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When asked about locker-room prayer in March 2007, Lt. Gen. John Regni, the academy superintendent, responded "we have chaplains that are attached to each of the teams and they are very important in that area." In a July 12, 2005, interview with the New York Times, Brig. Gen. Cecil Richardson, Air Force deputy chief of chaplains, stated, "...we reserve the right to evangelize the unchurched." For over a decade, the official academy newspaper ran ads stating: "We believe that Jesus Christ is the only real hope for the World. If you would like to discuss Jesus, feel free to contact one of us! There is salvation in no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved." The ads were signed by 16 department heads, nine permanent professors, both the incoming and outgoing deans of faculty, the athletic director and more than 200 academy senior officers and their spouses.
Burke Hogue Mills' new headquarters in Lake Mary to be 'green ...
Burke Hogue Mills & Associates is designing what it describes as Seminole County's first built-from-scratch "green" building. The office building, which will serve as the firm's headquarters, is working toward obtaining a LEED Silver energy-efficiency certification.
The $4 million office building is to rise at 1130 Business Center Drive in Lake Mary. Construction is expected to take nine months.
The 15,452-square-foot building was designed by Aranya Mom, one of the firm's principals; it features a two-story, 4,500-square-foot design studio and sustainable features such as rainwater harvesting and reuse, solar power, below-floor air, reflective roof and paving, automatic light controls, and products high in recycled-material content.
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Bad tooth care rots academic success
At any one time, one third of 5-to-9-year-olds sitting in school classrooms across Alameda County are enduring some kind of tooth decay. When the decay is bad enough to cause tooth-ache, says the Alameda County Public Health Department which arrived at this statistic, it means those children are distracted from learning and potentially undernourished because it hurts them to eat. Across the state, a startling number of children have tooth decay, and an equally startling number have never seen a dentist. A new California law passed last year attempts to remedy that. Assembly Bill 1433 requires children entering kindergarten or first grade in Cali-fornia's public schools to get a dental checkup before May 31. Legislators passed this bill because neglected dental care seems to be a problem state-wide, with about 24 percent of the children aged 2 to 11 having never seen a dentist, according to a study conducted two years ago.
Career outfitter: Your civilian clothing guide
With a reputation for integrity, dedication and cutting-edge talents, service members rarely have trouble landing good jobs once they leave uniform. Dressing well once they are in those jobs? That's another matter. After years of being told what to wear and how to wear it, do you lack the knowledge or the confidence to assemble a wardrobe sure to make you shine in the civilian work force? If you're in the market for clothing designed to keep you off the company's worst-dressed list — without breaking the bank — look no further. Decision Times recently spent a day with two professional image consultants, ImageByRita founder Rita Gworek and her associate, Michelle Gardner-Ince, at The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City in Arlington, Va. Their challenge? Take two models — Air Force Tech.
Felker's career long, varied, controversial
Butch Felker's strength was his niceness. The most commonly heard short description of him was, "He's a really nice guy." That and, "He's really big." At 6 feet, 5 inches, he didn't give the appearance of being a large man in photographs and on television. During his years in the limelight, viewers must have wondered where the TV stations got all of those tiny reporters to stand in front of him holding a microphone. .
INSTANT VIEW-Bush's speech draws skeptical economic reviews
Much of the reaction to Bush's speech centered on his $150 billion stimulus package, worked out with Congressional leaders and meant to avert recession in an economy suffering from high oil prices and a housing slump. COMMENTARY: SEN. EDWARD KENNEDY, DEMOCRAT OF MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRAT In just one month, over 200,000 families have lost their homes. The housing crisis is expected to lead to 2 million foreclosures in just the next two years. We need real solutions to help families keep their homes, but you didn't hear any tonight. What you heard tonight was a president so desperate to cover up his five-year-long program of warrantless eavesdropping on Americans that he would throw out all of the lawsuits against the phone companies who cooperated in his illegal program.
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