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Within the University's Foundation Course in Raja Yoga Meditation, the core curriculum is offered under several main themes or lessons:
The topics covered in this course lead to a deeper understanding of yourself, your intrinsic positive qualities and your innate value. In time, this understanding becomes a natural part of your day to day awareness, constructively influencing how you see yourself and how you relate to your world.
In the process of exploring these universal concepts in the privacy of your own inner world through meditation, you will come to a first hand awareness of the interconnectedness of the human family and the rights, roles and responsibilities of individuals. This is very important in your spiritual development and will give you a fresh perspective on values such as justice, freedom, respect and love.
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The presidential election is the Republicans to lose. They need to get their act together and select a candidate that they can all rally behind. Republicans also need to remember the 11th commandment, thou shalt not speak ill of another Republican. It is difficult to run negative advertising against your opponent in the primary and then endorse him if you lose that race. In the primary election they should all select the strategy to run against President Obama, not each other.
That will provide them with several advantages. It will politically weaken the President by pointing up his many flaws before the full campaign gets started. It will help to keep the Republicans united rather than fighting among themselves. It will also show which techniques resonate best with the voters.
The Republicans also need to select a candidate that is an excellent public speaker who can communicate their message. They need a candidate that has an excellent track record of achievement and has been consistent with a message that conforms to the Republican platform. The candidate must energize the Republican base, so that they will work for him to get out the vote and donate money to his campaign. The candidate must be a true Republican and not just a fiscal conservative, but a social conservative also; that's the view from the Hysterical Right Wing.

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The Virgin Mary's faith encourages us to look beyond the difficulties of daily life, Benedict XVI said last night at the end of the Marian month of May in the Vatican Gardens.
Christian family life is seeing a revival, Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan said yesterday as the Seventh World Meeting of Families got underway.
Pope Benedict will travel to Milan later today to take part in the meeting.
The Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, has launched a monthly insert aimed at women.
The Vatican has released the Pope's prayer intentions for June, which focus on the Eucharist and Christians in Europe.
Archbishop Peter Sartain of Seattle, the delegate overseeing reform of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), sets out his plans. Christine Firer Hinze, professor of Christian ethics at Fordham University, responds.
Jimmy Akin takes issue with a "deceptively crafted hit piece" on Cardinal Timothy Dolan in yesterday's New York Times.
Fr Seán Finnegan suggests that the Roman Curia should be run by lay people belonging to groups like Opus Dei.
And an American parish priest has published a notice in his parish bulletin denouncing the Vatican as "legalistic, paternalistic … hypocritical and duplicitous" (full text).
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Praise Phuan, 38, runs urban farm Packet Greens out of office industrial units in Boon Lay which are nestled among manufacturing offices and interior design firms. About 20 to 30kg of vegetables such as lettuce, curly kale and herbs are yielded daily from a space the size of two HDB flats. The farm-fresh greens are sold to F&B outlets and hotels, while retail consumers can buy a la carte or vegetables subscription boxes online. The sales & marketing director of Packet Greens graduated from a Building and Real Estate polytechnic course, but rather than join the family business (which focused on solar energy panels manufacturing before it branched out into urban farming in 2014) immediately, she first earned her stripes in the corporate world, dipping her toes in real estate before moving on to admin and secretarial roles in firms like Procter & Gamble. "I really enjoyed my job. I thought I was going to retire there," muses Praise, who joined the family business after her dad passed away in 2015. "When my parents first bought this system from Taiwan, they were told that they could only grow Taiwanese xiao bai cai, but we've since experimented with about 60 varieties. That was really proof of the concept of 'give us the space and we can grow all sorts of things indoors'," she says.
What was your idea of vegetable farming, prior to your career switch?
Before our family got into the agriculture industry, [I thought vegetable farming] was done outdoors in the sun, with all the straw hats and ploughing. (Laughs) I used to think vegetables were just plants. But I was so wrong. I was overwhelmed when I first joined the company and saw how my mum was growing, harvesting and taking care of the vegetables. Harvesting the veggies feels a bit like a mother seeing her son graduating or at her son's passing out parade in the army.
How did the family get into the business?
The company was exploring how LED lights, which was what my dad used to be an expert in, could be used for other things. My dad and brother wanted to venture into agriculture, but my mum initially didn't want to 'cos she was afraid of worms and pests. After they went to Taiwan to learn the ropes, she finally agreed as indoor farming [with our system] eliminates pests and she's very comfortable with this. Now, she cares for the vegetables in our veggie rooms and often experiments with new plants to grow.
What misconceptions do people have about veg farming?
People usually can't believe that there are indoor farms in Singapore. But land is scarce in Singapore, so that's the way to go. We have a lot of unused industrial space so it really makes sense. And using technology will transform the agriculture map of Singapore. When my friends find out that I'm a farmer, they're like, "Huh? You're a farmer?" I'll tell them, "I'm not just a farmer — I'm a new-age farmer." (Laughs)
What do you say to people who don't get why they should pay more for veggies grown locally?
We are able to distribute directly from the farm to your table. It's very fresh. We even deliver lettuce with roots intact, and it helps the produce to stay as fresh as it can be. I'll tell [sceptics] that they have to taste the veggies themselves. It's just like if you've never tasted chilli, you'll never know how spicy it is. Similarly, once you taste freshness, you'll know the difference.
How much veggies do you eat?
I don't have it for breakfast, but my mum cooks lunch here at the office and farm every afternoon and there are vegetable dishes. It's the same on weekends when I go back to my mum's place for dinner. We're definitely eating more vegetables than ever since venturing into this business!
Is it an occupational hazard to check out veggie dishes first when you dine out?
When I'm at a supermarket, I'll [check] what's on sale, but I won't buy. When I go to restaurants and [eat] vegetables, it feels like there's no taste. Once you're already exposed to the flavour of intense freshness, you have your expectations.
What are your hopes for the farming sector in Singapore?
As the availability of land space is uncertain, urban farming or indoor farming is the way to go. If you really develop the technology, [the sky is the limit]. We're trying to bring farming to the next level — from traditional farming outdoors under the sun to where it's even possible to grow indoors and use an app to track how your veggies are growing. I think that's the future that Singapore can look forward to.


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Kforce Inc. News Release (04/30/13)
Kforce Inc. reported revenues of $265.6 million for the first quarter of 2013, down 1.6% from $269.8 million during the fourth quarter of 2012 and 1% from $268.4 million during the year-ago period. The company's net income was $3.1 million, down from $8.6 million during the fourth quarter of 2012 and $4.1 million during the first quarter of last year. Its temporary staffing revenue was $254.1 million, down 1.8% from $258.7 million in the fourth quarter of last year and 1.3% from $257.3 million during the year-ago period, while search revenues were $11.6 million, up 4.1% from $11.1 million in the fourth quarter and 4.9% from $11 million in the first quarter of 2012.
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text: New Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon Brings Hip Expertise to Region U.S. News-ranked program expands at URMC's Golisano Children's Hospital Monday, May 21, 2012 Tweet A new pediatric orthopaedic surgeon at Golisano Children's Hospital at the University of Rochester Medical Center brings with him highly specialized techniques for treating children and adolescents with complicated hip issues, such as dysplasia.P. Christopher Cook, M.D., F.R.C.S., associate professor of Orthopaedics, was recruited from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center to join the Division of Pediatric Orthopaedics in URMC's Department of Orthopaedics. Cook earned his medical degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland School of Medicine and trained at Children's Hospital of Boston. He previously practiced both at Pittsburgh Children's Hospital and in Halifax."Dr. Cook has the perfect blend of expertise and personality to fit well into our practice," said James O. Sanders, chief of the Division of Pediatric Orthopaedics and professor of Orthopaedics and Pediatrics. "Our families are going to love his bedside manner and skills, and we're delighted to have someone of his caliber join our team."Golisano Children's Hospital's pediatric orthopaedic services, under Sanders' direction, have expanded in both depth and breadth over the past several years, earning it a place on the U.S. News & World Report rankings for three years in a row. The addition of Cook will reduce wait times for patients and will open up new opportunities for children and adolescents with hip issues."He's the final piece of our hip preservation program," said Brian Giordano, M.D., assistant professor of Orthopaedics who specializes in arthroscopic surgery of the hip. "Most smaller cities have to send children with complicated hip problems elsewhere. We're now one of only a handful of centers that can repair soft tissues and larger structural abnormalities in the hip at the same time."Cook said that the hospital's progress in expanding pediatric orthopaedic services and the plans for a new children's hospital, including pediatric operating rooms, were among the reasons he was drawn to the University of Rochester. He has also spent much of his career teaching the next generation of orthopaedic surgeons and looks forward to sharing that responsibility with Sanders. Media Contact Public Relations Department (585) 275-3676


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First heard of Cyborg 009 when it was on Toonami as an anime back when I was 13 or 14. The show was okay and the animation had a nostalgic feel to it all. Sadly the TV show didn't last long for some reason. Wasn't until a few years recently I found out it was an old manga by some publisher called Ishimori, which did 009-1 as well.
Then just recently on Netflix, I saw this show from the same company and they also did a crossover series with Devilman and Cyborg 009. I'm a bit disappointed that it uses CGI instead of drawn animation but CGI can be good when it's done right or if the story is any good.
The original story is that a weapon manufacturer named Black Ghost abduct 9 people from across the world and converts them into cyborgs, as a part of the ultimate soldier program. They get freed by a scientist who thought they all volunteered but didn't. Each 00 Cyborg has a different power, one has physic powers, one can fly, one has built-in weapons, one breathes fire, one has enhanced radar, one has super strength, one can shape shift, one can swim deep underwater, and one has super speed. Also, I think Black Ghost was a take on cold war arms dealers since this manga was made in the 60's.
In this show, the uniforms they wear are a bit different and look more like power armor and the ray guns look more modern. They still have their telepathy powers and haven't aged for some reason throughout the years. They also explain to someone what they've done until after the cold war was over, by trying to help the united nations.
They also mention these people called the Guardians that help out the world after the 00 cyborgs failed a mission in Dubai. Then they also have to fight these people with superpowers called the Blessed as well.
This show just made me want to read the manga it was based on and also to watch the Cyborg 009 vs Devilman crossover series, which is also on Netflix as well. If you're a Cyborg 009 fan give this a watch since it's like a new story or a modern take on the manga.


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CORRECTION (Published 5/23/2012)
An information box that accompanied a story in the Local News section about proposed child care cuts in California incorrectly reported an estimate for the impact on Contra Costa County. The county would lose roughly 1,150 state-subsidized slots under the governor's latest proposal, according to the Contra Costa Child Care Council.
Deep spending cuts to California's child care system — roughly 20 percent from the previous year — would deny children of the working poor access to the kinds of programs that will prepare them for school, early education experts say.
Especially worrisome to those in the field are proposals to cut full-day programs run by state child development centers by 10 percent and maximum reimbursement rates by 26 percent or more for private child care providers, reducing parents' purchasing power.
"Are there providers around who will charge that rate? That is my question," said Nancy Remley, administrator of the California Department of Education's child development policy office. "And what kind of quality or basic health and safety do these providers offer that charge such low rates?"
Subsidized child care varies widely in form and quality, from a neighbor or relative receiving reimbursement to baby-sit a child to a top-notch child development center that provides health screenings, low child-to-staff ratios, curriculum and regular progress assessments.
It's those high-quality programs that have shown to pay off when a child enters kindergarten and progresses through the educational system — and those same programs that appear to be most at risk of compromising their quality or closing altogether under the proposal.
If enacted, California would spend nearly $1 billion less on child care than it did in 2008, a reduction of about 35 percent.
"It's a kind of magical thinking: We ratchet up the standards for kindergarten while we are undermining the supports for actually achieving them," said Steve Barnett, who directs the National Institute for Early Education Research. "I think the rest of the country looks at California and wonders, 'How much more dysfunctional can it get?' "
The reduction in child care and preschool funding is being proposed in the context of a particularly tough budget climate. The state deficit is projected to have swelled to $15.7 billion; Gov. Jerry Brown aims to close it with a combination of tax hikes and program cuts.
H.D. Palmer, a spokesman for the Department of Finance, noted that Brown's revised budget proposal for May did lessen the number of families who would lose their eligibility for assistance.
In January, the governor proposed changes that would have resulted in the loss of more than 60,000 slots, including low-income college students. That estimate is now 29,600 — roughly 9 percent of those who received some form of state-subsidized child care during the 2010-11 fiscal year.
Still, some say that number could prove to be much higher if families are turned away as a result of reduced subsidies and if more centers go out of business. As of last year, the waiting list for child care already had 193,000 names, according to the state Department of Education.
Today, a single, working mother with one child is only eligible for a state subsidy if she makes $39,396 or less per year. Under the proposal, those annual wages would need to be below $30,260 — twice the federal poverty threshold.
Latifa Lewis, a Hayward resident and administrative assistant, says right now she doesn't need to worry about her daughters while she's at work. She knows they're in good hands and developing their vocabulary and social skills at a private day care center in Oakland. Her oldest child, Kamil, enters kindergarten this fall.
"She's super excited. She's ready to be a big girl," Lewis said. "I think her love of education came from being in a good-quality child care."
Lewis says she pays about $300 a month for her two children, and that her subsidy covers the remaining $1,400. But if the Legislature adopts the new income eligibility requirements, she said, she will have no choice but to turn to family members.
"My kid would probably be bounced around — 'Who can watch her today?' " Lewis said. "I don't know what else I would do. If I quit my job, then we become homeless."
Melissa Lanoie, a facilities management assistant from San Jose, finds herself in a similar predicament — but without family nearby. Her father, who used to watch her son after school while she was working, died last year.
"I don't have a lot of family support, so I fly solo on everything," she said.
The governor's revised proposal would no longer cut funding from the state's part-time state preschool, a bright spot for families who take advantage of the program. But for many working parents, that isn't an option, said Kathy Lafferty, director of the Cambridge Child Development Center in Concord.
"In a way, it discriminates against low-income people who work," Lafferty said.
Also concerning to those in the field is the governor's proposal to shift full-day child care and preschool programs from the California Department of Education to county social service agencies. Beginning in 2013-14 (or possibly as early as July), local welfare departments would administer the programs.
Because local social service agencies already operate welfare-to-work programs, the plan was primarily designed to streamline services for families, Palmer said. Still, some on both sides question the need for such a move, saying it would lead to educational inequities from county to county and strain an already-taxed social service system.
"That's not our business," said Denise Boland, a CalWORKS administrator for Santa Clara County's Social Services Agency. While social service workers would do their best to learn the ins and outs of administering contracts with child care centers, she said, "We think they're appropriately seated with the Department of Education."
The governor's January proposal would have made a wholesale move to a voucher system, putting an end to the more than 60-year-old network of state-contracted childhood development centers. The latest trailer bill language, by contrast, requires county social service departments to keep funding at least some of those centers on a contract basis through mid-2016.
Still, Remley said she wonders if, five years from now, any of those centers — which grew out of a federal effort during World War II to support working mothers — would be left. "In a time when there's unemployment, when we're struggling in our schools to provide an education, this doesn't make sense," she said.
Read Katy Murphy's Oakland schools blog at www.IBAbuzz.com/education. Follow her at Twitter.com/katymurphy.
Source: California Child Care
Resource & Referral Network
Estimated number of children who would lose state-subsidized child care under the governor's May proposal:
Alameda County: 1,730
Contra Costa County: 1,150
San Francisco County: 3,207
Santa Clara County: 1,291
California: 29,600
Source: local child care councils


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It has been an eventful and thrilling week. I have a variety of items and some news to share with you.
Custom Reconstructions
I wanted to show some reconstructions that I just finished for a gal on Etsy. She sent the dresses to me and gave me complete creative license to transform them. The only requirements were that the tops of the dresses be made from stretch knit materials, and that the dresses have a waistline.
Here is what two of the dresses looked like before.
I don't have a before picture for the one with the panda print, but it was just a basic spaghetti strap, straight tank dress.
Anyway, here are the after pictures. There were a few finishing touches that still needed to be done when I took the pictures. So, if you see any strings hanging, etc, that's why.
Sewing Machine
My new sewing machine arrived in the mail yesterday, and she is one of the loveliest things I have ever seen. She sews with fervor, she is a beast of a machine (exactly what I needed), and I think I'm in love.
I have been saving up for a new machine for a while. I needed an upgrade because of the amount of sewing that I do. Originally, I was going to purchase a Pfaff Expression 2.0, but I missed my chance on the only one listed anywhere online (it was on eBay). Anyway, I found this gal on eBay too. The machine is a Creative 2.0, without the embroidery unit. I can't believe what a great deal I got on this machine; eBay is one of the best inventions, ever.
The reason I wanted to purchase a Pfaff is because they are solid machines. They also have IDT (Integrated Dual Transport), which makes for a smooth and even feed of whatever fabric you're working with. There is a built in walking foot that snaps down behind the foot, and the fabric is pulled evenly from both the top and the bottom.
One of my biggest struggles has been sewing knits on my old machine. No matter what I do, the tension is never right and the fabric jams easily in the dogs. Well, this machine pulls knits through with no problems and the stitches are perfect! Not only that, it automatically back stitches, ties off and cuts the threads. 😀
I was so excited after I tested my first few sets of fabric swatches on this machine that there was actually adrenaline pulsing through me.
Yep, I've got some real issues, but it's not that bad, right?
It's not like I'm a crazy cat lady, or something?
OK, so maybe there are some similarities. I do hope to one day have a large collection of machines to take care of, and I would rather stay home and play with my machines then go out, or watch TV.
I have yet to name this new pet, but once I do I'm sure it'll slip into a post somewhere.
It is sad to put my little Singer in the backseat. She has gotten me through many projects. We've had moments of joy and satisfaction, moments of defeat and frustration, and moments of complacency and indifference. Through it all, she has always been my trusty little sewing machine that could.
Alright that's enough of my "Ode to Betsy." She will still get attention here and there, believe me. She definitely still has her uses.
Pressure Iron and Steamer
Yesterday was without question, one of the most exciting days of the year for me. I received not only my sewing machine, but the Rowenta Pressure Iron and Steamer that I won in the Burdastyle contest back in December.
This iron is beautiful, and I can see a long and fulfilling partnership ahead.
With the arrival of these two new toys, I may disappear into my temporary basement lair for a while.
House Update
We finally received an executed contract for the home we're buying, last Friday. The house is a foreclosure, and we are purchasing it "as is." It's is a fixer-upper, which is what we wanted. There is a lot of work that needs to be done that we already know about and are ready to get our hands dirty to fix. But, we want to make sure that we have the opportunity to raise objections to anything that is too serious a problem for us.
That said, we were supposed to have the home inspection this week and raise any objections and/or back out of the contract within the time-frame the seller wanted. However, neither the seller nor the listing agent seems to be capable of figuring out when the property will be de-winterized. We've already had to reschedule the home inspection twice now. Yesterday we weren't notified until half-hour before the inspection (by email, no less) that the property still wasn't de-winterized.
Anyway, this just illustrates how frustrating the whole process has been. I know I haven't given too many details, but the past several weeks we've been dealing with this same type of behavior. When we are done with this first-time home buying experience, we may well have tackled the worst home buying experience as well.
I wanted to at least share a picture of the front of the house with you. I'll take more (of the inside, etc) whenever we have the home inspection.
As you can see, she is in need of some attention. I can't wait until we can bathe and groom her. Haha!


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No matter what new payment processing technology enters the small-business marketplace, store owners in a variety of industries continue to rely heavily on cash-only transactions. In fact, many small enterprises across the country have become more resistant to electronic payment methods in recent years. Investing in a reliable cash counting machine to handle backroom processes is a smart move for local shops that continue to reap the benefits of avoiding the complexity of credit card technology.
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According to Spectrem's Millionaire Corner, an online publication covering financial issues in the wealth and retirement industries, today's small-business owners are increasingly attracted to the simplicity of limiting their operations to only accept cash payments. Even though industry experts have generated a substantial amount of hype surrounding advancements in transaction technology, holding off on incorporating these tools into daily operations does not necessarily result in any lost business. Instead, small shops may even be saving more money in the long run by sticking to cash as a primary transaction method. For example, Millionaire Corner said implementing new credit card machines can be a time-consuming process that ultimately disrupts business - especially if owners come across glitches and experience a learning curve associated with the new technology. Electronic payments are also susceptible to credit card fraud and other complicated risks that can severely damage a company's overall profitability.
Cash dominates the small-business landscape
Entrepreneurs in the U.S. would rather avoid such problems altogether. Millionaire Corner cited data from the software company Intuit that said there are nearly 27 million independent shops throughout the country. Of those, 15 million only accept cash from customers. Businesses that process a large number of small transactions on a daily basis are in an especially prime position to benefit from avoiding electronic payments. The Scottsbluff Star-Herald, a newspaper published in Scottsbluff, Neb., said a local coffee shop recently made new efforts to encourage customers to use cash to reduce the costly fees associated with processing credit cards. The owners of Cappuccino and Company established a minimum for paying with cards after growing frustrated with the amount of time necessary to understand the ins and outs of its electronic systems.
As more small businesses across the U.S. discover the benefits of sticking to cash, advanced money counters can help owners and employees save time performing essential backroom financial processes.
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It is grace, nothing but grace, that we are allowed to live together.-Dedrich Bonhoeffer in Life Together (written from a prison cell)
It's been said that the most quoted verse by my generation is Matthew 7:1, Where Jesus says "Do not Judge" And to be honest, I can relate to that. I have seen some of the most heinous things done in the name of religion. In the name of their god, people have flown planes into buildings, committed genocide, drank Kool-aid, and started Christian Cable Television programming. We've seen street preachers, and regular preachers stand on their soapboxes and name everything and everyone they hate, and then throw Jesus' name on it. We have seen religion divide relationships and make people more hateful.
But the truth is that we haven't gotten less judgmental, we've just changed the criteria.
Almost everyday on Facebook I get a notification by some application asking me to compare my friends. We are accosted by people asking us if they are "Hot or Not" We are constantly looking to our left and our right to figure out how we are doing in comparison to others. We want to gauge ourselves so we look to our peers wondering if I'm smarter/dumber, faster/slower, funnier/boring than someone else.
My generation has seen the rise of peer-rating sites like no other. We're constantly being taught to ask am I hot or not? We're being conditioned to wonder if I am acceptable, and now we even have a convenient 1-10 scale.
We live in a beauty pageant.
We judge people all the time.
And the real tragedy is, that we've also used that command of Jesus to live in pseudo-community.
We have developed the ability to live around people, but not necessarily with people. And the great irony of our day, is that we live in a world where so many of us feel alone and isolated, but not many of us are willing to do the hard work that it takes to live together. Here's what I mean by that.
Almost everytime I see a brother or sister who is doing something that I think they are going to regret in the long run, I have a kind of internal dialogue. Should I tell them, should I just be present to help them pick up the pieces when they crash? Should I lovingly confront, or just do damage control after the fact? And the reason that I sometimes don't approach them is because I am terrified. There have been times that I was about to talk to someone and started having a near panic attack. And that's not necessarily a bad thing.
For some of us, this is your gift, you've felt since birth that you were called to help people come to realize where they have missed the mark. You told your preschool teacher that her teaching style was bland and ineffective. This isn't a blog for you, and the bad news is that you're probably not as good as this as you think. Sure it doesn't bother you, but it probably means that you are the kind of person who is really hard to listen to for correction.
I heard a preacher soy one time that only about 5-8% of the world's population really likes confrontation. The rest of us don't like it all. And the good news, and I think for those of us who fall in that category, than that means that we are perfectly equipped to do this well.
Because think about it, who would you rather receive a word from, someone who sits down with 10 pages of notes about why the dresses you wear have started to become inappropriate.Or would you like to hear from someone who is nervous, and might just break into tears, but you can tell that by their very presence there, they are suffering to tell you this. I think that when someone comes to me who is absolutely miserable it communicates that this is important to them, because I am important to them.
Like most of us, I've been on both ends of this before. I have seen friends do things that I knew weren't going to end well, and tried to step in to warn them. And I've been approached by people who care about me, and see something in me they are concerned about.And I have friends who like to do this kind of conflict recreationally. When Saturday night rolls around, they don't go to movies, they go judge people.
But in the Scripture, there is an important theological distinction between being a prophet and being a jerk.
So I'd like to show you what Jesus is really talking about when he says this stuff. Look again at what Jesus actually says here:
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?4 How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
He says get the plank out of your own eye, so that you might help your brother or sister. In other words, deal with your sin first, so that you might help your brother or sister.
And that's what I appreciate so much about people who are extremely nervous when confronting. I think the root of the apprehension (much of the time) is an awareness of our own brokenness. So we take a deep breath, we begin with being vulnerable and honest about our own deep brokenness and then we try to be as gently honest as possible. We know how jacked up we actually are…and so the question we are really asking under all those nerves is, "Who am I to tell them how to live?" "Which, according to Jesus, means you just might be the exactly right person to do so.


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Dozens of angry supporters of far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon scuffled with police and marched on parliament after he was jailed yesterday for contempt of court.
Up to 200 banner-waving protesters outside the Old Bailey court in central London chanted slogans and clashed with police in riot gear when the sentence was announced.
A large group then headed towards parliament, blocking roads and shouting "shame on you" at lawmakers inside.
Yaxley-Lennon, 36, who goes by the name Tommy Robinson, was jailed for committing contempt of court after he filmed defendants during a trial last year and posted the footage on social media.
He was found in contempt last week for breaching a reporting ban by videoing defendants accused of sexually exploiting young girls outside a courthouse in Leeds, while jurors were still considering their verdicts.
"Today's sentencing of Yaxley-Lennon serves to illustrate how seriously the courts will take matters of contempt," said attorney general Geoffrey Cox, the government's chief legal adviser
Yaxley-Lennon, who arrived at court wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the message "Convicted of Journalism" was arrested in May last year for making the video recordings and jailed for 13 months later that day.
However, he successfully appealed against the conviction and was released. Cox decided to re-start contempt proceedings against him leading to the hearings last week where he was convicted.
Judges said he had breached a court order, and his actions, aggressively confronting and filming some of the defendants, had created a substantial risk that "the course of justice in that case would be seriously impeded".
In her ruling, judge Victoria Sharp said that in his video Yaxley-Lennon, who argued he is highlighting cases ignored by mainstream media, "approves and encourages vigilante action" and his viewers would have understood it as "an incitement to engage in harassment of the defendants".
In a written ruling, Sharp said Robinson had claimed his intention in making the broadcast was to "denounce the media" for their behaviour. But the judges found he had encouraged others "to harass a defendant by finding him, knocking on his door, following him, and watching him".
This created "a real risk that the course of justice would be seriously impeded", she said.
He was jailed for six months for the Leeds contempt and a further three months for a previous contempt of court.
Yaxley-Lennon came to public attention as the co-founder of the English Defence League (EDL), a street movement, and he is now one of Britain's most high-profile far-right figures.
A former counter-terrorism police chief cited him as a source of growing far-right extremism.
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One-Year Anniversary of the AAPI Affordable Care Act0
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 23, 2011) – The President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders joins the Administration in celebrating the one-year anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act. The law provides millions of Americans with more freedom and control over their health care choices.
"One in six Asian Americans, and one in four Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are either uninsured or underinsured," said Daphne Kwok, Chair of the President's Advisory Commission. The Affordable Care Act provides more choices for the community to take control of their health care and consequently improve their lives."
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and other Pacific Islander communities experience high uninsurance rates; 26.7% of Hmong Americans, 22.5% of Bangladeshi Americans, and 17.4% of Micronesians live in poverty; and 35.5% of Korean Americans, 18.3% of Vietnamese Americans, and 17.7% of Indian Americans lack health coverage. Additionally, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders continue to have a high prevalence of diabetes, chronic hepatitis B, liver and cervical cancers.
The Affordable Care Act specifically assists the AAPI community by expanding coverage to 32 million Americans and strengthening the role of disease prevention and health promotion in addressing these chronic diseases.
Thanks to the law, AAPIs and all Americans are enjoying:
Lower Costs
• Seniors have the freedom to get the care they need, including free preventive care, lower cost prescription drugs, and Medicare they can count on. Nearly 4 million Americans who hit the Medicare prescription drug coverage gap known as the "donut hole" received $250 tax-free rebates, and will receive a 50% discount on brand name prescription drugs if they hit the donut hole this year.
• Up to 4 million small businesses could receive tax credits to make employees' health coverage more affordable.
• Insurance companies can no longer overcharge consumers just to boost profits and CEO salaries.
New coverage options
• Children with pre-existing conditions cannot be denied coverage in new health plans.
• Adults who have been locked out of the insurance marketplace because of a pre-existing condition can now buy coverage through a new Pre-Existing Condition Plan.
Better quality coverage
• People with insurance are free from worrying about losing their insurance due to a mistake on an application, or having it capped unexpectedly if someone is in an accident or becomes sick.
• All Americans in new insurance plans will receive preventive services without being charged a deductible, co-payment, or co-insurance.
"The Affordable Care Act not only gives individuals increased access to care, but our communities as a whole now have the policies and resources to better care for one another," said Sefa Aina, Vice Chair of the President's Advisory Commission. "Under the Affordable Care Act, we have an opportunity to address policies affecting health disparities – including improving federal data collection and reporting systems, developing our primary care workforce and expanding our community health care system so that culturally and linguistically appropriate services are accessible to our most underserved communities."
The Affordable Care Act Matters to Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders
The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders celebrates the anniversary of enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – health reform legislation passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010.
Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, Americans have more freedom and control in their health care choices. Americans have the freedom from worrying about losing their insurance, or having it capped unexpectedly if someone is in an accident or becomes sick. They no longer have to live in fear of double-digit premium increases from their insurance companies without recourse or accountability. It frees Americans from discrimination when insurance companies deny coverage because of a pre-existing condition. It reduces costs for families and businesses. And it includes substantial new benefits and freedoms for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI's) across the country.
These new choices, freedoms, and health care options are possible because the Affordable Care Act holds insurance companies accountable. And by covering more Americans and improving access to health coverage, the law makes it easier for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to get the high-quality care they need. Historically, AAPI's have faced significant barriers to accessing affordable health insurance and these barriers have contributed to health disparities:
• Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and other Pacific Islander communities experience high uninsurance rates; 26.7% of Hmong Americans, 22.5% of Bangladeshi Americans, and 17.4% of Micronesians live in poverty; and 35.5% of Korean Americans, 18.3% of Vietnamese Americans, and 17.7% of Indian Americans lack health coverage.
• Cervical cancer incidence rates are among the highest in the US for Laotian American, Samoan, Vietnamese American and Cambodian American women.
• Asian American adults aged 65 years and older were 30% less likely to have ever received the pneumonia shot, compared to white adults of the same age group.
• In Hawai'i, Asians, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders ages 20 years or older are more than two times as likely to have diagnosed diabetes as white residents of similar age.
• Cancer is the leading cause of death for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Native Hawaiians have the highest rate of deaths due to cancer compared to any other ethnic group in Hawaii and the third highest rate in the country
• Asian Americans are less likely to be tested for HIV/AIDS, and while the total number of reported AIDS cases has generally declined over the past five years for the white population, it has continued to increase for Asian Americans.
The Affordable Care Act will help reduce these disparities. The law will:
Expand Coverage for AAPI's with a Pre-existing Condition
Under the law, insurance companies are already banned from denying coverage to children because of a pre-existing condition. In 2014, they are banned from discriminating against anyone with a pre-existing condition. And uninsured Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders with pre-existing conditions, such as diabetes and cancer, can now access the new Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan.
Preventive Care Services
Under the law, all Americans joining a new health care plan are able to receive recommended preventive services, like flu shots and various cancer screenings, with no out-of-pocket costs.
Give You the Freedom to Choose Your Own Doctor
Under the law, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders joining new insurance plans have the freedom to choose from any primary care provider and OB-GYN in their health plan's network, without a referral.
End Insurance Company Discrimination
Under the law, insurance companies can no longer place a lifetime cap on the dollar amount of coverage an individual can receive – freeing cancer patients and individuals suffering from other chronic diseases from having to worry about going without treatment because of their lifetime limits. The law also restricts the use of annual limits and bans them completely in 2014. Over 9 million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders with private health insurance coverage are no longer at risk of having the amount of coverage they may receive limited by their insurance company.
Insurance companies can no longer drop coverage when an individual gets sick because of simple mistake on an application. Up to 1 million Asian Americans who buy coverage on the individual market are no longer at risk of having their coverage dropped when they need it most.
Decreases Costs for Seniors on Medicare
Over 3 million Asian Americans who have Medicare coverage have access to critical free preventive care –like mammograms and colonoscopies— and get a free annual check-up visit. Nearly 4 million Medicare beneficiaries now have lower prescription drug costs because of a 50% discount on brand name prescription drugs when they hit the Medicare coverage gap – or "donut hole".
Lowers Taxes for Up to 4 Million Small Businesses
Up to 4 million small businesses, including many of the nearly 250,000 small businesses owned by Asian Americans, benefit from the $40 billion in tax credits that help make providing coverage for their employees more affordable.
Expands Access to Community Health Centers
The Affordable Care Act increases the funding available to the more than 1,100 community health centers in all fifty states to enable them to double the number of patients they served from 19 million to nearly 40 million by 2015.


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October 5, 2009
Re: File # S7-18-09
I am writing as a licensed broker dealer to strongly oppose proposed Rule 206(4)-5 which will make it even harder for minority and women investment professionals to manage pension money. Driven by the publicity around an influence-peddling scandal in New Yorks public pension system, the proposed regulation forbidding the use of all placement agents by investment firms seeking to do business with public pension funds is a classic case of throwing the baby out with the dirty bath water. If approved, the regulation will have a direct, negative impact on investment returns of millions of Americans. Equally troubling, the regulation would set diversity within the investment community back decades.
The regulation would further concentrate assets with a small group of large, elite, predominantly white, male dominated firms-- exactly contrary to what drives higher, more robust investment strategies and returns. Without placement agents, the ability of emerging asset management firms, the majority of which are minority- and women-owned firms, to gain the business of the large public pension funds becomes virtually impossible. Yet, it is these very firms that consistently deliver higher returns than their larger, more established competitors. This regulation flies in the face of the SECs stated objective to level the playing field.
In the proposed rule, the SEC states that because of apparent difficulties for advisers to monitor the activities of their third-party solicitors, we are proposing to prohibit investment advisers from using third-party solicitors to obtain government clients. Placement agents pose no threat in fact, they provide a much-needed service on behalf of many minority- and women-owned investment firms unable to afford their own in-house marketers. The irony of this position is that the SEC currently monitors the activities of broker/dealers (placement agents) through FINRA and requires disclosure of all fee arrangements. It is not necessary for investment advisors to further monitor the activities of already regulated placement agents. Placement agents can easily verify to FINRA and potential managers they have made no political contributions to influence decisions.
The role of the placement agent appears simple and straightforward: to act on behalf of an investment firm and secure an opportunity for the firm to present its services. Behind the scenes the tasks are more complex. Placement agents are investment marketing experts who assist clients and their legal counsel on marketing materials and PPMs, presentation scripts, and sales strategy. They make all introductory contacts and presentations, screen all prospects, handle all follow-ups, and assist until fundraising is successful. Agents are paid a fee transactions are transparent and known to the pension funds.
But scape goated by the posturing and proclamations of political candidates in New York and elsewhere, third-party marketers have become synonymous with unethical pay-to-play activities. While isolated, egregious pay-to-play activities have been documented and must be addressed, the proposed regulations prohibiting all agents from working on behalf of the finance industrys emerging businesses is misplaced and discriminatory.
In industry after industry, increased competition among providers drives innovative thinking, more diverse choices, and better outcomes. The finance industry is no different. And, based on research from Harvard University and others, it is emerging managers, not the mega firms poised to profit from the proposed SEC regulation, that consistently produce higher rates of return on investments.
Currently, the largest 100 asset management firms control 86% of global institutional assets. Under the proposed regulation, this concentration is likely to increase further as small, emerging companies will find it increasingly challenging to market their investment products to pension funds. This concentration is troubling and does not serve the constituents the SEC is attempting to protectthe public pension funds.
In fact, if the regulation were to go into effect, principals at emerging manager firms would likely take on the additional, time-consuming task of marketing their firms. Most in the industry would argue that these principals time is best spent concentrating on their core business: managing assets, not marketing services.
I have focused on the careers of minority investment professionals for over twenty years. This proposed regulation would make starting their own investment firms without the sponsorship of one of the Wall Street giants virtually impossible.


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New Projectors: Epson vs. JVC vs. Optoma Page 3
Key Features
|$4,999 jvc.com
|• 200-watt UHP lamp • 1080p resolution • 2x zoom lens • 120-Hz Clear Motion Drive • Motorized zoom, focus, and lens shift • Vertical-stretch mode for use with optional anamorphic lens • Inputs: 2 HDMI, component-, composite-, and S-video; RS-232C • Dimensions + Weight 65?8 x 143?8 x 187?8 in; 24.3 lb Price
JVC DLA-HD550 LCoS Front Projector
JVC projectors have earned a rep for having the best native contrast in the industry. The DLA-HD750 is our Product of the Year for 2009 mostly because of its extraordinary contrast, achieved without the crutch of an auto iris. This year's models add JVC's 120-Hz Clear Motion Drive to reduce motion blurring, as well as a new screen-adjustment mode that compensates if your projection screen shifts the image toward red, green, or blue.
In the company of the Epson and Optoma projectors reviewed here, JVC's DLAHD550 feels like a Mercedes in a parking lot full of Toyotas. Everything is motorized: horizontal and vertical lens shift, zoom, focus, even the automatic lens cover. The DLA-HD550 also looks the sleekest. It uses the same Reon-VX video processor as the Epson ProCinema 9500 UB, and its 200-watt lamp is rated for 3,000 hours.
When it comes to the basics, such as image centering and focus, the DLAHD550 beats the competition by a mile. Its motorized image shift and zoom adjustments make it easy to get the image perfectly positioned on the screen. Best of all, its motorized focus lets you stand right next to the screen while making adjustments; you can fine-tune it until the edges of each pixel look as sharp as knife.
The DLA-HD550 fought me when I tried calibrating it. In the Cinema 2 mode, which is supposed to be set to the industry-standard color temperature of 6,500 K, the DLA-HD550 measured an average of 6,858 K. That's not bad, but I knew the projector could do better. Because the Cinema 2 mode didn't allow color temperature tweaking, I had to start from the User 1 mode. The somewhat unnatural response of the red and blue gain and bias controls made calibrating this projector a bit of a chore; it took about 45 minutes to get the color right. But for my effort I earned an excellent result: an average temperature of 6,517 K with a maximum deviation of 75 K.
However, the SMPTE color points for red, green, and blue weren't terribly accurate, and the DLA-HD550's consumeraccessible menus provided no adjustments. I can't say I was bothered by the look of the colors, but the purist in me can't ignore the fact that all of the projectors I've recently tested did better in this area.
JVC cites a contrast ratio of 30,000:1. Before calibration, I measured a very impressive 14,773:1; bringing the brightness and contrast controls to reasonable levels produced a still good 4,384:1. It was immediately obvious that the DLAHD550' s ability to reproduce deep black is in a whole other class than what I've seen from any other $5,000 projector.
Clear Motion Drive offers three settings: Off , Soft, and Strong. It seemed to work exactly like the Epson 9500 UB's frame interpolation did - it didn't improve the look of 24-fps material, but it nicely smoothed the motion on the 1080i video material from the Ultimate Fighting Championship: Best of 2008 Blu-ray Disc. Both the soft and strong settings looked great; I chose strong because, as with the 9500 UB's frame interpolation, I saw no downsides to Clear Motion Drive.
(Incidentally, no screen that I've ever used has enough color shift to make the DLA-HD550's screen-adjustment mode useful, but I suppose it could help if you're projecting the picture on an off-white wall.)
In general, the DLA-HD550 delivers an extraordinarily dynamic, punchy picture. Contrast and detail are awesome, especially considering the projector's price. The only projectors I've tested that can match the DLA-HD550's deep blacks are the DLA-HD750 and Sony's VPLVW70, both of which cost $3,000 more when they were introduced. Terminator Salvation's intricately constructed visuals - weaving CGI, crane shots, and handheld shots into seamless, nonstop action scenes - seemed even more dramatic than with the Epson projector, especially in the high-contrast opening battle scene.
The DLA-HD550's picture did have one characteristic that wasn't to my taste: The blacks sometimes looked a little too black, leaving the dark areas and shadows with little detail. In the shot from Terminator Salvation where John Connor slides down a rope into a cavern, I could see little but the actor and the light he was holding. I got a better look on this disc by going into the custom gamma mode and selecting a 2.0 gamma setting, but most movies looked best at the default 2.2 setting.
Overall, I slightly preferred the picture and the less fussy setup of the Epson 9500 UB. But I suspect a lot of people - including some, and maybe most, of my reviewer pals - would prefer the JVC's picture. If you want a purer picture with a simpler setup, I'd go with the Epson. If you want something more dramatic - and if you really love deep, dark black levels - go with the JVC.
Test Bench
Primary Color Point Accuracy vs. SMPTE HD Standard
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The DLA-HD550's Cinema 2 picture preset delivered the best out-of-the-box picture. Average color temperature measured 6,858 K from 30 to 100 IRE. Switching to the User 1 mode and the Custom 1 color temperature setting, I was able to achieve an average color temperature of 6,517 K with maximum deviation of 75 degrees.
Color decoder tests through the HDMI and component-video inputs delivered almost perfect results. Through HDMI, red was 5% low while blue and green were dead on. There was no error at all through the component-video input. However, the set's red, green, and blue primary color points were a ways off from the SMPTE HD specification for digital TV colors. The projector's consumer menu offered no opportunity to adjust these.
I expeimented with several adjustable iris settings, settling on 3. The projector has two lamp brightness modes: Normal and High. I got plenty of brightness out of the Normal mode, which measured 21.9 fL when projecting a 78-inch-wide image on my Stewart StudioTek 100 screen in the User 1 mode after adjustment of the brightness and contrast controls. Native contrast ratio measured an impressive 14,773:1 in Cinema 2 mode at factory settings, and 4,384:1 after calibration. In High lamp mode, max luminance increased to 32.1 fL while maintaining a very respectable 3,563:1 contrast ratio.
The DLA-HD550 offers several gamma presets: Normal, A, B, C, and D. The extensive gamma adjustment offers loads of options, including gamma settings from 1.8 to 2.6; adjustment of the white/gray/black gamma in 10 IRE steps; and separate adjustment of gamma for red, green, and blue.
Overscan measured 0% with the overscan function deactivated, and 2% with overscan activated on 480i signals through the component input. (Overscan can't be selected on HD or PC signals.) The projector displayed 1080i/p and 720p test patterns with full resolution through both the HDMI and component video connections. Brightness and color uniformity were nearly perfect whether the image was bright, dark, or in-between. A crosshatch pattern showed a minor vertical convergence error on green, at the right side of the image, but the position controls affect only the entire image, not a particular zone, so there was no way to correct this problem.
The projector showed no "jaggies" or resolution loss on when I played film or video test patterns from the DVD and Blu-ray versions of the Silicon Optix HQV Benchmark disc. It deinterlaced 1080i beautifully whether the original source was film or video. However, the 480i deinterlacing test pattern from the DVD showed the projector's recognition of 2:3 pulldown in 480i is rather slow, so you might occasionally notice artifacts with 480i material. The projector's noise reduction offers extensive adjustments, including overall noise reduction, mosquito noise reduction, and an on/off setting for block noise reduction - a capable, if rather confusing, control array. However, the noise reduction is only effective on 480i signals. There is no noise reduction for HD signals.
The fan noise is quite low-probably not the quietest I've heard, but close enough.


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Feel free to bring silly hats, or props for your photo shoot. We look forward to posting your picture here. Read on, our most excellent friends, read on!!


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UC President Orders Flags at Half Staff to Honor Memory of UCSB Victims
UC President Janet Napolitano has called on the University of California community to send their thoughts and prayers for the students killed and injured on Friday night in a mass shooting near UC Santa Barbara (UCSB).
The shooting left six UCSB students dead and 13 others injured in the seaside college town of Isla Vista, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office.
The victims have been identified by the Sheriff's Office as: Veronika Weiss, 19, Katie Cooper, 22, Chris Martinez, 20, Cheng Yuan Hong, 20, George Chen, 19, and Weihan Wang, 20.
A fund has been established to help the victims and their families. A live webcast of a memorial service, scheduled for 4 p.m. Tuesday, can be viewed on the UCSB website.
"Our faculty, staff, students and trainees constitute a large UC family, and this loss saddens and touches all of us," said UCSF Interim Chancellor Sam Hawgood, MBBS, in an email to the UCSF community.
Students at UCSF have initiated a solidarity vigil for all UCSF faculty, staff, students and trainees. The vigil will take place on Wednesday, May 28, at 6 p.m., on Parnassus in Saunders Court.
The following is Napolitano's message to the community.
By now I am sure that every member of the University of California community is aware of the horrific rampage near UC Santa Barbara this past Friday night that took the lives of six of our students and injured nine other students.
Words cannot adequately express my shock over this senseless event and my profound sadness about the loss of these young people. I ask that you join me in sending thoughts and prayers to the victims of this tragedy, their families and the entire Santa Barbara community.
This is a time for mourning and grieving, and for consoling and supporting each other. It will take time for our UCSB colleagues to recover and heal from this. To begin that healing, UCSB has canceled classes on Tuesday, May 27, and declared the day one of mourning and reflection. A memorial service organized jointly by students, staff and faculty will take place at 4:00 pm on campus. In the days and weeks ahead, as the campus continues to recover, I ask that you please extend understanding and compassion to our UCSB colleagues.
To honor the memories of the victims of Friday's senseless and tragic events, I am ordering flags at all University of California facilities to be lowered to half-staff through Sunday, June 1. As you look upon those lowered colors, I hope you will pause to reflect on these lost members of our UC family.
During this terrible time for our UC community, I ask that you join me in the belief that the process of healing and reflection we will go through in the coming days will draw us closer as a university community. Together, we will get through this.
Yours very truly,
Janet Napolitano


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2014 Investing Challenge: How Did the First Month Go?
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The 2014 Investing Challenge has entered its second month, and things are in full swing! Thousands of readers just like you responded to our call to invest an extra $300 a month for retirement this year!
Our goal is to show you that investing a full 15% of your income for retirement is easier than you think. We're starting with $300 because it's enough to make an impact on your retirement nest egg without being too much for most people to fit into their budgets.
Building a Community of Investors With the Same Goal
One of the best parts of the Investing Challenge is that we get to hear from you! We got tons of responses to our survey in last month's Investing Minute newsletter, and your answers taught us a lot about how our new investing community plans to take on the challenge.
First, we found that you weren't afraid to work—work your budget, work some overtime, or even work an extra job to come up with that extra $300 a month! A lot of you simply needed a reminder to be intentional about meeting your 15% goal.
Surprising Facts About You
Our survey also revealed some interesting facts about how well you are saving for retirement. What we found impressed us!
–Half of you already have six-figure retirement nest eggs! That puts you way ahead of the average retirement savings, which is about $25,000.
–Nearly half of you already invest at least $500 a month for retirement, with nearly 10% of those saving $2,000 or more. Wow!
–In spite of that progress, only 25% of you say you are "very optimistic" about saving enough to afford a comfortable retirement.
Should I Accept the Challenge?
Several of you had questions about how the challenge works on different Baby Steps. If you're on Baby Steps 1, 2 or 3—still digging out of debt or saving up an emergency fund—retirement investing should wait. On the other hand, if you're past Baby Step 4, and you already invest 15% of your income, that's awesome! There's no need to throw another $300 on top of that. Instead, stay focused on Baby Steps 5, 6 and 7.
Be confident about your retirement. Find an investing pro in your area today.
Some readers felt left out of the challenge because $300 represents more than 15% of their income. We've got great news for you! First, you're not alone. Many of our readers said they wrestle with the same issue. Second, you can participate in the Investing Challenge by simply increasing your investing budget by 1% or 2%. As long as you're making progress toward that 15% goal, we'll be cheering you on!
Another Way to Talk to Us
In last month's Investing Minute newsletter, we told you the Investing Challenge is a two-way street. We want to know about the mental, emotional and financial hurdles you face when it comes to investing for retirement. Tell us what we can do to help you reach your goals. Are there tools, resources or advice on specific topics you'd find useful?
Email your thoughts to firstname.lastname@example.com, and we'll take an in-depth look at these topics in future editions.
Tips on Saving $300 a Month
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Reading on another blog,,,about the little parakeet in the wild. We were on our roof one time, during the summer, putting a new one on, and this little parakeet landed there by me, it's wings dragging, mouth open, panting,,so hot. It let me pick it up and take it in the house to give it some water. Well!! That bird sure suckered me in, let me tell you. The next time I put my finger down to let it hop on, it bit the blood out! Don't know why I didn't take it's head off right then,,,but,, I didn't.
My dotter always loved those things. Years later, I went into her house and heard this baby kitten meowing,,started looking everywhere. HA! It was that bird! It had learned to meow...hahahahaha.
My feet were cold all day yesterday, well, mostly. So, today I have thick socks on, and good fleece clothes. I hate to wear shoes with these socks but I do, even tho they're tight. lol, Kick my shoes off as soon as I come in the door, and they're 1/2 a size larger too.
Doing another load of laundry today. All these heavy clothes makes for more loads. I went out to our new Alco yesterday, and bought 3 new tops, fleece ones, marked down 40 & 50%. A long time ago, in Austin somewhere, I bought a wool jacket marked way down in Jan. One of the linings in one sleeve was twisted, sewn in wrong. I got them to almost give it to me, brought it home and fixed it. I made my dotter's and my clothes so it was easy to fix it.
I ordered her a pair of plain jeans one time, took the inseam apart, then sewed rick rack, different sizes, different colors, all over them, then sewed the inseam back up. lol, This was the 70s,,,And I made her a pants suit, with a jacket. On the back of the jacket, I embroidered Chicago,,all across the back, like on their album...
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ISH is the world's leading trade fair focusing on the responsible management of water and energy in buildings. It sets trends for modern bathroom design, sustainable heating and air-conditioning technology as well as intelligent home systems.
ISH meets the growing demand for comfort, convenience, individualisation, well-being and aesthetics. Integrated solutions are able to cover all these requirements and make a decisive contribution to energyefficient and resource-friendly building systems.
Over 2,400 exhibitors, including all market leaders from home and abroad, launch their latest products, technologies and solutions onto the world market at ISH. ISH has, therefore, a leading role worldwide as the occasion per se when the sector comes together – 64 percent of the exhibitors and 40 percent of the around 200,000 visitors come from outside Germany.
From 2019 ISH is changing its sequence of days. In future, the event will begin on Monday. Next ISH will be held from 11 to 15 March 2019 (Monday to Friday).
No other show is as sharply focused on forward-looking subjects such as the conservation of resources and the use of renewable energies. At the same time, ISH is the foremost showcase for sanitary installations, intelligent living and innovative building solutions.
We shine light at the chapter : ISH Energy
The efficient use of energy is one of the most important topics of our times. ISH will be presenting the latest technologies and solutions for the challenges that arise from the need to protect both the climate and our natural resources. The ISH Energy section of the show is the leading industrial exhibition for efficient heating and air-conditioning technology, combined with renewable energies, and is thus the major platform for the groundbreaking building services technologies of tomorrow.


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Carry Your House On Your Back With the JakPak
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I thought Wired Magazine was cruel, when they called the JAKPAK an epic gadget FAIL. So did Michelle at JAKPAK, who wrote "Pretty excited to see you guys stand up to the Wired article regarding the Jakpak. It is a great product." But they like it at the Consumerist and Fast Company, and I like it too.
What's not to like; it is more of a bivy sack than a tent, but a lot of people camp like that. In fact this looks better than most of the bivy sacks I have seen; I love the mosquito netting, although I suspect they will bite right through it. Cliff at Fast Company called it a great example of Hobotech, a term I am steal and personalize as hobotecture, (no, damn, Fast Company coined that too!) for lightweight mobile living.
Our correspondent Michelle demonstrates. More at JakPak
More Hobotecture, houses you carry on your back:
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Catlin, 30, who has cerebral palsy, works as a greeter at the Selinsgrove Walmart Supercenter in Pennsylvania, and was recently in the news as he was in jeopardy of losing his position due to a change in job requirements that he would be unable to fulfill. Though Catlin will stay at Walmart as a self-checkout host, Quantum recognized that he still needed a better way to get around both at work and at home.
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Only God (Isaiah 44:1-45:25)Dr. Steve Putney, Unknown Date
Part of the Getting To Know The Holy God - Six Weeks in Isaiah series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
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1Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: 2Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen. 3For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: 4And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses. 5One shall say, I am the LORD's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel. 6Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. 7And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them. 8Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any. 9They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. 10Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing? 11Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together. 12The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint. 13The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house. 14He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. 15Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto. 16He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire: 17And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god. 18They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. 19And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? 20He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? 21Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me. 22I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. 23Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel. 24Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself; 25That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; 26That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof: 27That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers: 28That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. 45:1 Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; 2I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: 3And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. 4For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me. 5I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: 6That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. 7I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. 8Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it. 9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? 10Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth? 11Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. 12I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded. 13I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts. 14Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God. 15Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. 16They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols. 17But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end. 18For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else. 19I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. 20Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. 21Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. 22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. 23I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. 24Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. 25In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory. 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Thursday, November 27, 2008
No stuffing...yet !
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Monday, November 24, 2008
Bird Feeder
We have a bird feeder in the backyard, but haven't used it for years, due to the fact we would get rats, so had to stop. I thought I would put a small amount of wild bird seed out and see what would happen. First the crows were at it, I ran up to get my camera and when I got back down, this squirrel was having a feast.
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Saturday, November 15, 2008
Sewing Saturday
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Friday, November 14, 2008
A little Sparkle to go with Jingle. Pattern can be found at the same place . Same fabric, 28ct. Annabelle - Dawn Grey and same DMC666 and 703 used.
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
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New Blog
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Lest We Forget
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Monday, November 10, 2008
Something quick and little
It rained yesterday, actually it has rained almost everyday for a week. It is being reported that we have had more rain then we normally get for the month of November. So I decided to stay in and stitch to my hearts content. I look around and see so many WIP's, but wanted something quick and easy. This is Christmas Poinsettia Topiary by Praiseworthy Stitches from the TGOS Nov. issue, at least my version. I stitched this on 28 ct. Ice Blue Annabelle with DMC 498, 304 and 3051. There should be Merry on the left side and Christmas down the right. I go to start this and realize I should have stitched this over one and can't seem to adjust the wording to fit with over 2. I like it the way it is so may just leave it. I'm working on another one from the same issue. May get that one fnished tonight.
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Sunday, November 02, 2008
Blogoversary Gift Update
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