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Optimal Health Hour – Voice of America
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December 13, 2016: Medical Marijuana and The FDA's stance on the medical marijuana industry
This week we will explore the scientific reasons behind medical Marijuana protocol and why it is so effective for treating illness. We will talk with a leading medical marijuana industry expert about medical marijuana protocol for a wide array of illnesses. You will learn about new research, where the FDA regulations are heading for medical marijua-na and what it means for patients that it can help. This is a hot topic you don't want to miss. Join us for the next Optimal Health Hour episode. SHARE DOWNLOAD PDF GET CODE
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Stuart Titus, Ph.D. is a cannabis industry icon and innovator and the co-founder and President of General Hemp, LLC. He has a broad background in all aspects of the medical marijuana and industrial hemp industries. His passion is to help others by supporting the greater cannabis industry. He practiced as a British Physiotherapist for over fifteen years, specializing in integrative pain management and injury rehabilitation, treating over 40,000 patients. His first-hand experience with therapeutic hemp oil products as nutritional supplements drive him to continue to support the emerging cannabis medical marijuana and industrial hemp industries in the United States and abroad. A….. Read more…
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Is Cancer Due to Bad Luck, Faulty Genes or Lifestyle Factors?
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The below article suggests that the stress hormone Corticotropin Releasing Factor (CRF) promotes breast cancer cell motility and invasiveness. CRF stimulates breast cancer progression and may stimulate metastasis. Another reason to work with your BCa patients to help them de-stress and take up those activities that calm the mind and spirit.
Cancer cells secrete bioactive peptides that act in an autocrine or paracrine fashion affecting tumor growth and metastasis. Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), a hypothalamic neuropeptide that controls the response to stress, has been detected in breast cancer tissues and cell lines. CRF can affect breast cancer cells in an autocrine or paracrine manner via its production from innervating sympathetic neurons or immune cells.
Overall, the data from Androulidaki et al., (2009) suggests that CRF stimulates cell motility and invasiveness of breast cancer cells most probably via induction of FAK phosphorylation and actin filament reorganization and production of prostaglandins via Cox1. Based on these findings they postulate that the stress neuropeptide CRF present in the vicinity of tumors (either produced locally by the tumor cells themselves or by nearby normal cells or secreted from the innervations of surrounding tissues) may play an important role on breast tumor growth and metastatic capacity, providing a potential link between stress and tumor progression.
Corticotropin Releasing Factor promotes breast cancer cell motility and invasiveness. Mol Cancer. 2009 Jun 2;8:30. doi: 10.1186/1476-4598-8-30.
Is Cancer Due to Bad Luck, Faulty Genes or Lifestyle Factors?
A study published in Science in early 2015 reported that most cancers arent preventable and are simply a case of bad luck. That study said some tissue types give rise to human cancers millions of times more often than other tissue types. Although this has been recognized for more than a century, it has never been explained. Tomasetti & Vogelstein (2015) show that the lifetime risk of cancers of many different types is strongly correlated (0.81) with the total number of divisions of the normal self-renewing cells maintaining that tissues homeostasis.
These results suggest that only a third of the variation in cancer risk among tissues is attributable to environmental factors or inherited predispositions. The majority is due to bad luck, that is, random mutations arising during DNA replication in normal, noncancerous stem cells. This is important not only for understanding the disease but also for designing strategies to limit the mortality it causes.
A year on, however, and a study published in Nature has come to the opposite conclusion: that external factors such as tobacco, sunlight and human papilloma virus play a greater part in whether or not a person gets cancer.
So what does cause cancer: bad luck, or avoidable lifestyle choices and environmental factors?
Why bad luck?
The bad luck study, by Tomasetti and Vogelstein from Johns Hopkins University, was based on two facts.
First, it is not the case that cancer is equally likely to occur in all the various organs and tissues of the body. Some cancers, such as colon cancer, are relatively common, while others, such as bone cancer, are much rarer for reasons that the study aimed to discover.
Second, various types of tissues have different numbers of dividing cells, called stem cells, which serve to replace cells that have become old or damaged. How often these divide varies depending on where in the body they are located and how often the cells need to be replaced.
According to one school of thought, cancer arises when stem cells go out of control.
Every time a cell divides in two, it needs to make an accurate copy of its entire DNA. This copying process is usually accurate but mistakes can occur leading to spontaneous random mutations in the new cells. When mutations occur in genes that keep cell division under control, their tumour-suppressing job is prevented. The result is cancer.
Tomasetti and Vogelstein proposed that every time a cell divides the random inaccuracy in DNA copying could result in a cancer-causing mutation. If individual cells divide more frequently, or if there are more cells dividing overall, then there is an increased chance of such mutations occurring.
They looked at the behaviour of stem cells from various tissues, and in particular the number of stem cells and how often they divide in a humans life. Based on how these numbers vary for different tissues, they inferred that the risk of developing a particular type of cancer was closely related to the number of times stem cells have divided in that tissue. This reflects the intrinsic risk that frequent DNA copying carries.
Why environment?
In the more recent study, researchers at Stony Brook University (SBU) in New York took another look at the data used by Tomasetti and Vogelstein. They noted that even when you take into account the total number of stem cell divisions, some cancers were still more likely to occur than others. More common cancers, they inferred, must have some additional external cause, such as the environment, lifestyle or genetic makeup.
When they re-analysed the data on this basis they found that for many cancers, including some of the most common ones, such as lung and liver cancers, less than 10% of the risk was traceable to random copying errors.
What to believe?
The two studies have some things in common but differ substantially in their estimates of how much intrinsic and extrinsic risks contribute to cancer. Notably, the SBU team have backed up their argument with evidence that wasnt included in Tomasetti and Vogelsteins study.
First of all, the SBU team highlight the vast array of evidence that points to a substantial contribution of environmental factors and lifestyle choices to cancer risk. For example, its well-known that colon cancer is comparatively rare in Japan but that Japanese immigrants in the USA and their descendants have an even higher risk of getting colon cancer than European Americans.
health concept – cloud of related words and topicsThe SBU team also looked at the types of mutations that various cancers carry. Some mutations are seen more often in tumours from older patients. This fits with the bad luck model, where the key factors behind cancer occurrence are the errors that accumulate each time a cell divides.
However, cancers also contain many other types of mutations that can occur because of specific carcinogens, for instance, the sunlight-triggered mutations in skin cancer. How often these cancer-causing changes occur depends much more on the amount of exposure a person has to carcinogens, rather than on age.
Finally, they also showed that the known error rate for copying DNA is not high enough to be the sole determinant for the risk of developing the cancers both teams examined.
Although we know what causes some types of cancer such as smoking causing lung cancer in many cases its more complicated than finding one simple cause. We are only just teasing apart many of the factors involved. While chance has a role in determining who gets cancer and who does not, its very clear that lifestyle, environment and our genes can change the odds considerably.
Allinson S. Oncology Network. Jan 12 2016 http://oncologynews.com.au/why-most-cancer-isnt-due-to-bad-luck/
Tomasetti C & Vogelstein B. Variation in cancer risk among tissues can be explained by the number of stem cell divisions. Science 02 Jan 2015: Vol. 347, Issue 6217, pp. 78-81 DOI: 10.1126/science.1260825
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December 06, 2016: Breast Cancer Conquero's Amazing Journey
Annie W. Brandt was diagnosed with advanced-stage breast cancer on Friday the 13th of July, 2001. It was found it in her lymphatic system, metastatic breast cancer was the diagnosis. The doctor immediately booked her for a double mastectomy, chemo and radiation. However due to her dysfunctional immune syndrome, she knew traditional chemo and radiation would kill her. Her doctor said if she did not do it she would be dead in 6 months. From this amazing journey Annie has gifted us a blueprint to build your own cure, "The Healing Platform". We will discover what thousands have done to conque Read more… SHARE DOWNLOAD PDF GET CODE
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If testosterone were the cause of prostate cancer, why dont 20 y.o. men have PCa
Daniel Weber (PHD, MSC) comments on the article below:
Historical perspective reveals that there is not now-nor has there ever been-a scientific basis for the belief that T causes PCa to grow. Discarding this modern myth will allow exploration of alternative hypotheses regarding the relationship of T and PCa that may be clinically and scientifically rewarding (Morgentaler, 2006).
Testosterone supplementation after prostate cancer?
At some point in their 40s, mens testosterone production begins to slow. By some estimates, levels of this hormone drop by about 1% a year. As men get into their 50s, 60s, and beyond, they may start to have signs and symptoms of low testosterone. These include reduced sex drive and sense of vitality, erectile dysfunction, decreased energy, lower muscle mass and bone density, and anaemia. When severe, these signs and symptoms characterise a condition called hypogonadism.
Researchers estimate that hypogonadism affects two to six million men in the United States. Yet it is an underdiagnosed problem, with only about 5% of those affected receiving treatment, according to the FDA. Deciding which patients should receive testosterone supplementation has proved tricky, however. For example, little consensus exists on what constitutes low testosterone. (The Endocrine Society considers a man to have low testosterone if the blood level is less than 300 ng/dl; some physicians set higher or lower benchmarks.) In addition, some men may have low blood levels of testosterone but not experience any symptoms. And few large, randomised studies on the long-term risks or benefits of testosterone supplementation have been completed.
One of the most heated debates centres on whether testosterone fuels prostate cancer. If thats true, say some experts, then why do men develop prostate cancer when they are older, at the same time their testosterone levels are dropping? (Harvard University, 2011)
Testosterone and prostate cancer: an evidence-based review of pathogenesis and oncologic risk
Testosterone plays a central role in male development and health. Likewise, androgen deficiency, or hypogonadism, is associated with a variety of symptoms including decreased energy, diminished libido and erectile dysfunction, among others. Male androgen levels steadily decline with age, and, in a subset of symptomatic older men, can result in late-onset hypogonadism (LOH). Over the last decade, increased awareness of hypogonadism among patients and providers has led to a significant rise in the use of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) for hypogonadism, and especially in LOH. Accompanying the rise in TRT are concerns of potential adverse effects, including cardiovascular risks and the promotion of prostate cancer. The androgen hypothesis asserts that prostate cancer development and progression is driven by androgens, and thus TRT has the theoretical potential to drive prostate cancer development and progression.
While there is significant evidence that androgens promote prostate cancer in experimental systems. However, there is no clear evidence that elevations in endogenous testosterone levels promote the development of prostate cancer in humans.As a result of experimental and historical data on the progression of prostate cancer following TRT, there has been widespread belief that TRT will promote disease progression in prostate cancer patients. Despite these fears, there are a growing number of studies demonstrating no increase in prostate cancer incidence among men on TRT. Furthermore, in studies involving a small number of patients, there has been no discernible increase in disease progression in prostate cancer patients on TRT (Michaud et al., 2015).
Harvard University. http://www.harvardprostateknowledge.org/testosterone-supplementation-after-prostate-cancer
Michaud JE, Billups KL, Partin AW. Ther Adv Urol. 2015 Dec; 7(6): 378387. doi: 10.1177/1756287215597633
Morgentaler A. Testosterone and prostate cancer: an historical perspective on a modern myth. Eur Urol. 2006 Nov;50(5):935-9.


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Ideas to motivate your team
I assume you have a team that help you with measuring of credit risk. Have you ever had a problem motivating them? The Balanced Scorecard is a complex system that is not easy to use, if people are not motivated they will not use the system. If the will not use the system it will fail.
As long as motivation is important, let me know you some ready-to-implement motivation ideas:
- Free training. Offer your employees the opportunity to learn about the new software, technology, and other tools you will be using. Before implementing the Balanced Scorecard, introduce them to the concept. Explore some standard techniques, basic examples, and success stories. Compare your free, internal seminar with the price of a normal Balanced Scorecard seminar—typically, several thousand dollars. Using company resources, the employee will gain important knowledge.
- Formal Processes. Likewise, if you want people to take your Balanced Scorecard seriously, then you need to describe the Balanced Scorecard processes according to the standard rules in your company. Document the process. Assign appropriate roles and timelines. You might even print an internal brochure or a press release. When people check the formal side of your business, they should be able to see how serious you are about implementing and using the Balanced Scorecard.
- Certification. At the end of an internal seminar, present each employee with a certificate stating that they attended the training. Now, in addition to new skills that they can use to improve their personal performance and the company's performance, they also have a new credential that they can mention on their CV.
- Job Titles. People will judge the seriousness of your Balanced Scorecard process according to the titles and formalities associated with it. For instance, if there is a special person in your company who will be responsible for the Balanced Scorecard, make sure they have an appropriate job title, like "Balanced Scorecard Manager"—not just "John from Finance, who also does this Balanced Scorecard thing." Ideally, your Balanced Scorecard Manager should be a top manager. That way, you show your employees the importance of the new innovation.
You can learn more ideas about motivation in 40-minute eTraining called Motivation for the Balanced Scorecard.

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American killed fighting for Syrian opposition
May 31 - Syrian Television says an American woman has been killed in the country as she fought with opposition forces against President Bashar al-Assad's regime. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL (ROUGH CUT ONLY - NO REPORTER NARRATION) An American woman has been killed in fighting with opposition forces against the government of President Bashar al-Assad, Syrian TV said on Thursday (May 30). Syria's state-run television showed pictures of a damaged car with broken windows, but did not elaborate if the car was being used by a group it said was ambushed by the government's armed forces. It showed a passport and a driving license bearing the name of Nicole Mansfield of Flint, Michigan. The woman's aunt in the United States told Reuters that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had informed her on Thursday afternoon of the death of her niece, but said she did not have the details of how she died. Monica Mansfield Speelman said she was devastated about the news. Speelman said Mansfield, a single mother of an 18-year-old daughter, had converted to Islam about five years ago but that she did not know when her niece had travelled to Syria. "I didn't think she would stoop that low to go over there and try to harm anybody," Speelman said of her niece, who she said had worked at a group home. A U.S. State Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity, had earlier told Reuters that Washington was working via the Czech Republic mission in Syria to get more information.


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headspace Warrnambool can help you with a wide variety of things including:
- Mental Health
- Physical Health
- Alcohol and Other Drugs
- Work and Study
- Homelessness Services and much more.
We're in the Community & Youth Complex with other Brophy services including the homelessness team so there are many ways in which we can help, all located in the one spot.
All our services are bulk-billed so there is no cost to you. All you need to do is bring your Medicare card with you. You're welcome to bring a friend or family member with you, and you don't have to make an appointment.
Need more info? Phone us on 1300 276 749 or drop into the centre.
- Monday: 9:00am - 5:00pm
- Tuesday: 9:00am - 6:00pm
- Wednesday: 9:00am - 6:00pm
- Thursday: 9:00am - 5:00pm
- Friday: 9:00am - 5:00pm
- Saturday: Closed
- Sunday: Closed
headspace Warrnambool is operated by Brophy Family and Youth Services Inc. All headspace services are funded by the Australian Government Department of Health. Administration of funding is carried out by the headspace centre's local Primary Health Network, in this case, Western Victoria (Western Victoria PHN).
Sexual Health Clinic
Services could include: provision of contraception and advice, testing, support, treatment and management of sexually transmissible infections(STI) HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis vaccination for Hepatitis and HPV, pregnancy testing and referral.
Work and Study Support
Get tips on how to prepare your resume and present for interviews. Find out about local employment opportunities (full time, part-time, or casual).
Doctor (GP)
GPs can help with any physical health issues as well as issues related to sexual health, drug or alcohol use, relationship problems or feeling down or upset. Your centre may have a GP on site or links to one locally.
Alcohol & Drug Services
Workers either on site or linked to the centre who can assist you with any alcohol or other drug issue.
Youth Reference Group
A group of young people who help with events and some decision making at a centre. Ask your centre about getting involved.
Housing Support
Support and assistance finding accommodation or related support services.
Mental Health Services
Mental health workers – which may include psychologists, psychiatrists, counsellors and other workers – that can help if you're just not feeling yourself.
Sexual Health Services
Sexual health screenings on site or links to local services.
Work & Study Services
Workers either on site or linked to the centre who can assist you with work or study opportunities.
Youth Programs
Centres have a range of programs and activities for young people. Just ask your centre what they have on.
Request an appointment
Organise a time to visit headspace Warrnambool and meet with usGet in touch
Support us
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eheadspace chat forums - 13 Reasons Why season 2 - for young people and for adults supporting young people
upcoming eheadspace group chat forums for young people - 'making sleep count' and 'am I ready for sex?'
Jobs and volunteering
Positions currently available at headspace Warrnambool
Allied Health Professionals, Warrnambool centre seeking EOIs, Part-time/Sessional
Employer: Brophy Family & Youth Services Warrnambool VIC
Expression of Interest – Social Workers, Psychologists and Occupational Therapists
If you have a passion for making a difference in the lives of young people, 12 – 25 years, particularly those with emerging mental health or substance use concerns, then we want to hear from you. We have a number of rewarding professional positions available and can provide flexible sessional or part time work.
headspace Warrnambool is seeking Accredited Allied Health practitioners to join our team committed to providing services for young people, their families and carers in South West Victoria. Ability to deliver youth friendly mental health services under a regional outreach model is desirable. The headspace team is committed to a cooperative, multidisciplinary model of care to support the best early intervention outcomes for young people across the South West of Victoria.
The team operates from the headspace Warrnambool hub located at the Community and Youth Complex, 210 Timor Street, Warrnambool.
We need:
- Social Workers who can work innovatively and therapeutically with young people and are accredited with AASW and approved by Medicare to deliver mental health treatment plans.
- Private Psychologists who would like to join our team of contracted service providers and can deliver services under MBS.
- Occupational Therapists who have experience in mental health, are registered with APHRA and approved by Medicare to deliver mental health treatment plans.
To express your interest, please phone to discuss or send us a copy of your current CV detailing qualifications, experience and areas of interest to Phil Wilson, headspace Warrnambool – Clinical Lead on 03 5561 8835 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
For more information contact:
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Phone: (03) 5561 8835
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Our Warrnambool Team
headspace Manager: Anne Waters
Clinical Lead: Phil Wilson
Practice Manager: Louisa Radley
Access and Engagement Team Leader: Sharon Lenehan
headspace Receptionist: Marcia McLeod
Community Awareness and Engagement Worker: Kayla Mugavin
Access and Engagement Team: Colin Vale, Joel South & Tara Shannahan
General Practitioners: Dr Claire Hand & Dr Vivienne Ramsbottom
Practice Nurses: Andrea Waddington & Loretta O'Brien
Mental Health Nurse: Chris Williams
Private Practitioners: Emily Gillmartin & Lisa Pierce
Psychologist: Geraldine Lane
Occupational Therapist: Catherine Brough
Youth Mental Health Team: Maya Raschel, Courtney Mattner and Sarah Cowell
Allied Health Practitioner: Lesley-Anne Elbourne
Early Intervention Dual Diagnosis Clinician (SWH): Krissy Merrett
D.A.R.E (AOD) Team: Amy Wilson & Jess Moloney
WILD Program Worker : Mia Easton
Purple Pack - Resources for transgender and gender diverse young people
Our Purple Pack is made up of a stack of useful resources we've found from many different groups and organisations to support transgender and gender diverse young people.
It includes:
- Information on pronouns, medical and social transitioning, coming out/inviting in, your legal rights, navigating relationships, sexuality and more.
- Stories from other gender and sexually diverse young people.
- Info on where to go to get more information and support online or in person.
The aim of this pack is to help you and your loved ones along your journey no matter what point you are at.
Most importantly, we want you to know that headspace Warrnambool is a safe place and we want to support you. Call us on 1300 276 749 if you would like to speak to someone. We're here to help.
The Purple Pack:
Trans 101: Gender Identity Crash Course (from YGender and Minus18)
OMG I'm Trans (from Minus18)
Gender Questioning (from Gay and Lesbian Health Victoria in conjunction with the Trans Melbourne Gender Project.
Sex, Gender and Sexuality: The Basics (from Twenty10)
The Downlow on Gender, Sex and Sexuality. (A super simple comic guide!) (by Sam Orchard / Rooster Tails)
Gender Identity and Mental Health (from headspace)
Coming Out / Inviting In (from Twenty10)
Getting Treatment: what to do if you are trans and under 18 (from Inner City Legal Centre)
Resources for those who are exploring or thinking about some aspect of their gender or sexuality (from Twenty10)
OMG I'm Queer (from Minus18)
- How headspace can help (from headspace)
Information for family and friends:
Gender Help for Parents website
Families Like Mine (from beyondblue)
Families In TRANSition: A Resource Guide for Parents of Trans Youth (from Central Toronto Youth Services) (Note: This is a Canadian resource - while information is useful and relevant, please note links to services and help lines are not specific to Australia)
- OMG My Friend's Queer (from Minus18)
Requests to headspace Warrnambool for resources or presentations
We're happy to do presentations for staff, community or school groups on a range of topics.
Young people from our Youth Reference Group often co-facilitate with staff, with great impact.
We also have hard copies of information, posters and a range of merchandise to help raise awareness about headspace.
Please complete the form below and we'll contact you to discuss how we can help with your request.
Emergency Support
headspace isn't a crisis service, here is a list of services that can help quickly
Police, Fire and Ambulance: 000
Lifeline: 13 11 14
Kids Helpline: 1800 551 800
eheadspace: 1800 650 890
After Hours GP Helpline: 1800 022 222
South West Healthcare Mental Health Services: 5561 9100
Appointments & Interpreter Support
Please phone 1300 276 749 for an appointment. Every effort will be made to accommodate your preferred time & doctor/counsellor. Emergencies will always be given priority & our reception staff will attempt to contact you if there is any unforeseen delay or your doctor/counsellor has been called away. Longer consultation times are available, so please ask our receptionist if you require an interpreter service, we can organise this for you. Just let us know about this when you make the appointment.
"No fees" Bulk Billing Available
The doctors and counsellors of our clinic bulk-bill Medicare for services provided. This means that you only need to bring your Medicare Card, and if you have one, your healthcare card.


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The annual SWPP conference and 20"x16" print competition was held in Hammersmith throughout January with the industry's elite all on show. Jamie entered the below images and all were finalists in their categories with the wedding image winning the wedding contemporary category.
The most pleasant surprise of the evening came with Keith being presented with a prestigious lifetime achievement award for his contribution to & achievement within the industry over the last 25 years.
All in all.... another successful year for studio rouge!
Keith recieving his award


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The Education People apprenticeship advice serviceThe Education People can provide expert advice on how you will be affected by the Levy, how to hire an apprentice and the training options available to you.
This service can be accessed by contacting our Apprenticeship advice line on 03000 414 005 or by email at email@example.com
Improvements to Apprenticeships
New apprenticeship opportunities
From the 6 April 2017, the government is expanding the apprenticeship programme significantly. For
the first time, employers will be able to:
- Hire apprentices of all ages.
- Commission the necessary training for their qualifications.
- Upskill existing staff - use money from the fund to offer higher or degree-level apprenticeships to those already in your employ.
- Partner with specialist training providers to create a structured Apprenticeship and School Leaver programme tailored to your individual needs.
- Take advantage of up to 800 new apprenticeship standards (describing the skills, knowledge and behaviours an individual needs for a specific occupation).
What is the Apprenticeship Levy and who will pay it?
The Apprenticeship Levy is a major change to apprenticeship funding that may affect your business.
From 6 April 2017, large employers with an annual payroll of over £3million will be required to invest
0.5% of their payroll into a central fund. This is called the Apprenticeship Levy. From 1 May 2017
these large employers can start to draw down on these funds to pay for apprenticeship training over
a period of two years.
How does the Levy affect businesses who don't pay the levy?
Smaller firms, with payrolls under £3million, will not be required to pay the apprenticeship levy. But they also stand to benefit from the changes to apprenticeship funding.
The government will contribute 90% of the training costs for all non-levy paying companies.
You can choose the training you'd like your apprentices to receive, an approved training provider and an assessment organisation.
For the UK's smallest firms – specifically those with fewer than 50 employees on their payroll – the government has agreed to pay 100% of the training costs of apprentices between the ages of 16-18 years old, or those aged 19 – 24 who have previously been in care or have a Local Authority Education, Health and Care Plan.
How will the Levy benefit my company?
- Taking on an apprentice enables your company to address any skills shortages your business may have by training new or existing staff to fill them.
- Apprentices are part of the workforce, and 89% of employers say they make business more productive, bringing a fresh and unique perspective to the job.
- Businesses can now access the higher-level technical skills vital to business performance and growth.
- Since April 2016, companies no longer have to pay national insurance for apprentices under the age of 25.
- 75% of employers have found that hiring an apprentice reduces recruitment costs.
How do I find out more?
Kent County Council, can provide expert advice about all the
changes to apprenticeships. Employers of all sectors and sizes can contact our apprentice advice
service on 03000 414 005 or by email at email@example.com . Alternatively you can find out more on our employers page or get started and register.


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Hello 48th LD Democrats!
As you have likely seen, this month's regular meeting has been rescheduled for the 26th to allow for people who want to watch the final presidential debate to do so.
On the 19th, let's watch it together!
– This will be a fundraiser event, benefiting the 48th LD. Recommended donation at the door is $10.
– There will be Debate Bingo, with some prizes for the winners. The prizes will be amazing. Huge. Only the best prizes.
– It is easier to survive watching the debate with like-minded individuals.
So please, put this on your calendar:
48th LD Dems Debate Watch Party
Wednesday, October 19th
5:45pm until whenever it ends, likely 7:45pm
Belcarra Apartments (limited parking in building)
10688 NE 10th ST
Bellevue, WA 98004
PLEASE RSVP AT http://evite.me/pwHbDhbT1s
Hope to see you there!
James Terwilliger
Vice Chair for Events and Fundraisers


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Biking in Winter – good for your health and environment, too
Biking in winter can be quite enjoyable as long as you dress for the occasion. If you dress in layers, wear the proper clothing and use clothes that bock the wind, you will find that your bike is not only effective in helping you get around, but that it's actually quite enjoyable.
Some other tips for riding in winter – give yourself extra time to get to your destination, cycle more slowly in snowy conditions, use fenders to stay dry and use lights on your bike to stay visible.
It's also helpful to take curves at a slower pace and avoid leaning on you bicycle. It's important to keep the bike perpendicular for maximum traction.
Biking in the winter also provides benefits to both you and your community. It helps reduce traffic congestion and doesn't contribute to climate change. In addition to being good for the environment, it's great for your health, too.
To make things easier for cyclists this year, the City is improving its service levels for cyclists. In addition to providing more attention to clearing snow from bike lanes, the City is also clearing sections of the Martin Goodman Trail – from Northern Dancer Boulevard to the lower part of Sherbourne Street and from Windermere Avenue to Stadium Road.
So, keep that bike handy – even in the winter. You'll find that it's a great way to get around, stay in shape and help the environment as well.


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The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment presents a baroque 'mash up' of French music and dance, taking the greatest hits of the era to create a new work: Dangerous Liaisons (26 June, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre). Surprisingly this is just what they did for entertainment in 17th century Versailles.
Hubert Hazebrouq, co-curator and choreographer for the OAE project says: "Mash ups were very much happening at the Paris Opera and at the Court of Louis XIV. Back then they called them 'fragments' - these were new operas created by bringing together the 'best of' bits from other operas, often with a new storyline. They worked brilliantly commercially since it meant that 'new' works could be generated from past successes. Dance was an integral part of baroque French opera which is why we are also bringing dancers to the stage of the QEH."
Featuring Lully, Rameau, Charpentier, Campra and forgotten composers Mouret, Courrett and Marais, Dangerous Liaisons could be the first 'fragment' to be created in modern times and provides a rare chance to experience the best of French baroque music and dance, spanning 70 years. Some of the nearly 50 pieces have had no known performances since the 17th and 18th centuries, or been seen in their proper context – as dances.
Dangerous Liaisons is a montage of an archetypal love story connecting characters from Orfeo, Acis and Galatea and other classical tales. The dances have been painstakingly researched and choreographed by Hubert Hazebroucq, star of the BBC film about Louis XIV: The King Who Invented Ballet, and his troupe Les Corps Eloquents using original dance plates from the period.
John Butt, Principal Artist of the OAE who will conduct Dangerous Liaisons, says: "Despite some resurgence of interest in Lully and Rameau, French baroque music is very much neglected in this country so I'm delighted to be giving an intensive 'taster' introduction to so many of the best works in Dangerous Liaisons. Many of these pieces have never been heard in modern times. It's important to see this music in the context of dance as it was absolutely integral but is rarely shown today. We often forget the important issue of movement and how it plays into later traditions of western music. For example the minuet appears in symphonic music well into the 19th and 20th century."
The language of dance would have been understood back then as the audience members would have danced themselves and been able to judge and appreciate it. Dance was often introduced at a 'cliff hanger moment in the plot, or sometimes it served to illustrate elements running along the main story.
Lisa Beznosiuk, OAE Principal Flute and co-curator of Dangerous Liaisons says: "Working with dancers sheds light on the music and how it should be performed – the gestures and steps indicate what feeling to give, the speed and phrasing. It's also very special music to me because the baroque flute was developed in the woodwind workshops of 17th century Paris and this music is deeply connected with the instrument. Every baroque flautist loves to play Marais and especially Rameau because of the fabulous flute parts."


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The Brooklyn man accused of opening fire on a Long Island Rail Road train Tuesday was an unemployed loner who, within the time of three years, had gone from making the dean's list at a Long Island college to surviving on odd jobs in his Brooklyn neighborhood.
Notes that the police said Colin Ferguson carried in his pocket at the time of his rampage offer a portrait of a man filled with seething resentment: toward the whites and Asians he met and believed were racist; to the black attorneys he said refused to help him, to the elderly woman who rented him a room inside her Brooklyn home.
In February 1992, he was arrested and charged with harassing a woman on the subway. The case never went to trial, but he later sent letters to New York City's Police Commissioner and others complaining that his arrest was "viscous and racist." In September or October, a lawyer said, he threatened members of a law firm, telling them of a massacre that had happened in California. And in the last several months, he would call state workers compensation officials and the offices of Gov. Mario M. Cuomo and Lieut. Gov. Stan Lundine to complain about his compensation case stemming from a job injury in 1989.
Yesterday, police officials, neighbors and acquaintances tried to understand what compelled the 35-year-old Mr. Ferguson to carry out the shootings. But the most telling clues may have been in the four pieces of notebook paper that investigators said he carried in his pocket Tuesday night, scribbled with a rambling explanation for the shootings.
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He also cited "racism by Caucasians and Uncle Tom Negroes."
Included in the notes were the names and telephone numbers of the state's Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General's office, and a Manhattan law firm where lawyers were compelled to lock the door of an inner office after Mr. Ferguson called and threatened them, a lawyer with the firm said. 'I Felt Uncomfortable'
The attorney, Lauren Abramson, remembered when Mr. Ferguson asked for a consultation about a year ago. She said that from the beginning she felt something was wrong. "I brought in a law clerk because I did not want to be alone with him," she said. "I've never done that before. I felt uncomfortable."
Though Mr. Ferguson was neatly dressed, be behaved oddly, giving her a false name before telling his real one, she said. Months later, he called and threatened the firm, she said.
"He feels discriminated against by everything and everyone," she said.
Yesterday, in a Long Island courtroom, Mr. Ferguson said nothing. As he was arraigned, he stood quietly, and did not enter a plea. He is being held without bail.
For the last two years, Mr. Ferguson had rented a room in Brooklyn from an elderly Haitian woman. But he began his life in Kingston, Jamaica, where he was born Jan. 14, 1958.
The son of a pharmacist, Mr. Ferguson was a well-rounded student who played cricket and soccer, said Joseph Earle, principal of Calabar High School in Kingston, which Mr. Ferguson attended.
While Mr. Ferguson was still a teen-ager, his father was killed in a car crash, Mr. Earle said, and his mother died soon after. Difficulties in Class
Mr. Ferguson made his way to the United States in 1982, and enrolled in Nassau Community College, where he made the dean's list in 1990. But Mr. Ferguson was forced to leave a class after a disciplinary hearing found that he had been overly aggressive toward the teacher, said a county official who insisted on anonymity. Mr. Ferguson later took the class again and received an A. He transferred to Adelphi in the fall of 1990.
There he majored in business administration, school officials said. But in June 1991, he was suspended for disciplinary reasons that officials declined to explain because of confidentiality rules. An official added that Mr. Ferguson was welcome to reapply after his suspension expired, but that he had not chosen to do so.
Mr. Ferguson also did clerical work for a company called Ademco Security Group in Syosset, L.I., but filed a workers compensation claim in April 1989, after he injured his head, neck and back by falling off a stool, said Barbara Patton, chairwoman of the New York State Workers Compensation Board. In September 1992, he was awarded $26,250, but last April, he tried to reopen the case, claiming the money was not enough.
"This agency bent over backwards for Mr. Ferguson," Ms. Patton said, noting that the agency had re-examined the case because of his persistence. "There is nothing that we ever saw in this man to lead us to think he would do something like this."
In Flatbush, the working-class Brooklyn neighborhood where he lived among many other West Indian immigrants, neighbors spoke of Mr. Ferguson as a quiet loner who seldom spoke. When he did, he said little more than a hello.
For a year, Catherine Workman and her six children lived next door to him. She recalled how neat he was, always dressed in a sweatsuit and crisp white T-shirt. She remembered standing in her doorway, seeing him walk down the street. And she remembered his silence.
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Its ironic that I was so defiant when Kayla was born against the breastfeeding bullies, protesting that it would make no difference in the long term if she was bottle fed or breast fed. I felt that it was my choice and i would not be bullied into thinking there was only one way to go.
Now I am desperate at the thought of stopping breastfeeding. My milk came in late and my supply has never been great. The milk let down can be incredibly slow and has pretty much always frustrated bub but we have soldiered on and I've come to love the intimacy of feeding. The way she looks at me as she feeds and holds my fingers or strokes my skin.
The past few weeks here have been unseasonably hot here and she has been wanting to feed far more often, so when my supply couldn't keep up I gave her extra bottle feeds. This week she is refusing the breast during the day, but at this stage will still accept night feeds. It started with just the left one - a notoriously slow let downer- but this afternoon she refused the right as well. She turns her head and screams and cries real tears. This afternoon I joined her - and not for the first time.
I am finding it so hard to look at this logically. I can tell myself that she is just being lazy, she wants the instant flow of milk she get from the bottle. We live in an instant gratification driven society afterall - why should babies be immune? She is not rejecting me, she is rejecting the dodgy milk supply offered by my aging breasts. But I am taking it personally. I can't help but feel she is refusing me, rejecting the intimacy I am offering. And that hurts.
I should ring a lactation consultant and see if we can turn this around, but I can't talk about it without crying and that makes me feel like an idiot. It should not matter how my baby is fed as long as she is being fed and putting on weight. It surprises me that I feel so strongly about this.
Other than this issue, everything else is going pretty well. The pediatrician says her heart murmur is just a little flow murmur which may resolve itself with time. She wants to check it again in 6 months.
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It's Ok to use cardboard cutouts in your ads.
There's something about the way the *victims* are treated as inanimate objects by the abuser that makes this New Zealand campaign interesting. The other subtext is that It's Ok to say something when others won't. Not sure the payoff at the end works though with the mate wanting to have a chat coming off more like he just wants to go have a beer.
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Mr Annan suggested the two had inadequately policed UN sanctions against Iraq, enabling the regime to earn huge amounts in illegal deals.
Mr Annan was recently criticised for his handling of the affair, leading to calls for his resignation.
Rather than step down, the Secretary General wants to restore confidence in the UN through a series of far-reaching reforms.
His proposals include enlarging the Security Council and replacing the UN Human Rights Commission.
What do you think of Mr Annan's comments? What should be the UN's role in the world? What needs to be done to restore confidence in the organisation? Send us your views.
We discussed UN reforms with Kofi Annan's chief of staff, Mark Malloch Brown, in our global phone-in programme, Talking Point. You can watch or hear the programme again by clicking on the links above.
This debate is now closed. Read a selection of your comments below.
The following comments reflect the balance of opinion we have received so far:
The sooner this irrelevant relic of gas bags officially ceases to exist, the better. In this age of instant worldwide communication, who needs a place where elite vacuous suits can grandstand? The world wide web can do the job of connecting the world better than the UN.Tim, Milwaukee, USA
I wonder how many people in this debate have actually read the UN charter. I have and it is clearly a flawed document. It talks a lot about flowery ideals of peace and human hights, but fails to define them. Until the UN enshrines democracy as the fundamental human right and the primary qualification for membership, it will remain a tool of third world dictatorships to prop up their evil, opressive regimes. Matt Johnson, Guam, USA
Unfortunately for Mr Annan he just happens to be another political figure which makes him a prime magnet for criticism and corruption. His comments are nothing but comments unless put into action, which is what the UN lacks.Jeff Stuart, Montreal, Canada
The UN does not simply represent countries - it represents the world's third class citizens. Ngos, non-profit groups and civil society all heavily depend on the UN. It brings a spirit of hope for the most remote and abused people in the world. It has served as the megaphone to oppressed voices. By eliminating the UN the world's third sector may forever be silenced. Amina Chaudary, Boston, MA, US
The UN as a world body needs to play a pivotal role in solving various problems of Third World nations and war-affected countries like Iraq and Afghanisthan. It needs to get out of the American shadow and function independently and fearlessly so that it will be a world body in true sense of the term.Nawal Thorat, Aurangabad, India
The first place to start would be the Security Council. Get rid of it and let democracy run issues of world security at the UN. No more elite countries in the UN. Let every country vote on these issues.Dave, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Too many intelligent people lose sight of the fact that much of the current controversies and attacks on Mr Annan are spurred by the White House press corps, especially after the allegation that the Bush administration acted illegally in attacking Iraq. Stephen Redner, Nice, France
Your speaker from the UN must think everyone listening is a fool. On the one hand he continually uses the phrase 'meddling of the member nations', saying if only those pesky people paying their salaries would leave the UN alone they would do better. But on the other, whenever the accusation is that they have failed to act, and specifically on Darfur, he trots out 'the member states will not give us what we need'. Convenient that he has found a way to blame the members in all cases, and in no instance is the UN organization itself held to account. Sherry Wickham, Indianapolis, IN, United States
To those ignorant Americans who believe that financing the affairs of the UN gives the US the right to expect the UN to do whatever it wants, I say, feel free to walk out. And then feel free to come back begging when UN is doing a much better and efficient job in Europe or Africa or Asia.Susanne Plate, Germany
Most of the comments coming from America are based on misinformation. The United Nations is more important now than at any time in its history. Mr Annan is right when he states that the war in Iraq is illegal. No nuclear bombs were found in Iraq, but a huge amount of the population here still wants to believe that we went to war to destroy Saddam's arsenal. The current administration in Washington would like nothing more than to destroy the United Nations, just as it is destroying this country.Clifton, Oakland, CA USA
I am fed up with the Anglo-Saxon hypocrisy. You, US and UK, are as responsible as any other country of what is UN: you are part of it. If it is corrupted and ineffective it is because you are corrupted and ineffective. I believe Annan when he says US and UK were aware of the corruption. I fully support him.N. Gibert, Paris, France
The UN is doing as well as it can given the massive pressure it is under from the two criminal regimes trying to undermine it and break its rules: the US and the UK. I commend Kofi Annan for not buckling under the pressure.Jim Longwill, Portland, OR, USA
At least the UN acknowledges its mistakes and tries to rectify them which is more than can be said for the US or most other countries.Peter, Netherlands
The UN has lost its credibility and the events leading up to the US intervention in Iraq is proof of this. There is definitely a need for reform within the UN if it intends to regulate the happenings of the world without being intimidated by the United States of America. The US has constantly undermined the role of the UN and this should not be tolerated. Reform is the way to go so as to be able to deal with a country such as the US and any other that seeks to undermine the role of the UNKadia, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies
The UN long ago ceased to be an organisation really able to further the cause of peace in the world. It has its place in humanitarian projects but otherwise it is nothing more than a place where pencil pushing diplomats gather and make speeches which no one listens to. I do not think it will be around 20 years from now.Michael Parker, Washington DC USA
The UN has a long way to go to restore American confidence in it. Also the Americans have a far longer road to go to restore the rest of the world's confidence. One country cannot rule everything on this planet, even that some people might think this is possible. The UN needs to be totally independent from the influence of individual countries. All the countries should accept the decisions made by the UN, and honour these decisions. If this does not happen the UN can never perform correctly.Janne, Bedford, England
I am afraid that the US desire to 'reform' the UN amounts to nothing less than a drive to dominate it. Given the US lack of understanding for internationalism or for the rule of law, this is a worrying tendency. What critics forget is that the UN helped us get through the Cold War. If it is reformed in such a way as to serve US interests, the UN will truly become irrelevant and untrustworthy. Our collective goal should be the prevention of another world war (between any two parties). I don't believe Americans really understand that.Luke, Canada
Everyone agrees the UN needs reform, beginning with the UN themselves. Is this not why an expert panel was formed? The problem is it seems no reform would satisfy Ms Rice and Mr Bush if it does not mean the UN becomes subjects to the interests of the US. It is important for the United Nations to achieve a transformation that doesn't only answer to the needs of one state, powerful as it may be.Paco Godefroy, México DF, México
I have personally written some of the reports that no one reads, sat in global meetings which cost millions but amount to no quantifiable outputs at the end of the day. Kofi Annan might be a good guy but the UN should be scrapped and then someone can find him a real job. The world is being ravaged by Aids and the Rwandas and Darfurs continue whilst they sit in gilded cages and twiddle their thumbs.Ayoade Olatunbosun-Alakija, Suva, Fiji Islands
Whatever the degree to which the reforms are implemented might be, the UN must exist. In its short 60-year history, the UN has made progress in solving problems that no single country or regional organisation could ever begin to address, and there is simply no other forum where the world's political leaders can sit down and discuss meaningful issues that affect all the world's citizens. Dwight Best, New York City, NY, USA
Change is the substance of any organisation. I can't imagine the UN remaining a stable structure without any transformations at various levels of its existence and operations. However, we must remember - it is to remain an organisation of United Nations. No nation should be the leading one, this is not what democracy is about.Michael Dziewonski, Krakow, Poland
The United Nations has fundamental, crippling flaws that no reform can fix. The United Nations policy of impartiality, for example, fuels global chaos. When you turn a blind eye to a conflict, you allow the aggressors to continue their horrors. The United Nations also fails to make a moral judgement. It is a transparent, politicised body, contributing to the world's instability. Aaron Hakim, Misissauga, Canada
Along with their headquarters sitting on some of the most valuable land on earth (at our expense), we also contribute 24% of their budget. Of course our politicians have extra influence. But does the average American care about the UN? How about we take our $363 billion, take out $75b and start some sort of social medicine here, and give the rest to the World Bank?Sean, Wilmington, NC, USA
Having your cake and eating it is a very dangerous road for the US to travel on this issue. How can they possibly justify taking Kofi Annan to task? They are effectively holding the reins of the UN, and holding it to ransom whenever they perceive that their interests are jeopardised. Have they forgotten that with the power comes the responsibility? Martin Blowers, Auckland, New Zealand
The UN is totally useless and should be disbanded. All it does is talk. If you want proof, look no further than Darfur in Sudan. They have known what has been going on there for months, and while they talk and give all the politically correct posturing people are still dying. How many ultimatums have been given in that scenario? What's been done other than talk and pull back whenever their troops are in threatening positions?
What good has the UN been to those victims? Renegade countries know how useless the UN is and that's why they continue to do what they do. Do us all a favour, stop playing your political games trying to convey a sense of political morality, it's not working - ask the people in the refugee camps in Darfur.Nick Burtenshaw, Tokoroa, New Zealand
It's time for Annan to resign. He is trying to shift blame from himself and his son. The Secretary General needs to be above this sort of corruption but instead, he is in the middle of it. If the US and UK are to blame in his eyes, then he needs to face his own responsibility as well.Matt E, California, USA
The United Nations should be thrown out of the United States and let some other country deal with its problems and expenses. The UN has never had any real power anyway.Jack Vahe, Delavan, WI, USA
The UN should continue to reform, evolve and adapt to the current global situation as we all have to do. Annan should not be intimidated by US hawks who hate the UN for daring to impose restrictions on its unilateralist policies. The US has stated that it wants full spectrum dominance and he represents the only organisation with the might to resist. If the UN requires any reforms it should be given teeth to uphold its resolutions, including those that are being transgressed by Israel and the US.Scott Clarke, London
Blaming the US and Britain is another of his many excuses for the UN oil for food scandal. As Secretary General what was he doing? He claims he knew nothing of his son's involvement or what was going on within the programme; if that's the case then he wasn't doing his job. If he is serious about restoring confidence then he should step down.Allan, Delta BC Canada
How can an organization like the UN function credibly if brawling with two if its strongest financial sponsors? I applaud Mr Annan for his efforts, bravery and perseverance.Sean Roy, Houston, TX USA
The UN IS doing something really useful - it is showing why it is not a good idea to try to set up a one world government. Let the UN's massive corruption and pompous uselessness be the gleaming neon stop sign that says go no further in this direction.Dave M, Tonopah USA
The concept of veto needs to be deleted from the UN Charter and the Security Council should be expanded. After all, isn't democracy the same ideology the West is trying to export?Mohammed, Portsmouth
The UN would be a great institution if its members would stop interfering, allow it to perform its functions and abide by its conventions.Adjoa, UK
The UN is what the members make of it. The powerful countries do what they want with it. The body would function much better without US arm twisting and arrogance.Sorren Kimble, Leeds
When other nations like Nigeria South Africa are given permanent membership of the Security Council, it will give room for diverse view and better reform.Suleyman Odapu, Lafia, Nigeria
The UN sat back and watched genocide in Rwanda and continues to do the same in Sudan; it did nothing when Saddam ignored sanctions and kicked the UN out of the country, no wonder the US ignored it. It freely accepts dictators in its ranks, while expecting the democratic nations to pay for it. Now Kofi Annan, who is implicated in the scandal, tries to shift the blame onto others.Chris, UK
Gross incompetence has cost the UN any and all credibility it could possibly have, and neither Annan's reforms nor Bolton's bullishness can change this. By letting Saddam Hussein ignore resolution after resolution, and then blaming and criticizing the US for finally enforcing the resolutions against Iraq, the UN began its slide into irrelevance. Coupled with the mass corruption under the Oil for Food program, sexual misconduct by UN peacekeepers in Africa, and general disregard for human rights worldwide, this failed experiment can finally be laid to rest. Can you imagine a world without the greedy UN bureaucracy, where your country's safety and welfare does not depend on pointless resolutions or the veto power of the French?Drew, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies
The UN sure needs a lot of reforms if the powers that be will allow it. The UN involvement in Iraq has been questionably faulty, and the risk its personnel are facing in Congo has called for sweeping reforms in its military strategies. These reforms no doubt will have to start from the very top - the Security Council. May God help you succeed Annan. Andy Mbeke, Lagos, Nigeria
To improve the UN it would be enough to remove the right of veto to the five privileged nations. Would you join a club where five members would have a right of veto on any decision? Anteo Sergovich, Istria, Croatia
The only way the UN will ever gain the confidence of the world again is when they actually start seeing the world as it is, rather than as they wish. Iraq was the start of their irrelevance because after issuing over a decade worth of resolutions and actually being thrown out of Iraq by Saddam in 1998, they didn't have the guts to back up their own words. Someone else had to fulfil the UN's obligation. Kofi needs to go because of his lack of leadership and the corruption that has surrounded him, there needs to be tighter accountability in the UN ranks.Jeff, Bay City, MI, USA
The UN is a mid 20th century answer to problems of the last millennium. It's grown and evolved into a top-heavy, purposeless, bureaucracy whose only function seems to be to keep hordes of pen-pushers in jobs at the taxpayer's expense. Attempts at the reform of a moribund organisation are futile - time to kill it off, or at least slim it down. David Moran, Nr Aberdeen, Scotland
Get rid of the veto. The UN will become more equitable if the countries that vote yes to a resolution agree to finance and man any actions called for. Do not expect a country that votes 'no' to contribute. And every country should pay an equal amount.Kim, Montana, US
As a body incorporating the views of so many different countries, the UN can only offer toothless opinions designed to keep everyone happy. It is a forum for debate not action. It takes individual countries with real resources and will to actually get something done.Victor, London
United Nations should be relocated to Europe to avoid interference, meddling and unnecessary influence from the United States. This is the first step to reform the UN in order to restore confidence. EU can provide excellent leadership in the UN. Kamarudin, Malaysia
UN reform can be called successful only if it can show that it is independent to any specific country and all members respect the result that UN generates. Otherwise UN is not considered as successfully reformed, as countries can do what they want, by ignore the UN (like US for the Iraq war).Chun Wa (Michael), Lau, Toronto, Canada
The failures, problems and shortcomings of the UN are not the fault of the institution itself. Rather it is the fault of the members more so than the senior bureaucrats that work there. As in national ministries where the political masters are responsible, it would be the same here and the nations are responsible.. in both cases the bureaucrats are left to hold the baby and do the work. The glory and success is monopoly of temporary bosses and fallout is of the bureaucratsMoiz Mohsin, Colombo, Sri Lanka
The UN is a joke. I have watched them sit on the sidelines and do nothing. I, for one, am sick of paying for the UN. Our city and country pay the most to be in this so called club. The people of the US are fed up with the UN and want it out. Barbara, New York City, USA
It is obvious that UN in its present shape is not functioning in a way it is supposed to function. It is also not disputable that it should have a paramount role in fostering cooperation and maintaining peace and security among countries of the world. To that end, powerful (politically and economically) countries such as the US should not interfere visibly or invisibly in its actions and decisions. It is only then it will be possible to restore confidence in it and see it doing what it is supposed to do.Mesfin Awoke Bekalu, Trondheim, Norway
The world is not intellectually mature enough for an effective UN. The reforms needed are obvious and legion... but none of it is going to happen while national interests dominate members' thinking.
All that is required right now is a rearranging of the flower pots. One day the world will grow up, but we're a long way from that nirvana (or nightmare, depending on your school of thought).Mark M Newdick, Danbury, CT, USA
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I think The Secretary General of the UN, Kofi Annan, has been an excellent diplomat for the Darfur, Sudan. Remember that the pledged amount of around 3.6 billion dollars turned out to be more than expected 4.5 billion dollars and was better than the expected pledges. Firozali A Mulla, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
The UN is a diplomatic club, not a world government. People who have lost confidence in the UN had false expectations anyway. It needs major re factoring to do its diplomatic role more successfully. But don't expect the UN to save all the worlds problems. Its function stops once all governments have agreed on a principle. Jeffrey Lake, London, UK
The main problem in the UN system as a whole stems from its system of grading staff. In the normal world, staff get salary increments for competency and length of service. In the UN the word "promotion" equates with a salary increase. However, to qualify for either, staff must move from their area of competence into unknown pastures. Loss of competency is therefore automatic and unavoidable. Incompetence is so rife that the only action is to sack the lot and begin again. The UN promotion system where staff are graded like eggs, mocks competency and intelligence. JP, Switzerland
The UN (United Nations) should be scrapped and replaced with the UC "United Countries". Basically the same organisation with the same rules, just no "permanent security council". Each country should get an equal vote, with no one country having the right to Veto. The problem at the moment is that the US has too much control in the UN and simply manipulates it for it's own needs.Nathan Hobbs, Luton, UK
The main reason for the decline in the UN's power is the Iraq war. America and Britain ignored it and that started the slide. Why should any other country take any notice of the UN when the Alliance didn't?Andy K, Berks
If the UN wants confidence in it restored, all it needs to do is SOMETHING rather than always sitting on the sidelines. The UN of the recent past is a UN which has stood by and watched the Rwanda genocide happen, ignored seventeen standing resolutions against Saddam Hussein's regime, turned a blind eye to shady "Oil For Food" dealings and that is currently repeating the Rwanda mistake in Sudan. Calling a genocide a "declining humanitarian situation" is pathetic and deplorable.Ed, Minnesota, USA
I worked for the United Nations for 30 years in five of its specialized agencies. As indeed reported by the BBC, the SG report on human rights shows what amounts to individual interests versus collective interests. It is a diplomatic environment with a diplomatic aura which means there are more words than action. In order to change, the organization would have to be set in an alternative environment where the governments do not have the power to interfere. But this seems highly unlikely.Brenda van Eeden, Gex, France
The UN hasn't any teeth to take a bite out of those who oppose them. Passive parents lead to unruly children. They need to establish an effective way of punishing all who fall under its umbrella including the USA. Currently the UN can't or won't impose discipline against "influential" members.Kevin, USA
The institution has clearly needed radical reforms for many years. Its US critics should perhaps look towards ordering their own house and addressing their government's human rights violations in Guantanamo Bay before becoming too sanctimoniousMalcolm Parker, Basingstoke England
Each of the six occupied continents should have a seat on the UN Security Council. These seats can be awarded through democratic elections or the consensus of those countries on that particular continent. Antarctica can be a floater vote awarded to a democratic country that allows free access to the election process by UN monitors from all six continents. Or we could scrap the current system and the free democratic countries of the world could forge a world body that stands for all those ideals and concepts that we wish the UN stood for. Gregg, Toronto, Canada
The UN suffers from the same basic problem as the ill fated League of Nations - unwillingness on the part of its members to act against aggression. It did nothing to stop what happened in Bosnia and Rwanda and continues to do with Sudan. It is only as strong as its members' support gives it.Marc, Bristol
A lot of the negative criticism is based on ignorance of the fact that the UN, which is only a 'Secretariat', can be only as good as its members. Can anyone envisage a world without the UN? The world would revert to what it was before WWII. I believe Annan did his best under a difficult situation, bar the 'oil for food' deal where his position became apparently compromised. It is very surprising that he recommends the abolition of the UNHRC when HR is on top of the agenda or is this to pander to countries who only value the rights of their own citizens and do not care a whit about other citizens? Does not sound like him. But what does he propose in its place?Saravan, UK
There is nothing wrong with the UN's credibility. It is only the United States that seems to not be happy with the United Nations because they don't get what they want. So the United States is pointing fingers at the United Nations as a scapegoat by blaming every failure as a result of the United Nation's actions.Kamarudin, Malaysia
The second and the Third world has never had much confidence in the UN as it has never protected them from any aggression. It is an organisation of the powers of the West, to protect western interests. It should be renamed as United Nations of America. The sooner we reach the end of this organisation the better it will be for the Third world, specially the Muslim world. This would at least make the economic sanctions and carpet bombings by the West resulting in the death of millions illegal.Tanveer Aslam, Sydney, Australia
To restore confidence in the UN, get the unreliable and untrustworthy Kofi Annan to resign immediately and get Kofi Annan's supporters to go with him. Then change a few policies and be more forceful in obtaining peace throughout the world. Terence Gaffney, Sunderland
If Kofi Annan can institute reform and if US delegate Bolton stands behind him (with a club), then yes, reform can be possible and some measure of confidence restored. But, status quo is no longer acceptable.Michael Chittum, San Francisco, USA
Whatever the UN evolves into, and whatever its role in the world, it will be ineffective unless its zeal for recruiting the best officials and defending them against political attacks from both sides of the argument is balanced by willingness to promptly dismiss those who are incompetent and/or corrupt.Michael Llamas, Tokyo
Kofi Annan is no saint but he is one of the best Secretaries General that the UN has had. His reforms are not revolutionary but they are steps in the right direction. Ultimately, the UN won't be functional until the USA no longer dominates. The current permanent single-nation veto structure on the Security Council must go and be replaced by a minority veto vote.Gregory, Santa Rosa, California, USA
The UN was against the war on Iraq but the USA did not pay any attention to it. If the UN wants respect from among the nations, it should impose sanction on the USA. But the truth is that if Kofi Annan cannot do that. He is thinking that he is a champion of world peace when he warns countries like North Korea and Iran in tune with the USA. That is not his mistake but the mistake of the very framework of the UN. We need a democratic set up in the UN where all the nations in the world have equal say. Sebastian Thomas, New Delhi, India
Kofi Annan should resign and allow a new person to take over. Annan has lost his credibility all over the world. A complete UN reform will be needed after he is gone.George Rodriguez, New York, USA
The loss of confidence in the UN is about its inability to prevent the USA from committing multiple war crimes.
Being trashed by the USA has killed all hopes that the UN has any chance of getting the USA to comply with the law.Gary Chiles, Wellington, New Zealand
India or Pakistan and one African Country should sit on the Security Council as permanent veto-wielding members. This will keep the US in check.Luther, Nigeria
Some say a reform is needed by first getting rid of Annan, that will probably give an opening to the US to place another puppet in his place like they are doing with the World Bank.Theresa, Kisumu, Kenya
The world desperately needs a worldwide organisation (to mediate and impose the will of the majority) that commands respect. The 'veto' should not be allowed, neither should one country pay more into the system than the others. Is this wishful thinking?Martin A. Prowse, Ceará, Brazil
I'm not sure of the exact number of UN resolutions completely ignored by Saddam Hussein, but I do know what the UN did about it. Absolutely nothing. The UN is a great idea but if it doesn't enforce its decisions what is the purpose of it? My Grandmother's knitting circle stands up for itself more than the U.N. does.
While it is a noble concept, I don't believe any sort of international governing body can be made feasible, due to the self-interested nature of all men and nations.
Daniel A. Cord, Chicago, IL
The restoration of the UN confidence is far fetched. For as long as the UN remains selecting in its intervention of outbreaks of wars then the restoration of confidence will be a non starter.Rodgers Nyirenda, Zambia
As long as nations are given the veto power in the security counsel, multilateralism - and the UN - can be of limited effectiveness only. Anton M Rychener, Hanoi, Vietnam
Confidence in the UN will not be restored until that body tackles and successfully solves a crisis. Institutions, like people, are rightly judged by actions and deeds.Chris, US
Was there ever confidence in the UN?Jeff, Springfield, VA, USA
I have to say no. It may help, but until we have a democratically elected UN parliament, the elimination of vetoes and the "security council" the UN will continue to be hamstrung.Brian Coughlan, Alingsas, Sweden
The UN lacks public confidence because of its internal corruption and inaction. But more seriously it lacks widespread public support because supporters want it to become a world government without any checks and balances in place. Should power and control within the organization be apportioned to countries based on their population, or economic power, or what? The thought of African nations along with China and India telling the western world what to do is frightening. Perhaps John Bolton will give the UN the kick in the pants it needs. Jeremy, Atlanta, USA
The UN has a long way to go to restore American confidence in it. This is where the real rift between the US and France/Germany/Spain began before the Iraq war. Americans expect the UN to do what it says; much of the rest of the world couldn't care less whether it does what it says. Add to this the many troublemakers, moral primitives, and corrupt leaders in its ranks, and the UN has become a poisoned, principle-less organization whose sole purpose these days seems to be redistribution of wealth. We'll see whether the reforms correct the "anti-US-at-all-costs" behaviour running rampant there now.Julie, Rockford, IL, USA
No confidence will be restored unless the UN HQ are shifted from the shores of America to the East. Bring it to Japan, India or Singapore. Nobody has any more faith in America. Institutions like the UN are just Fashion Houses. The UN will lose more relevance and respect if it continues to be housed in America. Bring it where there is knowledge and wisdom and not gun culture and class-room murders.C Sachidananda Narayanan, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu
Maybe when the UN actually takes action and accomplishes something it will be acknowledged as a worthwhile body. Until then it is, what it is, a corrupt, flaccid, all talk-no action, worthless agency.Jason, Detroit, USA
Any reform within the UN has to accept the realities of the age we live in. The current set up of the Security Council is still a reflection of the 1940s. A Security Council that has small countries like the UK and France with veto power and huge countries like India without even a permanent seat is unrealistic!Andre, Rochester, NY, USA


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