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Taking the #RightApproach with the Health and Social Care Alliance

Stream Taking the #RightApproach with the Health and Social Care Alliance by SCVO from desktop or your mobile device




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Ex-minister calls for national insurance hike to fund NHS and social care system


A new tax is urgently needed to fund the NHS and social care system, according to a Tory docto




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SCVO launch third sector human rights campaign - Parliament & Government | The ALLIANCE



New campaign to promote human rights across the third sector.




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Partnership Working and the Future of Neurological Services - Alliance Scotland Viewpoint | The ALLIANCE



Our latest viewpoint in a series on neurological conditions comes from Gerard Gahagan, Head of Service - Epilesy, Quarriers.




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International Firefighters’ Day: Recognizing and Supporting Firefighters in Their All-Hazards Role

Today, May 4th, is International Firefighters’ Day. Each year on this day, firefighters are celebrated – and rightly so.   Most people have an image of firefighters clad in heavy coats, over-sized boots and sturdy helmets, rushing into




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Undone: The Unprocrastination Challenge

By Leo Babauta This month, I’m issuing a challenge to all of you procrastinators … and no, you can’t make the joke that you’ll do it later! The challenge is called Undone: The Unprocrastination Challenge, and it’s a part of my Sea Change Program. The challenge is to set aside an “unprocrastination session” every day […]



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We’re All Monastics Now

By Leo Babauta My Zen teacher Susan recently told a group of her students at the end of a Zen meditation retreat, “We’re all monastics now.” In this global pandemic, we’re in an era of isolation, retreat. We’re also in an era of heightened uncertainty. This can be a terrible thing, and drive us to […]



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Let's keep Corona in the ballpark




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ball and socket

A ball and socket occurs when one bro goes in for the fist and the reciprocating bro acts as if he is gona bump too, but instead grabs the bros fist and shakes in a pivoting motion making for an awkward moment. Thus the ball and socket has been created.

Bro 1: Fuck yea! (Goes for the fist bump)

Bro 2: (secretly going in for the bro move with alterior motives, and grabs the fist and shakes)

Bro 1: awe shit man the ol' Ball and Socket!




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Black Swans, Dead Cats, Live Bats, and Goodbye to All That

  Clusterfuck Nation For your reading pleasure Mondays and Fridays Support this blog by visiting Jim’s Patreon Page Had enough excitement yet? At least the stock markets are following an established script: the bubble pops, the elevator drops, for a while it stops… and then investments sink to the deepest sub-basement, where they linger for a long, more »

The post Black Swans, Dead Cats, Live Bats, and Goodbye to All That appeared first on Kunstler.



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Risings and Fallings

  Clusterfuck Nation For your reading pleasure Mondays and Fridays Support this blog by visiting Jim’s Patreon Page In the corkscrewing anguish of the social sequester, with careers, savings, futures, and dreams whirling down the drain, voices rise above the din of conflicting statistics to ask: what is going on here? To some, it looks like a more »

The post Risings and Fallings appeared first on Kunstler.



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NFPA President Jim Pauley addresses Grenfell Tower fire as evidence of shortfalls in addressing today’s global fire problem

In the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire in London, where 79 people died or are presumed dead and many more were injured, serious concerns and questions around flammability of exterior cladding, the lack of fire sprinklers and the notion of “shelter in place,” among other subjects, have been brought to the forefront by the news media and the public at large. Jim Pauley, president and CEO of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), addressed these troubling fire safety issues in the upcoming edition of NFPA Journal, the association’s membership publication, which will be officially released next month.




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Stay safe this Halloween with NFPA’s fire safety tips

Halloween is creeping up on us. The rush is on to find the perfect pumpkin, the spookiest costume, and the best candy for trick-or-treaters. However, along with all this excitement comes potential fire hazards related to seasonal decor and costumes. Fortunately, fire risks can be avoided by following the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) Halloween safety precautions.




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25 Million Ballots Could be Lost in Shift to Mail-in Voting

We may have to vote by mail or we die. But 22% of mail-in ballots are never counted — that’s well over one out of five. That means, if we go to 80% mail-in voting, we’ll have 25 million lost votes in November. If it were random, it obviously

The post 25 Million Ballots Could be Lost in Shift to Mail-in Voting appeared first on Greg Palast.




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Rush to Vote-by-Mail could cost Dems the ElectionMail-in Voting puts Millions of Minority Ballots at Risk

I get it:  We all must vote by mail—or we die. 
There is really no other safe choice. But there is much to fear, with a switch to all-mail voting—unless our broken absentee ballot system is fixed. Here’s what the “Go Postal” crowd doesn’t tell you

The post Rush to Vote-by-Mail could cost Dems the Election<div id='sec-title'>Mail-in Voting puts Millions of Minority Ballots at Risk</div> appeared first on Greg Palast.




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The Wall

Absent an absurd turn of good luck at the Deus ex Machina level, the US could be a "no go zone" for the rest of the world soon.




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Epic Game Store: Totally Reliable Delivery Service FREE + Spring Sale

Totally Reliable Delivery Service FREE (download before 4/8)
 

The Spring Sale is now here with fresh offers across a range of top content! Don't forget, Epic Coupons acquired in our Holiday Sale are expiring May 1, 2020 2:59am EST and able to be used on any eligible purchase $14.99 or above!

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    RagingStallion: Logan Stevens and Donnie Argento

    Anonymous studs at the bathhouse carry on with their fun. Bearded stud Logan Stevens stumbles on Donnie Argento, face-down-ass-up in his room wearing nothing but a jock. Enticed by Donnie’s hot hole, Logan steps up and dives straight in to eat his furry ass. After eating out Donnie’s hole, Logan spins his new anon friend... View Article

    The post RagingStallion: Logan Stevens and Donnie Argento appeared first on QueerClick.




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    Lartful Friday – Avatar Free* For All

    *with a $60 donation to Lar’s MS Research fundraiser. It’s May 8th (legitimately in case you didn’t know), which means there are only a few weeks in the 2020 edition of the DeSouza MS Research fundraiser. For the final stretch, Lar is changing the rules. Instead of a theme for May, May’s theme is ALL […]




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    Haunted Gallery

    Exclusive offer from Giveaway of the Day and ToomkyGames! No third-party advertising and browser add-ons! In Haunted Gallery, a hair-rising hidden object game, the famous exorcist Gwendolyn Rose is going to have to save the world again! This time the road leads her to the Haunted Gallery. Each painting in the gallery is a magic portal to a distant and abandoned place. The Gallery is connected with the real world by invisible threads. The problem is that an evil essence called Custodian has seized power over this sacred place. Help Gwendolyn defeat him!




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    Free webinar to help residents be financially prepared for wildfires

    With wildfire season already starting in some regions of the United States and around the corner in others, now is the time to start thinking about your physical and financial preparedness.  To help you be better informed, NFPA is hosting two free




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    A small asteroid the size of a bus will fly safely by Earth today

    A newly discovered asteroid about the size of a bus will zip safely by Earth today (May 3), passing at a distance just over halfway to the moon.




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    The 2020 Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks tonight! See 'crumbs' of Comet Halley rain on Earth

    The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks overnight tonight (May 4), with the best views arriving before dawn on Tuesday (May 5).




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    AUBE '20/SUPDET® 2020 call for papers issued

    A call for papers has been issued for AUBE ‘20/SUPDET 2020, a joint conference of the 17th International Conference on Automatic Fire Detection (AUBE ’20) and the Suppression, Detection and Signaling Research and Applications Symposium




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    NFPA’s Lorraine Carli named to National Fallen Firefighter Foundation Board of Directors

    The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) recently announced the appointment of new members to their Board of Directors including the addition of Lorraine Carli, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) vice president of Outreach and




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    Despite relatively small numbers, more women are assuming leadership roles in the US fire service

    It will come as no surprise to women in the fire service but the number of female firefighters in the U.S. remains relatively low, according to the most recent U.S. Fire Department Profile from NFPA. The newest data was released today on the heels of a




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    International Firefighters’ Day: Recognizing and Supporting Firefighters in Their All-Hazards Role

    Today, May 4th, is International Firefighters’ Day. Each year on this day, firefighters are celebrated – and rightly so.   Most people have an image of firefighters clad in heavy coats, over-sized boots and sturdy helmets, rushing into




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    How to celebrate Earth Day virtually in 2020

    With social distancing in full force this Earth Day, the 50th anniversary of this environmental movement is certainly one for the history books. Just because you can’t go outside in large groups this year doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of inventive ways to celebrate Earth, though. The Earth Day 2020 theme is “climate action,” and while we aren’t able to come together physically this year, technology is presenting some unique opportunities to show your love for the Earth virtually.[...]




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    Community collects locally sourced materials to construct a school in Vietnam

    The Xuan Hoa commune in the Lao Cai province of northwest Vietnam is, like much of the surrounding area, a region that has suffered from economic hardships in the past. A large number of households in Xuan Hoa live in extreme poverty, including many of the school district’s 78 students aged 6 to 11 years old. The new Dao school by 1+1>2 Architects was completed in 2019 to provide provide education to the area’s children in first through fifth grades.[...]




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    UNStudio installs new energy-generating facade for solar producer Hanwhas HQ

    UNStudio has completed renovations of the Hanwha headquarters in Seoul — all without disrupting the building’s normal business operations. The impressive feat was achieved thanks to efficient and low-impact construction methods that the international design firm dubs “remodeling in place.” In addition to renovated interior spaces and a redesigned landscape, the Hanwha headquarters is now home to a completely new, energy-generating facade with integrated solar panels to express the company’s identity as an ambitious global leader in the solar panel industry. [...]




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    This Napa Valley winery has been farmed organically since 1985

    Nestled on a gently sloping segment of land on the quiet, western end of St. Helena, California, Spottswoode Estate contains a remarkable piece of environmental history. The property became one of the first vineyards in the Napa Valley to farm 100% organically in 1985, eventually evolving into a leader in sustainable farming for the famous wine-growing region.[...]




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    This serene family home is connected by glass hallways

    Tucked into the foothills of California's beloved Laurel Canyon, the Laurel Hills Residence by Assembledge+ is an exquisite example of modern, sustainable home design. Comprised of three cedar-clad volumes with massive glass panels, the house features interconnecting pavilions that are topped with a broad overhangs to shield the interior spaces from extensive sun exposure.[...]




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    10 ways to celebrate Mothers Day virtually in 2020

    With the majority of the country continuing to observe social distancing and shelter-in-place laws, families are beginning to face a new normal of interacting for the holidays. Mother’s Day is coming up on Sunday, and while most of us won’t be able to see our moms in person this year, there are still ways to celebrate! A silver-lining? Choosing to celebrate from home, social distance-style, can be a win for the environment, too.[...]




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    Portland welcomes first Living Building Challenge project

    Pacific Northwest architecture firm Mahlum has made history with the certification of its new architecture studio as Portland's first Living Building Challenge (LBC) project. As an LBC-certified workspace, Mahlum's new studio meets rigorous sustainability targets including net-zero embodied carbon emissions and the diversion of almost all construction waste from the landfill. The project is the 48th LBC-certified project in the United States and 57th in the world. [...]




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    Rise and Fall of the Rupert Empire



    Rise and Fall of the Rupert Empire




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    It’s a Small World



    It’s a Small World




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    Zoom Will Finally Add End-To-End Encryption, But At A Cost

    As there have been countless cases of Zoombombing in the recent weeks, the security in the video conferencing platform Zoom has been doubted by its users. In response to this, Zoom finally announced on Thursday that they will be implementing and offering end-to-end encryption.

    With the acquisition of Keybase, a New York-based startup specializing in encrypted messaging and cloud services, Zoom will finally be able to make good on its claims of offering end-to-end encryption.
    “We are excited to integrate Keybase’s team into the Zoom family to help us build end-to-end encryption that can reach current Zoom scalability,” CEO Eric Yuan said in a Zoom blog post on Thursday.

    Unfortunately, not all Zoom users will benefit from the company’s new move, as the end-to-end encryption feature will only be available to users who have paid plans (which start at $14.99/month, by the way) on the video conferencing platform.

    If a meeting’s host has enabled this feature, participants will be barred from joining by phone and cloud-based recording will be disabled. In Thursday’s blog post, Yuan emphasized that the feature will not store the encryption key on Zoom’s servers, so the company will not be able to see any part of the call.

    What are your thoughts about this one?

    (Image Credit: Zoom/ Wikimedia Commons)




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    Do Websites Really Look Similar Today?

    When Sam Goree and his colleagues came across articles and blog posts that claim or ask that websites today look very similar to each other, they were intrigued. Unfortunately, since these articles didn’t have an empirical study to back them up, they ran a test to determine whether this claim had any truth to it, and if so, the reason behind it.

    We ran a series of data mining studies that scrutinized nearly 200,000 images across 10,000 websites.

    And what did they find out? Websites, indeed, were becoming very similar.

    More details about this study over at Fast Company.

    What are your thoughts about this one?

    (Image Credit: 200degrees/ Pixabay)




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    The Incident Response Challenge 2020 — Win $5,000 Prize!

    Cybersecurity firm Cynet today announced the launch of a first of its kind challenge to enable Incident Response professionals to test their skills with 25 forensic challenges that were built by top researchers and analysts. The challenge is available on https://incident-response-challenge.com/ and is open to anyone willing to test his or her investigation skills, between April 21st and May




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    ABOUT ALL THOSE FIRST-TIME GUN BUYERS

    We’ve had several cycles of so-called “panic buying” of firearms and ammunition in the last twenty years.  There was Y2K, when credible authorities warned us that the ticking of the clocks into the Year 2000 would blast all of the Read more




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    Baller Move: Five Year Old Pulled Over En Route To Buy Lambo

    By Isaac Cabe  Published: May 06th, 2020 




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    Stupid Cons That Actually Worked For A While

    By Alex Hanton,E. Reid Ross,Julia Lange,Tee Ngin Rui,W.H. Thomas  Published: May 06th, 2020 




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    Watch Cleveland, Ohio Accidentally Destroy Itself With 1.5 Million Balloons

    By Dan Duddy  Published: May 06th, 2020 




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    The Dumbest Ways Plots Accidentally Spoiled Themselves

    By Maxwell Yezpitelok  Published: May 07th, 2020 




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    Lartful Friday – Avatar Free* For All

    *with a $60 donation to Lar’s MS Research fundraiser. It’s May 8th (legitimately in case you didn’t know), which means there are only a few weeks in the 2020 edition of the DeSouza MS Research fundraiser. For the final stretch, […]

    The post Lartful Friday – Avatar Free* For All appeared first on Looking For Group.




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    She Shouldn't Have Called Triple Ant

    Ma'am, Are you in need of roadside assistance?