TODAY MARKS THE 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s most famous and rousing ‘I have a dream’ speech. (From thejournal.ie) Masterfully orated to between 200,000 and 300,000 marchers, it is widely regarded as one of the greatest speeches of the 20th century. At just 34 years of age, Luther King inspired generations of Americans toContinue reading “50 Years ago today “I have a dream””
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The Monday Morning Quote #230
The great American novelist Elmore Leonard died last week. For anyone who has wrestled putting words on a page here’s his advice. “Elmore Leonard’s Ten Rules of Writing 1. Never open a book with weather. 2. Avoid prologues. 3. Never use a verb other than “said” to carry dialogue. 4. Never use an adverb toContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #230”
The Monday Morning Quote #229
“Life is too short, so kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly.” – Author Unknown (a shame because I’d like to meet them) via Penzu
The Monday Morning Quote #228
“Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn’t the mountain ahead that wears you out—it’s the grain of sand in your shoe.” Robert Service
Investing – The Key Topics For Your Success & an offer from RW Ltd
The four weekly ezine from financial planners Ray Prince and Graham Urwin is a good read and full of sense. Here’s a section from the latest one and an offer to obtain The Investment Answer. Investing – The Key Topics For Your Success When we look back over the seven and a half years thatContinue reading “Investing – The Key Topics For Your Success & an offer from RW Ltd”
The Weekend Read – Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Probably not the ideal book for the beach or poolside but well worth the time it will take to read and digest – I’m half way through reading it for the second time so that I can assimilate and enjoy the message. In his first book Fooled by Randomness Taleb explored the randomness of successContinue reading “The Weekend Read – Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb”
Dr Andrew Lawson: ‘If I’d relied solely on the NHS to treat me, I might well be dead’
I wrote in February this year “As Nigel Lawson said in his memoirs, the NHS is the closest thing that the English have to a religion and to criticise any part of it from altar boy to archbishop is tantamount to sacrilege. The Olympic opening hype didn’t help. I grew up having fear but littleContinue reading “Dr Andrew Lawson: ‘If I’d relied solely on the NHS to treat me, I might well be dead’”
The Monday Morning Quote #227
“If you see a fraud and do not say fraud, you are a fraud.” Nassim Nicolas Taleb’s First Ethical Rule in Antifragile
The Greatest Breakthrough Since Lunchtime #16 – Alzheimers / Perio disease link.
Reports in two of the UK national dailies of research from UCLAN linking Alzheimers disease with poor oral hygiene. The Independent – Poor dental health and gum disease may be linked to Alzheimer’s disease, a study suggests. Brains of dementia patients were found to contain Porphyromonas gingivalis, the bug responsible for unhealthy gums. Scientists believeContinue reading “The Greatest Breakthrough Since Lunchtime #16 – Alzheimers / Perio disease link.”
NHS England has published its new “Mid-year and year-end reconciliation and financial recovery policy”.
NHS England has published its new “Mid-year and year-end reconciliation and financial recovery policy”. My thanks to Alexander Hall from Meade King LLP for sharing this. At paragraph 28 under the sub-heading “Transitional arrangements 2013/14 only” it has confirmed: “As this is the first year of the policy it has been agreed that there willContinue reading “NHS England has published its new “Mid-year and year-end reconciliation and financial recovery policy”.”
The Incisal Edge 