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		<title>The lunatics have taken over the asylum &#8211; 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While I&#8217;m ranting abut the general incompetencies of the whole Job Centre set up  -  it&#8217;s almost Orwellian doublespeak &#8211; they don&#8217;t deal with jobs, and with the best will in the world, they really aren&#8217;t equipped to deal with people seeking more senior roles.
Anyway, this week (a week when the long term jobless reached [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The lunatics have taken over the asylum &#8211; 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Several months ago I was called to see a Jobcentre &#8217;specialist&#8217; as I had been unemployed for six months. This involved some pressure to take part in &#8216;back to work&#8217; training to improve my general employability.
The list included Electrical Appliance Testing, Health and Safety and various other subjects. I though that Health and Safety training [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The lunatics have taken over the asylum &#8211; 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I&#8217;ve said before, I&#8217;ve resisted from posting an unemployment blog as it would get too depressing &#8211; &#8220;I applied for 45 jobs this week and not one recruitment consultant has had the decency to acknowledge my application&#8221; but sometime life gets beyond the pale.
Seriously you couldn&#8217;t make it up!
A few weeks ago I went [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mallorn.net/2010/02/the-lunatics-have-taken-over-the-asylum-1/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Dream It&#8217;s Over</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s announcements that Dubai is suffering financial hardship probably generated more than a little schadenfreude in the struggling economies of the west.

A couple of years ago we visited Dubai, (some pictures here) staying at the wonderful Madinat Jumeirah complex. We were so impressed with the atmosphere and service that we returned within the year to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mallorn.net/2009/11/dont-dream-its-over/</link>
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		<title>Cars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a teenager I would regulalry visit the Motor Show at Earl&#8217;s Court. I&#8217;ve mentioned before that I was a petrol-head before I knew what petrol was! Living in Hornchurch and Upminster as I did, it was easy to get a &#8216;Twin Rover&#8217; for four shillings &#8211; the equivalent of a Travelcard today &#8211; and [...]]]></description>
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