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Don’t let inaccurate reporting on Scout Promise spoil St George’s Day celebratings

Michael McFarland Campbell

As many Scouts in the United Kingdom prepare for St George’s Day commemorations, The Sunday Times, has reported that The Scout Association (TSA) has plans to change the Scout Promise. It is sad that this story has been published today as many of us as members will be renewing our Promise as the Founder, Lord Baden-Powell OM asked. The story in The Sunday Times is littered with inaccuracies, including the first sentence. FOR more than a century, budding Cub Scouts have cheerfully pledged to do their duty “to God and to the Queen”. Now the wording of the famous oath is to be … Continue reading Don’t let inaccurate reporting on Scout Promise spoil St George’s Day celebratings

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Dispicable blood ban must be lifted in Northern Ireland

Michael McFarland Campbell

Once again, Northern Ireland lags behind progress in the rest of the United Kingdom. The health minister at Stormont, Edwin Poots MLA of the DUP has said that he will not be rushed on lifting the ban on gay men giving blood. Last October, he was quizzed by the health committee in the Northern Ireland Assembly and told them, I am not going to be rushed, pushed or harassed on an issue that is about public safety The Minister continued to state his position: We are not west Brits here: we are Northern Ireland, and we are a devolved Administration. … Continue reading Dispicable blood ban must be lifted in Northern Ireland

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MaltEaster bunnies are a waste of money

Michael McFarland Campbell

Andrew just got me some sweets as I had complained that he had eaten all the Maltesers from this morning. When he got in from the shop, I opened my bag and found individually wrapped MaltEaster bunnies. Five of them. The bag is not really worth £1.29 is it? – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone Location:Vicarage St,Belfast,United Kingdom Continue reading MaltEaster bunnies are a waste of money

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Women and children last – from @thesundaytimes

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Women and children last – from @thesundaytimes

As men tend to be physically stronger than women, they have a greater chance of survival. The Titanic and HMS Birkenhead, which grounded in the Indian Ocean in 1852, are the only maritime catastrophes studied to have had a greater percentage of female survivors than male. In both cases, the captains told men to stand back and used the threat of violence to enforce their orders.

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Titanic Peal rung at Our Lady & St Nicholas, Liverpool Pier Head.

Michael McFarland Campbell

Yesterday, a full peal was rung at the Parish Church of Our Lady & St Nicholas, Pier Head, Liverpool, for the Titanic Centenary. The details can be found on Campanophile. Our Lady & St Nicholas’ is the Parish Church of … Continue reading Titanic Peal rung at Our Lady & St Nicholas, Liverpool Pier Head.

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From the Cornish countryside to the North Atlantic…

Michael McFarland Campbell

It is hard not to notice that it is nearly 100 years since RMS Titanic sank. Until this morning, I felt like I had no connection whatsoever with the ill-fated ship. However, when I was reading BBC News this morning, I found that there is a link, slightly tenuous, but a link anyway. For many years, summer holidays for me were spent in the Tamar Valley and particularly on the Cornish bank looking over into England. The days were spent in the Parish of Calstock and the surrounding countryside. There are many little villages within the parish boundaries, from Calstock … Continue reading From the Cornish countryside to the North Atlantic…

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Emma and John – two helped by Centrepoint… can you help more?

Michael McFarland Campbell

How many people are fortunate not to have become homeless due to the generosity of others? I am sure that it is many thousands. I know, from experience, what it is like to be in a city with nowhere to stay. Fortunately, I was helped by many that I had come to know in my time in Oxford. But others are not so lucky. They need the assistance of others. Browsing on the web today, I saw information about Centrepoint: It’s hard to put into words what having a safe, warm room means to a young person who’s been homeless. … Continue reading Emma and John – two helped by Centrepoint… can you help more?

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English education needed as @sinnfeinireland makes #typo on twitter

Michael McFarland Campbell

Okay everyone makes mistakes – but at least check the heading before posting to a website, especially when that appears to be directly linked to Twitter. http://twitter.com/#!/sinnfeinireland/status/189381399273414657 What is, of course, more amusing is that it is the Education spokesperson, Seán Crowe TD, making the comment. Perhaps Deputy Crowe could start ensuring the press team in Sinn Féin have improved their knowledge of the English language as well as the Irish. min·ster noun a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment. any large or important church, as a cathedral. (dictionary.com) I think we can safely say that those responsible meant Minister as is stated in the article itself. It really help to proofread something before sending – I know … Continue reading English education needed as @sinnfeinireland makes #typo on twitter

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Fr Peter Thompson on notices…

Michael McFarland Campbell

I didn’t make it out to church today, I wasn’t well enough, but instead I read a Sermon by a friend, The Rev’d Dr Peter Thompson, FIGOC. Fr Peter begins, There was a shocking photograph in the newspapers some time back. A cart was being driven through the streets of a city in the Far East. On the cart were standing 15 or 20 men. Round the neck of each, hanging from a string, was a notice. On the notice was written the particular crime they were accused of. When they reached the end of their journey, so the report … Continue reading Fr Peter Thompson on notices…

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