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I. "I believe" — You can't live without some kind of faith.
Everybody believes something. Faith is crucial to all human existence. We believe that we can know what time it is. We believe that if we drop an object, the force of gravity will bring it to the ground. We believe that day follows night and that there is a predictable symmetry of how nature functions. We begin early in life, by trial and error, to identify persons whom we can trust. It doesn't take long to know whether Mother and Father are reliable. Every child, if honest, can do a pretty accurate computer printout on those areas in which their parents are trustworthy and those areas in which they must learn to fend for themselves. The older we get, the more sophisticated we become in assessing what persons and institutions in which we can put our faith. Faith, based on some rational process, is involved in items as varied as our confidence in the toothpaste we buy, the news report to which we listen, the airline on which we choose to fly and the person to whom we commit ourselves in marriage.
The Apostles' Creed is an endeavor to reduce to a very basic credal statement what I believe and don't believe about God. It is highly individualistic in that when I say it, or choose not to say it or choose to say just parts of it, I am making a faith statement.
And The Apostles' Creed is a succinct statement of what we believe or don't believe about God. It is corporate. It didn't come together in a haphazard fashion. It is a combined effort of centuries of believers who developed credal statements more simple and more complex, based on Scripture and the kinds of issues being faced in the societies in which they lived.
So, when I recite The Apostles' Creed, I am declaring what John Huffman believes in September of 2003. This statement is as up-to-date as this morning. At the same time, it brings all the historical richness of faith content of those millions of followers of Jesus of the past twenty centuries. It is not just that I declare my beliefs, but I join with this great company of believers in this common expression.
II. "I believe in God" — This is the starting point of all theological formation.
Either there is a God or there isn't. The study of human history makes it quite clear that humankind is religious. Scratch us at the surface, and most people have some belief in the existence of a divine reality, to be referred to as God or gods. Contemporary surveys show that even in this secularized world, most people still believe in some kind of divine reality. The atheistic writings of some philosophers, political theorists and psychologists have not been able to rid modern men and women from religious notions.
There are some classic arguments from reason that would point to the existence of God. These used to be called "proofs." Our post-Enlightenment way of looking at truth causes us to be a bit careful in using such a blanket term as "proof." Nonetheless, these classic arguments from reason are worth mentioning.


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Mutt-and-Jeff comedic teams have been a part of cinema history since Laurel and Hardy, and that dynamic of two completely dissimilar people annoying each other is at the heart of Tim Story's buddy comedy Ride Along. Sadly, the script, which is credited to four different people, never gives his game actors anything all that funny to do.
Kevin Hart stars as Ben, a school security guard madly in love with his beautiful girlfriend Angela (Tika Sumpter). The biggest obstacle to their relationship is Angela's very protective brother James (Ice Cube), a lone-wolf cop who hates that she's dating a loser. However, when ...
Ride Along Interview: Ice Cube and Kevin Hart talk about their onscreen partnership, plus favorite TV and movies.
Kevin Hart and Ice Cube lead the lineup in Ride Along, the new film from the director and the producer of the blockbuster comedy Think Like a Man. When a fast-talking guy joins his girlfriend's brother—a hot-tempered cop—to patrol the streets of Atlanta, he gets entangled in the officer's latest case. Now, in order to prove that he deserves his future bride, he must survive the most insane 24 hours of his life.
For the past two years, high-school security guard Ben (Hart) has been trying to show decorated APD detective James (Cube) that he's more than just a video-game junkie who's unworthy of James' sister, Angela (Tika Sumpter). When Ben finally gets accepted into the academy, he thinks he's earned the seasoned policeman's respect and asks for his blessing to marry Angela.
Knowing that a ride along will demonstrate if Ben has what it takes to take care of his sister, James invites him on a shift designed to scare the hell out of the trainee. But when the wild night leads them to the most notorious criminal in the city, James will find that his new partner's rapid-fire mouth is just as dangerous as the bullets speeding at it.
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|How can we build body acceptance and satisfaction? Body dissatisfaction causes distress and frequently plays a role in the development and maintenance of low self-esteem, depressive symptoms and eating disorders. Despite the recognition of the role of body dissatisfaction, training in body image therapy is infrequently available and therapists often believe they lack skills and strategies to successfully treat body image concerns. This workshop will address the need for body image treatment strategies, using a combined informational/experiential approach to help participants explore different cognitive behavioural treatment options. Initially, risk and maintaining factors for body dissatisfaction will be described as these provide foci for intervention. In addition, the evidence for body image programs for different age groups will be reviewed (e.g., McLean et al., 2012; Paxton et al., 2007). Next, different cognitive behavioural therapy intervention techniques will be described and participants will have the opportunity to develop skills to implement a number of these strategies. These will include behavioural experiments to challenge body comparison, changing fat talk, cognitive dissonance approaches for internalisation of appearance ideals, exposure techniques for avoidance, response prevention for checking, mindfulness for "feeling fat", movement and dance to enhance positive body experiences and building self-care behaviours. Participants will be provided with relevant resources and program
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|Professor Susan Paxton
Susan is Professor in the School of Psychological Science at La Trobe University, Melbourne. She has a longstanding clinical and research interest in body image and eating disorders. She has a particular interest in identification of risk factors for body dissatisfaction and disordered eating and the development and evaluation of school-based and community prevention, early interventions and treatments in this area.
Sian McClean is a research co-ordinator and Phd Candidate working with Susan Paxton at La Trobe University. Sian has run several body image groups for both adolescents and older women. Sian has also published many articles on her research into the body image field.
Dr. Beth Shelton. Beth works as a psychologist, consultant and educator in the areas of eating disorders and body image. Beth is senior clinician at the Centre of Excellence in Eating Disorders and at the Southern Health Eating Disorder program. Beth is interested in the role of movement and body experience in interventions for disordered eating and body dissatisfaction.
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The Round Rock Public Library will be hosting a reception from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, in the first floor gallery to mark the opening of the month-long exhibit, "Nature Photos by Ted Keller."
The exhibit showcases 15 photographic images by Ted Keller, a local nature photographer and author. Seven of the nature photographs in the exhibit are from Mr. Keller's 2012 inspirational coffee-table book, Fifty Feisty Photos for Daily Encouragement.
Each of these exciting images of nature metaphorically depicts an encouraging and uplifting "life truth," the subject of his book. The other eight photographs express some of Mr. Keller's favorite "special moments" and scenes in nature from around the world.


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Last November, a half year after the BP oil spill, as Christopher Reddy sat in a Mobile, Ala., restaurant, he overheard a customer at a nearby table ask a friend if he would order fish. "The other customer said, 'No, thanks, I don't like my fish with a side order of cancer.'"
Reddy, a marine chemist, pondered telling them that scientific data from the Food and Drug Administration and other government agencies indicate that eating fish from the Gulf of Mexico after the April 20, 2010, spill wasn't dangerous.
"But I had a failure of nerve. I wish I had spoken to them."
He increasingly sees himself as "a bridge between the public and science," a span that both the public and policymakers crossed in the wake of the Gulf crisis.
Reddy, 41, a senior scientist at the renowned Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, on Cape Cod, has been in the midst of research on the spill almost from the start. He was on the team that worked in June 2010 on a research vessel next to the hellish flames from the stricken Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. (While the disaster is mostly called "the BP spill" because that company was assigned overall legal responsibility, other firms were involved, too.) They were there to use ultra-high-tech submersible equipment to collect data from the rig's broken wellhead, about 5,000 feet deep, from which millions of gallons of crude oil and natural gas eventually spewed.
He says he'll never forget the "apocalyptic scene" as his team moved onto their research vessel from a larger ship in "the oily, loud, flaming area."
Then came grueling, but exciting, work.
"We were on a two-week-long cruise with no rainchecks," he says. "This led many of us to be 'up' as much as we could physically handle. There may have been a time when I went two-and-a-half days without sleeping in my bunk. Instead, I'd lay on the deck with my cell phone on my chest. This may sound macho, but it's not smart to get so little sleep with the chance of being near heavy equipment. So we tried to police each other's mental and physical condition."
Their research found that the spill had created a now-famous deepwater plume of hydrocarbons — a plume that had spread dozens of miles southwest from the wellhead.
The plume received hyperbolic coverage from some news media — and from some of the more emotional members of the scientific community, too. But Reddy, who emphasizes the importance of a calm, dispassionate presentation of data, quickly debunked assertions that the plume was, in itself, a catastrophe.
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It was not, he notes, "a 22-mile-long chocolate river of death." Rather, it consisted of water with a higher concentration of hydrocarbons than the surrounding water. Put a glass of noncontaminated water next to one with water from the plume, he says, and they'd look the same. (Of course, he wouldn't drink it!)
The chemist, who has also been studying the marshy waters of the northern Gulf Coast where some of the oil had drifted, has become a specialist in explaining science in careful but accessible — even chatty — ways to the public. He particularly emphasizes the very hard and constantly re-evaluated work, patience and intellectual humility needed in collecting and analyzing scientific data, as well as the civic obligation to discuss it carefully, but forthrightly, with the public.
The steady intellectual (if not always physical) calmness of this muscular, very energetic and enthusiastic man contrasted with some high-profile environmental activists and a few environmental scientists who presented apocalyptic scenarios for the BP spill.
"This spill will be lasting for years, if not for decades," said Doug Inkley, senior scientist at the National Wildlife Federation. Sylvia Earle of the National Geographic Society warned that the spill, and such counter-measures as using chemical dispersants to break it down, "will permanently alter the nature of the area." And, Earle said, "just about everyone on the planet" will be hurt. Samantha Joye of the University of Georgia, put it: "You can skim it, you burn it … but these tiny particles in the water column will persist for God knows how long."
Despite these divergent styles, I couldn't find anyone in the scientific community who would publicly criticize Reddy — for his cautious remarks on the Gulf spill or anything else — perhaps because he is so careful and personable. The nearest I came were a couple of remarks on blogs urging him and others to be more leery of government data.
Reddy has received funding from oil-services company Schlumberger for research on petroleum geochemistry, but no oil-industry company has funded his work on oil spills.
"Chris Reddy was an eloquent voice reminding the community on numerous occasions what it means to be a scientist. The only problem was that not everyone chose to listen," says John Kessler, an assistant professor of oceanography at Texas A&M University.
Reddy is passionate about the mission of science, including a passion for being dispassionate. Through his many op-eds and other articles, and numerous radio and television appearances, he's become something of a rock star in talking about science.
"Chris is part of a new generation of scientists out there trying to communicate with the public," science writer Wendy Williams put it. "He doesn't have an elitist, ivory-tower attitude, as a lot of the older generation do. Meanwhile, he's holding the line on misinformation and exaggerations about scientific questions while trying to get out the truth."
Even as he continued to collect oil samples for analysis, the spill brought Reddy the "most satisfying experience of my career so far": acting as academic liaison for the Unified Area Command put together by the U.S. Coast Guard as part of its leadership of response to the spill. There, he coordinated university and other researchers' work with the Coast Guard, other federal and state authorities, and the private sector, further raising his public profile.
"There are plenty of other people in my lab who are better scientists than I am," he insists, but he says he's become pretty damn good at explaining how scientists work.
He has used such explanatory gambits as anthropomorphizing bacteria – comparing bacteria-eating oil in a spill to hungry teenagers going for the first available food source. But when the bugs then shift to a "better offer" of other stuff to work on decomposing, that shift can leave toxic hydrocarbons in the environment for an alarmingly long time, especially in coastal marshes.
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In blue jeans and a T-shirt, Reddy leans forward in his cluttered Woods Hole office, with its view of a windy Vineyard Sound, and emphasizes that it's far too early to know the long-term effects of the Gulf spill. He notes how resilient the Gulf has been in the face of many other man-made insults and asks that citizens let much more data be analyzed before reaching conclusions about the spill's long-term effects. Those data are fated to be frequently revised in the coming years in any case, which is how peer-reviewed science operates.
"Many people treated the spill as 'CSI: Gulf of Mexico,'" he says. "But science isn't like that. It can take years to understand the impact of something like the BP spill. There should be more respect for uncertainty."
His public outreach aside, Reddy spends many hours in very rigorous research. As he took me into his instrument-stuffed lab, gently presided over by a colleague's Australian cattle dog, Reddy recalled how impressed he was by the "resilience of nature." One of the things that most surprised him on his trips to the Gulf was the stunningly fast disappearance of the crude oil that had coated stretches of Louisiana marsh grass soon after the spill. He's still not sure why it exited so swiftly or where it went.
Such intriguing questions await analysis of incoming research data. The thrill of the chase was palpable in the lab when I visited as Reddy and his team seemed to be closing in on certain mysteries.
He suspects that one of the biggest scientific challenges will be gauging the overall ecological impact of injecting large quantities of chemical dispersants in deep water. "It had never been done before, and hence there was a risk," he says, "but a risk taken by experts."
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Reddy grew up in a prosperous family in Edgewood, R.I., and his social intelligence likely stems in part from growing up one of seven siblings.
The former high school and collegiate wrestler was (and is) very athletic, running high-school cross-country and playing baseball in addition to wrestling. As a young man, he was far from a bookish student. But his maternal grandfather loved engineering, technology and tinkering in his workshop, and Reddy attributes much of his early interest in science to him.
He attended Rhode Island College, and while not an A-student, he distinguished himself as a talented chemist. Recruited by several leading graduate schools, in the last stretch of college Reddy decided that he wasn't "mature enough" for graduate-school work.
Then came a dark time, Reddy said with a rueful smile. He got a job doing chemical analysis for a small firm, but soon quit because "my boss was a jerk." His next job: delivering long-stemmed cookies for four months — including once, humiliatingly, to an ex-girlfriend. He was depressed and aimless.
But he shook off the despair and took a job analyzing water and soil for a small firm. "It was a tough job and as close to factory work as you could get," he recalls. "But I had to learn how to move fast and do things the right way, as many of my analyses were part of lawsuits. Those skills are part of the foundation of my career."
His boss sensed the young man's boredom and suggested that Reddy apply for the doctoral program at the University of Rhode Island's famed Graduate School of Oceanography. He was admitted and began to build a reputation as an indefatigable researcher who got much of his data outdoors in the sun, wind and rain, at the sites of major pollution accidents. (He also does a lot of recreational kayaking in such places.)
His mentor at URI, biochemist and now emeritus professor James Quinn, says that Reddy was "one of the very best students I ever had. He did superb scientific work." Quinn lauds Reddy's enthusiastic and rigorous approach to discussing environmental accidents with major scientific implications.
While Reddy was working on his doctoral thesis, a big oil spill off Rhode Island in 1996 spurred both his excitement and his research. He incorporated research on the accident in his thesis, "Studies on the fates of organic contaminants in aquatic environments."
But his best-known work before the Gulf disaster came in studying, starting in 2003, another spill, this one on Buzzards Bay, Mass., way back in September 1969, about a month after his birth. He and his colleagues discovered toxic compounds from the spill present in marshes — still harming the plants and animals — after more than three decades. This breakthrough work drew attention from environmental scientists — and environmental activists.
With those grim findings as a baseline, Reddy is hopeful about industry's ability to learn from oil-spill disasters. For example, the petroleum and shipping businesses learned a lot about how to avoid and mitigate the effects of oil spills in studies of Alaska's 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster.
But not all lessons transfer neatly, and "every spill is different," Reddy emphasizes. The cold water and rocky coastline of the Exxon Valdez spill site made for very different challenges than in the Gulf of Mexico. The northern Gulf, of course, has very warm surface water, which speeds oil decomposition, and a low, marshy coast.
Still, industry will have huge incentives to apply what it has learned from the BP spill, Reddy says, given the economic damage caused by that catastrophe.
Meanwhile, Reddy, owing to his concern about the ignorance and misinformation widely expressed during the spill and other accidents, plans to spend even more time in a role unusually public for scientists.
Reddy has studied for his emerging public role. In 2006, for example, he participated in the Aldo Leopold Leadership Program, a joint effort of Stanford University and the Woods Institute for the Environment based there that seeks to improve communication between scientists and the rest of the world, in particular the media and policymakers. The program, named for the writer-ecologist, taught him more about the importance of delivering a "clear message, knowing the scientist's audience and having the courage to speak out.
"Communicating with the public is risky," he says, "but not daring to communicate is even riskier."
Besides doing more public speaking, and producing more newspaper and magazine articles, Reddy plans to write a book on the often-awkward relationship between scientists and a public all too easily swayed by grossly premature conclusions and sensationalism by the news media and various advocates.
Meanwhile, he's been co-teaching a course at Woods Hole on how scientists should deal with media questions.
He urges citizens to redouble their patience as scientists take the necessary time to try to understand what happened in the Gulf — and to distinguish between environmentalists, who have a public-policy mission, and environmental scientists, whose mission is to find and present the facts, whatever the policy or political implications.
In his main role as scientist, Reddy will continue his research into non-spill-related subjects, such as the use of algae in new biofuels. He's now planning a big greenhouse on Vineyard Sound.
But for a while yet, he'll be distracted by demands from the Gulf; as of this writing, he was studying the spill's continuing impact on the Louisiana coast.
Maybe his work on algae will achieve a renewable-energy breakthrough that would reduce the need for petroleum. This would please Reddy to no end — whatever the satisfaction he's gained from explaining the effects of the spilling of oil.
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Dear Concetta,
I just graduated from college and am very interested in joining the Peace Corps. However, ideally, I would leave in the fall of 2010, as I have plans for the summer of 2010.
When would the best time to apply be and is my desire to join the Peace Corps after the summer of 2010 too rigid of a date?
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Hello freshly minted graduate and Congrats on getting that degree! As a side note to all those who graduated this year may I just say that I completely feel your pain. No, Really- I do! I graduated High School in 1987, College in 1991 and returned from Peace Corps service in December of 1994. Besides being milestones in my own personal development, these were all either major or minor recessions and the job market was decidedly not pleasant and I turned out okay (at least I *think* I did.)
Back in the olden days of paper applications, there was a "shelf life" of 18 months on an application from the date it was signed and I'm not sure what the translation is in the electronic era. Can anyone out there help out?
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Accordingly, the capacity of the Quanto has been raised to 3,500 units per month, the XUV500 to 4,500 units and the SsangYong Rexton to 500 units. The increase in capacity is expected to bring down the waiting period for these popular products.
Bookings for these brands have been opened across more centres in India. Mahindra`s Quanto has received bookings of more than 12,000 units within the first two months of its launch while deliveries for the XUV500 are as per schedule. The company`s premium SUV, the SsangYong Rexton, with over 1,500 bookings across nine cities, is to be launched in more cities this month, M&M said.
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About a decade ago, Piano started developing plans for a minimalist home. He had been interested in the concept since his student days, and he began doing the work on spec, without a specific client. That concept ultimately developed into Diogene, a two-meter-by-two-meter cabin that is meant not as emergency housing, but instead as "a voluntary place of retreat."
The cabin is made from wood and the exterior is coated with aluminum paneling. Inside, it features a pull-out sofa and a folding table that's stored beneath the window. Behind a partition there is a shower, a toilet, and a small kitchen. The self-sufficient cabin features photovoltaic solar panels, natural ventilation, and triple glazing. Water is provided by a rainwater retention tank. The simple home is also very portable, and it can be easily loaded onto a truck and relocated.
As for possible uses, Vitra suggests the Diogene cabin could be used as a small office or workplace, or that several of them could be erected in a cluster to be used as hotel cottages. "Diogene is so small that it functions as the ideal retreat, but purposely does not cater for all needs to the same extent. Communication, for instance, will take place elsewhere – and thus Diogene also invites you to redefine the relationship between the individual and society."
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FHA Lowers Loan Cap for High-Cost Areas in 2014
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The Federal Housing Administration will reduce the size of loans it backs in high-cost areas beginning January 2014 as it moves to scale back its role in a recovering housing market, the agency said late Friday.
The ceiling on loans for single-family homes in highest cost areas will drop to a maximum of $625,500 from $729,750, effective Jan. 1. The current standard loan limit will remain unchanged at $271,050.
"As the housing market continues its recovery, it is important for FHA to evaluate the role we need to play," said FHA Commissioner Carol Galante. "Implementing lower loan limits is an important and appropriate step as private capital returns to portions of the market and enables FHA to concentrate on those borrowers that are still underserved.
The FHA insures lenders against losses on loans with downpayments as low as 3.5%. The share of FHA-backed loans surged in the wake of the crisis when private capital disappeared.The agency increased the limits on loans it backs under the Housing and Economic Recovery Act passed in 2008. The limits were scheduled to drop in 2009, but Congress delayed implementation of the lower limits amid concerns about tight credit conditions. Critics of the higher loan limits had argued that the FHA has deviated from its purpose of serving lower-income borrowers. About 650 counties will now have lower loan limits as a result of this change.
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The Arkansas District Export Council is accepting nominations for the fourth annual Arkansas Governor's Awards for Excellence in Global Trade.
The deadline to submit nominations for the export awards is April 30 at 12 noon. Nominations can be submitted at ArkansasExport.com.
The awards honor Arkansas businesses that excel in the international marketplace, and will be presented by Gov. Mike Beebe at a Governor's Mansion luncheon on May 22. All
Last year's winners were Welspun Tubular of Little Rock, Alliance Rubber of Hot Springs, Tyson Foods of Springdale and Conway Machine.
Event chairman and ArDEC vice chair Greg Matheny said the goals of the global trade awards are to promote global trade, recognize Arkansas businesses and highlight the importance of international trade on the state's economy. Matheny is senior international account manager for FedEx's Central Rivers Region.
"The Governor's Awards banquet is our flagship event to recognize companies that have taken steps to increase employment and their profitability by taking their products to international markets," he said. "If your company has taken the time and effort to do business internationally, we want to share in your success stories."
According to Census Bureau data, Arkansas' 2012 exports totaled $7.6 billion, a 36 percent increase from 2011. The state's largest international trade partners in 2011 were Canada ($1.7 billion), Mexico ($845 million), China ($720 million) and France ($365 million).
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Authorities are investigating an alleged hazing incident by a Massachusetts high school football team at a New Hampshire summer camp.
Officials said the alleged incident took place at the end of August when members of the Chelmsford High School football team attended Camp Robindel in Moultonborough.
Moultonborough Police Sgt. Peter Beede confirmed his department was investigating an alleged hazing incident that occurred on or about Aug. 23.
Chelmsford Police Chief James Murphy said several underclassmen were involved in the incident, including those who face disciplinary action and those who were allegedly hazed. He did not think the incident involved any upperclassmen.
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President Obama's most recent green energy fixation—algae—may suffer from the accusations of cronyism that have plagued his broader effort to promote non-fossil fuel energy sources through massive federal subsidies.
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Solazyme, a San Francisco-based firm that specializes in the plant matter, has received more than $25 million in federal grants and contracts as part of Obama administration's controversial stimulus package, and is poised to receive millions more as part of the president's recent efforts to promote green biofuels such as algae.
The firm employs a former member of the Obama-Biden transition team who, according to one online bio, "played a key role in developing the energy provisions in the economic stimulus bill."
That's right, the usual – crony capitalism. And in this case, you get a twofer. San Fran Nan's district benefits.
Be nice if the guy who claimed he was going to change "politics as we know it" wouldn't revert to "politics as usual" at every opportunity to pad his re-election campaign and help out his cronies, huh?
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Peter Schiff engages OWS and makes some good points
Watch and listen. Schiff makes a lot of points we've been hitting for years. It is a fundamental misunderstanding of capitalism and what it is that drives a lot of the OWS supporters to focus on the wrong entities. Schiff has a lively discussion with them. Interestingly some agree and some simply won't take the ideological blinders off. You'll quickly identify who is who.
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More Econ 101, more lies
Have you been following the latest gambit of our president? It's time to pull the youth vote back to him with some candy. Taxpayer candy of course. In his latest "policy" swing, he's offering a way out of student loans to … students with loans, of course.
And of course there's the convenient lie – you can essentially get something for next to nothing. Go borrow money and the government will help you "satisfy" the loan after so many years if you do things like "public service". Oh, and it will never cost you more than 10% of your salary … so go for it.
Wait, one more thing from the Candy Man as he addressed a crowd of college students at the University of Colorado's Denver campus:
But, he added, "young guys, I need you involved, I need you active … I need you to get the word out."
Of course that's code for "hey, vote for me and I'll solve all your student loan problems". Cronyism at its finest and all without legislation. Wasn't it the Democrats who said they feared the "executive President". But I digress.
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But the colleges fees have to be paid somehow, even when repayments are stopped, said Burke. Sooner or later, this "will ultimately result in tax increases — in putting this on the backs of three-quarters of Americans who did not graduate from college."
Working-class people will end up paying for middle-class graduates' basket-weaving and women's studies degrees, she said.
That's right … these are government guaranteed loans. So they will be paid. The creditor doesn't care who pays it. The student or the taxpayer. So what Obama is more than willing to do is to buy votes today, by executive order, for taxpayer bailouts of deadbeat students tomorrow.
Obama is "shifting the burden of paying for college to all of those Americans who did not graduate from college — the waitresses, construction workers, mechanics — and that should infuriate the taxpayers who worked hard to pay off their loans, who decided to live a modest lifestyle to pay off their loans," said Lindsey Burke, an analyst at the Heritage Foundation.
Obama's policy is also widening the class division between working-class Americans and those with college credentials, said Matthew Denhart, a researcher at the Center for College Affordability and Productivity in Washington, D.C.
In case you were wondering, Colorado is a swing state and one in which polls show the Candy Man below 50%.
Crony Capitalism isn't the only form of cronyism in the world as Barack Obama (and politicians of all stripes) have been proving for years. And all funded by your money.
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Joe Biden: Scaring the little people in flyover land
In another version of the "pushing granny over the cliff" scare which typified the resistance mounted by Democrats to Social Security reform, VP Joe Biden is out there trying to scare the people about crime in order to spend more on shoring up the Democratic base (more political cronyism) to be found in teacher's and public servant's unions:
"Murder will continue to rise, rape will continue to rise, all crimes will continue to rise," if the Democrats agenda isn't passed, he added.
Because, you know, there's a direct correlation between murder, rape and the number of cops on the beat.
Except both murder and rape stats have been in a downward trend since 2006. In 2006 the murder rate per 100,000 was 5.7, rape 30.9.
In 2010 the rate for murder was 4.8 and rape 27.5. In the two intervening years, those numbers continued to fall. And we all know we've been in the recession for at least 3 years and there have been cutbacks in police during that time.
So, unsurprisingly Biden is wrong and is pushing a myth (they'll "continue rising") when in fact, the stats show a steady drop for the past 4 years.
But he's shameless in his fact free attack:
Then in the same speech he wished Republicans were themselves rape victims. "I wish they had some notion of what it was like to be on the other side of a gun, or [to have] a 200-pound man standing over you, telling you to submit."
Amazing. Vice President of the US and trying to pull this political hackery complete with the usual scare tactics off. Of course, look at his boss.
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Harry Reid: Crony jobs bill to shore up the political base
If you've ever wanted a good argument against seniority as a good way to pick leaders, Harry Reid is your poster boy. The Nevada Democratic Senator and House Majority leader manages to make himself look stupid on any number of occasions during a legislative year. His latest:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Wednesday indicated Congress needs to worry about government jobs more than private-sector jobs, and that this is why Senate Democrats are pushing a bill aimed at shoring up teachers and first-responders.
"It's very clear that private-sector jobs have been doing just fine; it's the public-sector jobs where we've lost huge numbers, and that's what this legislation is all about," Reid said on the Senate floor.
Really? That's the sector "government" needs to worry about more because "private-sector jobs have been doing just fine?" Where in the world, other than the Senate cloak room, has this man been?
What this is, and anyone who can't figure this out doesn't deserve to be in a political discussion, is just another version of cronyism. Teachers unions and government unions are where you find the Democrat base. This is throwing taxpayer money to that base in order to shore it up for the upcoming election. Nothing more.
He has access to your tax dollars and spending them in this way benefits his party. Screw the country, he has an election to win. Of course he's also the Senate leader who hasn't offered a budget in over 900 days. That's dereliction of duty.
Reid reiterated his emphasis on creating government jobs by saying Democrats are looking to "put hundreds of thousands of people back to work teaching children, have more police patrolling our streets, firefighters fighting our fires, doing the rescue work that they do so well … that's our priority." He said Republicans are calling the bill a "failure" because they are "using a different benchmark for success than we are."
Yeah, they're using the private sector where jobs generate revenue for taxes to pay for all the nonsense Reid spouts.
Government workers are not producers in the sense of the production we need to get the economy going. But they are voters. This is an attempt to keep them in the Democratic corral long enough to get Democrats re-elected. Then Harry probably won't care very much again.
Remember, when Obama was calling for his jobs bill to be given priority, Harry Reid was on the Senate floor expounding on the virtue of … bike paths (and, naturally, calling for government to pay for them).
Ever get the idea that we're all now serfs on a huge plantation paying for the whims of our "leaders".
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More ObamaCare waivers an indication that it is bad law
There's a lot being written and said about the latest batch of ObamaCare waivers and the fact that many have gone to companies in Nancy Pelosi's area. And, of course, the agency granting them has claimed that Pelosi had absolutely no effect on them being granted.
Okay, that's not the important point anyway. Tim Pawlenty actually manages to stumble across it as he claims cronyism in their grant:
"I don't blame people for trying to get out from underneath it — that it is an awful law," Pawlenty said. "But when you have that many needs for exemptions, it tells you that the law — it is a warning sign that the law is broken and doesn't work."
Ya think? You have about 26 or 27 states challenging the Constitutionality of the bill and its individual mandate. You have hundreds, if not thousands of companies, agencies and businesses seeking waivers. And obviously, there's an organization in place to grant those waivers. Imagine a job where you review and grant waivers to a law. I don't know about you, but that would tell me there must be something fundamentally wrong with it.
Pawlenty is also correct about his broader point – those without the ability to appeal for a waiver are stuck with paying the piper:
"Another example of really crony politics or crony capitalism, if you've got the right connections, the right lobbyists, the right interest group, you get your special deal, and the rest of us get our wallet out, and that's in the tax code, it's in earmarking, and now you see it in ObamaCare."
Yes, exactly. His larger point is absolutely correct. Those without the connections do indeed end up having our wallets looted. Cronyism is certainly alive and well and very prevalent not only in the treatment of ObamaCare, but in other areas as well. Which brings up an ironic point – for the party of "fairness" this seems singularly unfair. Yet Democrats aid and abet it – in fact, just like Republicans, they use this sort of process to gain favor with certain constituencies … at the expense of others. And by expense, I'm including paying the bill too.
ObamaCare is an obviously wretched law. What was supposed to be insurance reform ended up being a polyglot of government bureaucracy at a huge and unaffordable price.
Now we hear the House GOP members saying that repealing it is "hard". We hear candidates like Romney and Gingrich saying they agree with parts of it, like the individual mandate. Cronyism is directly linked to power – it's a give and take process that benefits politicians. It comes as no surprise to me that both sides are engaged in it up to their necks. The problem is it is unlikely to ever get fixed since it is the fox guarding the hen house and enjoying the job.
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Hundreds and hundreds of gun rights supporters filled the steps of the Pennsylvania Capitol on Tuesday, vowing to keep up their fight over the Second Amendment a week after a gun control proposal lost a critical vote in Congress.Read the article: The Associated Press
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Church Planting Initiative by Baptists (BACUP Papers) now online
By popular request the Church Planting Initiative by Baptists, known as the BACUP Papers, are now available for free download here.
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Girl Power! 17 Celebs Taking Over The World
Check out the Seventeen most powerful girls under 21, and pick up the March issue, on newsstands February 4th, for more on these power girls plus advice for living your dreams starting now!
By Kristin Koch
The Activist: Ashley Rickards
Talk about selfless! Ashley, 21, is so committed to ending hunger and homelessness that she ate just a bowl and a half of rice and drank only water each day for a week as part of the Live Below the Line Campaign to bring attention to the pain of poverty.
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New Photos Show Emma Stone In Gwen Stacy's Infamous Green Coat
Warning: Assumed plot spoilers for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 beyond this point. Oh God, it's happening…it's really happening.
1. What a pretty green coat Emma is sporting as Gwen Stacy…wait.
2. Is that coat the same as THIS coat?
3. No Gwen! Don't go investigate. This will not end well for you.
4. Because that is totally the same coat.
5. She's too close to the bridge! Get away from there!
6. They're even both wearing purple AND boots. Oh God, oh God.
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Talent runs deep on 2013 roster
Utes have 15 practice sessions, including Red-White Game.
Lotulelei, Dunn make first team; Brenner second team.
Seniors will be honored in pre-game ceremony.
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UTAH: All-conference candidate is slated to start for his third season and his second at left tackle ... has played in 23 games in his first two seasons, making 22 starts ... worked some at right guard in spring ball before moving back to left tackle.
2013-Played and started in all 12 games at left tackle ... 858 plays, eight pancake blocks and six cuts all ranked second on the line ... 14 knockdowns ... four pancake blocks and five knockdowns against BYU were both team highs in 2013 ... honorable mention Academic All-Pac-12.
2012-Honorable mention All-Pac-12 as a true freshman ... played in 11 of 12 games, starting at right tackle in the final 10 games after debuting on special teams in the second game ... participated in 579 total plays (not including the season finale against Colorado, which was not graded) to rank third on the line ... team leader in knockdowns (21) ... eight knockdowns against Washington was also a team high ... lettered as a true freshman.
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This week Mexicans in the United States celebrate Cinco de Mayo. While this is a localized (not national) holiday in Mexico, in this country it has become a national celebration of Mexican, and even wider Hispanic, culture. For non-Hispanic Americans it is an excuse to eat fajitas, drink Margaritas and enjoy mariachi bands – always great things to do any time, of course. But it is also a good time to reflect on the bonds of friendship and proximity that entwine the destinies of Mexico and the United States and that tie the hearts of the two peoples together, and most especially where we have in common the Catholic faith.
Right now is a particularly good time for us here at Catholic Exchange to explore these issues. Our unique format covering diverse subjects allows us to come at this topic from many angles. Among our contributing authors are thoughtful people who are giving attention to these issues from the Catholic perspective you have come to expect from CE.
We will be exploring some fascinating Mexican history that will help all of us to comprehend the challenges faced by our brothers and sisters south of the border, particularly in the area of practicing their faith. We will be featuring commentary from various perspectives on the Arizona law so prominent in the news recently. We will look at Church teaching together, and we will frankly explore those areas of prudential judgment where we might disagree – let's have a real Catholic exchange about it. And we will have some news to share with you on initiatives to assist Mexican and other Hispanic peoples in the United States to grow in their Catholic faith.
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It is very clear that both Americans and Mexicans are being victimized by political leaders who are not properly attuned to the common good as well as by those who prey on their fellow man. Mexicans who enter this country illegally are often taken advantage of and made to work under horrendous conditions by employers exploiting their vulnerable status. Drug traffickers in Mexico seek profit by the destruction of lives on both sides of the border. Ordinary hard-working family men and women, both Hispanic and non-Hispanic, are caught between powerful competing interests that could not care less about their simple desire to work with dignity and raise a family in peace.
As Louie Verrecchio put it so well in our lead article today, to the extent we gain peace in this world, it is by embracing and living our faith. How desperately we Americans and Mexicans need the help of grace. And how blessed we are that Our Lady has assured us of her maternal interest in our welfare. Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception is the Patroness of the United States, while the Virgin of Guadalupe is the Patroness of Mexico and of all of the Americas. We need her again to vanquish the blood-thirsty demons of this continent, unquenchable as ever in their lust for gory tribute. Let us implore her intercession as we examine these topics during this first week of this month that is especially hers.
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 7, 2013--
PVH Corp. (NYSE: PVH) has entered a licensed agreement with USPA
Accessories, LLC dba Concept One Accessories to market and distribute
men's and boys' non-knit headwear for the IZOD brand. The initial
term of the license agreement runs through 2015, and provides for a
three-year renewal at PVH's option.
Under the license, Concept One will produce and distribute baseball
caps, fedoras, and military style headwear. The product will be sold at
major department and specialty stores throughout the United States,
Canada and Mexico.
"IZOD is a youthful, sport spirited brand, and we believe this
new line of headwear fits well within the IZOD brand lifestyle
for our male consumers," said Ken Wyse, President of Licensing for PVH
Corp. "We have successfully partnered with Concept One for other PVH
owned brands and believe they have the capability to maximize the
potential of this category for the IZOD brand."
"IZOD is a heritage brand on the move" said Sam Hafif, CEO
Concept One Accessories. "Not only is it a jewel in the PVH brand
portfolio, it's an excellent brand for extension to headwear. The sporty
lifestyle and vibrant color scheme of the line lends itself perfectly to
our category, and the brand appeals to a broad age demographic making it
a great opportunity for retail headwear programs. This agreement is our
second license with PVH. We launched headwear under PVH's VAN HEUSEN
brand last year, and we're very excited about the expanded relationship
with PVH."
About PVH Corp.
PVH Corp., one of the world's largest apparel companies, owns and
markets the iconic Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger brands
worldwide. It is the world's largest shirt and neckwear company and
markets a variety of goods under its own brands, Van Heusen, Calvin
Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, IZOD, ARROW, Bass and G.H. Bass & Co.,
and its licensed brands, including Geoffrey Beene, Kenneth Cole New
York, Kenneth Cole Reaction, MICHAEL Michael Kors, Sean John, Chaps,
Donald J. Trump Signature Collection, JOE Joseph Abboud, DKNY, Ike Behar
and John Varvatos.
Concept One Accessories is the premier resource for licensed fashion,
sports, and entertainment accessories. Our well-rounded portfolio and
expansive product offering establishes the company as the go-to resource
for fashion accessories across all channels of distribution.
Concept One's commitment to growth is demonstrated by the company's
continuous investments in production capabilities and strategic
acquisitions. Concept One's steadfast and aggressive approach to growth
will ensure the company's long-term position as a proven leader in the
accessories business.
The company was established in 1999 by brothers Sam and Bernie Hafif and
employs over 150 people worldwide.
The Company does not undertake any obligation to update publicly
any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of the receipt
of new information, future events or otherwise.
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PVH Corp. Announces to Its Board of Directors Appointment of Penny McIntyre / 12.12.14
PVH Enters into Worldwide Partnership with Save the Children / 12.10.14
PVH Corp. Reports 2014 Third Quarter Results / 12.3.14
PVH Corp. to Host Conference Call to Discuss Third Quarter 2014 Earnings Results / 11.12.14
Calvin Klein, Inc. Announces Executive Promotions in Global Marketing and Communications / 11.6.14
Tommy Hilfiger and Fred Gehring Speak at Harvard Business School / 11.4.14
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PVH Corp. Reports 2014 Second Quarter Results / 9.3.14
Tommy Hilfiger Returns to the Park Avenue Armory for Spring 2015 Fashion Show / 8.25.14
PVH Corp. to Participate in the Goldman Sachs 21st Annual Global Retailing Conference September 4, 2014 / 8.21.14
Tommy Hilfiger Fall 2014 Women's Collection American Explorer / 8.18.14
PVH Corp. to Host Conference Call to Discuss Second Quarter 2014 Earnings Results / 8.11.14
Calvin Klein Announced as Official Event Sponsor of Fashion Rocks® Special to Air Live from the Barclays Center on CBS September 9, 2014 / 7.29.14
Calvin Klein, Inc. Announces Fall 2014 Global Advertising Campaigns / 7.15.14
Tommy Hilfiger Announces Fall 2014 Global Advertising Campaign / 7.14.14
Calvin Klein Fragrances Announces Actor Charlie Hunnam and Supermodel Doutzen Kroes to Star in Global Advertising Campaign for New Women's Fragrance "Reveal Calvin Klein" / 7.11.14
Matteo Lamandini has Won the "Designer for Tomorrow" Fashion Talent Award / 7.9.14
CK ONE Announces New Global Advertising Campaign to Celebrate Fragrance's 20th Anniversary / 7.1.14
Amateur Standout Cameron Wilson Joins Team IZOD in Multi-Year Partnership / 6.17.14
Calvin Klein Collection Honored at the 5th AMFAR Inspiration Gala in New York / 6.11.14
PVH Corp. Announces License Agreement with Vandale Industries for Warner's and Olga / 6.10.14
PVH Corp. Annual Meeting of Stockholders June 19, 2014 / 6.10.14
Calvin Klein Collection Presented Francisco Costa's Resort 2015 Collection / 6.5.14
PVH Corp. to Participate in the 34th Annual Piper Jaffray Consumer Conference on June 10, 2014 / 6.5.14
PVH Corp. Reports 2014 First Quarter Results / 6.4.14
PVH Corp. to Host Conference Call to Discuss First Quarter 2014 Earnings Results / 5.19.14
THE IFP (Independent Filmmaker Project), Calvin Klein Collection and Euphoria Calvin Klein Celebrated Women in Film at the 67th Cannes Film Festival / 5.15.14
The IFP (Independent Filmmaker Project), Calvin Klein Collection and Euphoria Calvin Klein Celebrated Women in Film at the 67th Cannes Film Festival / 5.15.14
Eternity Calvin Klein Announces New Global Advertising Campaign and the Return of Christy Turlington Burns to the House, with Husband Ed Burns / 5.9.14
Calvin Klein, Inc. Announces Distribution and Retail Store License Agreement for Latin America with American Designer Fashion S.A. / 5.8.14
PVH Corp. Announces License Agreement with Leisure Brands (Pty) Ltd. for IZOD Brand / 5.6.14
SPEEDO USA's New TriClops Pack Wins Red Dot Award 2014 / 5.6.14
PVH Corp. Announces License Agreement with TS Commerce Corporation for Van Heusen Brand / 5.5.14
PVH Corp. to Participate in the 3rd Annual Nomura Retail Conference April 28, 2014 / 4.23.14
Calvin Klein, Inc. Hosted Multi-Brand Event in Singapore to Celebrate the Company's Expanding Presence in Asia / 4.12.14
PVH Corp. Announces Minority Investment in Karl Lagerfeld / 4.8.14
PVH Corp. Reports 2013 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results and Announces 2014 Outlook / 3.25.14
Calvin Klein, Inc. Announces Tom Murry to Retire; Veteran Calvin Klein Executive Steve Shiffman to Be Elevated to Chief Executive Officer / 3.25.14
PVH Corp. Announces the Closing of Its Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facilities and Redemption of Its 7.375% Senior Notes Due 2020 / 3.24.14
Arvind Limited Joins Indian Joint Venture with PVH Corp. for Operation of Calvin Klein Businesses in India / 3.24.14
Tommy Hilfiger Opens First Anchor Store in Tel Aviv, Israel / 3.20.14
PVH Corp. to Host Conference Call to Discuss Fourth Quarter 2013 Earnings Results / 3.7.14
Warner's And Olga Help Women Say Goodbye To "Sleevage" With Launch Of No Side Effects And On Your Side Bras / 2.26.14
PVH Corp. Announces Intention to Amend Its Senior Credit Facilities and Call Its 7.375% Senior Notes Due 2020 and Reaffirms Guidance for Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2013 / 2.21.14
Calvin Klein Underwear Launches Global Multimedia Campaign with Consumer Call to Action / 2.19.14
Calvin Klein Collection Presented Francisco Cista's Fall 2014 Women's Runway Show in New York / 2.13.14
PVH Corp. Announces Appointment of Two New Directors to Its Board of Directors / 1.31.14
Tommy Hilfiger Announces Collaboration with Zooey Deschanel / 1.27.14
Calvin Klein Collection Presented Italo Zucchelli's Spring 2015 Men's Runway Show in Milan / 1.22.14
Calvin Klein, Inc. Announces Spring 2014 Global Advertising Campaigns / 1.21.14
Calvin Klein Collection Presented Italo Zucchelli's Fall 2014 Men's Runway Show in Milan / 1.12.14
PVH Corp. to Reaffirm Earnings Per Share Guidance and Lower Revenue Guidance at the ICR Xchange Conference / 1.10.14
PVH CORP. Announces License Agreement with Axis Golf Pty. Limited for IZOD Brand / 1.6.14
Tommy Hilfiger Celebrates London Collections: Men Fall 2014 / 1.6.14


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Teacher returns from ExxonMobil Academy
Date: August 12, 2009
by: Pam McTeer | News Editor
BRADEN WOODS — As Sue Curry watched the opening ceremonies for last year's summer Olympics in Beijing, the importance of integrating science and math at the elementary school level became profoundly clear.
"I was amazed and enthralled (watching it)," said Curry, a fourth-grade teacher at Braden River Elementary School. "It really made me pause and think: 'This (kind of ingenuity) is our kids competition. What can I do to teach math and science better?'"
As she watched the ceremonies, she saw a commercial for ExxonMobil. On her laptop, Curry surfed to the company's Web site and discovered information for the Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy, its science and math training program.
Last month, Curry traveled to Jersey City, N.J., as one of 12 teachers in Florida accepted into the program, which took place July 19-24. Curry joined teachers from every state at the Liberty Science Center, where they learned ExxonMobil's Five-E model of teaching, which encourages teachers to engage, explore, explain, extend and evaluate.
"It made me aware that I need to look at the process," Curry said, noting students need to have enough information before they start asking questions. "I need to be mindful and make sure I give them time to
Curry plans to implement the science notebook concept she learned at the academy to help track student learning. The concept requires students to keep a composition notebook with graph paper that is dedicated to science. There, students will chart graphs, record thoughts and attempt to prove whatever scientific claims they make.
"It's the evidence of their thinking," Curry said. "We learn things in class, but how are they applying it in the real world?"
Curry said the notebook will help her assess student learning and also will be a resource for parents who want to know what's going on in the classroom.
She plans to share that and other concepts she learned at the academy with some of her fellow teachers.
As part of Mickelson's academy, Curry now must continue her training through online study, which will include online discussions with teachers from her training and other assignments throughout the year. When finished, she will have earned three graduate credits for her efforts.
"It was very exciting and very practical," Curry said of the experience. "I'm just really excited for how it's going to benefit my students. If I get enthusiastic about stuff, I think it's going to rub off on my kids."
For information about the Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy, visit www.sendmyteacher.com. The application deadline for the next academy is Oct. 31.
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Shrimp Scampi Replaces Seasonal Shrimp and Sea Scallops
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We are excited to announce a new menu item! Shrimp Scampi over Spaghetti Squash. This item has been requested by many of you and we are happy to accommodate. This item will replace the Shrimp and Scallops which is more of a summer dish. Remember you have until Thursday at 9pm to get your orders in!
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Hello iVillage crowd!
I am sitting down to write this blog while my daughter naps. Sometimes I am really productive when she naps. I'll do laundry, fold clothes, answer emails. And other times I am a lump on the couch watching anything that happens to be on. And for the record, there is some random stuff on daytime TV. Oh, and by the way, I loved your responses to my tragic sweatpants blog! One of my favorite responses: "I recently went to Target in black sweatpants w/elastic on the bottom, a blue paisley tubetop, and silver gladiator sandals. Questionable!" Classic! That gal and I could be BFF.
Now as far as this week's blog ... and again I am a TV actor, so don't set up any expectations for greatness in the paragraphs that follow ...
Chores: I ask you what is the chore around the house that you hate? For me it is the dishes. For example, this past Thursday night after I got Isabel to bed I tidied up the living room, bathroom, cleaned the kitchen and completely ignored the sink. I sat down at the kitchen island and had a glass of red wine and raided leftover Halloween candy. I could see the pile of dishes and could not bring myself to do them. By the next morning there was a funky smell coming from the sink. Terrific.
Drawings: Family members or friends of small children, please share with me embarrassing moments with children. For example, my daughter has a little Fisher-Price Magna Doodle board and she loves for us to draw together. Lately, she has been interested in trains. So yesterday she asked me to draw a train for her. Now I actually got really focused and tried to draw the best train that I could but when I pulled back and looked at it I realized it looked just like a penis. What the heck? I am drawing phallic images for my 18-month-old daughter. Terrific.
Giving thanks: It's that time of year where we all gather around a table for some yummy turkey and that weird string-bean casserole with fried onions on top. My family is spread out between Texas and Louisiana so there are always some classic Southern moments during the holidays. One year, our dog Buck pulled a disgusting deer carcass from our neighbor's backyard right up to our front porch on Thanksgiving Day. Then there was the year when my sister thought it'd be fun for us all to write three things we were thankful for and read them aloud. My brother-in-law wrote whiskey, horses and wild women. Terrific.
What are you thankful for this year? Isabel has taught me to appreciate the small moments in life. We celebrate everything with such joy. She got so excited today because she put shoes on her doll and I in return was elated and applauded this amazing achievement. This Thanksgiving I wanted to give back in some small way because I feel so blessed. My friend told me about a great charity called Kaboom. They help neighborhoods get funding for playgrounds in local parks. I love the park that Isabel and I go to and would hope that everyone had a great park near them. So I teamed up with tinyprints.com (um, ladies, they do adorable holiday cards, by the way) and designed a thank you card for them. All proceeds from these cards go to Kaboom, which is great.
My mom always asks me what I am doing for my community. She has real heart for service and she constantly inspires me. It doesn't even have to be anything grand. She volunteers at the local thrift store in town once a week. My time with a toddler and a job seems so hectic so I try to find other ways to give back. What ways have you found?
And, yes, you may have noticed by now I like to hear how everyone else gets by. I really enjoy your stories. It just reminds me that I am not alone on this journey of life.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families. Isabel is waking and guess what? I didn't do the dishes. Funky smell time is on its way.
-- Angela
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