People of vast influence usually need one person in their life that will tell them the unvarnished truth, and can't be fired for doing so. They need that one person they can trust to not pull any punches when they screw up and need to be told so. These and other friendships—including Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, Franklin Pierce and Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Bill Clinton and Vernon Jordan—populate this fresh and provocative exploration of a series of seminal presidential friendships. Children over 3 yrs are Early Education Funded Education funded for up to 15hrs per week. (30 hours for working families) Other Details Facilities For inspections of providers of childcare on domestic premises that operate regularly, we will carry out an unannounced inspection.

Group provision will normally receive a telephone call at around midday on the working day before the start of the inspection. When Clinton's transition team was vetting Al Gore, they were sorely concerned that Gore had no intimate friends. “If he can’t develop or even claim one real friendship, how’s he going to lead a nation?” I didn’t realize that these two were such good friends. All I ever read about was Jefferson’s relationship with Adams, and Adams’ last words: Thomas Jefferson still survives (he didn’t; he had died five hours earlier.)Our purpose built facility is fully accessible including toileting areas, wide doors, same level access throughout or ramps. John Kennedy and David Ormsby-Gore: They met as young men in pre-war London and began a conversation over the meaning of leadership. A generation later the Cuban Missile Crisis would put their ideas to test as Ormsby-Gore became the president’s unofficial, but most valued foreign policy advisor. The book is very antagonistic toward Col. House. I find this odd as I find him a much bigger picture thinker than Wilson and really the author of Wilson's success and accomplishments. Claims that the split between Wilson and House was the worst since Hamilton and Burr, but really, Hamilton and Burr were never friends. It’s odd that such a well-known friendship should be so little known. Nixon, the loner, and Bebe, the extrovert. It shouldn’t have worked, but somehow it did.

For all other inspections (childminders, nannies and childcare on non-domestic premises and childcare on domestic premises that does not operate regularly), we give no more than five days’ notice. To facilitate optimal learning through play, we have curated high-quality resources. Our early years educators use these resources to design purposeful and engaging activities for our children. With their expertise and experience, our qualified team diligently support the children in their play, fostering their learning and overall development. We offer a learning environment in which we provide a range of differentiated activities to meet individual needs to support all children to reach their fullpotential. While Lincoln and Joshua Speed did enjoy, in youth, what one would recognize as a friendship, their relationship over decades was uneven. It resembles a situation where at least one, if not both, members of a relationship are clinging to history for fear of letting go of a defining identity, rather than any ongoing value they received from one another. When you don't talk to your BFF for years at a time, and don't even write, there's some serious question as to whether you're even still friends anymore!

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Our parents say, "Your nursery is home-from-home", and this is exactly the day care environment we strive to create. 100% of our parents would recommend us to other parents, according to our recent Satisfaction Survey, 2023. Group providers that do not operate regularly, will usually receive a call no more than five days before the inspection. We teach Makaton as part of our curriculum. It is a language program that combines speech with signs and symbols. We believe that every child deserves the opportunity to communicate and connect, and Makaton is here to make that happen! Requires improvement - We usually re-inspect all childminders, pre-school provision and nursery provision within 12 months of the latest inspection.

Disclosure: Although this is the kind of book I'd have been likely to read anyway, I learned of it and sought it out at the suggestion of my mother, who is friends with the author's mother. I have never met the author, and have only met his mother once. I do not believe my take on the book is colored by this tenuous link. At our nursery, we offer exceptional childcare services all year round, spanning 51 week. We cater to children aged 12 months to 5 years, ensuring a safe and nurturing environment for their development. Additionally, we understand the demands of busy schedules, which is why we provide early starts from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm upon request. Our core hours are 8:00am-6:00pm. We have thoughtfully designed two expansive rooms to cater to the distinct needs of our little ones. The first room, known as the "Explorers," is dedicated to our toddlers, while the second room, called the "Inventors," is specially designed for our pre-schoolers. Both rooms provide ample space for imaginative play, learning, and exploration. Providers on the Early Years Register will normally be inspected at least once within a 6-year window.As the author said in an interview, he wanted to add Trump to this book, but he could not find that one friend in his life because they don't exist. Trump is such a galactic narcissist that he needs to have power over everyone in his sphere, and that doesn't leave an opening for close relationships.

One of the highlights of our nursery is our enchanting outdoor facilities, featuring two secure play areas. We encourage seamless transitions between indoor and outdoor spaces, enabling our little ones to freely explore and engage in play. As a fortunate member of the Wootey family, we have the privilege of accessing the school grounds, allowing our children to observe and be inspired by the "bigger" children at play. We do not inspect any provider on the Childcare Register until it has been registered for at least 3 months unless we receive information about possible non-compliance. Franklin couldn’t unwind with Eleanor, who was pretty tightly wound and felt like she was wasting precious time if she enjoyed herself. He had an intimate relationship with Eleanor’s social secretary, Lucy Mercer, that Eleanor found out about and put the ky-bosh on in 1918. There was Missy LeHand, Roosevelt’s private secretary, who was by Franklin’s side for 20 years until she was crippled by a stroke. And her replacement, Grace Tully, but it was with Daisy that Franklin really opened up, and even though Daisy always stayed out of the limelight, she was smart enough to keep their correspondence, but didn’t tell anyone about it. Their relationship was only discovered after her death in 1991. Publishing history teems with books by and about Presidents, First Ladies, First Pets, and even First Chefs. Now former Clinton aide Gary Ginsberg breaks new literary ground on Pennsylvania Avenue and provides fresh insights into the lives of the men who held the most powerful political office in the world by looking at the friends on whom they relied. Though they met later in life (Lincoln was in his thirties,) their friendship was deep, Lincoln looking at Speed as his best friend, even his soulmate. Which, along with them sharing a room, later gave rise to the rumor that there was more between them. But rumor is all it is. Nothing has even been found to substantiate it.That’s not to say that the stories told aren’t interesting, they certainly are. I especially found the relationship between John F. Kennedy and David Ormsby-Gore interesting in that I have read more than 50 books on the Kennedys and the only time I’ve previously seen Ormsby-Gore mentioned was in books about Kennedy’s sister, Kathleen. How could so many other historians have missed, according to Ginsburg, such an important relationship? From my previous reading, I was always under the impression that Lem Billings, his childhood friend, was closest to him. Or maybe the “Irish Mafia” of Dave Powers and Kenny O’Donnell, who advised the president for twenty years. But the author argues that JFK actually had many intimates, but it was Ormsby-Gore that he really could unwind with, could discuss foreign policy, and it helped that Ormsby-Gore was appointed Great Britain’s ambassador to the United States while Kennedy was in office.