Jun 01 2009

Truly Back At Ours Again

Category: PersonalChrisM @ 1:44 am

Having been at the in-laws for around a fortnight, we should be moving all our stuff over Monday morning, with the idea of actually moving in the same day. Whilst it has been great to see and live with Ira’s parents again, it will be nice to be moving back into our own space, even if our daily routine doesn’t actually change that much (babies are a universal modifier of regular activities I guess 🙂 ). I’ll try and grab a photo of all the boxes, suitcases and bags that are being carted over, as quite how we’ve managed to accumulate so much stuff is a mystery.

Oh, one final thing before I head to bed… Any biology geeks out there, could you double check my calculations for me? We have just started using tonight a mosquito killer liquid. You can see it second from the bottom here – http://www.komarov.net/nezh.html . I looked up the World Health Organization’s report on the active ingredient here – http://www.who.int/whopes/quality/en/Esbiothrin_spec_eval_Oct_2004.pdf . If I read it correctly, a baby weighing around 6-7 kilos should have absolutely no problem with the substance, given that the bottle lasts approx. 45 days (not sure whether thats on a 24/12/8 hour usage cycle in any one day), contains 30ml, of which the chemical makes up approx 1.7% .
Anyway, enough of the maths/chemistry/biology for now, I need some sleep as Ira’s Dad’s workers are coming around 10am to give us a hand shifting this lot.

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Jul 02 2008

Good And Bad News For Wales

Category: In The MediaChrisM @ 4:19 am

I read a report that back over in Swansea, they recently held a film premiere for “The Edge Of Love”. The movie was partially funded by the Welsh Assembly (via their Wales Creative IP Fund), who invested £700,000 in the Dylan Thomas biographical film. You can find a video interview with two of the stars (Sienna Miller and Keira Knightley) here.
Sadly, Wales is also in the headlines for topping the list of underage drinkers in the Western world, at least according to the WHO. Check the BBC article here. The sample size was 250,000 (I’m assuming that is in total, not just in Wales) 11,12 and 15 year olds. 15 year old girls in Wales were the most likely to have experimented with weed. As long term readers will know, I have no issue with schmoking personally, but the fact that so many young girls have tried it is a little surprising.

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