Staffordshire Ambulance Service

The Staffordshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust was the authority responsible for providing National Health service (NHS) ambulance services in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent in the West Midlands region.Staffordshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust was created in 1992 and covered most of the county of Staffordshire. Until late 2004, there was little change in the executive and nonexecutive team. From then on, a number of changes took place: a new chairman and a non-executive director were appointed to the trust’s board and, in March 2006, the chief executive, who had been in post since the trust was created, left the trust. The medical director, who was also the deputy chief executive and who had been working in the trust since 1999, left at the end of March 2006. Following the departure of the previous chief executive, an acting chief executive was appointed, along with an acting medical adviser who left the trust at the end of July 2006. The previous medical director returned to the trust on 25 July 2006 and on 1 August 2006 he was appointed acting medical adviser. A joint director of clinical performance (with West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust) was appointed in November 2006. Staffordshire Ambulance Service no longer exists following a merger with West Midlands Ambulance Service on 1 October 2007.

Other Ambulance Services 
available in Staffordshire.

Wilker UK LTD
The Counting House Sandy Lane
Ettiley Heath
SANDBACH

E-Zec Medical Transport System
Unit 10 Alderflat Drive
Newstead Industrial Trading...
Cheshire Private Ambulance located in CREWE0    

Cheshire Private Ambulance
PO Box88
CREWE
CW1 2FF

Investigation into Staffordshire Ambulance Service 

NHS Trust (pdf)

My ideas about technology that can 

improve the ambulance service!!!!!!

• Ambulances can use GPS systems to track shorter paths and avoid traffic.
• They can have video conferences with specialized doctors all over the world while taking the patient to the nearest hospital.
• They can have systems to change the traffic light on streets while taking a patient this could make the journey much more faster.
• Ambulances can have special systems to give notices to the vehicles near it ,to give space to the ambulance to move.
• Ambulances can close a lane on highways so that it will have to face less traffic. 

          L.Damien De Silva          

Journey to Nuwara eliya

Nuwara eliya is one of the most beautiful places in Sri Lanka. The scenic beauty of this place can be enjoyed in every bit of movement in our journey. The overwhelming leisure we had at this place gave relax to our mind. So we decided to go to this place and have some leisure.

                Planning        

Our first task when planning the trip is to book a SUV which suites our family. All our family members thought that the SUV is the best vehicle for us. 

Next we found that we will have to travel 248km through the A7 road which is also the shortest distance to Nuwara eliya.

Map captured from Google Maps

This map shows the exact path we are going to use to travel to our destination.

Finally we booked the Jetwing St.Andrews which was the perfect destination for us. By observing the panoramic virtual tours of the rooms we booked 3 deluxe rooms. 360 Virtual Tour .


We also planned some activities to do in nuwara eliya. They are horse riding ,Cycling and etc.





Planning our journey was made much more easier because of the huge use of ICT. 

                                       

                 L. Damien De Silva               

Weather Report

   Galle  

This weather report gives a clear idea of the details of weather in city of Galle in Sri Lanka of one week. Starting from 29th July 2013 to 3rd August 2013.
All evidence taken from
Weather Channel & Accuweather

Weather Report produced by the 

Weather Channel 

of Galle

Report obtained by the 

Accuweather Website 

of Galle

The weather of 29th and 30th is not provided because I posted this post on 30th.

• 29 th

It was clear through out the day.

The dawn began with the pleasant sun.The dusk to was with the golden shimmer of the sun. 

• 30 th

This day too was another duplicate of the day before with no variations.

In an average, both these reports show that 

the week is an excellent 

stay for a short vacation. 

By L.Damien De Silva

Online Crime & Prevention

The Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, officially recorded as Republic Act No. 10175, is a law in the Philippines approved on 12 September 2012. It aims to address legal issues concerning online interactions and the Internet in the Philippines. Among the cybercrime offenses included in the bill are cybersquatting, cybersex, child pornography, identity theft, illegal access to data and libel.
While hailed for penalizing illegal acts done via the internet that were not covered by old laws, the act has been criticized for its provision on criminalizing libel, which is perceived to be a curtailment in freedom of expression.
On October 9, 2012, the Supreme Court of the Philippines issued a temporary restraining order, stopping implementation of the Act for 120 days, and extended it on 5 February 2013 "until further orders from the court."

Online Banking & Shopping

Online Banking

Online banking (or Internet banking or E-banking) allows customers of a financial institution to conduct financial transactions on a secure website operated by the institution, which can be a retail or virtual bank, credit union or building society.

To access a financial institution's online banking facility, a customer having personal Internet access must register with the institution for the service, and set up some password (under various names) for customer verification. The password for online banking is normally not the same as for telephone banking. 

Financial institutions now routinely allocate customer numbers (also under various names), whether or not customers intend to access their online banking facility. Customer numbers are normally not the same as account numbers, because a number of accounts can be linked to the one customer number. The customer will link to the customer number any of those accounts which the customer controls, which may be cheque, savings, loan, credit card and other accounts. Customer numbers will also not be the same as any debit or credit card issued by the financial institution to the customer.
To access online banking, the customer would go to the financial institution's website, and enter the online banking facility using the customer number and password. Some financial institutions have set up additional security steps for access, but there is no consistency to the approach adopted.

Online Shopping

Online shopping or online retailing is a form of electronic commerce which allows consumers to directly buy goods or services from a seller over the Internet using a web browser. Alternative names are: e-web-store, e-shop, e-store, Internet shop, web-shop, web-store, online store, and virtual store. An online shop evokes the physical analogy of buying products or services at a bricks-and-mortar retailer or shopping center; the process is called business-to-consumer (B2C) online shopping. In the case where a business buys from another business, the process is called business-to-business (B2B) online shopping. 

The largest of these online retailing corporations are eBay and Amazon.com, both based in the United States. Retail success is no longer all about physical stores, this is evident because of the increase in retailers now offering online store interfaces for consumers. With the growth of online shopping, comes a wealth of new market footprint coverage opportunities for stores that can appropriately cater to offshore market demands and service requirements.

www.ebay.com

www.amazon.co.uk

Entertainment & Leisure

From the many responses and feedback that we have attained a fair conclusion can be arrived onto to understand the demands and the challenges that are necessary to improve and leverage on this space of the Internet revolution. 
The Internet had made information much more easily available and accessible.

Social Networking Sites have contributed to making the world a closer place to live in and help us to stay connected with our friends and family. 

Through social networking sites, people can stay connected in the virtual world with friends and like-minded people sharing the same interests and likes, keep in touch with existing friends, make new friends, connect with old friends and also create real–life friendships through similar interests or groups. Besides the fact of establishing important social relationships, social networking users can share their personal interests with other like–minded members by enrolling themselves in forums and groups. 

A few networking sites like Linked in and Facebook can also help members establish business oriented contacts and also find a job in communities posted. These sites have also been lately a point of sale for companies looking to hire people with talent as this enables them to drill down deeper into finding the right candidates and relate to them better.

Online Employment

Online employment doesn't have a major difference with the traditional work done in the offices. This field of working is extremely improving due to it's major advantages. 
Some giants in this field is Google and Remote Staff

$tep$ of doing a online job

• First you need to be 18 years old.
• Apply for a online screening test

Employment screening tests are typically forms or questionnaires composed of test or interview-type questions. The questions may be multiple choice, yes/no, rank-order, or open-ended. The questions are used to gauge job applicants’ knowledge, skills, attitudes, and/or personality before conducting a phone screening or in-person interview.

• A job applicant’s performance on the test determines whether he or she moves on to the next round of the interview process.
• Now he/she will sometimes get the job. 

Old is Gold !!!!!!

In 1994 Robert J. McGovern began NetStart Inc. as software sold to companies for listing job openings on their Web sites and manage the incoming e-mails those listings generated. After an influx of two million dollars in investment capital  he then transported this software to its own web address, at first listing the job openings from the companies who utilized the software. NetStart Inc. changed its name in 1998 to operate under the name of their software, CareerBuilder. The company received a further influx of seven million dollars from investment firms such as New Enterprise Associates to expand their operations.

Online Resources

What are the useful 

resources available on     internet ? 

They help us to do our work much more easily and conveniently.

E- Learning
E-learning refers to the use of electronic media and information and communication technologies (ICT) in education. E-learning is broadly inclusive of all forms of educational technology in learning and teaching. E-learning is inclusive of, and is broadly synonymous with multimedia learning, technology-enhanced learning (TEL), computer-based instruction (CBI), computer-based training(CBT), computer-assisted instruction or computer-aided instruction (CAI), internet-based training (IBT), web-based training(WBT), online education, virtual education, virtual learning environments (VLE) (which are also called learning platforms), m-learning, and digital educational collaboration. These alternative names emphasize a particular aspect, component or delivery method.


E-learning includes numerous types of media that deliver text, audio, images, animation, and streaming video, and includes technology applications and processes such as audio or video tape, satellite TV, CD-ROM, and computer-based learning, as well as local intranet/extranet and web-based learning. Information and communication systems, whether free-standing or based on either local networks or the Internet in networked learning, under many e-learning processes.

E-learning can occur in or out of the classroom. It can be self-paced, asynchronous learning or may be instructor-led, synchronous learning. E-learning is suited to distance learning and flexible learning, but it can also be used in conjunction with face-to-face teaching, in which case the term blended learning is commonly used.

The main technique used in e-learning is video conferencing.

Advantages of 

E-Learning!!!!!!!!!!

Examples of some e-learning websites : https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/
 community/connections/m-learning
http://www.nanatharana.com/ 

I am a new edexcel AL'S student. I am studying in The International school. I am studying in the mathematical class in the school.