Use this website to Plan your drive, view the roads, see the weather, and look at more travel information including road conditions in neighboring states:
http://www.kandrive.org/
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http://www.paynearme.com/
This is a rapidly growing alternative way to pay bills for those who do not have a bank account. They can pay online without using a credit card.

Techcrunch described it in a May 10 article:
Here’s how PayNearMe works. On participating partners, e-commerce or merchant sites, consumers can use the PayNearMe option to pay for purchases or debts owed. You simply place your order with PayNearMe and print out the given receipt. You then take that receipt into a 7-Eleven and they scan it and you pay in cash. Once you pay, your order with the retailer or merchant will be fulfilled.

The process is based on a new, free Ria Card, available now at 7-Eleven stores and which can be used to pay more than 3,000 US billers. This card also can facilitate sending remittances to family and friends.

Submitted by Jack Batterson

http://hrs.missouri.edu/training/all-employees/staff-recognition-week-seminars/index.php
The 2011 Staff Recognition Week is scheduled for May 16 – 20.
Human Resource Services is once again coordinating training programs for Staff Advisory Council that will be offered free to employees.

Of special interest are “Understanding Retirement” by HR and the two Bob Almony workshops.
Submitted by Jack Batterson