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      <title>LibreOffice Learning Resources</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[LibreOffice Learning Resources&#xA;&#xA;As digital skills are an essential part of everyday life.  I have created, a new blog, to host information to help people out tasks using LibreOffice.&#xA;&#xA;So far this is blog has covered just the Writer component. This may be extended later, as I have some videos for the Calc Spreadsheet.  &#xA;&#xA;The new blog can be found here. &#xA;&#xA;Videos, hosted on my Peer tube.&#xA;Images, hosted on Salsa.debian&#xA;Blog, hosted on personaljournal.ca/&#xA;Blog. powered by https://write.as/&#xA;&#xA;TDF Blog post&#xA;&#xA;#Digital,#Skills,#LibreOffice,#Writer,#Basic,#Tutorial,&#xA;#Text,Video,#MixedMedia,#Learning,#Development&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table&#xD;&#xA;thead&#xD;&#xA;trtda rel=&#34;me&#34; href=&#34;https://qoto.org/@zleap&#34;Mastodon/a/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro&#34;ShellLabs/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://joinmastodon.org/&#34;Join Mastodon/a/td/tr/thead/table&#xD;&#xA;center&#xD;&#xA;AI statement : b Consent is NOT granted to use the content of this blog for the purposes of AI training or similar activity.  Consent CANNOT be assumed, it has to be granted. /b&#xD;&#xA;/center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LibreOffice Learning Resources</p>

<p>As digital skills are an essential part of everyday life.  I have created, a new blog, to host information to help people out tasks using <a href="https://www.libreoffice.org/" rel="nofollow">LibreOffice</a>.</p>

<p>So far this is blog has covered just the <a href="https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/writer/" rel="nofollow">Writer component</a>. This may be extended later, as I have some videos for the <a href="https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/calc/" rel="nofollow">Calc Spreadsheet</a>.</p>

<p>The new blog can be found <a href="https://personaljournal.ca/libreoffice/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p>
<ul><li>Videos, hosted on my <a href="https://diode.zone/video-channels/libreofficewriter/videos" rel="nofollow">Peer tube</a>.</li>
<li>Images, hosted on Salsa.debian</li>
<li>Blog, hosted on <a href="personaljournal.ca/" rel="nofollow">personaljournal.ca/</a></li>

<li><p>Blog. powered by <a href="https://write.as/" rel="nofollow">https://write.as/</a></p></li>

<li><p><a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/11/19/new-beginner-libreoffice-tutorials-and-videos-from-paul-sutton/" rel="nofollow">TDF Blog post</a></p></li></ul>

<p><a href="/paulsutton/tag:Digital" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Digital</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:Skills" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Skills</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:LibreOffice" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">LibreOffice</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:Writer" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Writer</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:Basic" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Basic</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:Tutorial" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Tutorial</span></a>,
<a href="/paulsutton/tag:Text" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Text</span></a>,Video,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:MixedMedia" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">MixedMedia</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:Learning" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Learning</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:Development" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Development</span></a></p>

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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2020 13:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Universal Basic Income (UBI)</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Universal Basic Income (UBI)&#xA;&#xA;There has been calls recently for the introduction of Universal Basic Income or UBI for short. &#xA;&#xA;This partly provides a safety net, esp in uncertain times, it also means those who are working in the &#39;GIG economy&#39; without fixed hours or income at least get some sort safety net. &#xA;&#xA;I have included a link to UK population data below [2].&#xA;&#xA;This has been tried out in Finland and a report in New Scientist is presented below. &#xA;&#xA;Ted Article - Could universal basic income end inequality? Maybe. added 8/9/2020&#xA;UBI Experiment in Finland&#xA;&#xA;https://www.newscientist.com, Lu,Donna, 6 May 2020.&#xA;Overview of the UK population: August 2019 &#xA;&#xA;#universal,#basic,#income,#money,#finance,#economic,#population.&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table&#xD;&#xA;thead&#xD;&#xA;trtda rel=&#34;me&#34; href=&#34;https://qoto.org/@zleap&#34;Mastodon/a/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro&#34;ShellLabs/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://joinmastodon.org/&#34;Join Mastodon/a/td/tr/thead/table&#xD;&#xA;center&#xD;&#xA;AI statement : b Consent is NOT granted to use the content of this blog for the purposes of AI training or similar activity.  Consent CANNOT be assumed, it has to be granted. /b&#xD;&#xA;/center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Universal Basic Income (UBI)</p>

<p>There has been calls recently for the introduction of <a href="https://www.thebalance.com/universal-basic-income-4160668" rel="nofollow">Universal Basic Income</a> or UBI for short.</p>

<p>This partly provides a safety net, esp in uncertain times, it also means those who are working in the <a href="https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/gig-economy.asp" rel="nofollow">&#39;GIG economy&#39;</a> without fixed hours or income at least get some sort safety net.</p>

<p>I have included a link to UK population data below [2].</p>

<p>This has been tried out in Finland and a report in <a href="https://www.newscientist.com" rel="nofollow">New Scientist</a> is presented below.</p>
<ul><li><a href="https://ideas.ted.com/will-universal-basic-income-end-inequality-maybe/" rel="nofollow">Ted Article – Could universal basic income end inequality? Maybe.</a> added 8/9/2020</li>
<li><a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2242937-universal-basic-income-seems-to-improve-employment-and-well-being/#Echobox=1598028651" rel="nofollow">UBI Experiment in Finland</a></li></ul>
<ol><li><a href="https://www.newscientist.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.newscientist.com</a>, Lu,Donna, 6 May 2020.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/overview-of-the-uk-population-august-2019" rel="nofollow">Overview of the UK population: August 2019 </a></li></ol>

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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2020 07:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Basic IT Course Update 6</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Basic IT Course Update 6&#xA;&#xA;I have now completed all 6 units of the Level 1 Basic IT course.  Exit document submitted. I just need to wait for the final certificate. &#xA;&#xA;#IT, #Computer, #course, #level1, #basic, #skills&#xA;&#xA;cc-by logo&#xA;&#xA;Licenced under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table&#xD;&#xA;thead&#xD;&#xA;trtda rel=&#34;me&#34; href=&#34;https://qoto.org/@zleap&#34;Mastodon/a/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro&#34;ShellLabs/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://joinmastodon.org/&#34;Join Mastodon/a/td/tr/thead/table&#xD;&#xA;center&#xD;&#xA;AI statement : b Consent is NOT granted to use the content of this blog for the purposes of AI training or similar activity.  Consent CANNOT be assumed, it has to be granted. /b&#xD;&#xA;/center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Basic IT Course Update 6</p>

<p>I have now completed all 6 units of the Level 1 Basic IT course.  Exit document submitted. I just need to wait for the final certificate.</p>

<p><a href="/paulsutton/tag:IT" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">IT</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:Computer" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Computer</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:course" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">course</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:level1" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">level1</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:basic" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">basic</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:skills" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">skills</span></a></p>

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      <title>Basic IT Course Update 5</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Basic IT Course Update 5&#xA;&#xA;I have now completed all 6 units of the Level 1 Basic IT course.  I am now waiting, for this final module to be assessed, or for my work to be returned with instructions as to any changes that need to be made.&#xA;&#xA;#IT, #Computer, #course, #level1, #basic, #skills&#xA;&#xA;cc-by logo&#xA;&#xA;Licenced under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table&#xD;&#xA;thead&#xD;&#xA;trtda rel=&#34;me&#34; href=&#34;https://qoto.org/@zleap&#34;Mastodon/a/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro&#34;ShellLabs/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://joinmastodon.org/&#34;Join Mastodon/a/td/tr/thead/table&#xD;&#xA;center&#xD;&#xA;AI statement : b Consent is NOT granted to use the content of this blog for the purposes of AI training or similar activity.  Consent CANNOT be assumed, it has to be granted. /b&#xD;&#xA;/center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Basic IT Course Update 5</p>

<p>I have now completed all 6 units of the Level 1 Basic IT course.  I am now waiting, for this final module to be assessed, or for my work to be returned with instructions as to any changes that need to be made.</p>

<p><a href="/paulsutton/tag:IT" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">IT</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:Computer" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Computer</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:course" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">course</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:level1" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">level1</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:basic" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">basic</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:skills" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">skills</span></a></p>

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