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Hagel on defensive in confirmation hearings
Pentagon hopeful and ex-Republican Senator Chuck Hagel endured tough criticism from members of his own party when he came before the Senate committee charged with evaluating his nomination yesterday.
- “The apocalyptic scenario is that when I need a new hip in 20 years, I’ll die from a routine infection because we’ve run out of antibiotics.”
Antibiotic restance is becoming an increasing worry amongst healthcare professionals. C+Ds Dr Livinstone gives us a brief insight into Antibiotic prescribing by GPs.
Despite the speech a referendum on EU membership seems unlikely
Cameron’s much-delayed and anticipated speech on Britain’s relationship with the rest of the European Union called for a substantial renegotiation of the terms of our membership as well as a repatriation of powers. The renegotiated settlement would then be put to a referendum with the public deciding whether to back his deal or leave the EU completely.
Clinton in defiant Benghazi testimony
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a strong defence of her department’s response to the attack on America’s consulate in Benghazi when she appeared before Congress on Wednesday.
The Chair
Hans J Wegner designed the ‘The Chair’ in 1949. After Kennendy and Nixon used the chair in their election debate in 1960 it has become known as the Kennedy Chair.
Obama’s inaugural speech: The full text
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Vice President Biden, Mr. Chief Justice, Members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens:
Each time we gather to inaugurate a president, we bear witness to the enduring strength of our Constitution. We affirm the promise of our democracy. We recall that what binds this nation together is not the colors of our skin or the tenets of our faith or the origins of our names. What makes us exceptional - what makes us American - is our allegiance to an idea, articulated in a declaration made more than two centuries ago.
What did you think of Obama’s speech?
January 15, 1929: Martin Luther King, Jr. is born.
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
President Barack Obama takes the ceremonial oath of office on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol. #NBCPolitics
My current choice of entertainment on the commute to work at the moment is the Oxford clinical handbook of pharmacy and one particular passage stood out on this particular journey.
‘It remains a disappointment that clinical pharmacy in the UK has not embraced the academic rigour seen in some countries and that the research culture inbred into junior doctors has yet to infect pharmacists in the same way.’
There is currently banding for pharmacists working within the NHS, which works in a similar fashion to that of other healthcare professionals but not for community pharmacists.
There is a lack of clear clinical progression in the community pharmacy sector. Experienced pharmacists are undervalued and underpaid, and newly qualified pharmacists have an uneven and ambiguous progression path compared to their medical counterparts.
In the current work environment, with large multiples and supermarkets driving down Locum rates and with the steady decline in salaries due to an overpopulated sector, this is but one possible form of protection against big business blurring the job role - pharmacists are clinicians first and foremost.
Stripped to its basic point this article is about the recognition of pharmacies as an extension of the NHS care pathway.
- THblog
The Week in Washington - News Digest 18.01.13
Lawmakers ponder Obama gun control proposals
Members of Congress have begun considering legislative measures put forward by President Obama aimed at reducing gun violence across America in the wake of the Sandy Hook shootings.
In a much-anticipated speech on Wednesday, President Obama announced a broad package based on Vice President Joe Biden’s review of gun policy. This included criminal background checks for all gun sales, a reinstatement of the assault weapons ban, limits on gun magazines and funds to hire more police officers. He also signed 23 executive actions, ranging from a national dialogue on mental health issues to incentives for schools to recruit “resource officers”. Both Obama and Biden have subsequently used op-eds, mailouts and speeches to win public support for their agenda.
Horsehead Nebula Could Be Giant Petroleum Refinery
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Beaded skulls created by Our Exquisite Corpse in collaboration with the Huichol people of Mexico.
