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MondayFirst day back after holiday. Morning surgery long: 19 patients taking 4 hours 25 minutes, i.e. 14 minutes per consultation on average. Some were short but others were complex and required careful perusal of the notes before the consultation and careful attention during it. Evening surgery much quieter: 11 patients taking 2 hours 30 minutes, again 14 minutes per consultation. I enjoyed the evening surgery more, seemed to relate better to the patients. In the past I have considered 14 minutes "good going", and my attempts to consult faster have made both me and the patients unhappy.
John sends round an email about the personable young man for whom we finally stopped prescribing diazepam and dihydrocodeine. He has been very skillful, only requesting "reasonable" amounts and softening us up beforehand by mentioning something during one consultation without asking for it, so we would accept it as normal. John reported that he turned up with a large bag of Fortisips during one consultation, explaining that the hospital dietician had recommended them, and only asked to be prescribed them during the following consultation. John's researches suggest that Fortisips are prized by drug addicts as an easy source of nutrition.
Significant eventI prescribed amoxicillin for a woman with a chesty cough taking methotrexate. I was concerned about ensuring she was not "toxic" and arranging an urgent FBC and did not notice the computer warning about the interaction between the two drugs. Fortunately the pharmacist rang me about it. The computer had flashed up an error warning, but we get so many of these that I tend to ignore them.
TuesdayA woman in her sixties tells me her invalidity benefit has been stopped and thus her pension reduced, because she didn't fill in form properly. A solicitor at Age Concern is helping her appeal and wants a report. No letter from solicitor, I have few details to go on, report done as best I could. I hate doing these reports because I fear I haven't got the story straight and may not say everything necessary. Also the appeal will be judged against strict criteria, so writing a pleading "please help this poor woman" letter does no good at all. It is better if the solicitor writes to tell me exactly what is required. (He later rings and promises to send such a letter).
Visit an elderly lady who is housebound with anxiety, she talks about a mutual acquaintance and then tells me about when she looked after her late husband (whom I knew). Somehow this bridged the gap of my professional manner. Though I am mostly polite, I tend to see patients as a slight threat (of complaint or missed diagnosis) and keep a discreet distance from them. Once or twice in past two days patients have broken through that gap by mentioning some personal matter or acting outside the usual patient role model. E.g. one chap yesterday at end of consultation said suddenly "Dr Brown, I've been really worried about this..." Is it possible to remain open like that all the time without getting bogged down? One needs to defend oneself against "entitled demanders", depressive personalities and similar patients.
Read article in The Times about a "life coach" advising a consultant surgeon. The two comments were (a) the need to delegate efficiently", and (b) the lack of time for herself, no breaks for drinks, snatched sandwiches. "Her working day is like a perpetual sprint when it should be more like a marathon". I certainly feel the same about my day: the (often) long gruelling morning surgery is followed immediately by other activities. I always feel better if I can get home for half an hour to relax in the afternoon, but this is not possible every day. I ought to look at having a ten minute tea break in the middle of morning surgery, and other short breaks later in the day.
WednesdayAgain averaging 14 minutes per consultation during morning surgery (15 patients in 3 hours 25 minutes). This consultation rate seems to suit me, able to consider notes of complex patients before calling them in, consultations do not feel rushed, enough time for patients to express themselves. This is my consulting style after more than 20 years in GP. I feel undermined, unconfident, constantly supervised (QOF, appraisal). I had expected to feel happy & secure at this stage of my career. Saw an old acquaintance last night who is having terrible trouble as a single-hander in a genteel suburb, yet still manages to remain cheerful about it (or appears so).
Discussion with Myrtle about his predicament, she tells me that several small practices are considering laying off staff.
In the evening receive my first card and present of the season – a bottle of Rioja. From a refugee whom I find rather demanding. Slightly anxious that (a) she can't afford it, (b) is she trying to manipulate me? But one has to accept gifts from patients with gratitude.
FridayMy annual gift of champagne brought by elderly gay man who is grateful to me for having accepted him "as he is" for many years, even when it was not fashionable to do so.
Missed diagnosisSaw an interesting man in his thirties, just had an emergency appendicectomy, presented as right upper abdominal pain because the appendix was up under his ribs. He had had two previous attacks, lasting a few hours each, which had settled spontaneously. I had seen him during the second of these, nearly a year ago. This time the attack didn't settle after a few hours and he went to Casualty. I remember feeling puzzled when I saw him a year ago. The history did not suggest anything serious and he was being investigated for his upper abdominal pain. He hadn't seemed ill enough to admit acutely although he was a bit "grey", and in the event his symptoms settled shortly afterwards and didn't recur for a year, so I suppose my inaction was justified.
Late for meeting with practice nurses this afternoon after visiting "Gormenghast", a decaying house inhabited by a very elderly lady who has lived there all her life. As she has become more infirm she has retreated to the kitchen at the back of the ground floor which she never leaves. The walls are painted dark, shutters at the window prevent daylight getting in, the only light comes from a single bulb in centre of room, she sleeps in her armchair, the gas oven is constantly on a low heat, five cats are hidden somewhere in the room. Yet she is fully compos mentis and chooses to remain there.
Not much discussed at meeting, but good for morale. We talk about whether to start tablets immediately on diagnosing type 2 diabetes, someone suggests an initial HbA1c is a good guide to whether diet will not suffice, someone else points out that going straight to tablets may give the patient the idea that diet is not important. I am asked to find out about label printers for lab test request forms.

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TechT Lightning Rod
This product is currently out of stock.
The secret to the performance gains is the brass bushing located where the ratchet and piston rod met. This bushing creates less friction than the stock's design with just a plastic hole. This bushing creates a smoother and faster action, increasing the speed and reliability of the Cyclone.
The Lightening Rod is made of 7071 grade anodized billet aluminum which is stronger than any other like it. This stronger aluminum will not bend or break like the plastic, giving it a much longer wear life. It also allows all of the power needed to drive the Cyclone to be directed straight through the Lightening Rod to the ratchet system and not be lost in the bending action like the stock.


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Thursday, August 6, 2009
Blog Facelift!!~ My Award~Thanks Amyee!!
Happy Thurs.
Hi~ya All!
How you bee?? I hope everyone is doing well today. It is almost the weekend again. I just wanted to share with you my new blog design makeover. I now have a three column design on both my blogs. I like this much better, since I have so much on my sidebars. Now you won't have to scroll all the way to the bottom to find things. No one had commented on it, so I thought I would inspire you to take a peek.
On another note, my D/T sister Amyee from the Cuttlebug Spot gave me another awesome award. Thank you so much Amyee, I'm just getting around to posting it. Be sure to go and visit Amyee's blog she does an amazing job creating. Looking for inspiration, you will certainly find some here. This award is for all you Kreativ Bloggers out there, feel free to grab it. Catcha later!
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4 Comments:
- Kaye's Crafty Place said...
Congrats on the award Lillie, and your blog looks great, must admit hadn't noticed until you pointed it out.
Kaye x
- August 7, 2009 at 4:10 AM
- Sandi said...
great job on your face lift and great blog award. Hugs
- August 7, 2009 at 9:03 AM
- Velta said...
Lillie ~ You sooo deserve the award...and I really love your facelift!!!
- August 7, 2009 at 5:08 PM
- Regina Easter said...
okay love the 3 columns...how did ya get it...i want one...
- August 8, 2009 at 11:53 AM
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Facebook is the largest social media platform used today. Over 800 million people access their accounts on a daily basis, ready to entertain themselves, find new products and services, and otherwise meet and socialize with people from around the world. Facebook is used in countries across the world. If you're ready to learn how amazing Facebook is for promotions and have created a FB page, you need to promote that page to get a large audience. Luckily, promoting the page is fairly simple. Use the ideas below to help.
Involve Your Current Networks
If you've already created an email list or use sites like Instagram or YouTube, incorporate these networks into your new Facebook page. You can send an email to your subscribers to let them know you're now using Facebook. Include a button that allows them to automatically connect with your new page. Don't forget that Instagram lets you connect your Facebook account (and grow Instagram followers by making a purchase from a company that actually sells followers) to easily, instantly share content with others.
Use Facebook Ads
Running a Facebook Ads campaign is cheap and easy, not to mention beneficial to any type of business out there. Ask any business owner who runs an ad in the past! You can create an ad that reaches people that fit into certain demographics or who meet certain characteristics. For example, you can't target people who live in a specific country or region of the U.S. or those who fall within a specific age bracket or gender. Creating a Facebook ads campaign is easy to do any time, especially when you've released a new product or have another special offer going on that you want to tell the world about.
Provide Great Content
The content shared with your Facebook audience should always be targeted to the genre that you want to reach. Photos should be clear and easy to see and videos should be clear and easy to see and understand. Do not make your audience fight to learn the message that you want to send! So many other pages/businesses upload great content and they'll just move on if your content isn't the best. Your audience should know what to expect from your posts. Make sure each post that you create adds value to your timeline. Do not post content for the sake of posting. This can actually diminish the value of your account! Always take the time to post the best content for your audience.
Don't Forget Offline Promotions
Of course, promoting a website is something that you want to do online since people can easily click over to your site. But, do not assume that offline promotions are not helpful and leave them out of your marketing plans. The truth is, you should always use as many offline marketing techniques as possible to reach more people. T-shirts, car wraps, flyers, business cards, and tons of additional easy offline marketing techniques exist so use them to your advantage.


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In the past few years, we have covered plenty of interesting projects that involve using wearables to teach robots how to imitate movements of their operator. Researchers at South China University of Technology (SCUT) have come up with a whole body imitation framework that enables humanoid robots to imitate head, arm, lower-limb, and hand motions of their operator.
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As the developers explain, no handheld or wearable device is required to pull this off. The above video shows how a NAO robot can mimic a variety of poses and moves of humans.
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The Lynnwood City Council at its Dec. 3 meeting continued its discussion about the pending arrival of 5G wireless antennas in the city.
The matter was brought up during the proposed Fee Schedule Amendment Ordinance, which would include changes to permit fees and rental fees for small cell antennas.
Senior Manager of Strategic Planning Corbitt Loch said the three amendments were minor "housekeeping kinds of things."
The amendments are in response to Order 18-133 issued by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in September that limited the authority of local jurisdictions to regulate small-cell antenna equipment.
"The question of how much can we charge or how much should we charge has largely been answered for us whether we like it or not," Loch said.
The FCC has set maximum rates for the permit and rental fees of $100 and $270, respectively. This is despite the city council's initial desire to charge $1,000 to $1,200 as a rental fee for antennas on each of Lynnwood's 400 city-owned pole. Loch said he is still waiting on an analysis from Snohomish County PUD as a data point to understand what options the city had for fee rates.
"We could propose a larger fee if we had adequate documentation to justify it," he said. "The FCC basically says anything that's $270 per year, per pole, or less should be on its face deemed reasonable."
The idea of the FCC being able to dictate the rates for the instillation of antennas in the City of Lynnwood has been a topic of criticism for some. Loch said the FCC does have authority to regulate all types of communication of this type at the federal level.
Some cities like Seattle are challenging the FCC's decision to dictate how much a city can charge in fees, but Loch said Lynnwood would go ahead with the installations at the designated rates.
"We have technology companies that are wanting to come in and get started and deploy their small-cell antennas," he said.
However, should other cities be successful in setting their own rates for antennas, IT Director Drew Burnett said the fee schedule could be subject to change.
"Should we be able to change the rates or should this become a more prolific thing, we can absolutely bring it back," he said.
Councilmember George Hurst said the city council should not allow the FCC to control the rates for the antennas.
"I don't think we need to fold," he said. "I think it's a mistake if we mirror what the FCC is ruling."
Hurst said he believes the city council is being prudent in setting the fees and pointed out the council has been discussing the fee rates for longer than the FCC has been involved in the discussion.
Councilmember Ian Cotton said he is in favor of creating a position where the city council could go renegotiate the rental fee for antennas should the city be successful in negotiating with the FCC.
"If the FCC and the cell carriers come in and say, 'Too bad, so sad' we fought valiantly," he said. "But if the appeal goes through that's more dollars that could go to managing this."
The council also heard the updated draft of the pending ordinance that would require neighborhood parking permits in areas affected by spillover parking from the Scriber Creek Apartments and City Center (SHAG and City Center Apartments). Deputy Public Works Director Les Rubstelo said the draft has been reviewed by the city attorney and certain definitions have been broadened.
"We streamlined the process and took out temporary permits and added a provision to take them (permits) out should they no longer be necessary" he said.
Rubstelo said the ordinance does not say the city will charge for a parking permit and any fee for the permits would be decided by the city council.
The decision to administer parking permits would require a majority vote from the residents of affected neighborhoods, said Public Works Director Bill Franz.
The council discussed the type of parking permits that could potentially be issued and some, like Hurst, were in favor or a sticker. A sticker would be more difficult to lose and diminish the need for a replacement and accompanied cost, but should visitor passes be required they might issue a placard.
City Council President Ben Goodwin said he was concerned about the standards for parking in the neighborhoods — would there be a 24-hour "no parking" rule or would there be restricted hours — and how the restrictions would affect those with multiple visitors, like during the holidays.
Franz said the enforcement of violations in neighborhoods requiring parking permits would be on a "complaint basis."
"We think the city and the residents will get used to how this works," he said.
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Global warming is changing the landscape of Iceland. In the last several centuries in the valley Skeidararsandur proceeded in three rivers, fed from the Vatnajökull glacier. In 2009, the river dried up, Skeidara, and this summer, ceased to exist, and the Sula river. Now all the water from the melting glacier flows into the channel of the river Highacuity.
Hannes Jonsson, a local farmer: On this very spot where we stand, back in 2003 was a solid glacier. Since then, he constantly melted. Over the past six years, I was expecting the Sula river in the end will change its direction.
The only major river flowing from the glacier, have been described in these parts in the Book about the settlement of Iceland, written in the XI century It was the epoch of warm climate, which came to an end in the early fourteenth century. For a few years, the eyes of one generation, this Icelandic valley returned to the state that she did not know for over 700 years.


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VIDEO: Throwback to Phil Taylor's 2 9-Dart Finishes in 1 match in 2010 Premier League
The Finals of the Premier League are coming up this Thursday night with 4 players still in the running. They are Michael van Gerwen, Michael Smith, Gary Anderson & Rob Cross who will do battle for the title.
This is the first year that Phil Taylor has not been involved in professional darts as well as the Premier League . Back in 2010 he provided one of the best moments in the history of the competition. This moment wasn't only in the Premier League , it was in the final of the competition as the legend hit two 9 dart finishes in one match in the final of the competition.
Taylor went on to defeat James Wade 10-8 with the 9-darters coming in the 2nd and 15th legs. Will we see another 9-Darter in the final night this year?
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Most site owners have any music to play only on demand as opposed to play when the page first opens. Some users may be already listening to music, or are at work and don't appreciate music starting automatically, without their request.


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Cinnamon is known as a delicious spice you can use to get flavour, warmth, and yum to your life. Moreover, it is able to offer benefits to your dog's life as well. While many people think it is toxic, it's a good supplement to your dog's diet.
Actually, it's not toxic for your pet. Just by giving your pet a touch of cinnamon, you can give him some health benefits. More importantly, you need to give your furry friend the right kind of cinnamon.
In order to learn about cinnamon and its benefits to your dog, check out this post. We will show you everything you need to know about it.
Your Dog Might Benefit From Cinnamon
It's not so far to you that we can get tons of health benefits from cinnamon, but if they are beneficial to your dog? The fact is that we have different digestive and internal systems compared to our dogs. That's why it's important to be careful when using cinnamon for dogs.
A pinch of cinnamon in dog food is a great solution for dogs to fight diabetes since it can help to regulate blood pressure and increase insulin resistance. If you have a dog that may suffer from infections, you should also consider giving him cinnamon to fight the fungus.
Additionally, cinnamon is also beneficial to dogs who have inflammation because it contains special anti-inflammatory properties that can slow or stop the growth of bacteria. However, you have to consider the quantity you give your pet. Otherwise, your dog can get too much cinnamon.
First, we recommend you to talk to your vet to know if you should choose cinnamon for your dog. Then, be familiar with the signs when your pet consumes too much. If you notice your pet is vomiting, having diarrhea, bowel issues, bloody stool, and more signs, it may be caused by ingesting too much cinnamon.
Body Language
Although your dog can get benefits from cinnamon, you still need to let him eat cinnamon in moderation. If you give him too much cinnamon, it can be harmful to him. There are some signs you need to consider to know if your pet has maybe had too much cinnamon such as panting, pacing, dropped ears, drooling, licking, ears back, our pupils dilated.
Other signs
In addition, you can also determine if your four-legged friend has ingested too much cinnamon through a few other signs. As mentioned earlier, cinnamon is non-toxic for your dog, getting too much of cinnamon can hurt your pet. Here are some signs you need to consider when you think your pet has get too much of the good stuff:
- Liver problems
- Change in heart rate
- Upset stomach
- Vomiting
- Bowel issues
- Low blood sugar
- Diarrhea
Historic Health Benefits of Cinnamon for Dogs
The fact is that people have already used cinnamon for so many years to get health benefits. They can also help to combat illness. Your dog can also get benefits from eating cinnamon. Historically, cinnamon has been used to decrease blood sugar. It can be used to stop bacterial growth as well.
This is also true for dogs. If you give your furry friend appropriate amounts of cinnamon, he can get anti-inflammatory properties. This can also help to slow bacterial growth.
Moreover, it can help to fight the risk of contracting diabetes for older and obese dogs. Indeed, it can help to regulate blood sugar and increase insulin resistance. Most importantly, you have to check with your pet-tor before starting giving him cinnamon.
The Science of Cinnamon
Many pet owners think cinnamon can be helpful for dogs, but they don't know the appropriate amount of cinnamon they should feed their dogs. When it comes to feeding cinnamon safety, you need to understand what's in cinnamon that is good and bad for your pet.
Actually, cinnamon is available in two main types, including Ceylon cinnamon and Chinese cinnamon. We recommend you to choose to feed your pet the Ceylon cinnamon because it's the safe option because of low levels of coumarin.
Coumarin is found in lots of plants. It's natural and organic. This can lead to problems for dogs if your pet ingests too much. Therefore, it's best to avoid Chinese cinnamon because it contains lots of coumarins.
In terms of quantity, one teaspoon of powder can lead to issues for your dogs. So, how should you give it to your pet? It's not a good idea to sprinkle cinnamon directly onto your dog's kibble. Instead, you should look into essential cinnamon oils.
Actually, the amount of cinnamon you can give your pet depends on his weight. If you have a dog who has the weight of 1-10 pounds, it's best to give him no more than 1/8 teaspoon daily. However, if your pet s over 100 pounds, you can feed him up to 2 teaspoons safely.
Many dog owners like to give their dogs cinnamon because they not only smell but also taste great. Moreover, they give your dog many great health benefits as we mentioned above. Last, hope our guide today is useful for you. And, it can help you answer you're wondering if you can let your dog eat cinnamon. Best of luck!


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Let justice descend, O heavens, like dew from above,
For thirty three days I have been praying for the Total Consecration of my family to Jesus through Mary.
Today on this feast of the Annunciation, before the holy tabernacle of our Lord Jesus Christ, I consecrate them officially to Jesus through you, oh mother Mary. You alone are their mother, their protector, their intercessor. Be the mother to them that I never was. Hold them close to your motherly heart and present them to your Son daily, that they may grow closer to him daily.
May their love for your Son and their love for others blossom like the flowers of spring, attracting all those you send their way. May their hearts be filled with peace, that they may become bearers of peace to all they meet each day. May their joy be so contagious that all they meet might catch it. And may their arms always be open, as your son Jesus arms are always open to comfort those in need.
In His name I pray.


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Limit one (1) certificate per table/party per visit. Certificate not valid on alcohol, tax or grauity. Cannot be used on delivery or take out, catering or special events. Valid Monday-Thursday, 7am to 10pm.
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text: Interactive simulator of Spike Response Models (SRM), adapted from Jolivet R, Lewis TJ, Gerstner W (2004) Generalized integrate-and-fire models of neuronal activity approximate spike trains of a detailed model to a high degree of accuracy. Neurophysiol 92:959-76 also see, Jolivet R, Kobayashi R, Rauch A, Naud R, Shinomoto S, Gerstner W (2008) A benchmark test for a quantitative assessment of simple neuron models. J Neurosci Meth 169(2):417-424 Renaud Jolivet, Felix Schurmann, Thomas K. Berger, Richard Naud, Wulfram Gerstner, Arnd Roth (2008) The quantitative single-neuron modeling competition. Biological Cybernetics 99(4-5):417-426 Files: These are the SRM simulators for 2007, 2008 SRM_challenge_07.m SRM_challenge_08.m Files: These are the SRM simulators for 2007, 2008 SRM_challenge_07.m SRM_challenge_08.m Usage: type the following at the shell command prompt or just the name of the file (without the .m) at the matlab command prompt: matlab SRM_challenge_07 or matlab SRM_challenge_08 Then: 1. Load data with the pop-up menu (in the upper left corner) 2. Set the parameters 3. Click on the "launch" button 4. To export graph, click on the "Export Graph" button 5. To restart simulator, click on the "Reset" button A data set 1 _08 run is similar to figure 5 in the 2008 paper: To zoom in on the figure press export the traces and use the magnifying zoom in the new matlab figure window. Note: Always modify parameters before pressing the launch button (START SIM in the '07 simulator), and not during a simulation, otherwise the old parameters will be used.


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DGI designs (submersible) pneumatic and hydraulic ballast systems to ensure reliable and safe ship ballasting. These ballast systems consist of 2 components: a control panel which is needed to operate the system, and valves & actuators to control the amount of water going in/out of the ballast tanks.
Pneumatic and hydraulic ballast systems
DGI's highly reliable pneumatic actuators can be mounted inside ballast tanks (saving valuable deck space) and can be submerged to a depth of max 30 meters. DGI can customise the pneumatic ballast system to your needs, including valves, actuators and control cabinets or panels.
If preferred, we can also provide a suitable hydraulic ballast solution, including control system, touchscreen and hydraulic power unit.
Shallow water subsea actuators
DGI can provide shallow water subsea actuators for flooding systems with ROV override access. These actuators can be used for structure flooding, sinking caissons or ballasting operations at shallow water depths.


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Lincoln, DE households take on a variety of tasks that can cause massive amounts of waste. Deliver My Dumpster can furnish you with a roll-away dumpster that will allow you to keep rubbish from accumulating all over your lawn. We can even dump the contents of your rental unit at a Lincoln landfill so you don't have to worry about taking time out of your work schedule to deal with the mess. Contact us at and one of our associates can help you learn more.
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Deliver My Dumpster provides Lincoln residents a simple rental package that will include most concerns of a typical project.
The type of waste that may be disposed of in a roll off container, as well as the amount of time it can remain on your property, are controlled by the state of Delaware. There's also Deliver My Dumpster regulations and standards you'll need to pay attention to. It's imperative to use your rental correctly to protect yourself from additional fees and expenses that may result from disregarding the guidelines.
When you take the time to read over Delaware waste restrictions you will have no difficulties using your roll off dumpster in the correct manner.
Lincoln permits for dumpster rental companies on private property are not uncommon. Deliver My Dumpster will help you determine whether or not your project will require a rental permit and can provide guidance on the application process. We can make it easy and uncomplicated to rent a dumpster.
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February 19, 2019
Nick Little, CFI's Legal Director, visited Amherst, NY and gave a lecture on Wednesday, January 16. Nick's lecture was on "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly – Secular Litigation And The Post-Kennedy Supreme Court." We are working to see if we can make video available from Nick's talk. Photos of the event were taken by CFI volunteer Alan Crawford.
On January 18, CFI WNY hosted our first ever CFI Game Night. Attendees had the option of participating in group board games or playing vintage video games. We are currently in the process of putting together another game night sometime in March.
The Women's March, originally scheduled on January 20, was postponed due to extreme cold temperatures. Fortunately, the event has been rescheduled for Sunday, March 10 at 3PM.
CFI's Secular Book Club met on January 23 at 7pm for a lively discussion of Ta-Nehisi Coates book "Between the World and Me." The next book club meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 15. If you are interested in helping select the next book title, you can do so by filling out this Poll by Friday, March 8.
As usual, SOS meetings took place on Tuesday evenings at 7pm. Just Buffalo literary cafe held a poetry reading on the 1st Wednesday of the month, and Cafe Inquiry events were held on the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Mondays. The January Potluck Dinner Party was a success as usual, and Drinking Skeptically celebrated its one year anniversary on January 11.
Finally, Secular Sundays continue to be held on the last Sunday of the month. In January, we decorated our own "finches" in preparation for Darwin Day (celebrated every year on Darwin's birthday, February 12).


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Are we becoming a nation of softies and wimps? If you listen to the "authorities", yes, we are.
Seattle bank teller Jim Nicholson didn't like it when a robber put a bag on the counter and demanded money. According to an Associated Press article, he threw the bag to the floor and chased the robber from the bank. He caught him after a short chase and with the aid of a passerby.
How did Key Bank thank him? They canned him. "Policy", don't you know?
"Seattle police Sgt. Sean Whitcomb said the best course for citizens is to be good witnesses to crimes." Right, Sergeant. A lot of good "He went thataway" would do. Nicholson caught him and saved the police and the FBI hours of work.
Nicholson gets the Hero badge! If I were a customer of Key Bank, I'd be in there at 9:00AM to close my account!
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Day 11
The plan for today is a lazy morning, a spot of shopping and then Magic Kingdom in the evening to see the Electric Parade and the Fireworks.
We are up fairly early and get to the pool whilst it's still relatively cool (well not mega hot anyway). The kids have a great time swimming, I just really sit in the water and try to keep cool.
The slide opens at 10, so the kids have a couple of runs down the slide and then we head indoors to get ready. The kids think shopping is boring, and I can't disagree, but there are a few things I like to buy over here that I just can't get at home. And top of my list is trousers. I just find it really hard to get well fitting trousers at home, and I know exactly where to buy them here. Our first stop is the Premium Outlet at the top of I-drive. We take rather circuitous route to get here as we miss the turning onto the I4, and so end up on the 192, we do eventually get on the I4 and the traffic is really slow moving, at this rate it will take us hours to get to the outlets.
We do eventually get moving and make it to the Premium Outlets. I get my trousers, we get a few bits in the Disney Store, and Molly find PS Aeropostale which is the kids version of Aeropostale. She is thrilled that she now has a 'special' store where she can get some clothes, and we buy her some trackies, a hoodie and a few t-shirts.
We are all getting hungry now, so we head towards the Florida Mall and get lunch at Panera Bread. The girls have some soup, and Phil and I have the soup and sandwich combo.
Our next stop is the Scrapbook Shop at the Florida Mall, where I get a few bits and pieces, and then we go into Target there. It's not a massive Target but we have a bit of a browse, it's packed with kids buying back to school supplies. We are in grave danger of leaving empty handed, but Phil sees a netbook that he likes the look of, so danger is averted and we leave with a new netbook 🙂
We head back to the Boardwalk now, and are plan is to have a rest, get changed and then go to MK. Unfortunately, it starts to rain, and when it rains around here it doesn't mess about. We sit in the room debating what to do. Eventually it looks like it's clearing, so we head over to the bus stop. We just miss a bus to Magic Kingdom and we sit and wait for quite a while. Whilst we are waiting the rain starts up again, and it's actually quite chilly. I decide I don't fancy a night in the rain at Magic Kingdom, so we abandon our plans and head into the lobby.
I text Dave and Bev to see what their plans are, and Katie gets roped into a magic show. She manages to turn 1 bunny into 2 and then into 5 without ever opening her hand!
Dave and Bev arrive, and we decide to grab some food from the stall on the Boardwalk and sit undercover and see what the weather decides to do. We consider walking into Illuminations, but the rain starts up again, so plan B is abandoned, and we settle on Plan C. And Plan C is a good one.
Nicola offers to babysit, so the kids all go upstairs and watch the delights of the Disney Channel, and the adults discover the delights of JellyRolls.
We get there just before 8, and it's a bit quiet, and we're not really sure what all the fuss is about, but it livens up and by the end of the night we are having a great time. The pianists play requests all night, and they are very good.
I can't really offer you details, other than much wine was consumed, much singing along was done, and the kids seem to have watched a lot of Phineas and Ferb but survived their ordeal unscathed…


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The end of May and early June are prime time for dolphin fishing in the East Region. There's still some big fish coming over from the eastern side of the Gulf Stream, and at the same time, the weedlines are starting to stack up while the seas are calming, so there's a lot more days you can get out on the water.
From now through the rest of summer, the key to dolphin fishing in my region is to cover a lot of water. Start your day with a little preparation on the way out by rigging a couple of spinning rods for casting to fish you might run across or to schoolies that follow a hooked fish to the boat. You never know what size fish you're going to come across, so I go with 20 or 30-pound tackle on 7 foot medium heavy rods and a 60-pound fluorocarbon leader.
I like to rig one rod with a 1 ounce yellow jig, and another with a 6/0 J-style hook. If I have live baits on board, I'll put a live bait on the hook and place the rod near the bait well and the bait back in the well. That way, if we come by a big fish within casting distance, I can just grab the rod and throw the bait in front of the fish. If you don't have live bait, you can rig a whole ballyhoo on the hook and have it ready for the same scenario.
The best way to cover a lot of water is to troll, whether that be ballyhoo, swimming mullet or just a simple Japanese feather and strip bait combination. But don't arbitrarily stop at a certain depth and put out baits—look for something that indicates dolphin might be in the area, like a weedline, color change or current edge. Start at the first thing that looks good, and fish it for 30 minutes, moving from one side of the rip or weedline to the other. If you don't get a bite, pick up and run to the next thing that looks good.
Oddly, the fish typically hold on things that make them comfortable and provide food, but not every weedline had fish. You can be on a huge pile of weeds and be fishing in the desert while a single floating board will hold an oasis of fish. So don't be afraid to move.
When you do find fish, work that area well, and if you go 30 minutes or so without a bite, pick up and move on. The key to the run-and-gun method of summertime fishing is to cover as much good-looking water as possible without wasting time fishing just anywhere. Look for lone floating objects, particularly things that have been in the water for some time and have barnacles growing on them. It's even good to bring along some binoculars and scan the horizon every 10 minutes looking for floating objects.
Any time you're dolphin fishing, you also want to watch for birds, which can be an indicator of dolphin below. Frigate birds diving on the water or circling and flying in a set direction are usually over a predator. Small terns diving repeatedly on the water are usually over school-sized dolphin. Birds flying north are often over school fish while birds flying south tend to be over larger fish.
If you encounter birds, don't drive right through the middle of them. Instead observe the direction they're moving, run up ahead of them and deploy your baits and let the fish swim up to you. That will keep the boat from breaking up the school or sending a big fish in another direction.
In the summer months, it's common for the Gulf Stream to push current eddies in close to shore, so you may encounter fish as shallow as 60 feet of water, but as a rule the best fishing is from 100 feet of water on out. Cover water, look for signs of fish and birds and you'll be hooked up and fighting dolphin in no time.Captain Tips


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Aeropostale on eBay is the official store of Aéropostale, a premier teen clothing brand with a focused selection of high-quality, active-oriented and trending fashion at great values. P.S. from Aéropostale is cool fashion for kids at price points parents can appreciate. Click on the blue link above to find out what specials and sales they are currently offering. At the moment, they do have a FREE SHIPPING ON ORDERS OVER $50 promotion.
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Becoming a Top-Rated store isn't easy. You have to offer not just good quality products, but accurate item description. And good customer service isn't enough, you also have to offer and execute fast shipping in order to earn this honor.
Aeropostale is a large sized store, as they have over 15,000 items in stock. Aeropostale sells all sorts of men's and women's clothing, shoes, and accessories. If you are familiar with their stores or their website, then you will recognize what they have for sale in their eBay store.
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If you are not, they are known for having a youthfully classy feel, good quality and high fashion, at affordable prices. Somewhere between The Gap and H&M.
What I like or don't like
Their storefront is very organized. You have a product menu on the left side, with all categories available. Everything is organized by "Women", "Men", and "Kids Boys/Girls". So you just find your desired category, and go from there. The cool thing about their eBay store is that the prices are about 30% to 40% off their in-store and website prices. So it's like having an Aeropostale coupon or promo code.
Another thing I appreciate is their attention to detail in their listings. Each listing has multiple clear and large pictures, so you can clearly see what is included in the listing. Their descriptions go into a lot of detail, and provide all the specifications that you might be looking for like the model they work for, size, color, etc. The quality of their listings is about as good as it gets on eBay. You get all sorts of pictures, sizes, weights, package contents, etc.
Their attention to detail, and their excellent feedback really makes you feel secure in shopping from this eBay store. As does their 60-day hassle free returns policy. No need to email back for a return authorization, or deal with with annoying emails back and forth. You just click on return, and send it back. And having two months to do so is quite convenient.


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Slate World Event: The Masks We Wear - Leeds, Wed 12 Jun
Patrick Studios (St Mary's Ln, Leeds, LS9 7EH)
Wed 12 Jun
2 - 3pm
Ella Mesma on The Masks We Wear: Examples of how a project can safely delve into the self.
British born artist of mixed heritage Ella is director of Ella Mesma Company, (Sadler's Wells: Wild Card, Dance City Associate Artist, The ICA Festival, South Africa, the Women in Dance Leadership Conference, New York). She is also the creator of Roots of Rumba and Maya Gandaia.
This event is born from a collaboration between Eclipse's current Slate programme, a movement in the North of England that is supporting thousands of Black independent artists by increasing access to local, national and international networks, and new developmental project Slate World which brings together Enablers and Artists based in the UK, Netherlands and Portugal to collaborate to widen opportunities for Black artists within Europe.
A Slate World event.
In Partnership with East Street Arts.
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I live in San Diego, and even though the town may not be the smoggiest of them all, it's still nothing compared to that of the mountain wilderness. The fresh trees, sunshine, and overall nature coincide much better with beautiful music. Perhaps that's why the game has been so drowned out, residing in only big cities...
Anyway, before I rant too much, I'd love to share an outdoor project from the man Leon Osborn. I first introduced you to him back when he dropped "Vinson Massif" and today he has compiled all of his Tuesday drops in July into a set called Nature Strips. The playlist is inspired by places on the planet, as the canvas of any artist should be. I'm more enthralled by someone who takes physical inspiration than forced inspiration.
As I mentioned in my previous post, Leon is a Perth producer who has been gaining praise from Sable, Cosmo's Midnight, Wave Racer, Willow Beats and Elizabeth Rose. That's the kind of press you don't second guess.
The set is finally complete as we ring in the end of July, so make sure you nab this one and share a few hearts to Leon. I'm excited to see what the Die High Records representative has in store for us in the near future. It's not too often we see drops every week.


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We recently got a PS4 in our home so aside from playing constant Fallout 4 I can start to get excited by the new game by Giant Sparrow, the people behind the Unfinished Swan.
Watch the trailer below, it looks pretty interesting and far from conventional video games.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of short stories about a cursed family in Washington state, brought to you by Giant Sparrow, the studio responsible for the surreal first-person painting game The Unfinished Swan. Each story offers a chance to experience the life of a different family member with stories ranging from the early 1900s to the present day. The gameplay and tone of the stories are as varied as the family members themselves. The only constants are that each is played from a first-person perspective and that each story ends with that family member's death. It's a game about what it feels like to be humbled and astonished by the vast and unknowable world around us.


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When I moved to Somerset, a couple of years ago, I'd often sit in the garden and watch birds fly down on to the lawn, or circle the pear tree. It dawned on me that growing up in London had deprived me of a real connection to nature. Though we spent our childhood summers in Somerset, mum making vain attempts to introduce us to nature, we weren't interested. We were excited by Roces roller-skates, playing knock-down-ginger and throwing wet toilet-paper bombs out of the highest windows in the house – aiming for passers-by.
So perhaps it wasn't London that deprived me – it just wasn't what my peers were interested in. We did go blackberry picking, late summer, down an alley at the end of the road. But supplies were scant and usually coated in dog piss.
Anyway. I noticed, when discussing nature – particularly trees and birds – with Rich, that his knowledge was vast compared to mine. He grew up on a farm in Somerset so he was clearly going to be a little ahead of me but when he started testing how much I knew (or didn't) – he was quite surprised.
And so I decided to teach myself a bit about birds. We went to a car boot sale and I picked up this book:
Every so often I flick the pages, admiring the illustrations and trying to fix the images in my head for the next time I spot a bird that isn't a pigeon.
To some people (namely countryside dwellers) these will be oh-so familiar. But to all the other people who spent their childhoods eating sweets and skating around city streets – here's a short education in British birds…
Merlin. This is the smallest British bird of prey:
Brambling. They tend to hover over bramble bushes. Only joking. They like beach woodland and farmland near woods (and sometimes gardens in winter):
Black-necked Grebe. They like to eat insects, crustaceans and small fish:
Green woodpecker:
Coal tit:
And, best for last – the GOLDEN EAGLE…. ooooh!
The illustrations are mostly from the 18th century so apols if some of these birds are now extinct.
We did some bird-watching in India and I picked out eagles, crows (obvs – they're distinctly horrific), bats (not birds, I know, but someone less bird-wise than I might have mistaken them for a black bird – or something – so just clarifying that I do know the difference). Also swallows, and possibly some finches. But as my ornithology skills now supersede Rich's – he couldn't confirm this. Because he didn't know.
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Should U.S. call for Assad to go? Republicans can't decide
The Republican Party appears to be deeply split on whether the United States should call on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, a Senate committee vote revealed today. The divisions were on display during a one-hour debate Thursday at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), after which the Republican members of the panel remained ...
The Republican Party appears to be deeply split on whether the United States should call on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, a Senate committee vote revealed today.
The divisions were on display during a one-hour debate Thursday at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), after which the Republican members of the panel remained irreconcilably divided over how aggressively the United States should work for Assad's removal.
Thursday's markup of a resolution condemning the violence in Syria, put forth by Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Bob Casey (D-PA), was the first real congressional debate over U.S. policy in Syria since protests broke out there more than a year ago. It was a heated debate, and by the time the dust settled, half of the Republicans on the committee joined with the Democrats to insist that Congress call on Assad to step down, overruling the other half of the Republicans on the panel, who argued that such language should be scuttled from the resolution.
Rubio, in a speech Wednesday at the Brookings Institution aimed at burnishing his foreign-policy credentials, explained that he was fighting against a growing isolationist trend in his own party. "I recently joked that today, in the U.S. Senate, on foreign policy, if you go far enough to the right, you wind up on the left," he said.
Little did he know that his next battle with members of his own party on foreign policy would come only a day later.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) opened up Thursday's SFRC business meeting by warning of the dangers of Assad remaining in power.
"The stakes in Syria are very, very high. The prospects of a full-fledged civil war are very real," Kerry said, explaining that he will travel to the region during the next Senate recess, which begins tomorrow. "If Assad were to remain in power … it would really mark a turning point in this Arab awakening and we would have a lot of difficulties dealing with that for a long time to come."
But as soon as Kerry started considering the Rubio-Casey resolution as introduced, Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) objected to the paragraph that "calls upon the President to continue to provide support, including communications equipment to organizations in Syria that are representative of the people of Syria."
Corker wanted to make sure that Congress wasn't endorsing arms sales to the Syrian opposition, so the committee agreed to add the words "non-lethal" before "support." Corker also tried to make the resolution specify that no money would go to the opposition, but that was voted down by all nine committee Democrats and three of the nine committee Republicans: Rubio, Johnny Isaakson (R-GA), and John Barrasso (R-WY).
The real fireworks came when Corker tried to remove the line saying that the Senate "reaffirms that it is the policy of the United States that the legitimate aspirations of the Syrian people cannot be realized so long as Bashar al-Assad remains in power and that he must step aside."
"I think it's odd to state as a national policy that we want to see Assad gone," Corker said.
Kerry pointed out that President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta have all called publicly for Assad to go, so it already is national policy and the Senate would simply be endorsing that. Kerry offered to take out the phrase "he must step aside."
Ranking Republican Richard Lugar (R-IN) objected even to that. "I still feel that we should not include a reference to Assad in the paragraph," he said.
"For us to get into a situation where are making these sorts of judgments seems to be overstepping without really having a fundamental debate," said Lugar "We crept on this before during the Libya situation… and we've never really had a debate. The personalization of this resolution is not a good idea."
Rubio defended his resolution, stating he agreed with the administration. He was backed up by several Democrats, including Sens. Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ).
Durbin said that if the Senate passed a resolution weaker than the administration's position, the signal to the world would be that the United States is backing down. "Wouldn't this give some solace to Assad that he might be able to survive and continue?" he asked.
"Many thousands of people have been killed in Russia and China and even in Burma," Lugar responded. "The president could say [Russian President-elect Vladimir] Putin must go, or Chinese leaders, because they are committing crimes in Lhasa all the time. But we are not affirming that… This is a shift in making foreign policy that I am very uncomfortable with."
Kerry tried his best several times to find compromise language that would satisfy both sides, suggesting that the resolution call for a democratic transition decided by the Syrian people — with the obvious implication that Syria's future would not include Assad.
"It's conceivable that diplomacy might create some transition process." Kerry said, referring to the gradual handover of power by President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Yemen. "Who knows?"
Menendez was having none of that argument.
"To somehow leave in vagueness that Assad, despite his slaughter, can somehow find a way to survive, is very difficult to accept," Menendez said. "Otherwise, it undermines the purpose and the power of these resolutions and sends the wrong message to the people struggling and dying."
Ultimately, Kerry gave up and called the vote and the committee voted 12-6 to keep the call for Assad to go in the resolution. Rubio, Isaakson, and Barrasso again joined the Democrats in the vote to scuttle Corker's amendment.
In the final vote to approve the resolution, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) voted in favor by proxy, making the final vote 13-6. Four Republicans voted for the resolution, five against. Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) broke ranks with the Democrats and voted against the resolution by proxy.
"The committee is split on Syria but I think you'll find a different result when we get to the floor," Rubio told The Cable in a short interview. "I think there will be much more support for it from Republicans than the committee's vote reflected."


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What's the difference: passive and recurring income?
You need both passive income and recurring income to support you and safeguard your family. Yes, there's a difference!
No doubt that you've heard the get rich quick schemes on Facebook and other places on the interwebs. There is really no such thing as passive income.
Passive income is defined as a product/service that you create once that continues to generate income for you. Don't be fooled. You still have to work! Don't believe me? Ask Pat Flynn
Writing a book or creating a course is a good example. There's a lot of upfront creation effort, but once that's over, your book will sell when you promote it. (And you can outsource book promotion easily)
Recurring income is slightly different. Yes, you create one product and sell it multiple times. The difference is that people agree to pay on an ongoing basis. Of course, Netflix is the greatest example of a recurring income product. You pay each month to access their very large and varied library of video content. (What's your fave Netflix program? I just binged Queer Eye- tissues, please!)
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Health leaders delighted as Swansea Bay City Deal is given green light
Health and life science chiefs in South West Wales have welcomed the confirmation of the Swansea Bay City Region City Deal funding today from Westminster.
The City Deal is the biggest investment for South West Wales in a generation worth more than £1.3billion. The investment package aims to transform the economic landscape of the area with high-spec digital infrastructure and world-class facilities in the fields of health and life science innovation, energy and smart manufacturing.
The City Deal is expected to deliver nearly 10,000 new jobs and increase the value of goods and services produced in the region by £1.8billion.
The Swansea Bay City Region includes the local authority areas of Carmarthenshire, Swansea, Pembrokeshire and Neath Port Talbot, joined by Abertawe Bro Morgannwg and Hywel Dda University Health Boards, Swansea University and the University of Wales Trinity St David's, and private sector partners.
ARCH (A Regional Collaboration for Health) forms the health and wellbeing strand of the City Deal.
ARCH is a unique partnership between ABM and Hywel Dda University Health Boards and Swansea University aimed at improving the health, wealth and wellbeing of South West Wales. ARCH was formed to tackle some of the major challenges the health service faces on a daily basis.
ABM University Health Board and ARCH chair Professor Andrew Davies has praised the news. He said: "We are delighted that the City Deal has been supported by Welsh Government and UK Government as this will help transform the health and economic opportunities of our region.
"The funding will also help us accelerate the development of health science campuses at Morriston and Singleton and the Wellness and Life Science Village in Carmarthenshire.
"One of the strengths of ARCH has been its effectiveness as a vehicle for the three partners to develop joint solutions, which meet the challenges facing the health sector.
"The development of the City Deal will help us set the regional infrastructure and approach to support transformation in South West Wales.
"The Swansea Bay City Region is a bold vision which members of the ARCH Board have played a significant role in shaping."
ABMU Medical Director and ARCH board member Professor Hamish Laing added that the announcement would help accelerate specific projects within ARCH aimed at creating an NHS fit for the 21st Century. Professor Laing said: "The announcement today is great news for our citizens and for our Health Board.
"This new money will help tackle some of the causes of illness and improve the wellbeing of our communities as well as seeing exciting developments in research, innovation and education alongside Morriston and Singleton Hospitals.
"The City Region team which presented our exciting ideas to government, led by Swansea Council's Councillor Rob Stewart and Carmarthenshire Council's Mark James, has done a great job in making the case for investment in the region.
"As a health board we have digital ambitions which will be fundamental to a new way of providing healthcare.
"ARCH includes a strong digital component which seeks to build on the opportunities arising from the City Deal to set the regional infrastructure and approach to support service transformation. We believe they are fundamental to a new way of providing healthcare, and together across the region helping to create financial sustainability and empowering our citizens as well as delivering preventative advice and services to our population."
Hywel Dda University Health Board chair and ARCH board member Bernardine Rees OBE said: "We are absolutely delighted with the outcome of the City Deal as it opens up so many opportunities for collaborative working which will improve patient experience here in the West.
"It's about collaboration not centralisation. Together working with patients, public and staff we can support both wellness and illness.
"We welcome this new way of working across the region and as a health board realise the value regional working adds an attractor for new NHS and life science professionals to come and train, work and live here."
City Deal partners have worked together for over a year to develop and submit a detailed proposal to the Welsh and UK Governments, with 11 specific projects spread across the region.
The announcement signalled the start of investment and development on an unprecedented scale. £241million of central government funding, split between the UK and Welsh Government, would be added to £360million of other public sector funding and £673million of private sector contributions to make up the total investment package.
Professor Marc Clement, ARCH board member and Swansea University's Vice-President and Dean of School of Management, was part of the City Deal team who put the bid together. He said: "This City Deal will accelerate ARCH's plans for Morriston and Singleton to become world-class health science campuses.
"The plans for Morriston include South Wales's third Institute of Life Science (ILS), creating a unique health & life science innovation environment.
"This City Deal will allow the ARCH partnership to tap into the decade of success delivered through Swansea University's ILS. Morriston will become an environment where health & life science innovation can be encouraged, proven, embedded and taken to regional, national and global marketplaces.
"The reconfiguration of real estate within ABM University Health Board will facilitate expansion of Singleton Hospital and university campus into a second health science campus where a growing cluster of medical and other health technology companies and collaborations will be focused."
The Singleton Health Campus will see the establishment of Swansea University's Healthcare Technology Centre – a core component of the ARCH science park vision for Singleton. This second health campus will create significant new employment within high GVA sectors, the campuses will have complementary focus on technology and clinical innovation, supporting development across a broad range of technology readiness levels.
Professor Clement added: "The City Deal offers this region a huge opportunity to lead world-class medical research and capitalise on the growing cluster of innovative life science and healthcare companies in our area.
"We want to create an environment where health and life science innovation can be encouraged, proven, embedded and taken to regional, national and global marketplaces."
Along with the health campus development projects, ARCH is planning to create a regional network of health & wellbeing schemes. The schemes will ensure people can access the care and support they need in their communities to help reduce demand on a pressurised secondary care system.
The schemes aim to regenerate and breathe life back into communities, providing improved educational and employment opportunities – the two most powerful determinants of health and wellbeing.
Professor Clement added: "£40million of City Deal funding would be dedicated to the first of these schemes – the Llanelli Wellness & Life Science Village.
"The Carmarthenshire Council-led project in Delta Lakes will create life science and health employment and investment opportunities. The village will be based around primary and community care facilities, and create an Institute of Life Science for Hywel Dda University Health Board, as well as education and skills development capability, and sport, leisure and tourism facilities.
"The village will see the integration of business development, education, wellness initiatives, research and development and healthcare.
"By working together we know we can create a region which can attract new partnerships, new investment and become a leader in life science innovation and research."
Prof Ceri Phillips, Head of College of Human and Health Sciences and ARCH board member, said the progress of the ARCH partnership was already well underway but that a City Deal would significantly accelerate projects.
Professor Phillips said: "We were delighted to see the College's first Health & Wellbeing Academy opened by the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing & Sport Vaughan Gething on the Singleton campus earlier this month. We have ambitions to establish a second academy at the Llanelli Wellness & Life Science Village. A vital component of ARCH is providing regional solutions to issues such as workforce. As the largest providers of non-medical health professions in Wales, we are committed to rolling out the academy across the area to benefit both ABM and Hywel Dda populations.
"This City Deal will allow us to progress phase two of the academy at the Delta Lakes site. The academies aim to ease pressure on the health service through a range of non-medical treatments and alternative ways for people to manage their own health and wellbeing. They will also enrich the experience of our students by providing them with hands on experience in a clinical setting and provide them with extra opportunities for meaningful patient interaction across both our health boards."
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The President today announced his intention to nominate Robert H. Morris to be Deputy Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. This is a new position.
Mr. Morris is currently serving as Assistant Director for Enterprise Development of the Minority Business Development Agency at the Department of Commerce. Previously he was chairman and principal owner of the Johnson Bronze Co. in 1970 - 1981; president and chairman of the OIC Corp., Wadsworth, Ohio, in 1967 - 1970; managing director of Crane Ltd., London, England, in 1963 - 1966; operating vice president of Microdot, Inc., New York City, in 1961 - 1962; and president of Acco Products, Chicago, Ill., in 1959 - 1960.
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Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler and Bosch teamed up last year to develop self-driving cars in an alliance aimed at accelerating the production of robo-taxis, joining a growing number of rivals trying to do the same.
"There will be test vehicles on the streets in the coming months," Bosch Chief Executive Volkmar Denner told Automobilwoche, without being more specific.
The pact between Daimler, the world's No.1 maker of premium cars and Bosch, the world's No.1 automotive supplier, forms a counterweight to new auto industry players like ride-hailing firms Uber and Didi, which are also working on self-driving cars.
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Last month, Alphabet Inc's self-driving unit Waymo said it had begun testing self-driving vehicles in Atlanta, bringing to 25 the total number of U.S. cities in which it is testing.
Technology companies and carmakers are striving to adjust to a shifting landscape in the auto industry as consumers increasingly use smartphones to locate, hail and rent vehicles, rather than going out and buying cars.
"Apart from highly autonomous level 3 vehicles we will also bring fully autonomous vehicles – level 4/5 – to the streets in the foreseeable future," Wilko Stark, vice president Daimler and Mercedes-Benz Cars strategy, told Automobilwoche.
A level 3 car still needs a steering wheel and a driver who can take over if the car encounters a problem, while level 4 promises driverless features in dedicated lanes. Full autonomy – known as an "eyes off, brains off" or "level 5" system – does away with even the need for a steering wheel.
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"The big difference to other competitors is that we are conceptualising our vehicle as a robo-taxi right from the beginning and not as a technology-kit mounted on a serial vehicle. We will not have a makeshift solution," Stark added.
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is incredibly, incredibly complicated, even on the level of just a couple or a handful of individuals. That's the trouble with sociology… it tries to work these things out in the gestalt, which only further (infinitely, even) compounds this complexity.
It's like trying to predict weather patterns, only in these storm systems every raindrop has its own feelings, neuroses, and personal intentions.
It's funny how at home I feel in New York. Much more than I did in Chicago, even though I think I like Chicago better. But this place is definitely like me in some way or other. I feel like I own it. It makes sense to me, it's easy to navigate, I rarely have to think about the fact that I'm here. I don't "think about New York" almost at all, in fact; I just live in it. That sort of thing can be very seductive.
As can others…
Despite my comfort with New York and the New School, every day right now is taking on an air of unreality, as though I'm living in some sort of suspended animation. I don't know what I mean by that, but it's the phrase that feels right.
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Little did Microsoft know that Google would use this deal against it. Last
week, Google announced that it's giving
away StarOffice, which ordinarily retails for $70 bucks.
Now, before you get too excited, keep in mind that the paid version includes
support. With the Google version, you're pretty much on your own. If you look
at it that way, it's nearly the same as simply downloading OpenOffice, which
is also free.
While some critics contend that this is a major challenge to Microsoft Office,
it's simply a marketing/distribution deal. And since the Google home page is
so sparse, I doubt most users will even know the software is available. If Google
really wants to unseat Office and Windows, it'll have to do a lot better than
What say you? Share your thoughts with other Redmond Report readers be e-mailing
me at [email protected].
And check out our interview with Sun's Scott McNealy about the Microsoft deal
Solaris on Mainframes?
IBM and Sun have reached
a major agreement that seems aimed at thwarting Hewlett-Packard. The first
part of the deal -- calling for Solaris to run on IBM Intel-based servers --
sounds a little silly: Solaris has run on Intel for years.
But plans to port Solaris to IBM Big Iron is a whole 'nuther story. This is
potentially a very big deal. As servers proliferate, there's not just management
complexity but huge electric bills, as well.
One approach to consolidate these servers is virtualization. Another is to
run apps on bigger servers, and they don't come any bigger than a mainframe
(supercomputers aside).
Have you looked at rationalizing your infrastructure, and are mainframes making
a comeback? Have any of you looked at Microsoft's Infrastructure Optimization
model and, if so, what do you think of it? Let us all know by writing [email protected].
A Service-Oriented Architected House
When most of us think of architecting a house, we imagine room shapes, door
openings and roof lines. Peter Rhys Jenkins thinks of software -- in this case,
SOA software.
At IBM's recent SHARE conference, Jenkins, an IBM employee, described
his SOA-based house -- a house three years in the making. This fully automated,
12,000 square-foot abode includes a system that detects (and eliminates with
extreme prejudice) mice in the barn and -- through RFID tags stuck in family
members' shoes -- makes sure that only friendlies are let into the house.
To me, this is like a car with too many options. Instead of driving, you spend
all your time and money fixing seat warmers, power windows, air conditioning
and your kids' stupid DVD players!
Admin Tool Goes Open Source
Script Start, an automation tool that focuses largely on log-in scripts, is
now open
The tool from Georgia-based Entrigue Systems has a graphical interface and
can "map drives, install printers, configure Outlook profiles, modify environment
variables, adjust Internet proxy settings [and] configure RDP connections,"
the company's Web site explains. Hmm, sounds a bit like our friends from ScriptLogic!
Going open source doesn't mean Entrigue has given up on capitalism. The higher-end
version that includes product support will be sold for $990 for each domain
About the Author
Doug Barney is editor in chief of Redmond magazine and the VP, editorial director of Redmond Media Group.
Project Cortex team members Naomi Moneypenny and Dan Holme explain the origins of SharePoint Syntex, how it benefits orgs with content management problems, and addresses security and governance concerns.
The most perilous moments in a spaceflight can happen after the landing.
Your personal data is just as vulnerable to disk failures and ransomware as corporate data. But right now, there are threats that are more difficult to protect against: wildfires and hurricanes.
Microsoft described a couple of developments along SharePoint product lines during a Tuesday Ignite online keynote talk.
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