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The life and times of Mark and Paula Persons

Saturday, April 5, 2014:
Sunrise at Las Vegas, Nevada, with the sun spraying orange color on the mountains just outside of town.

The Society of Broadcast Engineers had speakers give talks.

This year, the subject was, "Best Practices in Broadcast Engineering."

Well known writer John Bisset co-chaired a session with Mark on good and bad ideas.

The above photo was taken early in the day. It was a full-house with people standing in the isles when John and Mark talked.

More than 300 gathered to hear the duo.

Mark started out with the story of how smart engineers are. He explained that there was a radio station in a foreign land where something really terrible was said on the air at a radio station. The station owner, station manager, and station engineer were all sentenced to die by guillotine. This must have been a former French colony. The radio station owner was put in the machine. The release cord was pulled. The blade dropped and then stopped less than one inch from the neck of the manager. It must have been "divine intervention." He was set free. The same thing happened to the station manager. Then it was time to execute the station engineer. He was examining the machine as it was being made ready. Just before the executioner pulled the cord, the engineer exclaimed, "Wait...I see the problem!"

So you see, engineers are very smart people.

The talk went well in spite of this bit of historical humor.


	Then it was out on the town for the Dynamic Duo of Mark and Paula. Who could go to Las Vegas without going to New York, New York? Mark was in New York many ago and this one in Las Vegas brings back good memories.

	The streets are filled with great restaurants and ethnic food.

	Irresistible.....a hot dog at Times Square.

	Paula is always fascinated by magic. She couldn't pass up stopping into this place. It is excellent. How do they do that?

	Caesar's Palace....now there is a place. You'd think you were back in ancient Rome. Nicely done.

Paula was busy taking photos of flowers made of flowers. A balloon there was also beautifully done with flowers.

	Girls are just wild about Mark. Even a local band agreed.