Your first day in a new job will always be a memorable one, for hopefully the right reasons. Off course starting a new job is going to come with some stress and nerves but making a positive impression is still possible regardless of this.
First impressions are lasting and it's important to remember you got this job because your last impression was a good one.
Walking into your new job, your mind goes into overdrive; how can I stop my hands from shaking, where will I be sitting, what will today involve, should I have brought lunch or perhaps you are thinking, was the receptionist name Caroline or Catherine?
Confidence resonates from the inside out, so when you walk through the front door on your first day just remember they wanted to hire you and you are there for a reason. Wear your favorite (appropriate) outfit so that you feel at your best. In addition to this, smile and keep an open mind throughout the day. The more positive you are, the more positive your first impression will be.
Don't be on time for your first day, be EARLY. Show that you are starting as you mean to go on and that you have planned your first day well. If you are using public transport, why not try out your work route before your first day. That way, you will know whether to leave earlier or get an extra 10 minutes in bed.
As obvious as it may sound, it's important that you are yourself. This is your new company for the next while so you want these people to know the real you. Throughout the year, we sometimes spend more time with our work colleagues than with our family and friends, so it's important to portray your real self from the very first day.
Walking into any size of a company can be overwhelming, you know no one and you're unsure what each person's role is. So, don't be afraid to ask lots of questions and take a few notes along the way. Introduce yourself to everyone, even the guy who has been subbed in to paint the office. Your ears will burn after you leave your first day, but hopefully for the right reasons. If you make it your business to talk to everyone, it's a stepping stone to some blossoming work friendships in the future.
Sometimes, the stress of your first day can become all too much and you wonder if taking this job was worth it. Just remember, everyone has first day jitters and fears but in the blink of an eye you will have your first month complete and will wonder why you ever worried. Leaving a previous job for another is like stepping into the unknown, but remember you wanted this and now you are lucky enough to have it.
Being the new kid on the block can be daunting, but no matter how your first day went, it's important to leave with a positive attitude. You are your biggest critique, so if you think it didn't go to plan the chances are no one else noticed. Remember tomorrow is another day, and at least you now know the receptionists name is Caroline not Catherine!


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Oregon Bar Must Pay $400K to Banned Transgender Customers: Court
The owner of a bar formerly known as the P Club had left voice messages asking an informal group of transgender customers to stop visiting.
Sept. 23, 2015, 10:45 PM UTC / Updated Sept. 23, 2015, 10:45 PM UTC
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland bar owner must pay $400,000 in damages to a group of transgender patrons he asked to stay away, the Oregon Court of Appeals affirmed Wednesday. The state Bureau of Labor and Industries ordered the penalty in 2013, saying the bar violated a law that prohibits discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation or gender identity.
In 2012, Chris Penner, owner of a bar formerly known as the P Club, left two voice messages for a member of the Rose City T-Girls, an informal group of transgender customers that frequented the bar every Friday night. The messages said to stop visiting because business had declined in the 18 months since the bar became the group's gathering spot.
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Penner said people were incorrectly assuming the P Club was a gay bar or "tranny" bar. "People are not coming in because they just don't want to be there on a Friday night now," he said in one message. "In the beginning sales were doing fine, but they've been on a steady decrease so I have to look at what the problem is, what the reason is and take care of it."
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Penner's attorney, Jonathan Radmacher, said his client might continue the legal fight. He said Penner merely expressed a desire and did not refuse service to anyone who came to the bar, drawing a contrast with bakeries that have declined to make cakes for same-sex weddings.
"Originally, the Rose City T-Girls approached his business and asked if this is going to be a problem and they said, 'No.'" Radmacher said Wednesday. "In essence, he was going back to them and saying, 'This is a problem for my business.' We think he's got a constitutional right to make that inquiry."
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The Appeals Court disagreed that the voicemails represented protected speech. Its opinion, written by Judge Douglas Tookey, said arguments presented by the respondents were "unpreserved, undeveloped or unavailing." The opinion does not name the patrons who were denied service, aside from Cassandra Lynn, the T-Girl who received the voicemail messages. The opinion states there are 11 aggrieved people in the case.

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In 2010 the Panton Principles for Open Data in Science were published. These principles were founded upon the idea that Science is based on building on, reusing and openly criticising the published body of scientific knowledge' (http://pantonprinciples.org) and they provide a succinct list of the fundamentals to observe when making your data open. Intended for a broad audience of academics, publishers and librarians, Issues in Research Data explores the implications of the Panton Principles through a number of perspectives on open research data in the sciences and beyond.
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By Richard Wolffe
This article is adapted from "THE MESSAGE: The Reselling of President Obama" by Richard Wolffe
The Obama campaign looked in the mirror and saw a political problem.
It had researched every piece of its own message machine and found one area that required urgent fixing. Focus group data suggested that the campaign needed more women on television. Women voters would be a dominant part of any victory in a tough political year for the president.
But Obama's surrogates on TV were mainly men like David Axelrod, the campaign's senior strategist. So when a request landed from CBS, a young staffer passed on the booking to the highest-profile woman at campaign headquarters in Chicago: Stephanie Cutter.
Cutter was deputy campaign manager. But she had long fretted about her status within Obama's tight circle, not least after failing to get the job and power she wanted in the West Wing. Her comfort lay in maintaining the tightest grip on the campaign's communications, including the kind of TV punditry she also found flattering.
Cutter asked Axelrod if it was okay for her to take the slot, and he agreed. An hour later though, he discovered a crucial piece of missing information: CBS had first asked for him.
Axelrod marched into Cutter's office at the Prudential building to demand an explanation. Why did nobody tell him what was happening? Why was he in the position of looking so bad in front of his media friends?
"CBS asked for me, not you," Axelrod thundered.
"I didn't know that," Cutter explained. "I was asked to do it. I didn't know what the request was."
He was convinced that Cutter was trying to steal the limelight. She claimed she wasn't. Both were unsure of their own status and unsure of their own purpose.
The cracks within the team were not visible to the outside yet but were already giving way to costly missteps and blame.
With just six months to go before Election Day, Cutter headed to Boston–into the heart of Mitt Romney territory–to schedule a campaign event. It was supposed to be a bold move against the enemy but instead made a mockery of team Obama's planning and strategy.
Before the event, Cutter met with legislators who would provide the backdrop for Axelrod's speech in front of the statehouse. But the plans had leaked on Twitter the night before and Cutter was concerned enough to send advance staff in case there was trouble. It was only when Cutter and Axelrod neared the statehouse that they could see for themselves what lay ahead. The statehouse was just a few blocks from Romney's headquarters and there was nothing to stop the GOP candidate's staff from showing up to make their feelings known.
"There was, as we used to say in my newspaper days, a band of marauding youth standing behind the press," said Axelrod. "The podium was probably not more than 10 feet from this mob. So I had supporters behind me, these guys in front of me, and I felt like I was in the Roman Colosseum, basically."
It was too late to walk away. Axelrod tried to enjoy the surreal scene but his halting, intellectual style was no match for the crowd. Protesters held signs telling him to go back to Chicago, that he was a broken record, that they wanted Mitt. They even brought along a dog wearing a Romney T-shirt.
"Axel-fraud," they chanted as the TV cameras and microphones struggled to track the scripted comments about Romney's record as governor.
Axelrod tried to be witty, recalling a recent gaffe by Romney's political consultant Eric Fehrnstrom who said his candidate could treat the end of the primaries like an Etch A Sketch, erasing his positions ahead of the general election. "You can shout down speakers, my friends," Axelrod retorted, "but it's hard to Etch A Sketch away the truth." A supporter lifted up his microphone because it was hard to hear him shout above the din.
Back at the White House, the reaction was less than amused. David Plouffe, who had replaced Axelrod as senior adviser to the president, was angry at the lack of discipline. Obama thought the event was amateurish and he called Axelrod to tell him.
"I see you had an interesting day," he said drily. Axelrod could only agree.
But Cutter brushed off the White House concern as she brushed off most other criticism. She had survived worse in 2004 on the Kerry campaign and was determined to survive anything else this election could throw at her.
But she underestimated just how deep the concerns were about the Chicago communications and events team. Obama and Plouffe believed the campaign was not performing well and needed adult supervision. Jim Messina who was the campaign manager–and Cutter's boss–in Chicago agreed, seizing on the event that came to be known in the West Wing as Axelfraud. The televised embarrassment on the steps of the statehouse meant Messina could now rein in Cutter and Axelrod in one swift move.
But at the White House, the fact was that Messina, too, was a source of worry. "The president felt like things needed to be tighter," said one senior Obama aide. Obama was particularly concerned that the campaign was telegraphing all its moves. "Stop doing that," he told his White House message team. "We don't have to tell everyone what we're doing."
There was a widespread feeling around the president that the team in Chicago did not share the spirit of 2008, an understanding of the Obama brand, or the kind of cohesion and competence that allowed a freshman senator to win the White House in the first place.
The concerns only intensified in July when Cutter turned up the message on Romney's record at Bain Capital.
Amid press question about when Romney actually left the firm, the campaign's communications team staged a conference call with reporters. Cutter hosted the call, but the lead was Bob Bauer, Obama's former White House counsel and trusted friend, and now his top campaign lawyer. Bauer was an election law expert who maintained a low profile and an understated tone. His answers to any question—about Guantanamo Bay detainees or campaign finance abuses—were almost always precise and fully conceived.
Bauer told reporters that the situation was "serious." The Boston Globe had reported that Romney's timeline of departure from Bain did not mesh with his public statements.
Cutter took the argument to its logical conclusion. "Either Mitt Romney, through his own words and his own signature, was misrepresenting his position at Bain to the SEC, which is a felony," she began. "Or he was misrepresenting his position at Bain to the American people to avoid responsibility for some of the consequences of his investments."
Among those consequences were the layoffs and outsourcing that his campaign denied with righteous indignation. But the one word that captured the most attention was: felony.
Cutter's accusation prompted something that was rare from Boston: a same-day response by a senior Romney aide. Campaign manager Matt Rhoades seized on Cutter's comments to argue that Obama's team was not conducting itself in a presidential manner.
"President Obama's campaign hit a new low today when one of its senior advisers made a reckless and unsubstantiated charge to reporters about Mitt Romney that was so over the top that it calls into question the integrity of their entire campaign," he said. "President Obama ought to apologize for the out-of-control behavior of his staff, which demeans the office he holds. Campaigns are supposed to be hard fought, but statements like those made by Stephanie Cutter belittle the process and the candidate on whose behalf she works."
Rhoades was working the refs: the media liked to rule whether certain plays were in or out of bounds. He was also trying to undermine the reformist brand that Barack Obama had fashioned from his first campaign. In 2008, Obama had prided himself on his refusal of dollars from lobbyists and political action committees. At one point he had scolded his own staff for suggesting that Hillary Clinton was so close to Indian-American donors that she was a senator representing the Indian state of Punjab. He claimed that politics did not have to be a case of tearing down the other side.
And he promised to unite red and blue America through compromise and common sense. If the focus groups blamed Obama for anything—beyond his inability to fix the economy—it was his failure to unite the country and shift the political dynamic of partisan trench warfare. Now his own campaign was escalating the political attacks by accusing his opponent of not just bending the truth, but breaking the law.
The Romney campaign had turned an attack on Romney's character into a challenge to Obama's reputation.
For Stephanie Cutter, the felony remark was a point of pride. Yes, she took some heat from conservatives and pundits. But who cared? Nobody on her side had the guts to tell her—to her face—that she had stepped out of line. She left the call predicting that the Romney campaign would respond, and they did. It was their move now, and she ordered all Obama surrogates off the air.
When Romney went on TV to talk about Cutter's felony accusation, the deputy campaign manager felt vindicated. She was a soldier on her tour of duty and she had just completed her mission: to sustain a story that most reporters found complicated to cover. The structure of private equity deals and the nature of SEC filings were all hard to follow. But an angry exchange about credibility and values between a presidential candidate and a deputy campaign manager? Now that was easy to enjoy. Cutter's work was done.
The White House, however, felt less than proud. There was such a thing as an Obama brand and Cutter was threatening to weaken it.
Two of the president's closest aides believed the felony charge was a huge mistake and were deeply troubled by it. Valerie Jarrett, who served as the keeper of the Obama spirit of 2008, believed it undermined the president's position. She had heavyweight support from Chief of Staff Jack Lew, who believed the felony accusation was unbecoming, unpresidential, and strategically unwise.
Plouffe and Dan Pfeiffer, the director of communications, were more forgiving and argued that the public nature of Cutter's job would sometimes lead to such trip-ups. Axelrod himself had fumbled at several points in 2008, including one memorable exchange with reporters when he suggested that Hillary Clinton had some connection to the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Cutter had a high batting average, they claimed. Besides, what was the point of fretting now? The damage was done.
The debate about Cutter's performance did not happen in isolation. It was the latest twist in a long tale of internal doubts and disputes about her role and abilities, and whether she was helping or harming the president's reelection effort. At the heart of the message machine, Cutter stood out as one of the most visible elements and also one of the most controversial players on the team.
But there were, in effect, two message machines at work at any given time on the Obama campaign. One was located in Chicago, at campaign headquarters, where Cutter controlled the press shop and was its highest-profile surrogate on TV. The other was located inside the White House, where the president's aides were theoretically keeping their distance from the messy work of campaigning to focus on the people's business of governing.
The campaign's real decision-making power about the message resided with Plouffe and Pfeiffer inside the White House. Between the two of them, there was no real room for the kind of job nominally held by Stephanie Cutter. Obama's aides admired Cutter's smarts, productivity, and fearlessness. They liked her focus on the regional media that the pundits ignored or disdained. They even feared her anger and her relationship with the First Lady—not least because Cutter reminded anyone and everyone of how Mrs. Obama had often called for her help.
Still, Cutter micromanaged too much, had delusions of power, they thought, and strayed out of her lane. That indiscipline was one of the root causes of the disastrous event on the steps of the Massachusetts legislature, as well as the felony accusations over Bain.
With time, the whole Chicago team might settle into more comfortable, disciplined roles. But did they really have the time or luxury to wait?
The president's dismay at the Axel-fraud event in Boston triggered a series of interventions. The West Wing team decided they needed to exert more control and discipline. Obama asked Plouffe to spend time each week in Chicago, and he became far more deeply involved in the day-to-day decisions of the campaign. Meanwhile, Cutter continued to clash with Axelrod over minor matters like meeting invitations where she felt she was getting frozen out. And she clashed with Messina over their respective management styles. As the campaign manager, Messina took it upon himself to be direct with Cutter about her manner and tried to correct her behavior. "No one enjoyed that process," said one senior campaign official.
Cutter was not shy about responding to his suggestions in similarly frank ways. She had no respect for Messina, for what she saw as his spinelessness and indecision. She had been on the losing side of an election in 2004, and the losing side of the internal debate inside the campaign. She was determined not to lose either contest this time around.
Frustrated, some inside Obama's inner circle hatched a plan to push Cutter out of the picture. Messina gathered a small group together at a White Sox baseball game, where Larry Grisolano, Axelrod and Plouffe spent half the game talking about the Cutter question. They needed Pfeiffer to take over the communications staff after the convention in September. Then Cutter's role would be confined to TV. The only remaining challenge was: who would tell Cutter of her effective demotion? Messina offered, but that was rejected as an impractical move that would rupture Chicago. Plouffe wanted to keep his distance. There had already been several stories about how few women there were in Obama's inner circle, and nobody wanted to be involved in a story that could leak about the demotion of the only high-profile woman inside campaign headquarters.
When they consulted the president, he made it clear that he wanted Cutter to stay in some role. "Do what you want," he said, "but she better not quit."
Cutter's guarantor was, in fact, the most high-profile woman of all in Obama's inner circle: his wife. "Given Michelle Obama, she's not going anywhere," said one of the plotters. "The First Family feels very strongly that Stephanie is an asset. When things have gotten bad especially for Michelle, people go to who they trust. When anything goes bad in the East Wing world, she looks at all of her staff and says, "Go get me Cutter."
The senior communications team could not communicate with itself. One of their greatest successes was to hide their own dysfunction from public view through most of the election cycle. "None of them would talk directly to each other, and they used other people as vessels to try to get information about what was actually going on," said one senior Obama aide. "It became so hard to decipher. Stephanie didn't think Messina was actually running the campaign so that is where psychologically she was willing to walk all over him."
After all the plotting and machinations, Pfeiffer's arrival in Chicago changed little. Cutter had wanted to be communications director inside the White House, and she wasn't about to concede that ground. She continued to exert control over the strategic direction of Chicago's communications.
Besides, the plotters and decision makers did not have the courage of their convictions. "A decision had been made to change Stephanie's job and bring Pfeiffer in," said one senior campaign staffer. "But everybody was too scared to tell her. And then Axe saved her." "Of all the people who spent years complaining behind closed doors, no one will actually ever deliver the news to the person they're complaining about. That will just never happen. They'll completely avoid it. They made a decision and just didn't have the balls to carry it out."
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Director: Oliver Parker Producer: Peter La Terriere Year: 1996 Running time: 11 minutes Cast: Nathaniel Parker as Ross, Ciaran Hinds as Brackpool, Anna Patrick as Lady, Paul Williams as Young Man, Paul Higgins as Hostage and Charlie Mole as Jogger.
A young man (Ross) is looking for his way in the streets of London. Ross seems to be a normal guy in casual wear and is about to go somewhere. While trying to find his destination, he chooses to take a short cut by walking down a narrow lane. He meets a well-dressed bearded man half way though that lane who suddenly has a heart-attack. The unknown man dies in the arms of Ross who is quite helpless in his efforts to save him. Suddenly a mobile phone starts ringing in the pockets of the expensive suit of that dead man. Ross chooses to answer the call. At first he seems to want to call for help or to try to find out who that passer-by was - but he doesn't get a chance to get his thoughts straight. A voice tells him to be right on time for an appointment and that he'll get his diamonds then. Well he'd better not be too curious. But the way things are the way things are. So Ross knows that his dead acquaintance had an appointment. And Ross chooses to follow a new plan for his evening after hearing that his dead fellow was about to receive diamonds. That sounds like a great opportunity and Ross takes a second short cut, he switches clothes, puts his old clothes on the dead man, gets himself a clean shave and sizes the day by turning up at 17:30 prompt at the meeting point. He wants the dead man's diamonds. What Ross doesn't know is that his dead friend in that lonely lane was a hit man who was about to get his briefing for his next job: kill an unknown man that's now sitting in the back of that car Ross has just entered. Ross meets three people in that car: a blindfold man, a thug and a lady. The lady tells him that he'll get his "pay" once he's done his job - and that is killing that blindfold man who's still very alive.
The plot reminds me a bit of a Roald Dahl approach to telling short-stories with a nasty twist with a slight touch of film noir flavoured with a moral message. Ross is the young man who takes one short cut too many: Moral? By changing your clothes you still aren't what you'd like to be. By running after fast money you'll be on the losing track. By not using your head you're about to lose it faster than you might like. Still, although that jogger must realize that the diamonds are the reason for two dead men, he is tempted to make an easy buck. Just like dead Ross was. Message understood? The short film is made with a remarkable effort to make it look professional, camera and décor are alright. No big cinematographic knick-knacks, handheld camera within the first sequences, but nothing unsettling. The film itself really hasn't much dialogue, you'll get the plot simply by observing what's happening. An entertaining short film, you'll be sitting in your chair and wanting to know what will happen next. Mission accomplished when thinking in short film terms. If Oliver Parker would have wanted more, he might have turned this into a dark legend tale; say the lady and her thug are demon-like characters who'll hunt the next greedy victim in a nameless huge nightly city, something like that (ohhh I can clearly see the X-Files sneaking around the corner here). But the message remains: It is the free will of that jogger to decide what he's going to do next. And Ross simply wasn't lucky enough to succeed. So, sorry no demonic forces, no gothic tales, just a dirty small story of avidity in metropolis.
Nat plays Ross, he's looking a bit shabby at the start and as I mentioned before there isn't that much dialogue here. Nat has to appear very frightened here (yep angst driven) and I do think that in comparison to "Never come Back", he does handle this expression much better. He is very convincing as the young greedy lad who's far beyond his capabilities. Trying to be a crook is one thing, but being a killer is definitely not within the power of Ross. Given the fact that he doesn't have much time to display this character and almost no text to carry that role, the result is remarkable. Camera, light and cut support this brilliantly. A nice finger exercise.
Anna Patrick plays the lady who wants Ross to kill a man, very cool performance here! She is able to portray an evil character very convincingly... Plus: Charlie Mole, Oliver's "home" soundtrack composer, plays the jogger - completely equipped with a walkman.


UK Care Home Industry: Is A New Investment Wave Coming?
The U.K. is facing a crisis in social care. Spending cuts and pressure on budgets mean local authorities (LAs) are struggling to fund services for an ageing population, and the shortage of care is adding to the difficulties of the already overstretched National Health Service (NHS).
One of the root causes of the problem lies within the care homes sector, where the supply of homes is failing to meet consumers' needs, especially when local conditions are considered. Public sector funding for care home places is unsustainably low, averaging £620 a week, and covers no more than day-to-day operating costs for many operators, according to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The lack of a viable rate of return on capital invested prevents many care home operators, especially those that have a strong bias towards LA funding, from reinvesting in new capacity.
Access to a care home is increasingly becoming a postcode lottery, with the government unable to fulfil its obligation to ensure the availability of good quality, suitable public-pay care.
Yet despite the negative headlines, the combination of consumer demand for privately funded care and proposals expected in the government's summer 2018 green paper suggests that a new wave of investment may be forthcoming to address the U.K.'s long-term care needs.
In this Executive Insights, L.E.K. Consulting examines why the U.K.'s underserved care homes market presents an economically viable investment opportunity.
Care homes in the U.K., particularly those funded by the public purse, have long suffered from structural underinvestment. According to public statistics, investment in additional public and private care home capacity was greater than capacity withdrawn in only two out of the five years between 2011 and 2016, and a number of market observers are suggesting an even bleaker picture. Successive years have seen a net loss of capacity at a time when the number of elderly in the population is increasing, along with the subsequent demand for nursing and residential care.
An equally serious problem is that many of the existing homes are old and not purpose-built, often resulting in poor service quality and inadequate facilities for residents and carers (see Figure 1). In order to address the shortage of care home places, the sector is estimated to need another 200,000 private and public beds over the next 10 years, equivalent to c. 45% of current capacity.
In the publicly funded sector, insufficient weekly fee levels are the result of limited annual increases over an extended period (see Figure 2), making investment unattractive and meaning the building of new care homes in many locations is not economically viable. This is of particular concern given that c. 95% of publicly funded capacity is now provided by the private sector. By contrast, private fee rates have continued to increase by 6-7% per annum. Amid budget uncertainty, many LAs have been favouring spot contracts over block contracts with private care providers, further removing urgently needed long-term visibility and certainty of funding. It is clear that the U.K. care homes market is in dire need of both extra capacity and reform.
Investigations by the CMA and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in the past 18 months have highlighted the need for reform, and the government is expected to publish a green paper on this subject in summer 2018 addressing seven main areas (see Figure 3).
Despite the history of underinvestment and poor performance, there are a number of positive indicators in the care homes market. The increasing wealth of the ageing population is particularly notable, combined with the fact that a proportion of LAs are paying economically viable rates, at least for value-for-money based providers, such as Care UK, Barchester and HC One (see Figure 4).
Many elderly people are able and, in the light of the lower-quality services offered by the public sector, willing to consider paying for nursing or residential care. In a survey conducted by L.E.K. in 2017, more than 45% of those aged over 60 stated they plan to fund care from their own financial resources. Indeed, changing consumer perceptions about care homes have created new opportunities in the private-pay sector, with operators converting public-pay beds into private-pay beds and investing in new, purpose-built capacity.
High-quality private-pay care homes are more expensive than public-pay services. Fees average £820 a week, or 30% above those in public-pay homes, and annual price increases average 5-6% to mitigate underlying increases in costs and wages, in particular the national living wage (see Figures 2 and 4). As a result, the private-pay market has seen more investment in recent years, particularly from real estate investment trusts and other infrastructure investors attracted by long-term sustainable rental yields.
L.E.K. has analysed care home demand in the U.K., identifying a large number of postcode districts that have sufficient wealth among the local population to fund private care and that also lack recently built, fit-for-purpose capacity. Depending on the wealth criteria applied, there are up to 1,800 of these "hotspot" locations, highlighting the structural demand and size of the investment opportunity in the private-pay sector and parts of the public sector.
The private-pay segment of the market will continue to offer attractive investment opportunities, particularly for increasingly sophisticated and consumer-orientated private operators, in what remains a fragmented supply-side landscape where only 25% of U.K. care home capacity is owned by the top 10 providers.
With a proportion of the public-pay market known to be economically viable, the government's forthcoming green paper and response to the CMA and CQC reports should have the medium-term effect of making investment in public care home capacity more attractive and accelerating the flow of funding into the sector. Established private care providers are already reporting a growing interest from LAs in innovative ways of creating and supporting sustainable provision of care homes in the public-pay market – for example, Care UK's contract with the LA in Suffolk.
Nevertheless, the future remains uncertain. If and when government reforms are introduced, budgetary pressures on LAs could still limit the implementation of more fundamental change.
Investing in the care homes sector over the past five years has not been straightforward, but leading providers such as Barchester, HC One and Care UK (and some smaller providers) have shown that it can be economically attractive. The expectation is that the green paper and government reforms will stimulate renewed interest in accelerated capital investment. This will likely be achieved through a combination of the public sector's willingness to pay enhanced rates for value-for-money care and the wealth of the mass affluent stimulating an attractive private-pay market. Initially, providers with existing capacity may find it easier to operate in this market, and it is highly likely that new investment opportunities will arise in the short to medium term.
With determination and policy support, the next five years should create much greater opportunity than the past decade did.


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Summer Jam Week 14: A Summer Duel on the Report
As we lurch into mid-August it's time again for another rendition of the weekly Summer Jam countdown - our look at the hottest tracks to beat the Sunshiney Heat. Things are certainly heating up between Daft Punk and Robin Thicke, with their latest battle ground being a virtual duel through The Colbert Report. More on that later. For now, your hottest jams on a damn crowded week:
Hot Jam of the Week: "Hopeless Wanderer" by Mumford & Sons
I haven't thought much of Mumford & Sons since their breakout back in 2010. Nothing since then has really stood out, possibly because they helped usher in this continuous sea of Pop Folk that doesn't seem to show any signs of slowing. This video, however, gets some mighty props from featuring a quartet of hilarious dudes playing the band - Sudeikis, Bateman, Forte, and Helms give it their all. It reminds me a bit of the quartet of Rappers who once stood in for Korn, and that's really only a good thing, of course.
Red or Grey: "Clarity" by Zedd ft. Foxes
"Clarity" hangs on for another week and remains a cool little song that I do not believe will last another week. It's actually pretty addictive, probably due to its variable ascending melody, cool smashing video, and infectious vocals. It's a tubthumper for sure and equal parts clubbanger and chillout music. What I am I thinking, this song is about to stick around forever, it's so adaptable.
Princess Merida: "Brave" by Sara Bareilles
I may be out on a limb here, but this track is catching on. It seems like Bareillis is always kind of hanging out somewhere on the pop scene, although she hasn't really had a real hit since "King of Anything." And that wasn't that huge. Let's go back to "Love Song" for a real hit. Her lack of success is probably just due to her last name being crazy hard to remember how to spell. She also generally puts out more inoffensive, cheery pop that doesn't include any insecurity or sexual overtones. So obviously against the grain of pop culture.
More Pharrell? Why Not: "Get Like Me" by Pharrell ft. Nicki Minaj
See, these are the sexual overtones I was talking about. Pharrell can add to what must be the greatest summer of anyone ever, and Nelly can at least get some R&B cred back as he sing-raps his way through this after his country collabo, "Cruise." What's most surprising about this track, though, is that for about the first time ever, Nicki isn't the best vocalist present and doesn't have the most addictive verses. What's up with that? It's a solid hip-hop track without really enough time to catch on before summer breaks, but a solid jam.
Blondies Rise: "I Need Your Love" by Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding
This track dropped a long time ago and while it's flirted with this list all Summer this was Calvin and Ellie's big week. The track was everywhere, really this week's version of last week's "Clarity." Ellie has done better, Calvin really hasn't, so the product leftover is all sorts of meh, but no matter, a big week this jam makes.
No One Can Judge Us Except for Judges: "We Can't Stop" by Miley Cyrus
More often than not, the Key of Awesome plays to a more cynical nerdy crowd and misfires, but every once in a while they nail a particularly retarded song for all its worst aspects. Since they rifle through just about every joke I could make about this growing trainwreck, I'll direct you to the above link - have at it and enjoy, even if it doesn't quite know how to end without being desperate.
What a Terrible Live Performance: "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell & T.I.
If you missed it, Daft Punk was going to play the Colbert Report but had to bail at the last minute through a convoluted disagreement with Viacom over appearing at the MTV Movie Awards instead. Next Month. No one really understands it, but Thicke stepped in to compete openly for Summer King status, and sang...really awfully. It seemed like he couldn't hit any of those high notes he does when standing next to Emily Ratajkowski. Listen for yourself. Oof.
Breaking Daft: "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk ft. Pharrell
Obviously the most legendary Summer Jam moment of the year is Stephen Colbert's star-studded tribute to Daft Punk not being able to appear on his show. Add a little Bryan Cranston who is peaking more than anyone thanks to the finale of Breaking Bad last night, and you've got a real potent mix there. Even though they didn't actually make the show and Colbert sort of gave Summer King status to Robin Thicke, it's obvious that this was the better moment, the better song - and jeez I'm really leaning towards the Robots now. Only a few weeks remain - will the Daft Dudes pull it out?!
I snubbed Bruno Mars' "Treasure" again for no great reason. It's still a fansastic song, but has somehow been a little more lukewarm than some others for a few weeks here. It's still a hard and fast #9, and just about has a guaranteed spot on any slow week, but not here. Finally, I super-dug "Royals" by Lorde this week (and yes, I think the US Version has a little more pep and gets off to a quicker start than the UK one). I'll be hard pressed to leave it in the dust next week. Stay Tuned, folks.
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Sheffield United lack fight and quality as Derby County drop Barnsley FC to the bottom
Exclusive: Robin Smith on attack in Yorkshire CCC row
Six Nations: Scotland v England '" Hearts and minds of fans crucial as England looks to put World Cup woe to bed
Owen Farrell has urged England to recapture the hearts and minds of supporters by beginning the process of healing their World Cup misery.
Saturday, 6th February 2016, 12:00 am
Updated Saturday, 6th February 2016, 9:29 am
England head coach Eddie Jones during a press conference at Pennyhill Park, Bagshot.
The hosts crashed out of the tournament with losses to Wales and Australia, failing to reach the knockout phase for the first time, and reacted by appointing a new coaching team led by Eddie Jones at a cost of over £1m.
Jones takes charge of his first match in today's RBS Six Nations opener against Scotland at Murrayfield, and Farrell hopes his reign is launched in style.
"Hopefully we can put in a performance to get people behind us. We have been together for a couple of weeks now and we are excited to get out there," said Farrell.
"I don't know whether the fans are excited about seeing us get out there but hopefully after this weekend there will be something positive to talk about."
Farrell won the first of his 36 caps in the same fixture four years ago when England emerged 13-6 victors at Murrayfield in the opening match of Stuart Lancaster's tenure.
"I remember that when the bagpipes led us into Murrayfield. That was my first cap and I just thought that is what happened. I didn't think it was any different," said Farrell.
"When you go to different places, different things happen. We are pretty used to what happens at Twickenham and how things go there.
"You go somewhere else in the world and different things could be happening. It doesn't make a difference to us.
"They're a passionate crowd at Murrayfield. Yes people talk about the hostility, but it's about how passionate you are as a crowd in terms of what you hear."
Farrell has been picked at inside centre for the trip to Murrayfield while Manu Tuilagi and Henry Slade continue their rehabilitation from injury, with George Ford selected at fly-half.
The Ford-Farrell axis has started twice before at Test level – against Samoa and Uruguay – but the partnership has served England well at age-grade level.
"I'm really excited about it. We are two guys who think about the game in a pretty similar way," said Ford.
"We are both used to playing at 10 so we can help each other out in terms of managing the game, seeing where the space is and trying to get to that space.
"We will also keep having conversations during the game about what we need to do at that particular time depending on the state of the game.
"The understanding is there. We have played together through the age groups many, many times.
"Owen is a great guy to play with in terms of his energy and his communication, so I am sure having him outside me will help me as a 10."
James Haskell, meanwhile, has sought to dampen expectations amid the launch of Jones's England reign at Murrayfield. The Australian knows his honeymoon period concludes when Calcutta Cup hostilities commence and in anticipation of Scotland awaiting in ambush in Edinburgh, has put his faith in established internationals.
"It's all been very positive so far, but it's only been two weeks and we haven't played a game so let's not get too excited," said Haskell.
"You can prepare and focus however you want, but you don't know what course the game will take.
"We're playing a very good Scotland side in a hostile environment and no doubt there will be bad weather and a difficult pitch.
"We're prepared for that kind of battle and the most important thing is that we get the win to get the ball rolling.
"The World Cup is done and dusted, we've got nothing to lose and we want to make sure we give a good account of ourselves.
"A lot of people want the new broom to sweep clean, but a lot of those people have no concept of what international rugby is actually like."
Jones has promised to restore the traditional strengths of English rugby – a muscular pack bristling with savage intent and a strong set-piece – rather than seek to emulate the style of New Zealand or Australia.
Victory at Murrayfield is essential if he is to secure breathing space to make changes against Italy on Sunday week and Haskell leaves little doubt style will play second fiddle to the result.
"I've never been a part of an England team that hasn't wanted to play an expansive or entertaining game," said Haskell. "You're limited by factors such as the opposition, weather, the field, the mood in the camp. We're trying to play a brand of rugby that we can be proud of."
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Q: Send out an email with delay I'm a beginner in php and I want to know if there is a way to send out an email with delay. I want to build a website where users can send an email to themselves with their goals and predictions, and after one year, they should receive their own email automatically.
Does anyone has an idea how I could do this?

A: You will have to take a look at CRON Jobs.  CRON Jobs can be set to run at certain intervals.  Hourly, Daily ect.
Here is a link to a tutorial.

A: You would need to store the email inside of a database or something.
Then you would need code that either auto starts 15 minutes after a new row has been added, or you would need code to check through the database for any unsent mail every few minutes. Usually "cron" is used for this.

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module EbayTrading # :nodoc:
  module Types # :nodoc:
    class ListingTypeCode
      extend Enumerable
      extend Enumeration
      Unknown = 'Unknown'
      Chinese = 'Chinese'
      Dutch = 'Dutch'
      Live = 'Live'
      Auction = 'Auction'
      AdType = 'AdType'
      StoresFixedPrice = 'StoresFixedPrice'
      PersonalOffer = 'PersonalOffer'
      FixedPriceItem = 'FixedPriceItem'
      Half = 'Half'
      LeadGeneration = 'LeadGeneration'
      Express = 'Express'
      Shopping = 'Shopping'
    end
  end
end


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Six Himalayan Dishes to Know
by Sam Kim
Photos by Noah Fecks
There's much more to Himalayan food than yak meat and butter tea. Below are some of the quintessential Nepali, Bhutanese, and Tibetan dishes you'll find in Jackson Heights. They range from soothing to spicy, from vegetarian curries to meaty momos, and much more.
Alu kauli ko tarkari
Nepali cuisine has always relied heavily on locally grown produce and grains due the lack of infrastructure and outside trade until only recently. Most households do not store fruits and vegetables, since they are bought fresh every day at vegetable markets. While asparagus is considered the king of vegetables in Nepal, cauliflower is also one of its most beloved, especially in north central Nepal. Similar to its Indian counterpart, aloo gobi, alu kauli ko tarkari (potato and cauliflower curry) is a staple dish in Nepal.
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In Nepal, curried vegetables are traditionally served with dhal and/or rice. While the preparation is simple, there are hundreds of variations, and the components are often cooked separately to ensure that the texture remains consistent. You might find a spartan version at Lali Guras, on 76th Street, or a more filling version nearby at Himalayan Yak.
Momos, a simple but varied sort of dumpling, are a testament to the diversity of the Himalayas, with influences from Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, and parts of India. Buff momo, made with water buffalo, is most common in Nepal, where beef is restricted. Though goat, lamb, beef, chicken, and yak are still the most widely found fillings, vegetarian momos have flourished in the diaspora. A potato mixture is sometimes blended with mozzarella or parmesan, but can also be found as a standalone filling in the Kathmandu Valley, or at the Potala Fresh Momo cart on Broadway and 37th Road. Vegetable momos are also popular throughout Nepal and India — as are momos filled with cheese (eastern Nepal) and paneer (India) — and are available at almost every restaurant that offers momos in Jackson Heights, like at Phayul and Lhasa Fast Food.
Phayul
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Momos come steamed or fried, and often in the shape of purses (like xiao long bao) or crescents. The meat is often mixed with garlic, onion, and ginger, plus a few drops of oil. Momos are often accompanied by condiments like pickled radish or sepen, a Tibetan hot sauce, sometimes accented with Sichuan peppercorn or chile oil. Look out for a Nepali chutney of charred tomatoes mashed together with spices, or one with cilantro or sesame. Expect to wait a few minutes for the momos to cook, and a few more for them to cool before digging in.
Dhido
An increased access to products has not only changed Nepal's way of life, but also its diet. Rice is quickly becoming the grain of choice but most prevalent in the middle hills and rural areas of Nepal, dhido (also called dhindo or yhosi) is seen as a nutritious, filling, and cheaper alternative to rice.
Dhido, a thick porridge, is most often made with a variety of flours like corn meal (makai ko dhido), buckwheat flour (phapar ko dhido), or millet, mixed with salt and water, then cooked. Traditionally it's made in an iron pan (falaam ko taapke) and served as part of a thali, on a round plate sometimes surrounded by various pickles, dhal, curry, gundruk (fermented leafy green vegetables) or mustard greens (rayo ko saag), and buttermilk or yogurt to enhance the dhido's neutral flavor.
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It's also a popular dish to eat during fasts, since the lack of spices and oil makes it easy to digest. Since the mash begins to harden when it cools down, it's meant to be eaten immediately after preparation, sometimes with ghee. Find it at Mustang Thakali Kitchen or Himalayan Yak and consider pairing with chaang, a Nepali/Tibetan rice beer.
Aloo tama bodi
Bamboo shoots, or tama, grow primarily in the southern Himalayas, and are mild and versatile, which has made them a household staple throughout Nepal. Aloo tama bodi is a Nepali curry dish known for its slightly sour taste, as the tama is often fermented in the sun with mustard seeds, turmeric, and mustard oil. Cooked with potatoes — translated as either aloo or alu — plus black-eyed peas, tomatoes (which helps give it its color), bell pepper, and chiles, the dish is frequently served with rice, naan, and salad.
Due to its pungency, cooks often open their windows and vents before making this dish, which smells as sour as it tastes. Bamboo shoots — whether fresh, canned, bottled, or packed in brine — can be found at your local Asian market, and any type can be used for this dish; as with many Nepali foods, you can find variations from household to household (sometimes buff is added, or spices). At Himalayan Yak and Mustang Thakali Kitchen, servers might warn new visitors that aloo tama bodi is an acquired taste.
Sukuti
Sukuti is a dried meat, often marinated with spices (sukuti sandheko) over fire and charcoal or in the sun, sometimes over a fireplace. Sandheko is the term to describe a mixture of spices, most often with ginger, garlic, red onions, cumin, coriander, and chiles. It is usually served as an appetizer or snack, like beef jerky, or added into noodle dishes like chow mein. Sometimes, raw shelled green peas or peanuts are mixed in for a nice crunch.
Find sukuti at Tawa Food
Since sukuti can be prepared long ahead of time, it is popular to eat year-round and most often served with a spice marinade and pickle, often as a starter in restaurants and hotels. Near the Trishuli River, you'll find maachaa ko sukuti (dried fish). Look out for buff sukuti at Mustang Thakali Kitchen, and sukuti sandheko at almost every Himalayan restaurant.
Samay baji
Mostly residing in the Kathmandu region, the Newar people are active in agriculture and trade, making them one of the wealthier and more influential groups in Nepal. Banquet dishes comprise a wide range of food and have much cultural significance; in fact the three main kinds of Newari meals are the daily meal (ja), snack (baji), and feast (bhoye). Samay baji makes an appearance at every festival and religious activity, and is presented as an offering to the gods, representing the Pancha Tattva, the five aspects of God.
In Nepal it's commonly served with puffed rice, but in the U.S., beaten or flattened rice is used instead, eaten with choyla (barbecued and marinated meat, often served cold), bodi ka achar (beans with spices), aloo achar (pickled potatoes), saag, and palu (sliced ginger), washed down with thwon or aila, Newari grain alcohol. In Jackson Heights, meat dishes, as well as other foods reserved for special occasions like samay baji and sel roti (a fried rice doughnut), are staples of menus and are ordered regularly, though instead of water buffalo you might see goat, lamb, or chicken.
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Sooo, I told you that I'm finally at a point in my life where I like cheesecake. Scratch that… LOVE it. I think that's probably pretty obvious now considering this is my second cheesecake-style recipe in just two weeks. The thing is, I've always liked cream cheese. But only on my bagels and not in my cake. There's a difference. But now I like it in my cake, in my dessert bars, and in my truffles. And probably other places, too, if I had the chance to try them. Be my guest and challenge me.
When Bruegger's Bagels reached out to me to create a recipe with one of their limited edition summer menu items, I obviously chose the cream cheese. Not only because I highly enjoy cream cheese, but because this is not just regular old cream cheese… It's Whipped Blueberry Greek Cream Cheese & Greek Yogurt. I'm a sucker for anything with blueberries. Plus, because this cream cheese has Greek yogurt in it, it has four times the protein and 50% less fat than regular cream cheese. Well, until you mix it with graham crackers and cover it in white chocolate and transform it into cheesecake truffles. But those are just little details.
I love the color of the cream cheese because it's a pale blue/purple just like blueberries. No artificial colors here!
Since the cream cheese is so delicious, I didn't want to majorly alter the flavor in my recipe, so I kept it pretty simple. I mixed the cream cheese with some fresh blueberries, graham cracker crumbs, and a tiny bit of sugar.
I rolled little cream cheese balls, chilled them for a bit and then covered them in melted white chocolate. And as per usual, topped them with sprinkles. There's not a whole lot I wouldn't top with sprinkles. Also, just a note that you definitely want to chill these in the freezer. The first time I attempted these cheesecake truffles, I just popped them in the fridge for a bit and they were a disaster when I tried to dip them in the white chocolate.
Every time I make truffles, I'm like "why the heck don't I make these more??" They're pretty easy and there's SO many ways you can make them. And they're a really good dessert option that allows you to have a little something sweet without going too overboard. Uhhh, how many calories are in sprinkles, again? Don't answer that… I really don't want to know.
I'm so glad I kept these cheesecake truffles simple because they were packed with blueberry flavor with lots of white chocolate sweetness. If you're not a white chocolate fan, you could try dark chocolate and I'm sure that would be absolutely delicious, too.
There's a little bit of tartness to the cheesecake truffles thanks to the Greek yogurt in the cream cheese. I love that. A few years ago, I was obsessed with Greek yogurt cream cheese and I'm kind of surprised it didn't take off more. So, I'm thrilled to see places like Bruegger's incorporating it into their traditional cream cheeses.
Also, whenever I talk about Bruegger's I have to remember the time my sister worked as a baker there when she was in high school. She used to come home completely covered in flour. But how cool is it that she got to make the bagels?? I feel like it's imperative that everyone has a couple working experiences that make for really good conversation. Mine is definitely my stint working for the state government in a reallyyy interesting department.
Being a food blogger as part of my job now is also pretty fun to talk about. But maybe that's just because I could be happy talking about food non-stop for the rest of my life. I mean, I can think of so many more things that should be said about cream cheese. And truffles?? Let's spend the next 9053 hours discussing all of the truffle flavors and varieties we want to create. And let's discuss rainbow sprinkles and how finding the mix without the brown sprinkles is essential when you just want the bright rainbow look. And then let's get in the kitchen and make these cheesecake truffles together while we talk about how to bake the perfect cheesecake without any cracks.
I feel like you guys are probably the same or else you wouldn't be here. Right?? Right?? Oh, and one of the main reasons I miss being a freelancer is because when I freelanced, I spent hours upon hours working from the Bruegger's Bagels in my old neighborhood. I ate a lot of bagels and drank a lot of coffee. And eavesdropped on a whole lot of interesting (and weird) conversations. If you have a Bruegger's near you, be sure to go and check out their limited-edition summer menu items before the season is over! Though I have to admit, I'm pretty excited to see what they're planning for fall!
Are you a fan of Bruegger's Bagels? What's your favorite cream cheese flavor?
You could put blueberry cream cheese on a bagel. Or you could turn it into truffles dunked in white chocolate and topped with sprinkles. You decide.
Place cream cheese, sugar, blueberries, and graham cracker crumbs in the large bowl of a stand mixer (or in a large bowl with a hand mixer) and blend until combined.
Roll tablespoon-sized balls of cream cheese mixture and place on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
Place baking sheet in freezer for at least 30 minutes.
Before removing baking sheet from freezer, melt white chocolate. You can either melt in the microwave or by placing chocolate in a heat-proof bowl set over a pot of simmering water and stirring chocolate until melted (preferred method). If chocolate is too thick, stir in 1 teaspoon canola oil at a time to thin out.
Dunk chilled cream cheese balls in white chocolate to fully coat. Remove from chocolate and place back on parchment paper. Top with sprinkles.
You may need to re-warm chocolate in the double broiler or microwave about mid-way through truffle dipping.
Store cream cheese truffles in an airtight container in fridge.
Thank you to Bruegger's Bagels for sponsoring this post… As always, all opinions are 100% my own!
11 Responses to "Blueberry Greek Cheesecake Truffles"
Bruegger's Bagels have always been my favorite..someone I work with brings them in every Monday..Sues, these truffles look amazing.. I can't wait to try this new cream cheese! ?
This is amazing! I'm thinking about making these in advance for my sister's birthday party!
These cheesecake truffles look amazing!! I can't believe there was a time you didn't like cheesecakes!
These are so fun! I can't help but order their Bacon & Scallion Cream Cheese! I miss my coffee membership for all you can drink hot or iced! So worth it if you are near one!
This is so awesome! I had never heard of Greek yogurt cream cheese before reading this post…but it sounds like something that would make all my dreams come true ?. I need to get in on that action! These truffles look boss.
Yes please! These truffles are right up my alley.
Oh Sues…these look so good…I love the idea of using Greek yogurt.


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