See interview with volunteer service provider - scroll down Do you find computers frustrating? I am a member of nextdoor.co.uk, a social media that encourages people to contact others in their own area for support and information. Today's entry is stimulated by Stewart, a fellow member from Coleford, that's a small village local from Midsomer about 'digital exclusion'. He wrote ..many people...
The task of First Response Radio is to set up radio stations to keep affected communities informed within 72 hours of a disaster. It empowers two-way communication, via radio, with affected communities in the immediate aftermath of disasters. Teams have simple equipment that can easily be transported into any disaster area. They are trained to use the " radio in a suitcase". Training is...
I can't say that this is the best morning of my whole life. I've just been given a severe dose of reality by Jeffrey Sachs who after 70 years of experience lays out on the table showing how dreadfully corrupt and warmongering certain countries of the world are. The heading says ' Jeffrey Sach's EU Parliament explosive speech shakes Europe and Middle East. It is moderately long, 28:19, but it...
I love having new ideas I love having ideas and back in October I attempted to launch a cultural group, as it happens in Frome which I thought was a literary place, to promote the art of conversation. This did not succeed but I found that the lessons I learned from the exercise which included hiring a hall, getting myself involved with the media, building up a mailing list, although for the most...
For no particular reason my attention has been focused on giving thanks. It was sparked off by someone saying on a video that we should give thanks for our life. I have heard this dozens of times recently, in spite of all the mayhem, but this time the word jumped out at me which is the universe telling me to get on with it and write something. I believe that giving thanks is transformative to...
Over coffee this morning at 7 am I listened to a talk by a preacher with an unfamiliar name on Trans World Radio. This fine preacher was talking about his time as a child and saying that he was the third child and his mother on discovering she was pregnant did not want him and must have sent this message to the vulnerable soul who started life with a feeling of zero self-worth. He tried to get...
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