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The Builders’ Exchange moved to the Frozen Gourmet space on Airport Road in 2015 after selling its Training Center building off Innsbruck Drive in 2015 for $1.3 million to the Shasta County Office of Education. The building group’s revenue could not support the cost of the Training Center, Chimenti said.
“The Trade School, by its curriculum, is carrying on the intentions of the Training Center,” Chimenti said.
Tracy Lokstadt is dean of the Trade School.
"A lot of kids don't get shop class anymore. It's not even available and they don't realize that maybe they like to work with their hands, and maybe they like working around wood," Lokstadt said. "So there is quite a need right now."
Stephens sits on the executive board of directors for the Builders’ Exchange. He wants to see more people in the trades, but he said it’s important that the growth is organic, not forced.
“When you want people to come to work for you, you want them to be excited about a certain field or job,” Stephens said.
Stephens hopes the Trade School will do that.
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Duke, 2019 NCAA Tournament: The eight opinions you’re allowed to have about the Blue Devils.
Brace yourself: you might find yourself rooting for Duke.
For decades, the Duke men’s basketball program has elicited either respect and adoration or visceral revulsion. Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski’s self-replenishing army of floor-slappin’ Wojos hustled their way to multiple national championships and dared you to love or hate them along the way. Tough, talented, and smug, the Blue Devils were the rich campers from across the lake. You knew what you were getting every year.
But this Duke team is different. Thanks to their exciting freshman stars, the Blue Devils are fun and a little unpredictable. Fans raised on Bobby Hurley and J.J. Redick may not know what to do with the NCAA Tournament’s overall No. 1 seed. There’s a chance you’ll even find yourself rooting for them! These are confusing times, and this guide will help you cope with the various opinions you may form about Duke this month.
1. This is the most likable Duke team ever.
Familiarity breeds contempt, and so it makes sense that the reviled Blue Devils squads of yore were packed with four-year players like Christian Laettner and Shelden Williams. You just got sick of seeing those guys, which is something you can’t say about Duke’s current batch of stars. While an absence of hate doesn’t necessarily make something “likable,” these freshmen play fast, loose, and above the rim. Zion Williamson, the charming talisman of this young Duke team, plays like a roadhouse bouncer blessed with the gift of flight, and every one of his games is appointment viewing.
2. This Duke team is actually plenty hateable, thank you very much.
Williamson hurt his knee in a cobbling mishap late in the season, and Duke struggled for consistency in his absence. Neutral fans were the real losers during that stretch, however, because without Zion, Duke played like a run-of-the-mill, off-year Blue Devils team (with worse shooting). It wasn’t very fun.
Although they may not have a transcendent pest like Grayson Allen, this vintage of Duke can still be plenty annoying. Krzyzewski is as dour as ever on the sidelines, and junior forwards Javin DeLaurier and Jack White form a decent Plumlee tribute band.
3. This Duke team is the best men’s college basketball team ever.
They have the best recruiting class ever, but that’s more a matter of fact than it is an opinion. This Duke team will need to win the national title to have an argument for “best team ever,” but a dominant run would put them in the conversation.
4. This Duke team isn’t even the best college basketball team in the country.
Are we really supposed to believe that Duke will leapfrog the 1972 UCLA Bruins when they couldn’t even beat Syracuse at home? (Yes, Reddish missed that game and Jones sat out most of it. But still, Syracuse.) The Blue Devils don’t even have the best record in their conference, and their subpar 3-point shooting and over-reliance on Williamson could make them a vulnerable No. 1 seed.
5. This Duke team shows why Coach K is a genius.
When Elton Brand entered the NBA after his sophomore year in 1999, he became the first Duke player to declare early for the draft. The Blue Devils’ lack of one-and-done talent earned them plenty of love from aging sports fans and nostalgic members of the press. But plaudits don’t win national championships, and Krzyzewski has adjusted to this new era of college basketball with aplomb. It’s not easy to change, but he’s mastered this new approach better than all his rivals—including coaches who got massive head starts, like Kentucky’s John Calipari.
6. This Duke team shows why Coach K is in decline.
How are you going to lose five games with all that talent? Come on, Mike.
7. This Duke team is the future of basketball.
Four of Duke’s five starters are capable of bringing the ball up the floor, and they’re making NBA-style position-free basketball work in college. Krzyzewski didn’t just recruit the best high schoolers: He brought in versatile players who can fit this fluid system, and that’s why the Blue Devils are at the forefront of the game’s evolution.
8. This Duke team is a relic that plays an archaic form of basketball.
As a team, Duke shoots 30.2 percent from 3-point range. That ranks 339th in Division 1 , and it’s the lowest average of any tournament-bound school. Duke’s players are interchangeable in that none of them can shoot, and the Blue Devils truly are at the forefront of hitting the rim.
9. This Duke team could blow out the New York Knicks.
That’s idiotic. Duke would win at the buzzer.
Google’s unveiling of its Buzz social network last week has only ratcheted up the buzz (pun intended) around social media as the future of marketing. That said, as my previous post illustrated (//www.fastcompany.com/blog/eric-groves/innovation-technology-and-customer/if-tweet-falls-internet-and-no-one-hears-it), I’m not quite ready to give up on other forms of electronic marketing just yet.
When it comes to social media, my contention has been that email is the original social media. Ask yourself how many times a day you check your email account. Now compare that to the number of times you check your Facebook page and Twitter account.
Not only can email be more secure when used properly, it also can have a longer tail. If the customer you’re connected to on a social network is following or is friends with hundreds of other people and organizations, your messages could pass by them quickly and disappear into the ether before they even notice. With email, readers can save items in their inbox for further action, giving your emailed message more impact.
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
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SAINT THOMAS TOWNSHIP, Franklin County, Pa.– State Police in Franklin County are searching for a man who made a traffic stop while pretending to be a police officer.
It happened around 5:30 p.m. Saturday on Jack Road near Snyder Road in Saint Thomas Township. State Troopers say the man was driving a black, older-style police vehicle. It had a red and blue revolving light on the roof of the car and another similar light sitting on the driver’s side dashboard.
The suspect pulled over a car, being operated by a female driver. He identified himself as a State Trooper and asked the victim to exit her car. The suspect then searched the victim’s person and told her to lay on the ground next to her car. He then attempted to take a ring off the victim’s left hand. After this, investigators say he ordered the victim to stand up and pulled her by the hair. The suspect then got back in his vehicle and fled south on Jack Road.
The suspect is described as a black male with black hair in a buzz cut. He had a deep tone of voice and was last seen wearing a black shirt, blue jeans and white sneakers.
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact PA State Police at the Chambersburg Barracks by calling (717) 264-5161.
State Police advise all drivers that any trooper or municipal officer making a traffic stop will be in proper uniform and will be driving a marked patrol car. True law enforcement officers will also identify themselves by name and announce who they work for.
State Police also say if you feel uncomfortable with the person who is making the traffic stop, you can call 911 from your car to confirm it is a legitimate traffic stop.
According to a press release dated November 03, 2010, the Complaint charges St. Joe, certain of its officers and directors, its underwriter and auditors with violations of the Securities Act of 1933 and Securities Exchange Act of 1934. St. Joe is one of the largest real estate development companies in Florida and is engaged in town and resort development, commercial and industrial development and rural land sales. More specifically, the Complaint alleges that the Company failed to disclose and misrepresented the following material adverse facts which were known to defendants or recklessly disregarded by them: (1) as the Florida real estate market was in decline, St. Joe was failing to take adequate and required impairments and accounting write-downs on many of its Florida based property developments; (2) as a result, St. Joe's financial statements materially overvalued the Company's Florida based property developments; (3) the Company's financial statements were not prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles; (4) the Company lacked adequate internal and financial controls; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's financial statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
On October 13, 2010, St. Joe's investors were shocked as Greenlight Capital's David Einhorn detailed at the Value Investing Congress how St. Joe needed to take "substantial impairments" and accounting writedowns on many of its properties, and that further building by the Company "will drive the stock price to zero." Mr. Einhorn's presentation, entitled "Field of Schemes: If You Build It, They Won't Come," noted that St. Joe's "development plans have fallen flat, leaving it with 'ghost towns' and inevitable writedowns." For example, Mr. Einhorn said he would "generously" place a value of $17.8 million on the remaining residential development at St. Joe's Windmark Beach property while the company is carrying the property at $164.5 million on its balance sheet. Mr. Einhorn also stated that the Company "was 'stuck' after making an aggressive bet on beachfront developments that have gone nowhere, and that it was overvaluing the real estate holdings on its books."
On this news, shares of the Company's stock fell $2.38 per share, or 9.7 percent, to close on October 13, 2010 at $22.16 per share, on unusually heavy trading volume. The following day the Company's shares declined an additional $2.42 per share, or 10.9 percent, to close on October 14, 2010 at $19.74 per share, again on heavy trading volume. Cumulatively, over these two days St. Joe's shares declined a total of $4.80 per share, or over 19.5 percent.
On January 11, 2011, pursuant to the Court's order of Consolidation, this case was consolidated onto docket number 10-cv-452. On January 25, 2011, the Court issued an Order appointing Lead Plaintiff and Lead Counsel.
On January 28, 2011, the Court Ordered, pursuant to Fla. N.D. Loc. 3.1(C), the venue for this case to be transferred from the Pensacola Division to the Panama City Division. All future pleadings and communications for the consolidated cases shall refer to Panama City Division and Case No. 5:11-CV-27. On February 24, 2011, a Consolidated Amended Class Action Complaint was filed.
The defendants filed a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim on April 6, 2011. On August 24, 2011, Judge Richard Smoak signed the Order granting the motion to dismiss without prejudice. Plaintiff shall have twenty days, until 9/14/2011, in which to serve an Amended Consolidated Complaint. Failure to file an amended complaint shall result in dismissal with prejudice and the case being closed.
On January 12, 2012, the Court issued an Order granting the motion to dismiss with prejudice and dismissing the case.
On March 15, 2012, notice was filed with the Court that plaintiffs appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit from the Judgment entered in favor of the defendants on January 12, 2012. On February 25, 2013, the Court of Appeals issued their ruling affirming the decision of the District Court.
Robert J. Meyer, et al. v. The St. Joe Company, et al.
Everybody loves a story about unlikely dreams fulfilled, and Tom Jones’ is a doozy. As explained on the Tom’s Burgers & Grill web site, Jones graduated at the top of his class with an engineering degree from University of Texas-Arlington but eventually became disillusioned with the high-salary sales job he landed after graduation. He wanted to work for himself, and he loved hamburgers.
He and wife Jessica opened Tom’s Burgers & Grill after many months of researching North Texas burgers, sandwiches, chicken-fried steak, egg dishes, and other comfort food must-haves.
Tom’s, located on the south side of I-30 in Arlington, is an old-fashioned diner that looks like a chrome passenger car and has an interior that’s sort of a cross between American Graffiti and Lost in Space: early-’60s-era soda counters, swivel chairs, and round puffy-seated booths accented with a kitschy futurist obsession with glass bricks and shiny silver surfaces. Tom and Jennifer refurbished what used to be a retro Denny’s location.
Tom’s menu covers breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The appetizers here come in mega-portions and, if gobbled indiscriminately, are more likely to satisfy your appetite than pique it. From a long list of waist-expanding selections that included fried mozzarella cheese, cheddar- or cream cheese-stuffed jalapeños with ranch dip, fried mushrooms, and buffalo chicken wings, we chose the hand-battered onion rings and the bacon cheese fries. Each colossal ring turned out to be nearly as wide as a Tom’s burger, and the hot breading was a pleasing combination of crispy and lightly greasy with firm but tender onion slices. They were marvelous.
The bacon cheese fries didn’t seem to get nearly as much attention from the kitchen. Though the crunchy, salty shards of bacon were generous, the fries were rather ordinary, thick spears with a thin glaze of melted cheddar. Upping the decadence factor with two or more different kinds of cheeses would have benefited the flavor greatly.
On to the burgers. There are eight different styles, including hickory, chili-cheese, bacon-cheese, mushroom-swiss, and Southwest. The beef patties, which are prepared over a custom-designed wood-flame grill that Tom added, are served in one-third-pound and half-pound sizes. I ordered a one-third-pound Southwest burger, medium rare. The server suggested I upgrade to a half-pound, as the patty would be juicier and actually retain some pink in it. She was right. Piled high with assertive smoked onions plus tender, sliced, and sautéed bell peppers; gooey pepper jack cheese; and a generous spread of garlic mayo in a soft-and-crunchy grilled French brioche bun, the Southwest was messy-great and dripping with beefy richness.
The chicken-fried steak turned out to be one of the most original versions we’ve seen around these parts, and that’s saying something. The moist, pounded-thin steak was coated with crumbled, ridged potato chips, then deep fried until the coating was alternately dark brown and medium golden. Even beneath a steaming pool of pepper-flecked, non-lumpy cream gravy, the potato chip cover retained its crunch and delivered a delicious variation on a beloved state cuisine. The red potatoes on the side were also superb – the chunky spuds were only lightly mashed with pieces of red peel throughout, and they radiated the aroma of garlic and dill. Such small but significant details are what make Tom’s a silver-plated dream destination for Americana food fanciers.
1530 N Cooper St, Arlington. 817-459-9000.
After a national search, Savannah State University (SSU) has appointed Mary Grimes-McGreer, Ph.D., to serve as associate provost and associate vice president for Academic Affairs. She brings 25 years of higher education experience to the administrative role. Grimes-McGreer will begin in the role July 1.
Grimes-McGreer was most recently campus dean and director of Webster University’s Greenville, South Carolina, campus location. During her career, she has held the roles of academic department chair, coordinator of graduate studies, off-site campus academic and student services chief officer and chief accreditation officer.
She has served at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina; Columbia College in Columbia, South Carolina; Fayetteville State University in Fayetteville, South Carolina; South Carolina State University in Greenville; and the South Carolina State Department of Education in Columbia.
Grimes-McGreer holds a bachelor of fine arts degree in professional theater from North Carolina A&T State University and a master of fine arts degree in musical theater from Alliant University, San Diego, Calif.
In 2003, she received her doctorate in higher education administration from the University of South Carolina. In 2010-2011, she was a fellow for the American Council on Education.
SUBMITTED PHOTO Organizers plan St. Vladimir Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church’s annual harvest dinner, scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 18, at 12:30 p.m. at the parish center, 428 N. Seventh Ave., Scranton. From left, seated: Daria McDonnell, Shirley Nidoh, Stefan Tutka, Sophie Soniak, Stella Patrick, Dorothy Fleck and Michael McConnell. Standing: Maria Black, Helen Ewasko, Mark Izak, Dorothy Kowalchick, Helen Pagnotti, Regina Kozel, Kristen Waznak and Paul Ewasko.
Lighting ceremony: Dickson City Christmas Light and Decorative Banner Association fifth annual town lighting ceremony, Nov. 18, 2-6 p.m., Municipal Building, Enterprise Street, free to all borough residents, featuring horse-drawn sleigh rides, arts and crafts for the children, holiday movies, caroling, a lighting ceremony for the 14-foot outdoor holiday tree and new wreaths on the Municipal Building, announcement of the coloring contest winners, a visit by special guests and refreshments.
Society meets: SS. Anthony and Rocco Holy Name Society meeting Sunday in the parish hall after the 8:30 a.m. Mass; breakfast served.
Free luncheon: Free Thanksgiving community luncheon at Christ Episcopal Church, Delaware and Dundaff streets, Saturday, Nov. 17, noon-1 p.m.
Historical meeting: Greenfield Twp. Historical Society meeting, Monday, 6 p.m., museum building.
Seniors meet: Keyser Valley Senior Citizens meeting, Monday, 1 p.m., community center, games and refreshments follow.
Purse bingo: Third annual designer purse bingo by Keystone College’s Hospitality Club, “Bling, Bag, Bingo!” 5 p.m., Nov. 30, Keystone’s Brooks Theatre, $25/ticket, BYOB. Information: Brenda Lidy, brenda.lidy@keystone.edu.
Committee meetings: Old Forge School District policy committee and athletic committee meetings, Tuesday, immediately after informational session in the auditorium.
Classmate addresses: West Hazleton High School class of 1969 reunion committee is seeking current addresses and asking classmates to provide updated addresses by contacting Sandy Schugardt Marsch, 570-956-0605.
Harvest dinner: St. Vladimir Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church annual harvest dinner, Sunday, Nov. 18, 12:30 p.m., parish center, 428 N. Seventh Ave., Scranton, $13/adults, $8/children 6-12, free/children 5 and under. Reservations close Monday; no tickets at the door, takeouts available by advance order and must be picked up between 11:30 a.m.-noon. Reservations: Maria Black, 570-503-1514.
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We hear about levels in our world, particularly as they relate to management and leadership. Terms like "strategic" (importance), "executive" (rank), and "global" (scope) are mentioned. Each implies class, something my firm consciously destroys because the distinctions create division. This is more important than ever, since so many leaders seem confused about their role in uniting positive energy in people.
With a scarcity of leadership in society, it's vital we reorient our levels view and remove class from the leadership conversation. To understand this new paradigm, think about leadership levels in the context of maturity and responsibility and de-emphasize personality, title and power.
The need for our shift should be obvious. Leadership is failing before our eyes. Before laying out the new leadership-level paradigm, consider these three areas of society where improved leadership is paramount now.
Whether you know it or not, the objective of major technology companies and the discussions taking place in the realm of enablers is all about the accumulation of power. In the dot-com days, the term most commonly used was "scale." Build everything for internet scale. It had a simpler connotation back then because it was mostly about hardware, software, networks and computing power, but not people. It was pure tech. Make it fast, and make it ubiquitous.
Then, the new mantra became the power of data. Initially, the model was about how to collect, store, and optimize it, while running atop the new global infrastructure. Dropping the "match" of the smartphone (like an ignition source) into the middle of the data aggregation firestorm, and technology companies had a business model built from millions, then billions of data donors.
Today, we are all data donors. To some, it's not as significant as being an organ donor; to others, it's much more. But as the technology world strives for all things digital, there are enormous ramifications that most of us have never given a moment's thought. I'll mention just one here, as I'm drafting an entire manuscript on the broader implications of an all-digital future. The one you should read about is singularity. In its most distilled form, it means machines will eventually become smarter than human beings. Some of the most notable innovators of our time, like Elon Musk and the late Stephen Hawking, believe this could eventually eliminate the need for human beings.
Since there's no way to wind back the clock of progress, we can only vector our future. Where are all of the national discussions about our trajectory and their implications? Where do technology firms stand on the new leadership-level paradigm?
Many would argue that American politicians rank among the lowest of all professions in terms of trustworthiness, competence and reputation. Some of this is well deserved, as we've elected people who are great talkers and personalities but are poorly qualified to solve local, let alone national or global problems. This is a huge departure from our past when, without question, our founding politicians were among the most capable, intelligent, well-read and enlightened members of society.
While it's easy to prey on their reputation, the real question is where do they stand on the new leadership-level paradigm?
I assign the responsibility for this category to all of us citizens. No one wants to be called out for being defective in their ethics and morals. To establish some credibility, I confess that I have a long way to go as a flawed human being, but at least a) I'm aware of it, and b) I'm working on it.
So, please review the new leadership levels, and consider your own position therein. Perhaps we can find a common language in this new paradigm to eliminate the division of class distinction and unify on a framework built to emphasize personal and team improvement.
1. Intellectual: At this level, your leadership capabilities are totally self-contained. They're based on your internal biases, filtering, and rationalized level of leadership. All leadership needs to start with knowledge, and the reservoir is vast. Dive in!
2. Behavioral: At this level, your leadership capabilities are demonstrated through your decisions. This is internal in nature. It's more about your training, skills, judgment, thought processes, motivations and their manifestations in the (hopefully) conscious choices you make. Self-awareness is vital at this level, and the front door to it is humility. Evaluate your humility. Fix it before embarking on the other levels.
3. Demonstrated: At this level, your leadership is witnessed by others through your actions. Regardless of your personality, rank, role, gender, race or age, your demonstrated leadership produces responses from others. By making things happen, for better or worse, others can now judge your actions in order to a) reject them; b) join them; c) challenge them, etc. An open feedback loop from others is mandatory.

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