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NOTE: The PMI was initially reported as 54.2. However, the number has since been corrected to 54.0.
The December reading of the US purchasing managers index is out, and the number looks good.
PMI jumped to 54.0 from 52.8 in November. This is also better than economists' expectation calling for 53.6.
Any reading above 50 signals expansion in the industry.
Here are key points from Markit:
- Strongest rate of output growth since May
- Total new work increases at solid rate, with new export orders also rising
- Input price inflation remains marked, albeit weaker than in November
From Markit's Chief Economist Chris Williamson:
"The final Markit PMI came in slightly below the earlier flash estimate but still indicates that the U.S. manufacturing sector enjoyed a reasonably strong end to the year. Production is growing at a solid pace, buoyed by rising domestic and export sales.
"Firms are also taking on more staff, suggesting that the underlying improvement in demand pushed any worries about the 'fiscal cliff' to backs of manufacturers' minds in the closing weeks of the year.
"With recent indications that growth is also picking up in other key economies around the world, notably in emerging markets such as China and Brazil, and that the Eurozone's economic crisis is easing, U.S. companies should benefit as stronger demand lifts exports in early 2013. While economic growth may disappoint in the fourth quarter compared to the 3.1% rate of expansion seen in the third quarter, the recent run of positive PMI surveys towards the end of 2012 suggests that prospects have begun to look a little brighter for the new year."
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The impressive old ladies of Cape Cod
While I was in Cape Cod learning how to make radio at Transom, I produced two pieces. My final project started out being about the local candlepin bowling alley, but became a story about one bowler -- the inimitable 94-year-old Nellie Kenyon. You can listen to it here.
The first story, produced as an assignment for WCAI's Creative Life series, was about the Provincetown Public Press, a project of the awe-inspiring-especially-for-its-size Provincetown Public Library. Reporting that story, I met one of their authors, Marilyn Colburn, who was really nice -- and turned out to be the friend and neighbor of several of my Key West friends. Small world, many connections between outposts. Here's that story.
Here's a take-home lesson I didn't expect: Older folks might want to consider staying up north for the winter. Because the Cape seems to be full of energetic, intelligent people in their 80s and 90s. My classmate Alison Byrne produced a great piece about the senior center's poetry group and Falmouth's 99-year-old poet laureate -- I'll link to it as soon as it airs. I'm starting to think I should make Cape Cod my retirement plan. Meanwhile, my journey home starts this evening -- I'm taking the Silver Meteor train from DC to Miami. Once I get home, get unpacked and get geared up, I'll be making more radio. So keep an ear on this space.

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Amortization 101 - #2 - Your Friendly Neighborhood Bank Isn't So Friendly/
This is part 2 of a 3 part series
Amortization 101 - #1 - Where Does Your Interest Lie?
Amortization 101 - #3 - The Greatest Trick Ever Pulled
At the end of my last post, I asked the question:
If so much less interest is paid on a 15-year term versus a 30-year, why would the banks ever encourage you to take out that loan?
Let's compare two loans, all things being equal except the term.
(click the links to download the pdf's of the amortization schedules)
$200,000 initial loan @ 4.5% interest
(Please note - I realize that you will normally get a better interest rate for a shorter term loan, but for this discussion we need to control all variables except one.)
On a 30 year loan, the total interest paid will be $164,813.42.
On a 15 year loan, the total interest paid will be $75,397.58.
That's a difference of $89,415.85.
You would think the banks would hide a 15-year loan from consumers, wouldn't you? Wouldn't they prefer you pay that huge interest amount on the thirty year loan?
Why don't they?
Moving On Up
(sung to the theme of The Jeffersons)
According to the National Association of Realtors, for over twenty years ('85-08), the median length of home ownership prior to selling was six years. Six years!
If you need a reminder, a median point is the exact middle of a data set. Half the numbers in the set are above that point while have are below it.
After the Great Recession, the median length of home ownership prior to selling has steadily climbed to the amazing rate of ten years! Again, half the data points are below that and have are above.
Okay, so what? How does this affect us?
Like I said in my previous article, the amortization schedule is an incredibly powerful tool (both for us and against us).
Let's consider the two loans above and assume they are both sold at the exact median point shown for 2016: ten years (month 120).
On the 30 year loan, $81,783.34 of interest was collected by the 120th month. That's 50% of the expected interest. In 1/3 of the loan term!
On the 15 year loan, $65,665.92 of interest was collected by the 120th month. That's 87% of the expected interest. In 2/3 of the loan term!
If you sell your home and move on, the bank gets its remaining principal back immediately and they can re-lend it. The bank wins!
If you pay your pay your loan all the way to term, the bank wins!
It doesn't matter if you get a better rate on the shorter term loan. Do you see that? The banks really don't care if it's 15 years or 30 years. Most people never even come close to a full term. They just want you to take out a loan!
If you do that, then no matter what, the bank wins.
There is a point where the bank starts to not win as much. The longer the bank's money sits tied up in your loan, the less valuable your loan is to them. In other words, they don't want you to carry your loan to term.
Once your loan passes the point of equilibrium (where you're making larger principal payments than interest payments), your loan has less value to them.
There are two sides to every coin. Once it gets positive for you, it becomes negative for them.
They are watching your balance and how it affects their balance sheet.
That's when they really start encouraging you to refinance. They start telling you it's time for a home project or to take the vacation of a lifetime.
Don't do it!
Falling into The Trap
Ack! You fell for it.
After seven years of paying on your loan, you decide you should refinance your previous 30-year loan and take it down to fifteen years.
You're smart so you're only going to refinance the exact loan amount remaining. You don't want to go further in debt.
Guess what happens when you refinance? There are new charges, points, and origination fees! You will refinance for MORE than what you had remaining on your balance. It will happen. There is no way around it.
You know what else you've done?
You've given the bank the opportunity to reset the amortization schedule and front load the interest again! They still expect you to sell your house before you get out of the fat part of the amortization schedule.
It's Time to Flip The Script
How can you work the amortization schedule to your advantage?
It's time to think like the bank. They always want you at the front of the amortization schedule, right?
After you've been there awhile, what did they offer you? An opportunity to refinance. They want to sell you on the idea of paying your home off quickly with a 15-year mortgage or the opportunity to "unlock the equity in your home." The latter is priceless. That's essentially treating your home like an ATM.
Either way, the bank wants you to return to beginning of the amortization schedule.
As I said earlier, there are two sides to every coin. If they want you at the front of the schedule, you need to get to the back, or at least the mid-point.
How do you do that? Immediately, start pushing your way to the later stages.
Now, you can make small extra monthly payments of $100 to help speed up your loan. In fact, the bank even encourages you to do it.
Wait. The bank encourages it? Why would they do that? Because it doesn't rapidly push you down the amortization schedule. It's small, baby steps. Take a look at what happens with $100 steps monthly for thirty years.
You pay an extra $100 a month towards principal ($36,000) and total interest paid falls from $164,813 to $133,067. That's a savings of $31,746 in interest and wipes off 60 months or 5 years. Not bad!
However, we talked earlier about the median length of home ownership is currently ten years (previously six!). "Come on, big hitter, send us $100 a month," the bank says with a snicker. That's not going to do anything to that amortization schedule.
Try again.
If you want to make big gains, you're going to have to drop significant dollars and drop them with some frequency, especially early in the amortization schedule when the interest is high.
Let's imagine some really good fortune comes your way and a book deal lands in your lap. You get a $20,000 advancement on future royalties. You plunk that down on the property at the end of year 2. What happens?
That $20,000 will knock the total interest paid from $164,813 to $122,177. That's a savings of $42,636 and 61 months of actual payments.
There's $16,000 of difference in the extra amount you pay to the bank between to the two scenarios, but the one that costs you more actually gets you less results.
Why? It's compound interest. It's been talked about in how it works for you in investing. Guess what? It's inside your amortization schedule and it's screwing you on a monthly basis.
You won't beat the amortization schedule without getting bloody. If want to get in the ring, you're going to get hit. It's going to take concentrated effort to get it paid down. You're going to have to make sacrifices. However, the first thing you need to know is the rules of the game. All the rules are contained within the amortization schedule.
Load up the amortization schedule you created from the first article and see what happens. It's a fun experiment and will change how you think about your own home and investment loans.
Always remember, this schedule is being used against you. Start playing with it to see where you are on a monthly basis and you can shift the game slightly. It will never be fully in your favor, but you were the one asking for the loan, right?
Don't take me the wrong way. I'm not anti-banks or anti-mortgages. We need leverage. I'm using it to acquire new properties every year.
However, what is frustrating is that so many homeowners and investors have no idea what's going on inside their own amortization schedules.
A New Way to Look at The Cost of Selling Your Home
You've lived in your house for ten years and you've got the itch to move somewhere new. You've done some remodeling over the years. You've upgraded both bathrooms, completely remodeled the kitchen, you've built-out the basement to add another room to the house. Your house looks fantastic and you've added value to it. This is the American Dream.
Being the smart, inquisitive person type you are, you grab a pad of paper and do some quick arithmetic to see how you'll come out in the end.
Original purchase price: $250,000
Remodel costs: + $50,000
Total investment: $300,000
Appraised Value at time of Sale: $350,000
Sale costs: Estimate 9% or - $31,500
Total Sale Proceeds $318,500
When you purchased the home you put down 20% ($50,000) and financed $200,000 at 4.5% for 30 years. (from our earlier exercise)
Remaining Loan Balance: $160,179
Actual profit at time of sale: $158,321
Nice job! Appreciation and pay down really worked for you.
You lean back, put your hands behind your head and smile. This is how you get ahead in life.
Except you've already paid $81,783 worth of interest over that same time to the bank.
You are only truly profiting $76,538 which is slightly more than the value of your remodel costs.
You lean forward and re-look at your numbers. What the hell happened?
Interest happened and you failed to account for it.
Imagine how bloody this would have been if you hadn't put down 20% at the outset?
We never account for accumulated interest when we sell a home or investment property. It's that hidden cost that everyone ignores. Why?
In the next article … The Greatest Trick Ever Pulled.


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Moon Products TRY-REX/
I was particularly excited to try out the TRY-REX since it was "America's first triangular pencil." It is not three-sided like most triangular pencils we are used to, but instead has a unique design that still maintains a hexagonal shape with every other side of the hexagonal barrel being curved instead of straight. This leaves the user with a comfortable grip and a pencil that can be used for long periods of time without hand fatigue. The TRY-REX sharpens well enough, but I am not quite sure of the wood composition as it produces very dusty shavings (even with my Masterpiece) that crumble very easily. It's fairly fragrant, but not a nice deep cedar smell that I love, but instead has a more like an earthy, body odor-like scent (if that makes sense).
The graphite hardness/darkness is a tad lighter than I like it to be, but it lays down smoothly and does not smudge that much. Point retention is fair and I am making personal progress with not pressing so damn hard. The eraser is crap-- very dusty and gritty feeling and barely does an adequate job of erasing most marks. I actually prefer to used a seperate eraser anyway, but this is not a deal-breaker for me, but still frustrating nonetheless. They style of the pencil is simple: a bit between glossy and matte red finish with a white imprint. I think it is pretty nifty that they show a little "triangle" diagram on the barrel of the pencil to illustrate the barrel shape.
I do not have many complaints about this pencil and at sixty cents a piece from CW Pencil Enterprise, they are worth a pick up. Overall 8/10.


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It's no surprise that I love eating soups in the wintertime. I mean, who doesn't? But for me, it's not the rich, creamy soups that I crave when I'm cold. Instead, it's soups with bold, inviting flavors (and in this case, a spicy kick!) that truly warm me through and through.
This soup is an incredible combination of fresh ingredients and exciting flavor. Cremini mushrooms, torn spinach, silken tofu and udon noodles make it a hearty dinner staple, while fresh ginger and soy sauce add incredible Asian flavor. My favorite part? A spicy homemade chile oil that gets drizzled atop of each bowl, allowing everyone to customize their level of heat. Don't skip out on the oil—it really adds a big punch of flavor.
This soup is simple to make, reheats wonderfully, and is the perfect way to add in new flavors to your weeknight routine. Trust me, it's better than takeout.
Mushroom, Spinach, and Tofu Soup with Udon Noodles
Serves 5-6
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 tbsp. crushed red pepper
- 2 tbsp. thinly sliced garlic
- 6 cups sodium-free vegetable broth
- 1/2 lb. sliced cremini mushrooms, larger ones sliced in half
- 4 tbsp. soy sauce
- 1 1/2 tbsp. sugar
- 3/4 oz. unpeeled fresh ginger, cut into 2 or 3 large slices
- 4 oz. fresh spinach, chopped
- 1/2 lb. firm silken tofu, cut into 3/4-inch cubes
- 3 3 oz. packages udon noodles (I used this brand)
- salt and pepper, to taste
For the chile oil:
Combine the oil, crushed red pepper, and garlic in a a small saucepan set over medium-high heat. Heat until the garlic sizzles, then turn the heat to low and cook, stirring, until the garlic turns golden, about 3 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat, and let the mixture sit while you make the rest of the soup. When the soup is ready, strain the chile oil into a bowl, discarding the solids.
For the soup:
Add the vegetable broth, mushrooms, soy sauce, sugar and ginger to a medium-sized saucepan. Cover the pot, and simmer over high heat for 8 minutes, then lower the heat and simmer until the mushrooms are soft, about 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and discard the ginger. Stir in the spinach, then the tofu. Cover to keep warm.
While the soup is simmering, bring a medium pot of water to a boil. Add the udon noodles to the pot and cook until tender, about 3 minutes. Drain, then stir the noodles into the soup. Season the soup with salt and pepper.
Divide the soup among bowls, then drizzle each bowl with some of the chile oil. (It's spicy, so a little goes a long way!)
Recipe adapted from Rachael Ray


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So this is a reminder...no pun intended. We have discussed taking Peggy off of Namenda for over a year now, and something else seems to always take the forefront. So, called Dr. Stern...he followed up and today so 02/21/2011 we are decreasing it by half. Now, I have to monitor her for three weeks...
Stories, pictures, thoughts, love and life about Peggy Faganel, and a place for Alzheimer's understanding, fundraising, awareness, ideas, talk and help.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Articles on Alzhimer's prevention...yeah, yeah, yeah.
All these articles are great, but the fact is Peggy walked...alot. Even when she was in her late 70's and in assisted living...we actually worried about her walking. She always walked, every day in some way. Either through golf or tennis, or just walking the dog. For goodness sake she did YOGA in the 70's! She'd sit indian style on the shag carpet in her black leotard and panty hose and do the lion's pose and stick out her tongue just like the lady on channel 11. We all thought she was crazy!
OMG I just found her on you tube!!!! Lilias Folan
Then when she brought home tofu! We really thought she was loopy! My mom loved healthy living and didn't smoke or drink (a lot), or swear for that matter. She was the only person that shopped at the only health food store in Wheaton, Illinois.
So, I love these articles, I do, I'm sure they are good. We should all walk and eat the right foods. But Alzheimer's is Alzheimer's and there is no cure. Not until enough research and money is thrown at this DISEASE, because that's what it is, a disease not a lifestyle or choice.
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Love is a Rose....
We went to Sunrise yesterday for Valentine's Day dinner. It was lovely, just like last year. Here is a little movie of it. The girls get dressed up, we get our own dining room and Beverly is here from Milwaukee. Peggy came in, and she responds to all things lovely. We all gave her big hugs and kisses, she smiled. Then Sunny handed her a rose....and she ate it.
It's okay to laugh. We did. Happy Valentine's Day everyone.
It's okay to laugh. We did. Happy Valentine's Day everyone.
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Labels: alzheimer's, laugh, rose, valentine's day
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
Here is Peggy last month at USC for her Alzheimer's research study. Here I am on the internet.
As I was walking in the other night to see her, I began thinking about all the stuff I hadn't "updated" on the blog. Peggy Lu's visit, the cherry pie my girlfriend gave me, the girls, my girls, my precious little girls and all the wonderful things they do and say. Of course, I got "side" tracked as you can see by my previous post.
Why do I do it? I started this blog to give people back home updates on how she is doing out here in California. But this blog, has become bigger than that. I want to raise awareness of this personality robbing disease.
The look in her eyes when I put her to bed yesterday made me feel her. I'm ususally just trying to "manage" her. She pulled my hair, and looked at me, like I was hers. It was brief, it was beautiful, it was quiet.
People say that it effects the family more that the patient, I disagree. In that look she gave me, I felt her loss. She is here, but not. Imagine if it were you. I thought of my girls looking at me, and me trying to look out and reach for them, but couldn't.
|Participating in research studies.
Please share this blog, tweet it, follow it, whatever. Let's make this research really count.
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
What does THIS mean?
Why is she so crookedy? I went over last night on my way to my writing group to see how her cold was,and to give her some nighttime medicine...and this is how I found her. Why is she so leaned over and sideways? I'd try to push her up and she would go back over. She didn't even know she was sideways. Everything else pretty normal, well, normal in our world which is actually the complete opposite of normal. I mean blood pressure, vital signs are normal. Yet, she can't walk or hold herself up. Started after breakfast yesterday. Taking her to the Doc today.
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Big Beauty Giveaway
I had so much fun doing the Big Beauty Giveaway and have already started putting items aside for another one soon! The winner this time around is: Jenny Hernandez.
The winner has been contacted directly by e-mail.
I will be starting up another FUN giveaway next week – so stay tuned!


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Support Your Local Outdoor Pipe Organ!
The Pipe Organ was invented in the 3rd Century BC. Pipe organs are powerful, marvelous musical instruments. Most of them are harnessed in service to the Almighty (in churches), which makes a municipal pipe organ all the more special, as it's free to play secular music from the greatest composers of all time. I'm convinced a live pipe organ experience should be on everyone's bucket list…
To view FULLSCREEN, click anywhere on the comic twice.
Special Thanks to Dale Sorenson, Associate Organ Curator, who allowed me access to some of the inner workings of the organ and made himself readily available to answer my many pesky questions! Dale, you're a good sport! I'd also like to thank Honorary Trustee Hal Doerr for his helpful explanations and models of how the pipes work, and Spreckels Organ Society Executive Administrator Ross Porter for his time and helpfulness as well. It's a nice group of people at the organ–it's a real labor of love, how everyone contributes whole-heartedly for each Sunday performance.


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The bread is done.
Maybe I won't eat it.
The Perfect Loaf of Bread
The bread is done.
Culinary Adventures in Upstate New York
By JC Steiniger
The bread is done.
Maybe I won't eat it.
Anonymous says
And….. I need closure. Please let me know how the bread was.
It really was the best I've ever made, BUT, I am going to experiment with a few small adjustments. Seven hours of rising time is too much for regular baking, so I need to play with the amount of added yeast to allow for a shorter proof, without sacrificing too much flavor or texture. The bread had a very full flavored, dark crumb reflecting the whole wheat and rye flour added to the bread flour in the recipe. I might cut back on those a little to make for a lighter texture. I guess my mother was right. I'm never satisfied.
Anonymous says
I recently read the chapter of Michael Rhulman's "The Making of a Chef" about the baker at the CIA. His dream is just to move away and pursue the perfect loaf. He is also in love with his oven. Maybe someday when I'm out of graduate school…..
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Our five senses are incomplete without the sixth-our sense of humor." Unknown
Former Secret Service Agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are hired by defense attorney Ted Bergin to help in the defense of Edgar Roy. They are soon up to their necks in a rivalry between informational gathering agencies inside and out of the government. Roy is accused of being a serial killer.
On their way to meet Bergin in Maine, they discover that he has been murdered and wonder how someone could have gotten close enough to Bergin to have killed him on a mostly deserted road.
Roy is accused of murdering six people whose bodies are found buried on his farm. He had just noticed that the ground didn't look right and had a shovel in his hand when the police arrived after an anonymous tip.
Sean and Michelle meet a Maine State Police Lieutenant Eric Dobkin who was helpful. They learn that Roy is a federal prisoner and anything connected to Roy must be reported to the FBI who will take over the case.
In this well paced thriller that tries to prove one man's innocence against seemingly insurmountable odds, there is a U.S. intelligence program led by Peter Bunting who is attempting to find a man of rare intelligence rated a six. It is called the EProgram. This person would be able to analyze information from all over the world and be able to make predictions and then provide this information to the government.
There are powerful people competing for a billion dollar contract and David Baldacci does an excellent job in keeping the reader guessing as to what direction the story will take. What do intelligence agencies want with Edgar Roy and how will Sean and Michelle get the information to defend him when it seems that they are going against the highest powers in the U.S. government.
A high powered reading experience that will keep you wanting more.
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Every woman dream of having kids and eventually settles down with their family.
The everlasting emotional battle where some days you feel like having kids gave you a purpose and direction in life. You want to live for somebody else other than yourself. And other days you feel like you committed a horrible mistake that makes you question every single decision you ever made.
But even after hearing all the emotional rollercoaster ride of other mothers, you would still want to ride yours.
The never ending high energy in the house, the constant giggling of them at finding anything and everything funny, the joy of seeing the excitement on their face after discovering new things and the satisfaction of seeing them finally learning them to do their things on their own is more than enough for a woman to endure every hardship & challenges she has to face.
One such challenge is going through the pregnancy phase. The unstable mood, high stress, sleepless nights with sudden irritations and health problems makes it one hell of a tough journey.
But this doesn't mean you have to quit your life for nine months. You can still enjoy simple pleasures that life has to offer.
If you enjoy going out in the sun for tanning, then go for it. In fact, it offers multiple health benefits.
While the sun may prove to be beneficial to your health, if sit for a prolonged time, it may cause skin burn and rashes. If neglected, this habit might lead you to develop skin cancer.
Ozone layer depletion has just caused this matter worse. The UV aka ultraviolet rays are poison to human skin. And the problem doesn't even end here.
A pregnant woman goes through a lot of bodily changes during this period. Hormones secreted during this period make the skin super sensitive to outside stimulation. In simple terms, a pregnant woman is twice more likely to get her skin damaged while sunbathing.
Sunbathing for hours can be equally harmful. During pregnancy, the body temperature of the woman tends to rise due to high metabolisms. So sitting in the sun for hours can cause your body temperature unnaturally high which can negatively affect both the baby and you.
If you are sunbathing while pregnant, we recommend following certain things to minimize the risk of any sort of complication whatsoever.
You should avoid going out in the sun between 11 A.M and 3 P.M. This are the times when the sun rays are at their peak. Ideally, the time the time to avoid harmful sun rays are between 12 P.M to 2 P.M but since you are pregnant, we recommend you to take extra precautions. It's clear that you should go out in the sun either in the morning or evening to get the benefits without any side effects.
A sunscreen is a must. Don't forget to apply the cream before going out on your bathing endeavor. It's supposed to act as an additional layer of protection from harmful UV rays.
Stay cool and hydrated. You must drink the prescribed the liters of water. You can also put your feet in cold water to avoid an unnatural increase in body temperature. Some women might feel their body temperature rising while sunbathing even after all the precautions. It is advisable to drown your feet in the cold water as such it lowers your body temperature.
Never lie on your tummy while sunbathing as women are usually seen doing. Lying on the stomach can cause unnecessary pressure on the baby. Moreover, as a protection mechanism, the fetus might exert pressure on our internal organs. This can damage both the baby and the mother seriously. In the latter stage of pregnancy, it advised to not even lie on your back as the size of the fetus increases which can cause unnecessary pressure on your organs. It is advisable to sit on a comfortable chair while sunbathing.
Take frequent breaks while sunbathing. Even during the morning and evening, pregnant women shouldn't sit in the sun for a long stretch. Take little breaks. You might even consider cooling off in the pool if you feel like it.
Having kids doesn't require you to sacrifice your life totally.
But if by any chance your doctor recommends you to avoid sunbathing for a while, listen to them.
You don't want your baby to be born with any deformity or abnormalities because you didn't listen to your doctor because you wanted a tan.
After all, precaution is better than cure but in this case, there will be no cure.


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Find out how to list your local store, classes, event, attraction, etc. here, where thousands of homeschoolers look for resources in their state!
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Serving Lewiston, ID; Clarkston, WA; and surrounding areas.
Email: email@example.com
Blog/News updates, park days, field trips, co-op classes, statewide and local graduation ceremonies, and more!


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Samuel Adams wrote many political articles for Boston newspapers, coordinated the Boston Tea Party and helped create the Continental Congress. He made many contributions to the American Revolution and ultimately signed the Declaration of Independence.
According to History.com, Adams organized the Boston's Sons of Liberty, who stood opposed to British politics. He also served as a Massachusetts legislator from 1765 to 1774. Through writing articles and his own politics, Adams was able to recruit talented young men to the independence cause, including Josiah Quincy and his cousin John Adams, who later became president. He conceived and led the Boston Committee of Correspondence, a shadow government that coordinated with other committees of correspondence to resist the British government.
Adams helped plan and coordinate the Patriot resistance to the Tea Act, which culminated in the Boston Tea Party. He helped create the Continental Congress, serving as a delegate. He successfully urged Massachusetts to back the Patriot resistance during the Revolution.
For many of the revolutionary years, Adams was primarily occupied with being a delegate in the Continental Congress. He served on several committees and spoke persuasively for independence from Great Britain. Adams was elected to the Massachusetts convention to ratify the American Constitution in 1788.


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I decided I wanted a quick easy way to keep track of my EyeDock business expenses. I don't have a lot of expenses, it's mostly just software utilities to help me work more efficiently. Accounting software can do this of course, or I could just keep a spreadsheet. However, I wanted something that would be even faster to add entries and reference, even from my phone.
I decided to just maintain a text folder in Dropbox listing my expenses. The text file could be viewed or appended to in any number of iOS text editors such as Elements or Byword.
However, to make things even easier, I once again made use of the Drafts app. Drafts allows you to quickly enter some text and append it to a Dropbox document, which will work well for our needs today. I wrote more about the Drafts app a while back so I won't dwell on its other features here.
To make a Dropbox action, click open the app and hit the settings icon (the gear). Scroll down to and click Dropbox Actions, then click the plus sign at the top to create a new action.
Give the action a name (I called mine EyeDock expenses), tell it the path to your text file. I have an EyeDock folder in Dropbox, and I decided to nest a 2013 folder in there so I can separate my expenses each year. The actual file name is expenses, and it's a text (.txt) file.
Now, I can open up Drafts, type the date, the payee, the expense type, and the amount. When I'm through I click the EyeDock expense action I created and my text is appended to the expenses.txt file in Dropbox.
However, this is still too much work for me (I'm lazy). I don't want to have to enter the date - my phone already knows the date, why can't it do it? I only need a few categories, and I don't want to have to type them in. This sounds like the perfect place for Textexpander. If you're unfamiliar with Textexpander, it essentially allows you to create system-wide text macros. So, if you're sick of typing in your address, you can assign a text trigger, such as ".address", and every time you type that it'll insert your address. The macros you make on the Mac can sync (via Dropbox) with your iOS device, which can come in very handy.
Textexpander got even more useful a while back when they added fill-in snippets. They describe fill in snippets like this:
You can add fill-in fields to a snippet to make it easy to create customized boilerplate text at the time you expand an abbreviation.
I made a fill in snippet to automatically enter today's date, a blank field to enter a payee, a list of expense types (software, advertising, hardware), and a blank to enter an amount. I set the trigger to be ".exp", for "expense".
It looks like this, if you're interested:
%m/%d/%y, %filltext:name=payee%, %fillpopup:name=type:default=software:advertising:hardware: %, $%filltext:name=amount%
So, I open Drafts, type ".exp", and it immediately takes me to the Textexpander fill-in. The date is already there, I type in my payee, select the type, and enter in an amount. I hit Done and return to Drafts. I hit the EyeDock Expense Dropbox action and I'm done.
Opening the expenses.txt file in Dropbox I can see that the text was appended to the end of my document appropriately.
In this case I'm basically creating a no-frills ledger. I like working with a simple text file because it's easy to open, read, and append to. However, the file is essentially a comma separated volume, which means that I can at any time change the extension to .csv and open it up in a spreadsheet. This might be helpful at the end of the year if I want to quickly SUM the expenses column.
Next I'll show you how I enter expenses while using my laptop.


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Most of the time, I arrange my interviews by contacting an author or band through Twitter. Sometimes, through Twitter and the interview process, I make a new friend. Occasionally, I get to use this forum to promote life-long friends and advertise the creative work they are doing. This week's interview is one of those.
After I graduated from high school and had a particularly bad first semester of college at SUNY New Paltz, I took five years off from education. I held down a full-time desk job, I worked with an acting coach in NYC (Peter Sklar, by name), and I started directing plays at Mahopac High School. During those years, I became friends with Chrissy Sica. Then we ended up at Elmira College together. Chrissy was in the plays I directed, and then we were in plays and the education program at Elmira together. I always knew she had a wonderful singing voice. As things go, we lost track of each other for a few years. We're back in touch, and Chrissy, now Christina Lenway, has just released a cd of religious/spiritual music that highlights her voice. So we chatted via email about how the cd came to be.
ANTHONY: You recently recorded a cd of Christian music. What can listeners expect? How did you go about choosing the songs for the cd? Do any have particularly strong personal connections for you?
CHRISTINA: I recorded classic church hymns and a few Christian contemporary pieces. I picked hymns and songs that spoke to me, whether they were personally fulfilling or they touched someone important to me. Each one reminds me of someone, or of a particular time in my life, so yes, each one does have a personal connection for me, particularly the last one, which is quite secular. It is The Story from Brandi Carlisle. I considered it my anthem for years, as I think many people who know the song do.
ANTHONY: The first thing that struck me when I listened to the cd is how simple and straightforward the recording is: solo voice and piano. Did you make a conscious choice to keep things scaled down versus bringing other musicians in or using software to create backing vocals?
CHRISTINA: Wow…you've asked a question that opens up a much larger dialog about conscious choice. I really had no inkling to record anything, nor would I ever have guessed that IF I recorded it would be religious in nature. I had been singing at my local parish for a few years, received some accolades and invitations to sing at weddings and even funerals, but honestly didn't think I had the chops. One summer day, I sat in the church when my friend, Doug, walked up to me and handed me a piece of paper with the phone number of a local recording studio on it. He had been after me to do something for years with my "gift" as he called it, and in some ways, I took that as a sign. I told my friend that I wouldn't know where to start and he held up the book I had used for all of those weddings and funerals and said, "Start here." The next day I called up the recording studio, thinking that this would be nothing more than a great distraction and within a month, it was done. But I remember the day after we recorded it; the engineer called to say that he had a demo done, it was unedited, but if I wanted to listen to it, he had a copy. I rushed over, popped it into the cd player in my car and cried, tears that came from a place I didn't even recognize. The voice I heard was beautiful; how could it be mine? So, I had little intention to do anything with it initially, and barely went back to edit it, concerned that I would not be able to ever sound as good. In fact, Gary Wehrkamp, the owner of New Horizons Recording Studio in Stroudsburg, PA, at one point offered backing vocals and other instruments, but then we we decided to keep it pure. I wanted it to be a remembrance of where I was at that point. Piano and vocals, that's all I needed.
ANTHONY: The second thing that struck me is that your voice is as clear and emotional as it was in high school and college. You've been busy being a teacher, wife and mother … what have you done to maintain your voice over the years, and what specifically did you do to prepare for recording?
CHRISTINA: Another question that takes on a life of its own. I did NOT maintain my vocals at all. In fact, all of this came to a head this past summer. I had my vocal cords scoped to see if there were polyps or lesions, because I was having some difficulty and even minor pain. I saw a vocal therapist for a few weeks, and ended up at a chiropractor, who determined my vocal cords were impeded by subluxated vertabrae. I have learned a lot about how and where I carry stress, namely in my neck and shoulders and how that was causing the strain and tension in my vocal cords. Now I use meditation and relaxation strategies, take voice lessons to get back in shape, and am sure to warm up before I sing anything, and keep the pipes hydrated.
ANTHONY: How long did it take to record the cd, and who did you work with to produce it?
CHRISTINA: I was fortunate to have a wonderful friend, Lindsey, who agreed to accompany me on the piano. She is the music director at the church that I sing at, so the hymns were familiar and comfortable for both of us. Most were done on the first take, and as I said before, I was very worried that I wouldn't be able to re-create the sound, so we didn't go back and re-record them again and again and again. We recorded it all in less than 5 hours and edited it for a little bit. I recorded at New Horizons Music Studio in Stroudsburg, PA under the direction of owner Gary Wehrkamp; he and his wife Ginger run a professional studio. Within a month, the recording process was complete, and DiscMakers produced copies. I did not have the vision for me that others had; I intended to send it to close friends and family only. Instead I made a few extra copies and give it freely to whomever would like one. When asked how much they cost, I simply ask the recipient to donate to St. Jude's Children's Hospital, and for no other reason than this: they do amazing things and I have 3 healthy children.
ANTHONY: Do you perform anywhere locally?
CHRISTINA: I don't have any regular gigs, if that's what you mean. I monopolized the 8:00AM mass for awhile, but that hardly constitutes a performance. I have been contracted to sing at Stroudsmoor Country Inn in April, and am looking into some other opportunities, including open mic nights at some local restaurants, and maybe even a tour of some friends' churches in the Mid-West this summer. The possibilities are endless!
ANTHONY: Indeed they are! Now that you've recorded one cd, any plans to do another?
CHRISTINA: Heck yeah! When I stood up to that microphone, headphones on my ears, it was like a whole new world opened up for me, one I always knew I belonged in. I have spent the last month or so writing songs…lyrics, music, the whole thing. I am collaborating with some friends to add strings and percussion to it, and perhaps record this summer or fall. I don't want to rush it, as I did the last cd, and especially since this one is all my own, I want to get each cadence, each bridge, each piece just the way I want it. It may take longer than I'd like, but I am quickly learning, all good things usually do.
ANTHONY: I'll be looking forward to that. When it's ready, we'll have to chat again! Now for my usual closing question: What is your favorite book, and what would you say to someone who hasn't read it to convince them that they should?
CHRISTINA: To steal a quote from Jorge Louis Borges, "I have always imagined that paradise will be some sort of library." With this in mind, choosing one that stands out is difficult, but perhaps one that has stood the test of time will do. I have read and re-read The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran for about 20 years now, and the wisdom contained within it is timeless, organic, and beautiful. A rare treasure. Is it fair to mention a close second? The Alchemist by Paolo Coehlo or anything by Jodi Piccoult, Gilead by Marilynne Robinson…geez, I could go on and on.
Anyone interested in a copy of Christina's cd can email her at at firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also find her on Facebook.


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Demi Lovato is the kind of girl that just oozes cool. From her disarmingly charming personality to her insanely repeat-worthy music, she's easily one of the raddest girls in Hollywood. Which is why it's almost unfair that her ever-changing hair never looks anything less than awesome.
The girl can do it all, while rocking platinum pompadours, bright blue highlights, and everything in between. She's never one to shy away from a major hair statement-and she's also never one to stick with a certain look for long.
In January, she debuted bold, beyond-cool fuchsia strands, and yesterday she took the straight-up radness one step further and unveiled a new half-shaved look. The pink's still there-thankfully, because the candy-colored shade really suits her-but the overall effect is a whole lot edgier.
Here's a pic she posted last night to debut the new 'do. (And if this is a "Do you like it?" face, Demi, the answer is yes!)
We've seen her rock a faux-undercut before (remember her gold glittered style?), but this is the real deal. How are we so sure? Because, well, this.


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The best fourth of July I had was...
I've done a number of things as a child for 4th of July. Some of the time, my parents and I would go to the ocean. We were allowed to park on the beach, and we'd watch the fireworks coming from a boat or a nearby town. Once we went to a city on the bay, and we were so close to the launch point that my stomach pretty much fell out of my body with every "BOOM" and "BANG". I didn't really enjoy it that year. I think my favorite 4th were the times that we went to the Demolition Derby. Back before Spanaway Speedway closed (The track was there first - people who bought their houses around it and then complained of the noise! Geez) they had a few derbies a year, which I always enjoyed going to, but they really pulled all the stops for 4th of July, and the one up in Monroe is even better (heck of a long drive, though).
cmon, who doesn't want to see carnage like this?!
It's not just about cars ramming into each other. It's about hinging all your bets on a specific car and screaming at them to at least make it to the end of the race. It's about watching cars dragging boats behind them while doing figure 8s, or wooping at cars that try to race each other while chained together. Watching busses race is always a blast too. And then when it's all said and done, you get to watch fireworks blast off. It's really the perfect end to a fun-packed day. I'm hoping I can make it up there this year, because thanks to working in a medical clinic, 5 out of the 7 years when the 4th of July is on a weekday, I can't do anything where I need to stay up late. Luckily, our doctor loves us and is giving us Friday off this year. Woop Woop!


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Tractor Sypply Co. has replaced Valspar tractor paints with a brand called Majic Paint. I recently watched a video on this paint which was obviously produced & paid for by Majic. Is this Majic paint a new product? It also appears to have some application issues like waiting 24 hours between light coats. That might be ok but they also tell you to mix hardener (there's) into the paint. So adding all the hardner will cause you to throw out all the leftover if you don't calculate the exact amount of paint you need for those single light coats you need to apply every 24 hours until you have three coats in total.
I did see this paint in my Tractor Supply store & was not really pleased by the brand change. Valspar makes the JD paints. But who the hell is Majic ? I think this could simply be a cheaper paint for us & more profits for Tractor Supply. But if you have to toss out all this paint between coats what's cheap about that. Plus all the extra work cleaning up guns & the leftovers. Can anyone comment on this? Please do if you have experience with this product. Inquiering minds need to know.


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As I have read and re-read this chapter over the last couple of days, I have gained so much more than what I expected.
Whenever I read a passage of scripture, I try to think and understand what was going on at the time it was written. It must have been trying times for the new believers. Paul was desperately wanting them not to lose their faith because of the trials.
This treasure he referred to is the gospel of Jesus Christ. We carry His gospel, His light in our frail, earthly bodies. We are nothing. He is everything. When we face trials, we have a choice to either moan and complain about it or ask God to receive glory however He sees best.
I talked about a bad day I had when I ran out of gas. How trivial and frivolous compared to our brothers and sisters in other countries being truly persecuted for their faith in Christ. We may not be in danger of execution for our faith in Christ, but I know we have hard times. But- we have Christ!
Verse 7 which I have zeroed in on says that God put His treasure, His light in us so that everyone can see that this all-surpassing power is from God and not us!
There is such rich stuff in this chapter. I pray in my heart of hearts that each of you store this deep in your spirit man. My first story was a silly day that happened to me because of my carelessness but I want to share with you some "dark" days in my life when I was in the midst of a spiritual battle.
The early morning light hit my face and began to shake the sleep from me. As my consciousness awakened, the sick feeling hit my stomach. It was morning which meant I had to get up and face the day. "Oh, God! Why didn't you let me die in the middle of the night? Now, I have to face my husband, and tell him - again - that I am not pregnant." It was as if a dark shroud hovered over me everywhere I went. This was how my days would start.
It wasn't just having a "barren womb". It was everything! The bills kept coming in and there wasn't enough money to even cover half of them. It was time to buy groceries. We would have to choose- car payment, utilities, or groceries. Then to make matters worse, we had received something from Uncle Sam saying what we had filed was incorrect and we owed way more than we thought.
I remember feeling like a robot. Going through the motions, but there was nothing inside of me. I loved my husband, loved my God and enjoyed being in the ministry - but there was so much turmoil it seemed in every aspect of my life.
I felt I was being punished for something, I didn't know what, since I couldn't have a baby. I was letting my husband down, who I knew would be the most awesome father in the whole wide world. I was a failure. God was mad at me and I didn't know what I had done.
I hated waking up in the mornings. I just wanted to die and go to heaven. I felt if that happened then everyone would be relieved of the burden I placed on them. My parents wouldn't have to worry about me. My friends wouldn't have to feel sorry for me and my husband could remarry and find a wife who could give him children. This was my thought life during that time in my life.
Everyday coming home from work I drove through a dangerous curve with a great big tree beside it. Everyday I "wished" something would happen and I would just miss the curve and hit the tree.
I felt as if my whole life was being squeezed on every side. I was totally perplexed and confused. I felt defeated and worthless. (4:8) But I knew God loved me. I knew that He had a plan for my life (Jer. 29:11). So, I had to change something.
I remember lying in bed one night thinking, "Something has to change." At that moment my attention was brought to Philippians 4:8 that I had learned and memorized as a Missionette.
"Finally brethren, whatsoever things are true; whatsoever things are honest; whatsoever things are just; whatsoever things are pure; whatsoever things are lovely; whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue; if there be any praise, think on these things."
I thought, "Well, instead of thinking on all of the negative things in my life I am going to think on the positive each night before I go to sleep." And that is when the dark shroud started to slowly lift. I began to thank God each night for my wonderful and godly husband, for my great godly parents and for God's love and mercy. Then I would quote Phil. 4:8 over and over and over again until I went to sleep because outside of my husband and family, there seemed to be nothing else true, honest, just, pure or lovely.
I began to notice that my days didn't seem so awful when my eyes first opened. I still looked at the tree as I passed it. But the desire to just curl up and die wasn't as strong.
So began my discipline of God centered thinking. In the next few months, God raised the bar on my "thinking". When it was evident once again that I was not with child, He asked me to thank Him for that.
"What?!! Thank you God that I am not pregnant?! Thank you that once again I have to go to another baby shower or sit through another baby dedication knowing that I am inferior to everyone else???!!!" God simply said, "Yes. Trust me."
So, after I knew that I was not pregnant, I laid across my bed. Tears burned my eyes and covered my pillow as I reluctantly whispered, "Thank you God that I am not pregnant. Even though you know my heart! I want a baby to hold and love and kiss, God!!! But thank you that you are God and you know what is best. I praise you regardless."
Again, the sun streamed across my face of the mornings. My consciousness was aroused and - here it was another day to face, not knowing how the bills would be paid, how would we buy groceries. But again and again, we lived through it. Not much changed on the outside like I wished, but on the inside the peace of God was gaining ground.
I still felt the dark shroud, but it not longer consumed me. It was about this time that I read for the first time Frank Peretti's book Piercing the Darkness. As I read the fiction book based on scriptural principles, I realized that Rusty and I had been in the very center of a spiritual battle. My praying began to change and so did my Bible Study habits.
My problems didn't instantly go away and I didn't get all my prayers answered instantaneously and bankruptcy still looked like the only sane option - BUT God was faithful. As we prayed and began thanking God, even in the brunt of the storm, our hearts were hearing His voice more and more.
It was years later before we climbed out of the financial cesspool we were in and a few months later God gave us Glenda! We had a child and were a family. The depression left as I learned to war against the enemy with the Sword of the Spirit and intercession.
One thing I know, God never left me. He heard every prayer, and felt every tear. He gave me the gift of inner strength and endurance when the enemy was trying to cloud my "spirit vision" with lies from the pit of hell. Once I began focusing my thoughts on the things God had for me, my spiritual eyes were able to discern the truth from the lies.
I guess that is why 2 Corinthians 4 is so special to me. I want to encourage each of you to "not lose heart". You may feel hard pressed on every side, but you are not crushed! You may feel perplexed, but you are not in despair! You may feel persecuted, but sister, you are not abandoned! You may feel struck down, but Oh, my! You are not destroyed!! Isn't that awesome!
The all-surpassing pwer is from God and not from us! Look at verses 17 and 18:
"For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."
Well, I said this blog wasn't going to be a devotional blog, but I hope something that I have written today challenges you to dig a little deeper in this chapter than you have already.
Next week we will take a look at a few more of the original Greek phrases in this verse.
Remember to post any prayer requests on Lauries on-line forum. The link is in the top left corner.
Also, post your thoughts or discussion questions in the comment section. I would love to hear from all of ya! It doesn't mean you have to give a full answer to all the questions. I don't want that to scare any of you away that have full schedules.
Here is an easy comment discussion:
- Have you ever had a time in your life when you felt like verse 8 was talking about you?
- If so, how did you overcome that trial?
Post your answers to these questions in the comment section!
Love you all and am praying for you!!


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by Jon
Hi. My name is Jon. And last month was a big month.
About five months ago, some fellow MoveIners and I decided to read through the Bible together in 2017. What a ride it's been so far.
We watched in awe as God created the world, and in shock as it fell. We cheered as Abraham, Isaac, and Israel followed God as lone patriarchs. We held onto the edges of our seats as Israel's son Joseph was sold into slavery in Egypt, only to save his whole family during a famine. And that was just in Genesis.
Then in Exodus, we met Moses.
Moses almost single-handedly led the Israelite people out of slavery in Egypt, and on through Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
Four of the first five books of the Bible. Eighty percent of the Torah. Also, Moses wrote the Torah.
I don't know how I never noticed before. Moses was a big deal. Wow.
Last month, we read the last chapters of Deuteronomy. Which means that last month... Moses died.
"More humble than any other person on earth"
As the weeks went by, I was blown away more every day by how much God loved Moses, and how significantly God worked through him.
At the same time, Moses seemed like the kind of guy who never asked to lead millions of people, and never got used to the fact that God chose him for the job.
He was even described in the book of Numbers as more humble than any other person on earth.
I'm going to miss Moses.
The good news is, Moses made an impression on me that will probably last until our next round through the Bible in 2018.
After all, it's not every day that you get to track with a hero of the faith in all his humble beginnings, failures, and successes. To be a fly on the wall as God speaks to him like a man speaks to his friend.
And believe it or not, as MoveIners, I'd say we also have a few things in common with Moses. Even those of us still working on the 'humble' part of 'humble beginnings'. Especially those of us thinking of starting a MoveIn team in a new neighbourhood. (That means you, potential MoveIners.)
Moses' life was full of surprises. Again and again, as a Jesus follower and MoveIner, I found myself inspired to be more like Moses.
So I decided to write a few posts here entitled 'Be Like Moses', for MoveIners already in the trenches, people considering moving in, and anyone else thinking of starting something hard.
Lastly: I couldn't help but notice, there is legitimate hashtag potential here. And so much material to work with. E.g. "PSA: Kids, don't eat insects crawling on the ground #BeLikeMoses #Kosher". Or any variation of "#MosesBeLike _______". Let's get to it.
Be Like Moses and Try to Do the Right Thing
This month, we'll look at the first surprise in the life of Moses: God's support of his first failed attempt to help Israel in slavery, along with a glimpse of what God might be thinking when he sees us trying to do the right thing.
Moses was an Israelite, but he grew up as a grandson of Pharaoh in Egypt.
One day at the age of 40, Moses saw for the first time how hard his fellow Israelites were forced to work by the Egyptians. He decided on the spot he had to help.
And if you read Exodus 2:11-15, you'll see that it did not start well for Moses. Short version: he killed a guy and had to flee the country. What a nightmare.
No doubt Moses got a lot of heat from both Egyptians and Israelites. Everyone probably thought he completely blew it, including himself.
And he did, right? We can write this one off as complete youthful arrogance. God was probably really annoyed at him. Right?
Not necessarily.
Moses' first attempt to help the Israelites was completely unsuccessful, yes. Impulsive, some might say. Unwise, even.
But. There may have been something about Moses' imperfect attempt to do the right thing that God noticed.
Maybe it was how Moses took God at his Word in his promises to Israel. Confronted an injustice that nobody else was doing anything about. Put his own position and reputation on the line in the process. I'm not exactly sure.
All I know is, when the story gets told again in Acts 7:23-36, it sounds like Moses was on the right track all along. And when God sent him back to Egypt 40 years later, it was to finish the same job with a bit more backup.
This brings us to the first major encouragement I found in the life of Moses, as a MoveIner.
Its encouraging to me because the first time I moved in, I also crashed pretty hard.
Like Moses, one day, before ever thinking of moving in, I was just minding my own business. Going to class. Putting in work. Life was good.
Then out of nowhere, I heard a fact that disturbed me: "One of every three people on our planet have never heard about Jesus."
Then another fact: "Nearly 800 million people on earth live on less than $2 per day." And then, a refugee shared his story with me. Bible verses started to come alive.
I was challenged and inspired. I decided to join a team that lived in an unreached urban poor neighbourhood and prayed together weekly. It was going to be great.
And in a lot of ways, it was great. Except we had our fair share of team conflict. We did not get much truth or love across to our neighbours. Friends and family even told me what I was doing was impulsive and unwise. Four months later, our team had moved out. Ouch.
"If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly."
At the time, I wondered if I was really cut out for living and praying among the unreached urban poor. Maybe I had blown it. Maybe this whole 'MoveIn' thing wasn't such a good idea after all.
Looking back now though, with the story of Moses fresh in my mind, I see it differently. Maybe, however imperfect or unpolished it felt, it was the first chapter in a book that God had just started to write.
Maybe God was even thinking along the same lines as G.K. Chesterton when he said, "If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly." Not because there's any virtue in doing a thing badly, but because some things are too important to not do. And the only way to start doing something is to try it for the first time.
All in all, reading through the life of Moses, I get the distinct impression that God is far from annoyed when we try to do the right thing. In fact, reading about Moses in Hebrews 11:23-28, it seems to me that whenever we take a step of faith and obedience, God is thrilled. Even if we completely fail the first time.
But don't take my word for it. Go read Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, and decide for yourself.
From there, I would challenge you to #BeLikeMoses and Try to Do the Right Thing.
If you're trying to do the right thing, way to be. I'm cheering for you, wherever you are. I just prayed for God to protect you, and help you do what is right, just, and fair.
And if you just crashed and burned the first time around, and have no idea what's going to happen next? Don't worry. Neither did Moses. At this point, all he had gotten for his trouble was to be sent packing by everyone he had ever known and loved.
Little did he know, it was the start of one of the most fruitful and fulfilling relationships any human being has ever had with God.
You're in good company. The fun is just getting started. Keep on keeping on.
And stay tuned for Part 2: Be Like Moses and Get Comfy With the Desert.


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Hammer For Mac Template Gallery includes Rock Hammer
As .Net magazine reported last week, Hammer for Mac has been given a significant upgrade. Among its many new features are project starter file 'template,' something I've been looking forward to for a while.
Last November, when I first reviewed Hammer, one of my 'cons' was that the only way to change the set of project starter files was to hack into the app's Package Contents. That was hardly ideal. Thankfully that's now a thing of the past. Now you can turn any set of project files into a .hammer template and then easily use them to start a new project. I've been using the feature in Beta versions for a while and it works just like you'd expect.
Hammer For Mac templates were partly the reason we designed Rock Hammer, so it was great to see Rock Hammer on Hammer For Mac's new Template Gallery.
Rock Hammer in .Net Magazine
Brad Frost's written a monster "Top 25 Responsive Design Tools" article that was printed in the June 2013 issue (241) of .Net Magazine. Rock Hammer's mentioned alongside some other fabulous tools. But I do want to correct something.
Brad mentions that Rock Hammer includes:
- Base Sass architecture ✓
- Typography ✓
- Grid system ✗
Oops. It does't.
Rock Hammer doesn't include any form of grid system and I won't be adding grids anytime soon. The reason? I've never been comfortable using a predesigned grid (It's why I never used 960.gs or Blueprint before it.)
These days we're lucky to have tools like Gridset. Gridset makes designing and implementing bespoke grids easy so there's really no reason to choose a grid instead of designing one.


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I'm participating in the Kids Clothing Week Challenge Spring 2011 sew along organized by Elsie Marley (see details here). Each day this week I'll post my progress at spending a week sewing clothing for my three girls. I am a little ambitious as I have picked out a three-piece wardrobe for each, but I don't aim to finish nine pieces of clothing in one week. I hope to have the skirts finished for all three of them by Friday.
The three-piece outfit is all the same but in different fabrics/colors. I'm using patterns from the book Sewing Clothes Kids Love. The patterns in this book all have size ranges from 18 months to 11/12 (US sizes, the book actually favors European sizes). This is a terrific range for my family. Also, the clothing is in the Farbenmix style (some pieces are Farbenmix patterns), whereas the clothing is bright, colorful and eclectic but very customizable. They really allow the maker to be the designer.
I'm making the Brooklyn Tank Top, the Brooklyn Shrug and the Insa Skirt for each girl. I'm hoping to show you the skirts by Saturday (or maybe Monday...) The Insa Skirt is a two-tiered skirt and I'm using voile for both layers to give it a float-y, soft, summertime feel. The fabric is voile from Tina Givens' Haven's Edge collection. The girls picked it out themselves (they all liked this collection the best).
I thought today would be a good time to show you how I cut fabric for clothing when using patterns. I prefer to trace all patterns to Swedish Tracing Paper thereby preserving all sizes of the original. The patterns in this book are in the European tradition and do not include seam allowances. I prefer to add the seam allowances on the fabric and not during this step. I use masking tape to secure the pattern and the tracing paper to the table and an ordinary pencil to transfer all lines and markings being careful to mark the size as well.
After cutting out the pattern from the tracing paper, I lay on it my pre-washed, pressed and (fairly) trued-up fabric, following any instructions for laying it out. I use weights (the pink bean bags) and/or kitchen knives to keep the pattern from moving. (I hate pins, I feel that the fabric shifts when using them). Also, the tracing paper creates a sort of friction with the fabric and does not move very much. At this point I add the seam allowance using a clear ruler and tailors chalk. I like a half inch seam allowance.
After tracing the pattern plus seam allowance on the fabric I remove the pattern. I like to use a rotary cutter to cut the fabric (with a mat underneath, of course). I've never been that good at cutting with scissors and the rotary cutter is so much more accurate for me. After cutting the pattern out, I use masking tape to label the piece.
How do you use sewing patterns? Do you trace? Use pins, yay or nay? Scissors or rotary? I'd love to know what works for you.
{Source Guide}
Haven's Edge voile fabric by Tina Givens: Sew, Mama, Sew!
Swedish Tracing Paper: Birch Street Clothing
Sewing Clothes Kids Love, fabric weights, tailors chalk: Joann Fabrics


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We've added a really elegant new design to our collection of wedding invitations. Many couples have been approaching us, asking for something that features a monogram of their initials.
We're always delighted to come up with a new layout so we came up with this design that features a monogram, as well as a simple border.
The choice of quite traditional fonts also adds to the sense of subtle formality without being stuffy!


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Making cities sustainability centerpieces
Making cities sustainability centerpieces
At the heart of GreenBiz's VERGE initiative is the thesis that the coming together of economic and technological factors is driving innovation. During a lunch session as part of the VERGE DC event, we focused on how cities are emerging as hothouses where these dynamics are unfolding most quickly.
Increasingly, the 21st century is likely to be dominated by cities, with dense gatherings of capital, technology and skills where public and private players can collaborate at high speeds. In a physical sense, cities are where technologies—energy, information, building, and transportation—are hybridizing most quickly and most productively, driving economic growth, creating jobs, and spurring competitiveness.
To spark this roundtable discussion, we looked to a recent report exploring these trends. Titled "Citystates: How cities are vital to the future of sustainability," and produced by SustainAbility in partnership with GreenBiz and sponsored by Ford Motor Company, the report lays out seven characteristics, or states, that drive growth-nurturing synergies between cities and business. Click here for a PDF of the report.
As an overview of its analysis, SustainAbility shared a video:
Citystates from SustainAbility on Vimeo.
The Seven States
The report defines seven characteristics that SustainAbility concludes can help cities and business thrive symbiotically. Here's how co-authors, Chris Guenther and Mohammed Al-Shawaf describe these "citystates" and the opportunities they open to businesses:
1. The Connected City: Growing technological sophistication and traditional social connectivity provide opportunities for greater awareness, trust and collaboration among stakeholders. How can business both bolster and create value from this essential connectivity?
2. The Decisive City: Cities often have the urgency and accountability to act decisively. For example, cities lead state and national efforts in the areas of climate change mitigation and adaptation. How might companies improve their own decisiveness, and/or leverage that of cities, to drive sustainability?
3. The Adaptive City: Cities are among the most adaptable structures in society. How can business grow more adaptive while collaborating with cities on their mutual survival?
4. The Collaborative/Competitive City: The healthy tension between peer-to-peer collaboration and economic and brand competition among cities has potential to drive precompetitive sustainable innovation and rapid diffusion of solutions. How might industries exploit this tension in their own parallel drive for sustainability and competitiveness?
5. The Visceral City: Urban living is shaped by numerous real and potential feedback loops. As urbanization progresses and its impacts become more pressing. How can companies beneficially tap into these feedbacks to drive both value creation and sustainable development?
6. The Personal City. The influence of shared identity and values -- in cities and elsewhere -- is a particularly powerful driver of individual and collective action. How can businesses connect with citizen-consumers' values to drive demand for more sustainable products and services?
7. The Experimental City: Cities are inherently creative, experimental social systems. This opens up links between R&D and low barriers to entry for nontraditional actors. How can business embrace the growing democratization of innovation and leverage cities as laboratories to test and scale sustainability solutions?
In the discussion that followed this presentation, it became clear that companies and cities face an increasingly co-dependent future. Businesses are agile, quick to innovate and develop sustainability technologies. Cities meanwhile, face pressing needs to improve urban environments, and to boost the efficiency and sophistication of city services.
Given the right mix of markets, public policy, and economic potential, businesses can help cities tackle problems ranging from transportation congestion to water treatment, and from energy efficiency to building and infrastructure upgrades.
Compelling as this vision is, participants shared many examples of the fundamental limitations that slow down city programs, or that stymie public-private interaction—budget, manpower, politics, and the like.
Here are some key ideas that caught my attention. We covered more in the 90-minute session than I've captured below, so I hope participants will weigh in below, via comments, to share other ideas and reactions, as well as expand the discussion.
Racing to beat election cycles. The long-term, multidecadal nature of many city sustainability plans can be stymied by the relatively short-term tenures of elected officials. City leaders face pressure to institutionalize programs before elected leaders move on. The private sector can help by helping to cement successful practices into city operations.
Private-sector's bully pulpit. City leaders emphasized that private-sector leadership on sustainability and climate issues can help sway politicians and bureaucracies who remain shy or averse to tackling these topics. Indeed, where "environmentalism" can be a politically tainted phrase in some circles, "sustainability" has positive connotations that can catalyze change. "I consider urban sustainability the third wave of the environmental movement," said a city leader, adding: "Our future is one of Manifest Density."
Open-source efficiency. Nonprivate, noncopyrighted software projects, such as those pioneered by Code for America, can be more cost-effective laboratories to develop, test and trial software services. By sharing code between cities, services can evolve faster and deliver effective solutions for a tiny fraction of the cost of using conventional contracting methods. The lower cost and quicker deployment, in turn, makes it easier to experiment with a greater variety of ideas, and to explore even small-scale initiatives.
Sensing cities. The falling cost of hardware, especially the growing smarts of sensor networks, promise substantial gains. Lost-cost monitoring of public infrastructure such as storm water systems can help identify problems and lower damage, by sending repair crews to the right place, sooner.
Un-silo information and expertise. It's a problem within any large organization: siloed expertise and misaligned interests can stymie public-private interactions too. For example, moving a Zip Car a block close to highly-trafficked area might benefit the city, commuters and the company. But getting all the parties involved—company execs, transportation department managers, and property owners—can make otherwise easy fixes hard to execute.
Tour de Sustainability? Just as cities have developed walking tours of historical sites, they should also offer sustainability walks: paths that could take residents, visitors, and students on a journey to see green buildings, storm water features, grid infrastructure, white roofs, and the like. Given that sustainability can be an abstract idea for non-experts, such tours could normalize sustainability, inspire and educate.
Cultivating failure. The private sector has developed a tolerance for failure, some even appreciate the lessons unsuccessful efforts can teach. Yet in the public sector and especially among elected leaders, failure is deeply feared. This can lead to bad projects being pushed past failure, at great cost. Is it possible to cultivate a more experimental, failure-tolerant culture in the public sector?
Image courtesy of RATOCA via Shutterstock.


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Lillibulle Blog + Fifi Mandirac Stationery
I thought we all could use a paper fix today, so while I was reading Anne-Christelle Beauvois' blog, Lillibulle (love this Parisian blogger, great site!), I stumbled upon Fifi Mandirac stationery. Oh la la lovely! By the way, if you lust for French/Japanese magazines, La Boutique de Lilli sells them on her blog, (you can pay via Paypal) and they are super amazing finds, I'm thinking of purchasing a few myself.
Okay, back to the paper goods. Isn't this stuff so perfectly cute? Cards, gift wrap, badges, candle paper wrappers, everything is so playful, vibrant, and all together sweet.


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Were you looking for more information about Minocycline? Monocycline is a common misspelling of minocycline.
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This is about another dream I had of being Timothy Brisby that happened this morning when I was asleep. What I remember from this dream is it all started while I was coming downstairs from an upstairs room of a house that seemed to be unfamiliar to me at the time. Right as I come down into the downstairs of the house, I look down at myself to find I appear to be wearing a long and oversized green shirt that seemed like a nightgown going down to shin level. I start to wonder about it and suddenly notice I appear to also be looking somewhat like an anthropomorphic mouse. I then look away from myself and begin to look around the unfamiliar place I am in. As I enter into another room, I notice there appear to be other kids who look like my siblings playing around in it and got the feeling that I could be inside the cinderblock home of the Brisby Family on the Secret of NIMH. Right as I am about to go play with the other kids, I notice someone who looks like my mom coming into the room. I also notice her appearing to be looking somewhat like an anthropomorphic mouse as well as she comes over toward me and has me leave the room to go somewhere else. I then found myself being led out of the place to go to a different place for some reason by the person who looks like my mom. As I was walking over toward the other place, I end up having to lift the bottom of my oversized green shirt a bit for some reason. I soon come to the other place and found myself being led inside by the person who looks like my mom. Upon entering the place, I noticed there appeared to be a number of strange and unfamiliar people there who seem to have the appearance of being anthropomorphic rats. I start to wonder what I am doing there and why I have been brought there as I see the person who looks like my mom going over to talk to someone who appears to look like Justin. A few minutes later, she then comes back over to and has me follow her back out of this place. I then found out that is taking back to the place I was in earlier and soon found I appear to be coming back into the room with the kids who still look like my siblings. Just as I enter the room they are in, I suddenly notice their appearances have changed as they now appear to look more like the other Brisby Children. I then turn to notice the person who looks like my mom coming up next to me now appearing to have a red shawl on and looking more like Mrs. Brisby herself. At that very moment, I suddenly get the feeling that I am in the cinderblock home now and start to explore around it.
(the dream didn't end yet as there is still some more, which I have included since it still has to do with anthropomorphic rodents)
While exploring around the cinderblock home, I found myself going up to what seems to be the roof of it to find what appears to be a model of somekind setup there that looks somewhat like Little Rodentia from the Zootopia movie. I then start to come up closer to it to get a better look at it and found it appears to look like it is almost complete with some areas still in the process of being worked on by someone. As I continue to look around the model some more, I notice something suddenly happening to it and find that I need to make repairs to it. I soon head back down below to try to find someone who is able to help me fix it and come into a room to find someone sitting at a desk. I couldn't tell if they are an anthropomorphic rodent or not as I approach them to ask about a Gadget Hackwrench while wondering where I could find her. For some reason, it seemed like I wanted Gadget Hackwrench's help in repairing what had happened with the Little Rodentia model. I then found the person sitting at the desk refusing to help me while saying stuff like Gadget Hackwrench doesn't exist or something. Afterward, I begin to wonder what to do now and turn to see something on a nearby TV screen. Seconds later, it suddenly seemed like I have ended up in whatever is on TV somehow and soon notice a couple older kids who appear to be classmates from school a long while back appearing to come in from somewhere else. I then find they seem to be wanting to help me and had me write something up regarding Gadget Hackwrench to tell to the person at the desk like if they are hiding something from me. I soon finish writing it up and went over to place it on something that now appears to look like a computer monitor that is connected with the person at the dark. Right after doing that, I quickly leave the room knowing that anger is about to ensure and head down a short hallway to where there appears to be a stairway going up, and quickly go up it. I then find it has led me to somewhere where there appears to be another TV to watch and begin to watch what is on it to find it is a somewhat animated show version of what is happening downstairs now. I notice it is seeming like anger from the person at the desk had occured, but things appear to have gone differently instead where the old classmates of mine had found out the information I needed on Gadget Hackwrench. I soon turn to leave and head back up to where the Little Rodentia model is. Just as I come back up to where it is on the roof, I start to look at it to try to see what I can fix or see what needs to fixed before Gadget Hackwrench is to show up, which is all I can remember from this dream.


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One should inculcate the habit of investing in order to have enough funds for future contingencies. You have to be well prepared for the retirement years. Only earning and saving that money is not enough. The inflation makes the price rise and affects the value of money. In order to avoid the loss of money through inflation, one should invest the money so that it grows. One such investment avenue is the stock market.
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Share market in detail
Share market is the place where the shares get issued and traded on. The share market is quite similar to the stock market. The main difference between the stock market and share market is that in stock marker one can trade in different financial instruments like mutual funds, bonds, derivatives and also the company's shares. But in the case of the share market, only the shares can be traded.
The stock exchange plays the important role here. It is the basic platform which offers the facilities to trade in the stocks and securities of the companies. Only those stocks can be sold or bought that has been listed on the exchange. It is considered the meeting place for the buyers and sellers.
The share market is broadly classified into two types- Primary market and the secondary market.
Primary market- In this market, the organization's gets registered so that they can issue shares in order to raise money for their business activities. An organization basically enters this market to raise funds or capital. Whenever the organization sells its shares for the first time, it called an Initial Public Offering. Then the organization becomes a public company.
Secondary market- The shares after getting sold in the primary market, gets traded in the secondary market. It gives an opportunity to the investors to sell those shares and exit the market. It is the market where the traders buy or sells the shares of the organization at the current market price or else at a price that is agreed upon by both the parties. Usually, the traders conduct these transactions with the help of an intermediary like a broker.
Instruments traded in the stock market
The different financial instruments that are traded in the stock market are:
Bonds- Organizations require funds to undertake projects. When the organization borrows them money from a bank, it is called a loan. But when they borrow money from different investors, it called as bonds. In both the cases, they need to pay an interest to the lender. Hence, the bond is also known as a debt instrument.
Mutual funds- It helps you invest directly in bonds or stocks. It helps in pooling the money from different investors and then invests the amount in financial instruments. It is done by the professional fund manager.
Derivatives- The share value keeps fluctuating and it becomes tough to fix a price. In derivatives, the instruments help the trader to fix a future price today. One enters into an agreement either to sell or buy the financial instrument at a future date at a particular price.


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Alchemista is a full-service, high-touch hospitality partner for all of your corporate food & beverage needs.
We are the partner that connects your team with meals from some of the city's best restaurants, food trucks, and mom & pop cafes.
By partnering with you to create your own unique workplace culture through food and beverage offerings, we help you amplify your brand's core values, strengthen desired behaviors, maximize performance and profitability, and maintain a high level of employee satisfaction.
At Alchemista, it's way more than food; it's the culture that caring for your employees creates.
Why We're Different
Our menus are 100% customizable to meet your needs. We feature over 70 sought-after restaurants (high and low brow, slow and fast food) that typically do not offer corporate catering, including everything from Eastern Standard to McDonald's, poke to chicken & waffles, Australian meat pies, salad bars, and many more.
Reusable Wares
We are the FIRST and ONLY corporate catering company in the U.S. to use reusable dishware, serveware, utensils and serving utensils for all of our corporate catering clients, making us a pioneer in sustainability efforts within our industry. As a result, we reduce an estimated 109,920 tons of waste over the course of one year.
Curated Cultural Events
We offer more than meals! Curated culture-building events, full-service snacking programs, on-site coffee service, and much more.
Client Attendants
Our Client Attendants are on site at your office for every meal delivery to ensure that the food is presented properly and to serve as quality control.
Alchemista Style
We believe in the mantra that you eat with your eyes; as such, we take great care in the display and presentation of our food. From attractive containers to carefully labeled descriptors complete with allergen information, our Client Attendants are responsible for making mealtime an experience, not a chore.
Flat Rate Pricing
Our flat rate pricing allows you to offer your employees a wide variety of cuisines within a fixed budget. A sushi lunch may be more expensive than a salad bar; by offering flat rate pricing we do all of the work behind-the-scenes to average out expenditures across your meal subscription.
High-Touch Hospitality
Our leadership team comes from the restaurant world; we know food and service and bring our high-touch approach to hospitality to every client touchpoint.
Plan Ahead
We'll help you plan for up to two months out; no need to think about how you're feeding or caring for your staff, it'll just be done.
Hire someone who's Keto or Gluten Free? Need to add coffee? Whatever the request, we're nimble and quick to adjust.
We partner with Rescuing Leftover Cuisine, ensuring that any leftover food goes to those in need. By serving as the logistical conduit between our clients and RLC, you reap the charitable benefit and help to save on average 4,000 pounds of food per year.


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Saddled with the misfortune of interacting with suburban car buffs and their speech patterns rife with dull pretense, I navigated my way through my local Cars and Coffee meetup under the lightly painted sky of an early winter morning. Over-tuned plastic boxes and novelty projects dominated the swelling car lot, providing a backdrop of testosterone and desperate preening in which I hoped to find something to fill my desire. Near a pair of casual local cops, I discovered the elusive elegance of what I sought.
While it appears to be a forgettable, sporty European coupé, the original Pantera had ambitions beyond The Continent. Evidence of this is readily scene in the power windows and air conditioning, features one might not expect from something mid-engined and Italian. Less obviously, the 5.8L V8 engine has the torque to reduce need for low end gear shifting, making it easier to drive (read: lug) in urban areas. Put this all together with notably dampened engine noise and you begin to see the unusual transcending ambitions of the 70s sports car. Despite some flaws with rust and cabin size, it was picked up by Ford and imported until the mid-1970s.
The taut lines and reflectively aggressive form mix well with mechanistic undertones to create a sporty ride that retains a timeless feel despite its Nixon-era styling. Yet, I can't help but wonder if this is truly an expression of good design or just latent hipster attraction.


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New MacBook Air temporarily unavailable from Australian Apple Online Store due to price glitch (Update: fixed)
If you're in Australia, you'll have a difficult time buying a new MacBook Air right now from Apple's official online store. Apple has thrown up the "currently unavailable" label on the MacBook Air line, and it's unclear when the machines will be available again for sale from the Australian store.
Readers have informed us the Airs have been temporarily pulled because of a pricing glitch in the online store that allowed customers to purchase a MacBook Air with unlimited built-to-order customizations for the price of each corresponding base model. It's unclear if Apple will honor custom orders at the base prices. We'll update when the Airs are once again available from the Australian Apple Online Store.
Other countries do not seem affected.
Update: The same glitch appears to be affecting the New Zealand store. Unlike the Australian store, however, the glitch in New Zealand store affected the entire MacBook lineup.
Update 2: The glitch seems to be fixed on both the Australia and New Zealand stores. All affected computers are once again available for purchase.