster of the first degree …..
Will Wilson and Hamlet make it back to the rocket before Conway has to blast off? Hmm, I wonder.
The dramatic music goes into overdrive as Conway believes they can't leave the planet as the Russian rocket, carrying the fuel for the return trip home, appears to have crashed. So they seem doomed to spend the rest of their lives on Venus. If so, how will they live? Brown's rather keen, but the others less so.
The sudden unexpected appearance of Colonel Korolyov (Robert James) therefore comes as quite a surprise as he tells them that there's no reason why they can't return to Earth. Given that the Cold War was still icy at this point, it's possible to view the image of Korolyov and Wilson, working together in harmony, with a rather jaundiced eye.
But there's also a subtler reading that can be made. Wilson admits that his secret mission in space was to establish an outer-space telephone relay system. Korolyov genially tells the others that he's glad there was no other motive for Wilson's flight (which still leaves us with the inference that Wilson hasn't been completely straight with them. Maybe there was another – military – motive behind his mission).
Brown stays behind on Venus but the possibility that the Russians or Americans (or even the British) would return one day to plunder its natural resources remains a possibility. Whilst Pathfinders to Venus generally presents an optimistic picture of space exploration, there's still the hint that the future might see political or monetary concerns win out over pure scientific research.
Pathfinders to Venus might be a couple of episodes too long, but you can't help but be impressed by it's scope and scale. Attempting to mount an epic tale with a less than epic budget took some nerve and whilst it's easy to view all three of the Pathfinders tales purely in terms of the way they anticipated Doctor Who, they still stand up as engaging serials in their own right. Pulpy fun, it's true. But fun nonetheless.
Pathfinders to Venus. Episode Seven – The Valley of Monsters
August 5, 2017 July 22, 2017 archivetvmusings ITV Children's Programmes - 1960's	george coulouris, gerald flood, pathfinders to venus
The episode title – The Valley of Monsters – would no doubt have raised the audience's expectations, so possibly that was why our first sight of the monsters – stock footage of animated flying reptiles – provided the previous episode with its cliffhanger. At least that way most people would know what they were going to get here.
This instalment was especially fascinating since it was used for an academic study into children's viewing habits and opinions. To this end, eight deliberate production mistakes (in addition to any inadvertent ones) were introduced into the episode. Several groups of children were then shown the episode, with their interest levels and comments closely monitored.
It was discovered that young children were just as demanding and critical as any other viewing group. As producer Sydney Newman later noted. "The most important thing we learnt is that if anyone thinks a young audience can be fooled or won sloppily or 'on the cheap' he is sadly mistaken". No doubt these lessons would have been taken on board when Newman moved to the BBC and initiated the creation of Doctor Who.
I have to confess that none of the production mistakes were particularly apparent. Maybe I was just unobservant or possibly too wrapped up in the story?
Our heroes manage to escape the dangerous stock footage flying reptiles and they then proceed to make their way through the forest on the long trek back to the rocket. The forest clearing, where they pitch up for a rest, is pretty bare but a later sandstorm is effectively done.
There's more animated stock footage (a Tyrannosaurus Rex battles a Stegosaurus as our heroes look on in awed wonder). The models are a little small and grubby, but the dramatic music – and acting – sells the illusion resonably effectively.
Latest Kisswatch update – Conway and Mary enjoy a passionate kiss on the lips. Hurrah! Marriage doesn't seem to be on his mind though, unless he's being very subtle. But he does ask if they can work together when they return to Earth, so maybe this is the first step in his plan to woo her.
We return to Buchan Island for the first time since the opening episode. The Russian rescue rocket has nearly reached Venus, but with no evidence that Conway and the others are still alive, it's likely to just turn around and go home.
Malcolm Hulke tended to pepper his Doctor Who scripts with political, moral or environmental messages. Pathfinders never really went down these routes but this episode – for example, Wilson sees a chance to make a great deal of money by plundering Venus of its plentiful diamond supply – does supply us with a vague message.
It does mean that Wilson, up until now a level-headed chap, suddenly turns into an avaricious monster. This moment quickly passes, but the discovery of uranium is another flashpoint. Wilson paints a vision of Venus as a colonised world, its natural reasources mined for the benefit of Earth (America), a prospect which disgusts Brown. Wilson tells Brown that "you can't stop progress".
It's interesting thar Brown's desire not to see Venus strip-mined isolates him from the others. But when the way back to the rocket is blocked by raging forest fires, he gleefully tells them that nobody will ever leave the planet. Instead, they'll become the first of the new Venusians ….
Pathfinders to Venus. Episode Six – The City
In yet another remarkable coincidence, Margaret and the Venusian child locate Conway and the others. That just leaves Brown to free from his polystyrene rock and then everyone will be back together.
Brown is remarkably noble ("save yourselves" he tells the others). But they're not prepared to leave him to the mercy of the approaching lava and after considerable effort (I wonder if they taught this type of acting – pretending that lightweight objects were very heavy – at RADA?) they manage to free him.
They're all delighted to finally have emerged from the caves into the open air. And I have to confess, so am I. The city they can see in the distance is impressive. Brown calls it "the creation of an advanced people with a sense of beauty of form". But how does that connect with the mute primitives they've already tangled with?
Eventually Conway decides that they'll all take a look at the city. But Brown can't wait for Conway, so he sets off alone. Hasn't he learnt by now that bad things happen when they split up? Tsk, he'll never learn. As Brown makes his way towards the city, we're privy to his internal thoughts as he ponders the best way to make contact, which is a nice little touch.
For those keeping track of the Conway/Mary kisswatch, this episode he's heading closer to her lips (via a peck on the cheek). But maybe his close attention was something of a plot point, since he notices a mark on her face. Made by an insect possibly?
This episode (and the final one – Planet on Fire) were directed by Reginald Collin (the other six were directed by Guy Verney). This was Collin's first directing credit, although he'd later be more prolific as a producer (notably on Callan).
All of Brown's hopes are dashed after he learns that the city isn't a city after all – instead it's a massive tomb where the Venusians bury their dead. It's a pity that after all this effort the city turns out to be nothing more than a Maguffin. Oh well.
But his disappointment quickly moves into the background as Mary begins to falter – the insect bite is clearly more serious than it first appeared and the others need to come up with an antidote quickly.
This T/R isn't in a great shape – very notable tramlines throughout – but given that a good deal of this era of television doesn't exist at all there's no point in grumbling.
With Mary still weak, they have to improvise a stretcher to carry her (which they knock up very quickly and impressively, it has to be said). Venus is a planet full of surprises – this week's cliffhanger finds them menaced by flying dinosaurs!
Pathfinders to Venus. Episode Five – The Venus People
The lights are even lower at the start of this episode then they were at the end of the previous one, so the Venusian cave-man is much less distinct than he was before. This low-lighting seems to have foxed the vision mixer – at one point Margaret screams that he's "breaking though" as the camera cuts to what appears to be an empty frame.
As the Venusian (Bob Bryan) ambles out of the cave, we get a closer look at him. I think it's fair to say that he's possibly not going to be a terribly interesting conversationalist.
The Venus People gives us a break from watching everybody traipsing through the forest as instead they spend their time traipsing through caves instead. As ever, things aren't straightforward – Margaret gets separated from the others but (as luck would have it) she runs into Brown and Wilson.
Brown has to do a little bit of quick talking since he'd convinced Wilson that everyone else on the rocket was dead. He does admit that he lied, but Wilson doesn't seem too bothered about being deceived. During these scenes you have to admire Hester Cameron. Margaret has been forced to carry Hamlet for some time, which must have been a little irritating.
Brown finds a narrow ledge which he believes leads to the city. He's happy to risk his life crossing it, but Margaret and Wilson are less keen. But when they hear the wails of the Venusians, she has no choice but to follow. There's a bit of a technical blip here – we see Brown cross over, but then George Coulouris walks through the back of the frame, presumably making his way to the next set.
Wilson meets up with Conway and the others and they too attempt to cross. The dramatic stock music goes up a few notches as Brown is trapped by a large rock. A Venusian child (Brigid Skemp) appears to offer Margaret a way out ….
Pathfinders to Venus. Episode Four – The Creature
August 2, 2017 August 2, 2017 archivetvmusings ITV Comedy - 1960's	george coulouris, gerald flood, pathfinders to venus
By this point the narrative has split four ways. Geoff is alone in the jungle, Mary and Margaret are trapped in the rocket (whilst something large and unfriendly appears to be attempting to force its way in), Conway has disappeared whilst Brown and Wilson are making their way to what Brown believes is a Venusian city.
Mary eventually twigs the way that Brown deceived them – chopping a few words out of Wilson's tape recording – whilst the tension of Geoff, Mary and Margaret's predicament quickly dissipates. Geoff returns to the rocket and the mysterious creature disappears.
The logical Professor Mary Meadows believes that the creature only appears when they're alone, so Geoff decides they should rope themselves together and that'll deal with it. Eh? I'm not entirely convinced about this statement.
Brown and Wilson continue their slow trek to the city. They find a cave which displays evidence that the Venusians have discovered fire (and presumably are flesh eaters). This doesn't chime with Brown's assertion that the Venusians are harmless and friendly, but he's not downhearted and quickly bounces back. At this point poor George Coulouris suffers a line fumble worthy of William Hartnell. "Three thousand miles, err three thousand, three hundred years ago …"
The point about fire is an interesting one – in the previous scene Mary was confident that they could use it as a weapon, since she thought it was unlikely the Venusians would have discovered it. Although as no-one ever mention fire again it turns out to be a totally redundant plot-point.
A few clips of stock footage are used throughout the serial. This episode is slightly more low-rent though – as we hear the sound effect of thunder followed by a picture of lightening. It's only on the screen for a second so they just about get away with it.
Gerald Flood's had an easy episode so far. We don't see him until we're about half way through when Conway promptly wakes up, calls for Geoff and the others – who just happen to be close by – and they're all happily reunited.
Brown and Wilson debate the ethics of technology. Brown despairs about the way that scientific progress has ravaged the Earth and fears that the same thing will happen one day to Venus. Wilson makes the logical point that without science they'd never have reached here in the first place. Then Wilson reaches for a cigarette. It's somewhat jarring to see an astronaut having a quick puff (unless they were special space cigarettes) but then it was the early 1960's.
The most entertaining part of the episode is poor Hamlet's plight. Trapped inside a flesh eating plant, it looks like curtains for the space-faring guinea pig. Margaret doesn't take this trauma at all well – she's frantic with worry as Conway manfully attempts to rescue Hamlet from within the flappy plant. Don't worry, Hamlet fans, he eventually escapes unharmed.
The last few seconds give us our first sighting of a Venusian. He's lurking in the shadows somewhat, but think cave-man and you'll be on the right track.
Pathfinders to Venus. Episode Three – The Living Planet
As also often happened with Doctor Who, the end of episode cliffhangers were re-recorded the next week. This is very evident here, since both Stewart Guidotti and Hester Cameron are much more restrained at the start of this episode than they were at the end of the previous one.
Geoff and Margaret, locked inside Wilson's rocket for safety, are pondering exactly what powerful creature could have caused such damage. Geoff has plenty of ideas. "For all we know it might have been a reptile, or a bird with a huge beak. Or an insect with some kind of nippers like a crab". Given the series' budget, I've a feeling it'll be somewhat less impressive than these wild imaginings ….
It's plain that they're not alone though. For a while, the camera has sometimes shot from behind flapping branches, giving the impression that someone or something is observing them. As with the previous serials, this one is also in no hurry to show its hand (understandable, with eight episodes to fill).
So The Living Planet concerns itself with the continuing hunt for Wilson whilst Brown burns with a desire to explore what he believes to be a Venusian city. The parallels between this story and The Daleks seem pretty obvious, was this a coincidence or did Terry Nation tune in back in 1961? One difference is that Brown just decides to wander off by himself to explore the alleged city (unlike the Doctor, who had to trick the others into accompanying him).
Another Doctor Who connection is the distinctive piece of stock music which appears some ten minutes about ten minutes in, which also cropped up during the Hartnell era, The Space Museum to be precise.
Brown meets up with Wilson and the pair head off for the city together. For those keeping a watch on the Conway/Mary relationship, there's another kiss here – albeit it's just a smacker on the top of her head.
Graydon Gould, as Wilson, starts to emerge as a more defined character in this episode, helped by the fact he finally has someone to talk to. Gould might not have been an American, but he was the next best thing (Canadian) so at least he sounds pretty authentic. Brown and Wilson don't exactly see eye to eye – Brown believes that the only aggressors in the solar system are to be found on Earth and despairs that the Americans rocket was kept a secret (presumably because it contained military secrets).
You probably won't be shocked to learn that Conway and Geoff venture out to find Wilson and Brown whilst Mary and Margaret remain behind in the safety of the rocket. Although maybe it's not that safe since something breaks into the rocket and begins to menace the girls.
And then Conway disappears which is the cue for Geoff to start over-emoting again. We must be close to the end of the episode ….
Pathfinders to Venus. Episode Two – Into the Poison Cloud
July 31, 2017 July 22, 2017 archivetvmusings ITV Children's Programmes - 1960's	george coulouris, gerald flood, pathfinders to venus
Convinced that Wilson is trapped on the surface of Venus, Conway and the others set out to rescue him. But before they can do this they have to work out a way to negotiate the poison cloud that surrounds the planet.
After a few minutes chat, they seem confident so once again the dramatic stock music is cued as the sweet little model rocket slowly begins its descent. You have to respect the abilities of the regulars (attempting to sell the illusion of danger with such limited resources is no easy task).
But although it's easy to be critical of the effects, some are very effective. The shots of the American rocket orbiting Venus are nicely done. The rocket isn't particularly detailed, but the fact it's so small means that it contrasts well with the vast planet. And our first sight of the planet's surface – the camera tracks down to reveal the rocket nestling amongst surprising lush vegetation – is a decent model sequence.
Brown is convinced that Venus has a breathable atmosphere and – against the advice of the others – he emerges from the rocket without his space helmet. And wouldn't you know it, he's correct. This is probably the moment where it's pointless to worry about scientific accuracy and simply go with the flow. One obvious plus point about this is that it means our heroes don't have to spend the entire serial wandering about with space helmets on (which I'm sure was Hulke and Paice's reasoning).
Since this was 1961 you shouldn't be surprised that the boys (Conway, Geoff and Brown) immediately go out to explore whilst the girls (Mary and Margaret) stay behind in the rocket. But it isn't long before the ever-squeaky Margaret gets her chance to take a look outside (albeit with Geoff as a chaperone).
Conway finds the place "menacing" although at present there's no sign of life. On the other hand, Brown is delighted – telling Margaret and Geoff that due to Venus' slower orbit he could expect to live for another six hundred years here. I'm going to have to think about that one ….
Poor Wilson. Considering that the others had come to rescue him, now that they're jaunting around on the surface he's rather stuck. So he too decides to make planetfall. Geoff, manning the radio, can't convince Conway that the blip he's monitoring is a rocket (which is reasonable, since they all assume Wilson has already touched down). The scene of Wilson's rocket crash-landing is interesting. Let's assume that the planet's surface is very springy (that would explain why his rocket seems to bounce up and down).
What should you never do on a strange new planet? Split up and explore. So whilst Conway, Mary and Brown have stuck together (with Geoff and Margaret safely in the ship) what do the youngsters decide to do? Yep, head off under their own steam for a spot of exploration. Oh dear.
Towards the end of the episode we get to see a bit more of Venus' lush vegetation (which seems to include large mushroom plants). We also have our first sign of life – a snake – as Geoff and Margaret close in on Wilson's crashed rocket. But Wilson's nowhere to be found and Geoff makes a disturbing discovery. "This damage couldn't have been done by a crash-landing. The rocket's been ransacked by some creature!"
Stuart Guidotti's performance, like Hester Cameron's, is sometimes pitched at a level of extreme hysteria – as it is here. Possibly they were both told to go for it (as in Doctor Who, end of episode acting was a specialised skill) and it's fair to say that neither of them are holding back as this episode concludes.
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Підводні зйомки фільму проходили у Великій Британії в спеціальній студії «The Underwater Studio», яка знаходиться в Базилдоні.

Клітку для акули і кран спеціально для зйомок фільму побудували у Великій Британії в графстві Кент.

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Науково-фантастичні фільми Великої Британії
Пригодницькі фільми Великої Британії
Фільми-драми Великої Британії
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A: you might benefit from using ARPACK, or if you have really large matrices, by using SLEPc
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No coverage by ACC in New Zealand for 'RSI' type disorders!
Posted on April 29, 2015	by Tasworkdoc
Dr John Quintner has asked that I post his article on this site. I welcome the opportunity to facilitate constructive discussion and debate on this issue!
See also references to Dr Quintner's work on thetipssite
FIBROMYALGIA AND NEW ZEALAND'S ACCIDENT COMPENSATION SCHEME
Since 1974 the New Zealand Accident Compensation scheme has provided the only form of workers' compensation available. It replaced the separate workers' compensation legislation and the common law right to sue for personal injury.
Despite its name, the Accident Compensation Act provides cover for personal injury resulting from work-related accidents and work-related gradual process conditions.
In 2003, the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) obtained a High Court decision (Teen v ARCIC, unreported, High Court, Wellington CIV 2003-485-1478, Wild J) that a pain syndrome developed by an office worker whose tasks included intensive data entry did not constitute personal injury and was therefore excluded from ACC cover.
Varying medical opinions were offered for the appellant's symptoms: that the claimant had developed fibromyalgia syndrome, implying pain without tissue injury as a result of prolonged repetitive mouse and keyboard use "with the adoption of constrained statically loaded postures inducing tension and lactic acid overload in the muscles"; "regional pain syndrome" of the upper body related to psychosocial risk factors including "fear avoidance behaviour" and "catastrophising" beliefs about pain; and a chronic pain syndrome that could probably be subclassified as fibromyalgia ["FMS"].
The Teen case involved a telecommunications worker. Her symptoms were extensively canvassed in an earlier District Court decision (Teen v ACC and Telecom NZ Ltd [2002] NZACC 244 3 September 2002) which defined fibromyalgia as "abnormal pain and tenderness of normal tissue involving abnormal pain perception in the central nervous system, a condition in which treatment directed at (non-existent) tissue damage in the arms, such as physiotherapy, rest and anti-inflammatory medication, failed to effect a cure; recovery did not occur in the expected time-frame as there was no damaged tissue to recover".
The case-law following the Teen decision has therefore followed the view that a pain syndrome which developed in the context of repetitive work under stress in an office situation may occur without a discrete physical injury, and is not covered by the ACC. The term "fibromyalgia" is no longer used to describe the constellation of symptoms developed by office workers using computers. The current term is "regional pain syndrome".
The Courts of Law in Teen and similar cases involving telecommunications workers were not advised of the extensive debate that had occurred in Australia in the 1980s over the so-called "RSI epidemic". Nor were they advised that the view put forward by the ACC was based on conjectures promulgated by Dr Geoffrey Littlejohn, an Australian rheumatologist. Interestingly, Dr Littlejohn had given a keynote presentation at a consensus meeting of ACC officials and medical professionals held in February 1998 [1].
Perhaps even more significantly, the New Zealand courts were not advised that NIOSH investigators in the United States had published their findings on telecommunications workers in terms of discrete musculoskeletal conditions [2]. There was a striking similarity between the types of symptoms described in the 2002 District Court decision in Teen and the physical findings described by Hales et al [2], namely "rotator cuff tendinitis, bicipital tendinitis, epicondylitis, proximal tendinitis, distal tendinitis, deQuervain's disease, trigger finger, cervical root syndrome, thoracic outlet syndrome, radial tunnel syndrome, carpal tunnel syndrome, Guyon tunnel syndrome, ganglion cysts, probable joint-related, muscle-related (tension neck syndrome and neck trigger points)."
In a Viewpoint article [3], Professor Des Gorman, a New Zealand occupational physician, stated that there were "no objective data to show that mechanical work process alone can cause any of the chronic pain syndromes. Current epidemiological data show that while keyboard workers have an increased prevalence of neck, shoulder and elbow pain, there is no dose relationship between this pain and their work process and they do not have an increased prevalence of any discrete musculoskeletal disorder. The end result is a group of patients who will be "in limbo" – neither acceptable to the ACC as a domestic, recreational, or motor vehicle accident, nor able to prove to the insurance company concerned that a mechanical work process has caused their problem."
Again Gorman made no reference to the report by Hales et al, or to NIOSH's collection of epidemiological literature relating to video display terminals (NIOSH 99-135 at www.cdc.gov), or even to NIOSH's publications on ergonomics (NIOSH 97-117 at www.cdc.gov). Nor did he make any mention of other epidemiological reviews concluding that there was indeed a relationship between musculoskeletal disorders and computer use.
In my opinion, the views expressed by Drs Littlejohn and Gorman reflected their limited understanding of the "RSI" phenomenon in Australia [4,5]. There were indeed competing hypotheses, a fact that may not have been made known to the ACC, nor to the New Zealand Courts of Law.
The end result of this tragic omission has been that New Zealand workers who are diagnosed with "fibromyalgia" or "regional pain syndrome" or similar nebulous types of pain syndrome have no legal entitlement to any other compensation if their claims are declined by ACC.
If they are unable to work, they may or may not be able to qualify for subsistence-type social welfare benefits, but they do not have access to ACC-provided medical investigations, treatments, rehabilitation, retraining, or earnings-related compensation. Finally, if the symptoms do happen to be work-related, there is no means of identifying, minimising or preventing hazardous workplace factors to protect future workers from the relative risk of developing these conditions.
Rankin DB. Viewpoint: The Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Consensus Report, Accident, Rehabilitation and Compensation Corporation, Wellington. NZ Med J 1999; 112: 18-19.
Hales et al, Musculoskeletal disorders among visual display terminal users in a telecommunications company, Ergonomics 1994, Vol. 37 No. 10, 1603-1621.
Gorman D. Viewpoint: The Accident Insurance Act – a desirable reform or market madness? NZ Med J 2000; 113: 62-63.
Quintner JL, Elvey RL. The neurogenic hypothesis of RSI. In: Bammer G, ed. Working Paper No. 24. Canberra: Australian National University, 1991.
Cohen ML, Arroyo JF, Champion CD, Browne CD. In search of the pathogenesis of refractory cervicobrachial pain syndrome. Med J Aust 1992; 156: 432-436.
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As an occupational physician in private medical practice in Hobart, Tasmania - the southernmost state of Australia, I see workers referred by their general practitioners with various types of work-related injuries and diseases. These are mostly musculoskeletal injuries, both of traumatic and gradual onset as well as various associated psychological disorders. With interaction with patients for treatment and providing advice about rehabilitation, I have the opportunity, first-hand, to observe interactions between individual patients and compensation systems. I also conduct independent medical assessments, including impairment assessments for musculoskeletal injuries and asbestos-related disease compensation. This provides another perspective of workers within compensation systems.
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10 Responses to No coverage by ACC in New Zealand for 'RSI' type disorders!
John Quintner says:
The judgment of Wild J in the matter of an Appeal pursuant to Section 97 of the Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Act 1992 between Barbara Teen and the Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Commission and Telecom NZ Limited makes interesting reading, particularly in relation to some of the medical evidence that "is at the very core of this litigation."
This evidence was in the main provided by Dr WED Turner (the appellant had developed "… a diffuse myofascial pain syndrome affecting predominantly the postural and phasic muscles of her neck, shoulder and shoulder blades …"), Dr Allchin (".. there is certainly central nervous system dysfunction. e.g. of the pain transmission neurones in the spinal cord"), Professor Des Gorman ("that the appellant had chronic pain syndrome that could probably be sub-classified as FMS") and Dr RD Wigley ("RPS due to occupation" and in relation to Professor Gorman treating FMS and RPS as essentially interchangeable, Dr Wigley said "… Dr Gorman evidently does not regard these as being different complaints but rather different distributions and degrees of basically the same problem and I agree on this.")
The Judge then found that FMS (or RPS) was not an injury. He held that:
(a) It involved a disordering of the nervous system in some unknown way, but not in the way of damage to the nervous system.
(b) There was a heavy psychological emphasis in the creation and continuation of FMS with non-physical stressors playing a major part.
(c) The stress was not physical stress, but was of a non-physical nature and was excluded from coming within the definition of gradual process injury by virtue of s 7(4) of the 1992 Act.
The result of the hearing was that Judge Beattie's decision that the Corporation correctly revoked the appellant's cover under the 1992 Act on 5 June 1998 stands.
This important New Zealand case illustrates how the application of nebulous diagnostic labels can have far-reaching implications when they come under close scrutiny in a Court of Law.
Tasworkdoc says:
Thanks John – not much reaction from across the Tasman yet! What do you think is the best diagnostic label to apply to the neurogenic condition associated with sustained posture at a computer – otherwise known as 'RSI' – surely not RPS, FMS or MPS for that matter?
Peter, when I was in clinical practice, the term I used was "Occupational cervicobrachial pain syndrome of presumed neuropathic pathogenesis."
Since then, the IASP has recommended that "neuropathic" be only used in situations where there is demonstrable damage to the nervous system.
This has left us with a large gap in our taxonomy for chronically painful conditions.
Professor Milton Cohen and I propose that a demonstrable impairment of function, which on anatomical grounds can be categorised as localised, regional or generalised, could serve as a central reference point.
As you know, the World Health Organization defines "impairment" as any loss or abnormality of psychological, physiologic or anatomic structure or function.
Three categories of clinically determined impairment of function provide the standard titles for this new taxonomy. Importantly, these categories are meant to serve as descriptors and not as definitions:
(a) Nociceptive impairment of function
Operational criteria: (i) pain resulting from noxious stimulation (i.e. inflammation, ischaemia, injury, or invasion) of normal tissue; (ii) with an unimpaired somatosensory system;
(b) Neuropathic impairment of function
Operational criteria: (i) pain associated with evidence of a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system; (ii) a demonstrable lesion or a disease that satisfies established neurological diagnostic criteria.
(c) Nociplastic impairment of function
Operational criteria: (i) where the clinical presentation suggests altered function (i.e altered nociceptive processing) of the somatosensory system;
(ii) the tissue where pain experienced is apparently normal – no evidence of inflammation, ischaemia, injury, invasion; (iii) there are no obvious or detectable signs of neuropathy, sensory or motor (as strictly defined); (iv) there is hyperaesthesia if not frank allodynia to non-noxious mechanical and/or thermal stimuli; (v) there can be subtle motor signs (e.g. weakness, dystonia).
As an example, a patient presenting with a painful, red, swollen and warm wrist joint would attract a diagnosis of "an inflammatory (nociceptive) impairment of the wrist". A painful wrist in association with clinical features of a peripheral neuropathy would be classed as "a neuropathic impairment of the wrist". When there is no clinical evidence of inflammation or neuropathy, the clinician would infer "a nociplastic impairment of the wrist".
In the case of a patient presenting with lumbar spinal pain of unknown aetiology, the appropriate descriptor would be "a nociplastic impairment of the lumbar spine.
When chronic widespread pain is the presenting feature, the diagnostic inference would become "a widespread nociplastic musculoskeletal impairment".
Advantages of the new taxonomy
Because the descriptors relate to bodily function rather than underlying disease processes, the taxonomy does not automatically stigmatise those patients in whom no disease process is objectively demonstrable.
Furthermore, the emphasis on function provides a rational basis for clinical assessment of the effects of therapy and, in particular, of opioids.
The taxonomy also allows for different disease states and/or pathophysiological processes to be classified under each of the descriptors.
Disadvantages of the new taxonomy
Requires a radical change in medical thinking and diagnostic language.
In our opinion the proposed new taxonomy has merit but we do not know whether the rest of the "pain world" will eventually agree with us. But at the very least, we hope it will encourage much needed discussion of this important topic.
Peter, in answer to your question, in this case I would diagnose "a nociplastic impairment of the upper limb". I would expect to find that some or all of the upper limb nerve trunks of this patient exhibited mechanical allodynia. But the conventional orthopaedic examination of the upper limb does not include an assessment of mechanosensitivity of upper limb nerve trunks. The neurologists would also have difficulty with this formulation, but may need to be reminded that their 19th century forebears did include palpation of upper limb nerve trunks as an important part of their clinical examination.
Your proposed taxonomy makes sense to me, but it would certainly be a challenge for it to be accepted. As I think I have said before it is best to avoid terms like occupational in the diagnostic label. With 'RSI' disorders it is likely that there will be more and non-occupational cases in the future.
I wonder what you think of a term like Postural Cervico Brachial Neuralgia (or perhaps nociplastopathy!) for what would have been termed RSI in the past?
The challenges in the compensation area are multiple:
Firstly, there is a need for 'objectivity' to convince 3rd party payers there is a clinical entity at all i.e. a reliable clinical test or preferably an investigation to confirm the diagnosis.
Secondly, accepted clinical practice does not incorporate the tests of nerve mechanosensitivity as you have pointed out. i.e. it is difficult to even get to 'first base' with a third party payer until this is recognised.
The first challenge is to get more widespread acceptance by doctors of the validity of the underlying medical concepts.
Peter, I cannot accept the proposition that cervicobrachial pain syndromes do not develop in the context of certain types of employment that necessitate the maintenance of sustained postures of the head and neck whilst performing repetitive manual activities.
It seems that in New Zealand, the occupational medicine physicians are following the party line that was enuncaited by Professor Gorman in the evidence he gave in the case I reviewed. But as I have not seen any of his publications in the Pain Medicine literature, I have no way of reviewing the evidence he has evidently produced in support of them. However, I did find it quite remarkable that when he gave his evidence and stated his views, Professor Gorman did so without having examined the plaintiff.
As you would surely agree, the practice of medicine is built upon the twin foundations – of listening to the patient and then performing a comprehensive physical examination. I hope that Professor Gorman's New Zealand colleagues have not departed from this practice.
PETER. Sorry for typo. It should be "enunciated'.
I agree many, if not most, of these cervicobrachial pain syndromes associated with forward posture are 'occupational' and are clearly work-related and should be compensable.
My concern about a diagnostic term with 'occupational' in the label is that these conditions can also be 'recreational' – associated with computer activities at home etc.
The diagnostic label should reflect the pathology rather than the setting in which they most commonly occur in the same way you probably wouldn't call carcinoma of the lung 'tobacco' cancer even though it usually occurs in that context.
Peter, that has always been, and still is, the problem – that of defining the pathology. The same pain syndrome can be seen to follow neck injuries sustained in motor vehicle crashes, following stretch injuries to the cervical nerve roots and brachial plexus, and of course can be seen in the recreational context that you have identified. We can also observe a more widespread (cervicobrachial) pain syndrome developing in some patients after a localised injury or insult to a peripheral nerve.
The relative risks of developing cervicobrachial pain in different occupational settings would be well known to you.
But by an unfortunate accident of history, the New Zealand Accident and Compensation Corporation (ACC) came to love the diagnosis of "fibromyalgia," as it could be used to deny workers' compensation to claimants presenting with cervicobrachial pain syndromes that had developed in an occupational context.
At the ACC's 1998 Consensus Meeting, my rheumatologist colleague Geoffrey Littlejohn appears to have conflated "fibromyalgia" with "regional pain syndrome," with both coming under his heading of "pain amplification syndromes" [1].
"Regional pain syndrome" was being put forward as a term to replace "RSI" (repetitive strain injury) and "OOS" (occupational overuse syndrome). Evidently Littlejohn's views held sway that these conditions were to be categorised as "regional fibromyalgia" and were not attributable to tissue damage or injury [1,2].
In retrospect, it seems to me that in New Zealand Littlejohn's conjectures were being passed off in as established knowledge or truth and, as a consequence, the ACC's medical authorities failed to detect his fallacious reasoning.
1. Littlejohn GO. Fibromyalgia. What is it and how do we treat it? Aust Fam Physician 2001; 30: 327-333.
2. Rankin DB. Viewpoint: The Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Consensus Report. NZ Med J 1999; 112: 18019.
Readers interested in learning about the contrasting views being held on fibromyalgia in 1998 are directed to two papers published by the Medical Journal of Australia under the banner "Controversies in Health Care". The more I delve into the New Zealand experience, the more I am convinced that the attempts to arrive at a Consensus on Fibromyalgia Syndrome were entirely misdirected.
Geoffrey Littlejohn's invention of "regional or localised fibromyalgia" drew attention away from the advances in neuroscience that would help to explain the clinical phenomena that patients were reporting as having developed in the context of their respective occupations [1].
Cohen and Quintner [2] concluded: "Fibromyalgia syndrome is a bogus construct which has been so abused that it has become the "new" psychogenic rheumatism. It has failed medicine by not delivering meaningful explanations, and it has failed sufferers by not conferring diagnostic credibility. Can the traditional roles of medical science and of physicians be reclaimed by refocusing on the neurobiology of pain itself? We believe so."
Of course, judging by what has happened in New Zealand since then, we were quite wrong!
1. Littlejohn GO. Fibromyalgia syndrome and disability: the neurogenic model. Med J Aust 1998; 168: 398-401.
2. Cohen ML, Quintner JL. Fibromyalgia syndrome and disability: a failed construct fails those in pain. Med J Aust 1998; 168: 402-404.
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Georgia's first drive. After forcing a three-and-out, Georgia's offense took the field Saturday and put together a complete drive to set the tone for a 38-point effort. On a run-heavy scoring drive, the Bulldogs marched 69 yards in nine plays, highlighted by a 26-yard completion to tight end Aron White and Ealey's first career touchdown.
11: Number of penalties Georgia had against Tennessee Tech, giving the Golden Eagles 86 yards (they had 55 yards of total offense).
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Final Fantasy 15 release date was announced at Uncovered: Final Fantasy Event. Final Fantasy 15 will be releasing on Xbox One and PS4 on September 30, 2016.
During the Uncovered: Final Fantasy 15 event in Los Angles, Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy15 will be launch on September 30th, 2016.
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Wilton is een plaats (town) in de Amerikaanse staat Arkansas, en valt bestuurlijk gezien onder Little River County.

Demografie
Bij de volkstelling in 2000 werd het aantal inwoners vastgesteld op 439.
In 2006 is het aantal inwoners door het United States Census Bureau geschat op 429, een daling van 10 (-2,3%).

Geografie
Volgens het United States Census Bureau beslaat de plaats een oppervlakte van
3,4 km², geheel bestaande uit land.

Plaatsen in de nabije omgeving
De onderstaande figuur toont nabijgelegen plaatsen in een straal van 32 km rond Wilton.

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To the eternal glory of Miss Virginia Gilmer, maybe the biggest Auburn fan ever
PAUlyanna: Win one for the Gilmer!
You're supposed to keep the talent in state. And not just the players—you don't want to lose the hearts and minds of the home state fans, either, especially those who are really good at it, who really, really, really know how to support a team.
So imagine how disheartening it must have been for the Clemson players, several of whom were from Anderson, S.C., where the 1915 game vs. Auburn was being played (and a hotbed for pigskin pickins), when a local Anderson girl popular enough for a party she threw to be written up in the town's society pages showed up to the Auburn game to literally anoint the heads of the out-of-town Tigers and—if she could only stop screaming long enough!—bestow kisses on their quarterback Kenny Caughman, who had just transferred to Auburn… from Clemson!
Seriously, the description in the Plainsman reads like something from the Gospels:
"One of the most enthusiastic supporters of Auburn last Saturday at the Clemson game was Miss Virginia Gilmer, a fair young lady of about 13 years of age. She was always yelling for the Auburn Tigers and among the few who were permitted on the side lines, but she was always "there," for her Auburn banner was always around her. When Capt. Bidez was knocked out of the game, she rubbed his head and with kind words made him want to get out and show his colors. Then when Kenny was taken out she wanted to kiss him for his touchdown, but was prevented because she could not stop her yelling and loyal support long enough for such a trivial thing."
Auburn 14, Clemson 0.
The Auburn warrior princess even showed up Sunday morning at the train station to bid her heroes bon voyage back to Alabama. She went to each player personally to tell them she would see them win again next year. Next year's Clemson game was in Auburn, yes, but this was Virginia Gilmer, I'm sure they believed her.
Her final words were to all-southern tackle Baby Taylor.
She told her Baby that "if she were a boy and as big as he and had any sense at all she would be an all-southern tackle."
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If you follow me on insta you'll know that Ava turned two last week! I took some quick photos the week before so I would have a current photo to post for her birthday (yes, I'm that mum)! Just as her little scratch on her cheek has been healing (it's been almost 5 months) she fell and knocked her head on the heater two days ago and now has a gash near her eye… I thought only boys were supposed to be rough?! Anyways.. On a happy side note- I thought Ava needed 2 year old immunizations (yes, I'm also that mum that immunizes her daughter)..wellllllll…she actually doesn't get any more until she's 4! Woohoo for Ava!
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