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A small victory over an unfair system
February 7th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
Ten months ago, I did a posting about how I had accompanied a good friend of mine with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) to an interview as part of a Work Capability Assessment (WCA) because he had applied for the new Employment & Support Allowance (ESA). He was refused the ESA, he appealed, and today he had […]
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My new opportunity to promote digital inclusion
February 6th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
I was not an early user of the Internet and indeed for a while I really lacked confidence online – as I’ve explained here. But, when I became more familiar with the Net, I became passionate about how it could transform lives, organisations and societies and the desirability of achieving the highest possible number of […]
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Now we have snow too
February 4th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
The last week has seen bitterly cold weather here in London and today as forecast the snow arrived. Of course, in the last couple of weeks most of Europe has suffered an exceptionally cold spell. How are things with you?
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A (sleeping) babe in arms
January 24th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
This afternoon, I collected my granddaughter Catrin from her nursery as I do from time to time to help out her parents. I found that she had been running a temperature because she has some sort of fever. Back at her flat, she was not her usual joyful self. She did not want to crawl […]
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Baby Catrin one year old today
January 17th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
Did I mention that i have a beautiful granddaughter called Catrin? I thought I might have made reference to her. Well, little Catrin is one year old today. I was present at her birth day [see posting here] and I will be there for her birthday (I’m babysitting while mom and dad go out for […]
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What are we going to do about Iran’s nuclear intentions?
January 12th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
I am especially interested in the future of Iran since I visited the country only two years ago and know how much people there would like a more liberal regime. You can read my account of the trip here. This week, we have the news that a fourth attack has been made on a scientist […]
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The scandal that is the WCA
January 12th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
Nine months ago, I did a posting about how I had accompanied a good friend of mine with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) to an interview as part of a Work Capability Assessment (WCA) because he had applied for the new Employment & Support Allowance (ESA). He was refused the ESA, he appealed, and he has now been […]
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How to think critically
January 11th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
The United States Naval War College at Newport, Rhode island has just approached me for copyright permission to reproduce my web site advice on “How To Think Critically”. Of course, I was happy to agree. If it’s good enough advice for the US military, you might want to check it out here.
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The day I ‘found’ £328,000
January 10th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
In today’s G2 supplement in the “Guardian”, there is an article about how journalist Leo Benedictus found that £250,000 was accidentally paid into his bank account. I can beat that. I once received a bank statement that included two payments into my account that were totally unknown to me: one for £3,246.10 and the other for £324,610.00 making […]
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An up-date on baby Catrin
January 9th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
Until today, I hadn’t seen my granddaughter Catrin for a month because she was away in Canada with her parents celebrating Christmas with her mom’s relatives in Montreal. She saw her first snow and experienced temperatures as low as – 17C. When I collected her from nursery this afternoon, I found that, even in four […]
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