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In the words of popular comedian Ron White, "You can't fix stupid." That phrase, as elegant in its simplicity as it is frankly true, applies with special fervor to those who continue to believe that they are about to make millions, billions, or even trillions by investing in Iraqi dinars.
Yes, I know this has been written about before. Fellow Forbes' contributor John Wasik wrote about this scam last January at http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnwasik/2012/01/19/the-curse-of-saddam-iraqi-dinar-deals/ And even various law enforcement agencies are publicly warning about this scam, such as that of the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions at http://www.dfi.wa.gov/consumers/alerts/iraqi-dinar-scams.htm
Yet this scam continues to persist, and hardly a week goes by that some sucker or another doesn't call my office to inquire about asset protection planning for the untold riches that he or she is about to receive when the Dinar finally re-valuates by 100 times or more.
Of course, they can't pay my legal fees now for such planning because every last cent is invested in the Dinars. But they can pay me when they finally reap their great reward.
Which is never.
Scams involving the arbitrage of foreign currencies have been around as long as there have been, well, foreign currencies. In the modern age, many pyramid schemes have been disguised as sophisticated "FOREX trading programs" — but in fact, the scammers weren't doing any trading at all, but simply paying old investors with the money from new investors. Charles Ponzi, the modern Father of such schemes, would be proud.
In fact, FOREX scams became so widespread in the 1990s — playing on the speculation regarding the then-new Euro — that the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission was compelled to put out a great deal of warnings about these scams. This collection is now found at http://www.cftc.gov/ConsumerProtection/FraudAwarenessPrevention/CFTCFraudAdvisories/fraudadv_forex and applies with equal weight to the Dinar scam.
There exists an entire army of FOREX scammers who spend their entire days looking for suckers, which unfortunately include the most vulnerable in our society such as the elderly. For those folks in or nearing retirement whose ordinary investments didn't quite get them where they needed to be, these scam artists are ready, willing and able to divest them of their remaining wealth with promises of high "risk free" returns trading in FOREX. But that money is just disappearing to banks in Belize or elsewhere.
The FOREX scams didn't involve any actual purchases of foreign currency, but simply scam artists running utterly bogus "statements" off their printers that showed huge returns, right up until the time that the scammers disappeared. Some of the Dinar scams operate the same way: You don't actually get any Dinars, but instead just a statement showing that you have Dinars or some sort of phony-baloney "Certificate" of ownership.
But — and this is why the Dinar scam has been largely successful — with the Dinar scam you can actually get the cold hard Dinars if you want them. Yep, suckers around America have their closets and garages full of bales of Dinars, just waiting for that glorious day when they will re-valuate.
Which is never.
To help sell the scam, the scam artists have set up all sorts of websites and bulletin boards and newsletter and social media and you-name-it to try to create the impression that the Dinars are valuable and are about to re-valuate at any moment. I've had people tell me that their Dinars are going to re-valuate "within the week" or "by the end of the month", and they've been telling me for years.
All of this reminds me of the "Magic Bean Scheme" which was a pyramid scheme run in my native Oklahoma by some creative scammers. The idea was that you could buy from the scammers a certain type of expensive bean that when left in a jar of water for a couple of weeks would produce valuable "bean juice" that could then be re-sold for a large profit. The key was, according to the scammers, you had to shake the jars every few hours to get the desired result.
Of course, the scammers threw some of their own money in to get the scam started. The first few people made some good money selling their bean juice, and of course they told their friends and family about this new sure-fire way to make a fortune. Soon enough many folks in Oklahoma were brewing "bean juice" in their garages, going out every couple of hours to shake the jars so that the bean juice would form faster. "Honey, it's 4:00 a.m., and you turn to shake the jars."
Then, one day after selling enough of the expensive beans, the scammers vamoosed and there were a lot of folks in Oklahoma with closets and garages full of jars of worthless beans and juice in them — turned out the beans were just ordinary navy beans. My guess is that there are still people out there who have never given up on the beans, still turning them, and still expecting that bean juice to result in untold riches.
Ditto for the Dinars, the bales of which some suckers having in their closets and garages, taking up space and waiting for the day when they finally re-valuate.
Which is never.
Unfortunately, a bad thing about human nature is that once folks believe in a story, they refuse to believe they have been scammed. Often they are embarrassed, and figure that to admit they were wrong is worse than simply keeping their useless whatevers in the closet or out in the garage. But others are really, truly convinced that their initial investment was a good one, and no amount of proof or logic can dissuade them.
Even after Charles Ponzi died, some of his followers bought OUIJA boards and tried to channel his dead soul to find out when their utterly worthless investments would become valuable as he promised. Time and time again, I've watched as the victims of pyramid schemes continue to believe that they are about to get rich even as the perpetrators went to jail.
For me, after telling these folks they've been scammed and hearing their denials, I've been betting these folks who call me up to $5,000 in free legal work if the Dinar re-valuates in 30 days, against a gift certificate from a steakhouse. Suffice it to say that I'm going to be in good beef for some time. Which brings me back to Ron White, who is absolutely right: "You can't fix stupid."
And that goes for the Dinars, and the idea that they will soon re-valuate, thus leading current investors to great riches.
Which is never.
So, why is this a scam? It is a scam because the Dinar has no chance or significant appreciation, i.e., appreciation that would make buying Dinars worthwhile. First, there is the political uncertainty — who would invest in the currency of a government that is still fighting a significant insurgency and might not be around the next year, any year? Second, and much more importantly, there are so many Dinars floating around that even if Iraq discovered the world's largest gold mine tomorrow, the value of the Dinar would not significantly appreciate.
The scam artists say, "But look at Kuwait!" After the first Gulf War, the Kuwaiti Dinar did show significant appreciation. But that is an Apples and Orangutans comparison.
First, Kuwait is significantly richer than Iraq with significantly larger oil reserves — it is forgotten that the Iraq invaded Kuwait to get the latter's oil reserves, not because Iraq had enough of its own.
Second, the Kuwaiti population is much smaller — 3 million compared to the 33 million living in Iraq. This means that Iraq has to take care of ten times as many people as Kuwait, as well as attempt to rebuild an infrastructure racked by a decade of civil war, with less money than Kuwait.
Third, and even more telling, the Iraq government even now has to borrow about $100 million per year to provide basic services. No country which is borrowing money is going to have an "imminent revaluation" (the term often used by the scam artists to sell Dinars) anytime soon!
Fourth, Kuwait had a stable government before the War that simply fled Kuwait until order was restored, and then returned to be a stable government. By contrast, Iraq's government is new and whether it survives is anybody's guess.
The point is that there is absolutely no reason to believe that the Iraqi Dinar will significantly appreciate in the long term, and it utterly insane to believe that the Iraqi Dinar will significantly appreciate in the short term, i.e., within 10 years.
And there is the scam: The scam artists sell Iraqi Dinars to suckers based on the false story that the Iraqi Dinars are about to become very valuable, when they are not. You might as well buy bags of sand, because they are going to appreciate more quickly than the Iraqi Dinar. Or just go down to the bank and buy rolls of pennies and hide them in the attic. Someday the U.S. government will get rid of pennies, and then the pennies will become rare and valuable — in about two hundred years. That is about how quickly the Iraqi Dinar is going to appreciate too.
Which is never.
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Update 30 August 2012
After this article was published, I had numerous e-mails to the effect that I didn't know what the hell I was talking about, and that the Iraqi Dinar would absolutely, positively re-valuate within a few days and the buyers thereof would become fabulously wealthy. Well, here we are 30 days later, and . . . the . . . Dinar . . . hasn't . . . gone . . . anywhere.
If you think the Iraqi Dinar will make you rich, you must be listening to Baghdad Bob!
The only thing that did happen of interest is that Justin Rohrlich wrote this article: http://www.minyanville.com/business-news/editors-pick/articles/iraqi-dinar-scam-currency-investment-tampadinar/8/30/2012/id/43627
I'll update again in another 30 days, and for those of you who are still wondering, I don't suggest the Dinar will substantially revaluate by that time either.
Update September 30, 2012
Well, surprise, surprise, surprise, the Iraqi Dinar did not re-valuate upwards in September, but we did see some interesting news on the Dinar front.
Such as this article, "Prosecutor: Fake Iraq Veteran Sold Fake Hedge Funds" at http://www.finalternatives.com/node/21635
Or this article, "2 Who Bought Iraqi Currency Bring Suit Against Indicted Sellers, Firm" at http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2012/09/22/2-who-bought-Iraqi-currency-file-suit-against-indicted-sellers-firms.html
I'll update again in 30 days — during which time the Iraqi Dinar will not have revaluated then either. But there will still be lots of suckers in denial at having been scammed sitting around thinking they are gazillionaires.
This article at http://onforb.es/T1sOnq and http://goo.gl/GwfJM
Update October 31, 2012
Nothing new to report. The Iraqi Dinar is as far from an upwards re-valuation as ever — you might as well wish for Jack's Magic Beanstock to take the Dinar upwards. But, lots of seriously deluded folks still continue to believe they are going to get enormously rich off the bales of Dinar's socked away in their attics and garages through America. My guess is that pretty quick you'll be able to buy as many Dinars as you want at garage sales.
Update January 31, 2013
Well, I must apologize to everybody for not updating at the end of November and December, 2012, but I got very busy with clients' year-end planning . . . and frankly nothing was going on with the Iraqi Dinar anyway. So let me take this opportunity to update you on what has been happening with the Iraqi Dinar through January 31, 2013, which is: Nothing, Absolutely Nothing.
I have noticed, however, that sellers of Iraqi Dinar are starting to offer "free gifts" to suckers who buy that currency from them, sort of like "Buy 1 Trillion Iraqi Dinar And Get A Free Pinata" or somesuch (the Vietnamese Dong, a currency of sorts, seems to be a popular give-a-way with purchases of Iraqi Dinar).
The Better Business Bureau warns about the Dinar Scam at http://www.central-northern-western-arizona.bbb.org/article/iraqi-dinar-investments-opportunity-or-scam-34951
This expose of the Dinar Scam is pretty good too – http://www.learningmarkets.com/the-iraqi-dinar-scam/
Update March 29, 2013
And so we come to the end of another month, and find the Iraqi Dinar to be . . . falling in value. Now it's down to 1,260 Dinars to the U.S. Dollar, but hope spring eternal (in the minds of suckers). Some say that Iran is behind the devaluation, see http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/03/iran-iraq-currency-devaluation.html but really who cares? Not only is the Iraqi Dinar headed in the wrong direction, but it is clear that there is not going to be anything like a huge re-valuation of the Dinar against the Dollar anytime soon. Probably most suckers have gone off to being scammed by some other currency by now anyway.
This investor in Jacksonville had his Dinar stolen – http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2013-03-29/story/millions-iraqi-dinar-stolen-atlantic-beach-home-police-said Well, that's another $7 million in Dinars about to hit the U.S. market, further driving down the Dinar's value. Enjoy.
Another good article about the Iraqi Dinar scam was published recently at http://fayobserver.com/articles/2013/03/19/1243823?sac=fo.business
I'll check back again at the end of next month when the Dinar still hasn't revalued against the dollar, or even recovered its recent losses — but there will still be folks with bales of Dinars in their garage and believing that they are on the cusp of making a gazillion dollars, that's the way scams go.
Update April 27, 2013
Here is an excellent explanation of the Iraqi Dinar Scam on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RThOACzuVw
Then, to get an idea of the mindset of the victims of the Iraqi Dinar Scam, watch the three YouTube videos of this poor guy who thinks the Iraqi Dinar is about to finally pay off: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEJVPm_NN_o and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb0oAP59KCc and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bmJeaeCKsY
Another good video – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxtRnGndU2Q
Then there is this slideshow presentation where a victim of the Iraqi Dinar Scam claims that it is a worldwide conspiracy – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQoCw21CLSM Sorry, buddy, it's not a massive conspiracy; it's just a scam. But then victims of financial scams never like to admit that they have been taken, so they believe "the deal was real" all the way to their graves, much to the delight of the scam artists.
Update May 31, 2013
Another month, and another month where the Dinar did not massively appreciate but more suckers bought into the scam thinking that it would. But we are starting to approach the one-year anniversary of the date that I wrote this article, after which I received numerous e-mails from folks telling me to basically, "Just wait, you'll see! Within a few weeks I'll be stinking rich and you'll just be a sad commentator for Forbes." Well, at least they got the stinking part right, and so now own to the monthly update:
(1) As mentioned, the Dinar did not massively appreciate.
(2) There are no signs that the Dinar will ever massively appreciate.
(3) I did see that I had missed this article on the Dinar by John Wasik – http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnwasik/2012/02/24/dinar-doubts-multiply/ John is more diplomatic that I am; he can call folks "stupid" without using that word. As for myself, I have no patience for people who can't figure out that they were suckers.
(4) Self-Annointed "Dinar Guru" Blanche Bonet put out this "amazingly" list of Iraqi Dinar "experts" who predicted that the Dinar was about to soar in value – http://www.dinarguru.com/ Trouble is, they were all wrong. The list does pretty much prove, however, that the "Iraqi Dinar community" is just a bunch of suckers trying to convince each other that they made good investments. As just mentioned, the trouble is that they are all just wrong.
(5) This video posted on YouTube discussed predictions that the Iraqi Dinar was about to appreciate upwards on May 11, 2013 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iunTQLI432w Those predictions were wrong.
(6) Meanwhile, back to the real world, news came out that the Iraqi government is struggling mightily to try to keep the Dinar from DEvaluation, i.e., going down in value – http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/baghdad-hault-dinar-collapse.html In the words of Homer Simpson, "D'oh!"
(7) Yahoo Finance weighed in here – http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130507151558AASjt4B
(8) And finally, a new book has been released, "The Iraqi Dinar Scam: Why Buying The Dinar Is For Dummies" by John Jagerson at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007Z9DFN8
Talk to you again on June 30, when the Iraqi dinar still will not have revalued upwards (but maybe has gone down, again).
Update 30 June 2013
Of course, nothing more has since happened with the Iraqi Dinar, other than more utterly baseless speculation that something might happen soon.
But to pop that balloon, Joseph Cafariello wrote this excellent article, " The Future of the Iraqi Dinar: Three Misconceptions" at http://www.wealthdaily.com/articles/the-future-of-the-iraqi-dinar/4424
Lake Worth, Florida, attorney Timothy McCabe, a sucker who apparently bought into the Iraqi Dinar Scam himself, disappeared for a couple of weeks before finally turning himself in, and then was sued — see story at http://therealdeal.com/miami/blog/2013/06/26/lake-worth-attorney-mccabe-sued-for-sham-iraqi-dinar-deal/
I'll check back in next month, when of course the Iraqi Dinar will not have RV'd, again. Suckers!
Update 31 July 2013
Welcome to the one (1) year anniversary of my article on Iraqi Dinars, where I predicted that — despite about 200 billion e-mails speculating that the Iraqi dinar was about to re-value (RV) tomorrow, next Monday, or next week — the Iraqi Dinar would not RV or anything close to it. I told you so ~ there I said it, even though it was a pretty easy prediction.
Now on to this month's news regarding the Dinar:
(1) It didn't RV.
(2) There were a bunch of rumors that it was about to RV, but,
(3) It didn't RV.
(4) The government of Iraq is apparently re-denominating its currency (which is very different from re-valuing it), by simply lopping off 3 zeros at the end. So, if you now own 1,000 Iraqi Dinars, you will thereafter only own one. While some thing that this will cause a re-valuation, most experts have debunked such suggestions, such as http://www.wealthdaily.com/articles/iraqi-dinar-reset/4511
(5) John Wasik wrote this thoughtful article about the Dinar at http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnwasik/2013/07/31/dinar-like-dreams-can-be-nightmarish/ and how pretty much the same suckers (my term, not his) are now falling for Bitcoins. Research the history of cyber-currencies: It isn't good.
(6) The Wall Street Daily (not to be confused with the Journal) weighed in on Dinars with this article — http://www.wallstreetdaily.com/2013/07/30/egyptian-pound-currency-scams/
See you again next month, when the Iraqi Dinar still will not have RV'd despite another 173 million e-mails between investors saying that is is just about to do so.
Update 31 August 2013
Well, here we are again folks! Another months with hundreds, if not thousands, of rumors of imminent re-valuation of the Iraqi Dinar against the U.S. Dollar . . . and it not happening . . . or even getting close to happening . . . or my OUIJA board even moving close to the letters "R" or "V". Hey, if you put your Iraqi Dinars into jelly jars and turn them twice a day, maybe that will do the trick. And now on to this month's update about the Iraqi Dinar:
(1) It didn't RV.
(2) There were a bunch of rumors that the Iraqi Dinar had RV'd, or was in the process of RVing, or was oh-so-close to RV.
(3) But it didn't RV, again.
(4) The President of the Better Business Bureau of Chattanooga threw this cold water on the Iraqi Dinar scam- http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/aug/23/biz-bulletin-what-watch-foreign-currency-investmen/
And that is pretty much it — a painfully non-newsworthy month for the Iraqi Dinar actually. What if a country had a currency and nobody cared, except for the folks stashing bales of the stuff in their attic in anticipation of glorious future riches? I'll update again next month, when again nothing will have happened. Cheers.
Update 30 September 2013
A reader wrote me with a couple of questions:
Q: If it is a scam, why are their no prosecutions?
A: Many scams operate for many years without prosecutions — Bernie Madoff got away with it for a couple of decades — and the Sequester has substantially limited new investigations and prosecutions. Also, prosecutors and investigators have limited resources, and usually spend their time on cases where the victims complain the most. With the dinar, most of the victims are still "true believers" who haven't figured out that they have been scammed, and so are not complaining. Having said that, "Nobody has been convicted yet" has to be about the worst reason to invest in something that I have ever heard.
Q: Does the U.S. hold a large position in Iraqi Dinars?
A: No, the foreign currency reserves of the U.S. ending September 20, 2013, are found at http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/IR-Position/Pages/09202013.aspx and while the U.S. owns some small amounts of Euros and Yen, no significant holdings of Dinars are listed. That the U.S. government invests in a huge stockpile of Iraqi Dinars is just something that scam artists untruthfully recite to sell their suckers more Dinars.
And now on to updates . . .
The Iraqi Dinar did not RV against the U.S. dollar. There were another 20 Billion e-mails that the Iraqi Dinar was just about to RV against the U.S. Dollar, but it just didn't happened. What did happen was a bunch of articles telling folks to beware the Iraqi Dinar scam, such as:
Oh, yeah, and another great John Wasik article at http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnwasik/2013/09/06/inside-the-dubious-dinar-revaluation-ruse/
But there was also this little tidbit from the Wall Street Journal, that hints that the Iraqi Dinar has this use – http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323665504579033083124357564.html
Apart from these legitimate articles, there was the usual junk from the scam artists and true believers, i.e., the Dinar is on the brink of RV'ing, and the only thing holding it back is that Cylons have infiltrated both the U.S. and Iraq governments and are blocking it from happening; as soon as the Cylons are destroyed, the Dinar will RV. Or something like that.
Update: 30 November 2013
I missed the update for 30 October 2013. I would like to tell you that it was because I had a big trial in October, which was true, or that I was very busy with ABA matters, which was true, or a bunch of other very true reasons why I might have missed the 30 October update. But the real truth is that I just forgot. That happens when nothing is going on with something, and there is a whole lot of nothing go on with the Dinar. And now on to the update, such as it is.
(1) Despite another 40 billion e-mail alerts from scam artists using stupid names that the Iraqi dinar was about to revaluate, or was in the process of revaluating, or that space aliens were going to descend on the U.N. Headquarters in New York and force a revaluation, the Iraqi dinar did not revaluate.
(2) There just wasn't any real news about the Iraqi dinar. No press releases, no nothing. While the scam artists will now say that it is the calm before the storm (or the RV), the more accurate appraisal is that it is the calm before the nothing actually happening, i.e., the calm before even more calm.
(3) I do note that the same scam artists who were selling the Iraqi dinars are now bundling them together with the Vietnamese dong (What a great name for a currency: "Hey, buddy, can you spare me a dong?" or "Give me a dong, and I'll pay you back later.") Make sense from their viewpoint — if you are dumb enough to buy the dinar, you're probably dumb enough to by the dong too. The sad truth is that many people are recidivist suckers, falling to stupid get-rich-quick schemes over and over and over. Or in the words of Homer Simpson, "I know that I've fallen for a lot of get-rich-quick schemes in the past, but this time I'm going to get rich, and quick!"
Sorry for the lame update, especially one spanning two months, but there is only so much reporting one can do about absolutely nothing, and that's what is happening with the Iraqi dinar. Stay tuned for my special December 31st year-end "Nothing In Review" about absolutely nothing going on with the Iraqi dinar. And for those of you still harboring dreams of great riches with your jars of magic beans, well just keep turning them and good things will happen.
31 December 2014 — Year End 2014 Update
Well, loyal dinar investors, we are finally here! We are at the place where you need to get your confidentiality agreements with your financial advisers in place, and start looking for expensive houses on the French Riviera. Yep, for you it is champagne and caviar from here on out. The latest rumors say that the Iraqi dinar is just about to RV. Heck, the Vietnamese Dong and the Melchizedekian Shekel are about to RV too. Plus, NESARA is about to be passed into law, and that means that Omega Trust & Trading is about to pay off. Bernie Maddoff is going back in business. Heck, even Charles Ponzi is coming back from the dead to pay off. It all starts right now!
You give several examples of other scams but you never really address why you think the IQD is a scam.
Its a scam as a huge overnight RV is IMPOSSIBLE (not unlikely or ever very very very unlikely, but IMPOSSIBLE). If you could buy Dinars for their actual price (1170 IQD/1 USD) then, assuming Iraq does not devolve into civil war, hat you will lose are exchange fees. But you can not do this, you can only buy Dinars from "money services" that sell them for 30% or 40% MORE than they are worth. So you have to get a 30% increase in value just to break even. A 30% RV would be the largest in this history of civilization as far as I can tell and is not remotely possible in this case (Iraq's reservers are 65B or so USD and their M2 is 72T (yes trillion) IQD). So the only folks making money off of Dinars are those selling them, or those offering "VIP" services to help you setup off shore accounts and LLC's and all that once you are a zillionaire (but they oddly want the VIP membership fee now!!).
I was hoping for a good reply however you made the statement as if it is fact that it is IMPOSSIBLE for the IQD to revalue their currency. No reasoning behind your statement other than the 30% increase. There is a reason their currency is held down to such a low rate. You may want to do a little research on this countries nat gas reserves along with the reserves others know about that studied the potential and the one you mentioned. You made the statement of 72T M2 but not thinking about the macro economics of a country. This country will not cash out the investors but I am sure you knew that. Last thing I will include is research EO 13303, Paris Club Agreement and CPA Order #39 then bring back a legit debate.
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Made your fortune on this scam yet, Dan?
the iraqi dinar isn't a scam, if you buy dinar and you receive dinar and its legit you got exactly what you paid for. the whole scam element comes in surounding the dinar community with people claiming revalues of $40 per dinar and other ridiculous stuff. also the rumors about how its happenign today. they've been saying that daily for the past 8 years. thats where the scam element comes in . read a book called confessions of an iraqi dinar dealer. its free on amazon. it will give you much better insite into the dinar
Are you insane?? It is a scam, period. the Dinar will never, ever, ever revalue. It is economically impossible for any currency to appreciate 100 times, etc. It would absolutely destroy the country's economy if that were to happen. Anyone that believes this BS deserves to lose their money.
You are an idiot. Currencies change values all the time, depending on economic circumstances. Germany's currency did after WWII, after they re-built the economy after the war. So did Japan's. It takes a long time, but it happens. The world is entering Peak Oil. Much of the rest of the world's cheap oil is in Iraq. The world's major oil companies are in Iraq right now, re-building the oil industry and they predict Iraq will have the revenue potential of Saudi Arabia, within 6 years. Their population is young and educated. It will take a long time, but it will happen.
You write well, but are a dumb windbag who knows nothing about what is actually going on there. I have been there, working in the oil business for a couple of years. They have the potential to be a very rich country, within a decade. This will mean a much higher valuation of their currency.
The circumstances you site may well lead to a rising GDP for Iraq (if nothing major goes wrong) but that is NO assurance that the exchange rate will rise as well. Look at South Korea. Their GDP was on a rocket to the stars for the past 40 years, but their currency did not follow suit. Instead if went up and down by 50% or so over that period and now is about what it was 40 years ago (pretty close to Iraq's actually). Economic development and monetary policy are related, but quite distinct.
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I was dreading this, but I completely understand them. God, I hate levels so much. Hopefully they didn't compromise the artistry in those step sequences. They were beautiful.
I was dreading this, but I completely understand them. God, I hate levels so much. Hopefully they didn't compromise the artistry in those step sequences. They were beautiful.
Well, I'm certain they reworked keeping in mind the artistry. I'm so looking forward to seeing both these programs in their new tweaked form.
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I'm not so worried about the changes because Tessa specifically said that their goal is not to lose any of the creative elements of the steps. I mean this whole dance wasn't choreographed by accident. Every move has a basis in dance and the story. I see no reason for that to change now.
With that said, if they lose GPF, then all bets are off.
I sincerely hope you don't approach real life like this, Pani. I say that with kindness. And hope. Mostly hope.
I hope you're right, Cherub.
What? 15 min have gone by and nobody has begged pani to stay on the thread?? What is going on here?!
apparently ,pani, CBC will have 2 hour preview of GPF and this will include both interviews
Did you know SkateBuzz will show SC Challenge, Nationals (novice, juniors< something from senior), backstage videos from WCh? I am not sure about geoblock.
Sap - I will ask Pani to stay and I would have asked her 5 minutes later if I wasnt out shopping!
Golightly I am rapping your knuckles - even if you sincerely hoped it was more a subject of a PM. Pani's humour is a little different and should be taken as such.
iNap get lost!
Now back to their dancing....
First, Pani is a great fan and she does contribute to the discussion a lot.
That said, there are things she says that are plain mean and rude, but she gets a pass because her humor is different? I'm sorry, but that sarcasm and snarkiness we so much criticize in other parts of this very same board IS part of Pani's different humor and I don't think I'm out of line if I call her out on it. Heck, Pani is bigger than this whole thread, a fact I'm sure she is very pleased about.
I'm all for discussing the skating, more than happy to do so, but I feel I needed to say that. Again, Pani, you are a great fan, with lots to offer to the discussion, I respect you for it. But when you get rude, it's very annoying. Oh, and no, I'm not a DW fan. At all.
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Every morning my alarm goes off at the same time. Lately it seems that's when our local radio station announces an update on the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman story. In case you have missed it, Trayvon Martin, a black 17-year old in Sanford, Florida was shot and killed in February by George Zimmerman, a member of the neighborhood watch group. Many people think that Zimmerman shot Martin because he was wearing a hoodie, which in Zimmerman's mind made him look like a character guilty of a crime.
As columnist Sandy Banks wrote in the Los Angeles Times, "somehow the humble hooded sweat shirt has evolved from basic, everyday apparel to a sinister symbol of urban terror." I lie in bed, thinking about how terrible it is that we have essentially created our own American caste system, or social order, based largely on appearance.
Then I go about my day, which includes dropping off my daughter at school. At schools around the country, a line of cars pull up, and the working moms frantically inventory homework, coat, gym shoes, overdue library books, and launch each child out the door.
The stay-at-home moms, or the "Lululemon moms" as the working moms in my community often call them, seem just a bit calmer. Of course, not all of them wear Lululemon workout gear–in fact a lot of them might not even be able to afford $95 or so for yoga pants. Still, the reference to the "Lululemon mom" has become short-hand for what many working moms incorrectly assume to be a certain kind of person.
In reality, I don't know anything about their lives except that they get to wear comfortable clothing when I am dressed for the office. I imagine that they are going off to exercise class (likely Pilates) which, with a personal trainer can sculpt your body to look like you did before motherhood, and if I had time, before I spent 20 years sitting at a desk staring at a computer monitor.
We imagine that exercise is followed by coffee with other Lululemon moms, some sort of grooming appointment (eyebrow wax, a visit to the hair salon, or a manicure–something working moms have to do on Saturday morning, if at all), followed by lunch with another mom.
Somewhere in there they attend a PTA meeting or some sort of charitable or neighborhood committee, or bake something for a bake sale. These are all things that contribute to our community. But admittedly a lot of working moms just don't have time for such activities and leave it to the stay-at-homers, assuming they can much more easily schedule volunteer work.
How much further from the truth could this be than the assumption that a kid in a hoodie is guilty of a crime? Yes, some criminals may wear hoodies, and some moms wearing Lululemon may lead the life I imagine. But one of the biggest financial crimes in history was committed by Bernie Madoff, who when he wasn't wearing a suit, sported tennis togs or golf attire – no hoodie there. And in fact, one of the moms in my daughter's class drops her children off in Lululemon, but her next stop is the hospital, where she changes into surgical scrubs for her day as a prominent physician.
A lot of those moms may wish they were employed outside the home but can't find a job, or can't find one that would pay more than the childcare they would inevitably have to compensate someone else to perform. Or maybe they are in an abusive marriage with someone who controls them, won't let them work, and belittles them if their body fat gets higher than that of a supermodel.
I thought of all this when the news broke recently about Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen's comment that Ann Romney "never worked a day in her life."
I don't know Ann Romney, but as a working mom, I don't know how she found the time to raise five children. And by the way, Ann Romney has multiple sclerosis. Her life sure sounds a lot harder than going to an office, where someone else makes the coffee, and I know my daughter is well cared for by a nanny that is the closest thing to Mary Poppins in the 21st century.
As a Democrat, I am simply embarrassed by that comment. Rightly distancing himself from Hilary Rosen, President Obama came to Ann Romney's defense, and the defense of all stay-at-home moms, saying that "there's no tougher job than being a mom. . . Anybody who would argue otherwise, I think, probably needs to rethink their statement." I am proud to have a president who is in touch with his constituents, regardless of political party or appearances.
I also feel privileged to have the job that I do and the ability to hire a nanny. Frankly, I don't have the skills to raise five children.
We all have moments when we would gladly trade in our day for someone else's. After days in mediation, or struggling to write a brief only to lose it when my computer crashes, I fantasize about life in Lululemon. But I also know that when my husband was sick and on long-term medical disability, if it weren't for my job, we wouldn't have been able to afford that portion of his treatment not covered by insurance. (See my post, "What My Husband's Cancer Taught Me About Our Broken Healthcare System.") Without my job, if we had paid for everything out of pocket, we likely would have lost our home, and our daughter would have had to be pulled out of the private school that connected us to a community of stay-at-home moms who cooked for us during the darkest months.
During the worst years of his illness, which I wrote about here, I did have a pair of Lululemon yoga pants. I was wearing them when I took my husband to the emergency room at 2 a.m., and for the next three days while he was in intensive care, following emergency surgery to eliminate the cause of his 105.7 degree temperature. I never wanted to see those pants again following that ordeal, only because of the memories they provoked. But dang, they were a comfortable way to get through 72 hours of Hell.
If I were a stay-at-home mom, I would live in daily terror that my husband's cancer would come out of remission and we would lack the resources to manage the costs. Lululemon couldn't reduce that terror.
We each need to eliminate the caste system we have created in our heads based, in great part, on what people wear. We need to understand that clothing means very little.
None of us lead the lives our appearance suggests. We each lie in bed at night with our personal terrors as to what life could be, or about what life is like right now, and whether we have the strength to get through it. Clothes and money rarely can make that go away.
Yesterday, I went shopping for a new suit for work. I tried on a fabulous looking ensemble that felt like I was wearing a cross between Spanx (a company run by Sara Blakely, a working mom who just joined the Forbes Billionaires list) and really comfortable pajamas. I asked the saleswoman what made this work outfit feel so good. Her answer: "We bought our fabric for that line from the Lululemon factory."
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It is depressing that America does appear to have a caste system initially based on appearance. It seems sometimes as we are all nothing more the a visual soundbite unless one takes time to actually get to know someone.
Ms. Rosen, had nothing to apologize for. The context in which her comment was made is that Mrs. Romney did not have a paid job. Nobody including Ms. Rosen ever said that motherhood, parenthood, as a stay at home parent is not challenging and difficult at times but a family is a blessing not a job. Yes, I do have children.
It is great that Ann Romney could choose to stay at home and raise her children but most us as working mothers in America do not have the choice. She is not representative on the whole to speak to the economic condition of ordinary mothers in America.
Everyone, regardless of their race, class or sex brings something valuable to the table. Ann Romney aside from suffering from some very tough health issues has not had to struggle with the economic issues most working parents in America and especially women, have to face. It does not mean that her experience is not valuable but it is not going to be an experience that has much in common with population she is asked to speculate on.
With regard to the Obamas distancing themselves from Ms. Rosen, the Obamas and Jim Messina had a real opportunity to be a voice for working mothers all over this country but they threw that opportunity and Ms. Rosen under the bus as they rushed to answer the anti-women anti-motherhood charge and out of context soundbite twisted for political mileage on both sides.
There are real economic problems for women in this country. Rosen has the courage to address them. As a working mother, I am glad she is out there bringing light to the hypocrisy of the political dog and pony show and litany of moral hucksterism we have to wade through to get a president who actually understands women's issues.
And although Ann Romney had cancer and has MS, she, unlike the rest of us, doesn't have to worry about insurance coverage for her pre-existing conditions because she can afford exorbitant insurance premiums. Some of us have to work for group medical benefits because we can't get insurance to cover our pre-existing conditions.
family is a blessing not a job…really? sure looks like we're getting hung up on semantics here. let's not fool ourselves to think ms. rosen didn't mean that comment in a deragatory sense. i hardly think she had the "family is a blessing" mentality when she spoke those words.
the bottom line is she passed judgement on a very sensitive and complex issue… just like you are. and it infuriates me how women continue to think this issue is so black and white, throwing stones at other women for the choices they have made.
so go on, continue to fault ann for her choice to stay at home and raise a family. really, it's not hard work. and while we're at it, let's downplay her and her family's struggle with dealing with a life threatening ilness because she can pay for "help." oh and don't forget to judge her and her husband for being successful and complain that you have to work for group medical benefits.
when does it stop ladies? when will we stop pretending like we have any idea what another person's life is like and judging them for the choices they've made? when will we just be supportive of each other, regardless of what "job" you've "chosen" or what path your life is on?
enough already.
AMEN to that! Disgusting, really, how everyone has jumped all over Rosen's comments and taken them completely out of context. I would never say that motherhood is not hard work…but Rosen didn't say it either.
I totally agree that some mothers work because they have to (for insurance, or just to keep a roof over their family's head). Stay tuned. Next week I will be writing about health care reform. Unless one is fortunate enough to be able to self-insure, whether or not you have insurance is another way we have divided classes in this country.
Working outside the house is hard, parenting is hard, working from home and parenting simultaneously can be insanity inducing. We need to help each other. Hillary Clinton said it takes a village. It takes at least a village. We need to open up lines of communication among us. Life would be easier for all of us including our children.
What Rosen said was that Ann Romney was not qualified to comment on the economy because she had not worked a day in her life.
She was not taken out of context.
Her words were condescending, and frankly, stupid.
One does not have to have worked outside of the home to be in touch with the economy. Not by a long shot.
Rosen, herself, is not representative of the average woman whose circumstances she bemoaned as she described just who *would* have the right to make economic commentary.
If you live here, and it's your country, and you spend any money, you have some insight to the economy. It might not be the same insight others would have, because everyone has different circumstances, but it's all equally valid, regardless of the bank account status.
Romney clarified that while on the campaign trail with her husband, she has spent an inordinate amount of time visiting with women about their concerns about the economy. Does her bank account balance match that of theirs? No. But neither does Hilary Rosen's.
Anyone who thinks this wasn't an election-year set-up so the Obama administration could ride in on a white horse and make comments about how he loves and appreciates every single American woman is seriously underestimating the political machine. She (or SOME Hilary Rosen – since apparently the President's spokesman knows three Hilary Rosen's!) visited the White House 35 times and she is a PR person. No way, no how, was such an incendiary remark off-the-cuff.
Noooo way.
Obviously Wendy Goffe is speaking for herself. I've worked outside the house (sometimes it could be hard…sometimes it could be easy) and raised my 14-year-old daughter on my own since she was less than a year old (with no financial support from anyone; not required a village). "Insanity inducing"? Really? Really? Wow…pick up a parenting book! Raising my daughter has never been hard and has been the most enjoyable experience. And "no", I am not fortunate, rich, or "lucky". I am just a good parent. Again, she is obviously speaking on behalf of her self.
Working class folks in general work for health insurance. It's not a woman's issue or mother's issue…it's the way our system works right now and it's a gender neutral working persons' issue. Our employer based healthcare system worked back when employees worked 25 years at the same factory. Now most folks work two or three years for one employer and move on. The system doesn't work nearly as well anymore given the new paradigm.


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Catholic Answers, based in El Cajon, California, is the largest lay-run apostolate of Catholic apologetics and evangelization in the United States. It publishes Catholic Answers Magazine (formerly This Rock),[1] a bimonthly magazine focusing on Catholic evangelization and apologetics. It also produces Catholic Answers Live,[2] a radio show that features some of the most prominent men and women in the Catholic Church answering callers' questions on a variety of topics. Catholic Answers Live airs Monday through Friday 6-8 p.m. EST (3-5 p.m. PST).
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Catholic Answers was founded in 1979 by Karl Keating in response to a fundamentalist Protestant church in San Diego that was distributing anti-Catholic propaganda in the form of tracts placed on the cars of Catholics attending Mass. Its mission statement explains its purpose:
Catholic Answers is an apostolate dedicated to serving Christ by bringing the fullness of Catholic truth to the world. We help good Catholics become better Catholics, help bring former Catholics "home," and lead non-Catholics into the fullness of the faith.[4]
He first started by writing a modest tract titled "Catholic Answers" to counter the arguments he saw in the anti-Catholic tract. He distributed it on the windshields of the cars in the fundamentalist Protestant church's parking lot. Due to the feedback he received from that tract, he published 24 more tracts.
In 1988 he quit his law practice and turned Catholic Answers into a full-time apostolate, with an office and full-time staff.
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Catholic Answers Magazine, which was titled This Rock until 2011, deals with various aspects of Catholic theology, practice, apologetics, and evangelization. The magazine formerly published ten issues per year; in 2009, it was reduced to six issues per year. The current editor is Tim Ryland.[8] The first issue was dated January 1990. The original title This Rock referred to Matthew 16:18, in which Jesus tells the apostle Peter: "You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church." In the January 1990 inaugural issue, publisher and then-editor Karl Keating stated the magazine's mission: "Our desire is to mirror the Rock which is Peter, which rests upon the Rock which is Christ, and to explain clearly and accurately the Catholic faith."[9]
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Before the 2004 presidential election, Catholic Answers published the Voter's Guide for Serious Catholics.[10] It was produced both in pamphlet form and as an insert to the newspaper USA Today. This publication promoted five "non-negotiable" issues that were also major political questions in the election cycle. The five non-negotiable issues explained and discussed were abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, same-sex marriage and human cloning.[further explanation needed] The term "non-negotiable" is used by Catholic Answers to describe issues that are "intrinsically evil and must never be promoted by law."[11] Catholic Answers maintains that there are many more "non-negotiable" issues but these were "selected because they involve principles that never admit of exceptions and because they are currently being debated in U.S. politics."[11]
While "The Voters Guide for Serious Catholics" made no endorsements of any candidate or political party, the organization came under strong attack by liberal organizations and Democratic Party candidates as a partisan publication. In 2004 complaints were filed by Catholics for a Free Choice with the IRS claiming that it was in "blatant violation of its charitable status"[12] in an attempt to revoke Catholic Answers' tax exempt status.
An IRS investigation resulted in no action against Catholic Answers; the IRS ruled that the Voters Guide for Serious Catholics could be safely distributed by religious organizations because it did not comprise political intervention:
[Catholic Answers, Inc.] created, published and distributed the "Voters Guide for Serious Catholics" ("VGSC"). The VGSC asserts that it is intended to help the reader vote for candidates for public office in a manner consistent with Catholic moral teachings. The VGSC identifies five issues it deems to be "non-negotiable" issues and instructs the reader on how to narrow down the list of candidates to those who are acceptable based on the non-negotiable issues. The VGSC does not directly or indirectly make reference to any specific candidate, political party or election. Therefore, the content of the VGSC, standing alone, is not political campaign intervention because the VGSC does not support or oppose any specific candidate for public office [Addendum to Letter 3609P, May 2, 2008].[13]
The VGSC is not an official publication of the Roman Catholic Church and was not authorized by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. The authorized voters guide, "Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship" was approved by the full body of bishops at its November 2007 General Meeting and was authorized for publication by Msgr. Ronny E. Jenkins, JCD. In it, the Bishops encourage Catholics to avoid unauthorized voter guides such as the VGSC:
- 8. During election years, there may be many handouts and voter guides that are produced and distributed. We encourage Catholics to seek those resources that are authorized by their own bishops, their state Catholic conferences, and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.[14]
A new legal entity called Catholic Answers Action[15] was created which has a separate 501(c)(4) tax status.
See also[edit]
- ^ Catholic Answers
- ^ Catholic Answers Live
- ^ The Official Catholic Directory
- ^ About Catholic Answers
- ^ Catholic Answers Staff Profiles
- ^ Mark Brumley
- ^ Matthew Pinto
- ^ The Crossroads Initiative
- ^ Editorial: Starting Out
- ^ Voter's Guide for Serious Catholics
- ^ a b Catholic Answers, Voter's Guide for Serious Catholics(2006), pg. 5
- ^ Press release from Catholics for Choice
- ^ IRS ruling on complaint
- ^ Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship
- ^ Catholic Answers Action
External links[edit]
- Catholic Answers (official website)
- Catholic Answers' forums
- Catholic Answers' Original Catholic Encyclopedia
- Pure Love Club Catholic Answers' chastity outreach


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With her first pregnancy 11 years ago, Sakia'Lynn Johnson made some unusual choices. A student at a Historically Black University, Johnson had planned her pregnancy, and was determined to nurse her first child exclusively for six months and continue breastfeeding him until age 2 - a rare goal then and now.
Although Johnson was never given information about breastfeeding during her prenatal visits, she sought out breastfeeding resources on her own, determined to achieve her goal. Despite a Caesarean-section delivery and the subsequent struggle to feed, Johnson fought to follow her plan. She finally achieved her goal only after visiting a lactation consultant in a neighborhood Women, Infants, Children (WIC) office.
Now 33, Johnson continues to remain ahead of the curve.
According to the 2011 Breastfeeding Report Card [PDF | 935KB] from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost 75 percent of new moms have tried breastfeeding their children. Six months later about 44 percent of women are breastfeeding. However the number of moms who feed their children only breast milk for six months straight is a little less than 15 percent.
Documented health benefits of breast milk include decreased risk of ear infections, diarrhea, pneumonia, obesity, asthma and sudden infant death syndrome in babies. Studies also show that women who breastfeed have a decreased risk of breast cancer.
As numerous medical studies have supported the health benefits of breast milk, legislation, community programs and growing public awareness continue to move breastfeeding away from being just an optional way of feeding a newborn toward the spotlight as a major public health concern.
Based on the statistics, it's clear to many that the message is particularly needed in minority communities, which have drastically lower rates of breastfeeding, particularly in the category of only feeding babies breast milk for six consecutive months.
A little less than 60 percent of black babies are breastfed at least once. Twenty-eight percent of black babies receive some breast milk six months later, with only 8 percent being fed only breast milk at six months. Although breastfeeding rates within the United States have steadily increased during the past decade, disparities continue to exist, as many women face the challenge of questioning relatives who used formula to feed their own children, popular beliefs that the act of breastfeeding is inappropriate, a lack of social support and the historical after effects of family segmentation and regulations of government programming.
In 2011, the United States Breastfeeding Committee declared August to be National Breastfeeding Month , with the first week coinciding with World Breastfeeding Week . The 19th U.S. Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin, MD, MBA also issued an official Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding, inviting employers, family members, health professionals and grandparents to not only ease the stress of breastfeeding mothers but to encourage breastfeeding in support of a healthy nation. The Affordable Care Act expanded access to breastfeeding counseling, support and supplies without any cost-sharing, which began Aug. 1.
"It is a struggle, no matter what," said Johnson, whose struggle to provide what she knew was right for her child led her to become an international board certified lactation consultant working in Florida.
"Breastfeeding decisions are usually made and most successfully reached when [women] have prenatal education," she said. "Moms who make it to six months make it because that was their goal from the beginning."
The American Academy of Pediatrics agrees. The February 2012 edition of Pediatrics concluded that "infant feeding should not be considered as a lifestyle choice but rather as a basic health issue. As such, the pediatrician's role in advocating and supporting proper breastfeeding practices is essential and vital for the achievement of this preferred public health goal."
Nurse-Midwife and Founder of the Developing Families Center in the District of Columbia's Ward 5, Dr. Ruth Lubic said not to discount the additional benefits, particularly the bond between mother and child.
"The emotional benefits of breastfeeding are very important," Lubic said. "When I did midwifery in '61 and '62, nobody breastfed."
But Lubic has seen a slight shift over the past several decades.
"There's a real understanding that breastfeeding is important for the health of the mother and the health of the child," she said.
Although breastfeeding rates have increased steadily, Johnson still believes support is desperately needed for mothers, noting that most mothers she helps don't always breastfeed exclusively. She has personally seen the number of women who want to breastfeed increase, but finds rigid work schedules, inadequate pumping locations, advice from physicians to occasionally use formula and the availability of free formula, can all derail goals.
Despite the challenges, Johnson continues the mission of letting other mothers know that healthy breast milk is the best food for babies.
"Nobody ever asked me what my [breastfeeding] plans were," Johnson said. "So I do make it a point to ask-especially African-American and low-income women. I know it's hard, but… they need to know they aren't alone [because] sometimes when women breastfeed [they feel] alone in that quest."
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RALEIGH — N.C. State coach Dave Doeren didn't like the new targeting penalty in college football before Saturday's 27-19 loss to North Carolina.
He's really not a fan of it after it cost the Wolfpack senior linebacker D.J. Green in the first quarter.
"I think that rule is a bad rule," Doeren said. "I think that has been expressed by a lot of coaches. It's not evenly officiated."
Green was ejected after he was flagged for "targeting" the head of UNC quarterback Marquise Williams at the end of a 3-yard run at 4:46 in the first quarter.
By rule, the play was reviewed and the ejection was held up after the replay showed Green knocked Williams' helmet off.
Later in the third quarter, UNC cornerback Jabari Price was flagged for the same penalty after a collision with N.C. State quarterback Brandon Mitchell.
After the play was reviewed, Price's ejection was overturned but the penalty was upheld.
"It's a judgement call and there is too many margins for error with that rule change," Doeren said.
"I just don't get it. I don't think it's fair on the officials. I think it's something that needs to be changed at the end of the season."
Green had two tackles, including one for a nine-yard loss before he was ejected. His replacement, Rodman Noel finished the game with a team-best 10 tackles. Price also had 10 tackles for UNC.
UNC coach Larry Fedora agreed it was a difficult call for officials to make.
"I don't think it's fair to the officials," Fedora said. "It's a bang-bang play and they're trying to protect the defenseless player. They don't know. They really don't know, it happens so quick. You have to look at it on film five times to figure out if it really is."
QUESTIONS AT QB: Brandon Mitchell started his third game of the season for N.C. State but got pulled in the fourth quarter by coach Dave Doeren after he threw his second interception in the fourth quarter with N.C. State down 27-19.
Mitchell had a lot of time on second and 12 from the N.C. State 23-yard line but forced a throw into coverage. UNC safety Brian Walker came down with the interception at State's 44-yard line at 10:53 in the fourth.
Junior Pete Thomas relieved Mitchell and completed 4 of 7 passes for 46 yards on two drives. Thomas started five games for Mitchell, when Mitchell was out with a broken foot.
Doeren said he will have a decision to make before next Saturday's game at Duke.
"I'm emotional right now," Doeren said. "I know I'm probably not going to say exactly how I feel. I'll watch the tape, we'll sit down as coaches and make the best decision for our football team."
Mitchell finished the game 10 of 22 for 130 yards with the two interceptions. He did become the first State quarterback since 1976 to run for 100 yards (105 yards) but it wasn't any solace to Mitchell after the game.
"I turned the ball over twice and that was two plays in the game that hurt us," Mitchell said. "We had a chance to win, I just cost my team a win."
In two games back since the injury, Mitchell is 27 of 55 for 258 yards with four interceptions and no touchdowns.
NOTES: Junior receiver Bryan Underwood did not play Saturday and will miss the rest of the season with a broken collarbone, according to Doeren. Underwood, who leads the team in receptions (32) and receiving yards (382) is the four starter who has been ruled out for the season.
Doeren also said that freshman receiver Johnathon Alston will miss the rest of the season with a broken elbow.
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Mackinaw City, 11:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m. July 29, Mackinaw City Public Schools, 609 W. Central Ave.
Traverse City, noon-5:45 p.m. July 29, Great Wolf Lodge, 3575 N. U.S. 31.
Cheboygan, 11 a.m.-4:45 p.m. July 31, St. John Lutheran Church, 8757 N. Straits Highway.
Charlevoix, 10 a.m.-3:45 p.m. Aug. 1, Charlevoix Area Hospital, 14700 Lakeshore Dr.
Harbor Springs, noon-5:45 p.m. Aug. 2, Holy Childhood Parish Hall, 150 W. Main.
Petoskey, 11 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Aug. 2, American Red Cross, 2350 Mitchell Park Dr.
Wolverine, noon-5:45 p.m. Aug. 5, Wolverine Community Center, 5716 E. Main.
Kalkaska, noon-5:45 p.m. Aug. 5, Kaliseum Recreation Complex, 1900 Fairgrounds.
Michigan Blood
Arcadia, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. July 27, bus, during Arcadia Daze, Arcadia Township Hall/Fire Station.
Sears, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. July 27, bus, Crittenden Park, 3641 S. 50th Ave.
Thompsonville, 2-6 p.m. July 29, bus, Crystal Mountain Resort & Spa, 12500 Crystal Mountain Dr.
Traverse City, 1-7 p.m. July 29, St. Francis Catholic Church, 1025 S. Union St.
Hersey, 1-6 p.m. July 31, Eagle Village conference room, 4507 170th Ave.
Frankfort, 2-6 p.m. Aug. 1, Frankfort Community Room, 537 Crystal Ave.
Traverse City, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 1, bus, Great Lakes Orthopaedic Center, 4045 W. Royal Dr.
Manistee, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 1, West Shore Medical Center classroom, 1465 E. Parkdale Ave.
Reed City, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 2, Spectrum Health-Reed City Hospital, cafeteria conference room, 300 N. Patterson Road.
Reed City, 1:30-5:30 p.m. Aug. 2, St. Philip Neri Church, 831 S. Chestnut St.
Elk Rapids, 1-7 p.m. Aug. 5, Elk Rapids Community Meeting Room, 410 Bridge St.
Marion, 3-7 p.m. Aug. 5, bus, Amish Community, 18814 M-115.
For details about American Red Cross Blood Drives, call 347-5984 or (800) 582-2240, ext. 109; for information on American Red Cross drives in northern Michigan, visit redcrossmichigan.org.
For details about Michigan Blood Drives, call 935-3030 or (866) MIBLOOD (option six) or visit miblood.org.


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Tepper School alumni in the Dallas areas are invited to attend the annual Tepper School Summer Welcome Reception on Tuesday, July 9, 2013 from 7 - 9 pm at the Southlake home of alumna, Amy Hamilton (MBA '03), to welcome Tepper School student interns, Class of 2013 alumni, and newly admitted students.
It will be an informal evening so bring your business cards for networking. Refreshments will be provided.
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