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Archive for July, 2007

How to Dispute Credit Report Errors

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Because financial and lending institutions use this information to evaluate your application for credit, insurance, employment and other purposes (all approved by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)), it’s important that the information in your report is complete and accurate. Checking in advance on the accuracy of information in your credit file, and if necessary, dispute credit report errors, could speed the granting of credit.

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Dogs and presidents

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

This is a sorta interesting article about the recent history of dogs in politics. I don’t know if you HAVE to have a dog to be President of the United States - but if you look at the statistics, it certainly seems to help!

Obama Visited Mt. Pleasant, Iowa

Sunday, July 22nd, 2007

Presidential candidate Obama visited Mt Pleasant, Iowa to drum up support in the rural area of the state.  Iowa, being the first in the nation to hold the caucus is on almost the entire candidates list to spend time visiting and drumming up support for their campaign. 

When it was announced that Obama would be in our little town our kids and grandkids all got involved in the event.  Our granddaughters volunteered to help with the organization, two of our daughters and our son in law and his dad went to the event to hear him speak and meet him. 

Even though he is not the candidate that we support we were pleased to see the excitement and desire to get involved in any political activity by our granddaughters.  In our opinion, the involvement is a lesson that can not be gained in any other manner.  It is part of the process, a learning time and an opportunity to get a better understanding of how the election process really works. 

 

Fundraising for Political Science Majors Starts Early

Friday, July 13th, 2007

Many policy and decisions makers, and some of the country’s most influential people, got their start by studying political science. If you plan to major in poli sci in college you better hit the campaign trail early if you’re interested in receiving political science scholarships. Most colleges offer political science scholarships through their political science departments. These grants, fellowships and awards are often given in honor of alumni or local community leaders. The big political science scholarship bucks, however, lie with national organizations, many of which fall into the public policy center/institute/endowment arena. This is a double edged sword. On one hand, there are lots of institutes with lots of scholarship dollars to pass out. On the other, most of the scholarships pull applicants from across the nation so there is plenty of competition. For more information about political science scholarship.

Selecting Wedding Gift Bags

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

A wedding is a time of gift-giving, with exchanges of rings, wedding gifts for the new couple, wedding showers, and so on, all occasions where the bride and groom get gifts that symbolize their commitment and help them in their new life together.  However, the gift-giving shouldn’t be a one-way street.

The wedding party and wedding guests can also receive gifts from the bride and groom, as a way a saying thank you for sharing a special day.  One simple and elegant way to do it is with wedding gift bags for your bridal party and guests.  From simple to more complex, these wedding gift bags can add some fun for your wedding guests.

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Political Fund Raising Looks to the Future

Saturday, July 7th, 2007

Political fund raising has never been more important, and there are professionals devoted to these endeavors.  Politics begins at the local level with local, city elections and ends with the ultimate goal of many politicians, the Presidency.  Many of those engaged in political fund raising made a name for themselves in a city or local election, moved up to the state level and reached their dreams with a role in a national election.  Political fund raising is important in the elections for the mayor of a small city or a large metropolis.  The amounts raised in different cities are obviously related to the size and importance of the city.

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Finding A Toy Music Box For A Child

Saturday, July 7th, 2007

Music boxes exist for just about any person and can cover almost any occasion.  Most of all, a music box will celebrate a wedding, the birth of a child, or just a birthday in general.  Many different brands sell music boxes and each has something good about it that would allow someone to choose that brand over anything else.  Some brands make music boxes are designed just for children, whether it be a toy music box that the child can physically touch and play with or one that merely celebrates the child’s birth or his/her birthday much like a “Baby’s First Christmas” ornament would.  Listed below are the two different ways of explaining a toy music box and how each would be beneficial to the child and the family.

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