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China's economy faces uncertainty and choppy waters in the years ahead, a trend that the trade conflict with the United States seems likely to deepen.
The CIDCA's highly ambitious agenda is a clear sign that, after years of considerable growth in China's development finance, the underlying bureaucratic system is now beginning to mature. Yet key questions remain unanswered.
The narrative that China is engaging in problematic debt trap diplomacy has taken off. But for Sri Lanka and most of China's other Belt and Road Initiative partners, it is important to understand the history and politics of their relations with Beijing and project selection.
The China International Development Cooperation Agency has been tasked with lofty goals, but near-term expectations must be tempered by lingering questions about how it fits into the country's existing foreign aid bureaucracy.
By establishing structural transformation as the China International Development Cooperation Agency's core objective, Beijing will have an opportunity to take a leadership role in advancing the international development agenda.
The China International Development Cooperation Agency could help China coordinate its aid portfolio more efficiently. But it is more difficult to say whether the new agency will make Chinese aid disbursement and procurement decisionmaking more transparent.
The Taiwan Strait is not at immediate risk of a crisis, but a changing status quo and diminishing trust between Beijing, Taipei, and Washington signal possible trouble ahead.
The international community views the Belt and Road through a zero-sum lens. To succeed, Beijing should focus on its domestic aspirations, international responsibilities, and nonmonetary investments.
Chinese President Xi Jinping offered a sweeping and ambitious vision at the 19th Party Congress for not just China but all of the world that could have far-reaching impacts on global governance, trade, and security.
To counter China's increasingly assertive foreign policy, the United States must maintain its leadership role in the Asia Pacific.
Comparing Xi Jinping's report at the 19th Party Congress to earlier such documents provides an excellent indicator of continuities and recent changes in Chinese foreign policy.
Beijing's role and response to the current economic crisis engulfing Venezuela needs to be further examined, particularly in light of China's loans-for-oil relationship with the developing nation.
European countries are increasingly more receptive to the Belt and Road Initiative and Chinese investment, but concerns remain over how competition from Chinese firms will impact developed European economies.
Donald Trump's unexpected victory in the 2016 U.S. presidential election has raised profound questions about how the United States and other members of the international community will approach global governance amid a host of transnational challenges.
At a time of critical readjustment, the U.S. and Chinese governments need to establish a solid foundation for the stable development of their bilateral relationship.
Buddhism has become part of a broader soft power rivalry between China and India for greater influence in Asia.
Trump needs to look beyond illusory bargains with Russia and China and instead develop clear-eyed frameworks to manage bilateral disagreements and make progress on common policy objectives based on U.S. national security interests.
The new administration should think carefully before moving forward with recent proposals about China and the U.S. role in Asia.
President-elect Trump will most likely be the single most important source of tensions—and potentially conflicts—between Beijing and Washington in the next four years.
Rather than fall into despondency, Europeans should see the presidency of Donald Trump as a salutary shock. Finally there is real urgency for Europe to get its act together.
China in the world is a podcast from Carnegie-Tsinghua center on China issues hosted by center director Paul Haenle.


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Hi Doreen
Are you saying the employee got paid in advance for 2 days holiday but actually worked those 2 days?
In that case, you would pay as per hours actually worked (eg including those 2 days) - No AL use applicable.
Unless the employee got paid the 2 days annual leave in ADDITION ..... in which case, you would pay as per hours worked PLUS the 2 days AL.
NB: Not sure if applicable, but I find it's best practice to pay employees AFTER the end of a pay period (not before or on the last day of) to allow for any changes to their hours worked that may occur in that pay period.
Hi Shaz thanks for reply i am thinking that i just pay the overtime and not the 15.2 hrs already paid. yes i wanted to wait and pay holidays this week but he said he had bills to pay.
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Newly revised, this leading book in the field shows how to prepare for a jury trial and reviews the thought processes of a lawyer before and during each aspect of a trial. Structured to follow the stages of a trial, Trial Techniques continues to deliver practical advice and abundant examples of the courtroom skills needed to present evidence and arguments persuasively. This comprehensive yet concise handbook covers all aspects of the trial process, providing the perfect source for your elective course.
This long-time leading course book is an invaluable source for prospective trial lawyers, presenting: a best-selling author renowned for his skills both as a writer and litigator, a clear, engaging writing style that breaks the trial process down into its critical components for more thorough and efficient comprehension excellent examples illustrating strategies for opening statements, jury selection, direct- and cross-examination, exhibits, objections, and more an appendix containing the Federal Rules of Evidence for easy reference.


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Late breaking news: Large 419 plan files for Bankruptcy.
Recent court cases and other developments have highlighted serious problems in
plans, popularly know as Benistar, issued by Nova Benefit Plans of Simsbury,
Connecticut. Recently unsealed IRS criminal case information now raises concerns
with other plans as well. If you have any type plan issued by NOVA Benefit Plans, U.S.
Benefits Group, Benefit Plan Advisors, Grist Mill trusts, Rex Insurance Service or
Benistar, get help at once. You may be subject to an audit or in some cases, criminal
On November 17th, 59 pages of search warrant materials were unsealed in the Nova
Benefit Plans litigation currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of
Connecticut. According to these documents, the IRS believes that Nova is involved in
a significant criminal conspiracy involving the crimes of Conspiracy to Impede the IRS
and Assisting in the Preparation of False Income Tax Returns.
Earlier this year, 70 armed IRS Criminal Division special agents raided the offices of
Nova Benefit Plans in Connecticut. The IRS has taken other recent criminal
enforcement actions in other locations including Nebraska and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The IRS has told the court that it believes Nova is promoting abusive "Section 419"
welfare benefit plans.
The IRS claims that a cooperating witness and several undercover agents
"penetrated" Nova to ascertain its internal operations. They say Nova helped its
clients violate tax laws by claiming the most minor injuries as permanent disabilities to
qualify for special tax treatment. In other words, they would assist clients in claiming
that a minor scrape was a disabling and disfiguring permanent injury.
The IRS also claims that Nova assisted clients in backdating documents filed with the
How does the phony welfare benefit plan scam work? A taxpayer can contribute
money tax free to the plan on behalf of the beneficiary. At a later date, and with the
assistance of Nova, the beneficiary can claim the money (again tax free) because of a
disability. According to the IRS, Nova's plan was a scam because Nova helped
taxpayers claim false disabilities. The Internal Revenue Code says disability payments
are tax free if there is a permanent loss of a bodily part or function. A small scrape is
a far cry from the loss of an eye.
In one recorded conversation, a representative of Nova said, "We've never denied a
claim... I recently, I don't want to say the client's name, but he went through a minor
surgery, had a little--had a mole removed off his elbow I think and left a little scar the
size of a pencil eraser, and, you know, that--that qualified."
When discussing the "independent plan trustee" that must approve the claims, the
Nova representative said, "I, I'm gonna put this very simply for you, we control the
trustee, okay, and I, I don't mean that in a bad way. He's independent but he's part of
the family and we control the stuff that happens, we have ways to make stuff happen...
It's best for us to pay out as much claims so when it times for us to fight this in tax
court, we can play and sing the welfare benefit song."
Nova is not alone in the scam. According to the IRS affidavit, Nova and its principals
have also done business as U.S. Benefits Group, Benefit Plan Advisors, Grist Mill
trusts, Rex Insurance Service and Benistar.
Anyone who has purchased a plan from Nova or the related entities should
immediately seek competent counsel. If the IRS is correct and these plans are not
legitimate, the tax consequences to participants could be very severe. In some cases,
if clients entered these plans with knowledge of Nova's history or promises to evade
taxes, the consequences could involve criminal prosecution and perhaps prison.
As a result of the raid and a cooperating witness (we call these people informants),
the IRS is believed to have the client lists of Nova, Grist Mill and the others. Generally,
as a matter of policy, the IRS will not criminally prosecute a taxpayer who comes
forward voluntarily and agrees to come into compliance. If the IRS knocks on your
door first, however, all bets are off and prosecution is much more likely.
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Education's CPA's Guide to Life Insurance and Federal Estate and Gift Taxation, as well as AICPA best-selling
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Could computers help people who have schizophrenia? Computerized and computer-assisted cognitive remediation programs may be effective at improving the cognitive functioning, interpersonal relationships, and overall psychiatric symptoms of individuals with schizophrenia, research shows.
An article describing three research studies1 that examined the use and effects of computerized and computer-assisted cognitive remediation programs for people with schizophrenia recently appeared in the American Psychological Association's Practice Organization. Among the studies outlined in the article was a Japanese study that focused on the efficacy of cognitive rehabilitation using computer software with individuals who have schizophrenia. The researchers found that the therapy was promising.1
Recent Studies Show Promise
Some 60 individuals with schizophrenia were enrolled in the study, with 29 receiving cognitive remediation and the other 31 receiving treatment such as social skills training and group recreational and sport activities. The group that received cognitive remediation showed greater improvement in a variety of areas, such as interpersonal relationships and work skills.
This is good news for individuals with schizophrenia, who typically experience a decline in their functional ability because of their symptoms, which can include paranoia as well as low energy and low motivation. "They also can experience a disorganization in their thoughts and actions," Philip Watson, PhD, senior neuropsychologist at the Center for Neurological Services at Northwell Health in Glen Oaks, NY, says. "The totality of those symptoms impacts the ability to interact with others and/or function effectively in academic or vocational pursuits."
"The present findings showed that providing cognitive remediation in addition to psychiatric rehabilitation contributed to greater improvement in both cognitive and social functioning than psychiatric rehabilitation alone," the study authors concluded. "Cognitive remediation may enhance the efficacy of psychiatric rehabilitation, improving social functioning."
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What is Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy?
In computer-assisted cognitive rehabilitation therapy, the individual logs into an online program and then engages in tasks that seem like games; the person must rely on certain cognitive abilities in order to complete the tasks, Dr. Watson explains.
"The tasks focus on memory, attention processing, and the speed of processing, along with recognizing the emotions of the faces and the tones of someone's voice," he explains. "The tasks are designed to start off slow and become more difficult as you do well. The idea is that it helps you to make new connections that strengthen your cognitive ability." The sessions last for around 30 minutes, and the person may engage in a session three or four times a week.
The computer-assisted programs often incorporate rewards like the ones seen in computer and video games, says Stephen Rush, MD, assistant professor of clinical psychiatry in the University of Cincinnati Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience. "They offer encouraging feedback and the presence of enjoyable colors and noises," he says.
Furthermore, patients engage in exercises that enhance learning and that specifically target the cognitive areas that are deficient, explains Bryan Freilich, PsyD, ABPP, director of neuropsychological assessment service at Montefiore Health System and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. Often, but not always, it's done on the computer, he says.
A second research study described in the article looked at whether participants who engaged in computer-assisted cognitive remediation demonstrated greater benefits in cognitive functioning and quality of life when they practiced it for three months versus six months; no significant difference was found between the two groups.
How Does CRT Help People with Schizophrenia?
Still, cognitive remediation for patients with schizophrenia can be effective, says Dr. Rush. Trouble with memory and concentrating can make even simple tasks in the workplace, like ringing up items at a register or filing away library books, more difficult for patients experiencing certain symptoms and side effects of schizophrenia. "Studies of the effect of cognitive remediation demonstrate moderate improvement in function in the workplace with impacts on employment rates, hours worked, and wages earned," he says. "All of these outcomes are more often seen when CRT is paired with other psychiatric rehabilitation programs such as vocational rehabilitation and social skills training."
Medication is still the first line of treatment for schizophrenia as it helps stabilize symptoms and improves the ability to concentrate, notes Dr. Watson. "But cognitive remediation therapy, while not new, is an emerging treatment option for schizophrenia," he says.
What else is CRT used for? Dr. Watson notes that "CRT is a treatment modality that specifically targets cognitive functions, such as attention or memory." This makes it useful in treating a variety of conditions including ADHD, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and even early stage dementia.
In terms of schizophrenia, an individual who is in acute psychosis would not be a good candidate for CRT, Dr. Watson explains, since it requires attentional engagement and the ability to sit for 30 minutes at a time. "When people are acutely ill, they could have trouble doing this," he explains. "But once they are stable, even if they are symptomatic, they can engage in the treatment and benefit from it."
"A large portion of individuals with schizophrenia, estimated at around 80%, have some degree of cognitive impairment, often in the areas of attention, memory, and executive functioning," Dr. Freilich says. "Cognitive remediation is a good treatment option for those with schizophrenia."
CRT is More than Computer Games
Computer-assisted cognitive remediation is not only about sitting at a computer. At the Early Psychosis Intervention Center in Tucson, Arizona, where Matthew Moffitt, PhD, works, a clinician is part of the therapy, too. "After each exercise or task is completed, the clinician discusses with the patient how best to transfer the knowledge learned on the computer to real-world situations," Dr. Moffitt says.
The downside of computer-assisted CRT? It may not be as effective with people who are not adept at computers, says Dr. Rush.
Meanwhile, more research is needed to assess the benefits of computer-assisted cognitive remediation programs, Dr. Rush says. "Most studies available are small, like those cited in this article," he says. "I would like to see more and larger such studies and further meta-analyses of these studies to evaluate the effectiveness of using computers in cognitive remediation therapy."


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Have you ever lost your place in the form of the song? Let's be honest, I think we all have. You know, with the drummer playing across the bar line, the bass player messing with the time, etc. Who hasn't asked to proverbial question—"where's one?" Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke make suggestions and demonstrate a method that could help you from losing your grip on the form. Whether you're a pianist, a bassist, or play another instrument, these tips can help improve your improvisations.
Chick and Stanley demonstrate this useful approach over the classic RTF song "After the Cosmic Rain."
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TANZANIA is determined to intensify the fight against poaching and illegal ivory trade through employment of more wildlife management personnel to patrol and protect its wildlife, President Jakaya Kikwete has declared.
"We have already embarked on an ambitious programme to increase employment of these cadres, last year we allocated funds to employ 459 game rangers and wardens while this year we will employ additional 500 personnel,"
Mr Kikwete made the remarks here on Thursday while addressing delegates at the London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade 2014 held at the Lancaster House.
The one-day meeting drew delegates from over 50 countries and was attended by among others Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, Prince Charles and his two sons Prince William and Prince Harry.
Mr Kikwete further said Tanzania seeks to meet the total requirements of 4,788 game rangers by the year 2016 from the current rate of 1,088 rangers.
The President asked developed nations to support African countries by training anti-poaching personnel as well as providing the countries with technology and equipment to fight poaching.
"Our game rangers and wardens need to be empowered with better and modern equipment so that they can effectively perform their duties.
"Among others, they need vehicles, surveillance and modern communication equipment. Unfortunately, we are falling short of these needs. Much more needs to be done and support from the international community is critical," he observed.
President Kikwete also asked the developed countries to support countries affected by poaching to build more capacity on inspection at ports and points of exit to ensure that no cargo containing ivory, rhino horns or other contraband goods would cross borders without being detected.
"Inspection is constrained by lack of adequate financial resources to acquire requisite technology. Support in this regard would be highly appreciated," he noted.
Describing the London conference as a historic opportunity to take a landmark decision to save elephants and rhinos, the Head of State said he was optimistic the international community would pronounce itself on supporting developing nations in the war against poaching and illegal wildlife trade.
The President observed that the trade in ivory and rhino horns threatens the survival of elephants and rhinos to unprecedented proportions, citing Tanzania as a living example of the menace of the trade.
Despite the challenges the country faces in the fight against the vice, he noted, however, that there are some achievements which have been recorded through various operations mounted jointly by the police, the army and game wardens and rangers.
According to Mr Kikwete, the country has through a task force formed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism managed to tame poaching of wildlife in the northern part of the country, adding that the task force has been directed to replicate the efforts in southern and western Tanzania.
Meanwhile, President Jakaya Kikwete granted interview to the CNN on Thursday night. During interview with the CNN announcer, Christiane Amanpour he confirmed to the world about the magnitude of wildlife poaching describing the situation as "madness".
Responding to a question from the reporter who asked whether what is reported was exaggeration or not, President Kikwete said that it was a fact.
"At independence Tanzania had 350,000 elephants but by 1987 there were only 55,000 elephants left," he was quoted on CNN.
President Kikwete joined Amanpour in London, where heads of state are meeting to find a solution to end illegal poaching before it's too late.
"This is madness now, it is just impossible… it's a serious matter," he said describing the current situation.
Incidents of poaching are on the rise fuelled by a growing demand for ivory and rhino horns in Asia. There are also concerns that poaching is helping to fund violent groups in the region.
When it comes to destroying ivory stockpiles, as countries like the United States and China have done in the past, President Kikwete says his country is considering doing the same thing to show it is an unacceptable trade.
"We have about 112 tonnes of ivory… we used to have the idea of asking permission to sell, but we don't think, these are not the times".
It's not the right time, he says, because it was the relaxation of laws that opened the door to more poaching in the first place.
When addressing delegates at the London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade, he cited a ban on ivory trade in the year 1989 by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) which played a crucial role in stopping the trade.
"When CITES banned ivory trade in 1989 it helped the recovery of elephant population. I believe if the trade is banned today the effect will be the same and many lives of elephants and rhinos will be saved," Mr Kikwete said.


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Midi Mandala is a wireless Midi controller for iPod/Touch, iPhone, and iPad.
Previously, Intelligent Gadget's Mandala Music app first introduced the idea of using a circular arrangement of control pads to generate music. The user selects a musical scale that is mapped to the mandala. The lowest note is in the center, followed in increasing pitch from the top, alternating back and forth, down to the bottom. Compared to a square grouping of control pads, or even a keyboard on smaller devices like an iPhone or iPod, the circular arrangement is much easier to play. In fact by mapping a scale to the control pads there are, in effect, no wrong notes.
Where Mandala Music uses an internal FM synthesizer to generate sound, Midi Mandala lets you play networked Midi synths wirelessly using the same circular control concept.
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For those RVers making their way to Americas' National Parks the Grand Canyon has limited offerings, and is set up more for tent campers or people staying at a Grand Canyon Lodge. The only location with full hook-ups is Trailer Village on the South Rim, which is a mix of RV's, Trailers, and other inexpensive housing for local residents. There are a few campgrounds throughout the Park where you can park your motor home, but they are more conducive to smaller RV's. There is however plenty of Forest Service roads, and other free campsites for those of you who can go without hookup for a few days. If not nearby cities like Flagstaff, Williams and Kanab will offer up everything an RV needs within driving range of the Grand Canyon.


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Jeff and Samantha Jasinski (Neil Patrick Harris and Bonnie Somerville) are a middle class married couple that move from Delaware to New York City with their five-year-old daughter for a last chance at "the big time." When they arrive to New York, they realize that there is a huge problem: they can't get their daughter into a single private kindergarten, all of which have been booked solid for months. The couple is immediately laughed at by every New York school administrator before desperately turning to a kindergarten consultant who believes Jeff should pose as a high-profile poet to have his child accepted. Jeff pawns off his friend's filthy e-mails and text messages as his poetry, which the school principal loves. Through sexual blackmail and creative persuasion, the Jasinskis battle to enroll their child for the fall semester.


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Q. Ten years ago, I had a heart attack. I was sent home from the hospital with eight different prescription medications.
Within two months, I felt like a 90-year-old arthritic, although I was only 55 at the time. I told my doctor about the effects of the medications. He took me off one med each week to see if there was a change.
He determined that simvastatin was causing the problem, but he said I could not stop taking a statin for cholesterol control. I chose to switch to over-the-counter red yeast rice instead.
Within two days, the side effects ceased. Within six months, my cholesterol had dropped 50 points. I also changed my diet to include lots of fruits and vegetables, stopped eating processed foods and reduced my salt intake. I started walking five days a week for at least 30 minutes per day.
I am no longer on any prescription drugs, and my health is very much improved. As Hippocrates said, "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food."
A. Red yeast rice has been used in Chinese cuisine for over 1,000 years. It also has been used in Chinese medicine for indigestion and circulation.
Modern research has demonstrated that RYR contains statin-type compounds and lowers cholesterol (Atherosclerosis, June 2015). Although it acts much like simvastatin on blood lipids, RYR is less likely to cause muscle aches and fatigue (BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, online, May 18, 2017). Some people are so sensitive to statins, however, that they react even to RYR. We offer more information about this and other nondrug approaches to cholesterol control in our book "Quick & Handy Home Remedies." It is available at www.PeoplesPharmacy.com.
Q. Since all NSAIDs except aspirin increase the risk of heart attacks and many other problems, why isn't aspirin used more often for pain?
A. There is a perception that aspirin is less effective than NSAIDs like ibuprofen and naproxen, though there's no convincing evidence that such NSAIDs are superior for pain relief. Many health professionals also worry that aspirin is more irritating to the digestive tract. All NSAIDs, including aspirin, can cause irritation and ulcers.
As you note, aspirin does not increase the risk for heart attacks the way other NSAIDs do. Anyone who takes aspirin for more than a few days should consult a physician for advice and monitoring, though. The doctor will be on the lookout for signs of digestive damage.
Q. I started taking Avodart a few months ago for an enlarged prostate. After only a few days, I thought: "This is great. I can sleep all night without getting up to use the bathroom." I didn't notice any side effects.
After about six weeks, I found that I had no sex drive at all, not even sexual attraction to my wife. I stopped taking Avodart, and a few weeks later my sex life was back.
I've gone back to saw palmetto. I would rather get up twice a night and still have a sex life.
A. Dutasteride (Avodart) has been linked to both erectile dysfunction and low libido (PeerJ, online, March 9, 2017). In some cases, sexual dysfunction may persist long after the medication has been discontinued (Journal of Sexual Medicine, March 2011).
Write Joe and Teresa Graedon at www.PeoplesPharmacy.com.


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Old, New or just a Mash-Up?
One of the areas that I'm increasingly reflecting on in my day to day dealings with partners and customers is the changing nature of some of the established IT ecosystems and the disruptive influence that the SMAC stack (Social, Mobile, Analytics & Cloud) is having on them. The changes are far-reaching and permeating all layers of traditional IT infrastructure such as Software, End Points, Networking and Datacenter technologies.
Nothing is making this more apparent to me than in our Group Mobile project that we are running to deliver enhanced capabilities and improved ways of working for our own staff and ultimately our clients looking to embrace this next wave of opportunity, innovation and efficiency.
During a recent analyst event we held, one of our customers who a leading global automotive manufacturer was sharing the exponential growth of end-points expected to impact their infrastructure over the coming years. I was somewhat startled at the predictions as I was purely thinking in the context of their employees and their growing demand for mobility until it was pointed out that they are also intending to bring their production vehicles on-stream over the coming years! The opportunity for them to collect analytics from the use and performance of their 'product' will provide insight to improving every single aspect of their value chain in the years to come.
Whether it is the "Internet of Things" or increasing demands for employee flexibility and mobility the infrastructure of tomorrow will increasingly require horizontal interoperability between the various vertical markets and IT ecosystems to enable the full potential of a connected experience. Creating platforms that are communicable, operable and programmable across devices – regardless of manufacturer, model or vertical sector – will be required. The vision is that connectivity between people, processes and 'things' should work seamlessly for businesses to truly flourish at scale.
Despite the fact that many emerging vendors are working towards interoperability (just look at the recent change in strategy from Microsoft to enable Office on Apple devices), the present fragmentation – in terms of devices, operating systems, software and a wide range of different connectivity protocols – remains in my view one of the greatest barriers for IT to crack to enable broader adoption. However, we do see some players out there taking the lead in building Enterprise grade platforms that allow us to abstract some of these dependencies and allow IT to enable their businesses through exploiting intelligence, agility and user/consumer empowerment with architectures that transform the way they engage with their systems.
We're getting close to deploying a platform of this type into production ourselves. Our aim? – to really validate whether this provides us the opportunity to build our own particular ecosystem of technology partners and systems (old and new) to improve not only our own ways of working but drive Enterprise Mobility in this brave new world of consumer led products and services.
Workplace IT predictions for 2014
Well it's that time of the year and no well-meaning blog would be complete without some predictions for the coming year. I canvassed some of my team for their views so that we can look back next year and see if they have potential parallel careers as fortune tellers!
First up is Paul who thinks we will see lots of continued uncertainty in the Mobile OS market, with a surprising upswing in Windows Phone and fight back by Blackberry to maintain adoption in Enterprise – that won't be matched in the consumer world. Somewhat polar to market commentary and headlines – so something to keep an eye on!
Next up is Pete who believes SSD (Solid State Disk) will become standard, across all traditional PC client devices. The cost difference for spindle and solid state has reached such a small difference that the performance benefits and reduced failure rates will outweigh this small price difference. Hmmm, could be good news for Samsung and Kingston!
Pete also thinks we'll see the death of the docking station (again 🙂 ) – as we move towards more choice and more mobile devices, the desire and ability for a consistent docking experience will be surpassed by wireless peripherals and connected screens.
Next one up from the team is not necessarily good news for the industry and somewhat inevitable in the climate but there is the expectation that at least one major 'pure play' reseller (read no services division) will either go under or get swallowed up in 2014.
David in Services also suggests that we might see a short-fall in available UK resources to tackle the backlog of Enterprise Windows XP users that still haven't migrated – caused by the product formally going 'end of life' in April 2014. Not sure if this is a prediction or wishful thinking!!
Finally, we move to Tina and Software. First prediction is that we will see Big Data move into the mainstream as people stop talking about it and start to use information to underpin their business models. Whilst 2014 will also be the year that we see the number of software vendors used within Enterprise estates increase as a result of the users opting for smaller 'app like' line-of- business tools and not the over specified and under-utilised tools they have today.
Personally, I think that we will continue to be 'S.M.A.C.ked' (Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud) as a major theme and as the "nexus of forces" continues to empower users through technology and information it will make 2014 disruptive and stimulating for everybody involved in Workplace IT.
So there you have it, down in black and white for judgement next year. I'd be really interested to hear your own predictions for the coming year (related to Workplace IT of course!)?
I hope you have a great Christmas break, and see you all in 2014!
Are you COPEing?
There has been the usual flurry of mobile reports over the weekend from the likes of Gartner, Citrix and others. One of the articles that caught my eye was entitled "COPE Will Outshine BYOD in 2013". Now we have talked in many of our CC blogs about how this industry loves an acronym or two and this was a new one on me. So if you live in the world of reality and to save you endless hours of wonderment I can explain it for you – COPE is meant to stand for 'corporate owned, personally enabled'.
Now while you remove the cynical smile from your face, I thought there was a little more to the substance of this article. We all know that BYOD has reached the top of the hype curve and when you examine just how many Enterprise organisations have actually removed all of the corporately owned end user devices and let employees run their business from their own personal devices -you'll find that the answer is actually – very few.
I have been known to say on many occasions that 'consumer IT' and 'BYOD' are not the same outcome and here at CC we are definitely seeing a shift in our clients spend moving to more lightweight and touch enabled devices. However, we also see a range of new IT challenges — from security, compliance and management, to cost and human capital management, as organisations are rapidly forced to invest in some form of mobile device management (MDM). In a recent Gartner research note published at the back of last year they noted that MDM market has been growing, and will continue to grow in 2013, with the market size estimated at over $500 million, and more than 100 players!
The COPE article also stated that "Although a recent study shows that 77 percent of BYOD employees dislike the use of mobile device management (MDM) on their device, the "personally enabled," or "PE," aspect of COPE allows employees to choose the company-approved device they favour while also enabling them to use it personally and professionally".
I can relate to this; as outside of the IT literate, high net worth and high fee earning individuals in an organisation – most would happily be given the right device to get on and do their job properly and accommodate for situations whereby they can access certain personal services if they want to (was it any different in desktop/laptop only days?).
However, there is clearly still some tension in reaching the right balance. Citrix recently published their quarterly enterprise mobility cloud report and one of the unexpected findings from the aggregated data showed that "Dropbox was on the blacklist, but was also one of the most heavily-recommended apps from enterprise IT (in the enterprise app catalog). This juxtaposition speaks to Dropbox's simultaneous usefulness and risk! Organizations can't decide!"
So how it for you? Is your mobile device strategy as clear as a bell or are you just about in a position to COPE? I'd be really interested in your viewpoint….
Spotlight on Software
With software taking up an ever-increasing share of an organisation's IT budget, it is becoming increasingly important to manage, control and protect your software assets. Having great control of the software life-cycle process and understanding your license position can definitely help your organisation avoid unnecessary expenditure and potentially save money!
As a result, we've been busy this year developing our capabilities around helping our clients to manage and control their software estates. We understand that the cornerstone of developing a Software Asset Management (SAM) strategy is to create an Effective License Position (ELP) i.e. understand what you have actually purchased versus what you are actually using versus what you actually need. It is also becoming increasingly more difficult to develop this multi-dimensional view as it contains aspects of commercial and technical information and can span assets that cover a wide and distributed estate.
To this end, earlier this year we launched our C3 Software service which is a suite of SAM services that can be delivered either as individual components or as a complete solution through Computacenter. Stage one of developing an effective strategy is to provide the visibility of the licenses that have been procured and acquired across the business. To cut the time and expense associated with developing this view, we have worked with one of our partners – License Dashboard to build this aspect as a "cloud" service where we have taken all of the pain associated with designing and staging the platform and turned it into a secure, accessible service that can be procured and used on a consumption basis . This easy-to-use deployment model and interface enables any organisation to start taking control of the full ISO/IEC 19770-1 Software Asset Management life-cycle without needing extensive, in-house license management knowledge or invest in significant infrastructure.
We think it is a service that many of our customers could benefit from and with the growing list of challenges in:
- consumerisation
- data storage & retrieval
- mobility & remote working
- workplace modernisation
- and not to mention "the cloud"
The need for an organisation to develop an ELP that can cope with this diversity is only going to grow and we don't believe that any other solution can help build an ELP faster!
We've been delighted by the response to our service and while we are on-boarding our first clients we were also thrilled to win Innovation Partner of the Year at the recent 2012 License Dashboard awards. If you are interested in learning more, you can read about our wider C3 Software solution approach in our online Briefing Guide here
A sting in the tail for Apple Users?
There have been a couple of articles in the last week that have really got me thinking about the consequence of using products from the world's most valuable brand.
The first article that appeared in wired magazine shows that the Ratio of PC to Mac Sales Narrowing to Lowest Level in Over a Decade. Whilst the article cites that industries that use video and photo editing are typically Mac-centric, I think it is easy to see their use in many more scenarios than this.
For the better part of the last two decades, former Apple CEO Steve Jobs focused on the outward appearance of his company's products with an enthusiasm unmatched by his competitors. The unique designs that resulted from this obsession have given Mac products the "hip" image that they enjoy today. However, this 'hip' image also comes at a premium on acquisition, particularly when you consider that if you take apart a Mac computer, and you take apart a PC, you will find that they use the same parts and components. Both have: a motherboard, processor, RAM memory, graphics card, optical drive, hard drive etc.
However, they do not use the same software which brings me to another hidden cost that I had not heard of until recently.
Over the weekend I read an article in the WSJ that stated Apple Mac users booking holidays on the travel firm Orbitz's web-site were paying up to 30% more than Windows PC users! Mainly because they could and would.
Orbitz are defending the tactic as an 'experiment' and believe some of the data has been taken out of context, with their CEO commenting: "However, just as Mac users are willing to pay more for higher end computers, at Orbitz we've seen that Mac users are 40% more likely to book 4 or 5-star hotels as compared to PC users, and that's just one of many factors that determine which hotels to recommend a given customer as part of our efforts to show customers the most relevant hotels possible."
So basically their website was interpreting the type of software accessing their content and then used advanced algorithms to render the more expensive options if it was Apple based. Whilst this has created a flurry of social media objection and conjecture, marketing data for this company showed that Mac users are associated with a somewhat richer demographic than PC users and Orbitz CEO Barney Harford defends their position stating that its software is simply showing users what it thinks they will want to see and buy.
The WSJ believes that the sort of target marketing undertaken by Orbitz will become more commonplace in the future as retailers become bigger users of predictive analytics.
Clearly, the challenge with this approach is that there is an assumption that if you use a Mac, then you stand out as a big spender. Whether it is true or not, I sense that other organisations will soon follow suit and will try to see that you place bigger orders as a result. In theses austere times, its just another factor of cost that sometimes isn't considered by the more well heeled advocates of completely corporate wide BYOD scheme.
Personally, I think it's just another example of how quickly the dynamics of the workplace and technology are moving – and as an Apple user myself I'll be keeping a keen eye on my purchases!
In you are interested, you can read the WSJ article here


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As I've said repeatedly, any electronics company with a heartbeat and access to an LCD manufacturing capability is making Android tablets. It's this boom in production that will result in future ugliness for tablet manufacturers by the end of the year.
For some strange reason, Motorola thinks I'm going to run down to Best Buy and order/pre-order a XOOM for $800 plus whatever service/activation fees I need to tithe to Verizon Wireless. Not going to happen!
Sure, the XOOM has better features than a fully-loaded iPad and the option to upgrade to 4G LTE (News - Alert), but $800 is $800 and that's a fat chunk out of anyone's IT budget. I suppose it's a real nice bargain when you compare it to the Avaya (News - Alert) and Cisco Android Tablets, but I'm going to sit on my hands until I see something akin to the XOOM specs at around $500 or less.
If I can find a WiFi (News - Alert)-only tablet with XOOM-like specs at $350 or less, I might bite on that, too. I'd have to pay more to Sprint to occasionally turn my EVO into a WiFi hotspot, but that will save me money than paying for redundant 3G broadband capability.
(Which goes into a different conversation about how Sprint (News - Alert) and Verizon Wireless oversold "4G everywhere/everything," but I'm focusing on tablets for the moment).
If I wanted a tablet that badly, I would have bought an iPad at an earlier date. And nearly everyone who wanted an iPad at the current price points has bought one, less those who were anti-Apple, pro-Android, or holding out for a second-generation iPad with a front-facing camera for videoconferencing.
Apply the basic economics of supply and demand: 1) With a gazillion tablet manufacturers , there will be plenty of supply in the second half of this year moving forward. 2) While there might be a lot of demand for tablets, I doubt there's a lot of demand for tablets at $800 per unit, unless your previous pricing benchmarks have been Avaya and Cisco enterprise tablets.
A glut of overpriced tablets is what I'm predicting and that's before we get into the dirty little secret that a lot of new tablets "demonstrated" at CES (News - Alert) in January were effectively under lock-and-key because they weren't even close to production-grade hardware. Name manufacturers including Panasonic, RIM, and Toshiba all "had" tablets, but you had a better chance crashing a party at the White House than getting a chance to hold and work with the hardware those companies had brought.
Now, everyone from Acer to Toshiba has Android tablets in the pipeline. Toss in RIM and HP tablets for good measure, and you're going to end up with a whole bunch of high-priced hardware hitting the market in the second half of this year and a limited number of buyers willing to pay top dollar.
Tablet manufacturers will have to adjust pricing -- and nobody's sure what kind of flexibility is in there at this point in time -- to move units, or they will end up eating them. It'll end up being good for some bargain-shoppers, not so hot for manufacturers betting to make big bucks at $800 a tablet.


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Newsletter #371 Preview: Taking a Long-Term View of Apple ComputerJanuary 7th, 2007
In the business world these days, far too many companies are worried about this quarter's bottom line, so they can make Wall Street analysts — a strange and often ignorant breed — content, along with their stockholders of course. If you tell them that your marketing strategy might not bear fruition for another couple of years, they might just sell your stock off and seek another avenue for instant gratification.
Apple Computer poses a particularly troubling company to evaluate in such an environment. There is no doubt a long-term plan in place, but they won't tell you what it is. You can barely get information more forward-looking than the new product announcement of the moment. The rare exceptions include Mac OS 10.5 Leopard, largely because Mac developers need advanced encounters with prerelease versions of the operating system to make their stuff compatible, so the news would get out anyway. And, of course, it's always nice to play the "Microsoft-is-copying-us-again" game to an eager press and Mac users who care about such things.
Myself? I don't care who steals what from whom, so long as the final product works. And, despite what some of you may believe, today's Mac OS is not completely original. The Window menu, for example, showed up previously under Windows, and some feel that the Dock was inspired by the Windows taskbar, although it really dates back to the famous NeXT Dock.
But that's not the important thing, here. The real question is just what Apple's long-term goals might be. Other than possibly an iPod phone, what other successors or enhancements should we expect to the iPod? Is Apple moving more into consumer electronics, meaning such things as high definition TV? Will the forthcoming iTV wireless media interface also include video recording and perhaps an interface that will make the people at TiVO jealous?
Story continued in this week's Tech Night Owl Newsletter.
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Recommendations from NICE should benefit those patients who need to be referred and those who do not, says Dr Chris Barclay
I recently overheard a conversation: "My doctor is wonderful. The moment he suspects there is anything wrong he refers you straight to hospital." Although this may please some, in reality it is not good enough. Referring every patient delays treatment, clogs clinics and obstructs access for those in real need.
But when should we refer onward for specialist assistance? The National Institute for Clinical Excellence has published referrals advice covering 11 common clinical situations in general practice (see Box 1, bottom).1
The introduction to each section describes the condition briefly but comprehensively, and is followed by explanations of the roles of both primary care and specialist services. Useful guidance on the indications for referral follows and each is rated for its degree of urgency: a four-star rating should be attended to immediately; three stars within 2 weeks; two stars soon; and one star merits a routine appointment.
For example, in the under 15-year-old presenting with a sore throat, the presence of quinsy or signs of respiratory obstruction are graded as four star, indicating that immediate referral is appropriate. The presence of sleep apnoea or daytime somnolence in such a patient merits two stars. For menorrhagia, no four-star situations are given, but the suspicion of underlying cancer merits three stars.
It is reassuring to have considered and accessible guidance for common clinical conditions for which accumulated therapeutic folklore may be outdated or inadequate.
It is useful to have a nationally agreed definition of best practice. For example, how quickly patients with chronic urinary retention and overflow should be seen.
The star rating system provides me with some leverage when referring patients, either to request 'soon' or 'urgent' treatment or, conversely, to tell a patient with osteoarthritis of the hip that in the absence of sepsis or severe rapid deterioration a routine appointment is appropriate.
Finally, the framework in which the guidance is set is ideal for implementing audit. In fact, NICE encourages it and suggests in a separate section how to carry out audit and which audits you may wish perform.
The advice document states that referral times may need to be 'modified because of local circumstances' and its adoption 'should take place within the context of local strategies for achieving outpatient waiting times'. I am looking forward to discussing and implementing these guidelines with my primary care and consultant colleagues.
The advice should decrease the number of referrals from primary care to specialist services while increasing their quality. It should also improve our management of those patients who are not referred.
|Box 1: Conditions covered by NICE referral advice
- Referrals Advice: A Guide to Appropriate Referral from General to Specialist Services. London; NICE, December 2001, can be downloaded from the NICE website: www.nice.nhs.uk
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You've been invited to a friend's barbeque. It's a beautiful summer afternoon, so you decide to ride over on your bike, feeling pretty good about your environmentally conscious decision to leave the car in the driveway. When you arrive at your friend's back yard, 7.3 miles away, you sit down and enjoy a hamburger. A delicious quarter-pounder.
As it turns out, you could have just driven. In greenhouse gas terms, that hamburger is the same as a 7.3 mile ride in the car.
Now what? If you choose to eat meat, eat less. It's a deeply personal decision, but here are some mighty meaty reasons to choose wisely.Read More »


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Arapahoe Acres Modern
Award of Excellence 2001 ALCC
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"We were delighted with the design refinements that continued throughout construction and the role we played shaping the final landscape. It was a great experience for us."
— Ken Fisher, Owner
The contemporary housing district of Arapahoe Acres is a 1950s development on the National register of Historic Places. Choice of materials and methods of construction were especially adapted to this site. To extend the outdoor living space, a cantilevered deck was built over an existing concrete patio. A granite water feature is combined with a flagstone patio bordered with drystack walls and stone seating. A second moss rock waterfall and pool accents the opposite corner of the yard. Each waterfall has its own distinctive sound. The existing fence was stained a muted gray green to recede into the landscape.


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I've surprised many a friend with my anti-Breast Cancer Month sentiments. I simply recoil against what I think of as The Pinking of America. First it was the grocery stores with shelves lined with pink cans of Campbell's soup and displays of pink M&Ms. Next clothing stores awash in pink bras and rhinestone ribbons, followed by pink-ribbon nail polish at the beauty supply outlets. This year saw pink on the NFL football fields of America.
What's the issue? Take, for example, a popular yogurt. The containers' pink lids and ribbons imply that your purchase will lead to a breast-cancer-related donation. On the surface that sounds like a good thing, right? So you grab a few. What you may not notice is the microprint telling you that in order for the donation to be made the lids must be washed, collected, and sent in groups of 10 before a minimal donation is made, all this teetering, in my opinion, on the bounds of deception.
I don't hate pink, and save what I believe is a waste of resources, I have nothing against awareness campaigns per se, though I remain decidedly skeptical about their impact. I've been asked many times why the Pepto-pink that washes the nation each October is so upsetting to me. It is this:
First, there is damage done when we turn breast cancer into bubble-gum sweet. For those who have been sick and bald from chemo, for our loved ones who sat anxiously through our lumpectomies and mastectomies while praying for the sure hand of a surgeon and the keen eye of a pathologist, for you who have been burned by beams of radiation, for all who have held the hand of a dying loved one, we fail to see the sweetness and pink is not the color that represents how we feel…. I resent both the sugar-coating and desensitization that occurs when we take something as serious and deadly as cancer and turn it into a marketing strategy. Am I overly cynical? Maybe. Whether this is impactful is foder for a later post.
More serious, however is the argument made best by Breast Cancer Action, through their Think Before You Pink campaign. Concerned that pink ribbons are nothing more than a marketing campaign, BCA had sought to dig deeper into the issue. They seek to address a host of issues, beginning with accountability for where the "donations" go and how they are utilized. How much is being donated? For what purpose? Medical research? Support services? Do they say? Where can you find out? Start with the Think Before You Pink campaign.


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That's just one of the bits of news in the trailer for the upcoming HBO series "Sonic Highways" starring the Foo Fighters.
Yesterday, HBO released the first trailer for Sonic Highways, the series that will feature Foo Fighters traveling to major American music cities to record songs for their upcoming album. New Orleans was among the band's stops, and it is featured prominently early in the trailer. The Foo Fighters recorded and performed a secret show at Preservation Hall, which is also featured in the trailer.
Although there are a lot of pieties in the narration, it's exciting to see someone tell an American music story that sees traditional jazz, Trouble Funk, Buddy Guy, Cheap Trick, Big Black, Willie Nelson, and Macklemore like they're simply points on the spectrum rather than in separate musical universes. It's also striking to see President Barack Obama sit down to talk with Dave Grohl. What does that say about each of their statures? You make the call.
Sonic Highways will debut October 17; the album will drop November 10, and Foo Fighters will return to New Orleans on the Halloween weekend to play Voodoo this year.


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- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup good quality cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 4 eggs (medium), separated
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups all purpose flour, sifted
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups dark chocolate chips
- 2 cups whole walnuts (optional)
- Preheat oven to 350'F. Line a 9"x13" rectangle baking pan with baking parchment.
- Melt butter in a medium sauce pan over low heat. When melted, remove from heat and add cocoa powder, mix until smooth.
- Add brown sugar, salt, vanilla, egg yolks and flour. Set Aside.
- Using a hand mixer/wire whisk/stand mixer, beat egg whites until frothy. Then slowly add the granulated sugar until meringue gets into a soft peak stage.
- Fold the meringue mixture into the chocolate mixture. Then mix in the dark chocolate chips and walnuts (optional).
- Pour into prepared baking pan and bake for 50 minutes to an hour or until when toothpick inserted in the center of the brownie comes out with moist crumbs (not wet brownie batter).
- Cool in pan for 15 minutes, then lift from the baking pan and cut into 24 square pieces. Cool cut brownies on wire racks.
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Hello All! It's Thursday, so you know what that means? It's time to put another literary Magazine in the limelight! I've promoted a lot of literary magazines on my blog, and I will continue to do so, but as I said on Monday, this week, it's all about The Black Fox Literary Magazine. I recently started this magazine with my two WONDERFUL friends over Pam and Marquita over at seepamwrite.blogspot.com. Here's the 411.
The Black Fox Literary Magazine
The Black Fox Literary Magazine was founded by Racquel Henry, Pamela Harris, and Marquita Hockaday. The three writers met during an MFA program at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, New Jersey.
The Black Fox Literary Magazine is an online quarterly publication featuring quality fiction from both established and new writers. We welcome all fiction, but we especially like fiction from under-represented genres and styles. Some examples of under represented genres we're looking for are, but not limited to: YA, Romance, Flash Fiction, Mystery, etc.
Our Spring issue is published in March, the summer issue is published in June, the fall issue is published in September and the winter issue is published in December. We accept submissions on an ongoing basis, but do keep in mind that we do have cut off dates for each issue.
Spring Issue Submission Period: November-January
Summer Issue Submission Period: February-April
Fall Issue Submission Period: May-July
Winter Issue Submission Period: August-October
We are a new magazine, but we strive to provide our readers with srories that inspire, invoke emotion, and who knows? Maybe even change a few lives. Wouldn't you like your story to be a part of that?
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Organizers of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship are giving the people what they want.
Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler will be grouped together for the first two rounds of this week's European Tour event in Abu Dhabi. Their opening round will begin at 10:40 p.m. EST Wednesday night, and the trio tees off at 3:05 a.m. EST for Friday's second round. Coverage on the Golf Channel begins at 10:30 p.m. EST on Wednesday.
The marquee group puts three of the world's top players together for 36 holes. Spieth is ranked No. 1 in the world, McIlroy is ranked third and Fowler is sixth.
Spieth is coming off a dominating victory at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions two weeks ago, and this will be the first time he and McIlroy face off in the same field in 2016. Fifth-ranked Henrik Stenson is also in the field this week, and he'll play his first two rounds with Martin Kaymer and Gary Stahl.
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(Review by Lance).
Lateef, like Roland Kirk, has often been pigeonholed as a jazz oddity. Personally, I prefer to think of them both as unique voices. Lateef, going by this recording from Ronnie's, was a musician of exceptional depth. Not just as a jazz musician but as a 'World Musician' if the term had been invented 50 years ago. The flute playing is awesome and haunting. Reaching out, searching, almost as if he's on a voyage of discovery, which of course he is. perhaps even more so, on the shenai and the xun - instruments I'd never previously encountered. The final Yusef's Mood brings him back to normality (ish) with some wild tenor that swings without being in any way dated. And, talking about 'swinging' who said that British rhythm sections didn't swing back then? These guys could have made Lawrence Welk swing!
Although the words that follow are from the press release they are a perfect description of what happened on that memorable January evening in 1966 - no bullshit needed for this review - Lance.
"This is a sensational previously unreleased live club performance from Yusef Lateef, the brilliant multi-instrumentalist whose mixing of jazz and Eastern music was a great influence on some of the finest musicians of the era including John Coltrane and Pharaoh Sanders.
Accompanied at Ronnie Scott's by the house band of pianist Stan Tracey, double bassist Rick Laird and drummer Bill Eyden, most of the repertoire played comes from Lateef's earlier recordings for Savoy and Prestige such as Jazz Moods and Eastern Sounds. Lateef plays flute on The Dreamer and Last Night Blues (it was the last night of the run). He plays the shenai - a kind of oboe - on Blues For The Orient, the xun - a Chinese flute - on Song of Delilah, and tenor saxophone on Yusef's Mood.
The evening's performance was recorded by Les Tomkins at the request of Ronnie Scott. The musicians were unaware they were being recorded as Scott believed they would be at their best and most unselfconscious this way."
A1. Angel Eyes (9:19)
A1. Angel Eyes (9:19)
A2. Blues For The Orient (6:51)
A3. Song Of Delilah (4:41)
B1. Last Night Blues (9:56)
B2. Yusef's Mood (10:44)


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Hand & Wrist
Normal Hand Anatomy
The human hand is an intricate instrument that is both tough and delicate. Its functions of sensation and motion allow us to experience and control the world around us.
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Trigger Finger
The tendons of the thumb and each of the fingers pass through a sheath on the palm side of the hand. Certain diseases and overuse activities can cause a thickening of this sheath. As the tendon passes through a thickened sheath, the tendon eventually becomes irritated and swells. Pain, catching and eventually locking of the finger will occur. Early treatment consists of anti-inflammatory medication or Cortisone injection. If these fail to provide relief, the sheath is opened surgically through a small incision at the base of the finger.
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Dupuytren's Contracture
This is a disorder of thickened ligament in the palm, resulting in nodules on the ligament; which if severe enough can cause an inability to fully straighten the fingers. The ring and small fingers are most commonly affected.
The cause of this disorder is unknown. It is seen more commonly in men and is usually found in individuals of Northern European extraction.
If deformity is mild and there is no functional loss, no surgery is needed. If, however, there is significant contracture that interferes with full use of the hand, surgical removal of a portion of the ligament is the treatment of choice to improve function and to prevent further deformity.
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De Quervain's Tenosynovitis
Tendonitis on the thumb side of the wrist can be a very painful and disabling condition. Simple pinching and twisting activities can almost be impossible. The tendons to the thumb become inflamed as they pass under a ligament and the slightest motion of the wrist can cause pain.
Treatment consists of rest, medication and occasionally the use of a steroid injection. If these treatments do not provide relief over time, the tendons can be surgically released.
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a common hand problem resulting from pressure on the median nerve at the wrist. Symptoms, which often get worse at night, consist of numbness and/or pain in the wrist and fingers. Eventually there is loss of strength, fine motor control and sensation.
Early treatment consists of splinting and anti-inflammatory medication. If symptoms do not improve, an outpatient surgical procedure to relieve the pressure on the nerve is suggested.
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Arthritis Hand and Wrist
Arthritis is an inflammatory condition of joints. There are several types of arthritis and the most common type is osteoarthritis or wear-and-tear arthritis. Arthritis affects various joints in the body, the arthritis in the wrists and hands are the common types of arthritis. The arthritis in hand affects the joint at the base of the thumb.
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Ganglion Cyst
Ganglion cysts are swellings that most commonly develop along the tendons or joints of wrists or hands. They can be found either at the top of the wrist, palm side of the wrist, end joint of a finger, or at the base of a finger. Ganglion cyst is not cancerous and will not spread to the other parts of the body. It looks like a water balloon on a stalk and contains a clear fluid or jelly material. Ganglion cysts can be found in people of all ages.
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Wrist Sprains and Strains
Sprains and strains are common sports injuries. Sprains are injuries caused to the ligaments (connect bone to bone) whereas strains are injuries caused to the muscles or tendons (connect muscle to bone).
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Fractures of the Hand and Fingers
The hand is one of the most flexible and useful parts of our body. In the wrist, many small bones are connected to each other and help you perform various activities. Because of overuse of hand in various activities hands are more prone to injuries and you may suffer from sprains and strains; fractures when lifting and carrying heavy objects, hand injury while operating machinery, bracing against a fall, or sports-related injuries. Any injury to bones or the attached ligaments may cause pain and strain, thereby limiting the activities of hands and wrists. A broken wrist is among the most common broken injuries. Fracture is a break in the bone and sprain is the tear of the ligament, the connective tissue. Fracture or sprain limits the activities of hand and may be corrected.
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Scaphoid Fracture
The scaphoid bone is a small, boat-shaped bone in the wrist, which, along with 7 other bones, forms the wrist joint. It is present on the thumb side of the wrist causing it to be at a high risk for fractures. A scaphoid fracture is usually seen in young men aged 20 to 30 years. They can occur at two places: near the thumb or near the forearm.
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Gout is a very common, painful form of arthritis which causes swelling, redness and stiffness of the joints. Gout is caused by increased levels of uric acid in the tissues and blood from abnormal metabolism. Eating certain foods rich in purines such as liver and dried beans can elevate the body's level of uric acid. These Increased levels of uric acid can also cause kidney stones. Gout usually affects the big toe and can later attack ankles, heels, knees, wrists, fingers, and elbows. If untreated, gout can result in permanent joint and kidney damage.
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Arthroscopic Wrist Surgery
Wrist is also called as carpus, a complex joint comprised of bones and joints, ligaments and tendons, nerves, blood vessels, and muscles that hold the bones together.
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Hand Fracture Repairs
The word "Fracture" implies to broken bone. A bone may get fractured completely or partially and it is caused commonly from trauma due to fall, motor vehicle accident or sports. Thinning of the bone due to osteoporosis in the elderly can cause the bone to break easily. Overuse injuries are common cause of stress fractures in athletes. Our body reacts to a fracture by protecting the injured area with a blood clot and callus or fibrous tissue. Bone cells begin forming on the either side of the fracture line. These cells grow towards each other and thus close the fracture.
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Hand Dislocation Surgery
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Carpal Tunnel Release
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a common, painful, progressive condition that is caused by compression of the median nerve at the wrist area. Common symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome include numbness and tingling sensation in all the fingers except little finger; pain and burning sensation in hand and wrist that may radiate up the arm and elbow; and weakness in hand with diminished grip strength Exact causes of the condition are not known. However certain factors increase the risk of developing carpal tunnel syndrome and they include congenital abnormalities, repetitive motion of hand and wrists, fractures and sprains, hormonal imbalance, and other medical conditions such as hypothyroidism, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, obesity, gout, overactive pituitary gland, or the presence of a cyst or tumour in the canal.
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Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery
Carpal tunnel syndrome can be treated with carpal tunnel release surgery. Traditional surgery involves up to a 2- inch incision in the palm and wrist area, whereas endoscopic surgery involves one or two half-an-inch incisions and the use of an endoscope. During the surgery, the transverse carpal ligament will be dissected to release the pressure on the median nerve and enlarge the carpal tunnel. Your surgeon will decide which options are best for you based on your general and medical conditions.
For more information about Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery, click on below tabs.
Wrist Fracture Surgery
Coming soon
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Wrist Dislocation Surgery
Coming soon
De Quervain's Release
Coming soon
Trigger Finger Release
Coming soon
Gout Surgery
Coming soon
Dupuytren's Contracture Treatment
Coming soon
Click on the topics below to find out more from the Orthopaedic connection website ofAmerican Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
- Arthritis of the Hand
- Arthritis of the Wrist
- Boutonnière Deformity
- Dupuytren's contracture
- Fracture of the finger
- Ganglions (cysts) of the Wrist
- Hand Fractures
- Trigger Finger
- Wrist Arthroscopy
- Wrist Sprains
- Wrist Joint Replacement (Arthroplasty)
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- DeQuervain's tendinitis
- Hand surgery
- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
- Ulnar nerve entrapment
- Distal Radius Fracture (Colles' Fracture)
- Scaphoid Fracture of the Wrist
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Each of the 19 private houses have perfect views From the large bedroom and the comfort of a dressing room, an the open-air bath, steam room and garden rain shower, out to the private gardens and plunge pool with hardwood deck and dining sala,
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Naladhu offers two house types, each offering identical amenities and luxurious comforts, but with two distinct views. Guests who want easy access to the perfect white beach will enjoy our Beach Houses, facing the tranquil beach and lagoon side of the island.
The Ocean Houses face the rolling Indian Ocean, with a hardwood deck protruding out over the waves.
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Charters include private sunset viewing, private dinner bookings, full-day charters, overnight charters, airport transfers, sunset cruises, bio-adventures, hourly excursions and more.
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60 Day Repayment Payday Loan Ads have been banned by Google
Something interesting happened in the advertising space a few weeks back, and it just might affect a few companies.
Google announced that as of July 13th, payday loan ads that require 60 days or less for repayment have been banned on the platform. The policy lists this as the reason for disapproval
Payday loans: "Personal loans which require repayment in full in 60 days or less from the date the loan is issued (we refer to these as 'Short-term personal loans'). This policy applies to advertisers who offer loans directly, lead generators, and those who connect consumers with third-party lenders."
According to the official press release,
This change is designed to protect our users from deceptive or harmful financial products and will not affect companies offering loans such as Mortgages, Car Loans, Student Loans, Commercial loans, Revolving Lines of Credit (e.g. Credit Cards).
@google's new personal loan policy. No ads when repayment is due <60 days or loans with APR >36 #EMERGEForum16 pic.twitter.com/I26GqPJ3fM
— Megan E. Morrice (@XMeganM) June 15, 2016
While we're still not sure which companies this affects, we have seen a few people advertise short term loans, the most important thing is for agencies working alongside these brand to keep abreast of information of this sort, it helps everyone stay in check and reduces the risk of making promises to do things that can't be done.
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Florida Highway Patrol are investigating an accident that left a bicyclist in critical condition when a car hit it and then drove away from the scene.
The accident occurred on W. State Road 40 and Southwest 41st Avenue when the bicycle was traveling westbound in the right lane and the vehicle was behind the bicycle.
The front of the vehicle then struck the rear tire of the bike causing the bicyclist to be ejected from the bike. The driver of the car then drove off. The man was flown to the University of Florida hospital in critical condition. Police continue to look for the driver at this time and are asking that anyone with information to come forward at this time.


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And yes, dead bodies of children are being used in political games of blaming, power, shouting, money and pointing fingers. So I ask you this:
are we really that civilised?
Furthermore: people love games. People love to win.
But winning at the expense of little children...is that civilised?
Is it civilised to force married women to cover their hair? These extremely religious men (click) seem to think so.


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2012 is OUR YEAR!
Many of you have been asking for this and it has finally arrived. 2012 is OUR YEAR!
Let's go CLEARED HOT together! Click on the video below and unwrap your package! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
P.S. I also added a little recap of 2011.
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It's simple awesome and you won't believe it.
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Pu Luong has a great biodiversity and diversity of flora and fauna, especially very closely with Cuc Phuong National Park 25 km in the south-east.
Pu Luong Nature Reserve Tours becomes the famous and great destination for trekking trip from Hanoi city. It offers the time for trekking in the forest and have chance to see rice fields. Visitor can also make cycling around the reserve to visit many beautiful villages or trekking through villages to get more experience of hill tribe life and forest. The local people are very friendly and always invite you to visit their homes for a cup of tea when you are trekking on your way.
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