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Gwadien

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Wait, they get the teachers to organise building maintenance work? What a great idea. We should get NHS nurses to order plumbing supplies and civil servants to do a bit of painting and decorating while we're at it.

As for this story, looks like standard slum landlord tactics; abuse any grants you can get and do a cheapo repair job; there's scandals like that over here about shoddy flats built with non-existent fire-safety all the time. It doesn't actually matter if they were milking the system because they couldn't afford glue sticks; you don't avoid fire safety work, ever, and even if grants were being redeployed for noble purposes (which to be honest I really doubt) its still fraud.

I'm very cynical about charities in general tbh. Tax free status is a natural magnet for unscrupulous behaviour. Its like the way Americans always brag that they spend more money on charity than anyone else, well yes, but only because their churches are charities and they spend their congregation's contributions on stupid mega-churches to make yet more money. Spending money on charity isn't necessarily a synonym for doing something good. Yes I know there are great and noble charities out there, but an awful lot aren't.

Well, head teachers. lots of academies don't have financial directors/advisers because they can't afford them meaning that construction firms are taking schools for a ride more than ever before.

The best part about academies is that if you perform well you get more funding. I never really understood that logic.
 

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Well, head teachers. lots of academies don't have financial directors/advisers because they can't afford them meaning that construction firms are taking schools for a ride more than ever before.

The best part about academies is that if you perform well you get more funding. I never really understood that logic.

Boards of Governors are supposed to provide expertise and oversight; that should ensure there are no issues with dodgy builders.

Thing is, this is one academy with schools spread all over the country; so what’s the most likely? Multiple dodgy contractors or a problem with the academy itself? Occam’s Razor suggests the latter.
 

Gwadien

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Boards of Governors are supposed to provide expertise and oversight; that should ensure there are no issues with dodgy builders.

Thing is, this is one academy with schools spread all over the country; so what’s the most likely? Multiple dodgy contractors or a problem with the academy itself? Occam’s Razor suggests the latter.

Trusts get more £££ if they take on more schools too.

I'd imagine what's happened here is the Academy set up the original school, realised their income wasn't fantastic thought let's take on more schools for £££ but turns out they don't actually make that much money.

I dunno, I genuinely can't see how you could siphon money away from a trust, unless you pay your own company or something.
 

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Trusts get more £££ if they take on more schools too.

I'd imagine what's happened here is the Academy set up the original school, realised their income wasn't fantastic thought let's take on more schools for £££ but turns out they don't actually make that much money.

I dunno, I genuinely can't see how you could siphon money away from a trust, unless you pay your own company or something.

Kickbacks and good accountants.
 

Gwadien

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Kickbacks and good accountants.

Whilst we're on the subject, can someone explain to me how suppliers work.

The last school I was at, someone got a MASSSSSSSSSSSSIVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEE bollocking for ordering shit from another company because the school had a contract with another company; but the prices were like x2/3 the RRP price.

What benefit would these contracts have?
 

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Whilst we're on the subject, can someone explain to me how suppliers work.

The last school I was at, someone got a MASSSSSSSSSSSSIVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEE bollocking for ordering shit from another company because the school had a contract with another company; but the prices were like x2/3 the RRP price.

What benefit would these contracts have?
Usually there is a deal between the prefered supplier that if you put so much business through them then the company gets a rebate/ kick back. So the price you pay may be higher initially but the company getting money back might make it cheaper in the long run.

Then there is nepotism. Where someone on he board knows someone who runs a supplier company and they get the contract just cause.

Either way there is usually a setup for money transfers and repayments that might be beneficial to the company so usuallyyocan only buy from recognised suppliers if you wanna claim money through them.
 

Gwadien

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Furore at 'racist' Serena Williams cartoon

Omg now you cant characature a black person because you know racist.

Lol

I dunno, I think you can get the message across without making half her face her lips.

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Bodhi

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Just makes her look like a screaming baby, so it's pretty accurate.
 

Moriath

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I dunno, I think you can get the message across without making half her face her lips.

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Thats what a characature is. You exagerate the points on a face.

Loads of spitting image puppets had big noses and ears. She has big lips in real life so its exagetated in the picture..

Oh look he has big lips on his puppet. Must be racist
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This bloke is 95, he did a scuba dive for 45 mins.
Nice and relaxing scuba diving is. Not a stress or strain on anything.

But I do know a 76 year old woman raced and was competetive at the sheffield steel city MTB downhill race. :)

Use it or lose it. Becoming weak and useless in your old age is a choice for most people. In fact it's a continuous series of choices made to not keep levels of activity high enough and to eat generally poorly throughout life.

/sanctamonious prick
/patronising wanker
/whatevs - I'll be able to enjoy life whenever whichever fat bastard objects to the above is pissing themselves and being a burden on their family*



*presuming I don't turn myself into a vegetable ;)
 

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Nice and relaxing scuba diving is. Not a stress or strain on anything.

But I do know a 76 year old woman raced and was competetive at the sheffield steel city MTB downhill race. :)

Use it or lose it. Becoming weak and useless in your old age is a choice for most people. In fact it's a continuous series of choices made to not keep levels of activity high enough and to eat generally poorly throughout life.

/sanctamonious prick
/patronising wanker
/whatevs - I'll be able to enjoy life whenever whichever fat bastard objects to the above is pissing themselves and being a burden on their family*



*presuming I don't turn myself into a vegetable ;)
I wanna get my tax dollars back in health care spend. Will be taking your net loss to my net gain :)
 

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Good. It’s gambling. End of story.

It's funny because recently EA said something along the lines of "We're not going to comply with Belgium because it's legal and we'll take Belgium to court over it!"

Guess they got their wish. Praying this blows up in their faces and they lose the right to sell products.
 

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It's funny because recently EA said something along the lines of "We're not going to comply with Belgium because it's legal and we'll take Belgium to court over it!"

Guess they got their wish. Praying this blows up in their faces and they lose the right to sell products.

Belgium is one of those countries with a state gambling monopoly. They are extremely protective of it. Then add in the whole gambling targeted at minors thing and EA are going to get a nasty shock.

To be honest every other country with a gambling regulator should be all over this as well. I'm amazed its taken this long.
 

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I wanna get my tax dollars back in health care spend. Will be taking your net loss to my net gain :)

I'm following my Gran's recipe for success - she's still pretty active at 96, and her way of keeping fit was playing golf 3 times a week :)

She also smoked 40 a day until she was 70 - gotta follow the template exactly I guess.
 

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I'm following my Gran's recipe for success - she's still pretty active at 96, and her way of keeping fit was playing golf 3 times a week :)

She also smoked 40 a day until she was 70 - gotta follow the template exactly I guess.
Did she recover from cancer earlier on in her life too?
 

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Belgium is one of those countries with a state gambling monopoly. They are extremely protective of it. Then add in the whole gambling targeted at minors thing and EA are going to get a nasty shock.

To be honest every other country with a gambling regulator should be all over this as well. I'm amazed its taken this long.

It will probably spread to other countries once the court case has concluded.
 

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Whilst we're on the subject, can someone explain to me how suppliers work.

The last school I was at, someone got a MASSSSSSSSSSSSIVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEE bollocking for ordering shit from another company because the school had a contract with another company; but the prices were like x2/3 the RRP price.

What benefit would these contracts have?
Some nice holidays the person who signed it.

Why would any org sign an exclusive supplies contract? We are talking schools not NASA or Northrop's Skunkworks.
 

Gwadien

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Dwarf wrestling 'freak show' cancelled

Now here's overbearing 'I'm offended' bullshit.

There's a lad who I went to school who's disabled and is protesting against the cancellation. Lots of little dudes aren't gonna make some big £££ taking part in a sport they enjoy.
 

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