Muslims are forbidden to masturabate or drink alcohol and have other harsh rules governing their day to day lives. Given all that, I don't see any reason not to allow them the occasional treat of a halal Colonel's Goat Curry and a Kentucky-Style falafel. I bet the happy meal is interesting though - I hear it comes with a pound of semtex and a mohammed action figure (face removed). An interesting point made by a Jewish friend of mine - halal food is supposed to be prepared by "the faithful" for it to satisfy the terms of the Koran. Does this mean that this KFC only employs muslims? How about Christian staff? Will they be discriminated against? I'm guessing probably yes, but that'll be ok and only if they're white Christians.
I read this story this morning and wondered how long it would be before the "outraged" comments came along. Not very long, it seems. This couple have a legal right to refuse service, whether it's to gays, swingers, drunks, BNP supporters or Barry Manilow fans, and I for one applaud them for sticking to their principles, even if I don't agree with them. Too much is made these days of the rights of muslims - why should the rights of dedicated christians be any less important?
I don't really see what all the fuss is - it's not as though they committed the most horrible of all crimes, stealing money from the government. All they did was torture and mutilate two human beings, and as we all know from the pointless waste of lives in Afghanistan - humans are worth jack-shit in the UK.
Definitely one of my faves, hence my avatar - there's also now a spin-off called The Cleveland Show, not so funny - yet. Have you seen American Dad? Same guy (Seth MacFarlane) - very funny once you get into it.
Health care support worker is a new one on me, but I have only done consultancy work for the NHS for the last few years. I agree with what you've said here -"the qualifications do not make the nurse good, it is what is inside the person and what they have learnt and taken forward whilst physically doing the job" but I think there is a need for certain career paths of nursing to have a more formalised start, depending on what field they choose to follow - as you say, there are many. Your friend is more than amply qualified to manage a nurse-led walk-in centre or minor casualty dept. GP's are becoming redundant in the 21st century NHS!
Yes, it is awful that nursing staff have to pay for their own registration - so do Ambulance Technicians, Paramedics and basics doctors. Union membership isn't mandatory, but definitely recommended. Every worker has to pay the union fees if they want good protection at work.
Do nurses need to be university educated?
Certain grades of nurses, yes. There are many grades of ward nursing staff - the lower grades who have various titles depending on the health authority such as care assistants, nursing auxiliaries, ward orderlies etc. These are the "bum wipers and hand-holders" (bless them all!). Higher grade nursing staff are now being given more medical responsibilities including dispensing meds, extended obs, catheterisation, cannulation and so forth. These skills and procedures require a far more structured learning process than ever before and I believe a university course is the best way forward initially. The national paramedic qualification has been a university acquired degree for a few years now and has produced some excellent medics.
As with the paramedic qualification, the nursing degree will hopefully follow a similar curriculum - classroom study backed up with ward experience.
As my Dad used to say - "you can't do this kind of job until you've seen it, smelled it, felt it and dealt with it.
U.S. statutes require mandatory minimum sentences of life imprisonment or the death penalty for nearly all first-degree murder convictions in federal court. These mandatory minimum sentences apply even if sentencing guidelines recommend a lesser sentence. Australia, Malaysia, Denmark, Taiwan and many other countries have mandatory minimum sentence laws for murder, though those minimums may range from five years to the death penalty. British law has required a mandatory minimum sentence of life imprisonment in all murder cases since 1965, but recent reforms have increased judicial discretion in sentencing all but the most heinous murders. In other words, Britain doesn't consider the heartless murder of a helpless child to be a "heinous" murder. The British punishment is a couple of years in a comfy cell with satellite tv, 4 square meals a day and leisure activities, then a free plane ticket home and £4500 to boot. And people wonder why immigrants and foreign workers bypass mainland Europe to get to the UK.
Is it just me, or am I alone in thinking that the leader of a first world country should at least be able to spell? Perhaps that's why Prone Bannister Gridiron Brow gave millions to the BHS last year. And as for the extra solders being sent to Alfgarnetstan - they have enough small bits of metal already.
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The reported "fact" that it was 6 weeks before the police followed this up suggests to me that it was a box ticking exercise rather than genuine concern for the childrens' safety.
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- so, the muslim opinion is dross to you?
