Earlier this month the Square One Law energy team hosted "The Energy Debate" in collaboration with Brewin Dolphin, NECC, NOF and the Journal.
The event brought together panellists from across the energy sector including Chris Huhne, formerly Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change; Neil Etherington, Group Development Director, Able UK; Jim Cardwell, Head of Regulation and Strategy, Northern Powergrid; Dermot Roddy, Chief Technology Officer, Five-Quarter; James Ramsbotham, Chief Executive of the North East Chamber of Commerce; George Rafferty, Chief Executive, NOF Energy; James Bryce, Partner and Head of Energy, Square One Law and Elaine Coverley, Head of Equity Research, Brewin Dolphin to discuss the key issues facing the industry.
The event attracted over 100 delegates from the sector and the feedback has been excellent.


Google announced the release of many new APIs and developer services at its Google I/O conference this week. This tutorial for the web developer breaks the new APIs and services down for you, and shows you how you can start using them now!
The Google Feed API v2 with Push works best with feeds enabled for PubSubHubbub, which is defined as "A simple, open, server-to-server web-hook-based pubsub (publish/subscribe) protocol as an extension to Atom and RSS." Google has quite a bit of documentation on the Feed API and how to properly setup your RSS feed.
Google Storage for Developers is a RESTful (Representational State Transfer) service for :storing and accessing your data on Google's infrastructure. The service combines the performance and scalability of Google's cloud with advanced security and sharing capabilities."
Currently Google Storage is only available to a limited number of developers in the United States. Interested developers can sign up to join the waiting list. Google also has a Getting Started Guide for those wanting all the juicy details.
Just announced this week, the WebM project is "dedicated to developing a high-quality, open video format for the web that is freely available to everyone." Thus far the project includes support from Mozilla, Opera, Google and more than forty other publishers, software and hardware vendors.
a container format based on a subset of the Matroska media container, an "extensible open source, open standard Multimedia container"
A developer preview of WebM and VP8 was made available this week at the WebM Project website, and includes source code, specs and encoding tools.
For more information, check out the Getting Started guide for Google Font API.
Other Google announcements include the Google Wave API, which helps users communicate and collaborate on the web, Chrome Web Store, an "open marketplace for web apps", and the Google Web Toolkit 2.1, which enables developers to create apps which work for both the desktop and the mobile environment with just a few tweaks. We'll go into each of those in the next installment!


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GSK/Biovail's Wellbutrin XR gets European OK
GlaxoSmithKline says that Wellbutrin XR has been granted a marketing licence in the Netherlands, the first European approval for this version of the drug, for the treatment of adult patients with major depressive episodes.
Wellbutrin XR, a sustained-release form of bupropion which is marketed by GSK and manufactured by Canada's Biovail Corp, is also considered approvable by the regulatory agencies of 21 other European countries and they are expected to grant national licenses for the drug throughout the first quarter. GSK added that it hopes to make the medicine available to patients from April 2007.
Andrew Witty, president, GSK Pharmaceuticals, Europe, said that Wellbutrin XR, which is the first once-daily noradrenaline dopamine reuptake inhibitor to be approved for the treatment of major depressive disorder in Europe, said "we hope its profile will help patients stay on their therapy, which would address a significant unmet need in the area of antidepressants."
The drug is sold in the USA as Wellbutrin XL, where it has been used to treat nearly 13 million patients but the treatment is at the centre of a major dispute between Biovail and the US Food and Drug Administration. In August last year, the Canadian firm sued the agency to try and prevent the FDA from giving approval to generic versions of Wellbutrin XL from Anchen Pharmaceuticals and Impax Laboratories.
Wellbutrin XL represented almost 45% of Biovail's turnover during the third quarter of 2006, bringing in $123.3 million in sales. It licensed the compound to GSK in 2001 and gets an approximate 30% royalty rate on sales of the product.
Biovail slides on Wellbutrin XL verdict
Biovail sues FDA over Wellbutrin copycat
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Local writer Marin Johnson enjoys a midweek staycation at The Heliotrope Hotel.
I was blown away by how a creative group of minds can reinvent the hotel experience. My stay was in the Huckleberry Room, located just across from the Lawn and two steps away from The Hub. Every room offers something a little bit different, listed in detail on the website. My Flora Room came with a wet bar, single cup coffee maker, mini fridge, microwave, TV, Bluetooth speaker, and generous work space - the perfect place to work away from the office.
Guests receive an email with their door code, parking information, and Wi-Fi password the day before their visit. Three worries out of the way.
Check-in and check-out are just formalities. No room key means no need to visit the front desk immediately upon arriving. Park on property, make yourself at home, and then connect with The Heliotrope's friendly staff at your convenience.
Daily housekeeping is 100% optional! No surprise interruptions and less waste of natural resources.
Certain rooms are pet-friendly (and others fur-free) so your whole family can get away together.
The Heliotrope is across the street from a convenience store. No toothbrush, power cord, or snack? No problem!
The heater/fan/AC is super quiet and comes with a remote so you can even adjust the temperature from bed.
A full-length mirror makes it easy to dress up for important events.
The workspace/breakfast nook is big enough for two people to work comfortably.
An in-unit mini fridge and microwave, and a ton of local delivery options, saves time on acquiring food.
A wet bar with a fill-your-own growler, ice bucket, glasses, a sink, and bottle opener makes it easy to retire from a long day.
The Baker Suite is in a secluded corner of the hotel and has a separate living room – perfect for conducting meetings.
Soft doesn't begin to cover it. I'd say it was like a dream, but it was very real. The bed was downright cushy. It made an inaudible cush as it coaxed me off to sleep.
Bluetooth speaker and outlets right next to the bed? Yes please!
Handcrafted tree coat hangers - what an elegant way to keep my bags off the floor!
Decorations change with the seasons. Fall brought in fresh evergreen trimmings and festive, local squash.
The staff leave little surprises for birthday people, brides and grooms, Heliotrope regulars, VIP's, and guests who are just plain lucky.
If you need an early check-in or late check-out, the Heliotrope staff will do their very best to make it happen.
The fire pit on the Lawn is a popular spot to gather and meet fellow guests, even in the rain. The staff makes sure there is always a warm fire to gather around, outdoors or indoors, whatever you prefer.
Guests can clean up their bikes after a day of mountain biking with the convenient Bike Wash Station, and lock their bikes up in an indoor Bike Closet, both provided by popular demand.
In The Hub, local complimentary coffee and tea is available 24 hours a day by Bellingham Coffee Roasters and Flying Bird Botanicals.
I was truly blown away by the creative drive behind this hotel. They listen to their guests and are making improvements all the time based on their suggestions. It has the atmosphere of a cozy bed and breakfast but the thoughtful design and personalized service of a luxury hotel.
And if you don't want to take my word for it, read this review by Heliotrope regular, Will Beeler.


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Press release and images on Dilmah founder helps to rehabilitate prisoners from Dilmah
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Dilmah founder helps to rehabilitate prisoners
The man who created history in the tea industry in Sri Lanka asserting that the future of the industry lies in the concept of marketing tea as 'Pure Ceylon Tea' continues his success not only in business but human service.
Merrill J Fernando, the creator of 'Dilmah Tea', believes that the duty and obligation of every enterprise which earns an income is to share part of that income with the poor in this country – a concept he has silently followed over the years and earned heavy dividends.
"You earn more and more and you give more and more, results in your business prospering more and more," he said.
As the Founder and Settler of MJF Charity Foundation, he made these comments at the 'Prison Reform and Integration Programme' held on Tuesday at the Colombo Prison Headquarters.
The programme focuses on transforming individuals released on parole from the correctional system of the prison to lead productive lives by re-building their reputation within the community and instilling confidence in them to carry on with their lives.
It is funded by the MJF Charity Foundation and carried out with the Sri Lanka Prisons since 2007 and now in the 10th year. So far 274 former prisoners have benefitted and the MJFC Foundation so far has spent Rs. 15 million – one third of their estimated charity programme.
The combined efforts have been a success while in monitoring of the programme it was found that every participant has successfully blended into society. A notable achievement is that no participant in this entrepreneur programme has returned to prison. Every prisoner who wishes to be rehabilitated will be supported to establish himself in a suitable livelihood with the support of the Foundation.
Mr. Fernando said that these unfortunate people are rejected when they come back to the society from the prisons and look at them with squint eyes.
"So, it is not only our duty, but also our obligation by the society to help them to maintain the human dignity and self-esteem and to find a decent living to gain their place in the society that they lost when they were incarcerated," he said.
N.M.N.C. Dhanasinghe, Commissioner General of Prisons said that a wrong notion is created in the public mind that the prison is punishment cell and just another government department, which is rather a wrong notion.
Prisons are a correctional centre and inside it they train the inmates in various trades in the hope that they go back and fit into the society they left and make a living and lead a descent life, he said.
Mr. Dhanasinghe pointed out that a major hindrance for prisoners to get back into the society is the public perception and they are treated like outcastes and total rejected from the society.
He urged the media to remove this perception of bad impression of prisoners who are released and establish their human dignity so that they could become valuable citizens again.
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N.J. Attorney General: Hospital was right to ban poodle from E.R.
Alan Tu
A New Jersey hospital didn't discriminate when it refused to accommodate a California man who claimed his 12-pound poodle was a service dog.
New Jersey's Civil Rights Division says the dog failed to receive the type of training associated with a service dog even though it had a tag issued by San Francisco's animal care and control department identifying it as an assistance dog.
Authorities in California said the tag was never intended to suggest the animal had been trained and many tags are issued to animals that are not.
"An individual cannot simply declare his or her dog a service animal," said Acting Attorney General John Hoffman in a statement released today. "There is responsibility and accountability on both sides of the service dog issue."
Morristown Memorial Hospital refused to allow the dog inside the emergency room and a hospital room in 2013.
The man also alleged there was a second incident at the hospital in December 2013. In that incident, he claimed he and the dog were first denied a visit with his mother in the hospital's "pre-op" unit, then were permitted a truncated visit of only five minutes, while his father and sister visited for 30 minutes or more.
H.O. told Division investigators that he personally trained his poodle to notify him each day at 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. to take his daily medication for a disability, and to recognize when he is becoming anxious so that he can take psychotropic medication prescribed for him on an "as needed" basis. He also referred to the assistance dog tag' issued him by authorities in San Francisco.
New Jersey law says a person accompanied by a properly trained service animal cannot be barred from a public place of accommodation.
Associated Press contributed to this report
Lucy The Elephant, the 65-foot-tall Margate landmark, turns 138 Saturday. The country's oldest roadside attraction has withstood natural disasters and threats of demolition.
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Ager, Duane; Evans, Simon; Li, Hong; Lilley, Andrew K.; van der Gast, Christopher J.. 2010 Anthropogenic disturbance affects the structure of bacterial communities. Environmental Microbiology, 12 (3). 670-678. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02107.x
Broughton, Richard K.. 2009 Separation of Willow Tit and Marsh Tit in Britain: a review. British Birds, 102 (November). 604-616.
Bailey, Richard; Schonrogge, Karsten; Cook, James M.; Melika, George; Csoka, Gyorgy; Thuroczy, Csaba; Stone, Graham N.. 2009 Host Niches and Defensive Extended Phenotypes Structure Parasitoid Wasp Communities. PLoS Biology, 7 (8), e1000179. 12, pp. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000179
Botham, M.S.; Rothery, P.; Hulme, P.E.; Hill, M.O.; Preston, C.D.; Roy, D.B.. 2009 Do urban areas act as foci for the spread of alien plant species? An assessment of temporal trends in the UK. Diversity and Distributions, 15 (2). 338-345. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00539.x
Davies, Harriet; Brereton, Tom M.; Roy, David B.; Fox, Richard. 2007 Government targets for protected area management: will threatened butterflies benefit? Biodiversity and Conservation, 16 (13). 3719-3736. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-007-9176-4
Franco, A.M.A.; Anderson, B.J.; Roy, D.B.; Gillings, S.; Fox, R.; Moilanen, A.; Thomas, C.D.. 2009 Surrogacy and persistence in reserve selection: landscape prioritization for multiple taxa in Britain. Journal of Applied Ecology, 46 (1). 82-91. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01598.x
Fox, R.; Warren, M. S.; Asher, J.; Brereton, T. M.; Roy, D. B.. 2007 The state of Britain's butterflies 2007. Butterfly Conservation and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, 12pp.
Hinsley, S.A.; Hill, R.A.; Fuller, R.J.; Bellamy, P.E.; Rothery, P.. 2009 Bird species distributions across woodland canopy structure gradients. Community Ecology, 10 (1). 99-110. https://doi.org/10.1556/ComEc.10.2009.1.12
Hill, Mark. 2009 BBS summer meeting - Shetland. Field Bryology, 97. 39-45.
Hesketh, Helen. 2008 Methods for studying pathogens in natural populations: recent developments and future thoughts. [Speech] In: 41st Annual Meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology and 9th International Conference on Bacillus thuringiensis (incorporating COST862 Action* Bacterial Toxins for Insect Control), Warwick, UK, 3-7 August 2008. Society for Invertebrate Pathology, 113.
Hill, Mark. 2008 Rare and interesting bryophytes in Britain and Ireland 7. Field Bryology, 94. 66-68.
Joyce, Domino A.; Dennis, Roger L.H.; Bryant, Simon R.; Shreeve, Tim G.; Reday, Jonathan S.; Pullin, Andrew S.. 2009 Do taxonomic divisions reflect genetic differentiation? A comparison of morphological and genetic data in Coenonympha tullia (Müller), Satyrinae. Biological Journal of Linnean Society, 97 (2). 314-327. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01213.x
Kemp, Roger J.; Hardy, Peter B.; Roy, David B.; Dennis, Roger L.H.. 2008 The relative exploitation of annuals as larval host plants by European butterflies. Journal of Natural History, 42 (13-14). 1079-1093. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930801937608
Majerus, Mike; Brown, Peter; Roy, Helen; Ware, Remy. 2009 UK Ladybird Survey Report. British Wildlife (20). 210-212.
Morecroft, Michael D.; Stokes, Victoria J.; Taylor, Michele E.; Morison, James I. L.. 2008 Effects of climate and management history on the distribution and growth of sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) in a southern British woodland in comparison to native competitors. Forestry, 81 (1). 59-74. https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpm045
Nuttall, P.A.; Labuda, M.. 2008 Saliva-assisted transmission of tick-borne pathogens. In: Bowman, Alan S.; Nuttall, Patricia A., (eds.) Ticks: Biology, Disease and Control. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 205-219.
Preston, Chris. 2010 A revised list of nationally rare bryophytes. Field Bryology, 100. 32-40.
Preston, Christopher D.. 2010 The first British records of Potamogeton compressus L. and P. friesii Rupr. Watsonia, 28. 82-84.
Preston, Chris D.; Hill, Mark O.; Bosanquet, Sam D.S.; Ames, Stephanie L.. 2009 Progress towards a new Atlas of Bryophytes. Field Bryology, 98 (June09). 14-20.
Preston, C.D.; Hill, M.O.. 2009 Bryophyte records. Nature in Cambridgeshire, 51. 92-95.
Preston, Christopher D.. 2009 The terms 'native' and 'alien' - a biogeographical perspective. Progress in Human Geography, 33 (5). 702-711. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132508105002
Preston, Christopher D.; Uotila, Pertti. 2009 Sagittaria x lunata, a binomial for the widespread North European hybrid between S. natans and S. sagittifolia (Alismataceae). Annales Botanici Fennici, 46 (3). 215-230.
Purse, Bethan V.; Thompson, David J.. 2009 Oviposition site selection by the endangered damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale in its UK stronghold (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). International Journal of Odonatology, 12 (2). 257-273.
Poulickova, Aloisie; Hasler, Petr; Lysakova, Monika; Spears, B.M.. 2008 The ecology of freshwater epipelic algae: an update. Phycologia, 47 (5). 437-450. https://doi.org/10.2216/07-59.1
Pearman, D. A.; Preston, C. D.; Rothero, G. P.; Walker, K. J.. 2008 The Flora of Rum: an Atlantic island reserve. Truro, D.A. Pearman, 480pp.
Preston, C. D.; Hill, M. O.. 2008 Bryophyte records. Nature in Cambridgeshire, 50. 124-128.
Roy, Helen; Beckmann, Björn; Comont, Richard; Hails, Rosemary; Harrington, Richard; Medlock, Jolyon; Purse, Bethan; Shortall, Chris. 2009 Nuisance insects and climate change. Defra, 109pp. (UNSPECIFIED)
Stanley, P.E.; Hill, M.O.; Argent, G.C.G.. 2013 A.J.E. Smith, M.A., D.Phil., D.Sc. (1935–2012). Journal of Bryology, 35 (4). 319-326. https://doi.org/10.1179/1743282013Y.0000000074
Smith, Richard M.; Roy, David B.. 2008 Revealing the foundations of biodiversity: The Database of British Insects and their Foodplants. British Wildlife, 20 (1). 17-25.
Stevenson, C. Robin; Hill, Mark O.. 2008 Urban myths exploded: results of a bryological survey of King's Lynn (Norfolk, UK). Journal of Bryology, 30 (1). 12-22. https://doi.org/10.1179/174328208X282111
Stone, Graham N.; Challis, Richard J.; Atkinson, Rachel J.; Csoka, Gyorgy; Hayward, Alex; Melika, George; Mutun, Serap; Preuss, Sonja; Rokas, Antonis; Sadeghi, Ebrahim; Schonrogge, Karsten. 2007 The phylogeographical clade trade: tracing the impact of human-mediated dispersal on the colonization of northern Europe by the oak gallwasp Andricus kollari. Molecular Ecology, 16. 2768-2781. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03348.x
Shepherd, Jessica Rosemary. 2007 Polyploidy and the phylogeography of Campanula rotundifolia L. in the British Isles and Ireland. University of Edinburgh, Masters Thesis, 132pp.
Tiple, Ashish D.; Khurad, Arun M.; Dennis, Roger L.H.. 2009 Adult butterfly feeding-nectar flower associations: constraints of taxonomic affiliation, butterfly, and nectar flower morphology. Journal of Natural History, 43 (13-14). 855-884. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930802610568
Whittingham, Mark J.; Krebs, John R.; Swetnam, Ruth D.; Thewlis, Richard M.; Wilson, Jeremy D.; Freckleton, Robert P.. 2009 Habitat associations of British breeding farmland birds. Bird Study, 56 (1). 43-52. https://doi.org/10.1080/00063650802648150
Willis, Stephen G.; Hill, Jane K.; Thomas, Chris D.; Roy, David B.; Fox, Richard; Blakeley, David S.; Huntley, Brian. 2009 Assisted colonization in a changing climate: a test-study using two U.K. butterflies. Conservation Letters, 2 (1). 45-52. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-263X.2008.00043.x
Wilson, Robert J.; Roy, David B.. 2009 Butterfly population structure and dynamics. In: Settele, Josef; Shreeve, Tim; Konvička, Martin; Van Dyck, Hans, (eds.) Ecology of Butterflies in Europe. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 81-96.
Wanless, Sarah; Harris, Michael P.; Lewis, Sue; Frederiksen, Morten; Murray, Stuart. 2008 Later breeding in northern gannets in the eastern Atlantic. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 370. 263-269. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07712
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Although, the food industry is quite wide still, there are many restaurant owners who are earning low against their competitors. Starting a restaurant doesn't only need enough capital rather it requires market knowledge, proper planning, budget forecasting, and the most important thing, understanding of customer's behaviour. The food industry is one of the top revenue generating industries these days because people love to visit different restaurants where they can enjoy taste with the outstanding environment. You cannot compromise on taste if you want to see your restaurant at peak as the perfect taste not only invites the same customer again and again but new customers also visit your place when they hear about the taste of your food from their friends and family members.
Interior designing of a restaurant has the power to leave an influence on customer's minds because people prefer to spend their lunch or dinner time by sitting in a good environment. For the perfect interior, going out of your budget isn't appropriate because there are many incredible ideas regarding interior designing that can save your budget and can give a splendid touch to the overall appearance of the restaurant. The perfect ambience is possible through proper planning because sitting area should not be compromised. Enough space looks good between tables to walk around. More on, waiting area is also necessary as some customers come to take away the food or sometimes, there may be a sitting place required if all the tables are occupied, so waiting area will be good enough, however, there must be some good music or any activity that will not let the customers bore.
Customers prefer those restaurants where they find taste as well as efficient customer care service. If a customer has to call you for placing an order and your representative isn't efficient enough to answer every call, customers will switch to enjoy food from some other restaurants. However, the restaurant online ordering app is the most effective solution that will enlighten your restaurant's image on the mobiles of your customers. The mobile apps enable you to facilitate your every customer as your top priority. The easier the ordering process, the more you'll get orders. Mobile apps give you a smooth way to increase your revenue as all your food menu, prices, location, and food images will be at a single place, so, all a customer will have to do is clicking the 'Order Button' and nothing can be easier than this.
The mobile app of your restaurant is usually designed with the same colour scheme, logo, and slogan that you actually have on your restaurant premises. The fine graphics of mobile app and the exciting images of your food welcome new customers to place an order. The facilitating options in the mobile apps work like your customer care representatives because every button contains some descriptions that provide information to customers. Moreover, the 'About us' section on the website build a welcoming image of your restaurant.
Customers who do not want to leave the comfort of home or busy in their offices prefer to order food. The restaurants which have an online food ordering system usually get more customers because it gives them an immediate notification regarding the details of food along with the address of the customers. The notifications keep you active and enable you to send the box of food as earlier as possible. The quick service is another tip to generate more revenue because it helps you to leave a good impact on customers.


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Gujarat approves 15,200 low-cost housing units
Gujarat government has approved four town planning (TP) schemes in Ahmedabad, Surat and Junagadh, where 15,200 low-cost housing units will be built for the economically weaker sections. The state CM approved Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's Preliminary TP Scheme under Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority where 7,100 houses will be built under these two schemes.
The TP at Vatva will have 3,800 units on 4.26 hectares, 2.73 hectares have been earmarked for open space, gardens and playgrounds and 5.76 for public amenities. The AUDA TP at Kathwada will have 3,300 units for weaker sections with gardens and playgrounds and public amenities. A total of 12.10 hectares will be available for sale under these two schemes to meet the cost of infrastructural facilities. The TP scheme number 40 of Surat Municipal Corporation at Dindoli, will result in the acquisition of approximately 2.40 hectares of land where 2,100 EWS units will be built for the socially and economically weaker sections. This initial TP scheme of Surat includes 0.68 hectares for open space, gardens and playgrounds, 7.42hectares for public amenities and approximately 1.99 hectares for sale to meet the cost of infrastructural facilities. The TP scheme number 10 under the Junagadh Urban Development Authority at Shapur will have about 6,000 housing units, 7.76 hectares for gardens and playgrounds, 7.36 hectares for public amenities and about 16.93 hectares for sale to meet the cost of the construction of infrastructural facilities.
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Dr. Nancy Goldman, M.D. Get a Second Opinion
Attending Physician, Obstetrics & Gynecological Surgery
Medical and Surgical Management of Pregnancy and Disorders of the Female Reproductive Systems
Dr. Goldman earned her bachelor's degree from the University of California at Berkeley and her medical degree from Yale University, New Haven, CT. She completed a residency in obstetrics/gynecology at Stanford University Hospital & Clinics, Palo Alto, CA. She has been in private practice in Beverly Hills, CA for more than 25 years and has served on several administrative committees at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
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Honors in Genetics, University of California, Berkley. CA (1976)
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Opleve det landlige og idylliske Mallorca på det verdensberømte hotel Belmond La Residencia, der ligger i kunstnerbyen Deia.
Gran Hotel Son Net er et udsøgt luksushotel på Mallorca, nænsomt restaureret til et elegant fristed midt i den barske Tramuntana-bjergene - blot 15 minutter fra Palma - et boutique-hotel tilbyder indbegrebet af Mallorcas klassicisme; Værelserne er rummelige og lys-fyldt med herlige udsigter, suppleret med den typiske elegance og stil af en Stein Hotels and Resorts ejendom.
Somewhere in the middle ground between history worship and idol-smashing avant-gardism lies a place like the Palacio de los Patos. In frontal view, it's a 19th-century palace, utterly authentic, marble staircase and all; behind this, though, stands a brand-new modern addition" not the sort of dismal annex that mars an otherwise gorgeous historic hotel, but a stunning and urbane piece of modern-luxe hotel design.
The Palacio del Bailío is inlaid in Cordoba's historical heart and it esemerges as an inspiring balance between the past and the present. Nowadays its stables, coach houses, straw lofts, granaries, Roman remains, valuable original paintings and splendid garden represent a careful equilibrium between design, history, harmony, space and light.
The Hospes hotel Palacio del Bailío from Cordoba, has won the award of the Most Excellent Hotel for Design & Innovation from the renowned Condé Nast Johansens 2009 Awards of Excellence, who recognises those properties worldwide that represent the finest standards and best value for money in luxury and independent accommodation.
On the shores of the Mediterranean and overlooking Port Olimpic, the striking contemporary hotel enjoys a spectacular beachfront location near Barcelona's finest shops and restaurants. The graceful silhouette of Hotel Arts Barcelona offers guests spectacular views over the city and sea.
Det lille 'Luxury Collection' Hotel Marques de Riscal er et hotel i egen klasse.
This 5-star-hotel is located in the heart of the historic center of Palma of Majorca.
Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona:avantgarde luksus på byens mest eksklusive adresse.
A vanguard boutique hotel in a former palace located in one of the most attractive areas of Madrid. Only You will transform the classical hotel concept.
For discerning global travelers, Park Hyatt Mallorca is a luxury retreat which reflects the style of a traditional Mallorquin hilltop village with references of local art and cultural heritage.
Quilibra Aguas de Ibiza Hotel represents a new concept in hospitality. Ours is a very personal interpretation of what luxury should be all about. Everyone comes to Ibiza to experience pleasure. Let us show you a new way of living that experience.
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I met with two of them in a crowded bar in a remote Alaskan village. The salmon run had just begun so the place was packed with fishermen, one of whom approached our group with a tray of shot glasses overflowing with whiskey. It was also a place that SEALs would come to before heading for training exercises in the surrounding mountains.
The man offered to buy a round. "I'd be honored if we could have a drink together, to thank you all for your service. And for taking care of business in Pakistan," he said. Tom Ratzlaff, one of the SEALs I was with, took two shots and handed one to me. "This is for Adam," he clicked his glass against mine, I nodded, and we threw them back together.
Tom, who was better known as "Rat," and Chris Campbell shared memories of their teammate, but as they talked about his life and the circumstances surrounding his death, they alluded to the fact that they were keenly aware death might be just around the corner, quite literally, for them too. They were about to be redeployed, and with the loss of Adam weighing heavily on their minds, there was some urgency to have a chance to talk and honor their brother-in-arms.
One of things I was most interested in understanding from these men was how they managed moving so fluidly between their family lives and their work as highly-trained warriors. Frequently, they were deployed, came home, and then were suddenly redeployed.
Kelley Brown, Adam's wife, recalled the one time she saw "that side" of her husband. He had just returned home and was relaxing in a bubble bath when a very unlucky burglar attempted to break into their house. Adam, naked but covered in bubbles, flew out of the tub and the look in his eyes was someone she did not recognize. Moments later, the intruder bolted in fear and Adam returned to being her loving husband and the adoring father of their two young children.
The SEALs were also circumspect about death in a way that only those confronted with it regularly can be.
Six weeks after my last interview, I was returning to civilization from my version of being off the grid: camping with my family. My own happy grubby kids were in the back seat of our car when my cell phone indicated I had voicemail.
I called in and listened to one message after another and I learned that all seven of the men I had interviewed — John, Kevin, Brian, Heath, Matt, Tom, and Chris — had been killed in action the day before.
The team had been on a mission in the Wardak Province of Afghanistan, part of an operation intended to capture or kill leaders from an insurgent cell that was holed up in the region. The Chinook carrying them, along with 23 other Americans, and eight Afghan troops, had crashed and exploded after a single rocket propelled grenade struck its aft rotor blade.
Questions surrounded the crash: Why were so many from our most elite military unit on one helo? The most credible view is that it was a lucky shot, but some speculated that it might have somehow been retaliation at the same unit that had only a couple months earlier taken out Bin Laden.
As of today, some family members remain unsatisfied with the investigation. A few days after the crash, I attended Kevin Houston's funeral, then began transcribing the interviews, haunted as I listened to their voices and read their reflections on life and on death.
As they had talked about Adam Brown, they had unknowingly defined themselves: humble, selfless, and fearless.
With the one-year anniversary of that tragedy upon us, I think of them, and their families, often.
My mind wanders to the inside of that helicopter, envisioning their final moments. It's a dark place filled with questions — mainly the questions I didn't ask when I interviewed each of them just weeks before they were killed — but the one thing I know for certain is that they died honorably: serving their country, doing what they believed in.
I have no doubt that they died well.


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Inspired by one of Ella Fitzgerald's early works, this post launches a review of existing literature about approaches to driving whole system change in the effort to achieve sustainable water services for everyone. The work is part of IRC's ongoing effort to ground our practice and deepen our (conceptual) knowledge of such approaches in theory and methods offered by the field of complexity sciences.
In 1939, celebrated jazz musician Ella Fitzgerald and her fellow musicians first recorded 't Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It). Ella seems to suggest that the means to the end are more important than the end itself. While we would support a more nuanced take on the matter – that the means and the end are of reasonably equal importance - the Queen of Jazz does go on to quote her mother's wise counsel that '[t]his is something you don't learn in school...'. And on that we agree.
With its striking characteristics such as dynamic, multi-level interdependent actor relationships or networks; unpredictable, nonlinear behaviour based on feedback loops; emerging communication networks and subsequent behaviours...you note sagely to yourself: 'Ah ha, what we have here is a classic complex adaptive system'.
Moreover, conducting your daily business within the wider development aid system, you instinctively know how best to influence this "CAS" in order to achieve outcomes that you, your organisation, funders or network of partners have identified as essential to furthering the goals to which you subscribe.
Or, do you? Cue Ella's lyrics softly filtering back from across the years...this is something we did not learn in school!
As tempting as it is to either reduce messy complexity to (merely) complicated, tractable parts of a problem, or alternatively to throw one's hands in the air proclaiming that everything is too complex to be able to make a difference anyway, please do not despair.
The field of complexity sciences offers not only (lots of!) theory, but more importantly methods and concepts to make complex problems explicit, to perceive and analyse the broader dynamic of the complex systems and to aid collective insight into pathways for driving transformational change.
How does change arise in complex adaptive systems such as service delivery sectors where people, infrastructure and institutions are constantly, acting, interacting and adapting?
What 'whole system' approaches exist to drive intentional change in 'socio-technical' systems?
What are key common properties of these whole system approaches for fostering intentional change?
One product of our efforts to answer these questions is the draft review of existing literature on whole system approaches to change in socio-technical systems available for download below. As the name implies, socio-technical systems are ones that encompass the intertwined networks of people that act and interact in conjunction with physical networks of 'technical stuff' such as the tools and infrastructure required for delivery of water services.
Such systems are notable for having numerous decision making entities and for being governed by public policy in a multi-scale institutional context in which 'wicked problems' (we did say that we are grounding our practice in academic thinking!) abound. Wicked problems are intractable problems such as climate change or poverty that require changes in mindset and behaviours of a great number of actors, as first described by Rittel and Webber (1973). A critical insight emerging from this review is that 'transformation of whole systems of service provision requires participants to critically reflect on their own behaviour and identify ways in which they and existing processes are contributing to the [system's] problems' (Fam et al, 2013, p.1096). Also, that whole system change approach case studies, without exception, have a critical ingredient – a dedicated driver of change.
So, what's in a name? Actually, naming something is a requisite step to creating a shared language and belief, or logic model. In the case of sector change, examples of a different way of working being introduced and driven by a dedicated hub, or backbone organisation, are available from various services sectors such as education, health, energy and environmental conversation.
timely information feedback and feed-forward loops based on common monitoring systems and (action) research across all levels of the system to keep stakeholders engaged and informed.
In IRC's work, the 'what' we are working towards, is the vision of sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene services for everyone. As documented extensively elsewhere, achieving this vision will require a shift away from a project implementation mind-set towards a service delivery approach.
And this in turn requires changes throughout the sector. From policy-making and finance through to implementation.
The 'how' of fostering and driving this change requires sector actors to develop different ways of acting and interacting and may require new tools, methods and technologies that support these new ways of doing things. Some changes can be reasonably reliably identified in advance and some changes will emerge during the course of things...well,...changing.
Driving, catalysing, supporting, acting as a backbone to that change process is what IRC is all about. And the work we're now doing on whole system change in socio-technical settings – as well as giving us a whole new set of jargon to revel in – is all about getting better at doing so. This literature review has provided us with great insights, as well as given us the confidence of seeing that many other actors in many other sectors are generating exciting movement using a similar set of theories.
We may not have learnt it in school but exploring complexity sciences and approaches to whole systems change can certainly provide insights into 'how we do it...' in the WASH sector as '...that's what gets [lasting] results' (Ella Fitzgerald et al., 1939, refrain 1, line 8).
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There will be a day as you expand that you'll have to defend. Any business, any couple, and any individual who grows will eventually hit resistance. Whether it comes as little distractions that cut you off your purpose or an outright attack, you will have to fight to defend what you have.
#1 What are you willing to defend?
#2 What are you willing to do in the fight to defend?
#3 Do you have the resources?
When you expand, you need security, locks, and walls. Defending takes money, resources, time, and energy. You need friends and allies. If you build an empire but don't protect it, you won't keep it. And if you don't have something to defend, it's because you're busy attacking those who do have an empire!


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BBC may move more staff out of London in "radical" shakeup
by Mark Johnson
UK broadcaster the BBC could be set to move more of its operations away from London as part of a "radical" shakeup.
The Beeb has already decentralised some of its output and services, having shifted many positions and programmes to its centre in Manchester's Salford Quays.
But Director General, Tony Hall, said he wants to see the organisation even more widely distributed across the nation.
Hall made the comments at the 2019 Royal Television Society Cambridge Convention, while discussing the challenge being faced by a "fragmented and a polarised country", saying that a "big response" was required.
London calling: Broadcasting House could see less output under Hall plan
"I want the BBC to be the organisation that is most fully embedded and distributed around the UK; that best reflects the different communities of the UK in all their richness and diversity."
"The biggest difference between the BBC and the UK as it is today is around geographical diversity. We've made enormous strides.
"A decade ago, a third of the BBC was based outside London and two-thirds was in London. Today, that balance is 50:50. We've moved from less than 10% of our network TV programmes produced in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to 20%.
"But I want us to think bigger. Imagine a world in which the BBC moved still more out of London.
"We could be really radical here… Now I know all the risks. It would take time. It would cost money. It could be hugely disruptive. But what an enormous creative and operational opportunity!"
Local radio plan
The speech also looked at "significant" changes to local radio, with Hall stating that other local media was retreating and leaving great swathes of the UK unserved and unreported.
"We need to grab the opportunity we have and root the BBC even more locally. The opportunity has never been so great. I've always believed in local radio, and I want it to thrive. We'll be announcing our changes later this autumn.
"We have a lot of work to do, but let me be clear. This is about improving the clarity and the quality of what we do across England. It's about being more local, not less, and giving a voice to communities who otherwise aren't being heard.
Local growth: Hall sees more embedded local radio output
"We're going to create new models for local. We don't want one-size-fits-all; we want to reflect peoples' identity and that very real sense of belonging we all feel for where we live. I also want to build on what local radio was set up to do and focus still more on new talent. These islands are an extraordinary source of ideas and creativity."
BBC Upload
He spoke about BBC Introducing - a local radio initiative - which unearthed Lewis Capaldi as its latest discovery, following in the footsteps of Rag'n'Bone Man, Little Simz, George Ezra, Florence Welch and Jake Bugg among many others.
"Now I'm delighted that we're rolling out BBC Upload. It's going to do for speech what Introducing does for music", Hall said.
"It's already live in Bristol and will be rolled out across local radio in January - giving storytellers, poets, writers and new voices the chance to share their story and their hidden talent."
Streaming influence
Hall also spoke about the "second wave of disruption" in the industry as more streaming services entered the market.
"The question is: How do we stay successful globally amidst this new wave of competition?" he asked.
"I believe we'll do it by doing something different: By being the best people to tell the stories of the UK to the world. And by telling the 'world's stories' to the world, but with a distinctively British set of values.
Streaming challenge: Hall wants BBC to be different in a crowded market
"To thrive in this intensely competitive market (and to unlock the BBC's global potential) we must find new funding partners and new strategic partners - a mixed model of public and commercial, where each can deliver most value.
"Whatever we do globally helps us to do our job better in the UK - whether it's in drama, natural history or other genres. And perhaps our global role is most apparent in news.
"The new money the Government put into the World Service has increased its audience by 13% in one year. We should build on this", Hall said.
"Already 426 million people around the world - choose us every week. 426 million. And actually that's closer to half a billion if you include the UK. How can we get closer to a billion users a week by the end of the next decade?
Hall insisted there was an enormous opportunity at stake here, which he said any government should recognise and invest in.
He told delegates that the BBC played an essential role in an age of "disinformation, propaganda and fakery. I want the BBC to help make the UK a focal point for the fight-back against disinformation and propaganda.
"This summer, we brought together a number of media organisations, including major social media platforms."
Leading research
He said that the BBC would lead and support academic research on the impact of fake news and would work to combat the threat of deep fakes or synthetic media - "so, for instance, we learn how to authenticate video and detect manipulation. This is urgent and important work - it's a priority for all of us.
"Because at this moment, it feels like we are navigating our way through a new age of uncertainty. Not with the benefit of hindsight. Not comfortably through the rear-view mirror. But in real time. At full throttle. With the windscreen painted over."
Talented workforce
He said that the final plank of any strategy must be to make the BBC the place where the most talented people do the work they want to be remembered for.
"We start with a great advantage. People want to join an organisation that has a public purpose, a social purpose, and a clear mission. But we must continue to be the best attractor of new talent from all parts of the UK - and from all fields of endeavour.
"We must be a leader when it comes to diversity of all kinds and give that talent - on and off screen - the best opportunities to grow and develop across platforms, media, geographies and technologies. And we must be a global organisation that can make talent stars on the world stage."
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If you visit Vienna Austria you find the traces of the habsburger monarchy everywhere. Here was the seat of the mighty souvereigns of the past centuries. But also the vienna coffee shops, called "Kaffeehaus" and the cultural life are famous. Every visitor feels the special flair of this metropolis with its pleasant charme.
Vienna is the capital of austria with 2.4 millions inhabitants. It lies in the north-east of austria near the eastern alps and divided by the river danube. The distance to Munich and Vienna is about 440 km and to Prague about 290 km. Vienna has excellent traffic connections. The vienna international airport is only 20 minutes from the city and can be reached by train or bus or the special CAT, the city airport train which is a high speed railway.
100 p.C. the romans founded a military camp called Vindobona in today's heart of the city of vienna. 1220 Vienna became one of the most important towns of the empire and the inner citywall was built 1529 the Turks occupied with more than 100,000 soldiers the town of Vienna for many months. But they didn't succeed.
1679 a terrible plague epedemy raged in Vienna and left almost 50,000 victims.
1683 the second invasion of the Turks could be stroken back after 6 months of hard battles.
1740 – 1780 Maria Theresia of Habsburg ruled over the Habsburg empire and started a lot of reforms and improvements for the people.
1781 – 1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived and worked in Vienna and composed his most important opus.
1791 he died in Vienna and was buried on cementary St. Marx.
1814/1815 Congress of Vienna. This was the convention of the monarchs and representatives of the most important states for political reorganisation of Europe after the Napolean wars.
1828 – 1898 The regency of the famous empress Elisabeth, called Sisi, the real queen of hearts.
Vienna austria offers many sights worth seeing- from imperialistic monumental buildings and palaces to museums and opera houses. The cultural and social life in the inner city has the special flair of vienna. The Stephansdom is the landmark of vienna and austria's most important gothic building. The dome embraces a lot of art treasures which can be admired in guided tours. The construction had begun in thirteenth century and lasted over two hundred years.
Under the Kapuzinerkirche at the place Neuer Markt is the Kaisergruft. Since 1633 members of the Habsburger dynasty lie in this famous graves. In 1989 the last of 145 persons was empress Zita, the wife of the last austrian emperor Karl I was buried here.
Walking through the Dorotheergasse where you can find many interesting shops for antiquities you reach the church Augustinerkirche. This was a private church of the Hapsburger where they celebrated many weddings of the emperor's family. So for example the wedding of 16 year old Sissi with emperor Franz Joseph I in the year 1854.
Through narrow Old Town lanes one reaches the Kohlmarkt, vienna's noblest shopping mile. Here is the traditional and famous Kaffehaus Demel. The former bakery provided the empress Sissi with fantastic sweets as for example a lilac coloured icecream made of the flowers violets.
More than seven centuries the Hapsburg emperors reigned their imperium from the Hofburg. The castle-chapell remembers the middle age. Here sings the world famous vienna boys choir, the Wiener Sängerknaben on sundays. The Hofburg was a castle built in the thirteenth century, but was modified by the family of the Habsburger as a magnificent residence. Today the official residence of the federal president is located there as well as a important congress center and a great number of art collections.
The spanish riding school in vienna is also situated in the Hofburg.It is the only institution in the world where the classical riding skills of the renaissance until today is preserved and exercised. The world famous Lipizzan horses show their arts in performances in the wonderful baroque riding hall.
Another center of attraction is palace Schönbrunn, the former summer residence of the emperor's family. The palace is one of the most beautiful baroque buildings in Europe. The enormous wide park offers a palm house, a labyrinth and a famous zoo. The palace counts because of its historical importance and his unique equipment to the UNESCO – Cultural Heritage of the world.
To discover all the historical sights you need a central lying starting point. The tourist information at Albertinaplatz behind the vienna Staatsoper is opened from 9 am to 7 pm. Here one is friendly served when searching a hotel, a vienna map, a vienna car rental or car hire. The best tips for vienna hotels, restaurants and guided tours can be found here.
Another tourist-info is at the international airport vienna in the arrival zone opened daily from 10 am to 9 pm.


Just a couple weeks ago I was sitting in the courtyard in the Batha Museum in Fez, Morocco. Because The panel discussion was in French, I was wearing ear phones. I was surrounded by mostly French speaking attendees from Europe and Morocco. The sun was shining and I was again grateful to be in this sweet former palace, and gifted by the presence of a very, very old and giant and full tree, which held and mothered, not only the birds who loved it, but also the participants of the Fez Sacred World Music Festival and it's morning forums.
Amidst the translation and the big waving arms of the mother tree, I heard a voice inside me saying, this is "why I'm here." The speaker was Phinith Chanthalangsy, representing UNESCO. He emphasized, that we must help our youth "negotiate a passage from one world to another". Chanthalangsy emphasized that we must acknowledge both the crisis in the world, and that violence, including mental psychological violence, starts "in the spirit of man".
My interpretation, in a nugget, is that, on a spiritual level, violence comes in times of feeling separate from the universal love within and without. On a global level, it can come trauma passed on, and from loss of freedom, human rights and human recognition.
He went on to stress the importance of: educating youth in social emotional skills, including negotiation skills; partnering with youth; and giving all youth opportunities to be engaged in both their local and global communities.
Participation of youth in national and global citizenship, with equal opportunities for participation from all groups.
Expansion of both informal and formal education systems to include education for sustainable development and peace, media literacy, technical, vocational, and entrepreneurial skills.
This is big. On a world-wide level the message is beginning to get out.
How do we, how do I, scale this down to something I can do today?
I can immediately share with those who asked me the websites and blogs that support building social emotional skills with kids.
I can get the word out, and include awarenesses when I write and talk.
I can continue to incubate seeds which will one day connect to others carrying similar messages locally.
When I do errands today, I can be with those in the bank and grocery store holding in my heart what I am experiencing now: a deeper understanding both both the creation of violence and the hope for our youth and the future.


Alot of Pignolis (Pine Nuts) Can be quiten pricey. They MUST be shelled.
Pre-Heat Overn to 350 degrees.
Combine First 2 ingredients well togethr in a large mixing bowl.
With wet hands rorm small balls and roll onto pignolis (Pine nuts- Untoasred.
Place on either greased of non-greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart, so they may seperate. They do expand.
Another recipe I would like to try. Kids just love cookies and you have to have a different variety for them!


Mohawks hairstyle became common in youth punk subcultures in the early 1980s and were then adopted by various other age groups, becoming more diverse in style. Today, Once a trend hits culture, it leaves its mark, however small it maybe. The influence of the Mohawk hairstyle is seen in countless fashion trends throughout the world.


Our academy is strongly committed to improving literacy and knows the importance of reading for pleasure. There is good evidence to suggest that young people who read for pleasure daily perform better in reading assessments. We want to encourage children to enjoy reading and to read a wide range of good quality literature. For this reason, the school has recently made a significant investment in our library with the introduction of Junior Librarian. The new system allows pupils to take books home from our extensive collection in the library on a weekly basis as well as searching for books to meet their interests.
Each child will be provided with their own unique barcode. They will be able to visit the library once a week with their class teacher or adult to select a fiction or nonfiction book of their choice. They will register and sign the book to their account using a barcode reader and will then be allowed to take the book home for a week to share with their loved ones.
To assist us in this, we are delighted to announce that we have appointed two Librarians: Harry and Uno.
As well as being a Lending Library, the Library will also be open every day from 12.30-1pm. Supervised by a member of staff, the children will have access to iPads during that time. Alternatively they might prefer to make use of the homework corner, or sit and read or draw, or play dominoes or with a spirograph, build with lego or do a jigsaw.


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Cife Academic Awards 2013
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The Council for Independent Further Education (Cife) is an association of colleges similar to Ashbourne, which are specialists in getting the best out of students in the final years of pre-university education. Each year Cife awards prizes for academic achievement. Ashbourne has been a member of Cife for over 15 years.
CIFE Academic Awards are presented in a ceremony at the House of Lords by Baroness Perry of Southwark, CIFE President. Lady Perry is an educationalist, and a member of the House of Lords. She chairs the backbench education group, and is a party whip. In the Teaching Excellence debate in 2010, Baroness Perry praised the excellent work of teachers. CIFE Colleges were all delighted by Baroness Perry's statement that, "An inspirational teacher can literally change lives. At its best, teaching is a magic process that lights up the imagination of young people, draws out their curiosity and gives them lifelong skills and understanding." The awards winners here are signal proof of the truth of these words and Ashbourne will endeavour to continue to change lives!
Chelcie Poole – Winner of a Humanities Award
A* – English Literature (351)
A – Drama (347)
A – Italian (331)
A – History (317)
As well as being an outstanding academic, through her participation in our drama club and annual revue, Chelcie complemented this performance and contributed much to the life and vitality of the college. Now at St Andrews studying English and Italian.
Elizabeth Hughes – Winner of a Humanities Award
A – History of Art (345)
Elizabeth came to us from a first class girls' school and demonstrates how a student may enjoy the more grown up approach of a college and still succeed academically. A lively member of our drama club, contributer to our college revue, she was also co-editor of our very successful student newspaper and yearbook. Now at the New College for the Humanities with a 50% scholarship.
Nam Long Nguyen – Winner of a Science Award
A* – Maths (545)
A* – Further Maths (547)
A* – Biology (573)
A* – Chemistry (567)
Talented academically, Long was also dogged in his pursuit of excellence. His grades speak for themselves. Now at St Georeges studying Medicine.
Le Ha Anh Phung – Winner of an Economics Award
A* – Economics (391)
An outstanding academic she will do well at LSE where she is studying Economics.
Pinky Chng
A* – Maths
A* – English Literature
A – Psychology
A – Economics
Pinky joined Ashbourne from her high school in Singapore to embark upon an ambitious programme of four full A-levels in just eighteen-months. Her avid interest in philosophy and psychology won her a place at University College London.
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A* Maths
A* Further Maths
A* Chemistry
A Economics
He joined Ashbourne from Japan to undertake five demanding A-level subjects in two years. He is a stimulating and intelligent mathematician who has earned an unconditional offer at University of Cambridge.
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THOSE WE LEFT BEHIND by Stuart Neville
Posted on April 10, 2015 April 12, 2015 by Matt Craig
THOSE WE LEFT BEHIND
Stuart Neville (www.stuartneville.com)
Harvill Secker (www.vintage-books.co.uk)
Released: June 2015
After seven years served for the murder of his foster father, Ciaran Devine is released from the young offenders' centre where he and his brother Thomas spent their teenage years. Probation Officer Paula Cunningham is assigned his case – a high-profile case at the time of sentencing, though neither Ciaran nor his brother were named at the time – and reaches out to DCI Serena Flanagan, who helped to put the young man behind bars, to get a better feel for what she can expect. Flanagan is convinced of Ciaran's innocence, believing that he covered for his older brother. Now that he is back on the street, the women are convinced that he is falling into his old ways, being led astray by Thomas. When the son of the man they murdered – who shares Flanagan's belief in Ciaran's innocence – is beaten, Flanagan and Cunningham concoct a means to separate the brothers, and attempt to get the truth from Ciaran, using any means necessary, despite the fact that it puts both women at odds with their superiors, and sees Flanagan playing dangerously close to the edge of breaking the law herself.
Those We Left Behind, the latest novel from Northern Ireland's own Stuart Neville, reintroduces us to Detective Chief Inspector Serena Flanagan, who we first met in Neville's previous novel, The Final Silence. Along with the shift from his long-term series stalwart, Jack Lennon, there is a subtle change in tone in Neville's writing towards psychological thriller, and marks Those We Left Behind as the first of his Belfast-based crime novels not to feature a heavily sectarian slant. In some ways, this mirrors the changing nature of crime in Belfast itself, as the city continues to try to distance itself from the stigma of the so-called Troubles.
Despite the short period of time that has passed since the events of The Final Silence, we find Serena Flanagan a very different person. We meet her as she returns to work following surgery to combat breast cancer. Flanagan's career progressed in a time and a place where it was difficult enough to be a police officer, let alone a female one, and we see some of this as she readjusts to her job, and deals with the reactions – and obvious discomfort – of her mostly male colleagues. Neville also gives us a view into her family life, and the impact the cancer and the ensuing surgery has had on her marriage. It is little wonder, then, that she has changed so much in such a short period of time. She may be less sure of herself than was her previous incarnation, but we get a deeper insight into the character as the novel progresses, a fleshing-out that was necessarily missing from before, leaving no doubt that Flanagan is Neville's finest creation since The Twelve's Gerry Fegan, a complex, layered character about whom we still have much to learn.
Intertwining the narrative with occasional flashbacks, Neville shows us how the relationship between Flanagan and Ciaran develops, from their initial meeting during the investigation into the murder of his foster father, through to his current obsession with her. Despite the fact that the novel has a number of viewpoints – mainly Flanagan, Cunningham and Ciaran – the author manages to maintain suspense throughout, making the reader feel almost as if they're inside Flanagan's head for the duration. The violence, when it occurs, does so off-stage, leaving both reader and investigator to piece together the clues and come to their own conclusion. Whether it is the right conclusion remains in doubt until the story's thrilling climax, a testament to Neville's abilities as a plotter and storyteller.
Through all this, we watch as Flanagan deals with the aftermath of her illness and surgery, and its impact on her life, both personally and professionally. In one subplot, both these worlds collide with a bang, and we, as readers, find ourselves completely invested in Flanagan's reaction, her need to meddle in a case that has nothing to do with her, but which affects her on a personal level. Throughout, Neville manages to find the right balance between examining the impact, and keeping the story moving.
As with his previous novels, Belfast plays a key role in the story. Here the author widens his scope, and takes the reader on a whirlwind tour of Northern Ireland, from Flanagan's base in Lisburn, to the Serious Crime Suite of Antrim Police Station, to the seaside resort of Newcastle. Neville relies heavily on the geography of these places, giving the story a very definite sense of location and imbuing it with a distinct flavour of Northern Ireland.
With Those We Left Behind, Stuart Neville leaves behind the crimes of post-Troubles Belfast, and focuses on the everyday crimes of a growing, maturing city. A masterwork of misdirection, this is a well-written novel by an author who seems to have found his groove, producing novels that are more challenging for both himself and the reader with each consecutive release. Stuart Neville is at the forefront of the Irish crime fiction movement, and Those We Left Behind is an excellent example of why that's the case. The perfect jumping-on point for new readers, this is also a very welcome addition for long-time fans, and will leave both groups crying out for more: more Stuart Neville; more Serena Flanagan.
Tags: belfast, cancer, ciaran devine, harvill secker, murder, paula cunningham, serena flanagan, Stuart Neville, the final silence, the twelve, those we left behindCategories: Crime Fiction, Fanboy Gushings, Irish, Thriller
One thought on "THOSE WE LEFT BEHIND by Stuart Neville"
crimeworm says:
Impressive review, Reader Dad! This one will definitely be going on the Wish List (I've already got it in my head that it's the younger brother who's the real nasty piece of work! And I've decided, if he's obsessed with Flanagan, that could be dangerous, leading to a nail biting finale! Still, you say he's the master of misdirection, so who knows? Look forward to finding out though!) I was discussing with a Scottish author earlier the "Tartan Noir" label, and I said to him, you'll all need to look smart – the Irish are appearing fast in the rear view! Here comes Celtic Noir…
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