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Hedgerlay Early Origins
Cheshire at Edgerley, a civil parish and township in the parish of Alford, union of Great Boughton, Lower division of the hundred of Broxton. The first record of the surname was found in the year 1189 when Albert de Edgerdle held estates in that shire.
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Until the dictionary, an invention of only the last few hundred years, the English language lacked any comprehensive system of spelling rules. Consequently, spelling variations in names are frequently found in early Anglo-Saxon and later Anglo-Norman documents. One person's name was often spelled several different ways over a lifetime. The recorded variations of Hedgerlay include Edgerley, Edgelly, Edgely, Egerley, Egelly, Egely, Edgeley, Hedgely, Hedgerly and many more.
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Thousands of English families boarded ships sailing to the New World in the hope of escaping the unrest found in England at this time. Although the search for opportunity and freedom from persecution abroad took the lives of many because of the cramped conditions and unsanitary nature of the vessels, the opportunity perceived in the growing colonies of North America beckoned. Many of the settlers who survived the journey went on to make important contributions to the transplanted cultures of their adopted countries. The Hedgerlay were among these contributors, for they have been located in early North American records: settlers, who arrived along the eastern seaboard, from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands.
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Editor's note: Here's a glimpse of the good -- and the bad -- that could happen to the 2003-04 Dallas Mavericks.
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Three things need to happen for the Mavericks to keep their top-four slot in the West and perhaps even sneak past San Antonio for the Midwest Division title.
1. Develop a passing game to go with the run. Strange as it sounds, given the Mavericks' standing last season as the league's most potent offense, they actually regressed in the passing department since trading away Nick Van Exel. That's one of the main reasons Don Nelson wanted Antoine Walker. It's not just Nelson's long-standing obsession with the notion of a point forward. It's because Dirk Nowitzki, whose passing skills are still in the developmental stage, was this team's second-best passer until Walker arrived. "That's why Nash has the ball all the time," Nelson said. If Walker plays the way Dallas envisions, now they have someone else besides Nash to make plays.


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The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has imposed fines on 25 health centres, clinics, insurance brokers and insurance companies for violating the Dubai mandatory health Insurance law, while it has referred six clinics to prosecution for potential fraudulent activities.
The DHA revealed the violations were found during surprise and routine inspections conducted by the authority's Health Funding Department as well as from member complaints, said a statement.
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Dr Al Yousef revealed that the violations include but are not limited to: Healthcare provider altering the diagnosis to get claims paid; Healthcare provider submitting claims for non-performed services; Healthcare provider submitting partial case details to get coverage and get claims settled; Beneficiary abusing the health insurance card; Ordering unnecessary services and tests; Healthcare provider submitting invoices and getting payment before even the services done to the members in which in most of the cases the patients don't come back to complete the services such as dental and physiotherapy sessions; Delay by insurance companies in issuing the health insurance cards or activation of the emirates ID; Non-compliance by the insurance companies with the customer satisfaction level required by the DHA especially the front desk and employees handling call centre; Insurers marketing or advertising wrong information without verification from DHA; Insurer practising health insurance in Dubai market without DHA/HFD license; Insurer dealing with unlicensed companies practicing health insurance in Dubai market without DHA/HFD license.
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The concept of HRM, Human Resource Management, and its implications for businesses, is a very controversial matter (e.g. Robinson, 2006; Boxall and Purcell, 2003). Basically composed of 'anything and everything associated with the management of the employment relationship in the firm' (Boxall and Purcell 2000, p.184, cited by Rees and French 2010), the numerous perspectives, approaches and models surrounding the field have led to the absence of a globally agreed definition (e.g. Beardwell and Claydon, 2010; Rayner and Adam-Smith, 2009). However, consensus has been found regarding the importance to evolve from a 'personnel management' perspective, and to understand the link between a firm's strategy, its HRM and the organisational performance (e.g. Storey, 1995; Marchington and Wilkinson, 2008). That is why it is essential for today's businesses to understand the value of strategic HRM (SHRM) for improving their performance and competitiveness, at times where the business environment is pushing a turn of emphasis towards human capital (e.g. Wright, Gardner and Moynihan, 2003; Marchington and Wilkinson, 2008).In order to clarify how this is done, we are thus going to analyse how strategic human resource management might be allied with the business strategy of the UK branch of Thomas Cook Group, second largest travel group in UK, who is currently facing difficult economic and environmental situations. For that purpose, we will start by highlighting the business strategy of Thomas Cook (TC) and the current contribution of SHRM, what we will then put into perspective with another model in order to propose practical recommendations on how to improve this relation and its impact on TC's organisational performance.
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I am travelling to Switzerland for the 1st time from 27th Oct to 5th Nov.
I will be landing in Zurich and then I am planning to stay 4 nights in Niesenstrasse, Interlaken and 4 nights in Schwizi's, Interlaken.
I was thinking abt doing one day trip to Zermatt, Geneva and Lucerne. I believe some of the attractions will be closed due to maintenance and bcoz of off season.
Can you all pls advise about how should i plan my trip and which attractions should i visit?
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You really are going at the worst possible time of year. The weather will be cold but not really snowy for winter sports (except at the mountaintops where there is always snow). Nor will you get the late spring summer of wildflowers, meadows filled with cows, alpenhorm players etc - they're all gone until spring. So I'm not clear on what you want to see or do.
You are correct that many things (hotels, restaurants, cable cars, etc) are closed around this time for renovation/upgrading before high season.
I'm not clear what you mean on visiting Zermatt, Geneva and Lucerne. I fyou mean to do all this in the same day - it's not really possible.
And it you're looking at spending the whole time in Interlake - in 2 different hotels - this just doesn;t make a lot of sense. I would identify (google is your friend) some places you can get to (for instance what transit up the Jungfrau is still running on what schedule) and stay at two separate centers - so you have a chance to easily see a number of different places without spending the whole day on the train.
If you tell us what you want to see we can help - but since we don;t know you just aren;t sure. Do you want hiking? shopping? seeing glaciered mountaintops? castles? City museums? Why are you going if you don't have some idea of what to see/do?
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For the last three years in a row, I've taken the last week of October and first week of November off to go daytripping around Switzerland (due to a special off season cheap train pass offered to Swiss residents at that time of year). My recs:
Thun (town and lake but cruise schedules are limited then)
Stein am Rhein
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Grindelwald, Murren etc
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Also recommend Murten and Solothurn, plus my city of Basel, of course!! Basel hosts a large autumn fair at that time, which is fun to visit.
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thank you so much for your response. i need to get lots and lots of info from you for my trip...
I am more interested in seeing beautiful and scenic places for which switzerland is famous for. I am more interested in visiting glaciered mountain tops like Jungfrau, titlis, Matterhorn etc.
I believe that Glaciers Express will be shut and hence i am planning to take a local train that goes on the same route.
I am also interested in visiting small towns / museums / castles and all other places of interest for tourist. I am not at all interested in hiking nor in shopping.
I was intending to say that I can plan one day trip to each of the places like Zermatt, Lucerne and Geneva.
Can you pls suggest me how should i plan my itienary. which places should i stay and for how many days. I have still not done hotel/apartment reservation. I will be arriving in Zurich on 27th Oct night and will be departing from zurich on 5th nov morning.
Your suggestions and advice can really help me plan my trip.
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I have also been to Switzerland during the same basic timeframe and have found to be less crowded and with manageable weather.
If you are going to Zermatt mainly to view the Matterhorn peak be VERY aware that it could be completely shrouded in clouds. Yes, the scenery up to Zermatt is interesting but what I would recommend is visiting Luzern and taking the half-day trip up to Engleberg and then taking the three-stage cableway to the summit of Mt. Titlis. Stunning views and not as many issues with cloudy conditions.
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@Dukey1 & @WeisserTee
thank you so much for your suggestions.... will definitely note that...
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can you all please help me with itienary from 27th Oct to 5th Nov
Dukey 1 as you had visited during the same timeframe, advise and suggestion from you will be very helpful.
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May be you have a look at
and choose the places you are really interested in.
Jungfrau railway, Schilthorn cableway, Gornergrat railway, Bernina Express, Voralpen Express, Pilatus railway, Golden Pass, Loetschberger, Centovalli Express/Vigezzo Vision, etc. will of course all run between Oct 27th and Nov 5th. There will be no Glacier Express, however.
But all these panoramic train and gondola rides make only sense if the weather is fine. This latter is always unpredictable in the Alps.
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The weather can be very variable at that time of year; expect the unexpected! Last year, it was quite mild. I went to Wengen one day when it was supposed to be snowing hard, got there, and found it warm enough for the predicted snow to be nothing more than heavy rain. No visibility and no snow. I was glad I hadn't bought a special ticket for that day. I simply turned straight around and went to Thun for a relaxing lunch.
On the other hand, when I went to Appenzell the previous year, there was deep snow in the mountains and several inches on the ground in the town itself. Some of the outdoor tables at the cafes had a foot of snow on them. I got a great photo of a bench covered with a mound of snow -- and gold and orange autumn leaves. I even used one of my October shots from Appenzell for a snowy winter scene in the Fodors Advent Calendar I posted last December.
I suggest you find bases that you can still enjoy even if the weather isn't cooperative.
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I am very sorry but I cannot suggest specific itineraries other than general recommendations. YOU need to pick a couple of places which seem the most appropriate and then also decide what other things you can fit in.
I have no idea what an ideal time frame for you might be in any of the cities mentioned above.
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If doing those day trips by train investigate some kind of pass - the Swiss Pass might be a great deal - hop any train anytime - no queuing for tickets - valid not only on regular trains but trains from Interlaken to Grindelwald, Murren, Wengen - all nice day trips from Interlaken.
Anyway some superb IMO sources on Swiss trains and passes (there is also the Swiss Card, Swiss Transfer Ticket, Half-Fare Ticket, etc to consider) - www.swisstravelsystem.com; www.budgeteuropetravel.com; www.ricksteves.com and www.seat61.com.
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Be very aware that you cannot plan visits to mountaintops in advance. We were in Interlaken 3 days - in June - before we got one day that the Jungfrau was clear at the top and it was worth the time and money to ascend. Two of the those days were perfectly clear in the lowlands but the mountaintops were wreathed in clouds. So we did day trips - one to Thun (adorable town with great castle) and one to Gruyere (similar) but we had a car and could go wherever/whenever we liked.
So I would pick two different towns from which to do trips - perhaps one Interlaken and one near Geneva - or perhaps Lucerne - so you have a variety of different places to go on days with bad weather.
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lol! Just a quick note on nytraveler's comment --
Of course you can go wherever/whenever you like using trains and busses in Switzerland. They run frequenty and go practically everywhere; in the worst case scenario you will be forced to enjoy a cup of coffee or some ice cream at the station, watching the people come and go, for 10 minutes while you wait for your train.
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Just don't want future readers to get the wrong idea that they need a car for practicality or flexibility --
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I have driven in Switzerland and found it tedious - oh you can take the autobahns (after buying the requisite toll decal) but then you see very little except trucks and wind blocks, etc.
Side roads I found very tedious as they are often sinuous in this Alpine country and often IME plagued with lots of traffic. Plus the driver must often keep his eyes peeled to the road and misses the lovely scenery.
Now certain parts of Switzerland are neat by car but the parts most tourists want to see - the rugged Alpine regions many times private vehicles cannot even go there but must be parked in expensive parking lots at edges of towns - like Zermatt about 3 miles out and you have to take the shuttle train in, etc.
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nytraveler makes a salient point about planning to visit mountain tops - keep a flexible schedule and the first clear day go for it as it may be the only clear day for days in this one of the wettest climates in Europe.
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Even if you can't see the mountaintops, it doesn't mean the scenery isn't interesting. We're high above Zermatt right now. No view of the Matterhorn from our Matterhorn-view room...but we watched an amazing thunderstorm breaking down in the valleys. So don't right off visiting someplace simply because the skies aren't 100 percent perfectly clear.
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"write off" of course...
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Ah a thunder storm in the Alps - they say in summer there is about one a day in the Interlaken area and I saw a big one once in Grindelwald and tit was awesome how the water cascaded off the sheer facade of the Jungfrau Massif - I echo Weiseer Tee's idea that overcast skies may not be a wipe out in an area like that. But if like some you only go to Zermatt to glimpse the unique famous facade of the Matterhorn then just a day or two there could make that iffy.
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Due to the climate change, April and November are becoming some of Switzerland's best months for travel.
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Interesting kleeblatt - April would be nice but November - dark days and icy paths I would think if into hiking, etc and are not many things shut down in late April, early May and November for maintenance in these between seasons. But April it seems could be nice with the flowers popping, days getting longer, etc.
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Gone are the times when people relied on printed brochures and newsletters for marketing purpose? In this tech-savvy era, any message can be communicated effectively through the super fast and simple way of mobile marketing.
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No matter what product or service you are selling or offering, the use of mobile as a tool to reach customers on personalized basis is integral to future success for every business.
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Businesses nowadays need to work upon the strategy to understand their audience and consumers with the wondrous tool of technology. Gather around a troop of influencers and ambassadors that will eagerly share your photos, videos and spread a positive word of mouth on behalf of your organization. It can do wonders to your business than your very own marketing team.
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If you were to peer into the crowd of Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders, you'd find a large majority of college-educated millennials and gen Zs listening intently. The Vermont senator is attracting an intelligent crowd, like the students he spoke to last week at Georgetown University. These students are eager to understand the meaning of Sander's "democratic socialism." A concept their own parents would want no part of, because most of them, come from the school of diehard American capitalism. While most baby boomers and gen Xers are conditioned to embrace the American capitalistic dream, it's allure has waned for younger Americans. Between the cost of higher education, college debt and the changing global business climate, everything has changed for American youth.
My own 18-year-old daughter told me she supports Sanders ideals. She is a bright young academic freshmen now attending the University of California at Santa Barbara. Nobody told her which candidate to support, but she listened to him speak and liked what he said. Young adults in college don't know a lot about politics, but they do know how much it costs to live and attend college, leaving many in debt.
Research supports this fact. YouGov found that 26 percent of respondents between the ages of 18-39 support the socialistic concept. Only 15 percent of people over the age of 65 have a favorable opinion of socialism. In addition, the Pew Research Center found that almost 50 percent of people between the ages of 18-49 have a favorable view of socialism.
According to a recent story by All Things Considered, many students at George Mason University in Northern Virginia, were questioned by NPR, as to whether they were for or against socialism. According to the story, the views were mixed, but many said they liked the theoretical idea of socialism, but don't believe that it translates into practice. Some students expressed that they had too little experience in life to have an opinion. However, most students were openly interested in knowing more about socialism.
According to Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, there are obvious reasons for the current social divide between younger and older Americans, one is historical and the other economic. According to an interview b
etween NPR and Kawashima-Ginsberg, Director of the Center for Information & Research On Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University, "Older millennials that graduated from college or got into the workforce in the late 2000s, really had a hard time believing in American dreams and capitalism." She reinforced the fact that millennials are not as keen on capitalism as their parents. College graduates and the younger generation are not succeeding in the same way as their parents did at their age. The last recession and changing economic factors account for most of the blame. It's difficult for established hard-working baby boomers to get home loans today and nearly impossible for many millennials, who generally earn less and also carry a lot of college debt. The proof is in the pudding.
Kawashima-Ginsberg also referred to history and geopolitics as culprit. "When young people think about socialism, or hear that term, the first thing they think about are Scandinavian countries, like Sweden and Norway, where people seem to be quite happy and people seem to be pretty well supported," she observed. Older generations have recollections of the Soviet Union's failed regime and reject socialism.
It was also noted, that millennial philosophy differs among men, women and older and younger millennials. "There's a big diversity within the millennial generation about what they believe in, who they might support, and how they might vote, but also by gender and race," according to Kawashima-Ginsberg.
Most see that the world is changing and getting smaller and smaller, due to internet connectivity, the technological revolution and the explosion of mobile device use globally. All of these factors are pushing business toward a new dimension.
College grads will not have the same work structure or benefits as their parents before them. But, these changes do offer exciting opportunities for savvy entrepreneurs.
That is exactly what Mobile Corporation CEO Jeffrey Peterson thought. Build it and they will come to the Mobile.co brand. He knew that the freelance revolution was coming and that it was aimed dead center at the millennial and generation Z demographics.
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Cattle markets bounce back
After a lackluster first week of February, cattle prices moved solidly higher for the week ending Feb. 10. Steer and heifer calves sold $4 to $10 higher, according to USDA market reporters, with steers and heifers steady to $3 higher in the Southeast.
"Trade was active with the best demand for stocker cattle," AMS said. "The cattle market saw some optimism after last week's rough go-round in the sale barns. Feeder cattle futures have been up and down this week, with the biggest moves coming mid- to late in the week. Despite the roller coaster ride, cattle buyers were aggressive on the light to middle weight calves, as spring is approaching fast and buyers are thinking of green pastures ahead."
Cash fed cattle traded in the South at $119 per cwt to $120.50, steady to $1 higher compared with the previous week. Cattle in the North also traded at $119 to $120.50, but that was steady to $3 higher than the previous week. Dressed trade was at $190 to $191 per cwt.
On Wednesday, 3,616 head of fed cattle sold on the Fed Cattle Exchange with a weighted average price of $117.60 per cwt. Prices ranged from $115 to $120.50 per cwt.
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AMARI: African PhD students connect online
African PhD students connect online to share research
PhD students from three African countries connected via WebEx on 25th January 2017 for the first in a new international webinar series hosted by King's College London.
The webinars are part of King's support to the African Mental Health Research Initiative (AMARI), a Wellcome Trust-funded international capacity building program. AMARI aims to build an Africa-led network of researchers in Mental Health, Neurological and Substance Misuse (MNS) disorders.
The first webinar saw AMARI PhD fellows from Ethiopia, Malawi and Zimbabwe link via WebEx and present their research projects to the cohort before taking questions from each other.
Mekdes Demissie (Ethiopia) described her research to develop and pilot a psychosocial intervention for bipolar disorder in rural Ethiopia, where few people are correctly diagnosed and even fewer get access to appropriate care. The intervention will be designed for delivery by non-specialist healthcare staff. Mekdes's research is supervised by Dr Abebaw Fekadu of Addis Ababa University, and co-supervised by Dr Charlotte Hanlon and Dr Rosie Mayston from King's College London.
Kassahun Habtamu (Ethiopia) discussed his proposal to investigate the long-term economic outcomes of serious mental health disorders in Ethiopia. His study will examine the financial outcomes of mental ill-health for his cohort of patients with psychosis, including return to work. This will be included in an overall cost-effectiveness evaluation for treatment. Kassahun's research is supervised by Dr Charlotte Hanlon with support from Professor Paul McCrone of King's College London.
Primrose Nyamayaro (Zimbabwe) presented her project plan to research HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders (HAND) in Zimbabwe. She plans to validate a screening tool and compare cognitive functioning in HIV-Positive adults with age-matched HIV-negative controls. This data will be used to assess the impact of HAND on functioning and quality of life in people living with HIV in Zimbabwe.
AMARI is jointly supported by King's College London (Dr Melanie Abas, Dr Charlotte Hanlon, Professor Martin Prince) and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (Professor Ricardo Araya, Professor Helen Weiss), through the Centre for Global Mental Health. More details on AMARI can be found here.
AMARI is one of the Wellcome Trust's projects in the initiative for Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training and Science (DELTAS). Further information on DELTAS can be found here.
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Louisa, KY - October 25,2013 - On Sunday, October 20th, Dr. Thomas H. Frazier, a gastroenterologist at Three Rivers Medical Center, was a featured speaker at a conference for the Multi-Regional Society of Gastroenterology Nurse and Associates, Inc. (SGNA). The regional meeting was held in Louisville, Kentucky.
Dr. Frazier spoke on fecal microbiota transplants, a relatively new and promising approach in the treatment of recurrent/resistant Clostridium difficle infections.
Dr. Frazier has served as a staff physician/gastroenterologist at Three Rivers Medical Center since July 2011. In addition to treating liver disorders such as hepatitis C and performing endoscopic procedures such as a colonoscopy, Dr. Frazier's specialty areas include enteral stenting and ERCP. His research focuses on nutrition and obesity and nutrition for the critically ill obese patient. His work in the area of obesity-induced inflammation has led to the development of a tube feeding formula designed for critically ill obese patients. He is also performing capsule endoscopy in the office as a way of investigating diseases of the small intestine.
In addition to his local practice, Dr. Frazier also serves as Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Louisville for the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; and Adjunct Professor of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, University of Pikeville, KY, College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology, and is a member of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, American Association for the Study of Liver Disease and the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.
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Trevor Hamilton retired from his post in higher education at the end of 2006 to write full time. He has degrees from Oxford, London and Sussex Universities. He is the author of a well-received biography of F.W.H. Myers, one of the founding figures of the Society for Psychical Research.
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This book divides into two parts. The first is a personal narrative of the impact of the death of the author's son Ralph on him and his family and his efforts to see if there was any evidence for his continued existence (generated largely through visits to mediums) that a thinking person could take seriously. The second is an attempt to evaluate that evidence objectively (based on an extensive survey of current and past scientific research in the UK and the USA). The title reflects the inevitable tension between emotion and intellect in such an enquiry.
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"Anyone who has read Trevor Hamilton's in-depth biography (Immortal Longings) of F.W.H. Myers… knows that the author has objectively and thoughtfully explored the whole area of psychic phenomena… This intriguing book tells of his personal search for truth in the most important of all subjects, whether we live on after death."
 Michael Tymn, Vice-President, Academy of Spirituality and Paranormal Studies 08
"In this moving and readable book, the author first describes his personal search for survival evidence in the 21st century, a world in which electronics offer both new forms of communication and new pitfalls in assessing evidence. The author uses his knowledge of the classic cases, and of the very latest survival research, to present a masterly analysis of the survival question today. Essential reading for both the enquirer and the serious student."
 Leslie Price, writer, researcher and past editor of Psypioneer and Theosophical History 08
"Trevor Hamilton's exploration of 'the survival issue' spills onto the pages of this book and sweeps the reader along with it. It is obvious that he has bent himself over backwards physically, emotionally, psychologically and intellectually in trying to be fair to all aspects and arguments relating to the topic. To anyone with an intellectual interest in survival I recommend this book as it will give you an insight into the complexities of the arguments as the author takes you on his personal journey."
 Tricia Robertson, lecturer, psychical researcher and past President of the Scottish Society for Psychical Research 08
"A remarkable social and personal document, and testimony to the paramount importance of the 'survival issue' in our lives, despite science's neglect of it."
 Geoff Ward Mysterious Planet 08
"The book is very readable, aimed at a general, non-technical audience, a worthy addition to the studies analysing mental mediumship, its drawbacks and benefits. It is an absorbing discussion of what light can be thrown on the survival of the human personality following bodily death."
 Tom Ruffles SPR 08
"Hamilton's results probably confirm the findings of those (like this reviewer) who have had a significant amount of experience with different mediums in an attempt to assess their performance in an open-minded, critical, yet sympathetic manner. Mediums vary enormously in their methods, style and accuracy, which will often fluctuate within a single session."
 Roger Straughan, (Retired) Professor, Reading University 08
"A brilliantly concise and comprehensive survey of the whole field of mediumship research. All readers who support the rigorous study of psychical and spiritual questions should read and recommend this book."
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"Hamilton makes a refreshing guide into the world of mediumship and Spiritualism."
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Turkey already boasts a relatively strong manufacturing base – aided by its proximity to both the east and the west – and so The Woolmark has spent the past few years working closely with Turkish manufacturers. Added to this there is a growing importance for retail – with an increasing number of international brands exploring Turkey.
The past year in particular has seen the wool industry in the country enjoy a resurgence, with many European retail markets renewing their interest in sourcing products from a base closer to home than from further afield regions such as Asia. The added benefit of this is that both parties on the supply and demand chain are helping reduce their carbon footprint.
"Turkey already has an established manufacturing base, particularly in the circular knitting sector," The Woolmark Company General Manager for Product Development and Commercialisation Jimmy Jackson said. "Yet their strength lay predominately with cotton and synthetic fibres.
"What this meant for us is that we did not need to teach them the basics, but rather how to apply their skills to Merino wool – with the crucial part being in the dyeing and finishing stage. We have about half a dozen jersey knitters who are strong in their field, and so The Woolmark Company Technical Manager (Dyeing and Finishing) Brenda Yang visited Turkey to educate the manufacturers on how to dye and finish fabric from Merino yarns."
The result of this technical transfer means there are now six Turkish knitters with enough confidence to offer Merino wool fabrics in their range, which have been tested against Woolmark standards.
Four flatbed knitters were also targeted, with these manufacturers competent in working with wool, but generally with machine washable yarn.
"We introduced four other Woolmark innovations to these flatbed knitters, focusing on Mercerised Merino, Vintage Merino, Merino Retract and Sculptured Merino. Great success was found with Mercerised Merino and Merino Retract, which now allows these knitters to expand their Merino wool range."
So strong is The Woolmark Company's belief in the future for Turkey that it recently increased its number of staff in its Turkey office, headed by country manager Mahmut Kocak.
The Woolmark Company CEO Stuart McCullough said, "We view Turkey as a significant manufacturing market with growing importance for retail. We have recently invested in a new office and to grow the team in Turkey, which is a significant step forward in providing the Turkish industry with support to develop and promote high quality Australian Merino wool products locally and internationally."
With retail and apparel enjoying such a strong presence in Turkey, and coinciding with the success of The Woolmark Company's technical and innovations transfer, The Woolmark Company brought together UK-based Alexander McQueen CEO Jonathan Akeroyd and famed fashion journalist Colin McDowell to talk at the annual Fashion Apparel Conference in Istanbul about the increasing demand for textile innovation and luxury natural fibres such as Merino wool.


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|Global Fund Round 10
In August 2012, HOPE worldwide Kenya received funding from Global Fund through Kenya Red Cross Society to implement components of the Road Towards an HIV Free Society–Global Fund Round 10 Program. The funding which is renewed annually is through to September 2016.The overall goal is to contribute to the reduction of new HIV infections and AIDS related morbidity and mortality for a HIV free society in Kenya.
The program is implemented in Nakuru and Naivasha districts in Nakuru County.
The program is implemented under two strategic objectives:
Activities/Outputs for Year One (FY01):
i. Conduct 3 trainings on CHBC targeting 30 Community Health Workers (CHWs), each training reaching a total of 91 CHWs
ii. 91 CHWs engaged
iii. 2,041 People Living with HIV (PLHIV) reached with CBHC services
iv. Conduct 65,653 Home visits by CHWs (2 monthly per PLHIV)
i. Conduct 70 outreaches targeting 691 women who will be referred and tracked to deliver in a health facility
ii. Conduct 7 outreaches targeting 69 men to enhance male involvement in PMTCT
i. Train 20 MARPs (15 Sex Workers (SWs) and 5 Men having Sex with Men (MSMs) in Peer Education using the national PE MARPs curriculum
ii. 20 MARPs Peer Educators (8 SWs and 2 MSMs) engaged
iii. Reach 4,150 sex workers (with 4 core interventions: IEC, HTC, condoms, counseling on safe behavior in 415 outreaches
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Women Have More Negative Drug Reactions
February 12, 2001
More women than men were hurt by dangerous medications pulled off the market since 1997, congressional investigators report. The results weren't surprising to experts.
- Many of the medicines were prescribed more to women than to men, such as the weight-loss drugs Redux and Pondimin.
- Both were banned for causing an irregular heartbeat, which scientists recently discovered is more common in women than in men.
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), who requested the report by the General Accounting Office, said it suggests the Food and Drug Administration do a better job determining how medicines affect men and women differently.
Source: "Drugs Harmed More Women Than Men," USA Today, February 12, 2001.
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KAI RYSSDAL: Consider just for a second the mobile home park. Depending on who you talk to, they're either icons or eyesores. But either way, these double-wide slices of the American dream might soon be nothing more than historical footnotes.
Rising land values are putting the squeeze on trailer parks. In Washington State, so many have closed it's turned into a full-blown housing crisis. From the Marketplace Sustainability Desk, Sam Eaton reports.
SAM EATON: Follow Seattle's old highway 99 out of the city and a patch of green eventually breaks up the rows of car dealerships, Home Depots and fast-food chains.
This small, wooded trailer park is where 63-year-old Karen Mason, a double amputee, planned on spending the rest of her life.
KAREN MASON: I'm happy here. It's light, bright. I get around easily. I take care of me and two little cats that have been in my life for a long time.
Five years ago, Mason paid $80,000 for her home. Now, her only remaining asset has become a liability. She owns the home, but not the land. And the owner of that land has decided to turn it into a BMW dealership.
Mason and the other tenants of Evergreen Estates now have to pay to remove their mobile homes. Mobile is a bit of a misnomer — it can cost up to $16,000 to move these units. They don't have wheels, and are hooked up to utilities like any other house. Half the time, the only place to move them is to the dump.
MASON: Who can afford that in their heart? To stand back and watch the home you invested in being demo . . . and then to being handed a bill for it?
Usually, the state's relocation fund would have picked up the bill. But the pace of park closures in Washington has snowballed in recent years, quickly draining the fund.
That leaves Karen Mason, and the residents of 20 other mobile home parks scheduled to close this year, pretty much on their own.
MASON: I don't easily get defeated. I don't know where to go at this point.
For the poorest, there aren't many options. Few of the remaining mobile home parks have free space. And there's a one to three-year wait for subsidized housing.
ISHBEL DICKENS: We are definitely in crisis mode in Washington State.
Seattle attorney Ishbel Dickens is working with the evicted residents. She says mobile homes, which she prefers to call manufactured homes, are an essential piece of the nation's affordable housing. But that affordability comes at a price.
DICKENS: People who live in manufactured housing communities own the home, but they rent the lot. And so it's pretty vulnerable to land values increasing, and the land underneath their homes literally being stripped away from them.
Dickens says preserving these communities should be a priority. Several bills in the state legislature aimed at doing just that failed to pass. And for good reason, says Ken Spencer, who heads the landowners trade group the Manufactured Housing Communities of Washington.
KEN SPENCER: The highest and best use of the land is not as a manufactured housing community anymore. And so there's tremendous pressure. It's worth more as another use.
Spencer says it's wrong to prevent the owners from taking advantage of their land's rising value.
Don't tell that to the residents of Wonderland Estates, south of Seattle. They're part of a growing grassroots movement aimed at saving their parks — one pancake breakfast and fundraiser at a time.
AYOLA PUCKETT: OK folks, listen up for your drawing, listen up! The first number is 3-5-6.
WINNER: Me!
PUCKETT:All right!
Seventy-two-year-old Ayola Puckett raffles off donated bread makers and barbeque sets to the breakfast crowd. The goal is to purchase the park, possibly through a joint venture with the county or a nonprofit. They've even asked Bill Gates.
PUCKETT: We put in a request. We haven't received any answer back.
She says they've raised $11,000 so far. That's a long way from the landowner's $14 million asking price.
PUCKETT: If you look in the bottom of the barrel, there's a bunch of change. For some people, that's all they had to give. And it makes it pretty cool.
Puckett says before this crisis, none of the residents of Wonderland Estates knew each other. Now, they're all in it together.
In Seattle, I'm Sam Eaton for Marketplace.


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Neil Hinrichsen is the founder of KoiGroup. An entrepreneur all of his life, Neil has cofounded two startups both of which were acquired, and is now working to develop the next generation of entrepreneurs in SA through his Koi platform, comprising a methodology for startups, classes, coffee sessions, mentoring, the KoiTips newsletters and a thriving online group. He loves working with young entrepreneurs who want to change the world. Neil also helps Microsoft with their BizSpark programme for top startups, provides mentoring at the Innovation Hub and other incubators, consults with corporates, advises the CSIR in South Africa on commercialising research, is an accredited specialist with the University of Pretoria and serves on the advisory board for Stellenbosch University's LaunchLab incubator. On the personal side he's involved in youth ministry and mentoring township teenagers.
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You have a great idea and have developed a product. Now you want to protect it. When I ask entrepreneurs how they will do this, they usually talk about patents and continually improving their technology. They're focusing on the wrong thing - the tip of the iceberg only.
Successful entrepreneurs are usually working on three horizons at once: 1. the now - their current products for the current market; 2. the next - products for emerging markets; and 3. the nascent - thinking and working towards the far future.
Every month I see startups who are failing because they have not evolved. Every startup ecosystem goes through three distinct stages. Startups that do not evolve to fit each stage will die out. So what are these stages?
It is essential for every entrepreneur to keep "scanning the horizon" - seeing what is new in technology, business, and society as a whole.
I encourage beginning entrepreneurs to rather tackle small, achievable projects first. This allows them to rapidly gain a full set of skills across a complete project, as well as building up contacts, credibility and confidence - rather than getting bogged down, and run down, working on an huge endless project.
Many startups become isolated and insular, focusing on their product to the exclusion of all else - like the squirrel in Ice Age, who is so preoccupied with his nut that he never really interacts with any of the other animals. This is not good, or healthy. These startups are cut off from the support, camaraderie, flow of ideas, and connections that can prove so vital to a product's success, and from a vital source of ideas for new offerings.
I've been spending lots of time with new startups, from pro bono mentoring to judging pitches at the competitions. Lots of the ideas sound plausible but often suffer from a fatal flaw - the numbers have not been done.
How well do you understand the ecosystem in which you are working? What will happen next in this space? How will the forces shaping it affect your venture?
We've spoken in previous newsletters about the strategy of the flower - making sure that your core service or product is surrounded by a set of world-class services (the petals of the flower) to make up a compelling "whole product". But, it's not enough to just build your flower. You must also make sure that your company and its "flowers" are well positioned in the total ecosystem of your industry.
Your business is stuck, bogged down, cannot move forward... That's when many of my clients come to me, so this week we're going to look at how a de-coupling strategy can help some ventures to move forward.
In my last article we spoke about S-curves, the underlying lifecycle of all innovations, and how important it is to manage transitions from one S-curve to another. Explained in terms of curves, it sounds so easy. But it isn't. Every curve represents something - a project, a venture, a dream, a team of people - that we have loved, cared for, poured our life into. And when these things change, we have to change too - and that is not easy.
Farmers know when to plow, when to plant, when to harvest, for the best crop. Is there a seasonal code to guide people developing innovations? There is. Every innovation follows a lifecycle called an S-curve. Understanding S-curves will help you to take the right actions at the right time.
I'm consulting in the winelands. The estate has ambitious plans to create a virtual online community with all sorts of measures of engagement. I'm not sure this is a good idea…
In this blog we're going to look at finding the best market for your product. "But everyone is the market for my product", is what many startups tell me. And, "our market is 50 million people, and if we can capture just 1% of the market…". Wrong approach! Trying to mass-market your offering from the beginning is doomed to failure.
Imagine the confusion that the platypus caused for scientists - a mammal that lays eggs, has the bill of a duck, the tail of a beaver and otter feet. How to classify it? The same confusion cripples many startup products.
To succeed a new venture needs to play at least two and maybe three very different games at the same time… a short game; a mid game; and a long game. Neil uses real-life case studies to provide insights to help you play all three games well in your own startup.
"I must have made a mistake", I thought, "this company has been written up in the Wall Street Journal as one of the most exciting startups in audio technology. This cannot be their website". But it was their site. A site that looked like one created in the 1990's. Doing damage to their image every day.
I'm sitting with a startup team helping them prepare for a critical sales presentation. Errol is not present, so we don't have his correspondence with the client. And no one can find the phone number of the consultant coordinating the evaluation for the client. It's a mess!
Every business has a central challenge. With my first business it was this: We were distributors for several famous software companies, reselling their products in South Africa through a network of partners that included IBM, Unisys, NCR, Accenture, DiData, etc, often as part of large systems solutions.
It is the early 1980's and computer monitors have a uniform monotonous green text running across them. But someone has studied calligraphy at college, and dreams of bringing beauty and elegance to computers….
It is April 1992 and Disney is opening their second theme park outside the United States in Paris, after twenty years of running other theme parks. Despite their experience and the meticulous planning that went into this $5b project, the park will have racked up losses of more than $1 billion by 1994. How could things go so wrong?
Successful ventures will need an exceptional management team. But your startup has a young team without a lot of experience or a track record that will impress people. What can you do? Create an "Emeritus Board" of advisors. Ask some of the best and brightest people in your field to join an advisory board for your company.
Good entrepreneurs begin by listening, hearing something that is growing or that needs a solution... You need to hear the bell first. Many people think that entrepreneurship starts with creativity, with dreaming up an idea. But it doesn't. Creativity comes after you hear the bell, in responding to that call. First the work of the ear, then the hands....
Keep your eye on the cathedral.... A man stops at a huge construction site and asks one of the workers, 'What are you doing?'. The worker replies 'I'm laying bricks'. Still puzzled, the man asks another worker 'What are you doing?'. This man replies 'I am helping to build a cathedral that will glorify God for centuries'.
Many entrepreneurs think a good idea will ensure success. Then they present their idea to an investor and get the response below.