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Companies mentioned: INTC 0.00%↑ If there’s one marketing message that Intel is drilling into the ecosystem about its capabilities, it’s the ‘five nodes in four years’ mantra. It’s hard to escape – for a company that sat at the peak of semiconductor manufacturing for many years, to be behind, the drive to retain that number one spot has been like no other. Insert … ncG1vNJzZmiln6eytbTAp6Sop6Kae7TBwayrmpubY7CwuY6pZqKmpJq%2Ft7XEsGSwoaSdeqq6056jrGWUp3qius1mop6knJq1pr4%3D

“I think all of us somehow know of our purpose.  If we are actually intentional, [then] acting on it is when we achieve greatness.” - Kevin Ung While in Denver, I stayed at the posh Thompson Denver (luckily, within the company’s allowance).  The hotel offered recommendations, one of which is to visit the Milk Tea People, a tucked-away tea shop in a new corner of Market Station called Basecamp.  It was here that I drank the best match tea I’ve had, no offense Starbucks.

(This interview has been lightly edited for clarity.) Kiah Hey, Alise. Alise Hi, Kiah and Alyla. Is that correct? Alyla Good job. Alise Excellent. Awesome. Thank you so much for being here. The first thing I wanted to ask, Kiah, I love the names in the movie with, especially with Charlotte and Sting having all of these like spider from literature kind of things. Are there any other literary elements that are involved in the script that maybe I missed here?

A lot of good rappers have come out of Milwaukee, but there is only one Certified Trapper. I’m not sure if anyone like him has ever existed within the city limits. Certified Trapper raps and sings and dances and makes his own beats and directs his own videos. He puts it all out at a pace (14 mixtapes this year) that brings to mind another internet rap legend: Lil B.

(Photo by Helena Price) Emmett Shine is a creative entrepreneur from Southampton, Long Island. As the Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Pattern Brands, he leads a family of brands focused on improving daily life.  Beyond Pattern Brands, Emmett is renowned for co-founding Gin Lane, an agency celebrated for its role in the success of major direct-to-consumer brands. Over its 12-year run, Gin Lane was instrumental in building over $10 billion worth of market share for its clients, including household names like Harry’s, Sweetgreen, Warby Parker, and SmileDirectClub.

Try as I might to keep up with all of the great guitar pop being released these days, it’s impossible. So it was a surprise to hear about the new cassette/digital collection Slightest of Hands (Mama Mañana, May 5) by Strange Magic, the solo project of prolific New Mexico-based musician Javier Romero. These 22 songs were culled from the four Strange Magic albums released in 2023 (you read that right), the result of Romero’s lofty goal to produce a song a week the previous year.

You cannot learn by listening — only by DOING… The more you do anything the better you will get. Which sounds obvious but it often is not. We all want to be “great” immediately but that is not how “greatness” works. - Meg LeFauve Hey Hey! Up next for our interview series is screenwriter and film producer Meg LeFauve. LeFauve is originally from Warren, Ohio (I am from Columbus, Ohio - woot!

Many of you who read this will be familiar with Don Blackwell. He is a tremendous gospel preacher and is very active in evangelistic efforts like the Gospel Broadcasting Network and World Video Bible School. I worked at the Gospel Broadcasting Network for a while under the leadership of Don, and I also attended the Southaven Church of Christ, where he was one of the preachers. Don is very busy, and I’m thankful he took some time to share his thoughts and advice with us to help us in our local work as preachers.

Welcome to Thai Island Quest (formerly Thai Island Times), and thank you for reading. Eyes squint through salt. Warm seawater sprays the boat. A hornbill glides into trees. In a beach shack, a song plays. The air cools and rain falls over the sea. Boat drivers laugh. The smell of roti is in the air. Old friends clinking beer bottles. Toward sunset, a boat drifts. Twilight arrives and so do the crabs.