Background: After hospital discharge, community pharmacists are often the first health care professionals the discharged patient encounters. They reconcile and dispense prescribed medicines and provide pharmaceutical care. Compared to the roles of general practitioners, the pharmacists' needs to perform these tasks are not well known.
Objective: This study aims to a) Identify community pharmacists' current problems and roles at hospital discharge, b) Assess their information needs, specifically the availability and usefulness of information, and c) Gain insight into pharmacists' objectives and ideas for discharge optimisation.
Methods: A focus group was conducted with a sample of six community pharmacists from different Swiss regions. Based on these qualitative results, a nationwide online-questionnaire was sent to 1348 Swiss pharmacies.
Results: The focus group participants were concerned about their extensive workload with discharge prescriptions and about gaps in therapy. They emphasised the importance of more extensive information transfer. This applied especially to medication changes, unclear prescriptions, and information about a patient's care. Participants identified treatment continuity as a main objective when it comes to discharge optimisation.
There were 194 questionnaires returned (response rate 14.4%). The majority of respondents reported to fulfil their role as defined by the Joint-FIP/WHO Guideline on Good Pharmacy Practice (rather) badly. They reported many unavailable but useful information items, like therapy changes, allergies, specifications for "off-label" medication use or contact information. Information should be delivered in a structured way, but no clear preference for one particular transfer method was found. Pharmacists requested this information in order to improve treatment continuity and patient safety, and to be able to provide better pharmaceutical care services.
Conclusion: Surveyed Swiss community pharmacists rarely receive sufficient information along with discharge prescriptions, although it would be needed for medication reconciliation. According to the pharmacist's opinions, appropriate pharmaceutical care is therefore impeded.
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We gathered once again for the 65th anniversary of our first meeting in the university's Anatomy Department. Eight of us are left, but another eight are still living in the far corners of the world. We were like a copse of trees, saplings, whips and small shoots to begin with. We needed to be nurtured and trained in our respective careers.
Now, in the late Autumn, we are a dying wood. Our abilities fall away like autumn leaves; our branches crack and tumble. What remains creaks with decay and degeneration within. The killing winter frosts will soon finish us all.
The flicker of emails between us indicated that this would be the last reunion. No point struggling on with fewer and fewer of us – too depressing.
As we met before dinner, a late blossoming occurred. Our bodily discomforts, the aching hip, painful backs, numbness of the feet, the frequent need for a toilet and the grumbling stomachs disappeared, leaving us in a Shangri La of memories, a mythical place of peace and joy. The obese, the wrinkled, the shrunken, the forgetful and the rheumatic became youthful again.
It was good to see Brian, now over his depression since the loss of his wife. A GP for 40 years, he is remembered for crossing the Clifton suspension bridge by climbing up the chains and crawling through the suspension towers. Robert, another GP, practised by day and was a police surgeon by night, called out to murders, discovered corpses and drownings. A great cricketer in his youth, he married the delightful and vivacious great-niece of W G Grace. He is famous for scaling the walls of Berkley Castle to tend his patient, a sick member of the Berkley family. He is the first man to break in since Oliver Cromwell.
My old and hyperactive friend Peter, slowed by metal hips and plastic arteries, became a surgeon and played a primary role in modernising hospital casualty departments into the modern A&Es. We are unsure how many wives and partners he has had, but the current wife seems to have his measure. He once played rugby for Bristol and built a swimming pool.
Jaqueline, a tall handsome woman, married a medical politician. She kept herself sane by having a secret lover whose name and location no one has discovered. She headed specialist psychiatric secure hospitals and had to face down the politicians who wanted to hang 'em high or thought the murderers were the victims.
Little Ian, a medical missionary, wasn't there but sent a message from the Klondike saying he would pray for us.
Ted, the baby of our group at a mere 82 years, was sent by a fearsome ward sister to help a nurse make a bed. The nurse showed him how to turn envelope corners and smooth the sheets. I don't know who made the beds during their 56 years of marriage, but Ted looked after locals and tourists in Cornwall and was a town councillor and producer of sculptures.
Jennifer did not come this year. Unknown to us, he was a secret transvestite and at the age of 70, decided that being a woman suited him better. Those who lose a limb have a phantom for years afterwards. Being curious, I asked whether she had a phantom male appendage. I never felt it belonged to me in the first place, she told me.
We had four Nigerian colleagues who returned home. Unfortunately, two perished in the Biafran war, another died young and the fourth was still working as a professor of anatomy five years ago.
For an evening, we took on the integument of youth and bathed in glorious memories. Recalling a bucolic midsummer night long ago, I remember Ed, a formidable climber, scaling the Sarsen stones at Stonehenge to witness the rising sun as he stood on the lintel before the rays touched the heel stone and druids beneath.
So we go on, beating against time until the last of us remains. But, yes, we will meet again next year.
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Robbie Sprague says
Mike, the suited man in the centre of the first picture looks very much like Donald Mayor – could it possibly be him? I know the muscles involved in pronation and supination as I use them every time I hit a golf ball!
Christine Clark says
This is fascinating, Mike. I lived in Bristol in the 50s and 60s, so we may have passed in the street. Or even on the wards as I was in the Bristol Children's Hospital for a month with peritonitis in 1957.
Glad you were able to get together, Mike. Reunions have become even more important given the last year or so.
Sheila Robinson says
This is such a moving post. I was fascinated to learn of the intrepid, exciting people who graduated in 1959 and whose lives have been so colourful and varied. Your friend who scaled the sarsen stone at Stonehenge would probably be imprisoned for doing that today!
Mike Sedgwick says
That surgeon was called Bill Capper. I did not come across Donald Meyer until he came to Southampton. The smaller surgeon in spectacles was adventurous. One afternoon I assisted him in doing a gall bladder and then a couple of heart operations, at a time when heart surgery was off-limits for most surgeons. Both patients did well afterwards.


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Gurven, M., Schniter, E., 2010. An evolutionary perspective can help unify disparate accounts of grandparental investment. (commentary on D. Coall & R. Hertwig, "Grandparental Investment: Past, Present, and Future") Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 33:25-26.
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Exile The Second (stylized as EXILE THE SECOND, formerly known as THE SECOND from EXILE), or simply The Second, is a Japanese music group comprising Exile members Kenchi, Keiji, Tetsuya, Nesmith, Shokichi and Akira. Formed in 2012, the group is managed by LDH and is signed to the Avex Group record label Rhythm Zone.

The members of The Second debuted in 2007 as members of , the second generation of the music group J Soul Brothers. The group retired after releasing one album, and the members officially joined their main group Exile in 2009.

The date of February 22 means the "Exile The Second Day".

History

2007-2012: Formation and debut
In January 2007, Exile announced that they would hold an audition to recruit new members for the second generation of J Soul Brothers. Nesmith and Shokichi, finalists of the EXILE VOCAL BATTLE AUDITION, were the first members to join the new generation in August 2007. Performers Kenchi, Keiji, and Tetsuya were soon added. Three months later, performers Naoto and Naoki were added, and they gave their debut performances at Color's 2007 nationwide tour, COLOR LIVE TOUR 2007: BLUE. The second generation, called Nidaime J Soul Brothers, released their debut single "WE!" in May 2008 under the indie label Rhythm Republic. Nidaime J Soul Brothers announced their hiatus after the release of their first self-titled album J Soul Brothers in February 2009. A month later, all Nidaime members joined the line-up of Exile. Members Naoto and Naoki stayed behind to re-join J Soul Brothers' third generation, the Sandaime J Soul Brothers.

On July 1, 2012, during Exile Tribe's tour EXILE TRIBE LIVE TOUR 2012 ~TOWER OF WISH~, the formation of THE SECOND from EXILE as a unit from Exile was officially announced. The group activities started on November 7 of the same year with their debut single "THINK 'BOUT IT!". A day after, the group held their first live performance at GirlsAward by 2012 AUTUMN / WINTER.

2013-2015: First album THE II AGE and Exile Tribe Perfect Year 2014
On August 14, 2013, the group their 2nd single "SURVIVORS feat. DJ MAKIDAI from EXILE / Pride".

On February 5, 2014, they released their first album, THE II AGE. It sold over 51.000 copies in the first week of its release and thus became their first album to top Oricon's weekly albums chart. The group also participated in Exile Tribe's EXILE TRIBE PERFECT YEAR LIVE TOUR TOWER OF WISH 2014 ~THE REVOLUTION~ tour in 2014.

After the release of their first album in 2014, the group went on an indefinite hiatus, only doing activities as members of Exile.

On December 4, 2015, Kenchi Tachibana was announced as leader of Exile The Second.

2016: Name change, addition of Akira and first tour
On May 20, the group changed its name from THE SECOND from EXILE to EXILE THE SECOND.

On June 6, they announced their 3rd single "YEAH!! YEAH!! YEAH!!", to be released on July 13.

On September 5, LDH announced that Exile's member Akira would join the group, making Exile The Second a 6-member group. Prior to joining the group, he appeared in the music videos of their last two singles "YEAH!! YEAH!! YEAH!!" and "Shut up!! Shut up!! Shut up!!".

On September 21, the group released their 5th single "WILD WILD WILD". The title track was used as the official theme song for the Japanese release of the movie Suicide Squad. The single ranked #1 on Oricon's weekly single chart.

The group held their first nationwide tour EXILE THE SECOND LIVE TOUR 2016-2017 "WILD WILD WARRIORS" from October 29, 2016, until May 14, 2017.

2017: Second album BORN TO BE WILD and second tour
On March 1, the group released their second album "BORN TO BE WILD". It sold over 62.000 copies in the first week of its release and topped Oricon's weekly album chart.

On April 16, Exile The Second were invited as the final performers of AbemaTV 1st ANNIVERSARY LIVE at EX THEATER ROPPONGI in Tokyo.

On June 28, the group released their 7th single "Summer Lover".

On September 27, the group released their 8th single "Route 66". The music video for the title track was directed by Dave Meyers, this being his first work for a J-pop artist. The single also included live footage from the final performance of the group's first arena tour EXILE THE SECOND LIVE TOUR 2016-2017 "WILD WILD WARRIORS".

On October 28, the group started their second tour EXILE THE SECOND LIVE TOUR 2017-2018 "ROUTE 6・6", that went until May 24, 2018.

2018: Third album Highway Star
On February 20, 2018, the group released their 9th single "Acacia".

On March 28, one year after the release of their album "BORN TO BE WILD", they released their third album titled "Highway Star".

On May 14, it was announced that Exile The Second's song "Hi Noboru Hikari ni ~ Pray for Now ~ " (日昇る光に ~Pray for Now~; Sunlight rising to Pray for Now) was chosen as the official support song for the Japanese Judo Federation during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

On May 23, the group released their first live DVD titled EXILE THE SECOND LIVE TOUR 2017-2018 "ROUTE 6・6". It sold over 18.000 copies in the first week of its release and topped Oricon's weekly DVD ranking. Combined with the sales of the Blu-ray Disc version, Exile The Second's first video work sold over 27.000 units in the first week.

During the last concert of their EXILE THE SECOND LIVE TOUR 2017-2018 "ROUTE 6・6" THE FINAL at Makuhari Messe on May 24, Exile appeared as a surprise guest for the first time together after two and a half years of hiatus. Additionally, they announced the release date of their new album and the details of their first nationwide dome tour in 3 years.

The group also participated in Exile's EXILE LIVE TOUR 2018 "STAR OF WISH" that went from September 15, 2018, until February 11, 2019.

2019-present: Singles
On September 17, 2019, it was announced they would digitally release two new songs, "Top Down" and "Ain't Afraid To Die" on October 4. Both songs will be used in the TV drama HiGH&LOW THE WORST EPISODE.O. and the movie HiGH&LOW: THE WORST.

On October 1, 2019, it was announced that the group would collaborate with Italian racing car brand ABARTH for their "SCORPION SPIRIT CAMPAIGN". It would be the third project in a new series that reflects the world of ABARTH which features Japanese photographer KEI OGATA. The collaboration with Exile The Second would revolve around "Sound", after the first project was themed "Style" and the second one "Performance". For this occasion, the group would release a new music video and will also be featured in the ABARTH Brand Movie that is going to be released on November 9.

Furthermore, it was announced that Exile The Second and Exile would release a split single on January 1, 2020, as the first release of LDH PERFECT YEAR 2020. The new song of Exile The Second is titled "Shunkan Eternal" (瞬間エターナル; Moment Eternal) while Exile's new sing is titled "Ai no Tame ni ~ for love, for a child ~" (愛のために ~ for love, for a child ~; For Love ~ for love, for a child ~). "Shunkan Eternal" was also appointed as the title song for the new "Suit & Coat Basketball" TV commercial from Aoyama Prestige Technology starring group members Nesmith and Shokichi.

Members

Discography

Studio albums

Best albums

Singles

As lead artists

Digital singles

Live

As a lead artist

As a participating group

Awards and nominations

MTV Video Music Awards Japan
The MTV Video Music Awards Japan is a music awards show hosted annually by MTV Japan.

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External links

2007 establishments in Japan
2012 establishments in Japan
Avex Group artists
Japanese pop music groups
Musical groups established in 2007
Musical groups established in 2012
Musical groups from Tokyo
Japanese boy bands
LDH (company) artists

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I write this some time before it comes out on the internet. The last happenings will therefore not be mentioned in this article. You might therefore wonder why I have not mentioned some of the things that have happened during the last three-four months. They might confirm the things I write about. I also feel an urge to emphasize that I am not an expert on this subject. I will only make some reflections on the subject, but I can say the same as Paul once said: "I also have a spirit." I am so dependent on the Holy Spirit and we are all having an access to Him.
Everybody is engaged in what is happening these days, Christians as well as those who are against Christianity or those who are neutral.
The news is full of accidents, catastrophes such as earthquakes and outbreaks from volcanoes, wars and strange happenings. The journalists are asking many questions and they are asking if they come from the devil or from God or from the sins of the people on this earth. My own pastor in Norway got a phone call from a journalist right after the earthquake on Haiti. This was going directly over the radio and he was asked if he thought that there was a connection between the earthquake and the devil worship on the island? This was a secular journalist. My patients are sometimes asking me if I think that some of the happenings are the judgment of God.
Many tragic things were also taking place before, but that was before the wide-spread media world. Before we didn't know about things before it was history. Now we get it right into our living room while it is still happening. Terrible scenes are landing on our retina. The mere fact that bad things were going on before, do not hinder me in coming with following assertion: We are living in the end-times and it is increasing both in intensity and the extent. During this year, 2010, we have seen more tragedies than ever before. It has been more and more. I have surprised myself by staying calm. I might cry over human tragedies, but I have not become afraid.
Both the letters to the Thessalonians write about the happenings that must precede the second coming of Jesus. Read especially the fifth chapter of the first letter and the entire second one. The Bible repeats itself, but the different writings are meant for different people.
We read in the fifth chapter that this Day (of His coming) could overtake us a thief, but we should not sleep, but watch and be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. I want to quote some exhortations even if this is a little bit beside the subject. Start with verse 16: Rejoice always and pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophesies. Test all things, hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil. Paul has told us to be awake and sober right before these exhortations. I really believe that we should follow them. Paul really encourages us to meet our Lord Jesus Christ with a blameless spirit, soul and body.
In the second letter to the Thessalonians God reveals through the apostle Paul a lot of events that have to take place before the return of Jesus. The background was that some people had taught that Jesus would return so soon that there was no need to work. That is the fact even to-day. There are people who hesitate to study, get married and have children since they believe that Jesus might come to-morrow. There are extreme groups that gather at certain places and set the time and the place for His coming. This is unbiblical. We must go back to the second letter to the Thessalonians. Paul says that before His return there will be many who fall away. Anti Christ will appear, but he and his army will be stopped by our Lord. Paul encourages the believers to pray in order to spread the Gospel. He also tells them and us to keep on doing every day work. We must be spiritual prepared, but do the things God tell us to do to-day.
We can read about some of the same things in Mark 13. I want to quote the seventh verse: "But when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be troubled; for such things must happen, but the end is not yet." We can read another place in the Bible that we should rejoice when the pains of childbirth begins. When an expectant mother feels the first pains, she rejoices since she knows that a long period of waiting is over. She knows that she has to undergo some pain before she finally will see the baby she is longing for. Are you and I longing for our Lord and Master? I think that we sometimes get so involved in the things on earth that we forget what it is all about, an eternal life with our Lord.
We have been promised persecution, but we can read in the eleventh verse in the same chapter: " But when they arrest you and deliver you up, do not worry beforehand, or premeditate what you will speak. But whatever is given you that hour, speak that; for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit." We are left alone as sheep without a shepherd. The Lord is our Shepherd. I cling to the promises more than ever. Psalm 91 is very up to date. I have gone through this psalm under the title: Vaccination. I am totally convinced that the pains of childbirth have started, but I do not know how long it will last. You and I do not have the same perspective of time as God has. He says that one day can be like a thousand years.
When a woman gives birth to a baby, the pains will increase both in intensity and in frequency. I really feel that it is the same situation in the spiritual realm. I think that the frequency and the intensity have increased during this year. I say that I am peaceful, but that does not mean that I am indifferent. No, I have become more spiritual sharpened than ever and want to be sure that I have oil on my lamp when the Bridegroom comes for His Bride.
I am also asking my Lord how I should live and what to say in order to bring more people with me to the final goal, Heaven. I am sometimes pondering over the thought: How would I have lived if this was the last day of my life? I think this is a good "thought experiment".
When a woman is in labor, she must not forget to breathe. We, Christians, must not forget to breathe in the air of the Holy Spirit. That will give us hope and strength to go through and overcome the next pain.
LIVE THIS DAY AS IT WAS YOUR LAST DAY OF YOUR LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Mustapa: We are ready to resume FTA talks with European Union
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The Star | 28 March 2017
Malaysia is ready to resume negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) following the withdrawal of the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact, says International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed.
He said the Government was aiming for a high quality FTA with Europe and hoped to conclude the negotiations in the near future.
"Malaysia has received investments from almost every EU economy and European countries continue to have a strong interest in Malaysia.
"We want to continue promoting Malaysia as a destination for investors," he said in his speech at a public forum to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the EU here yesterday.
Mustapa said Malaysia enjoyed close ties with the EU and shared a relationship of equal respect for one another.
Last year, the EU was Malaysia's third largest trading partner behind China and Singapore with total trade worth over €$34bil (RM163.1bil).
The EU mainly imported machinery and appliances from Malaysia and exported mostly electrical equipment and machinery.
The EU, a political and economic union of 28 member states, marked the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty Of Rome.
The treaty, which was signed on March 25, 1957, led to the establishment of the European Economic Community.
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What will be the next must-have smartphone?
Who will win the next British Bake Off?
Will it ever stop raining this winter?
Attempting to predict events a short distance into the future is difficult enough, but aside from our digital, entertainment and weather predicaments, what about answers to some of the crucial questions about the future of work, jobs and skills in the UK? What if we could predict the answers to these and other key questions on the future of work, up to 16 years into the future?
Some of the trends may be apparent in today's world: greater collaboration between companies, for example, or innovative new materials and techniques. But disruptions are by their nature unexpected and uncertain.
With a perfect prediction of the future, businesses would be able to plan ahead confidently, knowing what was in store for the UK economy. People could think through their career plans and look around for the best ways to educate themselves for the long term. And colleges could see which types of courses would be best for all of those businesses and people.
The bad news is we can't give perfect predictions. But we want our research to help guide some of those choices.
As for the scenarios, you could read a dystopian undertone to some of them. They variously describe rising inequalities, the automation of professional work, and dramatic changes to the way education is delivered and accessed. But, although these undoubtedly present challenges for some, with foresight they can also be read as opportunities.
education and training providers should seek to collaborate closely with employers, and invest in new modes and content of provision in the face of changing funding regimes and pervasive technology.
How will your work change in the next twenty years? What do you see as the future of work? Let us know in the comments.
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New Mexico United and Vitalant team up in statewide blood drive
Posted: Mar 29, 2020 / 01:19 PM MDT / Updated: Mar 29, 2020 / 06:33 PM MDT
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico United is calling on its fans to support blood drives throughout the state.
"These are trying times but also times we get to tap into the true power of community," said Majority Owner and CEO of New Mexico United, Peter Trevisani. "We will continue to do all we can to help, in ways big and small. Right now, our state needs blood donors and we want to do all we can to facilitate and support that cause."
The first blood drive will be at the New Mexico United Team Shop on Tuesday, March 31 from 11 a.m to 4 p.m. In accordance with the NMDOH guidelines, Vitalant and NM United require people interested to sign up for a timeslot online.
Social distancing and other safety procedures will be in place at the bloodmobiles. Fans who are able to donate at this first kick-off event will receive two ticket vouchers for a future New Mexico United match and an Opening Day flag.
Additional blood drives will be held around the state. More information can be found on the New Mexico United's website.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) - The team at Sports Systems, along with the Homebuilders Association of Central Newe Mexico are set to announce their new initiative "Hand Up ABQ" on Monday.
The goal is to raise $100,000 to purchase gift cards at local restaurants to give them much-needed income during quarantine. Sports Systems has jump-started the initiative with a $25,000 contribution.
Santa Fe baseball academy planning to host indoor league
SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) - It's been nearly a year since many kids and teens in the state have played a competitive sport. And now, one baseball academy in Santa Fe is hoping to bring back that competitive spirit by hosting an indoor league, with safety in mind.
"If you're a baseball player and you want to get back out there in the box and face a hitter or face a pitcher, this is the league for you," said Ian Farris, the co-owner of E & G Baseball Academy.
NMPED secretary looks to expand in-person learning eligibility for schools in spring semester
by Rachel Knapp / Jan 16, 2021
SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Schools across the state are eager to get kids back into the classroom but if they weren't using the hybrid model before the holidays, current guidelines said they can't move into the hybrid model this semester, even if local COVID-19 rates are low. The New Mexico Public Education Department's secretary said they're hoping to allow more schools to reopen this semester, but they're still working out details on how to do that.
"We've done multiple surveys the most recently," said Hobbs Municipal Schools Superintendent, T.J. Parks. "One was the first week of January where 82 percent of the parents that replied to our survey in English and in Spanish, wanted their children to come back face to face."
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The Lothians & Fife Green Network Partnership in conjunction with Scottish Natural heritage held a workshop for our local authority partners on the Integrated Habitat Network (IHN) data. Following which, we wanted to explore further how local authorities would use the IHN data and what methods would they follow and how would IHN inform potential projects.
A site was suggested in West Lothian that could service as a pilot project – the south east Bathgate Hills including the development site of Bangour Village Hospital site (allocated form 500+ houses) and the adjacent cleared Bangour General Hospital site and to explore potential habitat links to the adjacent Bangour Fishery and then further afield to see if the IHN data suggests any obvious links through the Bathgate Hills which could then be used to inform any strategies/projects for the Bathgate Hills.
How is the IHN data used to identify potential habitat connections?
How are these results then used to enable inform possible habitat management/creation?
How can the IHN data be used with other spatial data sets?
A download is available which describes the project aims and proposed methodology.
and the LFGNP IHN Bathgate Hills topic paper with findings and suggested environmental improvements.


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Coulter Partners places Head of Research for Summit Therapeutics
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Coulter Partners was pleased to partner with Summit Therapeutics to secure the appointment of Dr Dave Powell as Head of Research. Summit is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovery and development to advance therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy ('DMD') and Clostridium difficile infection ('CDI'). The company has recently announced a number of key appointments to strengthen its research and development team as it progresses its lead candidates towards late stage clinical trials and advances its earlier stage development pipeline.
"This strengthening of our research and development team will help to ensure the organisation has the leadership, depth of knowledge and expertise needed to support ezutromid and ridinilazole as they enter crucial stages in their clinical evaluation and support progression of our earlier stage utrophin development pipeline," commented David Roblin, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Medical Officer of Summit. " Dave Powell's skills in discovery research and leading collaborative research programmes between industry and academia will support our strategic alliance with the University of Oxford. I thank the team at Coulter Partners for conducting an excellent search on our behalf."
Dave Powell, PhD
Dr Dave Powell will join Summit from GSK where he is currently Director and Head of the Crick-GSK Biomedical LinkLabs, based at GSK's UK R&D hub at Stevenage, UK, and The Francis Crick Institute in London. He was awarded a BSc and MSc from the National University of Ireland Galway, before completing a PhD in biochemistry at Cardiff University. Starting at GSK in 1995, Dr Powell joined a team working on Lead Optimisation, Structure Activity Relationships and compound mechanism of action support. Moving to Philadelphia in 1997, he switched focus to study novel targets emerging from the collaboration with Human Genome Sciences, and he successfully led the team that identified and linked BACE with Alzheimer's disease in 1999. He then had successive management positions across discovery biology at GSK's R&S site in Harlow, UK, with a focus on assay development, high throughput screening design and implementation, and lead optimisation support. This included multiyear involvement with GSK's LpPLA2 programmes. He was appointed Director in Molecular Discovery Research in 2010, with subsequent department leadership positions at GSK's site in Stevenage, UK. Appointed to his most recent role in 2014, he has been leading a highly embedded collaboration with the Crick Institute, in addition to providing support to GSK's 'Discovery Partnerships with Academia' team which collaborates with academic groups in downstream drug discovery.


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Q: Metric, torsion free connections on principal bundles I hope this is not too elementary, but I have asked this question at the math.stack site, but I have obtained no answers.
Let $F(M)$ be the frame bundle of a $n$-dimensional differentiable manifold $M$, and let $H\subset TF(M)$ be a connection. A Riemannian metric on $M$ can be equivalently written as an equivariant function $f\colon F(M)\to S^2(\mathbb{R}^{n})$. How can one impose the metric compatibility and the torsion free condition on $H$ without using at all the picture on the tangent bundle $TM$?
Thanks.

A: I don't know what you mean by 'without using at all the picture on the tangent bundle $TM$', but here is how one normally does it:
First, one shows that there are canonical $1$-forms $\omega^i$ on $F(M)$ that are semibasic for the projection $\pi:F(M)\to M$ and that satisfy the equation
$$
\pi'(v) = \omega^i(v)\,e_i(f)
$$
for all $v\in T_fF(M)$, where $f = (e_1,\ldots,e_n)\in F(M)$ is a frame.
Second one sees that the horizontal plane field $H$ associated to the Levi-Civita connection is characterized as the kernel of the unique (connection) $1$-forms $\theta^i_j$ on $F(M)$ that satisfy
$$
\mathrm{d}g_{ij} = g_{ik}\,\theta^k_j + g_{kj}\,\theta^k_i
$$
where $g_{ij}(f) = \langle e_i,e_j\rangle$ (this is metric compatibility) and
$$
\mathrm{d}\omega^i = -\theta^i_j\wedge\omega^j
$$
(this is the torsion-free condition).  These are known as the (first) structure equations of Élie Cartan for the Levi-Civita connection.
Addendum:  (Added at the request of the OP)  The main point is that, for any connection $1$-form $\phi = (\phi^i_j)$ on $F(M)$, one will have equations of the form
$$
\mathrm{d}g_{ij} = g_{ik}\,\phi^k_j + g_{kj}\,\phi^k_i + g_{ijk}\,\omega^k
$$
and
$$
\mathrm{d}\omega^i = -\phi^i_j\wedge\omega^j + \tfrac12h^i_{jk}\,\omega^j\wedge\omega^k
$$
for some functions on $F(M)$ satisfying $g_{ijk} = g_{jik}$ and $h^i_{jk}=-h^i_{kj}$.  (These are just consequences of the $\mathrm{GL}(n,\mathbb{R})$-equivariance of the matrix $g = (g_{ij})$ and the tautological definition of the $\omega^i$.)  Now, any other connection $\theta = (\theta^i_j)$ will be expressible in the form
$$
\theta^i_j = \phi^i_j + p^i_{jk}\,\omega^k
$$
for some functions $p^i_{jk}$ on $F(M)$.  Then Cartan's structure equations for the Levi-Civita connection $\theta$ as listed above simply become the inhomogeneous linear system
$$
g_{il}\,p^l_{jk} + g_{jl}\,p^l_{ik} = g_{ijk}
\quad\text{and}\quad
p^i_{jk} - p^i_{kj} = h^i_{jk},
$$
which, by the stated index symmetries, is the same number of independent equations as unknowns $p^{i}_{jk}$, namely $n^3$.  By the usual symmetry/antisymmetry argument, the homogeneous equations have the unique solution $p^i_{jk} = 0$, so the inhomogeneous equations have a solution and it is unique.  (Uniqueness implies the needed equivariance, so that the resulting $\theta$ does, indeed define a connection on $F(M)$.)


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Новогвинейская кошачья акула () — вид рода индоавстралийских кошачьих акул семейства азиатских кошачьих акул отряда воббегонгообразных. Они обитают в западной части Тихого океана на глубине до 18 м. Максимальный зарегистрированный размер 75 см. У этих акул удлинённое тело жёлто-коричневого цвета, покрытое многочисленными тёмными пятнами и белыми пятнами. Над грудными плавниками имеются круглые отметины в виде «эполет». Они размножаются, откладывая яйца. Не представляют интереса для коммерческого рыбного промысла.

Таксономия
Вид впервые научно описан в 1967 году. Голотип представляет собой взрослую самку длиной 73,5 см, пойманную у берегов Папуа Новая Гвинея. Вид назван в честь Рональда Страхана (1922—2010), директора зоопарка Таронга, Австралия, где голотип содержался в неволе.

Ареал
Новогвинейские кошачьи акулы обитают на ограниченной территории, площадью не более 20 000 м², у восточного побережья Папуа — Новая Гвинея. Эти акулы встречаются на коралловых рифах на глубине от 3 до 18 м, чаще не глубже 13 м.

Описание
На голове от рыла до жабр имеется тёмный «капюшон». Вентральная поверхность головы покрыта чёрными пятнами и полосами. Мелкие пятна на рыле отсутствуют. Чёрные «эполеты» над грудными плавниками частично сливаются с седловидными отметинами, покрывающими спину, не имеют светлой окантовки. Тело и плавники покрыты многочисленными крупными и мелкими белыми пятнами, чередующимися с тёмными седловидными отметинами, пересекающимися на животе. Грудные и брюшные плавники имеют тонкую белую окантовку. У молодых акул хвост покрыт седловидными отметинами.

У этих акул довольно удлинённое тонкое тело с коротким рылом, предротовое расстояние составляет менее 3 % длины тела. Ноздри расположены на кончике рыла. Они обрамлены короткими усиками, длина которых менее 1,3 % длины тела. Рот расположен перед глазами и сдвинут ближе к кончику рыла. Нижние губные складки не соединяются на подбородке кожной складкой. Преджаберное расстояние составляет менее 13 % длины тела. Позади глаз имеются брызгальца. Дистанция между анальным отверстием и началом основания анального плавника свыше 38 % длины тела. Грудные и брюшные плавники толстые и мускулистые. Шипы у основания спинных плавников отсутствуют. Спинные плавники одинакового размера, сдвинуты назад. Основание первого спинного плавника расположено позади основания брюшных плавников. Хвостовой стебель очень длинный. Длинный анальный плавник расположен непосредственно перед хвостовым плавником. Хвостовой плавник асимметричный, удлинённый, у края верхней лопасти имеется вентральная выемка, нижняя лопасть неразвита.

Биология
Новогвинейские кошачьи акулы ведут ночной образ жизни. Днём прячутся в расщелинах рифа. Они передвигаются по песку при помощи передних плавников. Эти акулы размножаются, откладывая яйца. Максимальная зарегистрированная длина 73,5 см. Самцы и самки достигают половой зрелости при длине 60 см. Голотип 7 лет прожил в аквариуме вместе с колонией разнополых глазчатых кошачьих акул, которые успешно размножались в неволе, однако межвидового скрещивания не произошло.

Взаимодействие с человеком
Вид не является объектом коммерческого рыбного промысла. Ограниченный ареал делает этих акул чувствительными к ухудшению условий окружающей среды. Международный союз охраны природы присвоил этому виду статус сохранности «Уязвимый».

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Животные, описанные в 1967 году
Рыбы Тихого океана


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Hyatt Announces Plans for Andaz Lisbon
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New luxury lifestyle hotel is the second planned Hyatt hotel in Lisbon and marks the continued growth of the Andaz brand in key European destinations
Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) announced today that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into a management agreement with Feuring Hotel Lissabon GmbH & Co. KG for the first Andaz hotel in Lisbon. Expected to open in 2024, Andaz Lisbon will offer guests an exciting new luxury lifestyle hotel in the Portuguese capital – named one of the world's best destinations in 2019 – and it will represent a key milestone in Hyatt's continued brand growth in Southern Europe. Andaz Lisbon is set to become the second Hyatt-branded hotel in Lisbon following the planned opening of Hyatt Regency Lisbon in 2022.
Located in the center of Lisbon's bustling Baixa district and situated along the main pedestrian road, Rua Augusta, the hotel will be comprised of five separate buildings, including the former offices of one of the major banks in Portugal, Banco Português de Investimento (BPI). This central building of the hotel will offer 169 guestrooms, with the surrounding four satellite buildings of the hotel offering guests various private suites to choose from. This unique layout will allow guests to fully embrace the locale and experience authentic regional elements of Lisbon that stimulate the senses.
With the exciting coastal city of Lisbon as the backdrop, the hotel will deliver a stay experience that encourages curious travelers to explore the historic center, magnificent plazas and the riverfront, as well as the vibrant neighborhoods of Bairro Alto and Chiado. Located near major shopping streets and restaurants offering Lisbon's world-famous cuisine, guests will be able to enjoy the sights, sounds and tastes the city has to offer.
"As we continue to prioritize thoughtful growth in places that matter most to our guests, World of Hyatt members and customers, we look forward to introducing the Andaz brand to Lisbon and expanding our brand footprint in Portugal," said Nuno Galvão Pinto, regional vice president development Europe, Hyatt. "We are pleased to be collaborating with Feuring to expand the Andaz brand across Europe and meet a much desired demand for luxury lifestyle accommodations in Lisbon."
Andaz Lisbon will incorporate the rich culture and heritage of Lisbon through locally inspired architecture and design, led by the architects Andreas Mörschel and Pedro Reis as well as Bastir Interior Design. Guests will be able to enjoy cocktails and local dishes at the hotel's rooftop restaurant, bar, and Andaz Lounge, and relax and rejuvenate at the spa and fitness center. The signature Andaz Studio spaces will offer stylish and vibrant settings for corporate and social events.
"Having previously worked with Hyatt to bring the Hyatt Centric brand to Milan and Venice, and the Hyatt Place brand to Frankfurt, it is wonderful to have the opportunity to introduce another Hyatt brand in a new destination," said Matthias Lowin, managing director of Feuring. "With its distinctive local culture and vibrant history, Lisbon is the ideal location for the Andaz brand and we know that travelers visiting Andaz Lisbon will have an unforgettable experience."
Andaz Lisbon will mark continued growth for the Andaz brand in Europe and is set to become the sixth Andaz property in the region. The hotel joins Andaz Munich Schwabinger Tor, Andaz Vienna Am Belvedere, Andaz London Liverpool Street, Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht and Andaz Prague, which is expected to open in 2022.
For more information about the Andaz brand, please visit: https://www.hyatt.com/brands/andaz.
The term "Hyatt" is used in this release for convenience to refer to Hyatt Hotels Corporation and/or one or more of its affiliates.
About Andaz
Global in scale while local in perspective, the Andaz brand of luxury lifestyle hotels weaves the sights, sounds, and tastes of each property's surroundings for a distinctively local experience. Through thoughtful, unscripted service tailored for travelers, Andaz hotels enable guests to go beyond the familiar and satiate their curiosity while immersing them in the spirit of the eclectic culture around them. Twenty-two Andaz hotels are currently open: Andaz 5th Avenue and Andaz Wall Street in New York, Andaz San Diego, Andaz West Hollywood, Andaz Napa, Andaz Scottsdale Resort & Bungalows, Andaz Savannah, Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort, Andaz Ottawa ByWard Market, Andaz Mayakoba Resort Riviera Maya, Andaz Costa Rica Resort at Peninsula Papagayo, Andaz London Liverpool Street, Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht, Andaz Munich Schwabinger Tor, Andaz Vienna Am Belvedere, Andaz Singapore, Andaz Delhi, Andaz Xintiandi in Shanghai, Andaz Xiamen, Andaz Tokyo Toranomon Hills, Andaz Seoul Gangnam, Andaz Capital Gate Abu Dhabi, and Andaz Dubai The Palm. For more information, please visit andaz.com. Follow @Andaz on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and tag photos with #WhenInAndaz.
About Feuring
The FEURING Group was founded in 1959 with the aim of developing modern and contemporary hotels. To date, more than 450 projects and project developments have been managed for investors and hotel chains. This includes resorts and city hotels, mainly in Europe. The Mainz-based company is owner-managed in the second generation. Feuring's range of services extends from classic hotel and transaction advice to project development to operational and strategic hotel asset management. Feuring covers the entire value chain of the hotel industry and not only has a very wide range of specialist knowledge, but also numerous, long-standing connections in the hotel and real estate industry. Projects are processed individually and tailor-made with a focus on sustainable profitability.
About Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Hyatt Hotels Corporation, headquartered in Chicago, is a leading global hospitality company offering 21 premier brands. As of June 30, 2020, the Company's portfolio included more than 900 hotel, all-inclusive, and wellness resort properties in 65 countries across six continents. The Company's purpose to care for people so they can be their best informs its business decisions and growth strategy and is intended to attract and retain top employees, build relationships with guests and create value for shareholders. The Company's subsidiaries develop, own, operate, manage, franchise, license or provide services to hotels, resorts, branded residences, vacation ownership properties, and fitness and spa locations, including under the Park Hyatt®, Miraval®, Grand Hyatt®, Alila®, Andaz®, The Unbound Collection by Hyatt®, Destination®, Hyatt Regency®, Hyatt®, Hyatt Ziva™, Hyatt Zilara™, Thompson Hotels®, Hyatt Centric®, Caption by Hyatt, Joie de Vivre®, Hyatt House®, Hyatt Place®, tommie™, UrCove, Hyatt Residence Club® and Exhale® brand names, and operates the World of Hyatt® loyalty program that provides distinct benefits and exclusive experiences to its valued members. For more information, please visit www.hyatt.com.
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Chevrolet Nova Hits The Wall REAL Hard At The Pacific Coast Diesel Nationals!!!
This video gives you a chance to witness something that cannot be seen in every-day life. Even though it is one unfortunate circumstance it is still amusing to watch, more because we know as a fact that the driver is perfectly fine.
So this is what it happens; even though this moment is quite short we can still notice how the Duramax diesel engine of this Chevrolet Nova blows out black smoke.
The whole thing happened at the Pacific Coast Diesel Nationals and as soon as Rob Coddens lined up to pass something completely unexpected occurred. Even thought it all seemed under control with happy ending, or to put it in other words the car was about to make a successful pass when suddenly the driver lost the control and crashed into the wall. Unfortunately, the Nova was sent sideways and it was unable to recover.


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In the gossipy colonial enclaves of Shanghai and Hong Kong, "going native" caused outrage and hilarity. When China Inland Mission workers first adopted Chinese dress, it seemed to other expatriates as if they were putting on the clothes of the enemy, "aping Chinese dress and manners." Western suits, the diplomats said, offered protection and prestige, the power of the flag.
It seems so simple to adopt "the costume of the country" as a courtesy to one's hosts. But this "simple" policy of Hudson Taylor had some surprising ramifications.
"Full Chinese dress" was one of Taylor's hardest and fastest rules, a symbol of his intention to create an indigenous Chinese church shorn of foreign trappings. "The foreign dress and carriage of missionaries, … the foreign appearance of chapels, and indeed the foreign air imparted to everything connected with their work has seriously hindered the rapid dissemination of the truth among the Chinese."
In a hierarchical society like China, however, where every button, every feather, every ripple of silk, denoted one's status, putting on Chinese clothes was no simple matter. How to choose the right costume? The missionaries did not want to be confused with Buddhist priests in saffron robes, nor with upper-class Confucian scholars.
The CIM chose to dress like poor school teachers, a humble costume that befitted their goal of converting China from the bottom up. Such dress, they claimed, offered a sort of spiritual passport into the hearts and minds of the people.
Indeed, this costume allowed cim pioneers to make some of the most prodigious, and dangerous, explorations of inland China. In 1875, for example, two men and a Chinese evangelist walked across China in safety a few months after a British official named Margary—dressed in uniform whites, with a guard of soldiers—had been murdered.
Divisive issue
Nonetheless Chinese dress was a deeply divisive issue. The male missionaries hated the queue, the pigtail that Chinese men wore. This custom had been imposed by the "barbarian" Qing (or Manchu) dynasty, who had conquered China in the 1600s, as a sign of Chinese subservience. Cutting off one's queue was a sign of sedition, punishable by death.
Growing a queue involved shaving the front of one's head every day, and until their hair grew in, the missionaries wore skullcaps with a false queue hanging down the back.
For the missionary women, Chinese dress was a real hardship. Although the first Mrs. Hudson Taylor (Maria Dyer) grew up in China, she refused to wear Chinese clothes until she became matron of the CIM and had to set an example for younger women. "The nearer we come to the Chinese in outward appearance," she told them, "the more severely will any breach of propriety according to their standards be criticized. Henceforth I must never be guilty, for example, of taking my husband's arm out of doors!"
The single women encountered particular prejudice. Depending on what they wore, they risked being confused with courtesans or sing-song girls or, worse, with sorceresses and the disreputable "singing people" who sang at weddings and funerals.
By 1907, China was changing fast, as the Qing government tottered toward revolution. It was the day of the dollar watch and the bicycle; Western things were all the rage. Even Confucian scholars were wearing bowler hats. The missionaries in the large cities found that "a foreigner in native dress is becoming an object of ridicule … and a hindrance to the work." The problem was the queue.
The CIM debated the problem for a whole year, canvassing the members throughout China. If they cut off their pigtails, it would be a "radical departure from a distinctive feature" of the mission. It would also, "in the eyes of the official class, tend to identify them with the anti-dynastic movement." Finally, D. E. Hoste, the head of the CIM, decided to make Chinese dress optional depending on local circumstances.
In 1911, when the new Republic of China outlawed the queue, we can imagine the relief of the men of the old cim as they joined hundreds of millions of ordinary Chinese in cutting off the hated sign of slavery. The streets, we are told, were filled with piles of braided pigtails hacked off at the base.
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