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At the 2017 regional meetings RMEF regional directors, state chairs and regional chairs listened to speaker Tom McKee talk volunteers (that's you!). McKee is the owner of Volunteer Power, a leadership development firm specializing in volunteerism, and the co-author of The New Breed: Understanding and Equipping the 21st Century Volunteer and other books. Over the last 40 years, McKee has helped train over 100,000 people as far away as Dublin, Ireland and Capetown, South Africa.
Our volunteer force is vital to RMEF. The healthier and stronger our volunteer system, the more successful RMEF will be. For these reasons, we are putting a renewed focus on volunteer recruitment and retention. A key part of that is empowering you—current volunteers—with the tools you need to do the same. With McKee's permission, we recorded these sessions, and RMEF Headquarters staff is working hard to compile the videos. In the future, they will be available as tools to learn how to better recruit, maintain and utilize the evolving volunteer workforce.
In the meantime, here are a few highlights to get you started:
Volunteer Projects and Rendezvous
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Committee Volunteer Fundraising Description
Volunteer News
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National Volunteer Award Nomination Form
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In Photo: Officials hoisting the Indian flag at Dhabalguri-II and Dhabalguri-III enclaves in Mathabhanga-I development block in Cooch Behar on 1 August 2015. Photo Courtesy: Mayukh Chakraborty on Facebook.
By A Newsman
Cooch Behar, 10 August: INDIA and Bangladesh have failed to handover each other the land records of all the enclaves that the two countries recently exchanged amongst themselves as they could not locate all the land papers.
The two neighbouring countries instead, exchanged the land records of only 62 enclaves out of the total 162.
The land records were exchanged on Monday during a meeting of the Joint Boundary Working Group of the two countries at Chengrabandha block development office in Cooch Behar.
A 17-member delegation from Bangladesh that included Abu Naser Anwarul Islam of the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata, took part in the meeting. The Indian side was led by the district magistrate of Cooch Behar P Ulaganathan.
During the course of the meet, Bangladesh officials handed over the land records of 19 enclaves to Indian authorities. This is even as the total number of enclaves that have been transferred by Bangladesh to India is 51.
India, on the other hand, handed over to Bangladesh, the land records of only 43 enclaves. The number of enclaves transferred by India to Bangladesh is 111.
Cooch Behar DM P Ulaganathan said that they would undertake fresh survey to prepare the land records of the remaining enclaves. "The land records of all the enclaves could not be traced. Hence, we shall have to carry out fresh surveys to prepare the same," Mr Ulaganathan told reporters.
Habibur Rehman, deputy commissioner of Lalmonirhat district in Bangladesh and head of their delegation, echoed his Indian counterpart.
"We too could not locate the land papers of all the 51 enclaves. But there are some other land records of Jalpaiguri, North and South Dinajpur districts on the Indian side that are lying with us and some of our land records are lying with them. I have urged the respective district magistrates to exchange such land records for mutual benefit," Mr Rehman said.
Mr Ulaganathan said that an Indian official delegation would visit Bangladesh on 17 August, to finalise the number of enclave dwellers who want to relocate to India.
Going by the provisional figure, the number of people who have submitted applications to switch over to India is 979. From the enclaves that were with India, not a single person has expressed the desire to settle down in Bangladesh.


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Few games look as incredible as "Red Dead Redemption 2," the next creation from the folks behind "Grand Theft Auto."
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The third-person action game is set in the American Old West, when bandits robbed trains and – apparently – set homes ablaze.
But it's not all frontier justice and high-octane robbery.
The "Red Dead Redemption" series is just as notorious for its quiet moments of serenity against the backdrop of an unsettled American frontier. "Red Dead Redemption 2" is clearly continuing that tradition, as evidenced by its latest trailer:
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In "Red Dead Redemption 2," the story focuses on a man named Arthur Morgan – an outlaw – and the Van der Linde gang, "as they rob, fight and steal their way across the vast and rugged heart of America in order to survive."
Fans of the first "Red Dead Redemption" will no doubt recognize that gang name, as its leader Dutch and his gang were central characters. Given that it's a prequel, and the events of this game seemingly set up the events of the prior game, we'd call it likely that fan favorite John Marston will make an appearance or two here.
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Images of the Past The 1876 Johnny Spaulding Cabin - Belle Fourche This rare two-story cabin holds stories of adventure, deceit, and romance.
Old log cabins have a certain romantic appeal. They're symbols of early America as we want to remember it. Lamplight, wood burning stoves, quilts and feather pillows, warm and snug against wicked winters and wolves.
But the true-life story attached to one of the oldest pioneer dwellings in South Dakota actually does involve an honest-to-goodness romance, complete with adventure, deceit, love lost and love found again against the odds.*
This cabin was the first permanent dwelling in Butte County, on the northern edge of South Dakota's Black Hills. It was built by "Buckskin" Johnny Spaulding.
Johnny Spaulding was born in west-central Wisconsin in 1849. He attended grade school and learned to read and write. Like most frontier children, he also learned something about farming and raising livestock. Johnny grew up near a community of native Ojibway and their children were the best friends of his childhood. He learned their language and folkways, how they hunted, fished, and lived in harmony with nature.
When he was 19, Johnny moved to Winona County in southeast Minnesota to further his formal education at a private academy. He lived in the academy headmaster's house with the headmaster's family. He paid his own way by working a variety of jobs. He was especially good at caring for horses but could do almost any kind of work. One summer, he was paid to tend a raft of logs being moved from the north woods of Minnesota down the Mississippi river to St. Louis.
During his time in Minnesota, he fell in love with Nettie Dobbs, a classmate who happened to be the headmaster's daughter. Johnny proposed to Nettie in 1871 and with her family's blessing, Nettie accepted. He was 22, she was 16.
After the harsh and deadly winter of 1872-1873, the young couple agreed they'd prefer a life in a milder climate. In 1874, Johnny went west to see what he could find. He crossed the icy Missouri River into Nebraska and made his way west along the Platte River. He eventually laid claim to some land in south central Nebraska. He planted a crop, but at the time there was a lot more money to be made as a so-called market hunter, killing buffalo and other wild game for money. Spaulding and a shooting partner kept three skinners employed full time, ranging throughout western Nebraska and eastern Colorado.
It was a risky occupation. Spaulding and his pack horse were both bitten by rattlesnakes. Johnny almost died and the horse did. He was once stranded in a blizzard without food or water for three days. His partner ventured out some 80 miles from their home base, eventually finding Johnny, barely alive but walking and trying to make his way home. On another occasion, while approaching a buffalo he'd shot at some distance, Spaulding noticed several arrows protruding from the dead animal's ribs. An Oglala Indian named Yellow Horse soon arrived at the kill site and a dispute arose over who owned the carcass. The competing hunters agreed to wrestle for it. After a half hour struggle, they agreed to a draw. Yellow Horse kept the buffalo's meat and Johnny Spaulding kept the hide.
Spaulding had been writing and sending letters to Nettie Dobbs as often as possible but never got a letter in return. Deeply worried, he sent a letter to one of Nellie's aunts. The aunt's reply was sad. Not long after Johnny went west, she said, Nettie moved in with another aunt who happened to be ill. After the sick aunt passed away, Nettie married the widowed husband.
Heartbroken, Johnny went back to market hunting on the plains of Nebraska and Colorado.
But Johnny and Nettie were the victims of a cruel deceit. Nettie Dobbs never received any of Johnny's letters, nor did she receive any letters from other family members. None of the letters she wrote to Johnny were ever delivered. The aunt's husband, a Mr. Giles, was colluding with a good friend - who happened to be the local postmaster. With the postmaster's help, Giles intercepted and destroyed every letter Johnny wrote. He also destroyed letters from Nettie's own family.
Even worse, Mr. Giles presented Nettie with a letter supposedly written by her stepmother. The letter said that Johnny had married an Oglala girl and obviously "cared for her (Nettie) no more than a dog."
Not long after her aunt died, Giles pressured Nettie into marrying him. Having lived together for so long, he told her, people were talking. They would be shamed and shunned by the local society if they didn't get married. Nettie gave in. Then, not long after they were married, Giles moved Nettie and the children to Texas.
By 1876, Johnny Spaulding knew that the big buffalo herds were just about gone. He contacted his sister and brother-in-law and urged them to join him in the Black Hills. Like everybody else in the country, he'd heard about the gold strikes in Custer and Deadwood.
Spaulding arrived in the northern Black Hills not long after the Battle of the Little Big Horn in June, 1876. Tensions between white settlers and Indians were at a high point and Spaulding joined a crew building a stockade in Spearfish. Johnny's knowledge of Native language landed him a job with the U.S. Army. He worked as a scout for General Crook, whose troops were still chasing Crazy Horse. (They never found him.)
Johnny preferred deer hide clothing of his own making to a uniform or manufactured attire. The nickname "Buckskin Johnny" was applied and stuck.
In late 1876, Spaulding built a cabin along the Redwater River just south and east of present day Belle Fourche. Spaulding cut the logs from stands of pine near Deadwood and hauled them some 15 miles to his home site. He wrote to family members and urged them to join him in this new and still wide-open frontier.
Spaulding's sister Lucinda, her husband T.J. Davis and their children arrived in 1877. Working together, Spaulding and Davis added two rooms to the cabin. By local standards it was fairly spacious, with one bedroom on the first floor and two on the second. For the next two years or so, nine people called the cabin home.
Spaulding did almost everything but mine gold. He hauled freight and moved livestock and timber. In 881, he established a horse ranch in Wyoming. But he couldn't seem to settle down. If anything, he became even more of a rambler. We went back to Nebraska, then to the desert Southwest, then back north to the Yellowstone country and over the Continental Divide, first into Washington, then Oregon. He finally stopped moving in northern California where he bought some land in Modoc County. He appeared to be settling in. He built dams on two streams, diverting the water onto a thousand acres of new cropland. It was among the first irrigation projects in that part of the West.
When the Spanish American War broke out in 1898 Spaulding tried to enlist in the Army. He was 49. When the recruiters rejected him because of his age, he challenged them to 2-mile footrace. Spaulding beat the recruiters' champion, signed some papers, and spent the next 18 months serving with Company K of the First California Volunteers. The unit saw action in both Cuba and the Philippines.
Johnny Spaulding's life was a little more settled after the war. A serious drought forced the sale of his Modoc County ranch. Johnny moved south to Napa County, taking up residence in a "Veteran's Home." But he didn't like what he called the "herd life." He bought another rancher, this one in California's Napa Valley.
Johnny learned the truth about Nettie's life in 1914. By chance, his brother had met with one of Nettie's relatives in Minnesota and the truth came out. After hearing the story, Johnny traveled to St. Paul, Minnesota to convince Nettie's family that they must never tell her about what her husband Giles had done. For years, they honored Johnny's request.
But when Giles died in 1927, letters were exchanged between family members and Nettie learned the whole truth. In October of that year, a meeting was arranged at Johnny's sister's house in Yakima, Washington. Johnny and Nettie were married a week later - after a 55-year engagement.
The bride and groom returned to Johnny's ranch near Yountville, California. By all accounts, including their own, they lived happily together in the temperate climate of the Napa Valley for the next four years. Johnny Spaulding passed away in 1932 due to complications from surgery at the Napa Veterans home. Nettie died just a few months later. The pair visited Belle Fourche in 1928, just once as husband and wife.
The Spaulding Cabin was inhabited until the 1930s but by the end of the 1950s, it was in poor condition.
In 1960, the William A. Helmer family donated the structure to the Tri-State Museum in Belle Fourche. The Belle Fourche Lions Club renovated the cabin, adding a new roof and chimney, windows, and other improvements.
In 2006, the Belle Fourche Questers Club, the City of Belle Fourche, and the Tri-State Museum obtained a grant and undertook a more complete restoration. In 2007, the cabin was moved to its current location on the Museum grounds and decorated with period-appropriate furnishings.
To see 360-degree views of the interior of the Johnny Spaulding cabin, visit SDPB's Flickr gallery.
To learn more about the "Buckskin" Johnny Spaulding Cabin and plan a visit, check the Tri-State Museum Web site.
*Excerpts and Compilations from "The Lives and Loves of Buckskin Johnny Spaulding," Cy Davis - The Center for Western Studies, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, SD. "The Odyssey of Buckskin Johnny Spaulding" Cy Davis, © 2010, Tri-State Museum, Belle Fourche, SD; "The Girl I Left Behind" John and Nettie Spaulding, © 2010, Tri-State Museum, Belle Fourche, SD.
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This was a fun series, each book is a little under 100 pages so I'd recommend just reading them all together as one book. Samantha works for the NSA as a hacker and stumbles upon something she shouldn't. To protect her, they send her into hiding. Under a new identity she continues to work on her project and ends up falling for the handsome neighbor next door. Seth may be handsome and seems almost too good to be true. When the truth comes out and his motives revealed Samantha is left picking up the pieces. Time passes and Samantha just can't let Seth go and starts digging around to find out who he really is. After tracking him down she jumps on a plane and goes after him.
Sounds fun, right? Well, it was. I really liked the idea for this series and while I did enjoy the story I think it could have been a little better. If it had been written as one full-length novel we could have had a little more character and plot development. I go into a little more detail on my Goodreads reviews, but I'll just leave it that I thought it was a fun, light romantic suspense. Nice if you have a couple hours and want to escape for a bit. Of the three, I think the first book was the best. Grabbed my attention and had a fun storyline.


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In the summer of 2001, our crew spent a day at Rapids Waterpark in West Palm Beach for a day full of fun!!
In the summer of 2002, our crew spent the day at Blizzard Beach in Orlando with several Venture Crews from South Florida Council and several explorer posts from Miami-Dade and Broward Counties. We had a great time, and here are some pics to share the fun. Most of the time was spent with Crew 384, and we met several venturers and explorers on the way.
In the summer of 2003, our crew, along with several other crews and explorer posts attended Blizzard Beach once again. Even though the weather was a delay, we had a great time!!!! Those who attended from Crew 485 were: Nicole, Katrina, Rodolfo, Pollo, Jose, and Zhivago!!!


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Why are greens the one part of our foods that we find hardest to include yet possibly the most important.
I have strong recollections of my younger brother taking down peas like pills, one at a time with a glass of milk. He definitely has some strong bones yet it really did seem to be a waste of his time and definitely a test of my mothers patience. Needless to say, he now eats almost anything and is one of the best and healthiest cooks that I know. We were never forced to eat anything as kids however we were encouraged to try everything at least once to know whether or not we really liked it. So is it really worth going through the drama to get your kids (or yourself) to eat greens?
Why Greens are Important
Antioxidants – Prevent disease
Simply: Green vegetables are rich in antioxidants and plant based vitamins and minerals. With free radical damage being a primary cause for cell damage, aging and disease it is crucial that our diets are rich in anti-oxidants that counteract this damage and assist in disease prevention.
Powerful anti-oxidant properties. The broccoli includes phytonutrients that strengthen our immune systems and help build bones. A rich source of vitamins E, A, C, K & B6 as well as providing a source of potassium, manganese and calcium. Broccoli contains important compounds such as sulforaphane that have been found protective effect against cancer and possibly cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders and the damaging effects of aging.
Spinach – yes Popeye was right!
Spinach is another nutrient packed green food source. Rich inVitamins B, A, C, K & E as well as Iron, Magnesium, Potassium, Selenium and Zinc. Whilst the iron in spinach (non-heme iron) has a much lower absorption rate than that found in meat products (heme iron) it can be increased by 200-300% by adding vitamin C. Hence squeezing lemon juice on your vegetables is a great way to increase the absorption of iron.
Kiwi fruit is an extremely rich source of vitamin C & K. Boasting a moderate Glycemic Index of 51 along with a compound (inositol) shown enhance insulin sensitivity, kiwi fruit is a great choice for diabetics controlling their blood sugar levels.
Our Acidic Diets – the acid-alkaline balance
pH balance is important in all living things. Water has a pH level of 7.0 and is considered neutral. The ideal pH range for the human body is slightly acidic in a range between 6.0-6.8. Unfortunately, due to our stressful lives, and a diet where over consumption of meats, dairy, bad fats, sugars, alcohol and caffeine, our bodies tend to be far more acidic than the ideal. This can result in numerous health problems (see below), hence why balancing with more alkaline based foods is your key to optimal health. A general rule of thumb would be to consume 80% alkaline and 20% acid based foods. The reverse is probably the reality for most western diets.
Too much acidity can lead to:
- Poor immunity
- Headaches & Migraines
- Weight Gain
- Bladder & Kidney Conditions
- Accelerated cell damage from free radicals
- Pre mature aging
- Slow digestion and elimination
- Lethargy and chronic fatigue
- Poor concentration
This is where GREEN is good. By adding greens to your meal you are naturally increasing your alkaline food intake and combating the acid forming foods in your diet not too mention they are packed full of important nutrients.
Want some proof? – the litmus paper test is a simple way of seeing how your body measures up. Purchase litmus paper from your local chemist apply either saliva/urine prior to eating to test your pH.
Easy Ways to Get your Greens
I have mentioned green drink a few times in my posts. For years I have been using a variety of green drinks in my diet as a means to keep my green enzyme intake high even when I am really busy and have little time to ensure that I am eating enough. This has taken me on a journey from stuff that tastes like dirt to powders with what I am sure could only be cayenne pepper and a horrible dirt+chilly taste. Needless to say my mistakes lead to finally finding Vital Greens and thankfully not only was it pleasant tasting, vital greens had more nutrient content than any of other less palatable versions.
The first few times that you drink it, it may be a little unfamiliar however once your body is used to it, it is so easy to drink and is a great instant source of energy as well as ensuring your body it's dose of essential greens enzymes.
If the taste really doesn't appeal, mix it with some protein powder for a post work out fix.
For Kids : You can disguise it for kids by adding a little into fruit smoothies or juice then putting the drink in a dark container (they can be very cluey on the colour of things). Don't add a lot just slowly increase the dose til they get to a teaspoon.
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Pecos, NM:– Pecos National Historical Park will offer a free ranger-led tour of the seldom-seen Arrowhead Pueblo on Sunday, May 28th. This one mile round trip visit to the 14th century pueblo will explore the historical, archaeological, and cultural significance of this 100+ room ruin. Visitors interested in the tour are advised to reserve a spot, as space is limited. Attendees will meet at the Visitor Center at 1:00 p.m. and caravan to the trailhead with the ranger.
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It was set up by Cindy over at cationdesigns (oops, I'm over six months late) and I think it's fab! My two cats Mini and Merky constantly "help" me to sew. Mainly by pouncing on or refusing to get off my fabric. Now that I've started dressmaking, they also like to "get" (read: hunt) the tissue paper. Thanks Moomins (the collective name for my two, along with Tinkers).
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- When did you acquire your helpful feline assistant? What is the average amount of time elapsed between when you start a project and when something gets helped with? Eighteen months ago when they were seven or eight weeks old (they are siblings). Anywhere between two seconds and two minutes.
- What is your helpful feline assistant's favourite/weirdest thing to assist with? They like to pretend they are pattern/fabric weights. Mini also likes playing "tunnels".
- How do you decline said assistance without losing your arm? Hmm, tricky. Bribes mainly. But they just look at me. With that look.
- What's the worst thing your helpful feline assistant has managed to botch up? I'm imagining shredded chiffon, snagged silks, etc. Ripped tissue paper pattern. Luckily not too much damage, I managed to save it in time. Just.
- Are you ever afraid to post too many pictures of your helpful feline assistant on your blog, for fear of being labeled a crazy cat lady? I am a crazy cat lady, I don't care who knows.


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Today is my 25th birthday and I find myself thinking about regrets. This may sound like a gloomy and depressing stream of thought, especially during a celebratory occasion, but it's not. At least not anymore.
My past regrets used to have such a suffocating hold— condemning me with feelings of shame or embarrassment that were difficult to escape. At times I would lay in bed restless as I replayed conversations or arguments where I thought I should have listened more, spoken less, and vice versa. Struggling with regret was much like living with a tomato-throwing audience on the inside of me. There was no need for haters as I often did their job myself.
Perhaps my biggest regrets lay with the things I wish I had done. I have no stories of fighting the bully or walking out on a much-hated job. Rather than stand up for myself, I just saw it as my cross to bear. I liked to play it safe because it was well, safe, and confrontation felt like the opposite. There were many times I repressed my truth or diluted my strength out of consideration for the status quo and the feelings of others. I've replied, "I love you, too" because girls were supposed to want the happily ever after. I second guessed my dream of moving away to DC for undergrad thanks to someone who perhaps didn't believe in their own dream.
My biggest regret had been not living out my truth, and now that I've found it, no one can pry it from my grasp. No longer will I say yes to things to things I don't actually want because as Lena Dunham once said, "It's really liberating to say no to sh— you hate."
As a recovering perfectionist I've since learned to be cautious about regretful thinking, because it comes disguised as healthy reflection. Joan Chittister, author of The Gift of Years, once wrote, "Regret, one of the ghosts of aging, comes upon us one day dressed up like wisdom, looking profound and serious, sensible and responsible." It may seem innocent in the beginning to look back and wonder how we all got to where we are, but the aftermath it evokes are more like punishment than innocent reminiscing.
Should I have walked away from my first love before our relationship became sour? Did I need that tattoo? What if I applied to my dream college rather than listen to the voice that told me I could never afford it? Why didn't I stand up for myself against that boss who would belittle me?
I could try to go on and on until I fall into a deep abyss of missed opportunities and unwise choices, but it would all be a waste of time. Chittister best explains, "Regret demands to know why I did what I did in the first place. And I don't know." Whatever response or excuse I come up with will never be enough. "Why?" is one of the most frustrating questions because the best answer you come up with still doesn't satisfy. And that's because it won't change a thing about the past.
Our power does, however, lie within our perspective. The flaws in my personal theology prevented me from accepting forgiveness and unconditional love from both myself and God. But it took a divine revelation of His grace to understand that I no longer have to live with regret because I've been redeemed. I am free from the bondage of what could have been, because I have hope in what will be.
Life, from the time we begin to grasp right and wrong, is a continuous journey of redemption. I am proud of who I've grown to be not solely because of my accomplishments, but because of how I've bounced back after falling short. I know what it means to endure and without learning to grow from my mistakes, the foundation of character would be like straw. Unreliable and lacking in strength, as it swayed wherever the wind blew. To regret a single thing would be an insult to my growth.
My mistakes have put me in a position to win, as paradoxical as it sounds. That's the hand of God and His magnificent artistry of turning lemons into lemonade, sorrow into joy, and tears into laughter. And I am forever grateful as I wake to see a quarter century. I greet 25 full of expectation and free from regrets.
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Grantham and Boston workers could be hit by scrapping of premium rates at Downtown and Oldrids
Workers at Downtown and Oldrids in Grantham and Boston are set to lose premium rates of pay for working Sundays and Bank Holidays.
The company says that the current system is unfair because some workers at the company receive premium rates of pay for working Sundays and Bank Holidays while others do not.
The company, which also has stores in Lincoln and Gainsborough, has put the proposal out to consultation and says about half of those who are paid premium rates have agreed to the proposal so far.
A spokesman for Oldrids and Downtown said: "At Oldrids & Downtown our 800 plus employees are our greatest asset. We recognise this with a generous benefits package including staff discount of up to 20 per cent.
"Keen to preserve these benefits and remain an employer of choice, we have considered other ways of helping to pay for the Living Wage. About 150 of our employees receive premium rates of pay for working Sundays and Bank Holidays. These rates were introduced many years ago, when attitudes to Sunday trading were different, and many other retailers have already abolished such rates.
"With this in mind, we are consulting with those employees who receive the premium rates and seeking their agreement for Sundays and Bank Holidays to in future be paid at basic hourly rates.
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But one employee at Downtown in Grantham, who does not wish to be named, said the move was 'morally wrong'. She said: "Staff have been given the option to sign or receive notice to terminate their employment. Unlike other well-known employers, Oldrids are unwilling and they say unable to pay any form of compensation in order to cushion the blow for these long-serving staff members, leaving many in serious financial difficulties who have worked these hours on a regular basis.
She added: "The living wage has not been put in place for anyone to be worse off. This is morally wrong."
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The boys and I left the driveway from our Preston CT home at 5:36 AM on Sunday 3 May and headed up the highway to the Dunstable show. This show is known as an early in the day event and indeed not long after noon things started clearing out. The day was overcast but it never did rain and we had a great time showing our engines. Norm Jones, Russ Steeves, Jim Paquette, and Dick Boucher were among the NEMES members displaying. Les Russell, Vern Escher and several other members were at the show also.
I learned that this pooch's name is Jodie. I think that in this wet field his name should have been Tick Collector.
The boys claimed a spot on the tailgate of Norm's Ford Hilton.
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The Stars at Oktober Bend Glenda Millard The Stars at Oktober Bend starts with Alice, who struggles to speak because of one night which left her with stitches in her head and a brain injury. Alice tries to move on and live life by writing as her way of truly expressing herself, but there are few people for her to talk to, and other people often don't listen: until a boy called Manny takes the time and an open mind to really look at her words. This book does switch between perspectives, and I know that some people don't like this or find it confusing but I do enjoy reading from another point of view, as long as the main character is predominately heard and the switching isn't confusing. Both categories were fulfilled in the book – the fonts even changing between the two characters so there was no confusion on the off time that Manny was the narrator. When the writing is from Alice's point of view, there is no capitalisation whatsoever which is a bit strange at first, but then her words almost flow into each other, forming a sense of simple, easy thoughts while reminding us (at least me) that she isn't able to think the way I can. I loved the disjointed lists as a quick flash into her sight: 'letters in the stove, gun under the house, boat on the verandah, companion constant, and secret at the angels' feet. Alice also slips into poems as her way of speaking in her mind, which does feel a little weird at first, but they become beautifully simple pieces that cause me to read them over and over. Not only did her thought-poems resound with me, but also little quotes that really gave me an idea into her condition and also told me about the harsh reality of integrating back into a world which saw her only as someone who used to be competent. Right from the beginning I knew that each character's story was waiting to be revealed and I had the sense that everything would be tied together at the end, which I love. Even though the whole issue of Manny's past is something huge, it was really played out as background noise, and wasn't really something as big and secretive as I assume it would have been in real life. I'm not a medical expert, and I'm not quite sure of the full extent of a brain injury but I feel as though this book did show what it is like to be mentally damaged, though at times I felt like the seizures and stutters were just thrown in there needlessly. I also felt the bond between Alice & Manny could have been strengthened, then again, I'm not sure how much Alice would be able to process. As for the rating, this book would be in between decent and awesome, but that's not the word that I would use to describe it; more like 'nice', 'touching', or 'sweet'. An almost light read. So let me just leave with a quote that I really like and I'll just say that for something to read as a love story with a big issue that doesn't always seem so big, The Stars at Oktober Bend is the book. 'In my separateness I searched for fresh words and old forgotten ones.' book rev iews Brooke, Year 10 Ravenswood School for Girls, Gordon NSW
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'Summer of hell': 600k+ New York-area commuters face massive station repairs & delays
Monday morning's rush hour began without any unusually large crowd and without any major problems. There was a garbage fire at Penn Station that spewed smoke onto the concourse, but no major delays or overcrowding, according to WNBC
BREAKING: The @krispykreme at #PennStation opened this morning - and there are no delays in service. #summerofhellpic.twitter.com/KcoOM7jWiW— Jose Martinez (@JMartinezNYC) July 10, 2017
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo had forecast the engineering repairs would cause a "summer of hell" for commuters.
LIRR #summerofhell Day 1? No problem! 5:15am to Atlantic Terminal, got the place all to myself. #lirr#atlanticterminal#actorslifepic.twitter.com/S466PUOJV4— Rich Mollo (@richmollo) July 10, 2017
The work was initially scheduled for nights and weekends over the course of a few years, but two recent derailments and other problems spotlighted the station's aging infrastructure, convincing Amtrak to accelerate the schedule.
The work is scheduled to last through the end of August.
No room on PATH train #cbsnewyork#traintroublepic.twitter.com/YDhmKBQaPB— Ali Bauman (@AliBaumanTV) July 10, 2017
For commuters on the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and New Jersey Transit, as well as Amtrak, the work will mean fewer trains during peak periods.
There was overcrowding in Hoboken, a major hub for New Jerseyans trying to reach Manhattan. All the trains on New Jersey transit's Morris and Essex Line had to been diverted, stretching Hoboken's capacity to the limit.
Commuters pour into the 33rd Street Station. #email@example.com/0uykbZy25D— Philip DeVencentis (@PhilDeVencentis) July 10, 2017
New Jersey Transit warned the public online and elsewhere about the congestion that is expected when up to 16,000 commuters are added to the 23,000 people who usually flow through the Hoboken station each day, agency spokesman Charles Ingoglia said.
The halls leading from New Jersey trains to PATH trains were packed for over an hour and some people seemed bewildered at their new routine.
"A lot of confusion and too many people gathered in one space," Lex Marshall told AP. "Everybody's just bumping into each other, pushing each other to get to their destinations."
Passengers making thier way to Manhattan from Hoboken Terminal via Path trains with Penn Station repairs underway. @ABC7NYpic.twitter.com/VID7ZoNc1X— Candace McCowan (@CandaceMcCowan7) July 10, 2017
When the work is completed, rail riders are anticipated to benefit from up-to-date equipment in and around the station.
Riders could still experience delays from electrical wire failures in the tunnel between New York and New Jersey, as well as signal and track problems in northern New Jersey east of Newark. The tunnel damage dates back to 2012's Superstorm Sandy, and these improvements could take a decade to correct.
In June, LIRR recorded 3,000 delays or cancellations caused by engineering work in 2016, and it was on track to surpass 3,500 engineering-related delays this year, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The Amtrak-owned infrastructure at Penn Station was responsible for 21 percent of the 10,000 cancelled or delayed trains through the first five months of this year.
The infrastructure is struggling to handle an increase in riders as well. The number of commuters rose 10 percent between 2011 and 2016 to 89 million people per year, its highest since 1949, according LIRR President Patrick Nowakowski.
In response, the commuter rail network boosted the number of trains it runs 7.4 percent from 2011, bringing a total of 247,000 trains to the tracks.
"Because everything is scheduled so precisely and so tightly to flow with one another, when one gets delayed, you have a domino effect," Nowakowski told AP.
The beginning of Amtrak's repairs coincided with a new survey of New York subway riders that found that 74 percent had been late to work or a meeting due to delays in the past three months, according to City Comptroller Scott Stringer.
Among those affected, 13 percent lost wages in three months and 2 percent said they'd been fired. Nearly one in five (18 percent) said they had been reprimanded by their supervisor at work because of subway delays over the same period.
The survey was conducted among 1,200 subway riders at 143 stations around the city.
SRO on 5:29 #LIRR to #portWashington. Meanwhile, the 5:44 express is wide open and civilized. #commute#nycpic.twitter.com/xMcRHvlpGP— Diane Tuman (@dianetuman) July 10, 2017
"Our subway system is in crisis," Stringer said on Sunday, according to the New York Daily News. "This shows the crisis is real and the impact is real on the people of New York City."
Stringer is seeking a $3.5 billion bond act, to be approved by voters, to help raise money for signal upgrades and track repairs.
3 months of standing room nightmare trains.Thanks @MTA for those extra 2 #LIRR cars, now we are at the right length for the regular schedule pic.twitter.com/YCJN85x3OB— Rob Horan (@PlaidNinja) July 10, 2017
About 1.7 billion people rode the subway in 2015, with 5.7 million rides per weekday.
The spike in delays is backed up by Metropolitan Transit Authority data, which found 823,582 delayed trains last year, a number on pace to hit 900,000 this year, up from 356,607 in 2012,
MTA Chairman Joe Lhota said, "The statistics you tell, they don't surprise me," according to the New York Daily News. "At the end of the day, I want all our customers as satisfied as possible."


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Monday, August 21, 2006
Preparing for Mondays
It's not a particularly good attitude to carry forward into the week. So by God's help, I'm hoping for change this week and taking a cue from how 19th century pastor, George Mueller prepared for Mondays (actually, it's how he prepared for every day) -
"According to my judgement the most important point to be attended to is this: above all things see to it that your souls are happy in the Lord. Other things may press upon you, the Lord's work may even have urgent claims upon your attention, but I deliberately repeat, it is of supreme and paramount importance that you should seek above all things to have your souls truly happy in God Himself! Day by day seek to make this the most important business of your life. "
Think you have responsibilities? George Mueller was a man of immense responsibility, overseeing care for more than 2000 orphans - all this accomplished without government assistance, personal wealth or corporate sponsorships. Despite his many noble responsibilities, he placed as his highest priority to have his heart happy in God, each and every day.
How did he go about pursuing and practicing this? He offers an important hint by the following quote:
"But in what way shall we attain to this settled happiness of soul? How shall we learn to enjoy God? How to obtain such an all-sufficient soul-satisfying portion in him as shall enable us to let go the things of this world as vain and worthless in comparison? I answer, This happiness is to be obtained through the study of the Holy Scriptures. God has therein revealed Himself unto us in the face of Jesus Christ."
I'm applying this by looking to God to reveal himself through his word. In particular, I'm looking for the portrait of Jesus Christ in the passages I read, reminding myself of his work of sacrifice on the cross, meditating on his love. I'm doing so with confidence that my lethargic heart is no match for God's inspired words to me. Here's what God graciously turned up for me in Psalms 130:3-4
If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.
Buried in the Book of Psalms, is this wonderful gospel picture, speaking of God's holiness, our depravity and his provision of forgiveness. I'm meditating on those verses together with 2 Cor 5:21.
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Today, I'm focusing on that bit of good news till I get happy in God.
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- The Hedonese said...
Hi Andre! Thanks for leaving the comments at my blog, and from what I see here - we do share a LOT in common! hehehe...
I'm workin' in KL but now, on a stint in Minneapolis till end of August. So i visited some churches around twin cities like Bethlehem Baptist, solomons porch, woodland hills etc.
Hey how do i contact you via email?
Cud u send me a note at hedonese at yahoo dot com?
Look forward to network with ya!
- The Hedonese said...
btw is there a Sovereign Grace church in Twin cities?
- andre said...
I think there's a Sovereign Grace Church in St Paul (Is that one of the "twins" in Twin Cities?) and also in Bloomington.
- tricia said...
I appreciated your post. Thanks for sharing it with me. I hope your attempt is successful. I will make a more valiant effort myself. So much of life is lived in the daily "stuff" we all do and if we could maintain that attitude I am sure it would be sweeter and more purposeful.
- andre said...
You are right that much of life is lived in daily stuff. I think if we learn from George Mueller and practice being joyful in God, it'll make all the difference for us. Thanks for taking the time to comment and please stop by again.
Grace to you.
- Mark Goodyear said...
Andre, Mueller's story is encouraging in some ways. But it also creates problems for me.
I can look at Mueller's life and say, "Oh, man, of course he was serving God. He helped thousands of children. His work was really a mission."
But what about people who have less acceptably "Christian" jobs? Can an editor serve God in his work as Mueller did? Can a factory worker? Can a rich and successful businessman? I believe they can, of course, but I'm always left wondering, what exactly would it look like?
As for meditation verses, I love Romans 12:1-2 in The Message:
So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out.
- andre said...
You make a very thoughtful comment and thanks for sharing Rom 12:1-2.
I like how you reference the solution of your dilemma back to scripture. But I have a followup question - why do you think a businessman or factory worker have a hard time finding a biblical purpose in his vocation?
- The Hedonese said...
Bro, I have a feeling that you may like to know of this marketplace ministry's vision statement :)
- andre said...
Thanks for the reference to the Agora blog.
- Mark Goodyear said...
Andre, it took me a bit, but I posted a response to your comment on my blog. Keep up the good work here!


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Semachrysa jade is a type of lacewing that was just recently discovered. It lives exclusively in Malaysia. So some poor graduate student had to spend a month sweltering in the jungles to find it, right?
Wrong! He looked on Flickr!
Shaun Winterton, an entomologist out of California, was flipping through photos of bugs on Flickr, like you do, when he came across one he hadn't seen before. He got in touch with the photographer, Guek Hock Ping, to explain that, holy crap, dude, you found a new species.
One problem: Ping didn't have an example of the bug in question on hand. Easily solved, though, since he had essentially taken the photo on a day trip from his house. The next time he was out, he bagged a specimen, handed it over to one of Winterton's colleagues and, bam, new species.
What we love about this is that the Internet found a new species of bug and helped advance science. Usually it only finds new kinds of pornography and advances the death of our faith in humanity, so this is a nice change of pace.
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Projects from CHA Prima Booth!
posted on: 7.23.2011
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Stunning work Drew. My absolute favorite is the altered cigar box. I absolutely love the cool color scheme and vintage feel. Any chance this might show up on one of your classes???????ReplyDelete
A girl can always hope!
Six words: "I want to go to there."ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 23, 2011 at 7:38 PM
Love the cigar box. Sure wish I could have been there with you. All of your projects are beautiful, gorge!!! Nancy MayerReplyDelete
- AdrienneJuly 23, 2011 at 7:49 PM
Love all your work Drew.Great photos made it all really hard to pick just one favourite but i think the Build-A - Book Altered journal looks superb.But you should have let us pick more than one LOLReplyDelete
My favorite is the "Happy Boy" layout. Is that you?ReplyDelete
Hey judy,ReplyDelete
No its my youngest brother!
Thanks for looking
- AnonymousJuly 23, 2011 at 9:52 PM
Very nice layouts Drew, I adore the "Happy Boy" one!ReplyDelete
My favourite is also Happy Boy. I love the sketch behind the LO and will use it sometime. All the other things are to many flouwers to me. Love to put everything in albums and that won't work than. But fot a scrapboard or canvas it will work.ReplyDelete
And you have a lovely little brother
Absolutely wonderful work. My favorite was the journal. I love how you did the title. The Silly Goose LO made me chuckle. I scrap everything too. You were an adorable baby!ReplyDelete
They are all excellent projects, stuffed with creativity. Difficult to choose a favourite but I have to say I do particularly like how you've decorated the altered cigar box. :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 24, 2011 at 6:11 AM
What beautiful projects! It's hard to choose one favorite - love the cigar box (very vintage), but also think the "Happy Boy" and "Oh Golly" are amazing, great design and use of color. Thanks for showing us. And sorry your hotel wasn't what you expected; sometimes you just have to be happy with indoor plumbing! Next time will be better. MariaReplyDelete
Well done Drew....JUst a natural at this. YOur work is such an inspiration to any age...THANK YOU for that.ReplyDelete
MY fav is the box...I love the beach and the colors of this is sooo perfect.
Hi Drew!ReplyDelete
Love them all but my favorite is the Cigar Box!
All of it is so beautiful but since I got a good close up of the cigar box.I have to say what you did to it was brilliant LOL!ReplyDelete
Nice work drew :)
I never found Nancy and Cindy again :( Oh well next year.
Keep creating you're doing a fantastic job,Ruby♥
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I can not pick just one, if I had to use one word, it would be "all". Hope you had a great day. TFS and God Bless.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 25, 2011 at 6:02 PM
I love the colors in these Drew--your Dad's is my fave. LauraReplyDelete
Yeah, so I tried 3 times to figure out a favorite.....can't be done! I love the Oh Golly, The Cigar Box.....the Build a Book....your layout of the flowers is really great. Seems like when I play with flowers they look too organized OR too messy. You got the balance perfect!ReplyDelete
Wow, Everything is so beautiful. I think my Fav's are the Candle Holders and the Cigar box! (:ReplyDelete
I could no sooner pick a favorite cookie! Drew - Prima is so lucky to have you on the team. Your work is just always ridiculously fab! The layouts are all stunning. What you can do with flowers is just amazing! So glad you posted and now I can wipe off the drool.....ReplyDelete
pamicat :)


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To investigate the effect of cosmetically tinted soft contact lenses on visual function, we evaluated the visual function before and after wearing the tinted lens with various sizes of color free optical zone.
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A prospective, comparative study. In 30 eyes of 30 subjects, corrected visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, and pupil size were measured under photopic and mesopic conditions and ocular higher-order aberrations (HOAs) were analyzed before and after wearing the tinted soft contact lenses with different diameters of color free optical zone (4, 5, and 6 mm). Contrast sensitivity was determined at five spatial frequencies (1.5, 3, 6, 12, and 18 cycles/degree [cpd]) using the Optec 6500 vision testing system (StereoOptical Co., Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Pupil size was measured using NeurOptics PLR-200 pupillometer (NeurOptics, Inc.) and ocular HOAs were analyzed using a laser ray tracing aberrometer, iTace (Tracey Technologies, Houston, TX, USA ).
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As Christmas fast approaches us (can you believe it is now just 28 days away?), you'll probably find yourself being inundated with requests for time off. This isn't a problem if you work in a place where the service shuts down during this period, but what if you work somewhere that runs throughout the festive season? Where lots of employees are chasing a limited number of free spaces, how do you decide the lucky ones who get to put their feet up next to the fire with a big tin of Quality Street?
So firstly, check who wants the time off in the first place. If you are lucky enough to have sufficient numbers in the team willing to work over the break, problem solved. If not, you will need to consider your approach carefully as resentment is likely to build quickly if the same employees are compelled to work the festive period year after year.
Our advice is to then implement a fair and non-discriminatory system which can be used to select who gets the time off. That could be, for example, a rota system (so that those whose request is refused this year will be given the right to take time off next year) or a ballot in which you select at random to see who gets the day off. Although having a ballot is a slightly unconventional approach it's perfectly acceptable. This system should apply equally to all staff - even the ones who don't have children - so that no-one can raise concerns about discrimination.
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On May 25 2018 Data Protection Law across the European Union will be upgraded to incorporate the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
In summary, GDPR increases the rights of data subjects and the accountability of organisations. Much higher financial penalties and sanctions have been introduced and the reach of the legislation extends both geographically and into the relations between data controllers and data processors (third parties, including IT systems and people who work on behalf of the school).
For some of us this will be a significant milestone of a comprehensive schedule of work to make sure the school is compliant with this legislation. For others there may only be a vague awareness of something happening that colleagues are working on!
This change raises a number of questions for all of us – what is the legislation about, how is the School preparing, what should I be doing and what will change?
To help you understand what GDPR is all about L&D will be releasing two online modules in the next few weeks. The first is a general overview of the regulation which will cover everything you need to know and the second is an information security course outlining the risks involved with processing data and advice on how to reduce that risk. Each will be mandatory for all staff to complete so please look out for them and complete them within the time frame given.
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I don't know about you guys but I really miss the sun. The weather here in Nairobi has been quite poor if you ask me. Don't get me wrong though, I do enjoy when the weather isn't too hot nor too cold like yesterday, but its too boring when its all week. I hate not knowing what to wear because of the unpredictable weather. Having to think of something warm to wear later on top of your cute outfit sucks or having an edgy leather jacket and then it gets extremely hot is not my cup of tea. I prefer being certain from the get go. If its summer its summer if its fall its fall nothing in between.
Anyways enough of my weather rants. I am pretty stocked about September which is interesting given the fact that I am a Taurus far from being a Virgo. Might be from realizing a couple of days ago that I shall be celebrating my first anniversary as a blogger which is pretty exciting. Thank you so much for all those that have been loyal followers from day 1. I really appreciate it.
Hope you are feeling my G side in these photos because I was extremely feeling myself if you have not noticed. I was laughing 99% of the time that's why there are very few pictures to show for the time but nonetheless I had a ball trying to be a G for the day.
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