The day of 911, I was in the NLA Tower of Croydon a puny relative of the Twin Towers of New York. Today is ten years on as everybody knows, but you cannot believe that such a period of time has passed and the consequences of those actions.
Today I remember the victims of 911 and they are not just those that died on the day but the many who suffered as families and supporters and were overtaken by the "War on Terror" that Blair and Bush inflicted on the world.
Ten years on and the world is a less safe place. Muslims, Christians, Hindu's and Atheists have suffered great losses in the last ten years, lets hope that the next ten years reap rewards of peace and contentment that the sacrifices of the last ten deserve, but I won't hold my breath.
Sunday, 11 September 2011
Thursday, 30 June 2011
A letter from Lucy
http://www.justgiving.com/tomhayleybailey
I am unashamedly using this blog to plug the charity for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease which promotes its greater understanding and treatment and also supports families affected by this awful terminal illness. This charity has recently been hit by the Government cuts and lost its funding so is even more relient on the generosity of the public than ever.
A friend of mine wrote this and I am passing it on and asking you to support Tom & Hayleys run for CJD charity by sponsoring them.
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Thursday, 23 June 2011
Wednesday, 22 June 2011
Enjoyment starts in the first day of retirement!
As you age you half look forward to getting old and half regret the disappearing years. At 40 if you are male you are told that that thing the size of a walnut that can only be accessed by your doctors finger in the rectum is going to grow and grow and grow and a full nights sleep is never going to happen again. If you are female you are looking at the fluctuations offered by the menopause. It ain't easy so the prospect of a happy healthy retirement around the corner when you are in your 50's is the incentive to keep going.
The Government and health authorities are supposed to be easing us into retirement, but oh no now we hear we are going to have to work longer and our pensions will be reduced. I can live with that but today I hear on Radio 4 (the fact I listen to that shows I am ageing in itself) that after you reach 65 you should be severely reduce your alcohol intake. For the sake of god, let us enjoy our twilight life. Let people ageing eat drink and be merry. When I retire I am going to have loads of cheese, drink loads of whiskey, fornicate if I fancy it and I may even take up smoking.
There comes a time when you really should not worry about your health over your enjoyment and that time starts on the first day of retirement.
The Government and health authorities are supposed to be easing us into retirement, but oh no now we hear we are going to have to work longer and our pensions will be reduced. I can live with that but today I hear on Radio 4 (the fact I listen to that shows I am ageing in itself) that after you reach 65 you should be severely reduce your alcohol intake. For the sake of god, let us enjoy our twilight life. Let people ageing eat drink and be merry. When I retire I am going to have loads of cheese, drink loads of whiskey, fornicate if I fancy it and I may even take up smoking.
There comes a time when you really should not worry about your health over your enjoyment and that time starts on the first day of retirement.
Wednesday, 6 April 2011
When Hash tags go wrong
Just realized that I have made up my own #tag for 30 day blogging challenge - whoops! So I have an audience of ...... 1. Well I did say i write for myself.
Sorry will re tweet last couple of entries.
Sorry will re tweet last couple of entries.
The Career Practice
The industry for professional careers advice is similar to the estate agent business, generally people do not have a good word to say about them, even the clients that use their services, so it is nice to be able to sing the praises of one that stands out in its field.
At a senior executive level professional careers support does not come cheap, I have been approached by many firms and received "modest" quotes of five figure fees. When you are not employed as many are currently, finance is a major issue even when money is in the bank, as the light at the end of the tunnel cannot always be seen or if it can be it cannot be discerned whether this is the end of the tunnel or simply the 07.45 Express to Glasgow.
The Career Practice is not cheap! I have done cheap and it is nasty! The Career Practice is value for money and was not, in cost terms, in the league of the services mentioned above. It is, however, well in the league and at the top of it in terms of understanding of the needs of its clients, whether they are the bright and cocky ones expecting a job round the corner or the battered and bruised ones who have found the market place tough.
As part of its commitment to us, the actively seeking to develop a career, free resources are available, regardless of whether we sign up or not and you can get a free CV review, and yes this a marketing tool to get into an interaction with you, but its not heavy, no hard sell and it is always beneficial to get advice on your CV from people who see CV's and that includes head hunters you speak to. One point on CV's is get as much advise on it as you can, but only use the advice that you feel comfortable with. As an extreme example, it was once suggested that I use my middle name on my CV to be more acceptable (removing Kap for Jim). Even though I am known as Jim to some, my business name is Kap and apart from that, when I turned up at interviews, i would have difficulty hiding my heritage. Anyway, I digress.
My contact at The Career Practice is Nigel Cowdrey who is an experienced executive. If you work with Nigel, don't think he will give you an easy ride, he won't, he is hard but fair. I had met him before he set up The Career Practice, but having thrown off the shackles of other peoples businesses, he displays the ability to help clients mould and develop their careers. Working alongside him are Denise Mulchrone and Crispin Reed. Both of whom I have met and are good at their job.
I have known The Career Practice for a year now, although not registered with them and if you are looking for careers development support and advice I would put them at the top of your list to have a discussion with, I can assure you even if you do not decide to register with them it will be time well spent.
At a senior executive level professional careers support does not come cheap, I have been approached by many firms and received "modest" quotes of five figure fees. When you are not employed as many are currently, finance is a major issue even when money is in the bank, as the light at the end of the tunnel cannot always be seen or if it can be it cannot be discerned whether this is the end of the tunnel or simply the 07.45 Express to Glasgow.
The Career Practice is not cheap! I have done cheap and it is nasty! The Career Practice is value for money and was not, in cost terms, in the league of the services mentioned above. It is, however, well in the league and at the top of it in terms of understanding of the needs of its clients, whether they are the bright and cocky ones expecting a job round the corner or the battered and bruised ones who have found the market place tough.
As part of its commitment to us, the actively seeking to develop a career, free resources are available, regardless of whether we sign up or not and you can get a free CV review, and yes this a marketing tool to get into an interaction with you, but its not heavy, no hard sell and it is always beneficial to get advice on your CV from people who see CV's and that includes head hunters you speak to. One point on CV's is get as much advise on it as you can, but only use the advice that you feel comfortable with. As an extreme example, it was once suggested that I use my middle name on my CV to be more acceptable (removing Kap for Jim). Even though I am known as Jim to some, my business name is Kap and apart from that, when I turned up at interviews, i would have difficulty hiding my heritage. Anyway, I digress.
My contact at The Career Practice is Nigel Cowdrey who is an experienced executive. If you work with Nigel, don't think he will give you an easy ride, he won't, he is hard but fair. I had met him before he set up The Career Practice, but having thrown off the shackles of other peoples businesses, he displays the ability to help clients mould and develop their careers. Working alongside him are Denise Mulchrone and Crispin Reed. Both of whom I have met and are good at their job.
I have known The Career Practice for a year now, although not registered with them and if you are looking for careers development support and advice I would put them at the top of your list to have a discussion with, I can assure you even if you do not decide to register with them it will be time well spent.
The 30 day blogging challenge
First of all it looks like I am not doing brilliantly on #The30daybloggingchallenge and have fallen a few days behind. All I can say is that i have been busy doing nothing and been quite productive at it too.
I will be trying to keep pace over the next few days if not to get on track again - I am sure you do not want three to four posts a day - but to get back on the horse and maintain the pace.
I will be trying to keep pace over the next few days if not to get on track again - I am sure you do not want three to four posts a day - but to get back on the horse and maintain the pace.
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