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Come let us mock at the great That had such burdens on the mind And toiled so hard and late To leave some monument behind, Nor thought of the levelling wind. Come let us mock at the wise; With all those calendars whereon They fixed old aching eyes, They never saw how seasons run, And now but gape at the sun. Come let us mock at the good That fancied goodness might be gay, And sick of solitude Might proclaim a holiday: Wind shrieked -- and where are they? Mock mockers after that That would not lift a hand maybe To help good, wise or great To bar that foul storm out, for we Traffic in mockery. W. B. Yeats's Come Let Us Mock At The Great - Section V of Nineteen Hundred And Ninetee

This is a copy of a letter I sent today to the County Council/ Police & Local MP Robin Walker I hope that that this letter reaches you in good health & spirit. I would like to take this opportunity firstly to thank your Council for the great service that we received in our time of difficulty & secondly to ask for some assistanc e in a matter that affects non-Christian Faith communities within Worcester & the Shire. Over the weekend my aunt passed away at the Worcester Royal Hospital & we found ourselves in a awkward situation where we needed a death certificate issued, so that the body could be released for burial preparation. Your Registrar Ros Parker went out of her way to to come in and help us to sort our matter out & issue the family with a death certificate. She kindly explained all the procedures & steps required so that our passage would be made easier. However everything went according to plan except that we unable to make contact with the cor

Dementia I was privileged enough to have witnesses something spectacular last night at the Worcester Arts Workshop. What I witnessed was something profoundly gut wrenching, something that touched the very depths of my soul and stirred such powerful emotions that you would not have believe me had I said to you that I silently wept through it. I witnessed an incredibly powerful full mask touring production of , Finding Joy; a funny, touching, vital, and heroic tale of dementia. Of how a young man learns to put his addictions aside to care for his grandma. What it shows, is the true reality regarding dementia, what inevitably many of us will have to go through personally as victim & witness. It brings home the harsh reality of what many experience daily and what many are yet to go through. This brave production , performed excellently by VAMOS , is performed without words. Thus making it all the more poignant & significant. The actions strking, gestures amplified, the flow p

The trio that were convicted of Terrorism charges Fanatics Irfan Naseer, 31, Irfan Khalid, 27, and Ashik Ali, 27 in no way represent true Islam. Their sickening, twisted & demented views represent an illness & disease that has no place in a modern, democratic & civilized society. Islam by nature is a peaceful religion & at every point the Prophet Mohammed taught & preached moderation, tolerance & a middle of the road approach to life. Neither excessive or moderate but a balanced perspective which would nourish the spiritual as well as the material. Extremism of this nature is a relatively modern phenomenon feasting upon the emptiness of the soul and is the product of the void that is created by years of neglect, ill thought and a diseased, corrupted mind. It feeds of the anger, resentment and hatred that have been constantly fed to the perpetrator over months if not years by unscrupulous Extremist Groups who literally prey on young impressionable mi

Things that annoy me & I suspect the British people as a whole include; People talking without hands free on mobile phones whilst driving, Persistent Chuggers, dog owners that don't clean up after their dog, foreign call centres & people that park in disabled bays when they're not disabled.Most of all and rapidly rising up that  list must be utility/road works that seem to go on for ever? I know most cities are blighted by this predicament up and down the country on an almost never ending basis, but add into the mix the lack of a ring road, a city dissected by a temperamental river & numerous one way streets/systems you have the recipe to make peoples commute a little less pleasant in the Faithful City. Recent history has shown the impact of these on commuters in the City, the shutting of Tolladine Road for almost 2 months to carry out repairs on the Railway Bridge and the never ending Foregate Street Station bridge restoration.These works were originally sch

I have a new Website , which will bring together my blog, video, audio & articles regarding my work and the issues that matter to you in the City of Worcester. www.jabbariaz.co.uk

Plans for a Day Centre & Move on Accommodation for Homeless People have been announced by Worcester Community Housing in conjunction with St Paul’s Hostel. The plans aim to tie in with Worcester City Councils Homelessness Strategy and utilize S.A.S.H funding   of £254,00 grant allocation from the Department of Communities and Local Government(DCLG) My Aim of writing this blog about the proposed development in Lowesmoor is to engage fully with residents and get the full facts and concerns out in the public, so that these can be properly aired to the Planning Officers and other Ward Councilors and an informed decision is made. I have been around, to Sansome Walk , spoke with residents, personally ,via telephone and   engaged via-electronic media and this is my summary of residents views and the W.C.H. proposal No decision has been made Firstly   WC.H. & ST Paul’s Hostel Case The Centre will be: Front line provision to prevent single homeless

I am bitterly disappointed at not getting the HLF bid, however am now optimistic that the original plans of improving the play area and the entrance to the park will now get done quicker something the residents have always wanted as a key priority. Worcester Standard Article AMBITIOUS plans to breathe new life into an historic city park have suffered a setback after it emerged the project had failed in its bid to secure £1million in lottery funding. Worcester City Council had hoped to win the backing of the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to help cover the cost of a major overhaul of Fort Royal Park on Wylds Lane which stands on one of the key sites of the English Civil War. But the council and its partners were disappointed to discover the bid had failed and they must now decide what parts of the project can still be pursued. The council has already pledged £200,000 from its own budget towards improvements to the park to help celebrate its great historical significance and l