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The last two weeks have been a life-changing time for our family.  Denise, my wife, had a sub-arachnoid haemorrhage which needed a 7.5 hour operation and intensive care in a leading UK neurological centre.  Happily, she’s home now and recovering from the trauma.

I posted about this on the Cubase 7 forum and received many warm and loving messages of support from people around the world.  I’ll never meet them in reality, but in the internet age such messages were wonderful for us all to receive.  My heartfelt thanks go to all in the Cubase world.

You can view the messages below.

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Sad News

Sorry that this is so brief; one of our cats was run over and killed yesterday/last night.  My daughter and her partner Matt went looking for him this morning, as he’d been out more than 12 hours and was not a cat who strayed for very long.  They found him at the side of a road near to us, and took him up to our local vet’s. They were able to confirm that it was Binks, by his microchip.

A short little life for a lovely boy.

BIKERIGHT! - delivering eight new cycle stands to promote greener commuter travel

Reblogged from LOUISE ELLMAN MP:

Kirkdale based cycle training organisation BikeRight! has unveiled a number of new cycle storage facilities across Everton and Kirkdale – funded as part of an ongoing drive to change the way in which local employees travel to and from work.

I am pictured at the recent Eldonian launch with Jo Somerset, Director of BikeRight!

BikeRight! has been working with local employers and institutions to offer staff a viable alternative to commuting by car – encouraging cycling or indeed walking.

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Great idea here, but I hope that it will receive ongoing funding. I really wish this well.

TEDWeekends takes a look at the orgasm

Reblogged from TED Blog:

Journalist Mary Roach has investigated the nitty gritty of space travel, cadaver research and the afterlife. But at TED2009, she shared some of her most fascinating research yet … into the orgasm.

In her talk “10 things you didn’t know about orgasm,” Roach digs deep into scientific research in sexuality -- much of it recent, much of it ancient -- and shares several hilarious and disturbing thoughts.

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Performance Pay – NUT Associations and Divisions

When I taught in the 70′s, 80′s and early 90′s, schools were very different places to what they are now.  I entered teaching as a vocation and perhaps naively, didn’t even know how much I would be paid.  Now, schools are characterised by anger, hatred and bitterness.  They have not become the enhanced places of learning and education, that I benefited from.

Teachers have become instructors, not allowed to teach in a creative way that opens student’s minds to possibilities that certainly again I benefited from.

I fear for the future of state education.  The money men need to be kept out of this special yet endangered arena of human life.

Take a look at this poster, then think about what it says.

Performance Pay – NUT Associations and Divisions.

Click Here To Sign It!

The Internet can be a medium of social reform and the expression of the people’s opinion.  In an age where ‘traditional’ methods of such expression, eg voting, is eroded, as people recognise the limitations of that system, the Internet becomes a powerful and wide-ranging transmission medium.

As if to prove that view, take an look at the WOWPETITION website, which aims to collect signatures against the war on welfare.  This site can’t be ignored by the powerful, it isn’t going to go away, and does reflect a method of expression that is immediate and personal.

Please sign the petition and assist the weak in our society to live with dignity.

Click Here To Sign It!.

BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2012: Cycling wins

As a cyclist, I’m delighted that the winner of the Sports Personality Of The Year is Bradley Wiggins. He represents the peak of cycling skill, power and determination to succeed.

I’m also really pleased that cycling is such a high profile sport in the UK now.  I want to see people of all ages get out on a bike and experience the delights of self-powered travel.  That’s going to mean more safe cycle lanes and a change in attitude by some towards cyclists.  But I’m hopeful that will happen.

Although it’s winter, get your bike out (with lights, reflective clothing and with your bike in good condition).

BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2012: the best moments | Sport | The Guardian.