I was employed by the Federal Highway Administration from the mid 70s to 2008. I did work in many subject areas over this time but am probably known most for managing one of the big discretionary programs, for creating Interstate designation content and for research and management in the area of highway economic development.
I did other things over the years: e.g., taught people in the FHWA how to play the card game called "schafskoft", raised a family, served in the US Navy reserves, served on the board of various civic and religious organizations.
My daughter lives in Israel and the rest of the family have visited there many times.
Hard Rock Bear is frequently telling us that he is 'very unique' (he was the 147th Atlanta Hard Rock bear as I recall from when we still had the authentication card). Nonetheless, we brought him with us to North Carolina in May 2018. This was because he wanted to scout out some areas to place another franchise. Hard Rock cafe is, as of now (and has been for several years) a completely owned subsidy of the Seminole Nation. I have suspected that the Seminole Nation uses the restaurant chain to invest tainted proceeds from their casino operations and then retrieve, untainted cash from the restaurant's customers.
Anyway, Hard Rock obviously saw the physical appeal of both Chapel Hill (top image) and Durham (2nd image). When I asked where he thought a franchise would be best placed, Hard Rock bear said, "Wherever the opportunity for money launde... I mean wherever the best business climate is.... heh heh."
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