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Thanks for a GREAT Friday! Hope you have a wonderful Labor Day Weekend!!!

You get 30 minutes…some of the more fortunate folks get a whole hour! The point is…you GET that time it so make a point to actually TAKE it!

There’s a group called “The Energy Project” who have launched a website called “Take Back Your Lunch” to encourage you to take that given lunch time to physically get away from your desk and actually eat your lunch! Studies have shown that folks who get away from their desks or offices, don’t talk about work-related stuff and really eat lunch are far more productive than those who cram food in their faces while they’re chained to their desks.

Afraid your boss would think you’re a slacking off just because you actually took your lunch outside? Here’s what the article from CNN said about helping your boss understand:

“You might point out {to your Boss} that Take Back Your Lunch is the brainchild of Energy Project’s founder Tony Schwartz, who has consulted on boosting workforce productivity with dozens of big successful outfits — like Google, Sony, Ford, Ernst & Young, Gillette, and the Cleveland Clinic. Schwartz also is the author of a fascinating new book, The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance (Free Press, $28.00).”

If you want more information, or if you would like to declare that YOU are officially taking back your lunch break, log on to http://www.theenergyproject.com/takebackyourlunch

The BMW Manufacturing Plant in Spartanburg is going to hire 500 workers over the next few months!!!!!!!!!!!!

There will be 3 job fairs at the Greenville OneStop:

Thursday, September 9 from 9am to 4pm
Wednesday, September 15 from 9am to 4pm
Wednesday, September 22 from 9am to 4pm

Don’t worry if you can’t make it to one of these, there are MORE job fairs planned!

You can find out more about the jobs available, as well as the upcoming job fairs, by clicking here: http://www.mau.com/bmwjobs/

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Ah…midway through the week…wooohooo!! Thanks for sharing your Wednesday with us! See you bright and early tomorrow morning!

President Obama made his speech to America about the end of Middle East combat operations on August 31, 2010. If you didn’t get a chance to see it, you can read the full transcript of the speech by clicking here: www.whitehouse.gov

If you’d rather watch a video of the President’s speech, you can do that by clicking here: www.whitehouse.gov

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Greetings, Friends! Thanks for sharing your Tuesday with us…it’s always good to spend time with you. Hope your Tuesday is a great one…we’re looking forward to seeing you Wednesday!

Just found this pic of Earl taken from the International Space Station this morning…thought you might like to see it. Hope Earl takes a turn out to sea and lets us enjoy our Labor Day weekend in peace!

Today is the VERY LAST day you can vote for the The Great Smokey Mountains National Park in an online contest sponsored by Coca-Cola and the National Park Foundation.

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is currently in second place; Bear Head Lake State Park in Minnesota is leading the contest.

The winning Park receives a $100,000 grant, and The Coca-Cola Company will match up donations made through the contest’s website (up to $25,000).

If you want to vote, DO IT NOW because voting ends tonight at 11:50pm!!! You can vote as many times as you like, without registering, by visiting www.livepositively.com…just click the “Vote For Your Park” box in the lower left corner of the page! Vote early and VOTE OFTEN!!!

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It’s Fridayyyyyyyy! Finally! Thanks for making the day a great one for us…and thanks for allowing us to share in part of your day!! Have a great weekend and we’ll see you Monday!

It took over 6 months to plan, build and photograph…took over 75,000 Legos to build…can hold over 1,300 Lego faithful…has more than 3,900 Lego windows…and measures 7 feet by 5.5 feet by 2.5 feet!

Check out all the incredible details…there are tons of neat things for you to find in there.

Not to mention it’s just plain awesome!

You’re going to need a few more Legos, aren’t you?