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Walking the Dog – 3Cs meeting

October 02, 2017
by George Emsden
3cs, british land, intel, nvidia, raspberry-pi, renault, uber, vizzmee
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Penultimate meeting of the year and we are back at solicitors Reed Smith on 32nd floor of Broadgate Tower just north of Liverpool Street station. Dexter Moscow Guest speaker before the three business pitches is communication guru Dexter Moscow, his real name not an invented one, who k
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A Stroll In Paris

September 13, 2017
by George Emsden
Arecibo, BOINC, CERN, Green Bank Telescope, LHC, pluto, SETI, SETI@home
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‘Allo, ‘Allo? Is Anyone Out there?  With a lifelong interest in astronomy in general and SETI (Search for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence) in particular, the chance to attend a conference of the SETI@Home project management team in Paris is too good to miss. I book my ticke
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That’s the Idea……My Idea

July 23, 2017
by George Emsden
business funding, entrepreneurs, innovation, invention, manufacturing, startups
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Build a Better Mousetrap                                                                   3Cs Community Meeting ….and the world will beat a path to your door, maybe. But there are plenty out there who would rather steal it from behind your back or from under your feet. Some are
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Entrepreneurs and Sheep

February 04, 2015
by George Emsden
freeman of the City, hi-fi speakers, immersion, livery company, london guild, mental health, occam's razor, parkinsons disease, the dead sea, the ipcress file
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First Meeting of the Year Lawyers Nabarro are 3Cs Community hosts again but in new offices in the City at London Wall up on the 18th floor. Now a very plush auditorium, the room is the former site of the dealing room in The London Whale Scandal where a J P Morgan dealer lost his emplo
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The Hippy Trail goes Grey

January 28, 2015
by George Emsden
lady boy, laos, nong khai, patpong, thailand, vietnamese food
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English Pies in Bangkok It’s time to go east again. Retirement gives flexibility on timing with the off-season airfare less than half the holiday season fare. But some things stay the same: travel insurance: £70; vaccinations on three different days the month before and certific
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SEIS or SOS?

October 01, 2014
by George Emsden
dragons' den, EIS, entrepreneur, HMRC, mantra, SEIS, tax relief
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It’s really a matter of paperwork Investing in new businesses is generally higher risk than investing in existing ones, since businesses that have survived have hopefully learned something. This can make it difficult for entrepreneurs to raise capital to get their business going
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The Bread of Life – after The Final Lap

September 15, 2014
by George Emsden
beer, but I digress, CAMRA, lager, pete brown, the george southwark, the pretty things
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And the Beer Hatch, match and despatch as the saying goes for the three times when most people go to church or perhaps when families get together these days. With Cathy’s family over from Zambia for the funeral there is the chance to catch up. Turns out one nephew has his inheri
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McCaig’s Folly, Salmond’s Jolly

September 08, 2014
by George Emsden
act of ratification, acty of union, Darien Project, leith, McCaig's folly, oban, Scottish Nationalist Party, scottish referendum, SNP, the pensions advisory service
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A Two P Blog – Pensions & Politics Had a strange thought last week on the switchboard at TPAS – the Pensions Advisory Service Of the twenty-odd calls I took (longest one 26 minutes) two were from Scottish callers. All very good-natured and one even mentioned Alex Salmo
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Two Men in a Boat

September 02, 2014
by George Emsden
canoe, innuit, kayak, Old Father Thames, Tyburn, Westbourne
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To row, or not to row? Images linger. Sometime in the 80s when Docklands was being developed I saw an image of a single scull on the Thames at sunset. And after my Full Circle blog reminds of canoeing, it’s time to choose my holiday treat this year. Canoeing or rowing? Research
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