Thursday, November 30, 2006
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Saturday College Football
1. Ohio State 54 vs. Northwestern 10 (no surprise)
2. Michigan 34 vs. Indiana 3 (Indiana really doesn't play football. Stick to basketball!)
3. Louisville 25 vs. Rutgers 28 (Cinderella is denied)
4. Texas 42 vs. Kansas State 45 (Bummer!)
5. Auburn 15 vs. Georgia 37 (No title shot for you Auburn.)
6. Florida 17 vs. South Carolina 16 (Florida didn't deserve to win!)
7. USC 35 vs. (21) Oregon 10 (Oregon peaked when they beat Oklahoma.)
8. California 20 vs. Arizona 24 (Mike Stoops football!)
9. Notre Dame 39 vs. Air Force 17 (The military should not play sports.)
10. West Virginia 42 vs. Cincinnati 24
11. Arkansas 31 vs. Tennessee 14 (Sorry Pete. Congratulations Amy.)
12. LSU 28 vs. Alabama 14 (Sorry Colby.)
14. Boise State 23 vs. San Jose State
16. Wisconsin 24 vs. Iowa 21 (Congrats Frank. Sorry Ben.)
17. Oklahoma 34 vs. Texas Tech 24 (OU beaten down, injured, but still winning.)
18. Wake Forest 30 vs. Florida State 0 (Oh, how the mighty have fallen.)
19. Georgia Tech 7 vs. North Carolina 0 (UNC tried.)
20. Virginia Tech 23 vs. Kent State 0 (Hokies!)
22. Boston College 28 vs. Duke 7 (Duke is a basketball school.)
23. Maryland 14 vs. Miami (Fl) 13 (Miami deserves to lose the rest of the season. Thugs!)
24. Texas A&M 27 vs. Nebraska 28 (Don't fire Franchioni!)
25. Brigham Young 55 vs. Wyoming 7
And there you have it. There were many significant loses today in the top 10. Florida still has a chance for the national championship game. They need to get much better even to have a chance to win. The best game of the season will be next Saturday. Ohio State versus Michigan. It should be the national championship game but the BCS will not allow it so make sure you watch the game.
Friday, November 10, 2006
FYI
AIDS and Extreme Poverty
AIDS AND EXTREME POVERTY: CRISIS AND OPPORTUNITY
The Emergency: AIDS and Extreme Poverty
- More than 1 billion people around the world live on less than $1 a day.
- A child dies every three seconds from AIDS and extreme poverty.
- Africa has been hit harder by the HIV/AIDS virus than any other region of the world. Sub-Saharan Africa is home to over 70% of the total world HIV-positive population.
- Over one billion people do not have access to clean water.
The Opportunity: What are we already doing to help?
- Thanks to U.S. support, over 400,000 people with HIV/AIDS are receiving lifesaving anti-retroviral treatment and at least another 500,000 would also receive such assistance in 2006 if the U.S. approves at least $3.6b for HIV/AIDS in its budget.
- The U.S. is a lead donor to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria which to date has provided bed-nets to 3 million families which will prevent those family
members from contracting malaria from a simple mosquito bite. The U.S. has partnered with other G8 nations and committed to scaling up efforts to fight malaria together so that an additional 600,000 lives will be saved each year by 2015.
- This year, under pressure from the ONE: The Campaign to Make Poverty History, the G8 agreed to increase aid to Africa by $25b, and to all developing countries by $50b, by 2010. The G8 leaders and the other shareholders of the World Bank and IMF also agreed to cancel 100% of the multilateral debts owed by 18 qualified Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs). This will help kick-start poor countries efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals-but more will be needed if these goals are to be achieved and these promises will only be kept if we keep up the pressure.
What more can we do?
- For every $100 the U.S. government spent in 2004, only 25-50 cents was spent on the poorest countries of the world. When asked, most Americans think we are spending $15-20, not 25-50 cents, on international assistance. However, with just a 1% increase-or another $1 for every $100, the U.S. could lead a global effort to
help poor countries meet international development targets.
- Experts agree that investing in education is one of the best ways to reduce poverty and fight the spread of AIDS, especially among girls. For less than
the amount of money that Europeans and Americans spend on pet food every year, basic education could be provided for every child in the world.
- Economists estimate that creating fairer trade policies between the richest and poorest countries of the world could lift 300 million people out of poverty by 2015.
Friday, November 03, 2006
Julie's pregnancy
Another visit to the doctor last Tuesday afternoon. One more blessing from God that everything is developing well with the baby.
We get to listen to the heart beat every time we are there. It is amazing! To listen to the transformation my baby is going through. The heart beat has slowed down over 20 beats. It started in the high 150s and is now in the low 130s.
My wife looks more and more pregnant everyday and I find myself loving every minute of it! The count down continues.
Count down
We get to listen to the heart beat every time we are there. It is amazing! To listen to the transformation my baby is going through. The heart beat has slowed down over 20 beats. It started in the high 150s and is now in the low 130s.
My wife looks more and more pregnant everyday and I find myself loving every minute of it! The count down continues.
Count down
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