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Probably fifty percent of my driving time is spent shuttling my children to where ever it is they need to be shuttled. Some would say I'm fortunate that I have only two children to shuttle and that they have relatively few activities to which they need shuttling. It's not luck. We're too broke for them to do more than one activity each. I've also carefully chosen their activities. I never encouraged soccer or swim team, both of which require parental shuttling to exotic locales, like Schaumburg, at ungodly hours of the day.
Still, it isn't surprising to find me in the car with my son, taking him somewhere. Frequently, I will sing along with whatever is playing on the radio. This shouldn't be a hardship. People have paid money to hear me sing, and yet, my son repeatedly tells me to stop, saying he wants to hear the original performance. I understand this and so I stop. Recently, the reason he shut me down cut a little too close to the bone.
I was singing along, with gusto and abandon, to a David Bowie song I love. I was into it. My son wasn't "shushing" me. Life was good. When David and I came to the chorus, however, my son exclaimed, "Ewwwww, Mom!"
"What?!," I said, looking in the rearview mirror for the squirrel I must have run over.
"God, Mom! You are too old to sing 'Hot tramp, I love you so'!"
"Too old? Too old for Bowie?," I thought? Mick Jagger is prancing his wrinkly old ass all over stages everywhere and I can't sing David Bowie? What am I going to do in the nursing home, sing along with Perry Como? When I'd calmed down a tad, I realized my son might be on to something. Mick Jagger looks really bad prancing his wrinkly old ass these days.
It's probably fitting that my son should be the one to point out the age-appropriateness of certain activities. When I married, people had long since given up the ever annoying "When will we see you walk down the aisle?" Soon after marrying, my husband and I began baby making. This went less smoothly than anticipated but more so than many people I've known.
At one of my monthly doctor visits, I looked over my records while I waited for the doctor. The file folder they were in was stamped "AMA." Each individual page had "AMA" stamped at the top. Several little pieces of paper were stapled to the folder. Each of them was stamped "AMA." I spent the time waiting for the doctor trying to figure out what "AMA" might mean. "American Medical Association" came to mind, but why would the AMA care about my little pregnancy? Then "Against Medical Advice" popped into my head, but I would have remembered being told not to get pregnant. So, I asked the doctor what AMA meant. "Oh, 'advanced maternal age'," she said, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
My AMA, and my husband's APA, weren't so obvious when we lived in Oak Park. Lots and lots of families in Oak Park were built through adoption, which tends to be a choice made by older parents. My son's best friend in Oak Park was adopted. My daughter attended a daycare that was run by a woman who had adopted from China. Most of her little charges, like my daughter, were also adopted from China.
My best friend, who I met in church in Oak Park, has two daughters from China. One of them is my god-daughter. We'll call her "Gracie." One day, my friend was in her yard raking leaves. A boy rode his bike past the house once or twice, eyeing my friend suspiciously. Eventually, he stopped and said to her, "Does Gracie live here?" "Yes, she does," said my friend, "I'm her mother." "You can't be her mother," the boy said. "Why?" my friend asked, "because I'm white?" "No," the boy said, "because you're old."
My son thinks I'm too old to call the woman in that story my best friend. "You've outgrown having a best friend, Mom." I asked him what it was I was supposed to call my best friend, her being my best friend and all.
"You can call her your close friend. After you reach thirty-five, you shouldn't use 'best friend'."
"What's wrong with calling her my best friend?" I insisted. "She's my closest friend. She makes me laugh. I make her laugh. She's going to help me hide your dead body!"
She may help me hide my husband's dead body, too. He thinks I'm too old for glitter nail polish. My niece, who owns the glitter nail polish and is twenty-two years old, does not believe I am too old for it. The night I put it on because it just happened to be there, I also just happened to be drinking champagne. It looked great! The next day, while I was drinking my morning tea, I decided my husband was probably right. But, I reserve the right to dig into my daughter's polish supply on New Year's Eve.
I know I'm too old for mini-skirts and leather pants. Never really wanted leather pants, but I wore my share of mini-skirts. I've watched enough episodes of "What Not To Wear" to know that I should not dress like my daughter, so the mini-skirts went to the Goodwill some time ago. I'm also aware that bikinis are out of reach for me. I never wore them when I was younger, believing the maillot to be much more chic. I'm still convinced a one-piece is the fashionable woman's choice and I am nothing if not fashionable. Ok, I'm not so fashionable most of the time, but I'm rockin' the one-piece at the Naperville beach!
My daughter pointed out that there are things that I am too young for, like a wheel chair. I'm also too young for gray hair. Fortunately, during this phase of monetary deprivation, my hair has been tremendously cooperative. Should too many grays begin to surface, though, we'll be giving up meat to pay for my hair coloring. I'm too young for those AARP solicitations I keep getting, too. I'm glad that my husband isn't, though. We could really use the discounts.
I am also, most definitely, too young to die and I'll be damned if I'm too old to rock and roll. When you come to the nursing home to visit in 30 years, it'll be easy to find me. Just look for the little old lady singing, "Hot tramp! I love you so."


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Zd or ZD may refer to:
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (German pronunciation: [ˌtsvaɪ̯.təs.ˌdɔʏ̯.tʃəs.ˈfɛɐ̯n.zeːn]; English: Second German Television), usually shortened to ZDF ([ˌtsɛ.teː.ˈʔɛf], stylized as 2DF), is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate.
ZDNet is a business technology news website published by CBS Interactive, along with TechRepublic. The brand was founded on April 1, 1991, as a general interest technology portal from Ziff Davis and evolved into an enterprise IT-focused online publication owned by CNET Networks.
Zdeno Chára (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈzdɛnɔ ˈxaːra]; born 18 March 1977) is a Slovak professional ice hockey defenseman who serves as captain of the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Zdravko Čolić (Serbian Cyrillic: Здравко Чолић, pronounced [zdrǎːv̞kɔ̝ t͡ʃɔ̝̌ːlit͡ɕ]; born 30 May 1951) is a Bosnian pop-folk singer, widely considered as one of the greatest vocalists and cultural icons of Yugoslavia.
Zdeněk Zeman (Czech pronunciation: [ˈzdɛɲɛk ˈzɛman]; born 12 May 1947) is a Czech-Italian football coach, who last coached Pescara in the Serie B league.
Zdravko Kuzmanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Здравко Кузмановић, pronounced [zdrǎːʋko kuzmǎːnoʋitɕ]; born 22 September 1987) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a defensive or central midfielder for FC Basel.
Zdzisław Beksiński (pronounced [ˈzd͡ʑiswaf bɛkˈɕiɲskʲi]; 24 February 1929 – 21 February 2005) was a Polish painter, photographer and sculptor, specializing in the field of dystopian surrealism.
Zdeněk Ondrášek (born 22 December 1988) is a Czech professional footballer who plays for FC Dallas in Major League Soccer and the Czech Republic national team.
A zduhać (Cyrillic: здухаћ, pronounced [zdǔxaːtɕ]) and vetrovnjak (ветровњак, [ʋetrǒʋɲaːk]) in Serbian tradition, and a dragon man in Bulgarian, Macedonian and Serbian traditions, were men believed to have an inborn supernatural ability to protect their estate, village, or region against destructive weather conditions, such as storms, hail, or torrential rains.

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|One of the things that any leader should avoid is the belief that problems would turn to solve themselves automatically; this 'Casino Mentality' puts any organisation at the mercy of fortune and this makes impossible any sensible planning.
If leadership is understood as a circumstance when and where individuals with authority are left without any planning capability then their reason to be ceases to exist. After all, what is the point of having a leader who can't lead?
History is filled with examples of people who - by underestimating the complexity of the surrounding environment - begin actions or projects that can't be completed later and simply fail because the chain of events does not develop as they hoped or expected.
The current war in Iraq is a clear example of this mentality of gambling applied to leadership: the U.S. government - before Mr. Bush's administration and since the Vietnam War - was very careful not to enter conflicts in which they would not have a high degree of probability in their favour.
Thanks to the Vietnam disaster, its policy makers understood that they should not leave themselves out of options, and that helped them win a lot of little and major wars and diplomatic confrontations.
Mr. Bush brought his 'backbone' to the White House, which could otherwise be understood as recklessness or impulsiveness, a quality that may be good for playing American football but not to lead during a war, and by doing so has put in jeopardy the future of his nation more seriously than most people could see.
In simple terms: he has created new enemies, alienated old friends and seriously affected the country's capability to pay for the status quo that he is constructing. So, with more enemies, less friends and no money, a time will eventually come where the United States will have to start pulling back, retreating into its own borders, and that's a sure mark of decadence.
But the most serious - and saddest, in my view - self-inflicted wound is that by pestering allies and neutral nations he managed to lose the moral leadership that the U.S.A enjoyed in the world.
Leadership roles are neither the place for football players nor gamblers.
The United States will pay dearly for these mistakes because it might be the most powerful nation in the world, but it is not as powerful as an alliance of everyone else against it and the growing resentment towards it is something that we can't expect to disappear into the night anytime soon.
Football matches end after a couple of hours and gambling stops when you run out of money, but hatred may go on for centuries unabated.
This is the cost of not thinking before doing.
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I bet you are wondering the same thing as me – did this slender, flat-chested blonde take more photos of herself naked in the bathroom but this time using that beer bottle on herself? Or at the very least, did she use the handle of the hairbrush (that looks awfully like a vibrator) that's sitting on the surface in front of her. Yes, we have filthy minds like that!
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What Can I say about this recipe?! Well, it is actually a banana bread recipe that I have already shared on this blog! I just substituted a few ingredients and voila! I got a beautiful walnut & raisin bread (with apple & cinnamon as secret ingredients) which looks and tastes nothing remotely like a banana bread! I would actually call it a cake because it tasted gorgeous on its own and without any toasting!
So, without further adieu let us get to the recipe!
Unsalted butter ½ cup
Powdered sugar ½ cup
Eggs 2
Yogurt 2 tbs
Apples (grated) 1 cup
All purpose flour 1 cup
Wheat flour 2/3 cup
Baking soda 1 tsp
Salt 1/4 tsp
Cinnamon powder 1 tsp
Walnuts (chopped) ½ cup
Raisins ¼ cup (dusted with flour – it helps prevent sinking at bottom)
- Cream butter and sugar at low speed.
- Add eggs one at a time and keep beating.
- Add yogurt.
- Mix grated apple with a wooden spoon or spatula.
- Sift together dry ingredients and add to the apple mixture in three parts. Mix well with spatula. When mixed, add walnuts and raisins. Transfer the batter to greased and floured loaf pan. Or line the pan with greased butter paper.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degree C for 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Rest the pan on wire cooling rack for 10 minutes then take out and leave the bread on the wire rack until completely cooled down.
- Keep the bread refrigerated and use within 4-5 days.


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Give me a break BUD…. Bud break is refreshing but it's important to keep our eyes peeled for creepy-crawly invaders, fungus, drifting herbicide damage, and enemy weeds. My how things have changed.....see how the pruning (which you likely thought was severe) really has set the stage. Look how things are starting to take shape and how fragile the new shoots are. Just wait… these things become monsters.
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Fitness: Wednesday, July 10th, 2019
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We will be taking a break from our regularly scheduled programming today to remember one of our amazing members Eric Rozendaal who passed away last year suddenly due to a heart attack while on vacation in Jamaica. For those in the gym who knew Eric you would be hard pressed to find someone who could say he wasn't always jovial. He helped me continue to open my prospective on life, open my eyes to new opportunities, and helped me find an even greater passion for the outdoors and our Earth. He will be someone I truly will always remember as will many people in our community. Recently, both within CVCF and in the rest of the world I can't help but notice the rampant complaining, left and right, sometimes about real life issues, and others about complete nonsense, and I know I'm a culprit at times as well. While we all of our relative issues within our life, let us not forget to be thankful for how much we all have and truly appreciate the lives we have, as it takes not but a couple of seconds for them to be snapped away from us. Come in, work hard, suffer through some movements that you might truly dislike, and do it with a smile on your face because you can! Here's to remembering a great guy that influenced so many people's lives in the great Burlington area.
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EGain Communications has announced eGain Live Web 5.0, an upgrade to the company's Web collaboration platform that includes new modules for technical support and virtual meetings and improvements to chat and co-browsing applications.
The new eGain Control technical support module features diagnostic tools for internal help desks and software companies to provide Web-based interactive customer support, according to the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company.
"The way it works is either you are on the phone or on the Web and you click on the Live Help button. Then the technician will pick you up from a cue and he can use diagnostic tools to help figure out troubleshooting information you need," said Jack Chawla, product manager for Live and collaboration products at eGain.
The other new module, eGain Meeting, enables the holding of Web-based meetings on the Web in which can share presentations.
Additionally, the eGain Live module for Web chat has been expanded to enable as many as 16 customer service sessions in a single browser window, instead of having to open up a different window for each session.
Also improved is eGain Interact, a co-browsing technology enabling customer service agents to share screens with customers making inquiries. eGain has replaced the third-party technology for this application, which has been supplied by Hipbone, with its own software.
"This is a central technology [to collaboration] and any company which is in this space should have their own technology," Chawla said. The new version of the technology supports as many as 16 simultaneous co-browsing sessions while the previous technology only supported one session at a time, Chawla said.
All the new products are available now except eGain Meeting, which is slated to ship around March 30.
Entry-level pricing for the eGain Live Web 5.0 collaboration suite averages about $75,000.


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DOGMA Day 04: Roadside Hospital = A chair in the middle of the street! So we spent a little while searching for this dog that's been hit by a car. The poor guy was hiding under another parked vehicle. It was quite pleasant to see how collaborative people were to Ma and to our camera team as she bandaged his leg and made him swallow a painkiller. Today we'll be taking him to a hospital to check on the wounds.
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Royals-Giants World Series spurs Cleaver-Pelosi food fight
With the Kansas City Royals and San Francisco Giants set to play in the World Series on Tuesday, the baseball bets among lawmakers are on.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., are waging food. If the Giants win, Cleaver will deliver a President's Tray from Gates Bar B.Q., which conveniently has a location on East Emanuel Cleaver Boulevard in Kansas City.
'There are many savory delights that Kansas City has to offer and I can't wait to savor them, but nothing would be sweeter than a Giants victory,' Pelosi said. 'The Royals are a fine team, but they are no match for the talent, toughness, and heart of our Giants. I look forward to enjoying the Giants' latest championship with some fine Kansas City BBQ."
If the Royals prevail over the Giants, Pelosi will give Cleaver, a former Kansas City mayor, a basket of San Francisco's finest chocolates.
'The San Francisco Giants are a worthy team, but they underestimate the Kansas City Royals at their peril,' Cleaver said. 'With their spirit, their skill, and their sweeping victory in the ALCS, the Royals will surely succeed in the World Series. I don't usually gamble, but I will make an exception and wager some of the finest barbecue Kansas City, Missouri has to offer. Victory shall be sweet indeed.'


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I'm joining in on Rhondi's Welcome Fall Party. Please visit Rhondi at Rose Colored Glasses to see her beautiful bits of fall, along with all the other participants.
A pumpkin-colored taper in a Heisey cornucopia candle holder...
Hi Tammy! Oh, what gorgoues fallness you have today! I adore how you stacked the cake stands and filled them will fallness! Clever! Even your bunny is all falled out!
Be a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
LOVE all the decor!!ReplyDelete
Oh it is all so pretty. I love the tiered stand with all the pretty fall decor in it. Everything is just gorgeous. Hugs MartyReplyDelete
Hi Tammy
That 3 tiered plate with the decorations is awesome. I love the collection of things you put on it. Love the white pumpkin too. Thanks for joining the party.
Hugs, Rhondi
Stopping by from the Fall Party. I LOVE all your pictures but my favorite is that tiered stand. It looks beautiful with all the fall decorations!ReplyDelete
Love your house all decked out for fall including the cute rabbit! -- It's so pretty and feel so much like fall.
Thnks for visiting Linderhof.
Hello and Happy Fall
Everything looks amazing
love your arrangements
What a beautiful display!! Is that your home in your header? If it is...I have to tell you it nearly made me cry just looking at it's beauty! Precious!! The sort of home I dream of!ReplyDelete
I love the yellow turkey platter.ReplyDelete
Tammy thanks for sharing your fall decor. Love the rabbit holding the acorns. Too cute! ~ SarahReplyDelete
Lots of inspiration.ReplyDelete
Hi Tammy !!
I love those stacked cake plates....looks great - you decorated it so well. Love your turkey plate too !
I love that little turkey tray!! SO pretty--like the color. Hey, I saw a real live wild turkey by the road today!ReplyDelete
Such lovely fall decorations. Happy Fall!


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I always intend to blog regularly but life gets in the way. Hi, I'm Mel and I'm an infrequent blogger. Thanks for viewing my blog today.
I stepped into the craft room today to make a card for one of my teammates that is celebrating her one year anniversary at work. Of course I rarely stop at just one card. #crafterproblems
I really like the color and simplicity of this card. The sentiment is very subtle but still visible because the white embossing stands out well against the sky blue. I could have stopped there, but die cutting the flower left a great negative.
I am really happy with the way this card. The patterned paper I found in my stash is fun and unexpected for a flower. I also like the way the sentiment runs up the side of the card. This one is unconventional and quirky.
Now I don't know which card to give her. I guess there are much worse problems to have.
mel xoxo


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text: June 01, 2011 Yesterday... June 01, 2011/ Nicole Caldwell by Joetta Maue I finished a text piece.... and started a new piece. And today I will sit on the porch as long as the babe naps and stitch, stitch, stitch away. And I am feeling having my solo show done for late July is actually going to happen now. Woo.


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GAIL (Gas Authority of India Limited) release latest notification for post of Senior Officer, Foreman & Various.
You can find some of the important details of the GAIL recruitment below-
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The US has called off a low-yield nuclear simulation (Divine Strake) that was set to take place in Nevada. According to a Federation of American Scientists project:
Divine Strake is neither a bomb nor conventional. Instead, the test is a detonation of a pile of chemical explosives to simulate a "low-yield nuclear weapon ground shock" effect to "improve the warfighter's confidence in selecting the smallest proper nuclear yield necessary to destroy underground facilities while minimizing collateral damage."
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When Andrea Grossman of Writers Bloc booked Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey from the folk music group Peter, Paul and Mary and Theodore Bikel to boot, it was more than a concert and discussion. It was a triumvirate of musical history aided and abetted by other forms of entertainment and social justice. Here is an edit of Peter, Paul, Theo and his wife Amy in the green room of the Writers Guild of America Theatre in Beverly Hills.
Brad Schreiber: Now, I've read that you did comedy plus music in the Village, at the Gaslight and other places. Maybe it was your site that referred to your Adolph Hitler bit that you used to do. What was Noel Paul Stookey's bit like when he was doing both music and comedy at the Gaslight?
Noel Paul Stookey: ... I just ended up being a comic because I had this capacity to do sound effects and a very quirky, only-child's-mind in terms of developing scenarios. So I did everything, besides the toilet, which Dylan has referred to on occasion.
BS: The toilet?
NPS: I can do an American Standard really well.
BS: Oh-kay.
NPS: I can do it in your ear.
BS: (Laughs.)
NPS: I can do everything from the flush to the water filling the tank.
BS: Very useful.
Theodore Bikel: He said your ear, not your rear.
All: (laughter)
BS: Speaking of quirky people, I was lucky enough to work with Frank Zappa on a TV pilot.
NPS: Oh, my.
Peter Yarrow: Stop it!
BS: Quite a brilliant guy. And I saw 200 Motels and I thought, this is fantastic: Theo Bikel, in one of the most insane, unpredictable musical films of all time. So I want to know, did you meet through Herb Cohen?
TB: Herbie Cohen brought Zappa to me. He said, "I'm doing a film and I want you to be in it." I said, "Okay, I'll read the script." He said, "There's no script." So I said, How can I accept the role without a script?" "Well, I'll talk to you about the movie." And so he talked to me for two hours... And he wanted me to play the manager of a rock group on the road, by the name of Rance Muhammitz... And then Herbie Cohen in a Nazi uniform in the tower with a machine gun. And the London Philharmonic was playing some of the score. And when the harpist found out one of the numbers she was supposed to play on was called "Penis Dimension", she walked off the set.
All: (laughter)
TB: They also wanted me to play a nun in drag. I said, "Listen, Frank, after this picture is out, I can't show my face among the Jews. Now you want it among the Catholics as well. I'm not going to do it..."
BS: Well, here's a larger than life character: Albert Grossman.
NPS: Yes, he was.
BS: Now was that purely pleasurable? Or he's a very strong-willed guy? Was that a pro or con sort of --
PY: I loved Albert. I know other people don't share my admiration. I think he was extraordinarily gifted. He was uncompromisingly committed to music of great quality. He had superb taste. He protected his artists so that we could do what we wanted to do on recordings. You could on certain labels, but generally, not. You couldn't choose your own material. You couldn't have the graphic you want. You had people hanging over you in the studio. He was amazing. And I was very surprised. He worked with me. He worked with Josh White, Theo.
NPS: He worked with Joanie.
PY: Joanie, Joan Baez.
BS: Isnt it true that he enabled Peter, Paul and Mary to have separate tracks in recording, in engineering, rather than mixing them all together on a three-track?
PY: That was his concept. Instead of putting all the voices in the middle, like other recording groups, like The Brothers Four or The Kingston Trio, with the three voices to sound Andrews Sister-like... he split us completely left, right and center. So it was his concept. The guy was a genius...
BS: So tell me truthfully, even though you just met me. You let me have it. Am I an insane purist or is social justice and the idea of political awareness in folk music just something that belonged to an era or does it need to be reinstated in popular music? "The Great Mandala," you know, these kinds of songs? Am I just living in the past?
PY: Well, let me respond. Look, folk music is essentially authentic. People who wrote it were not saying, "How can we make a buck?"... But perhaps the most meaningful effect of this kind of music in the past 50 years has been that it articulated in a way that swept the nation in the folk renaissance. Through the music of Theo and Pete (Seeger) and Bob Dylan and Joan Baez and Judy Collins and yes; Peter, Paul and Mary and many; many others, it became a language that said... this is the soundtrack of our consciousness... And so in answer to your question, we need this desperately now. We need this kind of music. We need this kind of caring. We need this kind of heart. We need this kind of spiritual growth. We will not survive without a leap in spirituality. Because that's the only thing that's going to do it.
NPS: ... Everything from hip-hop to reggae to country to you name it, there's a radio station playing it almost exclusively. But in each one of those disciplines is... a social conscience.
BS: And it changed the nature of songwriting too. Even if you don't write folk songs, if you're influenced by the great quality of songwriting that came before --
NPS: That's right... Music as a spectacle is the third stage. We went from music as a meaningful experience to music as wallpaper, ubiquitous, all around us, to music as a spectacle, which in some sense has brought back music but has taken over the music itself.
BS: You guys have been so generous. I don't see how I can walk away without referring to other things you have done. In terms of acting, is there anything you would want to recall? I mean, people always cite being in the West End with Vivien Leigh in Streetcar. But you know, you have this wealth of theatrical experience.
TB: Well, there's the original Sound of Music. I was the original Captain von Trapp on Broadway, long before there was a movie. And thousands of performances of Fiddler that I've done.
BS: More than anyone, right?
TB: Yeah.
Amy Bikel: Theo's favorite was Zorba the Greek. That was his very favorite.
TB: Zorba the Greek really was my favorite.
PY: Really. Is that right?
AB: He says Tevye he can relate to because it's his roots. And Zorba is what he would have liked to have been like, what he'd like to be able to be.
TB: Can you imagine a character that whatever he carries in his knapsack is already too much? He doesn't want to own things because he's convinced the things are going to end up owning him. Which one of us is that free?
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U.S. Stocks Drop At The Open On Signals Of Economic Distress
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks on Thursday opened lower after a rise in jobless claims intensified worries about the economy ahead of a more congressional testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Friday's much-anticipated employment report.
Bernanke "faces his second day on the Hill today testifying about the Fed's recent decision to bail out Bear Stearns and who may be the next to fall; traders and investors still are skeptical that the worst is over," said Kevin Giddis, managing director in charge of fixed-income trading at Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 57.97 points to 12,547.86.
The S&P 500 declined 5.54 points to 1,361.99, while the technology-laden Nasdaq Composite dropped 11.23 points to 2,350.17.
A downgrade of technology bellwether Cisco Systems Inc. also weighed on investor sentiment, with UBS expressing concern over the networking giant's orders growth in switching its recommendation to neutral from buy.
Shares of Cisco fell 3.5% in early trading.
Ahead of the open, the Labor Department reported first-time applications for state unemployment benefits climbed last week, hitting levels last seen in mid-September 2005. .
Other economic data are slated for release at 10 a.m. Eastern, with the Institute for Supply Management's release of its March reading of the services sector.
Shares of Ebay Inc. edged higher after the online auctioneer drew an upgrade to buy from neutral from Merrill Lynch.
The airline sector was likely to come under early fire, with ATA Airlines closing operations and filing for bankruptcy protection.
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Southwest Park and Recreation Training Institute
The 2016 Program-At-A-Glance is now available.
Download it now (PDF)
We look forward to seeing you in February!
For more information contact Ryan Holscher 214.671.0401 or email@example.com.
We are excited to announce Dr. Chuck Jackson, western humorist, native Oklahoman, and noted educator, as the Keynote and featured speaker for the 2016 Southwest Park and Recreation Training Institute.
Dr. Jackson has devoted his 40 year career to education at all levels of life. From elementary school to the workplace, he uses his knowledge and skills to entertain, uplift, and most importantly enlighten his audiences.
Dr. Jackson began his career in 1974 as an inner city teacher with the Tulsa Public Schools. Chuck's ability to encourage and motivate young learners brought him early recognition. In only his second year of teaching, he was invited to address the National Science Teachers Convention. Soon Chuck's concern for the emotional well-being of his students motivated him to pursue a Master's degree in Guidance and Counseling, which was granted by the University of Tulsa in 1977. This course of study culminated in serving as a guidance counselor in Tulsa's magnet school program which led to school administration. After only a year as an assistant principal, Chuck received an appointment as one of the youngest principals in the history of the Tulsa Public Schools. During his tenure as a school administrator, Chuck was known as a progressive leader in pioneering programs with his school being recognized as one of the top eight outstanding elementary schools in the state of Oklahoma in 1984.
While pursuing further graduate studies, Chuck launched his current career by serving as a facilitator/trainer for the Tulsa Area Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. Accepting invitations to speak at a variety of forums around the country served as a springboard for the establishment of his own consulting firm, Human Factor Services, through which he offers presentations on motivation, communication, management, and effectiveness. Dr. Jackson completed his doctoral studies in Counseling and Psychology at the University of Tulsa with a dissertation examining stress related anxiety in gifted adolescents.
Dr. Jackson's keynote address, entitled "Are You on Fire or Just Plain Burnt Out?" will examine the stages of professional burnout and present strategies parks and recreation professionals can utilize to prevent it. In his experience as a public administrator, Chuck noticed that highly competent individuals often have a tendency to expect a great deal of themselves, and they tend to experience great anxiety when they are unable to deliver the level of performance for which they strive. Over time, these individuals may start to exhibit symptoms of what is commonly referred to as "Burnout". Even though they must battle the demands of outside factors such as deteriorating work conditions, budget cuts, new regulations, and more rigorous accountability, these individuals do not let their commitment to excellence waiver. This daily conflict of trying to deliver quality services to the public at a level that is unsustainable may ultimately take its toll on the physical and emotional health of these individuals.
Dr. Jackson's second presentation, "I am Their Leader - Which Way Did They Go?" will be discussing the influence of an individual's family of origin on that person's leadership behavior. Chuck will take us on a humorous "walk down memory lane" and reveal the evolution of American leadership. In his final presentation, "Giving Performance a Goose", Chuck will scrutinize the collective behavior of Canadian Geese in order to glean insights on how we humans can utilize the geese's example to enhance our team effectiveness.
Registration is underway for the 4th Annual Dr. B Dan Kamp Golf classic. You can register on our website SWPRTI.org.
The 2016 Undergraduate and Graduate scholarship applications are now posted online. Application deadline for anyone applying is November 23, 2015.
Congradualtions to our very own, Jill Beam, 2015 Ms. Texas Senior America Pagent winner. Jill also won Ms. Congenlality and the Volunteer Service Award. Way to Go Jill!
Registration has started for the 4th Annual Dr. B. Dan Kamp Golf Classic. This year the golf classic will be held at Keeton Golf Course (2323 N. Jim Miller Road). Register your team today!
For those of you who will be spending the night in Allen on Thursday (or if you just want to stop by and join us) Robert has arranged a couple of activities for us. First we will have a behind the scenes guided tour of Allen ISD's recently reopened Eagle Stadium. After the stadium tour, we'll eat dinner at a restaurant of the groups choosing. Then once we're all stuffed to the gills, we'll take a short tour of various Allen amenities.
The exact time and place for us to meet will depend on where people end up staying, Robert is anticipating that we'll need to get moving about 5:30PM.
We're right at weeks away from our mid-year meeting in Allen on June 19th. Where have the last three months gone?
Please send your committee reports to Robert Townsend by June 5th it would be greatly appreciated.
There wasn't able to get enough commitments on hotel rooms nights to be able to arrange for a block of rooms with a group rate. Here is a list of Allen hotels listed in order of shortest distance from our meeting location:
We will be meeting at the Allen Event Center starting at 9:00; however, you're welcome to show up at 8:00 for a "Bacon, Business, Gritts, and Gossip" Session! We plan on breaking for lunch shortly before noon at one of the restaurants in The Village at Allen.


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That was just what Mother Carey was wondering when Nancy spoke, and as the result of several hours' reflection she went out for a walk just before dusk and made her way towards The Cedars with a package under her cloak.
She followed the long lane that led to the house, and knocked at the front door rather timidly. In her own good time Mrs. Bangs answered the knock and admitted Mrs. Carey into the dreariest sitting room she had ever entered.
"I am Mrs. Carey from the Hamilton house," she said to Mrs. Bangs. "Will you ask Mr. Lord if he will see me for a moment?"
Mrs. Bangs was stupefied at the request, for, in her time, scarcely a single caller from the village had crossed the threshold, although there had been occasional visitors from Portland or Boston.
Mrs. Carey waited a few moments, silently regarding the unequalled bareness, ugliness, and cheerlessness of the room. "Olive has a sense of beauty," she thought, "and Olive is sixteen; it is Olive who ought to make this place different from what it is, and she can, unless her father is the stumbling-block in the way."
At this moment the possible stumbling-block, Henry Lord, Ph.D., came in and greeted her civilly. His manner was never genial, for there was neither love in his heart nor warm blood in his veins; but he was courteous, for he was an educated fossil, of good birth and up-bringing. He had been dissecting specimens in his workroom, and he looked capable of dismembering Mother Carey; but bless your heart, she had weapons in her unseen armory that were capable of bringing confusion to his paltry apparatus!-among others a delicate, slender little sword that pierced deep on occasion.
Henry Lord was of medium height; spare, clean-shaven, thin-lipped, with scanty auburn hair, high forehead, and small keen eyes, especially adapted to the microscope, though ill fitted to use in friendly conversation.
"We are neighbors, Professor Lord, though we have never met," said Mrs.
Carey, rising and giving him her hand.
"My children know you better than I," he answered, "and I feel it very kind in you to allow them to call on you so frequently." They had lived at the Yellow House for four months save at meal times, but as their father was unaware of the number and extent of their visits Mrs. Carey thought it useless to speak of them, so she merely said:
"It is a great pleasure to have them with us. My children have left many friends behind them in Massachusetts and elsewhere, and might have been lonely in Beulah; besides, I often think the larger the group (within certain limits), the better chance children have of learning how to live."
"I should certainly not have permitted Olive and Cyril to attend the local academy but for your family," said Professor Lord. "These country schools never have any atmosphere of true scholarliness, and the speech and manners of both teachers and pupils are execrable."
"I dare say that is often the case. If the academies could furnish such teachers as existed fifty years ago; and alas! if we parents could furnish such vigorous, determined, ambitious, self-denying pupils as used to be sent out from country homes, we should have less to complain of. Of course we are peculiarly fortunate here in Beulah."
Mr. Lord looked faintly amused and infinitely superior. "I am afraid, my dear lady," he remarked, "that you have not had long enough experience to comprehend the slenderness of Mr. Philpot's mental equipment."
"Oh, Mr. Philpot resigned nearly three months ago," said Mrs. Carey easily, giving Henry Lord, Ph.D., her first stab, and a look of amusement on her own behalf. "Ralph Thurston, the present principal, is a fine, unusual fellow."
"Really? The children have never mentioned any change, but I regret to say I am absent-minded at meals. The death of my wife left many gaps in the life of the household."
"So that you have to be mother and father in one!" (Stab two: very delicately delivered.)
"I fear I am too much of a student to be called a good family man."
"So I gathered." (Stab three. She wanted to provoke curiosity.)
Mr. Lord looked annoyed. He knew his unpopularity, and did not wish any village gossip to reach the ears of strangers. "You, my dear madam, are capable of appreciating my devotion to my life work, which the neighbors naturally wholly misunderstand," he said.
"I gathered nothing from the neighbors," responded Mrs. Carey, "but a woman has only to know children well to see at a glance what they need. You are so absorbed in authorship just now, that naturally it is a little hard for the young people; but I suppose there are breathing places, 'between books'?"
"There are no breathing places between mine; there will be six volumes, and I am scarcely half through the third, although I have given seven years to the work. Still, I have an excellent housekeeper who attends to all our simple needs. My children are not fitted for society."
"No, not quite." (Stab four). "That is the reason they ought to see a good deal of it, but they are very fine children and very clever."
"I am glad you think so, but they certainly write bad English and have no general knowledge whatsoever."
"Oh, well, that will come, doubtless, when you have more time with them." (Stab five.) "I often think such mysterious things as good speech and culture can never be learned in school. I shouldn't wonder if that were our department, Dr. Lord!" (Stab six.) "Howeve
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r, you will agree, modest parent as you are, that your Olive is a genius?"
"I have never observed it," replied her father. "I cannot, of course, allow her to practice on any musical instrument, because my studies demand quiet, but I don't think she cares for music."
"She draws and paints, however, in the most astonishing way, and she has a passionate energy, and concentration, and devotion to her work that I have never seen coupled with anything but an extraordinary talent. She is destined to go very far, in my opinion."
"Not too far, I hope," remarked Mr. Lord, with an icy smile. "Olive can paint on plush and china as much as she likes, but I am not partial to 'careers' for young women."
"Nor am I; save when the gift is so commanding, so obvious, that it has to be reckoned with;-but I must not delay my business any longer, nor keep you from your work. We are having a housewarming this evening at seven. Olive and Cyril are there now, helping in the preparations, and I want to know if they may stay to supper, and if you can send for them at half past nine or ten."
"Certainly they may stay, though I should think your supper table could hardly stand the strain."
"Where there are five already, two more make no difference, save in better appetite for all," said Mother Carey, smiling and rising.
"If you will allow me to get my hat and coat I will accompany you to the main road," said Mr. Lord, going to the front hall, and then opening the door for Mrs. Carey. "Let me take your parcel, please."
He did not know in the least why he said it and why he did it. The lady had interfered with his family affairs to a considerable extent, and had made several remarks that would have appeared impertinent, had they not issued from a very winsome, beautiful mouth. Mrs. Ossian Popham or Mrs. Bill Harmon would have been shown the door for saying less, yet here was Henry Lord, Ph.D., ambling down the lane by Mother Carey's side, thinking to himself what a burden she lifted from his shoulders by her unaccountable interest in his unattractive children. He was also thinking how "springy" was the lady's step in her short black dress, how brilliant the chestnut hair looked under the black felt hat, and how white the skin gleamed above the glossy lynx boa. A kind of mucilaginous fluid ran in his veins instead of blood, but Henry Lord, Ph.D., had his assailable side nevertheless, and he felt extraordinarily good natured, almost as if the third volume were finished, with public and publishers clamoring for its appearance.
"I don't know where Olive could have got any such talent as you describe," he said, as they were walking along the lane. "She had some lessons long ago, I remember, and her mother used to talk of her amusing herself with pencil and paint, but I have heard nothing of it for years."
"Ask to see her sketches when you are talking with her about her work some day," suggested Mother Carey. (Stab seven.) "As a matter of fact she probably gets her talent from you."
"From me!" Printed letters fail to register the amazement in Professor
Lord's tone.
"Why not, when you consider her specialty?"
"What specialty?"
Really, a slender sword was of no use with this man; a bludgeon was the only instrument, yet it might wound, and she only wanted to prick. Had the creature never seen Olive sketching, nor noted her choice of subjects?
"She paints animals; paints nothing else, if she can help it; though she does fairly well with other things. Is it impossible that your study of zoology-your thought, your absorption for years and years, in the classification, the structure, the habits of animals-may have been stamped on your child's mind? She has an ardor equal to your own, only showing itself in a different manner. You may have passed on, in some mysterious way, your knowledge to Olive. She may have unconsciously blended it with some instinct for expression of her own, and it comes out in pictures. Look at this, Professor Lord. Olive gave it to me to-day."
They stood together at the gate leading out into the road, and Mrs.
Carey unwrapped the painting and poised it against the top of the gate.
Olive's father looked at it for a moment and then said, "I am no judge of these things, technically or otherwise, but it certainly seems very creditable work for a girl of Olive's age."
"Oh, it is surely more than that! My girl Nancy stands there in the flesh, though her face is hidden. Look at the wind blowing, look at the delightful, the enchanting calf; above all look at the title! Who in the world but a little genius could have composed that sketch, breathing youth in every inch of it,-and called it 'Young April'! Oh! Professor Lord, I am very bold, because your wife is not living, and it is women who oftenest see these budding tendencies in children; forgive me, but do cherish and develop this talent of Olive's."
The eyes the color of the blue velvet bonnet were turned full upon Henry Lord, Ph.D. They swam in tears and the color came and went in her cheek; she was forty, but it was a lovely cheek still.
"I will think it over," he replied with some embarrassment as he wrapped the picture again and handed it to her. "Meantime I am certainly very much obliged to you. You seem to have an uncommon knowledge of young people. May I ask if you are, or have been, a teacher?" "Oh, no!" Mrs. Carey remarked with a smile, "I am just a mother,-that's all! Good night."
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Thursday, January 26, 2017
Two local restaurants, Tucker's Onion Burgers and Coolgreens, will make their airport debut.
Monday, January 23, 2017
OKC is a top-ten city for housing affordability among big cities, according to urban policy consutancy Demographia.
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Barricades are going up along Sheridan Avenue in Bricktown as rail installation begins for the downtown streetcar system.
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
A groundbreaking public/private partnership between OCAST and i2E led first to pre-seed and proof of concept funding and then in 2007 to the Oklahoma Seed Capital Fund, which has invested $13 million in 28 Oklahoma startups.
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
A panel discussion at the Chamber's recent Chamber Forum called for collaboration and diversity within OKC's emerging Innovation District.
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
The new center will become a central hub for GE scientists and engineers to closely collaborate with the Oil & Gas industry on cutting-edge digital and hardware solutions to advance the industry.
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
As U.S. manufacturers and distributors continue to expand their operations, they often look for under-the-radar places—cities and areas that have either recently emerged as logistics and distribution center hubs, or are about to—as they consider the long-term effects of their developments.
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
The boulevard is seen by city planners and civic leaders as a key to reviving the southern fringe of downtown known as "Core to Shore."


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Morning Everyone!
Today I am posting my next entry for Craft Your Passion Kids Challenge! Challenge number number 6
For this particular challenge I am using a Marci stamp from La La Land. I have coloured my stamp using the following Copic Markers:
For Marci's Hair I have used Y0000, Y00, Y02, E71 and E74.
For Marci's skin I have used E000, E00, E02.
For her clothes and shoes I have used E11 E13, B91, B93, R37 and R39.
For Marci's flower pot, flower and spade I used E71, E74, W6, W7, Y0000, Y00, Y02, YG61, YG63, RV93, RV95, E71 and E74.
I have then placed Marci on a flower pot which I drew on corrugated card stock and then cut out. I have then used chocolate brown ink to make the pot look more realistic. Inside the top of the pot where Marci is standing I have used brown glitter. I have then decorated the pot with green, orange and brown flowers and lace flower brads for the flowers centre. The stamped image at the bottom of the wheel barrow I have also coloured with Copic Markers. Around the bottom of the pot I have drawn and painted blades of grass. To finish my piece off I placed the flower font stickers across the rim of the pot to spell out SPRING!.
I hope you like it I think this is one of my favourites!
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The end of the semester has finally arrived and I'm impressed that I made it. The spring 2018 semester has by far been the most trying, yet I can say with confidence that I am leaving with so much more knowledge than I had in the beginning. I know this is on the digital history blog, and I know this technically counts as "sucking up" but I have never learned more in a class than HIST 428. I did not take computer/tech classes in high school and I took one computer applications class in college. I felt incredibly unprepared to take this course but in the end, I am so glad I entered the class that way.
I put so much of my effort and energy into building a website, branding myself, cleaning my digital identity, managing my time, researching, using new internet applications, and applying these methods to my other classes. The skills that I learned in this class will apply to more life situations in the future than my other history courses.
In regards to my group project, I'm pretty happy with the final outcome. While the project did cause some animosity among group members and put the majority of the group on edge, the project did get completed; it just did not follow through accordingly with the originally proposed contract. I think the main issue is I went into the project thinking that we were going to be able to do all of these things to make this awesome web page with a lot of awesome widgets and awesome videos. Those awesome things did not happen but I still believe that we as a group did create something pretty awesome. To go through the contract I will first discuss what we did do, then move to what we didn't do, and after a look into what I wish we had done or didn't do in the first place.
We did look into 40 markers like we said that we would. However, this being the basis of the project made this objective one of the most trying. Originally the research was supposed to be done by Rachel and myself and we would get all of the necessary information in. Not an easy feat, but doable when given substantial time to do so. But, the research was split up among all group members with different schedules and opposite task management skills from other students in the group. The basic info on the markers did not change (aside from the interviews) which pretty much reflected off of the model that other groups had used in past projects. We also did complete a timeline, map, and sourcebook–there were just some minor changes in ownership along the way.
We did not make a video on the intro page. I really wish that we had done that because I think it would've personalized our page more. A lot of websites do it to show how they work. Since there is a lot of components to this page, I would've really liked to have seen that added in. We also never got to do any interviews–another disappointment but I don't think it took anything serious away from the project. I was supposed to work on that but I was worried that I would not get the help that I needed to pursue it since most of the work completed by the group was last-minute. In regards to the map, it was also decided to not use ArcGIS story map because it did not seem that user-friendly. I had really pushed for that, and once I got stumped, it was frustrating to have to go back and start making a google my maps. However, making the map turned out fine and actually look better than I expected (we had also mentioned that we might change the map on our contract). We never made 2 timelines. I am glad we did not do that because it seemed kind of silly to have two. Maybe if we documented the years that certain monuments went up we could have graphed it or something similar? But having an interactive component like a timeline and inputting information like that seemed like a waste once we started making that timeline for the research events.
Finally the part of the project that should've been done every week but wasn't was consistent project blog posts. There were always changes along the way that should have been documented by all group members. I know that I was not consistent with my posts, but I was very vocal with the group. I would have set aside a time slot every week to work on my blog posts if I could do this project over again. I would forget about the blog posts each week or be working on something else related to the project or other classes. I also would've done the map, timeline, and sourcebook after finishing each marker research post. Going through all of them for each widget was messy and time-consuming. I would have come up with a better way of keeping track of the markers that I had finished to avoid confusion in the editing stages.
Speaking on the deadlines for the project, I met each one (except now that I see that this post was due Sunday…). So aside from this blog post, I got my work in when I was supposed to and I'm pretty impressed with that given my class load this semester.
And finally, upon reflection of how I feel my overall contribution was, I feel pretty good about it. I was happy that Rachel took the lead on delegating because I was the leader of two other group projects, but I felt like I did my part, got my stuff in, and provided help when needed. I also firmly believe that my role in taking the photos for the site was critical and time-consuming. It's not that we wouldn't have a project without my photos, but it certainly didn't hurt to have them.
This project was overall a fun and challenging experience that I'm fairly proud to put on my resume. I had an active role in the creation of the page and I feel good about taking co-ownership of the final product.


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Recognizing Heartworm Disease
Heartworm disease is caused by foot-long worms that reside in the heart, lungs and associated blood vessels and is incredibly serious and potentially fatal. Because heartworms can have such a detrimental impact on an animal's body, it's extremely important to be aware of the warning signs and symptoms that can occur.
Heartworm Signs & Symptoms in Dogs
- Mild & persistent cough
- Reluctance to exercise
- Fatigue after moderate activity
- Decreased appetite
- Weight loss
As disease progresses…
- Heart failure
- Appearance of swollen belly due to excess fluids
- Sudden onset of:
- Labored breathing
- Pale gums
- Dark, bloody or coffee-colored urine
Heartworm Signs & Symptoms in Cats
- Coughing
- Asthma-like attacks
- Periodic vomiting
- Decreased appetite
- Weight loss
- Occasional:
- Trouble walking
- Fainting or seizures
- Swollen belly due to excess fluids
As a pet parent, you should always make a point to bring your pet to routine vet checkups to ensure it is heartworm negative. Additionally, keeping your pet on a heartworm preventative medication helps to decrease it's risk of contracting the disease. That being said, should you begin to notice any of the above signs and symptoms in your pet, contact your veterinarian immediately.
If your pet is diagnosed with heartworm disease, be sure to administer treatment immediately, restrict exercise, and monitor its progress. Veterinary check-ins should be frequent and retests should be performed as symptoms subside to ensure the disease has been eliminated.


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On July 23, 2019 the Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution incorporating the 419 Town Center Plan into the Comprehensive Plan following a public hearing.
Learn about the type and number of businesses the study area could support, according to market research.
Learn about the type and number of housing developments the study area could support, according to market research:
More information about the study organized into a two-page fact sheet.
This short survey was open from September 15 to October 14 and received over 350 responses.
Read the Community Survey Results
Learn more about the evolution of Route 419 and find out what projects are already underway in the Study Area using this interactive Story Map.
View the 30 second Public Service Announcement produced by RVTV-3 on YouTube.View the PSA
Visit the 419 Planning Study Information page to learn more about community engagement and the planning process.
Philip Thompson | Acting Director of Planning540-772-2029 | Email Philip Thompson
Jill Loope | Economic Development Director540-772-2124 | Email Jill Loope


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Chris Snee will walk into the team facility as a Giant Monday morning. He might not walk out as one by the end of the day.
While the other players assemble for the start of training camp, the veteran guard will meet with team executives and front-office personnel to discuss his future. On the table is the strong possibility of retirement as Snee, 32, struggles to overcome the effects of last year's elbow surgery.
Snee has said all offseason that he intends to play in 2014, but the elbow apparently has not allowed him to gain the upper-body size and strength necessary. People familiar with Snee's thinking said no decision had been made, but on Sunday night, ESPN cited a source saying that Snee indeed will announce his retirement Monday after the meeting.
If Snee does retire, it will further pare an endangered species on the Giants' roster: the two-time Super Bowl champion. As of now, only Snee, Eli Manning, Zak DeOssie and Mathias Kiwanuka remain from the teams that won Super Bowls XLII and XLVI. Kiwanuka was on injured reserve in 2007, which would leave only Manning and DeOssie as two-time Super Bowl participants if Snee retires.
Snee also would be the final player from the Giants' dominant offensive line of the late 2000s to call it quits, following teammates Shaun O'Hara, Rich Seubert, David Diehl and Kareem McKenzie. Together, those five started 38 consecutive regular-season games from 2007-09. Diehl retired earlier this year.
If Snee does retire, the Giants have several possibilities to replace him.
Third-year player Brandon Mosley played the position in the spring when Snee was held out of minicamp and some of the OTAs because of the elbow injury. Rookie Weston Richburg was drafted as a center but played some guard in the spring. The Giants also drafted guard Eric Herman last year and added veteran John Jerry during this offseason. Jerry is coming off a knee procedure in the spring and might not be ready to fully participate in training camp.
Snee, a second-round pick of the Giants in 2004 (taken on the same day the Giants acquired Manning), has played 138 games for the Giants in 10 seasons. He has been named to four Pro Bowl rosters (2008, '09, '10, '12) and three All-Pro teams (2008, '09, '10).
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Artist Statement
Sound. Rhythm. Frequency. Each resonating vibration of steel strings against calloused fingertips; the uninhibited and inevitable vibrato of the voice to blend and dissolve with an underlying melody. This is where time stops and everything else ceases to exist. It is the rawest form of creation and connection. Within every paused breath, there is one, unreturnable moment that is a fight to become whole again; a split second for the lungs to fill with air and the mind to find peace. For me, this is a process of courageous attempt to solve the personal enigma I hold within myself.
I fall in love with music every day. The unfathomable ability it has to transform perspectives or heighten emotion in a matter of seconds is like nothing else I've experienced. Music is where I go to feel safe, and yet at the same time, nothing has ever made me feel so exposed and vulnerable. A single note, one song, can pull you from a moment and breathe you into a distant memory. It can bridge a connection between two people that would've otherwise been unfound, and unreachable. Music is a universal language that breaks all barriers. Even in silence it's there. It is present in all life; the timbre of simply existing. Each day could be the greatest song ever written. All we have to do is let it in, and listen.
Over the course of almost a decade as a singer/songwriter, Delaney has evolved and developed her unique style, blending elements of soul, folk, blues, and jazz. Her beautifully expressive, breathy voice melds with her thoughtfully percussive guitar rhythms to create, what Blake Martin of the Ruidoso News referred to as, "imaginative melodies".
With a constant hunger and love for new music to inspire her, Delaney was also titled an "old soul" at a young age and hence lists some of her greatest influences as Fleetwood Mac, Van Morrison, Tracy Chapman, and Sade.
Born and raised in the mountains of the Southwest, the New Mexico native draws much of her inspiration from nature, which is evident in her earthy and organic lyrics.
She states, "It's the small things that fascinate me; rain and thunder, the color change of leaves, the quiet solitude atop a mountain, the sound of a gentle breeze rolling through an aspen grove. Life's mysteries are what excite and energize me the most because that's where dreams and imagination come into play."
Having always had a love for poetry and music as separate entities, the combination came naturally when Delaney began writing her own songs at the age of 16, one of which became her high school's senior class song. Delaney barreled through the music scene via open mics, talent shows, songwriting competitions, etc. before she began booking her first gigs. She has since performed at a wide variety of venues including music and art festivals, private parties, weddings, fundraising events, local and online radio, as well as an international concert series in the Marshall Islands in 2013.
Delaney recorded her first studio album, Just a Dream, in 2013 with Garrett Hobson of Tularosa, New Mexico. All songs on the album are written, composed, and preformed by Delaney. This was a huge turning point and learning curve in her career to have quality digital recordings of her craft. In March of 2016 Delaney released her sophomore album, Into the Woods, recorded at Studio Productions of Tularosa. This album was born out of a slightly more collaborative effort. Among others it features two guest lead guitarists, one of which being the world-renowned flamenco guitarist, Ottmar Liebert. Into the Woods is a natural progression from Just a Dream where you can hear Delaney maturing as an artist and honing in on her style and direction in every small detail of the production. New Zealand blogger and fan, Brian Thomas, writes, "(Into the Woods) is as near perfect sound as you will get, this is what most other recordings should be compared to".
Never straying from her vision to create an intimate, connective musical experience for her audiences, Delaney continues to challenge herself as an artist and performer who creates genuine music straight from the soul.
You can find Delaney's music at any major online retailer including iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby, and even Pandora Radio.


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Greensboro, NC 27407
Thank you to our customers from Archdale! For years, Archdale residents have chosen Automotive Service Shop for auto repair and auto service. We appreciate the loyalty that we have found from our Archdale customers.
For new customers, Automotive Service Shop is a leading auto repair shop that has a reputation for honest and dependable repair work. Our services include 4x4 Services, Brakes, Car & Truck Care, Domestic Cars & Trucks, Electrical Services, Electronic Services, Engine & Transmission, Engine Maintenance, General Services, Heating and Cooling Services, Import Cars & Trucks, Inspections and Emissions, Miscellaneous Services, Towing, Transmission Services and Undercar Services.
For questions please give us a call at 336-299-5544.
Automotive Service Shop located at 2241 Patterson St is where customers go to find affordable, professional car care!
The most reliable place I know to take your vehicle for any service or repair. Thank you Erik and Melanie!
Family oriented business and the customer service here is great. Highly recommend this car shop , they take pride in their work. I had a problem with my belt and they fixed it right away my car was making a funny noise , they fixed it then the noise proceed I came back in and they took care of the work after finding out it was something else wrong with it.
Professional service always. A service shop you can trust, which to me is very important.
If you want it done right, this is the place to go!
Very professional and knowledgeable with over the top service. 100% satisfied every time I have them do work for me.
We've been coming to this family owned shop around 20 yrs. & we've never had to worry about being taken advantage of. I've never been able to say that about another shop. We moved about an hour away a couple years ago & we still bring both our cars back to Todd. On my last visit (Jan 2016) I waited with a couple who drove down from Virginia because of a friends recommendation. For us, It's priceless to have someone we trust. They have always told us what they found; what can wait & what can't. We both drive used cars, & they have a lot of miles.


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Suicide Lane Cycles is hosting a custom bike show at this years Bonneville Vintage GP!
We would like to invite you to come out and show off your custom bike(s). Just come out to Miller Motorsports Park on Sunday September 6 and register between 9-10 am.
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FREE Parking for everyone!
Miller Motorsports Park welcomes back the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association (AHRMA) for its 10th Annual Bonneville Vintage Grand Prix Motorcycle Festival over the weekend of September 5-6, 2015. This is the longest-running event held at Miller Motorsports Park and has been a fan favorite since the inaugural event in 2006.
See history spring to life as the greatest two-wheeled racing machines in history take to the track. The machinery ranges from 1920s hand-shift Indians to 1970s Japanese superbikes, with historic Harley, Triumph, Norton, Vincent, BSA, Matchless, Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki nameplates filling up the grid sheets. Among the highlights of the weekend will be the annual "Battle of the CB-160s" with its unique running, Le Mans-style start, and the astounding two-man sidecars! The laid-back atmosphere and the friendliness of the competitors, plus the awesome vintage and historic bikes, combine to make it one of the most fun weekends of the year.
The weekend will include racing on Saturday and Sunday, as well as a vintage motorcycle show presented by Motorcycle Classics magazine, a swap meet and vendor area.
On-track action will take place on the 2.2-mile East Course and begins both days with practice from 8:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. Following an hour-long lunch break and opening ceremonies, racing will get underway at noon. There will be 10 classes of racing on each day.
Tickets for the event are priced at $10/day for adults and $15/weekend, with kids 12 and under admitted free of charge. Military personnel are eligible for a 25-percent discount on ticket prices.
If you love motorcycles, and you like hanging out with other people who love motorcycles, at a great venue with amazing old bikes and lots of fun, this is your event. Don't miss it! If you do, you'll regret it.
Bonneville Vintage GP Sat-Sun, Sept 5-6
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As one of Mendix's MVP's, I was blown away by what was presented. Mendix 7's features, meeting in person my colleagues from around the globe, and the time spent with Mendix employees that I don't get to see nearly as often as I'd like. I'm not going to recap the show (press releases will take care of that) but rather share some thoughts about what I experienced.
Mendix 7 is positioning itself as the tool to use during this digital disruption to solve 21st century problems: IoT, Machine Learning, Analysis, etc. This is fantastic because it is part of the vision I bought into years ago when I asked to build a practice centered on its use. But one of the things in Mendix 7 that was shown off was their WYSIWYG editor, or web-based modeler.
I'll tell you now that as of this writing, I will probably never use it, at least not in its current form. But that's not the point. This isn't built for me. This is built for my customers and partners. How often are developers bogged down with UI stories about the look, feel, and placement of objects on pages? Mendix has now delivered a tool that allows anyone (yes, you too Mac users) to take ownership of the application and impact that design. This is part of enabling an organization to self-grow. As a consultant, this might sound contrarian to my objectives, but it couldn't be further from the truth. I WANT my customers to be enabled and take ownership of things that they can impact. I WANT them to design simple microflows on the go.
I want to spend my time focused on the needs that they struggle with, such as domain modeling, security, test planning, SCRUM master(ing?)...you get the idea. I'm glad that Mendix is taking steps to commoditize some aspects of the build of an application. I want my staff to be strategic partners, not code monkeys (no offense meant to monkeys).
Besides the other amazing things that Mendix is bringing to the new platform, I was overwhelmed at the number of ideas that people are coming up with to use the application. I admit that I've spent most of my career building business apps, such as pre-processing or post-processing, or CRM/ERP style apps, etc. But I haven't had a chance to build an app that taps into beacons, for example, that alert when a temperature gets too hot. This opens up a whole new world of possibilities, and I can't wait to work on some of these!
I met a lot of great and talented people. The guest speakers were top-notch. I'm already excited for next year. Maybe all of that talk about bringing a show to the US will wear on them enough to make it happen. :) If you have a chance to go, by all means, I look forward to seeing you next year at the event!


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Microsoft revealed the Games With Gold for September, 2017. The four games available spanning the Xbox 360 and Xbox One includes Forza Motorsport 5, Oxenfree, Battlefield 3 and Hydro Thunder Hurricane for Xbox Live Gold subscribers.
Other than the one indie game, it looks like Microsoft wanted to give their fans some blockbuster titles to fill out their library.
At the start of the month, Xbox One owners will be able to get their hands on Forza Motosrpot 5… for free. In case you missed the Xbox One launch title from back in 2013, you can pick up a copy starting September 1st. It will be available with a free DLC expansion containing the Top Gear car pack. I'm a little shocked that Microsoft is being so generous.
Starting September 16th, gamers on the Xbox One will be able to play the indie title Oxenfree… for free. The oddball adventure game starring the incessant chatter of very talkative teenagers will let you explore the unknown and develop relationships between the handful of characters during a vacation trip gone wrong.
If the old and indie aren't your thing, maybe the old and blockbuster are?
For Xbox 360 owners or for Xbox One owners keen on diving into the backwards compatible catalog, there's Hydro Thunder Hurricane. This was a old, celebrated title on the Xbox 360 that sort of fell under the radar. Vector Unit's 3D racing title was a throwback multiplayer racer that kindled similitude with Jet Moto and Wave Race 64 from the yesteryears of gaming. You'll be able to pick up a digital copy of Hydro Thunder Hurricane for free starting September 1st.
Halfway through the month, on September 16th Battlefield 3 will be made available for those of you who missed out on this gimped version of the Frostbite-powered first-person shooter. Keep in mind that Battlefield 3 was promoted and sold mostly as a PC game with the hand-me-down console versions being there for people who couldn't afford to play it on PC.
Make no mistake about it, Battlefield 3 is one of the best looking games on the Xbox 360, but it absolutely pales in comparison to what you get on PC. Of course, Battlefield 3 still has one of the best ever launch trailers in the history of gaming, so regardless of platform it still gets props for that.
I doubt Sony will have anything worthwhile to compete with Microsoft for September, but we'll see. Sony is definitely going to need to step it up if they even want to bother to appear to be competitive.


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How do I embed a single photo from my Google photo album to a website now that Picasa embed has been disabled?
It's not as straightforward as one would like, but you can do it this way:
- Find the photo in Google Photos you want to include
- Open the "Share" menu and click "Get link"
- Either click the link that is created or click "Copy" and paste that address into a new browser window
- That'll bring you to a new shared album with just that photo in it; you need to get the filename of the image
- Click the image so that it's zoomed in
- Right-click the image and choose "Copy image address" (or whatever your browser's equivalent is)
You now have the URL for the "public" image that you can use on your page. You'd probably use it in an image tag similar to:
<img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/NWfbsppj..." />
The URL for the image is incredibly long, but should work just fine, like this one I picked somewhat at random:
Google contents supports parameters to define output image size. You can attach
=w640-h480 after image url to define specific size, in this example width to 640 pixels and height to 480 pixels. If you want to optimize size of image is faster and easier way to use this tool: https://www.publicalbum.org/blog/embedding-google-photos-image
Another option is to use Blogger to get a proper URL for an image from Google Photos, and then to display it in your website the way you'd display any other image.
Chrom : One way I just found out by chance, in the archive keep the photo small (ie do not zoom it out by clicking on it) and right-click on it. Select the last option of Inspect. When you select Inspect, a panel opens on the right hand side and the embed path of the image is highlighted in blue. Go to that blue part and right click --> copy --> copy element. Paste this wherever you want.
The only thing is there are no default options for the size as there were in PicasawebAlbums. So resizing can be a problem as the image becomes blurred.


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In Congress, Business as Usual
Naked Emperors By Scot M. Faulkner (Rowman & Littlefield, 345 pages, $27.95)
The president with the M.B.A. is on his way out, and the only presidential candidate with business credentials, Mitt Romney, is long gone. Will the gargantuan federal budget, then, be even more profligately managed in the years to come?
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Kilauea Calms Briefly While Merapi in Indonesia Erupts Anew
The eruptions at Kilauea took a bit of a break over the last day — at least at the surface. The fissures that opened in Leilani Estates (see above) haven't erupted much new lava, but the are still emitting copious amounts of volcanic gases like sulfur dioxide. So, right now, that is the biggest hazard for people on the east side of the big island: the threat of volcanic fog, or vog. The mixture of water and sulfur dioxide makes acid, which can then irritate eyes, nose, mouth and lungs (at best) and cause extreme respiratory distress and death (at worst).
However, as with most volcanoes, the real action to watch is happening underground. Earthquakes continues under the Puna area where the fissures opened and there is some indication that magma could be moving further down the East Rift zone, so the potential for eruptions to the northeast of Leilani Estates might be increasing. So far, this eruption has covered over 115 acres of land in and around Leilani Estates and destroyed at least 35 structures (mainly homes), displacing thousands of residents. UPDATE 12:15 pm EDT May 10: Here are some more details on the current assessment of the situation by the scientists at the Hawaii Volcano Observatory:
another amazing picture (9th May) provided by Bruce Omori about the fissure eruption at the East Rift Zone, Big Island, Hawaii. Mahalo Bruce! pic.twitter.com/5L5lbiyjYn
— Szabolcs Harangi (@szharangi) May 10, 2018
This is all happening at the same time as the summit lava lake at Halema'uma'u is continuing to drop (see below), so the chances of potential steam-driven explosions at the summit might be increasing. The main cause for those explosions would be pressure building after rock falls choke in the conduit that feed the lava lake, along with some mixing of lava and water to increase the explosiveness. All of this is happening because now the lava lake level will be below the water table, so water can directly create more steam in the conduit and interact with the lava. This potential for an explosive eruption has prompted a total closure of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
Doooowwwwnnn she goes!
Watch this thermal webcam video showing how the summit lava lake at #Kilauea #volcano dropped way down during the eruption over the past few days. From @USGSVolcanoes webcams via @volcanodiscover pic.twitter.com/zbh4eMwxZk
— Oliver Lamb (@olamb245) May 8, 2018
So, the situation at Kilauea is very much a waiting game: will the Leilani Estates fissures start up again? Will eruptions move to the northeast? Will steam-driven explosions start at the summit of the volcano? The chances are there for all of these event, but only by closely monitoring the earthquakes, gases and inflation at Kilauea will the HVO scientists how those chances might be changing. If you need to catch up on all the events of this Leilani Estates eruption, HVO posted a list of everything that has happened over the past few weeks,.
Gunung Merapi meletus freatik pagi ini, pukul 7.32 WIB. Tinggi kolom abu 5.500 m dari puncak. Letusan disertai suara gemuruh. Status Level 1 (Normal), masyarakat harap tenang dan menjauh dari radius 5 Km. @BPPTKG @Pusdalops_diy @TRCBPBDDIY @BPBDMagelang @BPBDMagelangx pic.twitter.com/xhNawTk2DV
— BNPB Indonesia (@BNPB_Indonesia) May 11, 2018
Meanwhile, in Indonesia, another volcano is experiencing steam-driven explosions: Merapi. The volcano whose 2010 eruption caused killed over 350 people produced a phreatic blast today that reached 5.5 kilometers (18,000 feet). As I've mentioned before, these steam-driven blasts don't have much in the way of precursors, so it was lucky no one was harmed in this explosion, although 120 hikers had to be rescued and thousands did evacuate. Video of the eruption (see below) shows some small pyroclastic flows towards the summit of the volcano.
The airport in Yogyakarta was also closed briefly due to the ash. The question that Indonesian volcanologists will be trying to answer now is if this is a sign that Merapi might be reawakening for the first time since its eruptions in 2014 or merely a one-off eruption triggered by groundwater getting deeper into the summit rocks.
Erupsi freatik Gunung Merapi
Video didokumentasikan oleh para pendaki di Pasar Bubrah berjarak 1 km dari puncak kawah, Jumat (11/5). @RadioElshinta @Sutopo_PN @BNPB_Indonesia @jokowi @SBYudhoyono pic.twitter.com/zVhZS3lLuc
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• Zhejiang Taitong Valve Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Taitong Valve Co., Ltd. is a professional valve manufacturer located in Oubei Town, Yongjia County, Wenzhou. The company has over 200 sets of various processing and testing equipment, such as numerical control machining centers, professional processing machines in high precision and high efficiency, and physics and chemical detection equipment. The company has passed international quality certificates like ISO90001, AZ, API, CE, etc. The company mainly produces various kinds of API valves, including gate valve, knife gate valve, globe valve, lift type check valve, swing check valve, ball valve, trunnion mounted ball valve, floating ball valve, cryogenic valve, solenoid valve, relief valve, control valve, balance valve, power station valve, safety valve, butterfly valve, metal sealing butterfly valves, breather valve, angle valve, and needle valve. With complete varieties and specifications, the company has formed series products such as manual, electric, pneumatic, hydraulic and worm geared. Taitong valves have been exported to over fifty countries and areas, such as America, England, Germany, Singapore, New Zealand, Italy, Ireland, Spain, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, India, the United Arab Emirates, etc. And it has become one of the best OEM partners for international top brand valve producing corporations. Our products are widely applied in the fields of chemical industry, petroleum, metallurgy, power industry, water supplying and so on.
Main Products: General Valves
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The Fondo de Ahorro de Panama Announces Audited Consolidated Annual Financial Results for 2017 and Key Management Initiatives.
Panama | March 31, 2018
The Fondo de Ahorro de Panama, Panama's sovereign wealth fund, (hereinafter, "FAP" or "Fund") announces its audited consolidated annual financial results for 2017 and key management initiatives. *
Financial Highlights
For the year 2017, the Fund generated a gross return of 6.39%. In terms of net income (after costs), the Fund closed the year at B/. 76.6 million. ** The Fund's results are a product of a conservative strategic asset allocation, in particular the positioning relative to our portfolios of fixed income, equity and cash assets, in the face of a positive global economic backdrop, geopolitical uncertainty, and low financial markets volatility, but with rising equity prices. Net assets of the Fund totaled B/. 1,310 million, 6.4% higher in comparison to the 2016 period. (Access our Annual Report 2017 in Spanish here).
In 2017, the Fund generated interest and dividends of B/. 31.5 million, greater than in the same period 2016 (B/. 26.1 million). Fixed income and equity portfolios generated a net gain of B/. 49 million for the year (2016: B/. 17.3 million). Operational and administrative costs of the Fund closed for the 2017 period at B/. 3.9 million (2016: B/. 3.4 million). The above resulted in a net income of B/. 76.6 million, which compared favorably with previous year results of B/. 36.5 million.
The Fund's financial results are mainly associated with the benchmark performance and the strategic asset allocation, which seeks to obtain moderate returns and risk in-line with our long-term profile. During 2017, the performance of the FAP was led by the equity portfolio's 24.8% return, driven by information technology and financial sectors, and European stocks. Our global fixed income portfolios ended the year at a moderate 3%, as expectations for U.S. inflation and rates rises by the Federal Reserve increased.
The investment management of the FAP is characterized by a prudent and long-term management policy, with 100% of the fixed-income assets invested in securities with high credit quality ("investment grade").
Key Management Initiatives and Goals
Below are our key management initiatives and goals:
- Executed the global custody services contract with The Northern Trust Co.;
- Obtained membership in the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds ("IFSWF");
- Implemented the Annual Investment Plan and expanded the portfolio with the creation of a global fixed income portfolio, an inflation-indexed bonds portfolio and a short duration portfolio;
- Executed and implemented the securities lending program, with the purpose of generating additional returns and reducing net custodianship costs.; and
- Received approval by the Fund's Board of Directors for the alternatives investments benchmark.
About the Fondo de Ahorro de Panama
The Fund was created by Law 38 of June 5, 2012, whose main objectives are:
- Establish a long-term savings mechanism for the Panamanian State; and
- Establish a stabilization mechanism in case of a state of emergency (declared by the Cabinet's Council) and economic slowdowns.
For additional information visit www.fondoahorropanama.com
*It is understood by Financial Statements "Consolidated" the set of accounting records that make the Fondo de Ahorro de Panama as they are: i) the Technical Secretariat / Budget of the FAP and ii) the FAP Trust Agreement, using as reference the established in the Article No. 23 of Law 38 of June 5, 2012, and not a consolidation as defined in NIIF 10 for the preparation of financial statements.
** The financial figures presented are expressed in Balboas, the currency unit of the Republic of Panama (B /.), Which is at par and is freely exchangeable with the United States dollar (USD or US Dollar), considered the functional currency of Fondo de Ahorro de Panamá.


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We're proud to announce the launch of our new branding as part of Specialist Staffing Group's ongoing investment in its brands.
We're proud to announce that Drew Evans, Director at Computer Futures, SThree PLC's specialist tech recruitment brand, has been named among Staffing Industry Analysts' (SIA) '40 Under 40'.
We decided to take a look at some of the Salesforce community conferences still to take place across the US this year - get ready to update your diary!
Every Salesforce enthusiast will be looking for something different to satisfy their appetite for Salesforce knowledge, and the good thing is that there's something out there for everyone! To help you, we decided to share some of our favorite blogs that you might be interested in.
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Everything about Anna's life is a secret. Her father works for the Branch at the helm of its latest project: monitoring and administering treatments to the four genetically altered boys in the lab below their farmhouse. There's Nick, Cas, Trev . . . and Sam, who's stolen Anna's heart. When the Branch decides it's time to take the boys, Sam stages an escape, killing the agents sent to retrieve them.
Anna is torn between following Sam or staying behind in the safety of her everyday life. But her father pushes her to flee, making Sam promise to keep her away from the Branch, at all costs. There's just one problem. Sam and the boys don't remember anything before living in the lab—not even their true identities.
Now on the run, Anna soon discovers that she and Sam are connected in more ways than either of them expected. And if they're both going to survive, they must piece together the clues of their past before the Branch catches up to them and steals it all away.
Then a figure from Anna's childhood reappears. Is it a Branch setup, or could it be the reunion Anna has hoped for? Uncertain of where her loyalties lie, Anna must fight to learn the truth -- before she is betrayed again.
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Complete multi-channel wireless system with lavalier microphone. 30MHz selectable bandwidth. The PT 45 pocket transmitter is compatible with all AKG micro mics including the supplied CK 99 L lavalier mic, and provides up to 8 hours operation from a single (supplied) AA battery, gain control and noiseless on/off/mute switch. The SR 45 receiver has XLR and TRS outputs, RF and audio level indicators and adjustable gain and squelch controls. UK power supply included.
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text: Since I am not doing the "Daily Audioblog" daily, and since everybody else is coming up with "show" names, I decided to rebrand. I got my iPod Photo going so I wanted to be sure I had something that looked good on the screen. So I am changing to The Fuller Effect. Same taste, more filling. Here is what your iPod Photo looks like after feeling the effect!