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Trust in the US government would be sadly misplaced. American citizens have watched firsthand how a dictator is capable of lying about a health care plan and strong-arming even determined opponents into voting for that plan. Any American who believes that this is the only morally reprehensible act Obama has committed during his tenure in office is a fool.
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And no American should. That is the very foundation of our governing system. Our system was founded on the principle that government is inherently untrustworthy and dangerous. For these reasons the Founders worked very diligently to produce a Constitution which reflected these values AND limited the scope and authority of government. Over time, the American government has managed to wrangle its way to increased power and authority. It has now reached the point where the government feels it is necessary to meddle in every aspect of our lives.
But, beyond that, it has been proven time and again that the government cannot be trusted. Scandal after scandal has plagued our government on the Federal, State and local levels for the past several decades. They have been caught encroaching on our liberties and freedoms, violating our civil and Constitutional rights and displaying a general disregard for those whom they are supposed to represent.
If you haven't noticed this pattern, then you are paying too much attention to your television set and not enough to the world around you.

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Deep water
Black, and cold like the night
I stand with my arms wide open
I've run a twisted line...
I could not see for the fog in my eyes
I could not feel for the fear in my life
From across the great divide
In the distance I saw a light...
~ Daniel Lanois, The Maker
My steps along roads and through woods had brought me to a captivating river. It was just the other day. Strikingly bright light and saturated blue expanses drew contrasts against flowing ice, breaking away from the riverbanks. I needed to climb down to the water, and establish a clear memory of warming sun above stinging icy currents. Amidst a voyage, even a personal exodus, arriving at the side of a river represents the accomplishment of having covered some rugged undetermined distance, however this is but an encampment. The river must be traversed. The arrival is but a departure, and my crossing-over is with gratitude rather than regret. So I go.
With open hands, my intention is to release and not grasp at what was, or is incalculably yet to be. But this released grip is not a rescinding of my responsibility, rather an embrace of the moment and to look forward. For me to extend an openness- to others and to this springtime- there must be an unburdening of all that encumbers my being. And further along, surpassing roads and rivers, must come the recollection of maintaining the true meaning of the open gesture and not to be brought down by the weight of what is past. For me to let go is to make room; not for more self-defeat, but for the presence of those I encounter, as well as for the present that is given.
On my work-day breaks, when I can collect my thoughts, a sense of what my inner vernacular calls "losing the silence" becomes troubling. And that seems to me as something contradictory. Experience is now reminding me how silly it is to worry about not wanting to worry! It is rather like Meister Eckhart, in the 14th century, pondering the notion of the feeling of God being far away. He wrote that when feeling a "loss" of the Creator's presence, one should return to doing what they did when they felt the greatest spiritual consolation. It is as if to say I must retrace to where I knew I left off, along many miles of travel. Even if that might be in the simplicity of sensing of my own breathing.
Friday, March 30, 2007
open hands
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
north point
"Have you ever been to North Point
To spend your time and pray.
The prison walls so cold and dark and grey.
Then on a bright day at North Point
The gate was open wide.
Chancing to look at what was inside.
And then it all came back
Somewhere far above has a new day risen
Way beyond the searchlight
Comes alive."
~ Mike Oldfield, North Point
Though I have lived my life along the Atlantic, the sight of the ocean has always been a welcome refuge. At times, I will go to the water's edge simply to look, to be near, to remember my point of reference in this vast world, and as the weather permits- to jump in. Sometimes during an intermission in the work day, there will be a pier upon which I can perch- even downtown. At other times to simply abide amongst the large and uneven crags and the sands that emerge from the sea-salted waves, is where I sense my consolation. Going to the sea is reassurance and solace, reminding me of the great incalculable and unbridled forces that are far beyond any of us, grander than any structure or squabble of the day's details. All I have to do is show up. The ocean needs no help to be able to move; it is not borne upon any pair of undependable mortal shoulders. On the northern New England terrain, this is where one can see out to the horizon, and up to vast and endless skies.
Years back, my sister and I used to wade in from the beach sands and squint to try and see France on the other side. Of course we did not know that was impossible, but as little children we did know the Atlantic was the divide between our two countries. Or perhaps the ocean expanse is what connects the land masses. Our lights and shadows, our confidence and doubts, dwell within us at the same time. In the same sense, our isolation and our connection are at once before us. The ocean has helped me come to terms with desolation, as well as providing a powerful sense of belonging. It has been good for me to witness places so boundless yet intimate, ever-changing yet certain. A topographical end, with precipices of decision, however an immense beginning.
There is a dear and meaningful Jewish new year's custom which entails casting breadcrumbs into a body of moving water. It cannot be ponds or lakes, but can be rivers or oceans. Tossing the breadcrumbs is a tangible action representing the rescinding of regrets and remorse, to be carried away with the forces of creation. To do this is to invite renewal. The ocean of light and rebirth supercedes the ocean of darkness. Newness of life is a new land, and such things can be called to recollection on the journey. I went to the water's edge this evening. At first it was to distract myself from my thoughts, and later through the freezing winds it became an immense gratitude for the changes in my life. When anguish has been so pervasive an experience, there is a danger of it becoming an identity, and that must be prevented from happening. I cannot really tell whether it is visible to others, but suffering must never be an identity. It has been tossed upon the moving waters.
Monday, March 19, 2007
terra nova
"Mais la mort, ici, n'est qu'un indice. En christianisme, ce n'est pas la mort comme telle, c'est la résurrection du Christ et le monde nouveau ainsi inauguré, qui impliquent, à propos de la réalité, une véritable et indispensable conversion de point de vue."
~ frère Pierre-Yves Émery de Taizé, Le Souffle de l'Espérance
To feel the strength that new vision is enduring the tests of time and of the banality of the commonplace, is convincing me of its manifestation. Yesterday, I drove what we call the "airline road," which connects Bangor, Maine and New Brunswick, Canada. The nickname is due to the way that slick bending roadway rises, drops, and banks over scenery. Some of the views give an impression of being in the air, looking down at fields and water (but surely not as the above images of my approach to Iceland). I've driven the Airline Road many times, although with this recent adventure it all looked quite new, and somehow the grey backdrop of winter sky added a reassuring sense of serenity to all that was presented before me. Bare trees laden with ice were living black and white pictures. When I reached the Bay of Fundy, seeing evidence of extreme tidal movement demonstrated the certainty of change and the solidity of the ground upon which such transition takes place. As surely as morning after night, the spring tides will continue to bring the waters in close so as to immerse the land beyond the shore. Now that I have reached the new land, I can inhabit the new places with care and gratitude.
The landscape is familiar, yet different. I know enough to find my way, and yet the old Portland streets of my day-to-day reflect an evolving perspective. Is it what we see, or is it how we see that which is present to us? In a similar sense, there is a contrast between considering a statement like "things will never be the same" as something once having a connotation of fright, becoming an exciting prospect. Embracing the transitory aspects of living allows me to thrive in its very dynamism. Contrasts add dimension to our sight. Doubts and confidence coexist side-by-side. And so, if stress reveals the darker side of uncertainty, how shall I tread the trusting side of journeying into the unknown? Perhaps it is to root myself well in the terra nova, and to fully hope in what renews. I walk gently and solidly on this new land, with new steps. Hope is a correspondence between the present and the alighting future. Holding fast to hopefulness is showing me to die to discouragement, to release the grip on defeat. Often it has been the self-defeat of believing I will never be "good enough." But from whence comes the criteria? Truly, this voyage of advance can only happen in steps, and the movement proceeds at a pace I cannot predict. But my thirst leads me onward.
Monday, March 12, 2007
"Your rebirth has come, not from a destructible
but from an indestructible seed,
through the living and enduring word of God."
~ 1 Peter 1:23
In an irony that causes me to laugh at my self (just the thing for a solo car ride), I am noticing my thoughts turning to some kind of maintenance of a sense of present-moment perception. If there is indeed a foundation, why worry about having one? And then again, is this new spirit as new as I think it is?
In its own silly way, my former life as a commercial photographer comes back to mind. In retrospect, how we would often nit-pick photographs into a visual numbness, now looks absurd. Back then, to say such things as "better is the enemy of good" would've been the medium's own version of blasphemy. Certainly there is much to be said about striving to do a job, and do it so well that new standards of craftsmanship manifest, but this was something of a side-category. This was a crossing-over from healthy pride in a job well done, into a fearful streak of perfectionism. We've all seen this: multiple entanglements in details, much of which are inconsequential, head-trips a success into something unnecessarily out of reach. (Notice I did not say "failure.") Moreover it is not the product (and in a situation like that, one daren't say "finished product") that suffers, it's the adventure of the process and the people involved in its accomplishment. The moment would so easily be surrendered to the ego. Art college had far too much of that. Anxiety too easily defeated the creative process, and competitive resistance would get the best of what can really happen in an environment of more than one soul.
That was then, and I was swept into that competitive tension just as much as anyone else. Twelve years of it. Now I want the ego to surrender to the moment. Maybe all of us now look back at that craziness with a more forgiving vantage point. I try to, at least. And along with that, I am trying to look at situations for the moments they provide- even with all the interactions. Worrying about maintaining a new perspective loses the simple fact that I already have a new way of seeing. Perhaps that is enough. There are few things as preposterously unrealistic than perfectionism. To mindfully go forth is simply self-explanatory. It is perhaps not quite as hard-worked as I am presuming it to be. I have come to understand this, even through reminders of hardships and rejections I've endured. The losses get their respects, but they must be terse glances. Staring back is potentially obstructive to the present. What is unfolding now is lit by what shall be, and it is captivating and hopeful. I dare say one maintains hopefulness simply by being hopeful. Could I have known this years ago? Should I have thought it trite? Would I have listened, if such things had been said to me, in my darkest nights?
All this happening simultaneously has the sensation of a molting experience. Familiar and unfamiliar reside side by side. Perhaps this pervading sense of seeing what I have known with a vision I have not known, is an assurance of a momentum that needs only to breathe to be nurtured. Just this past Saturday evening, after we played music for several hours, a wise friend made an observation with the parable of new wine being poured into a new wine-vessel. Fresh new wine, he said, cannot sustain in the old container; a new one must be made. New ferment, new vessel. Both have been wondrously given to me, and thankfully neither originate with me. This time, Passover is a passing- over from the doubts that came with desolation, into the trust of forward-moving faith. I am beginning to dare to believe this momentum will hit a stride that will continue, though at a rate-of- travel that I daren't predict. That is not for me to ascertain. The most precious gifts will never be confiscated, and the sense of love and beauty need never leave me, especially as I become better able to see the essence of being, beneath the trappings of materiality. Here, a loss of perceived power is a very present consolation.
Friday, March 9, 2007
l'élan de repartir
"Mais tu veux
au fond de moi
la vérité ;
dans le secret
tu m'apprends
la sagesse."
~ Psaume 50
Going forward, with the resolve to be faithful to what has brought my steps to this new momentum, is daily put to the test. But as I proceed through my days, it seems that challenge needn't imply struggle or even resistance. This is more along the lines of a follow-through, a persevering continuance to keep still and attentive to each moment, and away from the wounds of time. It is itself a transition, to advance from deciding where we wish to focus our commitments- to setting out in fulfilment of these hopes.
So many countless intentions begin well, but end right at their own outset! But that memory shouldn't stand in the way of desiring anew. From that newly discovered source that ignites a fresh embarkation, the pace of such movement may not be immediately detectable. Quite likely, that tempo is not in lock-step with much of society around me; it is a rhythm that can breathe. Delays and (what resemble) setbacks can frustrate, and being true to new directions implies remaining encouraged. And perhaps it is that hope does not come from me. As it is with love, I am either a gracious conduit or a resister. It has been in my thoughts to see aspiring promise in this way, and in so doing, the pressure lessens for me to have to originate everything and to view my pursuit of authenticity as some sort of grim struggle. When a new beginning has been desired so thoroughly from the heart, and it manifests, a grateful life of faithfulness to this gift validates the permanence of change.
Monday, March 5, 2007
"Our inner life is not something to be sought up in the skies, but within ourselves; not in the abstract, but in little daily happenings and acts. God is at work there, within us, with us, correcting, polishing; until- and in order that- everything in us, our faculties and their acts, are under the sway of this inner principle. We should try to reduce everything in us to this inner principle."
~ Augustin Guillerand, Le Silence Carthusien
To leave discouragement and hopelessness behind, it is vital that I innately know to still my soul. Learning a new habit, a colleague tells me, can take at least several weeks. For the time being my version of "spiritual discipline" seems to be interrupting my thoughts with creative variations of tersely stifling the old routines of reaching backwards to fetch what I'd concertedly tossed in the dustbin. So this is no lofty exercise, but a ground-level aspiration for the enduring essentials: the desire to develop qualities that encourage others and build my spirit.
Quieting my insides is now indispensable, and perhaps while trying to dis-identify with thoughts of both past and future that obscure the present, inadvertent morsels of silence manifest throughout these days. Again, it is a means, rather than an end; in recollective tranquillity my resolve to move forward can reinforce the new strength. To reach for that which is ahead, and embrace the moments as they are given to me, is to refuse societal pitfalls that can alienate me from others' presence, and from those substantial things in life that getting out of my own way permit me to recognize. Yesterday, while driving on the highway en route to giving a music recital, it occurred to me that we are kept back when we don't look beyond our thoughts of ourselves. The winter-into-spring sky looked so vast, as a prepared canvas that was itself the completed art.
Surely, no process so personally integral can be finite. Perhaps, indeed, transition has neither a beginning nor an end. And truly, none less than Isaiah could observe that, "it is the living, the living that can give praise." The grave cannot celebrate, and the darkest pits of corruption are not sources of hope and promise. Our grieving figure poetically turns from the bitterness he disowns, and immediately recovers with music, with song! From such turning-points, if anything, we can proceed with careful steps- not fearfully- but mindfully aware of something new. Fragile, yet with incalculable fortitude. And from the stillness a vision to see the ordinary in extraordinary ways.
Friday, March 2, 2007
tension is a passing note
"tension is to be loved
when it is like a passing note
to a beautiful, beautiful chord"
~ Tension is a Passing Note, by Sixpence None the Richer
If I choose to give my all to the present moment, what of this penchant for preservation? With the mind's eye, we photograph the fleeting hundredths-of-seconds. It's what I see and hear, how a slant of light changes what I notice, often the startle of what I hear myself say, and in silence the still voice resultant after the earth shakes and the cataclysm dies. Noting thoughts becomes a mindful balance between enshrining days and events- and navigating paths that lead forward. I try to learn from my past, and that which is around me, and preserve in order to perceive. And then there are moments to gratefully relish, lights along the way, connecting reminders not to be disregarded.
How deeply has the Spirit taken root? Are things really different now, or is it that I see things differently? In stillness comes the dare to become aware of more than simply my own voice. Transition has neither beginning nor end, and coming to this, being both observer and active participant, provides much reassuring relief to me.


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NAME: Les Savy Fav
PROGRESS REPORT: Releasing their fifth album, Root For Ruin. Recorded with Chris Zane at Gigantic Studios.
Tim Harrington jumped onstage to sing "Precision Auto" with Superchunk when both bands played the Primavera Festival in May. It seemed spontaneous (Harrington was thrilled), but, like most Les Savy Fav moves, was a little deeper than that. Though LSF have played the Superchunk song live many times, they had also just completed an album that, according to guitarist Seth Jabour, takes much of its inspiration from Superchunk, Dischord Records, Drive Like Jehu, Archers of Loaf, and other '90s bands and labels. There are "nods to things here and there," but the influence was more about getting into the same mood the band was in back then. "I think that for this record, we were kind of thinking of this almost as a follow-up to our second record [The Cat and the Cobra] that came out in 1999," he says. Some of the nods here and there: Jabour says Tim Harrington takes a line verbatim from a Circus Lupus song, they used a little bit of David Berman, and they tried to write guitar lines that had a Pavement feel to them, far more melodic than their usual stuff. "We were conscientious about being inspired by music that inspired us back when we started being a band, as opposed to being inspired by whatever happens to be going on right now."
Jabour says it's too soon for him to tell if they were as ambitious as they thought they were while they were recording (they were just heading into mastering the record when I spoke with them a few weeks back). But they tried things that could make people cringe (his words), like a Slayer-esque three-guitar lead on one song. On the day photographer Ryan Muir visited the band, at Gigantic Studios, they were in the middle of building their own talk box. They were going for something specific — the talk box on Mötley Crüe's "Dr. Feelgood." Other talk box classics he mentioned: Aerosmith's "Sweet Emotion," Bon Jovi's "Living on a Prayer," and everything Peter Frampton has ever done. The cringe potential was through the roof. But the band were determined, searching YouTube clips of 15-year-olds making talk boxes in their bedrooms to make their own. "We tried using it on our tracking and it sounded like total shit," Jabour says. Harrington finally gave up and bought one. Was it worth it? "I think that we pulled it off. It's so subtle and it just adds a little bit of texture. So, I'm hoping that if I had to kind of like backpedal on the decision that we made, a little bit. I would say, 'We didn't abuse the talk box,' let's just put it that way."
The problem, he says, is that when you use such an obvious effect, it's just not exciting, for the listener or for the band. That sets up an interesting problem for Les Savy Fav — he says that, in the past, they've recorded songs that they just assumed would never make it to their live sets. Layered keyboard parts, guitar sounds that were too airy to fit with their spontaneous, muscular performances. This time they tried to keep that in mind (leading to the album's many "rippers" according to Jabour). Harrington takes his shirt off when he records his vocals too. "He wants to be able to capture that feeling of having a freak-out moment even though he's in the studio with just us," Jabour explains. There are still moments where Jabour can't remember how they recorded one part or one sound, and those moments are still good to have, since not everything could, or should be recreated live. Except for the talk box. He groans a bit thinking about it. "Now we have to bring it on tour with us every time we go out, bring along this enormous box with this barely-working talk box in it," he says. "It's my albatross, my cross to bear."
Root For Ruin is out 9/13 in the UK via Wichita and 9/14 in the States via Frenchkiss Records. Here's the cover:
Jabour has this to say about the cover, designed by drummer Harrison Haynes: "Harrison started making these submissions and I said what I really liked about it was that when you look at an album cover from bands like Pavement or Guided by Voices or a lot of bands, how were our peers making album covers before the advent of Photoshop. There's gonna be some Photoshopping involved of course, but it'll be mostly just to clean up the photographs and tweak them a little bit. The track list:
01 "Appetites"
02 "Dirty Knails"
03 "Sleepless in Silverlake"
04 "Let"s Get Out of Here"
05 "Lips n" Stuff"
06 "Poltergeist"
07 "High and Unhinged"
08 "Excess Engergies"
09 "Dear Crutches"
10 "Calm Down"
11 "Clear Spirits"


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It's one of those funny little facts that not many people know. The UK used to have a government funded satellite launcher program and we tested rockets on the Isle of Wight.
And this Friday marked 40 years since Prospero, the only British built satellite to launch on a British built rocket began it's adventure on space. So I (along with several otheer people) went for a bit of an adventure with some fellow space geeks to the it's birth place..
The Black Knight program was very basic, a stumbling into the world of space exploration compared to the work of some of our American cousins and it was cancelled almost immediately after Prospero completed it's first orbit but for many it was the start of a long career in various aerospace industries. And if you want to hear their thoughts listen below…
This will be start of a series of posts about the secret UK space industry, as i'm just about to start working on a radio documentary all about it. So if you thought space is only about NASA and Space Shuttles, prepare to be proved wrong.


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SSC Press Release
After holding the "World's Fastest Production Car" title for the past year, the Shelby SuperCars' Ultimate Aero is receiving several refinements for the 2009 model year.
The SSC engineering team equipped the 2009 Ultimate Aero with a 15% increase in horsepower, a revamped front fascia design, and an array of important interior upgrades.
The most substantial change is an SSC-designed, 1-piece billet aluminium engine block.
A milestone for the limited-production automobile manufacturer, the new block improves structural integrity and oiling capabilities allowing SSC to boost the power output to 1287 horsepower while improving durability.
Armed with the more powerful new engine, the '09 Ultimate Aero will be able to reach world-record speeds of 270 MPH, raising the benchmark for supercars and pushing the limits of current production car technology.
In order to accommodate the '09 Ultimate Aero's unique fuel system requirements, SSC turned to American company Aeromotive to develop a flawless system.
The aggressive nose is redesigned with enhanced aerodynamics to accommodate the 2009 Ultimate Aero's higher top speed, and carbon fibre louvers on the side intakes draw in an additional 20% of air into the radiators for improved cooling.
The improvement in overall performance will widen the already sizeable gap between the Ultimate Aero and its competitors.
The '09 Ultimate Aero also introduces the AeroBrakeTM a rear spoiler system that deploys under braking situations.
Finished in carbon fibre, the rear spoilers actuate up an additional 8" when the brake pedal is depressed.
The speed of the spoiler actuation is set by the amount of brake pedal pressure.
The complete AeroBrakeTM system can be disabled by the push of a button, for town driving or situations where braking and downforce assistance are not necessary.
Rounding out the '09 Ultimate Aero's improvements is a revamped interior. A redesigned dash prominently displays sleek, exposed carbon fibre dash halves and inset air vents.
Carbon fibre accents run along the doorsills, surround the new gauge cluster, and continue onto a revised steering column, which includes an analogue speedometer and tachometer with a sequential shift light integrated into the tachometer needle.
The new center console incorporates a digital temperature control unit and tire pressure monitor along with an Azentek PC base Infotainment unit.
The revolutionary Azentek unit offers all the capabilities of a PC and processes SSC's onboard diagnostic software.
Technical Specifications
Engine: 6.3 litre V8
Aspiration: Turbocharged
Maximum Power: 1287 hp (960 kW)
Maximum Torque: 1112 lb-ft (1506 Nm)
Transmission: Six-speed manual
Drivetrain: Rear-wheel drive
Source: SSC Press Releases


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Today we're kicking off The Great Android Gaming Survey. Which is a fancy way of saying we're giving away some rad prizes and all you've got to do to win is fill out our short survey. What sort of prize, might you ask?
We've got a Tegra Zone Power Pack, consisting of a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, a Samsung keyboard dock, a Jawbone Jambox bluetooth speaker, and a $25 giftcard to spend on games in the Tegra Zone. The Tab 10.1 is powered by the dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2, allowing it to run even the highest quality Android games. We've put together the Power Pack to be the gamer's essential mobile gaming rig. Using hard keys, playing it loud, playing it free- that's how we do.
To win this beast, all you've gotta do is participate in our Great Android Gaming Survey, located at http://androidandme.com/gamingsurvey. It's just over a dozen questions long and covers a few gaming-related topics. When we're done, we're going to use the data to make a kickass infographic about the state of mobile gaming and one of you will win a Tegra Zone Power Pack.
This giveaway is open to anyone, worldwide (this is the WiFi-only version of the Tab). The giftcard is an American Express (so make sure you can use it in your locale). You'll only be allowed to complete the survey once. The survey will be open until late Saturday night. We'll announce the winner, along with our infographic powered by you, the loyal reader, on Monday.
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THE announcement that Australia had become active in the conflict in Iraq was, in some ways, no surprise. Looking back at the century since the start of World War I, involvement in one conflict or another is the rule, rather than the exception.
This activity has not excluded doctors. In this issue of MJA InSight, Navy reservist Dr Andy Robertson has written a comment to highlight the Australasian Military Medicine Association's 100th anniversary and its conference next weekend.
Robertson, a public health physician whose military ties go back 35 years, writes that involvement with the armed forces can give health care workers the opportunity to use their skills "in a range of different scenarios and places, from conflict to humanitarian assistance to disaster response".
While serving in the military can be fulfilling for doctors in Australia, those living elsewhere have not had such benign experiences. In her column this week Jane McCredie explores the long and ongoing history of persecution of medical personnel who care for the victims of conflict, or draw a line in the sand about what they will and won't do on behalf of the incumbent regime.
In assembling this issue of MJA InSight, we seemed to encounter conflict at every turn. Our lead news story was commissioned to highlight a recent initiative by Australasian College for Emergency Medicine to conduct an independent review of the evidence for thrombolysis in acute stroke.
A representative of the college told MJA InSight the review was necessary because possible industry bias had produced conflicting evidence in the area, but two neurologists approached for the story were adamant that there was no need for a review.
The debate has been simmering for some time, and it is hoped that patients will be the winners with consistent, definitive advice once the available research is critically analysed once again.
The MyHospitals website, established in late 2010 to enable public reporting and comparison of key hospital quality indicators, was initially a source of conflict between clinicians, hospital administrators and health bureaucrats.
A recent survey from the US, in which hospital leaders were asked about America's more comprehensive public reporting site, Hospital Compare, revealed concerns about unintended consequences such as distraction, diversion of resources and gaming.
For another of our news stories we asked Australian lead clinicians about their experiences, now that MyHospitals is up and running here.
Some conflicts in medicine are personal. An expert commenting for another InSight news story believes that the biggest threats to the success of Australia's bowel cancer screening program are patients' conflicted feelings about handling faeces and of potentially receiving a cancer diagnosis.
A sophisticated modelling study has just been published in the MJA, showing how many lives could be saved if the rollout of the national screening program were expedited, but if we don't help Australians fight their internal conflicts, the program will never reach its potential.
At the RACGP conference over the weekend a group of doctors stirred up a hornets' nest when they launched the No Advertising Please (NAP) campaign, asking doctors to "ban pharmaceutical representatives from their surgeries".
Journalist Ray Moynihan outlines the thinking behind the campaign in a comment this week, but it looks like the NAP protagonists have quite a fight on their hands. In the hours following the launch media reports quoted the AMA and Medicines Australia as saying the ban was not needed, and the RACGP did not take the opportunity to offer support.
If the experience of the ethics committee charged with updating the Royal Australasian College of Physicians' Guidelines for ethical relationships between health professionals and industry is anything to go by, unqualified support might not be forthcoming.
A year after the draft document was abruptly removed from public consultation it has still not resurfaced, suggesting ongoing conflict about best practice in this area.
Most of us try to avoid conflict, but sometimes it is justified. Uncertainty about the undue influence of industry on research and practice has the potential to harm the profession and damage patient care. It's a fight we need to have.
Dr Ruth Armstrong is the medical editor of MJA InSight. Find her on Twitter: @DrRuthInSight


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New Peace Corps Volunteers Are Ready To Teach English
New Peace Corps Volunteers Are Ready To Teach English
New Peace Corps Volunteers
Are Ready To Teach English
In Radom on August 20, 1998, Mr. Daniel Fried, the United States Ambassador to Poland, greeted 89 new Peace Corps Volunteers by saying, "I'm especially proud to be here.." The Ambassador reminded the volunteers that President John F. Kennedy founded the U.S. Peace Corps in 1961. He reflected on Poland's recent history, stating that "...Poland was the first country in 1989 to step into unknown freedom out of communism. Today, that sounds like history and at that time I assure you it was very much a high risk game."
The Ambassador reminded the volunteers that "..We're helping this transformation. We're helping to prepare Poland to build the 21st century. We're helping to move the society, the country forward, move the region forward into a future which is truly better..." Mr. Fried's speech was often interrupted by applause from the new volunteers.
US Ambassador, Daniel Fried, greets the new Peace Corps Volunteers
Currently, the Peace Corps provides volunteers to over 90 countries worldwide to work in a variety of fields. The three goals which define the Peace Corps mission are:
- To help people of interested countries in meeting their needs for trained men and women;
- To help promote a better understanding of the American people on the part of the peoples served;
- To help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of the American people.
In most cases Peace Corps volunteers serve a period of two years. In Poland, a new group of approximately 85 volunteers are trained each summer. It has been formally proposed that the Peace Corps will train a final group of volunteers in Summer 1999, with graduation to take place in June 2001.
The English teaching program began on September 30, 1990 with the arrival of 30 volunteers to teach in secondary schools and 23 volunteers to teach in teacher training colleges. As of September 1, 1998, 471 volunteer English teachers had completed their service in Poland - 329 secondary teachers, 130 teacher trainers and 12 English for Special Purposes (ESP) teachers.
The Small Business Program began in November 1990 with the arrival of 28 volunteers. As of September 1, 1998, 113 small business advisor volunteers had completed their service in Poland - 51 municipal advisors, 22 business trainers and 40 privatization volunteers. The program was closed in 1997.
The Environmental Program started with the arrival of 11 volunteers in November 1991. As of September 1, 1998, 65 environmental volunteers had completed their service. Since September 1, 1998, 121 English teaching volunteers and 43 environmental education volunteers have served in the three programs.
The goal of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) at teacher training level is to train students in teacher training colleges to become linguistically and technically competent teachers of English.
Peace Corps Poland's entry into English teaching was greatly facilitated by a generous grant of $1,200,000 from Mr. Edward J. Piszek's Liberty Bell Foundation. The Polish Government has provided the English teaching volunteers with an unprecedented amount of support in the form of housing and other cash or in-kind contributions.
Volunteers in the environmental program provide grass-roots assistance to Polish non-governmental agencies, local government, municipalities, city landscape and national parks departments. In general terms, assistance covers the broad areas of environmental public awareness, organizational management, human resource development and institutional strengthening.
The World Of English wishes all the new volunteers continued success and the fulfilment of their wonderful commitment to help Poland by teaching English and solving environmental problems.
Good Luck!


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Johnny Depp arrived in Tokyo yesterday (May 12 2012) to promote his new movie Dark Shadows. Depp was mobbed by fans at Narita International airport. The premiere was screened the same night at Roppongi Hills Arena. You can see the Dark Shadows trailer here:


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(RSF/IFEX) - 19.08.2012 - Reporters Without Borders condemns the complete control exercised by Beijing over the murder trial of Gu Kailai, the wife of the disgraced senior Communist Party official Bo Xilai, whose outcome is due to be announced on 20 August.
"The Chinese people are deprived of access to any independent information about what now appears to be one of the biggest political scandals of the decade," the press freedom organization said.
"Aware of the huge media interest in Gu Kailai's trial, the authorities are cleverly using a combination of straightforward censorship and information management, confirming that they have become masters of this game. Thus they ensure that only the official version emerges and any criticism is contained, with no fallout on the party as a whole as it prepares for its 18th Congress."
The trial of Gu and her alleged associates opened in the eastern city of Hefei on 9 August. The hearing was held in camera: no local or international media were allowed to attend. When it opened, the main newspapers were ordered not to mention the subject. On the second day, the official New China News Agency began publishing reports, the only source that media organizations were allowed to use.
Foreign correspondents were accommodated in the Swan Lake Hotel, next door to the law courts, where they have been kept under police supervision. A journalist from Hong Kong was violently beaten by a plainclothes officer as he tried to film a demonstrator outside the court. The Hong Kong Journalists Association made an official protest but the Chinese authorities have offered no apology.
Censorship was also tightened on the Internet, where the names of the main protagonists, Gu Kailai, Bo Xilai and Neil Heywood, were filtered out. However, a few Internet users were able to circumvent the censors, in particular on micro blogging sites. The French news agency Agence France-Presse quoted someone called A'bang-Kunshou as denouncing "a political trial and a trial for the privileged", and Ran Ran Shou who said "the Hefei trial is a sham".
Bo Xilai was the Communist Party chief of Chongqing city in Sichuan province and a member of the Politburo. His wife is accused of murdering British businessman Neil Heywood by poisoning him with arsenic in November last year. Gu, 53, is a former prominent international lawyer. Her husband has been held incommunicado and his fate is not known. His disgrace marked a turning point in the power struggle within the party leadership, which is due to be replaced at the 18th Congress in October.
China is ranked 174th of 179 countries in the 2011-2012 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders and is classified as an "Internet enemy" by the organization.
Information about historic murder trial tightly controlled by Chinese authorities
(RSF/IFEX) - 19.08.2012 - Reporters Without Borders condemns the complete control exercised by Beijing over the murder trial of Gu Kailai, the wife of the disgraced senior Communist Party official Bo Xilai, whose outcome is due to be announced on 20 August.


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A Fallen Light, A New Hope
Malcer Westwood
Baemore Bowyer
Name:Malcer Westwood
Sub race:Illuskan
Major Attitude Alignment:
Traits: Kind, Fatherly, Naturally wise.
Likes:Wood working & Walking in the park/woods
Dislikes:Unkind people, liars & the smell of fish.
-Wife Olma Westwood
-Brother in-law Malik Dunwall
Appearance:Average height, a think black beard with an aged but friendly face.
Attire:Common clothing, generally modest.
Notable Items:A well carved knife that is used in bow crafting.
Malcer is the owner and proprietor of The Dragons Claw. He is considered a master bowyer by the standards of Baemore.
Malcer is married to the sister of Malik Dunwall, the two married when he was 29 and she was 20. The two married with the blessing of Olmas parents but the two died soon after.
Malcer is fairly well known through out the town and often comes off as a fatherly figure, he will often take the high road and can some times be seen as strong headed.


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Most Cancer is Caused by Processed Food and Toxic Ingredients, New Study Confirms
Nowadays, 80 percent of all packaged products contain some form of fructose.
Jhoanna Robinson, Natural News
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According to the researchers, "We estimated summary population attributable risk estimates for 24 risk factors (smoking [both passive and active], overweight and obesity, inadequate physical activity, diet [inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption, inadequate fiber intake, excess red and processed meat consumption, salt consumption, inadequate calcium and vitamin D intake], alcohol, hormones [oral contraceptives and hormone therapy], infections [Epstein-Barr virus, hepatitis B and C viruses, human papillomavirus, Helicobacter pylori], air pollution, natural and artificial ultraviolet radiation, radon and water disinfection by-products) by combining population attributable risk estimates for each of the 24 factors that had been previously estimated."
The researchers found out that 40.8 percent of cancer cases can be attributed to the above-mentioned 24 factors. "Tobacco smoking was responsible for the greatest cancer burden, accounting for an estimated 15.7 percent of all incident cancer cases (2,485 cases), followed by physical inactivity and excess body weight, which were responsible for an estimated 7.2 percent and 4.3 percent of incident cancer cases, respectively."
The other factors were responsible for less than four percent of incident cancer cases each. The researchers concluded that combined with exercise and the conscious effort to avoid the environmental factors of incurring cancer, the disease is preventable.
Also embedded in the study is the added knowledge that a big part of what is considered as a bad diet is the inclusion of too many sugars, which is common in today's society. Nowadays, 80 percent of all packaged products contain some form of fructose.
Too much fat intake is also not good for the body. As a matter of fact, a July 2017 study that was published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology showed that saturated fat intake is related to a risk of lung cancer in smokers and those who have quit smoking for the past 10 years. Charred and barbecued meats, on the other hand, can increase the risks of pancreatic and breast cancers.
But what takes the cake are processed foods. According to Hong Kong dietitian Sally Shi-Po Poon, "processed foods" can be said to represent any food that has been altered from its natural state in some way, for convenience's sake.
Common processed foods include breakfast cereals, canned and frozen vegetables, bread, pasta, savory snacks such as crisps and biscuits, microwave or read-to-eat meals, bread, oils, processed meats such as luncheon meat and jerky, and drinks such as coffee, juice, and milk.
However, not all processed foods are unhealthy, Poon said. For instance, milk needs to be pasteurized, therefore altered from its natural state, in order to remove harmful bacteria from its constitution.
For his part, Health Designer founder and senior dietitian Vin Ip said some processed foods are not detrimental to your health, noting, "Minimally processed foods are almost identical to unprocessed foods and are therefore acceptable to include in our diet."
What must be avoided at all costs are heavily-processed foods, for instance, deli meats like bacon, salami, and sausages, for they are high in salt, nitrites, and nitrates and are likely to cause cancer. "Eating 50 grams of processed meat every day increases one's risk of colorectal cancer by 18 percent. That's the equivalent of about four strips of bacon or one hot dog," Poon said.
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Ruling Inner Asia from Beijing: Lamas and Emperors
Late imperial China was marked by a multi-ethnic tradition of rulership that built on the foundations of the so-called "conquest dynasties." This site will survey the central people, places, art and institutions that made Tibetan Buddhism as a religious ideology central to late imperial efforts at making China a multi-ethnic state. This ideology has served to link China with Tibetan and Mongolia regions of Inner Asia—through the imperial center at Beijing—for over seven hundred years. This tradition, which had its origins in the Xia or Minyak empire, developed significantly in the Mongol Yuan empire and was adopted on and off during the Chinese Ming imperial period. The last emperors of China were ethnic Manchus who expanded the Qing empire to include Mongolia and Tibet. This site will also explore the connections between the imperial family and the Tibetan Buddhist lamas who were responsible for court rituals and diplomacy.
Minyak/Xi Xia Empire (1038-1227)
Gtsang po pa Dkon mchog seng ge
*Mahâkâla-(A Minyak Deity Figure)*
Mongol Empire (1206-1380; Yuan Dynasty 1271-1368)
Positions:Imperial Preceptor
Dynastic Preceptor
People:Khubilai Khan
Chengzong, Wenzong, Shundi
Dam pa Kun dga' grags
Sa-skya Pandita
Yang Lianzhenjia
Ye Shes Rin Chen
Arts & Texts:
Yuan Buddhist Canon Printing
Multilingual text canon Zhiyuanlu
Snar thang Canon
Shes bya rab gsal
Feilai Feng
Zhuo Zhou
Juyong Guan
Da huguo renwang si
Baita Shan Beihai Gongyuan (Qing period Baita, White Stupa in Beihai, and ritual activity there in Yuan period)
Da sheng shuo wan an si (Baita, White Stupa monastery)
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
People:Bsod nams rgya mtsho-The Third Dalai Lama
dpal Idan bkra shis
Monk Officials of Gling tshang
The Fifth Karma-pa
The Yongle Emperor
Arts & Texts:Karmapa Scroll
Places:Wutaishan Pusading
Dabaoji Gong
Honghua Si
Qutan Si
Fahai Si
Fayuan Si
Linggu Si
Qing Dynasty (1644-1912)
Position:Jasagh Da Lama-Jasagh Lama
People:Ba Erdeni Lama
Bagha Ba Lama
The Kangxi Emperor
Hong Taiji
Lcang skya Rol pa'i rdo rje
Olug Darhan Nangso
The Yongzheng Emperor
Zanabazar Jebtsundampa Khutukhtu
Arts & Texts:Qianlong Lama Shuo Pronouncement
Qianlong Pentaglot Dictionary
Tibetan Buddhist Canon Printing
Wutaishan's Panoramic Map-Cifusi
Two Lamaistic Pantheons
Mantras Yuzhi Man Han Menggu Xifan Hebi Dazang Quanzhu
Multilingual Texts during Qianlong Reign
Chengde Pule Si
Chengde Puning Si
Chengde Shuxiang Si
Chengde Xumifushou Si
Cining Palace and its Baoxiang Lou
Huang Si
Shenyang(Mukden) Mahakala Complex
Dolonor Huizong Si
Yonghe Gong
Yuhuashi and Potala Temple


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Handmade, natural clay color, plain cute ...
Price does not contain plants, the bottom of the hole, so you can design your own small garden ..
Where to put good-looking, but also put dried flowers. Bionic flower clay more meat. Aromatherapy etc ......
Size: approx length 14 cm x width 10 cm x 7 cm high
(Because the manual and kilns contraction, each the size of a slight error)
Cute little house as a personal studio, below the standard invoice, and no profit-seeking enterprise registration certificate, unable to open invoices, if necessary, a small cute house can provide a simple receipt, inconvenience, please forgive me.
Origin / manufacturing methods
Made in Taiwan / Handmade Pottery, handmade ceramics, high-temperature firing


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First of all let's get this outta the way - it's still Inception at #1. Now that I have a few free weeknights I may even see it myself! The Chris Nolan directed thriller pulled down $27 million, which is the best he's ever done without a caped superhero to back him up.
Trying to knock this juggernaut out of the number one spot is Dinner For Schmucks, a remake of a French comedy that opened to some mighty tepid reviews. $24 million! Then Zac Efron vehicle Charlie McCloud enters the fray at #5 with $12 million. We're rooting for you Zac! Finally, and this is kind of an upset: at #6 is 3D computer animated Cats And Dogs: the Revenge of Kitty Galore. 3D has been so reliable this summer that C&D's $12 million opening prompted a think piece in the Hollywood Reporter wondering if the market for movies with animated 3D CGI animal characters is drying up. After all, look at this and Marmaduke! I'll sidestep the issue and just say that whatever is keeping kids away from these couple of movies, there must be a lot of grateful parents.
Alert to Skot: One theatre in the nation is booked with The Cremaster Cycle. 5 feature-length movies, though they're more like paintings. Loony paintings with zombies and the Chrysler building. I can't find out where it is, but if it were near you, you'd probably be hearing about it.
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Gardening program hosted by Jim Wilson and joined by Bob Smaus, Roger Swain, Lucinda Mays and Peter Seabrook as international travel correspondent. Series chef is Marion Morash. Special correspondent is Holly Shimizu. The Boston-based Victory Garden (w/ Roger Swain) is located at a private residence; Victory Garden South is at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia; Victory Garden West is at Roger's Garden Center in Corona del Mar, California. Original program: Crockett's Victory Garden - premiered April 6, 1976. Hosted by Jim Crockett. Second host Bob Thomson (for 12 years till 1991). Series release date: 1976
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**FINAL PROGRAM OF THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON** On his last stop in Ireland, gardening correspondent Peter Seabrook visits the internationally famous Ballymaloe Cookery School near Cork. There he meets Darina Allen, perhaps Ireland's most famous chef, as she celebrates great gardening and a bounty of fresh vegetables and herbs with some good cooking. Students come to the school from all over the world to improve their cooking skills. Ballymaloe has one of the finest herb gardens and Darina shares her recipe for white soda bread and fresh scones using some of these herbs with Chef Marian. Program highlight: Meet Ireland's best known chef, Darina Allen, at The Ballymaloe Cooking School outside Cork.
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Chances galore in Vietnam
The visiting Swiss minister, who was accompanied by a number of businesspeople, delivered the message to Vice State President Truong My Hoa at their meeting in Ha Noi on July 15.
Leuthard also informed her host of several cooperation agreements reached by the two countries during the visit in such areas as the management of water resource use and the protection of intellectual property.
Business representatives from Switzerland took the occasion to unveil their plans to make long-term investment in finance, mechanical manufacturing, services and processing industry in Vietnam.
In her reply, Vice President Hoa thanked Switzerland for worthy support and assistance in recent time, hailing Swiss businesspeople for their charitable activities in Vietnam , especially in the fight against poverty and programmes to aid physically-challenged children and calamity victims.
She expressed her hope that the Swiss minister's visit would help heighten multi-faceted relations between the two countries and that Swiss entrepreneurs could find new opportunities for their business in Vietnam .
The Vietnamese leader also relayed to her guests the Government's commitment to continue perfecting its legal system to facilitate foreign investors' activities in the country. VNA
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Epsom Derby Festival 2019 - THE GREATEST FLAT RACE IN THE WORLD
The Investec Derby on Derby Day, Saturday, 1st of June at Epsom Downs is the richest race on the British racing calendar. Picnics, parties, people and prestige are the flavour of the Derby Festival and there's a real carnival atmosphere with live entertainment, amusement rides and more. Join PP Travel for a great value, fun day out at the races.
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Britain's richest race and the world's premier flat race, the Derby has been creating champions since its first running in 1780. Set amongst the beautiful and picturesque Surrey countryside, the Epsom Downs Racecourse sits atop the rise proudly in all its glory.
There are two days to the Epsom Derby Festival incorporating Ladies Day on the Friday and the running of the Oaks and, of course, Derby Day on Saturday named after the world's most famous race.
This is one of the major events on the British social calendar. Epsom Ladies Day has all the fashions you would expect from such an event and Derby Day itself is a day that not even the Queen would dare miss out on. Her Majesty has now attended Derby Day for over 70 years and still maintains a horse drawn Royal Procession down the straight each year.
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* Return coach transport to Epsom Down Racecourse from London. * Picnic style buffet lunch upon arrival * Excellent bar service with quality varieties of red and white wine along with bubbly and beer! * Entrance provided to the Walton Enclosure and Hill Enclosure * Grandstand Enclosure upgrade options and meet there packages available * Tour leader for the day. * Typically great fun and PP organisation.
Derby Day - Running of the Derby: Saturday, 1st of June 2019
The meeting itself dates back to 1780, when the premier race of the meeting was named after the 12th Earl of Derby. Since then the name has become closely associated with the greatest and most prestigious of the world's flat races.
Grandstand Upgrade
You also have the option of choosing to upgrade to Epsom's grandstand. It costs an extra £50 for a grandstand ticket on both the Friday and the Saturday of the meeting. It is here, in the grandstand, that you will have access to the parade ring, a larger range of facilities, be closer to the finishing post and you might also be lucky enough to have the opportunity to rub shoulders with various attending celebrities.
Please note that grandstand upgrades must be requested and paid for at the time of your booking and are subject to availability. Your lunch and drinks will still be served in the Tattenham Enclosure along with all our other guests. You will be issued with a separate entry ticket to the grandstand and you can come and go freely between enclosures.
Meet at Epsom Option:
If you are travelling from other parts of the UK or not from central London, it may be easier for you to make your own way to Epsom and join us at our lunch/party zone before entering the races. We offer a no transport option for £20 less than our coach tours - you get everything that a normal package includes, except the journey from central London to Epsom and back.
At Epsom our cold buffet lunch is served right by the coach in the Walton enclosure, inside the last four furlongs of the home straight. The Royal Procession on Derby Day also travels right past our area about a half an hour before the first race which is usually around 2:30pm. You can certainly give the Royals a wave from here as they pass our setup close by.
All our tours include entrance to the Walton Enclosure. There is a more laid back atmosphere here than the main grandstand and there are plenty of facilities including bathrooms, bookmakers, food outlets, bars, live music and much more. With the enclosures proximity to the track, you can cheer the horses on as they gallop down the home straight by the rails. While the racing is certainly first class, it is sometimes the action off the track that can be the main attraction. The colourful clothes, amazing hats and range of outfits on display, coupled with the whole prestige of the Epsom Derby festival, make this awesome social outing and event much more than just a famous race meeting.
Lunch is provided in the Walton Enclosure from midday for all PP passengers. With a drinks service accompanying lunch and into the afternoon.
Frequently Asked Questions about Epsom DerbyWhat tours do we offer?
PP Travel offers a complete day return coach package from London to Epsom Downs Racecourse for Derby Day with a choice of entrance options of either the Walton and Hill Enclosure or the Grandstand Enclosure. Both of these enclosures include entrance to The Hill Enclosure also which is the general admission area of the course in the middle of the track where the carnival and rides are located.
There is also a meet there package where you would make your own way to and from Epsom but receive everything else the same as per the coach package.
We also offer day trips to the Epsom Festival on Friday which is Ladies Day but this option is for coach or meet there group bookings of 40+ only.
Epsom Derby Festival tours all depart from Victoria Embankment near Westminster Pier.
Ladies Day: Friday, 30th of May 2019 @ 8:30am.
Derby Day: Saturday, 1st of June 2019 @ 8:30am.
Coaches cannot wait past their departure time so please plan to arrive at Embankment at least 30 minutes before departure times. Coaches will be there for loading 30 minutes prior to your departure time. It will not be possible to wait past the allotted departure time.
Victoria Embankment is a 4 minute walk from Westminster underground station.
Click here for our Victoria Embankment departure point on Google Maps
There are no other departure points either in London, en-route to Epsom, nor from anywhere else in the UK. However we do have an option for those who want to make their own way to Epsom to meet us at our lunch/party zone and join the tour there for £20 off the normal coach price.
If you have chosen our package without the transport to and from London, you will need to make your own way there to Epsom and meet us at the Tattenham Enclosure where our luncheon and bar will be set-up. Full details will be provided as to where to meet closer to the time.
Our full coach tour packages for the Derby Day Festival include return executive coach from London to Epsom, full and substantial cold buffet style lunch, red or white wine with lunch, along with more bubbles or beer. Walton Enclosure or Grandstand Enclosure entrance ticket, and, as always, an experienced PP Travel Tour Guide.
We offer a discount for groups of 20+ booked and paid by the same person on one invoice at the same time. Please use the promotional code GROUPDISCOUNT when booking online. You will not see a change in price online but the discount will be applied when the PP Travel office staff process your booking.
All our coaches are equipped toilets and heating/air conditioning. Refreshments will be available on the coach but you are unable to bring your own alcohol on board. All our coaches are non-smoking. Each coach has an experienced PP representative to assist passengers.
Epsom Racecourse is situated at the top of the Epsom Downs. Normally it would take about 90-120 minutes from central London, however on race day this can vary due to traffic. We depart Embankment at 8:30am sharp in the morning. On the return journey we depart Epsom at 7pm, about 90 minutes after the last race (which is around 5:30pm) is finished, and aim to have you back in London around 9pm depending on traffic. Your PP rep will give you instructions on the day.
The buffet luncheon PP Travel provides on all our Epsom Derby Festival tours are extensive. It is a cold buffet and there are plenty of vegetarian options. You will not go hungry, we assure you!
Lunch is served just in front of where the coach is going to be parked in the Walton Enclosure. The area is grassed and we recommend you bring a picnic blanket to sit on. You can bring fold up chairs for lunch if you desire and you can leave your chair under the coach during the day if required. If you are making your own way to the racecourse, it is your responsibility to make your own way to the Walton Enclosure for lunch.
Racing at Epsom over the Derby Day Festival, as well as hosting the richest race in Britain, is a BIG PARTY EVENT - so it would certainly be amiss not to provide drinks with lunch. You have the choice of quality red or white wine with your meal - and there will be plenty provided as well as bubbly and beer. Free non-alcoholic drinks are also available both on the coach journey and throughout lunch at the track.
We encourage all passengers to have adequate travel insurance on our tours as there is always the possibility for injury or loss. If you do not have your own travel insurance at the time of booking your PP Travel tour you can be offered the option to take out a travel insurance policy for the day with our provider.
During the Derby Day Festival meeting there are a number of Bookmakers on the Hill and in the Upper Tattenham and Grandstand Enclosures, as well as numerous TOTE outlets. All of them will be able to provide you with the necessary betting assistance and tools to have a flutter.
As all deposits are non-refundable after 7 days (see booking conditions) and you will lose at least this amount if you cancel. Please note that bookings and names are not transferable. If you have paid in full you may lose more than the deposit depending upon when we receive your written cancellation instructions.


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An upcoming Intel quad-core Xeon server processor, codenamed Clovertown, likely contains two dual-core chips in a single package, according to an industry analyst, who warned the processor may not offer a significant boost in performance.
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While Intel has yet to offer details of the Clovertown design, Brookwood believes the chip uses two Woodcrest dice, or pieces of silicon, housed in a single package. Woodcrest is the codename of an upcoming dual-core Xeon chip developed by Intel, he said.
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