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The Legend of the Kumaka Tree – and
The CARIBS of Guyana never lived on earth's land, long, long long ago. They lived in a place way up in the sky. The only inhabitants of earth were the animals of the forests and the fish who swam free in the creeks, lakes, rivers and sea.
The Carib people who lived in the place of the Sky were not fierce and war- like, as they were later to become. So when they realized that the Earth below needed cleansing and cleaning, they all boarded a Big Cloud sailing by and requested to be taken down, down, down to the Earth below.
The Cloud obliged even though it was a Cloud given to being naughty and mischievous. On the sun-baked Earth, the Carib people soon experienced surprise, wonder and pleasure. For they saw beautiful unknown animals in that part of the Earth, known as Guyana – the jaguar, the peccary , the gentle, trusting deer; even the dreaded serpent, all living together as Nature intended them to live.
In the streams, lakes, rivers, it was more delight to see all types of fish splashing in the clear waters like little beautiful rainbows.
Well, the then peaceful, caring Caribs toiled for days to clean up that portion of the Earth called Guyana. Pleased with their task, they then journeyed to the spot where the Cloud had put them. They wished to return to their home in the sky. To their great surprise and fear, the wicked Cloud had left Earth and was sailing high above them intending to leave.
"Oh Cloud ", the Caribs wailed and pleaded "come take us up to our home". In vain they cried. The Cloud refused and went up on his own merry way. On Earth the Caribs, after months, became hungry as a drought overtook the land. The Caribs even attempted to eat the sun-baked earth, but couldn't. Most of the Caribs who survived became thin, fierce and less-friendly. Even the loving animals suffered from the Drought and the hunger, it brought.
One evening, Maipuri, an interesting animal – half-pig, half tapir, was shuffling along a river – bank he was weak with hunger, not even finding a root or a berry. Suddenly, however, a delicious smell of fresh fruit floated all over the air. Mmmm, where are these fruits? Where are these trees? Maipuri wondered. Oranges, pineapples, sapodillas, soursop, bananas, oranges —even cassava, plantains, peanuts, yams. He knew the various aromas from the past; the good times. But his pangs of hunger sharpened.
Along the river bank, through the forest on unknown paths Maipuri ran. Then, in a clearing, he beheld the highest, most mighty tree he ever saw. Green foliage, huge trunks, tall stately, higher than all others nearby. And oh, the food! Each branch bore a different fruit or vegetable. Maipuri knew the tree to be an old KUMAKA tree.
His hungry belly and eyes saw mangoes, yellow papayas, golden pineapples, green avocadoes, tangerines, lemons, grapefruit, speckled bananas, bell yams, all types of cassava, sweet potatoes. This Kumaka surely was a Magic Tree of Food. Maipuri could not believe his eyes. But the tree was there. He therefore ate, stuffed all he could. HE ALSO DECIDED HE WOULD TELL NO OTHER ANIMAL OR HUMAN ABOUT THIS TREE. Maipuri was being selfish. Every evening he would take the secret trail to the Magic Tree. He would satisfy himself and return home, lest the others came looking.
Soon, of course Maipuri grew sleek and fat whilst all others remained thin and weak. The Council of Animals met and concluded that Maipuri had found lots of food somewhere. Woodpecker was chosen to keep watch on Maipuri and follow his every move, but Maipuri was too smart for the noisy woodpecker . RAT was then selected to track Maipuri. Rat did discover Maipuri's secrets. Alas, rat also kept the tree a secret unto himself. He too become fat and sleek. And selfish.
In the end, it was inquisitive MONKEY who followed and exposed rat. All the animals gathered outside rat's hole with monkey perched in the tree above. After a confrontation—and Tiger's angry frightening roar — rat took all to the Tree of Life. Those who could climb, shook down the Juicy fruit and wonderful vegetables for many feasts. Man and animal were saved from starvation.
The Carib people decided to cut down the tall, massive tree so that they could plant pieces all over Guyana. This they did and that is how wonderful fruits and vegetables grow all over Guyana.
The huge mighty stump of that wonderful tree remained where it was touching the borders of three neighbours, Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana. In time, the massive stump became a Mighty Mountain. Guyanese know it as Mount RORAIMA.


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I recently discover this japanese brand and I felt in love with it!! So romantic! (*o*) This season, the fashion code is "happy gyptic" : folk and flower paterns, fake fur and brown, ivory and soft pink colours!
Liz Lisa staff girls also have style!
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This dress is gorgeous! If I had enought money, I would like it in ivory (and look at the cute charm on the back!).
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(sorry bad pics! It was dark :/)
Dress : H&M
Wedge High boots : Guess
Belt : Guess
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Last week I described functional error handling in Elixir based on Chapter 4 of Functional Programming in Scala. This week I'll discuss the first part of Chapter 5 on "Strictness and Laziness".
Also, this week's post has come a day early; tomorrow I'll be traveling to Elixir Conf 2014!
Source Code
As usual, I've uploaded my tests and exercises to github. If you want to work through the exercises for yourself, then follow the directions in the repo's README before reading the rest of this post.
Strict Arguments
In Scala, arguments to a function can be strict (as in strictly evaluated) or non-strict. Strict arguments are the default, so for example if we call
square(41.0 + 1.0) then
41.0 + 1.0 will be evaluated before the call to square. A non-strict argument will not evaluate the argument until it is referenced. It does this by wrapping the argument in an anonymous function called a thunk. The function can then lazily evaluate its argument by calling the thunk.
Elixir doesn't have non-strict arguments for functions. Though it does for macros. Throughout the exercises below I will use explicit thunks in order to allow functions to lazily evaluate arguments.
Lazy Streams
I had a bit of difficulty getting started with this set of exercises. The theory in the text made sense but getting the translation from Scala to Elixir right wasn't easy for me. In fact, I'm still not sure that its correct. I may need to make more changes to the stream implementation for next week's post on "Infitnite Streams and Corecursion".
The problems I had stemmed from the fact that Scala provides some syntactic sugar for non-strict function arguments which Elixir lacks. That is, in Scala, the compiler will automatically generate a function wrapping an argument, called a thunk, based on type inference using the function's signature. In Elixir, function arguments are always strictly evaluated, while macro arguments are non-strict.
The text builds up lazily evaluated streams using
cons similarly to the way it built up lists in Chapter 3. However, the head and tail of the
cons are lazily evaluated. I was able to use an Elixir macro to build up
cons like this:
cons macro wraps both
h and
t in anonymous functions and creates a
Cons struct to hold them.
When I initially implemented the
cons macro I neglected to wrap
t in an annonymous function. Even with this oversight the implementation was working acceptably up until exercise 7 when I had extensively use
foldr. I ended up fixing
cons and starting over with new implementations of all the functions.
Testing Approach
Streams are supposed to be evaluated lazily, that is items are not evaluated unless they are going to be consumed. As we will see in the exercises there are functions like
take which take only the first few elements of a stream and ignore the rest. I wanted to be able to test that when calling
take(stream, 2) elements beyond 2 are not evaluated in the stream. To do this, I wrote two helper functions to build test streams:
I use
build_stream in tests that will evaluate the entire stream. I use
build_stream_with_sentinel in tests that should not evaluate the entire stream. The
raise in the last cons will trigger an error when the element is evaluated thus causing the test to fail. Consider the test for
The test calls
build_stream_with_sentinel and then takes only the first two elements, without evaluating them, and creates a new stream. Then
to_list is used to produce a result that can be easily confirmed.
to_list evaluates the elements. If
take were to take too many items or evaluate the original stream then the exception would be raised and the test would fail.
Examples - to_list and take
I'll go through the first few exercises as examples of how to use the
Cons struct.
The first exercise was to implement a
to_list function that can create a standard Elixir list from our Stream.
The base case here is
[] because, for better or worse, I choose to represent the end of a Stream with
[]. Looking back at it now I think this choice is somewhat arbitrary. The text creates a specific
empty value though I'm not sure how I would do that with Elixir's pattern matching. Maybe an atom like,
:end_of_stream would be more appropriate.
The recursive case matches against a
Cons struct and binds variables
h and
t to the head and tail of the
Cons respectively. Recall that
h and
t are functions, or thunks, that allow the values to be evaluated lazily. In building a list we must evaluate and the head of the list is evaluated as
h.(), i.e. the result of calling the thunk
h. The tail of the list is computed recursively by calling
to_list on the tail. Again, to evaluate the tail we must call through the thunk
In exercise 2 the text asked me to implement the
take function that I described above. Here's my implementation:
Again, the base case matches against
[], the terminator for the stream. In the case of an empty stream we return another empty stream, regardless of the value of
n. Next, is a second base case, where there is a general
Cons struct and
n <= 1. In this case we build a new terminal
Cons struct to go at the end of the new stream - there is no need to recurse here. Also, note the use of the helpers
terminal and
ld (lamda) which are simply
Aside: there is an interesting discussion on syntax for producing anonymous functions like
ld which can simplify some Elixir code
Finally, the recursive case matches a general
Cons struct and any value of
n > 1. This case builds up a new
Cons struct and recursively calls
take to build up the tail of the stream.
I initially wrote
take using only patterns. The single recursive case used an
if statement. Then I realized this would be a good place to try out guard clauses so I rewrote the example.
I could have also written
take like this:
reusing the
cons macro to build up the
Cons structs. One difference between the two implementations is that using the
cons macro creates a new anonymous function. I don't know how costly anonymous functions are or if this is even a concern. I believe, the only other differences are stylistic. Using
cons is more compact and, perhaps, easier to read. Using
%Cons{...} while more verbose may be clearer in that it does include the term
h.(). Neither case actually evaluates
h but this fact may be obscured in
cons(h.(), ...) since the reader must remember that
cons is a macro and is non-strict in it's arguments.
The text gave an implementation in Scala of
foldRight which I've translated to the following
Note that this
foldr takes a stream, a lazily evaluated accumulator (acc is a function that returns the initial accumulated value), and a function to apply. I've written a recursive definition. The base cases matches an empty stream, denoted by [], and just returns the initial value,
acc.(). The recursive case matches a general
Cons struct and calls the function
f as usual passing it the (eavluated) head element,
h.() and the result of folding the tail of the stream,
It took me several tries through trial and error to write a correct implementation. At first I didn't realize that
acc needs to be a function for lazy evaluation. Second, I didn't realize I needed to evaluate
acc.() in the base case. Strangely, I was able to implement several functions including
for_all and
map using an incorrect implementation of
foldr. I only ran into trouble when trying to implement
filter and
append. I guess these two problems are symmetric in that a strict
acc wouldn't need special evaluation in the base case, it would already be bound to the necessary value. It was only once I got to
filter and
append that I required evaluation of
I won't go into detail on the implementations of
append, and
flat_map. Given a working
foldr they look much like the
List versions. The only tricky parts are in how to represent the lazy accumulator and when to evaluate items in the stream.
I do want to discuss some of the techniques I ended up using to debug the problems I had with
foldr. I started out trying to use
IO.inspect/2 but eventually turned to
Here's the first issue I looked at with
Here, in the
iex session I get the expected result, but my test fails? I finally realized I wasn't actually doing the same thing that I was doing in the test. The text says that
append is non-strict in its second argument so my test says:
iex I didn't wrap the second argument in a function! Thinking about it I realized the problem was that I hadn't defined
Cons and
cons correctly and that the tail needed to be a function. In fact, I believe this is the reason why the second argument to
append needs to be a function. Once this was fixed I was able to pass the
append test. I never really used
irb with ruby but this encouraging session whet my appetite for
iex so I went on to debug
I was expecting to get
[] at the end but somehow the result contains the sentinel. This made me think there was a problem with
take running to far through stream
b. I played around with
take in
iex but wasn't able to see the problem. I went back to
So I find that filter contains [1, 2, sentinel] which means that
filter is doing the right thing and removing 3. This still points to a problem with
take. I keep poking around in
iex trying to find that problem. Finally, I noticed something peculiar. Looking back to
iex(31) and
iex(35) I see that in both cases we have:
This anonymous function in
Laziness.take/2 is the lambda used in to wrap the recursion.
But, there should have been no recursive tail in
iex(35) as we should have been at the end of the stream. This led me to realize that there was an off-by-one error in
take such that I did not terminate the recursion soon enough. Above I showed you the correct solution for take, but at the time I had:
I rewrote it as:
to fix the problem. Later, I refactored this into the two functions with guard clauses matching on different values of
n as I showed above.
Coming up
This has become a pretty long post but I've learned quite a bit this week and am glad to be able to share it. Before I go, I want to take a moment to describe the next few posts that you can expect to see here on Learning Elixir.
There will likely be two posts next week, in the first I will tell you all about ElixirConf.
In the later part of next week I plan to continue with the exercises in Functional Programming in Scala, section 5.4 "Infinite Streams and Corecursion".
Two weeks from now I want to take a quick break from the text to compare what I've learned in chapter 5 with the official Streams implementation for Elixir. I'll to go through the Streams module source and compare and contrast it with what we've done here.
After that I'll return to the text and continue with chapter 6.


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Music Catalogue Master 5.21
Music Catalogue Master 5.21 Catalogs CDs, MP3s, LP Re...
You can create as many user-defined tracking categories as you want, and attach as many of these as you want to any CD, record or track.
For collector who wish to track multiple copies of the same recording - there is a whole separate area for information about copies you have, like purchase price and current value.
Music Catalogue Master 5.21 also allows you to track chart information for all CDs, records and tracks.
With its powerful filtering capabilities, you can display and print any CDs, records or tracks that you want, based on any criteria that you want - and print a report or export the reports to HTML, PDF, Word, Excel, XML, RTF and MHT documents.
It also comes with MP3 Catalogue Master – a utility for tracking and playing your MP3 files.
Music Catalogue Master [musiccataloguemaster5.21.exe] has an intuitive interface and many shortcuts to enable you to quickly enter and format information. It is easy to move around and find the information that you want to display and print. It also comes with complete Help and a downloadable printable manual.
What is new in official Music Catalogue Master 5.21 software version? - Automatic CD and record entry from 5 different online databases. Create HTML, PDF, Word, Excel, XML, RTF and MHT documents. MP3 cataloguer and player now included. What is expected in the future? Newly-made Music Catalogue Master 5.22 be downloaded from current page, we also looking forward to unconfirmed 5.23 release build. You may download mcmsetup.exe directly, estimated download time by ADSL or EDGE [~1.8 Mbit/s] is 0:01:09. Just write the reviews of the Music Catalogue Master. Buy Music Catalogue Master safely through the one software industry's premier registration commerce providers. System requirements are Pentium or equivalent, 512 MB RAM, 35 MB disc space. Program has been scanned and verified by the several antivirus and anti-spyware applications and Music Catalogue Master found to be clean. No guide or Music Catalogue Master tutorial available. The following languages are supported by Music Catalogue Master: English.


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Tiffany Blue Furniture
Tiffany blue furniture is identical with the special blue color as its name "Blue". It is special because the color is only made for Tiffany blue and can't be got in paint shop. This identity makes the Tiffany blue so popular and has a strong characteristic in each product. The soft blue is very interesting and exciting every people who see it especially for girls.
The example item of furniture from Tiffany blue furniture is the Children's Blue 5-piece Faux Leather Dining Set. This dining set consists of one square table and four triangular cube chair. The table is painted blue on the board and white on the legs. And the chairs are covered with leather upholstery painted with full blue color. This attractive soft blue is very suitable for children. The dimensions of the table are 20 inches in height, 30 inches in length, and 30 inches in depth. While the dimensions of the chairs are 13 inches in height, 14 inches in length, and 15 inches in depth. This set is made of hardwood construction and the leather which is used to cover the chairs is from baby blue faux leather. Another example is Tiffany Blue Dresser. This dresser consists of four drawers and it is painted in blue color with white combination. It is a kind of vintage hardware made of solid maple. The dimensions are 41,5 inches in height, 31,5 inches in width, and 17,5 inches in depth. The other items of Tiffany Blue are home offices, coffee or tea station, cabinets, sofa, bunk beds, vintage high chair and many others. As mentioned before, all of the items are dominated with blue color.
Actually, the interesting point of Tiffany Blue furniture is not only found in its color but also in the design. It is very suitable for your living. So, pick one up will not disappointed you at all especially if you like blue color.


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The Windham-Raymond School District will begin work this summer to change the entrances to four schools in Windham, bringing security features in those schools in line with security at the entrances of Raymond schools.
Work on the project should begin soon after school ends this year and be complete in time for the start of next school year, said Bill Hansen, facilities director for RSU 14.
Hansen said this work will bring consistency to the visitor-entrance process in all six schools in the district.
The new entrances will feature cameras and airphones, Hansen said, and have people enter a vestibule before being directed into the office or into the school buildings themselves through separate locked entrances.
"People will have a way to enter the building and connect with staff without coming directly into the building," Hansen said. "This is normal best practice if you're going into a school today, but it was not thought of when the Windham schools were built," he said.
The Field Allen School will not have a similar system on its entrance because it does not have an office, said Hansen. Instead, an audio and video station at the door will allow a person locked out of the building to communicate with staff in the middle school, he said.
The plans have been submitted to and approved by Windham Police, the Fire Marshall and Cumberland County Emergency Services, Hansen said.
The upgrades were initially mentioned during a risk assessment conducted for the district last year, but the speed of the project was accelerated in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Connecticut earlier this year, Hansen said.
Since that event, RSU 14 schools have locked their doors, which are watched by attendants who let in visitors, he said.
The upgrades will offer an additional level of security, said Hansen. "We live in a wonderful community of great people," he said. "This is us controlling visitor access to our schools when kids are in the building."
Three contractors submitted bids for the $253,000 project, said Hansen.


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Whilst it may very well be mandatory, many people will tell you that they really don't like paying for car insurance. Whist I may not share this opinion, I do understand where people are coming from, personally I have been driving and paying insurance for over 15 years, and have never needed it, leading many to think that all that money was spent for nothing. In fact, it wasn't spent on nothing and here is why you should not be frustrated at paying your car insurance, even if you never use it.
Let's say that you have a car worth $10k in the driveway, and you don't have insurance and then one day an opportunist decides to steal your car. Naturally you would contact the police and try to find the vehicle, which may or may not be successful. Assuming that they do not have any luck in finding the car, you are not only $10k down, but you now need to go out and find yourself another vehicle, do you have the money to do so?
Accidents can happen at any time and to anyone, in the event of it happening, how much easier is it that you can simply call your car insurers, who will whisk the car away and repair it for you. Not only this, but what do you intend to do whilst it is being repaired? Without car insurance you will need to rely on busses, trains and friends to get you from A to B, with car insurance you can drive around in your courtesy car. What about medical bills in the event of an accident and injury? With car insurance you will be covered, without it you will be footing the bill for your treatment, which could also be very costly if there were more people in the car.
Acts of God
If you don't have car insurance then what will you do if there is a flood and the car is beyond repair? What about a fire which engulfs your car and cremates your engine? The answer is the same as if your car is stolen, you will have lost money which you invested in the car, and you will need to then go out and spend the same money or more, on the replacement.
Final Thoughts
The issue here is not whether you should get insurance or not, it is after all a legal requirement, the issue is whether or not you should feel frustrated and the answer is a resounding no. You should certainly look to save money on your car insurance, but never avoid it altogether. Bad things happen all of the time and even if you are the smartest, safest and most sensible driver in the world, you could still be involved in an incident whereby having insurance will save you huge amounts of time and hassle.


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A significant number of conferences, whether national or international, may be judged a failure or a waste of resources despite the fact that
(1) all conventional technical and administrative facilities and services are used competently with the guidance of experienced personnel;
[2) the programme of the conference is well-conceived and conforms to the interests and priorities of the different groups of participants;
(3) the meeting sessions and the social sessions are well-organized and efficiently run.
This paper is concerned with the types of meeting which risk being judged a failure under such circumstances.
A frequent source of participant frustration within a well-organized meeting is the lack of adequate contact between participants in terms of their special interests (namely other than purely social contact). Little attention has been devoted to the technical support of contact formation and the facilitation of the associated meeting dynamics, and specifically to:
(1) facilitating contact between participants within the conference as a whole who do not realize that they have commitments or professional interests in common;
(2) increasing the quantity and the quality of communication between Individual participants and/or with the chairman or speaker during a particular meeting session.
This is particularly serious when the objective of the conference is primarily the clarification of issues and the formation of consensus rather than the reporting of substantive information or the satisfaction of protocol requirements.
In the following section, the types of meetings to which these remarks refer are clarified. An attempt is than made to develop a checklist of the communication requirements of participants as a guide to assessing the attention given to these matters in conventional meetings.
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Saviour's Rocks are perhaps the original home of the eye-stealing sorrow-spiders that plague London. They are certainly where they are most numerous. The few humans living in The Nativity, the only human settlement on these islands, refuse to speak of spiders, only of "their generous neighbors of whom they will speak no ill." The humans donate eyes for the sorrow spiders to reproduce. During the Festival of Silk, humans are ...erm, sacrificed... to the spiders. The group of islands that make up Saviour's Rocks is guarded by the Tree of Ages, a living ship of huge spider-councils, made from a complex series of deals the spiders struck and betrayed.
There are other councils besides the Tree of Ages - for example, the Tree of Seasons, which is smaller.
|The spider-councils are born from...
|the eyes of large sea monsters that saw the Correspondence.
|What will be the spiders' biggest and final council?
|The spiders plan to form the Tree of Eons. They just need to betray one more entity.


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News that The L.A. Complex has been picked up for an additional 13 episodes did not come as a total surprise today–even though the series was not exactly a ratings smash.
The drama, about young Canadian wannabes struggling to make it in Hollywood, premiered Jan. 10. It drew 351,000 viewers on CTV in overnight estimates. An additional 60,000 were counted the same night on MuchMusic.
The five subsequent episodes aired only on Much. It drew 87,000 there for the second episode, 40,000 for the third, 44,000 for the fourth.
Epitome Pictures invested heavily in the series, creating a Hollywood style back lot at their production centre in Toronto. An outdoor recreation of the infamous Hyland Gardens motel in Hollywood was also constructed, complete with swimming pool.
The series was executive produced and directed by Martin Gero, who helmed the Canadian feature Young People F–king. The L.A. Complex pretty much covers similar ground.
The timing of CTV's renewal is all about the launch of the series in the U.S. next month. It premieres on The CW April 24.
Programming officials there were very high on the series when I spoke with them in January, bumping it up from a proposed summer slot to directly follow the final episode of their long-running series One Tree Hill.
"We loved it," said Thom Sherman, Head of Development at The CW. "It's an authentic look at people trying to make it in . It was edgy and smart, funny and fresh, and it just felt like a show that belonged on our network."
Networks on both sides of the border are looking to reduce risk and share costs. The L.A. Complex seems like a good fit with that formula; now it just needs viewers to sign off on the deal.
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News that The L.A. Complex has been picked up for an additional 13 episodes did not come as a total surprise today–even though the series was not exactly a ratings smash.


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Making science and innovation a priority for the new UK government
As major political parties release their manifestos ahead of the coming general election, our Director of Science Policy, Dr Jo Reynolds, explains what our priorities will be under the new government.
Last week a number of major political parties released their manifestos, outlining their commitments to the electorate across a range of issues. We have seen party leaders face each other in debates, as well as being probed by journalists in advance of the UK general election on 8 June.
All parties have prioritised supporting economic growth across the UK and each has set out its approach to securing the best outcomes for the UK as it leaves the EU. Many have shared their broad plans for science, innovation and education in their manifestos, including spending proposals and the role of universities. You can find out more about the proposals published so far in the links below.
Whoever wins the election on 8 June, the Royal Society of Chemistry will continue our work to make sure that science and innovation is a priority for policy makers. Science and innovation underpin economic growth, enabling the development of new technologies and products, and delivering solutions to global challenges.
The new government must ensure that UK science thrives. This includes setting a target of 0.7% of GDP for public investment in research and development. This is alongside an overall target of 3% of GDP for combined public and private investment in research and development.
Science and innovation must be a negotiating priority as the UK leaves the EU and UK scientists and innovators must continue to be active members of the international research community. Our three key priorities for the new UK government with respect to exit from the EU are as follows:
- Maintain access to international research and development funding programmes and research facilities, along with the collaboration opportunities these bring.
- Enable easy movement of skilled and talented scientists and students, to and from the UK.
- Develop a future regulatory system that achieves a balance between nurturing innovation, protecting the environment and human health and enabling the UK to trade internationally.
As soon as the new government is formed we will be working with our partners and using evidence from our community to demonstrate what is needed for the UK to continue to be a global leader and partner in science and innovation – we will continue to ensure that the voice of science is heard by policy makers.
Links to party manifestos published to date
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The 2017 Jacksonville Jaguars join some special company in NFL history — with a catchy and clever nickname for their defense.
All it took was 10 sacks against the Texans in Week 1 to found the city of "Sacksonville." But where does the Jags' new handle rank among the NFL's most memorable monikers?
Going back four decades, here's ranking the best of the best.


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Should you invest in Art?
As art collectors gather for the Frieze Art Fair in London, we ask if fine art can produce a dazzling investment return, plus Merryn Somerset Webb on the Fidelity fees shake up and Jason Butler talks about why you shouldn't rely on the Bank of Mum and Dad.
Presented by Claer Barrett. Edited by Paolo Pascual.
Investing in art. With record sums achieved auction, how does fine art compare to more traditional asset classes? There's been a fee shakeup at Fidelity. Active funds will have performance related fees in the future. But is this good news for investors? And why you shouldn't bank on BoMaD-- that's the Bank of Mum and Dad-- who may not have the cash reserves you expect them too.
Welcome to the money show, the FT's weekly podcast about personal finance and investing. I'm Claer Barrett, FT money editor, bringing you this week's money news.
The Frieze art fair has come to London this week, and with it, art collectors. Most of the works touted by gallery owners will have rather hefty price tags, which has prompted the FT's James Pickford to ask, can we really regard art as an alternative investment class? He joins me now to discuss. Welcome James.
So, great piece, but does it make sense to treat art as an investment?
Well, you certainly can. But you will require nerves of steel, and it's not something to be recommended for sort of amateur speculators, I should say. There is a high volatility in works of art in terms of the values they carry. The fees you're going to pay are far higher than other asset classes. And of course, you just never know whether the artist whose work you've bought is going to drop out of fashion tomorrow, or in five years time.
So, you know, thousands of artists with work you can buy. You can just decide to sell their work, but you may not even find a buyer for some of these things because they've been forgotten.
Experts say you'll be pretty lucky to even break even on their own on art. And if you do it very well, if you'd put a little work in, you might an annual return of 10% or something. And obviously, it's a lot easier to go to the stock market for returns in those sorts of--
Although you can't pin a share certificate on your wall and gaze at it in wonder every day. But let's go back to the costs and fees. We're going to come onto that in our next item too about buying active funds. But if you're buying an artwork, what kind of cost and fees are typically involved?
It's the real killer when you're looking at returns from art. Because let's say you're buying at auction. You will typically pay 25% to 30% in the form of a buyer's commission. So you can imagine, if you were buying a passive fund, and then you could expect as little as 0.2% when you buy that. You can imagine, an auctioneer turns around and says, actually, I'd like a quarter more on top of that, please.
And then, if you decide to sell this work later on-- your tastes change or your circumstances change-- you go back to the auction house, you'll pay a seller's fee of 5% to 10%. So between times, the thing has to go up by 30% to 40% in value just for you to break even. And that is not taking into account some of the ongoing costs you might expect to pay if you've got a particularly valuable work of art-- insurance, transport, storage, valuation costs.
So the other thing I haven't mentioned is, you could obviously buy it at a gallery. Then, you don't quite know what markup the gallery owner is charging on the art. And that would simply be-- they usually take 50% and the artist takes 50%, but you're never quite sure whether you're getting good value there.
Yes, and we haven't even gone into the issue of provenance, which is debated every week on one of my favourite programmes Fake or Fortune? I just love that, when people buy something, and they get it out of a skiff and find out it's an old master. But sadly it doesn't happen very often. But for people who are buying at auction or from galleries, what kind of length of time will they need to hold onto an artwork in order for its value to typically rise?
It very much depends what it is. But because, obviously, they're vastly different according to whether it's an old master-- i.e. a painting which has been painted before 1820-- or a contemporary work by a living artist, where values can fluctuate wildly. And it depends-- even with a big name, a Picasso or whatever, it tends to be of the right thing to command the highest prices.
But experts talk about at least 10 years for fine art. And the market particularly doesn't like it if you tend to buy and sell something over a very short period. And that's particularly for the work of living artists. It takes a very dim view of flipping.
And and you will find that, if you buy a contemporary work from a gallerist, they may well decide not to sell you anything else, any of the good stuff, if you do go ahead and flip the work because it's sort of--
It's just not done, darling.
It's not done because it risks fixing a low price, low benchmark public price for their artist, who they're trying to look after and treat as someone who wants to be a long term investment.
While you've been researching this piece, any big no-nos that you've come across? Things that you really shouldn't buy because they won't sell later on?
I think you will find that-- I mean, the market finds that contemporary art are where the biggest rises have been seen, as opposed to old masters, which-- before the 1980s, all of the record auction prices were held by old masters but-- I don't know if you remember, you're probably too young to remember, but 1987, Van Gogh's Sunflowers sold for around 24 million pounds. And that was the first time that a modern-- if you like [INAUDIBLE] modern-- but a modern work of art--
I do remember that, actually.--
Had the auction record. And ever since then, auction records have been broken by modern artists and contemporary artists. So people say, you'll make more money in contemporary art, but of course, it's more volatile. So you could see old masters as a sort of safe, plodding investment that has been doing, over recent years, exactly what it's done for previous decades, which is gradually rise in price-- but very gradually.
Good, well thanks very much there, Sir James Pickford, deputy money editor-- you can read FT Money's lead feature, all about the risks of investing in art, in the FT FT Money section of the newspaper, or online from Friday at ft.com/money. Still to come, why you shouldn't bank on BoMaD.
The active versus passive debate took a new twist this week after Fidelity, the global asset manager, announced a major rethink to the fees it charges on its active funds. For next year, it's going to phase in new fulcrum fees-- a confusing sounding name, but one that says will align investment performance with the management fees ordinary investors, like you and me, are charged. Merryn Somerset Webb has written all about the news this week in her column for FT Money, and joins me now on the line. Welcome, Merryn.
Hi Claer.
So you want to welcome this move, but, like many journalists, you've been frustrated by the lack of detail in Fidelity's big announcement this week.
Yeah, absolutely. I mean, I really, really want to welcome it. You know, one of the things that they said when they announced it was that cost is the big thing that the industry can't duck anymore. It's got to confront it. And so this, when they first started talking yesterday-- you and I were both on the press call-- when they first started talking, it sounded like we were going to hear something really good. We're going to cut the base fee me on our funds to an absolute minimum, and then we're going to charge you-- what they call a fulcrum fee, but I think we'll call a performance fee because it is related to performance fee-- charge a performance fee on top of that.
And then, if the fund underperforms its index, you get some money back. If it doesn't underperform, you don't. So the take that the fund management house gets is really related to whether it outperforms or not. Now, that's good. That's a good idea. That's exactly what we want to see. We want to see the retail investor only being charged for outperformance when it actually sees outperformance.
The problem, as ever, is that the devil is in the details. When Fidelity announced this, they didn't tell us what the quantum of the base fee was going to be. They didn't tell us of the quantum of what they call the fulcrum fee-- and we call the performance fee-- was going to be.
So we ended up absolutely none the wiser. We ended up knowing that they had an idea that lots of people have had before, but we don't know anything more about how it will be executed, except for a vague suggestion that, if the funds actually do regularly outperform, investors might end up paying even more than they do at the moment. So nice idea, interesting idea, not a new idea, but still an interesting one. But we still can't tell whether it represents genuine progress for the retail investor or not.
No, and they've said that the earliest that they can start introducing this new share class on existing funds would be January 2018, which doesn't give you all that long to--
I mean, it was slightly bizarre to announce the change without giving us any detail. So it definitely doesn't pass what you might call the clarity test, which is very frustrating. And of course, this means that they will introduce a new class of funds. So this new charging system won't apply on current funds because, as Fidelity said, and I found this rather bizarre, their big clients aren't interested in sudden change.
So they don't like sudden change-- even if it benefits them, apparently. Which leads you to think that maybe it won't benefit them. So the old fund won't get the new charging system. There will have to be new funds. So there will have to be a process where people might migrate from old funds to new funds, et cetera. So it's not going to be quick. It's not going to be straightforward. And it may well turn out to be incredibly complicated, and complication, as you know, is the enemy of the retail investor.
Indeed. We'll keep following this story for updates. But in the meantime, you've described this as the active funds industry fighting back against the passive revolution. So what are the main criticisms of actively managed funds? One, they are often not reactive.
Two, whether they're properly active or not, they tend to be extremely expensive, and three that they don't usually outperform their indices. So the vast majority of actively run funds underperform the index anyway, therefore you're paying an awful lot to get absolutely nothing back. And my own criticism of them, which goes beyond money, is that they tend to be very bad, as a whole, of performing the social function that shareholder capital requires from them, i.e. that they keep an eye on corporate leadership, that they stop them behaving in a socially irresponsible way, an environmentally irresponsible way-- an illegal way, stop them running any [INAUDIBLE] risk, et cetera.
So the fund management industry is supposed to be sort of capitalism's policeman, effectively. And it's a job that it does very badly.
And although we don't have the details of exactly what Fidelity's going to do, should we at least be encouraged that they, and other active fund managers, are finally recognising that something's got to give on fees.
Absolutely, I mean, that's what I was trying to say in the column-- I don't want to write this off. It represents progress because it represents this conversation about how we can find the correct balance between fund managers making profits-- which, of course, they must-- and result investor being treated fairly.
This is a balance that has been wrong for many decades, now. It's been skewed horribly in favour of the fund management houses. Any movement in the conversation about how we can redress that balance is really important. So while I'm not yet-- and I don't think anybody is-- prepared to come out and say, well, Fidelity has done something that we will massively approve of here, the very fact that it has, as one of the largest fund management companies in the world, and one of the few private ones, that it is now moving the conversation forward has to be considered progress of sorts.
Well, thanks very much there to Merryn Somerset Webb. You can read her column, "Active Fund Managers Start to Fight Back Now" on our web site at ft.com/money, or in Saturday's FT Money section in the weekend FT. FT money is hosting an ask me anything event on the evening of Wednesday, October the 25th with all US investment columnist Ken Fisher, Fisher investments.
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Are you relying on a future bail out from the bank of mum and dad? Or perhaps you're a parent preparing to bestow a generous withdrawal on one of your adult children? In either the scenario, Jason Butler, FT Money's wealth Man columnist, thinks you should think very carefully. And he joins me now in the studio to discuss. Welcome, Jason.
Hello Claer.
So let's start with BoMaD, the Bank of Mum and Dad, or wealthy parents who feel they should probably help out their children with, say, a housing deposit or other gifts. What should they be wary of?
Well, there are a myriad of issues that they need to think of. But the single biggest one is that their own needs need to come first because we're all living a lot longer-- but not just living a lot longer. We're going to be younger for a lot longer. And that has implications for the cost of our lifestyle being more than we think, perhaps, you know, than the old traditional thing of you retire, you have a few years of active retirement, and then you fade into the distance, and then eventually die on time. And then your next generation receives the assets.
So we've got an issue there of an increasing expectation of a lifestyle, which is going to have cost implications. But then we've also got other issues. We've got marriage breakdowns. If you give your children money, and then the ex-husband or wife of your daughter or son takes half of it in a divorce settlement, that's sort of very painful situation.
And we've also got people having a lot different approaches to life, people starting businesses, people living abroad, so there's a lot more complication about the lifestyles of the people receiving the money. So I'm a big fan of people thinking about lending the next generation money, and that has some benefits in the sense that you're not giving up the right to the money. So if there was a divorce the next generation down, or a bankruptcy, your money's not hopefully going to disappear down a black hole.
But equally, it means you can put off the decision about actually gifting the money and writing it off to the stage when, perhaps, you've got more clarity about what your own needs are. And the beauty of that, of course, is that the generation below that's borrowing the money will still pay a fair level of interest, but less than they would pay, say, mortgage companies, or credit card companies, or loan providers, and they would pay it back so that the person-- the parent of the relative lending the money is getting some return and is, in a way, sort of helping the younger generation whilst also protecting their own situation. So lending money to generations is a good idea, but not in isolation.
OK, so for generations who've got baby boomer parents, the expectation that a large inheritance could solve their financial problems in the future sounds pretty foolish. This would be a completely new way of re-thinking that relationship.
Well, it's one aspect. But the issue for young people is that they got to start thinking they're going to get an inheritance bailout, whether it's a loan, a gift, or just money that's left in the pot. They've got to start thinking in the sense that they're going to probably have two or three careers, that they're going to have to reinvent themselves several times, that they can and must, in fact, work for longer.
In fact, it's been proven that work is actually one of the single biggest determinants to mental and physical good health and longevity in general-- and life fulfilment. So it's not a bad thing that you're going to have to work for longer. But when you're thinking about your overall financial plan, it means that you've got to think much more holistically about a much longer time horizon for both living, but also the fact that you're going to have to save more. And therefore, the decisions that you have on a daily basis have to be taken in the context of how they reflect to your future self. So in other words, living a life of Riley now has a price to pay when year later on in later life, particularly if you don't get that inheritance bailout because mum and dad have been skiing, spending the kids' inheritance.
Yes, I love that term. And the SKIN club, I've also heard of-- Spending the Kids Inheritance Now.
But one story we've covered in Money this year is that the number of wills being disputed in the courts, for example, are on the rise, which is never a good situation for anyone. So how can families talk about money and inheritance while everyone is still alive?
Well, this gets to the nub of my article, and which obviously is a thorny issues, as I say, that talking about money in families is actually harder than talking about sex and relationships. People just find it difficult, awkward, and taboo. And there are lots of reasons for that because money is such an emotive, and it's a very abstract thing for many people, and they've all got their own different perspectives.
The older generation sometimes thinks that, if they have some control over the next generation to treat them nicely, that they do that by perhaps controlling the purse strings. Equally, the younger generations might find it a bit difficult to sort of upset mum and dad, or auntie or uncle, and talk about money and their own issues because it might show that they've perhaps not been as successful, or as good with money as they should be.
So the big issue that family should do is, first and foremost, get this out in the open. They need to sort of show some sunlight on the family's finances. And I talk about the issue of having a family meeting, a family mission statement-- actually getting your cards on the table, who's got what, where, and when, and what people's issues are. Because you can actually find out that someone's need over here could be met by someone who has need over here.
So if someone's got loads of cash not earning a great return, perhaps that could be uncle or auntie lending that to their nephew or niece-- but on sensible terms with a charge on the property, a proper commercial arrangement. But equally, it may be that just different members of the family have a different way of focusing on money-- and if someone's got, I think it was called-- dyscalculia, that's it, yeah, sorry, thank you-- but if they've got a real number phobia, it may be affecting their ability to make smart decisions, not because they're spendthrift but because they find it difficult to understand.
So I think the issue for families is to actually talk about money, and everyone's needs, and everyone's expectations, and everyone's relationship with it in a structured way. And this is where the most progressive accredited or chartered financial planning firms come in. It's not about selling you investments or managing your money for a percentage. It's about paying someone a fee to help coordinate and be the catalyst for this, and help start that conversation, and document what people are saying and thinking in a more formal way-- and believe it or not, the more communication you have, and the more understanding you have in a family in a formal setting-- perhaps facilitators would say by a professional-- means that you're more likely to develop trust and understanding between the generations, and there's more likelihood to be better, more comprehensive, more congruent decisions made about the family's money and the use of it.
Very, very interesting. Well, thanks very much there, Sir Jason Butler, you can read his column now, "Why You Shouldn't Bank on BoMaD" on ft.com/money, and in this weekend's FT weekend newspaper. Do you get in touch with us and tell us what you and your family think, whether you'd be happier to talk about money or sex. Maybe we'll do sex on the podcast next week Jason.
What do you say?
That's it for the FT Money show this week. To get in touch with our team of financial experts, email email@example.com, at the tweet us @ftmoney, or comment on our articles online at ft.com/money. We'll be back next week at the usual time. Goodbye.


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Dr. Jeffrey Tilley
Office: Oconee
Areas of Expertise: Meteorology, climatology, numerical weather prediction, Earth and Arctic system science
Dr. Jeff Tilley has over 30 years of professional experience in basic and applied weather and climate research. His wide range of experience and interests include numerical weather prediction, Arctic regional climate, unmanned aircraft systems and road weather, water resources, cloud processes, convective storms, near-surface meteorology, data assimilation, mountain meteorology, transportation weather applications, land surface processes, air-sea interactions, weather modification and tropical cyclones. His work has been presented in over 150 scholarly journals, conference preprints and presentations, and technical reports. Dr. Tilley is a member of the American Meteorological Society, the American Geophysical Union and the Weather Modification Association (WMA). He served as a past president of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Weather Modification.
Courses Taught
GEOG 1111K - Introduction to Physical Geography
- PhD, Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University, 1990
- BS, Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University, 1984
Research/Special Interests
- Mesoscale/Mountain weather, including extreme heat events and applications to fire weather
- Cloud microphysics, chemistry, aerosols and implications for climate change
- Applications of unmanned aircraft systems to the geosciences
- Mecikalski, J. R. and J. S. Tilley, 1992: Front Range Cold Surges: Development of a Classification Scheme. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics 48, 249-271.
- Blackadar, A. K. and J. S. Tilley, 1993: Using Your Computer: Modeling Climate on a Home Computer, Part I: Climate of the Present. Weatherwise, 46,4.
- Blackadar, A.K. and J. S. Tilley, 1994: Using Your Computer: Modeling Climate on a Home Computer, Part II: Experiments with Feedback. Weatherwise, 46,5, 37-39.
- A. H. Lynch, D. L. McGinnis, W. L. Chapman and J. S. Tilley, 1997: A Multivariate Comparison of Land Surface Models Integrated into an Arctic Regional Climate System Model. Ann. Glaciology, 25, 127-131.
- Tilley, J. S., W. L. Chapman and W. Wu, 1997: Sensitivity Tests of the Canadian Land Surface Scheme (CLASS) for Arctic Tundra. Ann. Glaciology, 25, 46-50.
- Tilley, J. S. and A. H. Lynch, 1998: On the applicability of current land surface schemes for Arctic tundra: An intercomparison study. J. Geophys. Res. 103,D22, 29051-29063.
- Fan, X., and J. S. Tilley, 2005: Dynamic Assimilation of MODIS-Retrieved Humidity Profiles within a Regional Model for High Latitude Forecast Applications, Mon. Wea. Rev., 133 (12), 3450-3480.
- Tilley, J. S. and D. H. Bromwich, 2005: Short-to Medium Range Numerical Weather Prediction in the Arctic and Antarctic. Bull Amer. Met. Soc., 86 (7), 983-988.
- Tilley, J. S., S.S. Kroeber, J. Green, D. Clonch and D. Halliday, 2008: Measurements of Pavement Condition and Road Weather Management Within North Dakota Using a Tow-Hitch Mount Road Grip Tester. Transportation Research Circular E-C126: Surface Transportation Weather and Snow Removal and Ice Control Technology , Transportation Research Board, The National Academies, Washington, DC 364-380. (paper also presented at TRB Conference on Snow and Ice Control Technology, 15-19 June, Indianapolis , IN).
- Mullendore, G.L, and J. S. Tilley, 2014: Integration of Undergraduate Education and Field Campaigns: A Case Study from Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3). Bull. Am. Met. Soc. 95 (10), 1595–1601.
- Boyle, D. P, C. Garner, J. S. Tilley, S. Bassett, A. Huggins and C. Barth, 2015: Application of Hydrologic Models to Assess the Effects of Cloud Seeding on Agriculture in the Walker River Basin of Nevada. J. Wea. Mod. 47(1), 42-57.
Work Experience
Previously, Dr. Tilley has held positions at the University of Georgia, Desert Research Institute, University of North Dakota, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, the University of Colorado-Boulder and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He received both his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Pennsylvania State University and was a Graduate Fellow within the National Center for Atmospheric Research's Advanced Study Program.
Personal Information
Dr. Tilley enjoys a variety of outdoor activities and is an accomplished musician, currently performing with the Athens Chamber Singers. He resides in Athens.


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I love the time that we have with our grandson, Xavier, when he comes to stay during his school holidays. These pics were taken last summer at Stanthorpe when we stopped for a cold drink on a very hot day. Of course when you are with Nan and Pop you get to have cold lemonade (unlike when you are with mum or dad!!!!)
I love to make everyday moments, special.
Making these two totally different designs come together to make a DLO, really was effortless. The DSP just 'links' them together well. This is the SAB free paper that unfortunately has now retired, called Bubble and Fizz.
This first page was inspired by a LO that I saw on Scrapbook.com. This paper really does scream 'FUN' doesn't it?
Second page was inspired by a LO I spotted on Pinterest done by Jennifer Smith.
Hope you love this DLO as much as I loved making it. Xavier arrived last night for his week in Tenterfield. The lads are going camping to Boonoo Boonoo Falls so I'm hoping for lots of lovely lovely photos.
Stampin' Up! have a brand new catalogue that will release on 1st June, 2018. I have my copy in my hot hands. I'm really excited for his catalogue. It's the best we've had. EVER! I love it. Want a free copy? Drop me a message and I'll pop one into the post for you.
Thanks for visiting, until next time stay happy!
Jacqui xo


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National Congress of the Indonesian Society of Internal Medicine
National Congress of the Indonesian Society of Internal Medicine in Medan, Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, December 2012
In December 2012, the Indonesian Society of Internal Medicine organized a National Congress in Medan, Northern Sumatra. The meeting was attenden by around 3000 participants. The International Society of Internal Medicine was represented by its Sectretary General, Prof. Hans-Peter Kohler. He was invited for a plenary lecture entitled «The internist's role in the present era of medical care».
Here is the abstract of the lecture:
The internist's role in the present era of medical careHans P Kohler, Professor of Medicine, Secretary General, International Society of Internal Medicine (ISIM), University of Bern, Switzerland
Population ageing is unprecedented, without parallel in human history. It is a global phenomenon, but countries are at very different stages of the process, and the pace of change differs greatly. Further to that, population ageing is enduring and has profound implications for many facets of human life including medical care. Shrinking birth rates and longer lives are changing the demographic landscape of countries worldwide.
The increasingly large number of older people – aged 60 years and plus – is thus dependent on a proportionately shrinking resource, that is on younger people and, in particular, younger relatives. Indonesia will face the same problem as everywhere in the world what is reflected by the expected population pyramid of Indonesia in 2050:
While access to primary health care is crucial in maintaining good health into older age, adopting a healthy lifestyle throughout life is just as important. Some kind of care system has to be in place and that system has to be funded. According to World Health Organization (WHO) statistics, older people are the fastest-growing age group worldwide. By 2050, two billion people – or nearly one out of every four people – will be older than 60 years. This population ageing is occurring fastest in less-developed countries, which have consequently had less time than developed countries to build the infrastructure and tools to deal with this major social transition. By 2050, 80% of the world's older people will be living in these countries.
What type of doctor does treat these patients in the future? General Internists are needed, since multimorbidity correlates with age and might represent the most common «disease pattern» found among the elderly. General Internists are required to treat the elderly patient in a cost-effective manner. Only Internists are capable to cope with the disease pattern among the elderly since multimorbidity is characterised by complex interactions of co-existing diseases where a medical approach focused on a single disease does not suffice.
Today, multimorbidity is turning into a major medical issue for both, individuals and health care providers. The current fragmented health care system does not meet the complex needs of multimorbid patients. Integrated health care models with well-balanced treatment plans tailored towards the needs of the individual person are required.
Complex disease patterns require practices and approaches (in diagnostics and therapy) which differ substantially from traditional approaches focused on a single disease. This fact implies the important role of Internists in primary care in the community as well as in hospitals, out-patient clinics and emergency units. Internists are capable of providing care for complex disease pattern in a cost-effective matter.
Internists represent the «General manager» of the patient like a «CEO» but are also the managers of costly resources. First point of consultation should be an Internist/Generalist. This Generalist decides whether a specialised medical consultation must be provided by a Specialist.
Primary care is the backbone of every health care system and is cost effective. Fragmentation in patient care is not future-orientated. We need to preserve the internist's holistic capabilities. Unfortunately there is an increasing lack of Generalists/Internists globally. The reasons are complex. First of all an improvement of the payment system is needed. Compared to specialist doctors General Internists are usually payed much less despite of their important role in providing cost-effective care as first point of consultation. In addition to that, the implementation and strengthening of curricula in «General Internal Medicine» at universities and teaching hospitals is also important. Last but not least, research in «polymorbidity» to develop «evidence based guidelines» in the elderly patient is needed since there is only little scientific knowledge available for appropriate diagnostic reasoning, care and treatment for multimorbid patients.
A career as a Generalist/Internist must became more attractive and the growth of new subspecialties focusing on one organ system must be reconsidered since every health care system has limited financial resources. The role of Internists will become even more important in the future since population ageing and multimorbidity will have profound implications for every health care system.Prof. Hans P Kohler
Secretary General ISIM
December, 2012
In addition to this lecture, the Secretary General of ISIM took also part at an interactive seminar about the «future role of internists in Indonesia».
Photo impression
Seminar on the future role of Internist in Indonesia.


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I used this inspirational photo from paper smooches for my next card.
The colors were my inspiration.
The bird image is a freebie from Paper Smooches.
I did'nt use any patterned paper just cardstock and cardboard.
The stamps are from a previous card kit from Simon says Stamp.
I'm entering this CAS card in these challenges:
paper smooches: picture perfect challenge
dream valley challenge: distressing (The edges of the cardboard are distressed)
simon says stamp: monday challenge anything goes
Have a nice day.
Hugs Henriëtte.
5 comments
- Andrea Ockey Parr said...
You did a wonderful job on this card! I really like the soft color palette you used and how natural it looks. I thought the variegated cardboard frame was so clever and adds a great bit of texture and visual interest. I also really like how you did the sentiment and made it tie into the heart. This is a charming piece that really shows your skill and attention to detail and I'm so glad you shared it with us for this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!
- July 14, 2015 at 3:31 PM
- Neva Zver said...
This is such a fun card thanks for sharing with us Dream Valley Challenges!
Neva DT
- July 16, 2015 at 8:15 PM
- Carole said...
Super card, thanks for playing along with our Distressing Challenge @ Dream Valley this week. Good Luck
Happy Crafting
Carole xXx
- July 17, 2015 at 9:09 PM
- Lisa Arana said...
love the layering of the bird over the frame, fabulous. thank you so much for joining us this week at the Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge.
- July 19, 2015 at 6:06 PM
- Erin said...
What a sweet card! I love the earth tones and corrugated paper. :)
Thanks for joining us this week at Paper Smooches Sparks!
- July 20, 2015 at 6:39 AM


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I take a look at the 2019 Oscar animation-related nominees, including "Incredibles 2" and "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse."Read more
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The Oscars add a "best popular film" category; what recent films would win?
The organizers behind the Academy Awards announced some changes to the ceremonies, including a dubious new "best popular film" Oscar category.Read more
"Coco" wins the 2018 Oscar for Animated Feature Film
"Coco" won the 2018 Academy Award for Animated Feature Film, as well as for Original Song. Meanwhile, a cartoon about Kobe Bryant won the Oscar for animated short subject.Read more
The 2018 Oscar animation nominees
My thoughts on the 2018 Academy Award nominees. For some reason, this year's animation nominees for the Oscars are similar to those as this year's Golden Globes.Read more
"Zootopia" wins the 2017 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
A look at the animation-related winners of this year's Academy Awards, including the winner of this year's Best Animated Feature, Disney's "Zootopia."Read more
The 2017 Oscar animation nominees
The 2017 Oscars nominees have been announced. I'll look at the animation related categories, which this year include "Moana" and "Zootopia."Read more
"Inside Out" wins 2016 Best Animated Feature Oscar
The Academy Awards were held on Sunday evening. The big animation news was the much acclaimed Pixar film "Inside Out"[…]Read more
The 2016 Oscar nominees in animation (and diversity issues *again*)
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Sri Lanka is one destination that really does offer all you could want for a perfect wedding-moon combining your dream day and honeymoon. This idyllic island is perfect mix of spectacular scenery, unspoilt beaches, historic sights and this wedding-moon includes Barefoot Wedding's choice of carefully selected chic hotels. All designed to create a truly memorable destination wedding-moon. There's even time before your special day to relax together or with your guests while our dedicated team take care of all the fine details.
With its impressive setting overlooking the stunning Indian Ocean, the Jetwing Lighthouse hotel in Galle, southern Sri Lanka is a truly stunning venue for your destination wedding. Stylish and historic Galle is a cosmopolitan and cultural city with boutique shopping and ancient streets to explore. This destination wedding-moon to Sri Lanka includes several days to relax at the beach and there's a choice of pools, as well as on-site Spa, perfect for a spot of pampering in the run-up to your wedding.
Barefoot Weddings take care of all the formalities so you're free to enjoy your special day set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Indian Ocean. All decorations, entertainment, wedding flowers and a sumptuous reception dinner are included. Then, after the festivities, it's time to head off on wedding-moon exploring the ancient and romantic sights of Sri Lanka starting with an exciting safari in Yala National Park, home to elephants and leopards. There's a stay in the scenic hill country amidst lush tea plantations and a panoramic train ride to Sri Lanka's cultural heartland. With UNESCO sites at magnificent Sigiriya Rock, Kandy and Dambulla to explore, your destination wedding-moon showcases the best of Sri Lanka.
Destination Sri Lanka Wedding-moon Highlights:
- Stylish and chic wedding overlooking the stunning Indian Ocean in historic Galle
- 5 nights at luxurious beachside stay
- All legal fees, wedding flowers, decorations, entertainment included
- Explore the best of Sri Lanka on honeymoon
- Adventure on safari with elephants in Yala National Park
- Enjoy a break in the scenic highlands of the lush tea plantations
- Discover the amazing UNESCO World Heritage sites at the heart of Sri Lanka's cultural triangle
The Tour (14 Days / 12 Nights)
Day 1: London Heathrow – Colombo: Overnight flight.
Day 2: Colombo – Hotel: You'll be met on arrival at Colombo airport and transfer to your Hotel. Check-in at Hotel, staying on bed and breakfast basis in a Deluxe room. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
Day 3 – 5: Hotel: Relax and enjoy the understated luxury of the Hotel on bed and breakfast basis. Relax poolside with family & friends or hit the beach to soak up sun.
Day 6: WEDDING DAY: Let the celebrations begin! After a leisurely breakfast, start your wedding preparations for the ceremony and the dinner reception.
- 4.00pm: Subtle traditional music starts playing in the garden as your guests gather for your wedding. Guests will be served welcoming refreshments.
- 4.15pm: The bride makes her entrance
- 4.30pm: Traditional blessing and wedding service in the garden overlooking the Indian Ocean
- 5.00pm: Legal registration process
- 5.30pm: Cutting of the wedding cake; Champagne and canapés reception
- 7.00pm: As the sun sets over the Indian Ocean, guests will be called for the sumptuous dinner reception. Let the festivities start!
- 8.30pm – 11.00pm: The evening reception continues with dancing til late.
Day 7: Galle – Yala: Leave this morning for Yala National Park with a visit en route to the historic Dutch Galle Fort. Arrive and check-in at your hotel on half board basis. Afternoon at leisure. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
Day 8: Yala: Enjoy an early morning jeep safari at the Yala National Park, home to wild elephants and leopards. Return to your hotel and relax. Afternoon at leisure. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
Day 9: Yala – Nuwara Eliya: Leave for the stunning scenery of Nuwara Eliya after breakfast, visiting en route tea plantations and waterfalls. Arrive and check-in at your hotel on half board basis and relax. Afternoon at leisure. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
Day 10: Nuwara Eliya – Kandy: Leave this morning to Kandy on board the Observation deck on a panoramic train ride, travelling through the beautiful hill country with its lush green vistas. Arrive and transfer to your hotel in Kandy. Afternoon at leisure. In the evening, you will visit the Sacred Temple of the Tooth Relic, one of the most scared temples in Sri Lanka. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 11: Kandy – Cultural Triangle: After breakfast, head to Sri Lanka's famous Cultural Triangle visiting en route the amazing Dambulla Cave Temples. Arrive and check-in at the hotel on half board basis, enjoy the afternoon at leisure. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
Day 12: Polonnaruwa and Sigiriya (Cultural Triangle): Depart for an early morning visit to Sigiriya to climb the stunning Rock Fortress, a UNESCO world heritage site, home to beautiful frescoes and mirror walls. Later, visit the ancient city of Polonnaruwa, also a world heritage site where you will visit the Gal Vihara known for its reclining Buddha statue and the remains of the royal palace. Return to your hotel and relax. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
Day 13: Colombo: Morning at leisure, then depart for Colombo. Arrive and check-in at the hotel and relax. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
Day 14: Departure: Depart for Colombo airport and your departure flight to London Heathrow.
***End of Tour***


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Last week, I made plans with my intermediate level class to go to a local department store. Partners were given a fictional scenario and an imaginary $50 gift card. Their assignment was to find a solution to their problem at the department store without going over budget. They were welcome to personalize the scenario as they saw fit (working toward a real need would be excellent!). Examples of problems included:
- You just flew in to Philadelphia to visit your friend, but the airline sent your bag to New York! Your friend takes you to the department store to buy what you need to survive until your bag arrives tomorrow.
- Your 11 year old niece is going to an ice cream party with some girlfriends and she wants a cute outfit to wear. With accessories, please! You and your niece go to the department store to see what you can find.
- You took a business trip from Florida to Wisconsin and it's snowing there, even though it's March! You need a winter jacket. You and your coworker go to a department store to find something warm to wear.
One moment that made me smile especially: when we were forming pairs, students suggested that partners not have the same L1! Before we walked to the department store, which is only three blocks from the library, partners considered these questions:
1. Write a summary of your "problem":
2. What do you want to buy? What department will you look for?
3. Do you think you will have success? How do you feel about going to the department store?
1. What did you "buy"? (Please describe in detail.) How much did it cost? Why did you choose it?
2. What didn't you "buy"? (Please describe in detail.) Why didn't you buy it?
3. Did you see people who work at the store? Who did you see? What are their jobs? Did you talk to them? If you did, who did you talk to? Why? What did you say?
4. What interesting or new language did you read or hear during your shopping trip?
5. How do you feel after your shopping trip?
All in all, I think this was an excellent outing. Two of the pairs did talk to store employees. One pair talked to a sales clerk and the other talked to customer service. Everyone found what they needed, but had to make some decisions to stay within their budget. I think the best question, from a Dogme perspective, was number 4. Learners were reminded to pay attention to language and they did bring back observations, which we discussed in class. I hope this helps them to consider doing this on their own!
Here's a picture of the outfit that one pair found for the 11 year old girl (a real niece of one of the partners):
I was happy with how this exercise worked out, but it yielded even more than I expected! Since this post is getting long and I'm running out of time this evening, I'll continue tomorrow. (Hint: it involves the Audio Memos app!)


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Bone-in steaks offer the most succulent flavor — when the bone is supposed to be there. But bone isn't supposed to be a part of Banquet Salisbury steaks, which is why Conagra Brands recalled 135,159 pounds of the frozen food Wednesday night in the latest not-food-in-your-food recall.
There was enough bone in a March 10 batch of the frozen food favorite that, according to the USDA-posted recall notice, it seems somebody suffered some tooth damage.
"The problem was discovered after the firm received several consumer complaints and three reports of minor oral injury associated with consumption of this product," the FDA notice said.
The salisbury steaks were sold nationwide in boxes of "Banquet Family Size 6 Salisbury Steaks & Brown Gravy made with chicken, pork and beef — grill marks added." The lot code, found on an end of the box, is 5006 8069 10 05. The best by date is Sept. 1, 2019.
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"When the system develops, problems certainly arise. But there is no need to extend them to the whole system and say that it is an end for the system," he said, adding that this is a very harmful and dangerous tendency.
"This counter-propaganda which befell the national banking system in the past two months, is particularly regrettable. Any sneeze, any cold on the market, especially false ones, were presented as mortal and incurable," Mr. Tosunyan said expressing the hope that it was already in the past.
At the same time, he added, "we should assess the events that happened when certain representatives of some banks tried to use the situation to re-distribute their clientele in their favor. We will expose these facts on a documentary basis."
In particular, he said, on July 13 the Russian Bank Association hosted an emergency session of the Moscow part of the Russian Bank Association Council and of the Moscow Banking Council, which discussed business ethics.
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Very nice course for the money. 9 holes up and down mostly. Maybe a 5 star rating if they didnt change the 9th hole a few years back to a par 3
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What great 9 hole course. Me and my dad played this course for 22 dollars each with a cart. The staff was great and very inviting and accomodating. Greens are in great shape and play nice. A few challenging holes especially the 5th, 6th,7th,and 8th were my favorite. Variety of clubs used throughout the course. Mostly par 4;s with one par 5 and 2-3 par 3 holes. Definetly a nice play to play a round of 9!! will definetly see us again, maybe bring a couple of friends next time too!
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