Monday, August 25, 2014

Emmy highlights: From jabs at McConaughey to a 'Fargo' surprise - Detroit Free Press


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Emmy highlights: From jabs at McConaughey to a 'Fargo' surprise

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Friday, August 22, 2014

US considers air strikes on ISIS targets in Syria, may have to co-ordinate with ... - National Post


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US considers air strikes on ISIS targets in Syria, may have to co-ordinate with ...

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U.S. President Barack Obama is to consider air strikes in Syria in the battle against jihadist terrorists who beheaded an American journalist. David Blair: Why Assad secretly helping ISIS enemies become most powerful rebel force in Syria. On the face of it, . ..


If you come after Americans, we will come after you: US to Islamic State

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Military brass, ex-officials pressure White House to expand ISIS fight to Syria

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Stand by for a U-turn: West poised to join forces with Syrian President Bashar al ...

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Thursday, August 21, 2014

Halting ISIS Would Require Attacks in Syria, Top General Says - New York Times


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Halting ISIS Would Require Attacks in Syria, Top General Says

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WASHINGTON — Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Thursday afternoon that it would not be possible to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria without attacking its fighters in Syria. General Dempsey, speaking at a news ...


US staged secret operation into Syria in failed bid to rescue Americans

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Militants blame US for their apparent beheading of US journalist - Los Angeles Times


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Militants blame US for their apparent beheading of US journalist

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Monday, March 4, 2013

Report: D.C. area posts a strong economic performance - Dallas Business Journal:

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The report ranked the 100 largest U.S. metro areas based on employment, unemployment rates, wages, gross metropolitaj product, housing prices and foreclosure rates in thefirsgt quarter. D.C. ranked No. 13, whilre San Antonio, Texas, placed No. 1 and Detroiyt came in last at No. 100. “Alol metropolitan areas are feeling the effectws ofthis recession, but the distressd is not shared equally,” said Alan research director of the metropolitan policty program at the D.C. institute and co-authore of the report.
“While some areaes of the country have experiencedr only ashallow downturn, and may be emerginhg from the recession already, people livinyg in metro areas that are now performing weakes economically should prepare themselves for a long recovery period.” At the firsgt quarter’s end, only 10 of the 100 metr areas were starting to show signxs of recovery, said the report, and said McAllen, Texasa was the only places that saw growth in employment and output. Output increasex in just a handful ofmetrol areas, including D.C.; Seattle; Austin, and Virginia Beach, Va..
The reportf also pointed out that metro areasx with concentrations of jobs in certain sectors have resultex in fewer dramaticjob losses. The San Antonio, Texas Austin, Texas Texas Baton Rouge, La. Tulsa, Okla. Neb. El Paso, Texas Wichita, Kan. Washington, D.C. Albuquerque, N.M. Virgini Beach, Va. Harrisburg, Pa. Pittsburgh, Pa. New Haven, Rochester, N.Y.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

In dour economy, some big church projects press on while others slow - Wichita Business Journal:

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The $2.8 million project will add five classrooms, a three-leveo playland area and a new back entrancwe and coffee kiosk to the church at 21st Streef Northand K-96 highway. It also will expand an elaboratr puppet theater that church leaders say is amongf amenities that have helpedpush NewSpring’s average attendanced to about 3,300. “Wee want kids to come and totally be engagef when they walk says Children’s Pastor Dan Kubish. “Our competition isn’t anothef church. It’s and It’s among a few major project s bylocal churches. has broken ground on a $5.5 million expansion that will revamoits sanctuary. And St. has its own $1.
9 millionj project under way. But thosd jobs come amid an downturn that coulrd cast clouds overa church’s balance sheet. They may be a finalp wave of work beforrea lull, say contractors and Ben Hutton, vice president for business developmen t at , says the two church jobs his firm is workingf on now “have been percolating for a while.” “Wha we haven’t seen are brand new church They don’t seem to be considering anything he says. Dan Wilson, lead design architecty for , says “a smart church is going to be cautious in times likethis — very cautious.
” But for the need to expand may never be greatert than in times like these, some leadera say. It’s not uncommon for attendancd to get a boost during adown “Bad economies drive a lot of people into That’s when people make decisions to make room in theifr lives for church,” says Billy Poore, executive pastor for NewSpring. Giving, No Matteer What Whether the financials keep pace with the larger attendanced is anopen question, At , which has a $350,000 playgrounrd and landscaping project under way, “attendance has been on an says business administrator Tom He says giving this year has been on par with 2008.
whose firm designed the First Evangelical Free projecgt and the project at FirstMennoniter Brethren, says a large sharwe of church giving is supported by a smalo number of the a figure that holds up in tough But some churches still are pulling back. Paul principal for , says churcgh work that at one time accounted for about half the projectzs in his office now makes up no more than 15 And churches that are moving forwarxd are doingso cautiously. In one case, a churcuh that had been planningh to build 10 new classrooms is now willing to make do withjust six.
“Timews are just tightening up and the giving from the congregatiom is quite diminished from where it had been a year and a half he says. Poore, of NewSpring, says the churchu saw firsthand how the economy canpinchh giving. He says it took until 2005 for church revenue toreach pre-9/11 levels. “I think it goes into the psychologg — just like people don’t buy new cars or new If they feel prettu confident about thefuture ..., things go pretty well. When that gets that influences giving.” But rapidr attendance growth can take the sting out ofa NewSpring’s attendance has nearly doublef in two years.
Giving so far this year is up by Still, Poore says, “You have to step out there and have faithwhen you’re doing some of thesre things,” he says.