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SPCA Gets Christmas Gift From Third Point Re
Christmas came early for animal welfare charity SPCA [Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals] following a recent 'lunch and learn' session at Third Point Reinsurance.
Staff at the Hamilton-based specialty property and casualty reinsurer surprised SPCA Executive Director Kate Terceira and Board member Louisa Knight with a wheelbarrow full of gifts – the result of an employee drive to purchase much-needed items from the SPCA's Christmas wish list.
Third Point employees Yan Leclerc, Shuri Munt and Greg van der Made with SPCA Executive Director Kate Terceira and SPCA Board member Louisa Knight, with Brasco, a Staffordshire bull terrier
Ms. Terceira said she was "overwhelmed" by the surprise donation which included animal feed, cleaning accessories and walkie-talkies.
Third Point Re's Suzanne L. Wylie, Assistant Vice President, Legal Administration, said: "We're delighted to help support animal welfare in Bermuda and in particular the mission of the SPCA to promote the education for the general public on care and well-being of all animals."
During the lunch and learn session, Third Point employees heard how the charity – which is celebrating its 100th year – aims to be more than "just a shelter" through educational programmes like its planned Compassionate Classroom initiative.
Designed to "encourage children to develop compassion and empathy skills for life through the lens of animal welfare", Ms. Terceira said the SPCA hopes to introduce the programme to all primary schools over the next two years.
At any one time, the SPCA shelter cares for between 40 and 100 abandoned, abused or neglected animals and in an average year, its adoption service finds homes for more than 300 animals.
Ms. Terceira explained that the SPCA was working towards a "managed intake" system in order to properly look after the increased number of animals it is asked to take.
"People have to be prepared to wait," she said. "We are trying to encourage people to plan ahead. We understand that things happen – people leave the island or become too old to look after a pet – and it's not always possible so we try very hard to work with every situation on an individual basis but we only have so much room."
For more information about the SPCA, visit spca.bm.
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I was recently lucky enough to be invited to sit in on a Master Class on "Food Profits, Costings & Cost of Goods Sold" performed by Michael Tonks, the CEO of the award winning Buckley's Entertainment Centre in Geelong.
In this blog, I will share some insights from the Master Class around discounting and portion control and the impact on running a profitable kitchen.
Michael performs these Master Classes for his chefs & kitchen hands a few times a year to help them keep sharp and on their game.
The following are some insights from the Master Class around discounting and portion control.
Many businesses use discounting as a tool to drive higher revenues. However, what many don't understand is the significant impact that discounting can have on the bottom line.
The following are two examples that show the before and after effect of discounting at different levels.
The first scenario shows that to achieve the same level of profit of $700, you need to sell an additional 17 units when a 10% discount is offered. This means that to be in front under the discounting strategy, you need to see an increase in unit sales of in excess of 17%.
The second scenario shows that to achieve the same level of profit of $700, you need to sell an additional 250 units when a 50% discount is offered. Any businesses promoting offers like half price days and buy one get one free, really do need to consider the impact it is having on the bottom line.
What needs to be understood is that whilst the sale price is cut by 50%, input costs do not change.
This means that the profit per unit has been reduced by in excess of 70%. And this is without even contemplating that you may need to roster on additional staff to cope with the extra volume.
It is common place to hear comments like "what's the harm of adding a few extra chips or veggies to the plate". Whilst it may seem harmless, it increases the portion cost on the plate and reduces profit margin.
When you multiply the additional cost by the number of units sold, it can cost a business thousands.
For example, say a business sells 500 units per week. By adding a few additional chips and veggies to the plate, let's say it increases the food cost on the plate by an additional 10%. Those extra few chips and veggies increase your cost of goods sold and reduce your gross profit by $500 per week or $26,000 per year.
This is why it is imperative that you keep a constant watch on your portion control.
The session also covered the benefits of seeking savings when purchasing food and beverage products. Similar to above, if you can pick up small savings here and there, it can multiply out to a substantial improvement in annual profit.
Anyone who is grappling to produce good profits from their food service business should take the time to consider these issue and to adjust their strategy where necessary. And if you feel that you could use some outside help, attending a Master Class with Michael Tonks is highly recommended.
If you would like more information on these sessions, please contact our team.


We now have three digital cameras in the family (not counting cellphones). The first was a Nikon Coolpix 775, purchased in New York for $500 in early 2002. I can't remember how many megapixels it has, but certainly its capabilities are unimpressive by today's standards. It takes a proprietary rechargeable battery, of which I've bought two more as the first one won't hold much of a charge anymore.
A year ago October, during the day in Varenna when I shot a lot of both video and photos, my Nikon jammed with its lens out, showing "System Error" on the screen. All the basic fiddling I could think of (battery in and out, memory card in and out, on and off in all positions…) did not solve the problem. I even opened it up and took a look, but the lens assembly was not in a position I could get to without doing damage.
A Google search revealed that this model of Nikon was particularly known for the dreaded System Error, but this problem arose over time, usually after the warranty expired, so I could not have known about it when I bought the camera. Repairs were likely to cost more than the camera was worth, especially since I had bought it in the US and would have to send it back there for repair.
I sadly put the camera away in my pile of electronic junk (SCSI cables, anyone?), thinking vaguely that I might sell it for parts on eBay.
I concentrated instead on video, very occasionally borrowing Ross' Canon, and, when desperate, using the camera in the cellphone that Ross and Enrico got me for my birthday last year – only when desperate because the quality isn't good, and it costs me 50 cents to send a picture from my cellphone to my email. In fact, I only ever started doing so as a result of a one-month-free offer from Vodafone, but since that gave out, I have done it very rarely.
I missed having a decent still camera, and was tempted by the ever-cheaper new models available. Especially when, this summer, my videocamera also gave out. It suddenly couldn't record or play back a tape without a lot of horizontal lines in it. I wrote to Canon USA (I had purchased it in Las Vegas) and they said it was a known manufacturing defect that entitled me to free repair. That was the good news. The bad news was that this was only possible if I shipped it back to the US. Which set me back 60 euros for FedEx, but the rest was very kindly handled by the friends in DC with whom we'd be staying when we went in July, so I could pick up the repaired camera from them and not pay shipping again. But, until I got there, I was without a camera of any kind. I felt as if my hands had been cut off.
Ross had grown so keen on photography that I had decided that I would get her a digital SLR for her birthday, which would also allow me to borrow her point-and-shoot more often. We bought the camera (also a Canon) the day after her 17 th birthday, at New York's famous B&H Photo, with the help of Woodstocker Amal. He spent half a day with us between the store and walking around showing Ross how to use her new treasure.
She's been learning more and more about how to use it ever since, as can be observed on her fotolog. She's even gotten some paying gigs, photographing parties and fashion shows at discos. Her next project, as a Christmas fundraiser for the charities supported by the nuns at her school, will be to take gag photos of kids at the school (e.g., "Your photo with Santa") and charge them for the prints. Her class will raise money for printer ink and photographic paper, and I'm about to go help her with a spreadsheet to figure out what they need to raise and charge to make the whole project profitable.
A few days after we got the new Canon, the old Canon went on strike – jammed with its lens in the out position, just like the Nikon. I was furious – this one was just 18 months old! Another Google search turned up the information that these lens assemblies are cheaply made and prone to open crookedly and then jam. There was advice to try turning the lens gently and/or pressing on whichever side seemed to be sticking out more. I tried all of this, at some point heard a little click, and the lens slid back into its housing. It took the camera a few photographs to unscramble its brains and remember its job, and it's been fine ever since.
A month or so later, back home in Lecco, I was clearing out junk and ran across the Nikon. Remembering my success with the Canon, I applied the same techniques. Click. Whirr. The lens, after a year, went back into place. And the camera has been working since – that's why there are so many new photos on my site lately. It's nice to be a photographer again.
This entry was posted in technology and tagged digital camera, electronics, photos, technology on December 3, 2006 by Deirdre Straughan.


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The Boundary Project
2-4 Boundary St, London E2 7DD, UK
http://www.theboundary.co.uk
Despite launching on New Year's Eve in 2008, Sir Terence Conran's boutique hotel is a discreet affair. The Boundary was the first hotel project by the eminent octogenarian British designer and his partner, Peter Prescott, but the inexperience doesn't show. This is a very polished place that revolves—as you might expect from a furniture-obsessed restaurateur—around good food and seamless design. From the street, you'd barely know a hotel existed. The focus is on the busy, brasserie-style Albion restaurant, whose tables pour out onto the pavement, and the adjoining grocery store, bakery, and cake counter. But that's not to say the rooms are an afterthought. Hidden away in the upper floors of a handsome Victorian warehouse on London's Redchurch Street are 17 distinctly designed rooms that brim with custom-made furniture, handmade beds, and a splash of eye-catching art. All are flooded with light through large sash windows and take their cue from leading designers such as Charles & Ray Eames, Le Corbusier & Charlotte Perriand, and Mies Van Der Rohe. For those who believe good design should blend effortlessly into its environment, this is the place to stay.
By Laura Holt
Thu Oct 09 16:39:34 EDT 2014
The Boundry Project
Looking Out Over London
"Forgive the nepotism, but my father, Terence Conran, has set up a brilliant site here in The Boundary Complex—a restaurant, hotel, café, and rooftop terrace in an old Victorian Printworks. It took a long time to bring everything together, but it was worth the wait. The rooftop is one of the best places to enjoy a summer drink in the city, looking out over the crooked roofs and spires of East London. The Albion Cafe on the ground floor has also been a smash hit and a really buzzing community hub." —Jasper Conran
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London's Boundary
During a summer trip to London, I had a chance to check out the new Boundary Hotel in the lively Shoreditch neighborhood. Each room has a unique design that features bright blocks of color and pattern. Amenities include D.I.Y. French press coffee as well as a mini bar stocked with local goodies and teapot cozies. The best part is being steps from the hotel's Albion restaurant and all the other hip cafes, shops, and bars that this happening district has to offer.

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Mirela is a highly trained and certified holistic therapist with over 20 years of international practice. She has practised in Mayfair, Harley Street and Bloomsbury and is now based in Islington, Canonbury.
Her passion for the health and beauty industry is evident in her constant pursuit for excellence and maintenance of the highest professional standards. Mirela's expertise has been featured on the BBC, in The Sunday Times, The Today's Therapist and Women's Fitness to name a few.
Mirela Health & Beauty was established in 1996. We have been based in the heart of leafy Canonbury in fashionable Islington for the past ten years and we are spread across two floors in an elegant listed period property in the Conservation area of Canonbury, Islington.
The concept behind Mirela Health & Beauty is to offer you a personal experience set in a boutique space. We want you to feel at home and offer you treatments that provide the utmost in relaxation, rejuvenation and wellbeing with a personal touch.
We pride ourselves on our highly qualified, dedicated and friendly international therapists who are either CIDESCO, CIBTAC, ITEC (or equivalent) trained and the CMA accredited. We are committed to exceeding your expectations every time you visit us!
We have always been committed to playing a part in our community life by supporting local and national charities and organising fundraising events.
Throughout the year we regularly donate gift vouchers for our hair and beauty services as well as our products from both salons for raffles and auctions and also raise funds for various worthy causes.
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The project will work with families with children across the deprived neighbourhoods of Sandwell Borough, adopting good practices from across the country.
We hope to break the barriers to learning and show that learning is fun, can take place everywhere and can be enjoyed by everyone, whatever their age or interest. We will put all our efforts to raise achievement levels, expectations and aspirations of both children and adults.
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Generals and Admirals, Criminals and Crooks
Dishonorable Leadership in the U.S. Military
Hardcover | 9780268206529 | October 2023
eBook (EPUB) | 9780268206512 | October 2023
eBook (Web PDF) | 9780268206543 | October 2023
U.S. flag officers are intended to be exemplary defenders of duty, honor, and country—but what can we learn by exposing the bad leaders lurking within these venerable ranks?
There is an ugly strain of criminal and unethical leadership in the upper ranks of the American military. Despite the exemplary service of most American military members, a persistent minority of U.S. flag officers (Navy admirals and Army, Air Force, and Marine generals) have embroiled the profession in scandal since the Revolutionary War. In Generals and Admirals, Criminals and Crooks, award-winning author Jeffrey J. Matthews examines bad leadership in American military history over the past one hundred years, beginning with war crimes in the Philippine-American War and ending with the Fat Leonard corruption scandal.
Scrutinizing a range of leadership failures, including moral cowardice, sex crimes, insubordination, toxic leadership, and obstruction of justice, Matthews offers a fascinating analysis of the bases and motives leading to these missteps and explores what could be done to curtail future misconduct of generals and admirals. The book also includes an up-to-date examination of President Trump's term in office that highlights the vital role honorable military leadership plays in our democracy. Confronting the dark side of criminal and unethical conduct among U.S. flag officers, this frank and historically grounded book offers valuable lessons in leadership that will stimulate further debate and critical self-assessment within the U.S. military.
Jeffrey J. Matthews is the George Frederick Jewett Distinguished Professor at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. He teaches American history and leadership and has written or edited four previous books, including Colin Powell: Imperfect Patriot (University of Notre Dame Press, 2019), winner of the Foreword INDIES War and Military Book of the Year Award and finalist for the Army Historical Foundation Book Award.
"If we are to be complete in our study of military leadership, we cannot stop with aspirations and stories of heroic leaders. Sadly, there are plenty of examples of scandalous and disappointing behavior by those at the very top of our most trusted organizations. Jeffrey Matthews provides many examples of failed leadership as a friendly critic who seeks to learn lessons from well-documented examples of senior officer misconduct." —Col. (Ret.) George E. Reed, author of Tarnished
"Matthews's focus on flawed flag-level leadership provides a viable and provocative vehicle for examining a shocking array of shortcomings exhibited by high-level U.S. military leaders over the past century. Both the general public and aspiring military leaders would benefit by reading Generals and Admirals, Criminals and Crooks." —Joseph A. Fry, author of Lincoln, Seward, and US Foreign Relations in the Civil War Era
"In his latest book Generals and Admirals, Criminals and Crooks, Jeffrey Matthews has skillfully presented and expertly analyzed seven case studies of senior military leaders failing to live up to the military's high standards of 'duty, honor, and country.' This book is an essential addition to the reading list of those officers who are serious about their professional development and stewarding the military profession." —T.G. Bradbeer, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College


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CityCenterDC's Luxury Condominiums Reaches Milestone; More than 51 Percent at 925 H Street, NW Under Contract
Designed by globally recognized architecture firm Foster + Partners, the condominiums create a signature residential experience
(Washington, D.C.) – Hines and the TFI US Real Estate Fund, sponsors of CityCenterDC, announced today that The Residences at CityCenter have reached a significant sales milestone, with over 51 percent of the homes at 925 H Street, NW under contract since pre-sales of the luxury condominium residences commenced in late fall 2012 and the Sales Gallery officially opened on January 2nd. CityCenterDC is a 10-acre parcel in the heart of downtown D.C. that is currently being transformed into a vibrant blend of residences, offices, shopping, restaurants, hotel and active parks.
"We are delighted to announce that The Residences at CityCenter have reached a monumental benchmark," said William B. Alsup, III, senior managing director at Hines. "This achievement is a testament to the superior quality and attention to detail of not only the residences, but also the design and delivery of the entire CityCenterDC development, which will serve as the signature destination for business, culture and community."
"The tremendous interest in The Residences at CityCenter further validates our vision of inspiring a lifestyle that can only be found in CityCenterDC," continued Alsup. "With our luxury condominiums, we have created a unique opportunity in the D.C. marketplace for those looking to live in an amenity-rich, exquisitely designed home with a true 24-hour lifestyle."
According to The Mayhood Company, exclusive marketing agent for CityCenterDC, there has been a tremendous amount of interest in the homes since the project was first announced, which precipitated the launch of an interactive sales gallery – at 901 New York Avenue, NW – with an impressive scale model of the entire development, a fully built-out model home and a striking view of the new neighborhood under construction that is quickly taking shape.
The Mayhood Company is currently accepting appointments for those interested in purchasing a condominium. Prices for the homes range from $500,000 to $3.5 million, and there are also a variety of options for combining multiple residences. Construction on the signature residences is well underway with an anticipated delivery in fall 2013.
Designed by London-based, globally recognized architecture firm Foster + Partners, the 216 condominiums provide homes with open layouts where natural light and outdoor spaces combine seamlessly to create a unique residential experience. The one- and two-bedroom residences have access to balconies and outdoor spaces of up to 900 square feet, and feature signature hallmarks of Foster + Partners' design, including light-filled modern interiors and natural-colored materials. Residences are crafted with high-quality, custom details and environmentally responsible materials that offer thoughtful living in a modern environment.
Open living rooms feature floor-to-ceiling windows that draw on different exposures to maximize natural light, while Foster + Partners' signature solar shades on the building façade provide light control. Northern European white oak flooring further enhances the open, natural feel of the space. All of the homes provide the ability for residents to extend their living quarters through outdoor spaces.
Amenities at the premier residences include a concierge; front desk coverage 24-hours per day; fitness center; yoga studio; bar lounge; two expansive roof parks, as well as a tranquil rooftop water feature; outdoor kitchens and dining room; fire pit; wine storage; indoor dining room; catering kitchen; executive board room; guest suite; landscaped terrace; and a spa treatment room. The residences will also provide their own exclusive property management team, which will coordinate with personnel servicing other aspects of the development.
"Located in the heart of D.C.'s historical and cultural epicenter, CityCenterDC's unique mix of office space, residences, hotel, retail and lifestyle offerings make it a preeminent urban destination," said Alsup. "We look forward to inspiring a vibrant community that redefines the D.C. Metro area."
About CityCenterDC
CityCenterDC (www.citycenterdc.com) is a unique, pedestrian-friendly, 10-acre mixed-use development, located in the heart of downtown Washington on a 4.5-block parcel bounded by New York Avenue, 9th, H and 11th Streets, NW. Foster + Partners of London and Washington D.C.'s Shalom Baranes Architects served as master-plan architects. Phases I and II of the project will contain more than 270,000 square feet of retail space situated at the base of seven buildings that encompass 520,000 square feet of office space, 458 rental apartment units, 216 condominium units a 370-room luxury hotel, a public park, a central plaza and pedestrian-oriented streets and alleyways.
Construction of Phase I of the project commenced in March 2011. As of year-end 2012, the structures associated with the two office buildings, two apartment buildings and two condominium buildings had reached the "topping out" milestone. It is further anticipated that these buildings will be able to accept initial occupants during the fourth quarter 2013. A joint venture between Clark Construction Group, Smoot Construction of Washington, D.C., and McKissack and McKissack is the general contractor.
Construction of Phase II of the project is expected to commence in the first half of 2014. It will consist of an approximately 370-room luxury hotel and 73,000 square feet of additional retail.
Setting a new standard for urban living, the CityCenterDC rental apartments will respond to the District's growing demand for well-appointed apartment homes in convenient locations. The apartment interiors will showcase thoughtful features and functional layouts, including substantial living rooms, open kitchens and bamboo flooring. Building amenities feature an outdoor swimming pool, two-story fitness center and rooftop dog walk. The 458 luxury apartments will be available for rent beginning in the fall 2013.
The CityCenterDC retail component will consist of over 60 stores, restaurants and cafés. CityCenterDC's retail will complement and enliven the existing downtown retail by providing one-of-a-kind shopping and dining destinations for the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The project will feature a unique mix of local, national and international brands that will feature quality retail space with extensive street frontage and dynamic storefronts and signage. Initial leases are being finalized, and it is expected that a critical mass of tenants will be committed by spring 2013, with a Grand Opening scheduled for spring 2014.
About Hines
Hines is a privately owned real estate firm involved in real estate investment, development and property management worldwide. The firm's historical and current portfolio of projects that are underway, completed, acquired and managed includes 1,208 properties representing more than 488 million square feet of office, residential, mixed-use, industrial, hotel, medical and sports facilities, as well as large, master-planned communities and land developments. Currently, Hines manages 379 properties totaling 137 million square feet, which includes 66 million square feet for third parties. With offices in 104 cities in 18 countries, and controlled assets valued at approximately $23.8 billion, Hines is one of the largest real estate organizations in the world. Hines is also a world leader in sustainable real estate strategies, with extensive experience in LEED®, ENERGY STAR®, BREEAM, Haute Qualité Environnementale and DGNB green building rating systems.
About The First Investor (TFI)
TFI is a leading Shariah investment company in Qatar and is regulated by the Qatar Central Bank. A wholly owned subsidiary of Barwa Bank, TFI is emerging as one of the most respected investment banking firms within the region, combining Qatari leadership with both international and local expertise to provide dedicated services in Investment Banking, Asset Management and Real Estate Investment. Through its strong international network of relationships and deep technical expertise, TFI provides a global approach in helping clients formulate, deliver and manage effective corporate strategies. Visit www.tfi.com.qa for more information.
About Barwa Bank
Barwa Bank is a Shariah-compliant bank in the State of Qatar, established in Doha and licensed and regulated by the Qatar Central Bank. With an authorized capital of QAR 6 billion and paid up capital of QAR 3 billion, Barwa Bank provides a full range of Shariah-compliant banking services including retail, corporate and commercial banking, private banking, real estate finance, structured finance, investments and asset management.
About Tanween
Tanween is a Qatari real estate development management and consultancy firm operating in GCC and MENA with a network of international consultants and partners. Tanween's current portfolio of projects under development amounts to around $22bn. Tanween assists land owners, developers, investment banks and investors to create commercially viable and sustainable world-class real estate communities in all asset classes. Tanween's experts provide various strategies for real estate developments and asset management and comprehensive project delivery services throughout the development lifecycle. Visit www.tanween.com.
About Qatari Diar
Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company, wholly owned by the Qatar Investment Authority, was established in December 2004 to support Qatar's growing economy and co-ordinate the country's real estate development and investment priorities. Qatari Diar is currently involved in more than 35 projects in more than 20 countries around the world. Visit www.qataridiar.com.


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Man sentenced to six months imprisonment for stealing trousers.
Ile-Ife (Osun) – An Osun Magistrates' Court sitting in Ile-Ife on Thursday, sentenced a 26-year-old man, Mathew Damilare, to six months imprisonment for stealing 2 trousers worth N3,500.
Damilare, who resides at Ipetumodu, Ife-North Local Government area of Osun, was convicted on a two-count charge of commit felony and theft, contrary to Sections 383, 390 (9) and 516 of the penal code.
People walk past the main gate to Lagos State High Court on January 29, 2019. – The Nigerian Bar Association has commenced a nationwide two-day boycott of all courts to protest suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen by President Mohammadu Buhari on corruption charges and sparking claims he had breached the constitution and was trying to manipulate the judiciary ahead of February election. (Photo AFP)
The convict, who pleaded guilty to the charge, urged the magistrate to temper justice with mercy.
In her judgment, Magistrate Muhibah Olatunji, held that court had taken into account the fact that the convict was a first offender.
Olatunji sentenced the convict to 6 calendar months imprisonment for theft and in the alternative, to pay the option of N15, 000 fine.
She said that the sinner must not go unpunished, saying that the sentenced would serve as deterrent to other offenders and the convict as well.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Cpl. Olawale Odusina, told the court that the convict committed the offence on Jan. 27, 2019, 10:30 p.m at No 25, Ibukunolu Street, Ile-Ife.
Odusina said that the convict committed felony to wit: stealing 2 pairs of trousers, valued at N3, 500, property of Taiwo Abiodun.
He also said that the offence contravened Sections 383, 390 (9) and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Osun, 2002.
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What is IBM Clinical Development?
IBM Clinical Development is a global cloud-based electronic data capture (EDC) platform designed to improve the way clinical research in the life-sciences area of study is done. It offers users with end-to-end visibility into their clinical trial data with a robust patient, site, and trial data management feature set and capabilities.
Users can tailor and scale IBM Clinical Development both feature and function, allowing users to tailor the platform based on their requirements, the stage of their clinical trials, and other things regardless of phase or size. With electronic data capture (EDC) as its core component, IBM Clinical Development helps unify and structure crucial trial details, and provide users with immediate access to all study data from any web-enabled device.
IBM Clinical Development presents you and your clinical research team/department with a rich cloud-based electronic data capture (EDC) and data management solution that lets you create the framework of your clinical trials and manage all data, phases, and other processes with a lot of control, convenience and confidence.
Being a SaaS offering, IBM Clinical Development doesn't need any special infrastructure or prior programming experience to use. It is built with intuitiveness and ease of use in mind, allowing you and other members to effortlessly access and navigate all your study data and platform functions via a unified, password-shielded online interface.
IBM Clinical Development Electronic Data Capture allows you to build, design, and administer your trial eCRF in a matter of days. With the help from IBM support and services team, executing your research, implementing your trials, gathering and documenting results and other data becomes a breeze.
If you want to incorporate existing data from other sources into your study, you can easily do that with IBM Clinical Development. The software comes with a data migration module that allows you to efficiently move your current data to IBM Clinical Development platform effortlessly.
When you need reports, IBM Clinical Development lets you generate on-demand reports on the fly. Whether it's a progress report or historical rundown, you can export it virtually any format, such as SAS, XML, CSV and Microsoft Excel.
If you are considering IBM Clinical Development it might also be sensible to examine other subcategories of Best Clinical Trial Management Software listed in our database of B2B software reviews.
Every enterprise has its own characteristics, and may call for a special Clinical Trial Management Software solution that will be adjusted to their company size, type of clients and staff and even specific industry they cater to. It's not wise to count on getting an ideal software that is going to work for each business regardless of their history is. It may be a good idea to read a few IBM Clinical Development reviews first and even then you should keep in mind what the solution is supposed to do for your business and your workers. Do you need an easy and intuitive solution with just basic features? Will you really make use of the advanced functionalities required by experts and big enterprises? Are there any specific tools that are especially useful for the industry you work in? If you ask yourself these questions it will be much easier to find a solid solution that will fit your budget.
How Much Does IBM Clinical Development Cost?
Contact IBM for more information on IBM Clinical Development, its basic and enterprise pricing packages, and more. You can also submit a request for a demo to see if its a perfect fit for your business.
We realize that when you make a decision to buy Clinical Trial Management Software it's important not only to see how experts evaluate it in their reviews, but also to find out if the real people and companies that buy it are actually satisfied with the product. That's why we've created our behavior-based Customer Satisfaction Algorithm™ that gathers customer reviews, comments and IBM Clinical Development reviews across a wide range of social media sites. The data is then presented in an easy to digest form showing how many people had positive and negative experience with IBM Clinical Development. With that information at hand you should be equipped to make an informed buying decision that you won't regret.
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Q: How to fetch a list of objects and wait for them to finish? I have a list of urls to follow and would like to store the result in an array. Current implementation is to use map to fetch and when.all to wait. Like below:
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            return responseJson._embedded.leases.map(
                lease => fetch(lease._links.self.href, {headers: {'Access-Control-Expose-Headers': 'ETag'}}));
        }).then(leasePromises => {
            return when.all(leasePromises);
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            console.log("leases[0]0= " + leases[0]);
            console.log("leases[0]1= " + JSON.stringify(leases[0]));
            console.log("leases[0]2= " + leases[0].json());
            console.log("leases[0]3= " + JSON.stringify(leases[0].json()));
            this.setState({
                isLoading: false,
                leases: leases,
                attributes: Object.keys(this.schema.properties)
            });
        }).catch((error) => {
            console.error("loadDataFromServer error = " + error);
        });

But render() method complains that the 'leases' object is empty.
Tracing result:
leasesJSON = [object Response],[object Response]
leases[0]0= [object Response]
leases[0]1= {}
leases[0]2= [object Promise]
leases[0]3= {}

So my questions are:

*

*How to print out the promise and response information?

*is my way of fetching a list of objects correct?

*if not then how to correct them?

A: The response of a fetch API has the .json() method (as you seem to know), which is asynchronous; it returns a promise.
Therefore, you must wait for it in order to have the actual objects returned from server; this is probably what's causing your problem.
}).then((responseJson) => {
    return responseJson._embedded.leases.map(
        lease => fetch(lease._links.self.href, {headers: {'Access-Control-Expose-Headers': 'ETag'}}));
}).then(leasePromises => {
    return when.all(leasePromises);
}).then(leasesResponses => {
    return when.all(leasesResponses.map(response => response.json()));
}).then(leases => {
  // leases is finally what you expected them to be!
})

The API is built that way because then you can act upon the response status/headers right away, without waiting for the response body to be fully downloaded/parsed.

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More premiere movies based on books!
Earlier I posted a list of upcoming movies based on books. I realised that I forgot a couple; Life of Pi and The Great Gatsby. Here's a complete list with the date of the Danish premieres in parantheses.
← Last day of summer!


Chris LaBrooy is a designer from United Kingdom and I think is one of the most amazing artist out there. His work is so original that I think he deserves a real gallery. In this article you will see some of his 3D Types creations made for some big customers all around the world.


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Q: page up and page down alternative for horizontal scrolling in less In vertical scrolling using less the page up and page down keys are working. Which keys scrolls one page down/up vertically? The less was started with -S option.

A: From man less:

-# or --shift
Specifies the default number of positions to scroll horizontally in the RIGHTARROW and LEFTARROW commands.  If  the number specified is zero, it sets the default number of positions to one half of the screen width.  Alternately, the number may be specified as a fraction of the width of the screen, starting with a decimal point:  .5  is half of the screen width, .3 is three tenths of the screen width, and so on.

So you may run less -S -#.9999 if you want to scroll "almost a full page" left or right, by hitting left or right arrow key (Esc-( and Esc-) should work as well)


We encourage parental involvement where appropriate.
Our children invite their parents and families to their class assemblies which take place once a term at 9.00am -9.30am on Fridays.
All parents and carers are invited to Thursday assemblies at 9am each week.
We invite families to our special assemblies at certain times each year: Harvest Assembly in autumn term; Christingle Service in December; our Nativity Play in December; our Holy Week assemblies each spring term; our Musical Performances in summer term and our graduations in summer term.
Parent Meetings are timetabled three times a year. Details will be available in our newsletters.
During the year we arrange special events. These have included in the past a Macmillan coffee morning, Christian Aid Big Brekkie; an International Food event and Christmas and Easter fairs.
Twice a year we invite Scholastic Book Publishers to hold a Book Fair in our school. This is a wonderful opportunity for parents to buy suitable books for their children.


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Jeremy Corbyn will be ousted 'on day one' as leader, Labour MP Simon Danczuk warns
Simon Danczuk warns of coup if Jeremy Corbyn wins as Labour extends deadline for people wishing to vote in leadership contest after website crashes
By Michael Wilkinson 12 August 2015 • 14:00 pm
Jeremy Corbyn's supporters have flooded into Labour's voter registration Credit: Photo: PA
A plot to oust Jeremy Corbyn will be launched "on day one" if he becomes leader, Labour MP Simon Danczuk has warned.
Mr Danczuk said Labour's parliamentary group would "not put up" with the "crazy left-wing policies" set out by Mr Corbyn.
Asked by LBC if a plot to depose Mr Corbyn would begin "on day one", he said: "Yeah, if not before. As soon as the result comes out."
Simon Danczuk warns MPs will oust Jeremy Corbyn as leader
He said: "Am I going to put up with some crazy left wing policies that he is putting forward and traipse through the voting lobby to support him? It's not going to happen is it? So I would give him about twelve months if he does become leader."
Labour's leadership contest was thrown into disarray today after the party admitted that thousands of supporters would not be able to cast their vote until it had determined they are not an infiltrator.
Party bosses were forced to extend the deadline for voter registrations by three hours today after Labour's website crashed repeatedly.
If you are trying to register as a supporter and are experiencing difficulties, the deadline has been extended to 3pm if you want to vote.
— The Labour Party (@UKLabour) August 12, 2015
A flurry of last-minute applications to become registered supporters for £3, thought to have mainly come from Jeremy Corbyn's backers, may have led to the crash.
Senior Labour MPs have called for the election to be halted after it emerged that 1,200 "entryists" from other parties had had their applications weeded out. A further 800 were under investigation.
Mr Danczuk, among those calling for the election to be postponed, said: "Through poor planning, Labour has handed its opponents the chance to undermine the party for the price of a Tesco meal deal.
"I believe this process should be halted, not because I oppose democracy, but because this contest has been a serious failure and risks causing lasting damage to the Labour Party."
Fellow MP Graham Stringer said if the process is not suspended "people will take legal action because the rules aren't being implemented properly".
Labour revealed on Tuesday that 88,000 people who had registered to vote had not yet been vetted.
How Labour's registered voters for the leadership contest compare to before the General Election
Members (May 2015) 201,000
TOTAL VOTERS (August 2015) 444,000
Full members (August 2015) 282,000
Union affiliates (August 2015) 92,000
Supporters (August 2015) 70,000
Since the election 92,000 "affiliate" voters have signed up through unions – with 70,000 of them still awaiting vetting – and of the 70,000 new registered supporters, some 10,000 are still awaiting vetting. There are 8,000 of the party's 82,000 new full members also awaiting checks.
Scale of Labour's massive task of approving members, affiliates and supporters
Type of voter
Full member 282,000 8,000
Union affiliate 92,000 70,000
Registered supporter 70,000 10,000
A Labour spokesman told The Telegraph that it would not issue votes to registered supporters who signed up by text message until they had been spoken to personally. The party is also ploughing its way through listening to 50,000 recorded phone calls with affiliate supporters from unions before permitting them to vote, he said.
The spokesman added: "There was some suggestion that this system would not stand up but we are putting in the work. It is doable and it is being done.
"I am fully confident we will get through everyone."
The party has enlisted 48 workers in its Newcastle office, 30 in its London headquarters and regional officials to help root out more.
The lengthy task of removing infiltrators raises the prospect that some people may only receive their electronic ballot papers just days before the poll closes on September 10.
Labour has not yet revealed how many people signed up in the final hours.
But supporters of Mr Corbyn's campaign took to social media in their droves to say they had been attempting to register unsuccessfully.
Facebook user Sasha Clarkson said that Labour's staff "must be overwhelmed", while Amarie Elidor said: "Texted last week and not called yet."
Eva Hartley said: "I signed up as a supporter last week and paid my £3. Had an email saying I would be contacted again once my application had been processed but have heard nothing since."
Ann Giacomini simply said: "Can't join, message says bad error", while Clare Williams said: "Website is overburdened and has crashed. I've tried it several times, but no luck."
Other people complained that Labour's process of comparing the applicant's name with their name on the electoral register was adding further complications.
Reuben Jancovich, one supporter who did receive a phone call to verify his application, criticised the "interrogation" he received.
Mr Jancovich said: "Received a phone call today which was more like an interrogation. Why did I sign up as a supporter? Was I motivated by the party's ideals or because I wanted to vote in the leadership election? Did I already have a candidate in mind I wanted to vote for when I signed up. Am I or have I ever been a member or supporter of another party? Who did I vote for at the last election? What is this? McCarthyism?"
Few friends struggling to sign up for #Labour, website says 'bad gateway'. Je suis suspicious #illuminati
— amy corrigan (@AmyIV) August 12, 2015
@Rezeeb Hmm deadline for joining Labour to vote in leadership election is 12pm, and signup form seems to be broken.
— NotInventedHere (@NotInventedHere) August 12, 2015
So many left-wing voters rushed to rejoin the labour party the registr website crashed. Labour shuffles feet uncomfortably in the attention.
— Jack (@CartesianDaemon) August 12, 2015
@UKLabour Sorry Labour, but after the 8th attempt at registering to vote for our new leader, this member has given up. Poignant I feel.
— Pete Gillespie (@tameblue) August 12, 2015
As the voting registration drew to a close, Mr Corbyn's popularity shows no sign of letting up, with a YouGov poll on Tuesday giving him 53 per cent of support.
This week's YouGov polling for Jeremy Corbyn, Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall
But two thirds of Labour's front bench roles would be left unfilled if Jeremy Corbyn wins the leadership because MPs will refuse to back his policies, shadow cabinet ministers have told The Telegraph.
As few as 30 MPs would be willing to sign up to take jobs under Mr Corbyn in a move that would effectively stop the party functioning as an opposition, senior figures have warned.
It would leave dozens of shadow ministerial positions empty – giving the Tories free reign to push ahead with reforms unopposed in the Commons as Labour disintegrates into internal bickering.
Shadow cabinet ministers have said it would leave Labour in a "laughable" position with Mr Corbyn's leadership amounting to "an end of the party as we know it".
By Sarah Knapton 16 Jan 2021, 1:52am
By Alex Clark 16 Jan 2021, 1:50am
By Associated Press 16 Jan 2021, 12:41am
By India McTaggart 15 Jan 2021, 11:16pm
By Victoria Ward 15 Jan 2021, 10:30pm


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Club fair offers diverse opportunities and showcases student communities
Yunah Kim and Abigail AbantoHollans|September 22, 2017
Club t-shirts, sign-up sheets, posters and cupcakes filled tables in the galleries of Founders Hall.
Free t-shirts and cupcakes were just a few things that attracted dozens of Guilford College students to the Campus Involvement Fair. The fair offered students a unique and enjoyable opportunity to explore Guilford's community.
The Campus Involvement Fair was held on Wednesday, Sept. 13 from 2:30p.m. to 4:30p.m. It introduced students to Guilford's large selection of student organizations and clubs. Students were able to learn more about and join student organizations and clubs that interested them in order to be more involved in campus activities. From politics to various cultures and sports, there was something to accommodate Guilford's diverse students at the Campus Involvement Fair.
The Campus Involvement Fair provides college students with a chance to become involved in student organizations and clubs, rather than to be solely focused on their schoolwork.
"Personally, I think it's that you can get stuck in the thought that 'I just have to get done with my schoolwork and academics,'" said senior Jemima Adisa. "I'm from Nigeria and it's all about studying. … When you do other things you get to meet people, people from outside of your classes or interests. You get to know them … and you get to know your own interests as well. You will find out new things about yourself just from clubs and things like that."
By joining different student clubs and becoming involved on campus, students are able to strengthen the sense of community at Guilford.
"Community is obviously one of our core values. It's so, so important to engage each other… school is so much more than just academics," said junior Maddie Campbell, a sociology and anthropology major. "We have all these clubs and all of these students. We have so many different interests and perspectives. You can try something new. You can do something you have experience in."
For Campbell, participating in student clubs and sports led her to discover her interest in rugby. She now plays on Guilford's women's rugby team.
"It's just like, when I first started, I had no idea how to play (rugby) and same as our president. She was a theater person, I was a theater person," said Campbell. "And then we came in and it was just fun. I was like 'I want to try something new,' find my inner toughness and now here I am with the president of this club."
The student organizations and clubs at Guilford are open to any student, even if they have no prior experience in what the organization or club is focused on.
"I signed up for the outdoors club, and then the intramural sports seems pretty cool, the physics club seemed interesting," said first-year Jenni DeYoung. "It's forced me to actually think about getting involved, and get involved."
Throughout the Campus Involvement Fair, the importance of involvement and the ability to improve the college experience were stressed the most to students who attended.
The various student organizations and clubs that were present at the Campus Involvement Fair gave students the opportunity to engage in and discover opportunities to enrich their time at Guilford College.
"I cannot emphasize that enough," said senior Jose Lopez Garcia. "That students should be involved because that's part of getting the college experience, which, to me, is very important."
Campus Involvement Fair
Club fair
enrich their time
Guilford women's rugby team
schoolwork
Expectations and hopes among students for spring semester
Shopping locally: Gift ideas for students during a COVID-19 Christmas
Curing student mental burnouts: self care beyond facemasks
Roast or be roasted: students share Thanksgiving break plans
A look inside Stress Less Week


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De wetenschappelijke naam Platygyndes is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd door Roewer in 1943.

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NHS Scotland
(Redirected from NHS board)
Public healthcare service overview
Preceding agencies
Highlands and Islands Medical Service
Emergency Hospital Service
St Andrew's House, Regent Road, Edinburgh, EH1 3DG
£12.2 billion (2015-16)
Minister responsible
Jeane Freeman, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport
Deputy Ministers responsible
Joe FitzPatrick, Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing
Clare Haughey, Minister for Mental Health
Public healthcare service executive
Malcolm Wright, Director-General Health and Social Care and Chief Executive of NHSScotland (Interim)
Parent department
Health and Social Care Directorates
Child agencies
14 regional NHS boards
Healthcare Improvement Scotland
NHS Health Scotland
NHS National Waiting Times Centre
Scottish Ambulance Service
State Hospitals Board for Scotland
National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947
National Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004
National Performance Framework
Single Outcome Agreements
www.scot.nhs.uk
For the NHS in the UK as a whole see National Health Service.
NHS Scotland, sometimes styled NHSScotland, is the publicly funded healthcare system in Scotland. It operates fourteen territorial NHS boards across Scotland, seven special non-geographic health boards and NHS Health Scotland.
At the founding of the National Health Service in the United Kingdom, three separate institutions were created in Scotland, England and Wales and Northern Ireland. The NHS in Scotland was accountable to the Secretary of State for Scotland rather than the Secretary of State for Health as in England and Wales. Prior to 1948, a publicly funded healthcare system, the Highlands and Islands Medical Service, had been established in Scotland in 1913, recognising the geographical and demographic challenges of delivering healthcare in that region.
Following Scottish devolution in 1999, health and social care policy and funding became devolved to the Scottish Parliament. It is currently administered through the Health and Social Care Directorates of the Scottish Government.
The current Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport is Jeane Freeman, and the head of staff is the director-general health and social care and chief executive of NHS Scotland, Paul Gray.[1]
1 Budget
2 Workforce
3 Origins and history
3.1 Before 1948
3.2 Development of a National Health Service
3.3 Founding of the NHS in Scotland
4 Health boards
4.1 Elections to non-executive positions on Health Boards
4.2 Former Health Boards
4.3 Special Health Boards
5 Other divisions
6 Central Register
6.1 Patient identification
7 Overseeing and representative bodies
7.1 Quality of healthcare
8 Recent developments
8.1 Primary Care
10 Boundary issues
11 Overseas patients
NHS Scotland had an operating budget of £12.2 billion in 2015–16.[2]
Health and social care are devolved issues in the United Kingdom and the separate public healthcare bodies of Scotland, England and Wales are each commonly referred to as "National Health Service". The NHS in Scotland was created as an administratively separate organisation in 1948 under the ministerial oversight of the Scottish Office, before being politically devolved in 1999. This separation of powers and financing is not always apparent to the general public due to the co-ordination and co-operation where cross-border emergency care is involved.
Approximately 160,000 staff work across 14 regional NHS Boards, seven Special NHS Boards and one public health body,[3] More than 12,000 of these healthcare staff are engaged under independent contractor arrangements. Descriptions of staff numbers can be expressed as headcount and by Whole-Time Equivalent (WTE) which is an estimate that helps to take account of full and part-time work patterns.
Scotland's healthcare workforce includes:
around 67,000 nurses, midwives and health visitors (providing around 58,000 WTE)
over 4,900 consultants (providing around 4600 WTE)[4]
more than 4,800 general practitioners (providing around 3,700 WTE)[5]
more than 500 nurse practitioners and 1,600 registered nurses working in GP surgeries.[6]
around 4,000 pharmacists, mostly working in community pharmacy positions, with around 1,200 retail pharmacies across Scotland.[7]
administrators, clerical and domestic staff.
Prior to the creation of NHS in Scotland in 1948, the state was involved with the provision of healthcare, though it was not universal. Half of Scotland's landmass was already covered by the Highlands and Islands Medical Service, a state-funded health system run directly from Edinburgh, which had been set up 35 years earlier. In addition, there had been a substantial state-funded hospital building programme during the war years. Scotland also had its own distinctive medical tradition, centred on its medical schools rather than private practice, and a detailed plan for the future of health provision based on the Cathcart report.[8]
Development of a National Health Service
Following the publication of the Beveridge Report in 1942, the UK Government responded with a white paper, A National Health Service (Cmd. 6502) in 1944 led by the Conservative MP and Minister for Health Henry Willink. In its introduction, the white paper laid out the Government's intention to have the new health service operate in Scotland--
"The decision to establish the new service applies, of course, to Scotland as well as to England and Wales and the present Paper is concerned with both countries. The differing circumstances of Scotland are bound to involve certain differences of method and of organisation, although not of scope or of object ... Throughout the Paper references to the Minister should normally be construed as references to the Minister of Health in the case of England and Wales and the Secretary of State for Scotland in the case of Scotland."
Founding of the NHS in Scotland
The UK Parliament passed the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947, which came into effect on 5 July 1948.[9] This foundational legislation has since been superseded.
This Act provided a uniform national structure for services which had previously been provided by a combination of the Highlands and Islands Medical Service, local government, charities and private organisations which in general was only free for emergency use. The new system was funded from central taxation and did not generally involve a charge at the time of use for services concerned with existing medical conditions or vaccinations carried out as a matter of general public health requirements; prescription charges were a later introduction in 1951.
Health boards
Current provision of healthcare is the responsibility of fourteen geographically based local NHS boards and seven national special health boards.
Proposals for the establishment of fifteen NHS boards were announced by the Scottish Executive Health Department in December 2000.[10] Further details about the role and function of the unified NHS health boards were provided in May 2001.[11] From 1 October 2001 each geographical health board area had a single NHS board that was responsible for improving health and health services across their local area, replacing the previous decision-making structures of 43 separate boards and trusts.[12]
In April 2004, Scotland's health care system became an integrated service under the management of NHS boards. Local authority nominees were added to board membership to improve co-ordination of health and social care. The remaining 16 Trusts were dissolved from 1 April 2004.[13] Hospitals are now managed by the acute division of the NHS board. Primary care services such as GPs and pharmacies would continue to be contracted through the NHS board, but from 2004 were considered part of the remit of Community Health Partnerships (CHPs), structures based largely on local authority boundaries and including local authority membership of their boards. By April 2014, there were new joint working arrangements in place between the NHS boards and local authorities came into effect that also included responsibility for social care. There new organisations, which took over from CHPs are called Health and Social Care Partnerships (HSCPs).
NHS Scotland health boards
1 NHS Ayrshire and Arran East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire
2 NHS Borders Scottish Borders
3 NHS Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway
4 NHS Western Isles (Gaelic: Bòrd SSN nan Eilean Siar) Outer Hebrides
5 NHS Fife Fife
6 NHS Forth Valley Clackmannanshire, Falkirk, Stirling
7 NHS Grampian Aberdeenshire, City of Aberdeen, Moray
8 NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde City of Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire, West Dunbartonshire, North Lanarkshire (part), South Lanarkshire (part)
9 NHS Highland Highland, Argyll and Bute
10 NHS Lanarkshire North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire
11 NHS Lothian City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian, West Lothian
12 NHS Orkney Orkney Islands
13 NHS Shetland Shetland Islands
14 NHS Tayside Angus, City of Dundee, Perth and Kinross
Map of the territorial Health Boards
Elections to non-executive positions on Health Boards
In January 2008, the Scottish Government announced plans for legislation to bring in direct elections as a way to select people for non-executive positions on Health Boards.[14] The Health committee of the Scottish Parliament had supported plans for directly elected members as a way that might improve public representation.[15]
Former Health Boards
NHS Argyll and Clyde now no longer operates. Its responsibilities were shared between NHS Highland and NHS Greater Glasgow on 1 April 2006, and the latter was renamed NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. The part of the NHS Argyll and Clyde area which transferred to NHS Highland corresponds to the Argyll and Bute council area.
Special Health Boards
Local Health Boards are supported by a number of non-geographical Special Health Boards providing national services (some of which have further publicised subdivisions), including:
NHS Health Scotland[16] (Public health and health education)
Healthcare Improvement Scotland[17]
Scottish Ambulance Service[18] (The single public emergency ambulance service in Scotland)
The Golden Jubilee National Hospital[19] is a special NHS Board in Scotland with the purpose of reducing waiting times using a single modern hospital located at Clydebank. It was previously a private sector hospital built at a cost of £180 million, but was bought in 2002 by the Scottish Executive for £37.5 million after it failed to produce a profit despite being established with the help of a subsidy provided by a previous government.[20]
The State Hospitals Board for Scotland[21] is responsible for the State Hospital at Carstairs, which provides high security services for mentally disordered offenders and others who pose a high risk to themselves or others.
NHS24 runs a telephone advice and triage service that cover the out of hours period, more recently also providing a national telehealth service.[22]
NHS Education for Scotland[23] (training and e-library)
NHS National Services Scotland[24] It is the common name for the Common Services Agency (CSA) providing services for NHS Scotland boards.
Other subdivisions of the Scottish NHS include:-
Health Protection Scotland (Part of NHS National Services Scotland responsible for health protection)
Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service
Central Register
Main article: National Health Service Central Register
The Central Register keeps records of patients resident in Scotland who have been registered with any of the health systems of the United Kingdom.[25] It is maintained by the Registrar General. Its purposes include keeping GPs' patient lists up to date, the control of new NHS numbers issued in Scotland and assisting with medical research.
Scottish patients are identified using a ten-digit number known as the CHI Number.[26] These are used to uniquely identify individuals, avoiding problems such as where health records of people with similar birth dates and names may be confused, or where ambiguously spelled or abbreviated names may lead to one patient having several different health records. In addition, CHI numbers are quoted in all clinical correspondence to ensure that there is no uncertainty over the patient in question. A similar system of NHS reference numbers has since been instituted by NHS England and Wales.
Overseeing and representative bodies
The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland is an independent statutory body which protects people with a psychological disorder who are not able to look after their own interests. It is funded through the Scottish Government Health Department, and follows the same financial framework as the NHS in Scotland.
The Scottish Health Council took over from local Health Councils on 31 March 2005.[27]
Quality of healthcare
There are various regulatory bodies in Scotland, as is the case throughout the UK, both government-based (e.g., Scottish Government Health Directorates, Nursing and Midwifery Council) and non-governmental-based (e.g., General Medical Council, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties in Scotland).
In 2000, the NHS boards were starting to help out researchers with their studies. The Scottish Dental Practice Board, for example, was helping out a study which looked at the significance of orthodontic treatment with fixed appliances. The SDPB shared 128 subjects with these researchers for analysis.[28]
The Western Infirmary in Glasgow.
The SNP government, elected in May 2007, made it clear that it opposed the use of partnerships between the NHS and the private sector.[29] Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon voiced opposition to what she termed the "creeping privatisation" of the NHS, and called an end to the use of public money to help the private sector "compete" with the NHS.[30]
In September 2008, the Scottish Government announced that parking charges at hospitals were to be abolished except 3 where the car parks were managed under a private finance initiative scheme:[31]
Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Prescription charges were abolished in Scotland in 2011. Alex Neil defended the abolition in 2017 saying that restoring the charge would be a false economy, "Given that it costs on average £4,500 per week to keep patients in an acute hospital in Scotland, it's actually cheaper to keep them at home and give them the drugs to prevent them going into hospital."[32]
The Scottish Government and the British Medical Association agreed the 2018 Scottish General Medical Services Contract that came in to force 1 April 2018.[33]
In 2014 the Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation produced a report comparing the performance of the NHS in the four countries of the UK since devolution in 1999. They included data for the North East of England as an area more similar to the devolved areas than the rest of England. They found that there was little evidence that any one country was moving ahead of the others consistently across the available indicators of performance. There had been improvements in all four countries in life expectancy and in rates of mortality amenable to health care. Despite the hotly contested policy differences between the four countries there was little evidence, where there was comparable data, of any significant differences in outcomes. The authors also complained about the increasingly limited set of comparable data on the four health systems of the UK.[34]
In 2014/2015 more than 7,500 NHS patients were treated in private hospitals in order to meet waiting times targets.[35]
Dr Peter Bennie, of the British Medical Association, attacked the decision to release weekly reports on the Accident and Emergency 4 hour wait target in June 2015. In June 2015 92.2% of patients were admitted or discharged within 4 hours against a target of 95%. He said "The publication of these weekly statistics completely misses the point and diverts attention from the real issues in our health service."[36]
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties in Scotland produced a report entitled "Learning from serious failings in care" in July 2015. The investigation was launched after concerns about high death rates and staffing problems at Monklands Hospital, a clostridium difficile outbreak at the Vale of Leven Hospital and concerns about patient safety and care at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. The report found the problems had been predominantly caused by the failure of clinical staff and NHS management to work together.[37] They found leadership and accountability were often lacking but bullying was endemic. Their 20 recommendations for improvements in the NHS included a set of minimum safe staffing levels for consultants, doctors, nurses and other staff in hospital settings. They criticised a target driven culture, saying: "Quality care must become the primary influence on patient experience... and the primary indicator of performance."[38]
In January 2017 the British Medical Association said that the health service in Scotland was "stretched pretty much to breaking point" and needed an increase in funding of at least 4% "just to stand still".[39] The service missed seven out of eight performance targets in 2016/7. There was a 99% increase in the number of people waiting more than 12 weeks for an outpatient appointment. Drug-related deaths were the highest in the European Union.[40]
Boundary issues
The divergent administration of the NHS between England and Scotland has created problems for patients who live close to the border. The Coldstream medical practice has about 1400 patients who live in England. They benefit from the Scottish free prescriptions because they are "deemed to be in the Scottish healthcare system" so long as they are delivered through a Scottish pharmacy. However, there has been no agreement about the reimbursement of hospital charges for patients who cross the border for hospital treatment. In 2013 633 Northumberland patients crossed into Scotland for treatment at the Borders General Hospital.[41]
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust complained in June 2015 that commissioners outside England use a "burdensome" prior approval process, where a funding agreement is needed before each stage of treatment. At the end of 2014–15 the trust was owed more than £2.3m for treating patients from outside England. A survey by the Health Service Journal suggested there was £21m of outstanding debt relating to patients from the devolved nations treated in the last three years, against total invoicing of £315m by English NHS trusts.[42] Funding was approved for 625 referrals outside Scotland in 2016/17, up from 427 in 2013/14. The cost rose from £11.9 million in 2013/14 to £15.2 million in 2016/17.[43]
Patients who are not entitled to free NHS treatment because they are not ordinarily resident in the UK are supposed to pay for their treatment. Not all of this money is collected. £347,089 was owed to NHS Lothian by 28 patients in 2016/7, compared with £47,755 owed by fewer than five patients the previous year. In Greater Glasgow and Clyde the number of overseas patients treated rose from 67 in 2014/15 to 99. A total of £423,326 is owed to the health board and about £1.2 million across Scotland.[44]
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New Happenings at Old Town
There are some exciting new happenings at Old Town.
Fill Your Belly
First up, a taste of nostalgia as Shoney's is now open! An iconic All-American brand is now welcoming guests for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Shoney's, located at the front of the property next to the Ferris Wheel, boasts 6,300 square feet of restaurant space along with 800 square feet of patio space. The new Shoney's at Old Town offers a full menu of American family favorites along with a freshly prepared all-you-can-eat fresh food and salad bar. The new location also features a full beer, wine & cocktail bar, the "Cruisin' Bar," named for the dedicated cruisers who "cruise" Old Town's brick streets every Friday and Saturday for the past 30 years.
The Shoney's brand has always exceeded guest expectations with freshly-prepared, high-quality food at a great value with friendly service. Always on-trend while never trendy, Shoney's has collected industry accolades from day one including being recognized as one of "America's Favorite Chains in the Family Dining Category" and voted one of the best 8 "Family Dining Restaurants in the United States."
Shoney's at Old Town franchise owners Bobby and Cindy Lance, who have been successful restaurant business owners for more than 40 years, was hands-on with the new Shoney's. They were involved from the conceptual and design all the way through opening day, including overseeing the construction, installing fixtures, and equipment. Bobby and Cindy will be an active part of day-to-day operations including the hiring of cooks, wait staff, and managers. Shoney's employs more than 65 employees in the heart of the tourism corridor along U.S. 192 in Kissimmee.
"Cindy and I have been Old Town Merchants for more than 25 years, so we're excited to continue to grow in one of our favorite venues. We chose Shoney's because of its iconic All-American brand that aligns perfectly with what Old Town is about," says Franchise Owner Bobby Lance. "With more than a 70-year history of serving Great American Food in a clean and safe family-friendly environment, we want to make sure that every guest has a great experience and create fond memories that they will enjoy sharing with family and friends."
Shoney's will follow and exceed all local, state, federal, and CDC regulations and guidelines to make certain all guests remain safe and healthy while enjoying a great dining experience in a restaurant thoroughly cleaned and sanitized throughout the day.
Shoney's at Old Town is in the newly constructed Front Plaza facing Highway 192. The new area concludes a five-year renovation project to restore Old Town to its original glory. The new Front Plaza features 12,000 square-feet and includes Shoney's, Bobby's Garage Bar, Twisted Vine & BBQ, Sugars Gallery, American Ninja Warrior Course, and two additional retail spaces to be announced in the near future. Other property enhancements include a 660-space paved parking lot, revitalized Main Street complete with fountains, new trees, and landscaping, two 45-foot Jukebox entrance signs with HD digital screens, and the addition of an 86-foot Ferris Wheel.
"With the addition of Shoney's, Old Town continues to solidify our reputation as one of Central Florida's most popular 'must-visit' attractions," said Thearon Scurlock, Vice President and General Manager of Old Town. "We are excited that Old Town has embarked on a new era in its history and welcome both locals and tourists to rediscover its simple pleasures and classic American fun."
After you have filled your belly (or maybe before to work up an appetite) it's time for the Xtreme Ninja Challenge!
Xtreme Ninja Challenge opens in the renovated Front Plaza. The Xtreme Ninja Challenge is off the hit show "American Ninja Warrior". The course is a one-of-a-kind experience that can be found nowhere else in Central Florida. Guests are invited to try out a series of various obstacles to challenge physical and mental strength. Each obstacle is of varying difficulty as guests move along the course. The final is the Warped Wall where guests are pushed to reach the top at 11 feet.
"I'm excited to bring my Xtreme Ninja Warrior course to Old Town," says David Kroner, Xtreme Ninja Challenge Owner, and Operator. "We believe in providing youth and adults across the world with a fitness alternative experience that is fun, challenging, and teaches us to get back up and try again. We are development focused, especially with getting our ninjas stronger, fitter, and more confident in their ability to tackle obstacles."
Xtreme Ninja Challenge is located next to Nathan's Famous, Shoney's, and Bobby's Garage Bar. The 2,650 square foot space offers the obstacle course plus merchandise including shirts, hats, and other ninja apparel.
Xtreme Ninja Challenge is open daily.
With these new happenings at Old Town, you have to make it a part of your visit!


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This was a small space, using clever storage ideas a large eight seater square dining table and a marching storage unit were all housing at the same area.
This project was all about comfort, refined and layered. To achieve this, we brought in durable upholstery, surfaces and finishes; highlighted with modern conteporary accents.


This weekend I met my sweet little fur-baby nephew: O'malley. Isn't he adorable?!
I think OMalley was a cannbial in a former life because this chow-hound has a massive obsession with gnawing on hands....he finally participated for ONE photo.
So excited to see them!
And No...No I apparently don't believe in hairbrushes.
Aw, what an adorable little pup!! Looks like a lovely little weekend!
What a sweet pupppy! Love your outfit with the striped top - very cute!
your hair looked fine silly girl!
My dog thinks he is supposed to attack my hand now every time I wear a sweatshirt... what is up with that? But since your sister's dog is so cute too, I'm sure you just forgive too because they are so stinkin' adorable.
what a cute lil pup-a-roo!
i think your hair looks fab!
aw...i love the name OMalley! so cute.
looks like a great weekend with the family! so glad you had such a good time.
Aweee so adorable! Gotta love puppy kisses.
Oh girl! LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE the slouchy boot/stripped shirt outfit. LOVE IT! Glad you got to spend time with the fam bam!
Awwww, he is just adorable! I love sweet puppies!!
hooray for time with family and slobbery adorable fur-nephews!!! =) hehe! He's so stinkin cute!
im so glad you finally got to meet your little nephew :) i love the picture of you and shannon!
that dog is SOOO cute. glad you had a great weekend lady! xoxo jcd :: ps im hosting a interior design link up! post about your dream room or decor wishlist and link up at cornflake dreams all week!
ugh, i'm so sad i couldn't make it home this weekend to hang with you and the sis. tell omalley that aunt jayme loves him!
looks like a great time and i think your hair looks fab!
your hair looks gorgeous you brat!
That pup is such a cutie! You girls look beautiful!
my weekend went by WAY too fast. as always.
I just found your adorable blog and am your newest follower! That dog is PRECIOUS!
your hair looks great crazy woman!


An article about Warren Zevon for "Uncut" Magazine for which I was interviewed.
Yes he has a copy of "Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon" in his hand.
Keith Richards has good taste. He's got a copy of Best of Warren Zevon.
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Nas Reveals Details on Jay-Z & Justin Timberlake Collabo, "Sinatra in the Sand"
blame it on Illy October 18, 2013
During a recent interview with Huffington Post, Nas revealed details on his upcoming album and business ventures as well as details on his upcoming track "Sinatra in the Sand" with Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake which Timbaland—who the record is produced by—first spoke on it back in July:
One particular track off the album that has piqued fans' interest is, "Sinatra In The Sands," featuring Justin Timberlake and Jay Z. What was the recording process like?
Excitement… Excitement to work and be in the place that we're all are at, musically. Those are the guys who lasted the test of time, and those guys are at the top of their game. They're just company to be in. So that's the whole vibe of that. And of course the title says it all.
Lyrically, where are you taking fans on the track?
More like from a musician's stand point, someone who've been around. Because Sinatra has been around and he has a long, long standing with the stage and the audience for years. And he evolved. His talent got better just like wine. And I think that's something a lot of people want to achieve. So that's what this song is really about. Striving to be the best you, like Sinatra had become.
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