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My adventure started simply enough. My wife and I wanted to take a three-day drivingt trip — destination unknown — and then end up on the fourthn day in New York City to meet my cousih and his family for anotherfthree nights. The first day on the trip we stopperd to check out a hote l in a small townnear N.Y., to see whether it had vacancies. When I returnexd after seeing that they had rooms my Jeep would not Lightswere flashing, and things were beeping (that is technical talk for I thinkl it might be an electrical problem).
I calles AAA, and a truck quickly came out and towerd my Jeep to the closest which was literally next door to the I thought, “Wow, did I get lucky,” at least with respect to the proximity to the servics department of the Jeep dealership. I walked over to the service area the next morning aroundr7 a.m., but they did not open until 7:30 so I just started looking at the new cars on the lot.
I noticed a guy walking near my car withthe drop-offc envelope I had put into the night drop-off box, whichj included details explaining what I thought was wront with the car along with my The guy, Dave, could not have been any He said that they were extremely with at least 20 cars ahead of mine. But he though the problem was withthe battery. And, he he would look at it as soon ashe could. He then said to me, we are closed untill 7:30 a.m., but why don’t you go into that door and make yourselr comfortable and getsome coffee, and I will be with you as soon as I Now, who could ask for more than that?
I was not thei r regular customer because I am from out of Dave knew that I probablu would not be back for future let alone to buy a new or used car from Still, he treated me as though I had been the dealership’sd customer for years and had been there many times The high level of service I received showedc that the employees at this dealership were trained right and that whoeveer does the hiring knows how to look for the right attitude in people, which usually is not somethinv you can teach. The employeesz there treat each person with not justtheir customers, but one too.
Trust me, after sitting there for three-pluz hours, I had a chanc to notice a few thingas aboutthe dealership. I just wish that more businessees out there were run as well as this Jeep where the customer is truly or at least they sure made me feelthat way. It reallu is not very Treat youremployees correctly, give them a nice environment to work in, and providd them with ongoing consistent training along with competitive pay. You will be guaranteex to have long-term employees serving happy You can bet that they have a loyalcustomerr base, where people look forward to comingy to the dealership, whether it is for servicr or to buy a vehicle.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Celebrity Circuit Charlie Sheen's character to be killed off "Men"? 3 of 9 - CBS News
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CTV.ca | Celebrity Circuit Charlie Sheen's character to be killed off "Men"? 3 of 9 CBS News TMZ reports, citing sources connected to the CBS sitcom, that Harper will be killed off. The new season's first episode won't be filmed until around Aug. 5, according to the website, but producers are already imagining scenarios for the character's ... Charlie Sheen Rumored to be Violently Killed Off on Next Season of TWO AND A ... Charlie Sheen's Character to be Killed Off on 'Two and a Half Men," Report Charlie Sheen Lands New Show, Gets Killed Off 'Two & a Half Men'? |
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Sun, hot rays brought on good growing days - MyWebTimes.com
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Sun, hot rays brought on good growing days MyWebTimes.com Hay cutting and baling has also been a top priority after field conditions allowed equipment to start which has resulted good quality and good tonnage thus far. Cleaning out grain bins when not able to work in fields was also a busy project.
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Former San Antonio courthouse to get big makeover - San Antonio Business Journal:
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San Antonio leaders say those improvements will likely brintg more people into the area and coul d spark additionalrevitalization projects. The GSA says it plansa to direct $61.3 millionj from the $787 billion American Recoveruy & Reinvestment Act, or stimuluz package, to renovate the Hippolito Garcia Federal Buildinvand U.S. Courthouse. That eight-stor building is located at the corner of East Houston and Alamkstreets and, ironically, was constructed in the 1930s as part of Presidenft Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Depression-eraz public works program. The nearlu 259,000-square-foot building is currently listed onthe .
GSA spokeswomanj Shala Geer-Smith says it stil houses some bankruptcy judges and some smalleer federal agency offices but much of the spacde available for occupancy is void of Among the tenants that have left the buildinbg isthe , whichg moved its San Antonio field officde into a new Northwest Side facilit y in 2007. Geer-Smith says federal officials will “move pretth quickly” to begin the process of renovating the historic San Antonio That rehabilitation, she adds, “will give us an opportunitgy to bring the building back up and get some majord tenants.
” Those prospective tenants will have to be federal But Geer-Smith says there coul d be a “variety” of potential users, including agencies that are looking to expan d or those whose commercial leases may be Kimberly Gatley is senior vice president and directore of research for , a San Antonio-based commerciakl real estate company. She says effortz by GSA to rehab the historic federal building and lure more tenants could create some vacancyy issues in other San Antonio But Gatley says she expects there will be limitefnegative impact. The upside to a renovatedc federal building?
“It could foster a revitalization downtown,” Gatley San Antonio Mayor Phil Hardberger, a formerr judge, says the timeworn federal building needssome attention. “It’sx a great building for its era. But it’ds outdated in many ways and not very efficient to put it Hardberger explains. Like Gatley, Hardberger believes a rehabilitated federal buildinfg could spur additional revitalization in the He also says the San Antonio buildinvg could prove to bea model, producinfg more energy than it uses with the righyt improvements.
“There’s no doubt” that the historic courthouse “needs to be modernized,” Congressman Charli Gonzalez, D-San Antonio, tells the Business The GSA project list also includesnearlyh $1.2 million worth of “limited improvements for the Spear s Judicial Training Center, located in the 7.7-acrse San Antonio Federal Complex inside the downtownm HemisFair Park. “I am pleased to see this funding comin intoBexar County, along with the numerous jobs this project will says Gonzalez about the GSA’s spending plan and the two San Antonio projects.
That plan includes $132 million for More than $116 million of that is pegged for the constructioj of anew multi-stor y federal courthouse. Houston is set to receiver nearly $112 million in fundsd from theGSA plan. More than $109 millionh would be used to make improvements tothe G.T. Lelan d Federal Building. “Austin was further along in theirt plans, so the funding coulds go directly to the kindof shovel-ready construction projects towarx which (the stimulus package was targeted,” Gonzalez explains.
But the San Antonio congressman addsthat “ih an effort to move Bexar Countu ahead, we have requesteed an additional $4 million in (fiscal year funding to complete the design of and move forward on building a new courthouse.”
San Antonio leaders say those improvements will likely brintg more people into the area and coul d spark additionalrevitalization projects. The GSA says it plansa to direct $61.3 millionj from the $787 billion American Recoveruy & Reinvestment Act, or stimuluz package, to renovate the Hippolito Garcia Federal Buildinvand U.S. Courthouse. That eight-stor building is located at the corner of East Houston and Alamkstreets and, ironically, was constructed in the 1930s as part of Presidenft Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Depression-eraz public works program. The nearlu 259,000-square-foot building is currently listed onthe .
GSA spokeswomanj Shala Geer-Smith says it stil houses some bankruptcy judges and some smalleer federal agency offices but much of the spacde available for occupancy is void of Among the tenants that have left the buildinbg isthe , whichg moved its San Antonio field officde into a new Northwest Side facilit y in 2007. Geer-Smith says federal officials will “move pretth quickly” to begin the process of renovating the historic San Antonio That rehabilitation, she adds, “will give us an opportunitgy to bring the building back up and get some majord tenants.
” Those prospective tenants will have to be federal But Geer-Smith says there coul d be a “variety” of potential users, including agencies that are looking to expan d or those whose commercial leases may be Kimberly Gatley is senior vice president and directore of research for , a San Antonio-based commerciakl real estate company. She says effortz by GSA to rehab the historic federal building and lure more tenants could create some vacancyy issues in other San Antonio But Gatley says she expects there will be limitefnegative impact. The upside to a renovatedc federal building?
“It could foster a revitalization downtown,” Gatley San Antonio Mayor Phil Hardberger, a formerr judge, says the timeworn federal building needssome attention. “It’sx a great building for its era. But it’ds outdated in many ways and not very efficient to put it Hardberger explains. Like Gatley, Hardberger believes a rehabilitated federal buildinfg could spur additional revitalization in the He also says the San Antonio buildinvg could prove to bea model, producinfg more energy than it uses with the righyt improvements.
“There’s no doubt” that the historic courthouse “needs to be modernized,” Congressman Charli Gonzalez, D-San Antonio, tells the Business The GSA project list also includesnearlyh $1.2 million worth of “limited improvements for the Spear s Judicial Training Center, located in the 7.7-acrse San Antonio Federal Complex inside the downtownm HemisFair Park. “I am pleased to see this funding comin intoBexar County, along with the numerous jobs this project will says Gonzalez about the GSA’s spending plan and the two San Antonio projects.
That plan includes $132 million for More than $116 million of that is pegged for the constructioj of anew multi-stor y federal courthouse. Houston is set to receiver nearly $112 million in fundsd from theGSA plan. More than $109 millionh would be used to make improvements tothe G.T. Lelan d Federal Building. “Austin was further along in theirt plans, so the funding coulds go directly to the kindof shovel-ready construction projects towarx which (the stimulus package was targeted,” Gonzalez explains.
But the San Antonio congressman addsthat “ih an effort to move Bexar Countu ahead, we have requesteed an additional $4 million in (fiscal year funding to complete the design of and move forward on building a new courthouse.”
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Sunday, June 19, 2011
2 charged with netting turtles in park's pond - The Times and Democrat
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2 charged with netting turtles in park's pond The Times and Democrat The slider, native to the Southeast, is considered diurnal, or active during the day. It feeds mainly in the morning, floating or basking on the shore or on logs the rest of the day. The turtles are sometimes used to make turtle soup. ... |
Friday, June 17, 2011
Bootstrap yourself into a creative career - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Jeffrey was a highly paid accountanty by day and an avid music photographer inhis non-work He longed to devote himselfr entirely to music photography. But the practicak side of him kept sayin g he was lucky to have a lucrative and secure career asan accountant. The countruy was in a deep recession, with unemployment the highestr it had been sincs theGreat Depression. It was the earlgy ’80s, and he kept telling himself that even if he decided to take the risk of launchinvg an independent creative career atsome point, this was not the time to attempft it.
But the longing wouldn’t go and his frustration with his current work kept He finally decided he needed some help dealinfg withthe issue. That’s when he came to see me. Todayh he is a very sought-aftedr music photographer. His work appears on album covers, Web sites and the promotional materials of top as well as many of the leadinb music publications in the This is the story of how he pulleethat off.
I advised him as a first step to studg himself and what he needed in a work I also suggested he study what amusic photographer’s life was like day-to-dayh to determine if the fantasy he had been harboring for years matched the reality of the What he learned from these investigations exciteds him. The field wasn’tr a perfect match, (it never is) but he could get roughl y 80 percent of what was importantto him, and he thoughgt he could live with the The question then became not whether he was goinb to do this, but when and how. A hard look at his financexs during the first stage of our work convinced him he could live on abouf a third of what he wascurrently making.
He had considerables savings, and he was willingg to use some of that to makethe shift. But not all of it. He wanteed to save some as a cushionn in case therisk didn’t pan out. The plan we evolvefd was that he’d give himself five years during which he would devote most of his time tomusic photography—bothu to learn the skills and develop a business. But duringv that time, he would also work part time to pay for the majoritty of his living andphotography expenses. Eventually he hoped to support himself thougy his work as a butthat wasn’t going to happen anytime He needed a high paying part- time job to fund the even if he lived very frugally.
After consideringt the options, we decided the best solution wouldd be to try to get a job with his currenttaccounting firm, supervising the part-time stafd they always hired to get through the heavy demandsa of the tax season. The firm’s management committee was distresseds when they learned of his intention to But they also saw the advantage of having him take on the supervisiomof part-time tax season They agreed to pay him more than he had but stipulated he had to keep up with changesw in the tax code during the year on his own time. The deal Jeffrey made allowed him to devotse nearly all of his energy to music photography from Maythrough December.
That was enough time to turn his dreak intoa reality. For the first two he concentrated on improving his skills anddeveloping contacts. That eventuallyy led to paying jobs, a growing reputation and expanded He methis five-year timetable to support himsel entirely as a music photographer, and his incom e has grown handsomely since then. The key elements of Jeffrey’s succeses were his ability to focux clearly ona goal, to develo and stick to a realistic long-range plan, and to live frugallu during his start-up years.
Lacking a trust this is what it takes to bootstrapl yourself into an independentcreative career, whethef it be photography, painting, sculpture, writing or anothed similar endeavor.
Jeffrey was a highly paid accountanty by day and an avid music photographer inhis non-work He longed to devote himselfr entirely to music photography. But the practicak side of him kept sayin g he was lucky to have a lucrative and secure career asan accountant. The countruy was in a deep recession, with unemployment the highestr it had been sincs theGreat Depression. It was the earlgy ’80s, and he kept telling himself that even if he decided to take the risk of launchinvg an independent creative career atsome point, this was not the time to attempft it.
But the longing wouldn’t go and his frustration with his current work kept He finally decided he needed some help dealinfg withthe issue. That’s when he came to see me. Todayh he is a very sought-aftedr music photographer. His work appears on album covers, Web sites and the promotional materials of top as well as many of the leadinb music publications in the This is the story of how he pulleethat off.
I advised him as a first step to studg himself and what he needed in a work I also suggested he study what amusic photographer’s life was like day-to-dayh to determine if the fantasy he had been harboring for years matched the reality of the What he learned from these investigations exciteds him. The field wasn’tr a perfect match, (it never is) but he could get roughl y 80 percent of what was importantto him, and he thoughgt he could live with the The question then became not whether he was goinb to do this, but when and how. A hard look at his financexs during the first stage of our work convinced him he could live on abouf a third of what he wascurrently making.
He had considerables savings, and he was willingg to use some of that to makethe shift. But not all of it. He wanteed to save some as a cushionn in case therisk didn’t pan out. The plan we evolvefd was that he’d give himself five years during which he would devote most of his time tomusic photography—bothu to learn the skills and develop a business. But duringv that time, he would also work part time to pay for the majoritty of his living andphotography expenses. Eventually he hoped to support himself thougy his work as a butthat wasn’t going to happen anytime He needed a high paying part- time job to fund the even if he lived very frugally.
After consideringt the options, we decided the best solution wouldd be to try to get a job with his currenttaccounting firm, supervising the part-time stafd they always hired to get through the heavy demandsa of the tax season. The firm’s management committee was distresseds when they learned of his intention to But they also saw the advantage of having him take on the supervisiomof part-time tax season They agreed to pay him more than he had but stipulated he had to keep up with changesw in the tax code during the year on his own time. The deal Jeffrey made allowed him to devotse nearly all of his energy to music photography from Maythrough December.
That was enough time to turn his dreak intoa reality. For the first two he concentrated on improving his skills anddeveloping contacts. That eventuallyy led to paying jobs, a growing reputation and expanded He methis five-year timetable to support himsel entirely as a music photographer, and his incom e has grown handsomely since then. The key elements of Jeffrey’s succeses were his ability to focux clearly ona goal, to develo and stick to a realistic long-range plan, and to live frugallu during his start-up years.
Lacking a trust this is what it takes to bootstrapl yourself into an independentcreative career, whethef it be photography, painting, sculpture, writing or anothed similar endeavor.
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