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Harrison Ford ankle injury forces two week 'Star Wars' hiatus
Han Solo actor broke his ankle on set of film earlier this year
Harrison Ford's ankle injury has forced a two week production hiatus on the set of Star Wars: Episode VII.
As previously reported, Ford broke his ankle on a garage door and required medical care at a hospital near to the Pinewood Studios in London, where the film is being shot with director JJ Abrams.
An update on the Star Wars website yesterday (July 6) confirms that the injury will cause a delay to filming, though a far shorter one than the two months suggested by some immediately after the accident.
"In August, the team will take a brief two-week hiatus while adjustments to the current production schedule are made as actor Harrison Ford recovers from a leg injury," the official statement reads. "Harrison is doing well and is looking forward to returning to the set soon. Shooting remains on track to wrap in the fall with the film scheduled for release on December 18, 2015."
The update also confirms that principal photography on the film will continue at Pinewood Studios in London after wrapping on location in Abu Dhabi in May.
Original stars Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill will return for the film alongside new actors Adam Driver, Andy Serkis, Lupita Nyong'o and Oscar Isaac.


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Obama isn't just trying to expand entitlements...he's trying to stamp out individualism.
And I think (well, hope) his effort will eventually bring to himself the wrath of America individuals the way Morsi has earned the wrath of non-MB Egyptians.
I'm not optimistic about Americans finally coming to the realization of the danger "O" and his followers really pose to individuality.
Individuality is and has always been a rare commodity.
Individuals are not socially 'convenient' because they question, doubt, challenge, etc.
Individuals NEVER summarily accept anything
Individuals can be counted on to suspect flaws and clandestine motives in established views
Individuals are difficult to convince or convert without hard logic and intellectual accountability
Individuals are by nature cynical
All this and more has traditionally identified Americans in their rugged pragmatism.
I am certain, that its the characteristic without which America wouldnt have become America.
Of course true individuals are inconvenient and of course, the establishment in this country (increasingly Socialist) does NOT encourage individualism. Schools, the MSM, public figures of every stripe have been consistently and relentlessly assaulting this most distinctive American characteristic for decades. They have all but completely demonized individuality as it is properly understood.
I have been convinced for a very long time that the Liberal plan is and has always been, to stamp out individualism. Their success is almost guaranteed, because true individuality is NOT the easy path in life and is never expedient. It is NOT a personal whim to be picked up then abandoned (like a fashion going in and out of style) when the going gets rough... and the path WILL always be rough for true individuals.
It's funny, you can meet a total stranger at a party or somewhere and know instantly you are talking to an individual....it's like a secret club. You know one another instantly and it's as if: 'Hi...it's great to meet you, you kept the faith, too!!'

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Materialism is a delusion in that it is a BELIEF that's established on the ASSUMPTION that immaterial things do not exist. Putting aside for now the fact that billions of people over the course of human history have testified to having a transcendent experience; and also putting aside for now the fact of this baffling mystery of human consciousness and many other unexplained mysteries of the human experience, the fact stands that materialism runs against the tide of human experience. This is not an argument against materialism per se, because those experiences could be false. However, it certainly demonstrates that if there was a transcendent reality, then those intuitive experiences to which the majority of humanity has testified, would be rationally grounded and justified. Now, a purely materialistic interpretation of reality that excludes the validity of spiritual experience and revelation from God directly to the individual, has not the qualities of humility or openness. It is however, reductionist and dogmatically biased to support only one interpretation of reality, namely its own.
Furthermore, science does not negate the existence of God and scientists cannot assert that immaterial things/persons do not exist. If they did, such an assertion would not be scientific but merely philosophical in nature and therefore would be nothing more than an expression of their own subjective opinion. Many great scientists see no conflict between their scientific field of specialty and their experience of the transcendent and spiritual. They see no conflict because they have not subscribed to a philosophical position that debars or suffocatingly restricts their experience of knowledge or reality.
Materialistic dogmatism may be perfectly suitable and complementary for the individual who rejects the concept of God on philosophical grounds, or for some other underlying motive. However, the uninformed masses need to know that this position is not scientific but metaphysical in constitution. People like Richard Dawkins cannot prove the nonexistence of God; they simply reject Him outright on the grounds of materialistic prejudice, bias and personal opinion. This is where Jesus is refreshingly and wonderfully liberating as He disentangles us from the choke chain of reductionist dogmatic materialism. He opens our minds and understanding to a reality that is truly beautiful and profoundly cathartic. Jesus would remind each one of us that we are more than mere molecules and atoms dancing forward in a meaningless and purposeless path to final oblivion. He would also affirm that our desires for the spiritual and transcendent are justifiably grounded in ultimate reality and that our experience of morality is rationally anchored in the nature of the way God created the universe.
It is just as real as any other governing law at work in the universe. Also, He would awaken us to the fact that our consciousness, with all its mystery and intuitive sense of self awareness, is part and parcel of the transcendent nature of being itself. Jesus said, 'He whom the Son sets free is free indeed'. Today, in these times of spiritual blindness and materialistic distraction, this truth is needed more than ever. Christ would invite each one of us to draw near to Him and learn from His heart in regards to the true nature of reality. First and foremost though, we must begin to yield and let go of our desires to rule on the thrones of our own little autonomous kingdoms and allow His Spirit to teach us in the way of the kingdom of God. Philosopher Terence McKenna says that modern science is based upon the principal: Give us one free miracle and we will explain the rest. Biologist Rupert Sheldrake says that the 'one free miracle' referred to by McKenna, is the appearance of all the matter and energy in the universe, and all the laws that govern it, from NOTHING in one single instant. In fact, the whole atheistic enterprise owes its very existence to that 'one free miracle' idea and now that the grand miracle has been provided, all the atheist has to do is simply assert that this incredible miracle of nature was wrought by nature itself.
However, adding dishonesty to mystery in his atheistic attempts to get a universe for free, Lawrence Krauss, a theoretical phycisist, has simply just waved his magic wand and declared that the universe came into existence from NOTHING! Done and dusted – good work Professor Krauss! Don't be fooled by this man's definition of 'nothing' just because it includes a law of gravity and the laws of quantum mechanics that brought this SOMETHING into existence from NOTHING in the first place. It is evident that Krauss has smuggled SOMETHING into his NOTHING.
Besides, when Krauss was asked where these laws of quantum mechanics came from, he didn't know. Be that as it may, the materialist is forced to stick to his philosophical position i.e. that immaterial things do not exist. Therefore, we should not be surprised when materialists arrive at the conclusion that only material things are real. But even a child can identify the links in this self-referring loop. What's more, if they have already decided that all shapes are square then it naturally follows that all explanations will be square in conclusion. In short, the fundamental assumption held will always rout back to reinforce the conclusion. Scientist, Rupert Sheldrake in his bestseller, The Science Delusion exposed this materialistic orthodoxy when he wrote, 'Twenty-first century atheists, like their predecessors, take the doctrines of materialism to be established scientific facts. Furthermore, many have not realised that they are only assumptions that are philosophical in nature – part and parcel of the orthodox creed.' Sheldrake calls to our attention the vision of Sir Francis Bacon in which Bacon foretold a time when the power of the Roman Catholic Church would be replaced by the autocratic power of the scientific priesthood with all the pomp, status and unquestionable claims to dogmatic authority.
There has always been a small percentage of the population (4.2%) that claims they don't believe in the existence of God. This is quite normal. However, lately a new 'species of sceptic' has surfaced. These people assert with passionate conviction that God does NOT exist. When asked to provide the evidence that supports this passionate certainty, these people have to inevitably acknowledge that they cannot in fact know or prove the non-existence of God but have to presume this on faith. Even after time spent endlessly dodging and weaving, these philosophical arguments always end up routing back to assumed conclusions that were, a priori, already subscribed to. What is initially striking is that such sceptics pride themselves on what they consider to be superior arguments based upon reason and intelligence. Christians, on the other hand, are accused of leaning upon nothing but faith and belief. Also, when I point out the fact that sceptics subscribe to a particular interpretation of reality, things become uncomfortable. Nonetheless, this purely materialistic and mechanistic postulation of the universe was the grounding for sceptics' belief, in which faith was pegged and securely anchored. When asked if they knew absolutely that immaterial things do NOT exist, I knew that if they were going to be honest, they would have to say that they didn't know. To the credit of the sceptic to whom I spoke, this point was conceded. Just as the rest of the atheists have their 'just-so' stories and hold onto a faith that science will one glorious day eventually explain everything, this science of the gaps is an enterprise that is driven by hope, faith and optimism. After all, the very concept and idea of progress in science implies present ignorance in our certain fields of knowledge and understanding. Otherwise, how could we talk of progress?
The word 'science' means knowledge, and human knowledge is not absolute but finite and limited. Therefore, it is perfectly reasonable to concede that there are (and would be) things that are in ultimate reality that would contradict our currently held limited interpretations of reality. Moreover, when it comes to God, absence of evidence is not equal to evidence of absence. This assertion of the atheist – that faith is the exclusive domain of the religious whereas reason and superior intellect is the domain of the nonbeliever – is blatantly false and dishonest. I personally have never met an atheist who was present and saw how the universe began or who was there to witness life begin. In fact, any argument or idea that makes claims about the unrepeatable past requires belief. Have you ever run into anyone who was there when something popped into existence from nothing or was present when non-living matter gave rise to life? Many atheists even believe that aliens may have seeded life on earth or that a protein might have piggy-backed on a mystic-crystal from outer space. In fact, in the atheist's reality, any explanation is open for discussion; any scientific belief, premise or postulation is welcome to the table … EXCEPT GOD.
That's right, ladies and gentlemen, the real underlying issue is not one of faith or belief because faith and belief are very welcome in the fields of scientific research, theory and exploration.
What then is the real issue? The answer is simple – GOD!
The dogmatic atheist is obsessed with conformity and will hold in contempt any individual who doesn't subscribe to a purely materialistic worldview. The dogmatic atheist assumes that science is on his/her side and that the believer is anti-scientific and superstitious. Moreover, the believer is accused of being an enemy of reason and is therefore deemed irrational at best and suspiciously evil at worst. In short, the dogmatic atheist is the new fundamentalist and fanatically devoted to the orthodoxy of materialism. But are the sciences on their side or is this just an assertion that has no basis in reality? Firstly, science is neither for nor against belief in God. In fact, science says nothing about the transcendent. The secular humanist will accuse the believer of putting faith over reason or against reason. This is despite the fact that the universe is full of profound mysteries that are outside the knowledge and direct experience of science. Christians do not reject science; there are many Christians who are scientists. What they do reject are the atheistic and metaphysical assumptions that are 'smuggled' into the final equations that tell us there is no God. This is an assertion that cannot be proved and has to be accepted entirely on the grounds of faith.
In fact, the only issue is this materialistic model of interpretation that can be directly traced to the adoption of a 19th century materialistic philosophy that is purely dogmatic and circular in nature. The widespread seeding of this purely philosophical materialistic interpretation of reality has tainted and influenced the academic platform ever since. To this day, it remains the reigning and dominant ideology that supports the infrastructure and scaffolding of academia today. As can be expected, over 100 years of materialistic societal and cultural reinforcement of this kind has led to the illusion that the presuppositions of materialism are in fact true. This gives the impression of strength and academic credibility in the eyes of those who look to the academic world for the authority of knowledge. But the good news is that reason and common sense are prevailing. Today, many philosophers and scientists alike, from all departments of academic specialty, are breaking the enslaving shackles of this 19th century mechanistic philosophy. It is a system, which owes its very existence to the proceeding atheistic movement that was violently propagated in a period known as 'The Reign of Terror'. It was spread by certain atheistic champions of the French Revolution (1789-94), which directly led to the cold-blooded massacre of thousands of people, including women and children. Increasingly, scientists everywhere are refusing to be bound by these ideological shackles of this 19th century moral rebellion. Even academic intellectuals are fighting for their freedom of expression at the highest levels where academic dogmatism is entrenched. However, it's not easy to step out in courage and fight for these rights because the very institutions that train, qualify and pay these intellectuals also bully and intimidate them to keep on the narrow path of dogmatic conformity. This enforces the model of knowledge and learning that is nothing more than the villainous legacy of 19th century philosophical militant materialism. One particular scientist – out of the many hundreds that are tired of this institutional bullying – is the biologist Rupert Sheldrake. After publishing his new book, Science set Free, Sheldrake has been bullied and targeted by many different atheistic lobby groups in an ongoing militant effort to silence his voice. The book pursues his gentle and humble challenge of the many materialistic dogmas that have been smuggled in and diligently guarded. Furthermore, these keepers of the gates and bodyguards of unreason predictably become rabid and enraged when their materialistic, a priori, presuppositions are questioned or challenged.
Suspiciously, we have seen this kind of dogmatic institutional bullying played out many times in the past. In both the religious and secular areas, we have seen the same kind of institutional bullying played out in the government enforced institutions of communistic thought control. For instance, when dogmas were questioned or challenged the priests and laity involved were labelled heretics and were punished. The masses of people to whom atheistic materialism was academically force fed endured the pain of torture or death if they opposed this movement. Furthermore, the leaders of the communist fraternity justified the bloodbath by declaring that the ends justified the means. Accordingly, they could do whatever was necessary to bring about a workers' paradise, a cherished saying that was lauded by prison officers as they beat, tortured and murdered the God-fearing. It's plain to see that these Christians were perceived as a really 'bad' thing because they stood in the way of atheist-communist utopian expansion. Moreover, the Christians were considered fully conscientious class enemies of the state and the congress declared unrelenting war against them. This was coupled with anti-religious education to be instituted from pre-school through to university. Marx wrote that the abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of man is a requisite for real happiness. Nothing has really changed; those in power (where might equals right) set up structures that if challenged will spit venom. A particular case, the biologist, Rupert Sheldrake, was dealt with in this way. Another such example is recognisable in the documentary, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed in which Ben Stein examines the issue of academic freedom and decides that there is none, going on to prove this proposition empirically.
This whole phenomenon of hostility and vociferous hatred towards God – a phenomenon that is everywhere present in emerging secular atheism, (books, radio talk shows, internet blogs and the general media) – cannot be fully or adequately explained or accounted for. Apart from taking into consideration the abject contempt for 'divine moral law', it is perceived by an increasingly liberal society to be interfering, menacing and disagreeable to the pursuit of individual lifestyle preferences in regard to personal appetites and pleasures. It seems entirely disingenuous of non-believers to deny this glaring, protruding fact as a contributing factor towards their overall rejection of God. It can be substantively and credibly argued that fundamental rebellion and wickedness is the underlying responsibility for the individual's and the collective's rejection of God in any given age or society. This proposition is exactly what the prophets of the Bible claim about the nature of man and the long-standing historical propensity towards the nature of sin.
One should expect, in an enlightened liberal age where the experience and pursuit of pleasure is the only celebrated virtue, that the promotion and endorsement of an absolute moral authority would be at an all-time low. It does not take too much of an imagination to see that in an age where sexual liberation is perceived as the greatest emancipation for 21st century man, that the notion of a supreme moral authority would be abhorrent and extremely undesirable if not reprehensibly disgusting.
Consequently, the atheist is glad to surrender up the claim to being the recipient of divine purpose and planning in exchange for the path of the will to self-rule. It's an indictment of us if we choose the Godless path, because it testifies to the state of our hearts. Every choice made and every step taken (regardless of hubristic claims to superior intelligence) reveals more about what's really inside our own hearts than it does about the existence of God. Christ and the prophets promised mankind that if they seek God with a sincere heart, God would reveal Himself to that man. However, if we reject the existence of God, based upon materialistic prejudices then we are the victims of our own ignorance and wickedness. The absence of experience is not evidence of knowledge but only evidence of our ignorance. Only eternity will reveal the underlying motives and respective choices of each and every individual. Our rejection of God may seem impressive here i.e. amongst our friends, colleagues or students, but eternity will bring to light the hidden motives of every single human heart. On that day, the infinite mind will not be proven wrong or contradicted; neither will it be outsmarted or checkmated by the minds and reasoning of mortal men. On that day it will be said, infinitus est numerus stultorum … infinite is the number of fools.
Although we may not acknowledge it, there is a strong, emotionally inherent revulsion against reconciliation with God because such a connection does not foster the promotion of self-rule. In short, there are actually some very intelligent and warm people who do not want God to exist. There is a certain kind of psychological Freudian wish-fulfilment going on behind the scenes, because this eases the discomfort of divine moral accountability.


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CHICAGO, March 5 (Reuters) - A top Canadian government minister on Tuesday tried to persuade the United States it should approve a controversial oil pipeline and said Canada was also looking to other markets for its energy.
The remarks by federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver were the most high-profile attempt so far to pressure Washington into giving the green light to TransCanada Corp's Keystone XL pipeline from the Alberta oil sands to Texas.
"We don't normally advocate for a particular project but we believe that it's in Canada's strategic interest to get our resources to tidewater to attract a higher price and to access broader markets," Oliver told reporters after a speech to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
The U.S. State Department said in a draft report last Friday that building the pipeline would not demonstrably boost emissions of greenhouse gases. Oliver said his visit was arranged before the report was issued.
A final decision will be taken later this year by U.S. President Barack Obama, who is under heavy pressure from environmentalists to veto the project on the grounds it will help speed up the process of global warming.
Oliver said the pipeline would generate thousands of jobs in the United States and reduce reliance on imports from Venezuela and Saudi Arabia.
"Canada is and wants to remain your most important energy partner," he said in his speech, noting that even if U.S. domestic production continued to rise, the country would still need Canadian crude.
Canada's pro-business right-of-center Conservative government is keen to see more development of the tar sands, which are estimated to contain 169 billion barrels of crude and are the world's third-largest proven reserve of oil.
Ottawa is particularly keen to sell tar sands oil to China and backs Enbridge Inc's proposed Northern Gateway pipeline from the tar sands to the Pacific coast. But environmentalists and aboriginal groups oppose the pipeline and there are strong doubts whether it will ever be built.
Oliver also mentioned Kinder Morgan Energy Partners' plans to expand its existing Trans Mountain pipeline from the oil sands to the Pacific coast, as well as a proposal to run a pipeline to eastern Canada from Alberta.
"America imports about 10 million barrels of oil a day and will need to import oil for decades to come," he said.
"With Canada able to supply all of the U.S.' future imported oil needs and the energy sector in the U.S. continually growing, together we can achieve North American energy independence by 2035, and probably before."
Oliver also said high-profile activists had no business criticizing Keystone XL, noting that U.S. emissions from coal were far higher than those from the oil sands.
In Canada, not one major natural resource project has escaped opposition by one group or another, he said.
"They're just opposed to the development of natural resources and this is one of them," he said, adding that opponents see the pipeline as a symbol in their battle against hydrocarbons and the oil sands.


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This is a short review with a screencast showing the main features of Pheed. Pheed is being touted as the next Instagram.
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OnePlaylist.fm is a new web app which allows you to search YouTube videos and the full Spotify catalog for music tracks and video clips and to collect your preferred ones into shareable playists.
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Newly created playlists can be set to private or public. Public playlists can be shared on social media, embedded on other web sites, and are always published to a dedicated playlist web page that integrates a video player, all the clips in the playlist, related playlists, and a public analytics chart showing views and Facebook shares for that specific playlist.
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Why wait? I rushed out to buy the first iPad the moment it was available here in Colombia. My students use their smartphones a lot so I use a lot of mobile apps with them.
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Great list for social media tactics, tools and channels .
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One Charter Plc, the private aircraft charter, brokerage and management services provider, announced it has signed a contract for the management of its first Eclipse 500 aircraft.
The aircraft is currently in Albuquerque, New Mexico, having been accepted from the manufacturer. It is now awaiting delivery to the UK and is expected to arrive this month. The aircraft will be operated on a private basis only for the owner, by One Charter's subsidiary company One Air Taxi, until the aircraft is certified for commercial operations.
One Charter has been involved in the entire acquisition process, from sourcing the aircraft, contracts to organizing the finance and insurance and is preparing to send two pilots over to the Eclipse training facility in the next few weeks.
Once training is completed the aircraft will be flown back to the UK by Captain Mike Giles, One Air Taxi's CEO. All of these turnkey activities in the aircraft acquisition process have been completed in a two-week period.
This is our first Eclipse 500 under management contract, which now paves the way for similar, forthcoming contracts in line with our business plan, says Mike Ryan, CEO of One Charter PLC. With the price of oil rising, we are especially pleased to be operating the world's most fuel efficient jet for our client.


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But the DJIA is the mass psychology indicator and that bottomed right around when FDR formally devalued the dollar. It's all about the stock market and people seeing their 401k go up to turn around the psychology.
War may also be needed to get us out of this depression, but entertaining that thought terrifies me beyond belief.
Come to think of it, if they sell off all of their debt as investments, it won't matter to the banks either
There is no free lunch. None. If you take from one side, you deprive the other. If there was a free lunch, government would always "stimulate" because who doesn't love free stuff? It comes at a hidden but REAL cost.
Money used for "jobs" comes from somewhere. When you take it from the taxpayer or cause inflation in order to pay for the policies, you make the flow of capital much less efficient. We don't see it, because it's an alternative scenario (opportunity cost) but it absolutely harms us.
War in particular is very harmful economically, when you factor in the death and injuries to productive human beings and destruction of valuable property and capital.
If someone knocks down your front door, the door repair man benefits -- he has work to do -- but society overall is harmed.


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Cilantro-Lime Grilled Chicken with Avocado Salsa
For the chicken and marinade:
4 chicken breasts
1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves, plus more for garnish
Juice from 2 limes
1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
1 pinch kosher salt
For the salsa:
1 cup chopped and seeded tomato
2 tablespoons coarsely chopped onion
juice from 1/2 lime
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
fresh ground black peppercorn
1 avocado, peeled and coarsely chopped, and more for garnish if desired.
Directions For chicken and marinade:
Preheat grill on high setting.Combine cilantro leaves and lime juice with olive oil and salt.Place in small food processor and process until cilantro is thoroughly chopped and blended with other ingredients. Transfer marinade to glass dish. Thoroughly wash, rinse and pat dry the chicken breasts place in marinade for 3 to 5 minutes.While the chicken is marinading, prepare the salsa as described below.After marinading chicken, place breasts on hot grill.After 3 minutes, rotate meat 90 degrees to mark then reduced heat to low.Flip breasts after another three minutes.Grill until thoroughly cooked.
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"Volunteering in the NHS"
When I was studying for my A-Levels I was thinking about careers and I looked at being a nurse or a midwife. So I applied to my local NHS hospital to do voluntary work hoping this would give me an insight into the role of a midwife. I also needed to pad out my UCAS form a bit!The application process:
You need to start by writing/e-mailing/telephoning the Voluntary Services Department at the hospital. The department will usually consist of a manager and a co-ordinator who is there in an administrative support role. You then need to go in for an interview and discuss where you would like to work. Next comes Criminal Record Bureau checks, an Occupational Health Clearance and a reference check. And then you must attend mandatory and very boring hospital induction! This process can take up to two months. You also generally need to be aged at least 16.
Why volunteer in the NHS?
If you want any kind of healthcare career, be that being a nurse, doctor, physiotherapist or one of the many other roles in the NHS, you need work experience. Places on these courses are very competitive and you need some form of extra curricular activity to put on your application form, be that working in a care home or as a nursing auxiliary. Many people volunteer instead, even though it isn't paid it offers you an in-depth look at the NHS without the hours and commitment you would need to put into a paid job. It also looks great on a CV whatever career you go on to do, helps with personal development and can be very rewarding. A lot of volunteers are also retired people.
What does a volunteer actually do?
The role can vary a lot and can include: Helping on wards - talking and helping patients - Assisting with meals on the wards, general errands for both staff and patients, e.g. collecting items prescriptions from the pharmacy. Welcoming patients arriving at the main hospital reception, helping to run day clinics, doing clerical and administrative tasks or volunteering in the WRVS shop, which most hospitals seem to have.
Most hospital Trust's provide their staff with t-shirts and you wear your own black bottoms and sensible shoes. Volunteers must wear their ID badges at all times.
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The hospital will also pay any travel expenses you incur. You also get a discount on food in the canteen. Many Trusts will also hold a yearly party for their volunteers.
I worked 4pm-7pm twice a week on the Maternity Ward. I generally sat on the reception desk or nurses station and answered the phone or door or did basic clerical tasks such as making up information packs. I found the nursing auxiliaries to be very friendly and sometimes I would shadow them and help them make beds, prepare rooms and push the tea trolley! I would also run errands to other wards and the pharmacy. To be honest, I didn't particularly enjoy the experience finding it rather dull. There seemed to be plenty of ward clerks and nursing auxiliaries around I felt I got in the way.
The staff:
Whilst the nursing auxiliaries and ward clerks were generally very pleasant, I found the opposite to be true of the medical staff. The midwives were generally quite dismissive of my desire to be a direct entry midwife, apparently they 'are all rubbish' and the best route to midwifery is to be a nurse first and then do a conversion Midwifery course even though by this point I had no desire to be a nurse. They moaned about how busy they were yet had plenty of time to drink copious cups of tea and gossip about their patients! I was never given a chance to observe the midwives even though I politely asked. I found an awful lot of the hospital staff to be rude, unhelpful and unfriendly.
Volunteering also opened up my eyes to the huge financial deficit in the NHS, poor staff morale, poor management and abuse to staff from patients and carers. In short, not a place I really wanted to be employed by!
Bidding adieu:
After 6 months I decided to say goodbye. I had seen enough and decided a career in healthcare was not for me. I wrote a polite letter to the voluntary services manager and handed my badge in. If you are serious about a career in healthcare and are unhappy with your placement I suggest discussing this with the manager and moving departments. If you want to be a nurse you are probably better off being a part time nursing auxiliary-at least you get paid, get to carry out clinical tasks and get trained!
I have now started to volunteer again on a Monday evening on a Care of the Elderly ward. I find this very rewarding and think that the patients enjoy having someone to chat to-the nursing staff are always too busy.
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I found this, in internet terms rather old video, but I think it is a really cool illustration of how things can work in the future. I especially like the part (starting at 35 seconds) where he creates a phone when he needs one just by doing the dialing motion!
It will be interesting to see, how the fact that the user interface can be controlled by the software and the user can control the software, by physically changing the user interface, can be used to create more powerful applications that are easier to use.
It is easy to see that it will be possible to make totally new user interfaces. But it will also be possible to really improve the well known and widely used ones, by making them very configurable and adaptable. For instance it would be possible to change the size of a normal keyboard to fit the size of your hand, add and remove keys or their captions.
And if you consider how much we already interact with computers, this will be a huge market.
However, the resolution needed requires a unit size that is more than likely quite a bit in the future.
You can find the original article and the home page of the designer Chris Woebken here.
One thing I noted on this projects page, is the same frustration with words that I frequently have when writing this blog. It is hard to know what to call these things. I call their creation a solution (to the problem of user interface hardware). And although nanotechnology will certainly play a huge role when we are approaching this unit size, what Woebken is doing is, in my opinion, SRCMR not nanotechnology. However using SRCMR as a name for this area is not optimal either, and we eventually need to agree upon a more suitable name.


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Web Address Redirects of the Week; Updated
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When you get a chance, type "www.communists.com" into your browser and see where it re-directs.
Then do the same thing with "www.socialists.com."
It's probably the least surprising thing you'll see all day.
Update: Funny — somebody must have noticed, because communists.com now directs to a non Obama-related page. However, at this time, socialists.com is still pointing to BarackObama.com.
Update II: Socialists.com now redirects to a generic page. Somebody had a good sense of humor, at least until Team Obama started taking some mockery.
14 Responses to "Web Address Redirects of the Week; Updated"
SignPainterGuy on
March 26th, 2012 1:42 pm
I tried both with Bing and Google. Both of course took me to their "search results" page (why can you never get to the address the first try ?). Bing`s first result was to Wikipedia; Google`s was to "the LEADING Soc. / Comm. site on the net".
Did you get something different, Doug ?
Yahoo also gave Wiki as the first result, apparently to help me "define" socialism and communism.
Doug on
March 26th, 2012 1:51 pm
Type it right into the address bar and don't go through a search engine. Right up there where now it says "dougpowers.com" change that and you should see the redirect.
TheLiberalMedia on
March 26th, 2012 1:54 pm
or you could do something useful with your day. Your choice SignPainterGuy.
SignPainterGuy on
March 26th, 2012 2:19 pm
Wow, what a difference THAT made !! Thanks, Doug !
I had no doubt before, but now there can be no doubt, Obama AND ObamaScare ARE INDEED communist and socialist !!
SignPainterGuy on
March 26th, 2012 2:21 pm
Ok, fine; my choice is Not to believe The Liberal Media OR TheLiberalMedia ! That seems a sensible first step in knowing the truth !
Doug on
March 26th, 2012 2:25 pm
Right on cue… three minutes after we start talking about communists and socialists, TLM shows up like a puppy that just heard somebody open a can of Alpo.
SignPainterGuy on
March 26th, 2012 2:38 pm
Hmm, communism, socialism / rice, carrots and meat bi-products ….. I don`t get the connection, but then, my mind doesn`t work like a liberal`s anyway !
Truesoldier__ on
March 26th, 2012 4:53 pm
I see that both pages are no longer there. That didn't take long.
Truesoldier__ on
March 26th, 2012 4:57 pm
Let me guess, we should write a limrick about the awesomness of Obama and create a video of the reading to post on YouTube……/sarc
Granny55 on
March 26th, 2012 6:37 pm
Dang it – had couple of appointments this afternoon so I missed what it linked to – care to fill me?
SignPainterGuy on
March 26th, 2012 8:29 pm
It was an Obama, Inc. page to sign up and expound on all the many reasons someone might like ObamaScare ! Glad to help, Granny !
SignPainterGuy on
March 26th, 2012 8:31 pm
Doug, my last reply to you is cyberlost ! Can you find it, please sir ?
For some reason, 3 of 4 comments went to moderation on this thread today !
backwoodsconsr on
March 26th, 2012 10:41 pm
Well, it is a thread about things getting redirected.
SignPainterGuy on
March 26th, 2012 11:04 pm
Yep, it`s been a good class; he `splained it and then demonstrated it ! Probably a pop quiz tomorrow !
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Cola Wars Business Policy
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Thursday, February 10th, 2011
Cory Beaudoin
Michael Cipolla
Joseph Iaquinto
Amanda Lovie
Brianna Thompson Which is your soda preference? http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/MTEyNzU2NDk0Ng
Why the sudden plateau effect?
Carbonated Soft Drinks' Annual Volume Growth in the U.S.
1970's = 3 - 7%
1980's = 3 - 7%
1998 to 2004 = 1% or less. Changing consumer demands Coke and Pepsi's Brand Extensions Solves consumer demands -> Diet and low calorie sodas Battle for shelf space -> Competition vs. rivals Entering New Markets Coke and Pepsi must continue to increase profitability The U.S. accounts for 1/3 of the total CSD market
Overseas markets provide room for growth because they are unsaturated Interesting Observations There are not that many differences between Coke and Pepsi
People are loyal to Cola, but not water
The industry has reached a plateau so now Cola companies need to enter new markets, such as International markets in order to continue to gain shares
The beverage industry is huge, but is only dominated by two companies
Interesting how Coca-cola and Pepsi have made brand extensions and gained more market shares by differentiating their products, such as with Desani and Aquafina The Race for #1 1950: Motto "Beat Coke" born
1963: "Pepsi Generation" campaign
1970: Consolidated bottle plants
1974: Pepsi Challenge launches in Dallas, TX
1979: Pepsi surpasses Coke in food store sales
The Battle Continues 1985: Coke announces formula change
Pepsi declares holiday for all employees
Late 1980s: Pepsi acquires several large bottling companies Coke Stumbles 1997 CEO suddenly passes away
Coke loses high-profile discrimination suit
Suffered many negative PR reactions
Walked away from chance to partner with Proctor and Gamble
Pepsi buys SoBe in 2001 after Coke did not Pepsi Thrives 2001: Pepsi acquires Gatorade and launches many other drinks
2005: Makes Diet Pepsi flagship brand
Pepsi makes shift to non-CSD beverages
Aligned company strategy with bottlers better than Coke did
Coke still holds 51.4% of market share worldwide, Pepsi holds 21.8% and 6% for Cadbury Schweppes Cola Industry/ CSD: Five Forces Current Rivals- Non-carbonated Drink Industry, bargain private label brands
Medium Threats
Cola industry working to gain market shares with the non-carbonated drink industry
Buying up segments
Coke-Cola buying up Minute-Maid and PepsiCo buying up Tropicana/ SoBe
Coke-Cola & PepsiCo creating brand-name waters (Dasani & Aquafina)
Bottlers pay more for space on the shelves -> Increase their visibility. Potential Rivals
Other non-carbonated products, such as coffee companies, as well as other Cola companies that are able to offer more flavors. Relatively weak threat
No new rivals in years
Rival Cadbury Schweppes continue to lose market share
Difficult industry to enter and achieve success when up against Coke-Cola and PepsiCo. Suppliers
Suppliers of raw materials such as sugar and other flavorings, as well as plastic and aluminum suppliers.
Medium Threat
Cost of sweeteners, plastic and aluminum are regularly changing, affecting the cost for production
Industry is constantly competing and pushing to keep cost down with suppliers
Contracts may not always be exclusive
Include supermarkets, fountain outlets, vending machines, convenience stores, gas stations.
High Threat
Buyers will pay more or give rebates which only make them a small profit, but help increase their market in the industry
Buyers are able to demand lower prices and better quality because of the Cola war
Juice, water, coffee and other non-carbonated products, sparkling water, seltzer waters
High threat
Society has become more health conscious and fearful of sweeteners in Cola
Attractive Structure
The Cola industry is an attractive structure because even the average firm earns a good return Five Forces: Bottling Current Rivals
• Consolidation
– Medium/high level threat
– Makes smaller producers increasingly dependent
on Coke and Pepsi
– Coke and Pepsi are able to control industry
practices Potential Rivals
• Medium threat
– Consumer choice to "go green" is leading to
increase in reusable containers
– Cost-cutting is leading consumers to more cost
effective options such as at home soda making
(eliminating need for bottling) Suppliers
• Plastics, aluminum, and glass
– Medium threat. Variable prices for the raw
materials determine the cost of bottling. Extreme
rises may push buyers and consumers to look for
money-saving alternatives. Buyers
• Beverage companies
– High threat: Buyers have extreme control
on smaller, independent bottling companies
considering they are dependent on their business Substitutes
• Low threat: There are few alternatives to
the materials used in bottling and packaging
beverages. Most substitutes would be so
costly that it would not be a cost-effective
alternative. Recommendations Pepsi should focus on countries Coke is weak in
Avoid direct competition with Coke
Differentiate brand image Key Strategies Pepsi uses other CSDs to compete directly
Pepsi = brand of the young
Coke relies on tradition
Both have created brand loyalty
Similar distribution plans with local bottlers
Accounted for 73.1% of the non-alcoholic beverage industry in 2004
High level of brand loyalty
Brand extensions mitigate the effect of changing consumer demands
Changing consumer demands
Unhealthy stigma Carbonated Soft Drink Industry's SWOT Analysis Opportunities
Advancements in technology that would rid Carbonated Soft Drinks of phenylalanine
That would be better for people and sweeteners
Healthier soda that would help people lose weight
Juice, bottled water, coffee, energy drinks, sparkling water, seltzer waters.
Volatility in the cost of sweeteners, plastic and aluminum Changing Five Forces Current rivals are becoming more independent
Potential rivals are developing strategies to cut costs and attract new customers through new channels & by targeting new demographics
Suppliers are looking for new ways to create bottles with less plastic to cut costs and attract a 'green' demographic
Buyers becoming more reliant on the bottling companies
Substitutes are becoming a more viable option for beverage manufacturers, but still aren't a huge threat Other Segments Competitive advantage can travel to other beverage segments
Competitive advantage is bred in other segments when demand suffers in the main segments
New products are developed outside the realm of the normal segments to spur growth
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A grand sweep of history by the late Fernand Braudel-one of the twentieth century's most influential historians-Memory and the Mediterranean chronicles the Mediterranean's immeasurably rich past during the foundational period from prehistory to classical antiquity, illuminating nothing less than the bedrock of our civilization and the very origins of Western culture. Essential for historians, yet written explicitly for the general reader, this magnificent account of the ebb and flow of cultures shaped by the Mediterranean takes us from the great sea's geologic beginnings through the ancient civilizations that flourished along its shores. Moving with ease from Mesopotamia and Egypt to the flowering of Crete and the early Aegean peoples, and culminating in the prodigious achievements of ancient Greece and Rome, Braudel conveys in absorbing detail the geography and climate of the region over the course of millennia while brilliantly explaining the larger forces that gave rise to agriculture, writing, sea travel, trade, and, ultimately, the emergence of empires. Impressive in scope and gracefully written, Memory and the Mediterranean is an endlessly enriching work of history by a legend in the field.
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Breaking it Down 2016: Could the GOP blow it?
PHOENIX (KSAZ) - On paper the GOP should win the White House.
The air is coming out of Hillary's balloon, President Obama is not all that popular, the economy is better but a lot of people aren't happy with their incomes, foreign policy is full of challenges… and usually the party in power turns things over to the other party when a president has completed two terms.
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Shaping Democracy Through Observation
February 18, 2009
Seminal elections in a country's history, such as those after a period of civil war, military rule or at the demise of an authoritarian regime, are invariably marked by the arrival of troupes of international election observers; their duty: to comment on the overall election environment and whether or not the elections held are free and fair.
There are numerous examples of this from the Asia region, including Cambodia in 1993 and Indonesia in 1999. In 2008, both Nepal and Bangladesh held milestone elections, the former after the then-government and Marxist guerillas signed a peace accord, the latter to end two years of rule by the military-installed Caretaker Government.
The efforts of international observer groups are important to give or withhold the seal of legitimacy for the elections, and to make a valued judgment as to whether or not the elections were held in a free and fair environment, which could reflect the will of the public.
Such international election observer missions are mounted by international organizations including the United Nations, the European Union and the Commonwealth; private not-for-profit organizations, including the National Democratic Institute (NDI), the International Republican Institute (IRI), The Carter Center, and The Asia Foundation; and multinational networks, such as the Asian Network for Free and Fair Elections (ANFREL). Each organization has its own methodology and way of working, but the aim is the same: to set an international standard for the quality and integrity of elections.
These well-seasoned international observer experts provide a crucial role for conferring such legitimacy on elections. In addition, their very presence provides a visible sign of the concern of the international community; the deployment of international observers shows there is no such thing as a local election in this global era. Rather, high quality elections are of concern to all in the global community. This has become even more true over the last decade, as the consequences and specter of rigged elections, such as those witnessed in the Ukraine, Kenya, and Zimbabwe, have had consequences for both the country concerned and those beyond national borders.
While international observation missions are important for democratic transitions, there are inherent weaknesses associated with them as well.
The first is the cost. The price of deploying an international mission is extremely high. Not only do teams of long- and short-term observers need to be ferried across the world, but they need to be serviced by a longer-term support staff. It is this staff that carries out the initial groundwork and preparations for the mission, including obtaining accreditation, developing materials and deployment plans, recruiting translators, and working out the logistics for teams that can include over 100 people. Furthermore, in volatile areas where security is of paramount concern, the cost to provide adequate safety for all team members can be exceedingly high. The cost of such missions can run into the millions of dollars, even for a relatively small mission.
The missions also require six to twelve months of intensive planning. While technically the results of such observation missions are good, with high quality and detailed observation reports about problems and weaknesses of the system encountered, these missions generally only draw on local people in a supporting role. Therefore, once the mission director has returned home, there is no one left to ensure and advocate for further reform.
By contrast, domestic observation missions mobilize local people to get involved and active in their own democracy. If democracy is to be strong, it needs to be valued by its own citizens. The citizens of the country, not the international visitors, can eventually make or break a state, and determine whether a democratizing state succeeds or fails.
Thus, it's a state's own citizens that must be concerned about the quality of democratic participation in their own country, not just in the run-up to and on Election Day, but in the months and years that follow the election. Elections are an aspect of advocacy; voters must not be passive citizens, only satisfied with the act of voting. Rather, they need to care about the system in which they vote, and push for improvements if democracy is to take root.
Domestic observation missions are also costly and all too dependent upon international donor support. But for the same price as an international mission of tens to hundreds of observers, domestic observer networks can deploy tens of thousands of local observers. This also allows domestic missions to have a far more comprehensive coverage of polling stations, and to provide a visible deterrence to a wider geographic area.
It is true, the quality of the domestic observer reports are rarely as detailed or well documented as the international election observation reports. However, this is what makes domestic observer missions so important. Around these missions there is a rapid training process taking place, as domestic groups learn how to develop observation checklists, aggregate the results from tens of thousands of observers, analyze the data and learn to speak in public about which issues are important. Furthermore, once the international missions have departed, the domestic groups are still there to push for changes and reforms to the system–something the international observers have no mandate to do.
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Discussion in 'Android Devices' started by siris10, Jul 3, 2010.
Is it possible to create a folder to save emails in on the Desire?
I'd like to know this too. Currently saving as text files. Really boring!
How do you save them an text files?
Can I ask why you're doing this? If I know the reason might be able to offer a more efficient solution.
I would like to save emails on my phone in a different folder if possible.
I just need to save some emails on my phone, its mainly so i dont have to deselect the emails I want to keep before bulk deleting
I don't know if this is what you want, but it seems a much better solution to me:
Simply create a new gmail label
Move any you want to save to this label
They will then not be visible in your main inbox stream (may need to archive the emails too)
Then create a new shortcut to a gmail label on your desktop.
And voila, you now have easy access to your "saved" emails on both your phone and your pc (or any other device you can access gmail with)
Thanks lekky, I have done that for the Gmail account now and that seems to work ok however its for the mail app on the desire (the one which comes with the phone) which i really need to do it for as this is the mail that I have used for years and get most of my mail to...the Gmail is family use only. Any advice appreciated.,
I have made a folder called "saved emails" & put a copy of TxtPad lite in there to receive & save (cut & pasted) important email content so I have a copy even if offline.
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Esbjerg Municipality (Esbjerg Kommune) is a municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. At the department of "Social & Tilbud" (Social & Offers), we are responsible for the specialized growth area. In Esbjerg Municipality, this area includes the authority and activities for people with disabilities such as mental disabilities, mental health problems, brain damage, marginalization, homelessness and abuse.
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The tool is called "Indikator 2.0" and gives both the employees at the institutions and the decision makers an opportunity to measure the development of both residents and services. The tool provides a quick graphic overview. The employees can use the tool to record indicators for objectives and sub-objectives relation to individual citizens. All types of indicators can be recorded such as behaviour, attendance, medicine consumption as well as improvement or deterioration compared with defined objectives.
There is a need for a tool like Indikator 2.0, since the growth in the public sector has slowed down dramatically. Therefore, it is important to know whether the funds spent in the social area has the desired effect.
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The internet has struck again.
From the wide open cyberspace that has brought you buckets of ice water, planking (my personal favorite), selfies and cinnamon challenges, comes a new viral craze that makes about as much sense as all of the other ones: The Mannequin Challenge.
And, just like the others, this challenge has got some pretty big names on board!
Here are 12 of the best examples so far of #celebrities sitting completely motionless. Doing absolutely nothing.
This is just hilarious.
1. Blac Chyna
Thank you so much for not showing the world as much as you did here:
Not like posting a pic of you breastfeeding is bad, really, but giving your newborn, Dream #Kardashian, her own Instagram page and website? That's so Kardashian.
2. Destiny's Child
Independent mannequin!
3. Adele
Well, hello, Johnny Cash.
4. Kevin Hart
Hold those weights up just a litttttle bit longer.
5. Even Hillary Clinton
Never thought I'd see #HillaryClinton and Jon Bon Jovi together, let alone standing perfectly still! But hey, anything goes in the weird-ass year that is 2016.
6. Erykah Badu
That's a LOT of people standing still!
7. Paul McCartney
Even the legendary Sir Paul McCartney himself. Now that's impressive.
8. Michelle Obama, Lebron James & The Cleveland Cavaliers
No First Lady has ever been as cool as Michelle Obama.
9. Pentatonix And 8,000 Concertgoers
That's kind of amazing, honestly.
10. Dancing With The Stars Cast And Crew
Leave it to the DWTS crew to do a Mannequin Challenge with style.
11. Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors
Okay but...why the shirtless guy?
12. Ellen DeGeneres
Because what's a good viral internet craze without Ellen getting involved?
But just in case you thought the Mannequin Challenge was just silly and frivolous, check out this one created by Simone Shepherd that went viral by making a powerful statement:
Can you top the celebs and their #MannequinChallenges? Let's see those videos!