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Aparajita Bhattacharjee @apsmine9 (358) 22 Feb 24

It was sometime in January that the members of the Cooperative Housing Society of which I am a part of, decided to make me the Chairperson from the new session. The reason being, no one else is willing and most of the members are...

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Diary 1st To 3rd July 2019

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 3 Jul 19

A new month and half way through the year already. The first day decimated my welfare payment as all my direct debits and a few other bills had to go out. I had some voluntary work helping to create course material for the...

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Diary 9th To 14th April 2019

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 14 Apr 19

Diary Tuesday 9th April 2019 A day of job searching, and preparing the final blasts of publicity material for my book launch, a week today. Diary Wednesday 10th April 2019 The last book club meeting this season, as the...

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Diary 4th To 8th April 2019

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 8 Apr 19

Diary Thursday 4th April 2019 My first job club visit this month, searching for work on community centre computers, and getting to chat with other job-seekers too. Afterwards I did a little shopping. Diary Friday 5th April...

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Diary 21st To 24th February 2019

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 25 Feb 19

Diary Thursday 21st February 2019 A voluntary work day today, helping make a film promoting the kind of voluntary work I do along with others) to encourage more people to sign up too. It was fun, and great to see some other...

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Diary 21st To 24th January 2019

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 24 Jan 19

Diary Monday 21st January 2019 I wanted to go out taking photos today but waking up to heavy fog and severe frost told me it wasn’t going to happen. I wrote to some pubs that don’t have pub signs asking why they don’t get...

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Diary 11th To 14th July 2018

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 14 Jul 18

Diary Wednesday 11th July 2018 An unexpected extra day of voluntary work activity, though this was just filling in survey forms on how we thought our volunteering activity went over the last 12 months, for which we had a lovely...

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Diary 8th To 10th July 2018

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 10 Jul 18

Diary Sunday 8th July 2018 A quiet day heralding a busy week. The heat is barely tolerable as our heatwave continues. It is rare for me to actually look forward to rain and clouds. The weather will continue to bake me over the...

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Diary 28th February To 1st March 2018

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 1 Mar 18

Diary Wednesday 28th February 2018 The shortest month ended with my welfare payment coming in, albeit late. Knowing it is due at midnight from the day before the last day of the month, I checked my account at just gone midnight....

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Diary 19th To 21st October 2017

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 22 Oct 17

Diary Thursday 19th October 2017 Not much to record for this period. After so much voluntary work lately today was my first visit to the job club in week. It just involved doing routine job searches online but I can print...

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Diary 5th And 6th June 2017

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 7 Jun 17

Diary Monday 5th June 2017 A quiet day after such an active weekend but it let me catch up on shopping, and job search activity and laundry. I had an early for the next morning so I was in bed dead on midnight. Diary Tuesday...

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Diary 2nd 3rd And 4th May 2017

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 4 May 17

Diary Tuesday 2nd May 2017 One of my voluntary work days today. I agreed to be a guinea pig for medical students being assessed at the university for the bedside manner and approaches to giving patients an abdominal check up. I...

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Diary 16th And 17th February 2017

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 18 Feb 17

Diary Thursday 16th February 2017 A quite routine job search and job club day. I prepared and sent off application forms and my resumes to various companies including a few I was ordered to approach by my welfare officers. The...

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Diary Tuesday 25th October 2016

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 26 Oct 16

A lot to do today starting with my visit to the food bank as I am entitled to pick up some free food to help tide me through due to my unemployment and debts crisis. I had no idea what to expect and finding the right entrance to...

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Groups of guys carrying guns

peggy baker @softbabe44 (5815) • Vancouver, Washington 29 Oct 15

We an't to sure why they are here we have a homeless camp on twelve strret here in washington they patrol this camping area there say 8 of them a couple of the homeless. Thought we don't need them here and why are they carrying...

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Meeting with quarrel!

alberello @alberello (4752) • Italy 24 Nov 12

For a little over six months, I am a member of a voluntary association called ADOV Association (donor of the voice). I've never worked for them in the creation of digital audiobooks or books for dyslexic children. Today,...

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AIDS and its prevention.

DoctorDidi @DoctorDidi (7018) • India 8 Apr 11

AIDS is playing havoc in recent times. Every one is well aware of it & also knows that it has to be curbed with all efforts from all the available corners. But the draw back to do so is ignorance on one hand & misconception about...

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Mental Health: Mental Hospitals

Andrealoves7and8 @rogue13xmen13 (14402) • United States 28 Jul 10

Okay, I was sick of some of the topics on mylot, so I am throwing a random and unique discussion out there: Has anyone ever been in a mental hospital? Was in voluntary? What did you learn from your experience? How did you feel...

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Who would you say is lacking?

laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 18 May 10

UC Berkely or it's students? http://www.ktvu.com/news/23592937/detail.html BERKELEY, Calif. -- UC Berkeley is adding something a little different this year in its welcome package -- cotton swabs for a DNA sample. In the past,...

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Voluntary Vs. Corrosion

gewcew23 @gewcew23 (8007) • United States 30 Aug 09

Here is a political term that seem to be an oxymoron, libertarian-socialist. How in the world could you be a libertarian-socialist? Well simple you are one that believes in the libertarian acxiom keep your mitts to yourself, while...

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