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2016 

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Time to get your meetup scheduled sometime between July 23rd and August 7th and send the details in the format mentioned below. Summer 2016 Active Rain Meetups! Time to celebrate Summer with a few Active Rain friends! The next round of meetups will be starting in just over 2 weeks. Time to get yo...
07/12/2016

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Important Information for Your Baby Sitters When someone else cares for your children, follow these important safety tips which were provided by the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service:• Talk to your baby sitter about your family's fire escape plan.• Show your baby sitter where your smoke a...
07/12/2016

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Book Recommendation: Extreme Prey by John Sandford Extreme Prey (2016) is book number 26 of the Lucas Davenport thrillers by The New York Times bestselling author John Sandford. This story is about an Iowa woman who is planning to kill a presidential candidate and the setting is in the Iowa campa...
07/11/2016

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There is a section of Active Rain, where you can check the number of visitors who checked out your Post. This you can find out by going to the Traffic (Stats)  section. Being an Internet Savvy Realtor the question always makes us wonder: are our posts being seen by people on the World Wide Web? T...
07/11/2016

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The Lessons Learned Contest in June gave an opportunity to share an experience or lesson that members learned during their careers.  The Lessons Learned Contest in June gave an opportunity to share an experience or lesson that members learned during their careers. 105 members wrote about a lesson...
07/11/2016

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Facebook Group: Planet Orchid There are a number of Facebook groups on orchids. If you enjoy growing, photographing or learning more about orchids, you will have a good selection of groups that share your personal interests. One of the groups that you may wish to consider is Planet Orchid which h...
07/11/2016

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Book Recommendation: Redemption Road by John Hart Redemption Road (2016) is the fifth novel by The New York Times bestselling author John Hart. Dolores and I have read all of his books and recommend them for your reading list. This is a story of crime and its profound ripple effects on the human ...
07/10/2016

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The principles of PDCA can be applied to most aspects of business and life in general, and blogging is no different. For those from the business world, Plan Do Check Act (PDCA) is going to sound familiar.  Basically the roots of the approach are fairly old and inherent to continuous improvement p...
07/10/2016

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Don’t give up!   Seek additional advice regarding your needed Down Payment.  Exhaust all your options and information resources.  The Scoop on Down Payments: They Don't Need to be 20%              It seems like a lifetime ago, but in actuality, it’s only been (approximately) 8 years since our nat...
07/10/2016

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Roses, The J. C. Raulston Arboretum, NC State University, Raleigh, NC If you visit Raleigh, North Carolina this summer, you may wish to spend some time at The J. C. Raulston Arboretum at NC State University.  Roses, The J. C. Raulston Arboretum, NC State University, Raleigh, NCCanon PowerShot G11...
07/10/2016
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