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Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly in an early 90s commercial for United Way. Co-starring Kevin Polowy as “Kid in the Blue Shirt.”

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Valley of the Sun United Way develops and supports hundreds of health and human service programs that address our community’s most pressing needs. VSUW partners with Valley leaders, volunteers, donors and other nonprofit organizations to find innovative solutions to address short-term individual needs and create long-term community results.

As part of their United Way campaign, students from South Dade Middle school produced this video to make their voices heard.

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Sponsored by Interior Savings Credit Union & produced by Global Okanagan the Sandbox Project video depicts family resource programs in British Columbia’s Central Okanagan Valley that are helping children 6 years of age or less get a good start in life. (Family & Agency Video)

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March 14, 2009. United Way hosted a flash mob to raise awareness for their organization. This morning a couple of hundred people all gathered at Planet Hollywood on the Las Vegas strip and held still for two minutes. Amy and Sandy participated (I didn’t get back around to where they were standing before it was over, but you can see them at the beginning of the vid), and Katy and I were videographers. Be sure to click on HD to see it in high-def.

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Thank you to Bernie Lange from KKCO, NBC 11 News and Todd Braley from Infinity Media Productions for your help with this year’s campaign video!

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Question: Has President Bush’s use of force, fueled a nuclear arms race, as Russian President Putin claims ?
“…the United States, has overstepped its national borders in every way…”

“This is very dangerous. Nobody feels secure anymore because nobody can hide behind international law.

“This is nourishing an arms race with the desire of countries to get nuclear weapons.”

– Vladimir Putin, Russian President

Putin attacks ‘very dangerous’ US

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6349287.stm

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Answer by Answerman
Just because he is Russian don’t make him wrong. With Bush threatening Iran, he is becoming the most dangerous man in the world and he needs to be impeached and then tried for his war crimes in Iraq, maybe Iraq hung the wrong person.

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Question: conceptual physics question?
Scientists call a theory that unites many ideas in a simple way “beautiful.” Are unity and simplicity among the criteria of beauty outside of science? Give two examples to support your answer.

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Answer by OldPilot
A better word for science is “elegant.”

In the realm of aesthetics, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It is a matter of composition and balance.

An intricate design can be beautiful, if it is well composed and balanced. Example: Islamic Tapestry or the paintings of Jason Pollack (Though some people say Pollack’s works are “ugly”.). Otherwise, it is “busy.”

Is General Relativity beautiful? Depends. At the conceptual level it is very beautiful (elegant), simple, easy to understand and explain. But, it the application level it requires Tensor Calculus, an advanced mathematics that very few people know and understand. Still it is elegant, if you can handle Tensors, the universe makes sense.

Is Quantum Mechanics beautiful? Only a Physicists could love it. To most people it is confusing and illogicalal. Still it is beautiful in that it does explain in a very simple way (IF you can live with the illogic and uncertainty) how the universe works at the micro level.

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Question: Is this what is happening in America?
We know Dick Lamm as the former Governor of Colorado. In that context his thoughts are particularly poignant. Last week there was an immigration overpopulation conference in Washington , DC , filled to capacity by many of America ‘s finest minds and leaders. A brilliant college professor by the name of Victor Hansen Davis talked about his latest book, “Mexifornia,” explaining how immigration – both legal and illegal was destroying the entire state of California . He said it would march across the country until it destroyed all vestiges of The American Dream.

Moments later, former Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm stood up and gave a stunning speech on how to destroy America . The audience sat spellbound as he described eight methods for the destruction of the United States . He said, “If you believe that America is too smug, too self-satisfied, too rich, then let’s destroy America . It is not that hard to do. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time. Arnold Toynbee observed that all great civilizations rise and fall and that ‘An autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide.’”

“Here is how they do it,” Lamm said: “FIRST, to destroy America , turn America into a bilingual or multi-lingual and bicultural country.” History shows that no nation can survive the tension, conflict, and antagonism of two or more competing languages and cultures. It is a blessing for an individual to be bilingual; however, it is a curse for a society to be bilingual. The historical scholar, Seymour Lipset, put it this way: “The histories of bilingual and bi-cultural societies that do not assimilate are histories of turmoil, tension, and tragedy.” Canada , Belgium , Malaysia , and Lebanon all face crises of national existence in which minorities press for autonomy, if not independence. Pakistan and Cyprus have divided. Nigeria suppressed an ethnic rebellion. France faces difficulties with Basques, Bretons, and Corsicans.”.

Lamm went on: SECOND, to destroy America , “Invent ‘multiculturalism’ and encourage immigrants to maintain their culture. Make it an article of belief that all cultures are equal. That there are no cultural differences. Make it an article of faith that the Black and Hispanic dropout rates are due solely to prejudice and discrimination by the majority. Every other explanation is out of bounds.

THIRD, “We could make the United States an ‘Hispanic Quebec’ without much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity. As Benjamin Schwarz said in the Atlantic Monthly recently: “The apparent success of our own multiethnic and multicultural experiment might have been achieved not by tolerance but by hegemony. Without the dominance that once dictated ethnocentricity and what it meant to be an American, we are left with only tolerance and pluralism to hold us together.”

Lamm said, “I would encourage all immigrants to keep their own language and culture. I would replace the melting pot metaphor with the salad bowl metaphor. It is important to ensure that we have various cultural subgroups living in America enforcing their differences rather than as Americans, emphasizing their similarities.”

“FOURTH, I would make our fastest growing demographic group the least educated. I would add a second underclass, unassimilated, undereducated, and antagonistic to our population. I would have this second underclass have a 50% dropout rate from high school.”

“My FIFTH point for destroying America would be to get big foundations and business to give these efforts lots of money. I would invest in ethnic identity, and I would establish the cult of ‘Victimology.’ I would get all minorities to think that their lack of success was the fault of the majority. I would start a grievance industry blaming all minority failure on the majority population.”

“My SIXTH plan for America ‘s downfall would include dual citizenship, and promote divided loyalties. I would celebrate diversity over unity. I would stress differences rather than similarities. Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other – that is, when they are not killing each other. A diverse, peaceful, or stable society is against most historical precedent. People undervalue the unity it takes to keep a nation together. Look at the ancient Greeks. The Greeks believed that they belonged to the same race; they possessed a common Language and literature; and they worshipped the same gods. All Greece took part in the Olympic games. A common enemy, Persia , threatened their liberty. Yet all these bonds were not strong enough to overcome two factors: local patriotism and geographical conditions that nurtured political divisions. Greece fell. “E. Pluribus Unum” –From many, one. In that historical reality, if we put the emphasis on the ‘plu

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Answer by Foul-mouthed Trailer Trash
No.

It’s just another politician pandering to his audience.

And Lamm sucked as governor too.

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Question: Sometime in late November, your friend exclaims…?
Sometime in late November, your friend exclaims, “I’m sick of hearing about those Pilgrims all the time. Why should I care about them? Pilgrims, schmilgrims!” (Apparently you have a high-strung friend.) Which of these would be an accurate response?

a. “Wait just a minute, there. Those Pilgrims established the first permanent settlement in the English colonies in North America!”
b. “Whoa, Nelly! Tuxedos were invented because of those black and white outfits the Pilgrims wore. Think about that when prom comes.”
c. “Hold your horses. That Mayflower Compact they made was the first constitution ever written in North America, and it was similar to the later United States Constitution in many ways.”

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Answer by doodle_bug
reli?! this is all u have to talk about!!! oooohhhhh dear!!

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“United Way & You” is a monthly television show that educates and informs the local public about health and human services issues, agencies and programs around the Charlotte, Northe Carolina area. From agency and program spotlights to exciting volunteer opportunities, “United Way & You” is a fantastic source for information on what’s happening with your United Way. Here’s the program listing for April 2007: Eating Disorders Eating disorders involve self-critical, negative thoughts and feelings about body weight and food, and eating habits that disrupts normal body function and daily life activities. The three most common eating disorders are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating. All three have severe consequences to a person’s immediate and long-term health and can cause death. Guests: Dr. Amy Combs, Charlotte Center for Balanced Living Theresa Logan, Davidson College Part 2 of 2

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