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The Lake District - a UNESCO World Heritage Site
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A Wonderful Part of the Lake District To Explore
Oakbank House B&B is well located for exploring the Lake District National Park, which was granted status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2017 in recognition of the outstanding beauty of the landscape.
Oakbank House has easy access to the Lakeland Fells in all directions and Lake Windermere is on your doorstep - almost!
It's a fantastic area for fell walking, cycling and watersports. Enjoy!
We are also a short stroll from the centre of Bowness-on-Windermere with it's great shops, cafés, pubs and restaurants.
Lake Windermere
Lake Windermere can be seen from some of our rooms - boat hire, windsurfing, sailing, rowing boats, powered boats and Windermere Lake Cruises are available.
We're also close to the car and pedestrian ferry across the lake to Near Sawray and Far Sawray for Beatrix Potter attractions as well as the picturesque village of Hawkshead.
It's also perfect for walking along the western shore of Windermere including Claife Heights for stunning views of the lake.
We're a short drive from Ambleside - visit the famous Bridge House and Stagshaw Gardens.
Lake Cruises on Windermere are available from here too.
Many great walks fell start from Ambleside including the Fairfield Horseshoe and Wansfell (for stunning views of Windermere).
And some great outdoor shops, pubs and restaurants.
Kirkstone Pass & Ullswater
For an exciting drive out, follow the A592 over Kirkstone Pass (1489 feet) to Brotherswater and Ullswater (famous for its Ullswater Steamers). Stunning views, a challenging road and a pub for lunch at the top (Kirkstone Pass Inn). Or stop and take to the fells.
Aira Force, a magnificant waterfall, just off the edge of Ullswater is well worth a visit and is managed by the National Trust. If you are feeling more energetic, the circular walk up Gowbarrow is a poular one for stunning views of Ullswater.
You've also got the magnificant Helvellyn and Striding Edge in the same area.
Grasmere & Rydal Water
Grasmere and Rydal Water are a short drive north - take an easy stoll around the two picturesque lakes or and visit the famous Gingerbread Shop in Grasmere Village.
Lots of great local shops, galleries, cafés and restaurants too.
There are also some popular smaller fell walks such as the famous "Lion & the Lamb" (Helm Crag) and Silver How, both accessible from Grasmere for stunning views.
Fell Walking in Langdale
The stunning valley of Langdale - a very popular area with walkers and climbers alike on the famous Langdale Pikes. The quintessential Lakeland view.
Easy walks along the valley floor and Blea Tarn or for the more adventurous, Crinkle Crags, Bowfell, Harrison Stickle and Pavey Ark via Stickle Tarn.
It's also a great place for cycling and mountain biking. A couple of great traditional Lakeland pubs to sample too.
The Lakeland Motor Museum at Backbarrow near Ulverston - has a unique collection of 30000 exhibits, including 140 classic cars and motorbikes, all carefully assembled over 50 years. Something for everyone including bicycles, toy cars, and local history and more.
The Hoad is a 100ft scale replica of the Eddystone lighthouse erected to commemorate Sir John Barrow, a founder member of the Royal Geographic Society, who was born in Ulverston. A recent restoration has restored this Grade II listed building back to its former glory.
Relax & Enjoy Your Stay
We aim to make you feel welcome and relaxed throughout your stay and our attention to detail and friendly hospitality will make you want to return time and again in the future.
So relax, enjoy your stay and make the most of this wonderful area in the Lake District National Park - now a World Heritage Site!
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We offer a workshop at BCH each month on the topic of "Energy Literacy," a perspective that focuses on learning to perceive energy in ourselves and the world around us.
We can view illness, pain and conflict as problems. Or we can view them as "the oil light on the dashboard" that tells us that something is out of balance and needs tending.
The more we understand and are attuned to the energies of our bodies, hearts and minds, the earlier we can recognize imbalances and act to correct them. When we learn to do this it empowers us to live more and more harmonious lives, regardless of what's happening outside of us.
2) To practice the skills of perceiving, nourishing and tending to our own and other people's energies.
The workshop is taught by Mark Montgomery, Lic. Ac.
For questions, call us at 541-322-9642 or email info@bendcommunityhealing.com.
The workshop is experiential, with no previous experience required.
It is a prerequisite for the advanced energy literacy courses taught at BCH.
Cost of the workshop is on a sliding scale of $30 - $90.


On August 8, 2007 it was publicly announced that life long Dingman Township resident, Charlie Bridge will be donating his land to Dingman Township. The 300 acre tract, just off US Route 6, has been in the Bridge family since the family bought it from the Pinchot family in 1838.
In announcing the gift, the Supervisors noted that Mr. Bridge was one of the original members of the Dingman Township Planning Commission where he was active in the visioning and preparation of many of the Township's land use ordinances.
Mr. Bridge is currently working to have a conservation easement applied to the property through the North American Land Trust to ensure that the property is never developed. When the easement process is completed, the land will be formally handed over to the Township.
The nature of the property lends itself to more rustic forms of recreation. Hiking and cross country skiing trails are anticipated to be among the first uses to be established by the Township.
The Dingman Township Board of Supervisors intends to name the new park the Cornelia and Florence Bridge Preserve in honor of Mr. Bridge's mother and wife.
Both Mr. Bridge and the Board of Supervisors agreed that much is owed to Attorney John H. Klemeyer and Davis R. Chant who both spent a great amount of time preparing for the property transfer.


No time, no time, no time, no time….
I worked until 1 am this morning on All's Fair in Love and Wolf edits. I'm on my last chapter and epilogue, but had to finally call it quits, get some sleep and start over again this morning. I need to finish Billionaire so I can send it to my beta readers…, so I'm hoping I can finish that one today. Too.
I have a reader tea and book signing coming up. So no time to write while I'm doing all of that.
And that will be my break!!!
This morning it was super foggy out, last night I was cold, but this morning it's warm again. Weird weather. A bluebird was perched on the fence, again, in the dark, so before I let the puppies out, I was trying to get a shot of him. Handheld camera shots in the dark, probably is all blurry. Fed the puppies, the birds, killed milkweed bugs, and washed aphids off the milkweed, and now it's time to do my blogs and get to work.
Have to do one other blog, and then I'm off to finish All's Fair….
And they even posed for me. One is a skipper, one a buckeye.
Having trouble with firefox this morning and posting anything anywhere so trying to get anything done quickly isn't happening.
Only 5 more chapters to edit on Flight of the White Wolf before I need to turn in and then back to working on the ending of Bounty Hunter Gets Her Wolf.
🙂 Have a wonderful Friday!!!!
I meant to take a walk every day now that it's cooler, right? And I'm just as lazy about it as usual. So if I give myself a goal, then I will get myself out the door.
I wanted to donate books to a Ladies' Christmas party at the rec center, and so I took my camera, even though the books were heavy, but if I don't take my camera, you know what happens, right? I see the most wondrous sight, and no camera. I dropped off the books and then saw hundreds of butterflies and bees (I exaggerate, which is an author's prerogative, but truly, there were tons) on the flowers outside the center, and they're flighty, not sitting still, so what's new. But you never know when a cool shot will present itself, so I snapped away anyway.
The sun was out, so not the best as far as going with the golden hour, but I had to wait for the center to open. The dragonfly is beautiful anyway.
And the gulf fritillary is pretty too among the red flowers.
And a long-tailed skipper butterfly.
And three little turtles. I almost didn't see them, and then I thought they were ducks, maybe, so I took a shot and realized they were turtles. I drew a little closer, but they began to slip into the water.
I'll share an excerpt tomorrow. I don't know where the days go to sometimes. Does that happen to you?
Temps Dropped in the Mornings!
But the house can be stuffy, so I have been opening the windows to let the cool air in. Here, Max and Tanner are enjoying watching out the window and smelling all the scents.
I was experimenting with the 50mm lens to see if it made any difference in the photos. The butterflies are all over the kaleidoscope butterfly bush, and this time I could get close without disturbing them.
And if you look really hard, there are even some fall colors!
Everyone needs to find the muse. Not just photographers or writers or artists.
Yep. What motivated you, inspires you to do anything?
So I put the camera back in manual mode, figuring with the new settings, I was bound to get some more of the really overexposed shots, but this one worked. I tried posting the link, but it's giving a bunch of stuff when I only want to add the link. So just look up: motion-shutter-speed-freeze-blur.
The other thing I needed a muse for was Photoshop manipulation. So while I half watched a ghost story set in England around 1920, I also watched several photoshop manipulations. They don't give details exactly on how it's done, but I was watching them and maybe if I keep watching them over and over, I'll finally see what it is they're doing so I can do the same. I had seen them on my laptop, so not sure what the site was. But here is one that I thought was pretty cool that I found on another site.
And the reason for looking into this more is that I am working on a cover, and I want to make it better. I'm still not happy with it, so will have to keep trying.
This was one I was playing around with, but I know I haven't really gotten my light sources right. This is not the one for the cover though. Or maybe it will be eventually. The one I'm working on is Double Cougar Trouble, and once it looks like I want it to look like, then it will also be my muse.
Now I need to get my house cleaned up for my son's visit. And you see, that's my muse!
The first one I took knowing more about setting. Yes, the 2nd one is better as far as catching the image, but, the first one was moving at Mighty Mouse speed. He was flapping his wings like crazy. I was waiting on a delivery, so I couldn't try to capture him outside so it's from a much greater distance, and looking through double paned windows. Aperture set at 1200.
Second one, was the first really. I was close, he was sitting still for me at the time for the most part, his wings are a little blurred. I just used automatic mode, not manual. I was outside, not shooting through glass.
I took this out the kitchen window because when I go outside, the butterflies flutter around like crazy. These seem to be the most common I've seen out there. They love the fermenting pears.
What is Mom up to now?
Though I shot the pictures of the puppies at different times, they make the perfect pairing. I have to take some of these shots with the phone because if I move around too much, I lose the shot. They were so good that they waited for me to take the shots. Often, they will jump down and come to greet me.
A lovely sunset before the rains begin again.
I'm back to working on The Viking's Highland Lass! Have a great day!
Or playing, flying, settling, having fun in the warmth and sun again. So I sat out and took some pictures, had one fly next to my ear and I felt like I was in a fairy garden.
Sitting on the holly, his wings nearly transparent. They usually fly off, but this one stayed while I took a couple of pictures.
Loved this one and it's shadow on the tree trunk.
This one had a brother by the chair in the foreground while I focused on the one in the background.
A butterfly enjoying a pear. This one was half eaten by a bunny too.
And the pears are what attract them in the first place. Aren't they pretty? A fairy garden.
Okay, I'm off to write. Have a lovely in the middle of the week day!
Aren't they beautiful? Moisture in the butterfly exhibit caused my camera to fog up, lol, but also the most beautiful butterflies were on the move–some blue ones, and I was having a time getting a picture of them.


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Q: Powershell: supply only an N-th parameter when calling a ComObject function I'm interested in how one supplies either a named argument to a ComObject function or how one supplies the default parameter without actually knowing the default value.
The task:
Using PowerShell, open a Word document in a headless mode (without the Word Window), change the document direction and save it as a PDF file.
The problem
As per the function documentation, the parameter setting the document direction is roughly the 15th optional parameter. I either need to supply the preceding 14 parameters with their default value (which I so far could't figure how to do) or, better, I'd like to use something like VB's
Documents.Open FileName:="C:\MyFiles\Test.wp", DocumentDirection:=false

Other possibility were
$doc = $word.Documents.Open($file, $default, $default, ..., $default, wdLeftToRight)

but that is clearly the inferior solution.
Minimal source
This is what I have and it works fine except for the direction part.
$file=$args[0]
$outputFile=$args[1]

$word = New-Object -ComObject word.application
$doc = $word.Documents.Open $file
$doc.SaveAs([ref] $outputFile, [ref] 17)

$doc.Close()
$word.Quit()

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This time of year, it's always fun to look back at the top viewed stories of the year.
I find it educational because this is what you — the reader — deemed most interesting, most important, or most fun to read.
And, clearly this year was all about the economy, freebies and nostalgia.
You went into shock when Jack Box nearly died in an over-the-top Super Bowl ad in January. You jumped for joy when Farrell's finally opened its old-fashioned ice cream parlor in Mission Viejo. You gobbled up stories on freebies, and value deals.
And, you mourned (and sometimes cheered) the closure of local restaurants and cafes. In most cases, the recession forced many of these dining establishments to exit as consumers spent less money dining out.
I expect this trend will continue in 2010, so keep my Restaurant Closures list bookmarked for the latest news.
Did Jack in the Box kill Jack Box in Super Bowl ad?
*These three lists are updated regularly and can be found to the right of this blog.
FREEBIE ALERT: Check out tomorrow's blog for a chance to win a gift card & other prizes.


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our fundraising for the new album prouved what we are worth... And we thank our fans for that!
20/03/2013, Filip VAN MUYLEM
photos: © Marquis(pi)X
After the C-Lekktor interview Marco Visconti from XP8 wanted to tell us his story too. They will both play at the Vampire Party (6/4/2013, in Petrol, Antwerp).
You are from Italy, can you enlighten us about the Italian scene? Can we compare it to Belgium or to Germany?
This is a question we get asked all the time… let's put it simple: there's no "Italian scene". I would actually argue that there's no scene worldwide anymore, with the exception of the German one, since only over there you can find the correct equilibrium between interested and supportive crowds and efficient investments behind bands, clubs and festival. But I would digress, and to be fair the UK is on the rising once again, so we might have a good, real alternative to Germany sooner than people expect.
But I did digress :)
Let's say there are Italian bands. Very few of those were able to establish themselves properly: I think of names such as Kirlian Camera and Pankow. who have been around since the 80s and so never suffered from the fall of the music business and were able to capitalise on years when you could think of alternative, underground music as a viable profession. But also of Dope Stars Inc., Tying Tiffany, Spiritual Front, Syrian: all of those children of the 00s, but still fully fledged bands with a following and a long term "plan". The rest? A lot of wasted potential if you ask me. Because it's undeniable that Italy got talent, and lots of it. But as we lack infrastructure, that talent is more often than not left to rot. It's a mentality problem, too, since most musicians here are just happy to play shows for 20 of their friends and never truly invest in their own art. It all becomes even more ironically sad when you hear from these people that they are perfectly fine with it, and feel like that's all they could have hoped for. Self-defeatism: that's how I would properly define the attitude of most bands over here. Quite grim, don't you think?
Is making music your profession? How hard is it? Is there a comparison with the C-Lekktor story (I would say yes, after my first question)?
Over the 12 years, so far, of XP8, I have been able to meet countless musicians in the alternative and underground scenes… not only EBM and industrial, but also metal, punk and alterno-rock. Both famous or up-and-coming. I think I can only recall 3 or 4 of those making a living from music, one hundred percent. I always kinda smile when I read or hear bold claims of bands in the lower side of the "spectrum" saying that they are able to do it with their music alone… but maybe it's just me being my usual self, bitter and jaded.
It's very, very hard: unless you are a top of the bill band, these days you just don't sell enough music (CDs, downloads, whatever) to do music alone. So you have to go touring, where I can confirm there IS some decent income to be made… but of course, if you go touring, you cannot have a day-job on a side, and unless you are, again, one of those top of the bill bands you can't afford touring all the year since there's just not enough demand for it. It's a sort of a "catch 22" situation.
One of my best friends in the music business, and definitely one of the few artists making a living off his music, is Daniel Graves of Aesthetic Perfection: he aptly said that if you really want to be a musician, you have to do that, and that alone. Even if it means moving back with your parents, or spend your money towards gear and promotion and merchandise instead of food and rent.
There's just no way around, it's just one thing or another.
Hoping one day all this blood and sweat and tears will pay back.
With XP8, we struggled at the "semi-pro" level for years… I was able to sustain with music (and dj-ing) for a long while, while Marko always had to keep a day job. Of course this drastically reduced our chances of touring, thus raising the bar for the band. But unfortunately we are not in our 20s anymore (quite far from them in fact! :) ) and so in the end we are still tied to our day jobs, while trying to keep the band's output as professional as possible with frequent gigs, constant social network interaction and, of course, great music!
XP8 does remixes for others, some famous bands between them?
I guess we have to agree on the definition of "famous" here! We have remixes pretty much all the big names of the industrial and EBM scene, from Icon of Coil to Combichrist to Mortiis to countless others. The list on our website keeps getting longer too, as it seems we are not so bad at it. I think the biggest name we ever remixed was Steve Aoki, for a Beatport Competition: and no, we didn't win, but we did quite a lot of votes and nice comments!.
"Eins, Zwei, Drei, Fuck!" sounds like techno (Yves De Ruyter-minded aka Cherry Moon resident DJ) EBM. It's a real clubber, what's the story of the song and how popular is it? I think you orientated it a lot to Germany?
That song is a parody. We made it to make fun of the whole "industrial rave" trend that seem so popular in Germany lately, and that we sincerely despise: music made by people with no brain and aimed only at brainless dancing, with no sound research or anything at all. I'm not an "old school conservationist" myself, but when I see what kind of shitty trends the band and labels from Germany are constantly imposing on the rest of the (alternative & underground) world, I cannot help but cringe… is this really what this scene has become?
Shitty brainless music made so that people dressed up like fools can make awkward dance "movies" and upload them on YouTube?
And mind you, we used to be quite knee-deep into the original cyber fashion ourselves back at the beginning of the 00s, so this is not a rant against fashion itself, which has always been an important factor of the goth-inspired subcultures.
The story behind it it's quite simple: we were at the backstage of Slimelight in London, right after our gig with Surgyn last year, and we all agreed immediately on how a certain band was proper shit, while at the same time it kinda embodied "that sound" everyone seemed to love. So we decided to show everyone how it should be done. It's still brainless, it's still stupid, but at least it has some kind of decency to itself :)
A lot of us know the other song: "Ein, Zwei, Polizei", is it a referral?
I think it's obvious to recall the Mo.Do song, but no… there's no direct referral.
I would also spend a couple of words in memoriam of Fabio Frittelli, the man behind Mo.Do, who just died last February out of sudden… a sad occurrence.
"Bullet Hole" is a nice mix and I love the Suicide Commando-style backings. To whom is this song pointing out? Some Apoptygma Berzerk kind of backing vocals on "Burning Down" and some more clubbing. I feel some musical referral to Fortification55/Organism? That is my opinion, what do you think about it? Do you know the bands?
Curious that you hear Suicide Commando influences in "Bullet Hole" and then mention Apoptygma Berzerk in your next question about "Burning Down", since actually is more the opposite, as "Bullet Hole" definitely have an APB vibe to it, "Welcome To Earth" era :). The song itself revisits a theme we have faced already in other songs, such as "Ready2Go", and it's a cry for action in a world that's more and more made of passive, complacent and brain-dead people, who passively accept whatever the social network, who replaced the TV screen, tells them to do. It's a pessimistic song through and through, since I don't really see the masses waking up any time soon…
I surely know Fortification 55, since Björn Petersen is a good friend of mine, and I can see why you are tracing a parallel between his production and this particular song, even if I feel like "Burning Down" owes a lot more to the anthemic trance grooves, especially in its bombastic chorus. I have never hard of Organism instead, unless it's a F55 side-project I am not aware of… any album you would suggest me to check out?
"Wake Up!" has some modern Front242 beats and vocals, on purpose? Great song, BTW. From what do we need to wake up? What's the nightmare about?
See what I already said above… the nightmare is the life as it has been crystallised in the so-called Western Culture, post-American Dream utter failure and collapse. A society made of sleeping drones, masses with no culture whatsoever, only ready to feed on the current hype and ready to leave it as soon as the next comes around. Front242 are obviously a BIG influence on us… we are talking of the Gods here :) The heavy, "squared" beat definitely owes to them, but there was no conscious direct inspiration.
"Trip" has nice lyrics, who came up with the idea and can you tell something about it?
The lyrics are all Marko's : at the time he was still living in Rome, while his girlfriend was already in London. And so pretty much his life was all revolving about drugs, NoWear and RyanAir - not even joking there. Thankfully he eventually moved to London as well, so he definitely calmed down since!
I just read the Marko story on facebook, can you tell something about it that we can publish?
What I wrote is the simple truth... while XP8 is doing ok considered the low standards of this scene (see also my previous reply on this subject) it still doesn't pay our bills. He got a very good job offer and he went for it. I mean, I'm turning 35 in June and he will be 41 in September (even if he looks in his late 20s...). It's not like we are kids who can hope things will "pick up", one day. There is no money to be made in this scene, unless you decide to go full swing with it and tour 12 months straight... again, see my previous answer.
The new album could also be the last album? How do you see the future now?
it could be. I've always been the main "investor" in the band, and the driving promotional force behind it. I'm very adamant in my belief that you cannot make this music and living decently off it without touring. If XP8 cannot tour anymore, I'm forced to rethink everything. So yes, "Adrenochrome" COULD be the last album for the band... but at the moment, my full focus is on releasing it and giving it all the promotional attention it deserves. I guess we'll re-evaluate everything in a year from now, after the album has run its course and we promoted it to the best of our abilities. It does suck big time that we had a BIG North American tour all booked and ready to be announced, with very good offers and a HUGE interest from both bands and promoters... but like I said, XP8 has never been a lucky band.
Well, fingers crossed for the future, one never knows if a helping hand shows up …
here is the review of the newest cd:
http://www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be/en/reviews/xp8-adrenochrome/
and a review of their gig at the last VP live:
http://www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be/en/reviews/suicide-commando-soman-aesthetic-perfection-sam-xp8-c-lekktor-surgyn-vampireparty-live-6-4-2013-petrol-antwerpen-belgium/
They will play here:
SOS festival
Filip VAN MUYLEM
THE NEON JUDGEMENT • ...forcing an artist to play on a certain dB level, it's like limiting the artistic freedom and his voice. It's almost the return of a new kind of fascism. I know what my performance needs.
TRIARII • If I would proclaim to be the funny rabbit out of Wonderland, then I´d be the funny rabbit out of Wonderland.
DESIDERII MARGINIS • Desiderii Marginis is a well established project in the dark ambient realm. Since they will be playing at Dentergem on the 12th of April it was time for some Q&A
DARK POEM • I wonder why nobody has ever compared Dark Poem with the Residents. I feel kind of related to their madness.
CONTRE JOUR • We would not say we are melancholic people but we always compose or write what we want to or what we feel at the moment.
RED LORRY YELLOW LORRY • We are more of an in your face Punk Band with an Industrial sound
C-LEKKTOR • Disappointed from apocalypse,creating an alternate ending! And yes i would love to work together with Suicide Commando if there is any occasion!
AROMA DI AMORE • yes we are leftwingers! But we wont make one album about one particular subject or join one political party!
THE BEAUTY OF GEMINA • It is very precious to have fans accompanying us on our way, who come to concerts all over Europe, giving feedback and communicating with us
GHOST & WRITER • GHOST & WRITER is a very dear project in which we both encapsulate a lot of ourselves.

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Event report – Health Information for Children and Young People
Letting the authentic voice of children and young people shine through
An authentic voice at every stage is key to producing meaningful Health Information for Children and Young People, according to expert speakers at PIF's recent event.
Common themes on substantive engagement with children and young people emerged from projects working to improve health information across the country.
Key messages from presentations and delegate feedback included:
Ask don't assume – find out what information children want and how they want it presented
Don't try to be cool
Think about different ways to reach young people, their parents and siblings
Seek genuine, critical feedback on projects rather than just looking for a rubber stamp
Remember children can be affected by adult diagnoses as well
There's no one-size-fits-all approach, every child is different
Health professionals must take the time to talk through treatment
Ask what matters most to children and young people, issues with school and appointment preparation were a recurring theme.
Introducing the event, Kath Evans, director of children's nursing at Barts Health NHS Trust, said: "I'm passionate about improving involvement of children and young people in their health care because I think that is the magic that gives us good outcomes.
"Children and young people tell us repeatedly that they want to be involved in their care, they want to be involved in decision making."
Meeting health information needs while tackling potentially taboo topics
Nick Posford, chief executive officer of CICRA, spoke about how the charity transformed the way it developed and delivered its health information while speaking about potentially taboo topics.
A survey of children and young people with IBD revealed the single most important service was reading information booklets – 87 per cent of respondents.
However, CICRA's existing information was text heavy and even when it featured young people's voices it didn't reflect their desire to help others with the condition.
As a result of the consultation, CICRA produced new resources, including information for schools and colleges, Can't Wait cards to gain toilet access and a symptom impact tracker to help young people prepare to move to adult services.
Nick was joined by 11-year-old Aisha Jesani, who was diagnosed with Crohn's disease when she was two, and her mum Bina during his presentation.
Bina, who found out about CICRA through another mum, described Aisha's initial diagnosis as feeling like it was 'all being done to us'.
She said healthcare professionals need to take the time to explain a care pathway rather than just 'throwing information' about a diagnosis at families.
However, Bina acknowledged there was no 'one-size-fits-all approach'.
"You will have one child that really wants to be involved in their care plan and another who doesn't want anything to do with it."
Having started secondary school this year, Aisha said she wanted to tell her new classmates about her condition.
"At the beginning of the year we had to do a project and it was all about me, so I put my CD there because I'd rather them know than just keep asking me why I'm not well," she said.
Bina also spoke about the importance of having information targeted at the whole family rather than just the young person with a condition.
"Aisha's the one with Crohn's but as a family we have all had to pull together and rearrange," she said.
Thinking like a child
Kaye Stevens, care information manager at Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association, spoke about MND Buddies – a new online activity hub for four to 10 year olds who are close to someone with MND.
The resource was developed after parents and carers raised concerns about how their children were coping.
One service user said: "My greatest fear is not that I'm dying, it is the welfare of my boys and how my family will cope."
Children and young people who were consulted said they wanted to be children first – not just carers or the children of parents with MND – and the earlier support could be provided the better.
They wanted the chance to make memories but also to give back through volunteering and fundraising – something which came as a surprise to researchers who traditionally hadn't wanted to burden them.
MND Buddies includes diverse family stories, which are also available in hard copy, and activities designed to help young children begin to understand and adjust to the changes that MND brings.
Previously, the association sent out around 400 workbooks a year for children.
In the first month, the online storybook 'Why are things changing?' had 360 views.
The MND Buddies page had 6,765 views.
"That awareness of what our families are going through is something you don't get from print alone," she said.
Kaye spoke about the obstacles to creating the resource, which significantly evolved throughout its development.
They included resources and time, money and unexpected hurdles such as design glitches.
These were overcome in a variety of ways, including cross-team work and employing expert support where needed.
Kaye also emphasised the importance of truly engaging with users at every stage of development.
"There is no point in asking users to be involved if you are just looking for a tick, you want them to find issues," she said.
Involving children and young people in developing information and resources
Lucy Bray, professor of child health literacy at Edge Hill University, spoke about three different projects – Children Coming to Hospital, Xploro and Coming to Spinal Clinic.
All involved children and young people in different ways.
Children Coming to Hospital focused on children going to hospital for procedures such as X-rays, blood tests and surgery.
To explore what support children wanted, participatory drama workshops were held with children aged six to 14 who had some experience of hospitals.
They were invited to act out different roles and scenarios and facilitators could 'freeze frame' and ask them to explain why they were behaving in a certain way.
As a result of the workshops three types of resource were developed: an animation and comic strip for children, a leaflet for parents and an animation for health professionals.
Dom Raban created the Xploro digital therapeutic platform in response to his own daughter's diagnosis and treatment being overshadowed by a lack of information.
He wanted to check the format and content was suitable, specifically a chatbot providing answers to children's questions about procedures, treatments and hospitals.
Consultation included write-and-tell interviews with children and picture-guided interviews.
"The children are so creative and so amazing, the ideas they come up with are far better than anything we could come up with," said Lucy.
The chatbot now includes 700 questions from children with answers written by play specialists and children's authors.
"All the information that went in there was what children wanted, not what academics, or health professionals or their parents wanted," said Lucy.
Xploro has since been shown to reduce fear and anxiety in children and their parents around hospital visits.
Coming to Spinal Clinic was introduced after young people with scoliosis indicated there was a need for a resource to help them when they attend a spinal clinic.
Separate activity-based workshops were held with young people with experience of scoliosis and their parents.
A key finding was that young people still wanted printed information which they could take along to appointments to give them authority.
"Don't assume they will want an animation, a video, a game until you ask them," said Lucy.
They also wanted it to be clear the information had come from other young people, not just health professionals, and advised healthcare professionals not to 'try to be cool'.
Lucy emphasised the importance of always being prepared to change plans when developing a new resource.
"If you stick to something that's not right it is never going to be used by children and young people."
Improving experience through film
Kate Begley, clinical physiologist at Evelina London Children's Hospital, Nicki Bickford, patient information manager at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and Eleanor Stanley, writer and director of Stories for Health, gave a joint presentation on two new films.
The first, Having an EEG at London Evelina Children's Hospital, was aimed at children.
The second, Home video EEG telemetry at London Evelina Children's Hospital, demonstrated how home video telemetry tests work for parents.
Kate said the first video had helped children become more relaxed when attending EEG appointments.
The second helped decrease technical issues. Getting it right first time meant children didn't have to go through unnecessary procedures.
At the end of the talk Eleanor revealed how she switched from being a producer to a service user when her son was referred for an EEG.
"I have always pushed the human-interest element but this time I did realise the technical element was really important too," she said.
Service evaluation in a research project
Tara Shea from Barts Health NHS Trust spoke about the development of new resources to support children who had an enucleation (removal of the eye) procedure.
Previously, parents and children were unwilling to share problems they were having with removal of the artificial eye leading to unnecessary anaesthetics and symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder in the children.
When families were encouraged to share their experiences several issues became apparent, including compliance with the artificial eye, school issues, fear and a lack of peer support.
However, there was very little existing literature on the psychosocial impact of having enucleation and no available best practice guidelines.
A service evaluation found 100% of respondents felt they would benefit from support around artificial eyes and 73% of children didn't have information they could give to their school.
As a result of the evaluation, several new resources were created including support phone calls, children's preparation books, a video demonstrating how to remove an artificial eye and a school information pack.
An Eye Club was founded allowing children to socialise and teach each other about eye removal and care.
To continue to develop resources, a qualitative participatory action research project was created looking at both parent and child perspectives.
It found once a child has an enucleation the family unit continue to require support, specialist resources and individualised care.
As a result, the team now hope to publish the first retinoblastoma article based around the psychosocial aspects of having an artificial eye.
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Live Music is in the Air at The Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa, with Swingin' Jazz Fridays and Saturdays
The Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa swings with music four nights a week in November, with jazz on Friday and Saturday nights, and live rock, pop, country and classical guitar music on Wednesday and Thursday nights.
(1888PressRelease) October 25, 2019 - Monterey, CA - The Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa swings with music four nights a week in November, with jazz on Friday and Saturday nights, and live rock, pop, country and classical guitar music on Wednesday and Thursday nights.
Jazz sessions on Friday and Saturday in November are curated by Hyatt jazz director Dr. David Morwood, a plastic surgeon by day and exemplary drummer by night. Dr. Morwood will bring in noted local jazz luminaries such as Barry Manilow guitarist Mike Lent, keyboardist Gary Meek, bassist Aaron Germain, vocalist Lauri Hofer and Barry Manilow keyboardist Ron Pedley.
Live music will emanate from the Fireplace Lounge on Wednesday and Thursday from 6-9 p.m. and feature popular local singer/songwriter and guitarists such as Marks Banks, Johan Sotelo, Robert McNamara and Jenna Vivre.
This month, one of America's top guitarists will be featured at The Hyatt Regency Monterey! Mike Lent has played on The Tonight Show, Good Morning America, The Today Show, was part of a historic run at the Las Vegas Hilton for five years (only Elvis played there longer), and for the last month on Broadway with superstar Barry Manilow. Mike was the featured guitarist in the musical tribute to Janis Joplin in San Francisco this past year. Mike has recorded and toured with many other great artists such as Jeffrey Osbourne and Usher.
This is not to be missed by any jazz guitar fan! Recording artist Lent will be swingin' away in our Fireplace Lounge with the David Morwood Jazz Band and many special guests for the first four weekends in November — 8 nights in all! Get an up-close and personal opportunity to hear and see one of America's top jazz guitarists!
November Friday & Saturday Jazz Lineup:
Friday, Nov. 1 — Guitar great Mike Lent with the David Morwood Jazz Band, Lauri Hofer singing, and Zach Westfall on bass.
Saturday, Nov. 2 — Mike Lent on guitar, Ben Herod on sax, Zac Westfall on bass, and David Morwood on drums.
Friday, Nov. 8 — Mike Lent on guitar, recording artist Gary Meek on keyboards (Dionne Warwick, Airto, Dave Weckl, Brian Bromberg), and David Morwood on drums.
Saturday, Nov. 9 — Mike Lent on guitar, Janice Marotta Perl singing, Zach Westfall on bass, and David Morwood on drums.
Friday, Nov. 15 — Mike Lent on guitar, Ron Pedley on keyboards, and David Morwood on drums, and friends. Longtime collaborator Pedley, also from the Barry Manilow Orchestra, visits Monterey for a rare appearance in our Fireplace Lounge!
Saturday, Nov. 16 — Mike Lent on guitar, Aaron Germain on bass, Ron Pedley on keyboards, David Morwood on drums. Bassist Germain has toured in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia with many great artists.
Friday, Nov. 22 — Mike Lent on guitar, recording artist Gary Meek on keyboards, and David Morwood on drums.
Saturday, Nov. 23 — Mike Lent on guitar, Aaron Germain on bass, and David Morwood on drums.
Friday, Nov. 29 — Saxophone extraordinaire Gary Meek, Aaron Germain on bass, and David Morwood on drums. Meek's latest recording "Originals," has been met with sellout crowds from Los Angeles to Monterey, his recording "Live At Ronnie Scott's," was just re-released.
Saturday, Nov. 30 — Bill Spencer on keyboards, Frank Buchanon on guitar, and David Morwood on drums.
November Midweek Music Schedule:
Wednesday, Nov. 6 — Robert McNamara
Thursday, Nov. 7 — Jenna Vivre
Wednesday, Nov. 13 — Mark Banks
Thursday, Nov. 14 — Johan Sotelo
Wednesday, Nov. 20 — Johan Sotelo
Thursday, Nov. 21 — Robert McNamara
Thursday, Nov. 28 — Jenna Vivre
For more information or to make reservations, call (831) 372-1234.
The Hyatt's newly designed Fireplace Lounge has been voted by the media the number one spot in the county to hear live jazz — and we are proud to celebrate and salute 21 consecutive years of live jazz and jam sessions with our drummer-in-residence and jazz director Dr. David Morwood. The music starts to swing at 7 p.m. every weekend year-round. Bar menu, drink specials by our gracious and creative bartender, and adjacent full menu TusCA restaurant featuring new specials! No cover, free parking, dining, dancing. Get here early while there is still seating! Swing, baby, swing!
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Nestled in 22 acres of soaring Monterey Pines, the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel & Spa on Del Monte Golf Course is a destination resort providing the discerning traveler the quintessential Monterey experience. Its location offers guests close proximity to downtown Monterey and Monterey Airport and easy access to some of the Peninsula's most well-known attractions. With its warm, contemporary ambiance, elegant furnishings and convenient amenities, the hotel offers both leisure and business travelers a Northern California respite of unmatched serenity and comfort. Features include 550 guestrooms including 32 suites, and the President's house, TusCA Restaurant, Knuckles Sports Bar, Fireplace Lounge, a 2,000 square foot fitness facility, tennis courts, pools, whirlpools and spa. The hotel is located at 1 Old Golf Course Road in Monterey, California. For information call (831) 372-1234 or visit http://www.hyattregencymonterey.com/.
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'The Relationship of Civil Society with Politics and Decision Mechanism' by YADA Foundation
Civil Society and Politics Do Not Know Each Other Enough
'The Relationship of Civil Society with Politics and Decision Mechanism' by YADA Foundation
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YADA Foundation's Civil Society-Political Relations research emphasizes that politics and civil society do not know each other well enough and points out that politics tends to see civil society only as the demanding party. One of the findings of the research is that the shrinkage in the field of politics reduces social impact.
YADA Foundation, which carries out a series of studies to make civil society in Turkey more effective on decisions and opinions, has added a new one to its studies. "The Relationship of Civil Society with Politics and Decision Mechanisms" conducted by YADA Foundation in 2021 was carried out to examine the current status of the dialogue, relations, and cooperation between civil society and politics in Turkey, and to identify gaps and needs in this field. Research was conducted with a methodology in which quantitative and qualitative methods were used together, through a desk study, an online survey applied to civil society, and in-depth interviews. Findings and determinations in the report are mostly based on the in-depth interviews which were conducted with representatives of civil society, politicians (MPs, mayors, ministerial representatives), opinion leaders from academia and the media. The outputs of the research, including suggestions in response to the question "How can the relationship between civil society and politics be effective in Turkey?", aim to contribute to the increase of the influence of civil society on decisions and opinions in the medium and long term.
'Politics and Civil Society do not Know Each Other Well Enough'
One of the most important outputs of the research is to show that politics and civil society do not know each other well enough. While defining civil society and its function, political actors make an assessment through the institutions or visible structures they have interacted with so far. However, politics tends to view civil society only as the demanding party. This causes politicians to distance themselves from civil society. Politicians generally either deal with the dialogue they have established with civil society as they establish with the electorate, or they establish it by coming together in certain conflict areas. When civil society organizations come into contact with politicians, they refrain from appearing engaged in politics and try to establish an equal dialogue with all parties.
'Politics, Like the Civil Sphere, has Narrowed'
Another important finding that stands out in the research is that the interviewed stakeholders stated that politics, like the civic space, is shrinking. In other words, it is stated that it is getting harder and harder to work in the field of politics. Political parties, like CSOs, have problems in terms of freedom of expression and association, and in many provinces, they cannot go to the streets. This causes the social impact of politics to decrease. It is seen that polarization is experienced not only in the civil sphere but also in the political sphere.
'If the Autonomy of Civil Society is Ensured, its Relationship With Politics and Decision Mechanisms can be Established in a Healthier Way'
There is strong agreement on the need for civil society to be independent of its resources. There is a prevailing view that civil society can become more independent and impartial if CSOs are financially supported by the public administration in a fair and independent manner. However, it is seen that politicians can become more open to dialogue with an autonomous and independent civil society structure.
Among the solution proposals produced by the research to the question of how an effective dialogue between civil society and politics is possible; the need for a legal regulation on the participation of politics and civil society in decisions comes to the fore. However, civil society is expected to communicate with politicians in a more deliberative language.
'Civil Society Demands Freedom of Thought and Expression from Politics'
In the research, which also includes suggestions about what civil society can demand from politics; Topics such as ensuring freedom of thought and expression, democratizing the functioning of social justice mechanisms and legal justice mechanisms, ensuring more independent supervision of civil society activities, and preventing the prevention of the activities of non-profit organizations by Law No. 7262, which was adopted under the name of preventing the financing of terrorism.
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Develop the mental power to enhance your marathon training and take your running to the next level with the help of this affirmations mp3.
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Over the past decade, the marathon has become a popular phenomenon. Last year there were more than half a million marathon finishers in the U.S. alone. Marathon is that rare sport where everyone who crosses the finish line is a winner. The goal is not just to beat the other runners, the goal is to beat your fears, doubts, and weaknesses, and achieve a personal victory.
But reaching that finish line requires determination and commitment to months and months of strenuous and often grueling training. Whether you are a professional athlete or recreational runner, there are times when you feel fatigued and worn out, discouraged by the fact that you seem to be working so hard without budging your personal record. Even the most dedicated marathoner occasionally loses enthusiasm and running becomes a constant chore.
Rich Davis famously said: "Long distance running is 90% mental and the other half is physical". The drive to do a marathon comes from inside you and it is the way you think and feel that determines the path, pace and the length of your marathon journey.
When you hit that dreaded wall, it is your inner strength that will silence the whiny voice that tells you to give up, and make you focus on your love of running and the sheer exhilaration and joy of accomplishing your goal.
This album will help you do just that! It contains simple, yet effective affirmations that will enable you to rewire your brain to push aside the negative, self-deprecating thoughts, and clear your mind for positive, encouraging messages that will enable you to reach your true running potential.
You will always have willpower and energy to get out and run. You know how important it is to consistently build up your running fitness, and yet there are times when you feel less than inspired to get out and get running. Shifting your mindset about how you see yourself and your capabilities is often more important than any workout or training run you could ever do. Affirmations will help you keep your resolve and re-energize you to get yourself out on that race trail and give your best.
You will be empowered to have more speed than you thought possible. Beginners often have difficulty achieving desired speed, as they easily get discouraged watching others leave them behind. Even experienced runners sometimes discover that, after they've run a few races, it gets increasingly difficult to run their PR. Speed is merely a state of mind and thinking negatively can inhibit you from discovering your true natural abilities. Once you stop dwelling on the negative and self-defeating thoughts you will see how easy it becomes to shave seconds or maybe even minutes off your race times.
You will reach beyond your imagined limitations. Even elite runners need a little reminder or a nudge once in a while to help keep their focus and inspire them to achieve their goals. Repeat these affirmations and erase self-limiting beliefs that keep holding you back from tapping into your full potential. Whether you just want to complete the race or you set your sights on winning that coveted marathon, our affirmations will give you that winning mindset you require to push your physical limits that much further, and take your race performances to another level.
Download this affirmations album, and before you know it, there won't be a doubt in your mind you're going to cross that finish line and achieve your new personal record.


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Q: Gaussian Process gives negative prediction mean I have used Gaussian Process for regression task and it gives me negative values for the prediction mean in some of the observations, although the dependent variable is always above 0.
The data is standardized and is considered zero mean function for the mean. How is that possible to happen? Just to mention that after I make the predictions, I multiply by the variance and add the mean so I can get the non standardized values for the predictions.


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Q: Compiling Ninject for Xbox360 I have read in a few places that you can compile Ninject to work with the Xbox360, however I have downloaded the source and cannot seem to get it to compile. So can anyone divulge how to do so (if it is indeed possible)?
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I have added the current build arguments:
XBOX; XBOX360; NO_WEB; NETCF; NO_LCG; NO_ASSEMBLY_SCANNING; NO_EXCEPTION_SERIALIZATION
Is this acceptable? I am just throwing stuff in to get it compiling, I don't know if it will blow up if I deploy it.

A: I was going to delete this question, but as there is very little information online around this I thought I would leave it up here as it compiled fine and seems to be including. It will be a while before I get around to testing it for sure but until someone comes up with a better answer I would use the build arguments above.


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Arnold To Test Depth Against Bonnyrigg
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Sydney FC Head Coach Graham Arnold will test out the depth of his squad tomorrow night when the Sky Blues take on state league outfit Bonnyrigg White Eagles at Leichhardt Oval (kick off 7:30pm).
With five players absent due to All Stars duties and Australian U-20's matches, Arnold will use the game against the White Eagles as an opportunity to experiment with his newly moulded team and as a springboard ahead of Sydney FC's first ever FFA Cup match next week.
"Tomorrow night is important in terms of getting some minutes into our legs and giving us a preparation game before our FFA Cup game," Arnold said.
"We're down on numbers a bit this week but we still have good depth in the squad and just for the players it's good to get on the game and have a game of football rather than training all the time.
"We've put this game on tomorrow night against Bonnyrigg just to give us another preparation game, and just to give the boys, a lot of them, 70 to 80 minutes."
One player Arnold will be looking to for impetus tomorrow night is youngster Corey Gameiro, fresh from his brace of goals against English Premier League giants West Ham United.
Gameiro has scored four goals in three matches this preseason and Arnold is confident the young striker can carry on his rich vein of form and improve further as the season kick off fast approaches.
"Corey is performing great," said Arnold.
"You have a kid here with all the ability in the world, great pace and he's a good finisher. Every day he turns up to training and he wants to get better and I feel he is getting better.
"Four goals in three games is great payback so far but I'm expecting very big things off Corey this year, when you look at his ability and what he can give you on the field I think he'll be a lynchpin for Sydney FC this year."
Gameiro attributed his goal scoring touch to Arnold and the trust the Championship winning coach has instilled in him, and the 21 year old Young Socceroo already has his eyes set on clinching his first major win for the Sky Blues when they tackle Melbourne City in the FFA Cup next Tuesday.
"It's been great having Arnie come in and give me so much belief and so much positivity," Gameiro said.
"It's helping every day to make my brain clearer on the success I want to have not just here at Sydney but in my life. It's been great having someone come in and show the faith they have in me so far.
"I can't wait for tomorrow night. I know all the boys are looking forward to tomorrow, where we can practice a few things that we need to practice ahead of the big game when we go down to Melbourne to win."
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The New Brunswick government is following through on its plan to hand management of extramural and Tele-Care services over to the private sector, prompting both criticism and accolades from health-care providers and labour groups.
Medavie Health Services New Brunswick, which already runs the paramedic service Ambulance New Brunswick, will take over the home health-care program and 811 health advice line effective Jan. 1, Health Minister Victor Boudreau announced in Moncton on September 1st.
The estimated cost of the first year of the 10-year contract, which was awarded without a tendering process, is $4.4 million.
The aim of the "primary health-care integration initiative" is better co-ordination and collaboration among health-care providers to enable people to stay in their homes as long as possible, get more help navigating the health-care system, and to experience greater continuity of care, he said.
Boudreau said this doesn't mean a privatization of any health care, because nursing and Tele-Care will continue to be free for patients and paid for by the province.
Nurses and other employees remain public-sector workers under the contract with Medavie, said Boudreau. Their salaries, benefits, pension plans and work agreements remain unchanged. Only senior managers will become Medavie employees.
There won't be any job losses, said Boudreau, who was accompanied by former New Brunswick Progressive Conservative premier Bernard Lord, the CEO of Medavie Inc., based in Moncton.
Performance-based contract
"This is not a cost-cutting exercise," the minister said.
The move is expected to cost more initially, but savings are expected over the long term, as heath care needs grow.
"With our province's aging population, we know we need to strengthen the community-based, primary health-care system," said Boudreau.
"We need to ensure that New Brunswickers receive the appropriate care, at the appropriate time and place, by the appropriate provider."
The contract is incentive-based to minimize the risk to the province, said Lord.
Payment to Medavie is contingent upon certain performance targets being met, such as more patients being served by extramural, decreased emergency room visits by extramural patients, and decreased wait times between referral to extramural and service delivery.
"If we don't meet the standards, we don't get paid," he said. "The employees still get paid, the nurses, all the health professionals, they still get paid, but Medavie does not get paid."
"Therefore it puts the province and the government in a position to enforce those standards."
'Deeply disappointed'
Vitalite Health Network president and CEO Gilles Lanteigne called the announcement a sad day for New Brunswickers. (CBC)
The plan was previously unveiled in February 2016 during the release of the Department of Health's budget to the legislative estimates committee.
At the time, Boudreau said that by grouping the services together, Medavie may be able to better help the five per cent of the population that use the services most often.
The Vitalité Health Network's board of directors and leadership team are "deeply disappointed" with the government's decision to proceed with privatizing the management of extramural, board chair Michelyne Paulin said in a statement issued Friday morning, before the official announcement.
It goes against the board's recommendation to the Department of Health in June 2016 to maintain the service under the authority of Vitalité and contravenes the Regional Health Authorities Act, she said.
"According to this legislation, the health authorities are vested with the delivery and administration of health care [in] their territory. As a board of directors, we are puzzled," said Paulin.
The board is worried about the "ongoing erosion of its authority," she added.
Vitalité president and CEO Gilles Lanteigne said privatization of the management of home care is "somewhat withdrawing a powerful tool" from the regional health authority to achieve its mission "to excel in improving people's health."
"Splitting the provincial health system up into several components will make it increasingly difficult for us to achieve expected results, namely in terms of quality, continuity of care, effectiveness and efficiency," he said.
CUPE is also opposed to the deal, Simon Ouellette, spokesman for the Maritimes regional office, said in an email to CBC News.
"Consolidation of operations is not a bad idea, but it should be run through the public," said Ouellette.
Medavie Health Services, which is based in Dartmouth, N.S., "is becoming quite the big business," he said. "It is testing operations and programs on the backs of New Brunswickers and then setting up more operations elsewhere when they will have worked out the kinks here."
The province's extramural service is "a leading model" for alternative health care delivery in Canada, said Ouellette.
"Rather than turning it over to private management, it should remain within the public sphere and be expanded to increase efficiency within our present system."
CUPE National Representative Ralph McBride also objected strongly to the decision.
"The biggest item for us is that we're taking the management cycle outside of health care and putting it into a private corporation's hands. We've got concerns about private entities having control over public health care," he said.
"Honestly, I think there's a bigger picture in play here. I think there's a move to take and offload as much responsibility out of the government into private entities which I think is bad for the public because we lose control of our public interests. The accountability is gone."
**(Article Source : excerpts from CBC News Article by Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon, posted on Sep 01, 2017 & excerpt from Times & Transcript article by Tom Bateman, September 1st, 2017)**
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Gordon has once again booked the Scout Hut in Mere Green on Sat 16th March 2019 for the next Sharing Day.
I'm delighted to be inviting Ken Nicol as my special sharing day guest on March 16th at the usual Scout Hall venue in Mere Green Sutton Coldfield.
Ken is a great guitar and banjo player, a singer song writer whose pedigree encompasses his long history in Steeleye Span along with session work and stints with the Albion Band and Magna Carta.
Ken is great performer, who has his own signature FYLDE guitar which many of you who know of these great guitars is something very special. Ken is also a brilliant golfer so my pal Clive Carroll tells me! Oh, and he also plays a Uke!
The chosen piece for the day is a personal favourite - Fiona's Smile.
The format for the day with be a brief selection of tunes from yours truly followed by a detailed look at our chosen piece for the day, Fiona's Smile. There will be the usual Q&A on any related guitar subject be it technique, performance, composition, what have you. Also throughout the afternoon there will the chance to "share" YOUR playing with us.
Ken will join in the afternoon to play for us and answer any of your questions, but the main thrust will be his playing. I hope he brings his banjo with him as well as his FYLDE!
As usual, please contact Sue Holton as soon as possible at ggiltrap+sharingday@gmail.com with any questions or to book your place and I'll send you the full information and PDF of the piece. Cost for the day is £100.


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Beijing's new traffic plan to hit car owners
Xu Wei on 2011-07-21
Beijing – Private car owners might have to accept higher charges as the city's traffic authority plans to further improve public transport and reduce the use of vehicles to ease traffic congestion.
Liu Xiaoming, director of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport, suggested in a report to the Beijing Municipal People's Congress that the city adopt "both economic and administrative measures" to further reduce the use of private cars and divert private car owners to public transport.
Liu said this should be the city's "primary policy target" in solving traffic congestion.
Although Liu has suggested that charges for private cars will be increased, neither he nor the commission have specified what measures will follow the raising of parking fees in April.
Meanwhile, Liu said that constructing a denser underground transport system in downtown areas will be another key component in reducing congestion on the roads.
"Eighty percent of new rail transit lines will be built in downtown areas," he said.
According to Liu, the commission estimates the public transport system will take up 42 percent of the daily transport volume in Beijing.
The city's traffic woes have been slightly eased since a series of measures were put into effect in the first half of this year, he said.
The average driving speed during rush hour reached 24 km/h in the first six months of the year, a 10 percent increase over the speed during the same period last year.
"It is a good sign that the comprehensive measures have taken effect," Liu said. "But tackling gridlock is still a challenging, long-term task."
He said the reforms had yielded a measurable effect, even though the number of vehicles on the city's roads in July jumped by more than 600,000 compared to last July's figure.
Experts said a more comfortable and convenient public transport system is the key to solving the city's long-standing traffic congestion problems.
However, they did admit that it has a long way to go to attract private car owners.
Zhang Zhuting, an expert on public transport at the Ministry of Transport, believes comfort and convenience levels on the city's buses and trains must be improved. "A low-price strategy is not a long-term solution," Zhang said. "We need to rate the public transport system through comprehensive indexes, such as comfort, convenience and safety," Zhang said.
Experts also said the lack of coordination between buses and the subway remained a problem.
Zhang Changqing, an expert on public transport law at Beijing Jiaotong University, pointed out that usually the city's subway stations and bus stations are not located near each other due to uncoordinated planning.
"If the bus and rail systems could be linked, it would be a cutting-edge advantage," he said.
Statistics from the commission show that the public transport system had already recorded a daily volume of 19.43 million individual journeys in the first quarter of 2011, a figure close to Beijing's population of 19.61 million residents.
The commission's report was widely regarded as a half-year summary of the city's intensified efforts to reduce traffic problems. Measures such as a license plate lottery system, increases in parking fees and restrictions on non-local cars entering the city during rush hours were introduced earlier this year.
Pressure mounted on the bureau earlier this month when a poll on its website showed only 47 percent of residents believed the traffic situation was improving, which raised doubts about the effectiveness of the city's new measures.
The report noted a sharp reduction in the number of cars in parking lots due to the rise in parking fees, with a 12 and 19 percent drop in the number of cars in parking lots and off-street garages.
The Ministry of Public Security said that Beijing had 4.64 million vehicles by June, but only 2.5 million parking spaces.
Source: China Daily
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Should the United States Declare a State of National Emergency to Build the Southern Wall in Order to Help Poor US Citizens?
Yes, it is absolutely necessary to build the wall in the southern border in order to help poor United States citizens.
Many illegals are coming into the United States of America through the southern border without documentation and stealing jobs away from poor white people in rural areas, poor black people in urban areas, who are US citizens.
Not building the wall in the south is tantamount to hurting United States citizens, because US citizens will have their jobs and livelihood stolen by illegals.
This is currently happening, and that is why many United States citizens have entered the Poverty Line when President Obama was President.
Over 8,000,000 US citizens have entered the poverty line under President Obama's rule, and that is because he was pro-illegal immigration.
DACA hurts United States citizens who want to get accepted to medical schools, law schools, and have a bright future.
DACA are illegals protected by the Democrats, and DACA are hurting childfren of United States citizens who want a better life and the American Dream in their own country of citizenship.
It is necessary to send at least 100,000 United States soldiers to guard the southern border and make sure that no illegals enter, so that poverty in the United States will not proliferate among US citizens.
Is It Important to Build the Wall to Block Out Illegal Immigrants Who Will Fight for Abortion?
Hispanic Americans vote for baby killing by voting Democrat.
It is important to vote the wall in the southern border of the United States of America and block out illegal Hipsanics, because they will become pro-abortion and push baby-killing by advancing the Democratic Party.
Fight to save lives of innocent babies requires fighting to keep illegal Hispanics out of America, because Hispanics in America vote for the Democratic Party and, thereby, support killing innocent babies.
It is okay for the Democratic Party to kill innocent babies, and it is okay for Hispanics to support this baby-killing by Democratic Party.
Just like giving any donation to the Planned Parenthood potentiates its mission to continue abortions in America, which is baby-killing, supporting entrance of illegal Hispanics, that you know will become pro-abortion Democrats, is absolutely a way to help baby-killing mission of the Democratic Party.
It is absolutely necessary to keep illegal Hispanics out of America by building the Wall in the South!
It is absolutely necessary to deport DACA and other illegal Hispanics back to their home countries, because they will fight for the Democratic Party, which is dedicated to killing babies.
Building the Wall to keep illegal Hispanics out is not just about weakening the Democratic Party that is dedicated to making baby-killing popular among Americans, but it is also about actually protecting the rights of unborn US citizens who are killed when they cannot speak.
Building the Wall has many consequences and domino effect.
It is necessary to build the Wall to weaken the pro-abortion, pro-Democrat Hispanic Americans in America who not only hate Donald Trump but also hate the Right-to-Life movement to protect unborn babies.
Allowing Latinos who are dedicated to abortion-rights Democratic Party to proliferate by entering the United States of America through the southern border hurts morality in America, which demands protecting lives of unborn children.
Deporting DACA and deporting other illegal Latino Democrats is just as important as building the Wall to keep illegal Latinos out of America, so that we can protect the unborn babies from abortion!
Should Christians campaign against illegal immigration and DACA as a Christian action?
Yes, fighting illegal immigration is a Christian act because illegal immigration is stealing municipal services, healthcare funds, and public school education resources away from American citizens who are Christians.
Illegal immigrants hurt Christian families, especially since many illegal immigrants are involved in gang and drug activity, which is channeling drugs into America's suburbs and making Christian teens into drug addicts.
There is cause and effect. Illegal immigration causes greater immorality and break-down of American towns, suburbs, and neighborhoods.
Is it wrong for Hispanic churches to support illegal immigration?
It is absolutely wrong for Hispanic Christian churches to support illegal immigration, because illegal immigration is breaking the Ten Commandments NOT TO STEAL.
There are laws against illegal immigration, and American citizens pay taxes for civil services, such as bus transportation and free public school education.
It is morally and ethically wrong for Hipsanic Christian churches to support illegals and illegal immigration, because this goes against the Moral Law of God.
Would it be morally wrong for the US Military to shoot to kill illegals entering from the southern border illegally?
No, it would not be wrong for the US Military to shoot to kill any illegal aliens entering the southern border illegally. Romans 13 clearly provides justification of US Military soldiers killing illegals entering the United States, illegally.
Should President Trump illegalize public protests in support of illegal immigration which attacks America's law and order?
Yes, President Trump should illegalize public protests in support of illegal immigration, because illegal immigration is illegal.
Allowing public protest in support of illegal immigration is similar to allowing protest in support of First Degree Murder.
Allowing public protests in support of crimes, such as illegal immigration is morally and ethically wrong and attacks law and order in the United States of America.
Allowing nation-wide protest in support of illegal immigration (which is a crime!) is spreading disrespect for the law across all 50 states. Illegal immigration must be stopped!
Support of illegali immigration is directly responsible for proliferation of crimes among juveniles in the United States, because illegal immigration creates a social environment in which illegal activities thrive.
A way to stop juvenile crime is to stop public protests in support of the crime of illegal immigration.
President Donald Trump has a moral duty to sign an Executive Order to illegalize public protest in support of illegal immigration, which is destroying the basic decency and law and order of American society in all 50 states.
Those who protest publicly in support of illegal immigration should be arrested for public disorderly conduct and for Public Endangerment.
President Trump owes a duty to all American citizens to illegalize public protest in support of crime (that is, illegal immigration).
United States citizens are threatened by lawlessness of these public protests in support of illegal immigration, which is a crime against America as a nation and against all US Citizens.
President Trump must do his due diligence and deport all 13,000,000 illegal immigrants, using the US Military.
This is what American citizens are expecting, because America cannot be truly free when illegal immigrants hold America hostage!
America is becoming a laughingstock to its enemies, because there are many public protests in support of crimes against the nation inthe form of illegal immigration that is being tolerated.
This is morally wrong to allow public protest in support of illegal activity (illegal immigration).
Democracy is NOT allowing illegal activities against US Citizens to proliferate!
All of the 13,000,000 illegals who are publicly protesting in support of illegal immigration should be immediately arrested and shipped back to their country of citizenship.
President Trump must secure the country against hostile threat from illegal immigrants and their sympathizers who support illegal activities (illegal immigration).
The nation is degenerating into chaos because President Trump is allowing illegal immigrants to protest in support of illegal activity of illegal immigration.
These lawless protesters are trying to destroy American agencies, such as ICE, which is necessary to secure the borders and provide security and safety for American citizens.
US Citizens want the Wall built and the nation secured by deporting 13,000,000 illegals out of the country back to their countries of citizenship.
July 4th Independence Day Celebration reminds every American how insecure America is and the devastation that every US citizen faces because of illegal immigration.
Are churches that support illegals supporting lawlessness?
Yes, every church that supports illegal immigration is supporting lawlessness and law-breaking and criminal activity.
Most Protestants in America see Catholics supporting illegal immigration as a proof of the evil of the Catholic Church.
A part of the reason why anti-Catholicism will continue among Protestant Christians is that they see that the Catholic Church is suporting the illegal activity of the illegal immigrants.
The majority of Protestant Christians consider all Catholics as not true Christians, who will go to eternal damnation in Hell.
This is why the majority of Protestant Christians will never respect Catholic priests.
The Catholic Church is a serious part of the problem of illegal immigration that is causing massive poverty and hunger in the United States of America among US Citizens.
It is necessary to use the US Military to remove and send back all 15,000,000 illegals back to their country of citizenship, if the US Government wants to be serious about helping US citizens with their poverty and homelessness.
Black poverty and white poverty in cities like Atlanta and Los Angeles are directly tied to US Federal Government negligence in deporting illegals back to their country of citizenship.
Illegals directly cause poverty of US citizens, and the Democrqtic Party is an accomplice to the crime of supporting illegal and criminal trespass by illegal immigrants that is causing poverty among US citizens.
US Federal Government is guity of criminal negligence in playing the role of accomplice to the criminal trespass of illegals in America, and this is also a crime against God of the Bible because many Christians who are US citizens are entering the poverty-line because of the proliferation of illegal immigration.
Are Latinos who enter United States illegally with their children guilty of child abuse?
Yes, Latinos who drag their children from their zone of safety, comfort, and happiness, and traumatize their childrn through long, arduous, and unnecessary journey to enter the United States, illegally, are guilty of child abuse.
Churches that support illegal immigrant journey into America through the southern border are committing a moral crime by supporting child-abuse by parents, who drag their children in order to illegally enter the United States.
The Catholic Church is absolutely wrong to support child abuse in the form of illegal immigration journey for Latinos with their children, who try to enter the US border to the south.
Is President Trump being a good president for raising tariffs against foreign nations?
Yes, it is because of the liberal globalization policies of liberal politicians that has led America to the brink of poverty for the middle class.
Americans are becoming poorer and poorer because America's weath is being transferred to China and other Asian countries, due to the fact that liberal politicians in the Democratic Party have sold America out to China and other foreign nations.
President Trump is saving America by opposing Establishment Politicians who stand with globalization and economically liberal policies that destroy America's middle class and send America's wealth to China and other foreign countries.
President Trump is trying to save American citizens suffering in poverty due to globalization. US Congress members who do not care about American citizens want to continue to give wealth to China and other foreign countries.
President Trump is a hero to US citizens by putting America first and raising tariffs against foreign countries. This is the only way to help turn the tide of poverty invading the middle class of American citizens.
If China's companies beat US companies and bankrupt America's companies, then of course, America's workers will be laid off.
Chinese company in China will pay their workers and make them into Middle Class, while the unemployed American worker and his family will become homeless in America.
Tariffs are necessary to protect American citizens.
It is important to vote Republican in 2018 and put America First politicians in the US Senate and US Congress and Governor Mansions in all 50 states.
Do you want to be poor?
Do you want your children to be poor?
Do you want your grandchildren poor?
All Christian churches should support raising tariffs against foreign countries to help poor people in America who are US citizens.
Those who oppose tariffs are anti-American and anti-Christian!
Should Christians support ousting of DACA?
Yes, it is a Christan duty to oust all DACA from the United States of America, because DACA pose a serious threat to the future of Christian America.
More intelligent, more eduated liberals are a far greater threat to Christian America than uneducated liberals.
DACA promise to be chief enemies of the Christian faith and destroyers of Christian values in America, because they represent educated liberals dedicated to homosexuality and secularism.
It is a Christian duty to expel all DACA from the American soil by law and policing agencies, like the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security.
Sooner that DACA are expelled from America, the better for American citizens!
This is the right thing to do before the sight of the Holy Trinity.
To bring America back to Christianity, it is important to weaken all political forces that support homosexuality and gay marriage, such as DACA supporters.
Fighting DACA and expelling illegal immigrants are very important for Republican political victory in 2018 elections.
The majority of American citizens want illegals deported, and not expellling illegal immigrants represent a weakness that American citizens do not want to see in their federal government.
If President Trump does not aggressive expel illegal immigrants, Republicans may lose the 2018 elections. That will put the Trump family and President Trump himself in danger, because the Democrats want to impeach President Trump and put him in prison.
For President Trump, it is a matter of self-survival to make sure that right-wing Republicans win elections in 2018.
For them to win, President Trump needs the support of US Citizens who want illegals out of America.
President Trump needs to show that he is on the side of US citizens who want justice against illegal immigration.


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UK house prices show 13.2 per cent year on year rise
UK house prices in June recorded a 13.2 per cent annual rise – 4.5 per cent up on May's figures – with average house prices at £265,668, showed Office of National Statistics, ONS, data.
Detached houses experienced the highest annual price growth of 15.6 per cent bringing the average price to £410,054. Flats and maisonettes revealed the lowest growth of 8.4 per cent bringing the average price to £221,211.
EY ITEM Club senior economic advisor Martin Beck said: "Better-off, home-owning households are emerging from the pandemic in relatively good financial shape. Taken together with changing housing preferences, very low mortgage rates and a strong economic recovery, it suggests a correction in property prices is unlikely in the near future."
New build properties showed a 14.4 per cent annual price growth with the average price standing at £337,377 compared to resold properties which revealed a 9.1 per cent with the average price at £246,310.
Owner-occupier purchasers showed an annual 13.9 per cent growth bringing the average price paid to £309,754. First-time buyers recorded a slightly lower annual growth of 12.7 per cent with the average price paid at £222,712.
Sales transactions more than treble in June
The Northwest recorded the strongest annual growth at 18.6 per cent while London showed the weakest growth at 6.3 per cent. Wales showed the strongest growth at 16.7 per cent while Northern Ireland recorded the lowest growth at nine per cent for the year leading to the second quarter.
Estimated sales transactions in the UK were at 198,240 revealing a 219 per cent annual increase as buyers raced to beat the end of the stamp duty holiday. Between May and June, UK transactions rose by 74.1 per cent. Bank of England data showed a slight decrease in the mortgage approvals of 81,300 compared with April's 86,900 figure. However, net mortgage borrowing reached a record high of £1.7bn in June.
Brokers Hank Zarihs Associates said the figures showed why development finance lenders were keen to offer property construction finance to SME builders for new residential projects.
The UK's second-largest mortgage lender Nationwide Building Society reported similar annual house price growth of 13.4 per cent in June – the highest level since November 2004. The lender's figures in July fell back to an annual increase of 10.5 per cent.
Nationwide's chief economist Robert Gardner said: "Underlying demand is likely to remain solid in the near term. Consumer confidence has rebounded in recent months while borrowing costs remain low. This, combined with a lack of supply on the market, suggests continued support for house prices."
Although, he said the outlook was harder to predict towards the end of this year.
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Larry Richard Winstead, of Ames, died peacefully at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames on April 11, 2019, in the presence of his devoted wife and family, after a courageous seven-year battle with colon cancer and kidney disease. He was 72-years-old.
A celebration of Larry's life, will be at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, at First Baptist Church in Boone, with Rev. Janell Bloem officiating. Burial will be in Squire Boone Cemetery, south of Boone.
Friends may call from 9 a.m. until service time at the Church on Tuesday. The family will be present beginning at 10 a.m.
The second of four sons born to Jesse and Louise (Bullard) Winstead, Larry was born in Iuka, Miss., on May 21, 1946. His father was a World War II veteran who was a career radio instructor at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss. The family made their home in nearby Pascagoula, Miss., residing within a few blocks of the Gulf of Mexico. Larry remembered fondly his childhood home and friends and often shared stories of their escapades. The son of a Little League baseball coach, Larry grew up playing baseball. Family was of primary importance to Larry. His fondest memories were of family gatherings with north Mississippi maternal grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. A proud father who worked hard to provide for his family, he believed in working hard and playing hard and was devoted to helping hone his children's athletic talents, engaging with them in athletic events throughout the Gulf Coast and regional states.
An avid fisherman and outdoorsman, Larry enjoyed both freshwater and saltwater fishing, hunting deer, and RV camping before his health deteriorated. He enjoyed traveling with his wife and family exploring various parts of the Midwest, Branson, Wisconsin Dells, Smoky Mountains, Colorado Rockies, and the Gulf Coast region. He will be fondly remembered by all who knew him as a down-to-earth, easy-going man with a playful spirit, big heart, and kind and gentle nature.
In 1965, Larry graduated from Pascagoula High School where he was a star athlete and earned acclimation for himself and his school as a gifted left-handed baseball pitcher. Larry began playing varsity baseball as a ninth-grader and ended his high school pitching career with a record-setting no hitter championship game that set the bar high for those who followed. Upon graduation, he was awarded a scholarship that would have culminated in his signing with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Instead, he chose to serve six years with the Mississippi National Guard and began his employment career on the Gulf Coast. He married his first wife, Debbie (Simmons) Creel and worked various jobs to provide for their growing family before joining the Pascagoula School System where he was employed more than 17 years as a HVAC technician. In 1977, an on-the job injury forced him to retire early due to disability.
On April 9, 2005, Larry and Patrician Blomgren Reed were married on the beach in Ocean Springs, Mississippi surrounded by their family and close friends.
Mourning his passing are his beloved wife, Patricia, of Ames; step-daughter, Angela (Joe) Carswell and grandsons, Jacob Carswell, Isaac Carswell, and Drew Carswell, of Boone; step-son, Troy (Jenny Tingwald) Strother and grandsons, Sam Strother and Ben Strother, of rural Boone; daughter, Tammy (Trisha Buckner) Winstead, of Florida; son, Ricky (Dianna) Winstead, of Gautier, Miss.; and daughters, Tracy (Kevin) Walters, of Pascagoula, Miss., and Lori (Brian) Ribble, of Mobile, Ala.; ten grandchildren and one great-grandson, all of the Gulf Coast region; his brothers, Gene Winstead, Mike Winstead, and Butch Winstead; special friends, Brandi Neys and Christy and McKinley McCloud; and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends.
In memory of Larry, memorials may be directed to Larry's wife, Patricia, to be used at the family's discretion.
Online condolences may be left at www.schroedermemorialchapel.com.
Schroeder-Reimers Memorial Chapel at Sixth and Marshall is assisting the family with arrangements.