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Economic Development
Training for Free
A Georgia program that President Obama wants to expand nationwide shows that businesses might hire more workers if they don't have to pay for training.
The time and money it takes to find, hire and train a new employee who may not last beyond the training period makes many private-sector businesses hesitant to even start the process -- especially during tough economic times. But what if employers didn't have to pay to train prospective employees? That's the premise of a program in the Peach State called Georgia Works.
It breaks down like this: People who receive unemployment checks from the state train with an employer that's looking to hire for no more than two months. The state pays the trainee a small travel and child-care stipend, and covers his or her workers' compensation. Jobless residents walk away with a training certificate and possibly a job, while businesses get to test out workers before making permanent payroll commitments.
The program, which started in 2003, has employed more than 4,000 people and certified more than 20,000 people in various professions. Employment representatives at each of the more than 50 career centers throughout the state try to match people with job training in fields in which they were previously employed, fields they want to break into or fields in high demand.
Clerical work accounts for the largest portion of jobs available -- 40 percent -- while retail, child-care and sales jobs are also popular.
For example, a former clerical worker who was laid off from a bank -- one of the state's industries hit hardest by the recession -- applied for the program. A long list of employers were looking for clerical workers, but in the medical field. So Georgia Works set the participant up with training for a clerical position in a medical facility, combining her existing skills with new ones that would expand her job opportunities.
Not everyone gets hired at the end of training. In fact, only about a quarter of participants do. But the remaining three-fourths of them leave certified in a new skill that will make their resumés more attractive to future employers.
The program's positive track record has encouraged other states and the Obama administration to replicate it. In 2010, New Hampshire started virtually the same program, called Return to Work. As part of his jobs package, President Obama has proposed a national program modeled after Georgia's. Time will tell if his proposal becomes a reality.
Despite the program's success, Georgia Department of Labor employees can list several problems with it. Since receiving national attention, some labor advocates have raised concerns that the program violates federal laws since participants are not paid while they are trained. But the U.S. Department of Labor laid those concerns to rest when it scrutinized the program and found that it was in compliance with all labor laws.
One of the program's biggest problems, according to state Labor Commissioner Mark Butler, is its lack of adequate oversight. There's no full-time program leader, the record-keeping is shoddy and the agency lacks the manpower to monitor each trainee's experience -- to make sure employers are training participants, not using them for free labor. The department has been working to resolve all of those problems, especially since the new administration took office this past January, Butler says.
The greatest challenge for the program so far came when it expanded, in an effort to address the needs of the state's growing jobless population.
In 2009, Georgia's unemployment rate reached 10 percent -- its highest since the early 1980s. To try to get people back to work faster, Michael Thurmond -- the Labor Commissioner at the time and the founder of Georgia Works -- opened the program to anyone who was unemployed, regardless of whether they received government aid. Enrollment in the program exploded: In less than a year, the number of participants jumped from roughly 3,000 to 18,000.
"It ended up being somewhat disastrous because there wasn't enough planning put in place," says Butler, noting that the program exhausted its annual funds in less than six months that year. Within five months, Butler took the program back to its original form, allowing only unemployment recipients to participate.
Although the change made some unhappy, Butler says it was the best decision. "We actually had more complaints about how the program was run when it was expanded than when we got it back to its original state."
Before New Hampshire started Return to Work last year, Georgia labor officials warned their New England counterparts about problems to watch out for and how to avoid them. It turned out, though, that the two states had very different experiences.
With a population one-tenth of Georgia's and an unemployment rate half as high, New Hampshire has so far dodged the problems that plagued Georgia Works. The main reason for this is the smaller caseloads, allowing employment representatives to check up on employees and trainees more often. In addition, representatives have more time to make sure participants are placed in training opportunities that will benefit them most. As a result, 65 percent of participants have made the leap from trainee to employee in New Hampshire -- more than twice the hire rate of Georgia Works.
"The true beauty of the New Hampshire program is the individual matchmaking between trainee and employer," says Tara Reardon, the state's Labor Commissioner. "We sell this program to employers as reducing their costs of hiring and training to make sure they got the right person … so we are very particular about who we send out to make sure it's a good fit for that employer."
The other reason New Hampshire has had more success is because its program isn't dependent on the state budget. In fact, it didn't take any new funds to start Return to Work because the state chose not to offer a stipend, which accounts for nearly all of Georgia Works' costs. Georgia Works gives its trainees a $240 stipend over the course of the training time. So when Georgia's program was opened up to anyone without a job, it became fiscally unsustainable. But when New Hampshire expanded its program, there were no negative effects, Reardon says.
Although Butler doesn't believe Georgia Works is a cure-all for unemployment, he believes that with proper planning, it's a valuable "tool in the toolbox" that can be used to get people to learn new skills and return to work at no risk to their future bosses.
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Location: Mosquito and Fly ResearchTitle: Microsporidian genome analysis reveals evolutionary strategies for obligate intracellular growth Author
|Cuomo, Christina
|Desjardins, Christopher
|Bakowski, Malina
|Goldberg, Jonathan
|Becnel, James
|Didier, Elizabeth
|Fan, Lin
|Heiman, David
|Levin, Joshua
|Young, Sarah
|Zeng, Qiandong
|Troemel, Emily
Submitted to: Genome Research
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/9/2012
Publication Date: 1/30/2013
Citation: Cuomo, C.A., Desjardins, C.A., Bakowski, M.A., Goldberg, J., Becnel, J.J., Didier, E.S., Fan, L., Heiman, D.I., Levin, J.Z., Young, S., Zeng, Q., Troemel, E.R. 2013. Microsporidian genome analysis reveals evolutionary strategies for obligate intracellular growth. Genome Research. 22:2478-2488. Interpretive Summary: Naturally occurring protozoan parasites (Microsporidia) of mosquitoes are under study to evaluate and develop these disease causing organisms as biological control agents. Microsporidian parasites are known to cause mortality in mosquitoes worldwide, but fundamental knowledge on the genomes of mosquito microsporidia is unknown. This genomic investigation conducts an analysis, for the first time, on the genome of the mosquito microsporidian Vavraia culicis. The new information obtained here contributes to our basic understanding of the organization of the genomes of these parasites which will assist in the evaluation and development of microsporidia as biocontrol agents.
Technical Abstract: Microsporidia comprise a large phylum of obligate intracellular eukaryotes that are fungalrelated parasites responsible for widespread disease, and here we address questions about microsporidia biology and evolution. We sequenced three microsporidian genomes from two species, Nematocida parisii and Nematocida sp1, which are natural pathogens of Caenorhabditis nematodes and provide model systems for studying microsporidian pathogenesis. We performed deep-sequencing of transcripts from a timecourse of N. parisii infection. Examination of pathogen gene expression revealed compact transcripts and a dramatic takeover of host cells by Nematocida. We performed phylogenomic analyses of Nematocida and other microsporidian genomes to refine microsporidian phylogeny and identify evolutionary events of gene loss, acquisition, and modification. In particular, we found that all microsporidia lost the tumor suppressor gene Retinoblastoma, which we speculate could accelerate the parasite cell cycle and increase mutation rate. We also found that microsporidia acquired transporters that could import nucleosides to fuel rapid growth. In addition microsporidian hexokinases gained secretion signal sequences, and in a functional assay these were sufficient to export proteins out of the cell; thus hexokinase may be targeted into the host cell to reprogram it toward biosynthesis. Similar molecular changes appear during formation of cancer cells and may be evolutionary strategies adopted independently by microsporidia to proliferate rapidly within host cells. Finally, analysis of genome polymorphisms revealed evidence for a sexual cycle that may provide genetic diversity to alleviate problems caused by clonal growth. Together these events may explain the emergence and success of these diverse intracellular parasites.


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Drake, Take Care
Fame, sex and money are terms synonymous with hip-hop, products of the culture, and despite the ill-validity of these prizes, everyone still seems to be rapping about them. Even Drake.
A year and a half removed from the release of Drake's debut, Thank Me Later, a record heralded for its sideways look into the life of a young rapper who had everything but still wasn't happy, Drake is still the young gun struggling with his fame. Whereas Thank Me Later was a catalyst for his fame, Take Care is a response to it.
Musically speaking, Drake has opened the well into the new era of hip-hop, spearheaded by artists like Lupe Fiasco, Common and Kanye West, rappers who don't just posture and decide to write lyrical journals instead of ego-centric self-advertisements alone. Yes, on paper, Drake's life plays out like a modern soap opera. He's one of the few artists who can rhyme about texting his girlfriend. But there is something real about seeing a person at their weakest, and although Drake spends a good part of 17 songs on Take Care trying to convince his listeners that he's got everything under control, you don't believe him for one second—and I'm not quite sure that's unintentional.
The record opens with "Over My Dead Body," with expansive-sounding keyboards and Chantel Kreviazuk singing beautifully in the background before Drake enters with, How I'm feeling, it doesn't matter / 'Cause you know I'm OK. In many ways, the track is representative of the album as whole, with its lush instrumentation and its guest spots that at times take the forefront to Drake's vocals ("HYFR," "Make Me Proud"). "Crew Love," featuring the Weeknd, follows along these same lines: opaque soundscapes that lull more than awaken.
But lulling is OK, because on a record that's more influenced by Jagged Edge and Ginuwine, lush overtones are the benchmark. Drake is always the sweet talker here, as he weaves the stories of the women he's been with, often lamenting the times that love simply didn't work ("Take Care.") On "Look What You've Done," Drake tells another story on top of liquor-parlor-like piano, conversations muddled behind his words. Drake is smart enough to dive into the specifics here, and amid the haze of the bar he plays back a message from a woman who misses him, much like the dialogue at the end of Kanye West's "Blame Game," and to the same cathartic effect. The track is mesmerizing in its nostalgia and it becomes clear that Drake's struggle with his image is more than based on how much money he makes, but how much he can hurt people.
Drake's ponderings, however, can sometimes become tiring, especially on a record where each song could encapsulate the very moment when the woman walks out on the man. But Drake is often better when he rhymes instead of pondering. Album standout "Undergound Kings" is Drake poised with his crew and his city, and instead of sparse, meandering beats, the track is held down by a powerful guitar lick and beat, which give the track the record's strongest backbone. It's reminiscent of Eminem's "Lose Yourself" and "Not Afraid" in its raw power. "Lord Knows," guest-starring Rick Ross, follows suit in front of a triumphant choir sample, a track that could have easily fit well on West's Graduation.
The album's biggest problem, however, is its sequencing. At a mammoth 17 tracks, the breadth of material is already too much to digest, and with most tracks sitting inside a setting of expansive ambience, ("Take a Shot for Me," "Cameras") songs start to drift into one another and you're not quite sure just where the record is going. But it's at this point that you realize it doesn't really matter.
The latitude of Drake's emotions across the spectrum of the album is wide, and the dealings of Drake's soul sometimes make the most sense when they make the least sense. It's in Drake's genius to let himself bare all without baring all, his keen ability to purposefully let his transparency be shown, that the record triumphs.
From a moral standpoint, there's much content to object to—take the parental advisory sticker seriously. But the greatest question at hand doesn't revolve around the myriad of sex and money and vulgarity that Drake accepts, but around the lack of love for himself, as evidenced in the nearly hour and 10 minutes Drake spends telling his stories.
As imperfect humans, we admire others' imperfections in the hope of redemption. Through the booze and sex and thin self-praise, it's in this hope that Take Care compels us to believe, and that's a good thing.
Chris Lehberger is a writer living in Pittsburgh. He likes music, literature and the Pittsburgh Steelers. You can follow him on twitter @chrislehberger.
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This week, I'll break down all 20 OHL clubs and unveil my predictions for the 2013-14 season. Today it's the Eastern Conference (teams listed in alphabetical order):
Belleville Bulls
Coach/GM: George Burnett
2012-13 finish: 44-16-5-3, 1st division, 1st conference
Playoff finish: Lost to Barrie 4-3 in conference finals
Key players: C Alan Quine (23 goals, 44 assists, 67 points), C Brendan Gaunce (33-27-60; signed with Vancouver), D Jordan Subban (15-36-51, plus-22; Vancouver prospect), D Brady Austin (8-15-23, +16; former Erie Otter, Buffalo prospect), C Luke Cairns (12-29-41 with Erie)
Key losses: G Malcolm Subban (29-11-4-0 record, 2.14 goals-against average, .934 save percentage, 5 shutouts; signed with Boston), C Tyler Graovac (38-35-73; signed with Minnesota), C Joseph Cramarossa (19-44-63; signed with Anaheim), D Stephen Silas (7-23-30, plus-17), LW Danill Zharkov (25-18-43; signed with Torpedo-KHL), D Jake Cardwell (10-23-33, -11)
Outlook: Jordan Subban still leads the nucleus of this team. But the key to success begins with filling the gaping hole left by the depature of Malcolm Subban in goal. Charlie Graham, once Subban's backup, and Braydon Banitsiotis, hope to anchor a defense and lead the Bulls deep into the playoffs again.
Kingston Frontenacs
Coach/GM: Todd Gill/Doug Gilmour
2012-13 finish: 27-35-3-3, 3rd division, 7th conference
Playoff finish: Lost to Barrie 4-0 in conference quarterfinals
Key players: LW Henri Ikonen (22-29-51; Tampa Bay prospect), C Ryan Kujawinski (17-31-48; New Jersey prospect), C Darcy Greenaway (24-20-44), C Sam Bennett (18-22-40), D Roland McKeown (7-22-29, -24)
Key losses: G Mike Morrison (24-25-2-1, 3.62, .896, 1 SO), LW Cody Alcock (20-23-43)
Outlook: The Frontenacs are ranked ninth in the CHL's preseason top 10. That seems high, but they have enough talent led by McKeown on defense and that talented trio of up front to turn promise and potential into success. The addition of G Matt Mahalak (22-11-4-3, 2.86, .906, 3 SO from Plymouth should help.
Oshawa Generals
Coach/GM: D.J. Smith/Jeff Twohey
2012-13 finish: 44-22-1-3, 2nd division, 3rd conference
Playoff finish: Lost to Barrie 4-0 in conference semifinals
Key players: C Scott Laughton (23-33-56; signed with Philadelphia), G Daniel Altshuller (36-18-1-1, 2.62, .909, 3 SO; Carolina prospect), LW Michael Dal Colle (15-33-48), C Cole Cassels (15-28-43; Vancouver prospect), D Cullen Suellentrop (5-20-25, +3)
Key losses: C Boone Jenner (45-37-82; signed with Columbus), LW Lucas Lessio (19-15-34 in 35 games; signed with Phoenix), RW Tyler Biggs (26-27-53; signed with Toronto), RW Scott Sabourin (30-20-50; signed with Manchester-AHL), D Matt Petgrave (10-40-50), D Geoffrey Schemitsch (6-33-39, +29)
Outlook: The Generals followed a strong run through the regular season by being swept by Barrie in the second round of the playoffs. They have some pieces back, and Laughton could join them if he doesn't earn a spot with the Flyers. Yet they have big holes to fill, led by Jenner and Lessio.
Ottawa 67's
Coach/GM: Chris Byrne
2012-13 finish: 16-46-0-6, 5th division, 10th conference
Playoff finish: Did not qualify
Key players: C Sean Monahan (31-47-78; signed with Calgary), C Travis Konecny (No. 1 pick in 2013 OHL Priority Selection), RW Joseph Blandisi (15-36-51; Colorado prospect), C Dante Salituro (14-26-40), LW Ryan Van Stralen (16-23-39)
Key losses: D Michal Cajkovsky (10-24-34)
Outlook: Konecny, who had 78 goals and 152 points in 63 minor-midget games a season ago, headlines the second season of 67's rebuilding effort. Having a highly skilled leader like Monahan will help Konecny make the transition to the OHL, and help the team continue to make its way up the conference standings.
Peterborough Petes
Coach/GM: Jody Hull/Mike Oke
2012-13 finish: 26-35-3-4, 5th division, 9th conference
Playoff finish: Did not qualify
Key players: C Stephen Pierog (19-16-35), LW Nick Ritchie (18-17-35), G Michael Giugovaz (9-17-2-1, 3.81, .896), C Jonatan Tanus (15-18-33), C Michael Clarke (15-17-32)
Key losses: C Brett Findlay (19-27-46; signed with San Francisco-ECHL), G Andrew D'Agostini (17-18-1-3, 3.81, .911, 1 SO)
Outlook: The Hull-Oke era begins its first full season with the rebuilding Petes. They need young players, starting with the promsing Giugovaz in net, to lead this team back to the playoffs.
Barrie Colts
Coach/GM: Dale Hawerchuck/Jason Ford
2012-13 finish: 44-20-2-2, 1st division, 2nd conference
Playoff finish: Lost to London 4-3 in league finals
Key players: C Zach Hall (24 goals, 57 assists, 81 points), D Aaron Ekblad (7-27-34, plus-29), LW Andreas Athanasiou (29-38-67; Detroit prospect), C Mitchell Theoret (25-35-60), G Alex Fotinos (9-8-0-1 record, 3.26 goals-against average, .897 save percentage)
Key losses: C Mark Scheifele (39-40-79; signed with Winnipeg), G Mathias Niederberger (35-12-2-1, 2.34, .933, 4 SO; signed with Manchester-AHL), RW Steven Beyers (16-53-69), LW Anthony Camara (36-24-60; signed with Boston), D Ryan O'Connor (18-35-53; signed with HC Davos-Switzerland)
Outlook: The Colts lost the OHL championship on London LW Bo Horvat's series-winning goal with one-tenth of a second left in Game 7. Now they have to replace several key members of that team, headlined by Scheifele up front, O'Connor on defense and Niederberger in goal. That will be a challenge.
Mississauga Steelheads
Coach/GM: James Boyd
2012-13 finish: 26-34-0-8, 5th division, 8th conference
Playoff finish: Lost to Belleville 4-2 in conference quarterfinals
Key players: G Spencer Martin (17-21-0-4, 3.02, .908; Colorado prospect), C Dylan Smoskowitz (33-22-55), D Trevor Carrick (10-21-31, -1; Carolina prospect), LW Josh Burnside (12-16-28), C Brett Foy (11-13-24)
Key losses: LW Riley Brace (21-52-73; signed with Worcester-AHL), D Dylan DeMelo (15-35-50; signed with San Jose), D Stuart Percy (13-32-45; signed with Toronto)
Outlook: Martin heads into his first season as a NHL draft pick having to lead a defense that will be critical for the Steelheads' success this season.
Niagara IceDogs
Coach/GM: Marty Williamson
2012-13 finish: 30-34-2-2, 4th division, 6th conference
Playoff finish: Lost to Oshawa 4-1 in conference quarterfinals
Key players: D Jesse Graham (4-35-39, -17; N.Y. Islanders prospect), D Luke Mercer (2-27-29, +8), C Carter Verhaeghe (18-26-44; Toronto prospect), LW Anthony DiFruscia (14-16-30), G Chris Festarini (22-24-2-2, 3.27, .898; former Erie Otter)
Key losses: C Ryan Strome (34-60-94; signed with N.Y. Islanders), RW Brett Ritchie (41-35-76; signed with Dallas), LW Steven Shipley (32-35-67), Shayne Rover (8-19-27)
Outlook: The midseason departure of D Dougie Hamilton to the NHL's Boston Bruins sparked a free-fall that ended with a first-round loss to Oshawa. Now Strome, Ritchie and others are gone, leaving the D pairing of Graham and Mercer leading the way for a team searching for a bounce-back season.
North Bay Battalion
Coach/GM: Stan Butler
2012-13 finish: 34-25-3-6, 2nd division, 4th conference
Playoff finish: Lost to Sudbury 4-1 in conference quarterfinals
Key players: RW Barclay Goodrow (38-14-52), LW Blake Clarke (19-32-51), D Dylan Blujus (2-27-29; Tampa Bay prospect), G Jake Smith (9-6-0-2, 2.57, .891), RW Matt MacLeod (19-20-39), LW Brandon Robinson (17-17-34)
Key losses: G Matej Machovsky (25-19-3-4, 2.52, .910, 3 SO; signed with HC Plzen-Czech Republic)
Outlook: The Butler-led Battalion have always been known for stingy defense. That recipe for success should stay the same in the club's first season in North Bay. Smith and Blujus lead a defense that ranked among the league leaders the past two seasons.
Sudbury Wolves
Coach/GM: Paul Fixter/Blaine Smith
2012-13 finish: 29-27-5-7, 3rd division, 5th conference
Playoff finish: Lost to Belleville 4-0 in conference semifinals
Key players: C Matthew Campagna (24-44-68), LW Nathan Pancel (26-30-56), RW Nicholas Baptiste (21-27-48; Buffalo prospect), C Connor Crisp (22-14-36; acquired from Erie, Montreal prospect); LW Dominik Kahun (13-27-40)
Key losses: RW Michael Kantor (20-13-33; signed with N.Y. Rangers), D Charlie Dodero (7-20-27; signed with N.Y. Rangers)
Outlook: Fixter has moved from associate coach to head coach to replace Trent Cull, who joined the coaching staff of the AHL's Syracuse Crunch. He inherits a team with a solid nucleus led by Campagna and Pancel. The club also added Crisp and D Jimmy McDowell (14-19-33) in an offseason trade.
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Last week, our designer, Erin, went to Wisconsin to get all of our Fairytale Brownies catalogs printed for the fall/holiday season. She was kind enough to take some pictures of the place that has printed millions of our gourmet brownie gifts catalogs since 2001. If you want to send mail order brownies or have cookies delivered this holiday season, be sure to head over here to make sure your name is on our mailing list!
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Birds of Prey (1997)
by Wilbur Smith
No current Talk conversations about this book.
Set in 1667 on board a ship off the African coast, Francis Courteney's ship is fighting against the Dutch. It is his son, Hal, who is the hero of this epic novel. At the beginning Hal is a young man who sits at the look-out for hours; however, he soon grows up and has many adventures. The novel is brutal and blood thirsty as it moves around the coast of the African continent. There is treasure, sword fights, detail about how to light a cannon and beautiful women (in fact all the women are stunning). The wildlife is often dangerous when the action is on land with crocodiles and lions. Mostly, this novel is too long. It had a good tale of love and revenge at the heart of it and had it been a bit tighter could have been more enjoyable. This is the first Wilbur Smith I have read and it didn't make me want to read more.
800 pages of sea battles, blood, guts, gore, people being eaten alive by animals, cruelty, unwashed bodies, gratuitous sex, torture. OMG, definitely not my type of book. Then how is it that I kept turning those pages. Obviously the skill of the story teller. Good thing there was also revenge and a happy ending.
Deemed "one of the world's most popular and prolific adventure writers" by *The Washington Post*, bestselling author Wilbur Smith is at the height of his storytelling powers in *Birds of Prey*, a swashbuckling epic of adventure, intrigue and passion on the dangerous high seas of 1667.
As the choppy sea lanes of the African coast are rife with bloody battles over trade booty, Sir Francis Courteney and his 17-year-old son Hal embark on a seafaring quest for the treasure-laden galleons of the Dutch East India Company. But soon the horrific torture and execution of the elder Courteney catapults Hal into the role of captain. And the heavy burden of avenging his father's death-- along with the lusty pleasures he shares with three beautiful women-- will swiftly, irrevocably transform Hal from boy to man...
Richly detailed, breathlessly plotted, and rich with the color of the time and place, *Birds of Prey* is an unforgettable saga that will transport you to one of the most fascinating, action-packed eras in world history.
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Look up "classic adventure novel" in the dictionary and you'll find the strong and capable features of South Africa's own Wilbur Smith, who--in books as varied and enjoyable as *River God*, *The Seventh Scroll*, *When the Lion Feeds*, and *The Diamond Hunters*--displays an awesome storytelling ability. His latest is one of his best efforts: a richly detailed story of war and piracy on the high seas in 1667, 150 years before Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey and Maturin books.
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In 1667, Sir Francis Courteney commands his ship off the coast of Africa in England's war against the Dutch. He has groomed his son Hal to succeed him as captain. Birds of Prey chronicles Hal's swift and bloody passage to manhood after his father's torture and death at the hands of the Dutch. Escaping with the remaining crew, Hal makes his way overland to claim his father's hidden treasure and confront the treacherous English captain who betrayed them. Men are hacked apart in sword fights, blown to bits in shipboard battles, mauled by crocodiles, and more in this tale from the prolific author of such historical fare as The Seventh Scroll (LJ 4/15/95). Short on character development and tight plotting, this meandering escapist novel will be relished by those who enjoy swashbuckling tales with nonstop action. For popular collections.?Kathy Piehl, Mankato State Univ., Minn.
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All the urine, pus, torture and swashbuckling a person should have to endure in a life time. This was my first and last Wulbur Smith. I wonder if he's ever met a woman who wasn't a saint or a sadist. I hear they do exist.
Another epic from Wilbur Smith. Plenty of twists and turns. Hard to put down.
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Wanted: owners for 1,500 stolen Toronto bicycles
TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto police are looking for the owners of some 1,500 bicycles they have recovered after raids on a shop, home and storage garages across Canada's biggest city.
Police put more than 200 of the bicycles on display, giving the owners a chance to claim their stolen property.
"More than 50 bicycles have so far been identified and returned to their rightful owners, including one bicycle that was stolen eight years ago," a police statement said.
The shop owner, arrested during a police sting operation last week, faces charges of theft, attempted theft, possession of stolen property and possession of tools for use in burglary.
Toronto cyclists often describe their city as one of the bike theft capitals of North America, if not the world.
But figures from lockmaker Kryptonite, cited by the Toronto Sun newspaper last week, says Toronto, unlike Philadelphia, Chicago and New York, is not even in North America's Top 10.
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As a cardiologist, I see patients with a wide spectrum of problems - from people who have no heart problems but just have risk factors where we need to work on preventive measures to people with the most complex heart problems. When a patient comes to see me, they can expect that I'll spend the amount of time necessary to listen to their story to try and figure out as best as I can what the problem or problems are. There's really a lot that we are able to achieve for our patients. In cardiology we have all sorts of different modalities that we can work with, and usually we are able to help our patients.
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Kellan Lutz Covers Nylon Guys November 2011
Bringing his hunkiness to the forefront, Kellan Lutz landed himself the cover of the November 2011 issue of Nylon Guys magazine.
The "Twilight" hunk posed for a spread sure to make the ladies swoon while chatting about topics ranging from his love of fire to being the textbook middle child in his family.
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On living on a dairy farm with his grandparents in Iowa:
"That was where I learned to be a pyro. There was no trash removal service, so you'd just burn it. I love fire."
On feeling like the textbook middle child:
"My mom was always taking care of the troubled older brothers, and then my younger brothers were twins, so she had a lot to handle with them. I was kind of the easy one, which meant that I got lost in the shuffle."
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"We will be offering voter registration, update of existing voter record, absentee mail ballot request or just visit with us while you take a look at all the printed voter information we will have to hand out," officials said. "This will be a perfect opportunity to make sure you are election ready for the 2014 Primary and General election. Hope to see you there."


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Get rid of your self-help and diet books, he said. They're just cluttering up your house, he said. Okay, Peter Walsh, out you go! Goodbye! Done.
I musn't have been paying attention, because I totally didn't -really- expect this book to be about weight loss when I started it. Buuut I was quite happy with it. Yes, it's simple, basic, doesn't say anything new that someone who's been digging into organization and/or weight loss and/or fitness/life improvement doesn't know, but it gathers all those simple tips in one place and reminds you of them.
Pretty nice, and pretty logical.
I needed motivation to clean up some of the clutter in my kitchen and this book was perfect! Peter Walsh gives good practical advice in a funny no-nonsense way. End result - I spent a day cleaning out the kitchen pantry and shelves, filled the recycle bin and garbage can, have another box to donate and have a much cleaner kitchen.
Not quite a diet book, but good motivation for cleaning up physical (or mental) clutter. Now if I only drop 7 pounds...
I was a little skeptical when I first started listening to this audiobook, but well before the end, I was enjoying most of the advice and tips. My main gripe was that he kept referring back to things in a pdf file, quizzes to take, things like that. I listened to this in my car, so I never tried to find that pdf file at home.
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When Walsh's original protégées cleaned their houses, they evidently lost weight. So he's back to remind us to clean. There's no more to it than that, and the case studies are so vague as to inspire no one.
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This is not a diet book. This is a book about your life--about creating the healthy life and body you have always imagined for yourself. Diets don't work--because they focus on what foods we should and shouldn't eat but completely ignore everything else that makes us fat. Clutter expert and organizational consultant Walsh believes that the secret to successfully losing weight is to focus on how, why, and where you eat. When it comes to clearing clutter (the fat in our homes) it isn't about the stuff itself, it's about the life you want to live. Peter helps you address how the clutter in your kitchen, your pantry, and your home is directly related to the clutter on your body and negatively affects your ability to lead a full and healthy life.--From publisher description.… (more)
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Soldier Zones
The average person needs encouragement to explore a wider range of possibilities outside of their comfort zone, but for composer David Soldier, there are few zones or possibilities that he has not already explored. Wildly eclectic with an incisive view of how our brains function and respond to music, Soldier has written for and performed in groups of nearly every musical genre, and has even trained elephants to play music- literally.
Starting out in Illinois listening to popular music of the 60's, Soldier soon learned how to play multiple instruments and developed a passion for every kind of music from classical to salsa to jazz. He founded his own punk chamber group, the Soldier String Quartet, and discovered his passion for intricately juxtaposing contrasting styles of music in his own compositions. Posing questions to himself about consciousness and researching how learning takes place in humans and beyond, Soldier was led to more unusual, zaney collaborations, including an orchestra of Thai elephants for whom he built instruments and trained them to improvise. Other Soldier collaborators have included Regina Carter, Todd Reynolds, and writer Kurt Vonnegut, and he has premiered works by Elliott Sharp, Iannis Xenakis, and Phill Niblock among many others.
This week, we're listening to David Soldier's East St. Louis, 1968, a work for viola and electronics, meant to evoke a walk to St. Louis by an 11-year old viola player. Soldier glides between musical styles seamlessly, including jazz harmonica to classical viola and everything in between. Also, music of Nico Muhly, Libby Larsen and Alan Hovhaness.
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In surprise move, Target exits Canada and takes $5.4 billion loss
By Solarina Ho
TORONTO (Reuters) - Target Corp (TGT.N: Quote) will exit the Canadian market after less than two years in a surprise retreat that will throw more than 17,000 employees out of work and trigger a $5.4 billion quarterly loss.
Shares of the U.S. discount retailer, which was granted creditor protection for its money-losing Canadian subsidiary, at one point rose more than 4 percent on the move. The stock was up 2.2 percent at $75.94 in afternoon trade on the New York Stock Exchange.
The company announced on Thursday it is shutting all of its 133 Canadian stores and said it expects to report about $5.4 billion in pretax losses for its fourth quarter, which finishes at the end of January. Losses are mostly due to the writedown of the Canadian investment, along with exit costs and operating losses.
Minneapolis-based Target, the No. 2 discount chain in the United States, has struggled in Canada since its March 2013 launch. It faced huge supply chain problems due to a myriad of problems at its warehouses, poor communication with headquarters and the use of inexperienced staff. That left stores poorly stocked and selection limited, disappointing shoppers who had eagerly anticipated its arrival in a market where the discount space was long dominated by Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N: Quote).
Target had said in November it would review the future of the Canadian business after the holiday season. Stores checked by Reuters in Vancouver, Toronto and Ottawa around Christmas showed only moderate traffic and Chief Executive Brian Cornell said he didn't see the "step-change" in performance required to justify staying the course.
No matter how Target crunched the numbers it could not envision making profits until 2021, Cornell said. He told a conference call the company was "facing a decision to devote billions of dollars of additional resources for the Canadian segment without the realistic prospect of an appropriate return."
The move surprised some analysts who had expected Target to close its weakest stores and try to fix the rest. Before Thursday's decision Target had sunk roughly $6 billion into the market, including around $2.5 billion in capital expenditure and $1.7 billion of losses to-date, Fitch Ratings said.
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I have 11 inch brakes on the front of my 34 coupe with Mustang II suspension. Has anyone been able to use 14 inch rims with 11 inch brakes? I heard that Crager SS 5 spokes will work with a small amount of grinding on the caliper tops. Anyone had any experience with any other brands like the American Racing Torq-Thrust D Series 105 Wheel 5 spoke 14 in wheels? Stuck in the 50's and 60's I guess :D
If they are Wilwood brakes they wont fit!!! I have a bit less then .500 clearance on my fronts with 15" Billet Specialties 7" wide wheels and using the 11" Granada rotors
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Thanks for the info. I'm glad I didn't buy the Wilwood calipers. I may end up having to go with 15 in rims and lower profile tires.
I have 10.98" Mopar rotors with 78-83 GM metric calipers on early Ford spindles and they clear 14x6 Real Wheels and WheelSmith 14x6 steel wheels by about 1/4-3/8" for what it is worth.
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If you have to shoot someone you don't want some saavy attorney saying you created some overly deadly handload to a jury of sheep who don't know better. Go get some Speer Gold Dots (185gr or 230gr, but avoid 200gr as it isn't too great) or Federal HST if you can find it. Both are proven rounds and won't get you screwed over in court.


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New Delhi Is Up And Running At Last
It seemed as though India's slow pace of handling routine government business might grind to a complete halt. After all, the Bharatiya Janata Party coalition of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee became a lame duck after losing a confidence vote in April. New election results won't be known until October. And in recent weeks, India has gone to the brink of war with neighboring Pakistan over Kashmir.
Surprise. The BJP has whipped itself into action. Finally freed from a paralyzing fear that it would fall, the government has gotten down to business. Ministries and agencies covering everything from telecommunications to broadcasting are actually making the deregulatory moves the economy needs. In the month to mid-July alone, the government has approved nearly 150 foreign investment projects worth $300 million, cleared a $2.3 billion privatization plan, simplified the tortuous telecom licensing system, and promised to issue operating permits to more than 300 private radio stations. "The government can actually do something because it's not afraid of the consequences," says Joydeep Mukherji, associate director of sovereign ratings at Standard & Poor's Corp. in New York.
"GOOD" POLICY. The government's biggest achievement by far is sorting out the telecom policy. The system was technically deregulated some time ago. But investment almost came to a halt because New Delhi required private telecom operators to pay up-front fees of up to $6.3 billion for the right to build and operate networks. Such weighty operators as BCE Inc., formerly Bell Canada Enterprises, left India in disgust last year. But in late June, Vajpayee unveiled a 20-year revenue-sharing policy, releasing operators from burdensome fees. "There are still pulls and pressures by operators, but by and large the telecom policy is good," says Hemant Luthra, CEO of Bombay's Essar Telecom Ltd., which won a license to operate in Punjab.
Foreign investors are plenty pleased, too. Kodak Polychrome Graphics of Norwalk, Conn., applied to set up a $1.5 million, wholly owned subsidiary. Although its color-imaging technology could save Indian printers and publishers money on expensive imports, Kodak heard nothing for six months. The deal was finally approved on June 27. "The best thing to happen to the country is that the caretaker government is [now] independent of the pulls and pushes of its partners," says Country Manager M.N. Varadarajan.
NEW HIGHS. Some of the recent decisions could unlock substantial inflows of foreign cash. IBM, which has operations in Bangalore and New Delhi, applied on June 2 to buy out its software-development and service joint venture with the Tata group for $10.8 million. The approval, speedily passed on June 28, "paves the way for many more such [IBM] initiatives to come to India," says V. Vishwanath, vice-president of Tata-IBM. All this is big news for portfolio investors as well. The Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex has hit record highs, up more than 50% since the BJP fell in April. Since then, investors have poured $850 million into Indian stocks, after selling off $350 million worth in 1998.
There's a catch, though. India's Parliament was suspended when the coalition fell. Many government decisions, such as liberalization of the telecom and radio sectors, still need
approval by Parliament when it reconvenes after fall elections. "A new government can change our policies," says BJP spokesman K.L. Sharma. It has happened before. Successive state governments overturned the approval for Houston-based Enron Corp.'s 2,400-megawatt power project in western India in 1995, delaying the project by several years. But that's unlikely this time: The opposition Congress party, while warning of looming fiscal crisis, says it will liberalize more.
While the caretaker government has achieved more than expected, there is still work to do. The telecom sector doesn't have an independent regulator or enough access to the estimated $50 billion in capital needed for a first-class international network. Radio might be privatized, but foreign investors can hold only 20% of private stations. And state-run radio still has a monopoly on broadcasting news and current events.
So it's too early to give the BJP top grades for reformist zeal. But the party's actions are proof of the resilience of India's rambunctious political system, which seems to do best in troubled times. After all, the country first liberalized after a foreign exchange crisis in 1991. Maybe the crises of 1999 will yield some enduring benefits.


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When using FireWire DV connections, sooner or later you need to convert to analog video, whether to go to or from an anlog tape format, or to display video on an NTSC/PAL video monitor.
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To want our doctors to give us medicine?(136 Posts)
Have two kids, 11 month baby and 4 year old. DH and I got ill 3 weeks or so ago, sore and tight chested, sore throat and ears. Kids started getting it too a week after. DH went to doctor on own and got antibiotics for a chest infection. Me and kids go day after, but apparently no antibiotics needed, we've all got a virus. Meanwhile DH is fighting fit within a couple of days of antibiotics. A week later me and the kids still coughing and rotten, surviving on paracetamol and calpol, not sleeping well . On my knees really. So back to doctors, but still no antibiotics . Apparently still a virus. That DH bizarrely hasn't got.
AIBU to think they should just give us antibiotics?
Over Christmas I had a really persistant cough with ucky greenies just as OP described - went on for 5 weeks. Followed a friend's recommendation to see a herbalist. was given 2 of the most disgusting tasting potions and some eyebright tablets (for my sinuses). Within a couple of days my sinuses were sooo much clearer and my coughing stopped. Over the next few days my energy levels increased dramatically and all for about £40. Worth every penny.
Please don't think antibiotics are the answer to everything. Your GP basically told you she was giving them to you to get you out of her surgery.
Hope you feel better soon
Incase anyone is intested, just took the three of us back to GP's, same doctor, and she prescribed us all antibiotics and eye drops for the baby. She acknowledged that if she was thinking just about the clinical signs she wouldn't have given it, as the kids chests sounded clear and just mine had a crackle. But decided to because the illness has gone on so long in us all and that the antibiotics had worked for my husband.
You get good GPs and bad GPs, just like in any other profession. There is 1 GP in the practice I attend who has NEVER prescribed ABs, refused to refer etc.
He wouldn't prescribe ABs for DS1 who was repeatedly suffering from tonsillitis, and ear infections. (Through SUMMER, mind you)
He refused to refer him when I said he had such difficulty breathing at night I could ALWAYS hear him breathing from the other end of the house - 'we don't refer for snoring'....
He told a friend that her illness can't possibly be bacterial as her tonsils weren't inflamed - they would be the tonsils that were removed when she was 12?!
He does, however, have a charming bedside manner - he gets that right, at least.
Fortunately he's the only one like that in the surgery. The others look at them properly, and don't just fall back on the 'let's not prescribe ABs for anything' line.
(DS2 was treated with ABs, which saved his hearing. Saw ENT, and tonsils and adenoids removed, grommets put in and is like a new child, but still needs speech therapy due to the extended periods of deafness experienced while ill.)
The crap GP is only 1 out of 8 GPs at the surgery, and the others have all been brilliant. They take each case on a 'let's look at this case individually' basis. They will, in severe cases but where it's not really possible to know definitely whether it's viral or bacterial, write a script as a precautionary measure with instructions to fill it if there has been no improvement within X days. I have always followed their instructions, and I'd say I've filled the script less than 1 in 5 times.
I'm lucky I have the choice of GP - sadly others don't. But 1 bad GP doesn't make for a bad profession - please stop generalising like that.
That's the whole point Maddening. There aren't easy and quick tests to differentiate between bacterial and viral infections. I treat chemotherapy patients. They are frequently admitted unwell with infections. In > 85 % of cases we don't ever identify the source of the infection - this is despite a battery of blood tests and cultures, x rays, sputum and urine cultures. In the end we have to do exactly what GPs do - which is to treat on the basis of the most likely cause.
Ask gp for a referral for private tests to confirm whether bacterial or viral?
Well yes. Because a group of what are essentially 6th year medical students know everything about General practice don't they?
I can just see it now. Waxing lyrical in the Mess, wearing chinos having stupid like a spare part at an arrest half an hour ago.
Well I suspected FY1, but that's not something you can get wrong if you're married to one surely?
Lessmissabs - assuming you mean FY1, we used to think poorly of GPs when we were house officers. We then grew up and realised what a difficult job that they have (I say this as a hospital doctor).
I think she means an F1. Because, of course, sitting next to a (very junior) doctor is the same as being a doctor. Presumably she has learnt by osmosis.
I'm off to find a billionaire to sit next to
LessMissAbs What's a FR1? Been in medicine 15 years and never heard the term so just curious. You've written it twice so can't be typo.
oh FFS
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In the nicest possible way mam29 as it does sound like you have had a bad experience, routine blood tests to see if an infection is bacterial or viral is the biggest waste of NHS resources.
I'm not sure, in answer to your question, I know there's a formulary for antibiotics in terms of what to prescribe, but I'm not sure if there's an audit for when/how they prescribe them (not a GP trainee, but did to a rotation for my F2 job). I can ask my friend who is, I'll just have to drag her out of her counting house
Maybe try a different doctor?
If you are exhausted you need some rest too.
Can your H stay at home for a while to take care of you all?
Feel for you op really do as in similar situation.
I have 3kids age 7, 3 and 2.
baby age 2 been ill pretty much whole of last 6weeks and not sleeping taken him to gps twice who say its viral just give calpol.
3year olds had a temp and vomiting some of 6weeks shes been ill maybe 5/6weeks finally on mend.,
Eldest7 before easter hols had 2days off school with ear ache doctor said it was virus.
was looking foward to break last week sent both girls to nannys for 1 night as babys not sleeping im exahused and have cough I cant shift.
3year old come home early with vomiting.
7year old next day covered in spots shes got blooming chicken pox,
2year old was on mend taken turn for worse again and is really grumpy and not sleeping.
3year old dident go sleep until 1am last night.
2year old woke up screamking about 4.30 and wouldent go back.
I been coughing so much was vomiting.
during all 3pregancies i had presistant cough and was ill.
I had x ray and i do have scarring to lung which makes me more prone.
Every winter i get chest infection im non smoker oh smokes and is fine.
Nice doctor said should go 1st sign of cough but when i do go they make e feel like wasting time.
They take temps, listen chest but never have any blood tests or anything to prove its viral just have to take their word for it and its what they say if they unsure.
I really should book yet another weekly appointment but last min rrisks having the numpty gps no one wants.
1 man keeps telling me i worry to much, talks like im stupid and tells me in his home country its much harder and I should be greatful, the kids equally cant stand him no bedside manner.
Other week new numpty who says yes she has mild chicken pox, cant go school until every last spot gone!
He also lied and told me chicken pox vaccine dident exist.
Did see nice doctor for 2year old but she couldent hear his chest properly as he wouldent stop screaming she did give me free prescription for calpol -costing me small fortune.
now if im worried i go out of hours as think they take me more seriously.
Always remember when had mastitas day after dd1 was born was really bad and midwife shouting at them making them do a housecall felt like death.
Im not sure I have much faith in nhs im afraid.
If there was a reasonably priced private gps ie 20per visit I would as never feel like they listen.
Back in feb 2year old was running me ragged was still breasfeeding and he started feeding at night like he was newborn again and throwing huge tantrums but no speech was stressed out went to surgery as clinics shut.
My usual hv wasent there the young fill in said yes it could be very difficult prepare for battle given that hes 2 soon and you have some worries reccomend a 2year check with eldest everyone had 2year check but my usual hv be in contact shortly. not heard from her since did get him off boob but had no support.
With each child level of antenatal care/postnatal has got worse.
Im so fed up of battle with gp receptionist, walking 2miles to be patronised or given nothing.
I have workaholic husband , no family near by and its hard when you ill as well as looking after ill kids and sleep deoprived feel like as a mum im not allowed to be ill when hubbys ill hes of course dying.
Not to mention arsey letters from school over absence last year dd1 had 3days max this year more like 10days and feel really bad and have all 3 arguing and making mess at home stressing me out.
The comments I made were not me obsessing about GP pay but were in response to MacDoodle's own posts about her pay as a GP and that her hourly rate equates to £27 per hour.
TheBitchDoctor - I worked out £77k (gross) based on MacDoodle saying she earns £27ph gross and had done an 11 hour day. I assumed from that that she works 55 hours per week which works out at £77k. She has since gone on to confirm that she doesn't do 11 hours every day so obviously her salary is not that much. She was the one to question whether other professionals at a similar level are earning the same amount, so I gave my opinion on this.
I for one am certainly not one of the 'GP/NHS haters.' I have mostly been happy with the care I have received from my GP and the NHS. I value the NHS and although I don't think it is perfect, I think we will be in a far worse situation if it were privatised.
AnyoneforTurps -I only mentioned GP pay because MacDoodle (who is a GP) was bleating that she was hard done by because she only takes home £17 per hour once she has paid tax, childcare etc. I rightly pointed out that we all have similar deductions from our salary.
As I said in a previous post, I wouldn't usually comment on people's salary, as I don't think it helps, but MacDoodle was the one who mentioned it initially (and was complaining about it) so I pulled her on that, in addition to her attitude about her patients.
I don't think theres GP hatred, thebitchdoctor, theres probably a dislike of being patronised and told we don't understand subjects which are not restricted to medical knowledge. I would have thought your clinical training would have equipped you with the skills to field such such issues quite easily. Certainly in my professional field, I have to be able to equip myself with the ability to understand other often quite technical fields when the occasion demands.
DH is FR1 and I do socialise therefore with a lot of medics, and my views are probably coloured by theirs. None of them want to
admit to go into GP. There seems to be a feeling amongst them that it is something you do if you don't want to work hospital hours and pass exams for consultancy, surgery, etc.. That is not to say that I don't respect and admire any doctor, but please don't try to patronise me, or over-egg your own pudding.
The tone of what you write is somewhat surprising - you may wish to refresh your knowledge of the GMC guidelines on social media.
What has GP pay go to do with this thread anyway? Obsessing about GP pay is just a Daily Mail/Telegraph/Murdoch press way of undermining the NHS, which they all hate for ideological reasons and because their mates who run private health care companies want it destroyed. It's depressing that so many people follow this line like sheep.
£77k a year after tax? (Or even before tax) Are you fcking joking? I'm a GP and I earn nowhere near that figure! (I wish).
I'm so sick of GP hatred, it's like you all think we want to be obstructive, unhelpful bastards or something. Or that our years of training and postgraduate exams are nothing (lesmissabs did you mean to sound so bloody rude GP may not be cutting edge to you, how about you come and do my job and then we'll see what you think).
You would be screwed without doctors. You would be screwed without the NHS. Well guess what? Thanks to you the utter idiots who voted in the conservatives you're going to get what you wanted, no more NHS and private doctors who'll prescribe fck loads of antibiotics for no good reason except for to practice defensively and squeeze money out of you and so increase antibiotic resistance.
<seethes, then hides thread>
Most experienced solicitors who do legally aided work will be taking home far far less than that. Conveyancing or matrimonial solicitors also. In fact, most solicitors who aren't doing company/commercial law for one of the big players will be taking home far less. £17 per hour isn't actually your take home pay though, as you have deducted childcare and expenses from your hourly rate to reach that figure.
Thank fuck I don't work 11 hrs a day 5 days a week I'd be a shivering wreck. I wonder what other professions with a fair degree of responsibility, trained for 10 years with a further 10 years experience take.home less than £20 /hr. I'm thinking solicitors, accountants, bankers etc ? No wonder GP recruitment is at an all time low.
And I might just add, in case you categorise me as one of the 'GP haters,' that my old family GP was wonderful and I couldn't praise him highly enough. I moved out of the area and have been at my current surgery for 8 years - the GPs there are generally OK and I've had no problems with them, nor has my husband
only one was a bit useless when I went to see him in a incredibly distressed state when I found out I was pregnant
MacDoodle - I wouldn't usually comment on people's salary but as you appear to be bleating hard done by it's difficult not to. So your hourly rate works out at £27 per hour and your take home hourly rate is £17 per hour. If you are working 11 hours per day as you say, presumably for 5 days per week, then you are earning £77k - not to sniffed at really is it. The rest of us also have to pay tax, NI, expenses and childcare you know, we don't get to keep our gross salary
You seem to think that other professions earning similar salaries are waltzing into work at 9am and leaving at 5pm. Are you for real?! Most people I know earn significantly less than you are all work well beyond their contracted hours.
You really do come across as rather unpleasant when referring to your patients. So what if the 'worried well' come to see you - how are they to know whether they are well or not until they have actually been to see you. How very dare they take up your precious time
Anyoneforturps lessmiss well done, you can use Wikipedia. You obviously consider that that's equivalent to a medical degree so perhaps you could knock up a couple of new antibiotics for us?
I wouldn't dream of using Wikipeadia. I use original, formal sources.
And I've also got a FR1 sitting right next to me on the sofa My knowledge, limited though it is, of the subject, actually comes from a medical negligence case I was involved in. As I say, understanding how antibiotics work isn't rocket science, GP is hardly the cutting edge, and you are not the only one who got 'A's in Chemistry and Human Biology.
And no, I did not sue my GP for failing to diagnose and treat my pneumonia. I was just glad to receive correct treatment at A&E after 3 weeks, even though I suggested to my GP himself that it was A-typical pneumonia that wasn't responding to penicillin.
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Want to know more about the glass house on the Humanities Plaza? Called the UT Zero Energy House, it's the headquarters for an interdisciplinary team's preparations for the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon 2011 competition. The UT community is invited to a celebration and kickoff for the team's project entry into the competition and to learn more about the project from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday, May 10, at the UT Zero Energy House on Humanities Plaza across from Circle Park.
UT Zero News
UT Team to Compete in DOE Solar Decathlon for First Time
Team Living Light, an interdisciplinary group at UT Knoxville, has been accepted into the Solar Decathlon 2011, a Department of Energy event that challenges students to design and build a functioning, energy-efficient, solar-powered house. This is the first time a UT team will compete in the Solar Decathlon.