Vauxhall City Farm:
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What a fabulous sounding place this is! Well worth a visit.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Diary of a Benefit Scrounger: Excellent News!
Diary of a Benefit Scrounger: Excellent News!:
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Terrific Blog Highly Recommended
Sue and her blog and her Report 'Responsible Reform' (Spartacus) bring the tantalising prospect of a just society - social justice a step forward.
Part of Sue's philosophy is taking one tiny step at a time until the final objective is reached!
Abstract of Report - Extract
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Terrific Blog Highly Recommended
Sue and her blog and her Report 'Responsible Reform' (Spartacus) bring the tantalising prospect of a just society - social justice a step forward.
Part of Sue's philosophy is taking one tiny step at a time until the final objective is reached!
Abstract of Report - Extract
Read the full report here:http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/files/response_to_proposed_dla_reforms.pdf An easy-read version has been made available by United Response here:http://bit.ly/xy0elw
Among the report's conclusions are that:
* Only seven per cent of organisations which took part in the consultation were fully in support of plans to replace DLA with PIP
* There was overwhelming opposition in the consultation responses to nearly all of the government's proposals for DLA reform
* The government has consistently used inaccurate figures to exaggerate the rise in DLA claimants
* The report shows that nearly all of the recent increase in working-age claimants of DLA has been associated with mental health conditions and learning difficulties. Between 2002 and 2010, the number of working-age DLA claimants - excluding those with mental health conditions and learning difficulties remained remarkably stable
* 98 per cent of those who responded opposed plans to change the qualifying period for PIP from three months (as it is with DLA) to six months
* 90 per cent opposed plans for a new assessment, which disabled people fear will be far too similar to the much-criticised work capability assessment used to test eligibility for employment and support allowance (ESA)
* Respondents to the consultation repeatedly warned that the government's plans could breach the Equality Act, the Human Rights Act and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
* Only seven per cent of organisations which took part in the consultation were fully in support of plans to replace DLA with PIP
* There was overwhelming opposition in the consultation responses to nearly all of the government's proposals for DLA reform
* The government has consistently used inaccurate figures to exaggerate the rise in DLA claimants
* The report shows that nearly all of the recent increase in working-age claimants of DLA has been associated with mental health conditions and learning difficulties. Between 2002 and 2010, the number of working-age DLA claimants - excluding those with mental health conditions and learning difficulties remained remarkably stable
* 98 per cent of those who responded opposed plans to change the qualifying period for PIP from three months (as it is with DLA) to six months
* 90 per cent opposed plans for a new assessment, which disabled people fear will be far too similar to the much-criticised work capability assessment used to test eligibility for employment and support allowance (ESA)
* Respondents to the consultation repeatedly warned that the government's plans could breach the Equality Act, the Human Rights Act and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
[Along with editors and authors Sue Marsh and Dr S J Campbell, contributors include Kaliya Franklin; Declan Gaffney; Mason Dixon; Leigh James; Sam Barnett-Cormack; Rhydian Fon-James; Dawn Willis, and others. The report is published independently but supported and endorsed by a range of NGOs, including Ekklesia, Disability Alliance, Mind, Papworth Trust and Scope]
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Kahlil Gibran On Children
Kahlil Gibran On Children:
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On Children
Kahlil Gibran
Kahlil Gibran
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Alchemy at Twitter
Twitter Blog: Promoted Products: now more mobile:
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Twitter turns drivel into gold.
Tweets are trawled for commercially useful information that is used by 'Promoted' brands to give us exactly what we told them we wanted?
'Promoted' Tweeters? - pay for the privilege.
External reality mirroring our beliefs, consumer choices et al?
Where's a hands-on philosopher when you need one!
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Well Done Thomas Knyvett College
Thomas Knyvett PTA meets on the 2nd Wednesday of alternate months. The next meeting is coming Wednesday the 14th March at the school.
Everyone welcome parents/carers/grandparents local people - come and support your local secondary school.
In 2007 TKC was under 'special measures' - of all the secondary schools in the whole of England it had been under 'special measures' for the longest - some distinction!
Now it's one of the fastest improving schools in Surrey - despite serving the needs of one of Surrey's most deprived wards. Well don TKC. Support this success - help build a future to be proud of. Jingoistic? Just a tad!
Everyone welcome parents/carers/grandparents local people - come and support your local secondary school.
In 2007 TKC was under 'special measures' - of all the secondary schools in the whole of England it had been under 'special measures' for the longest - some distinction!
Now it's one of the fastest improving schools in Surrey - despite serving the needs of one of Surrey's most deprived wards. Well don TKC. Support this success - help build a future to be proud of. Jingoistic? Just a tad!
Beathe in Freshness
Feels great to be alive and the little aches and pains as well as the big sadnesses and losses are part of the joy. Breathe in freshness breathe out loss and pain.
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