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It's been nearly a month since I last wrote a blog post, mainly because I haven't raced since the Trailscape Marathon in Ashurst on the 25th of January. Since then I've been running pretty high mileage weeks (for me) including long runs each weekend. I've also been going to track consistently and over the last few weeks James (co-founder of Advent Running) and I have done a few tempo runs on Thursdays. Overall I have felt like training has been going well. However, it is always hard to know what that training equates to in terms of race performances. Having done the Old Deer Park Half Marathon last year I decided to sign up again as it was a quick route and I thought it would be a good race to do to see what time I was capable of and build towards Cardiff Half and the London Marathon.
Another reason I signed up was that my girlfriend Lorna and a lot of friends would also be racing. We all pretty much had the same idea, some friends wanted to gauge fitness and others were gunning for PBs. Having not pushed it in a race recently I was really looking forward to getting out there and testing myself. After running 110k in the week leading up to the event I was unsure how much I could push and how my legs would feel but luckily they were good after a 10k shakeout run with Lorna on the Saturday.
I woke up at 6am on Sunday morning to head across London. I made it to Richmond in plenty of time and met Lorna, Jonny & Alan off the train. Everyone was feeling a little worse for wear. It seems like prime time for colds at the moment. We headed towards the race start and met up with Michalis in the car park opposite to drop bags and pin on race numbers etc, the usual pre-race stuff. We were all questioning ourselves as to why we run and why we don't take up hobbies that can be done indoors in the warm. We even contemplated going for a little Sunday drive rather than running the half marathon! After a few made-up motivational quotes: "The quicker we run the quicker we're done!" and "The wind is only as strong as it is in your mind!" we were all pumped up for the race.
We walked down to the start line where we met Dean who was just chilling. He seemed incredibly laid back considering we were about to race a half marathon. Near the start I also bumped into Spencer (part of the AR collective) and we had a quick catch up before the race began. Due to feeling good after the shakeout run on Saturday I looked up what pace I would need to run to do 1:20 or 1:17. It roughly works out to be 3:43min/km for 1:20, 3:38min/km for 1:17. Off the start line we were sent around a field, it was a little bit frustrating to just be running around through the long grass but luckily within a few hundred metres we were on solid ground and could settle into a good pace. After the lap around the field I was in fourth place just behind Jamal who runs at track with run fast. The two in front of us stormed off into the distance, I knew I wouldn't be seeing either of them again in the race. I started running at close to 3:38min/km pace and decided I wanted to see if I could go close to 1:17 or beat my PB of 1:17:01 as I was feeling good. Considering the muddy and windy conditions I wasn't sure whether I would be able to hold on to that pace but I knew I would get a good time even if I blew up a little and had to really suffer for the last few miles. It's been a while since I've suffered in the latter part of a race and pushed it to that extent.
The first 10km or so went by pretty quickly because I was running with Jamal. However, after completing the first loop of the course he upped the pace and disappeared into the distance, I was still holding the pace around 3:38min/km but he was looking really strong and pushed on. With 10kms done I felt good knowing I just had to suffer for 11 more kilometres. I think going to track consistently and running around 3:30mins/km or quicker for the longer reps and doing 16k tempo runs at 4min/km with James has really helped. On the second loop I ended up passing a lot of runners on their first loop. This was good because for a lot of the first loop I was on my own and when you are pushing the pace it's harder to be racing the clock rather than another runner. On the second loop I found the miles passed quicker, I think this was due to weaving passed runners and puddles along the river. However the last two kilometres of the race were hard. You turn right, back along the river, to head to the finish and I was on my own again. Thankfully it was just 2k to do and I started counting down the minutes, I kept telling myself "2k to go, that's just over 7 minutes or so to suffer". This is something that I have been doing when James and I have been doing our tempo runs; I find time is much easier to think about rather than distance. The minutes soon go by. I crossed the little bridge onto the grass, and was heading for the finish line. A few hundred metres to go and I could see the clock showed 1:15 something, this meant I'd run a PB. I finished in 1:16:10 knocking 51 seconds off my PB from Reading Half last year.
Considering the windy and muddy conditions and not really tapering I'm chuffed with that result. Also considering I ran the same race last year in better conditions in 1:21 it bodes well for my A races coming up.
Massive well done to everyone else that took on the Old Deer Park Half, the conditions weren't great out there but there were some great times posted. Also well done to everyone taking on races elsewhere like Hampton Court half, Wokingham half, the Run Through Olympic Park 5k/10k and Seville Marathon etc. I've seen so many awesome results posted on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Strava over the last few days.
I hope you had a good weekend whether you were racing or not. See a lot of you soon.


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Relationship With Neighbours
According to the table provided, a slight higher number of females than males are sociable to their neighbours. For example, more females than males have a good relationship with their neighbours. The same case applies to those who claim to live in a friendly community, those who claim to speak to their neighbours a lot although this seems to slightly change when the sample was reduced. Overall however, males and females have almost similar view of their neighbours as far as social life is concerned with just a slight higher number of females than males seen as sociable.
With gender, the tables indicate that as people age, they develop a mature relationship with their neighbours. For example, barely young adults (18-24 years), only 18% indicated to have a very good relationship with their neighbours. The percentage increases as people advance in age is the relationship is more stable with people aged more than 65 years, a whopping 59% admitting to having a good relationship with their neighbours. The same can be argued for knowing the same as of one's neighbours although 18-24 year old claim to know more of their neighbours than the 25-34 olds. The pattern is the same throughout the relationship between young adults and adults, as people age, they get to know, understand and develop a closer relationship with their neighbours. However, there is a disparity to this observation for the young adults, 18-24, this can be attributed to the fact that they have been interacting more especially during their time together and spending quality time like playing.
On the second table outlining the social class with region, it can be seen that social class AB have a better social relationship with their neighbours than the other classes. This is because of a higher percentage of people who claim to have a better relationship with their neighbours or know their neighbours as opposed to the other lower social classes. Using the rule, then Wales & South West can be classified to be in the AB social class as they have strikingly similar data. Like in social class AB, Wales & South West has a better relationship with their neighbours than from other regions provided in the table. For the data that discourages good neighbourliness, Wales & South West have a rather lower figure as compared to the other regions or social classes. This is also the reason why people from such regions and social class spend more time with their neighbours than the rest of the other people from other social class or regions.
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A nice paper on Detroit's decline. Does the whole city decline or some parts decline more than others? If it is latter case, which parts decline more and why?
When a city experiences a decline in income or population, do all neighborhoods within the city decline equally? Or do some neighborhoods decline more than others? What are the characteristics of the neighborhoods that decline the most? We answer these questions by looking at what happened to neighborhoods within Detroit as the city experienced a sharp decline in income and population from the 1980s to the late 2000s.
The declines in population and income were not experienced uniformly across the census tracts within Detroit. The poorest census tracts experienced the largest declines in population while it was the rich census tracts that experienced the largest declines in income. In particular, it was the relatively rich neighborhoods that were in close proximity to the richest neighborhoods that experienced the biggest income declines.
The authors actually had a model which looks at a rising city. They applied the same to Detroit to show the model works in reverse as well. So what does rising city show?
We view our analysis through the recently developed model of Guerrieri, Hartley and Hurst (2011)—henceforth GHH….A key prediction of this model is that in response to a positive population or income shock at the city level, the new influx of richer residents will choose to locate in the poorer neighborhoods that border the richer neighborhoods so as to maximize their consumption of the positive neighborhood amenities. In GHH, we refer to this process as endogenous gentrification. We then provide a variety of evidence showing that in response to positive city-wide labor demand shocks, such as an influx of richer residents, the poor neighborhoods that border the rich neighborhoods experience the greatest increase in housing prices within the city because they are the neighborhoods that gentrify (poor residents exit and richer residents migrate in).
They reverse this positive settlement shock to what happened in Detroit which was a negative shock. And the results show the model works in reverse as well. So in positive shock the poor neighborhoods close to rich ones gain as people come in… In a negative shock, the same neighborhood closest to rich one declines as people leave…
This decline of Detroit city is so interesting that one can keep reading as much on it. From a hope city to an almost hopeless one, it has been an amazing journey..


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Q ~ Can I use paints other than the dabbers?
A ~ Yes you sure can...I would suggest applying it with a sea sponge or something similar. You are looking for a light coat, not total coverage. You want the splotchy effect that a sea sponge would yield.
Q ~ Why don't you cover the whole petal/flower?
A ~ You only use a light coat of paint because once you mist the paint with water some areas will be darker while other areas lighter giving the tie dyed effect.
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A ~ I think it will...I've never tried to dye colored flowers before. I would suggest trying it on one to be sure of color fastness since I'm sure every mfg. is different and I don't know what type of dye they use.
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There are two types of pressure the church faces today. Pressure from the outside (which my previous posts addressed) and pressures from within the church. Outside the church, we must practice speaking the truth in love despite the consequences. It is because we love people, that we hold out the truth to them. Inside the church, we must also practice speaking the truth in love despite the consequences. But since everyone thinks they have truth –the consequence is – fractions, divisions, arguments and a stain on the church. So what do we do? Do we just all agree to […]Read More
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(I apologize in advance for this extremely long post! ) Over the last 3 years, I have received many emails and comments that are less than kind. Mocking blog posts like this (by a blogger who has over 163,000 twitter followers) and forums that have devoted threads to attacking me, have brought a lot of angry emails into my inbox. In the beginning, I attempted to dialogue with angry commenters. I found that it always was a deadend road. Now I hit the delete button on every mean comment (ie. swear words, name calling, threats). I leave up people who disagree with me in a respectful manner because I am comfortable with […]Read More


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Castlelake returns with $785M bonds backed by leases on older aircraft
Castlelake, a lessor that specializes in acquiring aircraft midway through their useful life, is making its annual trip to the securitization market.
There are a number of risks associated with older aircraft, including limited re-leasing prospects, technological obsolescence and higher maintenance costs.
However, one of the biggest concerns Kroll Bond Rating Agency has with the latest deal, Castlelake Aircraft Structured Trust 2017-1, is the concentration of the portfolio in the three top lessees, Quatar Airways (19% of the portfolio), American Airlines (14.5%), and Asiana (13%). Together, they represent nearly half (46.5%) of the portfolio.
While that's similar to the initial percentage of Castlelake's previous securitization, completed in 2016, it's possible the concentration of the top three lessees in the latest deal could reach 65%. That's higher than a majority of recent aircraft securitizations.
In its presale report, Kroll said that this risk is "somewhat mitigated" by the credit worthiness of the initial lessees, though it's difficult to predict the migration of the portfolio's three largest lessees over time.
Castlelake typically acquires aircraft only after their initial values have depreciated significantly, thereby providing an attractive entry point for its investments. With an initial weighted average age of 13 years, and a remaining lease term of approximately 4.3 years, the portfolio is similar to the portfolios of other recent mid-life aircraft securitizations.
The transaction has a number of features designed to address risks associated with older aircraft Castlelake is borrowing less against the value of the planes than do lessors of newer aircraft. The portfolio being securitized has an initial value of approximately $940.7 million (based on the average of the half-life base values provided by three appraisers and adjusted for maintenance conditions) they will secure three tranches of fixed-rate loans totaling $785.5 million.
A senior, $616 million tranche with an expected life of 12 years is provisionally rated A by Kroll, on par with the senior tranche of Castlelake's 2016 deal. Likewise, a subordinate, 12-year tranche carries the same BBB rating as the comparable tranche of the previous deal. However, the seven-year tranche is rated B-, one notch lower than the comparable tranche of the 2016 transaction.
These loans amortize faster than loans backed by newer planes, providing additional protection to investors from technological obsolescence and limited re-leasing prospects. In addition, the transaction also contains cash sweep mechanisms and performance triggers.
Deutsche Bank and Citigroup are the joint structuring agents.
The aircraft being securitized represent approximately 16.8% (by number of aircraft) of Castlelake's managed leased fleet, including aircraft committed to be purchased.


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Monks brawled at Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulcher, where Christ was crucified and buried.
Monks from the Greek Orthodox and Armenian denominations were preparing for a ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the Old City when a disagreement led to a full-fledged fistfight.
The fight began when Armenian clergy were holding a procession to commemorate the finding of the cross believed to have been used in the crucifixion of Jesus, according to The Associated Press.
The Greek members of the clergy wanted one of their monks present, the AP reported, for fear that the procession would undermine their claim to an ancient structure built on what is believed to be the tomb of Jesus.
The two sides could not agree, and when the Armenians tried to begin the procession, the Greek monks stepped in and the fighting began, the AP reported.
"We were keeping resistance so that the procession could not pass through ... and establish a right that they don't have," a young Greek Orthodox monk with a cut next to his left eye told the AP.
Many among the dozens of monks came away with cuts
Officers were called to the scene to break up the brawl. They detained two monks, one from each denomination, Rosenfeld said.
The Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem is thought to be built on the site of Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection. Rivalries between the different sects that share control of the church often lead to tensions.
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Monk Throw Down?
Monks brawled at Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulcher, where Christ was crucified and buried.


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1. The unwise approach to making more money and profit and
2. The Wise Approach to making more money and profit.
A. The unwise approach to making more money and profit:
1. Not investing the right amount of time & money.
"There is no free or cheap lunch."
To make another $100,000 in your business, you will more than likely have to invest a combination of at least $20k (in terms of both money and focused time) into your marketing efforts. If you are investing too little focused time or focused marketing investment money, then the risk of failure goes up. Are there exceptions to this rule? Of course. However, these exceptions are very rare.
2. Not paying attention to your ROI and Profit
ROI is Return on Investment which means how much you get back in terms of money and (less measurable) satisfaction. Both are important to measure. The question for you is "Are each of your marketing strategies currently giving you sufficient return on investment individually and together?"
3. Not eliminating the efforts that are not producing results.
If you are measuring the results, then you need to put a stop loss on any investments and strategies that are not paying off over time. This can be complicated I understand – the complexity is determining how long you need to give a strategy enough time to work.
Actions to take:
1. Be more than prepared to invest in at least $20,000 of time or money into the next year for your marketing. At some point, it will make sense to use less of your time and spend more money. I say this because to make your business scalable, you will have to hire other people to help with or do the work of marketing strategy and implementation.
2. Measure your results if you are not doing so already. Look for more things that you are neglecting to measure e.g. opt in rates, google analytics, conversion into clients, etc.
3. Create stop losses on the strategies that are not working well for you.
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Ezekiel 39:22-24 New King James Version (NKJV)
22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day forward. 23 The Gentiles shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity; because they were unfaithful to Me, therefore I hid My face from them. I gave them into the hand of their enemies, and they all fell by the sword. 24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I have dealt with them, and hidden My face from them." '
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Department Budget: briefing
09 April 2003
Meeting Summary
A summary of this committee meeting is not yet available.
Meeting report
9 April 2003
Chairperson: Mr. L. Ngculu (ANC)
Documents handed out:
Department's Strategic Plan
Vote 16: Department of Health (link to Treasury website)
Responses to Questions Posed by Health Committee
The Committee was informed that the overall prevalence rate for HIV/Aids was 22.4% in 1999, 24.5% in 2000 and 24.8% in 2001. This development was attributable mainly to the prevalence rate in women under twenty years old remaining stable for the last few years.This was the best indicator of the uptake of the prevention messages since it implied that it was possible to curb new infections. The Committee heard that the licensing policy would be reviewed so that this mandate would move from the Pharmacies Council to the Department so that non-pharmacist could be licensed to dispense drugs. However, provision for non-pharmacist to dispense drugs would be confined to people registered under the Health Profession Act which in order to improve public access to affordable drugs.
The Department had been inundated with calls from various companies some as far away as Europe seeking information on the licensing requirement for parallel importation of medicines. The Department could not currently predict how many companies would be involved in the parallel importation program and that an amendment to Act 101 made provision for this activity. The transition from Hospital Reconstruction and Rehabilitation to the Revitalization Programme had been agreed upon with the provinces. It was explained to the Committee that this programme combined the area of physical infrastructure, management strengthening, organizational development, quality of care, equipment, information and monitoring systems and that the implementation of the programme started towards the end of 2001.
The Chair stressed the need to for qualitative changes arising from budgetary allocations.
Briefing by Dr. E Mhlonga - Chief Director, Maternal, Child, Women's Health & Nutrition
Dr. Mhlonga informed the Committee that the Department was implementing the school health policy. Although the program had been taken over by the Department of education, his Department monitored to ensure that the content of the food supplement was right. The Department was committed to the program to ensure that the country was polio free by 2004 noting that many activities occurred at the provincial level and that explained the limited operational budget at the National level. Prenatal causes of death was one area of major concern and the Department was moving to strengthen its integrated programme. Integrated nutrition programme was a National effort, which brought together all Departments to ensure that child related issues were adequately addressed.
Dr. Mhlonga revealed that the baby friendly initiative had resulted in 58 out of 480 maternity units being declared as baby friendly and that the program was being implemented slowly in the Gauteng, North-West and the Western Cape provinces. There was an ongoing programme for staff training on HIV and infant feeding. The biggest problem was the challenge posed by the provision of free infant formula to mothers on the PMTCT program. A draft feeding guideline had been developed and the same would be presented to MINMEC early in 2003.
Briefing by Ms N Matsau - Deputy Director General- International Health Liaison
Ms Matsau informed the Committee that issues regarding South Africa's international co-operation and regional development emanate directly from the Presidency. South Africa was inundated by many requests for co-operation agreements by friendly countries but that this venture was prioritized to ensure that only those partnerships that benefitted the country were signed. These Agreements helped the country gain international status noting that whereas many agreements solicit for money there was another category of agreements that brought in development. So far the Department had signed five to six agreements this financial year and explained that the south-south partnerships helped strengthen co-operation between developing countries. The Nepad initiative encompassed four major programs and this included South Africa's contribution to SADC noting that although the later relocated to Botswana its activities were still running within the Department.
Briefing by Dr. S. Khotu - Director, National Health Systems, Health Monitoring and Evaluation
Dr. Khotu informed the house that the National Policy on Quality in Health Care had been adopted and the same was being operationalised both by the national and provincial departments of health. Most of the provincial departments had appointed quality of care (QA) co-ordinates and that all of them either had or were in the process of developing provincial QA policies based on the national policy. Provinces like the Eastern Cape, Kwazulu Natal, North West and the Free State had employed the services of the Council for Health Service Accreditation in Southern Africa (COHSASA) to assist them to improve the quality of care rendered in public hospitals. Other provinces such as Gauteng had decided against external accreditation in favour of internally developed standards and assessment of compliance.
Dr. Khotu reported that most health programs have produced clinical guidelines to assist health workers to better manage their patients adding that the national Department was in the process of establishing peer review mechanisms to assess clinical care. Mechanisms to report and investigate adverse reactions were currently being explored. Most facilities had established clinic and community health centre committees, ward committees and hospital wards. Most provinces had also established provincial level structures in the form of Provincial Health Councils (PHCs) noting that these structures had been established as a mechanism for involvement of local government in the spirit of co-operative governance.
Briefing by Dr. R. Mulumba, Director, HIV/AIDS
Dr. Mulumba reported that the 1999, 2000 and 2001 results of the annual HIV sero-positive prevalence surveys of pregnant women attending public antenatal clinics suggested that prevalence rates were stabilizing. Overall prevalence rate was 22.4% in 1999, 24.5% in 2000 and 24.8% in 2001. She attributed these developments mainly to the prevalence rate in women under 20 years old remaining stable for the last few years. This was the best indicator of the uptake of the prevention messages since it implied that it is possible to curb new infections.
Dr. Mulumba informed the Committee that there was a further strengthening of expenditure on the HIV/Aids and Tuberculosis sub-program with the result that it was projected to grow from a modest R75 million in 1999/00 to R903 million by 2005/5. The budgetary increase related to the raised allocations in the conditional grant to provinces - primarily to fund the roll-out of prevention of mother to child transmission - and for the national program. The national program related to the procurement of male and female condoms, contributions to the Global Fund for HIV/ Aids and partnerships with love-life and other related NGOs. Payments to the South African Aids Vaccine initiative doubled to R10 million in 2002/03 and this would be maintained over the MTEF period.
Dr. Mulumba reported that the HIV/Aids, STI and TB cluster allocated much of the conditional grant to provinces and non-governmental organizations and that in order to ensure good financial management, these transfers were closely monitored. Besides the requirement for a business plan, regular expenditure reports must be submitted. Hospital Services cluster also provided funds from the conditional grants to provinces, which were also closely monitored in similar fashion.
Briefing by Dr. H Zokufa - Chief Director, Pharmaceutical Policy and Planning
Dr. Zukufa addressed the issue of pharmaceutical policy and noted that there had been a significant increase in budgetary allocation due to the expected legislative program that started from 2 May 2003. He appealed to the Committee to play its rightful role in ensuring that there were affordable drugs for the general populace. Licensing policy would be reviewed so that this mandate would move from the Pharmacies Council to the Department so that non-pharmacist could be licensed to dispense drugs. Provision for non-pharmacist to dispense drugs would be confined to people registered under the Health Profession Act. This measure was intended to expand opportunity for members of the public to access affordable drugs.
Briefing by Ms J Gous -Director: Inspectorate & Law Enforcement: Medicines Regulatory Authority
Ms Gous noted that budgetary allocations in this area was clearly an extensive increase and reported that the Department would improve systems and processes to ensure provision of safe drugs and at the same time improve procedures for registration of drugs.
The Department would seek membership to the International Pharmaceutical Inspection Scheme with a view to rationalize the registration of drugs. Centres of excellence for GMP and quality systems for the SADC and Nepad would be developed. South Africa was currently training the SADC inspectorate. The Department would periodically review the list of essential drugs to ensure relevance and availability and at the same time establish a pricing committee, which was provided for in the Medicines Act.
Ms Gous reported that the Department had been inundated with calls from various companies some as far away as Europe seeking information on the licensing requirement for parallel importation of medicines. At this point in time it was not easy to tell how many companies would be involved in the parallel importation program noting that the amendment to Act 101 makes provision for this activity. There was no provision for the registration of medical devices but that registration was required for devices with active ingredients. The provision as it stood was problematic since it did not offer clear guidance and that the only solution was to go back to Parliament and write provisions in the Act to supply the necessary clarity.
Entry points for drugs at the border would be much stricter and that only four border controls would be made available. More enforcement officers would be employed to enhance capacity on the policing front. The Cosmetic Control Act, which was written in 1972, would be updated to bring it in line with current developments on the international scene. In an effort to ensure the supply of safe drugs, the (Medicines Regulatory Authority) MRA would acquire its own laboratory, which in any event is a directive from the WHO noting that this would also be in pursuance of provisions of the Quality Control Act.
Briefing by Dr. T Sibeko - Chief Director, Hospital Services and EMS
Dr. Sibeko informed the Committee that as a result of hard lobbying the hospital services programme had witnessed a significant budgetary increment adding that indeed an additional R120 had been allocated in this regard. The first draft of the Integrated Health Planning Framework document was completed in January 2001. Since this exercise was conducted using limited information, it was deemed necessary to review the process as and when the quality of information flow increased. All provinces used this draft to produce their first draft Strategic Position Statement (SPSs) which he explained was a costed long-term vision for the delivery of sustainable health services.
Dr. Sibeko pointed out that the transition from Hospital Reconstruction and Rehabilitation to the Revitalization Program had been agreed upon with the provinces. This programme combined areas of physical infrastructure, management strengthening, organizational development, quality of care, equipment, information and monitoring systems noting that implementation of the program started towards the end of 2001. A set of delegations for hospital managers had now been drafted and was pending discussion and approval by the Provincial Health Restructuring Committee (PHRC) in 2003. Considerable amount of training had been provided for hospital general managers, specifically on strategic and business planning, performance management and change management.
Dr. Sibeko pointed out that the standard job description and performance plans for hospital CEOs had been developed in collaboration with the Department of Public Service and Administration, and that particular progress has been made in the appointment of CEO/SEO and the implementation of management structures. Financial management systems in hospitals were being strengthened and that the National support to the cost centre management program had significantly been improved. This development had seen the expansion of the program from the original fifteen to 46 hospitals.
Dr Cachalia (ANC) asked if the Department had plans to license parallel importation of anti-retroviral drugs.
Dr Zokufa replied that the generic version of the drugs was already available in the country but that patent holders sold these drugs. The law provided for compulsory licensing but the process of securing a license was riddled with insurmountable obstacles. Parallel importation was provided for under section 76 of the Medicines control Act that would come into effect from the 2 May 2003.
Ms Baloyi (ANC) commended the Department for the clarity it had put to programmes, which clearly showed where it was coming from and where it was going. Which provinces were experiencing problems in implementing the mother to child HIV/AIDS prevention programme.
Dr. Mulumba replied that provinces that were behind in implementation were Mpumalanga, Limpopo, the Eastern Cape and North West in that order.
Ms Malumise (ANC) asked the Department to outline tangible projects it had rolled out in the provision of the Home Based Care programme.
Dr. Mulumba reported that there were 665 HBC projects running throughout the country noting that in fact the Department has superceded the initial target of 500. She added that the Department has compiled its targets, which are placed under rigorous monitoring mechanisms to ensure that they do not only function but also undergo continuous assessment and improvement.
Dr. Rabinowitz (IFP) asked if plans had been made to include saliva testing as an alternative means of detecting the sero-positive status of a patient.
Dr. Mulumba pointed out that blood testing was by far preferred becomes it was more sensitive and specific than saliva and that the latter was much more difficult to predict. There was on-going research on the issue and that this information would be made available once the research findings are tabled.
Ms Tshwete (ANC) asked if the Department had any plans to extend the training programs to the rural areas noting that most initiatives like love life were urban based.
Dr. Mulumba concurred with Ms Tshwete that indeed most training programs were urban based but assured the Committee that the Department was expanding to the rural outposts noting that one such centre that had been ear-marked up at the University of the Transkei in place of Port Elizabeth.
The Chair noted that most provinces lacked capacity to put together credible business plans in order to make a persuasive case for extra budgetary allocation and asked what the Department was doing to help such hapless provinces.
Dr Zokufu replied that new posts had been created at the national level, which would become part of the provincial manpower and that this new edifice would form strong linkages to the provincial structure to facilitate collaborative work.
Dr Luthuli (ANC) sought an explanation as to how the PMTCT program was being rolled out and whether there were benchmarks upon which the Department measures progress in this regard.
Dr Mulumba acknowledged that there had indeed been deficiencies in monitoring but that the Department had now set up an operational plan dealing with indicators and targets. There had been a tremendous improvement in the roll-out of the PMTCT program and that the Department was going out of its way to assist provinces in strengthening mechanisms.
Ms Baloyi asked how the Department collaborated with the Department of Social Development in the roll-out exercise of the Home Based Care program.
Dr. Mulumba explained that her Department has entered an understanding with the Department of Social Development that they carry out the work in terms of the Home Based Care (HBC) and administer the programme while Health carried out follow-up and treatment regimen. It was the National Treasury edict for the HBC program to be unified instead of having several packages.
Ms Tshwete enquired why HIV/Aids patients did not qualify for the social grant supplement.
Dr. Ntsaluba replied that it was government policy not to make a specific provision for HIV/AIDS patients in terms of access to social grant. The Department of Social Development in the Eastern Cape tried to implement such a policy and it ran into deep problems and was forced to abandon it.
The Chair was happy with the DG's point of clarification noting that the Western Cape government made similar announcements which was a contradiction of the stated government policy. He pointed out that at times provincial governments were pushed into making rush decisions when they were under immense public pressure without first assessing the impact of their policy pronouncements.
Dr. Cachalia asked what, if any, monitoring mechanism the Department had put in place to check on the drugs manufacturing cost in view of the fact that the pricing committee only determined exit prices.
Dr. Zokufa acknowledged the fact that a single exit price was a huge challenge for the Department and that a working group had been constituted by the Minster to look into this issue. He lamented the lack of general support from manufacturers noting that the challenge the government was faced with was how to gather sufficient intelligence with which to engage companies on the sourcing, acquisition, rate of exchange and a feel of the production costs. The Department was committed to the introduction of the economies of value for money.
Ms Baloyi asked how Department would deal with the issue of setting up the pricing committee. Would the private sector be represented on the committee?
Dr. Zokufa replied that consultations were carried out from among the provinces and various medical groups but that the private sector had no membership on the committee.
Dr. Luthuli asked how the Department could reach out to SANAC and other related organizations to assist with policy formulation.
Dr. Zokufa said that once one has engaged the medical fraternity in a comprehensive manner as was the case here, it is possible to come up with credible guidelines on the way forward for the implementation and getting non-members to buy into the package.
Dr. Luthuli asked when the pricing Committee would be up and running.
Dr. Zokufa replied that the Department had received more than 60 plus applications from people seeking representation on the Committee which needed organising. There were deep-seated tensions between the pharmacists and medical doctors and therefore not all stakeholders were buying into the project as yet.
Dr. Ntsaluba said that indeed dispensing doctors were clearly unhappy about this new development which they feared would eat into their incomes.
Dr. Jassat noted that there were too many backlogs in the process of drug registration and wondered why this was the case.
Ms Gous attributed delayed registration process to resource scarcity noting that her section had many resignations and that most of the vacant posts had just been re-advertised for filling.
Dr. Jassat asked how long, on average, it took for a drug to conclude the registration process.
Ms Gous explained that it took many years for a new drug to gain the evaluation competence noting that on average it took eleven to twelve years for a generic drug to be registered while a new drug would take on average two years.
Dr. Jassat asked how the inspection process was carried out before a drug was registered.
Ms Gous explained that there were various levels of inspection but that the most crucial ones were at the manufacturing and processing level.
Dr. Cachalia (ANC) asked if the Department conducted quality verification before a drug was registered.
Ms Gous noted that the evaluation process looked at three main ingredients before recommending a drug for registration and these were: quality, safety and efficacy noting that if the imported substance fell below the required standards then it must be withdrawn.
Dr. Cachalia referred to the outlined registration process and asked what happened in cases of compulsory registration.
Ms Gous pointed out that in such cases the law provides for an expedited registration process, which in the end would ensure that all the essential ingredients in the evaluation process were covered.
Dr. Jassat asked what an ideal South African hospital should be. What standards was the Department aiming at in its revitalization programme?
Dr. Sibeko admitted that it is quite tricky to determine at this point in time what an ideal South African hospital should look like noting that it was a question that should concern people at policy making level.
Dr. Cachalia noted with appreciation the significant increase in the budgetary allocation for the hospital revitalization programme. He asked what plans, if any, the Department had or was putting in place to attract private patients to the improved state facilities so that these hospitals could generate income from the medical aid scheme.
Dr. Sibeko pointed out that the Department had put in place many initiatives to appropriately position state facilities so that they can compete fairly with private service providers. Some of the initiatives included the differentiation of service provision within the state facilities.
The Chair cautioned that the Department should tread carefully in its ambitious plans to set up state of the art facilities, which might turn out to be nothing but white elephants. There was no point in setting up such facilities if there is no provision for equipment, personal and other necessary facilities to improve the quality of service on a sustainable basis.
Dr. Sibeko explained that the revitalization program did not entail doing everything at once noting that the National Treasury had complained that huge resources had been allocated to the Department yet the health infrastructure was in a state of a shambles. The Department then decided to impact on a programme to improve the physical facilities before moving to other areas of concern.
Ms Chetty, Deputy Director General said that the real change was not only the upgrading of physical facilities but rather the whole question of re-engineering of the entire health infrastructure to keep with the changing times.
Ms Baloyi lamented that most hospital facilities were urban based. Were there plans to expand these facilities to the rural areas?
The Chair felt that the Department's strategic plan had reflected a qualitative change. However, there was still room for improvement.
The meeting was adjourned.
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"Warning, the man who wrote this report hates soccer and everyone who plays it because a soccer coach touched his penis when he was a little boy, so he gets triggered by football, do not take him seriously."
Apparently someone thought it would be a great idea to mix a heavy metal show with soccer, that's right SOCCER! Come get me hoolifags. Anyway, a bunch of drunken and probably hungover band members played soccer for a bottle of whiskey, a worthy cause I must say, but fuck soccer.
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19 Tips to Boost Confidence Right Now, Because You're Awesome. Like finding the perfect pair of jeans or getting to inbox zero, confidence is a pretty elusive thing.
But without it, it's all too easy to fall down the rabbit hole of self-doubt and negativity. And this not only hurts us on a personal level (anxiety, depression, membership to the lonely heart's club), but it can also put a damper on our professional success. That's why we made it our mission to find self-confidence shortcuts. We searched high and low for the 19 best ways to power past insecurities and doubts, and we have to say: they're pretty darn awesome. Consider these tips your booster rockets to soar over the toughest situations—whether it's rocking a first date or acing an interview—with swagger. 1. Your favorite fragrance does more than make you smell oh-so-nice. 2. Mom was right: The next time you find yourself slumping in your chair or slouching your shoulders, sit up straight! 3. 4. Nodding your head isn't just good for signaling "yes" or warming up in a group fitness class. Reinventing Performance Management.
At Deloitte we're redesigning our performance management system.
This may not surprise you. Like many other companies, we realize that our current process for evaluating the work of our people—and then training them, promoting them, and paying them accordingly—is increasingly out of step with our objectives. In a public survey Deloitte conducted recently, more than half the executives questioned (58%) believe that their current performance management approach drives neither employee engagement nor high performance. They, and we, are in need of something nimbler, real-time, and more individualized—something squarely focused on fueling performance in the future rather than assessing it in the past. What might surprise you, however, is what we'll include in Deloitte's new system and what we won't. Counting and the Case for Change More than likely, the performance management system Deloitte has been using has some characteristics in common with yours. Rana Florida: Your Start-Up Life: Dan Pink on Why "Passion" Doesn't Matter.
Thursdays at the Huffington Post, Rana Florida, CEO of The Creative Class Group, will answer readers' questions about how they can optimize their lives.
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Harvest Festival at St Johns
St John the Baptist Parish Church
Friday, 14 September 2018
Come along to a traditional Harvest Festival service at St Johns on Sunday 7th October at 10am. All-age worship will include reception of harvest gifts for Crowthorne Foodbank. See our website for directions and suggested items.
Contact Information
Ken Perrett
- 01344 761521
Find St John the Baptist Parish Church
Waterloo Road, Crowthorne, Berkshire, RG45 7NT
Additional Information
There is ample parking along Waterloo Road, and around the back of the Church on the unmade road Church Street.


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Hugh and Phil talk about KVM-over-IP systems with particular reference to Teradici and Phil's favourite manufacturer Amulet Hotkey. They also go over the basics of encryption with symmetric and public-key crypto.
Find it on iTunes, vanilla RSS, YouTube or the show notes website.
- Broadcast engineering and IT related links and stuff. Maybe some music, films and other things.
Saturday, July 25, 2015
The Engineer's Bench podcast - "KVM-over-IP and Data Encryption"
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Typical edit suite monitor calibration; some traps for young players
I spent the morning in a very typical Soho edit room with a JVC DT-V24-series LED-backlit LCD as the "front of house" monitor and an LG LED-backlit LCD as the client display.
It's quite easy to get the JVC looking right - BBC style 6504k for Rec.709; I've waffled on about this a lot in the past, but I had some new encounters (due in some small part to the new version of ChromaSurf; the software I use with the Klein K10A probe).
- The Klien is a fast photometer, able to make a reading in around a second; this has huge implications for LUT building and it's why when using LightSpaceCMS you can profile a 17-point LUT in less than two hours. Older probes that can take ten seconds when coupled with something like SpectraCAL (which does not have a proper colour-engine, it essentially halves the difference every time is sees a bad colour match) might have your waiting more than a day for the same LUT profile. Being such a fast probe means that in the current release of their software you can do a 32-sample read of very low (i.e. noisey) blacks and get a reasonable figure.
- Just because you can read down at sub 1Cd/m2 doesn't mean you should! With LCDs when you get to sub 5% black you actually see more of the colour of the backlight leaking around those little thin-film transistor pixels. This is why I tend to calibrate black level ("Bias" in Sony-speak) around 15% to make sure I'm getting a real read from the pixels.
- Even if a domestic display claims to have a Rec.709 mode don't believe the hype; this is the abuse I had to land on the display to get this one to match the JVC and for the Klein to be happy.
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Labels: colourimetry, LUT, monitors, video
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Colourimetry and Boland broadcast monitors
I have been so busy that (to my shame) I haven't been able to blog for two months now. This morning I did a presentation for the Root6 Tech Breakfast series entitled "Colourimetry, Calibration and Monitoring" -
You can grab my notes here;
This is all to promote the new US manufacturer we've taken on; for my money their BVB25-OLED monitor is the best TV display for under £10k.
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-Pre-charged and ready to use out-of-package
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There are many amazing pre wedding locations in and near Pune and sometimes it becomes difficult to enlist all the amazing sites at one place. Well, here we are providing you some brief details about the top locations from which you can choose your desired pre wedding shoot location from in and around the city of Pune. So that you will be saved from the task of looking for different places and feel free of stress from this matter. Following are the locations that have been chosen specially for the mind blowing pre wedding shoot.
Aga Khan Palace is a palace that came into existence in the year of 1892 and can also be called the wonder of archaeology. The Italian style arches and the beautiful wide spread lawns make a great combination together for a stunning pre wedding shoot location. The best part of this place is that you can shoot here any time of the day. The greenery and the grandeur of this place never fails to add beauty in your pictures. In fact this location is just right for the couples who want a hereditary and grand pre wedding photoshoot.
A garden whose green beauty is spread on 39 acres of land and which provides the ultimate shots is one of the famous places for pre wedding shoot in Pune. The garden is one of the prominent landmarks in Pune and gained a lot of fame from the couples for a pre wedding location. The gardens are full of flora and fauna that attracts the visitors as well. The flowing water stream adds on to the one of the many features of this garden. The area is huge and that helps in finding a place less crowded for a peaceful and comfortable pre wedding shoot.
If you are looking for a historical location to give a rustic look in your pre wedding shoot and side by side is famous and perfect for your pre wedding shoot, then Jadhavgadh Fort is the place to stand upto your expectations. It is 300 years old and has become a resort now. For a comfortable and less tiring location for your pre wedding shoot you must go with this place. It will make you feel Royal and also the walls and the decor shows the fusion of the old with the new. This place has lawns as well for adding varieties in the backgrounds and getting amazing output of your photographs.
Lavasa is one of the plan cities near Pune which is painted by bright colours that attract the couples. It is a cool location for the fun loving couples pre wedding shoot. The city is planned in a way that it also has a lake which adds on to the beauty of Lavasa. This pre wedding location has many background to offer and the colours just make your photographs more beautiful. Lavasa come in one of the best locations near Pune for the pre wedding shoots as the couple get entertained and amazed by its awesomeness.
Malhar Machi Resort in Pune is the perfect pre wedding shoot location if you are looking for a location that is set against the mountains, near the river and has the rustic look with the desired comfort. With the presence of Sahyadri Mountains and the Mula River, Malhar Machi fulfills all your desires of getting the diversity in the backgrounds of your photographs and makes them attractive. The rooms provided by the resort have their balconies decorated by traditional Indian styled furniture. It also has a pool and a playground in the resort premises that can be added into the background options for you.
Mulshi is one of the beautiful sights for the pre wedding videos. It is surrounded by the great mountains of Sahyadris and the River Mula is just the right location for a peaceful and serene location. The sunrise or the sunset shots with the river and the mountains give a perfect shot. The lovers who are fearless to show their love, this is the right place for showing their romantic side. For the couple who loves nature and the natural beauty, Mulshi is the right location because the wonders of nature can be found everywhere in Mulshi.
This is one of the great garden to be used as a pre wedding shoot location. The garden known as Pune-Okayama Friendship Garden or the Pu La Deshpande garden. Being one of the finest places in Pune, this garden provides an awestruck amount of greenery that never fails to make your pre wedding photographs amazing. The garden also acquires artificial water bodies that can be used as backgrounds. The place is beautiful and also requires permission for the shoot to be done, so better be prepared before the departure.
The Pataleshwar Temple is the eighteenth century archaeological site that is best fitted for a rustic and hereditary pre wedding location. For the couples wanting blessings and the sense of heritage in their pre wedding shoot, this temple is the perfect location in Pune for them. Other than the temple there is also Pataleshwar Caves and they can also be used as the background. The pillars of the temple are square and the structure of the temple tells a lot about its history. The sunrise shoot is most preferable at this location as for stunning shots and also to avoid the crowd and visitors.
Shaniwar Wada became famous after Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Bajirao Mastani. The couples want to get a pre wedding shoot there now. The huge gateways, the windows typically called jharokhas and the relation to the history makes the place an exotic location for the pre wedding photographs. The place and its fame, both speaks about their awesome structure. The gateways gives magical appearance in the photographs and gives a grand look to the pre wedding shots.
About the Author: Priyanka Rampal is presently working as an intern at Video Tailor. She has been graduated from B.A. English Honors and has keen interest in writing.


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With the final installment of the Harry Potter movie franchise coming out, we thought it would be fun to revisit the phenomenon with a special edition series of Harry Potter Book v Movie columns.
Name of Book: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
By: J. K. Rowling
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Copyright Date: US Edition July 2000
Number of Pages: 734
Format: fiction
Reason for Reading: It's Harry Potter, do we need a reason?
Rating: A+
Name of Movie: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Director: Mike Newell
Release Date: November 18, 2005 (USA)
Running Time: 157
IMDB Linkage: www.imdb.com/title/tt0330373
Rating: B+
The BOOK: Did you catch the page count? 735 delicious pages. Prisoner of Azkaban was larger at 435, but Goblet of Fire is nearly double that. This satisfied my insatiable appetite for all things Harry.
The series is getting more complex and dark. After three unsuccessful attempts to kill Harry and make a comeback, the worst has happened. Voldemort returns, setting up the remainder of the series.
Goblet of Fire is one of my favorites from the series, (The Half-Blood Prince being my second favorite.) Goblet of Fire brings us international wizards, the World Quidditch Cup, a wizard tournament with frightening challenges. Everything is taken up a notch in Goblet of Fire. All of Harry's adventures heretofore, pale in comparison to what he has to deal with in year four at Hogwart's.
And our heroes are growing up. The relationships are becoming more complex with the onset of puberty. Harry and Ron are fighting for a good chunk of the book as jealousy plays itself out. Hermione and Ron's friendship subtly shifts but they haven't acknowledged it yet.
The MOVIE:
As this book was significantly larger than the previous three, there was a lot of cutting in the movie and rightly so. The pacing was quick and the creeping, menacing mood was captured well. The scenes at the end in the maze and the graveyard were especially well done. Seeing Voldemort come back was pretty creepy to witness. The part in the book that gives me chills and always makes me want to cry, is when Harry and Voldemort's wands connect. The depiction in the book of Priori Incantatem is so moving and sad amidst a truly frightening moment. The depiction in the movie was nearly how I had imagined it and almost as moving. The mood of the cheering crowd when Harry returns from the graveyard moves to jubilant to panic perfectly. Dumbledore's speech to the school at the end is powerful.
One personal joy of watching the movies is seeing who will play the new teachers. Our young heroes are still young and their talent still being developed, but it is a true joy to watch the adult players. Brendan Gleeson was delightful to watch as abrasive, gruff Mad-Eyed Moody. Michael Gambon is coming into his own as Dumbledore. Predrag Bjelac is particularly sinister as Igar Karkaroff.
Overall, the movie version does a decent job of capturing the tone and turn of events of the fourth book.
THE VERDICT: The book by far exceeds the movie. At the time that it was released, I thought it was the best movie HP movie adaptation. However, I always think that with each new HP release. 😉