In a survey of worst fears, public speaking was second only to death. Many years ago, Dr. Ralph C. Smedley recognized the need to overcome this fear. In October 1924, a group of men led by Dr. Smedley met in the basement of the YMCA in Santa Ana, California. Their purpose? To form an […]
PETER WING’S DREAM CASTLE
PETER WING’S NEVERENDING (Recycled) DREAM CASTLE By Warren D. Jorgensen In 1968, Peter Wing brought Toni Simoncelli to the meadow overlooking his family’s 157-acre, century-old family farm and proposed to her. "He said," she remembers, "that he was going to build me a castle, and put me in it." "I did not." He says, lamely. […]
AB 87 to bring recognition to Paso Robles wines
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A bill written by Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee (R-San Luis Obispo) aims to make wine from Paso Robles internationally recognized by designating the area as the second official wine region in the U.S. to have label protections enacted. AB 87 is a conjunctive labeling bill, which means that it aims to connect wineries […]
Cross border activities of Taliban extremists
“Paktia province of Afghanistan is comparatively a peaceful province, Khost, Paktia and Ningarhar provinces of Afghanistan are sharing border with Waziristan and Kurram Agency of Pakistan, in Jaji area of Paktia Province four schools a hospital and numerous roads and bridges are built by Afghan government of Mr. Hamid Karazai with help of USA and […]
StrikeIron and O’Reilly Media Announce Mashup Contest at ETel
Developers invited to create new applications using multiple content and telephony technologies Research Triangle Park, NC – February 6, 2007 – StrikeIron Inc., the leading provider of live data and business functionality over the web and O’Reilly Media, Inc. today announced the first ever Telephony Mashup Contest to take place during the O’Reilly Emerging Telephony […]
Heard by a Bird
"Fiction isn’t lies. Fiction is fibs."– Edna Ferber Bumper sticker: My iPhone Is InLove With Your iPod Did you see the cloud shaped like a freckled egg over Fox Hollow last Tuesday? Ask Sparrow "Ask Sparrow," as you may know, is a regular feature of this column, where indecisive persons submit their dilemmas for […]