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The Grace of God
Luke 14 vs 1 & 7-14 (from the Message)
The 4th July is the American Day of Independence and every year since, as far as she is able to recall it has also been Lin's birthday.
But 2007 was a very special birthday, not so much that she had arrived at the age of reason and maturity, but the surprise was that on that particular day we were both actually in NY.
Imagine NY on the 4th July with all the fireworks blasting off the shore line of Manhattan Island on the Hudson River. The celebrations the parties, it was a bit like Hogmanay in Glasgow!!
But their was something even more spectacular about this trip, we were in an hotel opposite Madison Square Gardens, in Manhattan not because we could afford it, not because we deserved it, not because we had earned it, not because we had won the trip, but because it was a gift, someone had paid for our trip.
Someone had anonymously decided to give us a gift that we could never afford or earn or pay back.
It was a gracious gift. With no payback.
It was altruistic and unconditional.
BUT there is my embarrassing thought for the day. Given that it was a 9 hour journey, I walked about to try and dissuade my arteries from clogging up and giving me a DVT.
My walk up the aisle inside the big bird soon brought me to the veil, you know that curtain that divides the economy class from 'them'.
I could almost smell the extra wide leather seats and free wine and the extra polite cabin crew presenting soft duck down pillows and cashmere rugs to help 'them' sleep in their special reclining chairs. It seemed that their every need was met.
I sauntered back to my cloth seat and opened another packed of roasted peanuts and soon a lovely hostess came to me and asked if there was anything I needed ?
A vague sense of shame crept over me, as the thought arose, "need anything ?Well why am I not in the first class department" I'm as good as them
It was a horrid thought, albeit fleeting but how dare I think such a thing, even if it was for a nano second?.
Just being on this plane had been an undeserved gift, A GIFT for goodness sake.
I did not deserve to be on the plane at all, but someone wanted to give us an unconditional gift
And there was I feeling, thinking, believing I had a some sort of right to be in a higher position. Wanting to be at "top table" as it were.
I hadn't paid for the holiday, it was an amazing gift, freely given to us out of generosity and kindness.. and then to add to my internal guilt, the young hostess asked me if I needed anything more!!
The way I dealt with this amazing gift gave some insight into my understanding of GRACE
Grace is to be invited somewhere when you have no automatic right to be there.
A mnemonic for GRACE from a Christian perspective as I may have said before is ;
Gods, Riches At Christ's Expense.
The opposite is to be ungracious which is
When we believe we deserve all the gracious care we receive from our lovers or friends our family from God
When we believe that we deserve all the good things in life, when we really believe that we are worth it.. and are entitled to good health, nice, trouble free live, comfortable homes, good jobs, fine children.
When church people think the church belongs to them. When it fact it belongs to God, yes it really does. We are trustees
To be ungracious is when we determine by canon who can worship God how and when.
When we believe we know best and separate ourselves from the weak and the simple and those who do not conform to our self appointed high elevated position
Bit of a tirade I know ; but I'm really examining myself.
Because a yet more ungracious thought of them and me entered my mind. But this time the tables reversed, someone coming into my exclusive space!
The church
I heard on the wireless that they were closing libraries to save money. An appalling decision
Then someone on radio 4 suggested that libraries could be opened up in pubs and supermarkets; and I thought "Oh but we don't it in church, all sorts arrive in libraries, some just to sleep!
( perhaps that already happens!!)
They would be coming to church for entirely the wrong reasons.
They would be sitting in our places, some may find a comfortable blue chair AND MOVE IT sit and read the paper drink strong larger, imagine, and actually sitting amongst the choir.!!
For goodness sake they may just decided to sit up here next to me, or tinkle on the piano or organ!!
Next they will be pushing their way to the front of the queue and drinking all our coffee eating our cakes and give our church a bad name!!
To the text Luke 14 Jesus arrives at the dinner party held by a senior Pharisee, a group of 20 or so.. they arrive all scramble and push their way to find a suitable place befitting their station in the local society.
No seating plan, no nice neat name places as we would have
We may mock this picture saying
'we would never do that'!
I don't doubt it, it's not very English, but supposing there was offered seating, on a first come first served basis at Wimbledon, Centre Court men's finals.
Any seat, any day, at the Olympics
OR two free tickets to see the Royal Ballet performing in Cuba ; Jules Holland in Seychelles
OR Swan Lake at Royal Albert Hall,
OR Cosi Fan Tutte at Covent Garden?
Would you not go for centre front row for you and yours?
Or you absolutely NEED that new coat, handbag, laptop, ipad, or Porsche Boxster ( you know who I'm talking about!!) and they are on sale 70% off ?
Where would you be in the rush?
Elbowing your way politely to the front?
Or for some, just as they call 'last orders' and you are with a very special group of friends which you have gently been impressing all evening, but there is a crowd at the bar but you know the publican very well… a wave perhaps catch her eye and get your drinks before everyone else.
But how embarrassing when (as I have done) you move the place names around, just a little, so your sitting, as it happens next to the guest of honour
But soon to discover that your sitting where the host had wanted their very close friend to sit.. what then !!
Then everyone is embarrassed,(i) the hostess, (ii)the person who finds themselves in totally the wrong place (iii) and you as you are publically exposed as an ungracious creep and are move to your allotted place .. at the bottom of the table
When Jesus told this very obvious embarrassing story as a lesson, I wonder if the intended hearers understood, did those very pious but judgemental Pharisees, did they get it?
Would we 'get it'? So what distinguishes the modern-day Pharisee from us, to days Christian
It is what they believe.
In addition to being moral and religious and zealous, the modern-day Pharisees believes that people's own efforts, good works make the difference between salvation and damnation.
They do not believe that salvation is THE GIFT OF GOD.
To hard to accept that someone else has paid the fare to heaven. That Salvation, is by the sacrifice of Christ alone; instead, they believe that salvation is ultimately up to what we can add to Christ's work..
Whereas the Christian believes that it is by grace we enter heaven.
Nothing we deserve but a gift of God.
And anything we do is in grateful response to God's amazing gift.
Christians are a people who claim no righteousness of their own. Who would freely admit that they do not deserve Gods gifts of Salvation. Hopefully Christians are the ones who 'get it'
In the parable Jesus also observes that actually there are others who have been invited to sit at table.
I have to remember Jesus died for EVERY ONE, that includes every Muslim, Hindu, and Methodist!!
Oh they may not look religious, they may not know when to stand sit or face East, to genuflex or to say AMEN in loud voice, they may not know how to chant the psalms
or know what it means to have "everlasting joy and felicity", or know who can read the banns.
In other words they may not have the right table manners BUT God Himself has invited them as well as the Pharisee to the banquet.
What has this to do with us here in Bunbury August 2010?
Maybe it about how we humbly recognize the gift of God in Christ Jesus and how welcome our neighbour, the stranger, to meet with God.
*** begger finding free bread***
I often worry that on the last day when I stand before God, and I know I shall feel very small and inadequate but relived that some one showed me the way to meet with Jesus, the neighbour who prayed for me, (in my case it was our cleaner, back in the days of Merchant banking), the one who encouraged and walked with me into my first church.
My worry is that my neighbour, will look at me with pained expression and ask me why I never helped them to find God but rather left them to starve, to flounder and now on judgment day condemned, found guilty.
A further rather amazing statement made by Jesus in vs 12. Jesus turns to the host and says,
"Isn't it interesting that when you have a dinner party you only invite people just like yourself.!!
People who have invited you, then you return the favour, a sort of pay back." An inability to receive a gift without obligation.. is this pride?
I assume Jesus was also asking, why do you not invite the ordinary people, those who sit in the economy seats , those outside your normal circle of friends, those who could never pay you back.
Why are we so blind, and our hands too closed to reach out to those who need God's grace, God's gift of salvation as much as we needed it, and found it at no cost to us?
I wonder is it really so abhorrent that we could open this church to include a library?
Some may say it's not using our church properly?
I'm sure there is a cannon or Article or law that says you must not use the church for sleeping or reading or sitting in to keep warm.
But I wonder if we are not being a bit exclusive a bit Pharisaical a bit exclusive not wanting to invite just anyone to the table, the Communion Table, the banquet, because they came for the wrong reasons, or the wrong side of the street?
Martin Luther King called Sunday morning in church the most segregated hour of the week!!
.. I'll end with this
( any one from Bickerton I can preach shorter)
When a person works an eight-hour day and receives a fair day's pay for his time, that is a wage.
When a person competes with an opponent and receives a trophy for his performance, that is a prize.
When a person receives appropriate recognition for his long service or high achievements, that is an award.
But when a person is not capable of earning a wage, can win no prize, and deserves no award—yet receives such a gift anyway—that is a good picture of God's unmerited favor. This is what we mean when we talk about the grace of God.
A gracious gift, with no pay back, altruistic, and unconditional.


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"Why do you come here every day?" He assumed that she asked it.
"I knew you would ask me why I come here every day. But, I have no reason. My family stays here. And, coming home every day is not even questionable. So, stop asking me. It annoys me. I knew that you would be tired and wouldn't be making dinner tonight," He said and placed two polybags on her cemented grave.
"I knew you would ask me why I come here every day. But, I have no reason. My family stays here. And, coming home every day is not even questionable. So, stop asking me. It annoys me. I knew that you would be tired and wouldn't be making dinner tonight," He said and placed two polybags on her cemented grave.
"I won't hear any excuse. So what if you are not feeling hungry. It's almost 7:30 and the sun will be down any moment," He waited for her to reply.
"Fine! Even I'm not feeling hungry," He looked at the other side.
"Why don't you accept that I'm dead," He assumed that she said this with her trademark irritated expressions.
The moisture in his eyes lasted for a while and then slightly and silently, tears skied down. His heartbeat felt the burden and skin felt the coldness that left him alone. Taking the palm in-between his teeth, he tried to feel the pain. The pain of losing her was different from everything that can hurt, make you bleed, may crack the bones or worse, make you feel dead. It felt like as if someone has pushed his hand inside your chest and the hand is squeezing your heart to make that person bounce out of it. It feels like someone is continually scratching his\her nails on your delicate heart in order to remove the footprints of that person.
"If I decide to accept that you are not alive. First off, I won't use 'dead', 'not alive' sounds less harsh. If I decide to accept that you are not alive, I'm scared that I would lose a part of me. When you died, I precisely diverged in two people; the familiar one and the unfamiliar one. The familiar one, that I knew the most, decided to walk away with you. And, the unfamiliar one bought my body to stay. I don't come here just to meet you. I come here to feel complete. My other part is here, somewhere hiding in the bushes, maybe. When I come here at my home, I feel alive. I don't want to…" his voice trailed off as his sight rejected to give him a clear view of her.
The wind gushed and he felt a touch on his shoulders. His sight, too blur to see.
"I don't want this stranger to stay in me, I want myself. Sneak out of this death thing and come back. I promise I will give anything to keep you alive. Just sneak out once, we will go far away where no one would ever find us."
He started moaning and coughing. His cheeks were wiped out with tears and his words gave us. He had so much to share, and the best he could do was cry it all out. This was the quickest way to lighten his heart.
There is this promise that 'Our love will be forever' and there is this thing called 'life'. The latter one often laughs over the former one and the former cribs in the land of destiny. He could feel it cribbing in the silence of their bedroom. He never felt complete, doesn't matter how many pillows he kept around him or how much he curled himself in the blanket.
"I feel that every breath is polluted now, my whole life is tainted as you had stopped breathing. I'm sorry that I find my home here."
He opened the door of his car, parked next to the grave, made himself comfortable by pushing back the seat and closed his eyes. In no time, he fell asleep. The leather seats still held her fragrance.
"Aashna, come please," he was dog tired, yet the sleep wasn't around.
"You are such a kid, you should learn to sleep without me," She said, as she walked out of the washroom after changing her dress.
"I don't have to learn that, you are not divorcing me, right?" He arched his eyebrow.
"Right! But you never know," She furled her arm over him in the blanket.
"I don't want to know…"He hugged back and slept. In her Fragrance.
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A horror thriller with a dash psychology, a cure for wellness is about an executive who is sent to get the CEO of his company back from a wellness center, but soon he finds things are not what they seem to be like.
A Wall Street stockbroker, a highly ambitious and young executive, is sent to a one the shady areas of Swiss Alps to retrieve the CEO of his company back, but soon he suspects every action at that place. Later was tested too, when he tried to disentangle the wellness center's terrifying secrets, but he is shocked to know that he is diagnosed with the same illness. Every scene of the movie a cure for wellness seems to unleash a new secret and makes the movie worth watching. Watch a cure for wellness free online today!
A cure for wellness introduction:
A cure for wellness is a film written by Justin Haythe and directed by Gore Verbinski. The film was first premiered on 10th of December 2016 in Texas. But hit the theaters a year later on 17th February 2017, by 20th Century Fox. The 20th Century Fox hit the news, later, for allegedly creating fake news and rumors for marketing and promoting the movie.
A cure for wellness synopsis:
The movie is about Lockhart and his transformed life after he takes the place of late boss Morris who died of massive heart attack while working. Lockhart is a young but highly ambitious man who works as a stockbroker at Wall Street, New York. Soon Lockhart is sent to a one the shady areas of Swiss Alps to retrieve the CEO of his company back from a place that seems like a wellness center. This getting back is prompted when one of the ex-board members of the company receives a letter that soon turns into a troublesome one. The company was covering some unknown deals in business which several partners of the business want to pin on Pembroke, the CEO.
With the deadline nearing, Lockhart decides to go the wellness center and get Pembroke back. Lockhart arrives at the center with hope to get the CEO of his company back but soon suspects the actions and treatments that are going on in the spa. Ignoring all these, Lockhart succeeds in convincing Pembroke to get back to New York along with him, but their journey had to be halted due to a car crash in which Lockhart broke his leg and had to be treated at the wellness center. The spa owner and the head director, Dr. Vollmer, suggest Lockhart try few of the spa therapies and treatments while he recovers. Soon, due to their therapies and treatments, he starts having deadly visions that were worst that any dream nightmare. Lockhart was diagnosed with the same illness as the rest at the wellness center, in his sanity tests. His world shatters!
In between all these, Lockhart meets a mysterious girl named Hannah. The girl too drinks a mysteriously strange fluid from a secret cobalt bottle, like Dr. Vollmer. Lockhart comes to know about several interesting yet scary facts about the spa. He comes to know that the spa was built on the ruins of a castle that was burnt 200 years ago. The baron, the sole owner of the ruined castle, wished to have a son of his own pure blood and married is his sister. That's cruel. Later when he came to know that she can't conceive, the baron started performing deadly experiments on the peasants, who lived near his castle. One night all the peasants revolt and burn the castle and they cut the womb of baron's sister and try to vanish the baby. Few claimed that the baby was tossed into the aqueduct, yet survived.
On further investigating, Lockhart discovered that the transfusion building of the spa is a front for all hellish experiments where the eels are left to sink through the human body to produce the mystery fluid and the cure for Volmer and Hanna. When Lockhart comes to know that Dr. Vollmer is descendent of the cruel baron, he is poisoned by Volmer. From the prison, Lockhart writes to employers in New York that he doesn't want to return to the company, but want to stay there forever. During his stay in the prison, he discovered that his leg actually never broken. After realizing this fact, he breaks open the prisons and goes in search of Hannah. In the due course of time, Hanna gets her first menstrual cycle and Volmer and the entire spa was celebrating it. Lockhart pins Hannah in a room and prepares to rape her, but is shocked to know that she is Vollmer's daughter. Later Lockhart burns Volmer that indeed burns the entire castle.
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Mariah Carey's Former Security Company Threatening To Sue Her
This is pretty bad!
Mariah Carey's Former Security Company Threatening To Sue Her
Mariah Carey's former security company is threatening to sue her! The man who owns the company says she constantly humiliated him by referring to him as a Nazi and some other pretty awful names. His company worked for Mariah Carey for two years and she didn't pay them over $200,000. He's also claiming that he was promised another two years, which would add $511,000 to the bill! Lastly, the owner is claiming that harassment went down, and that Mariah Carey was inappropriate on several occasions. They are now in the middle of settlement negotiations.
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Celebrity news blogger Perez Hilton just got on his YouTube channel to complain after his Twitter account was allegedly suspended after he posted the rumored track listing for Taylor Swift's new album. The track list was already leaked, so Perez Hilton tweeted it out from his personal account. That's when he said he got a takedown notice from Taylor Swift's team before his account was mysteriously suspended. He said, "Taylor Swift is responsible for me being suspended. Earlier today I was talking about many journalists who have felt bullied by the Taylor Swift machine. I had never felt that before, but I now am a victim of Taylor's wrath." Taylor Swift confirmed the track list herself four hours later, and then his account was back up and running! Eek! Apparently she can get a bit nasty ;)
Will And Jada Smith Didn't Give Tyrese $5 Million
Remember when Tyrese posted last week that Will and Jada Smith gave him $5 million to be quiet during his court battle with his ex? Well apparently that didn't happen at all. Sources close to the couple are saying the Smith's didn't give Tyrese any money, and Tyrese just added a post on social media admitting that the money had not been received yet. Why would you lie about that?
Rihanna Is Co-Hosting Next Year's Met Gala
If I were Rihanna I would thank the success of her high-profile fashion collaborations for this gig! She is going to co-host next year's prestigious Met Gala event. Amal Clooney and Versace Group vice-president Donatella Versace will also be involved. Looks like it's going to continue to be a star-studded event!
Tom Brady Is Human And Eats Cheeseburgers!
Tom Brady is pretty much a super human. He has constantly spoken about his ridiculously strict diet, but now we know that he takes the time, sometimes, to enjoy food just like the rest of us. Tom Brady just revealed in an interview that he does, in fact, treat himself to a cheeseburger and ice cream from time to time. I wonder if from time to time means like once a year haha!


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For Your Teeth's Sake: Food Items Worth Avoiding
It is often fun to eat some snack items at certain times of the day. However, doing so without caution and compunction can present a huge threat to your teeth's integrity. Your preferred dentist can tip you on them and plan your eating accordingly. Continue reading
The Advantages of Sedation Dentistry
Going to the dentist can be a stressful event for both children and adults. In fact, many people end up with serious dental problems that are caused by a lack of routine maintenance. If you fear going to the dentist, you may want to consider sedation dentistry as a way to put you at ease during your visit. Continue reading
Nutrition Tips from a Dentist in Wilkes-Barre, PA
If you think that regular brushing and flossing are all it takes to keep your teeth and gums healthy, you're sadly mistaken. While staying true to your dental routine helps a lot, your diet also plays a big role on your dental and oral health. Here are some nutrition tips from a trusted dentist in Wilkes-Barre, PA for you to follow:
Don't Give in to Your Sweet Tooth
You probably already learned this as a kid, but even adults need a little reminder from time to time. Sugary food and drinks contain acids that can damage your teeth. Keep your sugar consumption at a low level.
Drink Lots of Water
Aside from keeping you hydrated throughout the day, water can also help wash away loose food particles in between your teeth and gum line. Drink a glass or two of water after meals, especially if you're at work and don't have time to brush or floss.
Eat a Balanced Diet
A balanced diet promotes overall good health. A diet consisting of junk food and sugary snacks can make your mouth an ideal breeding ground for acid-producing bacteria, which can lead to tooth decay. If it helps, keep track of what you eat and make it a goal to get nutrition from all five major food groups.
Proper nutrition and maintaining your oral health go hand in hand. Visit your dentist twice a year to keep your dental and oral health in check.
Improving Your Smile with Cosmetic Dentistry
As one of the most central (figuratively and literally) components of your facial appearance, your smile plays a very important role. It allows you to express your feelings particularly when you're happy, and a charming smile is often enough to win over the attention and/or affection of another.
It can be harsh, though, to be born with crooked and unsightly teeth, which could impair your appearance greatly. Fortunately, you can undergo cosmetic dentistry to have your teeth enhanced and made more aesthetically-pleasing.
Cosmetic dentistry is concerned with the appearance of teeth, and it involves various procedures that fix a patient's smile. While considered a separate field from general dentistry, it isn't unusual to find general dentists who practice cosmetic procedures. Often, cosmetic dentistry overlaps with orthodontics—a dentistry specialty in improper bites—and some dentists offer both.
What can cosmetic dentistry fix in your smile? If you have stained and/or yellowing teeth, a cosmetic dentist can offer to whiten it. Are your teeth too damaged to look any appealing? Consider having veneers fitted over your teeth, with help from your dentist. Worried about your misaligned and crooked teeth? Your dentist will have dental braces or aligners that you can use to set your teeth into place.
Whatever your aesthetic problem is with your teeth, a cosmetic dentist has the answer for it.
IV Sedation Dentistry: What Should You Expect?
IV sedation or Intravenous sedation is an increasingly popular method used by dentists to ease patients into a deep state of relaxation and unawareness. Like its name suggests, the process involves a sedative drug being injected into the vein through the use of an extremely fine needle and an indwelling catheter.
The needle will be inserted into a vein found in the arm or the back of a hand, and once the sedative takes effect, the dentist will proceed to numb the patient's mouth with an anesthetic injection. Since the drugs administered for IV sedation are anti-anxiety drugs and not painkillers, local anesthesia is still necessary to dull the pain from the procedure. Continue reading
Invisalign: A Teeth Straightening Procedure
People of different age groups suffer from various dental conditions such as missing teeth, tooth decay, periodontal diseases, and misalignment of teeth. Such problems can greatly affect a person not only physically, but mentally and emotionally too.
Thanks to developments in dental procedures, however, dentists are able to address the many concerns of their patients and at the same time help them regain their lost confidence. One of these is the presence of misaligned or crooked teeth, wherein certain orthodontic procedures become solutions. Continue reading
Signs You Shouldn't Ignore: Root Canal Treatment
Very few dental procedures are as infamous as root canal treatments. Although the procedure has a less-than-ideal reputation, it does help save a tooth from dying due to advanced tooth decay.
Fortunately, the signs of advanced tooth decay and infection are easy to spot; the trick is resisting the urge to ignore the symptoms out fear of root canal treatments. If you experience any of the following symptoms, be sure to see a dentist in Wilkes-Barre, PA: Continue reading
Having Perfect Teeth Closes Deals
A great smile can really brighten up anyone's day. It also lends a friendly atmosphere to its wearer. Creating this positive emotional impression is something that anyone who regularly gets involved in making deals must do. However, if your teeth aren't quite presentable enough, smiling to win big in business might be a rather difficult proposition. Continue reading
Why Some Health Buffs Need Dental Crowns
To keep themselves fit, many people seek to get a healthy balance of diet and exercise. However, recent studies suggest that the "ideal" diet recommended for fitness buffs could actually be bad for the teeth.
Thus, health buffs who watch their diet are now presented with a new challenge: how to keep themselves fit without sacrificing their oral and dental health in the process. This is especially tricky as various studies now show that many types of food can gradually damage teeth. This is why dentists always remind their patients to practice proper oral hygiene, as they practice a fit and healthy lifestyle.
To some, this warning may have come too late, and they may now have to deal with discolored, damaged, or decayed teeth. Fortunately, several remedies are available for bad or unsightly teeth. Continue reading
Intrinsic or Extrinsic: Main Types of Tooth Stains
Commercial whitening gels and toothpastes are often cited as one of the reasons why many people have stopped going to the dentist for an annual oral exam. While these products certainly have their uses, they're not sufficient to clean off intrinsic tooth stains.
As the name implies, intrinsic stains or 'deep stains' are found within the tooth. They're normally caused by dental trauma (i.e. physical damage on teeth) and enamel erosion, although they can also be the result of exposure to nicotine, chlorine, and certain medications. Most over-the-counter whitening products don't penetrate deep into the tooth, which is why many intrinsic stains cases may be addressed only by cosmetic dental treatments like porcelain veneers. Continue reading
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I was speaking with the head of procurement for a large healthcare facility last month who lamented the $1M+ they spend annually on just pager service and fax machine lines. Never mind the 500 physical servers and all the SANs IT still supports. But bureaucracy and politics consistently undermine his efforts to eliminate anachronistic waste.
The regulations and complexity surrounding healthcare, especially in the U.S., provide a barrier to entry making it largely impervious to the demand for technological efficiency that is reshaping most industries. The AEI chart below shows that healthcare costs in the U.S. have far outpaced the inflation rate, as well as all of the other services, products and wages tracked. As reported by CNN, Warren Buffet says that the U.S. spends 18% of GDP on health care – 60% more than other developed countries.
The Times They are a Changin'
CNBC just reported that Apple is launching AC Wellness, a group of primary health clinics for its employees. While this initiative is quite limited in scope, it reinforces a similar move by Amazon whose venture with JP Morgan and Berkshire Hathaway will not only service their combined 840,000 employees, but according to Warren Buffet, eventually other employees as well.
In order to avoid disruption from hi-tech competitors, healthcare must disrupt itself. On the IT side of the business, this means cutting through legacy complacency and deploying far more efficient on-prem and public cloud-based infrastructure solutions. But where to start?
I recommend utilizing financial modeling as a way for a health care IT organization to get out of the day-to-day weeds and think about the big picture. A good TCO or ROI (depending upon the situation) analysis can help immensely in determining a strategic direction for infrastructure that not only optimizes value in relation to spend, but which also increases clinical worker productivity. A thorough analysis also evaluates the IT strategy in terms of how it can best support the overall mission of the organization including delivering exceptional patient care.
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Seventeen hundred years ago, key elements of our ancient heritage were lost, relegated to the esoteric traditions of mystery schools and sacred orders. Among the most empowering of the forgotten elements are references to a science with the power to bring everlasting healing to our bodies and initiate an unprecedented era of peace and cooperation between governments and nations. In his groundbreaking new book, The Isaiah Effect, Gregg Braden turns to the Isaiah Scroll, perhaps the most important of the Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in 1946, to offer insight into a powerful form of ancient prayer. In The Isaiah Effect, Braden, author of Awakening to Zero Point and Walking Between the Worlds, combines research in quantum physics with the works of the prophet Isaiah and the ancient Essenes. He demonstrates how prophecies of global catastrophe and suffering may only represent future possibilities, rather than forecast impending doom, and that we have the power to influence those possibilities. In addition to describing multiple futures, the Isaiah texts take us one step further, clearly describing the science of how we choose our futures. Tracing key words of Isaiah's text back to their original language, we discover how he taught a mode of prayer that was lost to the West during Biblical editing in the fourth century. Braden offers detailed accounts of how elements of this mode of prayer have been applied in a variety of situations, ranging from healing life-threatening conditions to entire villages using collective prayer to prevail during the 1998 fires in southern Peru. In each instance, the correlation between the offering of the prayer and a shift of the events in question was beyond coincidence--the prayers had measurable effects! As modern science continues to validate a relationship between our outer and inner worlds, it becomes more likely that a forgotten bridge links the world of our prayers with that of our experience. Each time we engage ourselves, our loved ones, and our communities with Isaiah's life-affirming message of hope, we secure nothing less than our future and the future of the only home we know.
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New York Times bestselling author Gregg Braden is known for his writing style that bridges science and spirituality. After a successful career as a Computer Geologist for Phillips Petroleum during the 1970s energy crisis, he worked as a Senior Computer Systems Designer with Martin Marietta. In 1991 he became The First Technical Operations Manager for Cisco Systems.
For more than 22 years, Gregg searched high mountain villages, remote monasteries, and forgotten texts to uncover timeless secrets. To date, his work has produced many thought-provoking books: The Isaiah Effect, The God Code, The Divine Matrix, and his most recent, Fractal Time: The Secret of 2012 and a New World Age. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Braden, author of Walking Between the Worlds and Awakening to Zero Point, examines one of the ancient texts found in the 1947 discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls at Nag Hammadi. Braden contends that scholars have misinterpreted the Isaiah Scroll, which opens with apocalyptic visions of massive global destruction followed by a time of peace. The author claims that the scroll contains the key to a lost scientific tradition that promises to end war and heal our bodies. Indeed, he contends, Isaiah's prophecies can help us make sense of recent changes in climate and weather, changes that, according to Braden, have perplexed Western scientists untutored in the ancient prophecies. He suggests that we may be living in the era that precedes the destruction Isaiah predicted. But we are not destined to fulfill the prophecies: prayer, writes Braden, "allows us to choose which future prophecy we live." Not just any prayer, of course: Braden finds traditional Western prayer inadequate to the task, so he introduces readers to a (somewhat garbled) lost mode of prayer where the supplicant does not ask for something but acknowledges that somehow the prayer has already been fulfilled. Spiritual seekers in America have long and venerable traditions of trying to match up the general prophecies in ancient texts with specific contemporary events; Braden's bizarre attempt may not, in the end, prove to be more accurate than those that identified Gorbachev as the Antichrist. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved


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surgery went well and the pain has been manageable. Having an arm block was weird...staring at a numb lifeless appendage for 24 hours that would not do anything my brain commanded. it was like having a bologna attached to my right arm. i was relieved when I started to be able to move my arm and wriggle my fingers.
I got the "great idea" to do a piece with my left hand and using the bandage that I get in Fes. It was fairly stinky and actually pretty easy to stitch with one hand. But it proves to me that anesthesia stays in the body for a while and it is important not to make decisions during this time frame. Boy, it is possible to make some really ugly stuff while under the influence.
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Patricia Cornwell's novels. It was, primarily, her Kay Scarpetta novels that prompted a resurgence in my reading-for-pleasure several years back. That's why I was particularly eager to see At Risk and The Front, the two movies based on her (non-Scarpetta) novels recently aired on Lifetime.
No problems with the cast. The usually loveable Andie MacDowell stars ably as the slutty, aggressive and ambitious DA, Monique "Money" Lamont, Daniel Sunjata as Win Garano, the still beautiful Diahann Carroll as Garano's nana, and Ashley Williams as the amputee-detective Stump. Unfortunately, Detective Sykes played by Annabeth Gish was shot dead in At Risk. Such is life. In fact, Stump almost bought the farm in The Front but survived due to poor marksmanship and the heroic intervention of love-interest Garano.
Honestly speaking, I enjoyed both movies and will view anything else Ms. Cornwell (who, BTW, made cameo appearances as a waitress in each of the flicks) serves up. Still, I must say, I enjoyed At Risk the most. The perp, the unsub, the doer, etc. was revealed to us a little too soon in The Front, at least for me, and, though there still existed a bit of suspense, it's not the same as wondering "who the hell did it?"
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Witness the incredible at the 19th Annual Auckland International Buskers Festival. An unmissable line-up of international and local performers will hit the streets over Auckland Anniversary Weekend with energetic displays of breakdancing, music, hula-hoops, fire stunts, acrobatics and more!
The Festival returns to Auckland's CBD and Waterfront for another year, with four full days of crowd-pleasing delights from January 25 – 28, 2019. Day shows start every day at 12 noon. Night shows run on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7.30pm in Market Square, Viaduct Harbour. Check out the full schedule and festival map to plan your fun-filled Auckland Anniversary Weekend!
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Islamabad: An explosive material and detonator packed in a black bag recovered from a vehicle of senior journalist and Geo News anchor person Hamid Mir.
According to the Hamid Mir, he returned home after visiting a photo copying shop in F7 Islamabad when his neighbor's driver detected the bomb being planted under his vehicle. The bomb squad was quick enough to reach the spot and dismantle the bomb within half hour, stated Hamid Mir.
Hamir Mir while talking to the television said that the driver of his neighbors pointed out the presence of a suspected black bag inside his vehicle. He said that he called the BDS to defused the bomb.
The Bomb disposal squad said that about 1 to 2 kilogram explosive was used in making of the bomb. "We have also recovered ball bearings, batteries and detonators from the bag."
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"There is a strong case to be made that we are already at 'peak gold'," he told The Daily Telegraph at the RBC's annual gold conference in London.
"Production peaked around 2000 and it has been in decline ever since, and we forecast that decline to continue. It is increasingly difficult to find ore," he said.
Ore grades have fallen from around 12 grams per tonne in 1950 to nearer 3 grams in the US, Canada, and Australia. South Africa's output has halved since peaking in 1970.
The supply crunch has helped push gold to an all-time high, reaching $1,118 an ounce at one stage yesterday. The key driver over recent days has been the move by India's central bank to soak up half of the gold being sold by the International Monetary Fund. It is the latest sign that the rising powers of Asia and the commodity bloc are growing wary of Western paper money and debt.
China has quietly doubled holdings to 1,054 tonnes and is thought to be adding gradually on price dips, creating a market floor. Gold remains a tiny fraction of its $2.3 trillion in foreign reserves.
Gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) – dubbed the "People's Central Bank" – have accumulated 1,778 tonnes, making them the fifth biggest holder after the US, Germany, France, and Italy.
Ross Norman, director of theBullionDesk.com, said exploration budgets had tripled since the start of the decade with stubbornly disappointing results so far.
Output fell a further 14pc in South Africa last year as companies were forced to dig ever deeper – at greater cost – to replace depleted reserves, not helped by "social uplift" rules and power cuts. Harmony Gold said yesterday that it may close two more mines over coming months due to poor ore grades.
Mr Norman said the "false mine of central banks" had been the only new source of gold supply this decade as they auction off reserves, but they are switching sides to become net buyers.
Barrick is moving fast to wind down the remaining 3m ounces of its infamous hedge book over the next twelve months, an implicit bet on rising gold prices over time.
Mr Regent said the company had waited too long to ditch the policy, which has made the company enemy number one among 'gold bug' enthusiasts. The hedges oblige Barrick to deliver part of its gold into futures contracts set long ago at levels far below today's spot prices.
The strategy worked well in the falling market of the 1990s, but has cost the company dear in lost profits this decade. "Hindsight is always 20/20," said Mr Regent, who was appointed from the outside earlier this year.
Barrick bit the bullet in the third quarter, taking a $5.7bn charge against earnings on hedge contracts. Liberation is at last in sight. In 2001 the hedge book topped 20m ounces.
Mr Regent said the hedge policy has weighed badly on the share price and irked investors, becoming a bone of contention at every meeting. The financial crisis brought matters to a head as markets fretted about counterparty risk. "It was clear to me that there were a significant number of institutions who wouldn't invest in Barrick because of the hedge book," he said.
Barrick produced 1.9m ounces of gold last quarter, down from 1.95m a year earlier. Costs have been "trending down" to $456 an ounce, though rising energy prices pose a fresh threat. Total reserves are 139m ounces, far ahead of rival Newmont Mining at 86m.
The hedge book venture has not been a happy one, but those who predicted that Barrick would eventually "blow up" on its contracts may owe the company an apology.


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In 2013, 461 aid workers were attacked, setting the recorded as the most violent year against humanitarian staff. The 1949 Geneva Conventions and related 1977 Protocols I and II provide a legal safeguard to prevent violence against NGOs. Yet as the number of international aid workers has tripled since 2000, the number of attacks against NGO aid workers has also increased.
The question is why, in particular contexts, does violence against NGOs occur? This piece will seek to explain the motives for which non-governmental organisations are targeted in order to better understand the reasons why NGOs, in cases such as the Central African Republic and Syria, have not been able to function to their full potential in response to humanitarian crises.


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On the Sunday talk show circuit, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) criticized the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act as nothing more a giveaway to trial lawyers.
"Just because they call a piece of legislation an equal pay bill doesn't make it so," he said on ABC's "This Week." "In fact, much of this legislation is, in many respects, nothing but an effort to help trial lawyers collect their fees and file lawsuits, which may not contribute at all whatsoever to increasing pay equity in the workplace."
The 2009 law makes it easier for women to sue their employers if they're being paid less than men for doing equal work. Rubio said he supports the principle but opposes the Ledbetter legislation as a way of achieving it.
"If you're the most qualified person for the job, you should be able to get paid — you should get paid as much as your male counterpart," he said. "Everyone agrees with that principle."The law has become a flashpoint for the women's vote in the presidential race. President Obama often points out that the Ledbetter act was the first bill he signed into law. Mitt Romney's campaign has recently struggled to clarify his view of the law, saying he does not have a position on whether he would have signed it if he were president in 2009 but that he won't try to get rid of it if elected.
Republicans, including vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, broadly opposed the measure in 2009. Earlier this summer they filibustered legislation offered by Senate Democrats' to strengthen protections for women in the workplace, in part by forbidding employers from retaliating against women who sue for pay discrimination.
Defending his opposition to the so-called Paycheck Fairness Act, Rubio similarly called it an effort to help trial lawyers instead of women.
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"Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents" and "Bullying Under Attack"
October 9, 2013
Hosted by Kathryn Zox
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Kathryn interviews Reid Wilson PhD and Lynn Lyons LICSW, authors of "Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents: 7 Ways to Stop the Worry Cycle and Raise Courageous & Independent Children". With anxiety at epidemic levels among our children, Wilson and Lyons offer a contrarian yet effective approach to help children and teens push through their fears, worries, and phobias to ultimately become more resilient, independent, and happy. Kathryn also interviews TeenInk Magazine Editor Stephanie Meyer, author of "Bullying Under Attack: True Stories Written by Teen Victims, Bullies & Bystanders". Meet the bully, the bullied, and the bystander as they explain in their own words their motivations, pain, and path to healing. This graceful and hard-hitting book places the reader firmly in the shoes of all involved, transforming pain into hope and the possibility for change. Meyer, editor of TeenInk Magazine, holds masters' degrees in education and social work and has dedicated her life to the welfare of youth.
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Watching Microsoft's E3 press conference last month, it's easy to say that the companymade some kind of misjudgment by announcing Scorpio at the same time as the Xbox One S. But it's not just something they threw on the end of the show just to put it there, and while some might call it a move of desperation, even that doesn't preclude it from being something done with thought and intent.
"Creators, given time, will come up with amazing transformative ideas that I'm not smart enough to come up with," said Xbox boss Phil Spencer in an interview with The Guardian. "So sharing the vision with our creative partners and our internal teams, putting the tools and capability out there, will lead to those breakthrough experiences."
Spencer cited Rocket League's cross platform play as one new step the company's taking.
"Being able to detail our vision and talk about it here at E3 will kickstart those conversations, and I know you will see some of the best creators thinking through ideas just like [Rocket League]."
As The Guardian notes, it'd be nearly impossible for Microsoft to get this new platform out in the hands of all the developers they want working on it while keeping it secret. There are too many developers in too many places. This isn't the old console development world anymore where you have formal studios with tight protocols.
With the world of game development having changed so much from even what it looked like in 2013, this might less be a matter of a desperate move and more just pragmatic realism. And if it gives developers more time to help their games take advantage of the much more powerful hardware, then it's only going to end up being a good thing for gamers.
The interview is extensive, tackling questions about the Xbox One S, the idea of a console cycle, and more. Check it out in the source link below.


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This is another coral mound similar to the Langito'o Island Bommies. Access by dinghy is possible from several anchorages, in the Tapana and Taunga area (Anchorages 11, 12, 21, or 24 are closest).
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The following are comments from Jon Hacking from s/v Ocelot, who documented their dive on this coral mound in 2004.
"We started down in 30' (9m). We continued east until the bommie dropped off and then circled counter-clockwise around the bommie at 60' (18m). Chris had the camera the whole time, which allowed me to take my time and see all that was available. As this was our first dive in Tonga, we saw lots of new fish and corals, including our first giant clam. These are not as big as those we saw on the Great Barrier Reef in 2000, but it was a sign of things to come. Unlike French Polynesia, we saw no sharks. Most of the fish were smaller, but there were lots of them. As our air ran low, we rose to the middle of the bommie and found a nice coral head to examine as we took our safety stop."
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Today's Sweet 6 > MONDAY / JUNE 06, 2016
"We search the internet everyday looking for the very best of What's Happening, primarily on Manhattan's WestSide, so that you don't have to." We make it as easy as 1-2-3.
(click on links for more complete event info.)
Have time for only one event today? Do this:
Taste of Times Square
46th St.(btw Broadway and 10th Ave)/ 5-9PM, $2-$6 per item
"Most New Yorkers avoid Times Square at all costs. And while this approach certainly gets them where they're going quicker and saves them from punching an Elmo in the face, they also inadvertently bypass many great restaurants. However, June 6th the restaurants will be taking it to the streets for the Taste of Times Square.
The annual food and music festival will feature over 50 area restaurants, live music and for the second year a beer garden serving up Heartland Brewery. The best part, aside from food, music and beer, is the cost. All items will range from two to six tickets and tickets are being sold individually for $1. I did the math and that means no food item will cost you more than six bucks, a steal by any measure, but certainly for Times Square." (TONY)
The event will feature "street musicians" from the Hard Rock Cafe, a "Swing Tent" where The George Gee Swing Orchestra will perform, and a beer garden between Eighth and Ninth avenues serving brews from Heartland Brewery.
Music, Dance, Performing Arts
Blue Note Jazz Festival (through June 30)
"This monthlong fete will feature some of jazz's biggest draws, alongside promising new talent and crossover fare. A grand kickoff at Central Park SummerStage on Saturday, at 5 p.m., gathers three dynamic elders: the pianist McCoy Tyner, the bassist Ron Carter and the drummer Roy Haynes, each with his own band. Other highlights in the coming week include Rosa Passos, a singer-songwriter from Bahia, Brazil, appearing Monday through Wednesday at the Blue Note Jazz Club, 131 West Third Street, in Manhattan; a 72nd-birthday tribute to the organist Al Kooper, at the B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, 237 West 42nd Street, on Thursday; and the Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, at the Blue Note, from Thursday through June 12. A full schedule is at bluenotejazzfestival.com. (Chinen-NYT)
Best of Broadway Sings
Highline Ballroom, / 8PM, $30
"Ever wondered how songs by Adele, Pink, Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston might sound with 14-piece jazz band? Here's a great chance to find out as Brandon Victor Dixon, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Alison Luff, Matt DeAngelis, Christina Sajous, Marty Thomas, Natalie Weiss and other major musical-theater talents perform highlights from the past year of the pop-oriented Broadway Sings concert series." (TONY)
Smart Stuff / Other
(Lectures, Discussions, Book Talks, Literary Readings, Classes, Food & Drink, Other
Open Roads: New Italian Cinema (through Jun 8)
Film Society at Lincoln Center; 12PM, $14
"The Film Society and Istituto Luce Cinecittà present their fifteenth annual showcase of Italy's latest generation of filmmakers. Expect to see heart-wrenching indies and dazzling commercial hits among the selection, which includes nine North American premieres. Fans of movie history should include Viva Ingrid! on their list of must-sees—the film is about Ingrid Bergman and is directed by Roberto Rossellini's grandson Alessandro." (TONY)
Elsewhere, but these two book talks look worth the detour:
Frank Deford in Conversation with Bob Costas
92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave./ 7:30PM, $32
"Frank Deford is one of the most acclaimed and beloved voices in American sports journalism. Join him and legendary sportscaster Bob Costas as they discuss Deford's new book, I'd Know That Voice Anywhere, which collects the very best commentaries on athletes and the world of sports from the past 36 years. Hear from these legends on the similarities between Babe Ruth and Winnie the Pooh, why football reminds Deford of Venice — and how the Olympics are just like Groundhog Day." (ThoughtGallery.org)
Chuck Klosterman: But What If We're Wrong
BookCourt, 163 Court St., Brooklyn/ 8PM, FREE
"We live in a culture of casual certitude. This has always been the case, no matter how often that certainty has failed. Though no generation believes there's nothing left to learn, every generation unconsciously assumes that what has already been defined and accepted is (probably) pretty close to how reality will be viewed in perpetuity. And then, of course, time passes. Ideas shift. Opinions invert. What once seemed reasonable eventually becomes absurd, replaced by modern perspectives that feel even more irrefutable and secure—until, of course, they don't."
Bonus – Music Venues:
So much fine live music every night in this town. These are my favorite music venues on Manhattan's WestSide. Check out who's playing tonight:
City Winery – 155 Varick St., citywinery.com, 212-608-0555
Feinstein's/54 Below – 254 W54th St., 54below.com, 646-476-3551
Joe's Pub @ Public Theater – 425 Lafayette St., joespub.com, 212-967-7555
Metropolitan Room – 34W22ndSt., metropolitan room.com, 212-206-0440
Beacon Theatre – 2124 Broadway @ 74th St., beacontheatre.com, 212-465-6500
B.B. King's Blues Bar – 237W42nd St., bbkingblues.com, 212-997-2144
Le Poisson Rouge – 158 Bleecker St., lepoissonrouge.com, 212-505-3474
Special Mention:
Caffe Vivaldi – 32 Jones St. nr Bleecker St. caffevivaldi.com, 212-691-7538
a classic, old jazz club in the Village, Caffe V often surprises with a wonderfully eclectic lineup. It's my favorite spot for an evening of listening enjoyment and discovery.
♦ Before making final plans, we suggest you call the venue to confirm ticket availability, dates and times, as schedules are subject to change.
♦ NYCity, with a population of 8.5 million, had a record 58 million visitors last year and was TripAdvisor's Traveler's Choice Top U.S. Destination for 2016. Quality shows draw crowds.
Try to reserve seats in advance, even if just on day of performance.
My Fave Special Exhibitions – MUSEUMS / Manhattan's WestSide
(See the New York Times Arts Section for listings of all museums,
and also to see their expanded reviews of these exhibitions)
Museum of Modern Art:
'Edgar Degas: A Strange New Beauty' (through July 24)
"Among the greats of late 19th-century French painting, Degas remained closest to tradition and its focus on the human body, which may explain why this large but thrillingly intimate show is his first solo at the Modern. It focuses his monotypes — the most seductive of all print mediums — and their modernizing effect on his art, revealing with exceptional clarity a radical merging of subject and process that brought new liveliness to depictions of the body and to art itself. 212-708-9400, moma.org." (Smith)
'From the Collection: 1960-1969' (through March 2017)
"MoMA shakes up its sanctum sanctorum, installing half of its permanent collection galleries with works chosen by 17 curators from a single decade: the tumultuous 1960s. The limited time frame is balanced by unprecedented breadth and variety. As never before, the presentation mixes together objects and artworks from all six of the museum's curatorial departments. The blend is alternately stimulating and bewildering, revelatory and infuriating: yet another symptom of the museum's limited curatorial mind-set. 212-708-9400, moma.org." (Smith)
Whitney Museum of American Art:
'Human Interest: Portraits From the Whitney's Collection' (through Feb. 12)
"A year ago, the Whitney inaugurated its new downtown home with a permanent collection showcase called "America Is Hard to See." Its even more immediately engaging successor, devoted entirely to portraiture, is now on view and might well have been subtitled "Americans Are Strange to Look At," which, in the 250 images here, we sure are: funny-strange, beautiful-strange, crazy-strange, dangerous-strange, inscrutable-strange. The work is arranged by theme and spread over two floors. There are magnetic images everywhere. 99 Gansevoort Street, 212-570-3600, whitney.org." (Cotter)
For other selected Museum and Gallery Special Exhibitions see Recent Posts in right sidebar dated 06/04 and 06/02.
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i could have bought another iPod
Instead, I decided to make up for the fact I haven't bought any clothes in like three years. To my utter horror, the Gap totally let me down today. I'm not sure I've ever walked out of there not really wanting anything. But no matter, Aeropostale and Famous Barr made up for it, so all tis right again.
(P) Speaking of things being right, if you know anything at all about me you could have guessed I loved this article about the catastrophic effects of our ruling Republicans on the state of American capitalism. If anything, the President and Congress have made liberal ideas more ingrained in the American consciousness, not less (do we need to rehash the Social Security debacle, for example, or the fact that almost all of the millions of responses the FCC got to loosening the media consolidation rules opposed the rule changes?). Or how about the outcry over torture practices in the prison system, the widespread support for raising the minimum wage, or the huge disconnect between how the average American would spend the federal budget and how Congress actually spends the federal budget? I didn't think so.
No, the real casualty of being ruled by the party of Big Business® and the MBA president has been moderate conservative perspectives on things like the benefits of free markets (not to mention non-economic positions like the positive role of spirituality for individuals and communities). A functioning market economy requires healthy competition and easy access to information, not the corrupt, no-bid, secretive, corporate welfare approach loved by so many Republicans (not to mention quite a few Democrats) in Washington and state capitals. It's almost like they're trying to prove the anti-globalization movement correct that the whole system is broken and needs to be replaced. Of course, given the pathetic business record of Bush and Cheney when they were in the private sector, it's no wonder they're so bad at promoting policies that help American business now that they're in the White House.
Dictionary.com defines fascism as "government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism." Now, we're obviously not there, but it's somewhat amazing how close we are and how much the Bush Administration fights to get there. What's really amazing is that they do it in the name of democracy and free markets.


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The holidays seem to revolve around giving to others, whether it is buying gifts for family and friends, donating to charity, or volunteering by doling out soup at a soup kitchen. But the holidays are also a prime time to give to yourself, treating yourself to brand new shoes, geeky gadgets, lavish retreats, and other goods. Tom and Donna from "Parks and Recreation" created Treat Yo Self Day — but why limit it to one day? Why not extend it to the entire holiday season?
According to an analyst group that spoke with CNBC, shoppers are self-gifting more in 2017, buying items like sweaters, boots, smartphones, cookware, and athletic apparel. What's driving this behavior?
By looking at the conversation on social media, we can see how the self-gifting trend has grown over the years, unearth the reasons why people shop for themselves, and discover what they buy for themselves.
The raw volume of the self-gifting discussion has significantly increased over the years, going from 6.9k total posts in 2010 to 63.4k total posts in 2016. Using hashtags like #treatyoself, #sorrynotsorry, and #merrychristmastome, many more people discuss buying gifts for themselves now than just six years ago.
It's not just the raw volume that has increased for the self-gifting discussion. We looked at what percentage of the holiday shopping discussion self-gifting comprised, and that number has increased by 8.7 percent from 2010 to 2017.
Not even former teen pop princess Hilary Duff can resist turning her Christmas shopping for family and friends into a shopping spree for herself.
Plenty of other consumers share snarky tweets about treating themselves during the holidays. While some express a sense of guilt or imply that spending more time shopping for oneself is problematic, others unabashedly treat it as a gift they deserve.
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I should be Christmas shopping for other people but instead I impulsively bought two of Jeffree Star's liquid lipsticks for myself ?????????
— breeeeeee ? (@brianadapiranha) November 28, 2016
i need to stop buying things for me and shop for actual christmas presents
— keri (@keri_pualani) December 13, 2016
*me christmas shopping
cashier: do you want a gift receipt?
me: oh no, this is all for me i don't mind thanks though
— rena (@renalovelis) December 22, 2015
$480 on Christmas shopping so far… All the stuff I've gotten is for me ? #sorrynotsorry
— Hector Rai (@Rai_esparza) December 21, 2015
However, that conversation is also becoming more negative over the years. While positive sentiment is driven by people splurging on themselves, negative sentiment is driven by frustration with crowds at stores and online shopping. People are also displeased that they end up buying for themselves and nothing for others, unintentionally.
The top hashtags on Twitter reveal a mix of attitudes toward shopping for yourself. Some do so with resignation, using #sigh, perhaps deeming themselves selfish. Others are shameless, using #sorrynotsorry. Most treat it lightheartedly, using humorous hashtags like #oops, #fail, and #whoops.
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What do people treat themselves to?
Looking at the top items people treat themselves to, most people discuss buying themselves food for themselves during holidays. Food makes up 33 percent share of voice.
I tried going Christmas shopping today and the only thing I got was food for myself
— Nat (@nataliepate2000) December 18, 2016
The other splurge items are fairly standard: clothing, phones, bags, computers, cameras, and makeup. The desire to buy oneself phones has increased greatly from 2010 to 2017, growing from 9 percent share of voice to 19 percent share of voice. As hype for the iPhone continues to build, more and more people discuss buying phones for themselves.
Almost all Christmas shopping done, including an iPhone 5c for me ?
— Bridget McEvilly (@bridg_mce) December 16, 2013
The holidays are a time to be generous, and that applies to being generous to yourself. While much of holiday advertising is geared towards shopping for others, brands can take note of the prominent growth of self-gifting (like Groupon launching Self-Gifting Day). Brands can understand changing consumer shopping habits by looking at the conversation on social media.
For more information on top retail trends, download our marketing insights for retailers guide here.