Bryant Lin has taken his diagnosis of stage IV ‘never-smoker’ lung cancer, which disproportionately affects those of Asian descent, and turned it into a medical school course. He hopes the world takes notes along with the students and Stanford Medicine community.

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Stanford Medicine researchers on the hunt for an elusive cardiac fibrosis drug were surprised when a malaria drug with ancient origins emerged as their top candidate.

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The Committee for Communities visited two local homeless projects on the 8th December 2016 to mark Homelessness Awareness Week 2016.

The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Infrastructure has today visited Belfast City Council where they heard from the Council, the Chamber of Commerce, Taxi Forum and the Roads Service.

The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Infrastructure has welcomed the start of legislation that will enable preparations for the York Street Interchange Scheme to begin.

The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Infrastructure has welcomed the decrease in the backlog in processing Blue Badge applications.

The Committee for Infrastructure has welcomed the review of the renewal process for Blue Badge holders, announced yesterday by the Infrastructure Minister.

The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Infrastructure has welcomed the plans to go ahead with the York Street Interchange Scheme announced yesterday by the Minister for Infrastructure.

The Assembly’s Health Committee has welcomed the joint publication of the Report the Expert Panel chaired by Professor Bengoa and the Minister’s document “Health and Wellbeing 2026: Delivering Together”.

The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Infrastructure has welcomed the £30 million funding boost for infrastructure detailed in the October Monitoring statement.

The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Infrastructure has today visited the Waterways Ireland headquarters in Enniskillen.

The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Infrastructure has welcomed the introduction of online applications for blue badges.

The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Infrastructure has criticised the delays in the issuing of Blue Badges for those with mobility problems.

Lesley Hogg, the new Clerk/Chief Executive of the Northern Ireland Assembly has taken up her post.

The Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Mitchel McLaughlin MLA has expressed his delight at the significant increase in female Members returned during last week’s Assembly elections and stressed the importance of building on it.

dklaughman has added a photo to the pool:

Celebrity Sandhill Cranes at Bombay Hook NWR, Delaware. They arrived a few years ago and made BHNWR their permanent residence. No offspring yet.

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Wonderful display of jellies at "Return Day" in Georgetown, DE.
More info at this website: www.returnday.com/

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From the website: www.returnday.com/

Although the date of the first RETURN DAY in Georgetown is uncertain, it could have been as early as 1792. The State Law in 1791 removing the County seat from Lewes along the Coast to the a more geographically centered site, later named Georgetown, required all votes to be cast in the new County Seat on election day. The same voters would "return" two days later to hear the results - hence the name RETURN DAY. In 1811, voting districts in the individual hundreds were established, but the Board of Canvassers presided over by the Sheriff would still meet two days later in Georgetown to announce the final tally.

Oracle ACE Directors Ron Batra and Bex Huff, Oracle A-team member Randy Stafford, and Oracle Enterprise Architect Eric Stephens discuss what separates developers and an architects.

Architects Ron Batra, Bex Huff, Randy Stafford, and Eric Stephens discuss the career path from developer to software architect and talk about whether a great developer necessarily makes a great architect.

Panelists Ron Batra, Bex Huff, Randy Stafford, and Eric Stephens share their hot-button issues regarding certain practices among software architects.

Panelists respond to audience questions in this live recording from Oracle Technology Network Architect Day in Toronto, April 2011.

The panelists respond to an audience question about what happens when data in the Cloud crosses international borders.

The panel discusses public versus private cloud as the best strategy for small or start-up businesses.

The panel responds to an audience question about how cloud computing changes performance testing paradigms.

Are reference architectures blueprints to be followed to the letter, or adaptable guidelines? A community panel discussion.

Is there a problem with reference architectures? Or is the problem in how people use them? The panel discussion continues.

The panel wraps up the discussion with a look at the relationship between reference architectures, reuse, and standards.

The panelists respond to an audience questions about disruptive trends beyond cloud computing and about the importance of data strategy.

The panelists respond to audience questions with an extended dialog about data modeling and standards.

The panel responds to audience questions about Oracle VM, and about the Exabus I/O subsystem in the Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud.

Jeff West, Arun Gupta, Cary Milsap, and Brian Jimerson continue their debate on the pros and cons of various Java EE development methodologies.

Jeff West, Arun Gupta, Cary Milsap, and Brian Jimerson close out their debate on Java EE development methodologies.

The community panel closes out the discussion with a look at the interplay between developers and architects, and the evolving nature of both roles.

Two Java evangelists and two product managers sit down for a wide-ranging roundtable discussion.

The panel discusses the development gap and the need to adapt existing developer skills for evolving business requirements.

The panel looks at the forces shaping mobile app development and discusses how Java developers can take advantage.

A panel of Oracle cloud computing experts responds to audience questions. Recorded live at OTN Architect Day, Redwood Shores, CA, July 9, 2013.

What's the best migration path to Oracle 12c that will accommodate an eventual move to the cloud? A panel of Oracle cloud computing experts responds to this and other audience questions. Recorded live at OTN Architect Day, Redwood Shores, CA, July 9, 2013.

When is managing a Cloud ecosystem like playing Sim City? A panel of Oracle cloud computing experts responds to this and other audience questions. Recorded live at OTN Architect Day, Redwood Shores, CA, July 9, 2013.

A panel of experts in mobile app development and Oracle ADF Mobile share their insight into meeting the challenges of developing mobile apps for the enterprise.

Bridging the gap between existing developer skills and the specific skills needed to develop successful enterprise mobile applications may not be as difficult as you think.

Preparing the enterprise back end to support a mobile strategy has benefits beyond mobile; How mobile is reinvigorating the SOA world.

What can you do to future-proof efforts to bring mobility to the enterprise; resources for learning more about the role Oracle ADF Mobile can play in developing enterprise mobile applications.

The editor and authors of "Oracle Essbase Application Development: Hybrid Techniques and Practices" discuss the evolving Essbase app development landscape.

What happens when you jam eight experts in Oracle ADF, MAF, Forms and other dev tools into a hotel room and toss in a live microphone? Listen and learn.

The challenge: integrate 10 Oracle Cloud Services into a functioning demo in one hour, and do it in front of a live audience. Members of the team talk tech and tactics.

The first Oracle Developer Podcast for 2018 brings together a panel of experts whose specialties cover a broad spectrum, including cloud computing, big data, security, open source, agile, domain driven design, Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture, Internet of Things, and more. The thread that connects these five people is that they are part of the small army of experts that will be presenting at the 2018 Jfokus Developers Conference. February 5-7, 2018 in Stockholm.

In this freewheeling discussion the panelists talk about the trends and technologies that have captured their interest, the work that consumes most of their time, and the issues that concern them as IT professionals. Then, to wrap things up, you'll get a quick preview of their respective sessions at Jfokus.

• Jesse Anderson: Data Engineer, Creative Engineer and Managing Director of Big Data Institute.
• Benjamin Cabé: IoT Program Manager and an Evangelist with the  Eclipse Foundation.
• Kevlin Henney: Consultant, programmer, speaker, trainer, writer and owner of Curbralan.
• Siren Hofvander: Chief Security Officer with Min Doktor, a digital healthcare provider in Sweden.
• Dan Bergh Johnsson: Agile aficionado, Domain Driven Design enthusiast, and code quality craftsman with Omegapoint.

Click here for the complete program show notes, including additional content from the panelists.

There is little in our lives that does not rely on software. That has been the reality for quite some time, and it will be even more true as self-driving cars and similar technologies become an even greater part of our lives. But as our reliance on software grows, so does the potential for disaster as software becomes increasingly complex.

In September 2017 The Atlantic magazine featured “The Coming Software Apocalypse,” an article by James Somers, that offers a fascinating and sobering look at how rampant code complexity has caused massive failures in critical software systems, like the 2014 incident that left the entire state of Washington without 911 emergency call-in services until the problem was traced to software running on a server in Colorado.

One of the people interviewed in that Atlantic article was Chris Newcombe, an expert in dealing with software complexity. Chris, an architect on the Oracle Bare Metal infrastructure as a service team,  is one of the panelists for the discussion you are about to hear. Chris is joined by Java Champion and microservices expert Chris Richardson, Java Champion Adam Bein, and Oracle ACE Director and Developer Champion Lucas Jellema. The conversation focuses on what developers can do to combat complexity.