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1/6: New Aurora play; Our continuing objectives; Israel vote

1/6: New Aurora play; Our continuing objectives; Israel vote

Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Aurora Play Depicts Dr. King’s Last Hours at the Lorraine Motel
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Reviewing the GwinnettForum List of Continuing Objectives
ANOTHER VIEW: US Should Have Voted Support for UN Resolution on Israel
SPOTLIGHT: Precision Planning, Inc.
FEEDBACK: On Synergistic Thinking, How Government Works, Civics and Founding Fathers
UPCOMING: Lilburn Makes It More Efficient, Easier to Access Public Records
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Tech’s Eljesa Haxhiu Wins $10,000 for Her Duck Recipe
RECOMMENDED: The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Albany Museum of Art Has Large Collection of African Art
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Anyone Needs For Success in Life
MYSTERY PHOTO: This Time The Mystery Photo Asks Not Only Where, But Why?
LAGNIAPPE: DAR in Lawrenceville Provides Gifts to S.C. School for 28th Year
CALENDAR: Get To Know a Tree

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by · January 5, 2017 · Full issues
BRACK: Reviewing the GwinnettForum list of continuing objectives

BRACK: Reviewing the GwinnettForum list of continuing objectives

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Starting a new year means it’s a good time to point out and review GwinnettForum’s list of Continuing Objectives for Gwinnett and the state of Georgia.

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by · January 5, 2017 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
FOCUS: Aurora play depicts Dr. King’s last hours at the Lorraine Motel

FOCUS: Aurora play depicts Dr. King’s last hours at the Lorraine Motel

By Chelsea Bohannon, Lawrenceville, Ga. | Atlanta audiences are invited to experience the poignantly re-imagined story of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his final moments on earth in Aurora Theatre’s riveting production of The Mountaintop, playing Jan. 12 to Feb. 17, 2017.

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by · January 5, 2017 · Today's Focus
WILSON: U.S. should have voted support for U.N. resolution on Israel

WILSON: U.S. should have voted support for U.N. resolution on Israel

By George Wilson, contributing columnist | Major countries voting in the United Nations condemned Israel’s construction of settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem as a “flagrant violation under international law” and an obstacle to peace in the region. The United States chose to abstain rather than use its veto, as it has done in the past to quash resolutions it considered anti-Israel. The arrogant right-wing Netanyahu then announced plans to increase illegal settlements.

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by · January 5, 2017 · Another View
MYSTERY: This time we ask not only where, but why?

MYSTERY: This time we ask not only where, but why?

Obviously, this is no classical building, and has recently been completed. The question to our panel this issue is not only where is it, but why was this building designed this way. Send in your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include your hometown.

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by · January 5, 2017 · Mystery photos
12/30: From hydrogen energy to Founding Fathers, gratitude, more

12/30: From hydrogen energy to Founding Fathers, gratitude, more

Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:

TODAY’S FOCUS: Hydrogen Use In Automobiles Would Reduce Middle East Influence
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Those Founding Fathers of 1776? Most Were Relatively Younger Men
ANOTHER VIEW: Here’s Another Look at the Age-Old Question of “Why Me?”
SPOTLIGHT: The Gwinnett Braves
FEEDBACK: Here’s a Low Tech Solution to Holcomb Bridge Road Railroad Crossing
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Tech Seeks Student Art On Manufacturing Importance
NOTABLE: Three Gwinnett Agencies Get Grants from Jackson EMC Foundation
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Architect Charles Choate’s Works Seen Throughout the South
TODAY’S QUOTE: Even Those Involved Don’t Look Much at Television
MYSTERY PHOTO: Bubbling Pool Looks Something Like a Labyrinth
CALENDAR: Authors Find Gwinnett Important Stop on Their Circuits

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by · December 30, 2016 · Full issues
BRACK: Founding Fathers of 1776? Most were relatively younger men

BRACK: Founding Fathers of 1776? Most were relatively younger men

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Here at the end of the year, let’s air some thoughts squirreled away.

FOUNDING FATHERS: You hear all sorts of references to our “founding fathers.” Many were relatively young, that is, under 40 in 1776.

But did you ever stop to realize just how young these people we venerate as our founders of this country really were? It might surprise you.

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by · December 30, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
FOCUS: Hydrogen use in cars would reduce Middle East influence

FOCUS: Hydrogen use in cars would reduce Middle East influence

By Alvin Leaphart, Jesup, Ga. | For over 53 years, I have practiced law in southeast Georgia. We are five generations of professionals. My family helped settle southeast Georgia with a law book, medical bag . . . and a pistol.

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by · December 30, 2016 · Today's Focus
TITUS: Another look at the age-old question of “why me?”

TITUS: Another look at the age-old question of “why me?”

By John Titus, Peachtree Corners | When we face personal crises such as a death in the family, a lost job, an accident, or a disability, we may well ask, “Why me?” I have, and maybe you have also.

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by · December 30, 2016 · Another View
MYSTERY: Bubbling pool looks something like a labyrinth

MYSTERY: Bubbling pool looks something like a labyrinth

Here’s a scene that many do not easily see. Today’s Mystery Photo may be a tough one, in that this isn’t some tourist area easily seen from the street. So put on your thinking camp and figure out where this photograph was taken. Then send in your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include your hometown.

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by · December 30, 2016 · Mystery photos
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