New computer sparks a writer's productivity dream
After years of longing and saving I bought a blue iMac. The piece charts a transition from fear of tech ignorance to amusement and cautious productivity as the author discovers online life, email, and potential column writing while juggling parenthood.
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Bloomington
Ind
Boy Scouts Honor Lt. Gov. Rick Perry in Midland
Lt. Gov. Rick Perry received the Buffalo Trails Council of Boy Scouts of America Distinguished Citizen Award at a Midland Petroleum Club banquet. Perry, an Eagle Scout for more than 30 years, spoke on the value of Scout ideals and the need for citizens who live by honor courage loyalty family faith and friendship.
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Midland
Rick Perry
Buffalo Trails Council of
Boy Scouts of America
Perry
Petroleum Club
Boy Scouts
Buffalo Trails Council
Midland drug bust nets six arrests in cocaine ring
Local and federal officers arrested six Midland men in a six month probe into a heavy volume cocaine dealer. Four faces federal charges, two face state counts, with one kilogram seized. Ten locations were searched across east central Midland and nearby jurisdictions.
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Midland
DEA
Urby
Central Midland
MET
Odessa
Odessa American ends free Jobs Wanted ads after oil downturn
Area residents thank OA for offering free Jobs Wanted ads for workers displaced by falling oil demand. In weeks, 415 ads were published, valued at 11420, aiding many, but daily ads have slowed, ending the free run. Half-price future ads offered for those affected, with possibility of free ads again if conditions worsen.
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Permian Basin
Odessa
Bill Salter
Cave Kerley
Kerley
Salter
UTPB Awarded $100000 Federal Grant for Economic Diversity
The University of Texas at the Permian Basin will receive a $100000 federal grant from the Economic Development Administration to boost economic diversity in the Permian Basin. The one year program funds will be reimbursed monthly for eligible expenses. EDA’s long running CEED program supports research and demographic data used by communities and chambers of commerce in West Texas.
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UTPB
University of Texas
Permian Basin
Economic Development Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce
Troy Williamson
EDA University Center
Williamson
EDA
Chambers of Commerce
West Texas
University
CEED
Center For Energy and Economic Diversification
Texas Historical Commission restores nine 19th century banners
Nine historic flags from the Texas Revolution and Civil War were unveiled by the Texas Historical Commission in Austin. Restored over hundreds of hours, the banners will join others in the state archives display. notables include Mexican soldiers flags from the Matamoros and Guerrero battalions tied to the Alamo events and seven Civil War flags carried by Texas regiments including the First Texas Infantry.
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Lynn Bell
Center For American History
University of Texas
Austin
Alamo
Texas
San Jacinto
Diers
Matamoros
Maberry
Guerrero
Santa Anna
Texas Infantry
Independent oil producers file dumping petition in Washington
A coalition of independent oil producers led by Save Domestic Oil filed with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission in Washington Tuesday alleging Iraq, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela are dumping crude oil in the U S market. The group seeks an investigation under a 1930 trade law to determine if prices are unlawfully low and if tariffs should be imposed.
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Iraq
Mexico
Saudi Arabia
Venezuela
U.S
Commerce Department
International Trade Commission
SDO
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