More People Sign On To The Internet
This report says that in the last year 2,000,000 more people have signed on to the Internet in the UK. A lot of those who’ve signed up are over fifty.
This is a very good thing, asa it makes it possible for the government to deliver more and more services on line to do things more efficiently and at less cost.
As an example I always get my Vehicle Excise Duty on line and it is a system that works well. Similarly, I fill in my Electoral Roll on line. That one is conpletely painless. We certainly need an on line tax and benefits system on-line, that makes sure that people are encouraged to work.
The more people that get on line, the more these systems will be possible.
Australia Refuses to Extradite to Alabama
This report says that Australia is refusing to extradite someone to Alabama, because he might face the death penalty.
That is so good!
Edward Riches
AVoid this crook at your peril!
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We have over 250 individual Agents in the UK that are working for the company, they will be needing materials like envelopes, ink,printer etc. to do the jobs weekly.
Your job is order/acquire materials for them from the stationary supplier to do their job weekly, the agents will email you whenever they need materials,your duty is to contact the supplier through email to make order for the materials and also state the quantity that should be posted to the agent address through the post.. we are employing you just to reduce the workload for our agent in UK.
You will only be working from Mondays to Fridays and the job is an online job… i.e. through the email.
We will always email you guidelines and instructions to follow in getting your job done perfectly when you start working.
Get back to us with your NAME, ADDRESS and MOBILE NUMBER… also let us know when you can start working.
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Thou Shall Not Compromise
If there is one commandment that should apply to stroke recovery, it is that you should not compromise. I don’t mean in any nasty way, but you should not compromise with your previous standards.
For instance, if I take myself, there are certain personal things that I will not let slip.
- In all the typing I do, I still insist that the spelling, capitalisation, layout, spacing and grammar is correct, even though my hands make it difficult. Every time I see a mistake, it grates and I vow to get it right next time.
- If say like C, you’ve always cleaned your shoes every time you tsake them off, then continue to do it. I don’t, but then I never have!
- If you had morning routine, like shower, breakfast and then read the paper till say eleven and you are physically capable, then stick to it.
So in a simple way try to carry on as before. There is research out there from places like Glasgow and Trondheim, which actually shows this is a good idea. In Addenbrookes they got me up on the first day and I made a cup of tea. That made me feel good.
Dangerous Roads in the UK
This is an interesting report with some solid conclusions.
It also said.
Improved junctions and markings, along with resurfacing with high friction, anti-skid treatments, saw the number of serious accidents fell from 27 between 2003 and 2005 to seven in the following three years.
IT all goes to show we should analyse problems and then take the right actions, rather than just make a simple knee-jerk decision.
Jail For Noisy Sex?
Stories like this show why the prisons are full. Surely, there must be a better way of justice, than to give people ASBOs and then sentence them, when they inevitably break them? We need to recreate a decent socety, where people respect each other. ASBOs just seem to give people other reasons to get people they don’t like out of their lives. There must be a better and more cost effective way! In the end, we have a small island with limited space and housing and we can’t all behave selfishly!
Clarke Gets Tough On Prisons
It would appear from the BBC, that Kenneth Clarke is going to get tough on the costs of prisons.
In a speech later, he will say he is amazed at the growth in the prison population and he will demand a radical new approach to cut re-offending.
It will involve paying private firms and voluntary groups according to how many prisoners they rehabilitate.
Prisons must focus on “education, hard work and change,” Mr Clarke will add.
He is absolutely right, as it is not humane in this day and age to just lock so many people up and do nothing to stop their pattern of reoffending.
I have for many years advocated an on-line database of all prisoners, that can be read on-line. It would obviously not identify individual prisoners, but it would enable serious research to be done. We must reduce the cost of criminal justice and punishment.
For instance, the database might contain things like :-
- Sex
- Age Group – 25-35 etc.
- Nationality
- Country of Birth
- Literacy
- Health State
- Smoker/Non-Smoker
- Has father been to jail?
- Married/Single/Children
- Drug User/Clean
- Last Crime
- Sentence
- Number of times in custody
Whether you put race and religion in would be very controversial and would probably be best left out, as people like the BNP would use it to their advantage.
But the database must be able to answer questions like how many of those serving over 20 years in jail have conditions like Alzheimer’s. According to David Ramsbotham’s excellent book, Prisongate, there are a large number and they are a large drain on resources of the Prison Service. Surely, they should be somewhere else.
i also live near a large prison and in the local area, those who keep large numbers of horses also complain they can’t get staff to do manual work, so many bring in temporary workers from all sorts of places outside the EU. Couldn’t some of the inmates fill this gap? This has been done successfully before in places like New York State.
additionally, why not use prisoners to pick seasonal produce and other jobs for which there are a shortage of workers? Any money earned would go to their victims or to support their own families. Remember that supporting prisoner’s families is quite a drain on benefits and if they are not supported in some way, we’re just creating the conditions for a whole new generation of career criminals.
The Anonymous Widower 