Appreciation
Appreciation
CD rates going up as banks compete for money - Seattle Times
WASHINGTON ? It's hard to find an investment you can trust these days. So consider the humble certificate of deposit. To jittery consumers, the CD suddenly looks like more than just a good place to park birthday checks from Grandma. Banks are busy ... (more...)
Going bottom fishing: Fund manager seeks bargains - Seattle Times
SAN FRANCISCO ? It's best not to judge fund managers on short-term results, but in this harrowing market climate, anyone who can even approach break-even is probably worth a closer look. Tom Forester's eponymous Forester Value Fund lost 2.9 percent ... (more...)
LU's Repertory Dance Theatre Presents History of American Art Dance - Beaumont Enterprise
Lamar University?s Repertory Dance Theatre will present a free demonstration/lecture on the history of American art dance at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 23. The presentation is sponsored by the Texas Artists Museum in Port Arthur. Repertory Dance ... (more...)
High School Team Doctors - The Ledger
This fall, Dr. Salvador Montenegro, Head of Sports Medicine at Watson Clinic, put together a program whereby orthopedic surgeons from Watson Clinic "volunteered" with Lakeland area high school football teams as their "team doctors." What a great ... (more...)
Stopping to give thanks, reflect - Boston Globe
Willie Nelson sings a song that asks, "What have I ever done to deserve even one of the pleasures I've known?" Sometimes you feel this way. Full up. Content. God's in his heaven; all's right with the world. But sometimes you don't. Sometimes you feel ... (more...)
Lessons from the garden: Students learn about science and giving - Dothan Eagle
When asked if they?ve ever eaten collard or turnip greens, the group of fifth-graders raised their hands. Some event kept their hands up when asked if they liked them. Only a few students in Shiela Armstrong?s class at Rehobeth Elementary School ... (more...)
Identifying change - Blueridgenow.com
The election of the first African-American president is a historic moment. Although my students have always been fascinated with the topic of U.S. race relations, often choosing racial discrimination as a focus for their essays, they are even more so ... (more...)
LESLIE CRISS:Take time to enjoy neglected holiday on way to Christmas - Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
Thanksgiving has always seemed sort of lost. Sandwiched between all the haunted hoopla of Halloween and the crass commercialization of Christmas, it really doesn't have much of a chance. Seems a shame. Thanksgiving used to be a day for heading over ... (more...)
Teaching kids to be thankful - Atlanta Journal Constitution
It?s a tough trick for parents to teach their kids to be thankful for all that they have ? especially when they?ve always had everything they?ve needed. My kids have never missed a meal. They?ve never gone to school on a cold day without a ... (more...)
Bringing Culpeper together in thanks - Culpeper Star Exponent
Families and friends across the nation will come together Thursday over turkey and gravy, mashed potatoes and green beans to give thanks for each other. But Tuesday, churches across Culpeper and the surrounding counties will gather to give thanks for ... (more...)