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Glimmerglass Festival artistic and general director Francesca Zambello was named the artistic director for the Washington National Festival last week, according to a media release from the WNO.
Zambello will assume the new position Jan. 1. She has served as the company's artistic advisor since June 2011.
Her new position with the WNO will not affect her role with the Glimmerglass Festival, according to Brittany Lesavoy, the director of public relations for the Festival.
"My position as artistic director at Washington National Opera will complement my work at Glimmerglass, not unlike my predecessor Paul Kellogg, who ran both Glimmerglass and New York City Opera," Zambello said in an email. "As my work outside our festival expands, I am able to bring more and more ideas, collaborations and opportunities back to Glimmerglass. I am very passionate about our Glimmerglass Festival as well as the surrounding Central New York community — I actually just bought a new home in the area. I look forward to continuing collaborations with area organizations and artists this coming season and beyond."
Zambello will have responsibility for the WNO's artistic vision and direction, including repertoire and casting. She will work in close collaboration with Kennedy Center President Michael M. Kaiser, WNO Executive Director Michael L. Mael, and WNO Music Director Philippe Auguin to further the company's long history of artistic excellence, the release stated.
She will also oversee the artistic growth of the company's Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program and will guide the future of the American Opera Initiative, WNO's new American opera commissioning program. She will continue to direct one production each season.
"Cesca is both a brilliant director and a highly effective administrator," WNO Board Chairwoman Jacqueline B. Mars said in the release. "Her stature in the international opera community enhances the company and I have great confidence that she will take WNO in a positive direction."
"Francesca Zambello will bring much passion and vision to WNO in her expanded role as Artistic Director," Kennedy Center President Michael M. Kaiser said in the release. "Her deep commitment to WNO's mission, its legacy of rich artistic programming, and its outreach and education initiatives will help bring WNO to a new level of artistic achievement."
Zambello has directed numerous productions for WNO and will direct her new production of "Show Boat" in May 2013. She directed an acclaimed production of "Aida" with the Glimmerglass Festival this season.
According to the Glimmerglass Festival website, she began her career as the Artistic Director of the Skylight Opera Theatre and as an assistant director to the late Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. She has been a guest lecturer at Harvard, Juilliard and Yale. An American who grew up in Europe, she speaks French, Italian, German and Russian and is a graduate of Colgate University in Hamilton.
She became the Glimmerglass Festival Artistic and General Director Sept. 1, 2010.
"It will be an enormous pleasure and honor to expand my role with WNO as its Artistic Director, maintaining the high standards set by my predecessors and leading WNO into the future," said Ms. Zambello. "I will respect what appeals to our long-time patrons and supporters while at the same time work hard to attract new audiences to opera. I look forward to raising the profile of the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program, continuing the great work already underway with the American Opera Initiative, and highlighting special and unique repertoire and artists that only the intimacy of the Kennedy Center affords us. This is a challenge I embrace unequivocally, and I look forward to sharing more of my plans in the coming months."
"Francesca Zambello will bring much passion and vision to WNO in her expanded role as Artistic Director," stated Kennedy Center President Michael M. Kaiser. "Her deep commitment to WNO's mission, its legacy of rich artistic programming, and its outreach and education initiatives will help bring WNO to a new level of artistic achievement."
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The Cooperstown Central School District will host an informational meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday to learn about the $5.9 million Capital Project Referendum being held on March 12.
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Patricia Cone recalls growing up as an only child. She never really clicked with any of the boys her age, saying they came off as silly to her; she felt she was a little more mature for her age.
But then there was her future husband Ed, with whom she grew up in the Summerville area. He was nine years older than her but Patricia said she felt like he met that quota of being an older, more mature gentleman.
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The Cones tied the knot on Dec. 20, 1963 at Knightsville United Methodist Church. The couple has two sons.
Patricia said that over the years she has learned care and trust are two of the biggest factors that contribute to a long marriage.
I would say the first thing is you have to care about the person before you get married, she said.
Patricia added that communication is very important as well, and there will definitely be many times within a marriage when spouses need to talk to each other and learn to forgive each other.
There are ups and downs in marriage, she said. You have to work through your problems. Communication is important and forgiveness, I think that is very important.
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Eileen said commitment is the key to having a long, healthy marriage.
Commitment, definitely, and giving each other space to be an individual also, she said.
George said married couples should take long trips together, just the two of them, and not give up working and doing things together at the end.
Make sure both people have jobs so youre not together constantly, he said, and still go out on dates, and have the children and grandchildren come over.
George also said once the children moved out he and his wife grew closer as they got more one-on-one time and continued to do things together.
The last 25 years have gotten better and better, he said.
Robert and Jeanette Burditt celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Feb. 6.
Jeanette said to be able to compromise helps build a strong relationship between spouses. Jeanette loves to ballroom dance, so her husband learned how to dance. Likewise, Robert likes to play bridge, so she learned how to play bridge as well.
You need to respect each other and be friends as well as lovers, she said. Just make sure you talk to each other.
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Inglish says that Union Pacific has been very good to work with, especially when it comes to safety, "As long as we show the right respect for safety in construction in the corridor and for their operation, they have been very good to work with. They have allowed us to work in longer sections that might not normally been allowed and that has allowed the project to move along faster and more efficiently."
The next issue after obtaining the right of way, laying the tracks and getting the equipment in place was who would run the system. There are a lot of options as to who can man your commuter rail line, and Inglish says they listened to them all.
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The more they looked at it, the more Inglish and his team felt they could run the system themselves. They spent days discussing the matter with panels of representatives from Amtrak, other railroad operators and contract operators. Inglish says they discussed the pros and cons of doing it themselves and came up with the only other alternative being a design-build-operate-maintain model (DBOM) with a contractor such as Bombardier, but in the end they decided to keep the operations in-house.
"Finally what it came down to was we think we can do this, we think we can do this more efficiently, our operators, our labor union wants to be a part of this, it's sort of a morale issue, let's set it up and do it ourselves," Inglish says.
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If you ask John Inglish what his job at UTA is, he will likely say he brings the vision and his team puts it into action. Inglish is a visionary in every definition of that word. He sits on high-level committees within both APTA and UITP and is looked upon by his peers with respect for his knowledge of not just the transit industry, but the vision of where the transit industry has been, where it is and where it should be going.
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In law, ostensible authority refers to the apparent authority of an agent (usually a company director) of a company as it appears to others,[1] and it can operate both to enlarge actual authority and to create authority where no actual authority exists.[2] The law relating to companies and to ostensible authority are in reality only a sub-set of the rules relating to apparent authority and the law of agency generally, but because of the prevalence of the issue in relation to corporate law (companies, being artificial persons, are only ever able to act at all through their human agents), it has developed its own specific body of case law. However, some jurisdictions use the terms interchangeably.
In Freeman and Lockyer v Buckhurst Park Properties [1964] 2 QB 480 the director in question managed the company's property and acted on its behalf and in that role employed the plaintiff architects to draw up plans for the development of land held by the company. The development ultimately collapsed and the plaintiffs sued the company for their fees. The company denied that the director had any authority to employ the architects. The court found that, while he had never been appointed as managing director (and therefore had no actual authority, express or implied) his actions were within his ostensible authority and the board had been aware of his conduct and had acquiesced in it. Diplock LJ identified four factors which must be present before a company can be bound by the acts of an agent who has no authority to do so; it must be shown that:
- a representation that the agent had authority to enter on behalf of the company into a contract of the kind sought to be enforced was made to the contractor;
- such a representation was made by a person or persons who has 'actual' authority to manage the business of the company, either generally or in respect of those matters to which the contract relates;
- the contractor was induced by such representation to enter into the contract, ie. that he in fact relied upon it; and
- under its memorandum or articles of association the company was not deprived of the capacity either to enter into a contract of the kind sought to be enforced or to delegate authority to enter into a contract of that kind to an agent.
The agent must have been held out by someone with actual authority to carry out the transaction and an agent cannot hold himself out as having authority for this purpose.[3] The acts of the company as principle must constitute a representation (express or by conduct) that the agent had a particular authority and must be reasonably understood so by the third party. In determining whether the principal had represented his agent as having such authority, the court has to consider the totality of the company's conduct.[4] The most common form of holding out is permitting the agent to act in the conduct of the company's business, and in many cases this is inferred simply from allowing the agent to use a particular title, such as 'finance director'.
The apparent authority must not be undermined by any limitations on the company's capacity or powers found in the memorandum or articles of association, although in many countries, the effect of this is reduced by company law reforms abolishing or restricting the application of the ultra vires doctrine to companies.[5] However, statutory reforms do not affect the general principle that a third party cannot rely upon ostensible authority where it is aware of some limitation which prevents the authority arising, or is put on enquiry as to the extent of an individual's authority.[6] In some circumstances, the very nature of a transaction would be held to put a person on enquiry.[7]
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The rule in Turquand's case
- Main article: Royal British Bank v Turquand
The rule in Turquand's case does not enable a third party to hold the company to an unauthorised transaction per se. It allows a third party to assume that a transaction which is within the authority of the directors has been properly authorised, but it requires the third party to establish the fact of authority, actual or apparent, in the first place.
It is always open to the board of directors to ratify an unauthorised act entered into by a director or other agent.
See also
- ^ Hely-Hutchison v Brayhead Ltd [1968] 1 QB 549 at 583
- ^ See First Energy (UK) Limited v Hungarian International Bank [1993] BCLC 1409
- ^ Armagas Ltd v Mudogas SA [1986] AC 717
- ^ Egyptian International Foreign Trade Co v Soplex Wholesale [1985] BCLC 404 at 411
- ^ For example, in the United Kingdom, see section 35A of the Companies Act 1985
- ^ A L Underwood v Bank of Liverpool [1924] 1 KB 775
- ^ For example, where a director paid cheques drawn in favour of the company into his personl bank account (see A L Underwood v Bank of Liverpool)


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I used to work at the zoo back in a management position previously, and it makes me sad to see the direction the zoo is going. Previously, you had employees who cared about their jobs, cared about doing what was right, and wanted to make the zoo the best it could be for the people of Abilene.
Now, you have management who is worried about their own egos, fires employees who do their jobs (even though they do the job the way management wants them to), and current employees who care more about brown-nosing to management rather than what is best for the public or the animals.
This situation not only involves the zoo director, but it goes higher up than that, as city officials allow this insanity to occur.
I went to the zoo in January, and was appalled to hear that it had gotten worse - I thought I had it bad when I worked there! Hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, exhibits that take too long to get done, and management who only cares about themselves.
Sadly, it seems like the director and complicit city officials who allow these happenings to occur would have to be replaced for anything to change.
I left the zoo field due to the bad taste left in my mouth from working at the Abilene Zoo. I worked in the zoo field for 12 years, and now, unfortunately, am in a different field. I did my job, working hours overtime each week I was not paid for, and worked with few resources. Sadly, again, it seems like the situation is similar in nature to when I worked there.
Let's see - time management for teachers...
As a teacher, I'm expected to:
- Teach for the test. - Grade papers and tests. - Create tests. - Write unit plans. - Write lesson plans. - Actually care about your students learning. - Discipline. - Be a surrogate parent. - Be a psychologist. - Figure out some way to encourage students to learn with few resources. - Get blamed by administration and parents for student's grades (i.e. when they don't turn in their work). - Attend multiple sessions of professional development each year just to keep your license. - Figure out a teaching strategy for up to 200 DIFFERENT learners.
I mean, geez, that sounds like a great job! And, I can make about the same as an average worker who doesn't have near the diversity of job responsibilities as I do!
Responsible teachers don't do the job for the money - they do it because they want to help students. I remember a couple of teachers I had who helped me actually learn something which made me want to be a teacher so I could help others.
Teaching is not something everyone can do - I don't think that many people know that teaching is becoming more of a science each and every day. As a pre-service teacher (I'm student teaching in the fall), I'm expected to know and utilize a myriad of teaching theories, classroom management, etc. (i.e. everything I posted above).
No wonder the teacher resignation rate is so high (average life of a teacher is around 5 years) - you have to teach for a test (so, you're not really teaching students how to learn), you have parents who don't care or don't think schools are important and want to blame you for everything (when many times, their kids simply aren't turning in their homework and are lazy), and you've got administrations who don't support their teachers.
Most grades are computerized. We can take one instance of it and generalize, but that does not make a picture. But, generalize away, earl.
Earl, very few if any students in high school grade each others papers.
Justme - read my above post - I clarified which teachers I was talking about.
There are those who go into the profession (just like any profession) to get a paycheck. But, there are those who are devoted and actually want to help the students learn, despite the long hours, sometimes uncooperative students, administration, and parents, and various other frustrations along the way.
The teachers you know don't take any work home and have very little activities? Yikes, they must not be very good teachers!
I currently work in a school district, have a wife and a mother who are teachers, and am working towards my certification, and can't think of any teacher (who cares about their students actually learn something) who doesn't put in less than 60-70 hours a weekduring the school year (school time + unit and lesson plans and grading homework / tests at home). My wife regularly stays up until 11:30 on a normal night grading papers (high school english).
Teachers don't take the jobs for the pay - I think that's a given. Most people in the "normal workforce" do take the job for what it pays. Therein lies the difference. The only teachers I hear complaining about the pay are the ones who aren't in it for the right reasons; this does not underscore the fact that most teachers are underpaid for the amount of work and effort they put in.
Just think - these are the people we are entrusting the lives of our children to. The majority of parents ARE NOT involved in the lives of their kids when it comes to school in my opinion. And, again, with very few ways to discipline children, teachers are expected to find some way to motivate them to do well on the test. Newsflash - most middle school and high school students don't care! Try doing your job with few resources and without the backing of your boss, and see how you do.
My point was no new animals during his tenure.
Yes, they put up cattle panel put up around the hyena and lion exhibits. I wouldn't call that an "upgrade". Nothing was done for the animal's inside enclosures. And, yes, they replaced some of the sidewalks. Again, nothing done for the animals.
And here's a question - Don't people go to zoos to see animals? Of all of the zoos I've been to (over 25+), I visit the gift shop about 20% of the time. Most of the items they have there are the same as most any zoo you go to. Zoos are rather static; the things that change are the animals, education programs, and sometimes items in the gift shop. There have been more animal changes in the last 2 years than in the previous 8 (rhino, all of the animals in the creepy crawler center, mountain lions, maned wolves - that's all the animals I know of personally).
I don't know Mr. Baker personally and have never met him; all I know is that he walked into a difficult situation. I never said Mr. Baker was my hero; I have no opinion on him since I don't know him. All I know is that there is a greater number and diversity of animals since I left the zoo. Things in the non-profit world do not proceed at the rate many of us would like; go to any zoo or aquarium, and they will tell you the same. I have worked at 5 different institutions, and this has been the same scenario at every single one. Baker's been there less than two years; I don't think he's had enough time to have an accurate representation of his work.
The point is that things have actually been done in the last 3 years; when I was there, little was done. Baker walked into a bad situation; he's having to clean up the mess now.
The last time I went to the zoo, there was a ton that had been done in the short time Mr. Baker had been there. Much more had been done than in the 6 years I worked there. So, I think everyone needs to put that in perspective.
I don't know anything about the new director; I just know that there have been results in new exhibits since he's been there. That includes the new creepy crawler center, the rhino, the new maned wolf area, and the new boardwalk.
While some things might not be progressing to the rate of some people, they are indeed progressing at a superior rate to the previous regime.
Yikes, sounds like the zoo when I worked there.
The money for the new entrance was actually from foundations, dontations, etc., not from the "millions" (which is way overstated) of collected zoo admissions.
150,000 visitors a year x $5.00 does not equal a million dollars. The Zoological Society spends this money for the upkeep of the animals including food, vet needs, etc.
Yes, in my opinion, they should have spend less money on the entrance and more money on the animals, but the new director IS ACTUALLY DOING THAT! Have you not seen the new reptile area, plans for the Elm Creek Backyard area, construction on the new alligator exhibit, etc? You can't change what's already been done, but things are actually being done for the animals now!
Teachers may only "have to work from 8-3 or so" M-F, but anyone who knows a teacher knows that they must grade papers at home, do professional development, be at parent/teacher meetings, write lesson and unit plans, etc. In addition, they have to in effect be parents, since a large number of parents these days are not parenting. My wife is a teacher, my mother is a teacher, and I'm currently in a teacher's certification program.
I know all the difficulties that teachers face, but I want to be a teacher to change lives, because of many of the teachers I had in school who had an effect on my life.
Teachers have to study for the state test - their jobs depend on it. Most teachers want to actually teach their students, but don't have the choice.
For the education and experience required, teaching is among the lowest paying positions out there.
Notice how everyone they interview is over 50 (or 60)... and even the majority of them don't like it. Where are all the young people to interview - answer - they leave Abilene!
Another attempt of the leaders (i.e. not necessarily elected) of Abilene pushing something stupid through.
Notice how every person interviewed is over 50 (or even 60!). And over 75% of them don't like it!
Yeah, everyone should not "frontier" (i.e. boycott)to whereever said city leaders work or have business interest in to make an economic point.
This stupidity has everything to do with the people who run Abilene. Any thoughts that do not match theirs are squashed. Abilene has great citizens, a good climate, and is a relatively good place to live DESPITE these people. They are the ones who keep businesses other than what THEY want coming into Abilene. Everyone knows it, but of course, everything gets downplayed.
I miss the people and the everyday life Abilene has.. but I do not miss the utter lack of opportunity career-wise and the lack of creativity from those who run the city.
This is going to turn out the same as it did for A&M when they fired Slocum - similar situations. A&M got the next "up and comer", and we know how that turned out. Tennessee needs to go for a proven coach who has experience at a large school with a big fan base. Butch Davis wouldn't be a bad hire, as he's coached at Miami before, and is having success at UNC in a short time.
I wouldn't say that everyone hates Abilene.
I think everyone can agree that the general population is friendly, housing is relatively inexpensive, and the weather isn't bad.
However, with those in charge consistently making stupid decisions like this, low rate of pay for experience, and lack of things to do for young people - that's why people leave.
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Stupid Ad Campaigns like this - A microcosm of why people leave Abilene.
So, in that thought, we should already be saying we hate Obama. That's all we've heard for 8 years about Bush.
Gas is $2.70 a gallon here in rural E. Tenn!
The story has been big here in Knoxville, but news of it was a week or so before the national media caught up on it. What a stupid kid!
Obama was born to a white woman. He is half black, half white. That is his ethnicity.
Bob, you talk about 1 small part of the whole, and define it as the whole. All you can do is put a personal attack, and not discuss fact. I don't have to resort to such childness.
Science education and research.
Actually, Evolution is not a "fact", and has so many holes that it's amazing that it is taught in schools at all. It's a theory - an idea that has evidence, but is not proven fact. Lets ask a rhetorical question - were you alive when ancient animals were?
To say that Evolution is the strongest fact in science is ludicrous. The strongest facts in science are those that we can observe today and that are measureable. The fossil record is so incomplete, it's not funny - not saying the evidence is not there, but is not known today to scientists. It takes many exact conditions for fossils to occur anyway - they are not the actual bones (which are of course organic and break down), but rather minerals deposited in the shape of the original bones.
And, yes, I have been in the science field for over 10 years, and have an advanced degree.
Obama is not black - he's mixed - half black, half white. His mom was caucasian and his father was Kenyan. He didn't grow up in the black community, and had to "reconnect" with his black heritage in Chicago.
Palin isn't running for president. And yet, she's at least as qualified as Obama, and for some reason keeps on getting compared to him.
If I were a conservative running for office, I'd keep as far away from the Liberal media as possible - not saying Palin is doing this, but look at the difference in coverage - it's evident.
If you don't like Abilene, move! Nothing is making you stay there.
I lived in Abilene for 6 years, liked the kind people and the climate, but disliked the lack of pay and lack of people in my demographic.
When I retire, I'd move back to Abilene... I can make my money somewhere else, and enjoy the relatively cheap cost of living.
That's the problem with Abilene, it's becoming a retirement community.
I used to see 2 or 3 of them all the time when I worked at the zoo.
It's hilarious to me how the media goes ga ga over any democrat, and gives no coverage to most republicans. When either party is caught with it's hands in the cookie jar, you always hear about the republican, and never hear about the democrat. Notice how much they don't say anything about the John Edwards debacle. Also, 88% of the media vote democratic, so of course the media bias. This country is center leaning right. There has not been only one democratic candidate in 30 years to receive over 50 % of the popular vote (Gore '00 I believe, if he even got 50%) - Clinton won with under 45% due to the Perot factor. Democrats have to hide what they believe in - why does everyone think Obama has moved to the center, even though his voting record shows him as most liberal voting member of the senate.
texas will lose at least 4 games this year. Their safeties are new, they lost Jamal Charles and Limas Sweed, and they have a tougher schedule this year.
I just gave my two week notice today. The zoo world just doesn't seem to agree with me. I wish I worked at the Abilene Zoo now, with all the renovations going on and something getting done for the animals.
I know anything about the new Director personally, only that he's actually getting things done at the zoo, doesn't write articles about nothing, and supports the zoo keepers.
I worked at the zoo from 01-06. I work at a zoo in tennessee now, but am going back to graduate school this year to teach.
I don't live in Texas, so of course, could not go to the zoo any time soon. I now work at a different zoo. I'm considering leaving the field and pursuing a different career.
Exhibit design and implementation takes time. The current administration at the zoo is actually getting more done in a shorter amount of time. Ask yourself - what was being done before the new Director came in? The only major project done before was the new entrance, which did not bring any new animals in.
In exhibit construction, there are unforseen complications pretty much 100% of the time, either large or small. This is common place at zoos - don't just think it only happens at the Abilene Zoo.
And, the zoo is actually a city / friends of the zoo. The land is owned by the city, and they pay the salaries of most of the zoo staff, but the friends of the zoo raises money for other expansion (except for publically voted on bonds) from dontations, gate receipts, and grants.
Yes, unfortunately for me, I've landed in a similar, but worse situation. I've decided to go back to school and get my teacher's certification and master's degree. The Zoo world is too messed up for me!
I jumped ship before the iceberg hit.
The Zoo being poor run has nothing to do with "government". The zoo is actually a partnership between the Zoological Society and the city. The Society funds any new expansion through private donations, funds raised, grants, and occasionally publically funded bonds. The city owns the land and pays the salaries of the city employees.
I worked at the zoo over 5 years, and none of the problems were from any lack of support from the city or city officials. The problems were management problems. I don't know anything about the current management - from what I hear, they are very progressive, but I haven't been back to the zoo since I left. I hope the best for the zoo, and miss all the friends and aquaintances I made.
Doug is now Director at the Texas Zoo in Victoria. I used to be a staff member at the zoo, and I loved the first two years. After that, there was no motivation to improve, as I was always told there were no "resources" (which in my opinion, had been mismanaged). I don't know anything about the new director or new exhibits.. when I left the zoo, I didn't really see a point in going back.
If neither can be proven, then they are both fairy tales, using your logic. Creationists have faith in God, Evolutionists have faith in Darwin.
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Quote - "If I recall the Friends of the Zoo, raised enough money through private donations to match the bond request. It was a separate bond and was voted on individually by voters. And, it appears they are covering cost over runs and additional improvements through grant money."
The Zoological Society DID NOT raise any money to match the bond request. The Bond Request was a stand alone request. The Zoological Society was in the process of raising funds for the new entrance, which was a separate project from the bond request. The bond request was to be used for a South American exhibit, wetland renovations, and Elm Creek Backyard.
The Bond STILL has not been used, over two years later. Plans were being made BEFORE the bond was even voted on. These are the facts.
Horned lizards would be very difficult to keep, since they eat ants.
Why haven't the funds from the '06 bond been used yet? It's been 2 years!
Tolerant of ideas of others? Oh, like Religion? In practice, Liberals are only tolerant of what THEY think everyone should be doing (socialism), not true freedom (conservatism).
Seems silly to meet the staff when he's no longer a staff member.
What a joke. Frontier Texas brings no one in from the outside.
What a joke. No one comes to Abilene, unless they are from one of the small communities around it.
The cougars will be housed in Elm Creek Backyard. The money is from the Bond of 2006, meaning the exihibit is already funded, and will not need additional money.
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