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When Emma Härdelin fronts the Swedish roots group Garmarna she stands stock-still at center stage and sings in a clean, pure voice about the demons and mountain trolls of Swedish myth while aural chaos swirls behind her: electric fiddles and amped-up hurdy-gurdies, at speeds no polka band would recognize.
When Härdelin sings with the Swedish roots group Triakel, she sings cleanly and purely about demons, trolls, and infidelity, backed by an acoustic fiddle and a ghostly harmonium, in complex but bare-bones arrangements.
And yet both bands clearly inhabit the same Nordic roots revival championed in this country by the Twin Cities label Northside Records. For about a decade and a half, young Swedish, Finnish, and Norwegian musicians have been picking up their fiddles and nyckelharpas (a Swedish instrument with both keys and strings) and digging up old tunes to play on them. Some groups, such as Garmarna and Hoven Droven, crank it up and play for the mosh pits. Others, like Triakel, Hedningarna, and Väsen play it unplugged but unmistakably modern.
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Producing a claimed 105 bhp at 9000 rpm the engine has it all. Despite the size of those two huge pistons it's remarkably smooth right up the rev-range. You'll have to spin it up a bit to avoid low-down transmission snatch but above 3,000rpm it just pumps out the ponies all the way to redline.
This aint your pappy's tourer
There's an old expression in biking, parts-bin-special. It's not polite; it refers to bikes that are bunged together, often by cash-strapped manufacturers, using bits from other models in their line up. You might be tempted to sneer at the ST4 and label it as a parts-bin-special, but you'd be wrong, very wrong. OK, it might have borrowed its motor from the 916 and its chassis from just about any recent Ducati sports bike you'd care to mention but despite this pedigree it's a bike in its own right. And it's a bloody good one too.
The 916 engine, from the machine that redefined the modern sports bike, might not seem the ideal choice for a multi-purpose sport-touring role initially. After all, anyone lucky enough to have ridden the 916 will know that it's a balls-out sport engine that likes to be ridden hard. Not really the blueprint for an everyday bike is it? But give the 90 degree L-format 4 valve V-Twin engine a little tweaking and you've got the basis of a very versatile power plant that will pootle out of slow turns fully loaded with passenger and luggage, or fire out of the same turns, knee dragging and throttle pinned to the stop. Yep, this is a one-bike does it all machine!
Producing a claimed 105 bhp at 9000 rpm the engine has it all. Despite the size of those two huge pistons it's remarkably smooth right up the rev-range. You'll have to spin it up a bit to avoid low-down transmission snatch but above 3,000rpm it just pumps out the ponies all the way to redline. Ducati did a little reworking to make the 916 motor fit the new role, including lowering the head in the exhaust cam area to allow it to be tilted further forward in the chassis to aid weight distribution. The fuel injection stays as well. The computer controlled injection system is worthy of comment mainly because you hardly notice it's there. Without a close look you might be fooled into thinking the bike is carburetted. There's no stutter and hunting at small throttle openings like on some big twin sport tourers I have ridden. What? Ducati making a touring bike that's more rideable than a BMW? Now there's a new one!
The trellis frame continues to be as much a part of the Ducat heritage as their Desmodromic valves.
The engine is wrapped in that familiar steel tube trellis that's graced Ducati's for the past decade and is likely to continue doing so well through the next. And why not? It works, it may not be a fashionable twin beam alloy, but it's light, very strong and race proven. Even when pushed to the limits it delivers the goods, just ask any one of Ducati's four World Superbike Champions - Raymond Roche, Troy Corser, Troy Bayliss and of course, Carl Fogarty.
When the trellis frame is combined with high end goodies including 320mm floating rotors, Brembo 4-piston calipers up front and a 245 mm disc out back, Showa front forks and a Sachs rear shock, it works quite well. A Sunday afternoon's spirited ride down your favourite country road is a joy on the ST4, and it'll handle a track day with just as much ease. The beauty of this bike is that once you've loaded up the colour-matched panniers and top box you've got enough luggage capacity to turn that Sunday ride-out into a two week tour of Europe.
Amazingly, for a bike that's so closely linked to one of the best sports bikes of all time the ST4 is a very capable touring bike. The ride is controlled and comfortable, without being so soft that it interferes when you get a move on, unlike on so many other sport tourers.
The 916 based power plant is ready for anything. From comfortable drives with your partner to a day at the track - this motor will keep your fun factor at red-line!
The brakes cope well with the added weight of touring gear and the seat and riding position lend themselves to days in the saddle. The road holding is exceptional, I tested a ST4 with Michelin Macadam tyres fitted and these provided loads of grip as well as fast, responsive steering. I've tested these tyres extensively in the past and I know that they are plenty grippy enough for the average rider, and will return much higher mileages than the super sticky sports tyres available. They will overheat if pressed very hard during track sessions, but you simply won't get them to that stage on the road unless you are on a death-wish ride to nowhere!
I found the engine characteristics very confidence inspiring, the motor is comfortable with any style of riding from softly-softly to yank her wide open out of the turns. This combines with the very capable chassis and relaxed riding position to make the ST4 a bike I wouldn't hesitate to recommend to a new rider looking for his, or her, first bike. The saddle, which is well padded enough for long rides is also cleverly sculptured.
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handle anything you can throw at them.
Generous padding is located where it counts then it narrows down where it meets the tank. This means that riders don't have to spread their legs quite so much when trying to reach the ground, and this in turn means it's not such a stretch. Very important when you're a shorter rider trying to balance a fully laden tourer while fumbling around for money at a toll booth! Taller riders will be pleased to know the foot pegs aren't placed so high that your knees will be screaming in agony after 50 miles. Alloy clip-on handlebars mounted above the yokes add to the comfort factor and help make the ST4 a genuine all-day ride.
Ducati has done the impossible with the ST4. They've taken the basics of a real sport bike and moulded it into a genuine sport tourer. There are compromises but they are working compromises. This bike really is happy in both roles and will provide its owner with many miles of riding joy; regardless of the use that lucky owner decides to put it to. And what's more it looks fantastic too, Ducati didn't forget the style when they put the ST4 together, making it another Italian bike that will turn heads. The ST4, like the long line of Superbike racers from the same Bologna factory, is a winner.
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Ady Sanders -Ducat ST4
April 24, 2009 10:34 AM
owning several ducati's, a ST2 ST4 ST4s 916 to name a few, i have never experienced difficulty or jerkiness when stopping and starting at low throttle openings. the clutch noise is something duke owners seem to love, but again never experienced clutch judder. if you have experienced clutch judder and difficulty in stop-start small throttle openings either you need to learn how to ride a duke or you tried a faulty bike haha, service cost arnt too bad either, ok maybe main dealers charge high rates but there are plenty of other well trained engineers that do the work cheaper. i service my own as there is nothing complicated or anything to be scared about with ducati's.
Otto Uberswengen -Ducati ST4 and this Review.
February 8, 2009 02:03 AM
I seems that this review is very favourable towards the ST4. There is no mention of the difficulty of stop-start small throttle openings (jerkiness)+ clutch noise/shudder as often found on Ducatis. I am wondering if indeed it is the all rounder, user-friendly easy-to-live-with, one bike does ALL. Owners, how do the service costs stack up?
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Enjoy the best view in town of Whiteface Mountain while relaxing in an Adirondack chair on the front porch of Solitude Lodge! Nothing else in your sight except an historic barn, pine trees, birch tress, and the cliffs of Quaker Mountain. We've worked hard to think of everything we could do to help you leave your worries at home. You will not need to think about bringing linens or towels, buying wood for the fire place or fire pit, removing your own trash, or cleaning. We are happy to take care of all of that for you at no extra charge.
Solitude Lodge is a newly, completely renovated home situated on 29 beautiful Adirondack Park acres. The home has 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths and sleeps 8 very comfortably. The master bedroom has it's own bathroom and a king size bed. Bedroom #2 has a queen bed. It shares a hallway bath with bedroom #3 which has a double bed and two twin beds. The half bath and laundry room are on the main floor off of the kitchen.The kitchen is completely new with granite tile counter tops, and all new appliances, including a dishwasher. It is loaded with all the pots, pans, dishes and utensils you will need to prepare and enjoy meals together. The dining room has a large Adirondack rustic style birch and antler table that seats at least 8. Glass doors lead onto the deep front porch where you will find Adirondack chairs, a gas grill, and picturesque views in every direction! The spacious living room has wide plank pine floors, hand hewn beams, a stone fireplace, reading area, chess table, foosball table, rustic bar and dart board, and a 40' flat screen TV with DVD player. A second TV and DVD player for gaming and movies is in bedroom #3.
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When you are done exploring you can come home to Solitude! Put your feet up and enjoy each other. We have been lucky enough to create many cherished memories with family and friends in this area. Our goal when renovating Solitude Lodge was to build a home that you could create your own memories in!
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- 'We had such a wonderful time with our family. Half of us went skiing, half went to Lake Placid. The slopes are just minutes away. This is the nicest house we ever stayed in, and we've been coming to this area since the '80ies. Certainly we will be coming again!'
- 'This is an awesome place, how wonderful! Great views, lovely house, thank you!'
- 'Great cabin,
Great location,
Great ski'
We are a family of 4 with 2 teenage boys. Spending time together means everything to us! We spent years going north to ski at Whiteface Mountain with Grandma and Grandpa. The boys started skiing at The Kids Club at Whiteface when they were 4 years old. Now they are both ski instructors and one is in college. As they say... 'don't blink'. Over time we grew to enjoy sharing all of the seasons and activities this area has to offer with our family and friends. Buying and renovating this home was a dream come true. A real labor of love! Every choice we made was based on preserving the past and creating a future full of new traditions and mental snapshots! We would love to be a part of helping you create memories of your own!
When you sit on the front porch and have your morning coffee looking at the slopes of Whiteface, or your apres ski beverage looking at the cliffs of Quaker Mountain you will understand how we came up with the name Solitude
My family stayed at Solitude Lodge over President's Weekend 2015 and we had a wonderful time. The house is exquisite. The fireplace was well stocked and was the centerpiece of our apres ski fun. We played lots of darts, fusbal and chess. The property is pretty big so I took a short hike behind the house one of the days. The house is also conveniently located close to Whiteface as well as hiking / cross country ski trails. The kitchen is well supplied so we cooked every night. I would definitely stay here again in the future.
We've rent three other places in ADK but this is the BEST and we WILL return. The home is comfortable, gorgeous, is equipped with everything you can want. The views are classic ADK views and to be able to sit on the porch and stare at Whiteface was calming and brought a sense of serenity and balance. We have been slowly introducing our grandkids to the ADK experience and this was our third year. Only 3 of our grandkids were able to make it (ages 8, 7 and 5). This was their first High Peaks experience and two of them climbed Whiteface Mt. with five adults. The boys drove down the mountain. We also climbed Ampersand Mt. in the rain and 2.5 baths were a welcome chance to clean up quickly and be on to the next experience…often time sitting around the campfire and enjoying the absolute quiet. You feel isolated on Hardy Road but realize the beach, kayaking, the animal rescue, fishing and the little grocery store (for the incidentals you forgot) are all close by. We did a paddle on Lake Everett and it was a fabulous flat water paddle and the rentals were reasonable. The bike trails are close by for mountain biking or early morning walks. Lots of room for kids to run, more than adequate parking, plenty of hot water, fully equipped kitchen. We are not sightseers but there's plenty of that too. Our favorite restaurant, the ADK in Keene isn't far away. I would HIGHLY recommend this place and owners and housekeeper were very easy to work with.
This is a very beautiful place to stay. We were a group of 8 - 4 adults and 4 young boys. The place is beautiful and very clean. Comfy beds, laundry, very quiet, fire pit, owner easy to deal with.
One of the best surprises! We rented this property for a family vacation. We were stunned by the well kept premises and the comfort of the house. The grounds are beautiful and the vicinity is just gorgeous, just what we were looking for.
A great quiet beautiful location! The house and amenities were perfect. Lots of room for hanging out and enjoying this home. A great big kitchen for cooking our family meals, and close enough to all area attractions. We woke up each day and planned day hikes in the area. It was a dreqam! So from all us us, thanks so much for the opportunity to stay in your wonderful home. My sife, and 3 children 22,20,18...We really had quality time together in this hectic world and it really solidified our family relationships.
The pictures of this property do not do it justice!!!
This place surpassed everyone's expectations. You can tell the property has been invested in, as it is modern, clean, and inviting. Big changing room right as you come in for all your wet boots and ski hardware. Modern spacious kitchen with a large island, and very nice farm table for dining. The front deck has Adirondack lounge chairs with clear views of Whiteface, which is literally minutes from the property. The living room is large and has an integrated sound system which was very easy to get going. Upstairs rooms are clean and the bedrooms were spacious. Everyone in the group agreed that there is a very perceptible difference between vacation rentals they've stayed at in the past and the Solitude Lodge. This lodge is just a notch or two above.
If you're staying for a weekend you should also note that other places usually charge a cleaning fee which can be as high as 20% of your lodging cost. Solitute Lodge on the other hand does not, and that in itself makes this a great deal.
One caveat is that checkout times are FIRM.
Everything was great, wonderful location, excellent snow boarding conditions.
House is well equipped all around ! very clean, beautiful views, lots of entertainment in the house, love the chess ! Great relaxation by the fireplace. lot of room for everyone. We would definitely visit again, don't forget to bring slippers ! ;)
Thank you very much for lovely stay....
Solitude Lodge is located on 29 beautiful Adirondack Park acres divided by a scenic byway. As a family we enjoy sitting around the fire, hiking , and playing horse shoes on our own property. Some of our favorite things to do in the immediate surrounding area are skiing on Whiteface Mountain, kayaking at Lake Everest Beach, hiking and mountain biking in the new trail system recently created just 1 mile away. There is so much to enjoy!
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|Marie Quivoron
December 1, 1840
Argenton-en-Landunvez, near Brest, Finistère, France
|January 17, 1916
Sèvres, Paris, France
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Marie Bracquemond (1840–1916) was a French Impressionist artist described retrospectively by Henri Focillon in 1928 as one of "les trois grandes dames" of Impressionism alongside Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt.[1] However, her frequent omission from books on women artists is attributable to the efforts of her husband, Félix Bracquemond, who sought to thwart her development and recognition as an artist. His objections to her career were not based on gender but on the style she adopted—Impressionism.
Early life[edit]
She was born Marie Anne Caroline Quivoron on December 1, 1840[2] in Argenton-en-Landunvez, near Brest, Brittany. She did not enjoy the same upbringing or career as the other well known female Impressionists – Cassatt, Morisot, Gonzalès.[3] She was the child of an unhappy arranged marriage. Her father, a sea captain, died shortly after her birth. Her mother quickly remarried to a M. Pasquiou, and thereafter they led an unsettled existence, moving from Brittany to the Jura, to Switzerland, and to the Auvergne, before settling in Étampes, south of Paris.[4] She had one sister, Louise, born while her family lived at Corrèze, near Ussel, in the Auvergne, in the ancient abbey of Bonnes-Aigues.
She began lessons in painting in her teens under the instruction of M. Wasser, "an old painter who now restored paintings and gave lessons to the young women of the town".[4] She progressed to such an extent that in 1857 she submitted a painting of her mother, sister and old teacher posed in the studio to the Salon which was accepted. She was then introduced to Ingres who advised her and introduced her to two of his students, Flandrin and Signol. The critic Philippe Burty referred to her as "one of the most intelligent pupils in Ingres' studio".[5] She later left Ingres' studio and began receiving commissions for her work, including one from the court of Empress Eugenie for a painting of Cervantes in prison. This evidently pleased, because she was then asked by the Count de Nieuwerkerke, the director-general of French museums, to make important copies in the Louvre.[4]
It was while she was copying Old Masters in the Louvre that she was seen by Félix Bracquemond who fell in love with her. His friend, the critic Eugène Montrosier, arranged an introduction and from then, she and Félix were inseparable. They were engaged for two years before they married in 1869, despite her mother's opposition.[4] In 1870 they had their only child, Pierre. Because of the scarcity of good medical care during the War of 1870 and the Paris Commune, Bracquemond's already delicate health deteriorated after her son's birth.[4] Much of what is known of Bracquemond's personal life comes from an unpublished short biography authored by her son entitled "La Vie de Félix et Marie Bracquemond."[3]
Félix and Marie Bracquemond worked together at the Haviland studio at Auteuil where her husband had become artistic director. She designed plates for dinner services and executed large Faience tile panels depicting the muses, which were shown at the Universal Exhibition of 1878. She began having paintings accepted for the Salon on a regular basis from 1864.[6] As she found the medium constraining, her husband's efforts to teach her etching were only a qualified success. She nevertheless produced nine etchings that were shown at the second exhibition of the Society of Painter-Etchers at the Galeries Durand-Ruel in 1890.
Her husband introduced her to new media and to the artists he admired, as well as older masters such as Chardin. She was especially attracted to the Belgian painter Alfred Stevens. Between 1887 and 1890, under the influence of the Impressionists, Bracquemond's style began to change. Her canvases grew larger and her colours intensified. She moved out of doors (part of a movement that came to be known as plein air), and to her husband's disgust, Monet and Degas became her mentors.[4][3] Many of her best-known works were painted outdoors, especially in her garden at Sèvres. One of her last paintings was The Artist's Son and Sister in the Garden at Sèvres.
Marie Bracquemond participated in the Impressionist exhibitions of 1879, 1880, and 1886. In 1879 and 1880, some of her drawings were published in the La Vie Moderne. In 1881, she exhibited five works at the Dudley Gallery in London.
In 1886, Félix Bracquemond met Gauguin through Sisley and brought the impoverished artist home. Gauguin had a decisive influence on Marie Bracquemond and, in particular, he taught her how to prepare her canvas in order to achieve the intense tones she now desired.[4] Unlike many of her Impressionist contemporaries, Bracquemond spent a great deal of effort planning her pieces. Even though many of her works have a spontaneous feel, she prepared in a traditional way through sketches and drawings.[3]
Although she was overshadowed by her well-known husband, the work of the reclusive Marie Bracquemond is considered to have been closer to the ideals of Impressionism. According to their son Pierre, Félix Bracquemond was often resentful of his wife, brusquely rejecting her critique of his work, and refusing to show her paintings to visitors. In 1890, Marie Bracquemond, worn out by the continual household friction and discouraged by lack of interest in her work, abandoned her painting except for a few private works. She remained a staunch defender of Impressionism throughout her life, even when she was not actively painting. In defense of the style to one of her husband's many attacks on her art, she said, "Impressionism has produced ... not only a new, but a very useful way of looking at things. It is as though all at once a window opens and the sun and air enter your house in torrents."[3]
She died in Paris on January 17, 1916.
On the Terrace at Sèvres, Musée du Petit Palais, Geneva, Switzerland 1880
- ^ Focillon, Henri (1928), "quoted by Ingrid Pfeiffer in "Impressionism is Feminine"", Women Impressionists (2008): 13.
- ^ Oxford Art Online: "Marie Bracquemond"
- ^ a b c d e Delia Gaze, Concise Dictionary of Women Artists, Routledge, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g Bouillon, Jean-Paul; Kane, Elizabeth (1984), "Marie Bracquemond", Woman's Art Journal (Woman's Art, Inc.) 5 (2): 21–27, doi:10.2307/1357962, JSTOR 1357962 .
- ^ Burty, Philippe (1878), "Le Peinture-graveur Félix Bracquemond", L'Art 12: 296.
- ^ Jean-Paul Bouillon, Marie Bracquemond, la "dame" de l'impressionisme, in L'Estampille/L'Objet d'Art, no.458, June 2010, p.62.
- Speiss, Dominique. Encyclopedia of Impressionists: From the Precursors to the Heirs, Edita, 1992. ISBN 2-88001-289-9
- Webmuseum, Paris.


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NHS England is commissioning a modern data service from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) on behalf of the entire health and social care system. Known as care.data, this programme will build on existing data services and expand them to provide linked data that will eventually cover all care settings, both in and outside of hospital.
Under the Health and Social Care Act 2012, NHS England has the power to direct the HSCIC to collect information from all providers of NHS care, including general practices. The specification of the data to be extracted by GP practices were considered by the Joint GP IT Committee of the British Medical Association and the Royal College of General Practitioners, as well as an independent advisory group.
The proposed national roll-out of the care.data programme has been extended until Autumn 2014 to raise awareness, listen and act on the views of the public, patients and key stakeholders and to allow further discussion on the risks and benefits involved.
As a first step we will be working with a number of GP practices (between 100 - 500). These Pathfinder GP practices will test, evaluate and refine all aspects of the data collection process ahead of national roll-out. The data that we collect from the GP practices will be linked to data that we already collect from hospitals to give a more rounded picture of care and treatment. Find out what we will collect from GP records and how the information will be used and shared.
Read more about care.data pathfinders
The General Practice Extraction Service (GPES) will be used to extract GP data each month. The identifiers to be extracted are: NHS number, date of birth, postcode, and gender which will allow patients' GP data to be linked to their hospital data. No free text will be extracted, only coded information about referrals, NHS prescriptions and other clinical data.
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It is important for the NHS to share information about the health needs of the population and the quality of the treatments they receive.
By sharing information in this way, researchers can identify patterns in disease and the most effective treatments. We can also:
- Find more effective ways of preventing or managing illnesses
- Advise local decision makers how best to meet the needs of local communities
- Promote public health by monitoring risks of disease spread
- Map out pathways of care to streamline inefficiencies and reduce waiting times
- Determine how to use NHS resources most fairly and efficiently
IAG recommendations
The GPES Independent Advisory Group (IAG) have considered the following customer requirements for the care.data programme:
- care.data version 1.0, discussed on 14 February 2013. This was recommended to proceed subject to changes.
- care.data version 2.1, discussed on 27 March 2013. This was recommended to proceed to extraction.
- care.data addendum, discussed on 12 September 2013. The IAG made a recommendation of further consideration or significant changes.
- care.data updated addendum, discussed on 11 September 2014. This was recommended to proceed subject to changes and/or further approvals.
Further details about these recommendations can be found below.
Details of the IAG's discussions about these requirements can be found in the 14 February 2013, 27 March 2013, 12 September 2013 and 11 September 2014 meeting minutes, which can be downloaded from the IAG meeting minutes page.
care.data general practice extract (version 1.0)
The GPES IAG discussed the care.data customer requirement version 1.0 at the 14 February 2013 meeting, and made the recommendation by majority vote that this requirement should proceed to extraction subject to changes. The full text of the IAG's recommendation and the IAG pack documents for this customer requirement can be downloaded via the right-hand menu.
care.data general practice extract (version 2.1)
The GPES IAG discussed an updated customer requirement (version 2.1) for the care.data programme at the 27 March 2013 meeting, and made the recommendation by majority vote that this requirement should proceed to extraction. The IAG pack documents for this customer requirement can be downloaded via the right-hand menu.
care.data addendum
On 12 September 2013 the GPES IAG considered a request submitted by NHS England for the care.data addendum requirement. The IAG made a recommendation by majority vote of further consideration or significant changes.
In particular the GPES IAG suggested that:
- Applications to the HSCIC for disclosure of data from the Care Episode Service should be subject to appropriate governance controls, including independent external scrutiny that would consider whether data disclosure would be in the public interest.
- Details should be published about those governance controls and about the data disclosure decisions made.
- Additional information should be provided about which types of organisations would be eligible to receive data.
- The information materials produced should sufficiently describe the intended wider audience for Care Episode Service data. They should be updated to make patients and the public aware that data could be shared with other organisations outside the NHS.
- The two Privacy Impact Assessments referred to in the Information Governance Assessment should be completed and published, as should the updated template data sharing agreement for use between the HSCIC and data recipients.
The HSCIC endorsed the GPES IAG recommendation for the care.data addendum on 3 October 2013.
care.data updated addendum
The GPES IAG considered the care.data updated addendum on 11 September 2014 and made the recommendation by majority vote for this requirement to proceed subject to changes and/or further approvals.
The following changes were recommended:
- The current lack of clarity about the data disclosure controls that will be in place following the care.data pathfinder stage was a significant cause of concern, and more information would be welcomed about commitments beyond the pathfinder stage. Only data from the pathfinder practices should be made available for the additional two purposes set out in the updated addendum. Expansion to purposes beyond commissioning should receive further consideration at the end of the pathfinder stage.
- As part of their advice on whether data extraction from pathfinder practices is ready to commence, the Independent Information Governance Oversight Panel should be asked to consider whether they are satisfied that the pathfinder communications and fair processing activities have resulted in satisfactory understanding within the pathfinder practice populations.
- The HSCIC and NHS England should ensure that all the IAG's recommendations for the previous care.data addendum made on 12 September 2013 are met in full.
- Clearer definitions of 'research' and 'health intelligence' should be proposed by the care.data programme.
- The IAG also suggested independent evaluation of how far the data collected has met the examples given of benefits envisaged.
No further approvals were thought to be required.
The HSCIC endorsed the GPES IAG recommendation for the care.data updated addendum on 2 October 2014.
For further information
Further information on NHS England's care.data general practice data extract can be found on their website.
IAG documents: care.data version 1.0 (February 2013)
- IAG Recommendation [21kb]
- IAG submission template - care.data version 1.0 [57kb]
- Customer requirement summary - care.data version 1.0 [1Mb]
- Benefits plan - care.data version 1.0 [534kb]
- Information governance assessment - care.data version 1.0 [133kb]
IAG documents: care.data version 2.1 (March 2013)
- IAG submission template - care.data version 2.1 [152kb]
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- Information governance assessment - care.data version 2.1 [136kb]
IAG documents: care.data addendum (September 2013)
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- Customer requirement summary addendum - care.data addendum [605kb]
- Benefits plan - care.data addendum [306kb]
- Information governance assessment - care.data addendum (see note) [217kb]
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I have previously posted that many of our most amazing experiences during this round the world trip have happened serendipitously. Well, we had another such moment when visiting Ushuaia, Argentina, the southern-most city in the world.
We did the usual tourist attractions in Ushuaia such as exploring the beautiful forests of the Tierra del Fuego National Park. We visited the Prison Museum (Ushuaia started as a penal colony) and read the gruesome tale of the "Big-Eared Short Man" of Argentina, who committed his first act of violence at age 8 and his first murder at age 13. The kids drank "submarinos", which are hot glasses of milk dunked with a chocolate bar, at a local coffee shop. Argentines know chocolate, that is for sure!
During our walk through town, we saw a sign on the window of a travel agency that said, "Last Minute Antarctica Deals – Boat Leaves November 7". Chris and I looked at each other, smiled, and walked in. By the end of the day, we had decided we were going to Antarctica on the expedition ship Ushuaia.
Our next few posts will feature details and pictures of our Antarctica trip. I am very excited, because I am actually writing this article the day before we depart. Keep tuned to Thomson Family Adventures for more!


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i agree with Mike, this was a palatable story with decent entertainment value. Not great, not very memorable, but certainly not facepalm-inducing.
Though if we consider that we tend to remember the great and the terrible, I suppose this episode does qualify as one of the most forgettable: one of the most average.
Fair enough. Sometimes we forget that providing serviceable entertainment is not that easy and get bent out of shape when we don't get life-changing or mind-altering experiences. Looking at fan productions gives you an idea of just how hard it must be to do a decent show on a weekly basis.
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Nice app for listening to music on radio stations. Some stations have poor audio quality though. Might be poor reception but not sure.
Honestly,it took a little longer to set it up and figure what's what but once I did it was worth it. Now I can just sit back an play with it. That my opinion an why I gave 4 stars in stead of 5.
HATE the 'for you' that always pops up. SOOOO annoying! !!!!!
Easy to use. Plus, you can like or dislike a song and it changes it baised on your preferences. The only bad thing is the maximum number you can skip a song you're not in the mood to listen to.
So many songs unrelated to the stations i listen to
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If the average person can store seven ideas in their short-term memory,* where do the rest go? Despite the best attempts to stay organized, it's difficult to remember everything. Luckily the new year provides an opportunity to start fresh. It's the time of year to take stock of household items that may need a change and set up a system to stay organized around the home all year long.
"It's easy to procrastinate changing household items that need attention," says Ben Hankins, associate marketing manager for Filtreteâ"¢ Vacuum Accessories. "Instead of using guesswork, we suggest that people resolve to get more organized in the new year, to check their household items, like vacuum accessories more regularly, and replace necessary parts."
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By Tony Nobbs: Melbourne based Queenslander Lance Gostelow (14-1, 11 KO's) out boxed tough Indonesian Tia Koswara (15-7-2, 8 KO's)over twelve rounds at The Docklands in Melbourne on Friday night. Gostelow, 24, a skillful boxer, took little risks in a bout that was fought at a good pace. Southpaw Koswara, 27, looked dangerous at times with wild unorthodox swings and had his moments but they were too far and few between and Gostelow ran away with a clear unanimous decision. Gostelow reclaimed his IBF Pan Pacific light welterweight title and also picked up the WBO regional strap. He could soon feature in the world top 15.
Gostelow, ranked number 3 by in Australia will now head to Sydney to spar Lovemore Ndou as The Black Panther prepares to reclaim the IBF 140 pound strap on May 24 against Paulie Malignaggi in England.
In the main support Australian flyweight champion Shane Brock was stopped in the final round of a scheduled super flyweight six by South Australian based Nigerian Omari Kimweri. It was all Brock for four rounds and a left hook heavily floored Kimweri In round three. Omari was literally saved by the bell as it sounded while he was on his way down. In round five a right hand turned the fight and Brock was teetering at the bell. In the sixth a left hook dropped Brock who was saved by the referee. A big win for the African.
The heavily publicized Heath Ellis and Jun Paderna battled to a draw over six willing rounds at welterweight . The more experienced Paderna stunned Ellis on a few occasions but Heath's fitness and cross arm smother allowed him to survive and then out land Paderna. 19 year old Ellis (ANBF # 8) looks a work still in progress and it will be some time before he becomes a main event fighter. He suffered a hair line fracture to his jaw in the first round so he has the fighting heart, a trademark of the Ellis clan. He is the nephew of Lester Ellis, former IBF 130 pound champion and he is trained by his uncle, the master, Keith Ellis and managed by dad Neil. This was his first fight under Keith and the improvement is already noticeable. Grand dad Keith Snr serves as cut man. Heath's record is now 7-1, 4 KO's. His loss came when he was out pointed by another Bohol Stable Filipino Junmar Dulog, in his last start in December. Let's hope he can move up the ladder and not fall victim to too much expectation.
Sam Colomban (ANBF # 3) out pointed Indonesian Darsim Nanggola over six rounds at welterweight. Colomban, a Melbourne based Cameroon lost a hotly disputed decision to Aswin Cabuy In Indonesia ten days earlier. Nanggola has a draw with Tia Koswara.
Popular local Pat Rullo (ANBF # 12) was given a majority six round decision over Queenslander Rob Toomey (ANBF # 8) at light middleweight. Rullo won the opening two rounds before Toomey's pressure began to tell and the Queensland fighter clearly controlled the last half of the contest. A good fight for the fans. A rematch is likely. Rullo had former IBF 130 pound champ Barry Michael (who won the title of Lester Ellis) in his corner.
Promising Daniel Iannazzo (ANBF # 3) stopped Sydney based Filipino in round three at super bantamweight.
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you are skewing your results toward single people, mostly men, who may or may not have any social skills outside work
I think this is exactly the point. RethinkDB seems to want the most productive individual they can get. By going after someone who does dedicate him/her self to coding outside of work, they will more likely find somebody willing to go the extra mile outside of work hours. The slight of "well-adjusted people" appears intentional to me.
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If no one actually bootlegs the event, who pays the monetary damages and attorney fees?
The attorney fees become built into the ticket price. I know what music festival I'm not going to this summer!
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USSR not producing enough grain and having to continually import it (with exceptions of course).
While there were certainly droughts and other organic factors that affected output, the main reason for lack of grain in the 1930s was Stalin's forceful drive to convert the USSR from a primarily agricultural economy to an industrial one. Through collectivization, grain was gathered from the peasantry and traded abroad for heavy industry. This led to an industrial boom in the cities, at the immense cost of mass starvation in the countryside. Ukraine was a notable victim of this process.
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Out of curiosity, has light ever been shed on how these bots are implemented? Has the source ever been released? It would be interesting to learn how the bot-creators developed this level of sophistication.
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I prefer Google for straight up search, but Bing is nice for some specialty searches, e.g. hotels with price comparisons.
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Why is it a good idea to put the burden of supporting a failing industry on an adjacent successful one?
Even if we assume the money will pass through the bureaucracy to the artists and record companies, will it really help them improve their business model in a productive way?
I would bet that it would only embolden them to pursue further tactics against adjacent industries, until they too are no longer profitable.
Comment: Re:As an intern? (Score 1) 325
Don't be discouraged by this opinion. There are definitely internships out there where you do real work.
I took a 3-month internship for a larger corporation for similar pay a couple of years ago. Using PHP, I worked on some relatively small-scale web-based projects for internal use. The stress level was low and I made some good friends. I haven't used PHP on any serious level since, but what I learned about web programming has definitely come in handy in my two jobs after that one. On top of that I put a little bit of money in my pocket. It beat sitting on my ass and playing video games all summer.
Comment: Re:Since when is Bioware going hardcore? (Score 1) 49
The challenge in raid content is getting the entire raid force to work cohesively together as a group. In a 'hardcore'-leaning game, this cohesion needs to be very tight for the group to succeed. In a casual-leaning game, a more rag-tag group of players is often able to succeed.
Hardcore groups of players rely on their members to consistently show up for raid times and to pay attention during raids. Both of these points correspond to play-time - hardcore players are both more likely to be playing on a given night and less likely to need to AFK at a critical time.


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New York: Kurt Vonnegut, satirical novelist who captured the absurdity of war and questioned the advances of science in darkly humorous works such as ``Slaughterhouse-Five'' and ``Cat's Cradle,'' has died. He was 84.
Mr. Vonnegut, who often marvelled that he had lived so long despite his lifelong smoking habit, had suffered brain injuries after a fall at his Manhattan home weeks ago, said his wife, photographer Jill Krementz. He died on Wednesday. The author of at least 19 novels, many of them best-sellers, as well as dozens of short stories, essays and plays, Mr. Vonnegut relished the role of a social critic. He lectured regularly, exhorting audiences to think for themselves and delighting in barbed commentary against the institutions he felt were dehumanising people. ``I will say anything to be funny, often in the most horrible situations,'' Mr. Vonnegut, whose watery, heavy-lidded eyes and unruly hair made him seem to be in existential pain, once told a gathering of psychiatrists. A self-described religious skeptic and freethinking humanist, he used protagonists such as Billy Pilgrim and Eliot Rosewater as transparent vehicles for his views. AP


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