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Ministerial Spouses Association
Ministerial Spouse Leaders Toolkit
Nancy Wilson grew up in the country and has always loved God´s second book of nature. She is a physical therapist and currently keeps up a pressing schedule of world travel with her husband, Ted, President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. They have three daughters, three sons whom their daughters brought into the family, and as of this October, 2015, ten marvelous grandchildren!
Lessons From Peanut (pdf)
Peanut, our African Grey parrot, was probably the most interesting and entertaining pet we've ever had. Not only did he entertain us but we also learned a valuable lesson from him.
He joined our family in 1989, while we were serving in Ivory Coast, West Africa. African Grays are known for their intelligence and ability to talk, so I began to teach him phrases he learned in a day or two.
"My name is Peanut; what's yours?" "I can talk; can you fly?!" He quickly learned what we taught him, and he was equally quick to learn from his observations as our family life unfolded before him. He imitated our voices and could call each of our daughters and Ted by name so perfectly that they didn't know it was Peanut calling them instead of me! Each morning as the girls went to the door to leave for school, Peanut would call, "Hurry up, girls; let's go," and then "Good-bye" as we walked out.
He knew where the drinking glasses were kept, so when he saw someone go to that cupboard for a glass, he would make the sound of water pouring into it. He could ring the phone, answer the phone, and carry on a simple one-sided conversation, such as "Hi!" followed by an appropriate pause. He meowed like our cats, barked like the dog, hammered like Ted's hammer, and loved to sing during worship.
We discovered that Peanut and people are quite alike; we are all influenced by our surroundings, and how we spend our time determines whom we become. In other words, we imitate what we read and watch, the music we listen to, and the people we choose as friends. Even what we choose to think about changes our brains,[1] and those brain changes are visible and measurable on an MRI. The brain actually restructures itself according to what it learns. This is called "transformational/elaborative learning."
Throughout my life, until my mother passed away at the age of 90, one of her most familiar phrases was, "It is important to guard the avenues of the soul!" When I was younger, I didn't realize how vital those words were, but as I see media and technology of every kind consuming our time and attention, I realize how much we need the guidance of the Holy Spirit as we make choices each day—and how much we need to teach our children how to choose wisely for themselves. The choices we make each day have eternal consequences!
The spiritual organ of the body is the brain. Our frontal lobe has to do with our spirituality, morality, the will, reason and conscience, judgment and decision-making, prayer and worship, discerning spiritual truth, empathy, and altruism. The brain's limbic system has to do with our appetites for food and sex, fear, stress, lust, worry, anxiety, anger, irritability, negativity, aggression, impulsive behavior, and our "flight or fight" protective response system. God created the limbic system, but it must be governed by the frontal lobe from which we practice self-control.
These brain facts relate directly to our media choices. Imagine an on/off switch in your brain. Turn on the TV, and within a few minutes the frontal lobe shuts off and the switch in your limbic system switches on. Theatrical-style television is designed to produce a limbic impulse of some kind—anger, fear, aggression, lust, sadness, or amusement. "Watching entertainment television during childhood also results in a dramatically increased limbic system, which actually outweighs the frontal lobe of the brain.
This is one of the reasons why many pediatric experts are now advising that no one under the age of twelve should watch theatrical television."[2]
According to surveys by George Barna, media has become America's most widespread and serious addiction, both inside and outside the church. Statistics show clearly that much media content, including video games, entertains us by glamorizing the very lifestyles that nailed Jesus to the cross. Yet we have become so desensitized that we don't even realize it!
It is time to ask ourselves, "Who is the Lord of my life? Who or what has my affections?"
By beholding we become changed, and it all depends on the choices we make with our time. "As [a man] thinks in his heart, so is he" (Prov. 23:7, NKJV).
"And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect" (Rom. 12:2, NASB). The Philips translation says, "Don't let the world squeeze you into its mold."
May God help us to focus on that which will transform us into His likeness! [3]
1 See Section 1: "How Thinking Changes Brain Chemistry" in Dr. Neil Nedley's book The Lost Art of Thinking, pp. 25-142.
2 Nedley, The Lost Art of Thinking, p. 17.
3 Recommended resources for further study: The Lost Art of Thinking by Neil Nedley (Nedley Publishing) and Media on the Brain by Scott Ritsema (Belt of Truth Ministries).
Lessons from Peanut, written by Nancy Wilson, first appeared in the Third Quarter, 2015 issue of The Journal, a Shepherdess International magazine for ministry spouses.
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Ruskin Conference - Pau, France 2019
An MBE for former Guild Master, Dr James S. Dearden
Whitelands Lecture 2018
The Guild Today
Today the Guild is a charitable Education Trust, which tries to put Ruskin's ideas into practice. Its purpose has never been to pursue antiquarian projects. It aims to work in the spirit of Ruskin's Company, promoting Ruskin's values in the modern world.
Our land in the Wyre Forest—which includes a hundred acres of mostly oak woodland, two farmhouses and another small dwelling, and an orchard and wildflower meadow—is farmed with sympathy for natural life. Many groups and individuals benefit from their visits to it. We own eight properties at Westmill, Hertfordshire, and value our connections with the village. And we are the custodians of a beautiful wildflower meadow in Sheepscombe, Gloucestershire, maintained by Natural England.
The Guild continues to build the educational art collection—the Ruskin Collection—now housed in the Millennium Gallery, Sheffield, and first established by Ruskin in Walkley. The Guild initiated and funded a cycle of three Triennial Exhibitions inspired by the Ruskin Collection. The last of these exhibitions—In the Making: Ruskin, Creativity and Craftsmanship— ran from January to June 2016. In 2014, it embarked on the RUSKIN in SHEFFIELD project run by Ruth Nutter to re-connect the Collection and Ruskin's legacy with Sheffield's communities. This current project will finish in 2019, Ruskin's Bicentenary Year.
The Guild occasionally provides grants to organisations and individuals to support projects covering a wide variety of areas of interest to Ruskin and his followers. In the recent past, it funded the very successful Campaign for Drawing, now an independent charity called The Big Draw which has a global profile. The Guild initiated and helps to fund the John Ruskin Prize which is run by the Big Draw. In 2016, Kate Mason, Director of the Big Draw, gave a summary of the objectives of the organisation, and looked ahead to the John Ruskin Prize in 2017: watch her presentation online here.
Since 2013 the Guild has supported the Horsfall project run by 42nd Street, a mental-health chairty for young people based in Manchester. The project aims to re-animate the cultural heritage of the Ancoats Art Museum set up in the 1880s by Ruskin's disciple, Thomas Coglan Horsfall.
The Guild organises symposia on issues of current importance. These are designed to question the truisms of our day, much as Ruskin questioned those of his. The Guild is supporting work to regenerate old orchards and hay meadows in the Wyre Forest, and it helped to build an architecturally striking study centre on its land, The Ruskin Studio. It is now embarking on more ambitious rural projects.
The Guild continues to support the May Day Festival initiated in the 1880s by Ruskin at Whitelands College, presenting a selection of Ruskin's books every year to the May Monarch elected by her or his peers. You can read about the history of the Festival here. In 2014, the Guild and Whitelands joined together to fund a new Whitelands Ruskin Lecture which the Guild also publishes.
The Guild is run by the Master, a Board of Directors, an administrator and a communications officer, with support from Companions and other volunteers. The Board meets for business meetings at least three times a year. In the summer, the Guild organises a Companions' Day, which usually involves a visit to one of its properties or projects. Every autumn the Companions gather for their AGM, which is followed by The Ruskin Lecture on a Ruskinian topic. This lecture, along with other books and pamphlets, is also published by the Guild.
The Master of the Guild is Clive Wilmer. The Directors are Peter Burman, Carolyn Butterworth, Chris Harris (Treasurer), John Iles, Nichola Johnson, Peter Miller, Dr Rachel Dickinson and Jenny Robbins. The Administrator is Martin Green and the Communications & Memberships Officer is Simon Seligman. The Ruskin-in-Sheffield producer is Ruth Nutter.
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This was the last draft of this document before course implementation. Naturally, writing the content and exercises led to some rethinking of the details.
Content goals
Deep learning of a few concepts.
- Data + workflow = IS.
- Project framework. Requirements, modeling, building.
- Structured data. Modeling and implementation.
- Workflow. Modeling and implementation.
- Analyzing business performance. Measure and analyze.
Overall course structure
Students' experiences are primarily:
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- Experimenting with existing systems.
- Creating their own systems.
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Case 1: Static Web site
Case 1 helps students learn:
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- Tech basics.
Case 1a: Informational Web site
Give students a sample case, requirements spec, site model, and completed site. E.g., a nonprofit looking for volunteers and funding.
Introduce a project framework:
- Requirements spec.
- Modeling.
- List of pages.
- What information is on each page.
- Look-and-feel. Impression the site should create.
- Implementation.
Pseudents can demonstrate how to work through a case.
Case 1b: Personal branding site
An employer wants to hire someone, and a graduate wants a job. A personal branding Web site helps fit the two together. Each student creates his/her own site.
Project framework:
- Requirements
- Each student picks a goal, e.g., find a sales job in SE Michigan with little travel outside the region.
- Model the hiring process of a company looking for such a person. What are the attributes of employees they're looking for? How do they get that information about candidates? How do they use it?
- List the requirements of a personal branding Web site to support the student's goal while being compatible with hiring processes.
- Modeling. List pages, and outline the content of each page. Sketch site template. Embellish as needed for individual pages.
- Build it.
KRM: I don't know the right language to use here, or what hiring processes might be. Perhaps HR faculty can advise.
This project gives students a (relatively) easy win, that's relevant for them.
In Drupal
- installation.
- Creating pages.
- Using the editor.
- Adding menu items.
- Setting up a contact form.
- Configuring blocks.
At Oakland University: Links to Achieve? AIS?
Done individually. Students submit:
- Requirements analysis.
- Their own goals.
- Goals of firms that might hire them. Expect students to research what employers want from candidates for the particular types of jobs students are looking for.
- Site requirements that emerge from the combination of the two. Includes emotional impression terms.
- Models.
- A site model, listing pages and what info is on each.
- The URL of their site.
Students could deliver their requirements analyses and models on their own sites. They could link elements of the requirements analysis to the site model to the actual site pages.
KRM: We need rubrics for each part. Thoughts? Do you have rubrics at hand?
Case 2: Structured data
Students learn:
- How to model data needed for a particular business goal.
- How to design reports on that data.
- How to implement the models.
Case 2a: Existing system
Give students a case with:
- Requirements spec.
- Models.
- Model data. Entities, fields, relationships, etc.
- Report designs.
- A finished system.
For example, build a system to help manage an exhibition. Exhibition visitors use mobile devices to see information about the exhibition and exhibitors. Exhibitors create accounts and enter information about themselves. Exhibition management see reports on exhibitors.
Case 2b: Students build their own system
Done individually, or in teams of two. Tasks:
- Specify requirements.
- Modeling.
- Data modeling.
- Design reports.
- implement.
We might have a few structurally equivalent cases students can choose from.
In Drupal
- Create content types, with custom fields.
- Roles, with different permissions for each.
- Creating user accounts and assigning roles.
- Views module for reporting.
Views is a complex module. Students will have trouble with it, especially when it comes to relationships. We will have to help students build good mental models of Views and reporting. Do it in small steps to avoid overload. Alternate description, examples, and small tasks.
Students would submit:
- Requirement? Might give them to students, up to the point of data modeling. Poor RA can derail a student project from the start.
- Models.
- Data model.
- Report designs.
- The URL of their system.
- Team evaluations.
Case 3: Data, workflow, and analytics
We could extend case 2, or start with a new case. The former would be faster for students. The latter would get them to repeat data modeling and implementation.
Case 3a: Existing system
Give students a case with:
- Requirements.
- Models.
- Data model.
- Workflow model, including report design.
- Complete system.
As before, pseudents could work through the project.
This case introduces analytics. Students export data from the IS to Excel for analysis. Is this the right way to do things?
Case 3b: Students build their own system
Give students a case to work on. They create data and process models. Then implement. We might have a few structurally equivalent cases students can choose from.
Done individually, or in teams of two. Students choose.
In Drupal
There are various ways to implement workflow. What is best depends on the specifics of the processing needed. The Rules module is capable, but can be complex. Site admins set up rules that have:
- An event. Trigger the rule when the event happens. E.g., a user logs in, or a new article is created.
- Condition. E.g., the user has a particular role, or the author of the new article does not have the senior editor role.
- Action. E.g., show a message explaining a change in policy, or email the senior editor that a new article is waiting approval.
Some workflows can be implemented with the permissions system, Views, and other modules. Whatever we do, KISS.
Students would submit:
- Requirements.
- Models.
- Data model.
- Report designs.
- Workflow diagrams.
- Analytics measures, algoritms (is this right?).
- The URL of their system.
- An Excel workbook with a sample analysis.
- Discussion of the analysis.
- Team evaluations.
Group work
Students can work alone, or in teams of two. They would be left to manage group work on their own. Problems:
- How many students know how to manage group work?
- Social loafing.
- Busy schedules.
We could help students by suggesting how they manage each of the tasks in the case. For example, data modeling is a critical task that benefits from discussion, so there should be a personal meeting for an hour or so. Set a date and time for it. Implementing content types can be done asynch.
We could point students to online tools that help them manage projects. Simple is good. Perhaps Google Drive, with a shared folder. Google Drawing is good for all the graphics they will need to create.
- Is two the right team size? The larger the team, the more difficult coordination is, and the greater the danger of social loafing.
- Should students be allowed to work on their own? Disadvantage: easy to misunderstand the task, and make basic mistakes. Advantage: no coordination, no social loafing.
- Should students choose their own teams? Advantage: some students already know that they work well together. Perhaps let students form groups with people they know, and pair the remainder randomly.
Encourage a growth mindset.
Students should expect that their tasks take time and effort. Help them plan a timetable.
Students should expect to be frustrated at times. Help them learn what to do when that happens.


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As Azealia Banks launches into the opening/title track of her debut EP, she completely, 100% establishes herself as the hottest new property in all of music. "1991 my time has come, Oh nah nah Ma, your time is done." She's got the attitude and she can talk the talk, but most importantly, she's got the talent to back it up. Producer Jef Martens lays down beats that will get you moving as Banks throws out confident, profanity laced rhymes that you can't help but love. I'd say this could have become the Timbaland/Missy team for new generation, but alas, one cannot be too hasty. Banks moves on to Paul Epworth (Adele, Florence + The Machine) for her debut LP, Broke With Expensive Taste. Comparisons to Missy Elliott are sure to arise from Banks' performance on '1991.' Obviously any young female MC will have been inspired in some way by Elliott and it's nice to see that Azealia is carrying Missy's 'She's A Bitch' torch throughout the EP. "Cause you gonna be a bitch n***a, I'ma be that bitch, what?" Heck yes! Yeah, there will be comparisons to Missy, but Azealia Banks more than stands on her own as a performing artist. She's got her own exciting style that introduces elements in an MC we've never seen before (walking the fine line between innocent and extremely vulgar), as well as honouring and developing the styles of rap and hip hop stars that have come before her. 'Van Vogue' builds on the opening number by introducing the sweet vocals (read: not rapping) that our star has housed inside her. We got to hear it before the excellent breakdown in '212' and this is just as good. It's a brief moment and we get some dog barks after it, but I'll take what I can get and hope we here more on her full-length. We then come to our bona fide super-hit of this collection. Yes, I'm talking about the aforementioned '212.' Duh. It's been slowly taking over the world since December last year and the buzz the track generated for Banks in the lead-up for this EP has been phenomenal. Truly one of, if not the best rap song of the year. Isn't it just the cutest thing when she says, "I'ma ruin you, c*nt." What's so great about Azealia Banks? Her delivery of that line right there. It's distasteful, hilarious, threatening and endearing... all rolled into one perfect package. As amazing as it is, the one fault you can put on '212' is that it's too hard an act to follow. Subsequently, 1991's final track, 'Liquorice,' doesn't have the impact it might have had if things were different. Really, it's just more of the same; acceptable yet ultimately not memorable. You know what though? It's still better than anything on Nicki Minaj's new album. There, I said it. Due to the success of '212' an EP was essential to satiate fan hunger before September's release of Broke With Expensive Taste. The move to not rush her debut is admirable and working with such a high-profile name like Epworth leads to the possibility of us hearing something groundbreaking when its finally out. 1991 stands on its own though as a fun introduction to music's next big superstar. There's a lot more to it than the brilliant '212' and it's well worth the price of admission.
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Album: Days Go By (2012)
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"She wants to have open borders with people flying through," Trump said of Clinton's immigration policy. "We can't have that."
"People want strength today and she doesn't have strength and she doesn't have stamina," Trump charged.
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The TodoMVC++ application will be using the PostgreSQL relational database for storing data and the promised-based Sequelize for the object-relationship mapping. After introducing these tools, Kevin talks about the advantages of using SQL over NoSQL databases like Mongoose.
- We've got two more big media sections here this afternoon before I turn you loose. The first is digging into the data tier of the application that we've been looking at today. And in this case, we're actually gonna be looking at how to use Node.js with a relational database. Anyway, so the stack we're gonna look at is one that's actually less heralded in Node just because most of the NoSQL databases out there are, because they natively speak JSON, they end up being a really good fit for Node.js.
But for certain use cases, a relational database does make a lot of sense and particularly Postgres is actually a really feature-rich relational databse which can do a lot of interesting stuff that JavaScript can take advantage of particularly with its JSON fields allowing you within a table to have a unstructured queryable column with JSON data embedded in it. So Postgres, still a really great choice for Node.js development and specifically it allows us to use RDS which is a managed relational database service from Amazon which is very performant, highly available, all those things.
So if you're gonna be using a relational database of any kind with Node.JS, the chances are you're probably gonna go one of two routes. You're gonna either use a driver for your database directly, so just use PG or Postgres or a MySQL driver directly, maybe execute raw SQL against it or maybe use a SQL builder. But if you're using an RM in Node.js, you're probably gonna use Sequelize. Sequelize is definitely the most feature-rich ORM that's out there for Node.js today so if you're looking for the type of experience that you might have enjoyed with, say Active Record, which is kind of like, for me, the gold-standard to which I will compare all RMs.
It definitely has its problems, but I feel like it's a great piece of software. It's probably the closest you're gonna get to that in the Node.js world. That said, this is another situation where if you choose to use Sequelize, the support that you're gonna find out there on the interwebs is not awesome, like there aren't a lot of tutorials. There aren't a lot of resources. There aren't a lot of sample apps that have been built using Sequelize, so you're gonna be a little bit in the wilderness if you use Sequelize.
The documentation is pretty okay, but there's a lot of things that go unsaid that you occasionally have to dive into the source to figure out. But all that said, it definitely is, of all the ORMs out there, on top of a relational database, I think it's definitely the creme de la creme. But yeah, as I mentioned, isn't SQL for old people? Shouldn't we be using NoSQL databases? And there's some reasons why you might want to consider going with a NoSQL database for Node, mostly because the support for NoSQL databases in Node is much better.
There's a lot more folks using those technologies, a lot more resources available, the libraries are a little bit better, for instance, like Mongoose which is the ODM, the Object Document Mapper for MongoDB, I think is particularly good. But the main reason that I've gone to SQL is that Postgres itself is an awesome, feature-rich database and RDS was a good choice within our Amazon-centric ecosystem.
It was gonna be the best data store solution for us, so the opportunity to go with RDS was definitely a driving factor in making that choice.
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The suburb of Lansdowne lies east of the M5, right next door to Rondebosch East and Crawford, bordered to the south by Race Course Road and to the north by Lawson Road. It is connected to Claremont and the more westerly southern suburbs - that lie beneath the mountain - by a road of the same name.
Lansdowne Road is a landmark. It runs from the junction with Palmyra Road, close to Claremont station, all the way east over the M5 where it continues through Lansdowne before turning south east to head off through other parts of the Cape Flats like Nerissa Estate, Turf Hall, Buckingham and Yorkshire Estate.
It joins Cape Town's southern suburbs with Khayelitsha and Gugulethu, and ends in Macassar Road close to the Strandfontein coastline. It's a very long road. And important as it forms part of the city's proposed Wetton Road-Lansdowne Road corridor. A new shopping mall is already under construction as part of this new development corridor.
The idea is part of a large plan for the Cape Flats that will develop areas like Landsdowne, Athlone, Gugulethu, Nyanga, Ottery, Grassy Park, Lavender Hill, Pelican park etc. linking residents directly to centralised economic hubs of activity.


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It is important to understand that receiving home health care services does not take away a senior's independence. In fact, it bolsters it. By receiving help and support with daily living activities, personal care, medication management, transportation and the like, seniors are able to avoid moving into an institutional setting such as a nursing home or skilled care facility. Further, just because a senior receives home health care services, it does not mean they are passive recipients of this care. Comfort Keepers, for example, stresses the need for seniors to be active participants in their own care through interactive caregiving.
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Leading the kitchen team is the chef Fran Lopez, fourth generation of restorers. In the kitchen, along with his team, Fran produces a cuisine based on the product and the market, with innovative touches without losing the essence of traditional cuisine that has allowed treasuring several international awards.
He was born in l'Aldea in 1983. This young chef has hospitality tradition printed on his DNA, as he is the fourth generation of hoteliers. Raised inside the kitchen, Fran's cooking interest was increasing steadily, until at the age of 16 he went to join the prestigious Hofmann Culinary School. Three years after, and already prepared to be a great professional, he decided to carry on his education and moved to Paris.
There, he will do a stage three months and three years with Alain Ducasse , at the Plaza Athénée in the capital of world cuisine. Back to Spain, and along with his brother Joaquim opened in 2006, the Hotel Villa Retiro and within the hotel, the restaurant become known as The Torreó de l'Indià and now called Restaurant Villa Retiro.
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In short time , the kitchen of Fran Lopez is disclosed in southern Tarragona and throughout Spain. So much so that in November 2009, the prestigious Michelin Guide honors him with a Star, which preserves until today. It thus becomes the fourth youngest cook in the world to have a Michelin Star (with only 25 years old)
In 2013 and consolidated in the wine world, it is enfrascan in its latest joint project, is none other than the management and direction of Celler Cooperative Pinell de Brai, known to all as the "Catedral del Vi". Its constant renovation in the kitchen, and the guarantee of success in the gastronomic restaurant and catering events, Fran Lopez make reference in Terres de l'Ebre at the forefront of the kitchen.
In 2016, chef Fran López become a second Michelin starred chef with Xerta Restaurant.


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Natural Gas: There are two distributors of natural gas in Pitt County, serving the communities of Greenville, Winterville, Farmville, Ayden, Grifton, and the Pactolus/Grimesland area. There is a plentiful supply of gas through both systems with no anticipated shortages.
Piedmont Natural Gas (PNG) supplies natural gas to the County via a 4″ high pressure (300+lbs.) transmission line which runs west-to-east through the central portion of the County (from Farmville through Greenville over to the Pactolus/Grimesland area). A 2″ medium pressure (130+ lbs.) gas line serves the Grifton area. PNG also distributes gas in the Farmville area to residential and commercial customers.
Greenville Utilities Commission receives gas from PNG and distributes gas to Greenville, Winterville and Ayden.


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Tête à Tête was delighted to be part of the inaugural Cubitt Sessions 31st July – 13th August 2016 at King's Cross, a free, outdoor live performance series that featured six days of new opera from Tête à Tête showcasing the hottest talent in new opera from around the globe, including award-winning American bands, Bollywood, Jazz, Oscar Wilde… and even an opera based on football chants from Arsenal & Chelsea FC!
Check out all our events below, including full highlights on demand for every show!
The Next Frontier – Impropera (London, UK)
The Impropera company dips into its collective experience and prepares to surprise and delight with a show on improvised opera. With the whole of musical and theatrical history and current practice to draw upon, we reserve the right to incorporate any, all or none of it in response to suggestions from you.
Bombay Rickey (New York, US)
Fresh off a sold-out run at New York's PROTOTYPE Festival, the eponymous 5-piece band Bombay Rickey (praised as "a true treat for the adventurous ear" by TimeOut) brings its hit opera cabaret to London.
Secrets – Muziektheater Transparant (Belgium)
As a source of inspiration for their intimate musical production Secrets, the soprano Claron McFadden and the Massot-Florizoone-Horbaczewski Jazz trio gathered anonymous stories from the general public.
Divertimento for Rope & Strings – Gisele Edwards in partnership with Riotous Company (London, UK)
A tantalizing playful piece that combines beautiful classical music, aerial and theatre work in an entirely unexpected and original way, Divertimento for Rope & Strings unravels to take us on an journey into the music itself.
The Remarkable Rocket – Waste Paper Opera (Birmingham, UK)
With this raucous, new adaptation of Oscar Wilde's short story, Waste Paper Opera Company brings you the amusingly-lamentable tale of a rocket that is so sensitive that it drowns in its own tears and thus cannot fulfil its destiny to delight others.
Sholololo! – A chamber opera of terrace songs, Opéra Louise (Switzerland)
Opéra Louise transforms the chants of Arsenal FC and Chelsea FC's faithful followers into an absurd and joyous chamber opera. It is an everyday story of love at first sight, rivalry and a happy ending for the protagonists, who can only express themselves through fan incantations.


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Some experts believe the delivery of financial services is generic… we respectfully disagree. We strive to make you feel like you've never experienced better service than you do from us. We won't treat you like a number, and we certainly aren't just interested in your transaction. We offer financial solutions—plural. We're interested in you, your goals, and what matters in your world.
We're proud of our team of bankers and how hard they work for our clients and communities. We're at your service and you can count on our team. Our responsibility is to help you. Our privilege is to find the right solution for your specific wants and needs. We promise to make you feel extraordinary attention, confidence, and ease in every relationship with our organization.
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Bank President and Chairman of the Board, Stephen (Steve) Wells, stacks up some impressive numbers with 32 years of service with the Park National Family of Community Banks, including 13 years as vice president of Park National Bank. A graduate of Mount Union College, Steve also did graduate work at The Ohio State University and completed the Graduate School of Banking. He has been a Bank Services Advisory Board member of the Ohio Bankers League since 2011 and led the steering committee for Ohio University Lancaster's Promise Lives Campaign. You will likely have an opportunity to say hello to Steve when you're out in our community where he's actively involved with the Lancaster Area Community Improvement Corporation, the Lancaster Festival, and many other community endeavors.


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Bucks Art Weeks Exhibition – 2 June – 1 July 2018
I am really looking forward to exhibiting at Obsidian Art as part of Bucks Art Weeks in June. There will be around 10 new pieces for sale and the gallery is open everyday. Check out obsidianart.co.uk for more details about the gallery or bucksartweeks.org.uk for more information about Bucks Art Weeks. There will also be some of my work at the Buckinghamshire Crafts Guild shop which is also situated at Lay-by farm alongside Obsidian Art.


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When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray crosses the ocean to find her brother, her destination is England, the time is the reign of Queen Victoria, and something terrifying is waiting for her in London's Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Only the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons, keep order amidst the chaos.
Kidnapped by the mysterious Dark Sisters, members of a secret organization called The Pandemonium Club, Tessa soon learns that she herself is a Downworlder with a rare ability: the power to transform, at will, into another person. What's more, the Magister, the shadowy figure who runs the Club, will stop at nothing to claim Tessa's power for his own.
Friendless and hunted, Tessa takes refuge with the Shadowhunters of the London Institute, who swear to find her brother if she will use her power to help them. She soon finds herself fascinated by—and torn between—two best friends: James, whose fragile beauty hides a deadly secret, and blue-eyed Will, whose caustic wit and volatile moods keep everyone in his life at arm's length . . . everyone, that is, but Tessa. As their search draws them deep into the heart of an arcane plot that threatens to destroy the Shadowhunters, Tessa realizes that she may need to choose between saving her brother and helping her new friends save the world. . . . and that love may be the most dangerous magic of all."
Cassandra Clare puts a great deal of historical depth into this book, which I greatly appreciate. It's not a "petticoats and women's lib" kind of train wreck historical fiction steampunk hot mess, thank the gods- the characters in here are defined by their social mores, even as (some of them) fight against those. Men *and* women. There's the Victorian London racism, undercurrent of drug use, industry battles, heck she even includes details of daily life that are true-to-history.
She also gives a nod to the similarities between some of the characters in both of her series, which was refreshing. I was expecting Jace2.0 and was glad to see differences in character and in angst, that kept me from rolling my eyes.
In typical Clare fashion, some chapters leave you breathless, and others make you set the book down and contemplate for a moment. Some of the more horrific scenes are truly horrifying, and I found myself oddly compelled by characters that I really didn't like. Namely, Jessamine.
I don't want to give away too many spoilers, so I'll say this: If you've read "The Mortal Instruments", you should read this. Especially if you liked the Nephilim, or Magnus Bane (oh yes), or want to know the reasons behind some of the Downworld prejudices. *ahem*
You should also pick this up if you like steampunk, fantasy, compelling YA novels, believable (especially for the time) heroines, complex characters, angsty romance, mystery, and adventure.
(Special thanks to Ricki Jill, and Shelley, for clueing me into this series!)
I'm a coffee-fueled, hobby-addicted bibliophage who makes cruelty-free mineral eye shadows (inspired by novels). I'm usually in front of a screen (writing, reading, or gaming), but I've been known to emerge for geekery, good food, and dark chocolate.


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With the recent release of Titanfall in North America and the upcoming releases in the rest of the world, Microsoft is hoping sales of the Xbox One will catch up to the sales of the PS4. There's certainly been a fair share of buzz surrounding the game. Here's how you can maximize your engrossment in the game and play in style.
1. The Right Equipment
So you've got the game and you've got the system. You're all set up and ready to go. Now what?
Well, how about the limited edition Titanfall controller from Microsoft? The controller is designed after the weaponry in the game and you'll feel like you're holding a piece of the world in your hand. Talk about engrossment!
2. The Headset
Of course, if there were something that could make you feel more engrossed than holding an artifact that looks specifically like it comes from the world in which you're virtually roaming, it'd be a killer headset. A headset can add more to the gaming experience than perhaps any other accessories; this is especially true for the multiplayer experience. Since this entire game is multiplayer, a good headset is even more important. IGN has an article that reviews headsets from the low-end to the high end.
3. The Sound
There's a whole lot of work that goes into the sound design of any game, and with Titanfall, sound design is particularly impressive. A 5.1 or 6.1 surround-sound setup will make the game sound amazing, and this can actually give you a strategic advantage; surround sound allows you to detect players approaching from behind you.
If you opt to get a headset, though, you might not need to invest in a new surround sound system. Many headsets come with surround sound built-in.
4. The Graphics
The Xbox One version of the game - to the chagrin of many players - plays at 792p resolution, though there are plans to go to either 1080p or 900p. The gameplay experience shouldn't be negatively affected since, as Drew McCoy - the producer of the game - claims, "Frame-rate is king" and resolution doesn't matter as much. In contrast, the PC version plays at 1080p, though some report noticing little difference.
Either way, both resolutions are technically HD, so to fully take advantage of what the game has to offer, you'll definitely want to have an HDMI-capable display.
5. The Room
The environment in which you play any game can make all the difference. Some even go so far as to create a separate gaming room, also affectionately referred to by some as man caves or even woman caves.
The "Multi-player arena" room, in particular, is a perfect idea for a multiplayer game like Titanfall. And what gaming room would be complete without a comfortable, high-tech chair specifically designed for gamers? There's a good review of a few of these chairs on IGN that showcases chairs with features ranging from vibration support to Bluetooth connectivity.
6. The Lighting
The room is only half the story when you're trying to create the right environment. Proper ambient lighting ties it together. Some people prefer to play video games in the dark. While ambient darkness can increase the contrast and visibility of a TV screen, it's no fun to be sitting in an awesome, custom game room in the dark. At the same time, though, it's best to avoid extremely bright lights because of the effects light has on the aforementioned contrast ratio and black level.
So, for the ultimate Titanfall immersion experience, you don't want bright lighting and you don't want pitch darkness. Good thing there are many happy in-betweens. One lighting setup that works particularly well is LED light strips around the room.
If you really want to feel like you're playing in style, why not make the LED strips yourself? There are all sorts of videos on how to do this on YouTube. If you get good enough at it, you can even do cool things like wrapping the lights around the edges of your chair or your TV screen.
Honorable mention
It's not available yet, and it's going to require a patch to support the Xbox One, but the Kickstarter-funded Delta Six might make this game even more amazing. It claims to be the most realistic gaming gun ever. Either way, it sure does look cool, and it absolutely drips with style.
Fans have been anxiously awaiting Titanfall since it was announced at E3 in 2013. For Microsoft, it's considered a system seller. For gamers, it's an exciting beginning to what promises to be blockbuster multiplayer console gaming experience. Dedicated gamers know that focus and frags come from more than just hand-eye coordination; it's about immersing yourself in the whole experience.


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Add .45 lb. (0.204 kg) with Worldwide Bearings ceramic bearings
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How to make the lightest and strongest wheel on the world? That's the question motorcycling racer, research & development engineer and Rotobox CEO Gregor Bizjak asked himself more than a decade ago. The answer was a revolutionary 3 component-carbon-epoxy-steel-composite and a newly developed production procedure, which paved the way for a new generation of high performance motorcycle wheels by Rotobox.
Since the very first day Rotobox strives to take the performance of carbon fiber wheels to a new level. By continuously pushing the boundaries of creative engineering our products set industry standards for lightness, stiffness, design and premium quality. Whether on the track or on the road - the racing DNA of the Rotobox team is not only reflected in our wheels, but can be felt with every meter driven. The feedback of our great costumers confirms, that we are turning the wheel the right way.
The wheels conform to safety standard JASO T203-85 for JWL dotE Certification. The construction of one-piece hollow carbon cast of the Rotobox wheel develop the safest and most controlled advantage in speed. Rotobox wheels are truly the first safe carbon wheels for motorbikes on the market.
The Rotobox wheel gives great response, because of faster acceleration and better braking. This is a great advantage in turns allowing higher speed entering into the turn and faster accelerating after the turn. Rotobox wheels give your bike clever performance.
The Rotobox wheel has greater stiffness, because of the construction of one-piece hollow carbon cast. The wheel is produced with high-pressure RTM technology, which ensures a clean, smooth and hard surface.
In seven years of intensive R&D work we have made the most powerful wheel for road and racing motorcycles. We are focused on sportbikes, because when the bike uses Rotobox wheels it becomes at least 5 kg (11 lb.) lighter than stock and that is a huge amount of unsprung mass shaved from the bike; it is basically like adding some HP to the engine.
All Rotobox wheels come with a two-year, limited manufacturer's warranty.
The Rotobox wheels correspond to the safety standard JASO T203-85 for JWL dotE, which requires testing at four different fatigues. Because safety is our top priority, we set up an in-house test laboratory to constantly check and improve the quality of our products:
- Radial Fatigue Test: The test aims to confirm the durability of the rims and hubs. For this purpose a drum is rotating the wheel at a constant velocity of 32 km/h while applying the radial load (FW: 3400N / RW: 5600N at min. 500.000 turns).
- Torsional Fatigue Test: The test aims to confirm the durability of the spokes and hubs. For this purpose the wheel is fixed onto the support, while the torsional moment (FW: 500Nm / RW: 810Nm at min. 100.000 turns) is repeatedly applied through the contact surface of the hub.
- Impact Test: The test aims to confirm the air retainability of the tires and strength of the rims, spokes and hubs. For this purpose the striker weight (FW: 225kg / RW: 410kg) is dropped on the wheel from a height of 150 mm to apply the impact load.
- Cornering Fatigue Test: The test aims to confirm the durability of rims and hubs. For this purpose the wheel is fixed to a rotary disc, that is able to provide a bending moment (FW: 2500Nm / RW: 410Nm at min. 100.000 turns) to the center of the wheel, while rotating with a constant velocity.
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Thinner Spokes:
The new elegant spoke design brings aerodynamic and weight improvements. Although the spokes are thinner the BOOST is stronger than ever - with a permissible maximal static load of 280 kg on rear and 180 kg on front wheel.
High Pressure Core:
The new technology achieves a high density of armature in the composite extreme metric accuracy and a greater smoothness of the wheel surface. In addition - the wheel becomes watertight.
One-Piece Hollow Carbon Cast:
The shape, structure and dimensions of each wheel are defined by highly precise aluminium tools CNC made inhouse specifically for a wheel design. Our process of producing one-piece hollow carbon cast is special high pressure Resin Transfer Molding technology to ensure the best quality, the continuity of the procedure and subsequent safety of our products.
Produced using Rotobox's unique 3 component composite - combining carbon, epoxy and stainless steel. The stainless 2.5mm steel wire is integrated in each side of the rim increasing its impact resistance at the most critical outer part.
Structural Rib:
Thanks to the High Pressure Core Technology the structural rib is placed in the inner side between the spokes, with its mission to support the stress hot spot of the wheel. As a result the BOOST elegant spoke design brings greater stiffness and although the spokes are thinner the BOOST is stronger than ever.
High Quality Center Parts:
For each motorcycle model the hubs are CNC machined from high quality 7075 T6 aluminum alloy used in the aviation industry, anodized into optional color and permanently assembled to the carbon rim.
Ultra Thin UV Protective Clear Coat:
The carbon cast is protected from radiation with a very thin layer of special clear UV protective coating. Together with the clear and smooth rim surface it ensures the wheel a zero notch effect.
Anodized 90° Angled Valve Stem:
We use 90° angled valve stem to ensure air pressure resistance at high speed. Default color of valve stem is silver.
The Lowest Unsprung Weight:
Unique design of the wheel yields the maximum output for each specific motorcycle model while significantly reducing overall weight for top performance.
Rim Reinforced With Stainless 2.5mm Steel Wire:
For greater impact resistance of the rim we insert stainless 2.5mm steel wire inside each side of the rim.
Anti-Slip Adhesion Rim To Tire:
We apply special anti-slip compound on adhesion rim-tire area to prevent rotation of the tire during acceleration and breaking.
- Dry carbon technology composite for body
- Stainless steel wire for rim
- Powder coated 7075 aluminum alloy for hubs and sprocket carrier
- 7075 aluminum alloy for spacers
- Polyurethane for cush drives
- Worldwide Bearings
- Aluminum valve stem
Brock's Performance uses wheel bearings exclusively from Worldwide Bearings in all Rotobox wheels. Worldwide Bearings has been providing bearings to the motorsports world since 1994 and has played a part in hundreds of records and championships. For more information about why we choose Worldwide Bearings, click here.
Brock's Performance recommends Vortex sprockets for all Rotobox applications, but any sprocket that has the following measurements will work: 5 (10mm holes) with a PCD (Pitch Circle Diameter) of 100mm and a sprocket ID of 76mm.
Note: All conventional Rotobox rear wheels include a sprocket carrier and hardware to install a sprocket (not provided).
Front Static Load Rating: 395 lb. (180 kg)
Rear Static Load Rating: 615 lb. (280 kg)
Maximum operating temperature: 212°F (100° C)
Maximum tire pressure: 4 Bar (58 PSI)
Front Wheel Moment of Inertia: 600 kgcm²
Rear Wheel Moment of Inertia: 720 kgcm²
Safety and Certification: JASO T203-85 for JWL, dotE Certification


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Finding The Ideal Wicker Table
By Amado Nason
Wicker table has been a long time favorite. There are numerous reasons why this kind of furniture has held its place for so lengthy as a preferred outdoor choice for furniture. Wicker table is either natural or synthetic. The natural version can be made from cane material or thin branches, even reeds have been known to be made into wicker. Traditionally natural wicker table is made from the willow. The material is processed and woven always into a pattern. Synthetic wicker is usually plastic that's woven into a traditional wicker pattern. Wicker is much more of the art of weaving material than it is a substance.
This type of furniture is durable when it is well made. It can withstand the elements and is broadly maintenance free. It is always available in an array of styles which makes it a good choice for mixing and matching pieces. It looks great even after years of use. It becomes weathered over time which makes it appear much more attractive. As it becomes weathered it has a very distinguished finish to it. It can be easily painted if the natural look is not for you. It is comfortable and very sturdy.
If it is not really nicely made it can unravel in certain sections and pieces can break off. There is a treatment process that's very important in creating this type of furniture if it's not followed during manufacturing and the wicker is not really given enough time to cure, or if the process is rushed the furniture will suffer and be of a lesser quality. It can become dry and brittle over time if it was not processed properly during the manufacturing of it.
There are numerous styles and patterns to choose from. The natural wicker will be more expensive than the synthetic wicker, but the synthetic wicker will probably last longer than the natural. There are couches, tables, chairs, rocking chairs, foot stools, benches and a host of other items that can be made from wicker. Each item can be purchased individually or it can be purchased as a set. Usually there are removable cushions on the furniture that are very easily changed out to add a different style to your set each season.
The style flexibility is unlimited. Wicker table is elegant, usually in vogue and a great way to decorate your deck or patio. It is always reasonably priced and can come in numerous styles and can be built for many functions.
The author has written more about wicker dining table and wicker table on his site, check them out: wicker dining table and http://www.wickertable.org/round-wicker-table/.
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Labour-run Islington Council has become one of the first local authorities in the country to close a council tax loophole that landlords have been exploiting for years.
In the past, blocks of student flats in Islington were given a block council tax exemption throughout the year, as students do not pay council tax. There are more than 4,000 such student flats in accommodation blocks across the borough.
Increasingly, over the summer when students are away, landlords are letting these flats to tourists and other visitors in order to maximise their income. The flats are therefore liable for council tax during this period, outside of university term-time. If 1,000 such flats are rented out for 10 weeks over the summer break, the council tax due is £121,250. This is money that could be going towards local services upon which residents rely.
Islington Council has taken action to close this loophole by now requiring landlords to supply the tenancy and student occupancy details for every flat for every week of the year. The landlords will be liable for council tax for any periods during the year when the flats are occupied by people other than students.
Cllr Andy Hull, Islington Council's Executive Member for Finance, Performance and Community Safety, says: "It is unfair that landlords have effectively been getting a tax break on renting their student flats out over the summer, particularly at a time when Islington is experiencing massive and ongoing budget cuts from central Government.
"Islington Labour is on the side of the many who pay in full the tax they owe, not the few who would seek to maximise their income by exploiting a council tax loophole. This move is fairer for all our residents and helps to pay for essential local services. I am pleased that this Labour-run council has become one of the first in the country to close this council tax loophole."
Pictured – Cllr Andy Hull, Executive Member for Finance, Performance and Community Safety


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Our crowdsourcing is very different than competitors. Other sites restrict your crowdsourcing to design projects and small projects. They also burden the process with clumsy fixed pricing, which is almost always too high or too low. Ours works on every category and size of project. And our market-based PerfectPricing(tm) uses the power of the marketplace to ensure the right price, every time.
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Health services in the Lothians are underfunded by almost £13 million as the NHS struggles to cope with increasing costs, staff shortages and "unprecedented" savings targets, a new report by Audit Scotland said today.
The 'NHS in Scotland 2016 ' report reveals:
- Funding is not keeping pace with increasing demand and patient need
- Only one of the eight key performance targets for the NHS was met in the last year
- A workforce crisis resulting in a huge increase in agency spend - £175 million spent in the last year alone
- A number of consultants making the equivalent of £400,000 per annum
- Health boards facing hundreds of millions of pounds of cuts especially in acute services
- Some health boards underfunded through the SNP Government's own formula to the tune of tens of millions of pounds
Labour is now calling for an emergency statement from the SNP Health Secretary Shona Robison to outline the government's response to the report.
Labour Health spokesperson Anas Sarwar said:
"Lothian is not getting a fair deal from the NHS, the Health Secretary or the Scottish Government. That is not fair for patients or staff and it needs to be fixed.
"This expert report underlines what Labour has been saying for months - after a decade of SNP mismanagement our NHS is in real distress.
"The scale of mismanagement in our health service revealed by this report is utterly staggering. On every key test the SNP is failing.
"Whilst the SNP government is reviewing standards in the NHS this report reveals that only one out of eight key standards gets pass marks from Audit Scotland.
"Labour has spoken out over the unacceptable pressure staff are under in our NHS - this report reveals that under the SNP the workforce crisis in our NHS is so bad that private consultants can make the equivalent of £400,000 a year in our health service. Last year our NHS was forced to spend £175 million on agency staff making sky high rates.
"Under the SNP nine out of ten nurses are saying their workload is getting worse, one out of four GP surgeries say they are understaffed and only a third of NHS staff believe there are enough of them to do their jobs properly.
"Our NHS staff are the foundations that our most valued public service is built on - if the doctors and nurses are telling us they aren't getting the support they need we should listen.
"The SNP called Labour liars when we said local health services were under threat - this paper confirms that under the SNP, the NHS is facing a cuts bombshell with key services facing the axe.
"SNP Health Secretary Shona Robison must make an emergency statement to parliament. The scale of failure outlined in this report is so large that it demands an immediate response from the SNP government."
The NHS recognises Lothian has been underfunded since 2009 when a new formula was introduced to allocate health spending across Scotland.
It has gradually been reducing the gap between actual funding and the amount Lothian should get. It was meant to have been narrowed to less than one per cent by this year. But Lothian's funding was still 1.5 per cent – or £18.8m – short, so the board had to get a further £6m to help out.
But the audit report said at July 31, NHS Lothian had overspent against its revenue budget by £7.1m, mainly driven by over-spending on pay and prescribing.
Earlier this month, it was revealed that NHS Lothian had been forced to make a U-turn on its decision to stop sending people to private hospitals for treatment after rocketing demand left more than 14,000 patients languishing on waiting lists.
And earlier this year, a survey found more than two-thirds of NHS Lothian workers felt unable to do their jobs properly due to lack of staff.
Audit Scotland Report, "NHS in Scotland 2016" - Key Quotes
- NHS Scotland key performance targets met at March 2016 - 1 out of 8
- Number of outpatients waiting for an appointment at March 2015: 254,911 and March 2016: 275, 517
- Total savings reported by NHS boards in 2015/16 £291 million - Total savings planned by NHS boards in 2016/17 £492 million
- NHS funding is not keeping pace with increasing demand and the needs of an ageing population.
- Boards are struggling to meet the majority of key national standards and the balance of care, in terms of spending, is still not changing.
- The NHS workforce is ageing and difficulties continue in recruiting and retaining staff in some geographical and specialty areas. Workforce planning is lacking.
- NHS boards' spending on temporary staff is increasing and this is putting pressure on budgets.
- There is evidence of boards increasingly using short-term approaches to meet the annual financial targets in 2015/16. Some boards only managed to achieve financial balance through one-off measures. In NHS Ayrshire and Arran, the auditors identified a prepayment for the cost of public holidays of over £1 million that was contrary to proper accounting practice. This involved the board moving costs from 2015/16 into 2016/17 to achieve financial balance. The auditor concluded that this was not an acceptable approach by the board to achieve its financial targets and the board corrected the accounting treatment.
- These approaches are unsustainable and make it difficult for boards to plan and invest in longer-term policy aims, such as developing more community-based services and treating people in homely settings.
- The total savings that boards are aiming to make has increased by 65 per cent in real terms, from £293 million in 2015/16 to £484 million in 2016/17 (£492 million in cash terms). This is by far the largest annual percentage increase in the savings target over the last four years.
- A survey of 1,800 GPs in Scotland in 2015, a quarter of GPs described their workload as unmanageable and over two-thirds felt that workload had a negative impact on their personal commitment to their career.
- £23.5 million on agency nursing and midwifery staff, an increase of 47 per cent compared to 2014/15.
- An analysis of the top value invoices by individual agency workers identified a small number of individual consultants being paid over £400,000 to provide cover for periods of less than a year.
- Difficulties in recruiting and retaining staff and greater use of temporary staff may pose risks to patient safety and quality of care.
- Around one in two community nurses were aged 50 and over, compared with one in three hospital nurses in 2015.
- It is not clear what the Scottish Government's aim of shifting the balance of care looks like and how it will be achieved. But indications of a shift would include reducing A&E attendances, emergency admissions to hospital and delayed discharges from hospital. This will require either reducing acute spending to shift resources into the community, or investing additional resources in the community while maintaining spending on acute services. The NHS cannot continue to do everything within the current resources and needs to slow the rate of growth of hospital demand.


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