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WordPress is designed to be a highly efficient system, optimized to work well even when it has been paired with dozens of themes, plugins, and sidebar widgets. Despite this excellent design, the system does sometimes suffer from sluggish performance that can cause website owners to become frustrated when adding new posts or performing other routine administrative tasks. The good news is that this does not have to be a permanent condition of a WordPress installation. In fact, there are a few key ways that website owners can reclaim the fast performance of a brand new installation, enjoying nearly instant page load times for both their public website and the administration interface that makes WordPress such a good fit for managing complex sites. Before assuming the worst, keep in mind a few tips that can dramatically enhance performance.
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The Camels are Coming (October 1, 1934)
Released on October 1, 1934: A British airplane pilot tries to help the Egyptian Air Force find and stop drug smugglers in the desert.
Produced by Michael Balcon
Directed by Tim Whelan
Written by Guy Bolton, Jack Hulbert, W.P. Lipscomb, Russell G. Medcraft and Tim Whelan
The Actors: Jack Hulbert (Squadron Leader Jack Campbell), Anna Lee (Anita Rodgers), Hartley Power (Nicholas), Harold Huth (Doctor Zhiga), Allan Jeayes (Sheikh), Peter Gawthorne (General Fairley), Norma Whalley (tourist), Peggy Simpson (tourist), Percy Parsons (Arab), Tony De Lungo (Nicholas' servant), E.V.H. Emmett (commentator)
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As our desert adventure opens we watch Movie Theater newsreels telling us about a fleet of airplanes being delivered to Egypt along with one British flying ace named Jack Campbell, played by our leading man Jack Hulbert. His job will be to help the Egyptian pilots search the vast desert for drug smugglers. Of course our comedy king begins by doing everything wrong . . . He will insult the Egyptian General, then meet the Sheikh who is the big drug smuggler and pronounce him innocent and beg his forgiveness for ever thinking that he might be a smuggler. Then he meets the leading lady of the story, a blonde beauty flying a plane who makes a complete fool out of our ace pilot by shooting holes in his airplane's petrol tanks and stranding him in the desert. Ahhh, but he is love-struck and even though he believes that she is part of the smuggling ring he is determined to convince her to quit the smuggling ring. Of course she is not part of the smuggling ring, and he has actually been duped into delivering the drugs to Cairo by the real leader of the desert drug smugglers. The blonde gal is Anna Lee, daughter of a British Vicar who trained at London's Royal Albert Hall. Her Godparents were Dame Sybil Thorndike and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. During the period that this movie was filmed she was known as the Queen of the Quota Quickie – she appeared in many low-budget quickly filmed adventures like this one that entertained British audiences every week. . . . And continues to entertain us today thanks to collectors who have saved movies like this one. A few years after this movie she moved to Hollywood with her director husband Robert Stevenson, and continued appearing in movies, and even became a part of the television soap opera cast for General Hospital as Lila Quartermaine. Pop a big bowl of white kernel popcorn with plenty of warm melted butter drizzled over it and enjoy the show.
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Jack Hulbert meets Hartley Power
Norma Whalley
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Golden Buddha / Clive Cussler.
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Juan Cabrillo converts the interior of a nondescript lumber hauler into a state-of-the-art spy ship and takes the helm on dangerous covert missions for whichever US agency pays the price. In this first adventure, Cabrillo and his crew of expert intelligence and navel men must put Tibet back in the hands of the Dalai Lama by striking a deal with the Russians and Chinese over vast oil reserves in the disputed land but first he has to steal an artifact, a Golden Buddha, which contains the records of the oil reserves.
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"The Spirit Of Truth": Follow Me
"Concerning this salvation, prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and investigated it,...It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you with regard to the things that have now been announced to you by those who preached the good news to you [through] the holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels longed to look". (1 Peter; 10, 12)
So, I have a confession to make, and the confession is that I have failed. Now your probably thinking something along the lines of "I know your haven't exactly posted on a weekly bases, but dude your being too hard on yourself, it's just a blog post after all". Here me out though. I have failed this mission before I even started. You see, I started writing this series with the assumption that I could just follow a simple apologetics course, get all my questions answered, and post about my experiences. Can I just say, I have never been more wrong about something than I was with myself regarding this 'seeking of truth'. Human curiosity and the desire for truth, not to mention the Holy Spirit, most definitely cannot simply be forced to fit a certain predesigned mold and expect to be satisfied, nor reach it's fullest potential. Searching for truth comes with taking risks, and making ourselves a little uncomfortable, we can't always 'play it safe'. Not to mention, being Catholic is not about sitting at home, clean, tidy, neat, always comfortable and always acting like we have 'everything all together'. No, being a Catholic means to get your hands dirty, to be sweaty, to take risks and ask questions. To be Catholic is to live an adventure guided by the Holy Spirit, not just by human literature or our own desires.
From here on out, I can not promise I will post a lengthy update for this blog series every single week. Nor can I even promise that all of my posts will be stellar defenses of the faith, well reasoned treastises on dogma, or breath taking philosophical arguments defending our faith . Heck, I can't even promise my grammar will be spot on in all of my blog posts (have you seen some of my posts lately?). I simply am a human being, a Catholic, in search for truth, and who knows where that search will take me? All I know is that it will be an adventure, and I promise to bring you along for the ride. They may not always be breathtakingly beautiful, but I will record the thoughts, the experiences, and feelings I encounter. I will go bearing prudence, wherever I feel called to go; lifting every rock and lookin in every nook and cranny to satisfy this growing hunger for answers and ultimately the truth. I finally understand that if the Catholic faith is the true faith it must be understood that she has the answers for the questions that we seek; that is to say reasons to back up the beliefs that she holds. The Niecene or Apostle's Creeds are not simple words to be uttered at random, they are meant to be a profession of faith to live by (a.k.a you are saying that you personally believe these things and desire to live your life according to them).
At some point in our lives we must question whether you can really in good conscience profess a creed you haven't given more than a school lesson's worth of attention to, if that much at all. I desire to find the truth, and sometimes one can't just play everything safe; things must be challenged for you to truly appreciate them. We owe it to ourselves to search for truth and not be complacent with our thirst for answers. Keep me accountable to this, I pray you do. In our hearts we know we'll never be satisfied not knowing the truth for why we exist or how we are called to live our life. Keep yourselves accountable, ask questions if you have them and do not be afraid. The best thing you can do for yourself is to be honest with yourself. Go get dirty with your faith. Put yourself under a little pressure and wrestle with the faith, as Jacob did with an Angel of God, in the book of Genesis. Sweat a little, cry a little, but most importantly, as Christ says, "come and follow me"and let us unhinderedly find the spirit of truth together no matter the price. Here, I truly begin this quest for truth, and as we were taught to say at the Steubenville East Conference this past weekend, "Nunc Coepi". "Now, I Begin".
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We've been to hear two events in the Sound Mind series where the Cheltenham Science Festival invades the Music Festival. The first was Does Music Make you Better?, which I've already written about.The other event was The Sound of Melancholia and was billed in the programme as:
Stephen Johnson and Robert Winston explore the relationship between music and the emotions, from the ecstatic highs to the soul-searching lows. Using a range of audio samples and case histories, they focus particularly on examples of pathological sadness — historically termed 'melancholy', more recently called 'depression' — and reflect on how, paradoxically, this finds expression in some of the most beautiful music ever written.
Prof. Ray Tallis had to stand in for an unwell Robert Winston, but it wasn't a problem as we could have listened to Stephen Johnson for hours. He talked about the experience of some major classical composers who battled with severe emotional problems, and also how they composed to help others survive depression or repressive regimes. He himself He illustrated this with 3 examples:Beethoven piano concerto op.110
- Beethoven helped others (particularly Brantanos) with depression by playing for them
- he consciously helped others with his compositions
- like Shakespeare's "giving to airy nothing a local habitation and a name" his music helps his listener understand their emotions better and help inspect them.
Sibelius 4th Symphony
- writing this helped Sibelius work out his darkest shadows, loosening their grip, and creating a new possible future
- therefore a help to others with depression, including Stephen himself.
Shostakovich 5th Symphony
- Shostakovich was in danger with Stalin and needed to rehabilitate himself with the murderous regime
- the Symphony was a remarkable balancing act that kept Stalin happy, but still told the people through it that life was as bad and fearful as it was (but that they couldn't ever say for fear of being purged)
- despite the risks, he felt he had to write it to help others -- and indeed many Russians report it did help them survive, despite being some of the bleakest and violent music written.
It might not be obvious, but listening to music that reflects the darkness and shadows -- reflecting depression or melancholy -- works better than upbeat or joyful music.


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1 1230 Section 1. Definitions TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA RESOLUTION NO. 594 OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THIS TOWNSHIP ESTABLISHING THE EMPLOYEE BENEFIT POLICY FOR THE TOWNSHIP. A. Employee classification WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP EMPLOYEE BENEFIT POLICY JANUARY 5, Salaried (exempt) a. Salaried exempt employees are paid on a salary basis and are not subject to premium pay for overtime. b. Salaried (exempt) employees function in an administrative, executive, and/or supervisory position with the Township. 2. Salaried (non-exempt) - Salaried non-exempt employees are paid on a salary basis for a base period and are subject to premium pay for all hours worked or benefit time over the base work period. 3. Hourly - Hourly employees are paid on an hourly rate and are subject to premium pay for all hours worked or benefit time over the base work week. 4. Uniformed employee - Township. a full-time police officer employed by the 5. Non-uniformed employee - a full-time employee of the Township except an officer in the Police Department. 6. Full-time employee - an employee of the Township that customarily works at least 40 hours in a week and 40 weeks in a year and has been hired as a full-time employee. 7. Part-time permanent employee - An employee of the Township that customarily works at least 40 weeks in a year, and has a usual set number of hours each week that are worked. 8. Part-time seasonal employee - An employee of the Township that is hired on a seasonal basis for less than a 6 month period in a calendar year. 1
2 Part-time employee - An employee of the Township that is hired on an as needed basis regardless of the number of hours worked in any one week. r B. Benefit time - Compensated time provided to employees in lieu of hours worked as a result of this benefit policy, e.g. holiday, vacation, sick, or personal. C. Salaried employee - All salaried employees are employed on an at will basis and shall be employed for an indefinite term. D. Family Sick Leave Paid sick leave provided for an employee to assist a member of his/her immediate family (spouse, child, stepchild, adopted or foster child) or other close family member related by blood or marriage who resides in his/her household. Section 2. Group Insurance Coverage s Each of the following group insurance coverages are provided at no cost to the employee and are provided on a 24-hour basis. A. Hospitalization & Health Insurance 1. Provided by PA Blue Cross. 2. Who is provided coverage - Each full-time employee, spouse and dependent children. 3. Limits of Coverage Coverage shall be provided as per the PA Blue Cross booklet that is provided to each employee and the Township s agreement with Benecon. 4. Probation period - There is no probation period for coverage under this policy. However, coverage is not provided to any employee until they are accepted into the group plan by PA Blue Cross. 5. Retirees and displaced employees may continue coverage in the plan after their employment with Township at their cost as per COBRA. 6. Non full-time employee - Non enroll in this plan. full-time employee may not elect to 7. Opt-Out Option Employees may elect to opt-out of health insurance coverage if coverage is provided by their spouse or other qualified individuals. If an employee opts out of this benefit they may not re-enroll in the Township s plan until the Township open enrollment 2
3 1232 period unless a change of life status occurs. Employees opting out of this benefit will be eligible to receive as compensation one third (1/3) of the Township s benefit cost that the Township would have paid for that benefit each month. 8. Health Reimbursement Agreement - All full time employees eligible for this coverage shall be eligible for reimbursement of their out of pocket deductible costs up to a maximum of $ for single member participants and up to a maximum of $1, for family member participants as a result of the change of healthcare coverages at the beginning of the year This reimbursement shall be made through the Township s health insurance administrator, Benecon. 9. Cost Sharing. All new full time employees hired in year 2015, shall pay a portion of their health insurance costs. The costs will be deducted from each employee s bi-weekly paycheck based on the following: a. Police Officers As per the Police Contract. b. Non-Uniformed Employees % of their 40 hour gross amount. Maximum of $65/paycheck. B. Life Insurance (Group) 1. Provided by One America Insurance Company 2. Who is provided coverage - full-time employees 3. Limits of coverage: a. Non-uniformed employees - $25, b. Uniformed employees - $112, Probation period - Benefits shall begin with the first day of the next month following 3 months of continuous service from their date of employment. 5. Employees 65 years of age or older - Limits of coverage shall be provided as per One America Insurance Company policy. C. Accidental Life and Dismemberment Policy (Group) 1. Provided by One America Insurance Company 2. Who is provided coverage - Full-time employees. 3. Limits of coverage: a. Non-uniformed employees - $25, Dismemberment payment shall be determined by One America dismemberment schedule. 3
4 dependent children. employment shall be determined by One America dismemberment schedule. company. Coverage 4. Probation period - provided as per One America Insurance Company Policy. of coverage shall be shall begin with the first day of the next Benefits b. Uniformed employees - Dismemberment payment $112, Limits 1233 D. Weekly Indemnity Coverage: E. Group Dental and Eye Care Coverage (Lost wages coverage as a result of sickness or accident off the job.) 3. Limits of coverage - 2. Who is provided coverage 4. When is coverage provided 1. Provided by One America Insurance Company 5. One America Insurance Company rules and regulations shall apply 6. Probation period 2. Who is provided coverage - 7. Employee may augment this coverage with sick leave up to 100% of 3. Limits of Coverage. 5. Employees 65 years of age or older - 1. Provided by Washington Township. The Township s reimbursable provided for a maximum of 26 weeks. Example: ($10.00/hour x 66% x 40 hours/week = $264.00/week payment from the insurance employment. month following 3 months of continuous service from their date of their 40 hour work week total subject to the terms of One America Insurance Company policy. to all payments provided under this coverage. sickness and the 1St day of an accident. 40 hour base week pay with a maximum of $700/week. Coverage is dental/eye care coverage is administered by the Township with no month following 3 months of continuous service from their date of outside insurance carriers involved. Benefits shall begin with the first day of the next is based on 66% of the employee s 4 Full-time Each employees. full-time employee, their spouse and beginning on the 8th day for a
5 1234 a. Annual Contribution - The Township will provide $1, for year 2015 for each eligible employee. b. Accumulation of funding - Dental/eye care funding not used in any calendar year may be accumulated from year to year and there shall be no maximum accumulation. 4. Eligible items covered. a. Dental - The Township will pay 100% of the cost for all dental services customarily completed in a dentist office up to the maximum amount of funding in the employee s fund. The dental services covered also include all of the following: Oral surgery, prosthetics, crowns, inlays and outlays for tooth restoration and replacements, periodontics and orthodontics. b. Eye Care - The Township will pay 100% of the cost for all eye care services and equipment that is customarily completed in an Ophthalmologist, Optometrist or Optical Company s office up to the maximum amount of funding in the employee s fund. Coverage is provided for eyeglasses, eye glass cases, eyeglass repairs, contact lens, other lens, examinations and testing. 5. Administration - The benefit is set up on a reimbursement basis. Each eligible participant must pay for the services rendered and receive a dated receipt marked paid. The receipt should then be submitted to the Township Secretary for reimbursement. A reimbursement check will be issued by the Township for the eligible amount of the bill within three weeks of receiving the receipt, depending upon the Supervisors meeting schedule. 6. Termination of Benefits a. All unused funding in the terminated employee s fund shall be returned to the Township General Fund. 7. Reinstatement of Benefits - If an individual returns to employment with the Township within six (6) months of terminating employment with the Township, their prior balance will be reinstated to their account. 8. New Employees a. Probation period - New employees benefits will begin with the first day of the next month following 3 months of continuous service from their date of employment. b. Benefit - At the end of the probation period, new employees will be eligible for one twelfth (1/12) of the annual contribution for that calendar year, on a monthly basis until the following January 1. On January 1 of the following year, the annual contribution will be assigned to the new employee s account. However, the employee will continue to earn credit in the 5
6 1235 account at a rate of one twelfth (1/12) the annual calendar year contribution per month until the completion of one full year in the plan. If an employee terminates employment during this first year of employment and has been reimbursed funds greater than the amount earned, the employee shall repay the Township for the reimbursement in excess of the earned amount. Each account shall be credited with one twelfth (1/12) of the annual calendar year contribution of earned reimbursement the first day of each month. No partial payments shall be earned. After the first full year in the plan, the full annual calendar year contribution will be available without reimbursement to the Township if the employee terminates his employment. 9. Plan use in combination with other insurance coverages. This plan shall be secondary to all other insurance company coverages and shall be used only for the portion of the expense not covered by the primary insurance company. Consequently, if an employee or dependent is provided coverage by another plan, all invoices shall first be submitted to the other insurance provider (Primary) for payment. Then the remainder of the invoice will be paid by the Township. This plan is a reimbursement plan and as such is not a traditional dental or eye insurance program. 10. Death of Employee: Upon the death of a member, the eligible spouse and dependent children of the deceased member shall continue to be covered by this plan for the remainder of that calendar year. F. Workers Compensation, Social Security, and Unemployment Compensation. Each of these insurances are provided by the Township as prescribed by law. Section 3. Time Off with Compensation. A. Holidays - the following 10 days are provided to each full-time non-uniformed employee as paid holidays. Each holiday is paid for eight (8) hours. NEW YEARS DAY PRESIDENVS DAY GOOD FRIDAY MEMORIAL DAY LABOR DAY VETERANS DAY or date to be substituted for the holiday at the beginning of the year THANKSGIVING DAY CHRISTMAS DAY 6
7 following schedule: B. Vacation - full-time employee shall accrue paid vacation according to the 5. Payment in lieu of time off - 6. Salaried employee - employee. Township Manager. days per year. fifteen (15) days per year. Each beginning of year set by Supervisors at INDEPENDENCE DAY FLOATING HOLIDAY to be After an employee s first year of employment, vacation time will be 3. Vacation dates must be cleared with the Department head and/or 2. A vacation day shall be compensated at eight (8) hours. Holidays are not provided to part-time employees or for the first 3 months of 1. Vacation Schedule employment for full-time employees. vacation time on a pro-rated basis, based on the employees date of employment and the schedule listed above. Any vacation time used, a. Before one year: Zero days. c. From the beginning of the second full year of employment d. From the beginning of the sixth full year of employment established on a calendar year basis, for the entire year, and assigned b. On the 365th day of employment, the employee shall receive with the Township, shall be reimbursed to the Township by the on January 1 of each calendar year. The employee will earn the compensation in lieu of time off for vacation. Compensation, as a equal to the amount of vacation that the employee is entitled to employee who is qualified to receive 15 days per year may carry over a over that an employee may carry over to the following year shall be but not earned as a result of an employee s termination of employment result of this option, shall be at straight time and shall not exceed 80 may carry vacation over to the next calendar year. The maximum carry immediately prior to Christmas each year. hours in any calendar year. Payments shall be made the payday receive for the year that the vacation was earned. (Example: an through the end of the fifth full year of employment: ten (10) credit for the first (1st) year s vacation time of ten (10) days. through the end of the fifteenth full year of employment: Salaried (exempt and non-exempt) employees 7 Hourly employees may elect to receive
8 1237 maximum of 15 days to the following year.) carryover limit shall be forfeited. Vacation hours over the 7. Part-time permanent employees shall receive one (1) average work week paid vacation time during each calendar year. Average work week shall be the average number of hours the employee usually works each week. Vacation time must be taken in each calendar year. 8. Extended Vacation - Extended vacation (defined as vacation time in consecutive working days which exceeds the employee s annual entitled vacation for a year as per Section III, B1 of this policy) shall be permitted only upon receiving prior approval of the Township Manager. Request for extended vacation shall be in written form and presented to the Manager at least two weeks prior to the vacation date. 9. Termination Pay. When an employee terminates employment with the Township for any reason, the employee shall be entitled to a pro-rated share of vacation hours based on the following formula. Number of days entitled, multiplied by 8 hours/day, multiplied by the number of the day of the year of the last day worked, divided by 365, and then rounded to the nearest whole number. If a terminated employee used more time during the year than was earned, based on the above formula, the employee shall repay the Township for the time in excess of the earned amount. C. Sick Leave 1. Each full-time employee shall be granted paid sick leave upon presentation of satisfactory evidence of illness or off duty injury of such nature and severity as to make such employee unable to satisfactorily perform his duties. Twelve (12) days of sick leave shall be provided to each employee each year. Sick leave not used in any calendar year may be accumulated from year to year. There shall be no maximum accumulation. 2. A sick day shall be compensated at eight (8) hours. 3. Employees who are sick must report the illness in some manner to the Township to be eligible for sick pay. In the event of illness in excess of three (3) days duration, an employee must present a doctor s excuse or statement to be entitled to sick leave pay. 4. Termination of employment. All unused sick days shall be forfeited. 5. Family Sick Leave. An employee may use up to 16 hours of his/her annual allotment of sick leave for family sick leave. [J 8
9 6. Sick Time Buy Back. A full time non-police officer employee of the Township shall be eligible to receive sick time buy back at full retirement after 35 years of service to the Township and reaching the age of 62 or older. Sick Time Buy Back will be determined by using the following formula: Total accumulated sick time, multiplied by 25%, multiplied by the employee s hourly rate at the time of retirement, equals the amount the employee will be paid at retirement. D. Personal Hours - Each full-time salaried exempt and hourly employee shall be provided 16 hours of personal time during a calendar year. If the personal hours are not utilized by the hourly employee, the Township will pay the employee for those hours at the end of the calendar year. Salaried exempted employees must use their personal time or forfeit the time. New employees shall be eligible for a pro-rated share of personal hours based on their date of employment subject to the three (3) month probation period where no time will accumulate. Eight (8) personal hours shall be credited on January 1, and the remaining eight (8) personal hours on July 1. E. Bereavement Leave - Each full-time employee shall be granted bereavement leave, with pay, according to the following terms and schedule: Immediate Family: An employee shall be entitled to take up to four (4) days off following the date of death of a member of his immediate family, or next of kin who resides in his household, for the purposes of attending the funeral and other related necessities of such occurrence. The employee must attend the funeral. Immediate family is defined as: spouse, child, parent, brother, sister, stepparent, adopted and/or foster child. Next of Kin: An employee shall be entitled to take up to three (3) days off following the date of death of next of kin, for the purpose of attending the funeral or any other related necessities of such occurrences. The employee must attend the funeral. Next of kin is defined as: grandparent, grandchild, parent-in-law, brother/sister-in-law, or grandparent-in-law. F. Local Blood Donation - The Township will provide up to 2 hours of time off with compensation to any employee who provides blood to a local blood bank. 9
10 be provided to the Township for the employee to receive compensation. 10 G. Jury Duty - D. Employee Benefits time they serve on jury duty. Advance notice of the date(s) for jury duty shall shall receive their normal salary or straight time hourly compensation for the Any full-time employee who is summoned to serve on jury duty A. Overtime Compensation (premium pay) benefits. Section 4. Pension Prior approval of the Township shall be required. j239 Section 5. Additional Provisions A. Police Pension - C. Employee Voluntary Pension - B. Employee Pension - earned time off or carry-over, in the same calendar year the time was earned, H. Payment in Lieu of Time Off. Under certain special conditions, the Board of the Code of the Township of Washington. Supervisors may pay an employee straight time compensation in lieu of shall be provided a pension as per Chapter 56.2 of the Code of the Township request, approved by the Department Head with justification to the Township Manager, for submittal to the Board of Supervisors. The Supervisors will if conditions warrant such payment. The employee shall submit a written Township Secretary for details. review request with the specific line item of the budget as a guideline. of Washington. provided a pension as per Act 600 requirements and as per Chapter 56.1 of deductions, may join the Township employee voluntary pension or 457 pension plans. If an employee is interested in the program, please see the 2. Hourly employees shall receive premium pay compensation at one and 1. Salary exempt employees shall not receive any premium pay 3. The following exception shall apply to all employees. Benefit time Manager, Township Secretary, Code Enforcement Officer, Township Planner, and Chief of Police. compensation. Salary exempt employees shall include the Township one half (1 1/2) times their hourly rate of compensation. The base pay period for all employees shall be 40 hours in any 7-day pay period. Each full-time uniformed officer of the Township shall be Each non-uniformed full-time employee of the Township Only full-time employees are eligible for pension Township employees, through payroll
11 1240 (holiday, vacation, sick, or personal time) in which payment is made directly to the individual as a lump sum yearly or termination settlement in lieu of time off, shall be paid at straight time and shall have no effect on total hours in that pay period for determination of premium pay compensation. B. Payroll Period - The Township s pay period shall begin on Sunday and run through the end of Saturday. C. Overtime 1. Salary exempt employees shall not receive any overtime pay. 2. Hourly employees shall receive overtime pay for all hours worked over 40 in a payroll period. D. Payday - Each employee shall be paid on a bi-weekly basis. Paychecks shall be issued on Fridays, unless Friday is a holiday, in which case it shall be issued on the preceding weekday that is not a holiday. E. Suspension or leaves without pay. Any salaried employee suspended without pay or taking leave without utilizing any benefit time, shall not receive any compensation from the Township for the period of time the employee is absent from work. The employee s salary for the period involved shall be adjusted based on the salary divided by 260 days for a daily rate or by 2080 hours for an hourly rate. F. Use of personal vehicle for Township Business. The Township will reimburse an employee of the Township an amount per mile set by the Board of Supervisors at the township s annual reorganization meeting for the use of their personal vehicle for Township business. Use of the personal vehicle must be approved by the department head prior to the use of the vehicle. G. Patriot Federal Credit Union. Any employee of the Township may join the Patriot Credit Union individually or by payroll deductions. Information on joining the credit union can be obtained from the Township Secretary. H. Uniforms - Uniforms may be provided by the Township for the public works, recycling and transfer station employees. The uniform provided should be worn at all times while on the job unless the department head has indicated otherwise. Uniforms may not be worn for personal use. Use of Township equipment or facilities for personal use. The use of the Township equipment or facilities not available to the general public for personal use is prohibited. 11
12 1241 J. Compensation Time - Compensation time shall be permitted in lieu of compensation for time worked. Compensation time shall be provided and used on an hour for hour basis. The use of compensation time in lieu of compensation shall be approved by the department head. Compensation time records shall be maintained by the payroll department. K. Use of sick time in combination with worker s compensation and disability insurance payments shall be prohibited as per the insurance companies policies, rules and regulations. L. Travel Expenses and Allowances. Expenses incurred while on Township business while away from Waynesboro shall be paid by the Township. Prior approval of the department head is required before any travel arrangements are made. Receipts shall be required for reimbursement. Expenses totaling less than $40.00 shall be paid out of petty cash. Expenses over $40.00 shall be submitted to the Township Secretary for payment by the Board of Supervisors at their next scheduled meeting. M. Telephone Policy - Long Distance personal phone calls may be made from Township phones during working hours at your cost. You must turn in a Personal Phone Call Reporting Slip to the Township Secretary so that you may be billed when the phone bill arrives. Local calls may be made on Township phones as needed. Personal call time should be kept to a minimum. N. Recycling - The law requires all Township employees to recycle the following items: cans, glass, cardboard boxes, newspaper and office paper. It is our policy to recycle all of these items and any other items that may be recycled as an example to the public. Your complete cooperation is required. 0. Nondiscrimination, Sexual Harassment and Grievance Policies. Refer to Resolution # 201. P. Drug-Free Workplace Policy Statement. Refer to Resolution # 207. Q. Police Association members benefits shall be governed by their contract and shall not be affected by any inconsistent provision of this resolution. Likewise this resolution shall not be affected by any inconsistent provisions of the Police Association contract. Section 6. Rescinding of Previous Resolution The previous employee benefits policy as established by Resolution No. hereby rescinded by this resolution. 577 is L 12
13 1242 Section 7. Effective Dates This Resolution shall take effect immediately. DULY ADOPTED, this 5th day of January 2015, by the Board of Supervisors of Washington Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania in lawful session duly assembled. A1TEST: WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FRANKLIN COUNTY, PEN NSYLVAN IA C I ( Karen S. Hargrave Secretary Jt,f rey B. Geesaman Chairman, Board of Supervisors 13
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The artistry some people posses never ceases to amaze me. Take Lisa Pelo and her glass artist friends...when you can take molten glass and shape, bend and twist it into something that leaves people in awe, that truly equates to talent in my book.
On June 17-18, Pelo will for a fourth straight year invite you into her backyard studio in Clayton and into the minds of some of the best glass artists in the Midwest during Glass Artists in Action.
Adam Goldberg and Mike Stevens from Gathered Glassblowing Studio in Toledo, Ohio, will headline the event demonstrating their amazing glass-blowing collaboration from 6-9 p.m., June 17. This duo makes up two-thirds of the ownership of the downtown Toledo studio that showcases a little bit of everything from functional drinking glasses to wine goblets and various abstract pieces.
Add in other top artists such as Pelo, Ann Tudor, Dean Wilkerson and more, and this is a two-day, must-see summer event. I have personally attended Glass Artists in Action and can speak to the jaw-dropping precision that these masters of glass showcase every year.
What makes this event so special year after year is the access to the artists and their work and getting to see all the various techniques and combinations of this art form such as glass blowing, furnace work, flat glass, flameworking and more. The event will include both demonstrations and hands-on experiences for guests, and back by popular demand, glass artist Chad Balster returns for a fire-dancing performance at dusk on Friday night that my family always looks forward to.
The first day of the event will include demonstrations and experiences, in which visitors can make simple paperweights for a small fee, from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Following a brief break, the action resumes at 6 p.m. with the headline artists from Gathered Glassblowing Studio demonstrating their talents until 9 p.m., leading up to the fire-dance performance.
The second day of the event, June 18, will include more demonstrations and experiences from various artists all day from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The artists will also have finished works available to the public for purchase throughout the weekend.
For more information including a schedule of activities and a list of the artists who will participate, click here.


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This delicious soup does not last very long in our fridge. It also freezes very well too.
|1 tbsp
|butter or extra virgin olive oil
|2 tsp
|chopped garlic
|leek, thinly sliced
|celery stalk, diced (optional)
|1/2 tsp
|ground cumin
|large carrot, peeled, diced
|large sweet potato, peeled, diced
|2 1/2 cups
|chicken broth
|1 cup
|10% half and half cream
|salt and pepper to taste
Discard leek's dark green leaves. Leave end intact and slice leek lengthwise into long strips; rinse leek well to remove dirt then slice thin. In saucepan add butter, garlic, and celery and saute a few minutes; add leeks and saute a few minutes; add cumin and saute a few minutes. Once leeks are soft remove mixture and set aside. In saucepan add chicken broth and carrots and bring to a boil then simmer for 10 minutes. Puree leeks and celery with a bit of liquid then add back to saucepan. Add sweet potato and simmer, with lid on leaving a crack, until vegetables are soft. Puree half the vegetables then add back to saucepan. Add cream, heat through, then serve. Various garnishes: crisp bacon, shredded cheese, curry powder or butter/garlic croutons.
Freezing tip: freeze in serving-size plastic containers.
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Windows 7 Tops Vista in Performance
There have been some media reports, much of them instigated by utility developer Iolo, that claim Windows 7 boots up more slowly than Vista. In PCMag.com's testing, however, the new OS starts up significantly faster than Vista on the same machine. And it's not just faster in boot time, but on a number of other benchmarks we ran, including video encoding, the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark, Geekbench, and PCMark Vantage. The only area in which the new OS didn't show at least a little improvement was in shutdown speed.
We tested on clean installations of 64-bit Windows 7 and Vista on the same machine: a Dell Studio 14z running a 2.4-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3GB of DDR3 RAM and Nvidia GeForce 9400M graphics. I chose a 64-bit system because most of the systems we've tested and recommended in the past year (except netbooks) have shipped with 64-bit Windows.
For startup comparison, I stopped the timer when the desktop and all interface elements appeared and the Start menu became operational. In this test, Windows 7 improved on Vista by nearly 14 percent. Shutdown time remained a snappy 10 seconds for both operating systems on this machine. (In tests on 32-bit systems, shutdown speed increased slightly.) Startup is, of course, far more important than shut down for most users.
For another real-world, task-based test, I timed video encoding in Windows Live Movie Maker on both operating systems. I used the same two-minute movie content (made of clips and images I created, complete with titles and transitions), and had the program convert it to 480p (720 by 480 at 3 Mbps). Windows 7 posted a 12 percent improvement on this test, reducing the time it took from 1 minute and 31 seconds to 1 and 20 seconds.
Geekbench, from Primate Labs, runs a series of geeky tests like prime number, Mandelbrot, blowfish encryption, text compression, image sharpen and blur, and memory stream test. The subtests comprise both single- and multithreaded applications. These tests are hardware intensive so I wouldn't expect to see vast differences here, but Primate Labs has used this test to compare OSes in the past (they pitted Leopard against Snow Leopard, for example), so I thought it would be an interesting tool for this OS faceoff, too. In the end, Windows 7 only improved performance by half a percent on this test. That's not much, but it does at least show that the new OS doesn't slow down these processes.
PCMark Vantage runs through actions like viewing and editing photos, video, and music, as well as gaming, communications, productivity, and security operations. I had previously run the benchmark on a 2-GHz dual-core Dell XPS M1330 laptop, and Windows 7 scored 4,107 compared with Vista's 3,567 (a higher result is better). This 15 percent improvement over Vista was duplicated in my present tests on the 2.4GHz laptopan impressive gain.
|Dell Laptop with 3GB DDR3 RAM
|Windows Vista, 64-bit
|Windows 7, 64-bit
|Percent Improvement
|Startup (in seconds)
|Shutdown (in seconds)
|Video rendering (in minutes:seconds)
|SunSpider (Firefox 3.5)
|Geekbench 2.1
|PCMark Vantage
In a new OS with a lot of new features, it's impressive that Microsoft has trimmed down and sped up the code. Shutdown and Geekbench aside, most of the tests showed about a 14 percent improvementa pretty nice boost. Of course, your mileage will most definitely vary. I performed several of my tests on other laptops as well, including 32-bit systems, and got roughly similar results. Where there were differences, they were generally in Windows 7's favor. Overall, I'm confident that most users will experience noticeable performance improvement if they upgrade from Vista.
In the past, Microsoft operated under the assumption that PCs will continually get faster and more powerful, so it was less concerned about growing and slowing the code. Windows 7 is different. Despite the abundance of new user interface, convenience, and networking features added in Windows 7, performance has actually been improved.
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MEMPHIS — When Mike Miller dressed for work on Wednesday morning, he faced the usual dilemma: blue sweatpants or gray sweatpants? He went with gray.
Selecting the proper practice attire is important to Miller, who typically bundles up in long sleeves, long pants and long socks. He might as well be playing lunchtime hoops at the local Y. Instead, he has designs on helping the Grizzlies oust the Oklahoma City Thunder in their first-round playoff series.
"Need to stay warm," said Miller, 34, who somehow defied the corrosive effects of age and injury by appearing in all 82 of the Grizzlies' regular-season games. "I'm telling you, I'm feeling as good as I ever have."
Coming off back-to-back championships with the Miami Heat, Miller has found new meaning in the playoffs with Memphis, whose series with the Thunder is tied at 1-1 entering Game 3 on Thursday at FedEx Forum.
Miller, who has long been known as one of the N.B.A.'s most proficient long-range shooters, played for Memphis from 2003 to 2008, a period in which the team made three straight playoff appearances. He became a beloved figure in the community. The problem was that the Grizzlies were incapable of winning anything in the postseason, not even a game: three series, three sweeps.
Miller has returned to Memphis, determined to help finish what he started. Not necessarily win a championship, he said, though that is always the goal. What he has in mind is more nuanced.
"I don't think I realized how important basketball was to this city until I came back," he said. "And so I feel like I owe them something. I want to give these people something to be proud of."
During the regular season, Miller shot 45.9 percent from 3-point range, which ranked third in the league, and 48.1 percent over all. On Monday, he sank 3 of 4 3-pointers and finished with 9 points in the Grizzlies' Game 2 victory over the Thunder. He has been consistent and reliable and something of a revelation in his 14th year in the league.
"He was the last person on the team I expected to play all 82 games," the starting point guard Mike Conley said.
Once upon a time, Miller was the consummate gym rat, spending hours working out, even on game days. He could not shoot enough. Those days are done. At this stage, his career is more about preservation than growth. He trains his core muscles to protect his back. He submerges his body in the Grizzlies' nitrogen-fueled cryo-chamber, which blasts his body with air at subarctic temperatures. He prepares for practice by spending about 40 minutes in the training room. He is a regular customer.
In practice Wednesday, players bounded from sideline to sideline in a series of plyometric exercises, which focus on rapid, explosive muscular movements. Miller was in no danger of finishing first. He seemed fine with that.
"To play all 82 games, you have to be lucky," said Shane Battier, a forward with the Heat who was a teammate of Miller's in Miami and Memphis. "But you also have to take tremendous care of your body and keep it conditioned. You need to work on it in the summer. You can't just show up and say, 'O.K., I'm here for the season!' Mike does all the little things."
In three seasons with the Heat, Miller dealt with shoulder, thumb and back injuries. Two herniated disks had him contemplating retirement. Surgery, he said, would have ended his career. So he opted for rehabilitation and played his way back into the rotation — to a degree, at least. He averaged 15.3 minutes per game last season. He won another ring. And then the Heat waived him through an amnesty provision. His contract was too expensive, and the team would have faced a steep luxury tax to keep him. Miller said he understood that it was a business transaction.
"The great thing about playing in Miami, besides winning a pair of championships, was that I didn't put a whole lot of mileage on my body," he said. "I feel fresh. I feel fresh in the mind."
Every playing career has an expiration date, of course. The practices, the conditioning, the weights, the games — those are all components of the basketball life that exact a toll. And for all his solid production this season, there will come a time when Miller's practice wardrobe goes to the sweatsuit graveyard.
Battier, 35, who considers Miller one of his closest friends in the league, recently announced that this season would be his last. Retirement was in the back of his mind when he was a free agent in 2011. He wanted to play three more seasons, so he sought a three-year deal. The Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs both offered him two years.
"Miami offered three," he said, "and that was the plan."
Miller, who has a one-year deal with the Grizzlies, said he hoped to continue playing. He has another three or four years left in him, he said, perhaps longer. There are always jobs in the N.B.A. for spot-up shooters who draw defenders and spread the floor. With the Grizzlies, Miller's greatest contribution — aside from the 3-pointers — has been his ability to create space for playmakers like Conley.
"He says he's in the best shape of his life," Conley said.
When Miller was traded from the Grizzlies to the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2008, he and his wife put their house on the market — and left it there for three years. It never sold. As Miller hopscotched from the Timberwolves to the Washington Wizards to the Heat, he made use of the house by transforming it into the headquarters of his Amateur Athletic Union program, Let It Fly. When he rejoined the Grizzlies last summer, he and his family moved back in. In some ways, it felt as if they had never left.
But there are also subtle reminders of his unusual path. On Wednesday afternoon, Miller stopped to pose for photographs with several fans who had gathered in front of FedEx Forum. Miller eventually made his way across the street to a coffee shop, where he was approached by a fan of a different ilk.
"The Heat miss you," said the man, who was from Florida.
Miller said he appreciated the kind words.
"I have unfinished business here," he said.


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I'm an anxious man in an anxious world. Many things cause me anxiety.
Gorgeous women
Speaking in public
Two more years of Mr. Obama
My underfunded retirement account
In early 2009 my anxiety reached the point of turning into an actual panic disorder. For those of you calm, cool, and collected souls out there, a panic attack most closely resembles an overwhelmingly intense psychological feeling that you are going to die. And the best part – a panic attack actually includes physical symptoms that appear nearly identical to a heart attack (sweating, tightness in your chest, tingling in your fingers, dizziness, difficulty breathing, palpitations, etc). There is nothing quite like being a grown man and lying curled up in the middle of your living room convinced that you are going to die and having no idea why. The best part is that some of us get to ride this roller-coaster multiple times a day for weeks, months, and years.
Good times those panic attacks!
But god bless the pharmaceutical companies. For all the flack they take as a popular scapegoat amongst the herd (you know, those individuals looking to point the finger outwardly at the thing, person, or entity most responsible for their life being difficult and not turning out how they planned), the pharmaceutical companies really do some great work. And god bless them for making a profit – developing drugs, jumping through all the regulatory hoops, getting new treatments approved, marketing them – the business of pharmaceuticals is no easy task.
Along came Lexapro
So after my two month long emasculation at the hands of panic, I found relief in my little daily dosage of 10mg Lexapro. No, it wasn't the expensive cardiac tests, the trips to the ER, the extensive bloodwork, the shipping of urine across country to test hormone levels, that solved the mysterious riddle of my impending bouts of "Holy sh*t, I'm dying and I don't know why!" It was a 65 year old pyschiatrist who sat me down and said, "You've got panic disorder my anxious little man. Take these." I took that first free sample of Lexapro in my hands, made the sign of the cross (bless me father for I have panicked), and it has been all gumdrops and lollipops since!
So who cares?
I told you a little bit about my situation to help set up today's finanical fitness lesson – which is "Don't overpay for your prescription drugs". And truth be told, the only thing that makes me more anxious than the idea of standing at the front of a room giving a speech that I haven't prepared for to a bunch of beautiful women that all voted for Mr Obama, is the idea of paying more for things than I actually need to.
As with many of the purchases we make in life, by and large we are all too lazy to really care about whether or not we're getting a good deal. Sure we like to think we're sophisticated consumers who maximize the purchasing power of our dollars – but the truth is probably closer to something like this "Oh hell, it's too complicated or far away … I'll just get this _______ ."
Such was the case in the story of "Mitchell, the Little Anxious Man and his Good Friend, Lexapro". And because sharing is caring and I suspect a number of you might be applying a similarly misguided 'strategy' when it comes to your prescription drug spending (c'mon … most of us are on something), here is a list of 4 ways you can save money on your prescription drugs costs.
4 Ways to Save Money on your Prescription Drugs
1) Take advantage of mail order prescription drug services if they are available to you. Many private health insurance programs offer a discount on maintenance prescription drugs when they are ordered through the mail instead of picked up at the pharmacy. The program may require that the doctor writes a prescription for a 90 day supply instead of 30 days. Still, this benefit can offer significant savings on monthly drug costs of 25% in some cases. In addition, getting prescriptions this way saves one from having to make a trip to the pharmacy.
2) Ask your doctor for drug samples, even a few will help over time. Pharmaceutical companies (like anybody else making a product) want to get their product into the hands of potential customers and the best way to do this is to provide samples to the people who will be 'dealing' the actual product: doctors. I'm a big fan of freebies – event when it comes to pharmaceuticals!
3) Think generic. Talk to your doctor about all of your prescription drugs and see if any are available in generic formulas that would be suitable for your needs. If generic medications are available for a lower co-pay, consider switching. You may still be silly enough to be status driven with some of your other purchases ("like I've just got to wear, like, name brand. duh?!"), but pharmaceuticals is not any area where name brand should mean much.
4) Go Big or Go Home. Many pill-form drugs are produced in several different dosages. For example, a medicine may be prescribed at a 25mg or a 50mg dose. Some medicines can be prescribed at a higher dose and then the tablets can be split in two. High-dose pill are generally priced the same as or slightly higher than their low-dose counterparts. Ask your doctor if you can safely split a higher-dosage pill in half, which can save you a bundle on your co-pays. However, not all pills can be split, so it is important that you discuss the safety of this with your doctor and pharmacist.
In all seriousness, these suggestions really can help reduce your prescription drug costs. I take a single prescription drug and even with my insurance it was costing me over $700 a year! Not having had previous experience having to take a routine/maintenance prescription drug, I spent the better part of a year wasting money by paying more for my Lexapro that necessary. I would drive to the closest pharmacy, pick up my 10mg pills, and be on my way; another purchasing decision dictated by a combination of convenience and laziness.
But then the monthly cost really started to bother me and I decided to be proactive in looking for ways to reduce this monthly line item in my budget. I started to imagine what the financial burden for individuals who have to take three, four, or five different prescriptions on a regular basis must look like.
Needless to say, prescription drugs (like any type of healthcare service/product) is an area of household spending where it really pays to put some thought into controlling costs and proactively looking for ways to get the most bang for your book.
For those of you trying to financially manage the costs associated with multiple prescriptions I would be interested in hearing your thoughts? Are there other strategies you've used? Suggestions you might share with TDS readers?


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ADAMS Ruby Stained KINGS CROWN 8.5" Lg Berry Bowl 1880
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A lovely EAPG Adams & Co. (Pittsburgh, Pa.) ruby stained master berry bowl in the King's Crown pattern c. 1880. This pattern is also known as XLCR, Excelsior and Ruby Thumbprint. This is a large bowl measuring 3 1/2" tall with a 8 1/2" top diameter. Top edge is scalloped and the bottom has a star design. The ruby stain is strong, nice deep color; has a few very small scratches here and there. There is a small chip on the bottom rim and what appears to be an internal fracture about 1 3/4" long next to a tiny chip at the seam also on the bottom rim. A wonderful King's Crown ruby stain bowl and hard to find in this large size. 2 pounds 9 ounces
Holyoke, Massachusetts
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Don't you think it would be cool if Motorola released 64-bit PowerPC processors that work well with 32-bit apps way before Intel releases a similiar processor. Motorola and Apple would then be in a good position to compete with Intel. That's because they can say, "Hey, we've got 64-bit systems that are backward compatible with 32-bit applications and Intel doesn't, so everyone let's jump on the 64-bit bandwagon!"


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Saints better be ready for Bucs WR duo
The last time the Saints allowed two receivers to enjoy 100-yard outings?
Atlanta's Roddy White (11 catches for 127 yards) and Julio Jones (eight catches for 128 yards) during last season's 45-16 rout of The Birds at the Superdome.
This year, if the same stat repeats itself Sunday at Tampa Bay, the Saints offense may not have the firepower to match point-for-point, the defense - ranked last in the NFL and hurting even more because of key injuries - might not have the ability to bend without breaking.
That's the threat the Bucs offer with the 1-2 WR punch of Mike Williams and Vincent Jackson.
These two guys don't just catch passes, but long ones. Williams is averaging 22.1 yards per catch, second in the league. Jackson isn't far behind, ranking fifth (18.5).
Jackson has seven passes of 20 or more yards; Williams has six. You want more? Williams is the first Bucs receiver to enjoy consecutive 100-yard outings since the 2008 season. His totals for the last two Tampa Bay games: 115 yards vs. Washington; 113 yards vs. Kansas City.
The Saints better be ready.