| The Rebel Yell
While most classes culminate with a treacherous final exam, the 10 students of Stan Armstrong's class concluded with an epic two-day battle at Ranch State Park. The Afro-American studies and educational outreach instructor, who is also a local Civil War documentary filmmaker, taught UNLV's first Civil War re-enactment class this fall, infusing his background into his teaching while giving his students a unique perspective of history. “You can always learn more," Armstrong said. “The thing about our American history is you should know both sides." His class joined 200 to 300 other re-enactors, gaining the chance to dawn Civil War uniforms as privates, assistant surgeons and messengers. “They had a chance to be a part of a real life battle and see what life was like 150 years ago," Armstrong said.
Sunderland tonic lifts spirits of Liverpool
Liverpool´s midfielder Steven Gerrard celebrates scoring a penalty against Sunderland during their English Premiership football match at Anfield. Liverpool claimed their first Premier League victory since December as three second half goals clinched a 3-0 win over Sunderland. .
Fed Cuts Interest Rates by a Half-Point
The Fed has been moving very aggressively lately — making an unprecedented three-quarters of a point cut on Jan. 22, followed by a half-percentage point cut Wednesday. It's a measure of how serious Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is about problems in the credit market and the threat of a recession. The Fed's main policy-setting interest rate has been pushed down to 3 percent. Whether additional cuts follow depends on what happens in the broad economy, and, to a lesser extent, on the financial markets. In its statement Wednesday, the Fed left the door open to additional rate cuts by noting that despite everything it has done recently, "downside risks to growth remain." The Fed will be looking closely for signs of deterioration in the job market. If the economy starts to shed jobs rather than generate new ones, the Fed may be cutting rates for the foreseeable future.
SNP criticises Alexander’s month of ‘self-imposed silence’
It is ridiculous that the leader of Scotland's opposition has maintained her vow of silence for nearly a month. What kind of leadership or opposition is that? Silence is golden but Scotland deserves better from the leader of the opposition." The Herald broke the story on November 29 about the donation of just under £1000 from Jersey-based businessman Paul Green to Ms Alexander's leadership campaign coffers. As he cannot register to vote in UK elections he is barred from making political donations, but Ms Alexander's campaign team went ahead and solicited the money. Cathcart MSP Charlie Gordon paid for that with his place in Labour's shadow cabinet. Ms Alexander insisted that she had e-mails which cleared her of any involvement in the illegal donation, although she sent a handwritten note to Jersey thanking Mr Green.
Summer Camps Guide: Our 2008 list
This list is designed to help parents find camps and other fun experiences for their children this summer. The guide is organized alphabetically by city so you can find camps close to your home. If you run a camp and it's not listed here, consider adding a comment to the bottom of this list and entering the details at www.marinij.com/events. BELVEDERE-TIBURON BELVEDERE-TIBURON PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT Phone: 435-4355 Web: www.btrectreation.org Where: various locations Age-based outdoor summer day camps with emphasis on tradition and authentic camp experiences. Angel Island Camp, Paradise Park Camp, Action Adventure Camp, specialty and tot camps. Serving ages 31Ú2 to 15. One-week sessions June 16 to Aug. 22; full- and half-day camps. * * * CORTE MADERA (Also see Larkspur) SUMMER PLAYGROUND Phone: 927-5072 Web: www.ci.corte-madera.ca.us Where: Corte Madera Parks and Recreation Department, Town Park and San Clemente locations Drop-in program for children pre-kindergarten through 10th grade.
Knox mayor's aide questions recording of receipts in audit
Isn't it interesting that the picture accompanying this article showing "a sample of receipts related to the Knox County audit," contains receipts from February 2008? The audit was from 2002 - 2007. Is it really necessary to create bogus pictures to go with this article? .
Workforce Builder and Profiles International show Job Matching is Like Online Dating and Will Improve Your Company’s ...
Matching job candidates' profiles to a job's profile makes it possible to predict (similar to computer dating) who could or should be successful and happy if placed in the position. "Hasn't your own experience shown that when individuals are happy with their work, they stay longer? When they stay longer they get better, more versatile and more productive." Profit dollars are the product of the Job Matching process. (PRWEB) February 26, 2008 -- Peter Brown, business owner of "The Workforce Builder" in Swansea, MA and Profiles International, Inc. have created a new strategic business partnership and specializes in job matching. .
The Last Word: Sean Paul Causes a Seizure, Akon Plays R. Kelly, and ...
What's cookin' everyone. The weekend is upon us and the news keeps coming. This week proved to be another lively one with Roy Jones getting the W over Felix Trinidad, Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama taking shots at each other as South Carolinians prepare to vote in the Democratic primary, Fred Thompson deading his chances of becoming president by dropping out of the race for the Republican party nomination and a study that counted 935 false statements made by President Bush and top administration officials to justify going to war with Iraq two years after the 2001 terrorists attacks.
Thoughts and prayers go out to the family of actor Heath Ledger, who was found dead Tuesday (Jan. 22) of what many think to be an apparent suicide or accidental drug overdose. Shout out to the sounding boards for staying hot with the feedback, despite all the cold weather sweeping the country.
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LONDON, January 25: BBC Two will carry a live broadcast of Super Bowl XLII from Arizona on Sunday, February 3, at 10:50 p.m., marking the first time that the British pubcaster has aired the popular American football event. Jake Humphrey will introduce the BBCs first Super Bowl live from University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona. There, he will joined by experts Mike Carlson, who has been broadcasting on American football for almost two decades, and Rod Woodson, who followed a 17-year playing career by becoming an analyst for NFL Network. Woodson won a Super Bowl ring with the Baltimore Ravens following the 2000 NFL season and appeared in two other Super Bowls—for the Pittsburgh Steelers after the 1995 season and for the Oakland Raiders in 2002. Digital viewers will also have access to a Beginners Guide To The NFL and BBC Radio 5 Lives commentary provided by Arlo White and Greg Brady, behind the Red Button.
Desperate Housewives cast desperate for Elle's smalls
Eva Longoria, Teri Hatcher, Marcia Cross and the rest of the ladies love it so much, it simply disappears," a set insider said. Hatcher is being sued by US cosmetics company Hydroderm for promoting a rival's lip gloss while under contract with them. Let's hope the show's resident sexpot, Nicolette Sheridan, isn't the next cast member to get into legal strife -- the blonde beauty is the ambassador for bra company Hestia. Tools What is this? .
Ryder Cup Battle
The final round stats evoke memories of the last Ryder Cup. At Brookline, the Americans were outplayed over the first couple of days but when the heat was really turned up they produced the goods when it mattered most. And so at Lytham on Sunday, the US side provided the winner in David Duval, outscored the Europeans heavily and holed the putts when it really mattered. The most notable difference came in the scoring. The Europeans had been a shot better on average for the first two days and half a stroke superior on Saturday. But today, the US side thrashed the Europeans by an average of over two shots! The figures were slightly distorted by Pierre Fulke's woeful 83 but significantly no European broke 70.
Hillary's Mutnemom!
Maguire makes one good point about b)--the big, initial Plame story, for which Rove was accused of being the source, was Robert Novak's, not Cooper's. Cooper's ran only online--it wasn't even in the printed Time, and it could easily have been overlooked in the fuss over Novak. But that leaves a), c), d), e), f) and g)! I say Rove's story is still implausible, though not beyond a reasonable doubt (unless Fitzgerald has other evidence). The other big pro-Rove factor: Rove hadn't talked to Cooper before, and Cooper wasn't a widely-feared Washington knife-fighter like Robert Novak, with whom any conversation was inherently fraught with peril and therefore memorable. ... P.S.: The Wall Street Journal explains that Viveca Novak's testimony (she tipped off Rove's attorney that Rove might have talked to Cooper, and the attorney "looked surprised") may bolster Mr.
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