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In this issue:I Remember! | Gospel of Matthew & New Testament update | Durban II: The Latest War on IsraelThrought the Bible Series | Devotionals for Soldiers update | Maoz Stockholders/Shareholders Report
I Remember!
Monthly Report: April 2009Nissan - Iyyar 5769
My Immersion
By Avner Valer
Before you read his story,watch a short Video where Avner shares in person about his testimony:
I remember - first cigarette
I can still clearly remember my first cigarette. I was a high school student and my friend Keren came to me at break time and asked, "Want to smoke? I've got some cigarettes." I went with her to the stairs next to our sports class where I trained with the athletic team.
I held the cigarette like a lifetime smoker, taking puff after puff, hardly choking at all. I pretendedsmoking was nothing new to me because I didn't want Keren to see me looking weak.
For months I had been imagining how I would feel when I smoked my first cigarette. Now I finally had the chance.
I finished that cigarette and immediately took another one. That's how I am, always trying things, all the way to the very end. I want my entire being to feel the experience.
I remember - first drug
The first time I smoked drugs will be something I will never forget either. Dan, my best friend, smiling with joy as he came toward me, said, "I've got pot! Want to smoke?"
I went with him. For months I had imagined how I would feel the first time I used drugs, not wanting to miss a chance of trying something new.
Dan and I drove a four-wheeler to the desert behind our village in the Arava, the southern part ofIsrael. As usual there was a deep silence in the desert. I could even hear our steps on the sand.
It was some kind of never ending silence typical to this area that surrounded us. I loved this silence.
Dan took out of his bag a dirty, disgusting thing called a Bong. After he smoked, he handed it over to me. I took it and inhaled a long smoke.
He smoked a lot and started laughing and behaving strangely. I thought he was kidding me because I didn't feel a thing. I thought perhaps he had given me just a simple cigarette or something.
Suddenly my mouth became really dry, as if I didn't have water in my body. I lay in the four-wheeler trying to understand what had just happened. I think I lay there for an hour or so on my back, terrified, without knowing what was happening to me and feeling dryer and dryer.
I lifted my head up and I started throwing up like never before in my life. I still remember the pain that coursed through my body.
I thought it was strange that I felt like I had no liquids in my body, yet I kept throwing up. The pain became stronger as I laid back on the four-wheeler. My eyes became watery and liquids were leaking from my nose out of control. I kept thinking, "Where is all this liquid coming from?"
I remember saying: "drugs - that's my last time"
Dan took me home. My head was dizzy all night and I remember telling myself, "I will never touch drugs again in my life!"
After a few days I wondered how come Dan enjoyed it so much and I suffered. I decided since I had already tried it, maybe I should just keep trying it until I enjoyed it too!
I started spending a lot of time with Dan and some friends. Many times we were going back home telling ourselves, "This is the last time!" but we kept smoking drugs in greater amounts.
I can't remember the first ecstasy pill
I do remember falling in love with ecstasy. Some people use a yellow smiley as a sign, some kind of a code for ecstasy. I planned on tattooing the smiley sign on my "wedding ring" finger.
Ecstasy is also known as the "love drug". I took more and more of it. Whoever takes it loves everything - people, nature - everything! When under its influence I really wanted to hug the trees because of their beauty. I thought that if the entire world could only take this pill, everything would be OK!
I found out I could make my mind prolong the "high" feeling of ecstasy longer than just a few hours. Sometimes I was "high" for a day and a half. I had taught myself how to use the pill to its greatest potential.
It was very simple. Inside my head there was this voice that was very similar to mine - yet somehow it was different. Actually I had several voices in my head - I called them "my advisers."
I began consulting them for almost everything. I learned that the more I obeyed them, the "higher" I felt. I obeyed them in almost every matter, even if it was locking the door three times. Once I planted a tree in my mother's yard. (Her innocence made her think I was helping with the housework).
I remember - insanity
I think my last "high" lasted for almost two weeks. Each day it became stronger until my touch with reality and people became weaker. I entered the insanity zone.
This insanity I remember clearly. I felt like I had a bubble around me, not a bath bubble but a thick bubble you can't burst in a simple way. Through the bubble I would see things differently and my hearing had changed. People were saying one thing and I would hear something totally different.
Then the hospitalization in the closed psychiatric institute came - this part I can only partly remember. I do however remember the horrible smells and I remember people whose behavior was radically crazy. So many sad occasions; I could fill books.
One of the toughest experiences I remember is the day, as usual, my parents came to visit - only this time they brought along my younger brother. He was 16 years old. I stared at them withan empty look and whispered, "I asked you not to bring visitors here!" I didn't even recognize my own brother.
After the hospitalization I was sent to a half-way house in Hod HaSharon, north of Tel Aviv. People say that I looked like a question mark - my back was always bent because I just couldn't stand up straight. My hand was constantly shaking and the side of my mouth continually drooled.
I was sure that I'd have to live with this disability for the rest of my life. I would sleep for 12 hours and the other 12 hours I spent watching TV. These were the two "worlds" I escaped to. I just couldn't handle the outside world anymore.
I once saw on TV a guy that suffered from insanity like me. He explained insanity was like being in a James Bond movie as the lead role and you are the hero.
Then they hospitalize you and burst your bubble. It becomes very difficult to accept reality after living in this wonderful fantasy world and I knew exactly what he was talking about.
During the days I spent in the closed psychiatric institute I was emptied of all pride. My self identity was taken away when they took my clothes and tied my arms and legs to my hospital bed.
I remember when they were tying me to a bed, it was the first time I called on God out loud. I had no one to turn to. On the straps which tied me to the bed I could see the teeth marks of previous patients who couldn't escape, and I realized I was not about to escape either.
It is an excruciating feeling when they take away your freedom and your human identity. I called on God with only one word; I can't even remember what it was, but I think it was "Why?"
All of this time I was surrounded by organizations and family that helped and supported me. My country cared for all of my needs, helping me more than I could have ever imagined and I thank God for that.
Me and Shoo-Shoo on the day I heard about Yeshua
I remember - finally, hope
One day I went to my cousin's Bar-Mitzva party. There I found myself sitting at the table with Shahar, another cousin. I heard many people calling him "Shoo-Shoo" because most of them were not Israelis and they found it hard to pronounce his name properly.
Shoo-Shoo started to talk with me, a talk that changed my life. He told me all about the Messiah, not sparing any details. As a person that just stepped out from a closed psychiatric institute, I really didn't understand about the "sacrifices" or "priests". They sounded like very distant words to me.
Yet I didn't want him to stop because while he was talking about the Holy Temple and so on, Shoo-Shoo shared some pearls of wisdom that this Yeshua had said.
This gave me some lines and I drew a picture of him in my imagination - a fuzzy image of this one I did not know, yet had a vague desire to know him. I have no scientific or logical explanation for this emotion I felt - it was something from above, an act of GOD.
I began to feel this man, Yeshua, was the one to whom I wanted to give my life and in Him I would trust to take me safely to shore. He was the one I wanted to follow.
I remember a clear feeling that the puzzle of my life had rearranged itself, in a split second, and it became a beautiful and perfect picture.
I stopped Shoo-Shoo and asked him "Oh, so you don't believe in some kind of a guru; you believe in some kind of God that came to our earth as a person. And that he is Yeshua the Messiah!" Shoo-Shoo nodded.
"I want to hear every word this God-person had ever said," I thought to myself.
"Can you find me a copy of the New Testament in Hebrew?" I asked. "Sure," he responded easily.
Until that very day I was sure this book was the most clandestine book in Israel and you were just not allowed to read it. More than once I had tried to find out about this book but I was afraid of people's reactions.
I remember how surprised I was to hear that Yeshua was actually Jewish. I thought it was a joke!
I was even more surprised to see verses in Jeremiah that talk about the New Covenant from my other friend Miki.
In high school I learned five units of Bible and actually it was often the only class I bothered to attend. The rest of the day I was usually out in the schoolyard, smoking drugs and hanging out with friends. But I always knew that the Tanach (Old Testament) is a "one of a kind" book and I bothered my teacher, Carmela, with a thousand questions. She would patiently try to explain to me all the hard words and concepts.
Sometimes I dreamed of studying the Tanach all by myself, without Carmela's help. They were just dreams then.
Now I know!
Today I am 25 years old. Yeshua took me out of the waters about five years ago, and since I met Him, TRUELY, my life has been changed completely. I now study with all my heart the entire Bible - which has shown me the Way of Life.
I never looked back, never missed my old life. I have never for a moment questioned my belief inYeshua.
My back has straitened and my hands have stopped shaking and I threw away the drugs I had continued to take (even after the hospitalization) on that most amazing day of my life, the day in which Yeshua the Messiah saved me.
I do remember how hard it was to give up the disability pension I was entitled to receive from the government because I was used to receiving it. I knew how financially easy my life was because of it, but I knew I had to trust in God to give me the strength to work - and so it was.
It was quite a shock to those around me to see me doing physical work like gardening, washing dishes at a restaurant and even doing renovations! I remember how surprised I was finding that my body was healthy enough to bear all that physically hard work.
Together with all that, I began studying at a graphic arts institute. I had always been interested in art and media and was happy to finally find a subject that included both of them.
I joined an intensive Bible study program for three months and later became a leader there. I also cooperated with some young adults from my former congregation, HaMaayan, and starting with three people, we formed a young adults group for believers from cities all around our area.
These meetings that were geared for young people grew to about 60 with every age group joining in. I began preaching at the meetings and the different congregations and house groups.
In short, God cured me - in front of the eyes of all of the doctors - curing me from every psychiatric pill and treatment I had taken.
Once I had "advisers." Now I have my "Wonderful Counselor," the greatest of all! (Isaiah 9:5)
Your testimonies also are my delight and my counselors. Psalms 119:24
I strive to replace the wisdom of man with God's wisdom every day, and, like Paul, if I am beside myself, it is for God! (2 Corinthians 5:13).
My parents thought I would never be normal again, that I would always be dependent on someone else.
Yeshua took me from where others had already given up. Through patience and never-ending love He took me out from my filthiness and looked at me with honor and love.
I remember - heavenly wisdom
I have wanted to be like the possessed person that Yeshua set free from the legion of demons. The people that came to Yeshua found this man when the demons had left him and he was sitting at Yeshua's feet, dressed and sane…. Yeshua sent him out, saying: "Go home and tell them about all the things God has done for you."
I owe Him all of my life, and writing this article is an opportunity to remember Him and thank Him for what great things he has done for me.
Avner joins the Maoz team
About a year ago we met a bright young man whom our Maoz media director had just hired. We were struck by his enthusiasm, his obvious entrepreneurial nature together with a humble attitude that enhanced his good social skills.
I say we were struck because one does not easily find in the same person a strong "self starter" and also a great team person.
Avner has many talents. He is an imaginative and sensitive graphic artist - helping our department head, Omer, with the Maoz Israel Report, book covers, DVD and CD covers, to mention a few of Maoz media projects.
Furthermore, Avner is, as you can see from his testimony, a really fine writer. His mother tongue is Hebrew and he writes in Hebrew. There will be many opportunities to use his talents on our Hebrew website and on Hebrew blogs. He has already published a book on Proverbs.
Over this last year Avner has proven to be a great addition to our media department. And we couldn't be happier that this young Israeli's greatest desire is to work for the Lord in an organization where he can be a part of a ministry outreach and Congregation Tiferet Yeshua.
Avner gave his testimony in our congregation. All could see he really has a message for young people!
He is a sold out young Israeli Messianic Jew. As Yeshua said, He who has been forgiven much, loves much!
Shira Sorko-Ram
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"Can you find me a copy of the New Testament in Hebrew?" I asked. "Sure," he responded easily. Until that very day I was sure this book was the most clandestine book in Israel and you were just not allowed to read it.
Avner Valer
Because of your generous giving we have all the money required to produce 10,000 CDs of the Gospel of Matthew and 1,000 copies of the entire audio New Testament in Hebrew with an original musical score (18 CDs) - a total of $25,000! (£18,150; €19,600)
The 10,000 copies of Matthew will be given away to interested Israelis and the complete New Testament will be distributed throughout the country to congregations and Bible book stores.
Durban II: The Latest War on Israel
By Shira Sorko-Ram
A few days before 9/11, the United Nations mounted its greatest-ever attack on Israel's existence. The week-long battle raged in far-off Durban, South Africa. Not a war of physical weapons, but one that was going for the kill - and its target, center stage, was the Jewish state.
These human architects of righteousness and justice titled their crusade the "World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance."
They chose two honored guests to greet the delegates - the famed father of modern terrorism, Yasser Arafat, together with the founder of the oldest dictatorship in the western hemisphere, Fidel Castro.
The eight-day conference, pumped up to be an event that would fight such evils as racism and religious intolerance, was nothing more or less than an eight-day hate-fest against Israel - a vicious and racist onslaught against the human rights of the Jewish people.
Massive Demonstration in Durban, September 2001, orchestrated by Islamists, protesting the existence of Israel.
Their premise: Who is more racist than Israel? And who discriminates racially more than the Jews? And what religion is more intolerant of other religions than Judaism? Who made those judgments? The 7,000 delegates from the nations of the world, guided by the UN's Islamic nucleus, pronounced the verdict.
The attacks were multi-faceted: Pamphlets were handed out at the NGO (non government organizations) meetings, including vicious caricatures of Jews - reminiscent of Nazi cartoons of Jews in World War II - like Jews with hooked noses who had Palestinian blood on their hands as they sat on their piles of money.
The most infamous anti-Semitic book in existence, The Protocols of Zion, was freely distributed and posters carrying slogans overlapping the Star of David with the swastika greeted the emissaries.
Jewish delegates felt under siege and were hiding their accreditation badges because it identified them as Jewish delegates, again, reminiscent of Europe in World War II.
The aim was very clear: to unite the world to boycott and impose sanctions against Israel - as was done to bring down the South African white government - and destroy Israel economically.
The late Democratic Representative Tom Lantos of California who attended Durban I said, "This was the most sickening and unabashed display of hate for Jews I had seen since the Nazi period."
Another delegate from the American Jewish Committee said, this is "a well organized effort to use the human rights talk to delegitimize not only the actions of Israel, but its very right to exist."
Finally, the United States and Israel walked out. Canada stayed on, for the reason that they publically stated, to strongly voice their objection to the vicious attacks on Israel. The Canadian representative warned: "Canada is still here only because we wanted to have our voice decry the attempts at this conference to delegitimize the State of Israel."
However, when the final report of Durban I was published, Canada's official objections were mysteriously deleted from the report. In fact, human rights commissioner Navanethem Pillay had no problem informing the world that the report had been unanimously approved - a fact that Canada strenuously denies. She also failed to mention that the U.S and Israel left in the middle.
The conference ended four days before the twin towers were destroyed. The members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, who now dominate most UN events, concluded their deliberations and pronounced Israel the most evil power on earth.
But why bring up something that took place seven and a half years ago?
Because it is about to happen again. From April 20-24, Durban II will convene - this time in Geneva.
A new draft of Islamic demands, much harsher than the last one, has been in the works for many months. Their mantra - a homeland for the Jewish people is racism. Thus Israel is guilty of apartheid. And the Holocaust is subject to question because Iran and Syria have doubts concerning the number of Jews that died. In total, six provisions are dedicated to demonizing Israel as racist. (Daily News, Anne Bayefsky 30Jan09)
Long-term goals are embedded in Durban II's plan. Already working concurrently in the UN General Assembly, President Miguel d'Escoto Brockman (from Guatemala) avowed that Israeli policies amount to apartheid and "must be outlawed" and met by a "campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions to pressure Israel." In a word, Brockman and the UN majority want to bring destruction to Israel by economic death.
The intention is clear: the political defeat of Israel, in the same vein as apartheid South Africa, because repeated attempts at a military defeat of Israel have failed. (Ibid.)
Columnist Melanie Phillips warned that "Durban II is shaping up to be a vicious and racist onslaught against the human rights of the Jewish people accusing it of "apartheid, a crime against humanity and a form of genocide." (theJC. com 30Dec08)
Durban II will be chaired by Libya, with Iran as the vicepresident of the executive committee of the drafting group, and Cuba as the rapporteur (producing the final official draft). Other major human-rights offenders involved are Pakistan - where religious minorities are widely and viciously persecuted, and Russia, which is rediscovering its dictatorial past.
Think about it: Choosing Libya - a country with no political parties and Iran - a state whose President hasthreatened to wipe Israel off the map - to lead an anti-racism conference!
There are voices in the West which are sounding the alarm. Florida's Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who is a ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee warned, "Durban II has nothing to do with anti-racism and everything to do with attacking Israel and the Jewish people."
"Free nations," she continued, "should unite against violent radical Islamists and prevent the further manipulation of the UN to legitimize their extremist agenda. The U.S. and other responsible nations must stand up to the dictatorships that have hijacked much of the UN in general and Durban II in particular. Iran, Libya, Cuba, and their fellow repressive regimes at the UN continue to deny the Jewish state's right to exist, and they aim, through Durban II and other UN efforts, to prevent Israel from defending itself."
How do Islamists do it ?
How do anti-western and anti-Israel resolutions get passed in the UN? Full democracies are a minority in the UN (about 70). The non-democratic radical Organization of the Islamic Conference (56 Islamic members) dominates the nondemocratic developing world (another 65), and they usually vote as a block. Therefore the democratic nations stand no chance of winning on numbers alone. So the Western diplomats feel their only hope is to encourage a reasonable consensus.
The Islamic nations outmaneuver the West by beginning draft meetings with hysterically anti-Israel positions. The West then softens the position a bit and the "consensus" is presented - still very anti-Israel, but not quite as bad as at the beginning.
One can hardly fail to notice that in the Durban II draft there is no mention of the gross Jew-hatred and mass murder of Israelis by the Palestinians. (Over 1100 Israelis killed in terrorist attacks since the first Durban conference.)
There is no mention of any Arab or Muslim denial of human rights; no mention of the genocide in African nations; no condemnation of Arab states for barring to Jews; no condemnation of the Iranian threat of a second Holocaust. What about China, Burma, Zimbabwe, North Korea, to name a few? Or the current Islamic massacres in Sudan?
Think of the human rights abuses in Iran, Pakistan and Syria, the very countries heading up this charade, this travesty of a conference pretending to "bring justice" to the world.
But there is more. This new draft being prepared for the Durban rerun is not a simple "Let's destroy Israel only" presentation. It is at the same time a major attempt to outlaw all criticism of Islam and Islamic-bred violence.
The draft would brand all discussion of Islamic terrorism as "racism" or "xenophobia" (fear of strangers). The document declares all counter-terrorist surveillance of Islamic institutions to be "defamation of Muslims".
Their definition of rights and freedoms means that whoever criticizes anything Islamic (but not any other religion) is advocating racial or religious hatred.
Ros-Lehtinen, stated, "Because of the insidious efforts of... outlaw regimes and the inability or unwillingness of the UN system to prevent the enemies of freedom and human rights from hijacking the agenda, the Durban II conference is firmly on track to be an anti-America, anti-Israel and anti-Semitic hate-fest."
Melanie Phillips continues with "it is the UN and the architects of Durban II who are the racists and murderous bigots." She challenges the democratic nations to stand up to Islamic agenda and "denounce this sick farce, and pull out now." (Melanie Phillips, theJC.com, 30Dec08)
President Barack Obama, wanting more diplomatic interaction with the UN, had attempted to work with the Durban II committee to make the attacks against Israel palatable, but finally found that the document was hopelessly irreparable. According to his official press release, "The document being negotiated has gone from bad to worse, and the current text of the draft outcome document is not salvageable." To his credit, Obama has pulled the United States out of the conference.
The United States, Israel, Canada and Italy so far are the only states who have decided they will not attend Durban II. The question is whether or not Europe will actually pull out of Durban II or just float down the river with the rest of the world.
And here is the irony of the UN's outrageous perversion of fundamental human values. Without the financial support of the U.S. and a handful of other Western nations, the UN could accomplish exactly zero. The UN's administrative costs are some $5 billion a year. The U.S. pays 22% of that.
And according to the Heritage Foundation which has done extensive research on U.S. aid to developing countries, the very countries that the U.S. subsidizes, usually vote against U.S. and democratic interests in the UN.
The Heritage Foundation concludes that funding non-democratic countries does not help the cause of freedom. What is even more shocking, is that most of the non-democratic countries that receive regular aid from the U.S. are in worse condition than they were several decades ago. (see http://www.heritage.org/Research/InternationalOrganizations/bg2018.cfm)
"Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?" asks the Psalmist in Psalm 2. For world events to make sense at all, we must look into the spiritual realm. Without this perspective, we can only see nations acting irrationally and incomprehensibly.
So why? Why? Why? Why is Israel the center lightning rod to world rage? Why do evil regimes everywhere do as they please with no one reproving them, while Israel's every move is condemned by the world?
Understand: It is not Israel they hate. It is the God who promised Israel the land of Israel. It is the Messiah they hate who was born - not in Palestine, but in Bethlehem, Israel. It is the Bible they hate which promises Abraham, Isaac and Jacob the land which today is claimed by Arabs who for a few short decades have given themselves the name "Palestinians".
Arabs who could find a home in a dozen or more nations - where they speak the same language, eat the same food, have the same religion and culture - were it not that the ruler of this world, Satan, wants the Jewish people destroyed. Period.
He knows the Messiah who defeated him before eternity came from the Jewish people and will return to rule the world from Jerusalem! This infuriates Satan and he is determined to use whatever method possible to checkmate God's plan.
If the Messiah had been born in Ghana, then there would be no anti-Semitism; there would be anti-Ghanaism. Since Israel was chosen by God, Satan has searched for willing vessels to annihilate her - whether it be Haman or Hitler.
Our part in these circumstances is to(1) be aware,(2) pray diligently for the peace of Jerusalem,(3) help give the Jewish people the chance to hear the Gospel,(4) warn others of the ferocious battle over the life of the Jewish nation, and for that matter, all worship of the One True God, the God of Israel. The Messiah will overcome with His saints, but not without a fight to the end.
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Through the Bible Series by Gordon Lindsay
Before his death in 1973, Gordon Lindsay, founder of Christ for the Nations, authored a Bible course called "Through the Bible" series. Lindsay teaches the personality of God and the way He deals with human beings by analyzing the lives of the men and women of the Old Testament.
Although Rabbinical authorities of course teach from the Bible, they do not usually deal with the deep spiritual relationship between God and man.
For the Israeli reader, this will be a fresh new way of looking at the Bible characters and learning from them what God wants and expects from us today.
This Bible course of 37 booklets was created to give readers a love of the Scriptures.
We wish to translate the series into Hebrew.
Each book will cost $1,750 to translate, edit, proofread, typeset, print and distribute (£1270; €1370)
Your gift will help Israelis mature in their faith - which means they will be strengthened to multiply themselves by reaching new Israelis who are searching for the truth!
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Thank You, Maoz Partners!
Often Israeli believing soldiers have almost zero time for quiet time with the Lord.
We have printed four small Devotionals by Roy Lessin which fit into the pockets of our soldiers' uniforms.
Each page can be read within a minute.
As a Passover gift for every believing Israeli soldier we have contact with, we are sending these giftwrapped Devotionals along with our latest youth worship CD.
April 2009
Maoz Stockholders/Shareholders Report
I guess we all at one time or another have noticed that the stock markets across the globe have been on quite a roller coaster ride the last few months…way up, and then, way, way down…and even the experts are predicting that the recovery of Wall Street could be a slow, painful process…
That's what prompted me to give you, our shareholders, a report on your "stock" in Maoz Israel Ministries.
No, we are not listed on the Dow Jones, the S&P 500, or the NASDAQ.
Maoz Israel Ministries is listed on God's Kingdom Agenda to win the world to the Lord.
And, let me tell you, our stock is UP!
Your investments are secure, they are growing in size, they are guaranteed, there is an absolute airtight commitment of a return on investment, and there is also a guarantee that the value of your investments will never - that's right - NEVER lose value!
In fact, your position as a shareholder in Maoz Israel Ministries is one of the safest, securest, most reliable investments you can make.
What has been the return on your investment?
Two more Israelis came to faith in Yeshua this past week. 70 Hebrew titles distributed throughout Israel bringing Israelis to faith, training new believers, helping families raise strong families, and instilling faith in believers to expect miracles in their lives.
Believers have bought homes, started businesses, helped others in their neighborhood, learned the Hebrew language.
Worship, even some original songs in Hebrew, is permeating congregations across Israel, with a sound that is unmistakably Israeli, and unmistakably anointed…a cry from the next generation to pour out themselves in worship to Yeshua.
The children of Israel are being grounded in the Word, preparing them to face the greatest persecution, yet positioning them to be the great purveyors of revival that is promised to the world, when Israel finds their Messiah.
You read in this "Report" the marvelous testimony of Avner finding His Messiah. Now, that's a return on investment!
You can be sure our CEO's, Ari and Shira, are not using your investments for airplanes, junkets to Vegas, or extravagant perks. And they are not expecting a "bail out" either. Their trust is in the God of Israel, and the people of God, who understand that to invest in the hope of Israel is the greatest privilege in the world.
Your investments are growing while you work, eat, and sleep. Our teenagers are texting, blogging, and sharing their faith with their friends. Our soldiers who are believers (whom you blessed this month) are excelling in the Israeli army, with a vibrant testimony of trusting in God.
So, in such a shaky, unstable environment, you can rest assured, as shareholders in Maoz Israel Ministries, that your investment is secure, unshakeable, and guaranteed to bring a return of souls for the Kingdom…your gifts are working daily to bring more and more Israeli's to faith.
Let's see... Wall Street or Streets of Gold? I think you have made a wise decision!
Shalom, Christy Wilkerson International Administrator
P.S. Because of your decision to invest in Israel, and bless the Jewish people, there is no doubt that God is going to bless your socks off - as only He can do. His Word is guarantee enough!,
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Profile of Immigrants in Napa County
This report provides a comprehensive profile of the immigrant population in Napa County, California, an agricultural region with a wine industry driven largely by immigrant labor and a long history of welcoming immigrants, Latino immigrants from Mexico in particular. It examines the effect of immigration on the county's demographic trends and calculates the economic contributions of immigrants as well as their impact on state and local government revenues and expenditures. The report concludes with recommendations of policies and practices likely to ensure immigrants' continued role as productive members of the Napa Valley community.
The shift toward more permanent immigration to Napa County over the past two decades appears to have led to a substantial growth in the size of the county's Latino population, with Latinos representing nearly one-third of the total population by 2010. Latinos in Napa County appear to fare better than Latinos statewide with respect to income levels, poverty rates, and employment rates. A possible explanation, according to the report, may lie in features of the local economy in Napa Valley—particularly the increasingly skilled nature of work in vineyards and wineries—which may have increased Latino immigrants' productivity and wages. However, these immigrants' relatively low levels of educational attainment and English proficiency pose a challenge for workforce development.
The authors estimate that immigrants' contributions to the Napa County economy amount to up to 15 percent of the county GDP in 2009, ranging from $317 million to $1.07 billion. The report also offers that state and local expenditures on immigrant households are generally proportional to their share of the county population, except in the area of public education, where costs were higher. However, the cost of public schooling seems to reflect the rapidly increasing population of U.S.-born children of immigrants alongside shrinking numbers of children with nonimmigrant parents. The authors identify the education and integration of these young people as a key area of challenge and opportunity for Napa County's future productivity and prosperity as the native population ages.
I. Introduction
II. Methods
III. Findings
A. Napa County's Immigration in Regional Context
B. Immigration and Demographic Change in Napa County
C. Origins and Legal Status of Napa County's Immigrants
D. Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage
E. Geographic Concentration, Housing Burdens, and Housing Hardship
F. Immigrants in the Workforce and Economy
G. Economic Contributions of Immigrants to the Napa Valley Economy
H. Fiscal Costs and Contributions of Immigrants
IV. Conclusions

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It's not exactly secret knowledge that Xbox Live, even in 2012, is home to some rather unsavoury chat. But the manner in which this salvo is delivered, and the reaction it receives, serves as a pretty tidy example of just what it's like to actually be on the receiving end of it.
RMP = Random Male Player
RMP1: It's JENNY.
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RMP2: What up, Jenny?
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RMP3: It's name is Jenny.
RMP4: Everything has tits.
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Not her. It.
It's just one of an endless parade of depressing reading, all put together by Jenny Haniver, who runs the terrific site NKA (Not in the Kitchen Anymore). You can listen to it at her site below.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn.--The Birmingham-Southern softball team came out on the short end of a 10-inning pitcher's duel in game one of a doubleheader, then had its bats come alive to win game two of a conference twin bill against host Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn.
The Panthers fell 2-1 in game one, then rallied to take game two 10-3. The split for the Panthers takes them to 15-7 in conference play and 22-14 overall. The Lynx are now 15-6 in SAA action and 22-13 on the season.
In game one, BSC earned a quick lead after a double from sophomore Alyssa Statham brought home sophomore Bethany Fronk who led the game off with a walk. Rhodes matched the BSC run with one of their own in the bottom half of the third, and the 1-1 tie stood for the next six-and-a-half innings. The Panthers had a chance to score in the top of the 10th, leaving three runners on base, and the Lynx were able to win with a walk-off single by Desiree Buie.
Senior Danielle Rucker led BSC at the plate, going 3-5. The Panthers recorded nine hits while Rhodes had eight.
Fronk (18-11) pitched the complete game, giving up two earned runs with seven strikeouts. Rhodes pitchers Chloe Hundman and Forrest Skelton combined for 10 strikeouts, with Hundman getting the win and Skelton picking up the save.
In the nightcap, Rhodes got on the board first in the bottom of the second with two runs on an RBI double, and the Panthers quickly responded in the top of the next frame. Sophomore Joanna Jernigan and Fronk led off with singles, followed by an out before sophomore Taylor Bassett stepped to the plate and sent the ball over the fence to put BSC up 3-2 for its first lead of the day. Freshmen Katelyn Murray and Deanna Creps both RBI singled in the inning as well to give the Panthers a 5-2 advantage.
Bassett, Statham, and senior Brittany Berkopec all recorded RBIs in the top of the fourth to stretch the lead to 8-2. Rhodes hit a single-run homer in the bottom of the fourth to cut it to 8-3, but that would be the Lynx's final run of the day.
In the top of the sixth, Bassett went long again, hitting her 16th home run of the year and putting the Panthers up 10-3.
Bassett was 3-4 at the plate with five RBI, and BSC out-hit Rhodes 13-10. Creps (6-3) pitched the complete game and gave up 10 hits and three earned runs with four strikeouts.
The series concludes tomorrow with a noon doubleheader.


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Pacific and Caribbean Conference on Effective and Sustainable Regulation of Power and Water Services
Event Date:March 25, 2014 - 8:00am
Location:Nadi, Fiji
Dates: March 25-27, 2014
Conference Objectives
The Conference aims to bring together senior policy makers and regulators in the water and energy sectors from small island states across the Pacific and the Caribbean to:
- Share information and experience on relevant energy and water sector policies, laws, and regulations in small island countries, including:
- models for effective regulation;
- case studies on effective application of such models;
- specific regulatory approaches for energy access, service quality, and tariff-setting; and
- approaches to economic regulation to promote environmental sustainability, including energy efficiency and renewable energy.
- Consider the best ways of promoting South-South cooperation in policy, law and regulation of the energy and water sectors, between and among Pacific and Caribbean countries.
The organizers are expecting approximately 60 representatives comprising government officials, regulators, utility service providers, academics, and representatives from civil society and the private sector. The conference is targeting the Caribbean and Pacific islands, including Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu, Palau, Jamaica, Barbados, Saint Lucia, and Dominica. Worldwatch Institute's Climate and Energy Director Alexander Ochs will be participating.
For more information on the event, click here to download the agenda.


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"People are people through other people/ I am what I am because of who we all are"
- meaning of the Bantu word, Ubuntu
In high school, I was a hardcore basketball player. I played on my high school team, I played on a year round "select" team, I worked out 8 hours a day. When I think back on that time of my life, I don't think about the endless hours of drills, practice or even games. I can't remember which important shots I made or missed. I can only vaguely recall any of the details I felt were so incredibly important then. I don't miss basketball at all and I am a completely different person now then I was then (though who I am is hugely informed by who I was). What I look back to, reflect on and miss about that period of time is my teammates.
My teammates from my select team and I were a community of like minded individuals, working for a common goal. We pushed each other to be better, we lifted each other up and supported one another. Even though we each were trying to develop our own careers, we were partners in each others success. We raised each other up, knowing that we could all succeed and helping one another did not change that. In my entire life it is those bonds that we shared that define for me what it means to be a part of a community. I was who I was because of who we all were.
Those girls and I unconditionally, and sometimes blindly, supported one another. To this day, I still consider some of them my closest friends. Britt, Natalie, EP, AB- all of those ladies and I have weathered more than just well played hoops and basketball dreams. We share a bond that goes far beyond time and distance. It goes beyond powerful individual friendship to a space of power group conscious. That community is something I long mourned. It was such a powerful thing to be a part of- people working together for the betterment of one another, depending on one another, supporting one another completely, unconditionally and selflessly. In my adult life, I searched for that kind of community but found it lacking. I started to wonder if being disconnected was the way of modern adulthood and that I would never experience a community such as I did then.
This year I feel the tides of change. I suddenly feel like the tipping point has been reached and I tumble, laughing head over heels, into the depths of an amazing, special community. I know that this community that I am wading deeper and deeper into is something that all of us have been cultivating for a long time. I feel connected and I feel inspired. Waking up at 4:30 am or psyching up for a 30 mile run is easier when you know that you will have 10 friends in the trenches with you. But it goes beyond having running buddies. I have been a part of the "ninjas" for almost two years and for a while it was a rag-tag bunch of runners who wanted to sneak in a trail run before work or have company on the trails on the weekends. In recent months, I feel like it has transcended that. We have grown in size but I think things have changed. Our lives, both off and on the trails, are becoming intertwined in a way that has all of us partnering in each others success.
I have long felt that the word "network" and "networking" were dirty words that described that act of trying to cultivate something strict for yourself. That someone how knowing the right person might be your ticket. I have long refrained from actively "networking" for my business or for my brand or for myself. As I see this community develop, I realize that I have a new definition of "networking". That is - "community building". Every day my community is expanding in the most brilliant and unexpected ways.
Our running community is built out of a huge spiderweb of 1st and 2nd degree connections. I invite someone who invites someone who invites someone else and each one of those individual is folded in to the community and loses that tag "you are so and so's friend". The group expands exponentially in every direction and there is room enough for everyone. This community that we have built absolutely inspires me. Instead of being afraid to "network", I am learning to put myself out there and connect with others for no other reason than to meet inspiring rad individuals and in an incredibly short amount of time, I went from feeling lost and confused to daily inspired and motivated. And motivated not just for myself, but for the betterment of all of us. It is not even a conscious move for any of us. We are pushing each other to be better, in life not just running, we are partnering in each others success and supporting one another. We are sharing our skills with one another and infusing each other with passion. It has been an incredible thing to watch- someone says "I want to do this" and the group responds by saying, "here's how I can help", "I have someone who you should meet", "I have some experience with that", "I think that is a fantastic idea, I am fully supportive".
As I watch the community that I am a part of grow and change and build momentum and I am reminded of my time in South Africa. A community philosophy I learned there is known as Ubuntu- "People are people through other people/ I am what I am because of who we all are". I always believed it was a beautiful idea and something that I wanted to have again (after basketball), but I honestly had not felt it. Until now. And I am deeply, truly grateful for that. Human connection and community is one of the foundations of all of life's joy and happiness. It costs nothing and only exponentially enhances our lives. Share, love, build, connect and be happy.


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503 Service Unavailable in BloggerPosted by D on Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Read on to find out what this problem is all about and how to help blogger to solve it.
What does 503 mean?
503 "Service Unavailable" is a "response code" like 404 "Page not found". The 503 response code is a bit more complicated as it is not a page that is missing it is a server problem. Usually this happens when a server cannot cope or deliver its hosted content to web users, in other words blogger servers have been overloaded.
Back in March Google engineers introduced Auto Pagination which basically reduces and summarizes the amount of posts that a blog displays on the home page, this only affects blogs that show all or most of their full posts on the home page.
This approach to the problem by Blogger has proved ineffective, and Blogger are now having problems in the delivery of certain blogs worldwide.
Who is affected by this 503 "Service Unavailable"
This problem affects all blogs worldwide. One of the ways to find out if you have been affected is to login in Google analytics and check your traffic sources, select search engines and select the keyword that brings most of the traffic to your blog, compare the data with previous months. A notable change in your bounce rate or average time will be a good indicator that your blog had been affected by this 503 response code. The logic behind this is simple, a user trying to view your blog has opened the 503 page and assumed the site down and gone to another site. Due to this you will receive a 100% Bounce rate for that keyword as well as a low time average.
Understanding the problem and its consequences
The consequences of this problem are that you can start to lose traffic and your ranking in search engines. You need to understand that this is not a problem of resources, this cannot be fixed by getting a new server for blogger (if it was I would not be here talking about it).
This is a problem of how we blog and what we do with our blogs.
How to solve the 503 "Server unavailable" on Blogger
Here are a few steps you could take in order to help Blogger to solve the issue.
Basic level (no skills required)
- Summarize your posts.
- Show only the most relevant post on your home page.
If you show full posts on your home page you have a greater chance of encountering the "503" problem, as your blog is using more resources from Blogger to deliver or load your blog. Secondly an excessive number of posts on the home page (even summarized posts) may result in a 503 as there is a delay with Blogger loading your blog. You can opt to show your latest post or more relevant posts, and include a widget with some links to your previous posts. This is SEO friendly and will reduce the amount of problems you will have with your blog.
Medium Level (some skills and knowledge are required)
- Use a light weight template and avoid using the "template designer" from Blogger
- Use Light images
If you are using a template made from the "template designer" tab, there is a simple test that you can do to reveal how efficient your template is: Clean the cookies of your browser and open your blog (not blogger dashboard) by typing the url in the address bar of the browser. Take note of the time that it takes for your blog to load completely, now go to blogger and change your template for any free template and repeat the same steps, clean your cookies and open your blog again and compare the time. Some of the templates made with the "Template Designer" have a poorer performance, especially those that have some java scripts and/or have a background image.
Images play an important part in saving some bites, you can use PNG format or GIF as these are lightweight formats, you can also use JPG but you must always compare them to find out which is the lightest one. PNG is not always the best. If you don't know how to change the file formats of the images you can search on Google for GIPM; an open source software with features like Paint Shop Pro; easy to use especially to change image formats.
High level (Skills and Knowledge are required)
- Speed test using Firebug for Firefox
The best way to analyze and get a full report on the performance of your blog is by using "Firebug" for Firefox. Firebug will report a series of problems that your blog may have in order to reduce the loading time of your blog which is one of the determining factors of the 503 "Service Unavailable" error.
You will get specific reports on how your CSS is performing, where you can reduce the size of your CSS, where to put your Javascript files, and much more. Most importantly it will create a compressed version of your CSS (best performance) for you to use as well as a copy of all images in a different format, for instance if you have some JPG images, Firebug will compare the same image to other formats and will give to you the same image but under a different format saving you time in editing those images.
Overall there are alot of things that you will find out about your blog after running a test on Firebug that you may not know how to solve, if that is the case you can jump into the forum and ask questions about it.
Why should you bother with all of this?
You may be thinking why do I need to bother with all of this, why not just wait for somebody from Blogger and Google to solve the problem?. Well the answer to that is easy: this is not just Blogger's problem this is a blog problem, and in this case, blogs worldwide. This is not solved by buying an extra server or hiring somebody to solve the problem, this can in part be solved by us bloggers and the way we do things. Blogger is the only blog platform that offers you the best of both worlds: the benefits of a self hosted blog for free. You just have to ask yourself would I like if Blogger changed the rules and started to charge it's users for their free service?
This may or may not happen, but for now this is just an appeal to all bloggers to change the way they do things for the best, at the end of the day it will help your blog as well as the user experience that you offer to your blog users.
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Numbered Page Nagivation hack for BloggerPosted by kranthi on Saturday, August 28, 2010
This post explains how to add numbered page navigation widget to blogger (blogspot) blogs:
What is Numbered Page Navigation ?
In blogger, by default, you see Older posts, Newer Posts links near the bottom of the page which is useful to your blog visitors to navigate to other posts of your blog. But, the problem is.. people hardly notice those newer and older posts links.. which means.. less pageviews to your blog.
So, to increase your blog pageviews you can use this cool looking, advanced numbered page navigation to your blog.
So, how to add this to your Blogger blog ?
(first backup your blog template before editing anything)
1. Sign into your Blogger account » Settings » Formatting
Choose the number of posts you want to display on homepage
2. Go to Design » Edit html » tick the expand widget templates
Scroll down to the bottom of the template code and find this
PASTE this code above that line


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Morning All. At last we have a little bit of sunshine here on the South Coast but it sure is chilly, especially with the Double Glazers here taking out and putting in new windows!
It's time for a new challenge at Paper Crafting Journey and this time the challenge is to:
CASE One of the DT Members' Cards
Please choose me…..only kidding! I have used a gorgeous image, that was kindly given to us by our sponsor Elisabeth Bell, called Letters to Santa.
I have coloured the image with my ProMarkers and used some Liquid Pearls and stickles to highlight. The patterned papers were a freebie with a magazine and are by Hot Off the Press. I've also used some Papermania Vellum, Bazzill Kraft card and Matte Gold card. All edges have been distressed using Walnut Stain DI and a Tonic Studios/Tim Holtz Paper Distresser and the two patterned and Kraft papers have been edged using a Fiskars Threading Water Border Punch.
The corner stamps are from Lili of the Valley and the sentiment is from a HobbyArt clear stamp set, stamped in Onyx Black Brilliance Ink. The ribbon, wooden snowflake, button and metallic thread are all from my stash.
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- MAWTT – Going Dotty (My green PP, although I seem to have covered most of it up!)
- Stampin with the Dragon – So Cute
- Dream Valley – Anything Goes
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- Little Claire Monthly Challenge – Christmas
- Creative Card Crew – Anything Goes
- My Mums Craft Shop – Song 'Letters to Santa – A Muppets Christmas'
- Ladybugs TLT Challenge – Snowflakes
- OSAAT – Use a Digi
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Bolivian President Evo Morales said Tuesday that U.S. drug agents are not welcome back in his country despite the newly announced normalization of diplomatic relations with Washington.
Morales told reporters during a regional summit in the Colombian capital that it is a question of "dignity and sovereignty."
As a coca growers' union leader before his 2005 election, Morales added, he was "personally a victim" because U.S agents controlled Bolivia's military and police.
Bolivia's anti-narcotics police, working closely with the Drug Enforcement Administration, often clashed with coca growers and Morales says they on one occasion beat him unconscious.
"They repressed us in Bolivia. That has ended," Morales said.
"For the first time since Bolivia was founded, the United States will now respect Bolivia's rules" and laws, he added, under the agreement restoring full diplomatic ties that Bolivia and Washington signed Monday.
It comes three years after the Andean nation's leftist government expelled the U.S. ambassador and DEA for allegedly inciting the opposition.
The pact calls for the restoration of ambassadors as soon as possible and close cooperation in counternarcotics, trade and development, said a U.S. official familiar with the agreement. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the subject's sensitivity.
Morales said Tuesday that he still considers the ambassador he expelled in September, Philip Goldberg, to have been "a conspirator."
The U.S. government denies the Bolivian government's allegations that Goldberg schemed with lowlands agrobusinessmen to unseat Morales, an Aymara Indian raised poor in the country's poor, windswept highlands.
Bolivia is the world's No. 3 producer of cocaine. Drug control officials say cocaine production has been on the rise there since the DEA was expelled with Mexican and Colombian traffickers moving in and building ever more sophisticated processing labs.
That, despite limited growth in the country's coca crop, which the U.N. says only grew by 0.3 percent last year to 31,000 hectares (120 square miles).
The agreement normalizing relations does not address the issue of restoring trade preferences with the United States, which Washington suspended in December 2008 and which Bolivian officials said cost them thousands of jobs and millions of dollars.
The tariff exemptions have allowed the region's cocaine-producing nations -- Peru, Bolivia and Colombia -- to export thousands of products to the United States duty-free since 1991 as an incentive for trying to wean peasants off coca.
Analyst Kathryn Ledebur of the Andean Information Center said the normalization of relations "doesn't represent the end of friction between the U.S. and Bolivia, but it does create a new diplomatic framework to attempt to resolve (it)."
Washington continues to be without an ambassador in Venezuela, whose President Hugo Chavez is a close ally of Morales' Bolivia.


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2013 and earlier-Acura RDX Prices Paid and Buying Experience
douflag Posts: 2Have you had any luck?0
Well...in my previous post, I had metioned that I was trying to decide between the RDX and the Lexus Rx 350. I decided to splurge and pick the Lexus.
I got a 2013 Lexus RX 350 for 49K OTD (includes 7% tax and all other fees). This is for a model with a sticker price of $51060.
Good luck in your search if you are looking for the RDX.0
Sounds great. What was the price of the vehicle itself minus taxes and fees? Also, what options are there?0
47000 not including the 1750 finance cash back.
Options include comfort package, nav, premium with blind spot, Park assist, 19 inch wheels, preferred accessory package, cross bars, leather trimmed steering wheel, towing prep and door edge guards.
Got the 1.9% for 60 months as well.0
Congratulations! Good work in negotiating. If you don't mind answering, which city (or state) are you located in? Enjoy your vehicle - good choice.0
Schaumburg, IL. I actually got a couple of dealers to offer the same deal and picked the one who offered it first. I couldn't be happier with my choice.0
In the market for a 2014 base model RDX and want to have fog lamps installed. Any advice on when to get installed? As in, before the purchase or after? Should I make the purchase first and then the dealer installs it or should I have them install it first and then sign the paperwork?
Any experiences on how to handle this?
you can negotiate them into the deal, and likely save some money on it.
plus, if they do it then, pretty sure it gets covered by the BTB warranty. If you do it afterwards, you don't get that. Not that it is likely to matter.
so, just do the deal, and if that is part of it, have them put on before you sign the final papers and take delivery.
2019 Acura TLX A-spec 4 cyl. (mine), and 2013 Acura RDX AWD (wife's)0
Looking for an 2014 Base RDX FWD . Best offer OTD 36,600 till now in Houston area.0
Typo error. Looking for an 2014 Base RDX FWD . Best offer OTD 35,600 till now in Houston area. nay one got better offer.0
suv800 Posts: 41I'm getting a quote for the 2014 RDX AWD (w/o tech) otd includes the nyc 8.875% sales tax $36900.18, dealership in woodside new york.0
I think yours is better than mine for AWD and NYC OTD 36,900. Till now i got for houston FWD/2014 OTD with 6.25% is 35,4000
jason138 Posts: 1hi, i got a quote for 2014RDX AWD (no technology package ), $33500 before ttl.
with 8% tax rate, OTD is $36484. Do you think if this quote has negotiable room?
Hey, buying a 2014 RDX FWD base model with fog lamps installed. Best I've got so far is around $32,700 base price including fog lamps installed. Is that a good price?
I got offered 37.1k plus $400 fee (registration/documentation). 6.25% MA tax on top -> less than 40k OTD0
carbuyer209 Posts: 26Hi. That comes to under $33,900 before tax, if I calculate correctly. Can I ask how you received your quote (in person, email, etc.)? I am in the NY metro area and have not yet begun to speak to dealers about pricing, but have preliminarily been seeing things above $35k in my area (truecar, etc.).
The best way is to tell people, I am buying this car right now if you get me this price. Put the price a little lower than you want so they can say a little more.0
bigrin Posts: 18This is what worked for me. I decided on the RDX, color and equipment I wanted. Checked local dealer's inventory (they had two of them). And checked on-line other dealers in area. Waited until 29th of month... then faxed sales general managers of all three dealerships that I would buy today, at this price if they had the vehicle. (knew they did). I just figured invoice price + incentives, added $300 profit; and sent off the faxes. Got two responses right away; one from local dealer. They tried the old (well come on in) trick. Told them I'd only come down if they could meet my price. They did, went in and completed the paperwork. Bought from local dealer where I live closest. The trick is waiting til the end of month. That is when they all want to beef up their numbers. Good Luck.0
Hugo_Stiglitz Posts: 167So what did you get and for what pricing?0
prashantk Posts: 8Has anyone been getting good deals? I have been looking for a 2014 RDX AWD w Tech package and the lowest I seem to be getting is around 39K + TTL. This is in Seattle. I have shown the better prices quoted here but the dealers are not biting at 37K +TYL which is what I am quoting. Thanks0
I'm looking for a '14 RDX AWD w/ Tech package in the NJ/NY area. Just wondering if anyone have gotten this for around $37k before TTL. If so, can you please let me know which dealer & sales person you used? I got a quote from DCH Montclair using the Costco Auto Buying Program and they quoted me with invoice price (around $38k). I also checked True Car, Consumer Reports program & the Amex program. They all have quotes slightly above the invoice price.0
I heard back from DCH to get the breakdown of the Costco Pricing and the details of the quote that they gave me is as follows:
$37,246 = 2014 RDX AWD w/ Tech Package
+$359 = Doc Fee
+$250 ~ approx. for NY Plates & 2 yr. registration
+3,360 = NYC sales tax (8.875%)
41,215 = OTD price
I ask for a reduction on the doc fee of $359 but he wouldn't budge.
Is this reasonable?0
I got a really good deal a year ago at Ramsey. They are aggressive on price, and tend to have a large supply.
Denville was very nice, and have a good internet person. Not as big, but strong pricing.
2019 Acura TLX A-spec 4 cyl. (mine), and 2013 Acura RDX AWD (wife's)0
Thanks stickguy for the suggestions. Can I get the name of the sales person at Ramsey that you dealt with?0
I forget his name. I was not local, and did all the deal with the internet guy, and they just had some salesguy do the paperwork when we got there.
2019 Acura TLX A-spec 4 cyl. (mine), and 2013 Acura RDX AWD (wife's)0
I'm in the market for the 2014 RDX AWD w/ Tech and found some leftover 2013 RDX's in stock around the New Jersey / New York area. Truecar prices for the 2014 is around $38,100 and I have even seen as low as $37,500. Since its the end of the year, I assume that the dealers would agree to sell the 2013's for way lower than the 2014 but I just dont know where to start....
I ultimately would like to pay $37,000 - $38,000 OTD for the 2013 but wasn't sure if thats possible...
Your advice would be much appreciated!0
well, if they have what you want, and you are willing to do it face to face, walk in and hand them your OTD offer. If they balk, say thanks and head for the door. if you make it outside, it was too low.
2019 Acura TLX A-spec 4 cyl. (mine), and 2013 Acura RDX AWD (wife's)0
srizvi1 Posts: 239Are those leftover 2013 Acura RDX AWD Tech brand new with just a few miles? Or do they have a lot of miles on it or were Demos or something?
If they were brand new, I would definitely try to get that because I think there is no difference between the 2013 and the 2014. Maybe I would offer $32,000 for it?
We were just at the Acura Dealer last night. We're in a weird situation right now where in order to clear borrowing capability for a family member's ability to buy a house we may have to do a transfer - but a transfer isn't easy so may just look at getting another car and trading in current 2013 AWD RDX Tech (We bought it a year ago, you can go through my posts here: http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.ef17997!vfullpage=1 - I detail a full pricing breakdown for everyone ) . For this year, they'd give me pretty much the same price of $37,500 before all the fees start being put on. So a one year older model which has lost some value just being a previous model year needs to have that reflected in its price.
Hell we'd try to go for those 2013s if they could give us a good enough price but since we're a bit of a complicated situation, we need to work closely with our dealer we already bought from last year.
Will update you guys if we end up getting a 2014 RDX.
(FYI for anyone interested, approx 1 year after purchasing our 2013 RDX AWD Tech new from Acura w/ approx 17k miles and minor ding on the back rear pane, a couple deep scratches on the rear bumper and right side mirror, CARMAX offered $31k for the car. I thought that was pretty decent value retention.)0
allrdy2go Posts: 3I need a little help with my new lease. I currently have a TL with under 16k miles and I am looking to get into an RDX w/tech. I visited 2 dealers over the weekend and here is the best deal that they could come up with:
Selling Price $37,149.81
Residual $22,686.70
$2750.68 due at signing (1st, acq fee, taxes)
39 months/10K year
$458.41 mo.0
The website has them as new without any mileage... Exactly, if the average price for the 2014 is currently 37,000 before TTL, then 32 to 34 doesn't seem unreasonable I guess... I offered 37 OTD at Acura in queens and they balked at my offer...
Anyway Good luck with your transfer and Hope everything works out!
Heck if you want to go buy these together so we can get a better deal, message me lol.0


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- Holly is worried about getting pregnant.
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Not much time today to scrap, but I was able to finish several pages last night while waiting for McKelle to get home from JV Champs.
Saturday, May 07, 2011
Happy National Scrapbook Day!!
Not much time today to scrap, but I was able to finish several pages last night while waiting for McKelle to get home from JV Champs.
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Tuesday, May 03, 2011
A funny thing happened on the way to the Prom...
Otherwise known as the comedy of errors leading up to the Prom dinner which I hosted for Matthew's last high school dance (sniff.) Luckily, the dinner itself went off without a hitch and a good time was had by all (or so I'm told.)
It started out with a busy Saturday - a baseball game for Max, a Driver's Ed drive for Matthew, a Relief Society meeting (which I never made it to but did manage to drop McKelle off as she was playing her flute with a YW group) - and of course, the aforementioned Prom dinner. Four couples, Italian themed menu concocted by Matthew and Julia.
My sage, chocolate & turquoise dishes didn't really fit the Italian theme and I didn't have enough white Corel, so I stopped by Macys after dropping off McKelle and Matthew, gift card and coupons in hand. I found place settings for two, for six...nothing for eight. Then the gentleman at the register pointed out some pretty square white place settings for four and even better, they were buy one get one free. My gift card covered almost the entire purchase price and I went happily on my way, thinking I had gotten a fabulous deal.
Matthew and I stopped at Safeway to pick up the dinner ingredients, picked up McKelle and headed home. As I started setting the table, I realized the first thing to go wrong of many that day. The lovely place settings? Not a setting for four as I had been advised (and yes, absolutely my fault for not slowing down to read the box better) but a four piece place setting for one! No time to go back downtown, so I headed over to Walmart to pick up enough Corel to set my table (several plates were dropped by a certain 12 year old as he unloaded the dishwasher recently, ahem...)
I found what I needed and headed toward the checkout in record time...and just then the lights went out. Literally. After a couple of minutes of glancing around, trying to figure out what was going on, a Walmart associate announced over the loudspeaker that all customers should exit the building. I desperately asked a clerk standing near me if there was any way I could make my purchase, but power was out for the registers and in fact, for the whole area. I sat in my car and waited for about 20 minutes, hoping power would be restored, but finally drove to Shopko and found what I needed.
Back at home again, Matthew and I started the dinner preparations. Their appetizer choice was a caprese salad and we had picked up fresh mozzarella, tomatoes and basil earlier that morning. As Matthew laid out the alternating slices, he snitched a piece of the mozzarella...and made a face. I tasted it and realized our cheese was definitely NOT fresh. I had no idea if Walmart was open again (it's just 5 minutes from our house) and at that point, definitely no time to run to town. Luckily, I had a little bit of block mozza in the fridge, so we used that instead.
While Matthew finished up the caprese, I started the homemade pesto sauce for the tortellini. I was disappointed that many of the inner leaves of the just purchased basil were already turning black - obviously not a good day at the grocery store. As I was sorting through the good leaves and the bad, I got another surprise - a giant green caterpillar/wormy thing - alive and wriggling amongst the basil leaves! Aargh! What else??
Just before all the teens arrived at 6, I was sitting on the dining room floor, trying to fold my (non-square!) napkins into a fancy fold and the final straw - a gigantic, gushing, Wegener's sized nose bleed, all over the white carpet. It was one time when I was glad they were all a little late as I pinched my nose with a giant wad of paper towel in one hand and scrubbed the floor with Oxy Clean with the other.
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Teaching Geography: Workshop 5
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa Timeline
For thousands of years before South Africa existed, this southernmost part of the African continent was populated by hunter-gatherer people known collectively as the San.
c. 100 CE
The Khoikhoi people and many Bantu-speaking peoples began migrating from the north into present-day South Africa, bringing with them iron technology, agriculture, and cattle herding. As more and more migrants arrived, the San retreated further south.
The first Dutch settlement is established at the Cape of Good Hope to be a provisioning station for ships of the Dutch East India Company. Initially the Dutch planned to keep their settlement small and rely upon trade with the indigenous population to obtain cattle, sheep, and vegetables. When it grows apparent that the native peoples are not interested in sustained trade, the Dutch turn to farming, importing Asian and African slaves to perform the necessary labor. These settlers became known as the "Boers," the Dutch word for farmer.
Wars between the Khoikhoi and the Dutch end with the Dutch greatly expanding into what were previously Khoikhoi pasturelands.
In response to European expansion by the Dutch and, later, the French, most of the San and some of the Khoikhoi migrate north to inaccessible, arid regions to avoid the settlers. Intermarriage of Europeans and Khoikhoi produces what South Africa will later label its "colored" population.
By 1730, repeated smallpox epidemics have killed most of the Khoikhoi and destroyed their cattle economy. European settlers expand further to meet their own farming and herding needs. Land titles were vague or nonexistent as both the remaining Khoikhoi and white cattle herders migrated seasonally in search of pasturelands.
The Boers move into areas in the east occupied by the Xhosa, a Bantu-speaking people, who have been living there for at least 250 years.
The latter part of the eighteenth century and most of the nineteenth century saw numerous frontier wars fought between the Xhosa and the Europeans. The result of these wars was further expansion of Dutch claims on territory.
As a result of wars being fought in Europe, the British permanently take over Cape Province from the Dutch and begin actively encouraging immigration from England.
The great military leader Shaka unites the Zulu Kingdom using revolutionary fighting techniques. Large numbers of people migrate to escape the fighting. The Ndebele move to present-day Zimbabwe, the Sotho to Zambia, and the Nguni to Zambia, Malawi, and Tanzania. The Mfengu people flee west into the British Cape Colony.
In a migration that becomes known as the "Great Trek," 12,000 Boers depart Cape Province, traveling east and north to escape British rule. As they move beyond the Orange River, the trekkers battle with the black people living there. Major battles with the Zulu occur at the Blood River and with the Ndebele at Marico. The trekkers establish the independent republics of Natal, the Orange Free State, and the Transvaal, and assign black Africans separate reserves within the states, where they live separately from the white settlers but are still available to work for them when the need for labor arises.
Diamonds are discovered in South Africa. In 1870, gold is discovered there as well. Mineral wealth greatly increases the value of southern African lands in the eyes of colonial powers and spurs three decades of great economic development. This development vastly increases the demand for cheap, unskilled, and semi-skilled African labor. The majority black population was forced to give up independent farming.
From 1899 to 1902, the British and Boers fight the Boer War (also called the South African War). Since the 1870s, Britain had stepped up efforts to control the land and resources of the southern African region, battling the Boers, Xhosa, and Zulu peoples. With British victory, all the former Boer territories are combined with British colonial territories to form the Union of South Africa. At the turn of the century, the population of European ancestry living in South Africa numbers one million.
The Union of South Africa becomes an independent nation. Afrikaners (descendants of Dutch settlers) form the majority white population within this new majority black nation. In the first national elections, the overwhelming majority of black citizens are not allowed to vote. Blacks and coloreds with large-enough property holdings and who reside within the former Cape Colony temporarily retain voting rights. Over the years, the amount of land one needs to own in order to vote steadily increases as the black population's ability to own land decreases. In 1911, the first national census finds that 21.3% of the population of South Africa is white. That percentage has declined steadily ever since.
Following the formation of the Union of South Africa, the dispossession of the black population from their traditional lands is effected increasingly by law rather than by warfare. The Natives' Land Act sets aside a tiny fraction of South Africa's territory for black ownership. It also forbids blacks from renting land, except in exchange for their labor.
The Afrikaner National Party comes to power in South Africa and intensifies the forced relocation of black South Africans to all-black homelands, called "bantustans." Under this policy, known as apartheid, the few black freehold farming communities that still hold legal deeds to their land are destroyed in a massive police operation. This policy continues for nearly fifty years, with black Africans being forcibly removed from their lands and crowded onto small land reserves which are often poorly suited for agriculture, resulting in impoverishment. These black South Africans form a large pool of cheap labor for white-owned industrial and agricultural enterprises.


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As of late last week, USC quarterback Matt Barkley was planning to fully participate in drills at this year's NFL Scouting Combine, calling it "probably the biggest test of my life."
Those plans have changed after the decision appears to have been taken out of his hands. A source with knowledge of Barkley's plans told NFL.com's Ian Rapoport on Monday that Barkley won't throw at the combine because he has not been medically cleared.
The source told Rapoport that Barkley was released to throw seven to 10 days ago after rehabbing his shoulder in Birmingham, Ala., with Dr. James Andrews and Dr. Lyle Cain, under the guidance of therapist Kevin Wilk. Wilk also has worked with NFL quarterbacks Drew Brees and Sam Bradford. According to the source, Barkley started throwing to moving targets last week, and the plan never was to throw at the combine, though that message got lost in translation over the last month. Right now, Barkley is 90 percent healthy and should be fully healthy by his pro day.
ESPN originally reported Barkley wouldn't throw at the combine.
Barkley is said to be "doing great" with his shoulder injury, and he will throw at USC's March 27 pro day. The source told Rapoport that Barkley would be ready to throw the first or second week of March, but doctors think he should wait.
The two most valuable aspects of the combine are the personal interview and the medical history. As long as team doctors clear his shoulder and NFL execs are wowed in the interview process, Barkley's decision to wait on throwing until his pro day will be a non-issue.
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Planet Photoshop
Adobe Design Center
One Tuts
Kevin Hulsey
Photoshop Star
PS Hero
Photoshop Cafe
Photoshop Support
Tripwire Magazine
Tutorial For Photoshop
Book Sites
Editions Vial
Old Books on Painting [source: GurneyJourney]
An Atlas of Animal Anatomy for Artists by W. Ellenberger et al.
Animation by Preston Blair
Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist by Peck
Bridgman's Life Drawing by George Bridgman
Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting by John F. Carlson Composition of Outdoor Painting by Edgar Payne
Constructive Anatomy by George Bridgman
Creative Illustration by Andrew Loomis
Creative Perspective for Artists and Illustrators by Ernest Watson
Drawn to Life by Walt Stanchfield
Dynamic Anatomy by Burne Hogarth
Famous Artist's Course by various authors
Figure Drawing for All It's Worth by Andrew Loomis
Fun With a Pencil by Andrew Loomis
Hawthorne on Painting by Charles Hawthorne
Hensche on Painting by John Robichaux
How I Make a Picture by Norman Rockwell
Keys to Drawing by Bert Dodson
Light and Shade by Mrs. Mary P. Merrifield
Modelling and Sculpting the Human Figure by Edouard Lanteri
Oil Painting Techniques and Materials by Harold Speed
On Drawing Trees and Nature: A Classic Victorian Manual (Dover Art Instruction)
On the Art of Drawing by Robert Fawcett
Pencil Drawing by Ernest Watson
Pencil Pictures by Theodore Kautzky
Perspective by Rex Vicat Cole
Perspective Made Easy by Ernest Norling
Pictorial Composition by Henry Poore
Rendering in Pen and Ink by Arthur L. Guptill
Successful Drawing by Andrew Loomis
The Art of Animal Drawing by Ken Hultgren
The Artistic Anatomy of Trees by Rex Vicat Cole
The Classic Point of View by Kenyon Cox
The Human Figure by John Vanderpoel
The Natural Way to Draw by Kimon Nicolaides
The Painter in Oil by Daniel Parkhurst
The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed
The Practice of Tempera Painting by Daniel Thompson
Twilight of Painting by R. Ives Gammell
More Business
Art Marketing Secrets
Empty Easel
Open Studio Coach
42 Companies that will publish your work
Marketing Articles from Professional Artist Magazine
Classical Painting Academies
Gage Academy of Fine Art
Grand Central Academy
Academy of Realist Art
ARC Art Renewal Center
Boris Wilnitsky Fine Art
Angel Academy of Art
Mims Studios
School of Representational Art
The Dehesh Museum of Art
The Florence Academy of Art
Interior Design and Decorating Trade Shows
New York:
|Architectural Digest Home Design Show
|Buffalo Home & Garden Show
|Go Green Expo New York City
|I Saloni - New York, International Furniture & Lighting Salon
|ICFF, International Contemporary Furniture Fair
|NeoCon East, Interior Design & Facilities Management Conference
|Ameublement & Décoration
|Maison et Objet
|Meuble Paris, Paris Furniture Exposition
|100% Design London
|Bathrooms & Kitchens Expo
|Country Living Fair - London
|Exclusively Housewares Show
|Floorspace, Contract Floor Show
|IDEAL HOME UK, Home Decoration Fair
|INTERauto, Automotive Interiors Event
|Lighting Design Awards
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Paint Supplies [Source: Marc Dalessio]
Zecchi(Florence): Of special interest are their sable brushes, sun-thickened oil and dry pigments.
Cornelissen (London): My favorite bristle brush suppliers.
New York Central (NYC): Good all-around supplier, I like their sketchbooks a lot (Kunst & Papier No. 1003 13).
Sinopia (San Francisco): Kremer supplier on the west coast (see below).
Kremer (Munich and NYC): Most of the good supplies in other shops come from here.
Da Kat Windmill (Holland, 30 mins from Amsterdam): Old windmill where they still grind pigments with wind power. Great pigments for sale in the small shop in the back.
Dick Blick (Online) Good online supplier, the 'Silver' brushes are really nice to work with, as are their name-brand bristles.
Ray Mar art (Online) I use their plein air panels from time to time.
New Traditions (Online) More excellent artist panels.
Blue Ridge Oil Paint (Online) Very good hand-ground oil colors, especially the cadmiums.
M. Graham Artist's Colors and Mediums (Online) Excellent artist's oil paints, ground in walnut oil.
I'm not done with this page yet, so please check back in later for more useful information and free resources. Feel free to add your links by sending me an email. Alan.


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