Dallas: Best City for Good Jobs

Dallas is joined on Forbes' "Best Cities for Good Jobs" list by Houston (No. 2), Austin (No. 3), Fort Worth (No. 4), and San Antonio (No. 6)....means that Texas cities make up the top half of the magazine's top 10 list.

5-year annual job growth rate: 2.8%

DALL: Holiday Party

The DALL Annual Holiday Party will be Thursday, December 13th at the Quarter Bar of Bread Winner's Bakery & Cafe from 6:00 - 8:30 PM.

Address:
(Uptown Location)
3301 McKinney Avenue
Dallas, TX 75204

Enjoy appetizers and cocktails. Valet parking is available behind Bread Winners and please have your ticket validated by the bartender.

Get driving directions via Google Maps.

RSVP through DALL Survey Monkey.

Costs:
$15 per person, $25 per couple

Please mail checks to the Treasurer:

Dallas Association of Law Librarians
P.O. 130875
Dallas, TX 75313

DALL will hold a book drive for the Promise House of Dallas, Texas. The Promise House embraces the homeless, runaways, at-risk teens. The organization has been in operation since 1984. According to the Director of Promise House, Dr. Harriet Boorhem, the teens enjoy the Twilight book series. Dr. Boorhem's assistant also supplied the following link for additional suggestions:

Barnes and Noble Find a Book

Please bring your donation to the Holiday Party if you are planning to attend.

For additional information, please contact Candace Cathey at cmcathey1@sbcglobal.net.

See you December 13th! Let's Party!

Mr. Peppermint

If you grew up in the Dallas area, you probably remember the long running WFAA show, "Mr. Peppermint." Jerry Haynes, who portrayed Mr. Peppermint, has died at the age of 84.

Jerry Haynes, 'Mr. Peppermint,' dies at 84.wfaa.com

9/26/2011

DALLAS — Few broadcasters had a bigger impact on North Texas than Jerry Haynes, who has died at age 84

He died Monday morning from complications due to Parkinson's Disease.

For an astounding 35 years, his iconic "Mr. Peppermint" character enthralled children and their parents. He led the longest running locally-produced show in WFAA's history, with more than 6,000 episodes.

(cont)

DMN will no longer be completely free

Details at the following article:

The Dallas Morning News Announces New Digital Strategy, Pricing (1/4/11)

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/010411dnbusdmnpricing.35ec66.html

I don't know if this includes institutional subscriptions or not. Hat tip to Wendy for pointing it out.

UNT-Dallas

The Dallas Morning News has an article on the newly independent University of North Texas - Dallas. More information on this campus may be found at http://www.unt.edu/unt-dallas/.

Free Do-Nuts to Celebrate Inauguration Day

I just heard that this Tuesday, Krispy Kreme, is giving away a free doughnut of choice to each customer in honor of the presidential inauguration.

So, Starbucks, any free coffee to go with that doughnut? Not yet, unless you volunteer. "Customers who fill out a pledge card to give five hours of time to a local "volunteer opportunity" of their choice will receive a free tall brewed coffee beginning Jan. 21 through Jan. 25. Customers can pick up pledge cards inside stores."

And Dunkin' Donuts is jumping in...they will be selling a new "Stars & Stripes" doughnut for 89 cents through Tuesday. The frosted doughnut is decorated with red, white and blue star-shaped sprinkles.

Trammell Crow

Just saw in the paper that Trammell Crow, well known Dallas real estate developer, died Wednesday night. Here's a DMN column on him.

Voting in Dallas County

Tuesday's the Big Day!

To keep a watch on the Dallas County voting results visit:

http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/TX/Dallas/9051/11681/en/summary.html

View results, precincts reports, voter turnout numbers, etc.

Corporate move

Just seen on AP:

AT&T to move headquarters to Dallas

DALLAS (AP) — AT&T Inc., the nation's largest telecommunications company, said Friday it is moving its corporate headquarters to Dallas from San Antonio for easier access to customers and operations around the world. (cont)

Weather

It is absolutely beautiful today. Fall has finally arrived in Dallas.

Belo Corp. splitting publishing and television

The Belo Corporation announced that it will split publishing and television stations into separate companies.

3rd UPDATE: Belo Answers Calls To Split Newspaper, TV Assets
October 01, 2007: 01:15 PM EST
By Shira Ovide
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- In a surprise move, Belo Corp. (BLC) said it will separate its newspaper and television assets, responding to investor complaints that Belo's stock price would be higher if the company were split.

Explosion downtown Dallas

There was an explosion this morning near I-35E and 500 Industrial, WFAA reports that it seems to have been a tank containing acetylene that exploded. I can see the smoke and fire from my building. This is the second explosion and fire near the southern part of downtown Dallas this summer.

Seen from our windows

Not the best picture in the world, but here's a snapshot from my phone of the warehouse that was on fire this afternoon south of downtown Dallas. You can see the convention center about midway in the shot (as a reference point).

DFW Climate

Curious about the rainfall and temperature averages for the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex area? Go to http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/CLIMO/dfw/dfwclimo.html and browse various charts on daily/monthly/yearly amounts.

Dallas County Law Library Catalog

I just found out that Dallas County Law Library has their catalog online now. Check it out at http://txlawlib.dallascounty.org/ .