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This is a guest post (a student profile really) of a conversation I had with freshly-minted NIU business alumnus Zach Fiegel, pictured with NIU Business Dean Denise Schoenbachler. This story reflects Zach's NIU experiences as he described them to me just prior to his graduation on May 10, 2014. It's important to mention that Zach wanted this article to reflect the accomplishments of a wide range of fellow students-friends who Zach collaborated with during his time at NIU. I hope my writing reflects this. Congratulations, Zach, on the start of your next series of adventures! Thank you for the great conversation as always and for not hesitating to sit down with me when I approached you — even at the 11th hour in the semester!
Do AWESOME Stuff … live a BOLD life
"Every experience can be life changing. It really can. It's up to each of us to approach things that way," NIU Business senior Zach Fiegel says, echoing the perspective of a visionary or an entrepreneur.
It's not a stretch for Fiegel and his friends who are fellow students in social entrepreneurship to have a sense of those waters. They immerse themselves in an entrepreneurial mindset – in the idea of changing the world, transforming themselves and others for the better – as a matter of course, and they do it as a team.
Case in point: as members of the student organization NIU CAUSE, with Fiegel its president, the group put everything they had behind a colleague's idea to provide other students with financial help. They raised $2,500 this semester and created a $1,000 annual NIU CAUSE student scholarship, while donating the remaining $1,500 to three different NGOs. Earlier in 2013, Fiegel and another team of students in a social venture class won $10,000 seed money for their business concept and then shortly afterwards invested those funds in a social venture located in Nigeria.
It's in that spirit of boldness that Fiegel applied blindly for a summer internship with the NBA, an organization whose interns and new hires tend to hail from Ivy League schools. Fiegel disrupted that pattern by landing a spot in the program. Then after the internship, he applied for and was accepted into their New York-based associates program, which serves as entrée to an NBA management career. Fiegel begins the associates program this summer after he graduates in May with an NIU degree in marketing. He hopes one of his professional rotations includes NBA Cares, the unit that manages the social responsibilities of the league and the league's efforts in high schools.
It was on the eve of his next series of bold adventures that Zach and I caught up for a student profile. In our conversation, I asked Zach to share his reflections on his NIU experiences overall, as well as what he's learned both in and out of the classroom.
"I've met so many awesome people," Fiegel says, holding direct eye contact when he speaks. His good nature invites dialogue. His warm tone inspires confidence. He values individuals and each person's uniqueness – he states this explicitly and demonstrates it consistently. "I've developed so many great friendships and relationships…had such great times doing important things. Things I care deeply about and things others care deeply about."
One of those things includes a team effort to conceptualize a life-changing for-profit venture, then developing a full business plan around the idea and presenting the concept to angel investors in spring 2013.
To get there, Fiegel collaborated with individuals from across the university (business, engineering, community & civic engagement), each of them students in the social venture class in the Department of Management. The course explores commerce in a different way and serves more as a business incubator than a traditional class. Answers aren't found at the end of the book, for example, and in truth, textbooks aren't the focus. Instead, the creative ideas of students are. Students arrive in the course first by way of an interview process and then by invitation only before they dive into workshops and conversations of discovery with their fellow students, professors, and outside experts. The context for all of this is to positively impact each component of a more complete business metric known as the triple bottom line or 3Ps: People, Planet, Profit.
At its essence, the social venture class is about "breakthrough ideation" … a perfect environment for the likes of Fiegel and many other NIU students whose hearts and minds align with doing something meaningful.
"It was an incredible experience and not without challenge," Fiegel laughs quietly before he continues to explain. "We worked from a blank slate to come up with a for-profit social enterprise. We brainstormed so many times… we had a lot of false starts, a lot of ideas we couldn't fully corral. The most challenging part was coming up with the ideas at all, then picking them apart, defending them, rethinking them, really holding them up and testing them. The key metric we used – it may sound corny – but it really was this: does the idea hold the promise to be life changing. The idea had to literally change lives or we weren't interested. What came out of all that effort was a venture we called 'Vitalert.' Vitalert uses the cell phone as an instrument for change by alerting users to nearby danger. It's basically an app that combines features along the lines of Twitter and Google Maps. We thought Nigeria would be the best market for its launch because Nigeria has an extremely high usage of cell phones and is also one of the most violent places in the world. Nigerians typically learn about violence by turning the corner and walking right into it only because they don't have timely information about existing danger around them or about bad situations that may be developing around them in that very moment."
Even 525,600 moments – or a full year – later, Fiegel still speaks passionately about the concept. He riffs off interesting stats like how more mobile phones exist in the world than bank accounts and emphasizes the group's "a-ha" moment when they began to view the phone in a completely different way: from a device for selfies to a life-changing, potentially life-saving instrument. From his enthusiasm alone, it's not difficult to imagine how the entire team won the angel investors over. And in fact, that's precisely what happened. Four teams of four students presented their social venture concepts last May, each challenged to explain and defend the soundness of their ideas, business plans, marketing plans, and revenue models as well as the impact on the three pillars of People, Planet, Profits. And in the end – after all the "really great presentations" and all the "really cool ideas, really cool stuff" – Vitalert landed the first place prize and a check for $10,000 in angel funding at NIU's second annual Social Venture Competition.
"I'm really competitive … all of us are," Fiegel says, "but it's interesting how rapidly every team came to support each other's ideas. We all listened to each other's presentations. After Vitalert won, our team received tremendous support from the other teams. Somehow we were all competing but really in the end we were all collaborating. That seems to be the way it is in the social spaces. Everyone works really hard on a great idea. All of us were inspired by the brilliant people involved in the social entrepreneurship sector because their ideas really do reach the breakthrough level. And yet at the same time everyone is genuinely supportive of each other."
The Vitalert story would be compelling enough right there, but it's what his team classmates and Zach decided to do with the $10,000 seed money that draws you in even more.
"After we won the Social Venture Competition, we took a hard look at ourselves. Two of the members – Mike and Addison – were graduate students with jobs already lined up. I was still in school. I had another year to finish and so did Kaitlin. I just really didn't know if we could put enough into starting up a venture while completing school. We all wanted to do justice to the $10,000 seed money. So we talked about it as a team and voted and decided to invest the $10,000 in a worthy non-profit," Zach shares.
Imagine it's the beginning of May. Classes are finished: finals taken, grades reported, and barbeques begin to fire up. But instead of kicking back entirely or travelling to a beach for a couple of weeks, you and your team members decide to develop a Request for Proposals. Fiegel describes how he, Mike, Addison, and Kaitlin switched perspectives and roles in what seemed like the blink of an eye: from pitching an idea for angel investor funding to evaluating a multitude of ideas as angel investors themselves.
"We created the RFP after looking at examples online. None of us knew how to do this. We listed the criteria we wanted the applicants to document for us. Things like measures for social impact, sustainability, revenue models. Then we researched and selected a group of finalists and sent the RFP to them. So we're reading through all these proposals – all really good, really excellent – and it made it difficult to identify a short-list of finalists, but eventually we selected 7-8 finalists. Ultimately, the one that won was the Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF) in Nigeria. YTF brings together education and technology to help provide opportunities for young people – basically kids – who find themselves in families at the bottom of the economic pyramid. YTF appealed to the interests of our team because the venture has a focus in Nigeria, and we couldn't imagine anything more impactful than helping kids to transform their lives so they can lift themselves out of the cycle of poverty."
Zach pauses briefly as if in thought, then adds, "Plus YTF describes itself as a place of 'impatient optimists.' That really resonated. All my friends and I rally around the idea of being unreasonable enough to move past the status quo. We feel a kindred spirit with Impatient Optimists."
Indeed, Zach and his peers describe themselves as Unreasonable Social Entrepreneurs who view the world in a vastly new way. In a different enough way, in fact, that within days they somehow connected with an organization of Impatient Optimists located half-way around the world. As he describes how this virtual meeting of the minds and hearts came about, Fiegel illustrates perfectly what the connected economy and the connected Millennials know all so well: how very small, hopeful and very personal a very, very big world has become.
"I learned about YTF because one night I was particularly distracted by my twitter feed and came across a tweet from the various individuals and organizations I follow in the social space. I clicked on a link in a tweet and read this article about a Microsoft executive who gave up a highly successful position to work with the Youth for Technology Foundation in Nigeria. I was so fascinated by the article and the foundation that I researched the name of the former executive and sent her an email with our team's RFP. We stayed in contact ever since that first email. Then when YTF's proposal won, she was ecstatic; really thrilled that YTF had won the $10,000 funding."
Sounds easy enough, right? Like so many of his colleagues, Fiegel's manner remains outwardly relaxed, yet conveys laser focus and a collaborative spirit that's spiced with a massive dash of "why not?" Embracing transformation is simply who they naturally are even if there's nothing simple about it. Still, this young man from Chicago's northwest suburbs lives, breathes, and walks the talk of "why not?" He and his friends willingly roll up their sleeves to do the unbelievably challenging work of breaking through the status quo, and they do it for the sole purpose of manifesting something powerfully uplifting and powerfully important.
Why not? … to be sure. And equally to be sure, an open and willing heart-mind connection provides a great deal of help, truth be told, is an outright prerequisite for anyone intent upon making a positive impact.
Only don't ask Fiegel or his friends if this is the case for them. Zach will tell you they're all just regular people. The thing is…Zach really is very down to earth. His twitter bio includes this intention: "My goal is to increase genuine smiles globally." He's truly an unassuming guy who also happens to be caring enough, passionate enough, wise enough, and aware enough to know how life speaks to his heart and to be committed enough to blaze that trail in fellowship with friends the world over. Plus, he and his friends have paid very close attention to those they count as the many trailblazers leading the way. They range from his immediate family to a wide circle of close friends, professors and those individuals from a variety of countries and cultures who unapologetically and bravely live into their dreams no matter how large or many the obstacles.
In fact, Zach had visited with several of them just weeks ago.
Over spring break, Fiegel – along with his social venture classmates and professor Christine Mooney – travelled to Mexico, where they met several social entrepreneurs located in the more poverty-stricken area of that country. To paint the picture of the impact this had on him, Zach uses broad brushstrokes. He describes at length how eye-opening the experience was in terms of really understanding how big and very different the world is from what he originally thought. When he shares why his perspective so dramatically shifted, you almost sense his memories of the trip revealing themselves right there in living color as if streaming in the air from YouTube. He speaks about realizing how incomplete it is to think that life moves only in a straight line. The idea of only two options – straight ahead or falling backward – pales in comparison now for him, now that he has seen a vastly more complex, vastly more dimensional world – almost, as Fiegel muses, "a "Rubik's-cube" of incredible people of all kinds and incredible life experiences of all varieties.
"I've changed alot and I'm aware of it," Fiegel admits as the conversation pivots slightly when he answers a question specific to his own personal transformation. "I may not know all of how I'm going to change – that's what life is about, right? But, I do know the world's a big place with a lot of different people and situations, and I do know I don't know everything and never will. I'm lucky to also know I'm building from a strong foundation. My family provided me with a solid base. My mom and my dad are my heroes. They were young when I was born, and they sacrificed so much so that I could have opportunities. Dennis Barsema is a great role model, another amazing person who I aspire to be like and someone who is also very important to me…someone I now also consider to be a great friend. My high school football coach, my high school basketball coach, my high school English teacher – all so important to me. Really, there are so very many people I've learned from, who took the time and interest in me to help me grow. The number one thing I take away from all of what they taught me is how important it is to help others. One of my goals is to be a good role model to my brothers and sister. My parents did everything they could so I could have more opportunities. I'm so grateful to them and to everyone. I think it's important that I pay that forward to my younger brothers and sister. That I pay it forward in everything I do."
As he stands in the Rubik's cube of life's pathways and peers into the immediate future, the past, the highs, the lows, and the many unknowns to come, Zach's one recommendation – if he had only one to make – to a new student or really to anyone boils down to this:
"Here's what my friends and I always say: do AWESOME stuff … with capital letters in the word 'AWESOME.' Don't sit around. Be proactive. Take that first step. Explore. Whatever you put your interest or time into, put your best into it. Sometimes the hardest thing is showing up."
Fiegel pauses briefly, then smiles as if in appreciation to a whole lot of people and for a whole lot of experiences; as if with tangible excitement for the positively unreasonably bold things to come. Then, with an energy likened to quiet confidence and with all his friends right there with him in his mind's eye to speak in one voice, he urges:
"Make yourself show up."
- Budding Social Entrepreneurs & Angel Investors who, along with his student teammates, envisioned a for-profit, social venture called Vitalert. Their business idea took first place in NIU's 2013 Social Venture Competition along with seeding of $10,000 to bring their idea into reality. The team then created an RFP, evaluated proposals, and invested the $10,000 in a social venture in Nigeria.
- Co-founder, President (see next item) and co-member of NIU CAUSE, a university-wide student organization focused in the social entrepreneurship space that grew organically from 7 to 35 members in one year's time.
- President of NIU CAUSE for two years and humbly taking on the formal title even though Zach prefers to describe himself as "collaborator and friend." Zach explains: "I worry about titles taking over the culture, spirit, and focus. I had to be convinced titles were necessary. Eventually, I came to recognize how they can help with structure. But I don't place my focus on them. Trust, respect, and open-mindedness are what matter to me."
- Budding Sales Professionals and Pizza Pros, who brought life to a student idea that a really good pizza can change lives. After a series of cold calls, the efforts of the CAUSE students resulted in a long-standing relationship with Arty, the owner of Pizza Pros restaurant in DeKalb, who opened early every week so Zach and his CAUSE colleagues could use the facilities to bake 20 homemade pizzas and deliver and sell them to their NIU customer base (selling them completely out each time, in fact). "Arty has been truly amazing. We're so grateful to him for helping what must have looked to him like crazy kids," Zach shares.
- Budding Angel Investors who with all his CAUSE colleagues invested CAUSE pizza sale profits in 2013 in a social entrepreneur located in Mexico. In 2014, they invested additional CAUSE profits in three other NGOs.
- Budding Named Scholarship Investors who together with the CAUSE gang raised enough funds in 2014 to establish an annual $1,000 CAUSE scholarship for NIU students, thereby bringing to life an idea championed by one of Zach's fellow CAUSE colleagues.
- Activists all, these CAUSE friends, sold, baked, and delivered more than 41 pizzas in one day (and in between their classes) during NIU's food drive and then donated the proceeds to the Northern Illinois Food Bank, raising enough funds to provide more than 3,000 meals to those in need.
- Visionary CAUSE Tribe that co-founded and co-led from start to finish the university's first-ever day-long Social Impact Summit (including lining up the keynotes, all nationally regarded in the field of social entrepreneurship, and marketing the event). More than 170 individuals attended the first Social Impact Summit in 2013, and more than 225 attended the second annual summit in 2014.
- Highly Engaged Students, Advisory Board members, co-ed Business Fraternity members, Club Sports members, Huskies Superfans…
- All around regular people…


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On a recent visit with Peter, I read this as well as other stories of our life in Los Banos (posted in my blog) Peter was quite a guy. Peter gifted me a field of pumpkins so I could prepare squash flowers for my Father, Farmers and Friends who ate at the 'Round' Table at La Famiglia , my Los Banos deli and ristorante (1979-1986). Here's the story posted in 2009:
In the early years, bankers, farmers, salesmen and businessmen met at the Cup N' Saucer, a downtown coffee shop in my hometown of Los Banos. They joined each other mainly at Lunch at the 'Round Table', a large round table on the right as you entered. After the Cup and Saucer closed, they found other dining 'conference' tables, Tiny's, Denny's and at my ristorante and delicatessen, La Familglia. They sat in the back at the antique poker table. This was a farmer's exchange, farmers, fertilizer salesmen, truckers, packers, they were all there: Joe Vajretti, Shawn Moosekian, Bugs Haumea, Peter LoBue, Tony Mogolio, Ralph Palazzo, and more.
My interest was to feed them. Favorite meals were perfectly cooked roast beef, served room temp with thick sliced vine-ripened tomatoes drizzled with olive oil and topped with chopped capers, onions and anchovies; on the side, good crusty bread.
All of us welcomed the season's freshest pick. We could never get enough of one favorite, squash flowers. One day my Dad commented to Peter LoBue, "Peter, why don't you plant a row of pumpkins so Nancy has squash flowers to prepare?" Peter responded, "OK, Papa Joe, I'll see what I can do." I grew up with Peter; he's always been a big thinker. Shortly thereafter, at lunch at the Round Table Peter announced that he had planted a field of pumpkins on 152 West of town! I would have squash blossoms and he would have a pumpkin patch to offer the pumpkins for sale in the Fall.
Mornings are the best time to pick because the flowers are wide open. Every day I traveled with my dog Lester to the pumpkin patch. While Lester romped in the field, I picked squash blossoms. To pick them doesn't require much skill; just to know the ones with the stamen are the males. They will not produce fruit. I would pick the flower at its stem including the green webbed bell shaped base. Once picked, I placed them upside down and side by side in a basket. For me, to come away from the field with forty blossoms is a victory for my farmer's lunches. Off to the deli I would go.
The Recipe: Fior d' Italia Squash Blossoms
To prepare, remove the stamen, peel away the base of the flower, gently rinse the inside and outside with water and place upside down in a large colander. At this point the flowers can be placed in the refrigerator covered with a damp cloth.
For the crepe batter, we use Mom's sweet crepe batter eliminating the sugar for a savory rendition. For the filling, I tried several types of cheese; my favorite is the original Jack cheese.
To prepare the flowers, open the flower and fill with a piece of Jack cheese. Reserve them on a damp towel. We eliminated frying and opted griddling. Preheat the griddle and brush with vegetable oil. Dip the filled flowers in the batter, lay on the griddle. If the batter is too thick, thin with milk. The look of the stuffed squash blossom is to see the flowers lightly coated so the veins are visible. Cook until the color and consistency of a cooked pancake or crepe. Flip over and cook on the other side. Serve as a hors d'oeuvre, side dish, vegetable or for brunch.
Beautiful, fresh from pumpkin fields now from above….SQUASH FLOWERS!!
Missing you forever Peter, Love Nancy

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This week saw not one, but two state lawmakers find themselves in the middle of a scandal.
Queens State Senator Shirley Huntley turned herself over to authorities on Monday to face charges that she tried to cover up the theft of $30,000. Huntley allegedly wrote false, backdated letters to try and fool investigators into thinking that the money she allocated through legislature member items was used for seminars conducted by her Parent Workshop charity.
Instead, according to the charges, the money was pocketed by Huntley's niece and the group's president, and the seminars never took place.
This is another aspect of Albany politics that has become all too common: elected officials setting up fake nonprofits that in turn hire family and friends so they can essentially be put on the state's payroll, paid on the taxpayer's dime.
Is it any wonder that Governor Andrew Cuomo wanted to end the practice of member items in the state's budget, seeing as how they are regularly abused by elected officials?
And then there is the case of Assemblyman Vito Lopez of Brooklyn, who was stripped of his Housing Committee chairmanship, after allegations that he sexually harassed two female employees were found by an Assembly Ethics Committee to be founded.
For his part, Lopez has denied all of the allegations, and criticized Speaker Sheldon Silver for acting so quickly to punish him.
But as this case unravels, it turns out that this might not have been the first time that Lopez is facing such charges. According to various reports, the state settled with another woman, who many believe also accused Lopez of harassing her.
The bill for that indiscretion: $103,000.
All paid for by the taxpayers.
If indeed true, the fact that Assembly leadership was willing to cover up allegations against Lopez and chose to instead settle the matter with taxpayer money shows just how deep-rooted the attitude that when you get sent to Albany you are essentially above the law really is.
If indeed true, Lopez shouldn't be criticizing Silver, he should be thanking him for giving him a second chance.
Both Lopez and Huntley should seriously consider resigning, but they won't. We're sure that in their own minds they can rationalize their actions. They probably feel that they did nothing wrong, or that they even acted in a manner that was unbecoming of a public servant elected to hold office.
In that case, it will be up to the voters. Soon, we'll see how the charges against Huntley resonate with her constituents, as she finds herself in a three-way Democratic Primary on September 13.
The case of Lopez is a little murkier.
As former head of the Kings County Democratic Party, Lopez is entrenched in Brooklyn politics. While he has been under fire recently and his list of critics is steadily growing, he also has a lot of allies, so we'll see if he can weather this most recent controversy.
What is clear is that Albany is in dire need of some new blood.


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After briefly going to the dark side and buying a 2020 Ford Explorer last fall I was never quite In Love with my SUV . However; I soon came to the realization that I was just not happy with it and the Ford had to GO ! A quick call to Michael Hamilton and he knew exactly what i wanted and had it ready to go pretty much when we arrived at the dealership. This Lexus GX 460 is the third Lexus we have purchased from Michael and I promise not to stray to the dark side again !
JJ was an amazing salesperson to work with as we dealt with a manufacturer's recall. He searched high and low for the exact car to meet my needs. Recommend him and all the other staff who were involved with the sale. Delivered the car to my home which was an amazing service. Totally professional and wonderful to work with!!
They are proactive to service for my appointment and friendly to us. The dealer have a lot of car for me to test drive and the building is designed high levelly class. I am enjoy it. Thanks.
Jade exemplifies professionalism at the highest level!!! In addition, he has a very pleasant attitude which was shown by his willingness to go out of his way to make my car-buying experience an excellent one. Thank you so much!!! What a credit he is to Jim Hudson, Lexus!!!
I absolutely love the Jim Hudson Lexus store and everyone there. Making my car buying experience so smooth and the atmosphere there is just so incredible and inviting. Thanks Jim Hudson you have a customer for life.
Awesome service and knowledge of their craft. I would definitely refer any and everyone who is looking for a great place to call home to visit Jim Hudson Lexington.
A very nice, comfortable dealership with very courteous employees. Lalo was my salesman who provided excellent service. He was straightforward and honest with me. Worked to find the best deal with no pressure.
Lalo made sure to educate me on the Lexus experience and let the car sell itself. He was helpful in going through the superior engineering of the vehicle. I did not feel pressured and instead felt like a treasured guest. He was also working with a very nice young lady by the name of Ashley who is not new to the industry but new to Lexus. She was very impressive with her ease of conversation, making fast friends with me while having a great industry knowledge. Thanks again to the team!
My vehicle was serviced as scheduled and cleaned before returning it to me. While waiting I spoke with Lalo about a possible trade/ new purchase. He was very pleasant and helpful. Erik Due handled my maintenance paperwork and was also very pleasant.
Always provide excellent service. Provide courtesy service with call backs. Customer service is always on point. Melvin Alston have been our service agent for years. Keep up the good work.
We bought our GX 460 from Ron Best back in November 2019. He was extremely helpful and courteous. It was the most pleasant car buying experience I've ever had. This week, we had our first experience with the Service Department. Ashley Blair set up the appointment for me, and Samuel Mercado was my contact for the service. They were both very organized and helpful, as were all the folks I encountered in the Service Department. I even found a thank you note in my car from my technician, Frank. This was such a nice touch!
I have been A Jim Hudson customer for about 10 years. There has never been a bad experience with service. The employees providing service this trip were Danny Chupek and Shaun Crosier. Both were professional in their interaction with me. Shaun gave me feedback on the actions he had taken to address a concern I had with the back-up camera. a very nice touch.
I had a wonderful experience with Ron Best as my sales guy. Ron was very patient with me and my questions, he reassured me during the sales process and did an awesome job explaining the features of the car to me. I would recommend Ron to other people looking for a Lexus vehicle.
I just purchased my third car with Ron Best because he always makes the buying experience quick and hassle free. He knows exactly what I need when I tell him what I'm looking for, and he finds it right away. There's no price haggling because I tell him what my budget is and he matches it every time. He makes me and my family feel like royalty when we visit, and I know that any future car purchases will certainly be with him. I highly recommend him if you're in the market for a new or used vehicle. He has been chosen as best car salesperson for multiple years, and it's an honor well-deserved. The dealership's service overall is unmatched. Give him a call.
I have always had a great experience at Jim Hudson Lexus of Columbia. The entire staff is so awesome! I will never go anywhere else.
As a repeat customer of Jim Hudson, we have come to expect excellence in every aspect of our dealings - and Jim Hudson has never disappointed us. From the sales to the follow up vehicle service, to even the airport shuttle service, they are great - professional and complete.
Ms. Smith had the car we had asked about ready when we arrived, She was very accommodating when we decided to change to a different car. and had it immediately brought out. She was very knowledgeable in the differences between the two cars. There was never any push to make a hasty decision.
This is the second car we have bought from Jim Hudson. If we had not been satisfied we would not have returned. Although we are only two days into driving our 2017 Lexus we are pleased with the entire experience.
I had a great experience at Jim Hudson Lexus. As soon as I walked in everyone was so friendly. Anita was awesome. She was able to provide me with exactly what I wanted. She also provided a full range of information on the car I selected. Thank you Anita for making this a great experience and memory for our family.
Allen provided excellent customer service and NO pressure . He listened to what i wanted, and showed me several vehicles that were perfect and fit my budget. He was extremely knowledgeable in providing comparative data between make and model options, that I would have never known, which allowed me to eventually make a fantastic choice.
Thank you Allen for being patient with me. I am going to enjoy driving my new car for a long time. "Oh the places, I'll go"
Brought my 2019 Lexus ES350 in a few times for wash and detail. These gentlemen treated us with the upmost professionalism, respect and courtesy. Well pleased!
Very pleased with the service I received today! My sales,an Allen was very helpful and knowledgeable! Joe Pouge was also very helpful and informative of the service for the car! Excellent service and appreciate very much Allen! Also very appreciative of the car wash/detailing!
Best Experience Ever! My salesman, Alan was amazing and I was treated like a superstar! Brooke was very helpful going over the features of my car. I even text her later with questions and she responded promptly and was so helpful!
We went in without an appointment and requested to work with Kimberly. She had an appointment scheduled for no long after we got there. Kimberly manage to "jiggle" her time so she was able to work with her appointment and with me and my wife without us having much waiting time. Kimberly is knowledgeable about Lexus and went above board trying to find the car that we wanted. She was successful in finding "our car" and we left the dealership as very satisfied customers.
Kimberly was extremely helpful & positive and definitely the most accommodating sales consultant I have every worked with. Kayla was also super sweet and made the experience so much fun. The both of them made the process in buying a new car seamless. So happy with my purchase and with my experience at Jim Hudson Lexus!
Everyone was friendly and very nice. Managers were easy to work with. Sales person was able to answer all questions that we asked. The Lexus was a great birthday present!
Accommodated me very well. Thanks for finding the car of my choice. Kimberly was very friendly and knowledgeable. Also Sam McElveen was excellent with the financing.
Efficient and very reasonably priced service. JH customer service is the best by far and is why it's a easy decision to go back for service.
Mark Wickham was a pleasure to work with on my purchase because of his experience, knowledge and concern for the customer. I am very happy with my purchase and would recommend this dealership to anyone!
Wow. Yes I am starting this review with a great big red bow on my experience buying a car at this dealership from Mark Wickham. It was so refreshing to deal with someone who allowed us the time to make a very important decision buying our first Mercedes Benz GLE. It was a big decision for us and we were thankful we were not pressured in any way or bullied like we felt we were treated at another dealership. We visited dealerships in Augusta, Greenville and Columbia and the buying experience at Jim Hudson in Columbia is the best by far! Mark knows how to listen to his customers and answer questions when required. Hopefully, Mark is training your sales staff on how to make the car buying experience a good one from beginning to end. Linda and I can not say enough how much we enjoyed, yes, enjoyed buying our car from Jim Hudson. And let me express how thrilled my wife was to go out to get in her Mercedes Benz and see it sparkling and gleaming with a huge red bow on top. I've never never experienced that before in all my 30 years of car buying.
Great car buying experience. Jade and all the staff at Lexus were friendly and helpful making the entire process a breeze. I highly recommend Jade to anyone in the market for a new or used vehicle.
I have always had the best service. I have been accommodated when I had an emergency and did not have an appointment. My car has had the best service since I bought it. Has never been anywhere else.
Chris Friedah is a true professional … We bought a RX 350 and he treated us GREAT! I would definitely buy another car from Jim Hudson Lexus because of Chris.
Always looking after my best interests. I have always been treated fairly. I will certainly have Lexus in mind when considering a new purchase. Thank you.
Thank you Byron Coward, David Wolfson and Sam McElveen for helping me with my 10th Lexus purchase. No other dealerships in the South can come.
Buying a car from Jade exceeded my expectations. He was prepared, had the vehicles ready to show, and answered all my questions. The overall buying process from soup to nuts was exceptional.
From start to finish, found everyone we dealt with to be professional, courteous and pleasant.. In particular, we felt very comfortable in trusting Byron to help us make our car decision. He made himself available to us providing good advice every step along the way.
Excellent service and very satisfied. My serviice advisor was friendly and provided all the necessary information that i needed to make a dedision. I thoroughly enjoyed my visit.
The team at Jim Hudson Lexus is awesome! Everyone is courtesy and willing to help. My recent car purchase experience was exceptional: Miss Jasmine at the front desk was personable, helpful,, and greeted me with respect and kindness, at each visit. Thank you, Jasmine! My sales' person, Christian Jackson was amazing! He was approachable, patient, accommodating, stayed with me every step of the way, and followed up with me a week later to check my satisfaction with my new car. 🤗 Thank you Christian! Sam Mclaughlin, my finance specialist, was very kind and informative. He saw to it that I received the best service package for my car. Thank you, Sam! And Robert, the general manager was uber nice, approachable, and receptive to any questions or concerns that I may have had. Thank you, Robert! I must say, that, hands down, the service at Jim Hudson is second to none. The staff their act like a family. Love the climate! Jim Hudson Lexus, rocks! Mirra 💛
Joey is great to work with, He's has the patience needed to get the job done. My son likes working with him. We ask for Joey
Very grateful for the commitment and honesty that was provided to me from the sales department all the way up to the finance department everyone was kind polite and professional I am extremely happy with my new car This has been the easiest and smoothest purchase I've ever done throughout the years I will definitely come back to this dealership everyone is part of my family now couldn't be more thankful. Special thanks to Chris, Leo and Eddie for making all this happen
I decided to purchase a used vehicle from Jim Hudson Lexus, drove from North Carolina to the dealership and when arriving was met by Christian a totally professional salesperson. He was waiting for us to arrive, came out and greeted us before we exited the truck, took us inside where a sign welcomed us to the dealership. He then immediately took us to a separate floor space where our selected vehicle was displayed with a bow on top. The vehicle was in immaculate condition and we were allowed to take the vehicle for a test drive, which was totally to our satisfaction. Upon return, we then proceeded to sign our initial paper work where we asked and received answers to all questions. We then proceeded to complete our automated final contact paperwork with the entire process taking no more than one hour. I will drive six hours again to buy another vehicle from this dealership in the future. Thanks again Christian and Jim Hudson Lexus for making this the best vehicle purchase of our life.
beautiful and very warm and friendly and capable staff.However it would've been nice if they'd offer to pick up my car and drop it back off.
Everyone involved was helpful and knowledgeable. Kyle did an amazing job was very welcoming, patient and helpful. Everyone was able to find away to help out.


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The other day we were issued new "secure" USB flash drives at work.
These are 8-GB'er's and far outstrip the two 512 MB Sony sticks I had been wearing like dog-tags. It is also double my own Seagate "hockey-puck" 4-GB'er that I carry in reserve.
Needless to say, when the boss passed these out, we all scampered back to our cubicles like rats with cheese and went to work copying our data over to them.
I've been using DSynchronize (freeware) for some time now to keep my primary pile of utilities on my work machine sync'ed with my USB stick. This allows me to focus on updating the files on my work-machine current, then I can do a one-way sync to my USB stick to refresh it.
So there I am, syncing the files and suddenly my enterprise-class Symantec AV program goes ape-in-heat and starts tossing up virus/trojan/malware file quarantine warnings all over the place.
Malware? There ain't no malware on my machines!
When the carnage subsided and the rest of my files were sync'ed I went back to look at what had occurred.
Ouch! Smacked by Symantec...
I came to find out that Symantec has decided to classify some wonderful, legitimate utilities as "hack-tools" or "potentially unwanted products (PUPS)" or just plain "malware".
Because of the way we have our Symantec deployments compartmentalized in our enterprise environment, we don't have much say in the Symantec policy settings. We are responsible to install the Symantec client on workstations, make sure the DAT files are getting applied across our workstations, and then go clean the buggers when they get infected anyway.
My network analyst and I tried to fiddle with the settings in Symantec Console to allow some of these but it appears it would need to be set globally, which we both don't want to do. I just want to have my network/anti-malware utilities and be able to use them un-accosted by Symantec. In our previous version of Symantec, I could turn off and change the settings on my AV client so it could "ignore" some programs, this latest version doesn't allow me that privilege.
The List
So here are links to the applications that I now cannot keep on my USB or hard-drive at work, lest Symantec goes ape and my workstation is flagged again on the Console for being "infected" with these terrible programs.
SuperScan4 - Foundstone, Inc. (freeware) A great network IP/port scanning utility. (It has been crippled somewhat now since raw-sockets support got pulled from XP in SP2, but works fine in Windows 2000.)
HotBar Uninstall Program - HbUnist.exe - I like using this tool from HotBar to uninstall their own program when I find in on our machines at work. It is pretty effective.
Angry IP scanner - (freeware) - IP and port scanner program for analyzing networks with NetBIOS information support. (Rated #51 in Insecure.org's Top 100 Network Security Tools, BTW.)
I'm sure these aren't the only ones Symantec has black-listed. For now, both of these freeware utilities Advanced IP Scanner and Advanced Port Scanner are getting a "pass" from Symantec so I can do network IP/port scans for troubleshooting and network connection reviews.
A Problem worth a Petition?
The development team for Angry IP Scanner is so fed-up they have created an on-line petition to fuss at Symantec and McAfee for their classification against it:
Angry IP Scanner Listed As Malware Petition
I understand and concede the direction Symantec and others are coming from when they make this call, most enterprise groups DON'T want folks running IP/port scans or having anything associated with HotBar in their networks. However, when the door gets shut on utilities that the very staff who help service and protect those networks use, well...that's not cricket.
I'm going to continue working with my analyst buddy and see what we can work out in the configuration department. I remain hopeful of a workaround...which is kinda scary. IT staff having to work-around an IT security solution to keep things safe.
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Missionaries from PMM, Inc. Empowering the evangelical and baptist churches of Ecuador, Latin America, and USA (hispanic world), through theological education, books & literature, pastoral training programs, leadership development, educative management, bioethics, and pastoral & family ministries, to become mature bodies of Christ, to in turn carry out the Great Commission around of the World. You can find more at: www.palmministries.org and www.facebook.com/joselitoyanitaorellana
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The Soleri Bridge and Plaza is more than just another construction project. It is a signature piece of art built by a construction team (Howard S. Wright), incorporating the vision of the artist/architect, Paolo Soleri. The project has a number of special features that required the combination of standard construction techniques and artist's touches to produce such items as drip walls, pre-cast panels, and stainless steel pylons. The pedestrian-only bridge provides a scenic viewpoint over the 60-foot wide water conveyance channel and includes a 22,000 SF plaza. Although HSW was not required to employ sustainability measures on the project, all steel and metal excess and scrap was separated and delivered to a local salvage yard for recycling; as was all demolished concrete.
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Can you keep it down? Your iPhone is trying to listen to the TV.
A new iPhone and iPad app from a software company called Viggle actually listens to what you're watching on TV, tabulates what you watch and for how long, and provides gift certificate rewards based on the data collected.
Taking market research into the digital age, the app assigns a point system (about two points for every minute of TV logged) and then, once the user hits 7,500 points (about 60 hours) they are sent a $5 gift card for retailers such as Starbucks, Burger King, iTunes, and Best Buy.
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Good thing it was 91 degrees in Indianapolis on Sunday (May 27). Because before she sang the national anthem for the Indianapolis 500, Martina McBride told me the sweltering temps were just right for her. "Heat is actually good for my voice," she said. "I've done the anthem so many times — at NASCAR races, baseball games, the World Series, football games, hockey games — and so many have been in such extreme weather. In Pittsburgh, once it was three degrees when I did it. So this is no problem."
I was there at the race to hear McBride's anthem, right after Florence Henderson did "God Bless America" and right before Bishop Christopher Coyne called upon God with a moving invocation. And McBride was right about the heat. Her national anthem was the nicest-sounding two minutes of the day, and the hush of the crowd of more than 250,000 race fans while she sang made it that much more remarkable, from the "oh, say, can you see" to the "home of the brave." She was dressed in skinny jeans and a white tunic top, and her hair was in a side ponytail. McBride was, by far, the biggest and truest country star to do the anthem at the Indy 500 so far. And the country fan in me thinks maybe the Nashville-powered salute had something to do with the win. Dario Franchitti, who is Scottish but lives right outside Nashville with his wife Ashley Judd, won the race for the third time. And in another little twist of coincidence, he was sponsored in part by McBride's record label, the Big Machine Label Group, which had sponsored the late Dan Wheldon's winning car at last year's Indy 500.


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(BBC) In our series of viewpoints from African journalists, former BBC Focus on Africa deputy editor and Ghanaian government minister Elizabeth Ohene recalls meeting The Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh, who was re-elected last week, after he seized power in a coup in 1994.
It came as no surprise that President Yahya Jammeh was declared winner with 72% of the vote, giving him a fourth five-year term.
Seventeen years ago when Mr Jammeh - then aged 29 - staged a coup that overthrew The Gambia's first President Sir Dawda Jawara, I went to report from the country and I met the fresh-faced young man who sounded like all the other young military men in Africa at the time.
Mr Jammeh's inspiration and role-models were Jerry Rawlings of Ghana, Valentine Strasser of Sierra Leone and Muammar Gaddafi of Libya.
I had a memorable interview with him then and again in 1996 when he was under intense diplomatic pressure to return the country to constitutional rule.
I remember he tried to sound confident and even authoritative but every once in a while his nerves failed him.
And last week, when BBC Focus on Africa's Umaru Fofana asked him if he would accept defeat if he lost, Mr Jammeh asked if he looked like a loser, to applause from the crowd around him.
Back in 1996, a few of the friends that he started out with had already fallen out with him and I took a deep breath when someone in the capital, Banjul, told me I should be careful and not think that I was protected by my BBC badge.
A quote from my old notebook reads: "If he thinks you are threatening his position, you will disappear."
I don't remember what I made of that warning but I recall being more amused than frightened by Mr Jammeh's antics.
Fast forward to the year 2005, when a group of 44 hapless Ghanaians and nine other West Africans were to experience what happens when the president of The Gambia is perceived to be under threat.
The security forces arrested and killed them, suspecting they were mercenaries when they were, in fact, migrants trying to make their way to Europe.
Mr Jammeh eventually paid $500,000 to Ghana in compensation for those murders.
Seventeen years ago he hadn't yet acquired all the titles that are now obligatory adjuncts to his name but he already certainly had illusions of grandeur.
You had to be blind not to see that he would be better for The Gambia than Mr Jawara was, Mr Jammeh told me.
President Yahya Jammeh
- Overthrew The Gambia's first president as a 29-year-old army lieutenant in 1994
- Has won four widely criticised elections
- Accused of not tolerating opposition or independent journalists
- Claims he can cure Aids and infertility with herbal concoctions
- Warned in 2008 that gay people would be beheaded
- Eight men sentenced to death last year after being accused of plotting to overthrow him
His belief that The Gambia has achieved more during his 17 years in office then during 400 years of British rule must have occurred to him later.
When I heard Umaru's interview with him, he came across as unabashed, unapologetic and indeed quite proud to say that The Gambia was "hell for journalists" - even in those early days journalists were not his favourite people and some learnt the hard way not to upset the young leader.
The bit I couldn't have predicted was Jammeh the healer. Not only did he announce in 2007 that he had discovered a herbal cure for HIV/Aids, he now has a cure for infertility as well.
The government's official website carries reports of barren women being kept in villages for the president's wonder cure.
Aged 46 and with no apparent likelihood of Gambians being tempted to lose their marbles at polling booths, the chances are His Excellency Sheikh, Professor, Alhaji, Doctor Yahya AJJ Jammeh will be around for a long time as President and Commander in Chief of the Republic of The Gambia.
The Arab Spring might find it difficult to cross the Sahara desert.
In West Africa, our weather pattern does not include spring - we have only dry and rainy seasons.
I only wish I had the opportunity to interview him again. I suspect he won't talk to me now.


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When the Chinese foreign ministry and U.S. President Barack Obama feel the need to comment on Occupy Wall Street – sympathetically in both cases – it is fair to say that the protest movement, one month old today, has emerged as a force to be reckoned with.
"We feel that there are issues here that are worth pondering," The Associated Press quotes Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Liu Weimin as saying about the still loosely defined group demonstrating against corporate greed and economic inequality.
President Obama, speaking at a dedication of a new memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington on Sunday, said, "Dr. King would want us to challenge the excesses of Wall Street without demonizing those who work there."
Nobel Prize winner in economics and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman expresses his hope that the movement will turn the United States around in a way that President Obama's 2008 election has so far failed to do.
An unlikely expression of support came from the chief executive of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, who told the Financial Times that banks "just compete and stampede to make money at the expense of consumers," adding that "to some extent, I can understand the mindset of those demonstrators against Wall Street."
The mass demonstrations, which started on Sept. 17 when a thousand or more protesters first marched through New York's financial district, have by now gone global. Protests in London have come near but not on the private property on which the London Stock Exchange is located. London's Telegraph says volunteers have offered free food – fresh bread, soup and sundry other items – to demonstrators who camped peacefully amid a heavy police presence two months after riots, looting and arson struck London, Manchester and other English cities.
But Occupy Wall Street-affiliated protests turned violent in Rome, where a mob torched cars, hurled rocks and vandalized banks on Saturday.
The means Occupy Wall Street movement intends to use, and even its goals, remain unclear. The "leaderless" group first called for by Vancouver-based anti-consumerist magazine Adbusters has no official spokesman. But in a release put out today on the completion of the movement's first month, the Adbusters-hosted website occupywallstreet.org cites the "Arab Spring" revolution that spread throughout the Mideast one-year ago as its inspiration.
The group says "in the last month, the message of "We are the 99%" has won the hearts and minds of over half of Americans (according to a recent Time survey) and is gaining ground globally, with 1500 protests in 82 countries this past Saturday (October 15)."
As to goals, the Adbusters site says the group is "fighting back against the corrosive power of major banks and multinational corporations over the democratic process, and the role of Wall Street in creating an economic collapse that has caused the greatest recession in generations."
Critics of the group have come primarily from the political right, with GOP presidential frontrunner Herman Cain saying: "Don't blame Wall Street, don't blame the big banks, if you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself!" Cain's rival for the Republican nomination Mitt Romney said the group is stoking "class warfare," though Republican candidate and former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer spoke quite favorably about the movement. The amorphous nature of the group makes it ripe for criticism, as exemplified by a lengthy anti-Semitic rant by one of the protestors that has gone viral on YouTube.


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Bedouin children play as a swarm of locusts arrive over their vilage in the Negev desert near the Egyptian-Israeli border on March 12, 2013 at the Bedouin village of Bir Hadage, Israel. Egypt and Israel have been swarmed with millions of locusts over the past few days, causing widespread disturbance.
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News Update: Lab Tech is Now Prime Suspect
Raymond Clark III, whose DNA matched evidence at the Yale crime scene, tried to cover his tracks.
According to LA Times columnists Alaine Griffin Owen's Lab tech's DNA matched evidence in Annie Le slaying, source says Raymond Clark III, whose DNA matched evidence at the Yale crime scene, tried to cover his tracks, a source says. – As FBI agents and Yale University police combed the basement of a laboratory building for missing bride-to-be Annie Le, the man accused of killing her moved among them in an apparent effort to cover his tracks, a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation said. That behavior aroused suspicions about Raymond Clark III, but the final piece that led to his arrest Thursday was the discovery that evidence in the ceiling and in the crawl space where Le's body was found contained the DNA from both Le and Clark, according to the law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing. Clark, 24, was arrested at a Super 8 Motel in Cromwell, Conn., and charged with murder. One investigator, among a group who were in the lab interviewing employees and students shortly after Le disappeared, reported witnessing Clark trying to hide lab cleaning equipment that they later discovered contained blood spatters. Clark was observed cleaning up areas Le was in before she was reported missing, the law enforcement official said. Sources familiar with the investigation said that a combination of factors led to Clark's arrest:
1. an analysis of computer records of security cards that showed Clark was the last person to see Le alive, his failed polygraph and scratches on his body, his attempts to clean up the crime scene and ultimately the DNA match in two places.
2.Police believe that Le fought for her life. Investigators found a single bead from a necklace she was wearing in the lab area where she was last seen. They also found tiny blood droplets in that area.
3.Clark also had scratches and bruises on his arms and back. When he was interviewed by FBI agents, Clark said the scratches were cuts from a cat and from playing softball. The sources said authorities were investigating further into the scratches. Computer records of his swipe card show he left the building several times and also moved between several rooms, including some that he had no reason to be in, a source said.
Readers, clearly Ray Clark is guilty. Yes he will get his day in court but this guy dug his own grave and basically threw himself in. I'm going to say this is a closed case. Hopefully now Annie Le's parents can put her body to rest peacefully. May God be with you Annie Le. We're all praying for you.
Until next time, SPEAK YO MIND!!!!!!
News Update: The Yale Murder Unfolds!!!
According to abcnews.go.com, the Yale Murderer of Annie Le has been caught and arrested. Earlier today he was brought in to court where he was held on 3 million dollars bail. The rapid chain of events brought to a climax the investigation into Le's disappearance in a Yale lab where both she and Clark worked more than a week ago. Her strangled body was discovered crammed into a wall on Sunday, the day she was supposed to get married. According to investigators and FBI there is enough dna evidence to link Clark to the murder.
"Mr. Clark has been a lab technician at Yale since December 2004. His supervisor reports that nothing in the history of his employment at the university gave an indication that his involvement in such a crime might be possible." -Yale University President Richard C. Levin.
He added, "This incident could have happened in any city, in any university, or in any workplace. It says more about the dark side of the human soul than it does about the extent of security measures."


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Middelburg, Netherlands, May 29—
BAKED MUSSELS for lunch today, with vegetables and a bottle of rosé. I wish they'd been steamed instead, but it's too early in the year. Still.
Dinner at a local Italian restaurant: insalata mista, more copious than usual since this is after all the Netherlands where one does demand one's vegetables, and pizza Napoli: tomatoes, anchovies, capers, cheese. Not bad at all.
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Making nice: Carroll offers pleasantries
I know I'm in the minority. I prefer art that's challenging and perhaps a little reckless, that makes me think twice and might even bite me back. But that's not what most people want. The greater populace enjoys art that's pretty and reassuring, providing a pleasant place for their eyes to rest. Art snobs may scoff, but there's a reason why Thomas Kinkade and Bob Ross are household names, and why most people scratch their heads when asked about art-world darlings like John Currin.
Though less saccharine than the "painter of light," Philip J. Carroll clearly falls into the niche of nice. His oil-on-panel landscapes, which currently hang at Warm Springs Gallery in an exhibition called "Seasons," offer idyllic scenes of pastures and rivers at different times of the year. No figures are present, but often distant farm buildings and silos evoke a simple, up-with-the-roosters way of life.
Occasionally, Carroll shifts from his wide-angle views to focus on a pastoral icon, like a metal bucket in the doorway of a barn (requisite red paint on the wood and hay in the background) or a wide-eyed bunny sitting in the grass. A two-word phrase that sums up Carroll's approach is "bucolic idealism." The world he paints is soothingly familiar, without a trace of trouble.
Carrroll's landscapes often draw the viewer in with a road, path, or waterway. Even when such a trope is absent, as in "Wish You Were Here," Carrroll angles tall field grasses or other natural features to usher the eye into the scene. His palette sticks to the colors he observes, perhaps enhanced a smidgeon but never in a way that challenges believability.
Carroll's brushwork, interestingly, is often at odds with his placid subject matter. Seemingly compelled to articulate every grassy frond in a meadow and each individual hair of a rabbit's coat, he opts for short strokes of varied colors in the foreground, switching to an almost pointillistic style for trees and shrubbery in the distance. This technique effectively prevents the viewer's eye from relaxing into the calmness of the compositions.
Where Carroll excels is in his treatment of unusual light. In "Vigilant," the pink-veined translucence of the rabbit's ear is convincing, as is the post-sunset glow on a wintry horizon in "Uphill."
Carroll's paintings are the kind found in waiting rooms and beside hotel elevators— pleasant fare that won't bite you back.
Philip J. Carroll's exhibition, "Seasons," is on view through August 31 at Warm Springs Gallery. 105 Third St. 245-0800.Read more on: Phillip J. Carroll


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Central Connecticut softball's pitcher Laura Messina was honored with her second-consecutive NEC weekly award of the season this week, the league announced Monday. Messina was named NEC Pitcher of the Week for her efforts in the cicle against Holy Cross on Wednesday and Fairleigh Dickinson on Sunday. This is the third time this season that Messina has been tabbed pitcher or co-pitcher of the week.
This week, Messina continued her stellar sophomore campaign as she added three wins and two more shutouts to her already commanding totals. She posted one shutout at Holy Cross and another in the sweep over NEC foe Fairleigh Dickinson. She now boasts nine shutouts for the season and 16 in her career.
This week, she posted a 0.35 ERA, struck out 28 batters, and allowed only three walks and one earned run in 20 innings.
Recently, Messina also earned the title of the winningest pitcher in CCSU history. She now holds the record with 41 career wins. She also holds the CCSU career strikeout record (396), shutout record (16) and most innings pitched (397.1).
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January 20, 2019
A Day in the Life
I woke before my alarm, which is unheard of on a Saturday. Saturdays are typically reserved for catching as many winks that are physically possible. However, sometimes my bladder interferes with the best laid plans. Today was such an occasion. Likely because I pounded 32 oz of water before bed to ensure that I was properly hydrated for a blood draw that would take place in my kitchen. You can add that to the list to strangest things I've done. Be sure to include the cup of urine also needed for my life insurance application. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the convenience, but what a strange experience. Welcome to adulting 2.0! These are the type of thrills you get to experience as you near 40.
My morning wellness check up was followed by a trip to Starbucks. A nitro cold brew was the equivalent to the snoopy band-aide and happy meal that bribed me as a child. I ordered one for Frank too. He's brought me coffee numerous times, it's about time I repaid the favor. Yes, firsts still occur after nearly 22 years together.
Including reliving the early 90's by making a trip to the mall. That's right, we went to the mall. Together. First it's astonishing enough for one of us to go. Let alone both of us. Together. We agreed shopping IRL felt totally unnatural. I won't be giving up Amazon Prime or the LIKEtoKNOWit App anytime soon. Side note: When did it become a thing to shop with your dog? Seriously, I think dogs out numbered humans at the mall today. At least, this provided less competition as we shopped the sale racks in search of warm layers to protect us in the first true taste of winter we've experienced in ages. I've had dreams of visiting Amsterdam, and Sweden to see where my great grandfather hailed from... never imagined doing it in the peak of winter. Though, I do enjoy an adventure. So, why the heck not?
Lunch at our favorite, Hummus, was pretty typical. As was a Netflix binge session. Though, I enjoyed "You" far more than I anticipated. We wrapped up our day with a Vegas Golden Knights game. Which also isn't out of the norm, but we did get to experience a rare treat, a hat trick! It might not have been natural, but I'll take it. Another first. Together. How very appropriate on this out of the ordinary day.
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January 18, 2019
Whew! TGIF!
Hello, weekend! I am thrilled to put this week to rest. I can't be alone in this can I? We had days of rain and endured what felt like three seasons. Of course, it was completely void of my favorite... How long til summer? Don't bother counting. Too long is the answer.
I will say, I do love the morning after a good rain. It settles all the dust in the air and leaves it crisp and clean - renewed.
Side note: Fair warning everyone east; winter is coming. I am sorry.
Here are a few snaps from the week. We don't get weather often. I figured I would document it.
I will say, I do love the morning after a good rain. It settles all the dust in the air and leaves it crisp and clean - renewed.
Side note: Fair warning everyone east; winter is coming. I am sorry.
Here are a few snaps from the week. We don't get weather often. I figured I would document it.
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January 9, 2019
Good Intentions
I need to get organized and prioritize. Otherwise, I may never make a dent. My plan is to update here twice weekly. I have oodles to share. I just need to hunker down and do it. In case I continue to slack, I welcome you to join me on Instagram. I stay active on vegasjuhlshines. It's easier to maintain on the fly. I miss writing, though. Hence, my desire to revive this bad boy.
Anyway, let's dig in... we rang in the new year at home. We both passed out before midnight. A first! Frank was home for a few weeks, which was such a nice treat. Work kept him mostly on the east coast since July. So, it was good to have quality time and sneak in a couple quick getaways.
We went to San Francisco (M'mmm crab) for a day and drove to Santa Clara for Bears vs. 49ers. It was great to catch a game that ended in our favor - sadly, the winning streak was cut short when we met the Eagles. Man, that game was a bummer! At least we were able to drown our sorrows with deep dish pizza, 312 beer and jello shots. Very thankful for a taste of Chicago right here in the mojave desert.
The Knights, on the other hand are on a heater!! We road tripped to Glendale to see them defeat the Coyotes for the last game of the year (and nabbed us some BBQ at Rudy's). Then, we drove down to L.A. last weekend to see them play the Anaheim Ducks. It was an intense game. We were thrilled to earn another win. The streak continues.
We spent Saturday in west Hollywood after a bite at Langer's Deli. It was such a great low key day. There are Salt & Straws all over California now. We seek them out. This trip was no exception. That Bourbon Coffee! Is damn tasty. I'm glad it's expanded beyond Portland, I don't get up that way often enough. I will this summer, though. The family will be traveling from all over the midwest to meet us for a few days on the Oregon Coast. This will be our second family reunion, last year we gathered in Colorado. I'm looking forward to another adventure.
And speaking of adventures next month I'll set off on another trip to Europe. If you've been to Stockholm or Amsterdam, I'd love any tidbits.
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Toy Hall of Fame
Star Wars action figures hit the market in 1978 after the big blockbuster movie came out in 1977.
The latest toy legends to ascend into the vaunted Toy Hall of Fame are... duhn duhn duhn.... Star Wars action figures and dominoes!
From a field of twelve finalists, a national selection committee picked the final two, beating out the Fisher-Price corn popper, Lite-Brite, Clue, the Magic 8 Ball, Simon, the tea set, and Twister. Each committee member was asked to pick two and then write a brief essay passionately advocating their choice.
The toys will now become part of the collection at the national Toy Hall of Fame, a real place in Rochester, N.Y., which you can visit.
Star Wars action figures hit the market in 1978 after the big blockbuster movie came out in 1977. Dominoes have been around since the 1300s in China.
Anyone can nominate a toy for entry into the hall of fame, and then a museum committee narrows that list down based on toys that are real superstars. They must have remained popular for generations, and stimulate child development.
Dominoes and Star Wars action figures certainly meet those criteria, selection committee member Jeff Gomez told TODAY.
"Dominoes are an iconic form of play," he said. "Particularly among Latinos." Gomez, the CEO of Starlight Runner Entertainment, recalled his Puerto Rican upbringing where family friends and neighbors would gather to play the centuries-old matching game with a mix of swagger to shuffling the tiles, a little trash talk, and a lot of fun. When the set of Dominoes came out, it meant "peace in the family, a break in the chaos," he said.
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"Dominoes are an iconic form of play," said election committee member Jeff Gomez. "Particularly among Latinos."
Likewise, the fun force is strong with the Star Wars action figures. The epicness of its story was in some ways surpassed by its universe of mass-market merchandise tie-ins. Which helped because back then if you wanted to experience the tale again, you had to buy another movie ticket. Star Wars action figures "offered a level of richness that was additive to the mythology."
While for centuries children have played with dolls, which is what action figures essentially are (sorry boys), the popularity of the movie meant that when the kids played, everyone knew the story.
A lot of the early Toy Hall of Fame winners, Gomez said, showed an "archetypal innocence. But as you move up through the sixties and seventies, it starts reflecting the technological development."
"What we play with," said Gomez, "provides context to the society in which we grew up."
Hm, I wonder what it says about our society that this year's hot toys are the Furby and the Nerf N-Strike Elite Hail-Fire Blaster?
Magic 8 Ball vs. army men: Toys vie for hall of fame
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A new book co-written by a TODAY.com producer looks at the lost toys, tastes and trends of the 1970s and 1980s. Where are you, Quisp cereal, Malibu Barbie, and Dynamite Magazine?


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