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WASHINGTON — The police must obtain warrants to test the blood of motorists arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, but no warrants are needed to conduct a breath test.
The case, Birchfield v. North Dakota, No. 14-1468, consolidated with two others, arose from laws that made it a crime for motorists suspected of drunken driving to refuse breath or blood tests.
The court's split decision considered three cases: one from Minnesota and two from North Dakota.
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., in a part of the decision determined by a 7-to-1 vote, said laws effectively requiring blood tests violated the Fourth Amendment's ban on unreasonable searches. In a part decided by a 6-to-2 vote, Justice Alito wrote that laws requiring breath tests are permissible.
"Blood tests are significantly more intrusive, and their reasonableness must be judged in light of the availability of the less invasive alternative of a breath test," he wrote.
When all that is sought is a suspect's breath, he wrote, "the physical intrusion is almost negligible," adding that "the effort is no more demanding than blowing up a party balloon."
Moreover, he wrote, "breath tests are capable of revealing only one bit of information, the amount of alcohol in the subject's breath."
But blood tests, Justice Alito wrote, "are a different matter," requiring piercing of the skin and extraction of "a part of the subject's body."
"In addition," he wrote, "a blood test, unlike a breath test, places in the hands of law enforcement authorities a sample that can be preserved and from which it is possible to extract information beyond" what can be learned from a breath test.
In a partial dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, said warrants should be required for both kinds of tests.
"The court lacks even the pretense of attempting to situate breath searches within the narrow and weighty law enforcement needs that have historically justified the limited use of warrantless searches," Justice Sotomayor wrote. "I fear that if the court continues down this road, the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement will become nothing more than a suggestion."
In a second partial dissent, Justice Clarence Thomas said he would not have required a warrant for either kind of search.
The Minnesota case involved William R. Bernard, who refused to take a breath test after his arrest on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.
"That test," Justice Alito wrote, "was a permissible search incident to Bernard's arrest for drunk driving, an arrest whose legality Bernard has not contested. Accordingly, the Fourth Amendment did not require officers to obtain a warrant prior to demanding the test, and Bernard had no right to refuse it."
On the other hand, Justice Alito wrote, Danny Birchfield, who was arrested in North Dakota after driving his vehicle into a ditch, had been entitled to refuse a blood test.
The Supreme Court returned the case of a second North Dakota man, Steve M. Beylund, to the courts there to determine whether he had voluntarily consented to a blood test.


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A Concise Guide to Android Rooting
While putting together a list of the best Android apps, I asked dozens of Android devotees what were their favorites, and a few fired back a short list of apps "for root users."
Rooting an Android phone is kind of like jailbreaking an iPhone. In laymen's terms, it means you're cracking open the hood to access parts of the operating system that were intentionally locked to prevent you from messing them up, or doing anything to your phone that the manufacturer or carrier doesn't want you to do. A slightly more technical explanation is to say that rooting means giving yourself "root access," or greater privileges, or administrator control, to the lowest level of Android's Linux subsystem.
Warning: If you didn't pick up on the clues above, rooting isn't for everyone and can have serious repercussions. While it's perfect legal, it can void your phone's warranty (more on that below). And if you don't know what you're doing or aren't careful, you could potentially destroy your phone. Rooting also opens up more security risks because you can download apps that have access to files that would normally be hidden from them.
So, if you're perfectly happy with your Android phone as is, there is no reason to root it. If you're a tinkerer and understand the possible ramifications, then there are several reasons you might want to root.
Why Root Android?
The purpose of rooting is to make the most of the device that you own by getting around the limitations that the manufacturer or carrier has put in place—and again, many of those barriers were put in place to prevent you from accidentally destroying your own device.
Here are some examples of what a root user can do:
There are many other reasons to root, too, but the ones listed here are certainly among the most popular.
Tips for Rooting
Before you dive headlong into rooting, here are a few tips:
1. Be phone-specific. This tip comes first for a reason. It's crucial that you look up information for your phone, and not just for Android across the board. Look for tutorials that are specific to the make and model of your phone, as well as any common problems. The rooting process varies by phone, and following the wrong procedures could cause irreparable damage. Just as important, not every rooted phone will be able to do want you might have been hoping it would. For example, not every rooted device has an unlocked bootloader (necessary to flash ROMs), so make sure you understand what you are getting into and exactly what you want the outcome to be if you root your phone.
2. Read or watch the how-to beforehand. Make sure to read or watch the entire tutorial before you begin, because there are often steps that are crucial that may appear out of order. For example, sometimes you need to disable antivirus software on your computer at a certain step for the rooting process to go smoothly.
3. Learn how to un-root. Rooting is reversible on most phones—again, check whether yours is before you even begin. So before you root, make sure you know how to undo it. Just as it's important to read the complete instructions before you start rooting, it's a good idea to figure out how to reverse it before doing anything, as well. Because rooting may void your phone's warranty, you'll have to revoke the root access anytime you need to take your phone in for service.
4. Power up. Never tinker with anything less than a full battery. One of the most devastating things that can go wrong while in root mode is running out of battery midway through installing a custom OS or ROM (read-only memory, or the phone's internal memory where your apps are stored). If your Android dies before the new system is installed fully, it's extremely difficult to repair and restore the phone.
5. Stay away from extremes. Root users will be enticed to push their phones past its previous limits for maximum performance—a phone that works faster. But remember, the phone makers put limits on your phone for a reason, in this case, to prevent the phone's processor from overheating and burning out. Root users who know what they're doing bypass these limits, but should set new limits or other failsafe measures to keep the phone from overheating. If you don't know how to manage these settings, don't tempt fate by trying to turn your phone into a lightning-fast machine. It's pretty fast already.
6. When in doubt, ask for help. If at any point in rooting or unrooting you get stuck, search for help because you're likely to find it. Android root users have been known to hang around a few helpful hacker forums, such as xda-developers.com and rootzwiki.com, where you can find answers to your questions and solutions to your problems. While these online resources will be invaluable, do bear in mind the other tips outlined in this article. Remember that even the most helpful guy on a forum isn't necessarily a technical writer, and his tutorial may be out of order or not specify which specific phone model he has in hand, or take for granted some other assumption. Comb through the advice you find meticulously before you decide to take it.
With those tips in mind, if you're looking for tutorials to walk you through rooting, try Lifehacker's guide to rooting Android devices.
7 Apps for Root Users
Deciding to root your phone shouldn't be a split-second decision. But ultimately, it's your phone, you own it, and you can do what you want. So if you do root your Android, here are seven starter apps you'll want to download. You'll need the first and second apps immediately in order to actually do anything with your root access, but the other apps are all optional and can be downloaded in any order.
Superuser: lets you manage superuser (root user) permissions; this is the first app a newly rooted phone needs installed on it.
Root Explorer (File Manager) ($3.80): shows you the files you can now access as a root user; this is the second app a newly rooted phone needs on it.
Titanium Backup root: backs up all your apps, removes bloatware, and otherwise helps you manage apps.
ROM Manager: lets you manage and install ROMs from your SD card, and organize and perform backups and restores.
AdFree Android: removes most ads from your browser and apps.
Wireless Tether for Root Users: turns your phone into a mobile hotspot.
SetCPU for Root Users: changes the CPU settings for overclocking (going faster than the limit) and lets you set thresholds (like a temperature) to tell it when to stop; works only on select phones.

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UC Berkeley Professor Cancels Classes Due to Expected Far Left Riots for Ben Shapiro Speech
UC Berkeley officials are preparing for far left antifa riots tonight on campus for conservative Ben Shapiro speech.
In February former Breitbart senior editor Milo Yiannopoulos was scheduled to speak at UC Berkeley – the historical home of the free speech movement.
Violent far left rioters and goons shut the talk down.
The progressive thugs started fires, assaulted women, beat Trump supporters unconscious, raided ATMs, shot off fireworks and destroyed private property.
VIOLENT LEFTISTS rioted, looted ATMs, broke windows, torched vehicles and assaulted Trump supporters at the Milo Yiannopoulos speech tonight at the Berkeley campus.
One man was chased down and beat unconscious on the street.
The leftists were chanting, "Beat his ass!" as he lay unconscious on the street.
This brave woman in a Trump hat came to hear Milo speak.
She was wearing a Make America Great Again hat and was being interviewed when a far left thug sprayed her with pepper spray.
There have been several antifa riots on campus since February. Every time conservatives came to town, liberals rioted and beat heads.
Now this…
A UC Berkeley professor cancelled classes on Thursday for conservative Ben Shapiro's speech.
The Daily Wire reported:
If you're a college student and a slacker, then attending the University of California, Berkeley is the right college for you when Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro comes to town.
At least one class has been canceled as a result of the expected protests on Thursday, when Shapiro is speaking. One UC Berkeley professor, deciding that the prospect of violence would endanger the students in the class the professor gave, issued this e-mail:
Dear all —
I've heard from some of your classmates that they do not feel safe coming to a militarized campus on Thursday. Given the reality of what's going on, I don't feel like it's ethical to hold class when some are not in a position to attend.
So we will not hold a regular class on Thursday. However, Kel and I will be in our usual classroom on Thursday 3:10-4:30 holding voluntary office hours. If you cannot be on campus on Thursday, email me and I guarantee I will find a time for us to meet early the following week. Kel is similarly available, you should email them for specifics.
Sorry we've had to do this, but in the context of the current attack on campus, I don't feel like we have a choice.
As has been widely reported, Berkeley police are using stringent tactics as they prepare for violence that may occur on Thursday, from creating a perimeter around Zellerbach Hall, where Shapiro is speaking, to shutting down six buildings on campus, including the César E. Chávez Student Center, Alumni House, MLK Jr. Student Union, Sproul Hall and Eshleman Hall, in order to cordon off the area, to obtaining permission from the city of Berkeley to use pepper spray if necessary to confront violent protesters.


text: November 24, 2010 Joe November 24, 2010/ Mary Michael (below) and Joe are two very cool seniors. Michael is one of three kiddos of Vickie and Dan, clients of mine who go to our church. Joe is the brother of Amy, on of my August brides from this year. Yay for family networking! Best wishes to you both as you venture out to college!


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We used to say that forests have been decimated on a topic that has received much coverage.
In the digital age, what would the equivalent be? Megabytes massacred?
Whatever that is, it applies to Daily Deals sites (ala Groupon and clones & variations). From a retailer's perspective, I am sceptical about the value. Butthat may be about to change.
A new site (xferral) was launched recently:. Unlike the others, this one is free for merchants. It seems to act like an aggregator of other deal sites as well, but since I am not a merchant I cannot test it. (From the list of sites they aggregate, this is an extremely competitive space – many I have never heard of.)
I am not sure what their business model is, presumably they will sell data to advertisers and/or retailers. When you visit the site, the browser (I use Firefox) prompts me to 'share my location' so it is collecting data. The downside is that it is US only (at this stage).
The problem I have with Daily Deals sites is that retailers use it in the wrong way, and they use if for the wrong product.
It is enticing to tap into a new, low-cost (in some cases) marketing opportunity but it does not always work out as planned.
To use these sites effectively, you have to understand the notion of KVI's (Known Value Items). You can read more about it here.
Consumers know the value of certain items and they don't know the value of others. If you want to run a loss-leader program, which these Daily Deals promotions are, then you have to pick a KVI.
Customers have to know that it is special when they see it.
Of course, you must then be ready to deal with it when it works. There is no point in doing the deal and this (low margin/ loss leader) is the ONLY transaction you have with that customer.
The purpose of a promotion like this is that you:
- get the customer to buy more (than the promotion)
- make the customer aware of your existence and they return in the future – to buy more
Deep discounts are also used to clear stock (your buying errors) but you should think carefully about making your 'duds' the first touch point hundreds of new customers will experience.
Think twice. Do once.
PS This LINK takes you to a site with many FAQs that explains in greater detail how many of these sites work.


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Francis Norton wrote: > > We are using SOAP to communicate high-level XML structures between > business partners. During development I was very surprised to discover > that the only value for encodingStyle is the SOAP serialisation. I can > find no clear standard for saying "the content of the body of this > message is literal XML". > Use of the SOAP encoding is optional. If you wish to use your own encoding within the body you may specify that using the encodingStyle attribute with a value specific to your encoding, e.g. <env:Envelope xmlns:env="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" env:encodingStyle="http://www.mydomain.com/myencoding"> <env:Body> <m:MyMessageBody xmlns:m="some URI"> .... </m:MyMessageBody> </env:Body> </env:Envelope> The actual value of the encodingStyle attribute can be anything you wish provided it is a URI. It might be a URL within your organisations domain, e.g. in your case you might choose http://www.redrice.com/literalxmlencoding or something along those lines. The SOAP processor doesn't expect to find anything at this URL, it is just used as a unique identifier for your encoding. See section 4.1.1 of the SOAP/1.1 specification. Hope this helps, Marc. -- Marc Hadley <email@example.com>Received on Thursday, 24 May 2001 05:28:39 UTC
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History Marches on, Natvism Marches in Place
I'm sure that others out there have seen this cartoon before, but I just stumbled across it for the first time today. I thought it was good enough to merit its own blog post. I think that people often forget the history of Nativism in this country. If you take a step back and look at the big (and historic) picture of immigration to the United States, you realize that the tendency to scapegoat the immigrant of the era has always been there. Thankfully, there have also always been the people working to overcome prejudice, xenophobia and misinformation.


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I browse the work of lots of photographers and have long been fascinated by how many of them use "textures"to enhance their photos. Basically, these are just images that can be layered with other images to create the illusion of texture. I got Pixelmator for Christmas (thanks, Mom!) and now have the capacity to play with layers myself! AND I recently won a set of free texture images by Life-n-Reflection (who sells her fabulous stuff here)! What luck! Here are a couple of things I've done with them so far.
I took this first one for Miss Match when the theme was "loss." It's a house that was destroyed (mostly) in Katrina. I love how "FEMA" is front and center, and I thought the texture added to the messiness. It also makes it look like an old picture, which seems fitting since this house has obviously looked like this for years and seems to have been forgotten or left behind.
I took this second one on Thanksgiving Day in Gloucester, Virginia and didn't especially like it before, but it seems to have a sense of dreaminess now that makes it a bit more interesting. I definitely haven't mastered this texture thing yet, but it's a fun new possibility.
What do you think? Should I put either of these in my shop?


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Dollinha (Doll-ee-nyah)
I brought this tiny doll with me from the Azores (Portugal). My grandmother gave it to me. When Anthony, my husband, saw her he immediately named her "Dollinha": the English word "Doll" and the Portuguese diminutive suffix "inha" (meaning cute and small). The name stuck.
There is a whole Dollinha mythology and back story that Anthony created for this little doll. He even created an anthem for her that he and I sing at the top of our lungs. It is a march.
When I was looking for a name for my online self, I had Dollinha (the doll) sitting on my monitor, and decided to use that name. I have been Dollinha online since the early 1990s!
Here are some photos of the actual doll, that I took today. As you can see by the photos she is tiny and she has been handled a lot. She was and is a favourite doll of mine from my youth.
My little Moleskine sketchbook is 5½" tall and each page is 3½" wide. That should help with sizing Dollinha.


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Miles Kimball - Google Scholar Citations →
I recently realized the importance of Google Scholar for how my academic work is perceived. So I signed up. At the top you see the link to my Google Scholar page. It is interesting because it ranks my papers by number of citations. You can see which were my biggest hits by that measure. Partly in response to that citation analysis, I am plotting how to carve out time to write more papers on the economics or risk in the coming years. I certainly have many things to say on that score, since for many years I have taught a class on advanced mathematical methods for the economics of risk and time.
While I am at it, here is my REPEC ranking analysis (a link only good until the end of September 2019). You can see that my rank is much higher when looking at influence as measures by citations–particularly citations in high-impact journals–than when looking at quantity-based measures such as total number of pages in academic journals.
For those who are willing to count serious economic writing for a non-academic audience, the sheer quantity of my output looks considerably larger! If you want to take a look at that output, I recommend starting with the links collected in these 3 bibliographic posts:
How and Why to Eliminate the Zero Lower Bound: A Reader's Guide
How and Why to Expand the Nonprofit Sector as a Partial Alternative to Government: A Reader's Guide
Top 52 All-Time Posts and All My Columns Ranked by Popularity, as of May 23, 2014
In addition to my training in economics, I have a Master's degree in Linguistics. Here is a link to my Master's thesis: Language, Linguistics and Philosophy: A Comparison of the Work of Roman Jakobson and the Later Wittgenstein, with Some Attention to the Philosophy of Charles Saunders Peirce.


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This week I received an e-mail from a reader who wanted me to write a column about alleged cheating going on within a Valley high school athletic program.
The reader had no documentation of cheating. Nor is the Arizona Interscholastic Association investigating the school. But he assured me that parents would give me everything I needed to write a story. But when I asked if those parents were willing to speak on the record, he said they wouldn't for fear of the potential blow back on their kids.
Look, I understand that concern. It's extraordinarily difficult for a parent to be a whistle-blower when it's their child that might suffer. But as a journalist, it simply isn't fair to use off the record comments to allege wrongdoing by a coach or athletic director. Some parents have an axe to grind and to use them as "sources" without corroborating evidence gives them license to lie.
It's simple, really. Unless parents, athletes or anyone else affiliated with an athletic program is willing to go on the record - or there's documented evidence of wrongdoing - stories won't get written. And, no, tweets don't constitute evidence. They're far too often misleading or misunderstood.
It's not an unreasonable standard. It's journalism.


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Since her breakout role in Almost Famous, Zooey Deschanel has deadpanned her path to fame in films like Failure to Launch, Yes Man, and (500) Days of Summer. She now stars as James Franco's virginal bride in Your Highness, a medieval comedy out April 8, and as a bisexual hipster in My Idiot Brother, a Sundance favorite in theaters this fall. In her first major gay press interview, the 31-year-old frontwoman of folk band She & Him explains why, when it comes to lustful admiration, she prefers hers over his.
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The Advocate: What does the support of the gay community mean to you as an actress?
Zooey Deschanel: It's the ultimate compliment because they like me, but it's not because they want to be me or sleep with me.
Well, let's not forget about the ladies.
Oh, I love my lesbian fans too.
When Esquire surveyed 10,000 women last year about whom they'd most want to sleep with if they were lesbians, you won by a landslide. Megan Fox came in at a distant second.
Wow. Now that's really the best compliment. I'm super-honored and flattered. That's better than being on the Maxim Hot 100 for sure.
What do all those women see in you?
I pride myself on being very down-to-earth, so maybe women are more likely to judge on personality rather than looks.
But Christina Hendricks also raved about your beauty when she told me you that were her girl-crush. Are you comfortable with all this public admiration?
I'm definitely modest, in more ways than one. I'm pretty sheepish, actually. I blush very easily.
Do you have a girl-crush?
That's a really hard question and certainly not one to be taken lightly. Christina Hendricks is so pretty and such a good actress, but I'll go with Tina Fey because she's so funny. A sense of humor really does it for me. My husband [Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard] is the funniest person I know.
Has a gay guy ever told you he's in love with your husband?
No, but that would be cute.
Then let me be the first. His music touches me in a place that no other straight man has touched before.
[Laughs] I will tell him that for sure. I know what you mean. He's so sensitive, so talented, and so cute. He's the best.
How did growing up in a showbiz family shape your views on gay people?
It was always just an accepted thing that I knew was normal from a very young age. I had lots of gay friends. Even in middle school, I had tons of friends who later ended up coming out. I went to Crossroads, which is an arts school in Santa Monica, and my sister and I were always involved with gay rights clubs. I also started a fashion club, but it somehow got combined with a philosophy club I started, so it was the Fashion and Philosophy Club in the yearbook.
You grew up and went on to speak out against Prop. 8 onstage at your She & Him concerts.
Yeah, and we also had a bunch of literature against Prop. 8 during the 2008 election, so I guess we were campaigning a little bit. My sister-in-law is gay. She got married two years ago, but not legally, and that's just such a freakin' bummer to me. I worry about my specific language here because I'm not a politician, but the government shouldn't sanction who's allowed to get married and who can't visit you in the hospital. It's not fair that straight spouses get different rights than gay partners. Everyone should be able to share a life together in the same way.
In My Idiot Brother, which you premiered at Sundance this year, you play a bisexual character named Natalie. What's her deal?
Natalie has a girlfriend played by Rashida Jones. Rashida's character is very sweet and loyal, but my character is unfaithful with other guys and girls. She takes out her angst in her sexual exploits and suffers because of it.
How did Natalie's bisexuality inform your performance?
Rashida actually played her character super-boyish with cute little button-down shirts, so I wanted to have a little bit of a contrast to that. I didn't think of Natalie as someone who necessarily thought about gender either way. I thought of her as someone who's just really open.
Have you experienced a similar openness of sexuality?
Not really. I was a really late-bloomer. I didn't even have a boyfriend until I was about 19 because I was so shy.
Did you have to get intimate with Rashida?
There's some kissing but no sex scenes or anything.
Is this the first non-straight role you've played?
Yep. It's weird, right? I guess I never really had the opportunity. No one's given me the chance before.
To be fair, you were supposed to play bisexual singer Janis Joplin in The Gospel According to Janis.
True. And I worked hard on that, but it never ended up happening. It was a lot of work that I maintained over a really long time, so I walked away feeling at peace with it. When you work on something that takes so long to come to fruition, at a certain point you lose your enthusiasm. It was a lot of darkness to live with for that long. Amy Adams is a friend of mine, so I know she'll do a great job [as Joplin in the biopic Get It While You Can.] I feel comfortable passing that baton, and I hope she has a great experience.
You also star in Your Highness as the love interest for James Franco. Are you aware that gay men very much enjoy him?
Um, everyone very much enjoys him. Listen, he's super-handsome, super-creative, crazy-smart, and a really great actor, so he's kind of got a lot going for him. He basically has anyone with a pulse aware of his presence at all times. If you're alive, you know he's in the room. He's just a magnet.
Franco is leading a new breed of sensitive young straight actors who really cater to their gay audience without fear or apology.
Well, sensitivity is so much hotter. It's like Joe Gordon-Levitt, who I've known forever. We did a movie called Manic together back in 2000, and I remember that after he got out of college, it seemed like every role he took was a gay role. I feel like he made a concerted effort to play gay characters, and I thought that was super-cool.
Your fairytale garb in Your Highness reminds me of your Lady Larken in the Once Upon a Mattress TV movie you did with Matthew Morrison.
I'm so glad you brought that up. I loved doing that. Matt Morrison really looks like a cartoon prince, and that guy can cut a rug, man. I love musicals, so that was a dream. Someday I'd love to do Broadway, which was my ultimate original dream when I was a child. I mostly love old musical theater like My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music, and all the classics. My childhood obsession was The Wizard of Oz.
And then you got to play DG, the "Dorothy" character, in the Tin Man miniseries.
Yeah, that was really special because I just love that story.
Did you see the musical version of Elf on Broadway? The actress who played your role did a decent Zooey Deschanel impression.
No, but I heard about it. So you saw it? How was it?
Meh. Speaking of music, why don't you record a duet with Katy Perry to prove you're not the same person?
There are already pictures of us together in the same room at the same time that you can find online. Some people want to create a rivalry there, so let me say that I like her very much. But she used to just be this girl around town who'd go out a lot, so people would mistake her for me. Even friends of mine would say, "Oh, I saw you," and I'd be like, "I was in bed." When I finally met her, it solved the doppelgänger mystery. Then she became very famous.
You two should cover "The Boy Is Mine" by Brandy and Monica.
Well, that would be the day, wouldn't it? It's been a while since I've thought of that song, so thanks for reminding me.
What happened with Divorce Ranch, the post-WWII comedy you were supposed to do with Chloë Sevigny?
It just never got made. It's funny because you'll be attached to a project for six months, it'll fall through, and then you'll read about it randomly in a trade magazine or something five years later.
Your first TV role was a guest spot on Veronica's Closet at the age of 17. Do you keep in touch with Kirstie Alley?
That was so much fun. I haven't seen any of those guys in a really long time, but I did watch Kirstie on Kirstie Alley's Big Life. I watch reality TV obsessively. Bravo is my favorite.
You're also very active on Twitter. What's the appeal for you?
I just like writing little things. I was scared of Twitter for a long time. I only had a Twitter account for the first year so I could be like, "Hey, all those people pretending to be me aren't me!" But in the last few months I've just decided to really do it, and I've become totally addicted. Pink retweeted me the other day and I was like, That's so random and cool! I think in 140 characters all the time, but now I actually have an outlet for it.
The Advocate, April 2011 issue; extended online interview.


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Join Dennis Taylor for an in-depth discussion in this video Sequencing and placing lists, part of Excel 2010: Data Validation.
In this worksheet there are three sets of data validation criteria.…In column B we've got status entries.…That list is currently in column J. You see it off to the right.…Column C, state names. We see that off to the right in column K. And then column…D for the Departments, that's out in column L to the right.…When you set up data validation rules it's not a bad idea to have the data on…the same worksheet so you can check out the results,…but as a long-term solution this probably isn't the best location.…
Depending upon the environment, you might simply want to hide these columns.…Nothing wrong with that.…Others who are using this particular worksheet might uncover them, possibly…maliciously or by mistake.…They could change the content.…It may not be a good solution.…Another approach could be to take these three columns, move them way, way off to…the right, and then hide the columns.…Better yet, why not put these on a separate worksheet?…Now, in prior versions of Excel, if you did move a list like this to another…
- Testing for whole numbers and decimals
- Using the input message box
- Sequencing and placing lists
- Creating multi-tiered lists
- Setting date and time limitations
- Limiting text length
- Locating data validation rules


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Unlike the risky subprime mortgages before the financial crisis, these new products have stricter regulations and are under a different name.
As most people in the mortgage lending industry well know, the Dodd-Frank and the Consumer Protection Act have made it even more difficult for consumers to obtain loans by trying to "protect" them. By placing new and expensive regulatory requirements on mortgage lenders, many mortgage companies have closed up shop.
The new Act has also placed new restrictions on non-bank lending that did not exist before the financial crisis. In order to protect themselves, the majority of hard money and private money lenders won't even lend to consumers anymore, but only to business entities on investment properties. For example, a homeowner who needs to refinance and can't qualify at the bank, is now unable to obtain a loan from a hard money lender.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, created by Dodd Frank, is set to release a new set of mortgage lending standards by January. The Bureau's Chief, Richard Cordray, says he is carefully weighing all factors that may undermine the housing recovery by making it more difficult for consumers to obtain credit. Mr. Cordray hit the nail on the head when he said, "It doesn't do anybody any good for us to develop an elaborate set of protections if nobody's going to then lend money to consumers."
But I think this may be, "one day late and one dollar short," as the old saying goes. These new regulations have already made it nearly impossible for a consumer, who is about to lose his or her home, to save the home by obtaining a non-bank, private or hard money loan. For example, a homeowner recently came to us for a loan on his primary residence. He had never missed one payment on the loan when the bank suddenly went under and was taken over by the FDIC. His note was sold to a 3rd party for pennies. Because of the new consumer protection act, he was not even able to get a private money lender to make a loan to him because the house was owner occupied. As a result of the bank going under, he lost the house even though he has never missed a payment in his life. When you hear a story like this, you may ask yourself, how are these new regulations really protecting consumers?
The purpose of Dodd Frank and the Consumer Protection Act is to put an end to the risky lending practices that fueled the financial meltdown. But wasn't it the derivatives on Wall Street that actually fueled these risky lending practices? And wasn't it the sub-prime loans coming from the "banks" and not "private money lenders" that are the risky loans the Bureau is referring to? What is your opinion on this topic? Please leave your comments below.
Corey Curwick Dutton, MBA. Real Estate Lender for Private Money Utah
Corey Ann Curwick is a private money consultant for Private Money Utah, a real estate lender based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Corey is from Austin, Texas and is an MBA Graduate of the prestigious Thunderbird School of International Management. An authority in the private money lending industry, Corey provides educational resources for investors who use hard money loans in their real estate investing activities. Before she joined Private Money Utah, Corey was the President of an investment education company in Utah called Bray-Conn Investments LLC. In this role, Corey organized classes, which taught investors how to invest in five asset classes. In her free time, Corey enjoys skiing, snowboarding, and mountain biking in the beautiful Utah outdoors.


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When Drinking Orange Juice, I Get Pain in My Upper Right Chest
Orange juice might make a regular appearance at your breakfast table. However, you might forgo it because you have noticed that you experience chest pain after drinking it. Orange juice is derived from a citrus fruit that contains high concentrations of acid. If you experience pain after drinking orange juice, you might be experiencing symptoms of a medical condition.
One of the primary symptoms of heartburn, commonly referred to as acid reflux, is pain in the upper chest behind the breastbone. This pain might occur directly after you drink orange juice. However, it is also common to experience this pain at night, particularly if you drank the orange juice in the afternoon or in the evening. Another way to determine whether you might be suffering from heartburn is if you notice that the pain in your chest worsens when you lie down or bend over.
Gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, is a more comprehensive type of acid reflux. Chest pain and heartburn are common symptoms of GERD triggered by foods such as orange juice. In addition to chest pain, you might have difficulty swallowing, experience hoarseness or feel as if you have a lump in your throat.
Drinking Orange Juice
If you notice that you experience chest pain after you drink orange juice, you should stop drinking it or reduce the frequency with which you drink it. In some cases, drinking a half cup of water as a chaser or before the juice can help dilute the orange juice and prevent the buildup of acid in the esophagus.
Treatment for Acid Reflux or GERD
Several over-the-counter treatments are available for these conditions. The most common treatment method is the use of antacids, which work to neutralize and reduce any buildup of acid. Consider taking antacids before your drink orange juice as a preventive method, or at the first sign of chest pain.
Alternate Options
Some food manufacturers also offer a low-acid version of standard orange juice. They generally don't taste different, but are sometimes thinner in consistency to help your body process it more efficiently.
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Opponents to launch campaign against energy issue
DETROIT (AP) -- Opponents of a ballot measure requiring that electricity suppliers get more of their power from renewable sources are launching a statewide campaign against it.
The Clean Affordable Renewable Energy for Michigan Coalition, also known as CARE, plans to hold a news conference Monday in Detroit with former Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Conrad Mallett and business and labor officials.
CARE says the requirement doesn't belong in the state constitution.
The Michigan Energy Michigan Jobs coalition disagrees. It says requiring electricity suppliers to obtain 25 percent of their power from wind, solar, biomass or hydropower by 2025 would create jobs and draw investment to Michigan.
Energy providers now must get 10 percent of their energy from renewables by 2015.
CARE plans news conferences later in the week in several other cities.


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On Monday, rumors swirled that the Texas Rangers might be considering a blockbuster trade to acquire veterans Carlos Beltran and Francisco Rodriguez from the New York Mets.
That possibility was quickly shot down, however, as Rangers president Nolan Ryan told 103.3 FM's Galloway and Company that he "can't believe we have an interest in either."
Beltran and Rodriguez, both former All-Stars, have been enjoying modest success this season. Through Tuesday, Beltran is batting .278 with 10 home runs and 49 RBIs — including 5 RBIs in the Mets' three-game swing through Arlington last weekend — and K-Rod's 20 saves are tied for ninth in the majors, although he carries a less-than-stellar 3.65 ERA.
The two have not exactly played up to All-Star form this year, however, and Ryan does not believe they would bring enough to the table to warrant a trade.
"I don't see that [Rodriguez] is an upgrade [to our bullpen]," Ryan said. "And Beltran, you worry about his knee. And you're taking on an awful lot of salary."
Both players carry hefty price tags, with Beltran making $19 million this season and Rodriguez earning $12 million.
The Rangers, who surprised many with their run to the World Series last season, hold a 1 1/2-game lead over the Angels in the AL West with six games to play before the All-Star break.


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This House and this parliament is built on the lands of the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people. They so generously welcome us to country at the commencement of each parliament and on a daily basis when parliament is sitting. We start the day by acknowledging their continuous connection to land, their culture and their contribution to this region. I respect your elders, past and present, and extend that statement of respect to the elders of the region which I represent: the Dharawal and Gundangara people of the Illawarra and the Southern Highlands.
Before the time that Aboriginal people were displaced from their land and separated from their families, their stories, their traditions and their languages, Aboriginal Australians were our nation's first doctors, law makers, teachers and conservationists. Today, Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples experience significant disadvantages in their daily lives, with poorer access to education, health, housing and employment—the cumulative result of generations of dispossession, injustice and denial. It falls to us to make right this historical wrong. The time for justice is now. The problem is urgent.
In 2008, the then Prime Minister Rudd outlined a new future for Australia, one where:
… we harness the determination of all Australians, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, to close the gap that lies between us in life expectancy, educational achievement and economic opportunity.
Prime Minister Abbott has now tabled the Closing the gap report for 2014, on the anniversary of Prime Minister Rudd's apology to the Stolen Generation. Regrettably, as numerous members of this place have observed, the progress we are making in closing the gap is stalling. We are on track and making progress on the target to halve the gap in mortality rates for Indigenous children under the age of five. That is something that all members of this place must rejoice in. Progress was made to halve the gap for Indigenous Australians aged 20 to 24 in year 12 attainment. Again, that is something that we must take some pleasure in. But, worryingly, we are not on track with these other targets to close the gap in life expectancy; reading, writing and numeracy; employment outcomes; and early education access for under-4-year-olds.
Doing nothing is not an option and doing less would be a breach of faith. Here is why: the life expectancy gap is 10.5 years for males and 9.5 years for females; between 2006 and 2010, the age-standardised death rate for Indigenous people was 1.9 times the rate for non-Indigenous people; in 2003 to 2005, maternal mortality rates were 2.7 times higher for Indigenous women than for non-Indigenous women and Indigenous people were 3.4 times more likely to report having some form of diabetes than non-Indigenous people; over that same period, Indigenous people died from diabetes at almost seven times the rate of non-Indigenous people; and between 2006 and 2010, after age adjustment, the notification rate of end-stage renal disease was 7.2 times higher for Indigenous people than for non-Indigenous people. I could go on for all of the remaining time allotted and give example after example in the area of health and in the area of education where we are failing to address these gaps and where our failure to do that marks us down. That is something that we should all be ashamed of.
I have heard previous speakers talk about the terrible blight that smoking is having upon men and women from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds. In 2009, almost 50 per cent of Indigenous mothers reported smoking during pregnancy. This level is 3.8 times greater than that of their non-Indigenous counterparts. The figure is actually higher if you separate the Northern Territory for every other region in the country. I see the member for Chifley here. It is worth noting that it is not a universal statistic. There have been measures that have been put in place and programmes that have been the put in place, including in the area that the member for Chifley represents, where maternal smoking rates have actually been reduced to that of the non-Indigenous population.
The case is not hopeless. We know that, with the right programmes and the right effort and giving control to the communities to take these issues up through local initiatives, we can do something to address these issues. If we were going to put in place one thing over the course of this year that would make a long-term difference for the benefit of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families, it would be to tackle the gap in smoking rates and, in particular, the gap in maternal smoking rates amongst Aboriginal populations.
In responding to the Prime Minister's statement, the Leader of the Opposition has pledged to incorporate Justice Targets into our Closing the Gap objectives, and there is a compelling case for this. Incarceration rates of Aboriginal Australians are damningly disproportionate: 25 out of 100 of Australian prison inmates are Aboriginal Australians. However, only three out of every 100 Australians is Aboriginal. Acting Deputy Speaker, that figure alone should cause us all to pause and ask what is going on here. One in four Australians behind bars is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person—that is completely disproportionate to the three per cent of Australians who come from Aboriginal backgrounds. As the Labor leader, Mr Shorten, said to this House: a target on justice is a missing plank in this picture. The situation has been getting progressively worse over the years. As a nation, we cannot simply attribute these rates of incarceration solely to the consequences of individual choices. To be sure, we cannot discount the importance of individual choices and decisions in these high incarceration rates. But to ignore the other factors—factors such as poor health, poor education, poor housing and unemployment, and a lack of hope in many of these communities—is to forget about the majority of the picture. These are all the social factors that lead to substance abuse and other criminal activity—the factors that are leading to this disproportionate number of people behind bars.
If we look at some of the reports—particularly out of the west and out of the Northern Territory—which look at the number of people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds who are in jail, or who are on remand for what most of us would say are trivial offences—the non-payment of parking fines, for example, and other trivial offences—we have to ask ourselves: 'Is this the best use of our corrective services dollars? Is this the best way to treat this issue?' Surely we can do better. We also know that the justice system does not usually address the causes of a crime, but it shows the symptoms of these deeper, more troubling, social issues. We are all challenged to address this together—to walk together. Labor proposes formal, measurable targets related to justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
On Friday I was in the New South Wales parliament to listen to evidence being given to the Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. I was very moved by the evidence of many of the witnesses, and the next day I went out to Emerton in the member for Chifley's electorate—and I am certain that he will make some observations about the evidence that we heard at that hearing in his electorate. But, in Macquarie Street in Sydney, I was very moved by the evidence of the Co-Chair of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, Ms Kirstie Parker, who had this to say:
The increasing numbers of rates of incarceration for our people, particularly young people and women, is of huge concern within our communities. We do believe strongly that this is an area that the Commonwealth must show some leadership on.
Ms Parker went on to say that:
… there must be a concerted, collective effort to reduce incarceration rates. There must also be attention focused on reducing the number of our children in out-of-home care. These are things that are currently not covered by the Closing the Gap targets. We are on the record as pushing for justice targets, in particular.


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Life is expensive and life with kids is even more expensive.
So, anything you can do to cut the costs of living and pocketing those extra pennies will help.
Being a savvy shopper isn't hard – just a few simple steps will make sure you are bagging the best deals every day.
MMM shows you some of the best way to cut the costs of everyday shopping.
Cashback Sites
If you do a lot of shopping online, there are a number of cashback sites that will give you a percentage of your costs back to you as a reward.
All you have to do is register and click through to your retailer, such as Mothercare or Sainsbury's, via the cashback website.
The website will track where you have come from and will reward you when you buy something.
Most cashback sites feature hundreds of retailers, so in most cases, you will claw back some money.
Cashback can vary from as little as 1% to as high as 15%.
Price Comparison
Smartphones have opened up a world of opportunities when it comes to finding the best deal when out and about.
The following sites will allow you to use your smartphone to compare prices – so next time when you are shopping, take a few minutes to see if it's cheaper elsewhere before handing over the cash – the savings can be significant.
|Google Shopping
Mummy Clubs
If you want to take advantage of more special offers, some retailers have mother and baby clubs – they are essentially loyalty clubs, but worth joining as they can come with good benefits and regular money-off vouchers.
Here's MMM's list of top mummy and baby clubs:
Tesco Baby & Toddler Club
What you get – money-off vouchers, magazine with product reviews and tips
Boots Parenting Club
What you get – free change bag, free magazine, exclusive offer, and 10 points on your loyalty card for every £1 you spend on baby products, as opposed to just 4 points for every £1 you spend
Sainsbury's Little Ones baby & toddler club
What you get – Free Huggies baby bundle, Little Ones magazine, exclusive offers
Loyalty Cards
If you tend to shop in one particular place a lot, loyalty cards can be a great way to bag up some extra rewards and money off your shopping.
As long as you are not tempted to spend more or buy from a particular place, just because there's a loyalty card in your purse, they can be a great way to get money off vouchers and freebies.
For online shoppers, there is a voucher code for almost everything. Before you make a purchase, it is wise to hunt around to see if there is a voucher code available.
Once you've found your code, simply enter it into the voucher/promotion code box on your purchase page and voila! – you've just got yourself a great deal – it's worth the effort.
MMM will bring you the top deals here every day – but also sign up to the newsletter to make sure you're not missing out on money saving tips.
Free Stuff
As a parent, there are plenty of free offers, entitlements and gifts you can take advantage off.
If you want to find out what you might be able to get for free, check out the sites below.
Offers include vouchers, free days out, clothing, packs and samples.
|Baby Freebies
|Latest Free Stuff
|All 4 Free
|Freebie List
When your child is born, they will be entitled to free books via the Bookstart scheme. Speak to your health visitor about it as they will have the free packs – don't miss out, as not all health visitors remember to give them to you


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iPods Episode #8: Manage Manually/
Learning in Hand: iPods Episode #8: Manage Manually is online and offers help with using one iPod with multiple computers.
An iPod is easy to sync with one computer. In fact, it's really easy to sync multiple iPods to one computer. But, when you want to sync the same iPod to two or more computers, things get tricky.
You can enable "manually manage music and videos" so you can connect an iPod with more than one computer without having those computers erase the iPod's content from the other computers. But, it also means that you'll have to hand-pick the audio and video when you want to update the iPod.
Listen to all 8 minutes of Episode #8 for a how-to, valuable tips, and useful information about manually managing iPod content. Listeners may be interested in clicking floola.com to transfer media files from their iPods.


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When the corn plot is harvested and analyzed, we know that harvest is really over. In early May Bill Planted the Corn Plot for 2012. A plot is something we try to do each year. Corn is a relatively new crop to our region and the research is ever changing with new varieties and treatments.
Since we are analyzing, it was good to have our own Ag Analyst on hand for the job.
There is a weigh wagon on each end of the field. One is from our local Cenex Harvest States Cooperative and one is from our local Pioneer dealer. It is nice to have one situated at each end of the field to eliminate back tracking. Each one weighed and measured the other's varieties. Fair is fair.
This a day of science on the farm. Remember the "Theory of GriggsDakota" that I wrote about when we were Harvesting our Corn Plot in 2009? Click on the link to learn more about the theory and the field analysis that is done on the plot harvest day. The theory states that "The effort involved in the art of farming is always enhanced by further knowledge of the science of agriculture."
This year we grew several varieties of corn.
We treated the different varieties with various seed treatments.
We did single treatments where just one particular product was applied to the corn seed.
We used double treatments when two different treatments were applied to a single corn variety.
And we used a triple treatment on a single corn variety.
The question was not simply which variety of corn produced the best yield in our plot.
We also were attempting to determine if multiple seed treatments are worth the time and money. In other words, if it costs three dollars per acre to treat seed with a single treatment, double that for two and triple that for three, can we expect a return on our investment? Will it increase our bushels per acre yield in various varieties of corn.
Early analysis says it does, at least in the corn plot of GriggsDakota.


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Enzo's Monday Motion #80 Drinks on me #2
Even though I skipped the whole Carnival it's still a good excuse the give a round of drinks! Here's a set of digital drinks which don't give you a hangover..
Let's start with the most served drink of the week: beer. Budweiser is one of many brands that embeds a political statement in it's commercial. The Super Bowl ad follows founder Adolphus Busch on his journey from Germany to St. Louis. A trip where he wasn't overwhelmed with love entering the promised land. Budweiser claims the story is only about celebrating those who live life on their own terms and never back down.
The ad could easily be a trailer for a blockbuster: the wide screen bars, VFX, a heavy grade and matching soundtrack. The 'never backing down' is subtile embedded in the edit: every shot is about moving forward. Most of them physically from horse rides to boat rides. Others with a continuous camera pan movement. I love that all the movement is pointed west, symbolic for his journey from Germany to The States. A great concept by Anomaly and direction by Chris Sargent.
Some brands have such a strong brand identity, they don't need to add their name. Director Rimantas Lukavicius played around with the iconic glass bottle of Coca Cola. With great help of VFX studio KORB he morphed the bottle to sound, making it even more of an art piece as it already is.
Trivial question: What's the origin of America's No. 1 premium bottled water?
The island of Fiji. Trying to expand their market, they debuted at the Super Bowl. Bottled by the source and untouched by man, Fiji Water claims to be the purest of all, bringing peace and nature back to the busy metropolitan world.
The visual concept made me think of another South American drink, but I have to say that it's a better execution than it's preceder! With the duo toned background the emphasise the colourful and naturel source. Even though the bottle isn't as iconic as the previous example, it does work well.
The spot is part of a series where nature perfectly blends into the Western world. Also check out 'Deep Below' and 'Time before'.
Wide, wider, widest
Every medium has different specs: from 16:9 or HD tv, to cinema scope 21:9. The big boss of widescreens however are billboards at sport events. Agency The Royals were tasked with the videobranding of Aperol during the Australian Open. Accentuating the horizontal ratio they created a story where we follow an orange which bounces, dips, rolls and flips through typical summery scenes. With only one goal in mind: a glass of Aperol Spritz.
The detailed anims and lovely eased motion are a joy to watch where you constantly spot a different detail. These looping 360° animation would definitely have my focus above the ping ponging yellow furry ball! Great word by BUCK (including my old colleague Mathijs Luijten).
Coffee Time
Next to the concept of a campaign the determining factors is the output (deliverables). The previous case was already a great example. In this case it wasn't the extreme canvas, but the variety of deliverables. JVG was asked by Nespresso to produce 50 different (mobile) ads. The concept had to be based upon flexible scenes so they played around with colour and repetition, giving it a fresh and tasteful blend. Concept by Ogilvy & Social Lab, directed by Javier Vallejo.
Popcorn Time
Where Budweiser had the appeal of a feature film, Campari makes one. Ok, it's not a full feature, but with 13 minutes it slightly transcends the average commercial. if you decide to go for a commercial short, you quickly end up with.. Clive Owen! Like his BMW adventures this short is filled with product placement. The style however is very different: action shots have been replaced by artistic film noir. Therefor the choice for 'La Grande Bellezza' director Paolo Sorrentino is also quickly made. If you have the budget you sure can play with the big boys! With BMW in the back of your mind the story has a teasing slow pace, but then again the shots are really beautiful. If you're a fan of 80s music and style it's a must see.
Another Drink?
If you're still thirsty check out the first edition of drinks.
Last Week
Next to drinking it, liquids can only serve another purpose. Check out these set of liquid animations.


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Watch Those Weeds!/
I have this large flower bed in my front yard that has been neglected for quite some time, it seems other things have just taken precedence in my life! But every day I pull into my driveway it's an eyesore to me — so one day I got my boys out there and we can began to pull weeds. With several of us doing it, it didn't take us too long. Then I went and bought some perennials, that I wouldn't have to mess with that much, in hopes that they would grow without a lot of maintenance.
There I'm done…so I thought! But little by little, I began to see small weeds creeping up again through the bed. I go back out and begin pulling them out again! But then a good rain comes, a week or so goes by and my flowerbeds are covered in weeds again!
While out there this morning surveying the weeds, it reminds me of how our spiritual lives are a lot like those weeds - the first problem is I didn't properly prepare the soil to prevent other weeds from getting in. The second problem is, I have not been maintaining or "continuing" to stay on top of the problem — so little by little, day by day the weeds begin to take over.
Prevention. Safeguarding. Maintaining. Continuing. These are all words that come to mind.
There may be places in your life right now that you know need correcting, be it worry, fear, lust, poverty-mindset, whatever it may be that you are currently struggling in. The key to freedom is getting in God's Word about that particular situation and allowing it to illuminate and reveal those places that you need freedom in.
Hebrews 11:6 in the Amplified says, "For the word of God is living and active and full of power [making it operative, energizing, and effective]. It is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating as far as the division of the soul and spirit [the completeness of a person], and of both joints and marrow [the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and judging the very thoughts and intentions of the heart."
I encourage you to read that again, but slowly, word by word comprehending what the Word does. Wow! That's powerful!
Let the Word in the deepest parts of your nature…allow it to uproot wrong mindsets and ways of thinking.
The second point I want to make is "continuing." Just like weeds, if not properly maintained on an ongoing and continual basis we can get off track. We can let things creep in, if we're not maintaining watch over our spirit.
It's DAILY staying in the Word.
If I want to keep my flowerbeds beautiful, then I must continually maintain it — actively watching over and preventing the little weeds from turning into even bigger weeds that choke out the beauty of what I've planted.
Jesus said in John 8:31, "If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed…"
CONTINUE - persist in an activity or process. Ongoing, persistent, relentless, unceasing.
Can you say that you have been CONTINUING in the Word? Or is it just when a crisis hits (weeds have taken over) that you begin to hurry and find a scripture to "fix" the problem?
To continue, is to NEVER stop.
See your spirit man as a flowerbed that you must maintain on a daily basis. Watching over it so no weeds begin to quickly take over.
You can't take shortcuts or try quick fixes. It's "continuing" day after day after day in God's way and in His Word.
John 15:4 says, Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me."
When you abide, dwell, reside in Him that's where your peace comes from, your wisdom comes from —every need you have in your life is found by ABIDING IN HIM!
I encourage you today to continue to watch over your spiritual flowerbed so the weeds don't take over!
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Leading national business coaching organization, The Alternative Board® is now accepting applications to serve on peer advisory boards in more than 1000 cities and towns worldwide.
Online PR News – 18-August-2009 – – Westminster, CO -- Leading national business coaching organization, The Alternative Board® is now accepting applications to serve on peer advisory boards.
The Alternative Board® (TAB) is comprised of members who are business owners, CEOs or presidents who run non-competing businesses. Established in thousands of locations throughout the world, TAB Boards® meet in local areas one morning each month in a confidential "think tank" atmosphere.
The Alternative Board® provides a safe, confidential environment in which business owners can get advice and resolutions to their specific business challenges. Peer boards provide a 'therapy session' in which other business owners can serve as mentors for each other.
"Particularly during difficult economic times, business owners often face challenges with running their business. In times of change, new challenges and opportunities present themselves that business owners and executives may not have been faced with in the past. These are times that can either make or break a company's future," says Rebecca Boozan, Communications Coordinator for The Alternative Board®. "A peer advisory board offers business owners a chance to brainstorm with other business owners and walk away with practical, real-world advice rather than a theory."
In addition to gaining advice from peers, TAB members will also meet with their TAB facilitator once a month. The facilitator serves as an executive coach, diving even further into each member's business to help owners resolve specific issues affecting their business.
In addition to participating in the peer advisory board, TAB members receive additional members-only tools including business strategy planning through TAB's Strategic Business Leadership® (SBL) service and the organizations proprietary business performance tools, TAB Business Vantage®.
For more information or to find a TAB Board in your area, please visit http://www.TheAlternativeBoard.com.
About The Alternative Board®
The Alternative Board® (TAB) is an international provider of peer advisory and business consulting services to leaders of privately held businesses. TAB members meet monthly in over 1,000 cities across the United States, Canada and South America. Headquartered in Westminster, CO, TAB was founded by Allen Fishman, author of 7 Secrets of Great Entrepreneurial Masters and the Wall Street Journal bestseller 9 Elements of Family Business Success, in 1990.


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Grab your binoculars and come down to Stewart Park to see some birds! Cayuga Bird Club will lead bird walks at the park every Saturday morning 9 to about 10 or so in April and May.
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Earlier Event: May 4Stargazing at Stewart Park
Later Event: May 11Stargazing at Stewart Park