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The second failed attempt by the Home Office to deport Kemi, Taiwo and Yasim on tuesday gained some press attention. However the somewhat suspect claim by Virgin Nigeria Airlines’ Director of Corporate Communications Larry Agose (pictured) has taken centre stage for foiling the forced removal. Larry said that: We were approached to carry Kemi Ayinde who is billed [...]

Alan Johnson Health Secretary has decided that he wants all nurses to be scored for compassion, empathy and how much they smile. The performance of every nursing team in every ward in the country is be evaluated and the results published on an official website. The government wants to publish each trust's overall nursing quality score, to inform patients when they are choosing where to be t

The significance of Vesak lies with the Buddha and his universal peace message to mankind. In most Buddhist temples all over the world, believers will gather to remember Prince Siddhatha. About 2,550 years ago, Prince Siddhatha was born in Lumbini, India during a full moon in the month of Vesak.This wisdom and light that flashed and radiated under the historic Bodhi Tree at Buddha Gaya in the dist

I have spent the last nine months in Northern Thailand--developing this blog during that time. Shortly, I will be returning to Wisconsin and I see a need to change the focus of my blog a bit. For all you Thailand lovers, don't worry, I will continue to blog about this beautiful country.*********blog focues: ~ coffee (shops) ~ photography ~ places i (want to) visit ~ my IDEASbook review, reserach, and opinion & editorial topics: ~ globalization; ~ community empowerment; ~ sustainability and sufficiency; ~ government and politics; ~ economics; ~ history; ~ religion; ~ AND peaceregional areas of interest: ~ Northern Thailand ~ Wisconsin*********Let me know what you think--I am always open to ideas and suggestions.

The executive director of a residential drug treatment center was meeting with the board of directors and talking about the qualifications of the staff. There was a long laundry list of administrative topics to be covered, as the group plowed through the manual on employment policies for the facility. Most of the talking points were [...]

The Eldercare Handbook: Difficult Choices, Compassionate Solutions (Paperback)By Stella Henry Buy new: $16.95$11.5368 used and new from $0.86 Customer Rating: First tagged “eldercare” by E. A. Davis Customer tags: caregiving(3), eldercare(2), social [...]

Sixteen months ago, Arthur C. Brooks, a professor at Syracuse University, published "Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism." The surprise is that liberals are markedly less charitable than conservatives.

Recently Business Week featured Activism 2.0 slide show bringing in different ways people are venturing into the internet with online philanthropy."Online activism is branching out beyond the e-mail entreaty to give and get involved. Organizations dedicated to saving everything from lives to the environment are tapping new social Web tools to drum up support online, offline, and for the bottom line. In the process, they're spurring a new generation to get out and do something besides sign up and be counted."Featured Online Activism activities include:Click to Save Darfur: The Genocide Intervention Network has launched an Internet-calling application that can identify phone numbers for local politicians and then dial them for the member, providing scripted talking points for the conversatio

This set of pictures proves once again that animals have the ability to show compassion and have feelings of friendship towards their own kind (and us for that matter)! One dog was killed in a road accident and his or her friend tried to revive the victim and even attempted to bring bring it to safety. Unfortunately to no avail. (From the pages of Animal Welfare Coalition)Visit:

Here It Is Again Bush And The Compassionate Conservative Farce How Many Times Now Has He Given The Middle Finger To Children Bushtard's Judgemental Faithful Followers, Do They Dare Justify It They're Fanatical About The Fetus, But When It Comes To Living People And Children Who Are In Need, Suddenly Their Compassion Is Gone, Lost With All The Billions Wasted: A Needless War All Based On Lies And The Money Bush Claims We Save With This Cut Is A Rounding Error When Compared To The Cost Of His Rape Of Iraq The Hypocrisy Bush Administration cuts $700 million in Medicaid funds for schools President Bush drew criticism this fall for his refusal to fund a children's health insurance program. On Friday, his healthcare slashing continued. According to the Washington Post, "the Bush administration eliminated about $700 million a year in Medicaid reimbursements to schools, sidestepping an attempt by Congress to block such a move" Issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medica

He comforts us every time we have trouble, so when others have trouble, we can comfort them. 2 Corinthians 1:4 My child’s feelings are hurt. I tell her she’s special. My child is injured. I do whatever it takes to make her feel better. My child is afraid. I won’t go to sleep until she is secure. I’m not a hero…I’m a parent. When a child hurts, a parent does what comes naturally. He helps… Why don’t I let my Father do for me what I am more than willing to do for my own children? I’m learning….Being a father is teaching me that when I am criticized, injured, or afraid, there is a Father who is ready to comfort me. There is a Father who will hold me until I’m better, help me until I can live with the hurt, and who won’t go to sleep when I’m afraid of waking up and seeing in the dark. Ever. Max Lucado Share This

President Bush has thrown away the last remaining tatters of the compassionate conservative costume that “won” him the presidency in 2000. From the New York Times: The Bush administration, continuing its fight to stop states from expanding the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program, has adopted new standards that would make it much more difficult for New York, California and others to extend coverage to children in middle-income families. You read that right. It’s not enough that Bush recently vetoed an expansion of the program, but he is now actively making it harder for states to insure their children, and all without approval from Congress. First, this action is not “conservative.” It is federal meddling in a state run program, something real conservatives, those interested in state rights, would be wholly against. Real conservatives would protect a state run healthcare program from federal government influence, knowing that it is every stateR

This is too sad for words: Former police officer Danie Krugel, whose "magic box" was featured in a Carte Blanche programme on the missing girls connected to paedophile Gert van Rooyen, may be working on another device. And there are rumours he sold the first device, the Matter Orientation System (MOS) to an overseas buyer for R13-million. He says the MOS uses "compassionate quantum physics" to track the dead or vanished. ... Krugel says that, mostly using hair, he is able to trace missing people, or their remains. The MOS works "primarily with DNA using GPS infrastructure", he says. Carte Blanche journalist Susan Puren has bought it all - hook, line and stinker: No one has yet examined the device. Puren's understanding is that "what must be" a computer of some kind occasionally jerks to life and shakes briefly when it makes contact, which is why he must be alone when working with it. It is for this reason that there might be questions about the alleged sale of the device to a myste

Hillary doesn’t trust humankind, which fits in nicely with the Liberal mindset; leave it to us and the nanny state will take care of you. Here’s a question and it’s something that has been irking me for some time now; why are all the candidates referred to as Romney, Richardson, Paul, McCain, etc., yet Clinton is always “Hillary,” by haters and lovers alike? But I digress…ever since the “secret” letters came out in the NY Times from a young “Hillary” the toilet paper has been all about her. Posts here were not in depth, just with a certain disgust when I would view the front page for tripe being shoveled out to the masses. The same day an announcement was made in the Times that it and NBC News were joining forces or collaborating on election coverage both entities of the same stripe had humanizing “Hillary” filler. The day that followed offered yet more of the same; you couldn’t get away from it. Enjoy Brent Bozell’s latest, as were going to b

Las Vegas-based fashion designer, Julia Szkiba O’Connor, will produce “Green Vegas,” an eco and compassionate fashion show, to take place during the Eco Trade Show on August 26, 2007 in Las Vegas. Szkiba O’Connor is a freelance fashion designer and graphic artist who specializes in eco-related designs for various clients nationwide. She also consults new and upcoming designers and fashion entrepreneurs giving them insight into the benefits of “going organic,” as well as developing business strategies for clients eager to promote and produce products that are eco-friendly. In addition to her design and consulting work, O’Connor is a part-time Fashion Design Instructor at the International Academy of Design & Technology-Las Vegas (IADT). Green Vegas is an opportunity for her fashion students to gain “real world” experience in fashion. Newer students will work as fashion stylists and hair and make-up artists; while seniors will s

Bushtard Strikes AgainThe Victim This Time: ChildrenWhat Would Be HealthcareBush Has No ProblemAsking For Billions For WarHis Illegal WarsHis Wars Based On LiesHis Wars That Kill InnocentPeople And ChildrenPuts Our Soldiers InHarms Way, Stuck In A CivilWar, Bunk StrategyBush PrioritiesWhen It Comes To Healthcare, He'sAll Middle FingerThe Basic Rule IsIf Bushtard Can Harm Someone,He Will, Every TimeHe Cannot ResistBlowing Up Another FrogDenying A ChildNeeded Healthcare ThatWe Can Certainly AffordThere Is No Excuse'The CompassionateConservative', A ReallyStrange ContradictionNo One Should EverConserve Their Compassion, ThatTerm Is InvalidIt UsuallyMeans That Someone Is MostlyJudgemental, DetachedScared To Act BeyondWhat They Were Preached To, No ThoughtsOf Their Own, RobotsVIDEO: Marion Wright Edelman Slams Bush For Opposition To Providing Health Insurance To 9 Million Uninsured ChildrenWhere That Contradictory 'Compassionate Conservative' Label Came From   

As the number of maimed, wounded, and dead increases on both sides as a result of our occupation of Iraq, the battle for a happier, healthier America isn't going so well, either.According to The Associated Press:The number of adults without health insurance jumped by 2 million from 2005 to 2006, according to a new federal report.Uninsured Americans numbered 43.6 million last year, a 6% increase from 2005, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Almost all the increase was in the non-elderly adult population -- a trend attributed to diminishing employer coverage and pricier private insurance.Of course, the devil is in the details:The change in non-elderly adults was significant, but the overall increase was not, CDC officials said. The overall count of the uninsured has been fluctuating between 41 and 44 million over the last five years and is not really trending up, they said.Two things worth noting about that last statement:"The last five years" is roughly t

I often wonder how politicians have convinced some Americans that they are compassionate when they steal our paychecks, take a cut for themselves, squander most of it, write their names on the checks, and give it back to the public to pay for overpriced healthcare. If I stole my neighbor's checkbook, wrote my name on the checks, and gave it to someone else, I would be arrested. Nevertheless, we tolerate our politicians performing essentially the same deed. At least if I seized my neighbor's money in the name of compassion, I would make sure not to squander it.Moreover, I might tolerate this abject absurdity if the government demonstrated it could handle our money. However, with a $2.9 trillion "budget," I have had an epiphany that something mystical happens when our money gets to Washington. It is just incredulous how $2.9 trillion is not enough to pay for every conceivable entitlement program. Are government agencies paying $5 million for single rolls of toilet paper, and $10 millio

Comment: An element that seems to have gone missing in the medical profession, or is it on the wane. There are doctors who are compassionate but hospital administrators, especially those private ones, are not. No money no treatment. Emergency or accidents? You won't get in (the private hospitals) unless you can show proof that you can pay. Basically, no money no honey.This element of compassion should be inculcated in all of us. People are suppose to care about other people but in this age of materialism , the $ reign supreme. The Sultan has a very valid point and by right, it should not just cover doctors. All of us should have compassion. IPOH, May 24 (Bernama) Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak wants the UniKL Royal College of Medicine Perak (UniKL-RCMP) to wisely instill values of compassion in its future graduates.According to him, modern medical services required their practitioners to be seen to be having compassion for people and high noble values."Besides training st

"Al has got work to do up there".Ecce homo. I give you Alberto Gonzales, and it's up to the people to judge, it's up to him to explain why he dismissed some nosy attorneys, it's up to my fuse to explain why he short circuited the Congress.George W. Bush washes his hands and I see mud on them : his justice promotes scientific revisionism and medieval fundamentalism, attacks the moderates and pacifists, protects Special Interest Groups.George W. Bush washes his hands and I see blood on them : his justice promotes torture and protects the gunslingers.George W. Bush pretends to be compassionate and to stand for values ? He should be remembered as the immoral coward who betrayed America. Go get Alberto Gonzales, the mastermind of this deviant justice, but don't forget to get the man who ordered this kind of plans*.Go get Alberto Gonzales, the mastermind of Abu Ghraib, but don't forget to impeach his master.* "plans", "intelligent design", "The Architect"... building a fundamentalist ut

This free compassionate pen is a bit misleading. Is the pen itself compassionate? Can pens even display compassion? If so, why’s my pen so cold hearted towards me? What’d I ever do to you, Bic Pro+?! Apparently I’m not even nurturing enough for my pen to show any sort of affection towards me. [via the forums]Technorati Tags: free, pen, compassionate

The great presidential speeches tag cloud allowed me to quickly scan the speeches of all the presidents for keywords and gives a good idea of the theme of each speech. It is a wonderful resource. My first conclusion from looking them over is that the first Bush, was the true compassionate conservative of the family. Compare George W's last State of the Union Address in which Terrorist, confront, strengthen, and offensive are some of the most frequently used words (he does use the word compassion as well) to his dad's Inaugural Address in which love, bless, loyal, prosperity and prosperous are used frequently (not sure what to make of the large number of uses of the word blowing). Another interesting thing to note how both Bush's used the word bipartisan frequently early on in their terms but then its use dwindled to nearly nothing (until W's last speech where it makes a comeback) I encourage you to play around with this thing. It is super interesting and you can even learn about

Hey CBNNA! Dude! I tried rolling and smoking that 'compassion' weed you sent me but no matter how deep I toked I just couldn't get a buzz off it. Bummer. You made it sound so good. But seriously, dude, don't you test the smoke you buy? I think you got took on that last bag, my man.

I strive to keep this blog apolitical, which is no easy task considering the extent to which healthcare and related sciences have been politicized in this country - not to mention the incredible level of incompetence and corruption that all Americans have witnessed the past six years. If someone wanted to stage an exhibition of where the Republican party in general - and George W. Bush in particular - has harmed this country and its citizenry in ways that will surely exceed the lifetimes of those responsible (yet strangely unaccountable) there wouldn't be enough letters in the alphabet to label all the entries.So why bring up my disgust and contempt for this man and his cronies now? What was the straw that broke the camel's back? This:The Bush administration on Tuesday asked an appeals court to overturn a ruling that could require a redesign of the nation's currency to help the blind.Justice Department lawyers filed the appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Co