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For those of you that had to get through my entry page, I apologize. I know many of you find them irritating. However, I decided to indulge myself for 24 hours. The entry pages will be gone tomorrow night and will not reappear until we’re close to Christmas.
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Most everyone knows that I am temporarily assigned elsewhere due to some medical restrictions. As a result I’m on a different email system than TAD so I get emails from a different director, not my own. On Tuesday we received an email wishing us a “Happy Thanksgiving” and telling us about some future happenings.

We get email from this director almost every day. It is always positive and meant to keep us informed and let us know how much we are valued as employees. That has been a big change for me, because as a TAD employee, most of us are only used to hearing from our administrators when they feel like telling us what scumbags we all are and how poorly we are doing in meeting expectations.
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Thanksgiving Message

Dear Friends:
I hope this message finds you well as we begin the holiday season.

Despite the glum news that seems to blare nonstop on television, radio, and the Internet, we remain a very blessed nation. Even during these difficult economic times, we still have much for which to be thankful.

For one thing, our nation enjoys the peaceful transition of power. In many places around the world, opposition to the government means threats of violence and even death will be leveled against you. Here in the United States, when a party moves from the majority to the minority, it is not threatened by violence and intimidation, and still retains a voice in government.
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