HOPE and VICTORY

America's Most Admired Companies 2008 Top 20 Most Admired Companies To create the top 20, Fortune and its survey partners at Hay Group asked the experts -- in this case, more than 3,700 people from dozens of industries -- to select the 10 companies they admire most. This year's winners all have strong records of innovation, leadership, and financial strength -- and their employees know it. The whole class was excited to be going to the movies on class time. Of course it was an epic, lasting over 3 hours in time. 'Gone with the Wind' became an instant classic in 1939 and still carrys its weight as our junior high school of the sixties got to witness its mammoth proportions in cinematic production and a tall tale that had the backdrop of slavery in the land of freedom known as the United States of America. This microcosm of how the how people acted in the 1800s in the face of living in a culture identified by masters and servants living on grand plantations and preoccupie

After reading a very opinionated article by a sportswriter (and he joins many of Vick haters) who seems to be protesting the honoring of Michael Vick by his teammates when they selected him as the recipient of the prestigious 'Ed Block Courage Award', I became incensed. Today, the Eagles announced that Michael Vick was the 2009 winner of the Ed Block Courage Award , an honor given to a player who shows courage in the face of adversity. Vick's teammates voted for the award, thus demonstrating how tone-deaf and out-of-touch NFL players are with reality... Criss Chase , Yahoo Sports, 12/23/09 What is the Courage award about? Ed Block Courage Award Foundation Web site ): Each year, the Ed Block Courage Awards honors those National Football League players who exemplify commitments to the principles of sportsmanship and courage. Recipients are selected by their teammates for team effort, as well as individual performance.The Ed Block Courage Award recipient symbolizes professiona