Word Association Thread

Magnesium - Magnetism*

* - can’t see the attraction myself ....

 

magnesium metamorphism

 

All change

Metamorphism - Malapropism

 

Malapropism - Maxim

 

Maxim - Mushroom

 

Mushroom - Maelstrom

 

Maelstrom - Modem

 

Modem - Madam

 

Off topic

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/48027894

 

Well done indeed Taff...hope you guys make mult millions.

Made in Swansea

Madam - Microcosm

 

Not sure sure about multi millions .... one would do

Microcosm - Memoriam

 

Whatever...for such an iniative, you really deserve to

Memoriam - Modernism

Seeya the morn Taff

 

Modernism - Modicum

 

Modicum - Mayhem **

** in Mancester tonight ??

Seeya the morn

 

Mayhem - Mum

 

Mum - Maternalism

 

Maternalism - Materialism

 

Off topic again.

Times article

“I don’t want to sound like a sucker for these things, but pretty much anything that can make the game safer is worth the closest of inspections. The “Judgement Day” game between Ospreys and Blues in Cardiff on Saturday is therefore fascinating, way beyond who wins and who loses and who scores the tries.

Both teams will be trialling a new mouthguard, pioneered by OPRO, the company known to many as one of the leaders in this industry. The cool part of these new mouthguards, though, is they will have a microchip embedded within them which has been designed to measure force of impact.

The chips in the mouthguard will send a signal that will be picked up on the laptops of the teams’ medical staff on the touchline. The theory is that when they can see that one head has had enough impact, then they will be able to make a decision to withdraw the player.

The concussion problem in rugby has been well enough established. What has not, though, has been a solution. Cardiff on Saturday might be it.

I spoke to Justin Tipuric and he could hardly have summed it up better. “Everyone wears a GPS monitor in the back of their jerseys to see how much work they are doing,” he said. “This is kind of the same, it will show exactly the number of bumps to the head you are getting.”

At Ospreys, they have been trialling it in training for a few months. They believe it is time, now, to take it forward.

This might feel like a “Hallelujah” moment but let’s not get ahead of ourselves. The microchip might be able to measure head knocks; it cannot prevent them. At the very least, if it works, it will help professional teams better manage their players.

However, this is day one. It hasn’t been approved. It hasn’t been peer-reviewed by a large number of players, it hasn’t been officially endorsed from a wider player welfare perspective by World Rugby.

At the moment, it is a clever invention with its manufacturers, OPRO, getting some decent publicity in The Times. So, too, should Sports and Well Being Analytics, who helped to pioneer the technology. I hope the PR gets a gold star.

However, it is highly likely that technology can help rugby. Whether it is this technology or not, I don’t know. It is also clear that there is a decent business to be made from whatever it is that does make the breakthrough and so, unsurprisingly, there are a number of sports manufacturers keenly trying to occupy this space.

In The Times, in November, we reported on research published in the BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal) that showed that a number of scrum caps could reduce the risk of concussion. This research was not commercially funded. As we reported, the research showed that the Canterbury Ventilator scrum cap could decrease the force of an impact by 47 per cent.

Yes, great publicity for Canterbury.

This may have been another breakthrough. The accepted wisdom on scrum caps has long been that they do not protect the head from concussions. They give a protection from cuts and bruises and cauliflower ears, but not concussion. Suddenly the BMJ was saying otherwise. Look at headguard marketing and many of them will also persuade you how great they are at protecting you.

However, research in a science laboratory and a company’s marketing department is a long way from having a product tested in the field of play.

Sometimes World Rugby can be accused of moving slowly, however, it is right to be extremely cautious before it gives an endorsement to any such product — not because someone will be making money out of the game, but because it would be an abrogation of duty to leave anyone under the impression that they are suddenly safer if, actually, they are not.

So on we go. Into trial processes. Unions are now able to apply for dispensation to undertake formal scientific studies.

I find this both curious and exciting. Yes, there may be a big windfall for any manufacturer who does come up with the technology that makes the game safer. And if they do, they will certainly have earned it.”

The reporter seems to have misunderstood the role of Opro. They are the largest producer of mouth guards / gum shields. They produce the ‘hardware’; SWA produces the ‘software’. The technology is owned and patented by SWA.

There was a better clip on BBC Wales’ Regional News programme tonight, better than the clip I pasted earlier.

 

Morning Nick and Taff,

Today’s theme is words containing T, I & M

materialism timely

 

Morning PH & Taff

Timely - Estimate

Thought the Times article a bit iffy to tell truth and not a little flippant