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Carpe Diem!
After 8 years, 3 months and 17 days of living the Spartan Life, Colleen and I are headed back home to Florida.On January 1, 2010, we began our MSU Alumni Association adventure at the Alamo Bowl. Since that time, we have lived and loved the MSUAA lifestyle. Michigan State cured her Ovarian Cancer twice, giving…
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What the world needs now…
It’s been a week off the grid recentering with my family and a time to ponder some of the things that that the world needs now.When I see the often overt hate speech that proliferates so freely in the pseudo anonymity of social media I feel two powerful emotions: anger and sadness.I am angry that…
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Drink, Steal, Swear and Lie
I’ve been at a conference of my alumni peers this week. On the last evening, one of our valued colleagues announced her retirement, telling the crowd to “Drink, Steal, Swear and Lie”. I was a bit taken aback… until she explained..Drink daily from the cup of knowledge. Never stop learning and you will never stop…
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Extraordinary Social Media Engagement: How It’s Done
Can a police department gain a positive national following by engaging on social media? Here’s the story of one that did.I’m a huge fan of the Newport Beach, California, Police Department. Not only do they protect and serve their community with professionalism and class, they are best in class at telling their stories in an…
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Beyond Newsletters
One of the things that’s most alluring about amateur radio is the ever expanding variety of communication modes at our disposal. From the dots and dashes of morse code to the digital packets that can carry everything from voice to data, there is truly something for every interest. Hams prefer to create and consume their…
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Keeping the Past alive.
My good friend, Dan Romanchik recently wrote about his disappointment to learn that WV7G, who posted a plan for a single tube transmitter had passed away and his web page describing the project had seemingly passed on with him. Enter W5RST, who referenced the Internet Archive, where web content seemingly lives forever. Lo and behold,…