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Published by Isabelle Lomholt updated on October 8, 2020
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Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in Liverpool
Merseyside Health Building Development, North West England, UK, design by BDP Architects
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre – Liverpool (CCC-L)
Design: BDP Architects
Location: Pembroke Place, central Liverpool, Merseyside, North West England, UK
photograph : Paul Karalius
Major new cancer hospital opens in Liverpool
A major new hospital that will transform cancer care in a region that is one of the worst affected nationally by the disease has opened in the heart of Liverpool.
The 11-storey Clatterbridge Cancer Centre – Liverpool (CCC-L) will deliver highly-specialist care including pioneering immunotherapy and the most advanced forms of radiotherapy to the 2.4 million people in Cheshire and Merseyside, and those in surrounding areas.
The spectacular new hospital is part of a £162m investment in expanding and transforming cancer services across Cheshire and Merseyside, a region where people are more likely to develop the disease than almost anywhere else in the country.
This expansion of services will ensure the NHS is well placed to meet the rising incidence of cancer as people live longer. In the immediate term, it will also support the NHS to resume normal clinical activity post-COVID-19 by providing protected facilities for people with cancer – many of whom are particularly at risk if they catch the virus – as well as releasing capacity in other hospitals in the region.
The new hospital brings pioneering cancer treatment closer to communities that are among the most disadvantaged and most at risk of developing the disease during their lifetime. It means significantly shorter journey times for the majority of patients, including those from Knowsley which has the second highest incidence of cancer in England. At a regional level, cancer incidence in Cheshire and Merseyside is the third highest in England while deaths from cancer are 76 per cent above the European average.
photo : Paul Karalius
The opening of Clatterbridge Cancer Centre – Liverpool is the culmination of plans that have been eight years in the making. Until now, Cheshire and Merseyside's main cancer centre has been located at its southernmost point on a site with no acute medical and surgical specialties, and that is also some distance away from key research partners.
The new hospital in Liverpool is centrally located for people across Cheshire & Merseyside, significantly reducing journey times for the 65 per cent of patients who live north of the Mersey.
Sitting in the heart of Liverpool's thriving Knowledge Quarter – on a site adjacent to Royal Liverpool University Hospital and the University of Liverpool – it will also will ensure the most complex and unwell patients benefit from rapid on-site access to key medical and surgical specialties. This is important because many people with cancer are also living with other serious health conditions such as heart, lung or kidney disease.
Bringing cancer experts from the NHS and the University of Liverpool together on the same site will also significantly enhance opportunities for leading-edge cancer research, including early-phase clinical trials of new treatments.
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre – Liverpool will deliver a wide range of highly-specialist cancer care including pioneering chemotherapy, immunotherapy, gene therapy and radiotherapy. The new hospital has state-of-the-art facilities for diagnostics and imaging, outpatients, daycase treatments, bone marrow transplant, a Teenage & Young Adult Unit, clinical therapies, and a wide range of cancer information and support.
Its 110 fully-single en-suite bedrooms will provide inpatients with total privacy as well as reducing any risk of infections. This is especially relevant during the pandemic because people with cancer can be at greater risk of becoming extremely unwell from COVID-19. The hospital also has special isolation facilities for patients whose immune systems mean they are particularly vulnerable to infection. The inpatient blood cancer unit will open later this year.
The building has been specially designed to enhance wellbeing, healing and recovery through a close connection to nature and a sense of light and space, despite its city-centre location. There is a Winter Garden on the lowest floor, adjacent to the Radiotherapy department. The inpatient wards and Chemotherapy suite boast spectacular views across the city and across to the Wirral peninsula, with outdoor terraces where patients can enjoy fresh air. Artwork will further bring the outside in, by using tree and plant motifs on every floor.
The development of Liverpool's first specialist cancer hospital is part of a £162m investment that also includes significant upgrades and refurbishment at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre's Wirral site. The new hospital has achieved a BREEAM Excellent rating for sustainability. It was designed by leading global architects, BDP, who also designed Alder Hey Children's Hospital. The main contractor was Laing O'Rourke and the building was design engineered by AECOM.
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre – Liverpool now becomes the main hub in The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust's extensive network of services across Cheshire and Merseyside, which includes its existing cancer centres in Wirral and Aintree, its clinics in hospitals across the region, and its team of specialist nurses who treat patients while they're at home or work. The Wirral cancer centre will continue to be the main treatment site for most patients living in Wirral, West Cheshire and surrounding areas.
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Dr Liz Bishop, Chief Executive of The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust, said: "Clatterbridge Cancer Centre – Liverpool is the culmination of an eight-year project for transforming cancer care in a region with one of the highest rates of cancer in the country. It brings state-of-the-art facilities, novel treatments and research together to improve outcomes and save lives in Cheshire and Merseyside at a time when one in two of us will get cancer in our lifetime.
"We are tremendously excited about opening Clatterbridge Cancer Centre – Liverpool. It has been a huge labour of love and I would like to pay tribute to our staff, the Laing O'Rourke site team, our suppliers, subcontractors and all the partners who by working together have made this happen."
Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region Steve Rotheram said: "The opening of this crucial facility will be of huge benefit to the people of the city region. This is especially good news in these current testing times when NHS resources have been so stretched dealing with coronavirus. It adds to our city region's strengths in health and life sciences and is yet another world-leading asset for the growing Knowledge Quarter."
Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson said: "The opening of the new Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is fantastic news for Liverpool and the region, and for everyone who will receive world class treatment there. The building, the research and the care that will take place there is a tremendous boost to the city's position as a world leader in medicine – and further underlines the growing international reputation of our multi-billion pound Knowledge Quarter, with the nearby Paddington Village also quickly taking shape."
Paul McNerney, Director of UK Building at Laing O'Rourke, said: "The opening of Clatterbridge Cancer Centre – Liverpool will enable our remarkable NHS to provide cancer patients from Liverpool and across the North West with the best possible care for many years to come. It is a world-class facility and I am incredibly proud of the workforce, sub-contractors and partners who delivered the final stages of it in challenging circumstances. It adds to our proud track record of delivering vital healthcare infrastructure in Liverpool, where we have previously constructed the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in Aintree and Alder Hey Children's Hospital, and also have a team delivering the new Royal."
Ged Couser, Architect Principal at BDP, who was lead architect for the project, said: "This highly glazed building will become a beacon for cancer care in Liverpool and the wider region. Its modern sophisticated external skin is a clear expression of the cutting-edge research and care taking place within. Even in its tight urban context the internal spaces will have access to high quality external landscape, recognising the therapeutic value this brings to patients."
Richard Mann, AECOM UK & Ireland Healthcare and Science Sector Leader, who was project director for design engineering, said: "The AECOM building engineering team is proud to have worked with the Trust from the initial design stage through to handover. The result of our work is a light and airy, energy-efficient and sustainable building, designed to put the wellbeing of patients and NHS staff first."
•	The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust will continue to provide specialist cancer care at its existing sites in Wirral, Aintree, acute hospitals across the region and in the community as well as at the new hospital in Liverpool.
•	Clatterbridge Cancer Centre – Liverpool is part of a £162m investment that also includes significant upgrades and refurbishment at Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
•	The idea of developing a specialist cancer hospital in the heart of Liverpool was first proposed in the Baker Cannon report of 2008, which recommended sweeping changes to cancer care in Cheshire & Merseyside.
•	NHS commissioners agreed to it in principle in 2012. Formal public consultation took place in 2014, preparatory work began on site in 2016 following approval of a full business case, and formal construction of the 11-storey hospital began in 2017.
•	It has been designed by leading architects BDP with AECOM providing all engineering services. Laing O'Rourke is the main contractor for construction.
•	Being located in Liverpool will have five main benefits over the current main site:
o	It is more centrally located for people across Cheshire & Merseyside, significantly reducing journey times for those who live north of the Mersey.
o	The most complex and seriously unwell patients will benefit from rapid on-site access to key medical and surgical specialties in the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
o	Bringing cancer experts from the NHS and the university together on the same site will significantly enhance opportunities for leading-edge cancer research.
o	Every inpatient will have their own individual room, reducing the risk of infection.
o	The new hospital unites treatment for blood cancers and solid tumours for the first time.
•	The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's leading cancer centres, employing more than 1,400 staff members and treating more than 30,000 patients each year with solid tumours and blood cancers. Combining world-class clinical services, research and academic excellence, we are one of the UK's leading providers of non-surgical cancer treatment including pioneering chemotherapy, radiotherapy and eye proton therapy.
•	Anyone who is worried they may have cancer or is concerned about health symptoms should contact a healthcare professional.
•	For more information, visit www.clatterbridgecc.nhs.uk or follow on social media @CCCNHS.
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Clatterbridge Cancer Centre has been granted planning permission by Liverpool's planning committee.
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest networked cancer centres in the UK. Combining world-class clinical services, research and academic excellence, the new centre will provide the highest quality, specialist nonsurgical oncology treatment and care for the wider region.
The building, expected to open in the summer of 2019, will be located on the Liverpool Health Campus alongside the Royal Liverpool Broadgreen University Hospital, the University of Liverpool and other key research partners.
A particular feature of the building is the set-back cantilever form over the entrance and the sunken landscape court. The building also steps back in profile to provide external terrace space to wards and the chemotherapy floor, with spectacular panoramic views across Liverpool.
In contrast to the adjacent RLBUH building, the elevation has a variety of transparent, translucent, opaque and graduated fritted panels in a unitised cladding system which all sit on a more substantial stone plinth at street level.
The main entrance and reception facilities will create an active frontage to the public realm, and contain a large atrium space to bring light down to this level creating a dramatic entrance space of civic quality.
Architect director Ged Couser said "This highly glazed building will become a beacon for cancer care in Liverpool and the wider region and its modern sophisticated external skin will be a clear expression of the cutting edge research and care taking place. Even in its tight urban context the internal spaces will have access to high quality external landscape, recognising the therapeutic value which this brings."
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Apr. 6, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley on Monday announced that his administration has decided to extend the "Stay at Home" order for an additional 15 days as it works to end the COVID-19 pandemic.
At a media briefing on Monday, Rowley said that the order, which was scheduled to expire on April 15, will now be extended until April 30.
The PRime Minister said this was done as the country could be "in a worse situation than we were on the first of the 15 days that we started out with for stay home".
Dr Rowley put the public on notice, stating that sanctions to ensure compliance with this order will be intensified.
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"As a member of our board of directors, Kevin has worked closely with me for the past six years as a sounding board and collaborator on many of the strategies we are now pursuing," said Howard Schultz, chairman, president and chief executive officer. "Kevin's deep management experience and technology background will help further propel Starbucks efforts in partner (employee) and customer-facing innovations as we accelerate our global growth agenda. I am honored that Kevin is joining Starbucks in this capacity, particularly at this important time for our company, and I am looking forward to working with him and our strongest management team in the company's 44-year history."
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Meet The Next Big Thing In Australian Tennis: Teenage Sensation Nick Kyrgios
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Rising star Nick Kyrgios pumps himself up during his second round match against Benoit Paire at the Australian Open. Photo Quinn Rooney/Getty Images
At around 1.30am last night, after three hours and 20 minutes of gruelling, five-set tennis, Australian fans sat watching with pride, tears in their eyes and awe as a teenage boy from Canberra hobbled to defeat. But they also knew they were watching a future Grand Slam champion.
Nick Kyrgios played an extraordinary match before his young body betrayed him, cramping up until he could barely walk. He lost to Frenchman Beniot Paire, 6-7 6-7 6-4 6-2 6-2.
But even in agony, Kyrgios refused to surrender. He was Mel Gibson in Braveheart, Hugh Jackman's Wolverine fighting The Silver Samurai.
His pluck and pride were inspirational, his never-say-die spirit the thing tennis fans have craved since the days when Lleyton Hewitt was screaming "C'mon!!!!" at his peak.
At midnight on a heat-delayed day at the Australian Open, this wildcard entry, 168 on the ATP ranking (but No. 1 on ITF junior), found himself two sets up on the highly fancied 28th seed. He'd been playing like a champion, serving 200kmh-plus thunderbolts, pulling off screaming passing shots when the stakes were at their highest. Kyrgios bristled with confidence and determination. A mesmerised, insomniac nation was watching a new Australian tennis legend being forged in front of them.
Nick Kyrgios in full flight against Benoit Paire. Photo Quinn Rooney/Getty Images
Here was the player Tomic never seemed bothered enough to get around to being.
Fans have been waiting for more than a decade to see this fight, this swagger, this relentlessness, this talent realised, in the next generation.
Nicholas Kyrgios was born in Canberra to a Greek father and Malaysian mother. At 1.93m (6'4″) he's a pretty decent basketball player too. He won his first ITF junior tour title in 2010, aged just 15 and last year, won the boys singles title at Australian Open and boys doubles at Wimbledon. His sporting idols are Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, LeBron James and Michael Jordon. He turns 19 in April and late last year, fought his way onto the Davis Cup team.
The Fanatics gave the Australian teenager plenty of support, to the chagrin of Beniot Paire. Photo Quinn Rooney/Getty Images
On Margaret Court Arena last night, backed by a vocal crowd including a strong contingent of the "Fanatics" Kyrgios had his chances. He was a break up in the third set and looked set to pull off a stunning upset when things suddenly went awry and it was 4-4.
TV commentator Jim Courier noticed a change in Kyrgios and mused that the grunts with his shots were no longer from aggression but exhaustion. He picked that the teenager was in trouble from cramping, something the former champion has bitter experience of.
His advice to Kyrgios was to concede points and give himself a chance to recover. Kyrgios didn't, he kept fighting, no matter how badly the odds seemed stacked against him, chasing down the ball as if his mind could will his body to defy its crippling pain. The power in his shots is breathtaking.
The pain of his first 3-hour, five-set match sets in for Nick Kyrgios. Photo Quinn Rooney/Getty Images
There was a time violation warning from the umpire as Kyrgios struggled to corral his fatigue to serve. Other players would have called the trainer or taken a toilet break to buy time. Kyrgios was stoic and would have none of it, his bravery was beyond gutsy.
It was painful to watch too, a tragic end to a fairytale, yet still he summoned reserves to smash the occasional winner as Paire rolled over the top and took it up to the highly partisan crowd too.
It looked like the final set would be a whitewash, Kyrgios came out and served a love-game. He went down swinging, giving his homeland hope for the future of Australian men's tennis.
"I honestly started feeling it halfway through the third set. I always was going to feel it sometime through that match," Kyrgios said, post-match. "It was a really fun night. It motivates me to get out there again and have another shot."
On Twitter, he thanked his fans – his followers doubled overnight to more than 12,000.
I would like to thank everyone who stayed & supported on MCA tonight, it was a dream to play. Sorry I didn't get the win but I gave my all.
— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) January 16, 2014
I will become better for the experience of it all and I will use it to my advantage. I've still got mixed @AustralianOpen so keep coming out
As you can all imagine, I'm toast right now physically & emotionally plus I've got recovery to do, all credit to @benoitpaire #GreatFight
It was a great night for the future of Australian tennis, with another teenager, Thanasi Kokkinakis, losing in straight sets, 6-2 6-4 6-2, to world No. 1 Rafael Nadal, but winning high praise from the champion, who said: "I really think he has a fantastic future. He has all the ingredients to be a top player."
In the meantime, Nick Kyrgios will be back at the Australian Open in the days ahead in the mixed doubles.
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In Križevci, historical intersection of pathways, from October 2012. inspirational festival is held on journeys, adventure and tourism, search, departure and arrival, vagrancy and wanderings, migration and readmission. Wealth that is acquired through journeys is not material and not send-able like a package or via the TV screen, but, apart from direct experience, it is essential to experience the passion of many who have stepped into the unknown, at least through their stories and reviews, as well as encouragement and inspiration. Pinklec is the word coming from the dialect, common around Kalnik foothills, and an armful of presents, backpack, pack of the things most necessary for going away, traditionally looking for a job. In recent times, it is the symbol of the wandering, in carefree and minimalist manner, not spending much but discovering new places and true, non-consumerist adventure travel.
Croatian Star trek and UFO convention web pages. Convention takes place every year, late August, in small Slavonian town called Donji Miholjac, and gathers numerous Star trek fans, UFO lovers and researchers and SF lovers from Croatia and near by countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Hungary).
"Vukovar Puppet spring / Puppet Spring in the County of Vukovar-Srijem" is a puppet theatre festival, which is held under the dual name every spring in many towns and villages of the Vukovar-Srijem county.
Valentine's day - history of Valentine's day, gift, free e cards.
Primjena je serija konferencija o internetskoj komunikaciji u praksi.Prva u nizu je "Internet i politički marketing".


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Q: why someone change my file in hosting easily? I used CodeIgniter to build website. This day my file on website is changed and my home page show:
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I don't know why it can change my file even I change password of cPanel and change to original file it still change it again and generate new files.
Question:
1 - Why someone can change my file in hosting easily?
2 - Does it from file and folder permission?
3 - Can htaccess protect it?

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*Because either there are vulnerabilities in your site, you let your password be compromised, or they brute-forced your password.

*Usually not, no.

*.htaccess has no "Don't hack this" directive you can use, but it is possible to use .htaccess to restrict access to sensitive locations, or add an extra layer of password protection.

My usual suggestions for general site security are:

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*Keep your site software up to date.

*Use strong passwords.

*Implement CAPTCHA on all login/signup screens.

*Don't give your password to strangers, or install malware on your local computer.

*Don't save backup files to web-accessible folders.

Since it's already broken, I'd suggest contacting your Hosting company to see if they can identify and plug the hole. They may not be able to reverse the damage, but most will at least remove any malware and change all your passwords for you.

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Blog (September 2018)
A consumer health advocates guide to the 2018 elections: Georgia's Governor
Early voting began last week ahead of the upcoming November 6th Election Day. Georgians across the state are heading to the polls to cast their votes for Governor, Insurance Commissioner, state legislators and other elected positions, and voters' decisions about the candidates in each race will have a critical impact on consumers health issues in Georgia.
One of the most visible positions on the ballot and one that plays a meaningful role in health care policy for the state is Georgia's Governor. The Governor heads the state's executive branch, which is broadly responsible for implementing, supporting, and enforcing Georgia's laws.
As head of the executive branch, the Governor has the authority to appoint and provide direction to the leaders of most of Georgia's executive branch departments, including the Commissioners of the Departments of Community Health (the state's Medicaid agency), Public Health, Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, and Family and Children Services. Because most health-related programs in the state are run by one of these agencies, the ability to appoint department leadership provides the Governor with outsized influence on the direction, priorities, and initiatives within each.
Ahead of the state legislative session, the Governor has the added responsibility of proposing an annual state budget for the General Assembly's consideration. Health care is regularly the state's second largest expenditure, making up almost 20% of the annual budget. Aside from expected items like Medicaid expenditures, the Governor may propose special investments that promote his/her health-related priorities. For example, Georgia's FY19 budget includes an additional $21.4 million to improve and expand children's behavioral health services as recommended to Governor Deal by his Commission on Children's Mental Health. Once the legislature has considered and passed a budget, the Governor has the power to veto or approve the spending plan.
At the end of each year's legislative session, the Governor has 40 days to approve or veto ("veto" means "to reject") legislation. Most laws passed by the General Assembly are approved but a few each year are rejected by the Governor because they are ill-informed, controversial, or contrary to the Governor's priorities. In recent years, Governor Deal has vetoed some health-related laws like SB 357 in 2018, which would have established a Health Care Coordination and Innovation Council.
Once a bill is approved, the Governor may direct the executive branch agencies about how the law should be carried out. For example, if the Georgia General Assembly approves future legislation to expand Medicaid in Georgia, the Governor may provide the Commissioner of Community Health with instructions about how the expansion should be implemented, including program elements that make it easier or harder for people to enroll in or use their new coverage.
Georgia's next Governor will have a significant role in shaping the state's health care landscape over the next four years or more. Whether and how the state addresses issues like access to care, health care affordability, the opioid crisis, and the sustainability of the rural health care system may be decided by voters at the ballot box this November.
This blog is part of a series from Georgians for a Healthy Future to educate consumers about the impact of the 2018 election on timely consumer health issues. Please check out our previous blog, Eight questions for health care voters to ask Georgia candidates, where you can find a list of questions to help health care voters get to know the candidates on their ballots.
*Georgians for a Healthy Future is a non-partisan, 501(c)3 organization. We do not endorse or support any candidates or political party.
Tags: consumers • coverage • Georgia • Gold Dome • legislative session • Medicaid
Medicaid Matters: PeachCare provides peace of mind
Thanks to Medicaid, Ashley can enjoy the end of summer vacation with her kids without having to worry about health care. Ashley is a mother of three children living in Atlanta and all of her children have health care coverage through Peachcare for Kids.
"[Without Medicaid] I wouldn't be able to take my kids to the doctors office, I would have to go to the ER each time and there's only so much they can do there. Medicaid is truly a blessing."
Medicaid covers the immunizations that Ashley's kids need before school begins and her youngest child has received care for a heat rash without forcing Ashley to rush to the emergency room.
Ashley and her children live in Fulton county where Medicaid and PeachCare cover 33% of children. (PeachCare for Kids is Georgia's name for the Child Health Insurance Program, also called CHIP.) Medicaid and CHIP guarantee that essential services like immunizations, developmental screenings, dental care, check-ups, and prescriptions are covered so kids can grow up healthy and successful.
Ashley's children are three of the 1.3 million children in Georgia who are covered by Medicaid or PeachCare. Unfortunately, another 160,000 children in Georgia remain uninsured despite being eligible for coverage through the two programs. One successful strategy to enroll more children in coverage is for states like Georgia to close the Medicaid coverage gap.
Georgia is among the toughest states for parents to qualify for Medicaid coverage because our state policy makers have not extended health insurance to adults making less than $12,060 (for an individual), However, new data demonstrates that when coverage options exist for parents, children are more likely to be covered as well. In states that have extended Medicaid coverage to all low-income parents, the children's uninsured rate fell from 6.1% to 4%; in states that did not, like Georgia, the children's uninsured rate has increased.
In Fulton County, where Ashley and her three children live, 42,103 parents and other adults are stuck in the coverage gap but could be covered if Georgia's policy makers extended insurance to this group. Gaining coverage would increase the likelihood that all Georgia children are covered and allow parents like Ashley to take care of their health so they can focus on raising their families.
Your story is powerful! Stories help to put a human face to health care issues in Georgia. When you share your story, you help others understand the issue, its impact on Georgia, and why it's important.
Your health care story is valuable because the reader may be your neighbor, friend, someone in your congregation, or your legislator. It may inspire others to share their stories or to become advocates. It is an opportunity for individuals who receive Medicaid or fall into the coverage gap, their family members, their physicians and concerned Georgia citizens to show that there are real people with real needs who will be impacted by the health policy decisions made by Congress and Georgia's state leaders.
Share your story here!
Get to know our 2018 Consumer Health Impact Awardees!
Linda Smith Lowe Health Advocacy Award: Sylvia Caley
Community Impact Award: CaringWorks
Powerhouse Policymaker Award: Commissioner Frank Berry
Power House Policymaker Award: Representative Bob Trammel
Sylvia Caley, JD, MBA, RN recently retired as a clinical professor at Georgia State University College of Law teaching law students and other professional graduate students enrolled in the HeLP Legal Services Clinic. In addition, she teaches Health Legislation and Advocacy, a year-long course in which law students work with community partners to address health-related legislative and regulatory issues affecting the community. She was an adjunct clinical assistant professor at Morehouse School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics. She is the director of the Health Law Partnership (HeLP), an interdisciplinary community collaboration among Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, and the College of Law. She is a member of the Ethics Committees at Grady Health System and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and also is a member of the Public Policy Committee at Children's. She also is a member of the Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation, U. S. Department of Health & Human Services. Her research interests focus on using interdisciplinary and holistic approaches to address the socio-economic and environmental issues affecting the health and well-being of children, specifically the lives of low-income, chronically ill, and disabled children. For her years of service and leadership in Georgia, we are proud to honor Sylvia with the Linda Smith Lowe Health Advocacy Award.
CaringWorks, Inc. was founded in 2002 with a mission to reduce homelessness and empower the marginalized by providing access to housing and services that foster dignity, self-sufficiency and well-being. It was built on the single idea that every citizen, no matter their social or economic standing, should have the chance to improve their quality of life. CaringWorks specializes in providing housing, mental health services, substance use disorder treatment, and an array of related social supports to individuals and families who are experiencing homelessness.
In the 15 years since it's founding, CaringWorks has grown into one of the largest supportive housing providers in the greater Atlanta area. In 2018, the agency will impact over 900 extremely low-income men, women and children who are facing homelessness, over 90% of whom are expected to achieve permanent, sustainable housing. It collaborates with partners throughout the city of Atlanta, Fulton, DeKalb, Rockdale, Henry and Newton counties to serve the individuals considered to be the most vulnerable and at-risk of injury, illness, or death. For their service, commitment, and impact, we are proud to honor CaringWorks with the Community Impact Award.
Frank W. Berry is the Commissioner for the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH). In this role, he leads the $14 billion agency responsible for health care purchasing, planning and regulation, and improving the health outcomes of Georgians. The agency administers Georgia Medicaid and the State Health Benefit Plan (SHBP), and provides access to health care coverage for approximately one in four Georgians. In addition to Medicaid and SHBP, he also oversees Healthcare Facility Regulation Division, Office of Health Planning (which implements the Certificate of Need program), and the State Office of Rural Health.
Prior to joining DCH, Berry served as the Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities for four and a half years, and has more than 30 years of public service experience. He was previously the Chief Executive Officer of View Point Health Community Service Board. Berry serves as the Chairman for the ABLE Board and is a member of the First Lady's Children's Cabinet. Commissioner Berry has demonstrated his dedication to bettering health care in Georgia we are proud to recognize him as a 2018 Powerhouse Policymaker.
Bob Trammell practices law at the Trammell Firm, which he founded in Luthersville, Georgia in 2003. He is truly a son of the 132nd district; his law office is located in the former home of his grandparents. Bob started his legal career as a law clerk in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. He subsequently practiced law at King and Spalding before returning home to start his own firm. Since 2011, Bob has served as the county attorney for Meriwether County. He is also a member of the Meriwether County Chamber of Commerce and the Meriwether County Bar Association.
Education has always been a priority for Bob, particularly because both of his parents are retired educators. Bob is a 1996 summa cum laude graduate of the University of Georgia, where he was a Foundation Fellow majoring in English and Political Science. He obtained his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1999. Bob believes strongly that education is essential to preparing Georgia's workforce for the jobs of today and the jobs of the future. Investment in science, technology, engineering, and math programs is the key to creating job opportunities for all Georgians.
Bob and his wife Jenny reside in Luthersville where they are busy raising daughters Mary, three years old, and Virginia, who will be two in September. Jenny, a graduate of the University of Georgia, works as a pharmacist with CVS-Caremark in LaGrange. Bob and Jenny can think of no other place that they would want to raise their family. Bob believes in making Georgia the best place to work, learn, and live for not only his family, but for all Georgians. For his steadfast commitment to improving the lives of all Georgians, we are honored to recognize him as a 2018 Powerhouse Policymaker.
We hope you'll join us tomorrow, on September 6th as we recognize our amazing awardees! RSVP
Tags: advocacy • consumers • event • Georgia • Gold Dome • SBIRT


The systems used in clinical R&D (or commercial, or HR, or finance…), like everything else in the world (people included), eventually grow old and stop working the way we'd like them to. Fortunately, these systems can be replaced – though not necessarily any more cheaply or easily than your Uncle Irwin's hip. Done the right way, however, finding and implementing a new system can be relatively painless. Even better, the end result will be something you'll be happy with. There will be work involved, sure, but unless you want to be stuck – again – with a system that adds no value to your organization, I'm sure you'll agree that these six steps are worth doing.
I know what you're thinking – "We know we need a new system, so why in the world do we need a business case?" It's a fair point. But "knowing" something isn't exactly the same as knowing it, if you know what I mean. The bottom line is that your company is about to spend a truckload of money on this new system, so it's probably not too much for the powers-that-be to ask for a little justification for the purchase so they can show their powers-that-be that this is a wise move. If it's so obvious to everyone that a new system is needed, then this step should be a breeze, and this doesn't need to be a Harvard MBA project either. Just including some of the basic building blocks of a business case – such as assumptions, the financial model, benefits rationale, risks/contingencies/dependencies, and of course a final recommendation – should be enough to show that purchasing the new system is prudent. Besides, in 7 years from now when people are wondering why you ever did this in the first place, you'll have some documentation to fall back on.
A system will only be as good as the requirements collected for it – skip this step at your own peril. It is here where you will be defining the detailed business needs and thus prioritizing what features are most important to your organization. That word prioritizing is key – chances are you won't ever find the "perfect" system, so you'll need to decide which handful of features you will base your evaluation of each system on. These requirements list can get long, but keep in mind that the length of your requirements document should be roughly proportional to the importance of the new system across your entire organization. You shouldn't have a list of 400 items for a system that will affect a single 15 person department.
Once you have some basic requirements down, you'll need to take a look at the landscape of vendors that can possibly provide what you need. By now you should at least hasite feasve your high level requirements. Thanks to the internet, you shouldn't have a much of a problem figuring out who these vendors are and thus getting a "long list" of candidates. Providing these vendors with a clearly written request for information (RFI) will help them to understand your expectations and show you how their system can meet your needs.
You may start with a relatively large number of vendors on your "long list". Setting up a series of relatively brief demo meetings (an hour or so should be plenty of time to get a sense of things) is a great way to start paring down your list to a final two or three candidates. Focus on your high priority features and eliminate the ones that can't meet your "must have" list. As you're doing this, you'll also need to be creating your final RFP to send out to the remaing few vendors. This final RFP should include your detailed requirements list so vendors can be prepared to demonstrate how their systems meet your needs.
Prepare for sales forces to storm your castle – once you have your "short list" identified, it's time to have the vendors come in for a more rigorous meeting where they will (attempt to) show you how their system is best for your needs. You will in turn grill them on everything from how their back end database is structured to what they had for breakfast last Thursday. Prior to these meetings, it's a good idea to develop some kind of weighted scorecard (based on prioritized requirements) for everyone to use to evaluate each system. Expect to spend a good portion of a day delving into the nitty gritty of not only the vendor's system but how they provide service to their clients. Do they have a dedicated project manager to oversee installation? What system training do they provide? How about their help desk?
Now that you have all of your information, it's time to decide. That doesn't mean it's time to have 17 more meetings and call in the vendors five more times (you won't need to do this since you already followed the five previously detailed steps…right?). Studies have shown that, beyond a reasonable amount of "due diligence", buyers tend to be less happy when they spend an inordinate amount of time doing research before a purchase. Follow up with the vendor with any questions you may have, of course, but don't expect a sudden epiphany or sign telling you what to do. Your decision should be made through open conversation amongst the project team based on what was observed in the vendor meetings. The scorecards are really there to validate what the verbal consensus is (hopefully; if the consensus and the scorecards do not align more talking needs to be done). Note that at no point has money really played a factor in the decision. Again, that's where the business case from the first step comes in – since it was developed early on with certain (hopefully reasonable) assumptions about cost, this has already been addressed. If needed, the cost model can be updated to reflect the actual proposed vendor costs to verify that the numbers still make sense.
Keep in mind the vendor selection is only the beginning. The implementation is often where these projects fail. Check back in the near future for a blog post on the things that need to happen to ensure a successful implementation. Whether you're looking for a new clinical trial management system (CTMS), electronic data capture system (EDC), electronic Trial Master File (eTMF), or any other system, following these six steps can help make sure you get the right system. Uncle Irwin is on his own.


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This cache belongs to the SideTracked series. It is not designed to take you to a magical place with a breath taking view. It's a distraction for the weary traveller, but anyone else can go and find it too. More Information can be found at the SideTracked Website
About SideTracked - Penrose Station
The construction contract for the Exeter to Tallong section was awarded to Robert Forster & James Roberts on 13 January 1864, and the single line opened from Moss Vale to Marulan on 6 August 1868. The station opened as an unnamed loop in 1869 renamed Cables Siding; it was renamed Penrose on 27 June 1897; and relocated to a new site on 15 March 1916. On 19 December 1915 the line was duplicated from Kareela to Tallong.
The name Penrose was first suggested by Mrs Hammond, an early pioneer from Cornwall in England. Penrose was the name of a Cornish family well known to her. Mr P Rush of the Cables Siding Progress Association requested the Department of Railways to change the name of the place to Penrose which was approved. The Government town of Penrose was not named until 31 May 1911, the name coming from that of the railway station.
An historic plan (unofficially dated 1915) shows a platform building on the Down platform, described as a timber building with a gable roof, and comprising a General Waiting Room, Booking Office, Out-of Room and Ladies Room, as well as space for signal levers. The Up platform shows a small Waiting Room of weatherboard with a skillion roof and an awning, internal bench seat and water tank attached, a corrugated iron toilet, and a Goods Shed off a siding past the level crossing. It is not clear if or when these buildings were present at the station, though the remaining Waiting Room and Store appear to date from this period.
In 1985, there were numerous buildings on the Penrose station, but today most of them have been demolished. You can see a photograph from 1985 here. All that remains are a timber skillion roof waiting shed on platform 1, and an additional smaller timber station building, with two brick-faced platforms, and platform signs.
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Who decides when the red line is crossed in instances like the SNC-Lavalin affair?
By Errol Mendes. Published on Feb 28, 2019 1:10pm
'In the interests of securing the long-term legitimacy of our cherished system of prosecutorial independence and the role of cabinet solidarity, security and privileges, some thought should be given to having a deep and thoughtful consultation led by eminent jurists in cooperation with the Privy Council Office.'
Clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick. iPolitics/Matthew Usherwood
After listening to the testimony of Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick and Wednesday the riveting testimony of Jody Wilson-Raybould, I have come to the conclusion that there are two fundamentally conflicting views of the legality of the several interactions between the former minister of justice and the clerk, the PMO and the MP. This is due to starkly different views of what is permitted and not permitted in terms of providing any form of context, advocacy, or any form of pressure regarding the role of the minister as regards to her powers over decisions of the director of public prosecutions (DPP).
This could well have resulted in everyone involved in this situation regarding what happened as either a constitutional infraction on prosecutorial independence (i.e. the Shawcross convention) or a legitimate functioning of the machinery of government obeying the direction of the elected government.
The application of the relevant part of the Lord Shawcross statement of prosecutorial independence is crucial to seeing how each side could reach their different conclusions. The Shawcross statement has been accepted in Canada as a constitutional convention that does accept that the task of the attorney general in determining whether a prosecution is in the public interest can't always be made in isolation. However, the statement is clear that the attorney general must in the final analysis control the process and determine the outcome and not be inappropriately pressured:
"In order to inform himself, he may, although I do not think he is obliged to, consult with any of his colleagues in the government …. the assistance of his colleagues is confined to informing him of particular considerations which might affect his own decision, and does not consist and must not consist, in telling him what the decision ought to be. The responsibility for the eventual decision rests upon the Attorney-General, and he is not to be put, and is not put, under pressure by his colleagues in the matter."
Listening to the testimony of Wernick, he was emphatic that it was legal advocacy, context and if the "P" word has to be used, it was not "inappropriate pressure" to ask the former minister of justice to take into account the job losses and other effects that could arise if SNC-Lavalin was convicted and faced a 10-year ban on bidding for government contracts. This perspective would argue that this conventional rule does legitimize officials consulting with the attorney general and offering "particular considerations."
The clerk also stated that even today, the present minister of justice can still decide to issue a written directive to the DPP regarding a DPA. This is an indication that it was the view of the government that, despite the September 2018 decision of the former minister not to issue such a directive, there was no constitutional bar to continue offering legal advocacy to the minister that could result in changing her mind on offering a DPA to SNC-Lavalin. Subsequent to the testimony of Wernick and Wilson-Raybould, the prime minister has strongly endorsed this perspective that there was no wrongdoing in the discussions with the former minister.
However, the opposite perspective now equally emphatically put forward by the opposition, and the former minister herself, is that the several meetings and phone calls by the PMO officials, the Department of Finance officials and the clerk of the privy council with Wilson-Raybould and her chief of staff went beyond consultation, context or "particular considerations" and morphed into inappropriate pressure to consider changing her position on issuing a directive ordering the DPP to offer a DPA to SNC-Lavalin.
The opposition has also pointed out that the law on DPAs also prevent national economic interests to be factored into granting the remediation agreement. This would prevent the job and economic losses being legitimate considerations. This can be countered that the huge personal damage to innocents such as employees from an implosion of the company can legitimately be viewed as a non-economic consideration of social and distributive justice countering a hard application of retributive justice. The DPA law itself allows for such consideration of innocent victims of corporate crimes. Wernick, the prime minister and Gerald Butts have all strongly denied that there is any "willful" obstruction to force the former minister to order the DPP to offer a DPA rather than engaging in a form of appropriate pressure.
The opposition, in particular the leader of the Conservative Party, Andrew Scheer, is going further and asserting that the meetings and statements by the government officials amounts to a criminal willful obstruction of justice. This is an immensely serious allegation which should not be stated lightly. The former minister of justice herself has asserted that the "inappropriate pressure" did not stray into criminal obstruction, in large part, because she would not let it happen by warning officials about improper political interference. I suggest that what Wilson-Raybould was determined to do was to present a "teachable moment" to all in government and politics that there are critical red lines that must not be crossed when a justice minister is acting in the role of attorney general dealing with complex decisions on criminal prosecutions. For that we must all be grateful to her and I hope that she stays in politics in whatever party she chooses to be in and further advances her truth.
While some experts have asserted that the Shawcross convention is too "flimsy" to provide any answers, so are many of the other conventions that are critical to the workings of our Parliamentary democracy. Like other conventions, they do allow for those who govern to adjust their decision-making to the imperatives of the time and evolution of society. However, where they do cause severe problems, there is a need to develop guidelines for their future use.
In the interests of securing the long-term legitimacy of our cherished system of prosecutorial independence and the role of cabinet solidarity, security and privileges, some thought should be given to having a deep and thoughtful consultation led by eminent jurists in co-operation with the Privy Council Office. Perhaps the former minister could play a leading role in that. The aim would be to develop an authoritative set of guidelines for the roles of the attorney general, the cabinet and the Privy Council Office relating to attorney general and DPP conduct and decisions on prosecutions. These guidelines could go into the cabinet manual that I gather that the PCO is already engaged in developing regarding other major constitutional conventions that have been the subject of controversial decisions in the past.
Errol Mendes is a professor of constitutional and international law at the University of Ottawa and President of the International Commission of Jurists, Canada.
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I know Natan Hospitality since it's established. There is no significant issue appears until now and even there's a problem, it can be solved professionally and with full of understanding to satisfy all parties involved. Natan Hospitality also puts its attention to social problems in Bali apart from being professional. We support what has been done by the owner, Mr. Kadek Sudarsana and his staff. We wish Natan Hospitality a great success and be able to give more benefits to the society. Two thumbs up for Natan Hospitality, its management and staff.


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On August the 24th, Trevi started the excavation of the shaft at Soilmec facility, one of the enabling works planned for the execution of the TTMJ system test field.
The excavation of the concrete in the 1.5 x 2.8 shaft, will be executed by means of a new Soilmec Hydromill.
The crew involved in the job smilingly poses from the balcony of the machine.


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(NaturalNews) Kaci Hickox, the nurse who was quarantined in New Jersey over her high risk status as a possible Ebola carrier, has ties to the CDC which have been deliberately hidden by the mainstream media.
Right now, a war is waging between states like New Jersey, New York and Illinois -- which have all decided to quarantine travelers at high risk of Ebola infections -- and the federal government which is adamantly opposed to border security, medical quarantines and travel bans.
Kaci Hickox emerged in the center of this debate just yesterday when she complained of being "interrogated" and held in violation of her civil rights. Kaci's LinkedIn.com profile, which described her links to the CDC, was scrubbed from the web earlier today, and even Google cache has strangely been cleared of her profile which previously detailed her ties to the CDC.
The now-famous DallasNews.com article  which published Hickox's complaints failed to mention the nurse's ties to the CDC.
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Why is the White House trying to dismantle state-level Ebola quarantines?
All this brings up the obvious question: Why is President Obama working so hard to dismantle state-level quarantine efforts?
Do the White House and the CDC actively want to see Ebola infections spread out of control? While the question may seem outlandish at first, it is increasingly difficult to explain away these bizarre actions being taken by the federal government: allowing infected travelers easy entry into the United States, recommending wholly inadequate medical gear to health care workers, keeping the southern border completely unprotected and now trying to dismantle state-level quarantines that would prevent infected people from spreading Ebola to the population at large. Didn't the example of Dr. Spencer running around New York City while he had Ebola awaken anybody enough at the federal level to call for quarantines and border security?
Mostly what we keep hearing from the federal government is pure fabrication or distortion. For example, check out these ten glaring Ebola contradictions the federal government continues to push, hoping the U.S. public is too uninformed to call their bluff.
But how does all this fit into White House plans? There are plenty of theories being seriously debated right now across the 'net, ranging from Obama's desire to declare medical martial law to global depopulation agendas. Jon Rappoport at NoMoreFakeNews.com is even arguing that the entire Ebola pandemic is a massive global hoax.
I can't say which theory makes the most sense at this point, but my best guess is that we are witnessing all sorts of government and corporate factions fighting with each other over how to exploit this Ebola situation for their maximum gain. Drug companies simply want to see as much fear as possible so they can sell vaccines as soon as they are granted global legal immunity (which is already in the works). Obama wants to keep the southern border open so that more amnesty candidates keep flooding in to vote for socialist candidates. The CDC wants to gain a huge increase in its operating budgets (which also translates into salaries and bonuses) by being tasked with tackling a massive global crisis. One way or another, every sector of government and corporate enterprise is looking for a way to profit from this crisis.
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NPR: Is There A Way To Keep Using Opioid Painkillers And Reduce Risk?
From NPR.
Jon McHann, 56, got started on prescription opioids the way a lot of adults in the U.S. did: He was in pain following an accident. In his case, it was a fall.
"I hit my tailbone just right, and created a severe bulging disc" that required surgery, McHann says.
McHann, who lives in Smithville, Tenn., expected to make a full recovery and go back to work as a heavy haul truck driver. But 10 years after his accident, he's still at home.
"After the surgery the pain was just excruciating," McHann recalls. "I was unable to function." His spinal problems turned out to be more complicated and hard to treat. And he developed other health problems, too. He had several more surgical procedures for his back, but he got no relief. He says on days when his pain is through the roof, "I can't open my eyes because I know if I blink it's going to hurt."
His doctor prescribed methadone, a powerful opioid. He stayed on the drug for seven years.
"It helped immensely, it brought my pain down to a 5 or 6 [on a 10 point scale]," McHann says. "I could function fairly well throughout the day. I could go to church every weekend, I could help my wife shop, I could help around the house a little bit."
McHann knew the risks of opioid drugs, including the risk of dependence. "It was a concern to me," he says. His goal was to get off the drugs. But for many years, it felt like the benefits of the pain relief outweighed the risks.
But as concern about the opioid epidemic grew, McHann started getting pushback from his doctors. They began reducing the strength and dose of his prescription. "Every time I saw a clinician, my opioids were reduced," McHann says.
As the dosage was decreased, his pain began to increase and he worried that he'd be cut off the drug. "Life wasn't going to be worth living if I couldn't get the pain under control," McHann says.
McHann is not alone; pain is one of the most common and debilitating medical conditions, with about one-third of Americans dealing with some form of acute or chronic pain. In 2014, 3 to 4 percent of adults were prescribed opioid painkillers long term — 9.6 million to 11.5 million people.
In response to the epidemic of opioid addiction and deaths, in 2016 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released guidelines urging physicians to try non-opioid methods first for chronic pain. In a viewpoint published last month in JAMA, the journal of the American Medical Association, CDC officials wrote that while illicit opioids such as fentanyl seem to be driving the recent increase in opioid-related overdose deaths, "unnecessary exposure to prescription opioids must be reduced to prevent development of opioid use disorder in the first place."
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The CDC guidelines point to the serious risks of high dosages and long-term use, including addiction. They offer guidance to physicians on how to taper doses, or discontinue the use of the drugs.


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Housing Trust Group Breaks Ground on Palm Beach Affordable Rehab
The company, in partnership with The Spectra Organization, will renovate Covenant Villas, a 144-unit community.
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Belle Glade, Fla.—In a joint venture with The Spectra Organization Inc., Housing Trust Group (HTG), a developer of affordable housing, began work on Covenant Villas, a 144-unit apartment community in Belle Glade, Fla. Currently all apartments are market-rate, but they will be converted to affordable housing and set aside for families earning at or less than 60 percent and 33 percent of the Palm Beach County area median income.
The Covenant Villas in Belle Glade, Fla.
Located at 130 NW 6th St., the community consists of 80 one-, 50 two- and 14 three-bedroom apartments in 18 two-story buildings. According to Yardi Matrix data, the community features 288 parking spaces and provides laundry facilities to residents. The property, constructed in 1988, will get new metal roofs, impact-resistant windows, new electrical, plumbing and HVAC systems, and new interior carpentry, drywall, paint and cabinetry.
"Palm Beach County and Belle Glade in particular, has a tremendous immediate need for safe, clean and affordable housing for its residents and it is so gratifying to be able to provide exactly that for the families of this city," said Matthew Rieger, HTG's president and CEO.
HTG acquired the property for $22 million, which includes funding for renovations. Financing sources include $18.2 million in 9 percent Low Income Housing Tax Credit equity invested by Raymond James Tax Credit Funds, as well as loans totaling $2.2 million from Palm Beach County, a permanent financing from National Lending Partners of $1.9 million and a $13.5 million construction loan from TD Bank.
The general contractor for the renovation program is Newport Property Construction, and Kimberly Dellastatious is the architect. West Palm Beach Land Developers Consortium are the engineers for the rehabilitation of Covenant Villas. Work is expected to be completed by September 2017.
Recently, HTG opened Valencia Grove, another 144-unit affordable housing community in the central Florida town of Eustis.
Image courtesy of Yardi Matrix
Housing Trust Group
Matthew Rieger
Affordable Senior Community Opens in West Palm Beach
Related Urban Unveils $600M Miami Project
Housing Trust Group Grows Property Management Division
Miami Market-Rate Development Lands $50M Loan


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Q: Why the derivative of $n^{1/n}$ is $n^{1/n} \left( \frac{1}{n^2} - \frac{\log(n)}{n^2}\right)$ Why the derivative of $n^{1/n} = \sqrt[n]{n}$ is $n^{1/n} \left( \frac{1}{n^2} - \frac{\log(n)}{n^2}\right)$ (according to Maxima and other tools online)?
I have tried to applied the chain rule, but it comes something completely different:
$$\frac{1}{n} n^{\frac{1}{n} - 1} \cdot 1 = \frac{1}{n} n^\frac{1}{n}n^{-1} = \frac{1}{n^2} n^\frac{1}{n} = \frac{\sqrt[n]{n}}{n^2}$$
Sincerely, I am not seeing where that $\log$ and the rest of the stuff comes from. I have a more difficult problem that is similar and whose solution contains a $\log$ somewhere, but I am not seeing where it comes from.

A: Write
$$
n^{1/n}=\exp\left(\frac1n\log(n)\right)
$$
Then the chain rule, followed by the product rule, says
$$
\begin{align}
\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}n}n^{1/n}
&=\exp\left(\frac1n\log(n)\right)\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}n}\left(\frac1n\log(n)\right)\\
&=n^{1/n}\left(\frac1{n^2}-\frac{\log(n)}{n^2}\right)
\end{align}
$$

A: The previous answers have explained how to do the calculation correctly.  I want to comment on why your method didn't work.
The reason you have the wrong answer is you haven't applied the chain rule correctly.  You started with $f(n)=n^{1/n}$, and tried to apply the chain rule.  Since your first calculation was $$\frac{d}{dn}n^{1/n}=\frac{1}{n}n^{\frac{1}{n}-1}.$$ It looks to me like you've assumed that the $\frac{1}{n}$ in the exponent is constant, allowing you to apply the power rule.  The problem is that $\frac{1}{n}$ is not constant.
By analogy, at some point you should have seen that $\frac{d}{dx}e^x=e^x$.  We could calculate the derivative of $e^{1/x}$ using the chain rule;
$$\frac{d}{dx}e^{1/x}=\frac{-1}{x^2}e^{1/x}.$$  By the incorrect method that you used earlier, by pretending that the $x$ in the exponent is constant, I would get the incorrect result $$\frac{d}{dx}e^{1/x}=0.$$

A: $$y=n^{1/n}$$
$$\log(y)=1/n\log(n)$$
$$\frac{y'}{y}=-\frac{1}{n^2}\log(n)+{1/n}(1/n)$$
multiply by $y$
$$y'=y(\frac{1}{n^2}-\frac{\log n}{n^2})$$