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Iowa’s American Hockey League team will now be called the Iowa Chops, the team announced this afternoon.
The team’s new logo is a vicious boar’s head and the new colors are crimson, grey and black, designed to depict the tougher style of hockey coming to Iowa, according to a team release.
Iowa is now affiliated with the Anaheim Ducks, who are known for their physical style of play.
“We really feel this name perfectly represents our vision of the new team,” team owner Kirby Schlegel, CEO of Schlegel Sports, said in a statement. “It illustrates Iowa’s agricultural heritage while also playing into the definition of chops, having nerve, resilience and staying power.
“The word chops can mean continually defeating someone, and that is the reputation we expect Iowa’s new team to gain in the league.”
Iowa ended its three-year affiliation with the Dallas Stars in late April.
The team, formerly known as the Iowa Stars, started playing in the AHL with the 2005-06 season.
Team owners wanted to rebrand the team with a nickname and logo that had an Iowa connection.
“We wanted a name that would catch people’s attention and spark discussion, not just in Iowa but nationally as well,” team president Steve Nitzel said in a statement. “There is no doubt the name is unique. We’re confident that the team will continue to gain respect in this community and in the league for years to come.”
A secondary logo located on the shoulders of the players’ jerseys will be an outline of the state of Iowa with the letter “I” in the center.
Iowa and Anaheim plan to announce who will coach the Chops later this summer.
Bob Murray, Anaheim’s senior vice president of hockey operations, will serve as Iowa’s general manager and be based in Chicago. Former Des Moines Buccaneers coach Bob Ferguson was named Iowa’s assistant general manager Tuesday and will live in the Des Moines area.
The Chops’ regular-season home opener is scheduled for Oct. 10 at Wells Fargo Arena.
how bad things got in the 1st century. Jude 17-18 say:
“But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. 18 They said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”
I mean how bad did things get in the 1st century church that they where expecting Jesus to already be coming back? Was it that the church conditions had already deteriorated enough that the prophecies that Jesus had given in Matthew 24 seemed to be already coming true? And if that is the case, how much worse are we today. I am going to chew on that one today!
10. Steve Jobs owns 7% of Disney shares.
9. Slim and fit.
8. Can run at variable speeds and not overheat or shut down.
7. Constantly setting the trend for everyone.
6. Can record and playback through his in-screen camera and mic.
5. Even when is motherboard when down, he still kept running.
4. Battery only needs a little bit of time to recharge.
3. Reboots to a Mac tone.
2. Always makes others heads turn.
1. He always gets the girl! (cue the band!!!!)
POSTED: 5:35 pm CDT June 24, 2008
UPDATED: 6:48 pm CDT June 24, 2008
Skeptical states are shoving aside millions of federal dollars for abstinence education, walking away from the program the Bush administration touts for slowing teen sexual activity.
Barely half the states are still in, and two more say they are leaving.
Some $50 million has been budgeted for this year, and financially strapped states might be expected to want their share. But many have doubts that the program does much, if any good, and they’re frustrated by chronic uncertainty that it will even be kept in existence. They also have to chip in state money in order to receive the federal grants.
A federal tally shows that participation in the program is down 40 percent over two years, with 28 states — including Michigan — still in. Arizona and Iowa have announced their intention to forgo their share of the federal grant at the start of the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.
The program was created by Congress in 1996 as part of welfare reform. [more...]
So…I have been working at a middle school for the last few years in the PE department so I get to see what this grant does first hand. “So what does it do,” you ask, “in terms of the sex education in the public school.” Well I haven’t seen this grant implemented in the public school. There are no programs implemented within the public schools. Programs seem to held to non-profit organizations. So why don’t they allow a non-profit/public school partnership to teach abstinence? I can’t ever seeing this happening because 95% of non-profits will be religious affiliation.
Plus abstinence education has one message: WAIT!!!!! KEEP IT IN YOUR PANTS!!! Now what teenager wouldn’t respond to that message? Can’t you see them coming down the aisle for that one. I think that abstinence education is going to die if the only message is “WAIT!!” Wait for what? What are they suppose wait for? Why should they wait? And I think it goes a little deeper than “So you don’t get a STD!” Who cares? They have drugs to deal with that now. Or “You’ll regret it later!” Why? Mom and Dad have been divorced 2 or 3 times. They have had multiple partners. And that is their example!
So how do you think abstinence should be taught if taught at all?
I am listening to a sermon by Beau Hughes from The Village Church called “Gospel Contextualization”. This is one of the most eye opening messages that I have heard in a long time.
What he is talking about right now is the decline of Christianity in the United States. This church is in Denton, TX (suburb of Dallas) which places them in the middle of the Bible Belt. Now my question to everyone, is your community post-Christian (no Christian mindset, values, morals) or still Christian (moral)?
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