If you are a business owner, prospective entrepreneur or senior manager, I'm sure you have heard over and over again, "Location, location, location" is critical to a business's survival.
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With the prices of gas falling, have your travel plans changed any?
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As the calendar nears Dec. 7, my thoughts always turn backward to that date in 1941.The shock of what happened on that date changed life for the United States and the people. Before that date, Americans watched the wars raging in Europe and the Orient, glad that we had both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans between us and those conflicts.
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Call me old-fashioned, but I really prefer to enjoy my holidays one at a time. That is why I usually avoid stores that start playing Christmas music before Thanksgiving.
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Do you feel this is how you spent your day?Do you feel as if you are on this frantic circular track running as fast as you can until you are so far behind you think you are ahead again? I somehow got sucked back on this nightmarish not so merry-go-round recently which triggered the resurrection of an excellent management tool from the depths of my cobwebbed mind. I acquired this skill years ago, but I was not using it because I got caught up in the craziness of managing more commitments than is effective or healthy.
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Too much turkey means lying around the house moaning and groaning after the big meal of the holiday. I have news for you. Turkey isn't the only meat that has an ingredient that makes you drowsy. Chicken and beef have it too, according to a report I heard in the media recently. I guess a lot of us would have to look the ingredient up - trepto-something - in a dietary manual.
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Against all odds, Mr. Barack Obama has won the Presidency of the U.S. only to be confronted with extraordinary challenges - incomparably greater than those faced by any recently elected U.S. president. Economically, socially and politically, the country and the world are in a state of deep crisis.
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How I love it after the first frosts and rain have made the weather miserably cold and wet. Summer has made its last gasp, and its heat is only a memory.
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The thought of equality and acceptance runs deep within me.Growing up in the suburbs of Monterey, I was numb to the fact that I was different from all of those around me. My mom taught me how to adapt and overcome prejudice and excel in the face of adversity. I took that mantra with me throughout my whole life whether I was serving in the U.S. Navy, going to college or in the work force.
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I must share how frustrated I am because of inconsistency in the products we purchase these days. I was going to say I am not referring to the quality of the products, but in fact it is a matter of quality. Let me share two such examples today, clothes and lumber. Full story »

I remember Anderson when there were no signal lights and it was a mere speck on the map.
But in recent years, Anderson has continued to maintain that small-town atmosphere but with an appetite for growth. Full story »

Brains. Heart. Courage. A sense of home.
The joint production of Lyman Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz," pulled off so brilliantly by Anderson and West Valley high schools with the assistance of more than a few Munchkins from Anderson Middle School and surrounding elementary schools, had it all. Full story »

It was a surprise when the phone rang the other day and a voice asked to buy another Toy Fox Terrier puppy.
"Sorry," I said. "I quit raising puppies six years ago, when I could no longer get down on the floor to work with them." Full story »

As the results of our on-line opinion poll printed below suggest, three choices present themselves to Americans now that the political season is officially over.
One can yap his or her fool head off complaining that the so-and-so elected couldn't possibly do the job correctly for any number of reasons. Full story »

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