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If we were to count up how many times in our life we have heard the Nativity Story, it would probably amaze us! It's a wonderful story, but so many times, as it is with other familiar stories, we tend to lose our awe of it and the amazement of God's love.
Following is an interactive Christmas Bible lesson for really any age group that hopefully will bring us back to a place of amazement as if hearing it for the very first time!
This may be used for a Sunday school or church group or maybe even as a Christmas tradition for your family. It's easy to adapt for any age by adjusting the conversation to the age level of your audience. For children there are also Nativity Story ideas that can be added to capture their attention, as well as their little hands! There are many other Christmas activities available too.
Items needed: Traditional Nativity Set, Scriptures written on paper/cardstock cut like puzzle pieces - John 1:1-5, Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 2:1-20, Matthew 2:1-12, Luke 2:29, John 1:14-17
Place the Nativity pieces and Scriptures randomly in front of the the group. Begin the lesson by picking up the puzzle piece with John 1:1-5 and the baby Jesus figure.
Explain that although most of us have heard the Christmas story of Jesus numerous times in our lives, we may not realize where the pieces come from and how they fit together.
God used over 40 different men to write the 66 books of the Bible. Even when it came to recording the Nativity story, He chose to use three different men. Three of the four Gospels share various parts of the story. All three point to the fact that it's just the beginning chapter of the greatest story ever to be told!
For each piece of the story take time for the group to think of what it must have been like for each character, to think of how their life can identify, and to give thanks to God for His story.
The story begins...
The Plan: Point out that the Nativity story did not begin at the birth or even the announcement, it began with The Plan - John 1:1-5; it began with Jesus!
Place the baby Jesus at the center for the Nativity scene.
The Announcement: Have someone else read Matthew 1:18-25 and have them add Mary & Joseph to the Nativity scene.
The Birth: Next have someone read Luke 2:1-20 adding the shepherds and the angel(s).
The Visit: Have Matthew 2:1-12 read adding the wisemen. Make note that the wisemen actually came later when Jesus was probably a toddler - they entered a house and He is called a child. This event most likely falls between the events of Luke 2:28 and Luke 2:29.
The Love: Read Luke 2:29 & John 1:14-17 bringing the story full circle back to Jesus.
After all pieces are in place from three of the four Gospels, have participants think about each character and to whom they most identify in their lives. This can lead to a great discussion such as the shepherds being such common people and considered as outcasts to Mary and Joseph facing the unknown to the Wise Men on a journey.
Have each jot down names of:
1st) Others from the story of the complete life of Christ that were touched by His love. Give them a few moments and then open discussion for anyone to share a name and how their life was touched.
2nd) Others they know now living whose lives have been touched and allow for sharing and discussion.
3rd) Finally others that they know of who need the touch of God's love in their lives. Don't share these out loud, but allow time for prayer for each and how God can use them to share His love into their lives.
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A tracking URL is just a normal page URL from your website with what's called a tracking token added to the end of it. Below, I've posted an example landing page URL by itself and with a tracking token.
Landing Page URL:
Landing Page URL with a Tracking Token:
http://www.yourwebsite.com/your-landing-page/ ?utm_campaign=test-campaign&utm_source=email
As you can see, the page URL is the same in both cases, but in the second case, there's some extra stuff added to the end. This extra stuff is your tracking token .
Why Someone Would Use a Tracking URL
The simple answer is, because you'd want to track something. If you're running a PPC campaign, sending an email, or putting an advertisement on another website, tracking URLs are essential for calculating the number of visits, leads and customers you've generated from your hard work.
The example below is a screenshot from HubSpot's sources report. Each "campaign" represents a separate tracking URL that we've created for different PPC campaigns. Because we've taken the extra time to create and use tracking URLs, we're able to tracking the exact number of visits, leads and even customers that each campaign has generated.
How to Use Tracking URLs
1) Create a Landing Page
Once you create a landing page around an offer (download our free white paper, etc), You'll want to create a tracking URL. If you're a HubSpot customer, you can use HubSpots tracking URL builder to create your tracking token. Otherwise, you can use Google's free URL builder .
( Note: The HubSpot and Google URL builders both use the same method for tracking URLs, which means URLs you generate with Google will be tracked in HubSpot analytics and URLs that you generate with HubSpot will be tracked in Google Analytic )
2) Generate your Tracking URL
When you create your tracking URL, make sure to include a Marketing Event Name (this will help you keep track of your marketing initiatives), a Campaign Name (this is what you will track in your analytics ) and a Source (this let's sources know where to allocate this traffic, email, PPC, etc)
( Note: the example above is the HubSpot Tracking URL builder )
3) Use the Tracking URL in your Campaign
Here's the important part. Once you create your landing page and your tracking URL, you'll need to actually use your tracking URL in your campaign.
If you're running an email marketing campaign , you'll want to use your new tracking URL in your links, behind your calls-to-action .
If you have a call-to-action in your email like, " Download Our Free White Paper ," you'll want to make sure you use your tracking URL as your hyperlink. In this example I'm using " http://www.yourwebsite.com/your-landing-page/?utm_campaign=test-campaign&utm_source=email ."
If you're running a PPC campaign , you'll want to make sure to use your tracking URL in the " Destination URL " (see the example from Google AdWords below).
4) Check your Analytics
Here's the good part. Now that you've done the hard work of creating a landing page and a Tracking URL for that landing page, you can check your analytics platform for visits from that specific URL. If you're using HubSpot's marketing analytics , the system will sort Tracking URLs based on source and automatically track visitor, lead and customer conversions.
If you're using another system, like Google Analytics , you can track campaign visits by going to "Traffic Sources" >> "Campaigns."
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So far the focus has been on nutrition, identifying trigger foods and making sure you keep a record of your progress with a journal. This is all physical and there is another aspect to consider in a healthy lifestyle, your mental health. It doesn't matter how much exercise you do, how clean you are eating, if what you feed your mind is negative your outer result will be negative as well. You know, garbage in garbage out. It is actually more important to feed your mind the positive thoughts and the serenity that it needs to propel your body to the same level.
This is where praying, yoga, meditation, a time out for YOU helps. We get so busy we our daily routine, work, life and everything else that most of us don't even take 15 minutes out of the day to just breathe and meditate. Get in the habit of starting having your first thoughts and last ones before you go to sleep positive ones. The best way to do that is to practice feeding your mind powerful thoughts that comes only with practice. Your physical muscle is not the only part of your body that needs training, your spiritual muscle needs training as well.
You train your spiritual muscle by reading powerful and uplifting books, praying and meditating on the Bible, and taking the time to just stand still in silence.
Your assignment today is to make sure you set aside at least 30 minutes every day in total silence. For moms I know it can be a little challenging. In this case use the bathroom if you have to or a walk in closet. Use this time to refresh and recharge everyday. Before going to bed read 10 pages on something motivating, make your last thoughts for the day positive ones. When you wake up tomorrow instead of laying in bed going down the list of things you have to do for the day in your mind, start by thinking carefully about 5 things you are grateful for then you go about your day.


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In America, school funding cuts are the order of the day from coast to coast and north to south. But most of our competitors around the world have embarked on a different road to economic recovery. Investing in education is what's going to pull them out of the quagmire and move them ahead of the competition (like us) in the future.
That's the message from a recent report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an organization of the world's wealthy nations.
"Our competitors are putting their money where they know it can do the most good," said NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. "This survey backs our position that investing in education is not just good for educators. It's good for the kids and good for the nation. It's the way forward."
The OECD survey includes information from 25 of its 34 member nations. China is not a member.
The United States, which is an OECD member, did not respond to the survey questionnaire. But earlier this year, the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities released its own survey showing that education funding in the US has gone in the opposite direction from funding in most OECD members. Even counting the federal stimulus funding, 34 states plus the District of Columbia have made cuts in K-12 and early education funding since the economic crisis began, and 43 states have cut higher education, the Center reported.
Also, the report said vocational and higher education institutions in the US have boosted student tuition, making it harder for students to attend.
The OECD survey team got responses from many major US competitors, from Korea and Japan to Mexico and Canada.
OECD found that vocational and higher education is where most OECD members added the most investment, believing that hard economic times and stiffer competition made it all the more important to provide more training.
"In general, governments seem to be rather successful in protecting education spending," according to the OECD report. "Some countries even have increased funding for specific parts of the education system in order to enhance output and efficiency."
Only a few countries, under severe economic pressure, have cut funding, the survey report says.
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Keelon Lawson, father of elite recruits, hired as Tigers basketball assistant
When University of Memphis commitment K.J. Lawson learned Wednesday that his father, Keelon Lawson, had been hired by the Tigers as an assistant coach, it was the realization of a longtime wish.
"It's just a dream come true to my father and my family," said K.J., a 6-6 wing and top-35-ranked 2015 prospect who had hoped to play for his father at Memphis. "I'm just happy God gave him an opportunity, being able to finally take his skills and ability as a coach to the next level."
And for K.J.'s brother, Dedric, a 6-8 forward and top-10-ranked 2016 prospect, his father's hiring very likely sealed his decision whether to attend Memphis or Kentucky.
"It's everything you can ask for as a player for your dad to be on your college staff leading you through your college career," said Dedric, who plans to announce his college decision on Sunday from the Nike Peach Jam in North Augusta, South Carolina.
Tiger coach Josh Pastner didn't just add a former state-title-winning high school coach to his staff Wednesday in Lawson, who led Hamilton to a perfect 39-0 record, a Class AAA state title and No. 7 national ranking by USA Today in 2006.
He likely landed an entire family of prospects, from K.J. to Dedric to Lawson's two other sons, Chandler and Jonathan. A rising 6-7 eighth-grader, Chandler is ranked one of the top five prospects in the Class of 2019. Brother Jonathan, a sixth-grader, is already a promising point guard.
"We're excited about Keelon joining our staff," said Pastner, who was on the road recruiting Wednesday. "Keelon is a great fit for our program. We welcome Keelon to the Tigers basketball family."
Lawson replaces former Tigers assistant Jason Gardner, who left the program in March to become the head coach at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. He's expected to start work for the Tigers on Saturday.
"I'm thrilled and grateful for this opportunity," Lawson said in the school release. "I'm looking forward to working with coach Pastner and his staff to help carry on the great tradition of Tigers basketball."
Lawson, who earned his bachelor's degree from Union University after attending Southwest Tennessee Community College and LeMoyne-Owen College, isn't the first father of an elite-level prospect to join the Memphis staff. Former Memphis coach John Calipari hired Milt Wagner, the father of Dajuan Wagner, as coordinator of basketball operations in 2000.
It's also been done at Kansas, where coach Bill Self hired former Jayhawks guard Mario Chalmers' father, Ronnie, as director of basketball operations. Years earlier in 1985, former Kansas coach Larry Brown, who's now at SMU, hired Danny Manning's father, Ed, as an assistant coach. Kansas went on to win the national championship in 2008 with Chalmers and in 1988 with Manning.


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At the Microsoft Windows Application Compatibility Web page, Microsoft says:
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I am a nursing student, most importantly; I am a third generation nursing student and soon to be a third generation nurse. My grandmother was a nurse, her sisters were nurses, my aunts are nurses, and my cousin is a nurse. I know I am carrying on a tradition, but I did not do this for them (my family), I chose nursing for me. I chose nursing, because I love people. I love everything about people. I want to nurture them, help them, care for them, counsel them, and share important times with them.
Right now, I work in a little hospital, where everyone is like a big "family" and this is how I feel it should be. The employees, the patients, the patients' family, we all are a "family."
I love going to work, I love seeing my patients that I have been taking care of, I love to see my patients' families, and most of all I love to see my patient move on. This is not always a happy ending. Sometimes my patients will get better, be able to return to their previous lives, and get to go home and spend time with their family. Sometimes my patients recover, but not enough to go home and are then going to live in an extended care facility, a.k.a. nursing home where I know they will get the love and care they deserve.
The time I find most fulfilling is when my patients pass on, at the hospital in our special room that is accommodating to the family, or in the comforts of their own home. This may be upsetting to some, but I know in my heart and soul that they have passed on to a better place and they are no longer suffering. They are happy.
These are the reasons that God placed me here on this earth. I am here for my patients, for my patients' family, for my family, and for myself.
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A new 15,000 sq. ft. building has been completed at the site of AR's worldwide headquarters in Souderton, PA.
The three-storey building houses the accounting department, customer service, and a new machine shop on the first floor; expanded production facilities on the second floor; and meeting room and a kitchen on the third floor.
With its increased production capabilities, AR RF/Microwave instrumentation will be able to fulfill new orders, as well as perform in-house service and repairs and manufacture replacement parts quicker and more expediently.
As of early 2007, all floors of the new building were completed and occupied, enabling the international manufacturer / distributors of amplifiers, antennas, transient generators, and electronic test systems to better serve its global customers.
AR Competitive Edge products supply a multitude of unique RF solutions to companies around the world.
The company's limitless support network reaches the far corners of the globe. When companies purchase from any AR company they have the peace of mind that comes from knowing the global leader will be there to help with any problems today, tomorrow and always.
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All Kate wants is to live. Battling cystic fibrosis is hard enough; dying from it is even harder. When her mom moves them closer to the hospital in the middle of her senior year, Kate's determined to isolate herself—saving everyone the trouble of befriending a dying girl. It's a difficult task when cheerful optimist Giana insists on being Kate's friend.
Kate's resolve falters even more when curly-haired Kyler captivates her with his sweet melodies. As her emotional walls collapse, Kate realizes the people she's been pushing away may be the ones giving her a reason to live. But it might be too late.
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Thiruvananthapuram: Jatayu, a mythical bird mentioned in the Ramayana, is all set to come alive next year, though not in a literal sense.
Kerala will in January 2016 throw open the first phase of the Jatayu Nature Park, reported The Indian Express.
The state government has listed the Park as one of its ambitious tourism projects.
The reserve is coming up in Kollam district and has been allocated Rs 100 crore.
The Park is spread over 65 acres in Chadayamangalam and has natural features like small mountains, valleys, cliffs and rock-formations.
According to officials, the reserve is aimed to attract tourists having interests in mythological, adventure and wellness tourism.
The main attraction, however, is a giant sculpture of the mythical bird Jatayu.
As per the Hindu epic Ramayana, Jatayu had tried to rescue Sita after she was abducted by Raavan.
Locals believe that the bird fell here after it was struck down by Raavan.
The bird sculpture measures 200 ft x 150 ft x 70 ft and sits on top of a hill. Officials say the sculpture is the biggest bird statue in the world.
Coming up inside the statue is a 6D theatre and an audio-visual-based digital museum that will take visitors on a journey of Ramayana.


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I was hoping Minipips was content doing the Rapha #festive500, but he reminded me this morning that we hadn't done any running the last couple of day towards the other current Strava challenge, Run 20+13 miles.
Sunshine, and a very frosty morning.
We ran through the village and up the side of the reservoir, with Minipips taking the higher variant.
After the reservoir we headed up William Clough, trying to keep our feet dry.
A quick picture at the col, then on towards Mill Hill.
At Mill Hill some homemade cheese scones for sustenance.
What should have been fast running from there, turned out to be a battle to stay upright. The path is made up with old mill floor slabs, which were all covered in ice. I'm glad we weren't on our bikes.
Minipips managed to lose a glove at one point, so we added a bit of extra distance by going back to find it.
Once off the hill, we took the shortest route home, we were supposed to be at Grannies for Boxing Day lunch 70 miles away in a couple of hours time. ( We just made lunch)
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text: News & Events / Brooklyn Law Notes print Back to Features Food For Thought: Page Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next Current Issue : Spring 2009 The Mayor of the Upper West Side But Cohen is not alone in his praise of Brooklyn Law. The school also made a significant impact on Stanley Zabar, another child of immigrant parents (coincidentally also from Ukraine) who spent most of his lifetime, when he wasn't practicing law, working to help grow his parents' little smoked fish business into one of the most beloved New York shopping experiences. The Upper West Side wonderland, emblazoned with the tag line "New York is Zabar's and Zabar's is New York," has been an institution since 1934, when Louis and Lillian Zabar started the business by opening an appetizing counter in Daitch Market, a grocery store. Thanks to the high quality and fair prices of their handpicked smoked fish and house-roasted coffee in particular, the business thrived. Soon, Louis and Lillian took over the Daitch Market and began to expand as more real estate opened up. But when Louis died in 1950, the responsibility of carrying on the Zabar's name fell to his sons, Stanley, then 17 and in his second year at Wharton, and Saul, 21. Despite his obligations to his family's business, Stanley's dream was to become a CPA and an attorney. But there was one problem: finding a law school that would allow him to work at the same time. Columbia wanted him, but would not permit him to split his time with Zabar's. He enrolled in Brooklyn Law. "I am very appreciative of Brooklyn," explains Zabar. "It had a program in which you finished at 12:30 p.m. two days and at 1:30 p.m. on three days, and then I could still work at Zabar's until 9:00 p.m. and on the weekends too. I didn't realize you weren't supposed to work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week," he jokes, but then he is serious again. "The school allowed me to do both, and it gave me a very strong background in the law. The education was superb." After completing law school, Zabar went to work for the firm Wachtel and Michaelson, which later merged and became Rubin, Baum, Levin, Wachtel and Friedman, where he became a partner. But all the while, he always kept one foot in the family business. It was a few years later, while working as counsel for The McCory Corporation, that he realized it was time to make Zabar's his full-time occupation. "All of my clients were more interested in the fact that I was a Zabar," he recalls. "When we got finished with a deal they would shake my hand and it was only when they realized who I was that they got excited. There was a real excitement in food." "I am very appreciative of Brooklyn Law School. It allowed me to work and go to school at the same time, and it gave me a very strong background in the law. The education was superb."— Stanley Zabar Back to top Food For Thought: Page Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next


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LAWRENCE, Kan., July 26 (UPI) -- University of Kansas scientists say they hope to find clues that would tie the remains of a 15,500-year-old mammoth to prehistoric human artifacts found nearby.
The mammoth bones and a pile of stone flakes accumulated from tool-making activities were unearthed in 2011 by heavy equipment terracing a field west-central Kansas, the university reported Friday.
The bones and flakes, known as knapping flakes from chipping stone into tools, were found in the same shallow layer of sediment just 50 yards apart, the researchers said.
"It was intriguing to find a knapping pile and mammoth bones close together in the same geologic layer," geoarchaeologist Rolfe Mandel said. "If we can determine that the people who created the flakes also killed the mammoth, it will prove that humans were in the Central Plains much earlier than currently proven."
The earliest association between people and mammoths in the Central Plains proven to date occurred 13,000 years ago, the researchers said.
They hope to find direct evidence such as artifacts among the animal's remains or butcher marks on the bones to prove that people were in the area at the same time as the mammoth, they said.


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The first meeting of The Other Club, a private dining club founded by Sir Winston Churchill, took place at The Savoy in London in 1911. The club, which still exists today, holds dinners with prominent leaders and thinkers from all across the political spectrum to engage in camaraderie and civilised debate of current affairs. In March 1943, the finance and foreign affairs ministers of Belgium, the Netherlands andLuxembourg gathered at The Savoy in London to discuss the notion of a post-war"customs union" that might one day allow people, goods and commerce to travel freely between the three countries. The economic union of Benelux was created, laying the groundwork for the free trade, free passage and single currency of the European Union today.
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We have witnessed the removal of our industry, the strangulation of our farming and fishing abilities and through the myriad of shell companies, have formed a channel of financial theft to the offshore accounts. To remove the entire wealth of this nation into the hands of the United Nations which acts as a front, a proxy for the old money families still today running the Roman Empire. As we are speaking of old money, we are not speaking of a Rothschild empire alone, we are moving behind that veil to expose the network head on these Isles that is sailing ship with the wealth of Great Britain into the hands of the Illumined such as the Aldobrandini, the Farnese, the Orsini, the Somaglia, and Breakspear.
In Profile : Home Office 'Oracle' Financial System, The Adelphi
This is a rather strange situation, launched in 2004, which just happens to be the same year as the UK Contingency Act became a real 'Act' for the corporate state, we find the Home Office went live with the Oracle Financial System. Then consider the fact this allowed the controllers of the Oracle system a full four years of banking control before the 2008 financial crash, I say it is essential we give the Home Office Oracle program a bit of publicity.
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If one takes a close look at the Fabian Society we find it to be behind the LSE (London School of Economics), the LSE started life at Adelphi House.
Here we have a quote from the history of the Fabian strategy : The LSE is the global operation nerve centre and think-tank of the Society, which since it was formed has directly controlled the policies of the British, Australian and New Zealand Labour parties, and indirectly just about every major socialist government in the world. Fabians were also responsible for introducing Communism to Russia and China. Many of Prince Charles socialist, environmental green policies introduced at a government level have come directly through the LSE.


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In baseball, the "Iron Man" record is held by Cal Ripken, Jr. at 2,632 consecutive games. Though the Iron Man film record is currently held by director Jon Favreau, it looks like the number to beat is going to hold at something a little bit smaller.
Vulture broke the news just hours ago and it has since been confirmed by SHH: Favreau told Marvel Studios this morning that he will not be returning for a third film.
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Santoshi Maa 17th February 2017 Written Episode Update
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The Episode starts with Santoshi calling home to know about Dhairya. Pushpa says Kamini and Trishna went and Dhairya did not come. Santoshi says where did they take Dhairya, shall we file police report. Kaka says they won't take FIR before 24 hours, we should go home, maybe we will get proof. Santoshi Maa tells Gaumata that one who prays to Shiv by true heart gets all the happiness. Mahadev and Devi Parvati come there. Santoshi Maa greets her. Mahadev says I m happy that you obeyed my command, I know you need your powers, so I came to give you a yantra, which you can means for your emotions and powers. He asks her to accept the Rudraksh. She thanks him.
Madhuri and Dadi cry for Seshnath. People come hearing the cry. Daksha says Madhuri and Dadi are crying for Seshnath as they have emotions,
Trishna asks did you go mad, I did all this to get Dhairya, you want to kill him, he is my life. She sees Dhairya and shuts the door. She says no one will touch Dhairya, you all have to cross me, this door will not open now. She prays to Devi Paulmi to save Dhairya, who is her life. Devi Paulmi says try to understand Trishna, Dhairya will become yours after death. Trishna asks everyone to move back. She gets a pointed weapon and asks him to move back. Devi Paulmi says this foolish girl can spoil my work, I have to explain her that this is right for you. Kamini asks Trishna to understand. Trishna refuses. Kamini says don't be mad.
Trishna says you think Dhairya is alone, no I m with him. Kamini fools Trishna. Trishna hits old lady. Kamini throws some powder in her eyes. The ladies catch Trishna. The old lady makes Trishna smell some chemical.
The old lady says we will explain her later, she will be unconscious for some time. Kamini worries. The old lady sends her to room. Santoshi and Kaka come home and look for some clue. Kaka does not find any evidence and goes to Santoshi. Santoshi says all things are at place, where can she go. She finds divyasutra on floor and understands. Kaka comes. Santoshi says Trishna has removed this from Kamini's hand and took her. He says it means they have hidden Dhairya.
She says don't know where will they take Dhairya, we should inform police. He agrees. Trishna wakes up and sees Dhairya. She sees Kamini making plan to kill Dhairya. The old lady says we should explain our plan to Trishna. Trishna says I won't let anything happen to you Dhairya, if he gets conscious, Kamini will kill her. Kamini keeps the phone on silent so that Trishna does not get disturbed. She sees Trishna sleeping. She says I will explain everything to Trishna. Trishna recalls making Dhairya smell the chemical and fainting him. Trishna says none can touch Dhairya, this is the chance to save Dhairya. Devi Paulmi says how can she think that I will snatch her happiness. Trishna wakes up Dhairya. Kamini says we should not leave Trishna along. Old lady says fine, stay with her. Trishna makes Dhairya sit in the car. Kamini sees them and asks her to listen. Trishna says leave me, let me go. She pushes Kamini. She sees the evil women in front of her car. She races the car.
Santoshi prays to Santoshi Maa. Devi Paulmi laughs. Santoshi does aarti. Santoshi Maa blesses her.
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GOSHEN — John S. Burke joined nine other Catholic high schools in the state, forced to operate independently by the Archdiocese of New York, which is facing financial hardship and battles with teachers over new contracts.
GOSHEN — John S. Burke joined nine other Catholic high schools in the state, forced to operate independently by the Archdiocese of New York, which is facing financial hardship and battles with teachers over new contracts.
Teachers at the school in Goshen received notice Friday of the archdiocesan decision, said office workers at the school and representatives of the Lay Faculty Association, the union that represents Catholic school teachers.
Association representative Henry Kielkucki alleged the move was meant to break up the union, which represents all 10 schools. The move comes just after a state judge ruled against the archdiocese in a legal battle with the union over the negotiation of a new contract, he said.
"It's taking anything big and splitting it up, so its parts become less powerful," Kielkucki said. Kielkucki said he did not know how the shift would impact the salaries or pensions of the teachers.
Joseph Zwilling, a spokesman for the archdiocese, denied the union's allegation, claiming that financial difficulties and the desire to have more efficient operation of the schools were the main factors in the decision to make them independent. "The archdiocese has been subsidizing these schools for many years, and it's no secret that Catholic education around the country has taken a lot of hits," he said.
The archdiocese will maintain ownership of John S. Burke's buildings and grounds but will no longer provide funding, forcing it to seek out community assistance. Day-to-day decisions about the school's administrative functions will be led by a board, most likely chosen by an appointing committee.
Zwilling pointed to Coleman Catholic High School in the Town of Hurley in Ulster County as a model for the type of transition the archdiocese hopes will occur at the affected schools. Coleman became independent in 2000 after alumni and parents rallied to save it from closure.
Since 2000, Coleman has seen its enrollment climb from 115 to 215, while steadily increasing tuition by 3 percent to 4 percent a year and aggressively fundraising.
"Here we had a school that the archdiocese determined needed to be closed, and now eight years later, they're going strong," Zwilling said.


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I have two amazing kids. I love them. They bring joy and laughter to our home.
That being said though; it wasn't always so simple for me to say that. I, like many women, struggled with postpartum depression. I had two very tough pregnancies, with Josh I was living with a lot of unknowns given his cardiac condition. We were constantly being told he wouldn't live. When he was born (and when he lived) I was thrilled, terrified, sad, worried, angry, confused, emotional... I was a mess; but then, that's normal when your kid is so sick right? I didn't think much about it, I look back and see that I suffered from post-traumatic stress, I hit almost all the markers for it but I didn't know it then.
When I was pregnant with Kaleb I had pre-eclampsia and my chances of a normal pregnancy went out the window. I was on bed rest and really sick and finally one night they decided my blood pressure was just too high and they had to take him out. Two pregnancies, two unplanned and unwanted C-sections, two times I felt I had failed at being a Mom before even holding them. One nurse told me (while pregnant with Josh) that I had an 'unfriendly' womb; Kaleb's situation only confirmed this lie... I felt like the worst kind of failure. I was sad, I blamed the pregnancy blues, I blamed hormones, I blamed sleeplessness. I was angry, scared, worried, and had lost all patience with both boys, two boys that I loved more than anything, two boys who in one breath changed my world for the better. I knew what was expected of me, to be all glowy and happy that I had these amazing kids, to be 'together' and over the moon in love with them. I was; I just didn't feel like that all the time. Each day would be different, some days I didn't want to leave my bed, and when one cried I would want to scream, some days all I wanted to do was hold them and kiss their foreheads and tell them all the dreams I had for them. Some days one would puke and I would feel so angry, other days one would puke and I would cry, or sometimes they would puke and I would giggle about how they timed it so perfectly (right after I would put them in a clean outfit). No day was the same, I was an emotional mess. It took a toll on me and finally, Tim asked me to see someone. I thought he was crazy, I felt like a failure all over again. I was the worst kind of Mom. I went to the doctor though, I sought help and it changed me. Talking about it wasn't as easy.
This is postpartum. It's not pretty, it's not all glowy joy and rose buds. It can be messy, it can be sad and scary and lonely.
My boys are now 7 and 9 and in that time I have come to realize that I was normal, that many women struggle with postpartum and there is no 'right way' of having a baby (natural vs C-section; breastfeeding vs bottle). I wasn't a failure, I was doing the best I could do given the situation. I wasn't weak, I wasn't a bad mother, I wasn't weird or crazy. I was sick, I was sad, I was scared and until I started talking about it I was alone.


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I had someone ask me how to best update the AD RMS service account password. As we started mulling over it we realized that this is more than just a domain account that we change the password in the services mmc. Some of this information may be in the AD RMS configuration database, there is a web application pool account, and so on.
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WASHINGTON — Senator Byron L. Dorgan, Democrat of North Dakota, announced abruptly on Tuesday that he would not seek re-election this year a clear sign of the difficulties Democrats will face in defending their large Congressional majorities in the upcoming mid-term election.
Mr. Dorgan, who is completing his third term, has been regarded for months as one of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents. Gov. John Hoeven, a popular Republican, has been weighing a run for Senate, and recent polls indicate he would easily defeat Mr. Dorgan, who nonetheless remains well-regarded by voters.
Mr. Hoeven has yet to announce his plans, but Mr. Dorgan's decision not to run increases both the likelihood that the three-term governor will pursue the open Senate seat and that Democrats will lose it.
For now, Democrats nominally control 60 seats in the Senate, which is the precise number needed to overcome Republican filibusters. The major health care legislation, for instance, is advancing only because all 60 members of the Democratic caucus, including two independents, have united in support of it.
Mr. Dorgan's decision underscores how fragile that 60-vote majority is. Democratic incumbents also face serious challenges in Connecticut, Arkansas, Colorado and Pennsylvania among other states while Senator Harry Reid, the party leader, is in his own tough fight for re-election in Nevada.Continue reading the main story
At the same time, Democrats have some opportunity to pick up Republican seats due to retirements in Missouri, Ohio, New Hampshire and Florida.
Mr. Dorgan has grown increasingly pessimistic about his prospects for re-election in recent weeks as he traveled around the state and met with constituents and he did not hide his sentiment that the Congress and the Obama administration erred in putting too much emphasis on the health care overhaul and not enough on job-creating economic programs.
But in a statement released Tuesday he said his decision was based on a desire to engage in other pursuits after more than 30 years in public service.
"Although I still have a passion for public service and enjoy my work in the Senate, I have other interests and I have other things I would like to pursue outside of public life," Mr. Dorgan said. "I have written two books and have an invitation from a publisher to write two more books. I would like to do some teaching and would also like to work on energy policy in the private sector."
Senate Republicans quickly hailed the news of Mr. Dorgan's retirement as a sign of their brightening political prospects.
"Senator Dorgan's retirement now provides us with another excellent pick-up opportunity," said Brian Walsh, a spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee. "This development is indicative of the difficult environment and slumping approval ratings that Democrats face."
Despite the challenging political climate allies had still expected Mr. Dorgan to try to take on Mr. Hoeven and the announcement of his retirement was a surprise to many.
While Mr. Dorgan's decision to retire could be costly in the long-term, the decision does free him from some of the political constraints he was under as the Senate debated difficult issues and the leadership will be looking for his vote on tough economic and environmental legislation facing the Democratic Congress in 2010.
His home-state Democratic colleague, Senator Kent Conrad, predicted Mr. Dorgan could eventually join the Obama administration.
"Although Senator Dorgan is leaving the Senate at the end of 2010, I have a feeling that this will not be the last of his public service," Mr. Conrad said in a statement. "It is my guess he will be on a short list of future Cabinet nominees to the Obama administration in the coming years."
Democrats picked up seats in the Senate in both 2006, when they regained the majority, and in 2008 in large part because Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York and former chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, worked hard to prevent any retirements.
The only recent Democratic retirements have been as a result of the party's success in reclaiming the White House. Barack Obama of Illinois and Joseph R. Biden Jr. left to become president and vice president; Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York to become secretary of state; and Ken Salazar of Colorado to be secretary of the interior. In all of those cases, Democratic governors appointed the successors.
Mr. Dorgan, who is chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee, has expressed some frustration with the direction of his party this year. While other Democrats wanted to pursue major health care legislation, Mr. Dorgan though they should focus more on jobs and the economy.
Mr. Dorgan had faced the prospect of a difficult re-election battle in North Dakota, where voters overwhelmingly supported Senator John McCain of Arizona in last year's presidential race, and broadly express negative views of the Obama administration.
In his statement, Mr. Dorgan stressed that he was not leaving out of frustration.
"Let me be clear that this decision does not relate to any dissatisfaction that I have about serving in the Senate," he aid. "Yes, I wish there was less rancor and more bipartisanship in the U.S. Senate these days. But still, it is a great privilege to serve and I have the utmost respect for all of the men and women with whom I serve."
He also said he would work hard on a number of economic and financial issues during his remaining months in office.
"We need to get the economic engine restarted and put people back to work," he said. "We need to reform our financial system to make sure that which happened to cause this deep recession will not happen again. And we need to get our fiscal and budget policies under control. The federal budget deficits are not sustainable."Continue reading the main story


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Minyanville's Before The Bell: Treasury's Guiding Hand, Danaher M&A, Futures Mixed
The Treasury held a big gathering over the weekend, and we have a little M&A activity with Danaher. Futures are mixed.
The Treasury hosted talks over the weekend with Citigroup (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), and Bank Of America (BAC) to set up a $100 billion fund to buy distressed assets in exchange for new short-term debt. The fund or "superconduit" will act as a buyer of last resort paying market prices for structured investment vehicle (SIV) assets in an effort to prevent dumping. The banks hope to have this fund up and running within 90 days. Although the Treasury made clear that it was not proposing a bailout by the government, the goal is to facilitate a movement within the private sector. (From WSJ) Read Professor Shedlock's Problems For Banks, Problems For You? Also have a look at Professor Sedacca's Third Quarter In Review: You Have Got To Be Kidding Me.
The Bull Pen: Citigroup last week announced it beat third quarter estimates and this morning is bid higher in the premarket. Traders who are bullish and believe the worst may be behind these financials in the near term may wish to use the trend-line from the August lows ($47.00) as a near-term sell-stop for C. On JPM, one could use the near-term trend-line ($46.65) or the 50-DMA ($45.60) as a prudent sell-stop. Those who wish to play BAC from the long side could place sell-stop below $52, a key level of short-term support.
The Bear Cave: With the bank index still trading below resistance (BKX 111.50), traders who wish to play the downside may define their risk on Citigroup with a buy-stop above $49 (recent resistance) or $50 (broader resistance). JPM faces significant resistance at $48 and BAC players could use a move above February highs ($54) as a defined risk level.
Danaher's Shopping List
In some M&A news this morning, Danaher (DHR) agreed to buy electronic test and measurement company Tektronix (TEK) for $2.8 billion. TEK shareholders will receive $38 per share in a cash tender offer, representing a 34% premium to its closing price from Friday. Danaher's president and CEO H. Lawrence Culp Jr said the acquisition "provides an excellent complement to our existing Electronic Test business." (From WSJ) Professor Guy Adami first mentioned this company in early August in Gone Fishin' With Danaher.
The Bull Pen: DHR closed at $82.47 on Friday. Traders note the gap higher on Sep. 18 that has now been filled as the stock pulls back on light volume. The 50-DMA at 79.43 should provide support for this pullback; a move below that could act as a stop. Tertiary plays include Adtran (ADTN), Agilent (A), and JDS Uniphase (JDSU).
The Bear Cave: Those looking to fade (read: sell) Danaher may use a trade above the recent highs ($84.35) as tight and defined risk.
Have a look at Minyanville's Stocks To Watch for more company-specific ideas.
A Quick Check Around the World
Asian markets all closed in the green. Japan's Nikkei gained +0.16%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained +2.44%, Taiwan's TAIEX gained +0.23%, India's Sensex added +3.47%, and China's Shanghai Composite finished with a +2.15%.
As of 9:00 AM EST, stocks in Europe are mixed. The DAX is lower by -0.21%, the CAC is higher by +0.22%, and the FTSE is lower by -0.12%. S&P futures are are lower by -0..4 points and Nasdaq futures are up by 1.75 points.
A Look At Commodities
Crude is up +0.97 to 84.66. Gold is higher +6.70 to 760.50. Silver is up +0.15 to 14.06, and copper is up +7.25 to 372.50.
The Radar
The NY Empire State Index came in at 28.8 versus 13.1 consensus estimates.
Citigroup (C) already released third quarter results. Quarterly EPS came in at $0.47 per share versus estimates of $0.43. Revenues rose 5.8% year-over-year to $22.66 billion versus $20.81 billion.
Biotech giant Genentech (DNA) is set to report after the bell. Click here for Minyanville's trading radar.
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Since I'm about to describe a few different kinds of Styrofoam kites, I'm sure you won't mind hearing just a bit about the material itself...
Styrofoam was invented by the Dow Chemical Company in the U.S. in the early 1940s. It's BLUE in color, and consists of extruded polystyrene in a 'closed cell foam'.
Styrofoam is light, resists moisture, resists compression, is a good heat insulator and is very buoyant in water.
Everybody knows about 'Styrofoam cups', but this makes the guys at Dow rather cranky!
You see, only the blue stuff is actually STYROFOAM, legally. Notice the capital letters, that's part of their trademark.
The white stuff in cups and packaging materials is actually expanded polystyrene beads. This material has similar properties to STYROFOAM, but is nowhere near as good, according to the Princes of Polystyrene at Dow.
Why don't we just call the cups and everything 'foam', they plead.
The foam slab box kite in the photo down there flew, but generally I prefer cheap and very light plastic. Combined with hardwood dowel or bamboo spars, the resulting kites are efficient and very good in light winds.
Box kites also work well using these materials, and held together with short strips of electrical insulation tape. Handy for when the winds aren't so light! On that note...
Making Box Kites is a printable e-book. It's a PDF file download.
Anyway, back to ermmm Styrofoam kites. :-)
Did you know that at least 3 completely different types of Styrofoam kites have been popular at one time or another? I'll mention 3 types here, some examples of which are probably lying around in people's cupboards or even still being flown.
There's a guy with an amateurish but oh-so-passionate website who describes how he constructed durable and high-flying kites from Styrofoam cups and masking tape. His favorite Styrofoam kites, which had a 71cm (28 inch) wingspan, were made from the 32-ounce cups that were sold in the U.S. He had two designs actually, which he called the Styrohawk and Stratohawk. Here's a list of interesting facts about these kites.
I might make one myself one day! If it's as good at high-altitude flying as he says, I'm definitely interested. Even though this kite dates back to the mid-90s, it will be a good idea for as long as Styrofoam cups are around. Even if Styrofoam is eventually changed to some other material, I'd say there's a chance this kite concept will still work!
A tumbling wing can generate lift, and this is the principle used by turbo kites like the one in the small picture down there. It's easy to prove...
Just grab a ruler and hold it in the middle, with your thumb under the bottom edge and 2 fingers on the top edge. Throw it away from you, giving it a really good flick with your top fingers so it tumbles backwards. With practice, you can make a wooden or plastic ruler fly across the room, making a low buzzing sound as it goes!
There, you didn't know I'd describe a party trick on my kite site, did you... I could go into the aerodynamics of this, but won't, because this is a fun kite site!
Like the Styrohawk kite, these turbo kites were also around in the 90s, and had 2 main applications. That is, as kids' toys and later as duck lures for hunters. Yep, they worked brilliantly for duck hunters, attracting the birds into range! As long as there was some wind, which was a problem for the duck hunters sometimes. These Styrofoam kites, being rather fragile, didn't remain popular for long in either application. There might be a few still flying, but more modern materials are now being used to construct spinning kites.
Again in the U.S., the giant chain store Walmart used to sell big Styrofoam kites in the shape of eagles and other large birds. A passing fad, not many people are flying them now it seems.
Ok, ok, I know I said 3 types of Styrofoam kites, but an extra one just came to mind. And some extra info just came my way via an email from another enthusiast. Real STYROFOAM insulation tiles can be used for these kites. Maybe at some later time I will provide detailed instructions for these. But for now, if you are the 'experimenting' type, read on!
Somebody had the idea of constructing a square box kite using Styrofoam tiles for the sails and light wooden doweling for the spars. With the tiles butt-joined together, there is no need for the usual bracing with cross-sticks. Just a simple box kite, but apparently the idea works. I can imagine it would need a decent breeze to fly though.
An even simpler concept is to make a triangular box kite from foam tiles. With the edges beveled at the right angles, you can tape or tie 3 rectangular shapes together, forming a triangular tube. Run a bridle string through it, secure it so it can't slip forward or back and tie a small loop to attach the flying line. Haven't tried it yet myself, but the concept sounds promising!
Apparently, the tetrahedral kite idea can work as well. This involves cutting out 4 triangular sheets of Styrofoam. After some beveling, they should fit reasonably neatly into a tetrahedron shape, like those old flavored milk cartons. Are you old enough to remember them? ;-)
Finally, an idea which doesn't involve tiles, but foam coffee cups and straws. Use your imagination to cut up and tape together some of these cups to form a simple sled kite! Using straws for the 2 vertical spars.
Has all that talk of box kites got you inspired? Here's some non-foam options...
Making Box Kites is a printable e-book. It's a PDF file download.
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P.S. Keep an eye out for books by kite author Glenn Davison, a prominent kite person in the USA.
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"Love the easy to understand step by step instructions, made from next to nothing materials and above all so much fun to fly... cheers Tim for sharing your well thought out pdf kite designs with the whole world.
Very satisfying making your own and watching them get air-born for the first time."
"I decided to run kite making as an elective again on this camp in the past week - so I bought all your e-books, a bunch of materials, and then took a group of 10 high school students through making the kites over 4 days. We built a diamond, a Barn Door, a Delta, and two skew delta kites. Again - every single kite flew."
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Very detailed and USEFUL information - thanks for such a great book."
years ago, I tried making a kite using the 'instructions' in a free
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Your instructions and methods are wonderful. You help the builder to focus on accuracy, without making it hard. Also, you use materials that are durable, yet cheap!"
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Hey All,
Recently my mom decided she wanted a new dining room table. Looking for a new project, I told her I would build it for her. I was able to quite a bit of lumber from an old water tower. The wood is cypress. I planed it down, jointed it, and have completed the top of the table using wood glue and biscuits.
I am now in the process of building the base of the table. I am milling more cypress (from the water tower) down into 2×4s which I will combine to make my own 4×4s. There are 2 reasons I am making my own 4×4s.
1. The cypress is sold old that new cypress will not match it when I go to stain it
My concern is in regards to finishing. I have never worked with cypress and while I the build has gone really well thus far, being unfamiliar with how cypress finishes does concern me. In retrospect I do realize I violated the principle of knowing how I wanted to finish a project before I began the project. That is water under the bridge and a good lesson learned moving forward.
I wanted to reach out to the community and see if anyone is familiar with cypress and staining cypress for indoor furniture use. While I am not at finishing stage yet (need to finish building base first), I wanted to get this question up in advance so that there would be time for others to share their advice/experience with me. My mother does want the table stained and I have done some samples. However, with cypress an orange/yellow bleeds through even with wood conditioner.
I have attached some pictures. The first picture is of the completed table top. The 2nd and 3rd pictures if of the cypress next to a 4×4 of cedar for comparison purposes.


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Hello Bees, long time lurker first time poster. I recently purchased my gown Allure style 9002. I am a street size 12/14. The sample size 16 fit me well but after taking measurements the consultant said I needed a size 20???? (mainly because of my hips and butt). I'm afraid it going to be huge. Am I worrying for no reason? Anyone else have similar sizing issue with Allure?


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NCB M Fund shines, but market unexcited by other two unit trust products
NCB Capital Markets' unit trust M Fund, representing its JMD Money Market portfolio, had subscriptions totalling more than $8 billion in its first year, indicating strong market interest.
But two other NCB CapFunds products that were launched at the same time - the B Fund and the E Fund, representing the JMD High Yield and JMD Caribbean Equity portfolios, respectively - failed to excite investors, and had garnered just about $360 million combined at financial year ending September 2014.
Still, the units themselves across the three products have appreciated and are all trading above their debut price of $10 - yielding returns that ranged between four per cent and 7.3 per cent at September 2014.
In real terms however, with annual inflation tracking at 9 per cent in September, the NCB CapFunds, as well as other products trading on the unit trust market at that point were yielding negative returns.
A change in the trajectory of inflation data near the end of the calendar year has had a positive impact on real returns, with annual inflation falling to 6.4 per cent in December.
NCB Capital Markets Limited is the newest and fifth entrant in the unit trust market, starting out with three funds in November 2013. The M Fund and B Fund are invested in fixed income assets, while the E Fund is invested in equities.
By the end of the first financial year for the funds, spanning 11 months to yearend September 2014, NCB Cap Market had scored close to nine per cent of the market, according to data from the regulator of unit trusts, the Financial Services Commission.
Still, CEO of NCB Capital Markets Steven Gooden ack-nowledged that returns were anaemic, which he blamed on market conditions, but said he was bullish about the funds' prospects.
risk-averse stance
Gooden did not specifically address why the B and E funds had such little take-up, nor how they were performing relative to target, saying only that what the overall report on the scheme shows that investors were putting their money in a "safe" instrument, and that this was a function of the risk-averse stance of investors.
"The risk appetite of the high yield portfolio is greater than that of the money market fund. As such, the high yield portfolio invests in longer dated sovereign and corporate bonds that offer higher rates of return," he told Wednesday Business.
The NCB CapFunds portfolio has since grown to six funds with the addition of a US dollar portfolio in the fourth quarter of 2014, namely the xM Fund, xB Fund and iB Fund. The latter is a USD-indexed product.
"We have great expectations for our unit trust scheme," said Gooden. "We are currently at $14 billion in assets under management across six portfolios, making us the third largest in the industry. We are looking to add more portfolios over the medium term to provide our clients with options to further diversify and enhance their returns," he said.
But again, Gooden declined comment on which specific funds had received the additional $5 billion to $6 billion of subscriptions since last September. What it proves, he said, is that word about NCB CapFunds is getting around.
"Retail client subscriptions accounted for the large movement driven by continued growth in our Jamaican dollar-denominated portfolios along with significant interest in our new United States dollar-denominated offerings," said the NCB Capital Markets CEO.
Jamaica's unit trust market now comprises 26 funds managed by the five players. At last disclosure on February 9, the annual growth rate of those funds have ranged from 2.29 per cent up to 19.57 per cent.
"When you annualise the performance of our three unit trust portfolios and compare them to the respective benchmarks, they have all outperformed. Our two fixed portfolios outperformed the BOJ CD benchmark rate by 1.0 percentage point and 2.8 percentage points, while our equities portfolio outperformed the JSE Index by 10.9 percentage points," Gooden maintained.
Pressed about returns being negative for inflation, Gooden conceded that was a concern, but maintained that his product is a good bet for those who want to play it safe.
"From a local currency perspective, the returns are attractive on a risk-adjusted basis when compared to other options in the market. However, the inflation concern is real, and as such, we encourage investors to include hard currency options in their portfolio mix as a means of hedging against inflation," he said.
Jamaica's unit trust market was last valued at $96 billion of assets under management at September 2014 by the Financial Services Commission.
Sagicor Investments Jamaica Limited is the dominant player with 55.1 per cent of the market, followed by Scotia Asset Management Jamaica Limited with 27.1 per cent, NCB Capital Markets with 8.7 per cent; Barita Unit Trust, five per cent; and JMMB Fund Managers Limited with 4.1 per cent, according to the FSC.