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			<title>Rant New Consultant having trouble</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:39:08 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[I have a new consultant on my team that's struggling.  She's not a real go-getter anyway, but she called me this morning to talk about some things from her party last night. 
 
At her grand opening that I went to, she had a past consultant there as a guest.  No biggie, right?  WRONG!  This past...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>I have a new consultant on my team that's struggling.  She's not a real go-getter anyway, but she called me this morning to talk about some things from her party last night.<br />
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At her grand opening that I went to, she had a past consultant there as a guest.  No biggie, right?  WRONG!  This past consultant told her that she was doing everything wrong, had the guts to tell new consultant that the HOST was supposed to do the party and made the HOST do the demonstration!  :eek: :eek: She wouldn't let the new consultant figure the orders and then, get this, when new consultant did the recruiting and bookings talk.... She was talking with the lady next to her &amp; not giving the new consultant the benefit of respect.  I couldn't believe it.<br />
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Unfortunately, past consultant is new consultant's next host.  I'm debating whether I should go with new consultant to help her out or let her do it on her own.  She really felt like she should just quit b/c this wasn't how I taught her to do things &amp; she was trying to explain that to the past consultant but she doesn't have a real strong personality to tell the past consultant to sit down &amp; be quiet.  I would love to call past consultant and tell her this myself but I know it's not my place.  If she's that interested in doing parties again, maybe she should re-sign!<br />
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Just had to get that off my chest.  Any suggestions for helping new consultant?  She would really benefit from the business if she could just get things rolling.</div>

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			<title>Question about PC Totes/Bags for shows</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:17:25 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm tired of hauling around crates, etc and them being so heavy no matter what I do!  I limit it to 2 product crates/bags, and then I end up with 2 for catalogs, my laptop, food, etc.    
 
I am seriously considering getting the Rolling Case and the Carry-All Tote to fit on top of it.    
 
What...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>I'm tired of hauling around crates, etc and them being so heavy no matter what I do!  I limit it to 2 product crates/bags, and then I end up with 2 for catalogs, my laptop, food, etc.   <br />
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I am seriously considering getting the Rolling Case and the Carry-All Tote to fit on top of it.   <br />
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What size are they, and when loaded- is the rolling cart sturdy?  Is the Handle- when extended strong?  I know sometimes they seem to be weak and I'm afraid they'll break.<br />
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The padded envelopes- the photo on the Supply Fact sheet- makes it look like the smaller one is holding either the DCB or the DCB lid?  Is it big enough for that?<br />
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Are they worth getting?  especially the rolling cart.  (I know Sheila loves hers! :D)</div>

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			<title>Birthdays today  20 Nov</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:04:13 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.V., is 92. Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer is 86. Actress-comedian Kaye Ballard is 84. Actress Estelle Parsons is 82. TV personality Richard Dawson is 77. Comedian Dick Smothers is 71. Singer Norman Greenbaum is 67. Vice President Joe Biden is 67. Actress Veronica...</description>
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			<title>Morning Update, November 20, 2009</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:03:14 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[There were no new developments in Paige's case yesterday. No news, no new developments. 
 
In news of Candles for Paige (http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=Paige), we had 61 candles as of this post. Remember, candles go out after 48 hours so keep lighting candles for Paige,...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>There were no new developments in Paige's case yesterday. No news, no new developments.<br />
<br />
In news of <a href="http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&amp;gi=Paige" target="_blank">Candles for Paige</a>, we had 61 candles as of this post. Remember, candles go out after 48 hours so keep lighting candles for Paige, her family and her three children.<br />
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Instructions for lighting candles for Paige are in the Missing thread, <a href="http://www.chefsuccess.com/f18/one-our-own-missing-22516/index254.html#post470298" target="_blank">in this post</a>.<br />
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<u><b>On this date in History...</b></u><br />
<br />
<b>...in 1962</b>, President John F. Kennedy announced the end of the blockade of Cuba. The naval blockade had been implemented when offensive nuclear weapons had been discovered in Cuba, seen in photographs taken over Cuba by U-2 spy planes. The end of the blockade was the last real action of the missile crisis.  <br />
<br />
<b>...in 1982</b>, the most improbable finish to a college football game took place at Stanford, between the Stanford Cardinal and Cal Golden Bears. Stanford quarterback, John Elway (you may have heard of him from his pro career) marched the Cardinal down the field in range to kick a field goal to take the lead, with only 4 seconds left to play. Jubilant Cardinal fans stormed the field, and the refs had to chase them all back and enforced a penalty on the kick-off because of the crowd coming on to the field. The kickoff was taken by Cal's Kevin Moen at the Cal 46 but rather than trying to run himself, he remembered an exercise from practice and he tossed the ball to Richard Rodgers, who tossed it to Dwight Garner, who tossed it just back to Rodgers as he was about to be nailed by two Cardinal. Rodgers tossed the ball to Mariet Ford who returned it to Moen who ran for the end zone - and right into the Stanford Band that had taken the field, thinking the game was over. Moen plowed into trombonist, Gary Tyrell. Known forever as, &quot;The Play&quot; it remains one of the wackiest endings to a game in college football history.   <br />
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Watch this exciting ending on YouTube as John &quot;Captain Comeback&quot; Elway marches his team down for a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aCDfJH6eRY" target="_blank">field goal that should have won the game</a>, but didn't..  <br />
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<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3d/The-play.jpg/400px-The-play.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><br />
&quot;The Play&quot; <br />
<br />
<b>...in 1945</b>, in Nuremburg, German, 24 high-ranking Nazis went on trial for atrocities perpetrated during World War II. The trials were convened by an international tribunal with representatives from the United States, Soviet Union, Great Britain and France. On October 1, 1946 (you may remember reading about this on Oct 1) 12 of the architects of Nazi pogroms were sentenced to hang, including Hermann Goering, the leader of the SS and the Luftwaffe. He committed suicide on the eve of his hanging. Trials continued in Germany, well into the 1950's to try the lesser Nazis with 5,025 convictions and 806 executions. <br />
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<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Nuremberg-1-.jpg/776px-Nuremberg-1-.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><br />
<i>Front Row, L to R: Hermann Göring, Rudolf Heß, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel<br />
Back Row, L to R: Karl Dönitz, Erich Raeder, Baldur von Schirach, Fritz Sauckel</i><br />
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<b><i>That's it.</i></b> That's all we know as of 12:01 AM, EST.</div>

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			<title>Super Excited</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:22:12 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>I just had to share some exciting news about my show last night. :sing: There were 19 people there, I made the Chicken Fajitas and fresh salsa.  I sold 4 DCB and left with sales of $1340.  Today a guest called and put the DCB on her order.  Then the host called with 3 more orders.  I am now at...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>I just had to share some exciting news about my show last night. :sing: There were 19 people there, I made the Chicken Fajitas and fresh salsa.  I sold 4 DCB and left with sales of $1340.  Today a guest called and put the DCB on her order.  Then the host called with 3 more orders.  I am now at $1512 in orders.  I amd SO EXCITED!!!  Level 2 in SAT in one show.  At the $3000 level right now!!  Thanks for letting me share!</div>

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			<title>switch your director?</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:18 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Is there a way to switch who you are under?  I'm not getting that warm fuzzy feeling from the group of ladies that I am signed up through.  I just don't click with any of them and would like to find a more supportive and friendly group.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Is there a way to switch who you are under?  I'm not getting that warm fuzzy feeling from the group of ladies that I am signed up through.  I just don't click with any of them and would like to find a more supportive and friendly group.</div>

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			<title>Itinerary for travel incentive trips</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:52:30 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[I was wondering for those of you who have earned trips in past, what is usually the "start" or arrive time on the first day?  
 
I earned level 2 (:sing:) and we are going to be driving from Ohio... I know the "first day" of the trip is Sunday, but it is that Sunday am, afternoon, etc? 
And then...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>I was wondering for those of you who have earned trips in past, what is usually the &quot;start&quot; or arrive time on the first day? <br />
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I earned level 2 (:sing:) and we are going to be driving from Ohio... I know the &quot;first day&quot; of the trip is Sunday, but it is that Sunday am, afternoon, etc?<br />
And then from the time we report in, what usually happens? Will we go straight into activities w/ the park, etc? We are trying to decide if we need an actual 2 day overnight stay before we get to the resort or if we stay overnight somewhere on Sat and drive in Sunday how that would work...we said we aren't going to drive 6 hours sunday and report and then spend a day at a park! LOL And when will get actual info on it? I figure Jan or so...<br />
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So, any info regarding incentive trips of the past would be appreciated! Thanks!</div>

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			<title>Better than Pepper Spray</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:56:56 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Very  informative!!!!!!! 
 
   
If you don't have a GUN, here's a more humane way to wreck  someone's evil plans for you. 
 
 
Did you know this?  I  didn't.  I never really thought of it before. 
 
 
Wasp Spray]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Very  informative!!!!!!!<br />
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If you don't have a GUN, here's a more humane way to wreck  someone's evil plans for you.<br />
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Did you know this?  I  didn't.  I never really thought of it before.<br />
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<br />
Wasp Spray <br />
A friend  who is a receptionist in a church in a high risk area  was  concerned about someone coming into the office on Monday to rob them  when they were counting the collection. <br />
  <br />
She asked the  local police department about using pepper spray and they recommended to her that she get a can of wasp spray instead.<br />
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The wasp spray,  they told her, can shoot up to twenty feet away and is a lot more accurate, while with the pepper spray, they have to get too close to you  and could overpower you. The wasp spray temporarily blinds an attacker  until they get to the hospital for an antidote.  She keeps a can on her desk in the office and it doesn't attract attention from people like  a can of pepper spray would. She also keeps one nearby at home for home  protection. <br />
Thought this was interesting and might be of use.<br />
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On the  heels of a break-in and beating that left an  elderly woman in Toledo dead, self defense experts have a tip that could  save your life.<br />
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<br />
Val Glinka teaches self-defense to students at  Sylvania Southview High School. For decades, he's suggested putting a  can of wasp and hornet spray near your door or bed.<br />
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<br />
Glinka says,  &quot;This is better than anything I can teach them.&quot;<br />
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<br />
Glinka considers it inexpensive, easy to find, and more effective than mace or pepper  spray. The cans typically shoot 20 to 30 feet; so if someone tries to  break into your home, Glinka says &quot;spray the culprit in the eyes&quot;. It's  a tip he's given to students for decades.<br />
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It's also one he wants everyone to hear. If you're looking for protection, Glinka says look to the spray.<br />
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&quot;That's going to give you a chance to call the police;  maybe get out.&quot;  Maybe even save a life. <br />
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Please share this  with all the people in your life, especially those who are vulnerable or alone.</div>

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			<title>special prayer request</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:35:33 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>I have a special request for all of you prayer warriors out there.  My church is planning a trip to Israel in September/October.  There are a lot of people who want to go.  My husband was able to go last spring and he says it is an awesome trip and it will change your life.  Our congregation is not...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>I have a special request for all of you prayer warriors out there.  My church is planning a trip to Israel in September/October.  There are a lot of people who want to go.  My husband was able to go last spring and he says it is an awesome trip and it will change your life.  Our congregation is not full of people who have a lot of money...most just barely make it...but I think this will be a life-changing experience for them/us...spiritually speaking.  We will have to make a non-refundable deposit in a few months and then have the rest of the money paid in June...90 days before the trip.  It is a lot of money...especially for young married couples and couples with children.  Everyone is excited and looking for ways to save money and make extra money so they can go on this trip.  So, my prayer request is that you will help us pray to be in God's will...it may not be His will for all of us to go...and that we will be able to raise the funding and have safe/good places for smaller children to stay while parents go.  We are not planning church fundraisers because not everyone want to/can go.  Each person/family will have to figure out how to get the money.  We are taking our children...they will be 17 and 15 when we go.  Our youngest loves history and says he is going to be an archiologist so this will be an awesome trip for him educationally as well as spiritually.  And it will of course be a very expensive vacation for us and we will have to cut back and save.  But we feel it is a once in a lifetime opportunity for us.  So, please keep us in your prayers.<br />
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Thanks.</div>

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			<title>Birthdays today  19 Nov</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:44:11 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Actor Alan Young is 90. Talk show host Larry King is 76. Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch is 74. Talk show host Dick Cavett is 73. Broadcasting and sports mogul Ted Turner is 71. Singer Pete Moore (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles) is 70. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, is 70. TV journalist Garrick...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Actor Alan Young is 90. Talk show host Larry King is 76. Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch is 74. Talk show host Dick Cavett is 73. Broadcasting and sports mogul Ted Turner is 71. Singer Pete Moore (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles) is 70. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, is 70. TV journalist Garrick Utley is 70. Actor Dan Haggerty is 68. Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson is 68. Fashion designer Calvin Klein is 67. Sportscaster Ahmad Rashad is 60. Actor Robert Beltran is 56. Actress Kathleen Quinlan is 55. Actress Glynnis O'Connor is 54. Newscaster Ann Curry is 53. Former NASA astronaut Eileen Collins is 53. Actress Allison Janney is 50. Rock musician Matt Sorum (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver) is 49. Actress Meg Ryan is 48. Actress-director Jodie Foster is 47. Actress Terry Farrell is 46. TV chef Rocco DiSpirito is 43. Actor Jason Scott Lee is 43. Olympic gold medal runner Gail Devers is 43. Actress Erika Alexander is 40. Rock musician Travis McNabb is 40. Singer Tony Rich is 38. Country singer Jason Albert (Heartland) is 36. Country singer Billy Currington is 36. Dancer-choreographer Savion Glover is 36. Country musician Chad Jeffers is 34. Rhythm-and-blues singer Tamika Scott (Xscape) is 34. Rhythm-and-blues singer Lil' Mo is 32. Olympic gold medal gymnast Kerri Strug is 32. Actor Reid Scott is 32.</div>

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			<title>Morning Update, November 19, 2009</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:07:35 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Do you regularly just read the pop-up of this daily thread without really opening it? You are missing out on a great deal of information on a daily basis. Today is the day your should open this thread, and be sure to read the last entry because it is important to every American. Meanwhile, there...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Do you regularly just read the pop-up of this daily thread without really opening it? You are missing out on a great deal of information on a daily basis. Today is the day your should open this thread, and be sure to read the last entry because it is important to every American. Meanwhile, there were no new developments in Paige's case yesterday. No news, no new developments. <br />
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In news of <a href="http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&amp;gi=Paige" target="_blank">Candles for Paige</a> we had  55 candles as of this post. Remember, candles go out after 48 hours so keep lighting candles for Paige, her family and her three children.<br />
<br />
Instructions for lighting candles for Paige are in the Missing thread, <a href="http://www.chefsuccess.com/f18/one-our-own-missing-22516/index254.html#post470298" target="_blank">in this post</a>.<br />
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<b><u>On This Day In History...</u></b><br />
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<b>...in 1907</b>, the man who created <i>Shane</i> was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Jack Schaefer's first novel featured lead character, Shane, who was a prototypical  western hero. Like Owen Wister's <i>The Virginian</i>, published in 1902, the lead the heroes were strong and independent cowboys. While Wister's hero was more comfortable with his horse than people, <i>Shane</i> was the high plains drifter with a hidden past, the noble knight on his trusty steed, roaming the lawless frontier to right wrongs and punish the powers of evil. The 1953 film, made just four years after <i>Shane</i> was published, starred Alan Ladd as Shane and Brandon De Wilde as Joey Starrett, the young boy who worshiped him. Both <i>The Virginian</i> and <i>Shane</i> were the prototypes of the ideal cowboy character. Schaefer became a full-time writer after the publication of <i>Shane</i> although none of his other works were every as popular. He died in 1991 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.<br />
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<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/lugnuts/blog_references/lore147.jpg" border="0" alt="" /> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/lugnuts/blog_references/03shan1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><br />
<i>Jack Schaefer, creator of...Shane, the knight-errant played by Alan Ladd in 1953.</i><br />
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<b>...in 1915</b>, a dramatic World War I rescue took place in Europe. When you think of flying heroes of World War I, you probably think of the Red Baron, but in England, the memory is of Richard Bell-Davies, a fighter pilot who went on to become a Vice Admiral in the navy. While flying a bombing run over Bulgaria, his wing man (Gilbert Formby Smylie) took anti-aircraft fire and was forced to land. He had successfully dropped all of his bombs but one. He saw enemy troops approaching, and set fire to his plane to keep it from being captured. When he saw Bell-Davies landing, he turned and fired his sidearm into the bomb, successfully exploding it to prevent it from exploding when Bell-Davies landed. Smylie jumped aboard and Dell-Davies took off under fire, but made it safely behind British lines. Bell-Davies was awarded the Victoria Cross and Smylie was also recognized for his quick thinking and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.<br />
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<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Richard_Bell-Davies_VC_IWM_Q_69475.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><br />
<i>Richard Bell-Daviews</i><br />
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<b>...in 1954</b>, the first <i>auto</i>mated (hehehe) toll collector went into service on the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey. Prior to the &quot;robot-like units&quot; collecting tolls, the toll authority had placed several &quot;honor system&quot; toll booths where a mesh funnel guided coins into a collector with no method of accounting. Honor system tolls were about 70% paid, but the toll authority was still ahead of the game as a 70% payment rate was still more profitable than paying more attendants. A PR booklet said &quot;While the automatic collectors were adopted in the interest of economy as well as increased efficiency and convenience, no toll attendant has ever lost his job on the Parkway because of the machines.&quot;  The idea of a toll road was nothing new, in the American Colonies, privately built roads collected tolls. Operators used a long pole, known as a &quot;pike,&quot; that was hinged to block the way and swing, or &quot;turn,&quot; up after a toll was paid. The toll roads became known as &quot;turnpikes.&quot;<br />
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<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Garden_State_Parkway_Toll_booth.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><br />
<i>An early Garden State Parkway toll plaza.</i><br />
<br />
<b>...in 1863</b>, President Abraham Lincoln stood at the consecration of a military cemetery located at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and delivered one of the shortest, but most eloquent, speeches in Presidential history. Those in attendance had to suffer through a two hour keynote speech by a long-ago forgotten Massachusetts Senator. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was only 271 words in length and probably took only a few minutes to be heard. At the time, it was hailed or hated, depending on which party you belonged to. Lincoln called it a &quot;flat failure&quot; but he was wrong, as today, it is recognized for its brilliance of construction and depth of meaning, along with the important message packed into those few words. Up until a couple of generations ago, American students were charged to memorize the speech, but today, sadly, the importance of Lincoln's words is lost somehow. Lincoln captured the very essence of America in those few words, from the stirring opening of <i>&quot;Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal&quot;</i>...referencing the Declaration of Independence, to the closing lines, &quot;...that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom— and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.&quot; <br />
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<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ac/Gettysburg.haydraft.jpg/372px-Gettysburg.haydraft.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><br />
<i>Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on <br />
this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to <br />
the proposition that all men are created equal.<br />
<br />
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that <br />
nation, or any nation, so conceived and so dedicated, can long <br />
endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have <br />
come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place <br />
for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It <br />
is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.<br />
<br />
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate...we can not consecrate...<br />
we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, <br />
who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to <br />
add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say<br />
here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, <br />
rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who <br />
fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be <br />
here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these<br />
honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they <br />
gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that <br />
these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall <br />
have a new birth of freedom—and that government: of the people, by<br />
the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.<br />
</i><br />
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<b><i>That's it.</i></b> That's all we know as of 12:01 AM, EST.</div>

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			<title>Vegas here we Come!!</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Okay so for my DH's birthday we are going to Vegas! and so far all we know is where we are staying...any great recommendations on attractions that are a MUST?? This will be both mine and his first time so we are not sure what is a must to see. I heard Maddem Tussauds is a good choice, but any other...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Okay so for my DH's birthday we are going to Vegas! and so far all we know is where we are staying...any great recommendations on attractions that are a MUST?? This will be both mine and his first time so we are not sure what is a must to see. I heard Maddem Tussauds is a good choice, but any other places or ideas, or any tips would be greatly appreciated!! TIA oh we are going in March if that makes a difference.</div>

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			<title>Rant OT - Rant about work</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Argghhh!! I just need to get this off my chest, and can't post on FB, because I have some co-workers as 'friends.' 
 
There is a monthly project which should only take 10 - 15 minutes and which can be done by either myself (accounts receivable) or the Accounts Payable Manager. Somehow, it *ALWAYS*...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Argghhh!! I just need to get this off my chest, and can't post on FB, because I have some co-workers as 'friends.'<br />
<br />
There is a monthly project which should only take 10 - 15 minutes and which can be done by either myself (accounts receivable) or the Accounts Payable Manager. Somehow, it <b>ALWAYS</b> falls on me, but no big deal, since it's easy. Well, it's easy as long as we both provide the necessary information, and double check our work. This morning I spent at least 1/2 an hour on it, because she DIDN'T double check her work, and then I ended up having to send it to her to complete because the system wouldn't take some of her information. This doesn't even take into account the fact we had to split the project into at least 3 parts, because she doesn't have approval on all the invoices. So, instead of one project taking 10 - 15 minutes, it's now 3 projects taking about an hour (this does not take into account the time it takes to gather the information, but somehow that takes me only a few minutes, and takes her days).<br />
<br />
Then, I receive an e-mail from our Hong Kong office asking me to go through a list of over 500 customers and mark those which should be accounted as bad debts. Not a problem, except I've done this <i><b>at least 3 times </b></i>in the past month for others in the finance group!! AND, some of these were noted as bad debts years ago, so shouldn't even be on the books anymore. Hmm, maybe I should make notes of all this, and when it comes time for my review, if my boss complains I don't make good use of my time (he won't, I've been very good lately at getting things done right away or within a given deadline), I can show him how much <u>other people </u>are wasting my time.<br />
<br />
Or, maybe, now that I've ranted, I can bless and release, and get back to work. On a project which, to me, is not really necessary, and seems more like busy work, but which the division president wants done now, so it must be important. Bless and release. Bless and release.<br />
<br />
Ok, if you've even bothered to read this, I thank you. :love: Like I said, I just needed to get it out, without worrying about anyone gossiping. I'm not perfect, I know, and there are those who can probably find things about me worthy of complaint, too (at work, I mean - I know at home there'd be a loooonnngggg list of complaints, haha).</div>

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			<description>Former Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, is 86. Actress Brenda Vaccaro is 70. Author-poet Margaret Atwood is 70. Actress Linda Evans is 67. Actress Susan Sullivan is 67. Former Cherokee Nation chief Wilma Mankiller is 64. Country singer Jacky Ward is 63. Actor Jameson Parker is 62. Actress-singer Andrea...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Former Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, is 86. Actress Brenda Vaccaro is 70. Author-poet Margaret Atwood is 70. Actress Linda Evans is 67. Actress Susan Sullivan is 67. Former Cherokee Nation chief Wilma Mankiller is 64. Country singer Jacky Ward is 63. Actor Jameson Parker is 62. Actress-singer Andrea Marcovicci is 61. College Football Hall of Famer Jack Tatum is 61. Rock musician Herman Rarebell is 60. Singer Graham Parker is 59. Actor Delroy Lindo is 57. Comedian Kevin Nealon is 56. Football Hall of Fame quarterback Warren Moon is 53. Actor Oscar Nunez is 51. Actress Elizabeth Perkins is 49. Singer Kim Wilde is 49. Rock musician Kirk Hammett (Metallica) is 47. Rock singer Tim DeLaughter is 44. Actor Romany Malco is 41. Actor Owen Wilson is 41. Singer Duncan Sheik is 40. Actor Mike Epps is 39. Actress Peta Wilson is 39. Actress Chloe Sevigny is 35. Country singer Jessi Alexander is 33. Actor Steven Pasquale is 33. Rapper Fabolous is 30. Actor Nate Parker is 30. Rapper Mike Jones is 29. Actor Nathan Kress is 17.</div>

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			<title>Personal Anyone is Mississippi willing to help a friends dds for school project??</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hi all, 
My former consultant and friend's daughter is in 4th grade and each child has been assigned a state and they are to try and get post cards from that state sent to them at home and bring into the school. 
 
My friend doesn't know anyone who lives there or near there........please help me...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Hi all,<br />
My former consultant and friend's daughter is in 4th grade and each child has been assigned a state and they are to try and get post cards from that state sent to them at home and bring into the school.<br />
<br />
My friend doesn't know anyone who lives there or near there........please help me help my friends dd.<br />
<br />
They are also looking for postcards from other states, but Mississippi is the one Brynn needs to bring in.<br />
<br />
PM me or email me <img src="?emailimage=78f2d65865614462a1d29359f6107e9e" alt="[email address]" class="inlineimg" />   for her home address, as I don't want to post on here.<br />
<br />
Thanks in advance,<br />
<br />
Lisa</div>

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