| Obama wins South Carolina primary
It's my estimation this was all a very well constructed attack plan by Oprah's gigantic, & extremely well oiled multimedia machine, when she decided to influence the next presidential election, with her power parlay move. And to these same throngs of mindless Obamabots who keep bringing up this "experience issue" when comparing Hillary to Obama, one only has to compare the first day of occupancy of the next couple to get into the White House with all previous couples who've occupied the White House to understand how experience matters. On day one, the Obama's wouldn't even register on a comparison scale, while the Clintons could quite possibly beat *all* previous presidential couples who've occupied the White House in terms of experience, ability, & power. I hope this clears up this experience issue for you now.
More funding announced for Mackey renovation project
Purdue University trustee and alumnus Michael Birck is the latest donor to the Mackey Arena renovation project. Birck and his wife, Katherine, are giving $5 million to the project. Mackey Arena is 40 years old. The upgrades will include improved seating, ticket offices and other amenities, as well as a consolidation of athletic offices and training facilities under one roof. The project is expected to cost about $82.35 million. Purdue now has $20 million of the $30 million it plans to raise privately. The rest will come from the money the university receives through the Big Ten Network. Birck is a 1960 graduate in electrical and computer engineering and is chairman of Tellabs, a telecom services company he co-founded. In the past, Birck donated $30 million for the Birck Nanotechnology Center and gave for the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex and the Boilermaker Aquatic Center.
Top Sports Scientists To Speak At WINTEC
Dr. Kevin Tipton, senior lecturer in Exercise Metabolism in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences at The University of Birmingham is to speak at Wintec's School of Sport & Exercise Science at the Avalon Drive Campus in Hamilton on Monday 12, November 2007 12:00 - 2:00pm. The presentation is free to those in the industry and to the public. Formerly Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, his research focuses on exercise, nutrition and muscle metabolism in humans with emphasis on protein nutrition and metabolism. .
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2008
Here is my Creators Syndicate column on the political landscape after Iowa and New Hampshire. I try to suggest in the first two sentences that things are very unsettled. "Five elections. Five winners." In both parties, we seem to have pretty firm factions operating. Usually there's a clear-cut difference between primaries and general elections. In seriously contested general elections, about 80 percent of the voters will vote the same way they did last time—about half of them Republican, half of them Democratic, with the proportions varying by constituency. With primaries, in contrast, voters are often all over the lot. They are not weighted down by party identification. They are ready to move anywhere. Yet sometimes they don't. There is a very high correlation in voting behavior between the Clinton/Obama race in 2008 and the Gore/Bradley race in 2000 in New Hampshire.
Obituaries for Jan. 24
Later, he accepted a job with the Department of the Army, National Guard Bureau, where he worked until retiring in 1971 as the chief of the Construction Branch of the Installation Division. He had over 34 years of government service. Mr. Pennock was a Free Mason of Columbia Lodge No. 285 for over 60 years. He was a long-standing member of the Clarendon United Methodist Church in Arlington, where he was called on to repair the stained glass windows at his church. He was skilled at making leaded glass ornaments for Christmas and other special occasions. He was an enthusiastic golfer and avid reader. He and his wife traveled around the country, Canada and Europe during his retirement. He traced his ancestry back to the late 17th century, to Christopher Pennock who received a land grant through William Penn.
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But the activities that lie ahead will warm your heart.
1 FRIDAY LuMaxx Productions' "Love Letters," Feb. 1-2, 8-9 and 14-16 with dinner at 6:30 p.m. and performance at 7:30 p.m.; and Feb. 10 and 17 with lunch at 1 p.m. and performance at 2 p.m. at Big Momma's Back Porch Theatre & Coffee House, 217 E. Commercial St. Tickets are $25 for dinner and show or $10 for show only. Call 865-9911 or 864-1976. Food Allergy Support Group, 6:30 p.m. at the barn classroom at Rutledge-Wilson Farm Community Park, 3825 W. Farm Road 146. For parents of children with food allergies. RSVP to foodallergysupport@live.com or call 872-9383 or 886-7518. .
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