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I said I would share a little more about my ScrapBox...so here are a few pictures and ideas (which, for the most part, could easily be implemented otherwise...no ScrapBox needed).
First, a quick picture of my Box -- opened up with the table down
--and opened up with the table up. The legs just fold down like a card table - quick and easy. I don't use this as my main scrapping table (though you defninitely could), but I like having a second table to spread things out on while I'm working.
The very outside fold-out of each door is covered in fabric and all of the little zip-up packet/envelope thingies have velcro on the back. I decided to use the packets on the right side of my cabinet to hold product. When I get NEW product, or have a certain item I want to use, I will put it in these clear packets so I don't forget about it. (All of the packets and baskets/bins come WITH the ScrapBox).
These file boxes come with lids to protect whatever is inside...but I opted to use mine for patterned paper and letter stickers. I have an addiction {love} for letter stickers and have tons of them. I am loving having them all together and visible here.
This is my favorite tip: A basket for each family member. This is where I'll place items that will be added to future scrapbook pages -- things like favorite art projects, cards, report cards, etc. until they find a home in the scrapbook, they will live in these baskets. The kids love looking at the little tags I made (using the Making Memories tag Maker...another FAVORITE thing)...and they've pulled out their baskets just to look at the contents several times already.
I have some more ideas to share...I'll do that later. :o)
Thursday, November 16, 2006
organizing my scrapbox...
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Love this scrapbox ....I need one! I saw this on 2peas site and had to investigate more! I scrap in my bedroom and have little room to improve on my space. This could be my future extra space I need. What is the size to this? I couldn't find them on the scrapbox site. I am not sure I would have room when it's opened??? I love what you did with it. You were cool on the utah program too. I viewed that as well. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
I have been meaning to tell you how much I LOVE this space! I loved your "drawers for each family member" idea so much, I created my own version for my scrapbook room in progress! Thanks for your inspiration AND fun blog!
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Overall, it has been an active yet pleasant weekend. Friday night I went out with a couple girls from work for a bite to eat and then we headed to the movies for Smart People. It had it's funny moments but not sure if it was really worth the $9.75. More of a rental or cheap theater kind of movie.
Saturday was spent at the office; what can you do...sometimes duty calls, so I had to miss the beach birthday bash for Jess and Jerry. Sorry guys! I did manage to get in a 3 mile walk and hit the swimming pool for 75 laps before heading off to Hard Rock with a couple of friends for the evening. Hard Rock is always a good time but gets very crowded by night's end. For those of you unfamiliar with south florida, we have the Hard Rock Casino with a ton of shops, bars and restaurants all grouped together. So, we spent the evening at a great Irish pub, Murphy's Law, and had some drinks and enjoyed the live band. They were awesome! Lots of great 80s and 90s hits and, due to Bon Jovi being in town, they did manage to do 3 of his hits as well. Good times.
So today, on my relaxing Sunday, I have finished about half my chores (laundry, cleaning house, potting my new plants and cleaning the deck area) and now I just have to get in the grocery shopping, return some movies and...relax! Maybe I'll sneak some reading in there, too.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Weekend Tidbits
Posted by Crissy Rae at 1:33 PM
4 comments:
- Jess said...
Like the new look for the blog! Snazzy.
Too bad you missed the Beach Bash; it was fun!
- April 27, 2008 at 4:34 PM
- Erin said...
I forgot to tell you...I finished the John Grisham book and agree with you. Very slow. Too bad his others were so good. Now I am hesitant to buy another since the last 3 weren't very good.
- April 28, 2008 at 10:21 AM
- P.O.M. said...
Sounds like a really fun weekend.
- April 28, 2008 at 6:03 PM
- Shannon said...
Love the new layout sytle. :)
- April 28, 2008 at 7:02 PM
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Approximately 2-8% of pregnant women use antidepressants during pregnancy and some recent studies have raised concerns about behavioural problems in their children. A large Danish study investigated data across 14 years from 905,383 singletons born to 548,885 mothers. The study authors observed 'increased risks for psychiatric disorders among children of mothers who used antidepressants before and/or during pregnancy, compared with mothers with no record of antidepressant use.'
Source: BMJ 2017; 358: j3668
The Echo WISELY trial (Will Inappropriate Scenarios for Echocardiography Lessen Significantly) examined whether an educational session and recurrent feedback reports to physicians could reduce the number of low-value transthoracic echocardiograms (TTEs) ordered. Results showed physicians in the intervention group ordered a lower proportion of 'rarely appropriate' TTEs.
Source: JACC 2017; 70(9): 1135-1144
The American Society of Clinical Oncology has developed a consensus guideline addressing optimal communication between patient and clinician. In addition to core communication skills, the guideline addresses specific topics including: goals of care and prognosis; treatment selection; end-of-life care; facilitating family involvement in care; and clinician training in communication skills.
Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology 2017; online first: 11 September
With an ageing population and rising levels of obesity and diabetes, the prevalence of chronic wounds is increasing. Currently there are no approved methods for reporting wound healing. Researchers analysed a large cohort of patient wound outcomes from 626 hospital-based clinics. They propose a standardised outcome reporting method which allows for comparisons across a variety of healthcare settings.
Source: Wound Repair and Regeneration 2017; online first: 28 August
Communication in heart failure and palliative care
Critical to whole-person care, this review describes several important communication strategies that enhance patient and family support through the inevitable rises and falls of progressive heart failure.
Source: Heart Failure Reviews 2017; 22(5): 535-542
Definition and recommendations for advance care planning: an international consensus supported by the European Association for Palliative Care
Using a consensus process, 109 experts from Europe, North America and Australia developed a definition of advance care planning and recommendations for its application.
Source: Lancet Oncology 2017 Sep;18(9):e543-e551
Discussion and documentation of future care: a before-and-after study examining the impact of an alternative approach to recording treatment decisions on advance care planning in an acute hospital
The purpose of this study was to determine whether discussion and documentation of decisions about future care was improved following the introduction of the Universal Form of Treatment Options (UFTO), a new approach to recording treatment decisions.
Source: BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 2017; online first 1 September
"Building research capacity amongst social work practitioners is critically important for leaders in the social work profession ... the literature on leadership in health social work is relatively silent regarding research capacity building as a leadership attribute but it is argued in this paper that leadership is crucial. A programme of research capacity building and its outcomes in a health social work department is described, identifying key principles guiding its establishment and tasks undertaken."
Source: Social Work in Health Care 2017; 56(10): 897-913
To further conversation on the increasingly popular practice of mindfulness, Wiley have compiled a research collection and made it freely available online for a short period. The collection covers the impact of mindfulness on behaviour, cognitive function, mental health, physical health and the workplace.
All articles are freely available until 31 October 2017
Age related differences in responsiveness to sildenafil and tamsulosin are due to myogenic smooth muscle tone in the human prostate
Lee SN, Chakrabarty B, Wittmer B, et al. Scientific Reports 2017; 7(1): 10150
Eosinophil biology in COPD
McDonald CF, New England Journal of Medicine 2017; online first: 11 September
Pharmacodynamics of intravenous frusemide bolus in critically ill patients
Huang A, Luethi N, Mårtensson J, et al. Critical Care and Resuscitation 2017; 19(2): 142-149
Prolonged eyelid closure episodes during sleep deprivation in professional drivers
Alvaro PK, Jackson ML, Swann P, et al. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine 2016; 12(8): 1099-1103
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Berry & Kohn's operating room technique / Nancymarie Phillips – 13th ed. - Elsevier, 2017
This new edition provides an evidence-based approach to practice and covers the intraoperative, pre and postoperative care of surgical patients.
Murray and Nadel's textbook of respiratory medicine / edited by Robert J. Mason et al. - 6th ed. Elsevier, 2016
This revised and updated edition details the scientific and clinical aspects of respiratory health diseases. The text includes nearly 200 videos and audio files along with new chapters in therapeutic bronchoscopy, PET, interventional radiology and bronchiolitis.
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Evidence-based care for breastfeeding mothers : a resource for midwives and allied healthcare professionals / Maria Pollard - 2nd ed. Routledge Taylor & Francis, 2018
Designed for students and practitioners, this evidence-based guide provides clinical scenarios, key fact boxes and covers areas such as public health, special needs of babies and mothers as well as good practice guidelines.
These links provide access to the current table of contents:
Advances in Neonatal Care
British Journal of Psychiatry
Fetal and Pediatric Pathology
JAMA Psychiatry
Journal of Medical Ethics
Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy
Journal of Wound, Ostomy & Continence Nursing
New England Journal of Medicine
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Enter 1991 In The Hilarious 'Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later' Trailer
"Hey, let's all promise that in 10 years from today, we'll meet again, and we'll see what kind of people we blossomed into."
It was bound to happen, wasn't it? Bradley Cooper's character Ben from Wet Hot American Summer made all of his camp friends swear to meet again in ten years for a reunion, but fortunately for the rest of us we haven't had to wait that long. Well, it depends on how you look at it, actually. It was just two years ago that Netflix dropped Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, but it was a prequel to the classic 2001 comedy rather than a sequel.
So I guess we've actually been waiting sixteen years to see the futures of the Camp Firewood gang in Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later. The first trailer has dropped and it's as absurd as you'd want it to be, only now set in 1991 with everyone playing characters who are ten years older. Oddly enough, it was Bradley Cooper who called for the reunion and he's basically the only original cast member not to return. Amy Poehler, Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Christopher Meloni, David Hyde Pierce, Janeane Garofalo, Molly Shannon, Ken Marino, Michael Ian Black, Chris Pine, Lake Bell, Rich Sommer, Kristen Bell, Jason Schwartzman and more all come back for more, joined by newcomers like Alyssa Milano, Dax Shepard, and Adam Scott. Parks & Recreation reunion!!
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Well, the waiting is almost over. I only have 2 days left here in California before I take off for Amsterdam! I am ecstatic to report that God has provided above and beyond what I needed in terms of finances for the internship. Thank you to all who have been praying and giving! Although I can always count on God's faithfulness to provide, it's always incredible to see it actually happen. Can I get an amen?!
These past 3 weeks being home have been really great actually. What is funny is, if you read my last blog you would know that I was supposed to be working while I was home before I left for Amsterdam, but a few things happened to where I ended up not getting the job I planned on, so these last couple of weeks have really been a nice break. A much needed break after all the craziness at school last semester. It has been wonderful being able to have the time to meet with friends and hang out with family, see my sister get baptized and graduate high school, and a lot of other things :)
As far as my internship goes, there were a few complications concerning who is going to be my supervisor at the organization (YWAM) that I was informed of last week. Though I wrestled with being overwhelmed with worry for a night, I was reassured that our God is in control, and this was really just one of the devils schemes to knock me over. I know that God wants me in Amsterdam, and at this point, my contacts over there on the ministry staff figured out someone else to be my supervisor and work out my new and revised schedule.
Updates about what specifically I will be doing, now that a few things have changed, will be up in a few days when I get over there and find out more…as well as plenty of exciting airport and plane pictures of my 14+ hour trip overseas. Yaaayyy.
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I'm working through this tutorial on how to get Parse and Framer to work together. When I get to the part where I write the query Framer shows a drop down sheet that asks me to log in. It rejects my Parse log in details so I'm not sure what's happening here. Can anyone shed some light?
George Kedenburg III
Someone else had this issue as well but we were never able to track it down. Does it happen when you open the prototype in the browser? I think the last person seemed to only have this problem inside Studio. cc Koen
Also, if you want to zip up your project and share it I'll take a look just to make sure its not something else.
I just tried it in the browser and it seems to be fine. It's not just my project, I tried downloading the example from the tutorial and it has the same problem.
Super weird. I think it must be a Studio bug.
Ahh, that's unfortunate! Thanks for your help though, George Kedenburg III
Sorry! Hopefully Koen can shed some light.
Things worked fine for me in Studio.
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In 2010 South Australia provided some solace for the Labor government with the party holding onto all six of its seats in the federal election.
It's unlikely to be so lucky in 2013, although the return of Kevin Rudd as prime minister has given it renewed hope.
The most marginal Labor seat in SA is Hindmarsh where Steve Georganas has a relatively healthy margin of just over six per cent.
Under former prime minister Julia Gillard, the seat was as good as gone and even under a Rudd resurgence, it would still be considered at risk.
But Mr Georganas says that's nothing new to him in a seat and state where cost of living pressures are the key issue for voters.
"I work my guts out 52 weeks of the year and not just in the campaign and that's all you can do as a marginal seat holder," he said.
Someone breathing a little easier with Mr Rudd's return is Employment and Early Childhood Minister Kate Ellis in Adelaide.
Ms Ellis has held the seat since 2004 and with a 7.5 per cent buffer believes she can prevail.
"At each and every election I never take Adelaide for granted," Ms Ellis told ABC radio recently.
Among the coalition ranks, Andrew Southcott's seat of Boothby is the opposition's most marginal across Australia with the Liberals holding it by just 0.6 per cent.
But Dr Southcott is expected to be returned with a likely swing to the coalition while high-profile Liberal Christopher Pyne can also expect to extend his 3.6 per cent margin in Sturt.
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Quite a handful of people out there are legitimately concerned that the world will end in 2012. I figure then I have no time to waste but to start sharing all the gems in this brain of mine before we are all obliterated. I have less than a year to become a blogging sensation!
Seriously people, the world is not going to end in 2012. The Mayans were pretty genius when it came to their mathematical and astrological advances, but they probably were in the middle of building the next calendar when Spanish conquistadors showed up. Let's just say, they had bigger problems. What really prompted me to revamp my blog was the fact that I used to write a lot. I have a plethora of Facebook notes where I shared silly and embarrassing things that happened to me with my FB community. I haven't written one in a very long time (not because embarrassing things don't happen to me anymore, but mostly because they are now almost all related to the influence of alcohol and even I'm too embarrassed to shamelessly embarrass myself). My FB notes page has accumulated webs of Charlotte size proportions. But when I traveled, it seemed I always had a will to write and a story to tell. My everyday life isn't anything special, but as I get closer to the end of my college career, I begin to fear the juices in the creation side of my brain are going to start running dry if I don't keep them to good use. My goal is NOT to make this my public "Dear Diary" because that is just....well to put it simply - Awful. Dreadful, in fact. No one wants to read that. I don't even want to read that.....
"Dear Diary, today I woke up to the soft clanging of a silver spoon against a porcelain bowl. I could only assume it was the early morning ritual of Rachel Perry, quietly consuming the luck of the Irish, (or Lucky Charm's in layman's terms) before she embarked on her day. I forced myself back into a slumber, desperately wishing to return to my dreams of human-size penguins and talking dolphins....."
Yeah, no.
Anyway, my point is that I'd just like to get in touch with my thoughts again. And there is some kind of shameless satisfaction in sharing them with other people. If you choose to follow my ramblings, may the force be with you. :)


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Whereas before people were reading paper books and magazine, they are now turning to e-books and e-magazines. In a 2017 survey, 20 percent of respondents stated that they read more e-books than print books, and a further 23 percent said that they read both equally. The average revenue per user from e-books hit 57.55 U.S. dollars in 2016 and is due to grow to 60.69 U.S. dollars by 2022. Similarly, the average revenue per user from e-magazines is expected to grow from 28.95 U.S. dollars to 31.24 U.S. dollars in the same timeframe.
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Department of Justice FY 2008 Budget Request
President's Request Supports Department's Critical Counterterrorism and Intelligence Efforts WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales today announced that the President's FY 2008 budget proposal for the Department of Justice (DOJ) is $21.8 billion in discretionary funding. The President's overall FY 2008 budget requests $227 million in program increases and directed state and local assistance for counterterrorism and intelligence programs, reflecting the Department of Justice's continued and expanding focus on national security and the prevention of terrorist attacks. "For those of us at the Department of Justice, every day is September 12th, and every day requires a sustained commitment to combating terrorism and protecting our homeland," said Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales. "The resources requested in this year's budget represent the Department of Justice's commitment to protecting our nation's security on many fronts. We have made important strides in identifying and prosecuting suspected terrorists, safeguarding children against Internet predators, and protecting communities from the havoc of drugs and gun crime. This budget will robustly support our most efficient, effective and essential programs and functions." Since 9/11, the Department has broadened its investigative and prosecutorial mission, and the FY 2008 budget request is aligned with the Department's major priorities. These priorities and the requested FY 2008 program increases are: Preventing and Combating Terrorism Preventing Violent Crime Drugs and Border Security Crimes Against Children and Obscenity Judicial System Support and Incarceration $227 million $214 million $89 million $25 million $152 million
Enforcing Federal Laws in the Courts Management and Information Technology
$33 million $75 million
Further, the FY 2008 budget includes a total program level of $1.234 billion for state and local assistance. PROTECTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BY PREVENTING TERRORIST ACTS Preventing, investigating and prosecuting terrorist acts is the Department of Justice's top priority. The budget request reflects the Department's commitment to identifying, tracking and dismantling terrorist cells in the U.S. and overseas by bolstering counterterrorism and counterintelligence activities and by improving coordination of national security functions. Since the passage of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, the Department has enhanced its counterterrorism and intelligence capabilities through improvements to its infrastructure and innovative program changes. The FY 2008 budget builds on these initiatives by providing funding for the FBI's national security field investigations, and its recently-created Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate and National Security Branch. Additionally, the budget recognizes the FBI's critical need for modernized technical capabilities, and it provides for information technology and forensic investigative and analytical improvements. The FY 2008 budget also includes funding to institute two additional offices within DOJ's new National Security Division to formalize and enhance the Division's crisis management and policy and legal analysis capacities, and provides resources for operations and oversight of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) processes. In total, the budget provides $231 million in program increases, including the following: National Security Division The National Security Division's total budget request for FY 2008 is $78 million including $6.6 million in program increases such as: FISA Operations and Intelligence Oversight: $3.1 million to address the volume and intensity of FISA processing and related workload that has increased substantially over the past five years. Federal Bureau of Investigation Since FY 2001, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's total budget has doubled. For FY 2008, the FBI's total budget is $6.431 billion, including 231 new counterterrorism and intelligence agents and $217 million in program increases such as: National Security: $40.3 million to support field activities dedicated to
national security investigations National Security Branch Analytic Capabilities: $11.9 million to support the FBI's National Security Branch components in the detection, identification and tracking of individuals or entities that pose threats to the United States and its interests. Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Directorate: $18.9 million to expand the newly established WMD Directorate and to continue forging strategic partnerships in preparation for cohesive response to a WMD event. Computer Analysis Response Teams: $22.8 million to develop new technical capabilities and to provide digital forensic support to the FBI, intelligence organizations, and other law enforcement agencies involved in digital evidence collection and analysis. Render Safe Mission: $11 million to addresses the White House directive giving the FBI the mission to respond to devices involving WMD within the United States and its territories. Data Intercept and Access Program: $37.8 million to address the demand for secure interception of data from public and private networks. National Virtual Translation Center: $3.5 million to provide translation services at the Intelligence Community Linguistic Exploitation Program. PREVENTING VIOLENT CRIME Violent gun crime and weapons trafficking continue to be significant law enforcement problems throughout the nation, and the Department of Justice remains invested in pursuing violent offenders and reclaiming communities from the scourge of gangs and gun crime. The Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN) initiative, announced by the President and the Attorney General in 2001, is a comprehensive strategy that brings together multiple agencies to reduce gun crime in our communities. The initiative aims to improve the coordination and communication between federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to enhance each agency's capability to prevent and prosecute violent crime. The FY 2008 budget request includes funding for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives' (ATF) Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) initiative and its Firearms Tracking Teams, as well as funding for the United States Attorneys' aggressive prosecution of gang members. The budget also supports the newly-launched GangTECC, an Administration program designed to work with the National Gang Intelligence Center to coordinate the Department's anti-gang strategy among its components. In total, the budget provides $214 million to address violent crime, including the following:
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF) Firearms Trafficking Teams: $6.3 million to expand domestic firearms trafficking enforcement efforts nationwide and to establish additional firearms trafficking investigative teams in areas with the highest levels of illegal firearms trafficking. Project Safe Neighborhoods/Firearms Violence Reduction Initiative: $2.2 million to support PSN through increased gang and firearms enforcement efforts, and additional training for Assistant U.S. Attorneys, district attorneys, and state and local enforcement partners. Gang Targeting Enforcement Coordination Center (GangTECC) GangTECC is a 2006 initiative that unites federal gang disruption efforts by streamlining resources and communication, developing a refined understanding of the national gang problem and proposing appropriate countermeasure strategies, and supporting the National Gang Intelligence Center. The FY 2008 budget provides $0.694 million and 4 positions for this initiative. U.S. Attorneys Gang Prosecution Initiative: $4.1 million to support the Attorney General's efforts to combat gang violence and reduce crime by providing additional prosecutorial resources. DRUGS AND BORDER SECURITY In March 2002, Attorney General Ashcroft announced a comprehensive six-part drug enforcement strategy for DOJ. This strategy uses the combined talent and expertise of all federal law enforcement agencies to identify and target the most significant drug supply organizations. The FY 2008 President's budget recognizes the nexus between drug control and national security by supporting intelligence sharing between the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and key counterterrorism partners. Additionally, the FY 2008 budget provides funding to expand investigative and prosecutorial efforts by several DOJ components along the Southwest border, in support of the Administration's focus on border security and targeted enforcement. In total, the budget provides $89 million in program increases, including the following: Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement/Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Intelligence Sharing - OCDETF Fusion Center: $8.6 million for operation and maintenance.
Drug Enforcement Administration Southwest Border & Methamphetamine Enforcement: $29.2 million to attack poly-drug trafficking organizations crossing the Southwest Border by increasing DEA's intelligence gathering, detection, monitoring, and surveillance capabilities. Counterterrorism & Intelligence Sharing: $7.1 million to improve information sharing with the Intelligence Community by modernizing DEA's classified information technology system. U.S. Attorneys Border and Immigration Prosecution Initiative: $7.4 million to respond to a dramatic increase in immigration cases since FY 2000, and to accommodate the additional workload generated by additional Border Patrol Agents along the Southwest Border. U.S. Marshals Service Southwest Border Enforcement: $7.5 million to manage the increased workload resulting from heightened immigration enforcement along the Southwest Border, and the resultant spike in the number of detainees in USMS custody. CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN AND OBSCENITY DOJ is committed to fighting child pornography and obscenity, protecting children from trafficking, and preventing all forms of child exploitation. The Department works with other law enforcement agencies to target, apprehend and prosecute child molesters and those who traffic in child pornography. In 2006, the Department charged 1,658 individuals and obtained 1,386 guilty pleas and convictions in criminal cases involving predation against children. The FY 2008 budget provides program increases totaling $12.5 million for Attorney General Gonzales' Project Safe Childhood initiative, which targets purveyors of child pornography and obscenity. The FY 2008 President's request also provides funding for efforts to pursue child obscenity and abduction cases, as well as for aggressive efforts against online child pornographers and molesters. Finally, the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 directs the Department to collaborate with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to target and take into custody the approximately 100,000 non-compliant sex offenders who are believed to be living in the United States. The FY 2008 budget provides $12.8 million in program increases for the United States Marshals Service and the Bureau of Prisons to implement sex offender tracking and management initiatives that comply with the Walsh Act.
In total, the budget provides $25.4 million in program increases for crimes against children and obscenity. JUDICIAL SYSTEM SUPPORT AND INCARCERATION As a result of successful law enforcement policies targeting terrorism, violent crime, and drug crimes, the number of criminal suspects appearing in federal court and the number of individuals detained and incarcerated continue to grow. Through the United States Marshals Service (USMS), the Office of the Federal Detention Trustee (OFDT), and the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), the Department of Justice ensures that federal criminals are safely and cost-effectively incarcerated and detained, and the FY 2008 budget provides funding to improve each component's ability to manage the increasing detention population. The FY 2008 President's budget requests $142 million to expand prison capacity by completing the first phase of the activation of a new prison in Pollock, La., and by completing a current prison project in Mendota, Cal. The FY 2008 budget also provides funding for BOP to expand the number of contract prison beds by 1,079. Additionally, the FY 2008 budget provides $10.4 million to the United States Marshals Service to improve judicial security in high-threat trials and vulnerable judicial districts, such as the Eastern District of Virginia, which hosted the Zacarias Moussaoui proceeding in 2006. In total, the budget provides $152 million in program increases for detention and incarceration. ENFORCING FEDERAL LAWS IN THE COURTS The Department of Justice is charged with enforcing federal laws and safeguarding the rights and interests of the American people. As the nation's top prosecutor and litigator, DOJ's legal activities resources contribute directly to its ability to enforce and uphold federal statutes in court. Legislative changes frequently require the Department to revise its programs and its focus to accommodate an increased law enforcement and litigation workload. Accordingly, the FY 2008 budget provides $21.6 million to expand the FBI's DNA collection and indexing programs based on the requirements specified in the DNA Fingerprint Act of 2005 and the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006. DOJ legal activities also align with top Administration priorities, and the FY 2008 budget provides $5.2 million for the Tax Division to enhance "Operation Continued Follow-Through," which is a tax law enforcement initiative that supports the President's focus on reducing tax fraud. In total, the FY 2008 budget provides $33 million in program increases for the Department of Justice's federal law enforcement efforts. MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
The Department of Justice relies on innovative management practices and information technology systems to ensure that resources are used efficiently and effectively in support of key national security and law enforcement activities. The Department continues to evaluate its programs and operations with the goals of achieving both component-specific and departmental economies of scale, increased efficiencies, and cost savings/offsets to permit funding for critical law enforcement initiatives. The FY 2008 President's budget advances these goals by ensuring an interoperable environment within the Department, and by forging information-sharing mechanisms with other law enforcement and homeland security partners. As the Department's primary member of the Intelligence Community (IC), the FBI requires the ability to contribute to and benefit from the multi-agency pool of knowledge that the IC generates. The FY 2008 budget provides $47.5 million to advance the FBI's data intake, information sharing, and IT project management mechanisms, as well as $11.5 million to improve the organization's data storage and work facilities. Additionally, the FY 2008 President's budget provides $514,000 to improve Interpol's law enforcement information-sharing capabilities with its key state and local partners, as well as with the FBI, the Department of Defense, and the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System. The budget provides $74.5 million in new management and information technology (IT) program increases and $58.6 million in IT improvements across DOJ components and programs, for a total of $133.2 million in IT program increases. STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE DOJ's FY 2008 budget contains over $1.234 billion in discretionary grant assistance to state, local, and tribal governments, and creates four new competitive grant programs. These programs will address the violent crime problem that communities face, and will provide states, localities, and tribes with considerable flexibility to address their most critical needs. Consolidation of the grant programs will also allow the Department to respond in a more targeted way to local up-ticks in the crime rate. The four grant categories and their amounts are: Violent Crime Reduction Partnership Initiatives: $200 million to help state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies form partnership with federal law enforcement agencies to combat violent crime. Byrne Public Safety and Protection Program: $350 million to assist state, local, and tribal governments with their highest-priority concerns, such as violent and drug-related crime and Presidential priorities, such as DNA backlog reduction and offender re-entry programs. Child Safety and Juvenile Justice Program: $280 million to consolidate existing juvenile justice and exploited children programs, and to assist state,
local, and tribal governments with targeted efforts. Violence Against Women Grants Program: $370 million help state, local, and tribal governments address multiple domestic violence needs. Budget and Performance Summary 2008 Budget Fact Sheets 2008 ### 07-072


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CAC - January 20th 2015
Mayfield Village Citizens Advisory Committee
Meeting Minutes
January 20, 2015
The Citizens Advisory Committee met on Tuesday, Jan 20, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at the Bennett-Van Curen Historical House.
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Present: Brenda Bodnar (Chair), Shirley Jay, Bob Haycox, Marilyn LaRiche-Goldstein, Loretta Williams, and George Williams
Absent: Joan Catalano, Merv Singer, Tom Piteo, Sandy Batcheller, Mary Singer, Carole Marrie, and Kay Phillips
Also Present: Steve Jerome (Council Representative), Patsy Mills (Council Representative), Diane Wolgamuth (Director of Administration), and Ted Esborn (Economic Development Director)
Election of Chair
Mrs. Bodnar opened the meeting and thanked Al and Jan Muhle and Patsy Mills from the Historical Society for hosting the meeting of the Citizens Advisory Committee.
Mrs. Bodnar stated that it is again time to elect a Committee Chair, adding that she has been the Chair for several years and would be happy to continue in that capacity. Mrs. Bodnar stated that if other members were interested in the position, she would step aside. Mr. Haycox nominated Mrs. Bodnar; Mr. Williams seconded the nomination. The Committee voted unanimously to re-elect Mrs. Bodnar as Chair.
Approval of Minutes
The Minutes from the Nov 5, 2014 meeting were unanimously approved as written.
Presentation by Claire Posius – Euclid Creek Watershed Coordinator
Ms. Posius introduced herself as the Euclid Creek Watershed Coordinator for the Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District. She described her primary duty as being responsible for public outreach in the member communities. Ms. Posius distributed a map of the watershed and explained the communities that comprise the watershed.
Ms. Posius described that many people don't understand that storm drains go directly to waterways, untreated, and that storm water picks up pesticides, oil from cars, pharmaceuticals, etc. Her job includes getting kids involved and teaching people to use less fertilizer. Ms. Posius described the work that Mayfield Village undertook at Wiley Park and the Civic Center installing pervious pavement. She stated that Mayfield Village does more than most communities with respect to storm water and she regularly touts Mayfield Village as a model community.
Ms. Posius described some of the workshops she has sponsored in the Village, including how to build a rain barrel and tips on green cleaning. She said that she has not had much success getting Village residents to attend the workshops and asked for ideas about how to better engage residents. The Committee discussed the following:
- Continued inclusion in the Voice of the Village
- Utilizing the Village's email blast
- Distributing flyers and newsletters to the Garden Club
- Making the workshops annual events
- Putting information on the Village marquee
- Encouraging committee members to attend
Mr. Jerome asked why Pepper Pike is not a member of Euclid Creek. Ms. Posius stated that Pepper Pike is a member of the Chagrin River Watershed Partners who provide technical assistance. Euclid Creek provides public education.
Mr. Williams asked about Euclid Creek's relationship with the Sewer District and if they can assist with marketing. Ms. Posius responded that the Sewer District provides funding to Euclid Creek and assists with promoting their events. The Pup Poop campaign was supported by the Sewer District. Mr. Esborn commented that if the Sewer District's storm water program comes back, many people may become more aware of the workshops as they will be seeking ways to obtain storm water credits. [Since this meeting, a Green Cleaning Workshop has been scheduled for March 4, 2015 at the Civic Center. Flyer attached.]
Council Update
Mrs. Mills reported on the following items:
- All Committee members are scheduled to be sworn-in on Monday, Jan 26.
- The Charter Review Commission has been selected. The Mayor and each Council person selects a resident to be on the Commission and their recommendations to changes to the Charter will be on the ballot in November.
- The sewer conversion on Eastgate and Meadowood is in progress.
- Pancake Breakfast is scheduled for May 10.
- The annual Memorial Day ceremony will be on Sunday, May 24th this year. Flags will be placed on Saturday.
- The Commission on Aging Senior Luncheon is scheduled for May 1 in the Community Room.
- 225 seniors signed up for snow plowing this year.
- A note of appreciation to the Service Dept. for their assistance with decorating the Village for Christmas. The Garden Club decorates the wreaths and the Service Dept. hangs them throughout the Village.
- This summer, Urban Growers will provide hanging baskets at no cost to the Village as they were not planted correctly last year.
- Shred Day is scheduled for May 16 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon
- The Grove Committee is working on scheduling performances for this summer.
- This is membership month for the Historical Society.
Open Portion
Mrs. Jay asked if a flooding update will be provided to residents. She has heard nothing since the survey was sent out last September. Ms. Wolgamuth advised that the County has been working in various parts of the Village and that a letter with the results of the survey is being prepared and will be mailed to residents very soon.
Mrs. Bodnar suggested that a new sign and some lighting be added to the new Civic Center driveway.
Upcoming Meetings
Upcoming meetings of the Citizens Advisory Committee are scheduled as follows:
Monday, Feb 23
Monday, Mar 23
Monday, Apr 27
Tuesday, May 26
The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Diane Wolgamuth, Director of Administration


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Monday, March 31, 2008
What Not to Wear...Wedding Spectacular!!!
something for the little ones
Back from the weekend and feeling a little bit better. I think if all the snow melted this instant I'd be miraculously cured! Pretty sure that's not going to happen, so on to the blog for today...
If you choose to have some children in your wedding party, finding them something to wear, and something that they want to wear, is always a challenge. J. Crew has some great dresses in their current catalogue. The yellow skirt with a plain white t-shirt or short sleeve sweater would be very cute with a chic pair of ballet flats. All of these come in other colours, they are fun, unique and would make any little girl's heart scream with delight!
Friday, March 28, 2008
ho hum
Feeling a bit under the weather today, and not feeling much motivation to post. I hope everyone has a great weekend and we'll be back with some inspiration on Monday!
Thursday, March 27, 2008
a quick fix
So I picked up two colours of the Nic's Sticks by OPI last night at my local drug store. If you haven't already noticed, I'm into the gimmicky things. So, of course, nail polish in a pen is a natural choice! I chose "home by midnight" which is a sparkly black, and "where's my chocolate" a nice brown. I have to say, for nail polish in a pen, it's pretty great! Not too mention, it's a lot cheaper than my usual choices from Essie. Unfortunately I wasn't crazy about the lighter colours, there was nothing to compare to the great shades of "ballet slippers" and "mademoiselle" by Essie. You might have a different opinion, so be sure to pick some up. They would be great for travelling or to pop into your wedding day touch up kit.
the perfect gift!
For those of you attending weddings, engagement parties or even a wine shower this bridal season, check out this great idea from Garnish! Definitely more memorable than a crock pot!
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
happy spring!
Almost forgot it was Spring, what with the snow and all! Hope you all had a good Easter. I just purchased some lovely spring shoes....can you say "red soles"? I will post a picture when they arrive!
Friday, March 21, 2008
Okay, I'm totally into Christian Siriano, the winner from Project Runway. I could seriously watch a show all about him. So, I'm borrowing one of his phrases to describe this dress from Melissa Sweet....I LOVE it! So pretty and delicate....and definitely 'fierce'!
Happy Easter!
It's Good Friday and just about everything is closed here in Canada. I guess this should be a good excuse for me to finish up the crafty stuff I started yesterday. Not to mention some projects that Avocado Kiss has on the go (gotta get a set of invitations printed!). On the other hand, Husband has gone fishing for two days...which means movies on the couch and some Wiener Wrap for dinner also sounds enticing.
What is Wiener Wrap, you say? Only the second best way to eat hot dogs! (the first being with Kraft Dinner) This doughy goodness comes in can, you buy right next to all the other Pillsbury tasties in the dairy aisle. I'm sure it's full of stuff that's not good for me...after all, it is dough...that comes in a can. You just tear apart the sheets, wrap 'em around your favorite hot dogs, I suggest Mitchell's cheese smokies, and bake them in the oven. What could be easier than that.....it's wholesome goodness!
Thursday, March 20, 2008
getting crafty....sort of
M and I decided we would get crafty today and attempt some long overdue scrapbooking. As always, it takes us about an hour to finally get to business (which is why we never get too much accomplished when we try and scrapbook) and we start chatting over some chai tea. Very quickly our focus turned from crafting to the fact that we must take a girls trip. Needless to say, we left the scrapbooking behind and quickly planned our trip to Vegas. We first thought we might go on a cruise, but then decided we would take the cheaper trip to Vegas, that would allow us lot extra spending cash for shopping. Hopefully we'll be off at the end of June....now, I really need to finish those last two pages of my scrapbook that's from 2 summers ago.
picture from this site
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
new Etsy
Found this new shop on Etsy, Susy Pilgrim Waters. She makes these tres cool canvas bags that we should all be carrying these days. I can't even tell you how many plastic shopping bags I have jammed under my sink! I am getting better, and remembering to bring my canvas bags to the grocery store. Mind you, if I had these, I might just carry them everywhere!
thinking of spring
These gorgeous flowers from Ink & Peat, (thank you Oh Joy! for posting about them), make me think of Spring. I love the mix of textures and the delicate colours. Oh how I wish I had the talent for floral design. In my fantasy life, my whole house would be done in white, with a soft breeze coming in through open windows...it would always be summer and I would have fresh flowers all over the house, just like these ones! Unfortunately, reality tells me that we have winter 5 months of the year, the mosquitoes are bad in the summer, which means I would actually have to find all the screens for my windows, and all white just isn't practical! Ah well, I still have the flowers!
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
simply Vera
My sister sent me a picture of her way cool new shoes, and I thought I should investigate further. In case you don't know, Kohl's sells a line designed by Vera Wang, called Simply Vera. I have personally purchased some of her clothes, and I love them. I think the quality and finishing is really great, and I love the classic, but forward styles. She basically sells everything, from clothes to accessories to home goods. And Kohl's always has a sale, so you're bound to get this stuff for 40% off (as did my sister)!
let them eat cake
These gorgeous cakes are from April Reed. Something about the simplicity of them makes me want to like cake. See, I really wanted to have wedding pie at my wedding, as I don't like cake. Husband wasn't too keen on the idea, and we probably would of looked pretty funny cutting apple pies in our wedding pictures! So, needless to say, we had your average, three tier, square wedding cake. Wish we could of had one of these...
Monday, March 17, 2008
fellow canuck!
I have been searching for this site for a long time! I found Karen Smallbone's favour site a while ago, but then when my computer crashed, I lost all my bookmarks, and couldn't exactly remember the address. Thanks to Weddingbee, I've found her again. I love her favour ideas, especially the lollipops! I am also digging the fact that she is Canadian and prices are in Canadian funds. For Canadian brides, it is so hard to find cool web stores that actually come from our country! (if you know of any, send me the links!) Please be sure to check her out! Also link over to Barebonephoto. I'm going to do a post on them later...
and we're back!
Yes M and I are back from our respective vay-cay's, and unfortunately we still have snow. I thought that maybe by some miracle, it would of all been gone in the week I was away, but no.
A big thank you to our guest blogger last week. She did a fantastic job, and should totally have a blog of her own. She definitely had a lot of cool stuff to say and we'll keep you posted if she ever starts that blog...
M and I will do our best to get back into the swing of things this week. Currently I am feeling all that wonderful, tropical moisture being sucked from my tanned skin...so I'm pretty much thinking that a large majority of my time this week will be taken up with moisturizer application. Not to mention, I'll have a hard time figuring out why there is not a 24 hour buffet in my kitchen and trying to find those machines that dispense the pina coladas I was enjoying all week. Ah well, back to reality I guess...better get used to wearing the winter coat and putting on my Uggs! (oh, just remembered, I should have two pairs I won on ebay waiting for me at the post office...I had an ebay addiction before I left, but that's a story for another day)
On the bright side, it's St. Patrick's day! That must mean that Spring is right around the corner. So instead of enjoying the green grass today...have some green beer!
Saturday, March 15, 2008
a whole new me...
must read
A very BIG THANK YOU to M2 for filling in for us this week while we were both soaking up the rays on our mini vacations (mini because you should really always go away for a minimum of 2 weeks - I say this yet still holding out for that 2 week surprise trip from the husband).
M, you did a fabulous job and are so very creative - I love the chalk board napkin rings!!!!!!!!! What a superb idea and you can use it for so many things, also the jewellery you posted about is fantastic and though I keep procrastinating (I should really use that chart) I need some new jewels (yet again awaiting that surprise present) so those gave me some great inspiration.
Again, thanks so much - you rock!!!
Friday, March 14, 2008
friday funnies
Thursday, March 13, 2008
inspired by cedar
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
lovin' these!
Seriously, how adorable are these? It might be a bit much to hand-write napkin rings for a wedding reception with 200 guests... but what a great idea for a rehearsal dinner or shower, particularly if you have a colour scheme like this one that has black as an accent.


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Thursday, August 11, 2011
How to turn earrings into a pendant necklace.
There are jewelry opportunities everywhere, people! Keep your eyes open for beautiful beads on broken necklaces, earrings that could be pendants, chains with broken clasps (they can be easily replaced).
Get some basic jewelry tools: jump rings, clasps, and pliers. You can be designing your own jewelry in no time! (I bought my findings and tools at Michael's. Basic jewelry supplies are in many craft stores - even fabric stores!)
How do I remove the ear wires? With my nipper tool!
What are jump rings?
Layering necklaces is a trend right now. This was my first attempt and I think it went well!
Oh, the tassel necklace? Thanks for asking! I just finished that yesterday morning. I love it.
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Things have been somewhat silent here on my blog over the past week while I held on for a whirlwind ride in both my life and the lives of my family. Over the past two weeks, I have witnessed so many beautiful and wonderful moments - moments that I like to put in the "Never to Forget" file. The special file that I pull out when life seems tough and I feel like I am treading water.
Last week, a new addition to our family arrived in the form of my perfect little nephew, Archer James. I fell in love with him instantly and found myself sitting back and watching this beautiful new family blossom. I have witnessed my sister become a mother and her husband becoming the doting father and husbo.....and I must admit that I have shared enough tears for everyone. There is nothing more magical than watching my sister's adoration for both her son - and her husband, and to see that her family are now her world. Nothing else compares.
I happily welcomed her to the "Mum Club" where it's natural and infact mandatory to cry over the smallest things and marvel at the ability to function with such limited sleep. It was only when both Emma and I found ourselves on the couch crying over Archer's little fingers and toes - that we looked at each other and started laughing at ourselves. Another moment to file in the "Never Forget".
Many friends have welcomed darling little babies into their lives over the past few weeks and have given me the utmost pleasure of photographing their little miracles. I love nothing more than the newborn features, their soft skin and their tiny little cries. I love reassuring the little darlings and finding that they finally fall asleep or settle once they learn to trust me.
The one thing I really love is watching the beautiful new relationship form between the family - that really is magic.
My Newborn Photography seems to be a hit as I now even having 'bookings'. Who would have thought! Newborn cuddles + Beautiful families equates to my kinda happiness!
I sometimes wonder if I should pack up the sewing and start being more serious with my photography. Since I am self-taught (with the help of my lovely in-laws who are seriously camera-savy) I wonder if I should take the next step to learn more about my camera and all the confusing jargon that comes with it....another challenge on the horizon....and another oppurtunity at my feet.
Speaking of oppurtunities - I had the pleasure of spending Sunday morning with some of the most dedicated and talented women in my border region. I met the gorgeous Shelli from Shelli Morse Designs, Lisa from Bush Babes and Kate from Children's Online Store - all of which are beautiful and inspirational. We had all been honoured to be asked to be part of an article in the upcoming Spring Edition Border Living Magazine - to shine the light on creative mums in our area who are working from home. It was the 'Pinch Yourself' moment where I wondered if I qualified since my sewing machine had been so quiet recently - but thankfully they wanted to shine the light on my blog and photography too. I think this certainly qualifies for a "Never Forget" moment.
As the suitcases remain unpacked, the washing pile continues to rise and the house continues to get untidy - I remince on the fantastic few weeks I have just had the honour and pleasure of experiencing. Although life has thrown me so many gems....nothing beats coming home to this man....
and watching my little family create our own magic....the kind that I will never forget.


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Shocking poverty figures provoke call for more digital inclusion support
Nearly a quarter of a million people in Wales want a job but do not have one. More than 8,000 households were homeless in 2013 and 79,000 people needed food aid. One in three children lives in a low income family. This is the stark backdrop to the Bevan Foundation's new report "Rethinking Poverty – Implications for Action", which is of great interest to us at the Wales Co-operative Centre and the work that we do that supports the wider poverty agenda.
The report argues that digital and financial skills are essential to help people out of poverty, or at least mitigate its impact. About digital inclusion, the report says:
"Digital skills are an important adjunct to literacy and numeracy, as more and more services are either available only online, or offer time and/or cash savings if accessed online. The shift towards online benefit claims is a particularly strong driver of change. People without access to the internet and without the skills to use it are disadvantaged. There is a marked income-effect in digital exclusion – in 2013, only 1 in 10 (9%) of those in managerial and professional occupations did not use the internet compared to more than three in ten (31%) of those who had semi-routine and routine occupations.
"It is very welcome that digital skills have a relatively high profile in the 2013 Tackling Poverty Action Plan. The plan includes the Digital Inclusion delivery plan's targets, the targets for which have mostly been met. The commitment to digital skills and inclusion should continue, with challenging targets for people in low income groups, with programmes of sufficient scale and impact to achieve them."
The achievement of the targets in the Digital Inclusion delivery plan was due to the Welsh Government's Communities 2.0 programme, which is led by the Wales Co-operative Centre. How is this going to work then when Communities 2.0 comes to an end in March next year? Well, we need everyone in Wales working to tackle poverty to take digital inclusion seriously. Our experience is that the current practice is too patchy. And to get this consistency we need a strong, lean leading digital inclusion project to help all front line services deliver effective digital skills support.
The Bevan Foundation report is blunt about the nature of the challenge. For the last eight years, there has been no improvement at all in the number of Welsh people living in poverty. And that number is set to rise. Yes, we need an informed debate. But we also need action.
Dave Brown is the Director of Strategic Development & Performance at the Wales Co-operative Centre
How will the new UK Government Digital Inclusion Strategy help tackle poverty in Wales?
This month, the UK Government published its updated Digital Inclusion Strategy. Dave Brown, Director of Strategic Development and Performance at the Wales Co-operative Centre, asks what this might mean for Wales.
The UK Government Digital Inclusion Strategy describes succinctly the scale of the digital exclusion issue as it affects the whole of the UK.
"Today, the web has 2.4 billion users worldwide. To put this incredible speed of adoption in some context, radio took 38 years to reach 50 million users, television took 13 years, web took 4 years and Facebook took just 10 months. In 2013, 89% of young people now use a smartphone or tablet to go online, up from 43% in 2010.
The web has transformed almost every aspect of public, private and work life. It has underpinned our new economy; from changing the way every workplace communicates to creating entire new industries. It is reshaping government through improved public services and improving transparency through open data.
And it has improved people's lives, whether through cutting household bills, finding a job or maintaining contact with distant friends and relatives. For business and voluntary organisations, going online can provide ways to reach more customers and reduce operating costs. The internet also provides broader benefits, by helping to address wider social and economic issues like reducing isolation and improving health."
So what is to be done about the half million or so people in Wales who are left behind: those that lack the skills, confidence, motivation or opportunity to get online? There is little in the UK Government document that relates to our specific Welsh context. What we have got in Wales is a proud history of putting our money where our mouth is, when it comes to funding digital inclusion support. The Welsh Government's Communities 2.0 programme is run by the Wales Co-operative Centre, and has had a huge impact on the lives of those most excluded and most affected by poverty.
As Wales moves on from Communities 2.0, to the next phase of digital inclusion support, we need to build on the strong foundations of partnership laid down by Communities 2.0 initiatives. Yes, practical digital inclusion activities need to be integrated into the mainstream. But for this to be effective it needs support, coordination and leadership. Nothing like the revolution in information and communication described in the UK Government document has ever happened before. As Wales, as a nation, responds to this challenge, it seems right to give the issue the particular attention that only a dedicated strategic project can bring.
What financial inclusion really means and its significance in the fight against poverty…
Tackling poverty runs through everything we do at the Wales Co-operative Centre; from helping people in some of the country's most disadvantaged areas to improve their financial capability, to supporting people to get online and learn new skills that can help them back into work or start a business. We also work with social enterprises and co-operatives, to help develop stronger, more sustainable and better businesses.
Here, Jocelle Lovell, Financial Inclusion Project Manager, discusses the role of financial inclusion in tackling poverty…
This week (Tuesday, 4 November), I was invited to speak at 'Advice & Support', Carmarthenshire's Network Event in the Halliwell Centre, Trinity St Davids, Carmarthen. The topic was 'What financial inclusion really means and its significance in the fight against poverty'; the challenge was taking something that I could talk about all day and putting it into a 20 minute presentation.
So I started with the three key elements of Financial Inclusion:
- Accessibility – being able to access the financial services and products needed to participate fully in modern-day society and manage money effectively
- Literacy – having the ability to understand the words and numbers used in financial products
- Capability – having the ability to interpret the information and use it to make informed decisions appropriate to an individual's circumstances.
Have people got the tools, the knowledge, the right environment and the confidence to manage their personal money? If not, they are financially excluded. Why is this a problem? Well here are just a few examples;
- If you do not have a bank account with a direct debit facility you will pay more for services & utilities
- Poor or no credit history may well exclude you from low interest loans from mainstream lenders (banks, building societies), often leaving no option other than high interest loans, payday loans or a worst case scenario using a loan shark.
- Your choices are limited i.e. buying a product online at the best price versus using the likes of BrightHouse or Provident
- Lack of understanding or choice can lead to 'costly' inappropriate decisions.
People who are financially excluded are more likely to need support from publicly funded services. The likely impact of paying more for their products and services is that they will remain in poverty. Living in poverty is becoming a social norm. Poverty is not a new problem, but following the recent years of economic decline, it is becoming more and more prevalent across our communities. There are many good initiatives across Wales that are trying to address these issues, both locally and nationally. But we still have 1 in 5 working and non working households across Wales living in poverty (Joseph Rowntree Foundation: Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion in Wales), along with:
- Increased demand on foodbanks
- Increased high street presence of modern day pawn brokers and loan companies
- Increased demand for Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP)
- Increased number of services being transferred online banking, welfare benefits
- Closures of local banks and post offices.
So tackling financial exclusion must be a priority if we are to reduce the number of people living in poverty across Wales. For many, this will mean changing attitudes and behaviors towards money and educating people on the responsible options available.
Where there is challenge, there is opportunity…
In light of Welfare Reforms, reduction in public spending and recommendations from the Williams Commission, is now not an opportune time to radically rethink how we deliver services, fund local delivery strategies and generate sustainable job creation?
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Centre announces second Tackling Poverty Fortnight campaign
Tackling poverty is one of the Welsh Government's top priorities.
With this in mind, the Wales Co-operative Centre is about to embark on its latest anti-poverty campaign. 'Tackling Poverty Fortnight' will run from 13th – 26th January 2015. The campaign will promote solutions that are helping people in our most disadvantaged communities. It will seek to highlight new approaches that could make a big difference to reducing poverty levels in Wales in the future.
The inaugural campaign, held almost exactly one year ago, received public recognition from AMs in the Senedd, with a series of blog posts demonstrating the ways in which the Centre's work supports the wider tackling poverty agenda in Wales.
This time around, we will again be showing how our work provides co-operative solutions to tackling poverty but we are also doing something different and exciting. We are writing to a number of organisations around the UK, that are all involved in work that aims to reduce poverty in some way, to invite them to identify new ways of reducing poverty in Wales in the future.
We're asking these organisations to submit ideas in the form of blog posts. Each idea needs to be something that is not already happening in Wales – at least not on a large scale. Ideally it should be something which is having a demonstrable impact in reducing poverty in the UK or globally but could be rolled out or adapted to work in Wales.
The blog posts need to be submitted by mid-December and will then be published during 'Tackling Poverty Fortnight' (13th-26th January). The publicity for each idea may, in itself, be enough to give it the momentum it needs to become a reality in Wales. We will gauge reaction from the ideas and are keen to work with interested parties to take some of the ideas forward.
Our campaign was first mentioned at this week's 'Towards a Wales Without Poverty' conference, hosted by the Bevan Foundation and Joseph Rowntree Foundation. During this event, policy experts, researchers and practitioners led debates that largely looked at how poverty in other parts of the UK had a bearing on Wales and whether approaches that were being taken to reduce poverty elsewhere could work here.
During the conference, my colleagues Dave Brown and Matthew Lloyd ran a breakout session that looked at how digital inclusion work, primarily through Communities 2.0, was not only hugely relevant to the poverty debate but how it was helping to tackle poverty in disadvantaged communities.
The conference painted a bleak picture at times, paying particular attention to child poverty, in-work poverty and how issues such as the living wage, Universal Credit, food banks, equal pay, government strategies, piloting anti-poverty schemes, poverty in rural areas, valley areas and cities are all relevant factors that are very much in the melting pot when it comes to the issue of poverty in Wales.
We're interested to see what kind of response we get to our invitation to organisations, to provide ideas to reduce poverty in Wales to help make some sort of improvement.
Rural Development Plan – Digital Inclusion
We welcome the inclusion of investment in ICT, particularly digital inclusion, as a key area for intervention in tackling poverty and supporting communities through the Rural Development Plan. Digital inclusion is an important tool in tackling poverty. ICT is an essential skill for accessing benefits and benefit advice, when seeking work and also in reducing social isolation. Digitally excluded individuals often find themselves as financially excluded as a result.
For people living in rural areas, particularly those with poor public transport infrastructure, digital inclusion can reduce isolation and social exclusion. In areas where it is difficult to access services, digital inclusion offers the opportunity for equitable access to services and to online and distance learning.
For example, Cantref Housing Association have support from Communities 2.0 to deliver the 'On your Doorstep' initiative. This provides a digital outreach vehicle with internet access to visit Cantref's 35 housing estates. Since May 2012, they have engaged with 270 tenants across Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, North Pembrokeshire and Machynlleth. The scheme allows staff to provide information and support to tenants but it also allows tenants to receive support in getting online.


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Weekend hangover....
Anyways the weekend is here, it's lovely and sunny outside and if I can actually drag my carcass outside I might get to soak up some rays at some point...ohhhhh, not sure if I can manage that...I actually haven't felt this bad in quite a while! But not so bad I can't type eh.
Meanwhile, back in the real world, there's been another BBC Press release for Season Four of Dr Who, with this (above) accompanying publicity still. As some of my fellow bloggers have already noted, Catherine Tate is looking remarkably serene and sedate. I like her hair and top too. There's a kind of new softness about her whole aura. Does this mean that the screeching fishwife of "The Runaway Bride" will come back a changed, more mellow woman? I hope so. My own personal theory is that like the Dr and Professor Yana, Donna is actually in possession of an antique pocket watch, in which her real Time Lord (Lady) persona resides. "Donna Noble" is actually a fictional invention she has adopted to avoid detection on planet Earth. In the first story of the new season, the Dr happens upon the watch and opens it, ridding "Donna" once and for all of her chavvy persona. For the rest of the season Ms Tate plays the part of Donnavoratrelundar, a sophisticated, highly intelligent Gallifreyan, who makes the original Time Lady Romana look like, well, Donna Noble. She's the Dr's intellectual equal and together they have many thrilling adventures in time and space.
Well I can dream can't I?
If you want to know more about the new season, try here. Amongst other things, the Dr is due to have an encounter with Agatha Christie. As Timewarden has commented, there does seem to be a recurrent pattern with each respective series of the new Who i.e. in every season the Dr meets a well known historical figure from the past! We've had Charles Dickens, Queen Victoria and William Shakespeare. This does seem to smack slightly of tokenism - shoving in a "meet the famous person" story as some kind of conscious gesture. Having said that the Christie story could be really good if done properly - a kind of murder mystery maybe? I would prefer it if RTD didn't write it though.
Thanks to Timewarden for the photo by the way!


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Peniel Joseph doesn't waste any time declaring his bona fides in his screed currently on view at CNN. It's right there in his title. If Kanye cared about black folks he'd have voted for Hillary!
And in case you didn't get it, he spells it out again in his first paragraph; thanks to Kanye and all those other un-enlightened black folks who failed to vote for Hillary, black people lost the election.
Sure... because the Clintons have done so much for black folks in America?..
A quick peek at Peniel's Wikipedia page reveals a man who's made a damned fine career out of being a Professional Black Intellectual. Looks like he's founded some iteration of "black studies" programs pretty much everywhere he ever landed a teaching gig.
In the academic world "Black Studies" is a close cousin of Gender Studies, Post-Colonial Studies, Feminist Studies, Queer Studies, etc. All your major institutions of higher learning have indulged these fields of study in the last twenty or thirty years or so because it proves beyond a doubt how tolerant and inclusive they are.
While engineering, business, and the hard sciences remain the meat and potatoes of every worthwhile post-secondary institution, and their alumni provide the gravy for their endowment funds, it's crucial to show that you're a bastion of diversity and have an eye out for the welfare of the oppressed.
There's a word for that.
Mind you, it's given Peniel and many like-minded Professional Black Intellectuals a soap-box from which to mega-phone their insights... such as Donald Trump is a racist douche-bag and Hillary loves black people.
As near as I can tell Trump became a racist around the time he officially declared his intention to run for the White House. Before that he was almost a token honorary white dude among professional black activists.
Why do you suppose that changed once he was in the ring with Hillary?