We're making some progress on sorting those (financial) issues out, too.

We need to replace about 13 windows before we can bring someone in to power-wash and re-stain the exterior.

They made good progress and the governor believes there is a general commitment by all four caucuses to work over the next two weeks to craft a compromise.

So much for progress. How quickly civilization could dissolve into its more ugly elements.

Watching the painter painting
And all the time, the light is changing
And he keeps painting
That bit there, it was an accident
But he's so pleased
It's the best mistake, he could make
And it's my favourite piece
It's just great

--- excerpt from the song "An Architect's Dream" from the album Aerial

There are plastic devices - bladder catheters, implants for kidney dialysis, Hickman tubes, pacemakers - every implant you can think of is a magnet for bacteria. The idea of having a permanent chemical bond to the metal is a new approach. This can be used for every metal and plastic implant, with every antibiotic.