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"I bequeath my barely decipherable scrap of paper to.."
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Eph not very well,in hospital.
PF waiting for back pay for appearance money.
Pondering on lull periods here,(I happen to be at avoidingwork.com in the evenings)
PF waiting for back pay for appearance money.
Pondering on lull periods here,(I happen to be at avoidingwork.com in the evenings)
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I want Ephemerid healed and home. Her knowledgeable wit and home-made lemon curd are incomparable. I've not yet tasted the delicacy but I'm told it's sublime.RogerOThornhill wrote:Afternoon all. Back from that Oxford again. Definitely the last time I renew those books...I ended up taking pics of the occupants of the High Road from 1900-1908 as I was running out of time. Time for them to return to the archive.
So...what's been happening hereabouts?
I'm a selfish creature. The lives of friends and family help make my own worth living.
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PorFavor's Monaco jaunts need financing
that reminds me...
PorFavor sends healing love to Ephemerid
Mr citizen and I are working on a mandala
that reminds me...
PorFavor sends healing love to Ephemerid
Mr citizen and I are working on a mandala
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Right, football time - taking on the might of Ebbsfleet...*sigh*
If I'm not here, then I'll be in the library. Or the other library.
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RogerOThornhill wrote:Right, football time - taking on the might of Ebbsfleet...*sigh*
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Quite Interesting
https://psychcentral.com/news/2018/03/1 ... 33551.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Unlike previous elections, fear and worry played a big part in both the 2016 Donald Trump and Brexit elections, changing how personality shapes political behavior, according to an international psychological study on voting behavior.
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"Time and a half" and count yourself lucky.
The Management
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I'm supportive of charities, the work done by most is good. Charities can't take the place of a properly funded social security system. Local authorities have statutory obligations charities and businesses don't have.My charity is facing closure.
https://www.theguardian.com/public-lead ... ds-closing" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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From the National Audit Office (NAO), 8 March 2018:
Local authorities deliver a range of services. The government sets statutory duties for them to provide services, ranging from adult social care to waste collection.
...[Government] has overall responsibility...for local authorities’ funding and dictates the overall levels and distribution of funding provided to the sector, and local authorities’ statutory responsibilities. Responsibility for statutory services delivered by local authorities is spread across government departments.
The current pattern of growing overspends on services and dwindling reserves exhibited by an increasing number of authorities is not sustainable over the medium term. The financial future for many authorities is less certain than in 2014. To date, the current spending review period has been characterised by one-off and short-term funding fixes. Where these fixes come with restrictions and conditions, this poses a risk of slowly centralising decision-making.
- Financial sustainability of local authorities 2018
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The Charity Business
Matthew Taylor presents a series asking what charities are for.
The Charity Business
Matthew Taylor presents a series asking what charities are for.
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"Pot hole" non proper maintenance leads to closure.
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Some charities are agents of the State,and not in a good way.
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/201 ... tion-fraud" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
NHS agency falsely accuses more than 340,000 of prescription fraud
Penalty notice system is dysfunctional, warns head of patients’ gr
NHS agency falsely accuses more than 340,000 of prescription fraud
Penalty notice system is dysfunctional, warns head of patients’ gr
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(cJA edit)Willow904 wrote:---
This doesn't appear to be a harsher application of rules but a change in the rules and one that affects everyone because its clear that this government doesn't see itself as bound by the social contracts between citizens and previous governments.
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This part stands out for me, the scariest part of current government. Retroactive law changing is despotic action leaving everyone vulnerable.
Ensuring public service provision is government's job. Tory government cutting local authority budgets compromises fulfilment of statutory obligations.
Power without responsibility for people is autocratic.
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Reasons above for quietness,, the can being kicked down the road, again and againRogerOThornhill wrote:Afternoon all. Back from that Oxford again. Definitely the last time I renew those books...I ended up taking pics of the occupants of the High Road from 1900-1908 as I was running out of time. Time for them to return to the archive.
So...what's been happening hereabouts?
I saw my teacher daughter f4 yesterday, and mentioned a stat heard on R4 that average facetime in England is 21.5h . Over here in secondary the threshold is 18, after which overtime is paid . Of course if you're agrégé like her and her husband the hours are less and the pay higher, but that's one craziness of the frog system ! Not payment by results, but by purely academic qualification . i don't know any work on that but I think it's not necessaily correlated with teaching ability ... ?
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Apparently reading comments still no UC box to tick,there wasn't one for us for years,given the eligibility (for me)basis no longer existed,I suggest explaining to pharmacist,they never completely got why my entitlement was under a different name anyway.Communication from DWP should state entitlement in award letter.
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Better half medically exempted
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Yes, I've no doubt. I'm reluctant making specific charities take blame because I don't know of them. I blame Westminster for public service provision failure.HindleA wrote:Some charities are agents of the State,and not in a good way.
I know of one local authority cutting staff due to budget restraints imposed centrally. They'd found staff members alternative employment paying the same wages, doing the same work for a charity in the area. I asked what happened to staff and services if or when the charity went belly-up? I didn't get an answer to that.
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Still is until end of the year,though I suspect God wouldn't charge for illness.
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Tories are all in favour of the peanut in the can/ego boosting diversion rather than questioning why necessary.
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Today's football was satisfactory for me, at leastcitizenJA wrote:RogerOThornhill wrote:Right, football time - taking on the might of Ebbsfleet...*sigh*
"IS TONTY BLAIR BEHIND THIS???!!!!111???!!!"
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Even with the opposition helpfully scoring for them Orient only drawing as far as I can tell.
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Vomit alert at the Express
I won't trouble you with the actual link.To the Brexit born! Adorable clip shows Jacob Rees-Mogg teach his toddler to say BREXIT
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Which is doing better than some...
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(cJA edit)frog222 wrote:---
I saw my teacher daughter f4 yesterday, and mentioned a stat heard on R4 that average facetime in England is 21.5h . Over here in secondary the threshold is 18, after which overtime is paid . Of course if you're agrégé like her and her husband the hours are less and the pay higher, but that's one craziness of the frog system ! Not payment by results, but by purely academic qualification . i don't know any work on that but I think it's not necessaily correlated with teaching ability ... ?
Does the academic qualification include having successfully taught under the tutelage of a qualified teacher for some time?
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As you were,the same as some.
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The Cobra meeting has arrived
I hope it doesn't turn into the event giving government cover for building wallsRussian spy attack: Rudd calls emergency Cobra meeting
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Orient Express,canny tc2
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@PF I will tell you where Constance has hidden the last of the gin if you at least thank somebody.
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I have to prepare a meal this evening.
What's that about?
When I say "a meal" I mean "something to eat"
What's that about?
When I say "a meal" I mean "something to eat"
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You need this to teach in a lycée and a few other places . For an external candidate the qualification is validated by a year's teaching under supervision , that's all !citizenJA wrote:(cJA edit)frog222 wrote:---
I saw my teacher daughter f4 yesterday, and mentioned a stat heard on R4 that average facetime in England is 21.5h . Over here in secondary the threshold is 18, after which overtime is paid . Of course if you're agrégé like her and her husband the hours are less and the pay higher, but that's one craziness of the frog system ! Not payment by results, but by purely academic qualification . i don't know any work on that but I think it's not necessaily correlated with teaching ability ... ?
Does the academic qualification include having successfully taught under the tutelage of a qualified teacher for some time?
My daughter and SIL qualified internally after years of teaching in collège (pre-lycée) and having had initial training .
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Browsing the tv menu I have discovered that there is a tv programme called "Katie Price's Pony Club"
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Equally I came across a product in Paperchase called thus:
The Original Miracle Melting Unicorn.
(It melts again and again!)
(What????! emoticon)
The Original Miracle Melting Unicorn.
(It melts again and again!)
(What????! emoticon)
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Own goal reference came back to bite me.
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[youtube]OXRBELZpKak[/youtube]tinyclanger2 wrote:Vomit alert at the Express
I won't trouble you with the actual link.To the Brexit born! Adorable clip shows Jacob Rees-Mogg teach his toddler to say BREXIT
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Made an appropriate card for tomorrow.I expect a younger/second son card in return.If there isn't a designated day there should be.
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FFS no words can adequately describe the stupidity.
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Apples and cheesetinyclanger2 wrote:I have to prepare a meal this evening.
What's that about?
When I say "a meal" I mean "something to eat"
wash the apples, cut into slices
take the cheese out of the package, cut into slices
the meal is ready to eat!
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policy belonging safely inside a work of historyHindleA wrote:FFS no words can adequately describe the stupidity.
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The form was a farce,"now (after stating the physical impossibilities)imagine they don't exist and redo the same questions...
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No amount of professional qualifications,letters after your name etc gives you the practical realities of lived experience,the real experts had minimal input,it shows.
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Actually sounds quite actionable. Thanks!citizenJA wrote:Apples and cheesetinyclanger2 wrote:I have to prepare a meal this evening.
What's that about?
When I say "a meal" I mean "something to eat"
wash the apples, cut into slices
take the cheese out of the package, cut into slices
the meal is ready to eat!
LET'S FACE IT I'M JUST 'KIN' SEETHIN'
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I was only a tangental witness.
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If you want to be really fancy, cube them, put them on sticks and then insert the sticks into a foil-wrapped half of a grapefruit.tinyclanger2 wrote:Actually sounds quite actionable. Thanks!citizenJA wrote:Apples and cheesetinyclanger2 wrote:I have to prepare a meal this evening.
What's that about?
When I say "a meal" I mean "something to eat"
wash the apples, cut into slices
take the cheese out of the package, cut into slices
the meal is ready to eat!
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Am on it. Will make the foil grapefruit look like a hedgehog.refitman wrote:If you want to be really fancy, cube them, put them on sticks and then insert the sticks into a foil-wrapped half of a grapefruit.tinyclanger2 wrote:Actually sounds quite actionable. Thanks!citizenJA wrote:TinyClanger: I have to prepare a meal this evening.
What's that about?
When I say "a meal" I mean "something to eat"
Citizen JA:Apples and cheese
wash the apples, cut into slices
take the cheese out of the package, cut into slices
the meal is ready to eat!
With marker pen eyes and a little pointy snout.
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"I believe I can fly"
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