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What does the Bible have to say about money anyways? Are we, as Christians, held to some higher standard? Are there practical tips in scripture that we can use today with regards to our own budgets? I believe the answer to those questions is a resounding, 'Yes!' In this post I will go over some basic attitudes that we must have when handling our finances. Remember these principles and we will go from there on to how to create a budget that works for you, how to save, tithing, getting rid of debt and other practical investment practices. But for now, let's begin where all things begin- with the matters of the heart.
I believe a discussion of Christian finances should start with this scripture: "The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein." Psa. 24:1 ESV In short, everything we have is from Him- we are simply loaning from God. It's easy to forget this when we get up and go to work each day. We bring home a paycheck that we think is somehow 'ours….' And I suppose in some ways it is. But who gave us our jobs…and our health so we can perform that job…and our life?! He did! So let's begin with the correct financial perspective. All that we have is given to us by God and it does matter to Him how we use it. Now, let's delve into some practical principles and actions that we can use when we try to balance our own budgets. So, what are some of the basic responsibilities that we have?
Responsibility to be Hard-Working: First of all we are required to work hard and work well. As Christians our lights are always shining- either for God's glory or His shame. Our example in the workplace (in or out of the home) is extremely important and God has something to say about that: "Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men." Col. 3:23 ESV If we follow this principle we will be blessed. It is important that we remind ourselves that God has placed us exactly where we are. Therefore, it is important that we work where we are as if God was our employer- because He is! He put us there and He is watching over us to see how we will handle ourselves. Work as if unto the Lord and remember that He is our Real Boss!
Responsibility to be Fruitful: God gives us a lot. Regardless of how much money you have, we are extremely enriched by Him. We are to be thankful but He requires more than that. We are to be fruitful. Remember the parable of the talents? Let's take a look…"And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, 'Master, you delivered to me five talents; here I have made five talents more.' His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.' What praise he received! It is obvious here that God expects us and takes joy in seeing us be fruitful with what He has given to us. Whether it is diligently saving, making sound investments or creating wealth by creating jobs God wants us to be fruitful! How fruitful are you with what God has given you?
Responsibility to Give: "When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. And you shall not strip your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God." -Lev. 9: 9-10 ESV What is the principle here? God has a deep care and loving compassion for the less fortunate… and so should we. We must cultivate a heart of giving. God has even created a built-in blessing to those who give willingly. Ever noticed how when you give you tend to get back more than you gave? That is part of God's design- "One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want." Proverbs 11:24 ESV. God wants us to be a giving and generous people. This, along with so many things is a heart issue. Cultivate a heart for giving and while you are blessing others, He will bless you too!
Finally, we have to maintain the proper perspective on the place that money has in our lives. Remember this warning? "Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have…." Heb. 13:5 ESV We are to appreciate abundance and at the same time not be defined by it. The Father enriches our lives with many things, sometimes monetarily and we must be forever grateful and content with what He gives us. I am constantly reminding myself to love my God and not what He provides for us. There is a big difference there and I am continually challenged with remembering that difference.
Well, that's Stewardship 101… stay tuned for more practical advice along with spiritual insights tied to how we handle what God has given us!


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List one time that you had to go through a tragedy on your journey. List one time that you went through a thistle field of sin. List one time that Hod brought you encouragement just when you needed it! Are you off of the path to get to your destination? What is one thing that you can do today to get you back on the path to a relationship with God?
Your Stone is Rolled
What do you feel is standing in your way of developing a closer relationship with Jesus or coming to him for the first time? Take some time to present this "stone" to God. Now find hope that God is already working on what you are weighed down by.
Give Jesus Your Donkey!
Max Lucado says, "maybe you can sing or hug or program a computer or speak Swahili or write a check...if given back to God could, like the donkey, move Jesus and his story further down the road." What gifts do you have that you could give to Jesus? Jon Weece asks "What's the kindest thing you've ever done for someone? Now go do that again this week!" What can you do this week to share your gifts with Jesus and show His love to someone who needs it? Now go do it!
Social Distancing
Jesus was the master of social distancing. He was separated from his Father, from his earthly parents, his ministry and his friends. He was put on lock-down because he was a threat. Still today, the enemy looks at anyone who is advancing the Gospel as a threat. In what ways have you felt like you have been on lock-down? Have you considered that you could be experiencing these lock-downs because you are a threat? How can these moments be used to bring glory to God?
World-Wide Spread
Much like COVID-19, the Gospel has spread to the ends of the earth - into our country and into our neighborhoods. When it began, the Gospel looked like death and defeat. Jesus hung on the cross at cried out, "It is finished." To many of those watching, this may have looked like the end - but it was just the beginning. Often God will encase his purpose and his plan for you in something common, or even worse, in something chaotic - something that looks like defeat. However, have you considered that your stressful and overwhelming situations could be the start of something new? In what ways can you change your perspective of those situations? Share your thoughts with a friend.
Distorting or Directing?
Think about a time where you read through some type of instructions but could not fully comprehend the point or goal until someone illustrated them. Have you ever considered the fact that you are an illustration of the Gospel? Many people are looking to you for an example of the Bible lived out. The question becomes: are you distorting the Gospel or directing people to it?
Don't Miss Your Shot!
Take a moment to think about the transformation that Jesus made in the life of Dave Hopla. Dave Hopla, the greatest basketball shooter on the planet, tells those he's instructing that they can make 100% of the shots they take, but they are nothing without Jesus. How are you making an impact for Jesus? With a group of friends, list 3 things that you can do this year to make a big deal about Jesus!
Wash Your Hands
Ignaz Semmelweis made the most important discovery in medical history, but prominent doctors of his day rejected his theory that simple hand washing would be the cure for a deadly disease. Do you find it difficult to share about Jesus - our cure for the deadly disease of sin? With a group of friends list 3 ways you could share Jesus. Isn't rejection your main fear? Think of 1 way you could continue to share Jesus in the midst of such a fear.
A Little Bit More
What little thing are you going to offer to God? Do you have a little bit of time? With a group of friends, list 3 things you could do while you stand in line at the grocery store, wait in traffic, eat lunch at work, wait for the clothes to dry, wait in the drive-thru, etc. Do you have a little bit of money? List 3 ways that you could offer that to God. Do you have a little bit of ability? List 3 ways that you can use your ability to serve God and others. List 1 way that God did something BIG with a little!
What Would You Die For?
Who would you die for? If you would die for them, then let's not spend eternity without them! Pray for them, invite them to church; introduce them to the One Who gave His life to show them how much He loves them! List 1 way you could show God's love to your enemies. Think of what an impact that could have in their life!! And most of all, live loved—because you are loved!
Egg-zactly What Easter is All About!
Take a moment to look at all of the people around you. These people, and you and me, we are pretty much all the same: sinners in need of a Savior! Is that how you see yourself? Is that how you see those around you? Do you feel broken? How do you feel about the fact that eggs need to be broken before they are used? Get a group of friends together and each list 1 way that God can use you. Then share with each other. Encourage each other to go out and do it!
What Is Distracting You?
If what is most important is to tell people how much God loves them, why isn't that our focus? List 3 of your biggest distractions. With a group of friends, compare your lists. Which distractions are the same for those in the group? List 1 way to get rid of that distraction. Which are unique to you? Discuss ways to eliminate that distraction from your life. Just imagine how many lives will be saved if we can stay focused on the main thing the way Jesus did!
Have You Thought About Eternity?
Have you thought about eternity? One man and one piece of chalk impacted the world by helping them think about eternity! List one thing that YOU can do to help people think about eternity.
Better Than New!
The issue isn't about how broken a person is; it's about how loving God is! Find a broken person near you and describe kintsugi to them. List 1 way that God has highlighted your flaws to allow you to reach broken people.
Finding Peace From Space
Imagine what it must have been like for these astronauts to see Earthrise. How do you think this experience would have affected you? With your group, list 3 ways you can help someone who may have an opposing view realize the peace that comes from Jesus.
Choose Joy!
Think about a situation in your life that was tragic, but looking back now you can see some good that came from it. Share with a group of friends ways to show joy to those who need a brighter Christmas!
Who Is Your Whosoever?
List a person who you have a hard time loving. Discuss with your group one way you can show God's love to that person. Pray that God will give you opportunities to show His love in this or other ways to make an eternal impact on that person and you!
Words of Hope!
With a group of friends, list 3 ways that people around you spew poison of discouragement and despair. Now list one way that you can share words of hope with each of the following: to your family; to your friends; to your neighbors; and to your co-workers.
What's Your New Challenge?
With a group of friends, discuss 1 way that you can take care of someone's physical needs. List 2 ways you can help someone spiritually. List 3 ways to help someone who may feel alone. What new challenge does God have for you to transform your depression to joy?!
Sell Your Casino
You may not own a casino, like Manny Pacquiao, but how can others see your life transformed? With a group of friends, discuss how your life is different because of Jesus. List 3 ways you can show the world that you have been transformed by Jesus!
Who Is Your Steve?
Who is your Steve? Has God put someone in your life to bring about transformation in their life? With a group of friends, make a list of your Steves and what we can do to introduce them to Jesus who can transform their life for eternity.
Open Arms or Crossed Arms
But when we see them as lost, we go find them, and when we find them, we rejoice! With a group of friends, list one daring thing you can do this week to reach someone in your community who is lost. Think of one person at your work that you need to be persistently reaching out to and inviting to church. Picture one person in your family who needs you to be patient with, as God works in their life until he or she has a change of heart. Finally, list 3 ways you can celebrate, receiving them with open arms - not crossed arms - when they come home!
What Will You Do With Your Foul Ball?
What's your first reaction to the couple that wouldn't give the foul ball to the blind boy at the baseball game? Do you ever see yourself like that couple when it comes to the incredible gift God has given us? We've stumbled upon salvation and now we've got to share it with those who are spiritually-blind around us! List 3 people in your life that you want to share your foul ball with this week. Start by sending them the link to this devotion and invite them to Church with you next week!
How's Your Vision?
If someone said they could envision a day with 5 times the current amount in attendance at your church, what would be your response? Would you chuckle? How's your vision when it comes to seeking the lost like Jesus did? With a group of friends, list 3 ways you can open your eyes to see lost people around you. List 2 people who you would like to help find their way home. List 1 thing you will do this week to show them God's love.
The County Fair is Coming!
Make a list of people who hate you. With a group of friends, talk about how they have drug you across a field, against a fence post and through a barbed wire fence. Now make a list of 4 ways you can show them love, do good, bless, and pray for the people on your list. Then watch God do amazing things, because the day of the County Fair is coming!
Be Dangerous!
Recall times and situations where you prayed for God to keep you safe. With a group of friends, list 6 ways you can be dangerous for God. Include: 2 people you can share your faith with, 2 people you can invite to church, and 2 people you could pray for!
Don't Treat Your Spouse Like a Watch
It will just do what you want, look attractive on your wrist, and exists solely to meet your specific needs. Does that describe your watch or your spouse? With a group of friends, list 3 ways you can show your spouse that you treasure them. Share an example of love without conditions that you have experienced. Spend this summer deepening your relationships!
For Us
Often it is easy to avoid the challenges, fears and worries of leaving our comfort zone for the sake of Christ's name. However, think about how Christ left his comfort zone in Heaven so that we could be saved and restored to the presence of our gracious God. List 3 ways you can leave your comfort zone and serve God this week, not for a reward, but because He has already done so much - for us.
$100M Contract
We all have been offered a priceless contract - the gift of grace. However, we have all allowed insignificant things to consume the power of that gift. With a group of friends, share something insignificant that you have allowed to overcome your $100M contract. Pray for each other and offer accountability in that area.
House Building Materials
Which Little Pig best describes you? Are you so busy that you don't read the plans and just build your house with straw like the first pig? Are you like the second pig who didn't want to make too much of an investment into his house, so he just skimmed the plans and built with sticks. Or are you like the third pig who read the plans, poured the foundation and built his house of bricks? Which house will stand when the wolf comes? List 3 things you can do to help your house withstand the huffing and puffing of the wolf.
Don't Be a Wolf
We need to be on the lookout for wolves! Wolves are dangerous, evil, power-hungry, and deceptive. Good people could become wolves and sometimes we all can be a little wolf-ish. With a group of friends, make a list of 3 ways you could become more welcoming to newcomers, 3 ways you could become more positive and encouraging, and 3 ways you could keep the flock together.
Are You On the Right Road?
As you cruise through life, how do you know you are headed in the right direction? Describe to a group of friends a time in your life when you were going through the fog and what you did to see the light, turn your life around, and get on the right road headed toward home. This week, slow down and make sure you are headed on the right direction!
Choose Life!
Isn't it interesting that two brothers raised by the same father, same mother, in the same environment, with the same occupation, and the same passions would make such different choices? One choosing death with the other choosing life. List an example from your own experience where you've witnessed someone choosing death or choosing life. How doe sit make you feel to know that God allows you to make your own choices? How can you make a decision today to choose life?
The Gift of the Cross
The early Church exploded in growth because of the sacrificial love that was shown during horrific plagues. List 3 things you can do to show sacrificial love to someone this week. Share your list with a few friends. Make a plan of action to carry out one of your ideas as a group.
The Gift of the Torn Curtain
How does this simple illustration help you understand what Jesus did for you? Take a minute and draw the illustration for yourself, then practice the story with a friend. List 3 people that you will share this illustration and story with this coming week.
The Gift of the Sign on the Cross
God can use anyone to accomplish His purpose. When have you seen God use someone or something in your life that you didn't expect? How about you? Do you think God can use you to accomplish His purpose? God's forgiveness is for everyone. Does this make you look at people around you differently? And have you received His forgiveness for your sins?
The Gift of Spit
Have you ever spit on anyone? Talk with some friends about a time you made someone feel bad so you could feel good. Discuss the following phrase: "How we treat others is how we treat Jesus." Aren't you thankful that Jesus carried our spit (the filth of our sin) to the cross? What a gift!
Infiltrating Our Secular Culture
Talk with a few friends about how "I Can Only Imagine" became the most requested song on mainstream radio. List 3 things that you can do to infiltrate our secular culture. Get a group together and see "I Can Only Imagine" the movie. Share this link with 3 people inviting them to church!
Focus On What Is Important
On a big stage in front of millions of viewers, the Eagles praised God and shared their faith in Jesus. They do the same thing with the person next to them in the locker room. What about you? Write down three people next to you who need Jesus in their life. List three things that you will do this week to share with them the reason for the Hope that you have - Jesus! Maybe you could share one of these videos with them. That may begin a conversation that may change their life forever!
Jesus Is Better
List something in your life that you place above Jesus. Is it your career? How about your family? Food? Entertainment? Recreation? Health? Religion? You fill in the blank. What gets in the way of your relationship with Jesus? Don't be like the rich young ruler. Choose Jesus! A relationship with Jesus is so much better than anything the world has to offer!
Be Salty
Salt is used to flavor, heal, or preserve. Talk with a group of friends about three ways that you can add salt to your world this week. Is there something bitter that you can make better? Is there a wound that needs healing? Is there something in your life that has the potential to rot that needs to be preserved?
A New Attitude for a New Year
Talk to a group of friends about a situation that has occurred in your life that you initially thought was a curse that ended up becoming one of your greatest blessings. How can recollecting these events change your attitude as you face difficult situations during this new year?
Make Room for Jesus!
Don't be like the innkeeper who missed an opportunity to see Jesus! List three ways that you can make room for Jesus in your life starting today!
What Your Pet Fish Can Teach You About Christmas
Hebrews 4:15 says, "He's been through weakness and testing, experiencing it all - all but the sin" (MSG). With two or three friends, discuss what it means to you that God became one of us - that God jumped into the fish bowl with us. Knowing that God gave up everything to show you how much He loves you, list two specific ways that you will humbly serve someone so that they can experience God's love, maybe for the first time.
Joseph's Obedience
List three questions that you would like to ask Joseph. Talk with a group of friends about a time in your life when you weren't sure about God's plan, but you trusted Him and obeyed, and now looking back you could see that God was working for your benefit and His glory.
The Light Pierces the Darkness
In what ways do you need to open your eyes to what God wants you to see? List three ways you could make someone's day a little brighter.
A Smile and a Dime
In what small way can you show thanks to people who have helped you? Talk with a friend about a time that God has placed someone in your path that helped you or that you were able to help.
Who Determines Your Value?
Now that you know your true value, what steps will you take this week to protect something so valuable? List three things that you will do this week to show someone how valuable they really are.
Small Sacrifice = Big Impact
What are you willing to sacrifice to show God's Love to someone in need this week?


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The Grimes Companies Recognized for Its Fast and Continued Growth
The Company Ranks Among Jacksonville's 50 Fastest-Growing Private Companies.
Jacksonville, FL, July 28, 2009 --(
)-- The Grimes Companies (TGC) has been recognized by the Jacksonville Business Journal as one of Northeast Florida's "50 Fastest-Growing Private Companies" for the third year in a row. Ranked No. 12 in 2009, the Jacksonville-based supply chain management company is the only company to rank in the top 15 from 2006 through 2008. TGC also ranked No. 9 this year among the fastest-growing companies by dollar-volume.
"The economy has presented us, like all companies, with complex challenges but our focus on providing quality services that help our customers achieve success has allowed us to maintain our own success," said Grimes President Michael O'Leary.
In spite of the economy, TGC is continually adding sophistication and range to its services, which include warehousing, transportation, packaging, document storage and recently expanded global supply chain management including Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC) and Customs Brokerage Services.
The Business Journal's criteria are stringent and always verified by an independent accounting firm. To make the list a company must have had sales of at least $1 million in the past year and it must have had consecutive annual revenue growth from 2006 to 2008. Rankings were based on a company's average annual growth percentage over a three-year period.
Founded in 1972 by Thomas L. Grimes, the company's growth is carefully controlled by O'Leary and his senior leadership team. They are cautious to be sure the company doesn't grow to the point where it impacts on their ability to manage current operations. "Our commitment to expand will never overshadow our dedication to providing our customers with superior service," said O'Leary.
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This year is a very different year.
Many ups and many downs.
But it has been a good year like I had asked for last year.
This year my christmas list is simple.
When I was a little girl, I always asked for a giant teddy bear
and for my dad to come back.
As a teen, I asked for whatever was "in"
And now, my requests are a little different.
My biggest and the one I want the most is not for me.
Its for my husband, please, somehow let me get him a Play Station 3. Thats all he wants.
Somehow I need to, If I dont gat a single thing else, please let me get him that.
Next is for my sister.
You know what she needs.
I can go on with what materials I want, a coffee machine, a big mirror, some ugg like shoes.
Maybe a purse, maybe some gift cards for clothes.
I dont care really except for the first two.
Please, thats all I want.
I hope you'll enjoy my milk and cookies, and carrots for the rest
P.S. I hope I made the good list.


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Balanced Budget Amendment Legislative Debate Handbook
A handbook prepared for state legislators considering an Article V application for a Convention of States on the single topic of proposing a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
As the Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA) Task Force has promoted its Article V BBA application throughout the states, we have repeatedly run into the same worn out arguments in opposition that have simply no merit in fact or law. We recognize that state legislators, with all the important issues facing them, don't always have the time or resources to become Article V experts.
This booklet is intended to provide you in succinct fashion the information you need to successfully floor debate and rebut the meritless opposing arguments. When arguing in support of an Article V BBA resolution, feel free to direct your naysayer opponent to this booklet for "a fuller and more complete response" to the question posed. If you are a skeptic, feel free to review these materials and their source data. We have yet to find any scholarly material which can successfully rebut the facts and law set forth herein.
The BBATF is only six states short of meeting the threshold requirement for calling the first Article V convention of states in this country's
history. It will be truly historic. As is pointed out herein, it will by no means be the first convention of states ever held, only the first called pursuant to and under the auspices of Article V. We have abundant historical precedent from which to draw in determining in detail what the scope and parameters are of a convention of states called pursuant to Article V. There are numerous court decisions expounding on Article V. In those cases, the courts looked to the numerous conventions of states held during the founding era to provide guidance on the meaning of Article V.
Thus, when the naysayers claim that we are opening up a Pandora's Box by calling an Article V convention, they simply don't know what they are talking about. The First Amendment's sacrosanct protection of freedom of speech is but 10 words, but no one could ever claim that we don't understand its scope and parameters. We have fleshed those out over the years in court decisions and historical practice. The same can equally be said of Article V and its procedure for a convention of states.
The time to proceed is now. As Ohio Governor John Kasich has said about our crippling national debt and the fear of using Article V to stop it, "We are standing inside a house that is burning down around us, and we are afraid to go outside for fear that we might get hit by a meteor." May this booklet give you the information you need to stop our country from burning itself to
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Gallagher recently published its Failure Modes of Elastomers in the Semiconductor Industry White Paper, now available for download on our site. This white paper discusses common issues that occur with elastomer seals in the semiconductor industry. The excerpt below is the first section of our new white paper, discussing groove design and seal leakage. To download the entire white paper, visit our Resources Page, or click on the image to the right.
Failure Modes for Elastomers in the Semiconductor Industry
High performance elastomers are found in many applications in the semiconductor industry (see paper titled Perfluoroelastomers in the Semiconductor Industry). Though perfluoroelastomer (FFKM) seals are formulated to meet the highest performance requirements of integrated circuit (chip) manufacturers, even these elastomers can't solve every sealing application nor will they last forever in service. Additionally, end users need to understand subtle performance differences between perfluoroelastomers in the same product line. For example, one product may be better at minimizing particle generation while another may be better for high temperature services.
To deal with elastomer sealing problems that occur in the semiconductor industry, root cause failure analysis is critical to solving issues and preventing them from reoccurring. This type of analysis should be carried out as a joint effort between the end user
and the seal supplier/manufacturer. Although it is important to find the solution as quickly as possible, the seal manufacturer cannot easily assist in root cause analysis without application details, including application temperatures, pressures, chemical environment and seal design. In addition, the seal manufacturer will need the failed part to properly conduct a root cause analysis.
The following sections detail common issues that occur with seals in the semiconductor industry. Examples are often given for o-rings, but are also applicable to other seal shapes.
Groove Design
Unfortunately a significant number of seal failures can be attributed to improper groove design. When loss of sealing force, plasma cracking, and/or extrusion occurs, anything short of redesigning the groove may not address the underlying problem. For this reason, proper groove design and elastomer selection must be considered early on during new equipment design. If a fluoroelastomer seal is selected for an application, consider future needs for a perfluoroelastomer (e.g. Kalrez®) due to temperature or the use of aggressive chemicals. Once the equipment is in the field, it is extremely difficult to replace it or re-machine the grooves to correct a sealing issue. Elastomer seal suppliers can assist equipment manufacturers with proper groove design to prevent
future problems.
Seal Leakage
Leakage is a very general term used for a variety of problems, some of which may be related to seal design. For this section, a leak is defined as a seal (equipment and/or elastomer related) that allows fluid to pass around the elastomer and into the process from the environment, or from the process out to the environment. In the case of plasma processes, atmospheric leakage of gas into the process chamber can introduce contaminants that affect integrated circuit quality.
Some common causes of seal leakage are included below. Note that items 2-4 are often related to groove design.
- An o-ring is cut or damaged during installation. Use care when installing an o-ring over sharp edges and/or be sure to grind off any sharp edges.
- Improper compression is applied by the metal surfaces that compress the o-ring. For example, an installed squeeze of 18-22% is suggested for an FFKM o-ring sealing a vacuum application. O-ring tolerances as well as metal machined part tolerance stack up must be considered when calculating seal compression. Under or
over compression of an elastomer seal is problematic and can lead to leakage.
- Due to thermal expansion or chemical swell, the o-ring overfills the groove at application temperature and extrusion occurs, resulting in leakage.
- An o-ring is overstretched, e.g. greater than 5% stretch. This overstresses the ring and can lead to premature part failure and subsequent leakage.
- The o-ring suffers attack due to the environment and the o-ring develops splits or cracks, or general degradation, which leads to leakage.
About the Author
Russell Schnell spent more than 37 years as an engineer with DuPont, the last 26 years as a Senior Application Engineer with the Kalrez® perfluoroelastomer parts business. Recognized for his expertise in elastomer applications, seal design and failure analysis, he provided technical support for a wide range of industries including: chemical processing, aerospace, oil and gas, pharmaceutical and semi-con. He created and conducted hundreds of training seminars and workshops in this field and was solely responsible for the development of the Kalrez® Application Guide software tool.
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A new Olympics means a new orange box — a Wheaties box, the "Breakfast of Champions." Will it be figure skating's Michelle Kwan lending her face — and her Olympic tale — to the cereal packaging? Or maybe Alpine skiing's Julia Mancuso? Or snowboarding's Shawn White?
It takes more than a gold medal to be a Wheaties champion. According to Wheaties spokesman Greg Zimprich, "Extensive due diligence goes into selecting Wheaties champions." He adds, "It requires an ongoing process of talking with athletes, agents and others in anticipation of who might be the next great champion to break through and appear on the package."
The process to find an athlete who exemplifies the cereal's wholesome, all-American image is neither simple nor short. "We are typically working 18 to 24 months out, trying to anticipate breakthrough performances or milestones that should be considered for the package," says Zimprich. "We want to highlight athletes who are champions both on and off the field of play."
The tradition of faces on the Wheaties boxes really began in 1958, when two-time Olympic pole vaulting champion Bob Richards lent his mug to the breakfast cereal. Before Richards, or the "Vaulting Vicar" as he was called, athletes appeared either on the back or side panels of Wheaties packaging. Since Richards, some 15 individual Olympians and two Olympic teams — women's gymnastics and women's ice hockey — have followed suit.
"From ice skaters to boxers to swimmers, it's just about the greatest hall of fame of athletes in America ever," says Richards.
With the Torino games just ahead, Forbes.com decided to track down and catch up with the 15 athletes whose Olympic performances landed them a spot on the box of the "Breakfast of Champions." We wanted to know how their Olympic moments have affected the rest of their lives.
Lieutenant Billy Mills, the 1964 Olympic 10,000 meters champion, was the second gold medalist to be featured on a Wheaties box. Though his competitive running days have come to an end, Mills is still on his feet trying to spread a message based on character, dignity and pride. Indeed, last year Miller gave 75 motivational speeches. This year, he'll scale back to 60. "I'm trying to improve my golf game," he explains with a chuckle.
And Bruce Jenner, another early Wheaties champion, has hardly seen his life slow either. Like Mills, the 1976 decathlon champion travels from one venue to the next making motivational speeches. "I've done eight in the last two and a half weeks," he says.
Even with his hectic speaking schedule, Jenner has found time to run his Columbia, S.C.-based company, Bruce Jenner Aviation, which buys and sells corporate jets. He is also launching a new company, Corporate Registry, which will focus on small businesses. On top of that, he's working on producing "In the Zone with Bruce Jenner," a sport-psychology television program, and starring in "Skating with Celebrities,"a Fox reality program that pairs professional figure skaters and celebrities.
Then there's Carly Patterson. The 18-year-old, whose life has been a whirlwind of touring, awards shows, interviews and autograph sessions since winning gymnastics' all-around competition at the 2004 Olympics, is testing another talent: singing. In fact, the small-framed gymnast just signed a deal with Joe Simpson, the high profile manager and father of Jessica and Ashlee Simpson.
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Last week, St Xavier's Primary School and St Mary's College joined together in their Opening School Mass at the St Xavier's School Hall. There was standing room only, with the hall filled with staff, students and families. The Leaders of both school were also inducted at the mass.
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Last Wednesday, all students from K-2 attended a Water Fun Day at Gunnedah Memorial Pool. We had three activities for the children to do: Water fun, playing on the playground, and games on the grass. All students were beautifully behaved on the day and demonstrated our PBL values of Safe, Respectful and Responsible. Everyone had a great day!
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Kindergarten students have been learning about all sorts of living things. As part of this unit, they made echidnas out of clay and match sticks and will be making lizards this week. Also, in STEM, students have planted beans and looked at their growth over time. They also put celery sticks in dyed water and watched how the coloured dye moved up the plants and made them change colour. It has been great to see kindergarten students enjoying their learning.


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According to a recent study, conducted by the Annenberg Public Policy Center, out of 1000 Americans, only 25% could name all three branches of government.
Only 84% could name the President of the United States. Most people did not know the name of the Vice President of the United States.
"…Nearly 4 in 10 (39 percent) incorrectly said that the Constitution gives the president the power to declare war. Over half (54 percent) knew that the Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war.
A vast majority (83 percent) correctly said that the Constitution gives Congress the power to raise taxes.
A majority (77 percent) know that the Constitution says that Congress cannot establish an official religion – though almost 1 in 10 agreed with the statement that the Constitution says, "Congress can outlaw atheism because the United States is one country under God."..
Americans were divided about what happens if the Supreme Court ties 4-4 on a case, which is more likely to happen under the current eight-member court with one seat unfilled. A third of people (33 percent) correctly said the decision of the lower court stands, a third (32 percent) said the case is sent to the "Federal Court of Appeals" for resolution, and 21 percent said the justices must vote until the tie is broken.
The First Amendment prohibits the making of any law "infringing on the freedom of the press." But 40 percent of those questioned favored the idea that Congress could forbid the news media from "reporting on any issue of national security without first getting government approval." More than half (55 percent) opposed such restraints…"
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The patient care model is moving towards a more proactive approach for managing chronic disease and maintaining wellness. This shift will have a profound consequence on the way medical care is delivered in the coming century. The Division of Population Health and Computational Medicine was created as a new research and teaching component to discover and translate the wealth of data present in our modern health care environment in such a way as to improve communication, understanding and management of human health.
The mission for the Division is to study and apply methods that harness "big data" and make it translatable for health care. The Division utilizes the University of Miami's clinical data assets to develop improved care delivery models through the integration of medical informatics and clinical business process optimization and then investigate the effects of these new care delivery models on patients, their families and health care providers. The three main objectives of the Division are to: (1) Develop methods and tools to make actionable clinical information available to facilitate decision making at the point of care. (2) Develop systems that identify patients at risk for impending acute events so that their health trajectory might be positively altered and (3) Educate physician trainees in the field on medical informatics, concentrating in the areas of population and predictive medicine.
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To honor the fallen soldier on Memorial Day I usually write something about what the day means to me. I talk about why we should honor folks who serve and give their lives. Today, thanks to a brief Facebook back and forth, I'd like to do something slightly different. Rather than discuss the day or talk about the reasons it is so important to honor our fallen soldiers, I'd like to show why we honor them, by way of comparison.
There is a mindset that appears to have have little patience for talk about the uniform and those who wear it. With disdain for our past mistakes it speaks of "illegal wars", "war profits" and the like. It seems to think that honoring the soldier and his or her commitment to service necessarily means one must then, on principle, be a fan of force, or support wars without end, or feel a compulsion to justify wars we have had no business fighting. There is another subset of this mindset. It has little patience for those who wear the uniform. It appears to believe that the men and women who feel the call to serve have some sense of power lust, or have hate in their hearts for those they are ordered to fight, or are lacking in some aspect of self – a lack that they then replace with a ribbon, the power of a gun, and a "thank you, sir" from the cashier at the grocery store.
I've never served my country. I've not endured months of physical and mental strain while being trained to kill in defense of others. I've not donned a uniform, picked up a rifle, and traveled half a world away, knowing that some will hate or blame me for doing so. I can only speak of what I believe.
What I believe is that a soldier is, was and always will be something I am not. Few are. Those who are deserve more than thanks. They deserve the honor that comes with the life they have chosen.
I am not a soldier. I have neither the courage, the will, nor the sense of self that it takes to give my life for complete strangers, let alone for amorphous concepts like honor, discipline, freedom or courage. I know this, so I have no intent of ever demeaning, minimizing, or condemning those who do.
I say sense of self because when one strips away the helmet & boots, the ribbons and the rifle, what you have left is a man or woman who – instinctively – knows his or her self worth, and knows that it is worth fighting for. The soldier knows that life has value and that one's life has no value if one is not free to live it as one sees fit. The soldier is prepared to give his or her life to serve these values and to defend these values on behalf of others.
The American soldier knows that without the United States of America – without her original intent and without her military – the honoring of these values will be and would have been wiped out of existence. How do we know this? How can we be so sure if we have not served? How can we understand or even guess at a soldier's intent or what he values? We know by what they do, and by what they say. Unlike most, what a soldier does and what he or she says are, if he or she is true to his training and personal values, inevitably, the same.
Unlike many of us, most soldiers live a consistent life. He or she says they would die for another, and then prepares to do just that. He or she says he will live with honor, willing to take orders even from those with whom he disagrees, and then proceeds to do just that. He or she lives by a code of honesty, in his life and in his commitments. He or she lives a life committed to a set of ideals which, while often betrayed by the very government the soldier is taking orders from, are nonetheless still our founding ideals and are worth protecting.
Unlike myself and most others, the American soldier will live these ideals and will die for them. We know this because they have….repeatedly.
Though our wars have been many, and while most of our wars following our last official war have been fought with little care given for the reasons or for the results, the soldier is willing to fight. The soldier fights not because he or she does not care if those reasons are Just, but because not to fight is to forget. Not to fight is to abandon all the reasons one became a soldier in the first place.
A person is not born a soldier, but rather becomes one. So committed to the idea that his or her life has value, that his or her freedom has value, and that the country that stands for both has value, the soldier is prepared to put everything on the line. He or she is prepared to put his or her life on the line to defend the things which necessitate it's continuance. The primary thing necessary for its continuance is freedom.
The soldier trains his or her body. The soldier trains his or her mind. The soldier learns the skills that will keep himself and his fellow soldiers alive. The soldier accepts that his buddies come first, because he needs them to stay alive. A soldier accepts that his country comes first, because without it and the freedom it offers, his life will be much, much less. A soldier accepts that even those back home who may hate him come first, because even the lives of the ignorant are valuable, but that in the end the ignorant cannot harm him.
The soldier abandons all thought of his own personal wants, needs or desires which cannot be integrated into the larger cause of being a soldier.There is a word for this. It is called discipline.
He gives up months of his life to brutal training torment. He places his life on the line to answer a call to arms given by men and women who may not always have his or even his nation's best interests in mind, but have been elected to serve, just as he has chosen to serve. A soldier travels half the world away to live and perhaps die in lands he may not care to live in or act for, but have been chosen by his superiors as being necessary to engage in for the nation's interest. There is a word for this. It is courage.
Any person who believes for a moment that a soldier does this for a ribbon and a thank you, or for a pension, or for a paycheck, or for hate against a stranger, or for love of force, or for the indignity of being called 'baby killer' or 'fascist' when he comes home, than that person must be someone willing to give up quite a lot to gain so little.
Though I myself am no soldier, it seems that they give up very little to gain far more. This takes a sense of self few have. Fewer still are willing to put all on the line. This, my friends, is honor. It is rare, it is precious, and is worth defending, even if only in words.
A greater mind than mine observed that "honor is self-esteem made visible in action".
This morning I had a brief exchange with a gentleman who complained about
"constant praise of our "hero's" when they are the pawns"
That he placed the word 'hero' in quotes is telling. We had been commenting on the soldiers of World War Two, specifically about of the soldiers of D-Day and about the youngest, a mere child of sixteen, who lied about his age in order to serve a cause. This gentleman complained that
"there was a time this was a sign of a patriot now being a zombie is being a patriot."
His classification of any soldier as a "zombie" demonstrates to me that he has zero clue what a soldier is. It does tell me all I need to know about what HE is.
Regardless of the moral nature of the particular Congress and White House who send them off to battle, or of the nature of the wars we fight, the men and women who choose to serve their country should be supported and encouraged. Men like the one I conversed with will not support them. It takes intellectual honesty. This is sorely lacking in a lot of folks.
Our military have no say in where they go or why they go, only THAT they choose to be soldiers for their country. Their nobility and honor is not tainted by the corruption & cowardice of any particular elected leader. The folks in uniform hate that we send them for corrupt motives or on fools missions, even more than those of us who complain about those missions. They do it anyway. It's called being a soldier.
Honor is self-esteem made visible in action.
To the men and women who died with honor, and to those live with it: Thank you.


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"We found that most participants frequently adhered to a gluten-free diet, and this greater compliance with diet was related to increased vitality, lower stress, decreased depressive symptoms and greater overall emotional health," study co-author Josh Smyth, a professor of bio-behavioral health and medicine at Penn State University, said in a university news release.
"However, even those people who were managing their illness very well reported higher rates of stress, depression and a range of issues clustered around body image, weight and shape when compared to the general population," he added.
The study results appear online and in an upcoming issue of Chronic Illness.
Celiac patients are often plagued by abdominal pain, lack of appetite, constipation, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, stemming from an inability to process foods containing gluten such as wheat, barley and rye.
At least one in every 1,750 Americans is forced to make dietary adjustments to the disease by avoiding such foods, according to the release.
To gauge how adherence to such eating routines might affect other health issues, the research team conducted a poll of 177 women who were diagnosed with celiac disease.
Patients responded to questions regarding how well they stuck to their gluten-free diets, physical symptoms, physical functioning, stress levels and management, signs of clinical depression and their thoughts and actions reflecting upon their sense of body image and eating habits. The study authors compared their answers with prior research that looked into the same issues among non-celiac patients.
While concluding that coeliac/celiac patients are more liable to develop depression and eating issues regardless of diet, the team noted that it still remains unclear which comes first: Do people with celiac disease start with depression that leads to eating issues or does the onset of disordered eating lead to depression?
"In the future, we plan to investigate the temporal sequence of these symptoms," Smyth said.
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Sometimes from the afternoon all the way until the next morning is just too long to wait for more real wedding pretty isn't it?
Well lovelies, I sincerely hope it's not been too much of a trauma as Kirsty and Finlay's Big Day part two is well worth the wait. Delicious capture-every-gorgeous-moment photography and a whole heap of D.I.Y ideas for you to be inspired by.
Tuesday mornings don't come much better than this people.
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The Prettiest Blooms
The fabulous Angela of Catkins Floral Design in North Berwick made four luscious bouquets for my bridesmaids and me. I wanted the bridesmaids to each have a different bouquet to represent their individual styles and also to avoid everything looking too matchy-matchy. One had pink peony roses, one had white sweet pea and the third had a big "pouff" ( RMW's Charlotte's word!!) of greeny-pink hydrangea.
My bouquet was mixture of each of their bouquets, plus a few extras – I had pink scented David Austin 'Rosalind' roses (to match the peonies), sweet pea, hydrangea, rosemary (my mum's name), wax flower and more. As well as looking divine, the bouquet smelled A-MAZ-ING – I spent the day thrusting it under people's noses and ordering them to smell it. In fact, it was so gorgeous that there was actually a fight when it came to catching it that ended with one of my friends smuggling it home inside her jacket!
For the flower girls, instead of fresh flowers (which I thought they would probably destroy within two minutes) they each carried a lovely little heart made of dried rosebuds that I found online from Fentons of Kent.
As for the boys, it's traditional in Scotland to use thistles but I wanted something a bit different so Fin had a pink David Austin rose to match my bouquet, his best man had a cream one and the Ushers all had cream spray roses.
I wanted a casual, just-picked style for the table flowers (partly inspired by the DIY flowers in the Country Garden Gorgeous wedding on RMW) so I decided, having had a Saturday job in a florist when I was at school, that this was something I wanted to tackle myself. I bought a job lot of little cream buckets from ebay and a couple of weeks before the wedding ordered wholesale flowers from Flowers4Florists. I chose deep pink and cream roses, pale pink spray roses, pink lisianthus, September flower and greenery. They were delivered bang on time, so fresh and fantastic quality. The day before the wedding, Fin's mum and sister, my cousin and I spent a lovely peaceful morning arranging 30 little buckets of flowers. It was a moment of calm in an otherwise hectic week and I loved the way they turned out. We ended up giving buckets of flowers to female guests as they were leaving and took the rest up to a local nursing home so that they could be enjoyed after the wedding was over. For the top table, we put pink peonies in the teacups from my Nana's wedding china.
The church didn't need much decoration. I took a jug belonging to my mum and a couple of tall cream jugs I found in a charity shop and filled them with lisianthus, pink delphinium, September flower and white gladioli (a secret reference to Fin's favourite band, The Smiths, who were known for wandering around with gladioli hanging out their back pockets), all from Flowers4Florists. We moved the jugs from the church to the golf club after the ceremony.
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Our photographers were the spectacular Lillian and Leonard – I cannot praise Cara and Nye enough. From the day we got engaged I was checking out photographers on wedding blogs but all the ones I loved were based in England or America – there didn't seem to be any in Scotland. Not only are their photographs stunningly beautiful but they also capture the heart and soul of the day – I was soooo desperate for them to shoot our wedding.
I assumed that wedding photography as moving and imaginative as theirs would definitely be out of our league, but they were more than happy to work within our budget and, thanks to a wonderfully generous wedding gift from my aunt and uncle, we were able to book them and never looked back. They were completely unobtrusive but somehow caught the most amazing moments – they are truly talented.
Love Notes
To decorate the tables, Fin's granny made table runners for us with fabric I found on ebay, and as well as the buckets of flowers we had glass jam jars (collected by friends and family) filled with sand from the beach and long-lasting tealights, and decorated with different coloured ribbons. I also made our own LOVE letters to decorate the mantelpiece behind the top table, using fabric scraps and wooden blocks made for me by a carpenter friend.
To continue the vintage travel theme, I used an old vintage suitcase made by my great-granddad as a card box, and lined it with old family wedding photos and Fin's granddad's travel rug (they were very close so this had special meaning for him). Instead of a guest book, we bought a big set of vintage postcards and asked each guest to write us a message and leave it in the suitcase. We read these on honeymoon and they were brilliant, ranging from heartfelt advice on married life to hilarious drunken ramblings.
My Dad's a RMW Rockstar!
We had a piper called Fraser Preston who played before and after the ceremony and piped us into the reception – a family friend had won his services as a prize in a cancer charity auction and kindly donated it to us. My friend Holly sang a beautiful version of the Edith Piaf song Hymne à l'amour as we signed the register (I'm a sucker for tragic love songs, preferably in French).
It was really important to us that our reception was above all an awesome party for all of our friends and family. In Scotland, it's often thought of as traditional to have a ceilidh (Scottish country dancing) but that can be fairly exhausting, especially for non-Scots (we had a big American contingent), so we decided we wanted a complete mix of hits old and new with a few ceilidh dances thrown in for good measure.
My dad is actually a musician and plays in a wedding band*, so as soon as we set the date his job was to make sure the rest of the band were free to play at the wedding (and find a stand-in for himself, obviously). Unfortunately he forgot to tell the singer, who promptly booked a trip to Australia on the date of the wedding. Cue panic! However, a replacement was found and it was indeed an awesome party, with the dance floor packed all night long.
The highlight for me though was when members of my family took to the stage. My dad and his friends did a few numbers and ended up leading the guests in a mass kazoo instrumental, and my brother was coaxed into giving a highly energetic rendition of 90s school disco favourite "No Limits" on his guitar – it was pretty special.
* Random fact – he also plays in Fat Sam's Jazz Band, which graced RMW's pages last year – I actually couldn't believe he got on RMW before I did!
A Relaxed Reception
The reception was held at the Glen Golf Club, North Berwick. It's about 30 seconds away from my parents' house and has amazing views across the Firth of Forth. We were also lucky enough to have dry(ish) weather on the day which meant we could have Pimms and prosecco on the beach between the ceremony and reception. We really wanted the day to have a relaxed, fun atmosphere and to focus on the people and places that were important to us, rather than something straight off a wedding assembly line.
The Golf Club staff were amazing – unlike some wedding venues that churn out several weddings a week, they hold very few weddings so they really gave us star treatment and went above and beyond the call of duty, staying up until 1am the night before to ensure everything was set up perfectly and even later on the night of the wedding trying to get us all to leave!
Sweet Treats And Dirty Dancing
Not long after we got engaged, my mum announced that (a) she was making our cake and (b) it was going to be a three-tier square fruit cake with ivory royal icing. So that was an easy decision! The cake was made with lots of love and lots of brandy, and thanks to the icing expertise of her friend Wendy it looked (and tasted) perfect. To add my own little touch to it, I ordered a customised Lego bride and groom from ebay for our cake topper, to which I added a teeny veil to match my own. My aunt also made a yummy chocolate cake a couple of days before the wedding for those who didn't like fruit cake.
Our first dance song was Moon River. It's classic, sweet but not too mushy and relatively easy to dance to (or so we hoped). It was also once covered by Morrissey (Fin's favourite singer – remember the gladioli?) so that got the double thumbs up from him.
Fin's not the most confident dancer – we don't even mention the tango lessons we tried a few years ago – so my mum surprised us with dance lessons from Felicity Drever Learn 2 Wedding Dance, who choreographed a routine for us. It definitely gave us both more confidence and made sure we weren't just shuffling awkwardly on the dance floor. The climax was the now-notorious "butt lift", which we have reprised on popular demand on more than one occasion since!
Close To The Heart
Instead of favours, we gave each guest a little thank you note explaining that we had donated to two charities on their behalf and why we had chosen those particular charities. The first was a fantastic Scottish charity called bfriends (part of Children 1st), through which Fin volunteers as a befriender to a young person from a difficult background.
My mum is currently undergoing treatment for breast cancer so our second charity was Cancer Research UK. These two charities are close to our hearts so we wanted to contribute a small part of our budget to them. We also ended up giving away some of the table centrepieces and I'm pretty sure a lot of people pilfered their kazoos!
The Most Important Things
We didn't have a huge budget for the wedding so if I couldn't make something myself, I scoured the internet for bargains. Etsy and ebay were amazing resources for everything from accessories to decorations to bridesmaids' dresses to wedding party gifts – a little bit of effort and research led to so many amazing finds and inspiration. We were also incredibly blessed to have so many talented and generous friends and family who contributed to every single part of the day – we could never have pulled it off without them.
For me, the most important thing about wedding planning is just to be thoughtful in your decisions. It's dangerously easy to get sucked into all the "shoulds" and "supposed tos" and before you know it you've spent a fortune on a wedding that says nothing about you. From the invitations to the ceremony to the location, every decision we made was grounded in what was meaningful and important to us – our family, our friends, our ethics and aesthetics. I tried to think of myself as a person first and a bride second – if we wouldn't choose something in our normal lives, we didn't want it at our wedding (cheesy monogrammed paperweight favours anyone?).
The best advice we were given before the wedding came from Fin's dad, who performed our ceremony. He told us to really try to be "present" as we said our vows. You can't help but get caught up in the whirlwind of the day and everything flashes past so quickly, but for those few moments, we forgot about everyone else and just focused on each other and the promises we were making. Already the memory of the day is beginning to fade into a slideshow of fleeting moments and images and emotions, but the vows are still clear in my mind; trembly voices, sweaty palms and all.
Finally – and this is absolutely essential – under no circumstances splash out on nice new wedding underwear and just assume it will fit you. Running around the house trying to find a clean pair of knickers an hour before your wedding is not the ideal start to the day. All I can say is thank God Cara deleted those pictures.
Photography – Cara and Nye at Lillian and Leonard
Bouquets – Catkins Floral Design
Table Blooms – DIY as inspired by Rock My Wedding
Reception Venue – The Glen Golf Club
Favours – Charities bfriends and Cancer Research
Apologies in advance for the "I want a wedding on the beach" envy that is sure to be going on right now, there really are some undeniably beautiful images of the location.
With thanks to Kirsty, Fin and Cara and Nye for sharing all that is the very heart and soul of a wedding day with RMW.
We love you guys.
Big Inspiring and being inspired…… every day Love


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It is said that a picture is worth 1000 words, so let me paint you a picture. This is a chart that shows how gold stocks have been doing lately. What does it tell you? Do you see a trend? Can you recognize a bull market?
The 15 stocks that comprise the Gold Bugs Index are: NEM, GFI, FCX, HL, BGO, CDE, MDG, GSS, GLG, IAG, GG, AEM, GOLD, KGC and HMY. Since September 2001 the index has increased about 267%. Can you say Gold Stock Bull?
Go on, get on board. What are you waiting for? All the conditions that gave rise to this bull market in gold still exist. In fact, they have become more severe. This bull still has legs and is far from tiring. It will not slow until conditions change for the better. Unfortunately, they are destined to get much worse.
Step 1: Pick a handful of gold stocks and invest equal amounts of money in each. Just do it. Do it now, don't wait…. There, that wasn't so hard was it? Now enjoy the ride. The next step is a bit more difficult.
Step 2: Be patient! This bull is not even half over. So you missed the first part of the trip. On a train from New York to L.A. you can board in Chicago and still benefit from the ride? Just don't get scared and get off too early at Kansas City.
Let me put it another way. If you are on the main floor and your goal is to reach the top floor, does it matter which particular step of the up escalator you get on? Do you hesitate because you didn't get to ride up from the basement? If you want to rise to the top, you just step on the escalator regardless of what floor you're on. Its that simple. Really.
Step 3: SELL! This is the hardest step. It's several years from now and you've watched your holdings multiply in value and now you're getting greedy. This is fun. Why get off the train now? I'll tell you. The Pacific Ocean is why. If you stay on too long you'll sink. When you notice the train filling up with passengers and becoming overcrowded, get off. Pay attention or you may find you've reached the top floor and are now on the escalator going down.
Is this a sure thing? Is there any risk? What if the train is derailed? What if the escalator malfunctions and starts going backwards? What, you expect to be able to invest with no risk? Get real.
A worldwide recession would probably lessen inflation worries. Gold, despite being the best hedge against inflation, would likely suffer. Or the Plunge Protection Team could start massive short selling. Central banks around the world might dump large quantities of their gold reserves on the world market. Maybe the U.S. government will end its deficit spending and the Fed will stop inflating the money supply and Americans will pay off their debt and start saving money. Maybe all the manufacturing jobs that left the country will return and all the illegal immigrants will go home. Maybe the administration will call an end to their forever war. Perhaps for the first time in history a fiat currency like our dollar won't end up worthless. If you believe any of these things might come about then perhaps you should not invest in gold stocks. Otherwise, what are you waiting for?
"Progress always involves risk. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first." — Frederick Wilcox


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Investigating the efficacy of online critical thinking instruction on NAPLAN results
The Queensland Department of Education's IMPACT Centre delivers online specialist teaching to State School students across Queensland in a variety of subjects including literacy, STEM, and critical thinking. IMPACT commissioned the UQCTP to develop its critical thinking curriculum and to train and mentor its teachers in the UQCTP's Pedagogical Schema for Teaching Critical Thinking.
This project seeks to conduct a detailed quantitative data analysis to investigate the relationship between participation in IMPACT's online critical thinking modules and improved critical thinking. As such, the primary research question the project seeks to address is:
Does participation to IMPACT Centre online critical thinking modules improve students' critical thinking abilities, and to what extent?
A second question for research is:
Does participation to IMPACT Centre online critical thinking modules produce better gains in critical thinking than participation to other IMPACT Centre modules?
Despite the widely acknowledged need to teach Critical Thinking as part of formal schooling and of its importance to the "knowledge economies" of the future, there is a dearth of empirical research relating to the effectiveness of critical thinking pedagogies and its effect on students' academic capacities. This project will fill this gap by generating valuable insights into the effectiveness of inquiry-based critical thinking pedagogy on students' thinking abilities.


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Here are some books which you might find helpful in learning more about healing prayer. These books can be helpful in preparing for or receiving healing prayer.
Evans, Michael, 1996. Learning to do what Jesus did. Winter Park, FL. Archer-Ellison Publishing Company.
This is a 'how to' book. It starts with a sound Biblical foundation and also includes many ministry helps. There are guides for establishing a healing prayer ministry under the umbrella of a church. It includes a recruiting and training section.
Jersak, Brad. 2003. Can you hear me: Tuning in to the God who speaks. Rev. ed. Abbotsford, B.C.: Fresh Wind Press. Chapter 13 is an excellent 'how to'.
The book is written for anyone who wants to hear God's voice. Your faith will be stirred to encounter and respond to God. The 'Tuning In' sections are 'listening prayer' exercises.
Kylstra, Chester D. and Betsy Kylstra. 2004. An integrated approach to healing ministry: A guide to receiving healing and deliverance from past sins, hurts, ungodly mindsets and demonic oppression. Kent, Eng: Sovereign World, Ltd.
Inner healing and deliverance are key issues for those who seek wholeness, but usually these are treated as separate ministries. Chester and Betsy Kylstra break through this tradition and apply a unique, integrated approach to healing mind and spirit. With detailed, documented biblical footing, the Kylstras address four problem areas: -Sins of the past -Destructive beliefs -Emotional and spiritual pain -Demonic oppression Readers will learn how to work with the Holy Spirit to close these doors of the enemy and walk in God's restorative grace. Contains worksheets and detailed lists of ministry steps. Note: The 2005 U.S. edition has a new title: Biblical healing and deliverance: A guide to experiencing freedom from sins of the past, destructive beliefs, emotional and spiritual pain, curses and oppression. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Chosen Books. # ISBN-10: 0800794036 # ISBN-13: 978-0800794033
MacNutt, Francis. 1981 (12th printing, 2000). The prayer that heals: Praying for healing in the family. Notre Dame, Ind.: Ave Maria Press.
This little book meets the needs of families that want to learn how to pray at home—and also how to pray for healing for the members of their family.
Payne, Leanne. 1991. Restoring the Christian soul: Overcoming barriers to completion in Christ through healing prayer. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Books.
A companion to The Healing Presence, the book focuses on the virtue of self-acceptance, the forgiveness of sin, and 'the gift of battle'.
Payne, Leanne. 1999. Listening Prayer: Learning to hear God's voice and keep a prayer journal. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Books.
Insightful and practical instruction on learning to hear God's voice and how to keep a prayer journal.
Richardson, Rick. 2005. Experiencing healing prayer: How God turns our hurts into wholeness. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press.
Sometimes we feel spiritually numb, find ourselves emotionally dependent, struggle with addictive behavior, or see a trail of broken relationships behind us. These can be signs that we are in need of God's healing touch through prayer that we learn and practice in community.
Smith, Ed. 2004. Healing life's hurts. Ventura, Calif.: Gospel Light Publications.
The stories about the life-changing experiences people have had through Theophostic Ministry provide an overview of the process.
Virkler, Mark and Patti. 2001. Prayers that heal the heart: prayer counseling that breaks every yoke. Bridge Logos Publishers. # ISBN-10: 088270852X; # ISBN-13: 978-0882708522
This book presents a counseling approach in a ministry of prayer that uses seven specific prayers: Breaking generational sins and curses; Severing ungodly ties of the soul; Replacing negative expectations; Renouncing inner vows; Receiving divine pictures/visions; Casting out demons; Experiencing the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus.


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