John Burkholder

Every 18 to 24 months, Our family makes a change. It usually involves us packing up the house and moving again. Often, this is not really a rough decision. But this time it is different. Positive indications to stay in Bloomington: The "traffic problem" people complain about here is non-existent compared to where we have lived previously. Honestly, I am sure most of the people who are complaining about traffic here would be one of the people who would just stop on the Washington DC beltway and leave their car right there in the middle if it snowed. Traffic here is actually a low stress environment for us. We have friends here and I am slowly building that same type of SharePoint community that I had when I lived in DC. The schools are not terrible (although they are not Fairfax County, VA or Carmel, IN). They have a hockey team and a few entertainment options. The cost of living is very nice here. Negative indications to stay in Bloomington: Rental housing is v

Central Illinois SharePoint User Group welcomes Paul Schaeflein!​ Paul Schaeflein (MVP, MCPD) is a solution architect/developer with experience in all versions of the SharePoint platform. Paul is a top-rated speaker, having presented at the Microsoft SharePoint Conference and TechEd conferences, as well as user groups. Paul has more than two decades experience in architecting, designing and developing software solutions. This experience covers a vast range of technologies, languages and industries. Having developed many line-of-business applications, Paul has a firm grasp on the challenges that corporate developers face when integrating them into a corporate portal. ​ Paul will present Zero to Application in 60 minutes Level 200 Learn how to leverage the SharePoint capabilities for storage, processing and presentation to convert business requirements to an application. With lots of code and lots of concepts, we will set you on a path to success using SharePoint for departm

No this is not that kind of "In Search Of..." you may have found in the newspaper or on the Russian Brides website. I am in search of something much more complicated... my birthparents. Many of you may know that I am the eldest of what is left of my family. My dad committed suicide when I was 6 via auto fumes. My brother committed suicide when I was 12 via shotgun. My step-father died of an aging heart in 1999. My mother died of a aging body in 2003 and my sister died from a lost battle with cancer in 2012. All of my aunt and uncles have passed and I don't really keep in touch with my cousins. Needless to say, I am the eldest of my family at the ripe age of 46. I was adopted. On October 18, 1966 I was given birth in Los Angeles County, California. I was immediately place for adoption. I realize that the possibility of finding my birthparents is not the best but I do have a head start. For years I did my own research and have found clues to my parents. My mother also w