An Interesting Talk
This talk is a must, How to Build the Cambridge Guided Busway.
Construction firm BAM Nuttall will hold a talk later this month called How to Build the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway.
The project’s construction manager John Ely will give a lecture at the Double Tree Hotel, in Milton Keynes, on March 30 at 6.30pm.
I think I’ll go. It would a good place to vent my anger on life in general.
Beckham Makes The Times Leader
Yesterday, David Beckham made a leader in The Times.
This illustrates the power of the man and the respect most of us feel for him.
I saw it most in Belarus, when I went to support England. The amazing cheer when he came on, was not just from the England supporters but also from those of Belarus.
I sometimes wonder how we’ll all see Beckham in say twenty years time. He will surprise us all.
Do We have a Date for the Cambridge Busway?
Possibly?
Or at least mid-April seems to be suggested in this article.
But Cllr Roy Pegram, cabinet member for growth, infrastructure and strategic planning, told a cabinet meeting at Shire Hall today that the stand-off could be at an end thanks to a meeting between the council and BNL.
He said: “The meeting was productive and actions have been agreed by both parties, commencing with early technical meetings this week, which if carried through, should lead to the resolution of the issues.“Provided there is the expected progress during the coming weeks, both parties are hopeful that it will be possible to indicate by the middle of April the target date for trialling and then operating the busway.”
Can Influenza Cause Strokes?
I ask this question in an enquiring fashion, not actually wanting to prejudice the answer. After all I’ve criticised medical researchers on this blog a couple of times for trying to prove a theory rather than solve a problem.
So let’s start with some facts about me.
- I had a stroke on Monday and this winter despite having a flu jab, I got a bad dose of flu. I also remember saying to my housekeeper and she confirmed it, that I thought that the flu was coming back.
- As I write, I have a runny nose and my head feels just like it does when you are getting over a cold.
- I have also had another small stroke in the last perhaps couple of years. This I don’t remember, but I think I can remember a time when I woke up dribbling. But then I had no slurred speech. I vaguely remember telling my wife that I felt odd, but that was it. When exactly it was I do not know.
- I also remember two incidents where I blacked out for perhaps a second whilst driving. Incidentally, both times it was in the Lotus and in one, I know I was getting over the flu and put the incident down to that. Both days were days with a lot of sunlight. I just put them down to the usual migraines that I occasionally get and one to the flu.
So were the last two incidents TIAs.
Two of these incidents definitely involved recent flu.
Now this may all be conjecture and two out of four is not good statistics, so you can make what you want out of them.
But!
This article in the New England Journal of Medicine, which is a respected journal seems to show that if you are vaccinated against flu, then you are less likely to be admitted to hospital with a heart attack or a stroke.
This large study definitely shows that if you don’t get flu, then you are less likely to have a stroke.
But is the reverse true?
How to Bet
Betfair is a betting exchange and after yesterday’s Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham, they are showing on their blog, that some lucky punters got on at 999-1.
That was certainly a good bet, even if the stakes were small.
Have wins at these sort of odds happened before? Yes! See my post about Terimon.
What is strange about this one, is that the horse was owned by JP McManus, trained by Nicky Henderson and ridden by AP McCoy. All are masters of their trade and in JP’s case betting as well.
The odds anomaly was more because the horse had lost his way and had lost several races before Cheltenham. Read the story on the BBC.
The Special One
They say what goes around comes around.
It certainly did last night, as a couple of years after he was sacked by Roman Abramovich at Chelsea, Jose Mourinho returned to triumph. Not a bad result for a man, who used to be ridiculed as Booby Robson’s translator. Perhaps, he learned a lot from the master.
Of the four major clubs of the past few years in England, Chelsea and Liverpool are the ones that seem to be showing the strain. Could it be because they are the two who’ve tried to buy success more than Arsenal and Manchester United? Or could it be that Chelsea are the two clubs with smaller stadia and hence a reduced cash flow?
We’ve not seen the last of Chelsea this season, but I’d be putting my money elsewhere if I was a betting man.
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