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By Karl Ritchie – In a world of boxing that is now under the ever-growing watchful eye of the public, with so many channels on television covering fight nights alongside live stream channels used on the likes of Youtube and Facebook, not mentioning the interaction between fighters and fans on social media. Hidden gems are becoming harder to pick out before the boxer themselves are well known to the fans. Although many talented fighters will be well known in the boxing community long before they're unearthed by fans, promoters or TV channels. Currently, Lawrence Osueke is one of those hidden gems, but not for long.
Osueke will be contesting in his 3rd professional fight in only a 3-month window on June 16th at the Metro Arena, Newcastle. On the undercard of a joint top bill shared by local lads Josh Kelly and Lewis Ritson live on Sky Sports. Osueke a GB Podium boxer as an amateur, was in the squad alongside the likes of Heavyweight Joe Joyce, Super Welterweight Anthony Fowler and Welterweight Josh Kelly while also spending time in a squad with now unified Heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua shortly before he turned pro.
Osueke told me "I came into boxing quite late, I didn't start boxing until I was about 19 year old so when it came to tournaments I didn't really want to hang around. I didn't fight for junior titles I went straight into the senior tournaments and in my first year made it to the final of the ABA'S, unfortunately, I didn't win but a year later I was in the ABA'S again, made it to the final and this time won it. I got into the GB squad and travelled the world with them, fought in the European championships and in multinational tournaments as well."
When asked if seeing his former GB squad mates doing so well for themselves gives him that extra bit hunger he replied "Of course. I want to push on and get to the same heights these lads have, that's the aim"
Osueke has now moved away from his home in the North East and went into full time training so that he can fully focus on his boxing career and maximise his chances of making it to the top. He is now based in Salford and trains at Oliver's gym under the tuition of well-established trainer Oliver Harrison who in his time has trained such fighters as Martin Murray, Amir Khan and Rocky Fielding. Osueke had recently uploaded a photo of himself alongside Rocky and Martin on his Instagram that stated "Great session this morning. Top sparring with Rocky Fielding."
When I asked how camp had gone and how he found sparring with Rocky he replied "I've more so just been keeping in the gym between fights so it's been continuous really. I had 2 days out after my last fight and then got straight back in the gym. Yeah it's been brilliant, it went really well, Rocky's obviously a top operator and he's now got himself into a position to fight for a world title so in terms of sparring prep, it doesn't come much better than that for me. I fought Rocky in the amateurs twice and beat him both times, one of them in a quarter-final. The Pro game is totally different to the amateurs though and Rocky has developed brilliantly."
Although he has moved down to Salford, Osueke still comes home on a weekend but admits that it can be costly with paying for digs down in Salford, spending money on training and nutrition with petrol money also thrown in there for the journey from one side of the North to the other. It all adds up and Lawrence is openly looking for sponsors to help fund his training camps.
With a record of 2-0, he is keen to get his teeth into this year and press on. A win on Saturday on a Matchroom card at the Metro Arena in front of a home crowd would certainly get the ball rolling. Given his amateur pedigree, I'm sure Eddie Hearn will be keeping tabs on Osueke. Although stating he would've liked a 6 rounder he said "Its another 4 rounder. With it being a Matchroom show there are times that they have to follow with it being live on Sky but I'm happy with another 4 rounder and to be on a Matchroom show at the Metro Arena is great."
An opponent still to be announced after the last man who was lined up to face him on June 16th now won't be. I tried my luck and asked if, without overlooking his fight on Saturday, there were any opponents domestically that he'd like to fight. God loves a trier. I already sort of expected the answer Osueke gave me. "I'm not really focused on specific fighters right now I'm just trying to keep active and whoever my management put in front of me that's who I'll fight. I know in time the title fights will come and they'll come at the right time for me." This showing that he is level-headed yet confident alongside it, classy.
I closed the last stages of the interview with the types of questions every fan likes to ask. What is the dream for Lawrence Osueke? To which he told me "Well when I first started boxing I didn't think that far ahead, I was late coming into the game but once I started winning amateur titles and got into the GB squad and realised my potential I started to take things more seriously. So yeah, pro now and the dream is the same as it was back then, to win a world title."
I asked who is your favourite fighter of past times and who is your favourite current active fighter Lawrence?
"Favourite fighter of past times is a hard one. I'd have to say Muhammed Ali not only was he a great in the ring but also a great role model outside of the ring, he had lots going on in his life and he stood up for his beliefs and fought for his people, for that I really admired him, not mentioning his achievements in the ring. My current favourite active fighter would have to be Lomachenko. I've seen him at tournaments while in the amateurs and he's a class act, virtually untouchable. Now in the pro ranks and to have won 3 world titles in so little amount of fights just goes to show the level this guy is at. His movement and technique are on a different level."
Lawrence Osueke will likely be one of, if not the first fighter on the card come Saturday, doors open at 4:30pm and first bell is 5pm. Geordies, get there early, get behind your own, this lad is certainly one to watch out for and as said above is a hidden gem but not for long. I feel big things over the horizon for Osueke and wait eagerly to see how fast he progresses in the pro ranks. I'd like to personally thank Lawrence for his time in what I believe has been a hectic week for him while getting tickets to people as well as training in between. Wishing him well in his fight on Saturday, June 16th. God bless Lawrence and every fighter that cross them ropes.


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Wednesday 05th August, 2015
Pitt Tooling Services Pty Ltd recognised for service excellence in the
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Strong focus on customer satisfaction leads Pitt Tooling Services Pty Ltd to win the Gold Award
Penrith, Australia – Pitt Tooling Services Pty Ltd, Precision Toolmakers, who specailise in Rubber and Plastic Moulds, achieved the esteemed Australian Business Quality Award for successfully adhering to its high service standards and going beyond customers' needs.
Now in its 7th year, the Australian Business Quality Awards acknowledges enterprises that exhibit outstanding service levels as assessed by their customers. The organisation measures businesses against a range of internationally-recognised principles of best practice in customer service.
"We are very proud of this accomplishment which clearly demonstrates our commitment to please our customers by providing overall quality service." shared Scott Smith, Managing Director.
Located in North Penrith, Pitt Tooling Services is a company that specialises in the field of Rubber and Plastic Moulds. We pride ourselves on being an innovative problem solver and producer of quality moulds, dies and other toolings.
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The Australian Business Quality Awards aim to raise the bar in customer service by encouraging businesses to be the best at what they do and rewarding those who excel in their respective fields. Open to any enterprise, regardless of its size and the nature of its business, the awards evaluate how effective an enterprise is in performing against its own and best practice customer service standards.
According to the organisation, "Customers always look for the best service, which positively impacts the business in various facets, from recall to word of mouth and repeat business that all affect the bottom line. The awards not only give the business the recognition it deserves but also identify aspects that surpass customer expectations and those that have room for improvement."
Providing a good indication of which businesses have strong customer satisfaction ratings, the Australian Business Quality Awards bestows the Bronze Award to enterprises that garner a score of 70% to 80%, the Silver Award for an 80% to 90% score, and the prestigious Gold Award for a score of 90% or higher. A complete list of the winners is available at www.businessquality.com.au.
Pitt Tooling Services Pty Ltd has been in business for over 30 years!
All our customers receive full in-house services from the design right through to the manufacture of a tool. Our experienced Toolmakers are highly skilled in all facets of toolmaking and we make it our number one priority to ensure that our customer's needs are met in a timely and cost effective manner.

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We had the privilege of visiting Bilboa Restaurant in Camps Bay, to wind down and end the weekend off on a high note. It's part of the Kove group, so you know it's going to be excellent! Watching the sunset while sipping on cocktails, in a very contemporary-chic styled restaurant, while listening to some chilled tunes, along with a great energetic welcoming vibe from the waitrons – we felt very at home and relaxed, to say the least!
The asparagus hummus served with warmed flatbread was really delicious – although I couldn't taste too much of the asparagus, the natural colour was sufficient for me!
We particularly enjoyed the starter prawns we ordered – with preserved lemon and chilli pepper. We were surprised to taste honey in this dish but it really made it different to most prawn dishes.
We are huge halloumi fans so had to try it! They served it with freekeh (a cereal food made from unripened durum wheat that has been roasted and crushed into small pieces), chilli, mint, sumac, dukkah and lemon. This dish tasted much more neutral than I expected but was great as an additional starter mixed with the others.
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At Smith Douglas Homes, we pride ourselves on being one of the fastest growing, privately owned home building companies in the country. Due to our rapid growth, we are looking for Builders to join our Construction Team in Nashville, TN. The right candidate will have proven experience in residential field operations, be a team player, and have high customer satisfaction ratings. Smith Douglas Homes is proud to offer a competitive benefits package to our employees as well as a family type work environment.
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Love actually has been a favorite film of mine for years, so when Flowey came out with these cardboard signs as a free gift, I could NOT resist! Naturally I'm in love with this santa jacket as well, so I couldn't cover it up with the sign so with some creative thinking, I got everything in the picture. In case you were wondering, I already have fabulous people in my life, my kids, well not my health but who does these days, right? So the "you" in the sign is naturally referring to crispy bacon, in case you were wondering 😛 In other news, my darlingest wifey Keri has started her own blog so feel free to check her out HERE. We were all new once, and I am pretty sure she will surprise us over the next year with her mad skills!
Happy Boxing day to my british friends, specifically Tek, and will someone PLEASE take this snow that is STILL falling, I've had QUITE ENOUGH, thank you!
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Um, so the Lord sent me a batch of epiphanies during second breakfast last Sunday. I spent the rest of the day emotionally overwhelmed a.k.a. fa-reeked out.
Then the angels instructed me to spend Monday decorating the Christmas tree and watching Forrest Gump. They did not instruct me to run errands during a severe thunderstorm with tornado warnings, but it wasn't raining when I left the house.
Lessons learned on Monday:
- Make checking the weather forecast an every-day habit.
- Kittens grow out of their desire to mess with the Christmas tree.
- "Miracles happen every day. Some people don't think so, but they do."
- "You've got to put the past behind you before you can move on."
Before I share my epiphanies, I want to explain they didn't come to me out of the blue. These were answers to questions I had been seeking for quite some time. They came to me out of my spiritual journey, my saintly research, and my recent wholehearted acceptance that the messages I've been receiving for about a year now are real messages from God delivered to me upon the intercession of saints and through the intervention of angels.
They came to me also through some recent losses. Which I haven't yet shared here, but I will now, because it all ties in:
I lost a somewhat-regular paid writing gig because I could no longer write small enough for them.
I lost my hope for the future of my country. Reality smacked me hard in the face with the many and varied forms of hatred that are showing themselves because now some people feel they have permission. God's stirring up our melting pot. He's reminding us of free will, and He's showing us the darkness. He's mixing us up now so we can see each other, have a conversation, stand up, and shine God's healing light on all that darkness together. It takes courage, but we can do this.
I lost my father-in-law. He died on December 1 at the age of 95. I love him. His name is Don, but I call him Papa.
Meanwhile, I had been working on two saintly posts, one was St. Catherine of Siena which was a milestone post for me because it was the post I couldn't write about 1 year and a half ago. I realized then that I needed to take a sabbatical from writing so I could attend to my spiritual journey. I'm so happy to be back and in the thick of saintly research and writing!
And then there was my recent post on Margery Kempe. It's long, and I included a lot of quotes from her book. I mean, a lot of quotes. I kept trying to edit them down, but they all seemed to matter. I read my posts many times as I search for typos. During that process, I realized I had included all those quotes for me. I was the one that needed to hear God's messages. I needed to hear how God and the saints and angels were right pleased with Margery and her good words because I'm a spiritual writer, too.
Speaking of angels, this weekend I was moved to read another Doreen Virtue book as research into the possibility of pursuing Spiritual Healing as a new occupation either in the form of Reiki or Angel Therapy. It's called THE ANGEL THERAPY HANDBOOK. It's good. If you are draw to that topic, I highly recommend it. Doreen Virtue has a lot of books, I recommend you check out her website or her books on Amazon or Goodreads to discover the book that fits your current angelic interests.
Anyhow, here's what I learned specifically about myself from reading this book:
I learned my guardian angel's name is Minerva. That's why that name keeps popping up in my life — in my new feral, garage cat, in a statue on a college tour, in the name of ancient temple ruins upon which St. Catherine's body is enshrined. Minerva's been trying to tell me her name for a while now.
I learned the angels communicate to me mostly through claircognizance, clear thinking. Which makes sense considering what I write. As in there's no way I'm writing some of this by myself.
Speaking of which, I learned the 'hurry up, I've got to get this done" feeling I get sometimes is an indication that what I'm doing is a mission from God. Writing about silly ol' Margery was a mission from God. Believe it or not. Or believe it, because it was. In this case, a mission God wanted me to do for myself to aid in my understanding of Him and His feelings for me.
I learned I'm not to pursue renewing my Reiki Practice or becoming an Angel Therapist because that type of work doesn't draw me.
The above is what I learned as I was reading the book on Saturday. Then I went to bed, woke up, checked Facebook, did some social-media activism, got ready for church, and, as I was standing in the kitchen eating a quick bite of second breakfast, boom, these epiphanies occurred to me one after the other:
My true calling is that which I'm already doing. Saintly research and writing is my true calling!
My volunteer work is not my identity. If my efforts aren't desired nor needed, c'est la vie. Took me way too long to get to this place, but, you know, journeys sometimes take longer than anticipated.
The biggest, most appreciative audience of my blog are the saints and angels. They love that I'm getting their words out to you.
Saints and angels go together like peanut butter and jelly, because they work as a team in heaven to aid and encourage us.
I need no mentor nor confessor because I have books from which to learn, and I'm surrounded by saints and angels whom guide me, ever so faithfully, in carrying out the works of and comprehending the Love of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
My perspective and writing is too broad for the Episcopal Church. I foresee a future in which denominations eventually re-form to recreate one Church.
I wrote all this down quickly then raced off to church to leap in front of the Procession to a seat saved for me by a new friend. AND THEN, I participated in the service and noticed the following:
In the Nicene Creed: "We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church."
In the Prayers of the People: "Father, we pray for your holy Catholic Church: That we all may be one."
In the Great Thanksgiving: Eucharistic Prayer B: "Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven, who forever sing this hymn . . . "
Whoa. I was corrected. My perspective is not too broad for the Episcopal Church in whose liturgy we seek reconciliation in the recreating of one Church and whose liturgy, not only honors the existence of Angels and Archangels, but joins our voices with theirs.
My perspective is only too broad for certain pockets of people who follow a strict policy of patriarchal, overly-defensive adherence to mediocrity.
Then the saints and angels communicated to me the following over the course of the last two days, (I can't pinpoint exactly when):
The people problems in the Episcopal Church are not my problems to solve. I'm free of it. It's not my responsibility.
I am NOT to write a book about my spiritual journey. My journey had to take place to get me where I am now so I can continue onward, not so I could go back and write about it. (I'm on my knees in gratitude. Thank you, Jesus, for releasing me from this one. Thank you.)
I am to write a non-fiction, spiritual book about the saints. My muse gave me the hook which I'll keep to myself for now so as not to spill creative energy. I now have a specific focus. I'm so grateful, excited, and ready to get back to work on ignoring my pile of Nat Geo's while I continue my deep study of the saints.
And in my gratitude, I'm sharing with you, my dearworthy readers, something I had been saving for print publication — my grandma's recipe for my favorite cookies. They're my favorite cookies because they're my grandma's. You see how this works. My grandmother, Antoinetta Nolletti, is my personal saint in heaven, who, along with my nephew, Phil, has encourage me in all my Saints and Recipes endeavors.
I'm gifting this secret – but not really secret because it's an Italian traditional cookie that everyone's Italian grandma knows how to bake – recipe to you to honor my letting go of the past, and to clearly communicate that the food recipes have always been the bonus, not focus, of Saints and Recipes.
(Ciambelle translates to "ring-shaped cookies," but many grandmas make them as drop cookies, or even in a big loaf that they slice after cooling.)
½ cup (1 stick) softened butter
1-1/2 cups sugar
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1 tablespoon vanilla
½ cup buttermilk
3 eggs
3½ cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 or 2 tablespoons hot water
Sprinkles or colored sugar
In a mixing bowl, blend butter and sugar. Add lemon juice, lemon zest, vanilla, buttermilk, and eggs. Mix together. In another bowl, stir together flour, salt, and baking powder. Slowly add dry mix to liquid mixture to form sticky dough. Place in refrigerator to rest for 30 minutes while making icing.
Icing: Combine powdered sugar and lemon juice. Beat, adding drops of hot water until smooth. Set aside.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Drop small spoonfuls of dough onto parchment paper on cookie sheets.
Bake for 11 minutes or until the edges start to turn golden brown.
Quickly spread icing while ciambelle are still hot so that it melts down each one. Shake sprinkles quickly and carefully onto the melting icing before icing hardens.
Remove from cookie tray when cool. Makes about 50 cookies.
Bonus Material:
Speaking of recipes, please don't steal mine. I mean, here they are on the internet. So yes, use them in the kitchen! But don't publish them under your own name. I mean, I'm trusting you here.
My next post will include a cool saint whom I know practically nothing about yet, the yummiest of food recipes, some activism you can join in on, and an author interview! You might want to sign up for email notifications, so you don't miss it. Hint. Hint.
(Originally posted on 12/14/2016 to Saints and Recipes on Blogger.)


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Professional Development workshop for teachers
The Veterans Education Project is collaborating on a National Park Service Park in Every Classroom (PEC) professional development workshop for teachers on April 4 at the annual conference of the Mass. Council for Social Studies in Boston. See below and click on the link to the MCSS webpage for more information on the conference and how to register.
Past Public Events below: (Most of our events are in schools and not open to the public)
The Conflicting Legacies of the Vietnam War: Why They Still Matter, Thursday, April 23, 7 p.m., Bernie Dallas Room, Goodell Hall, UMass:
In observance of the 40th Anniversary of the final withdrawal of U.S. military forces from America's most controversial war, the UMass History Department and the Veterans Education Project present a teach-in panel with History Professor Chris Appy, Vietnam veterans, and anti-war activists. The evening's examination of the war and its varied legacies will include panelists sharing personal wartime and home front experiences, and a discussion of why and how, 40 years after it ended, the Vietnam War still affects our government and our national psyche. In addition to Professor Appy (author of the just published "American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity), speakers are Wayne Smith (Vietnam veteran, veterans' advocate and activist), Cherie Rankin (U.S. Red Cross, South Vietnam, 1970-71), Randy Kehler (An activist who spent 22 months in federal prison for refusing to cooperate with the Vietnam draft) and Tom Weiner (Author of "Called to Serve: Stories of Men and Women Confronted by the Vietnam War Draft," Vietnam anti-war activist). Free admission
Biographies of panelists:
Chris Appy is a Umass Amherst History professor and the author of three critically acclaimed books about the American War in Vietnam: American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity (Viking, 2015); Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered From All Sides (Viking, 2003), and Working-Class War: American Combat Soldiers and Vietnam (University of North Carolina Press, 1993). Patriots won the Massachusetts Book Award for Non-Fiction in 2004. Chris also edits a book series for the University of Massachusetts Press called "Culture, Politics, and the Cold War." He teaches a popular course on the Vietnam War at UMass and has taught at Harvard and MIT. He lives in Amherst.
Cherie Rankin served a year in Vietnam (1970 and 71) with the U.S. Red Cross. Her story of service in Vietnam is featured in the book In The Combat Zone: An Oral History of American Women in Vietnam, by Kathryn Marshall. Cherie was very active in the ten year effort to build the Vietnam Women's Memorial on the National Mall, which was dedicated in November, 1993. She has had an ongoing interest in helping women that have served in or with the military to tell their stories and be recognized for their contributions. This has included helping to organize two national conferences in conjunction with the Joiner Center at UMass Boston and with Veterans for Peace, several workshops about sexual trauma experienced by women during their service. Cherie and her husband, Chris Myers (VN 1967/68, USAID) returned to Vietnam in 1990, with the Veterans Vietnam Restoration Project to build a clinic outside of Hanoi. They are both speakers for VEP and reside in Franklin County.
Wayne Smith served two tours as an Army medic in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam with the 9th Infantry Division, in the 1970s. His past employment includes V.A. Vets Center counselor, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund advocate and fundraiser, advisor at the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, President of the Black Patriots Foundation and, most recently on the executive staff of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee in Cambridge, MA. Retired, Wayne is on the Board of the National Veterans Legal Service Program's and an Advisor with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. He is a survivor of a cancer that he attributes to his exposure during combat missions to Agent Orange. In 1998 he returned to Vietnam with other veterans on a reconciliation mission. He and his wife have a daughter and live in the Greater Boston area.
Randy Kehler spent 22 months in federal prison for his refusal to cooperate with the Vietnam draft. State Department whistle-blower Daniel Ellsberg credits Randy with inspiring him to publicly release the "Pentagon Papers," a secret history of the Vietnam War. He has shared his stories of Vietnam era activism in a variety of VEP programs. Among other things, Randy is a co-founder of the Traprock Peace Center (Deerfield, MA); the Franklin County (MA) Community Development Corporation; and national projects such as the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign and, most recently, the political theater program called Project Unspeakable (national). Randy and his wife Betsy Corner live in Colrain, MA. As conscientious objectors to war, they redirect their federal income tax payments to non-military humanitarian programs, including relief for U.S. soldiers and other war victims disabled or in need.
Tom Weiner is the author of CALLED TO SERVE: Stories of Men and Women Confronted by the Vietnam War Draft. Tom, who was drafted and called for a physical in 1971, tells the story of what happened to him and 31 of the other men and women veterans, military family members, counselors, conscientious objectors, and resisters he interviewed. Ten of the interviews have been adapted into a play, "The Draft," by prize-winning playwright, Peter Snoad. Its September premier in Boston will be followed by performances in the Valley. Tom is a 6th grade teacher and on the board of the Paulo Friere Social justice High School in Holyoke, MA. He is married, father of four children, and lives in Northampton.
Event moderator Thomas Fricke is the head of the Social Studies Dept. at Amherst-Pelham Regional H.S. He teaches a very popular unit on the Vietnam war and era that features presentations by VEP speakers. Tom is a VEP Board member.
Partial listing of past events:
Understanding and Healing War's Deepest Wounds: Thursday, April 9th, at 7 p.m., Seelye Hall, #106, Smith College Poster 4-9-15 Smith VEP Understanding and Healing War's Wounds
Three authors of recent books who examine war trauma and healing from different perspectives share their work and join our moderator in a discussion on the challenge that faces us all: to help our veterans come back whole to themselves, their families, and their community. The authors are Mark Nickerson, LICSW (The Wounds Within: A Veteran, a PTSD Therapist, and a Nation Unprepared), Robert Meagher, PhD (Killing from the Inside Out: Moral Injury and Just War), and Ed Tick, PhD (Warrior's Return: Restoring the Soul After War). Moderated by Dr. Kathryn Basham, Co-Director of PhD Program, the Smith College School for Social Work. Veterans, military family members, members of the helping professions, the Smith College Community and the general public all are invited. Sponsored by the Smith College School for Social Work and the Veterans Education Project.
More information on the authors, the books and the moderator:
Killing from the Inside Out: Moral Injury and Just War (Cascade Books), by Robert E. Meagher. Any serious critique of war, as well any true attempt to understand the profound, invisible wounds it inflicts, will be undermined from the outset by the unthinking and all-but-universal acceptance of just war doctrine. Killing from the Inside Out radically questions that theory, examines its legacy, and challenges us to look beyond it, beyond just war. The author, a Hampshire College professor and religion scholar, has directed and participated in a range of events and programs concerned with healing the spiritual wounds of war in veterans, their families, and their communities. This, his latest book, has been widely praised by leading therapists, military and VA chaplains, veterans, and active duty military. Visit http://www.moralinjuryandjustwar.org.
The Wounds Within: A Veteran, a PTSD Therapist, and a Nation Unprepared (Skyhorse Publishing, 2015), by Mark I. Nickerson and Joshua S. Goldstein. This is an inside account of the iconic case of Marine Lance Corporal Jeff Lucey, a Belchertown MA vet whose battle with PTSD ended when he took his life after returning home from the early months of the Iraq War. Nickerson, an internationally recognized expert on trauma treatment who saw Jeff through his private practice, also examines the Lucey family's decade-long campaign to improve a VA suicide prevention response that had failed Jeff and to end the stigma around military-related mental health issues. This book is a definitive account of combat trauma and a vital resource for military families and anyone who works with and cares about veterans. Visit http://www.woundswithin.com.
The Warrior's Return: Restoring the Soul After War (Sounds True), by Edward Tick. In spite of billions spent on psychological care and reintegration programs, we face an epidemic of combat-related conditions such as PTSD. With Warrior's Return, Tick presents a powerful case for changing the way we welcome our veterans back from service and offers a vision and a path for transforming the wounds of war into sources of wisdom, honor, and growth. Tick draws on 35 years of experience working with veterans, lessons from cross-cultural wisdom and mythical archetypes, and proven psychology methods. His book is a resource to help families, caregivers, and veterans understand and cope with the life-changing effects of combat. Tick is a co-founder of Soldier's Heart, an organization based in Troy, N.Y. (with an office in Amherst) that provides a comprehensive model to address the emotional, moral, and spiritual wounds of veterans, their families and communities. Visit http://www.soldiersheart.net/resources.
Event moderator Kathryn Basham, LICSW, Ph.D. — in addition to co-directing the Doctoral Program at the Smith College School of Social Work— engages in research, writing, clinical social work practice and education related to the effects of deployment and combat stress on the re-integration of service members, Veterans and their families. She currently is working on an independent research project on a brief couple therapy approach for military and Veteran couples who work with licensed independent clinical social workers in the local community. She has been appointed to three congressionally mandated committees with the Institute of Medicine at the National Academies of Science charged to explore issues related to enhancing the mental health treatment of military and Veteran families.
Co-sponsors include: Central Hampshire Veterans Services, Northwestern District Attorney's Veterans Justice Partnership, Soldier's Heart, Western Mass. Veterans Outreach Project, Northampton First Churches Peace and Justice Committee, Wesley United Methodist Church Council, Northampton-Florence Unitarian Society Social Justice Committee, Amherst Unitarian Universalist Society
Moral Injury: Examining War's Deepest Wound and Darkest Contradiction Thursday, April 24, 7p.m., Forbes Library, Northampton: From antiquity to the present conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, just war doctrine has provided decisive moral justification for the waging of war. The doctrine is intended to limit war, yet oftentimes it has served to unleash it and, at the same time, deeply confused and complicated the moral injury of combatants. This panel will feature four speakers (three are veterans, two clergy) exploring the fundamentals of moral injury and just war, asking important questions that seldom are addressed. How can there be moral injury in just war? Is it moral, under any circumstances, to sanction killing? Is there any such thing as just war? How are armed services personnel in war zones coping with perceived contradictions in just war doctrine? What are the potential connections between moral injury and the high number of military suicides? What roles are religious institutions, military chaplains, and civilian clergy playing (and not playing) in resolving these contradictions and healing the spiritual wounds and moral injuries of war? How can these institutions do better?
• Capt. Timothy Kudo, U.S. Marine combat veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan who has written about moral injury for the Washington Post and other publications
• The Reverend David Whiteley, UCC chaplain for the Leeds VA Medical Center
• The Very Reverend James Munroe, an Episcopal priest, Dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Springfield, Vietnam veteran
• Professor Robert Meagher, Hampshire College, who has spoken and written extensively about moral injury and Just War. His latest book is Killing from the Inside Out: Moral Injury and Just War (forthcoming, Fall 2014).
This event made possible thanks to the support of the MassHumanities Foundation, the Markham-Nathan Fund for Social Justice, and the donors of the Veterans Education Project
The Lonely Soldier Project: testimony from women at war in Iraq, by Helen Benedict. Performances will be on Veteran's Day Weekend: Friday 8th & Saturday 9th November at 6pm & 8pm, at First Churches, 129 Main Street, Northampton.
Specialist Maria Sanchez, Tiahna Harris Sergeant Terris Dewalt-Johnson, Trenda Leftin Specialist Anna Peterford, Robyn Spateholts Sergeant Miriam Ruffolo, Brianna Sloane Sergeant First Class Santiaga Flores, Hala Lord. Presented by Moving Words and the Veterans Education Project.
When Survivors Tell Their Stories: The untold story about sexual assault in the military: Monday, April 8, 7:30 p.m., Main Lecture Hall, Franklin Patterson Building, Hampshire College, Amherst MA. Author Helen Benedict discusses her research and writing about what was, until recently, one of America's most shameful and best kept secrets: an epidemic of sexual assault within the U.S. military. Her book, The Lonely Soldier, along with her articles, play and her novel, Sand Queen, publicly exposed the high incidence of rape in the military and documented how traditional military culture enables assault. Benedict's work also revealed the untold stories of veterans who still struggle with the emotional aftermath abuse of their military experience, inspiring the 2013 Academy Award-nominated documentary "The Invisible War," which will be screened at Hampshire Tuesday, April 9, at 7:30 p.m. Marianne Winters, the Executive Director of Safe Passage, a Northampton domestic violence intervention and prevention organization, and Beverly Prestwood Taylor, director of the Brookfield Inst., a group that works with women veterans, will make brief comments after Benedict's Monday presentation. Helen Benedict Poster
The Invisible War: Tuesday, April 9, 7:30 p.m., East Lecture Hall, Franklin Patterson Building, Hampshire College, Amherst MA. The first public Pioneer Valley screening of the 2013 Oscar-nominated documentary "The Invisible War," a groundbreaking piece of investigative film making that paints a startling picture of the extent of rape in the military and offers a powerful indictment of the systemic cover-up of military sex crimes. Today, female soldiers serving in combat zones are more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire. At the heart of "The Invisible War" are moving interviews that chronicle the struggles of rape survivors struggling to rebuild their lives and fight for justice, both for themselves and for women in the military. The New York Times called the 2013 Oscar-nominated work "one of the ten best films of the year." Filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering credit the writing and research of Helen Benedict as the inspiration for their documentary. Benedict, who is speaking at Hampshire College on Monday evening, April 8, will comment on the film and answer questions following the Hampshire screening. Army veteran Judy Atwood Bell, who was sexually assaulted while in the military, will participate in the discussion. Bell has been diagnosed and treated for Military Sexual Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. She now is an advocate for policy changes in the military to help protect women from harassment and assault. Invisible War Poster
These events are co-sponsored by the Veterans Education Project, Hampshire College Humanities Faculty, Hampshire College Spiritual Life, Safe Passage, NELCWIT, the Brookfield Institute, The Office of the District Attorney/Northwestern District, the Veterans Justice Partnership, Central Hampshire Veterans Services, the Center for Women and Community, GCC Peace, Justice and Environmental Studies, Traprock Center for Peace and Justice, and Voice Male Magazine. For more information call VEP at 413-253-4947, or email email@example.com.
Helen Benedict will be interviewed on the Bill Newman Morning Show, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., on Tuesday morning, April 9, WHMP, 1400 on your AM dial.
Deerfield Academy: Theater of War This acclaimed production, which has played to over 200 audiences internationally, will combine readings from Classical Greek theater by professionals with a panel of war veterans and military family members sharing their first-person insights about the realities of going to war, homecoming, and the human costs of war. (May 2012)
Eric Carle Museum: Double Victory: Negro League Baseball, the segregated Army and the struggle to integrate America Award winning art work and veterans' oral histories are the vehicles we will use to explore the legacies of segregation and celebrate the achievements that set the stage for the civil rights victories of the 50s and 60s. (May 2012)
Local Fall Events 2011Northampton Community Read Events with On The Same Page, Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried
Forbes Library www.forbeslibrary/OTSP
At UMASS Amherst: WAR VETERANS – A Commemoration through Art, Theater, Literature, and Film The VEP is proud to be participating in this exciting collaboration with the UMass Fine Arts Center, the Springfield Vet Center, the UMass Student Center Art Gallery, and UMass Veteran Services. We will be co-sponsoring a series of public events at UMass in November, 2011, that respond to the war experience through media such as visual art, theater, photography, and poetry. Many of the featured artists will be veterans.


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Discussion#13: Passive Aggressiveness is not Open Mindedness
We will agree to disagree. Why aren't we not trying to dissect why we are disagreeing. Discussions are to be held to make sure that each person gets what they want. If you are working toward a common relationship goal ; communication and being open-minded is key. Conflict is not easy but starting the conversation is necessary if you want to truly have an AccountableLove!!


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Friday, August 13, 2010
True Story.
I had a dream that day, dreaming that I'm eating something. I was happily chewing chewing chewing.. then suddenly thinking to myself, why there's no texture in that piece of thing that I just put in my mouth?? Chewing chewing chewing.. open my eyes and found out that it was just a dream.. The amazing part is, I was actually still trying to chew in a half asleep mode and convincing myself that it wasn't a dream.. hoping to eat that thing again!
It's a sign of me eating too much.. shit...
p/s: I'm still trying to remember what I ate in my dream.
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- jasonho said...
u need a totem.
- August 14, 2010 at 11:40 AM
- Jo Serwey said...
which kind shud I get?
- August 14, 2010 at 7:30 PM
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jingle_jangle wrote:Wes, I've got four of the Warwick 7-place Rock-Stands--two in my office, one at home, and one in our practice space. Others don't like them, but I've got no complaints. The padding does crush with thin heavy guitars, but I move the guitars or basses over every so often, and they are fine. No problems after two years plus, with any finish softening or hazing.
I agree--the Herc stands look like they should say "DeWalt" on 'em, but when a geetar or bass is hanging, all you see are two fingers on the neck and a couple of little padded feet poking out the bottom. I can deal with that.
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I'm probably well behind here and it's quite possible that I'm going to get leapt all over, this is after all the Internet, and there's no room for Antiques Roadshow here. I finally got around to actually looking at TV Tropes, a site that usually features pretty high up on Google search results. Although it specifies TV in the title, it actually self-admittedly deals with fiction as a whole and as such is an incredibly useful resource.
The combo of a wiki-style linkfest and the inoffensive humour makes for pretty strong 'Oh shit, it's 3 in the morning.'isms too.
I'm debating it's actual use in my work, but you never know.


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Thank you to a reader known by the cryptic name "twww"… she alerted me this morning that Looking For Group has started pre-order for a second run of the Richard statue.
I got MY order in, baby! [insert evil cackle here]
Ah, that will so damn sweet sitting on my desk next to my Megatokyo Boo plushie with the guardian angel wings.
Whattaya think? Isn't that the best evil/good match up ever? Richard likes flaming small, furry things… and Boo is a badass small furry guy with a sweet heart full of gold.
Place yer bets! Richard may be powerful, but can I help it if I want to see Boo with a rocket launcher and a jet pack win the day?
And half my readers are saying, "what the heck is he smoking today?".
That's cool, that's cool. I gots me a Richard statue on da way.
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(Unfortunate) Fact: Being married for many years to an Austrian ski racer, as well as living in the largest ski resort in the East for the past 30 years does not automatically transform a person into an expert skier. Despite these advantages I remain an average, cautious skier. Manfred and I met in Austria when I was a college student studying German language and literature. A flatlander, Jersey girl, I was immediately drawn to life in the mountains (hence our mutual desire to settle here in Killington and the Snowed Inn 30 years ago), and I became determined to do my best to learn to ski. Given my innate fear of speed and falling, this was definitely a major challenge.
Step in Saint Manfred- he exhibited enormous patience in teaching me the sport, and to this day remains patient when skiing with me, knowing that my ski quirks and prevailing ski conditions are likely to dictate where we ski, how fast we ski and for how long. I confess-I am a sunny day, blue sky, perfectly groomed trails kind of gal on the ski slopes. So here's the really good news: even though we have reached late March, the conditions at Killington are simply perfection. Yes, it is a little colder than average for this time of year, but certainly not polar frigid, the skies are blue, and those temperatures and recent snowfalls have combined to present us with impeccably covered and groomed, midwinter type trails that make a picky skier like me as happy as a pig in mud (there must be a better metaphor than that!).
Well, anyway, if you are my kind of skier I invite you to check out the conditions at Killington at least one more time before you trade your skis in for beach towels, and if you are a "love the sport no matter what the snow is like kind of person, I also urge you to check out the hill very soon!


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Managed to find a full set at a good price [£47 with free postage] .This is the deluxe boxed set in a nice cardboard box that has 37 different colored weathering pencils packed in to there own slots on two layers of sponge. A nice set well presented and there are a couple of good video's from AK on YouTube showing how to use them.
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Looks a great set Andy and good value too when you consider how many pencils are in the set! Those metallic colours will be very useful for indicating scratches on aircraft panels and wear on engine parts.
Thanks for taking the time to post your review.
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Thanks for looking in and your comments Kev, the pencils are quite versatile you can use them as a pencil to apply or use a brush to wet apply the colors to where you want them
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Looks like a very nice set Andy, thanks for sharing....
.. Will be interesting to see some of the results you get when using them.....
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Great review Andy
Don't mean to hijack your thread, but i see next months Scale Modelling Now course includes tuition on using those weathering pencils:
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Thanks for looking in and your comments both.
@ Grey not at all its relevant to the post and understanding how to use something correctly is a must
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The story of America's founding fathers is an amazing example of what can be accomplished through mental toughness. While George Washington gets much of the credit for winning the war and leading the country, many historians say it was John Adams who was the driving force behind the revolution. John Adams is mostly known for being the second President of the United States, but the truth is he was much more than that. Adam's mental toughness and ferocious tenacity combined with Thomas Jefferson's social polish and ability to write and speak with world-class eloquence was a force to be reckowned with until the two best friends were divided by their philosophies. Watch this video post and the movie I'm recommending to all my mental toughness clients, even if you're not an American. The mental toughness lessons of 200+ years ago can still be applied today. Steve Siebold
Here's a link to an article on the classical education of the founding fathers:
Needless to say the masses of working class people passed on trades and businesses grew that supported those trades. It's a different world today – and a dynamic world with so many cultural life/business styles globally. Capitalism – the kind of free enterprise ala USA democracy – has led the world in being the place people want to come to for freedoms they can't get in their countries.
The world is changing – resetting – adjusting – we'll see what happens and play parts in it.
In public education for over 20 years I watched government run programs use billions of dollars as drop out rates increased, programs were dumbed down to bring in below average students, and top quality programs stopped when changing them from what they were to having all kinds of quotas – not always racial or gender based – caused them to lose the high standards of excellence they had known.
Did billions of Title I and II money turn the public school into Utopian Educational Systems? Contrary! And so on.
And through out the 80s and 90s up into today millions of parents put their kids in home schooling programs and privately run schools – and the trend continues.
As the trend continues, public education up through the mass production of people graduating from colleges and universities with huge bills to pay back and minimum wage jobs waiting for them is going to change dramatically in the coming decades – much going the way of Newsweek.
Technology plays a big part in these changes of course.
So for now the public schools in many cases cook the books to show progress and enhanced gifted programs, increased graduates – just lower lower lower the standards – and neither democrats or republicans have done much to improve the situation. But that may be impossible anyway.
I was always an inspired teacher working inner city – I saw that there was no teaching to become self reliant, to become entrepreneurs. Kids were being led down the liberal arts go to college route across the boards.
My experience was limited to one system – it may have been different in other systems – and I taught along side many dedicated teacher who poured their minds and hearts into their jobs.
My biggest joy was my relationships with my students- I loved them and they loved me because I respected them from day one – they didn't have to earn it they only had to lose it and it could always be regained.
And I made class fun, I was an inspired teacher and it was natural for me, and I could turn grammar and all the basic writing skills into something magical.
There's some rambling on the subjects at hand – Stevee starts great threads that should stimulate everyone's thinking.


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By Leman Mammadova
International tourism fairs are considered to be a great opportunity for every country to promote its tourism potential as well as to meet with world's tourism industry participants to stimulate tourism flow to the country.
Azerbaijani delegation has participated in ITB China international exhibition in Shanghai in order to promote the country's tourism potential.
With the support of the State Tourism Agency and Azerbaijan Tourism Board, the country was represented at the exhibition by Heydar Aliyev International Airport, Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL), Baku Convention Center, Silkway Travel, Flame Travel, HIS, China Travel and Turizm.az companies.
At the exhibition, where Azerbaijan was represented for the first time, the country introduced new tourism products as well as its tourism potential for Chinese market.
Florian Sengstschmid, Executive Director of Azerbaijan Tourism Board, noted that China is one of the key priority markets for attracting tourists to Azerbaijan. He stressed that the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the State Tourism Agency and the Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism is an important step towards intensifying tourism relations.
Sengstschmid also noted that marketing and propaganda work is underway in major cities in China, which is one of the target countries in accordance with the new tourism strategy of Azerbaijan. He added that participation in ITB China is an integral part of this process.
"The number of Chinese tourists [in Azerbaijan] has grown by 50 percent in the first four months of the year compared to the same period of last year. We believe that these figures will further increase by the end of the year," he said.
ITB China, an international exhibition focused on China's travel industry, brought together many tourists from the world's tourism industry to give countries opportunity to showcase their tourism opportunities to the Chinese market. More than 800 companies from 84 countries demonstrated the latest innovation and information technologies in the tourism industry.
Recently, Azerbaijan signed a memorandum of understanding with the leading Chinese travel company ETI-Holidays (Beijing HUAYUAN International Travel Co., LTD), that envisages increasing the flow of Chinese tourists to Azerbaijan via Beijing-Baku flight and from here to other countries in order to increase Baku's transit capacity.
At present, AZAL carries out Baku-Beijing-Baku direct regular flights. It is also planned to launch flights from Baku to other Chinese cities.
The direct flights between Azerbaijan and China, as well as the Azerbaijani government's simplifying visa regime for Chinese tourists are of great potential for developing relations between the two countries in the field of tourism.
Since 2018, the official tourism representative office operating in China is actively working to introduce Azerbaijan's tourism potential in major Chinese cities.
The National Tourism Promotion Bureau considers the Chinese market to be one of the priority for attracting tourists. Since 2017, the tourism potential of Azerbaijan has been more actively promoted in this country.
In addition, Azerbaijan and Chinese tourism companies signed a cooperation agreement in April 2018. In first period, the companies specializing in health tourism are eager to attract 2,000 more tourists per year on the basis of this agreement.
Chinese experts say that about 1 million Chinese patients travel abroad every year for health tourism. They consider that their citizens will mostly like Naftalan.
Recently, Azerbaijan and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding on simplifying group visits of Chinese tourists to Azerbaijan.


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I have this (ridiculous as it may seem) idea that I can't buy something I can make and I love sourdough bread so I've decided to make my own. The problem with sourdough is that you have to start with a "starter" and let it ferment. I have tried this once before with no luck but that was awhile ago and I am ready to try again. After all we have successfully made wine, beer and cheese which are on the same lines of fermenting. I've been doing some research and looking for an easy fool-proof starter recipe and came across this web site http://www.io.com/~sjohn/sour.htm.
The idea of taking a few simple ingredients that alone are okay but then letting them sit out on the counter and "spoil" so to speak and make something really yummy out of it is really appealing to me for some reason. But don't worry friends I am not talking about the dreaded "Amish Friendship Bread", I won't be begging all of you to take some home.
So here's a pic of what I started with 1 cup flour and 1 cup water. I'll update when I start to see fermenting progress.
2 comments:
- Angie said...
hey now. I have an Amish Bread starter on my counter top right now. We LOVE that stuff. I have figured out how to make a triple batch of it instead of having starters to share. ha ha!
- April 8, 2011 at 1:56 PM
- Cody said...
I know and I am looking forward to having some, I can never get rid of those starters -lol
- April 9, 2011 at 12:35 PM
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In the new found excitement many of us forgot that the whole plan is to keep punters away from hospitals especially those that got there via A&E. Attempts were made to call them EDs including the MPS (Medical Protection Society).
Do you think people prefer well trained staff at Vanguard sites that can give SCOIAL PRESCRIPTION or do punters prefer to see real doctors that were once the pride of the British Commonwealth if not the world.
Do not forget one of ours diagnosed JFK in England.
I must admit that it was such a great sales success: Vanguard I mean, that even Roy had something to say about the genius that is Simon. Afterall you do not survive so long in UnitedHealth if you are anything short of a genius.
Yet, lets face it all reforms the NHS went through were for one reason only: money! No, saving them not spending!
What about real Hospitals: there will be the pilgrims from rich countries. Do not worry, the Real Doctors will be very happy.
Hard on the heels of the announcement of the devolution of NHS powers in Greater Manchester comes news of the first wave of 29 "vanguard" sites for the new care models programme, heralded last October by Simon Stevens' Five-Year Forward View for the NHS. These frontrunner sites are meant to lead the way for better integration of health and social care.
There are three types of model: MCPs (multi-specialty community providers), concerned with moving specialist care out of hospitals and into the community; PACs (primary and acute care system), with single organisations providing hospital, GP and community services; and enhanced health in care homes, with no apparent acronym as yet, but let's call it HICH. These models are meant to offer more joined-up care, health and rehabilitation services. Some 5 million people could benefit from the first wave of transformation.
As Stevens noted in his forward view, there is considerable consensus about what needs to change to improve care and health: "The traditional divide between primary care, community services and hospitals – largely unaltered since the birth of the NHS – is increasingly a barrier to the personalised and coordinated health services patients need."
Roy Lilley on Tarzan (Aka Simon Stevens):
DIY cardiothoracic bypass surgery
on the kitchen table
The Tories have left the NHS out of the Cameron 6 priorities and are promising to make a down-payment on Tarzan's 5YFV and ring-fence the Service.
It's the same as the Coalition are doing now. Meaning; under 1% per annum more cash, against 4% growth in demand. Do the maths... they've hobbled the NHS and more of the same will cripple it.
The rest of the political parties (who might hold the balance of power) are trying to butter my parsnips; especially the Lib-Dems. They are promising the £8bn Tarzan says he needs to make his Plan A work.
However, Plan A comes with eye watering, never achieved before, yer-avin-a-larf, 3% savings from efficiency, modernisation, moving hospitals into GP surgeries, telemedicine and self-care including helpful web-based instructions for DIY cardiothoracic bypass surgery on the kitchen table. There is no Plan B.
Cockroach Catcher:
We need true integration and not just excluding most of FT hospitals to treat paying private patients from rich countries!
Being a landlord
might make more money.
May I suggest someone in politics might like to think about; 'more doctors and nurses' doesn't mean 'enough' docs and nurses. How many do we need and how much? Does anyone know?
Locum and agency bills are melting the NHS' credit card. Oh and Social Services have neither the staff nor the money to keep people out of hospital nor get them home safely. The Better Care Fund robs Doctor Peter to pay Social Worker Paul.
Tarzan plans to sell-off £7.5bn of surplus land. A fire-sale will drive prices down, capital can't be turned into revenue and be careful what you sell, you can only do it once. Being a landlord might make more money.
Dr No is not persuaded that an extra year (or two) of training will produce better GPs. Despite assertions to the contrary, general practice is not some form of medical rocket science; it is instead the agreeably specialised but none the less generic practice of medicine which simply does not need extended years of training. Bolting on more years of training will simply increase the divide between those who are fully qualified, and those as yet excluded. There will, if training is extended, be more GPs in training grades, and less in career grades. More seriously, the real learning – which starts with unsupervised practice – will be delayed.
Attempts to change our beloved NHS may indeed be met with the same failure experienced by some other well known brands, sometimes at great cost.
Perhaps politicians can learn from this: you can say all the bad things about the NHS and you can quote how badly we are doing but we still love our NHS for all its short comings.
Just look at the faith we have in our A&E departments to the point that Roy Lilly suggested:
@clarercgp @drjohnbye @DrGrumble inner city solution; close P'care and put GPs in A&E just like Detroit
There is even argument that GPs cannot do A&E work and A&E doctors cannot do GP work. What has gone wrong with medical training?
There is a very discrete attempt to change the name of A&E to ED.
Wow! Do people never learn from history?
No!!! NHS and A&E. Original please
So if politicians have not been so interfering and allow us doctors, nurses and patients to make things work together we may indeed have a better NHS. All the analysis on the reform is clear about one thing: someone is going to make money and that means less money for actual health care.
I have maintained for some time that:
Most people in well paid jobs (including those at the GMC) have health insurance. GPs have traditionally been gatekeepers and asked for specialist help when needed. If we are honest about private insurance it is not about Primary Care, that most of us have quick access to; it is about Specialist Care, from IVF to Caesarian Section ( and there are no Nurse Specialists doing that yet), from Appendectomy to Colonic Cancer treatment (and Bare Foot doctors in the Mao era cannot do the latter either), from keyhole knee work for Cricketers to full hip-replacements, from Stents to Heart Transplants, from Anorexia Nervosa to Schizophrenia, from Trigeminal Neuralgia to Multifocal Glioma, from prostate cancer to kidney transplant and I could go on and on. China realised in 1986 you need well trained Specialists to do those. We do not seem to learn from the mistakes of others.
So do you really think that hospitals are not necessary, or not necessary for the average citizen of England. Soon they will be sold and it will be costly to buy them back.
What about medical training? If these hospitals are sold, who pays?
And watch out, someone, your parent, your spouse, your child and even your MP may need a Hospital Consultant one day.
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Decisions being made on the ground, however, suggest that the policy is being pushed ahead without public debate. In July NHS London explained its thinking on the reconfiguration of hospitals in the capital. Eight of London's A&E units were to close. In their place 'minor injury' and 'urgent care' units would be opened, but located 'away from hospitals to prevent people entering A&E unnecessarily'. Some of the eight targeted A&E departments have already been closed or are scheduled to close, and Lewisham's would have been until Mr Hunt's decision to close it was ruled unlawful. So it seems fair to suppose that concentrating A&E and maternity services – and the necessary depth of other supporting services – in a few very large hospitals, and in effect closing many of the rest, is one half of the model that NHS England are pursuing.
Quality premium will be paid to CCGs that achieve targets set by the board, including reducing avoidable emergency admissions, rolling out the friends and family test, reducing incidence of healthcare associated infections and reducing potential years of lives lost through amenable mortality.
A new game will start: Hospital Avoidance!!!
The part of Health Care delivered by Hospital Consultants will be severely rationed. Many so called Foundation Trust Hospitals would be in severe financial difficulties as the new CCGs will be rationing Hospital based work from A & E to Stent procedures so that the FT Hospitals will be forced to make money from private work and mainly from overseas as most citizens are still paying for the collapse of the likes of RBS, Northern Rock & HBOS.
Just look at A & E, Urgent Care Centres are set up by the new CCGs to avoid paying hospitals and if you use OOH or A & E too often, you might by removed from their list. There will be other life style excuses to exclude even Type 2 Diabetes.
Waiting time may once again be used as an excuse for rationing and this may be because of the 49% private work load. Who knows, would many consultant still be with the State side of NHS? My dentist went totally private years ago and never looked back. Do we really have such short memories?
If you do not believe the plot, the tactics are already in place to separate Primary and Secondary Health Care:
Care pathways
Case management
Demand management
Clinical and financial alignment
Risk stratification
Inappropriate referrals
Referral protocols
Rules-based medicine
Referral management systems
Admission avoidance
Doctors will not be involved to avoid problems with the GMC!!!