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Yesterday was local election day in many parts of the country. In Bournemouth the whole council was up for election. 54 councillors, 3 in each of the 19 wards. The result was a "True Blue" swing of massive proportions!
Many at work had the feeling that the Tories would be back in charge. For that to happen only 9 seats were need to change hands from the LibDems, but with a loss of 23, it meant that only 5 of the sitting LibDem councillors were returned, along with 2 new councillors. Hopefully the new administration will not get to bullish about their majority and not do anything too hasty. We will wait and see.
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I am just amazed with the simple idea behind the Perpetual Education Fund. Lend a student money to pay for his education. Once they graduate they repay the loan over the next five to ten years. The money can then be recycled and loaned again to another student. The fund was started in 2001 and in the past 6 years has helped 27,000 individuals in 39 different countries. Here in the UK the government runs a state system of student loans administered by the Student Loan Company. I think the only reason why many students in the UK complain about this system is that until 1998 all state education was free up to and including university courses. I wish more could see how blessed they are.
Came across this post Simple, but not simpler which starts off with this alleged quote from Albert Einstein "Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler". Which turns out wasn't the words he actually used. Apparently that is a paraphrase of the full quote "The supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible without having to surrender the adequate representation of a single datum of experience" see Occam's Razor. Seems the world started out by simplifying his quote.
My parents both currently spend a majority of their time during the week volunteering for the Church as Family History Support missionaries.
One of the main areas of development in the Family History programs of the Church is New FamilySearch. It is currently in a second phase of beta testing. Dad emailed me details about how to apply to get involved in the beta testing. I've now been accepted and have had my first experience with the system. There are still things to iron out, but it does look very promising.
OK it's done. Bournemouth Council met last night and agreed the council tax increase for 2007/8. My role has been a supporting one. I've didn't have to make any decisions about what services are cut or where extra money will be spent in the coming year, but a lot of my time (increasingly more and more, as we approached this week) over the last 6 months has been all towards supporting the decision makers in their duty to do so.
