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Even before the current IT budget crunch, spending on routine upgrades and maintenance monopolized 90% of total IT spending-having just 10% of the pie for innovative, strategic projects. Getting funding on new IT initiatives is harder than ever today, when projects exceeding $100,000 routinely require CEO approval, according to a recent Ernst and Young study. Even smaller IT initiatives face intense scrutiny and head-to-head competition for dollars. That's a far cry from the unbridled budgets of just two years ago, when IT spending peaked at 46.7% of all business investments. To get their share of dollars, storage administrators need to tackle the age-old budget battles with a new blend of business savvy and financial metrics.
|Cost benefit analysis for storage solutions
The first step in the budgeting process is to perform a cost-benefit analysis of individual storage projects, assessing the required capital and resource investment, along with the expected benefits. This analysis should be calculated over a three or five year analysis period. Key financial metrics include:
Return on Investment (ROI)-the ratio of the project's net benefits divided by the costs
Net Present Value (NPV) Savings-the net savings of the project brought into today's dollar terms
Internal Rate of Return (IRR)-the effective interest rate return the project's cash flows will deliver
Payback Period-how quickly the project's benefits exceed the costs, achieving cash flow positive
Initial and Cumulative Investment-the level of required commitment the company must make with regard to resources and capital
Project Risk-the schedule, budget and resources risk for achieving a successful project and predicted costs/returns
Traditional cost-benefit analysis has proved its worth for decades in corporate decision-making, but IT projects are substantially different than other capital investments. On average, technology investments have not always been as successful as other company investments because many IT projects are mandatory or strategic in nature-whereby traditional financial analysis can often overlook or discount the projects value to the company.
In a Y2K survey on IT projects by the Standish Group, only 28% of IT projects - a dismal one in four - could be considered a success: completed on time, within budget and meeting expected features and functionality. The number of successful projects exceeded the number of canceled projects by a mere 5%.
Because IT projects are inherently risky, a risk analysis should be used to discount the business case.
Also, not every IT project is justified based on quantifiable benefits. Often, IT projects are partially justified on their capability to deliver intangible or strategic benefits that are difficult-if not impossible-to quantify into absolute monetary terms.
The impact of projects that deliver branding, competitive, organizational and strategic advantage is measurable with key performance indicators (KPIs). These KPIs can include capability and maturity scores, customer satisfaction ratings, market share and position and quality rankings. By quantifying the intangible benefits, the project's strategic impact on the company can be predicted and later measured for success.
Strategically, you'd be wise to compare internal spending plans to those of peers - this competitive benchmark can be extremely advantageous in making the case for new investment.
Making the business case
With fierce internal competition for funding, even the most valuable IT projects will be evaluated alongside other non-IT company initiatives. The best investments balance high returns with low investment requirements and risk.
The key is to sell a project's strengths, both in what it delivers and how it calibrates bottom-line value. There are three things to keep in mind when making the case for any new spending:
- Show how the project will improve the overall value of IT.
- Identify whether this investment enable staff to do more with less.
- Effectively communicate the financial impact of project plans and the decision-making criteria on project selections to all stakeholders.
In a tight market, this requires a mixture of bottom-line ROI analysis and a forest-level view of how proposed storage spending will fit into the overall IT portfolio.
The key to communicating the business case for your projects is using time-tested financial metrics that the CFO will recognize. Which metrics you emphasize depends on the nature of your project-what's the main business goal? All projects should be grouped into one of four funding buckets:
- Reducing IT costs
- Improving business efficiency
- Driving strategic advantage
- Mandatory projects
The following examples illustrate the merits of typical kinds of projects for each category above, with formulas for determining potential cost savings. In some cases, projects simply hold the budget steady under increasing demands. Projects that drive productivity, reallocate IT operations and labor resources to more strategic projects and reduce capital spending on IT infrastructure fall into this category.
Increasing administrative productivity. Consolidating direct-attached storage to either a SAN or a NAS solution helps reduce the storage administration workload, as well as capital spending on storage growth and backup system upgrades.
Storage Administration Productivity= (current storage administrator FTEs x burdened annual salary of storage administrators) x productivity improvement from new solution
Avoiding additional storage investments. Storage Resource Management (SRM) initiatives can free valuable storage capacity, automate key administrative tasks, reduce storage growth needs and implement policies to assure resource availability.
Storage Purchase Avoidance=(current storage x expected growth) x expected savings with new solution
Reducing IT operations expenses. One example of such a project is a conversion to managed storage services. They provide completely managed storage capacity on a demand basis, delivering predictable growth pricing, best practices management and elimination of in-house resources for the management and support of the storage infrastructure.
IT Operation Savings=Storage growth costs + Storage Administration Staff Costs x % outsourced + Support Costs x % outsourced
Improving operating efficiency
These projects enhance users' productivity by eliminating storage-related downtime and help business units reduce operating costs and mitigate expenses on capital equipment, supplies or other services.
Reducing downtime. Consolidation, mirroring and snapshots, managed services or best practices implementations help to improve availability-reducing unplanned or scheduled downtime and resultant lost productivity. Incremental benefits here can be considerable.
Downtime Risk Avoidance=(current downtime hours per year - expected downtime hours with new solution) x typical number of users affected per outage x burdened user salary per hour
Reducing risk of data loss. Improved backup coverage and better restores increase the reliability of client or server data, either eliminating or reducing the potential recovery time for lost data, with the attendant lost productivity.
Reduced Data Loss/Recovery Risk=(data not effectively protected each year x risk percentage of data loss in a given year x value of data or cost of recovery) x reduction in risk from new solution
Driving strategic advantage
These initiatives help improve or protect a company's sales and revenue, and can pose the biggest challenge in the funding process. Storage-related projects can enable new business or service opportunities, protect mission-critical data from loss and guard against unplanned outages affecting revenue-generating applications.
Avoiding the risk of downtime. Achieving 99.999% availability for an e-business site through enterprise networked storage, remote mirroring and snapshot projects protects business transactions and eliminates the potential for lost sales and revenue-not to mention customer loyalty. The cost of downtime will vary depending on the application (see "Application downtime costs vary").
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Did you bring the outside in with you? Do you feel what I mean? My Hobbit house is nice enough, but more cozy than stylish. No jarring jewel tones, but a palette of neutrals from cream to tan, not stimulating but soothing to the senses. No high vaulted ceilings, just the standard 8 feet seeming lower because — except for the kitchen and dinette — the walls and ceilings are painted a light salmon color throughout. No fashionably sleek hardwood floors, but the sort of carpet that warms the feet and the heart on cold mornings and caresses bare feet in the summer.
No heavy, elaborate draperies to impede the outside view of scampering squirrels and scolding blue jays, of blossoming trees or snow drifts in season. No formal ornate couch to discourage sitting, but a voluptuous sectional sofa persuading even the timid to burrow into its soft cushions and stay awhile.
The dinette beyond the French doors is a people-friendly sort of place meant to seat four but often expanding to seat twice as many. It's close, but for people of like mind, crowding is good. The claustrophobic have a wall-size window to face, and beyond that a giant ivy-covered Oak tree to dispel any residual distress.
The walls and ceiling are painted a soothing pale aqua-green sort of Southwest color, and on the table are coffee and whatever there is to go with it whether tasty or not. It doesn't matter when the conversation is lively and entertaining but never rude. The Hobbit house doesn't tolerate dissension or those apt to bring it with them. Inside or outside, it's the nurturing feel of the Hobbit house that makes it special.
J.R.R. Tolkien's Bilbo Baggins is a special kind of elf-like Middle Earth character — a hearth-and-home-loving Hobbit who reluctantly leaves what he loves behind when duty calls. "The Hobbit" was published in 1937. I read it in the mid '70s and I've lived in a Hobbit house ever since.
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Im sure discussions were beginning about what would happen should this game need to go to extra innings. The Twins sent a split-squad roster to play the Rays, so there were only a certain number of pitchers available. Thats when catcher JR Towles stepped to the plate with a runner on in the top of the 9th. The #3-catcher hopeful hit a fly ball that, with the help of a strong wind, landed on the other side of the fence for a two-run homer that gave the Twins a 5-3 lead.
Towles comes to the Twins as a minor league free agent. He had once been a top prospect in the Astros system and had a terrific showing as a rookie in 2007. In 44 plate appearances he hit .375. However, in the four years since, he has hit .137, .188, .191, and .184. The Astros had had enough. The Twins likely figured that wouldnt be much worse than Drew Butera and maybe there is a chance he could return to some level of competency with a change of scenery.
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CAUCUS, the Association of Technology Acquisition Professionals, is launching the inaugural Certified Technology Procurement Executive (CTPE) Test-Taking Day. It will be held on July 31 and available online through a secure test-taking site.
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No matter how carefully you shop for the perfect gift, occasionally the item is the wrong size, an unflattering color, or it simply doesn't meet the recipient's desires or needs.
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Some stores provide refunds, while others only issue store credits. A few stores consider all sales to be final. Seasonal stores may have limited hours after the holidays. Remember: stores aren't legally required to accept items for refund, exchange, or credit unless goods were defective or misrepresented.
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CARY — Middle Creek capitalized on special teams and defense to shut out Cary 14-0 and capture at least a share of the Southwest Athletic 4A title on a rainy Friday night.
The Mustangs (8-2, 6-0), blocked two Imp punts, recovered two Cary punt muffs, and stuffed the Imp punter once behind the line of scrimmage.
The special teams' blocks led to both Middle Creek touchdowns.
Cary (3-7, 1-5) actually outgained Middle Creek 158-82 in total yards, but the special teams' miscues and two other fumbles hurt their cause.
Isaiah Herring blocked the first punt midway through the second quarter, which led to Middle Creek's first points. Brant Grisel threw a screen pass to senior Curtis Burston, who broke several tackles en route to a 30-yard touchdown with 7:07 left in the half.
Deante McDonald blocked the second punt, setting up a three yard Josh Drake touchdown run early in the third quarter.
"Special teams really did a good job for us," said Middle Creek head coach Mike Castellano. "We take a lot of pride in our special teams, and if a guy can't play it for us he can't play offense or defense."
Castellano was also proud of his defense, which gave up 139 yards rushing but never allowed a Cary runner to break for a big gain.
The Imps did reach the Middle Creek two-yard line early in the fourth quarter, but a 12-play drive came up empty when a swarm of Mustang defenders stopped Trevion Hackney from reaching the end zone on fourth down.
Middle Creek also forced a fumble in the third quarter, thwarting an 11-play Cary drive.
"The weather helped us a little because Middle Creek is a fast team, but couldn't exhibit their athleticism that we know they have," said Cary head coach Kurt Glendenning. "We play so many of our guys both ways, that we challenge them and ask a lot out of them. They never let us down and left it all out on the field tonight."
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Lakshmi is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her family in a small hut in the mountains of Nepal. Her family is desperately poor, but her life is full of simple pleasures, like raising her black-and-white speckled goat, and having her mother brush her hair by the light of an oil lamp. But when the harsh Himalayan monsoons wash away all that remains of the familys crops, Lakshmis stepfather says she must leave home and take a job to support her family.
He introduces her to a glamorous stranger who tells her she will find her a job as a maid working for a wealthy woman in the city. Glad to be able to help, Lakshmi undertakes the long journey to India and arrives at Happiness House full of hope. But she soon learns the unthinkable truth: she has been sold into prostitution.
An old woman named Mumtaz rules the brothel with cruelty and cunning. She tells Lakshmi that she is trapped there until she can pay off her familys debt then cheats Lakshmi of her meager earnings so that she can never leave.
Lakshmis life becomes a nightmare from which she cannot escape. Still, she lives by her mothers words Simply to endure is to triumph and gradually, she forms friendships with the other girls that enable her to survive in this terrifying new world. Then the day comes when she must make a decision will she risk everything for a chance to reclaim her life?
Written in spare and evocative vignettes, this powerful novel renders a world that is as unimaginable as it is real, and a girl who not only survives but triumphs.
To research Sold, Patricia McCormick traveled to India and Nepal where she interviewed the women of Calcuttas red-light district and girls who have been rescued from the sex trade. She is the author of the acclaimed novels Cut and My Brothers Keeper.
I'm wiping the makeup off my face when the dark-skinned
girl comes in.
"What do you think you're doing?" she says.
"I'm going home."
Her tear-shaped eyes grow dark.
"There is a mistake," I tell her. "I'm here to work as a maid for
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"Is that what you were told?"
Then Mumtaz arrives at the door, huffing, her mango face
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"What do you think you're doing?" she says.
"Leaving," I say. "I'm going home."
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I don't know.
"Do you know the way home?" she says.
"Do you have money for the train?
Do you speak the language here?
Do you even have any idea where you are?"
My heart is pounding like the drumming of a monsoon rain,
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"You ignorant hill girl," she says.
"You don't know anything. Do you?"
I wrap my arms around myself and grip with all my might.
But the trembling will not stop.
"Well, ...
I'm back!
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Tuesday, October 21, 2003Valparaiso saw its eight-game winning streak come to an end on Tuesday evening as the Crusaders dropped a four-game match, 22-30, 30-25, 30-27, 30-27, to IPFW in Fort Wayne, Ind.
The Crusaders hit .297 while winning the opening game, but allowed the Mastodons to hit .295 in game two to even the match. IPFW then slightly outhit Valpo in each of the final two games for the victory.
Sarah Schmalz (Corona, Calif./Riverside Christian H.S.) led the Crusaders, hitting .520 with 14 kills. Michelle Robinson (Bloomington, Ill./Normal H.S.) had a team-high 16 kills, hitting .208, while Marion Hansen (Huntley, Ill./Huntley H.S.) added 11 kills.
Hansen and Sara Silcox (Michigan City, Ind./Michigan City H.S.) each tallied a match-high 19 digs, while Cyndi Norman (Minooka, Ill./Minooka H.S.) registered a double-double with 14 digs and 45 assists. Liz Mikos (Dundee, Ill./Jacobs H.S.) rejected 13 IPFW attempts.
Fabiana Souza led IPFW with 25 kills and 15 digs, while Kirsta Solberg added 11 kills, 12 digs, and five blocks. Nicole Ray had a team-high 16 digs for the Mastodons.
Valpo outhit IPFW (15-9) .199-.190 for the match and held a 16-12 advantage in blocks. The Mastodons tallied two more digs than the Crusaders, 81-79.
Valparaiso (19-5) will again try for its 20th victory of the season on Friday evening when the Crusaders host Oral Roberts. First serve is set for 7 p.m. at the Athletics-Recreation Center.
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McALESTER —
Charges were recently dismissed for eight Pittsburg County residents who were charged in a 19-person methamphetamine-ring bust.
Charges against the 19 people originally arose from a joint federal and local investigation.
Charges were dismissed Jan. 10 for eight of those 19 who were charged with multiple counts of possessing or purchasing pseudoephedrine after a prior methamphetamine charge or conviction.
Assistant District 18 District Attorney Wesley Cherry explained the reason for the dismissal. "There is a new court of criminal appeals case that says the penalty for the crime they were charged with is unconstitutional," Cherry said. Cherry explained that it is illegal for anyone to purchase more than 7.2 grams of pseudoephedrine in a month. "If more than that amount is purchased, it is automatically assumed that the purpose is to manufacture meth," Cherry said.
It is also illegal for a person who has previously been convicted of a methamphetamine-related crime to purchase any amount of pseudoephedrine, Cherry explained. However, there is a stipulation on that law. The accused would have had to be convicted of the methamphetamine-related crime after Nov. 1, 2010, Cherry said, and would also have had to sign a form indicating he/she understands that he/she would no longer be allowed to purchase pseudoephedrine.
Cherry said the charges against the eight people in this case were dismissed because they did not meet the criteria for which they could be charged with a crime related to purchasing or possessing pseudoephedrine. Charges were dismissed for:
• Donald Joe Zukosky, 44, of Haileyville;
• Marcus Delanzo Weaver, 39, of McAlester;
• Tiffany Kay Markland, 24, of McAlester;
• Lindsey Diann Kerns, 29, of McAlester;
• Terry Dale Hill, 49, of Hartshorne;
• Janice Elaine Benson, 49, of McAlester;
• Jerry Don Barnes, 46, of McAlester; and
• Shon Wayne Skidmore, 42, of McAlester.
Prior to these eight dismissals, two Savanna residents pleaded no contest to charges filed against them.
Janet Gaynell Crawley, 52, of Savanna, and Stephanie G. Crawley, 29, of Savanna, both pleaded no contest Dec. 21 to charges connecting them to the meth-ring.
Janet Crawley was fined $102,200, with $98,000 suspended. Stephanie Crawley was fined $51,365, with $49,000 suspended. Both women received 10-year suspended sentences. They were convicted of methamphetamine manufacturing related charges.
Janet Crawley, and her daughter, Stephanie Crawley, were manufacturing methamphetamine in their home, where two children, ages 9 and 10, lived with them. Janet Crawley's husband allegedly manufactured methamphetamine along with his wife and daughter and is still facing charges in the case.
Two of the 19 were federally indicted and the other 17 were charged with various drug-related felonies in Pittsburg County District Court.
Federally indicted are:
• Shila Ann Parker, 32, of McAlester, and
• Larry Eugene Pirpich Jr., 53, of McAlester.
Still facing charges in connection to the meth-ring in Pittsburg County District Court are:
• Allen Ray Crawley, 59, of Savanna;
• George Ward Schnexnaider, 51, of Savanna;
• Sharol Jean Martin, 53, of McAlester;
• Sheridan Sexton Jr., 34, of McAlester;
• Karolyn Renee Lebaron, 28, of McAlester;
• Bobby Dewayne Justice Jr., 27, of McAlester; and
• Melanie Dawn Leffler, 40, of McAlester.
Investigating the case were the Drug Enforcement Administration, Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, Bureau of Indian Affairs, McAlester Police Department, Oklahoma District Attorney District 18 Drug Task Force, Pittsburg County Sheriff's Office, Choctaw Nation Tribal Police, Krebs Police Department, Stillwater Police Department, Shawnee Police Department, Tulsa Police Department, Broken Arrow Police Department, Kiowa Police Department, Lamar County Texas Sheriff's Office and the Sherman, Texas, Police Department.
The federal indictment alleges that from January 2010 to July 2012, Parker and Pirpich conspired with one another to possess and distribute a pseudoephedrine, knowing the pseudoephedrine would be used to manufacture methamphetamine.
"While residing in McAlester ... Parker and Pirpich would purchase Pseudoephedrine from locations within Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado and New Mexico for the purpose of manufacturing methamphetamine within the Eastern District of Oklahoma and elsewhere," a press release from the U.S Attorney's office — EDOK. "Parker and Pirpich possessed Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, and Ohio state identification which enabled them to make Pseudoephedrine purchases in multiple states. The Defendants were aware of the Pseudoephedrine purchase limits in Oklahoma and would travel to other states to make Pseudoephedrine purchases when their purchase limits had been met in Oklahoma."
The press release alleges Parker and Pirpich purchased more than 9 grams of Pseudoephedrine in a single day. "During the course of the conspiracy, Parker individually purchased 1.14 kilograms of Pseudoephedrine and Pirpich individually purchased 1.82 kilograms of Pseudoephedrine," the press release alleges. "At times throughout the conspiracy, Parker and Pirpich would steal, attempt to steal or purchase items utilized in the manufacture of methamphetamine, in addition to Pseudoephedrine, such as lithium batteries, camp fuel, denatured alcohol, and acetone."
Parker was arraigned Dec. 13 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee. She is being charged with conspiracy to possess and distribute pseudoephedrine, used to manufacture methamphetamine, and nine counts of interstate travel or transportation in aid of racketeering enterprises. Parker is currently in custody with the U.S Marshal Service pending a Feb. 5 jury trial.
Pirpich, Parker's co-defendant is facing the same federal felony charges as Parker and was set to be arraigned on Jan. 16.
Allen Crawley is due back in court Feb. 13, Schnexnaider is due back in court Feb. 12 and Leffler is due back in court Feb. 4.
Arrest warrants have been issued for Martin, Sexton, Lebaron and Justice.
Contact Rachel Petersen at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The former chief financial officer for WorldCom has been indicted. Scott Sullivan was charged with securities fraud and other crimes.
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Shoreline Lake's Aquatic Center is now home to Ho'oku'i (Hawaiian for "to join together"), the Bay Area's newest outrigger canoe club.
Given the excitement both adults and kids generate for this ancient and thrilling sport – especially kids (keikis) – Shoreline and Ho'oku'i are inviting everyone to free, monthly Community Days, from 10am-2pm, through the warm season (April - October) that will include seminars, hands-on outrigger action, and lots of fun on the Lake.
As the only place in the lower Peninsula/upper South Bay area to check out the action, it's a unique opportunity to see, and be part of, a six-person outrigger crew driving a 400 pound, 45-foot long, 20-24 inch wide sleek canoe, by paddling at 64-68 strokes per minute as one powerful and gracefully precise unit.
To encourage membership, practice times are 5:30pm-7:30pm (Monday-Thursday) through the end of July.
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Marcellus New
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Marcellus Ray New was born July 19, 1949 in Monticello to the late Roscoe Law-rence New and Chloma Keith New, who survives, and passed away April 12, 2013 at his home in the Mercer addition, reaching the age of 63 years.
He is survived by his children, Jennifer and husband Dennis St. Clair of Somerset, Angela and husband James Alexander of Monticello, Rochelle and husband Michael Marcum of Somerset, and Sara and husband Chris Thompson of Atlanta, Ga.; along with his siblings, Mary Duncan, Bernice Duncan, Barbara (Bob) McGlocklin, Robin (Larry) Foster, Gary (Carol) and Kenny (Pam) New.
He is also survived by his six grandchildren, Dakota and Zackary Alexander, Eric and Jacob Upchurch, Trenton Jones and Adam Marcum; his step-grandchildren, Jamie (Marie), Lee, Nick St. Clair and Madeline Marcum; and his step-great-grandchildren, Addyson and Kaylee St. Clair.
Along with his father Roscoe, Marcellus was also preceded in death by his sister, Frances Decker; and brothers-in-law, Clyde Decker and Cleo Duncan.
Marcellus graduated from Wayne County School with the Class of 1967. He enjoyed watching NASCAR, playing horse shoes, playing corn hole and card games. He also enjoyed growing tomatoes and cucumbers in his garden and loved to grill out along with camping. He enjoyed listening to country and western music. During the time from 1977 to 2008 his specialty was doing upholstery work on house boats.
Marcellus had accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior in 1967 and was a member of the First Turkey Creek Baptist Church.
Most of all, he loved spending time with all of his family and friends that he loved dearly. Marcellus will be sadly missed by all of his family and friends that in return loved him very much.
Visitation will be held Tuesday, April 16 at Hickey and Son Funeral Home in Monticello from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with funeral to follow. Bro. Larry Foster and Bro. Darry Hatfield will officiate.
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Say "Joshua", and people think "Jericho." But Joshua was an integral part of the Exodus story from Egypt to the Holy Land, a span of time that exceeded forty years. He was effectively Moses' second in command throughout much of that period, and he had much to learn.
One time Moses came to the limits of his frustration with the people of Israel, and effectively, in his completely transparent way, tells God, "Fix it or kill me, because I don't want to deal with this anymore." (Numbers 11:14-15).
Part of the problem was Moses' own management style, and the solution was to delegate responsibility to others. Verse 16: 'So the Lord said to Moses, "Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them. Bring them to the tabernacle of meeting, that they may stand there with you."'
These seventy men were to take on some of Moses' responsibilities. They would be closer to the people and thus be more aware of their needs. Moses would no longer have to be burdened with minutia but could focus on the big picture. And these seventy would be a ready-made parliament to provide advice and consent.
When they had all gathered together, God "took of the Spirit that was on him (Moses) and placed the same on the seventy elders. And it happened when the Spirit rested upon them that they prophesied, although they never did so again." (Verse 25)
Here is where Joshua comes into the picture. Two of these seventy had ignored Moses' instructions to assemble before God. They had remained in the camp with everyone else. In spite of this, the Spirit of God came upon them anyway, and they too began to prophesy. (Verse 26). Joshua was intent on stopping them. These two men had not followed the instructions they were given, and in Joshua's eyes had forfeited their right to perform the duties assigned to them.
But Joshua was wrong, as Moses pointed. "Oh that all the Lord's people were prophets and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them!" (Verse 29)
The lesson here is that God gives his Spirit to whomever he chooses, and you and I don't get to decide how God does it. Just because somebody sits in a different building with a different denominational name out front, it does not mean that God isn't working with them. They might have slightly different beliefs and practices and might even have some questionable doctrinal positions, but if they exhibit the gifts of the Holy Spirit in their lives, no one should minimize or quench that Spirit. Even Jesus' disciples needed to be warned about this attitude. When someone other than those in Jesus' inner circle was casting out demons in Jesus name, the disciples wanted to put a stop to it. But Jesus said, "Do not forbid him, for he who is not against us is on our side." (Luke 9:49-50)
In this world where so many are against us, we need all the friends on our side that we can get. If people are doing good things in the name of Jesus, or if people are persecuted for holding fast to the name of Jesus, who am I to pass judgment on them? God will decide who are his people and who are not.
Lenny Cacchio is a resident of Lees Summit. He blogs at http://morningcompanio nblogspot.com/.


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Will is currently at an amazing Preschool that practices a nut-free environment. We are extremely grateful that we don't have to worry about his exposure to peanuts or tree-nuts, but that only covers two of Will's six food allergies. And since we are understanding and aware that we cannot ask an entire community to discount cow's milk, eggs, bananas and strawberries so as to accommodate one child, we have become more involved with the activities in the classroom. Today the class was baking white bread.
When I saw the activity on the calendar, I requested a copy of the bread recipe a few days before they were scheduled to bake. In this case, the white bread recipe was extremely simple and therefore not hard at all to modify so that Will could participate in the project. I then stayed up late last night to bake and make sure that the result was edible — Will has had a cold these past few days and wasn't really up for baking, not to mention that he is not a bread fan and so I doubted his interest to do this at home… At school, however, I didn't want him to be left out or set aside to avoid exposure to the dairy products.To my surprise, the bread was delicious, and the replacement items were so easy that I decided to send him into school with the alternate ingredients.
Makes 2 Loaves of White Bread
Active Yeast Packets – 2
Warm Water – 1/4 Cup
White Flour – 4-5 Cups
Sugar – 2 Tablespoons
Salt – 2 Teaspoons
Baking Powder – 2 Teaspoons
TO REPLACE BUTTERMILK: Soy Milk – 2 Cups + Apple Cider Vinegar – 2 Tablespoons Combined
TO REPLACE BUTTER OR MARGARINE: 4 Tablespoons Soy Margarine
Non-Dairy Cooking Spray to Grease your pans
You will need: measuring tools; 2 small mixing bowls; 1 large mixing bowl; wire whisk; rubber spatula; 2 bread pans
In a small mixing bowl, dissolve the active yeast in the warm water and then whisk 4 1/2 cups of flour plus the rest of the dried ingredients together in your large mixing bowl. In another bowl, combine the soy milk and apple cider vinegar. Add the yeast and soy mixtures to the flour and then knead while adding more flour as needed until you can form two loaves. Grease your pans, add the dough and then set in a warm place for 45 minutes to rise.
Bake at 400° for 20-25 minutes.
And the NOSH – Did Will eat it? No. He didn't eat it here at home and he told his teacher that we is waiting until he's a grownup before he ever eats bread. Because, you know, eating bread is so mature, right?
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