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Life is too serious for that; you're too serious for that. You're not into bait-and-switch or plastic smiles. You've had enough of broken and overblown promises that go unfulfilled. You don't appreciate being expected to squeeze into some mold of how to dress, what kind of things to laugh at, or how to bubble over with rivers of emotionalism. We believe that faith in Christ is not a hand-me-down possession; it must be first-hand, best held in the hands of those whose faith has been tested in the real world.
Perhaps we've described you pretty closely. If so, it's only because we've described ourselves. If this description hits close to home, we invite you to consider visiting us here and perhaps joining us on our exciting journey.
Some things you might want to know about us: We are a young congregation, having embarked on an exciting new mission here in Eagle Crest. As Grace has developed, it has been perfectly obvious that God has planted us here and has put everything together , piece by piece, in a stunningly miraculous way. There is no claim here to be glitzy, flashy, cutting-edge or thrilling. God's Word is taught here straightforwardly without dressing it up or watering it down. One church's website describes their contemporary worship as, "the most electrifying you'll find anywhere." Well, we're not looking to electrocute anyone. You'll find us simply about gathering around Christ Jesus, the only Son of God, crucified and risen for our forgiveness and eternal life. We seek to grow in His Word and faith and raise our children in the care and nurturing of the Lord. We seek this diligently and intently, as it's not always a friendly world out there - especially for our children. We have Sunday Bible classes and mid-week classes for our youth towards this purpose.
At Grace Lutheran Church, you can be assured of a few things. First, you will never hear a sermon on money. You will never hear a sermon or a series on "Christian stewardship." There'll be no moralistic lectures. Frankly, we are here to be made ready to meet God and enter into His kingdom; that is enough. Also, you will never be looked down upon if your work occasionally gets in the way of the time you can spend on church. Further, while most Christians do tend to be socially and politically conservative, you will never be required or expected to be. We're about Christ and His gifts, straight up.
Please enjoy the most excellent music of the videos prepared by Eric Pazdziora. While we and Eric have somewhat differing confessions of the Christian faith, we share the love of Christ given to us by in Christ. Please check out his link and our other friends too. You can learn more about us as well as some basics of the Christian faith by exploring our topical links as well. Much of what has been offered here is expanded in some more detail in the topical pages, yet it is done clearly and without a lot of theological vocabulary or citations so as to be easier to read.
We welcome you to spend just a few more brief moments to investigate our links and see if there's a place for you here.
May God grant you His peace; hope to see you soon.
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Beyond the stars there are fields of wildflowers where Gods eternal presence inspires the hungry spirit as it nourishes the soul.Micheal Teal
When I'm hungry, I eat. When I'm thirsty, I drink.When I feel like saying something, I say it.Madonna
In spite of the Depression, or maybe because of it, folks were hungry for a good time, and an evening of dancing seemed a good way to have it.Lawrence Welk
I bought a talking refrigerator that said "Oink" every time I opened the door. It made me hungry for pork chops.Marie Mott
Let me have men about me that are fat, sleek-headed men and such as sleep a-nights. Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous.William Shakespeare
Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No -- no, your lean, hungry men who are continually worrying society, and setting the whole community by the ears.Washington Irving
Vegetarianism preserves live, health, peace, the ecology, creates a more equitable distribution of resources, helps to feed the hungry, encourages nonviolence for the animal and human members of the planet, and is a powerful aid for the spiritual transformation of the body, emotions, mind, and spiritGABRIEL COUSENS
The mania for giving the Government power to meddle with the private affairs of cities or citizens is likely to cause endless trouble, through the rivalry of schools and creeds that are anxious to obtain official recognition, and there is great danger that our people will lose our independence of thought and action which is the cause of much of our greatness, and sink into the helplessness of the Frenchman or German who expects his government to feed him when hungry, clothe him when naked, to prescribe when his child may be born and when he may die, and, in time, to regulate every act of humanity from the cradle to the tomb, including the manner in which he may seek future admission to paradiseMark Twain
Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.Bertolt Brecht
I keep eating for fear I will be hungry.Mason Cooley
I'm trying to eat better. And, I do feel wise after drinking tea. After eating vegetables, I just feel hungry.Carrie Latet
God comes to the hungry in the form of food.Mahatma Gandhi
If youre twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floor if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them wherever you go.Anthony Michael
In the long run, people have more to fear from governments than from terrorists. Terrorists come and go, but power-hungry politicians will always be with us.James Bovard
Who can cloy the hungry edge of appetite?William Shakespeare
A ball player's got to be kept hungry to become a big-leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family ever made the big leaguesJoe DiMaggio
Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argumentRichard Whately
A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.Jack London
There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.Mahatma Gandhi
Romance like donut. Everybody hungry for donut. Everybody hungry for Romance. But when romance over, you not feel so good, maybe vomit. Same with donutUknown
The main problem in marriage is that for a man sex is a hunger like eating. If the man is hungry and can�t get to a fancy French restaurant, he goes to a hot dog stand. For a woman, what is important is love and romanceUnknown
True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.Franklin D. Roosevelt
One-third to one-half of humanity are said to go to bed hungry every night. In the Old Stone Age the fraction must have been much smaller. This is the era of hunger unprecedented. Now, in the time of the greatest technical power, is starvation an institution. Reverse another venerable formula: the amount of hunger increases relatively and absolutely with the evolution of culture.Marshall Sahlins
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WASHINGTON - After two years roaming Franconia on his own, Biscuit is happy in his new home.
That's the word from the Fairfax County police about the little Shih Tzu who spent more than two years in the elements before he was rescued by animal control in April.
Biscuit, who was named by children in a neighborhood where he was frequently seen foraging for food, spent a few months with Enna Lugo, the officer who rescued him with the help of animal control staff and volunteers. Then he was adopted in August by Faisal and Mary Ann Rashid, of Oakton, and their two school-age children, Julia and Sam.
According to a statement from the police, Mary Ann Rashid says that Biscuit loves cuddling with the family while they watch TV and has become part of the family's morning routine: "He and I walk the kids to the bus every morning," she says, "and he waits for them to come home."
He slept under a porch during his two years on his own, and according to the statement he sleeps under the parents' bed.
Officer Lugo says she's thrilled with the match, according to the statement: "I can't believe how much he's bonded with his new family! He's found the loving home we always wanted for him."
During his time on his own, some residents had said that Biscuit's owner had died; others said he or she had moved away. Either way, Biscuit was on his own. Several days after Biscuit was rescued, his former owner came forward and said the dog had run away the the day after she bought him and that she searched for him for months.
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Commentary: Andrew Steele: Tax games hinder tax policy
By Andrew Steele email@example.com April 16, 2013 11:42AM
Updated: April 16, 2013 3:17PM
The debate over a county income tax has never been all that clear to a large extent because because it impacts different taxpayers so differently.
Even among working property owners, especially with the existance of "circuit-breaker" tax caps, the impact can be vastly different.
Ideology muddles the debate as well. The original idea was to use income tax revenue to reduce property taxes. That's still a big part of its purpose. And that was a Republican policy idea, whatever people might say today, and whatever Democrats may have supported it at the time.
Now, though, it's impossible for a Republican to support a new tax, even if it is part of a fundamentally Republican reform package, and even if it supports a core constituency like business by reducing its property tax burden at the expense of personal income-earners.
In many ways the package of reforms proposed by the Republicans on the Lake County Council, Dan Dernulc and Eldon Strong, is perfectly reasonable. They want a county hiring freeze; a training program that would make it possible for staff members to work in more than one department; a system requiring the solicitiation of quotes for any service contract in excess of $50,000; creation of pay-grade classifications for county employees that would standardize wages; and the closing, over three years, of the courthouses in Gary and Hammond.
The administrative silos at the government center certainly hinder reform. They're tough to break when you have independently elected officials at the top of each one, but efforts to do so are worthwhile.
There are other political problems with it — the two northern commissioners have their "own" courthouses (the southern commissioner has the fairgrounds, as I understand the division of fiefs) and have been loathe to give those up.
These proposals are certainly worthwhile. But associating them with the income tax is probably a disservice to their full consideration.
Partly it's a timing issue. The revenue issue will need to be dealt with before any spending savings can be had.
Partly it's about where the income tax revenue would go. That can be difficult to discern — money is to some extent fungible (though that's severely limited for local governments), and legislation can always change things, especially toward the end of a General Assembly.
But to propose changes in county administration that would yield marginal savings as a substitute for the income tax doesn't seem to address the issue of how, under rules and circumstances created by the state, the county should structure its revenue collection.
It seems there's been a general move toward collecting more taxes. Creation of an income tax would include revenue that would not be offset by property tax reductions, and, it would eliminate the property tax levy freeze instituted by the state to pressure the county into creating the income tax.
Or, as is now being considered, with rather curious timing, the levy might be unfrozen without an income tax. The House of Representatives' vote to do that was likely a move by members to get out from under the responsibility for an income tax — but only after the state's pressure had had its impact.
Either way, administrative changes are worth considering. But when it comes to deciding on the mix of revenues used to fund local government, these mazes of false choices and shifting external incentives would be best replaced by the more straightforward policy considerations that were the source of the debate in the beginning.


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World AIDS Day Reflections
This morning I sit with a heart of gratitude and deep reflection about what this World AIDS Day acknowledgment means to me.
I have been courageously fighting this battle of living with an HIV diagnosis for 26 years. The years have brought me many ups and downs, but I acknowledge and recognize that the Creator has preserved me for such a time as this, and the years have mainly been up! I have been chosen to live my life as a living witness of what living courageously and mindfully is all about! I am honored to be used to bring awareness, education, and inspiration… to whosoever will attend their ear to hear the message! I give thanks to all of those who have asked, inquired and loved me throughout the years! I also give thanks to all those who have rejected me out of their own fears and ignorance, for it's actually not me you've rejected, but the God in me! You have given me the courage to continue to fight against the ignorance and missed education around HIV/AIDS. I wish to acknowledge and give thanks to all those who have gone before me, paving the way for me to live, and I want to live a life that ensures your struggles and lives have not been in vain….we continue to fight this fight, to make sure the next generations can live an AIDS-Free life! To all my brothers and sisters, allies and unenlightened ones, open up your hearts to hear the truth about HIV/AIDS. I wish to also invite those who have not yet disclosed their status; may today be your coming out day! Somebody's life may depend on you sharing your story….
Today I desire that you all Live Well, Love Well, Speak Well and Teach Well!
Be in joy, for we are changing the world, one life and speaking event at a time!
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Congressional Office Distributing 'Watch List' of Central Florida Citizen Activists
August 10, 2011
Contact: Mike Cantone
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Mobile: 804 543 4976
Recently, photos of Central Florida citizen activists were distributed at a Rep Tim Griffin's government-sponsored Town Hall by his staffers in Arkansas. The packets that are being distributed include photos of local activists, including some Organize Now supporters, along with a list of questions about their personal and professional backgrounds.
Most of the people featured in the packets are constituents of Rep. Dan Webster (R-FL) and were outspoken at the Representative's Town Halls.
"It seems clear that the presentation of these materials is intended to encourage harassment of these citizen activists and to intimidate other citizens from speaking out across America by attacking those who have already spoken out," said Tamecka Pierce, President of Organize Now, who is also profiled in the document. "This behavior is unfitting for any member of Congress or their Congressional staff and represents a threat to the First Amendment rights of all citizens. This type of state sponsored intimidation, is a troubling, direct danger to our democratic process."
"Citizens everywhere should be concerned as to whether or not tax payer dollars and resources were used to profile fellow Americans in an attempt to silence their voices and what role Congressional offices or campaigns played in disseminating state-sponsored intimidation of private citizens," said Mike Cantone, Political Director for Organize Now, who was also profiled.
"These fear tactics are reminiscent of the incendiary "Wanted" posters for Planned Parenthood doctors and activists and Sarah Palin's crosshairs on Representative Gabrielle Giffords' district -- threats and intimidation tactics that led to real violence and even murder," said another local activist, who was also profiled in the handout, but is fearful of being quoted directly because of further possible retribution while looking for employment. "The Constitution welcomes and protects open, honest and impassioned speech by the citizenry, no matter the party affiliation, race, ethnicity or socioeconomic status. Unfortunately, it seems that Rep. Webster does not tolerate dissent and has placed constituents who often disagree on some kind of 'watch list,' which has been distributed to the public by at least one other Congressional office."
"This action sends a clear message to constituents: If you disagree, keep quiet or face retribution," says Pierce. "I'm scared to know that if I speak at a public meeting, that the Federal Government will use their vast tax-payer funded resources to spread lies and fear across the country. Big government should not be used to intimidate its citizens."
Organize Now is a Florida community-based organization engaged in and committed to building power to effect change in times of injustice, maintain and protect our existing rights in the state of Florida whenever and wherever injustices are being committed or civil rights are being infringed upon. Organize Now has been very active in holding Florida elected officials accountable to their votes and actions this summer, including Rep. Webster. For more information, visit www.orgnow.org.
Rep. Frederica Wilson's Open Letter to Democrats
August 2, 2011
Dear Colleague,
I urge you to join me in protecting Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, and Education. Today, I introduced five bills that will do just that –
1.) H.R. 2723 – The Social Security Protection Act of 2011.
2.) H.R. 2724 – The Medicaid Protection Act of 2011.
3.) H.R. 2725 – The Medicare Protection Act of 2011.
4.) H.R. 2726 – The Education Protection Act of 2011.
5.) H.R. 2727 – The People's Act of 2011 (Which includes all of the above).
My bills protect each priority of the Democratic platform. Under my bills, no cuts in any of these areas may be made by a so-called 'Super Congress' under fast track procedures; and under my plan, none of these areas would be subject to the devastating automatic trigger outlined in the debt ceiling deal.
Again, I urge you to join me in protecting Democratic ideals. I urge you to protect America.
Frederica S. Wilson
Member of Congress
Speculation Adds 83 cents a gallon to Gas Prices at the Pump
Speculation Adds 83 cents a gallon to Gas Prices at the Pump
Local Organizations Release New Report, Call on regulators to stop speculation now
Orlando, Florida – Today, a group of Florida organizations including Organize Now, Florida Watch Action, and the Florida Institute for Reform and Empowerment released a new report entitled "How Speculation is Affecting Gasoline Prices Today" authored by Robert Pollin and James Heintz at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. They called on regulators to act now to stop excessive Wall Street speculation that is driving up prices and costing families money.
"We are living in tough economic times and rising gas prices are causing further hardship for my family and our budget," said Jacob Seymour of Eustis. "Wall Street's gambling caused the financial crisis, and now Wall Street's speculation in the oil markets is increasing gas prices. Our government has the tools to stop Wall Street from gambling on oil and they need to act now!" he added.
The report makes the case that without the influence of large-scale speculative trading on oil in the commodities futures market, the average price of gasoline at the pump in May would have been $3.13 rather than $3.96. This means that the average U.S. consumer paid an 82 cent per gallon "premium" in May for gas because of the huge rise in speculation in oil markets.
The average U.S. auto owner paid what amounted to a "Wall Street premium" of about $41 in May and a two-car family paid about $82 in May - if this continued for a full year, it would cost a one-car family $492 and a two-car family $984, according to the report. Across the country, the increased costs from speculation totaled 1 billion dollars in May. That's money that could have been spent on goods and services to generate economic demand and create jobs.
"Rising gas prices drag down the whole economy and the Wall Street premium is throwing fuel on the fire. Our economic recovery is being dragged down by rising gas prices. Goldman Sachs itself calculated that rising gas prices will put a big dent in economic growth. The CFTC needs to act now to help families and our economy" said Casey Dayhoff of Organize Now. "We are the ones who have payed off Wall Street's bets, and their gambling habits are still ruining our economy" he added.
Click here to view "How Speculation is Affecting Gasoline Prices Today" by Robert Pollin and James Heintz with the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
If you would like to contact the report's authors please contact Debbie Zeidenberg with Political Economy Research Institute at University of Massachusetts, Amherst at 413-545-6355 or John Carey with Americans for Financial Reform at 202-466-1854.
New Report Shows That Cutting Social Security Will Hurt Veterans
WATCH Central Florida Veterans speak about their service and the promise of Social Security
- There are approximately 1,650,876 Veterans living in Florida.
- Thirty-five percent of adult Social Security beneficiaries are veterans and their families.
- Social Security currently pays benefits to over 9 million veterans.
- More than 771,000 veterans receive Social Security disability benefits.
- Most of the more than 4,000 children who lost a parent since the beginning of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars now receive Social Security survivor's benefits.
The Strengthen Social Security Campaign is comprised of more than 300 national and state organizations representing more than 50 million Americans from many of the nation's leading aging, labor, disability, women's, children, consumer, civil rights and equality organizations.
Orlando Residents Fight Back Against Politicians' Attack on Florida Families, Look to 'Awake the State'
Orlando Residents Fight Back Against Politicians'
Attack on Florida Families, Look to 'Awake the State'
WHAT: March and Rally in opposition to proposed cuts on state budget
WHEN: Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 from 4:30 to 6:30 PM
WHERE: March meeting point (4:30 PM): IBEW Hall 820 Virginia Drive Orlando, FL
(the march will lead to the Rally)
Rally (5:30 PM): Senator Beth Johnson Park, 59 South Ivanhoe Boulevard,
Orlando, FL (adjacent to Chamber of Commerce)
WHO: Over 150 concerned residents and community organizations.
WHY: As the Legislative Session starts, concerned residents of Orlando will march and rally next Tuesday, March 8th, as part of a statewide, grassroots chorus of protests against draconian budget cuts being proposed by Gov.Rick Scott and equally destructive proposals from legislative leaders. Similar 'Awake the State' rallies will take place in 31 cities throughout the state. The rallies have already drawn the ire of the Chamber of Commerce and other special interests who want even more tax breaks for corporations and CEOs at the expense of working and middle class Floridians.
"Ever since Gov. Scott and legislative leaders announced their plans to cut thousands of jobs, raise taxes on hardworking Floridians, cut essential services to the developmentally disabled, cut care to nursing home residents, condone grosslegislative waste including a record number of six-figure staff salaries, and make the deepest cuts to education in history, people from all across the state have been looking for a way to voice their opposition," said former Republican Senator Nancy Argenziano. "Awake the State is giving them that chance."
Orlando residents who have a stake in the Governor's budget and who don't want to lose public services in favor of corporations' gains will take a stand on March 8th to "Awake the State".
"The Governor and the Legislature's budget will line the pockets of Wall Street with money taken from the pockets of people on Main Street," says Stephanie Porta from Organize Now. "Florida gives away tax breaks to corporations and asks the middle class to pay the bill. People are fed up and fighting back."
Orlando Residents Respond to Legislature's Attack on Florida Families, 'Awake Again May 10'
Orlando Residents Respond to Legislature's Attack on Florida Families, 'Awake Again May 10'
Schedule for today's event:
LOCATION: Senator Beth Johnson Park – 59 S Ivanhoe Blvd
SPEAKERS: Constituents, local activists, local elected officials
VISUAL: Props of local state elected offical's and Gov. Rick Scott
With only 30 or so cases of fraud reported last election, only two of which could be substantiated enough to make an arrest, the legislature and governor supported a voter right's overhaul that makes it more difficult to cast their ballots. There is no good reason to deny people the right to update their mailing address at a polling station or to reduce the number of days for early voting. Prohibiting these rights are discriminatory and anathema to a healthy democracy.
Rick Scott's legislature "got to work" putting a proposed constitutional amendment on the November 2012 ballot that would prohibit government requirements to purchase health insurance as part of the national health care overhaul. Many legal experts say the federal law still would prevail. They also revamped Florida's Medicaid system for nearly 3 million low-income and disabled people by putting it in the hands of private companies and hospital networks as a cost-cutting move subject to federal approval.
After eliminating teacher tenure, few highly skilled teachers will be willing to teach in Florida. We will lose good teachers and be unable to attract new ones. Florida schools already are a national disgrace, largely because our teachers are so poorly paid and because they are too busy teaching their students how to pass the FCAT instead of critical thinking skills. Teacher evaluations will be based in part on student test scores, and administrators will be able to more easily fire teachers with weak evaluations. The new budget cuts education spending by $2.6 billion. Circumventing the votes of the people once again, they also made changes definition of core curriculum, reducing the number of courses that must meet class-size caps.
There's fiscal pain ahead for college and university students who will be paying higher tuition, and many will see their state-funded scholarships cut. Also, despite the voters passing a Constitutional Amendment on class sizes, public school classrooms will become more crowded thanks to new legislation by the Republicans in Tallahassee. In addition to all that, in the anti-voter legislation, college students will be impacted as they are no longer allowed to change their address on Election Day to vote where they live and study and students will have one week less of early voting in 2012.
Rick Scott and the Republican leadership waged a war on women's health and rights. The GOP pushed through invasive new legislation requiring any woman to get a sonogram prior to having an abortion. As if that wasn't insulting enough to women, the new law requires that the acting physician then read a state-approved statement questioning the patient's right to choose. Legislation also put on the a proposed constitutional amendment on the November 2012 ballot banning public funding of abortions —already prohibited by law — and exempting abortion from the Florida Constitution's strong privacy right. It's an outrage that the legislature passed so many extreme laws that threaten women's health and rights. How's that for small government?!
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If the courts had not stepped in, our legislature was moving to once again go against the will of the people and the Florida Constitution. Some of our elected officials want us to work more hours and be paid less wages despite our Constitutional rights. A bill was sponsored to effectively ignore the will of Florida voters who passed a Constitutional Amendment in 2004.
Republican leadership tried to push through more businesses tax breaks while limiting workers' state unemployment benefits and making it more difficult for them to access federal unemployment benefits. A recent National Employment Law Project study showed that Florida's weekly unemployment compensation already ranked 46th in the country and that few unemployed Floridians received the full maximum weekly unemployment payment of $275. Requiring unemployment claims to be filed electronically imposes undue hardship on the most needy segment of the population, which does not have easy access to computers.
The legislature eliminated a statewide septic tank inspection and maintenance program designed to keep nutrient pollution from malfunctioning septic systems from seeping into state waters. Inspection of septic systems is a responsible way of protecting the public health and welfare and of addressing pollution sources at a reasonable cost. The Legislature's action on this issue, in effect, tells Floridians, that clean healthy water is too expensive. Also, Tallahassee found time to pass a reversal of the state's 25-year-old growth management law. The bill aims to reduce state oversight over local land planning decisions, allowing cities and counties greater control in approving new developments. Environmental groups argued that the bill could lead to unregulated sprawl and harm Floridian's quality of life.
Ryan Budget Equals Path to Poverty for Florida Seniors, Middle Class
Ryan Budget Equals Path to Poverty for Florida Seniors, Middle Class
Republicans, led by Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI), convert Medicaid into an underfunded "block grant." Medicaid pays for two thirds of nursing home care and other expensive long-term care services for seniors and people with disabilities;. The Republicans would slash funding for Medicaid by 1.4 trillion dollars nationally, a loss of $87.7 billion in healthcare and nursing home benefits in Florida. The plan could force at least 951,622 Florida residents to lose services and be left on their own to pay for expensive life-saving services. The proposal also shifts huge costs onto states like Florida that are already struggling with balancing the budget. Under the "block grant", federal matching funds would be eliminated and Florida would be its own to provide services to the sick and aging. And, since the number of elderly people who will need Medicaid is projected to skyrocket by 2030, Medicaid becomes even more critical since it covers long-term services like home care and nursing home care that Medicare won't cover just as the need for these services continues to increase.
"Extremist politicians in Washington have their priorities upside down! Their plan [Ryan budget] ends the guaranteed coverage of Medicare that every worker has paid for. It replaces Medicare and Medicaid with limited benefits from a private insurance company," said Joe Bowyer, an AFSCME retiree. "The Republican plan would increase premiums and out-of-pocket costs substantially for seniors and the disabled. And it would put us at the mercy of the insurance companies."
But Ryan's Republican budget doesn't stop there. In additional to decimating Medicaid, the Republican budget plan would also privatize Medicare and eliminate the program's guaranteed benefits. Instead, seniors would be given a voucher to purchase private insurance on their own. The value of the voucher would, however, not keep up with the cost of insurance premium increases over time leaving seniors to pay the difference. Currently, seniors pay about 25% of the cost of their health care, but under the voucher proposal, by 2030 seniors would pay 68% of their care. In addition, the Republican plan would increase costs 40% higher under their new plan than the current Medicare program.
"Turning over our Medicare to the private insurance companies only benefits the rich CEO's who can't wait to get their hands on our Medicare money! The Republicans want to put 60 million seniors at the mercy of private insurance companies not to lower costs, but just so they can shift costs to seniors, people with disabilities and the middle class. This Republican plan isn't a "Plan for Prosperity" for us! All the prosperity is going to the big corporations and wealthiest 10% of Americans who are getting tax breaks while the rest of give up everything we've worked for and any security in our retirement," said Tamecka Pierce, State President for Organize Now.
In addition to eliminating Medicaid and Medicare, under the Republican Ryan budget, seniors would lose the benefits and cost savings they gained over the past year under the Affordable Care Act which made significant improvements to Medicare including reduced prescription drug costs in Part D, free preventative screenings like mammograms and yearly check ups, and reduction of waste and abuse in the program. The Republican budget repeals these benefits as well the protection from insurance companies' discrimination because of pre-existing conditions like high blood pressure or diabetes. The Republican proposal also force seniors to wait an additional two years to even qualify for Medicare since it would raise eligibility age from 65 to 67.
"Our hope is all focused on Senator Nelson at this point," said Pierce, President of Organize Now. "Senator Nelson must stop these Republicans who would sacrifice the programs that are most important for seniors, people with disabilities, children and the middle class in order to give their corporate cronies and the richest Americans yet another tax break. For corporations and the wealthy, this budget is a "path to prosperity." But for the rest of us, this path leads only to poverty for our families and communities. We're calling on Senator Nelson to stand on side of his constituents and oppose these and all proposals that cap spending by putting more burdens on seniors and the middle class. Senator Nelson should be on our side, not on the side of wealthy special interests who have avoided paying their fair share for long enough."
Organize Now was joined by the Florida Alliance for Retired Americans, AFSCME and AFSCME retirees, concerned Orlando seniors and children who would be impacted directly by these destructive policies.
Organize Now is a not-for-profit, member-based, community organization dedicated to making Florida a better and fairer place for everyone to live, work, learn and play.
Health Care for America Now is a national grassroots coalition of more than 1,000 organizations in 46 states representing 30 million people. HCAN led the fight over the past two years to win passage of health reform and to keep Congress from being steamrolled by corporate special interests.
Statewide Group Protests, Delivers Petitions to Senator Rubio over Ryan Budget Vote
Statewide Group Protests, Delivers Petitions to Senator Rubio over Ryan Budget Vote
Message Urges: "Hands Off Medicare & Social Security"
Organize Now and a delegation of their members issued a thank you to Senator Bill Nelson for his recent leadership in taking Medicare and Social Security off the table for budget and deficit negotiations. The protesters urged Senator Rubio to follow his lead.
"We call on Senator Rubio to take a stand for Florida's seniors, to reject RyanCare and take his hands off our Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security," said Mike Cantone, political director for Organize Now.
Two members of the Organize Now delegation met with Melissa Hernandez, Senator Rubio's Director of Constituent Services, and delivered a copy of the enlarged petition. Hernandez invited the group back at a future date if they were interested in further discussing the future of Medicare and Social Security - an invitation the group will take the Senator up on. Members also told the Senator's staff they would continue to collect the petitions until Rubio shifts his position and takes a stand for seniors by protecting Medicare from current budget negotiations.
Organize Now's Response to Mayor Dyer's.
Organize Now's Response to Mayor Dyer's Response
It is imperative that the public is able to distinguish between which Chambers truly support the working middle class and local small businesses versus those who do not. Therefore, we also ask that as a member of the Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce, the City of Orlando request that the Regional Chamber issue a similar statement.
As our communities are being attacked by our Governor and Legislature, it is vital that all parties with vested interests in our community put out strong statements and take action against these attacks now. Every day the attacks get worse and it is imperative that everyone stand up and fight back.
The time for bold leadership is now. Our mothers, fathers, teachers, firefighters, police officers, students, small business owners, seniors and the sick, and all of the middle class are depending on it.
Florida Seniors Call on Senator Nelson To Save Medicare and Medicaid By Making Rich Corporation Pay Fair Taxes
Florida Seniors Call on Senator Nelson To Save Medicare and Medicaid By Making Rich Corporation Pay Fair Taxes
Orlando, Florida – Organize Now, part of Health Care for America Now (HCAN), will gather at the Marks Street Senior Recreation Center in downtown Orlando for a press conference at 2pm on Monday, April 25 to react to Paul Ryan's Republican Budget which passed in the House last Friday. The budget would abolish Medicaid and Medicare and roll back the Affordable Care Act, the new health care law that protects patients against discrimination from pre-existing conditions, provides free preventative care for seniors, and discounted prescription drugs, will move to the Senate after May 1, when Congress reconvenes after the April recess.
Those who will be personally impacted by the cuts in Medicaid, Medicare and the ACA, including seniors, people with disabilities and children will call upon Senator Nelson to stand up for them and middle class families once again when this proposal comes to a vote in the Senate instead of siding with the big corporations and wealthy who will get huge tax breaks in the Republican budget while seniors and people with disabilities get the shaft.
WHO: Florida Health Care for America Now coalition partners including Organize Now, Florida Alliance for Retired Americans, AFSCME and concerned citizens
WHAT: Press Conference calling on Sen. Nelson to stand up against the Ryan Budget Proposal and protect Medicare and Medicaid
WHEN: 2pm – Monday, April 25, 2011
WHERE: Marks Street Senior Recreation Center, 99 E Marks Street, Orlando, FL 32803
Organize Now is a not-for-profit, member-based, community organization dedicated
to making Florida a better and fairer place for everyone to live, work, learn and play.


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A Loft on the Lachine Canal by L. McComber Architects
L. McComber Architects provided a design solution for the owners of this 700 square foot loft in Montreal, Canada. They needed to create a room for a newborn baby, so a suspended platform bed made of curved douglas fir plywood and tubular steel was created.
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37 Responses to "A Loft on the Lachine Canal by L. McComber Architects"
niteowl on 30 Jan 2009 at 8:03 am #
Peter Shaw on 30 Jan 2009 at 8:12 am #
Nicely done!
It's good to see people spend money to make better use of smaller spaces, rather than simply go and buy a larger space.
sasha on 30 Jan 2009 at 9:49 am #
truly amazing…
isolationism on 30 Jan 2009 at 10:27 am #
Very tasteful, but the whole thing is so totally impractical it boggles the mind why someone would spend this kind of money on an apartment they will almost certainly have to abandon within a few years at best (assuming they manage to avoid a debilitating injury descending that precarious ladder to a bawling infant at 3:00 am). The article might have been better titled, "The death-throes of Montreal yuppies-cum-new-parents and their disposable income."
Peter Shaw on 30 Jan 2009 at 12:35 pm #
They probably spent the money on this because it added value to the property since it now has more space. It doesn't matter if they have to move out eventually, the additional space has made the apartment woth more money than it was before. It's not a waste of money, it makes money.
Andrew Menil on 30 Jan 2009 at 2:12 pm #
This is a practical way of adding space to a small apartment. It wouldn't cost very much either.
Tedq on 30 Jan 2009 at 5:06 pm #
it looks cool and is a cute idea, but forget bringing baby into the bed to sleep with mom and dad, unless you master the art of going back and forth up that ladded while sleep deprived.
André F. S. on 30 Jan 2009 at 6:24 pm #
It's a very interesting solution, but I would complain about the ladder. It could be at the left or at the right, but not at the center of the baby's room, it's in the way.
Paul Johnston on 30 Jan 2009 at 6:46 pm #
utterly superb. the sleeping loft is sublime. might have been nice to see that same shape repeated, but that's hardly criticism.
thank you for this.
alexandre on 30 Jan 2009 at 7:16 pm #
nice bed
Mrjna on 02 Feb 2009 at 10:45 am #
A fold-out ladder would be great to hide the ladder during the day.
Chrisss on 02 Feb 2009 at 12:35 pm #
The triumph of aesthetics of practicality. The loft is very pretty, but a ladder? Seriously? I would like to meet the new mother who has no problem climbing up and down a vertical ladder in the middle of the night, who is willing never to bring her infant (or toddler) into her bed at 3AM for feeding or comforting…
The kicker is that there appears to be plenty of room along the wall to have installed a set of narrow stairs, which, while imposing upon the limited space underneath, could have incorporated a really nice amount of built-in under-staircase storage. 2 problems–vertical access even while carrying a load (the baby, the bedding, whatever) and integrated storage for a space-challenged living area–could have been addressed.
Skyline on 03 Feb 2009 at 12:28 pm #
Well crafted and visually interesting. The space below might have benefited from the ladder being to one side or the other, instead of near the middle of the room. This would also allow for a more gradual slope to the stair benefiting the loft above.
kast on 03 Feb 2009 at 6:03 pm #
i dont think a pregnant mum can climb in a cat ladder .its too dangerous..
kostar on 03 Feb 2009 at 9:09 pm #
This is a really cool loft. How do you turn off the light when you get up the stairs and into bed?
Nino on 04 Feb 2009 at 10:15 am #
Ovo je nešto nevjerovatno, svaka ?ast na ideji, i sam živim u manjem stanu pa me ovo oduševilo.
Josh on 05 Feb 2009 at 9:31 pm #
Very pretty, not too useful.
-Middle of the night feedings?
-Carrying the baby upstairs?
-Changing bedding?
It seems a bit difficult
Matias on 05 Feb 2009 at 10:16 pm #
Robyn on 05 Feb 2009 at 11:36 pm #
I give the new parents two weeks before they shove the two chairs and the dresser over and put a second bed down next to the crib, for whoever is "on duty."
mike on 06 Feb 2009 at 1:35 am #
get some comfortable furniture in there and it could work
Dave on 06 Feb 2009 at 4:16 am #
I'm guessing that the residents/owners didn't construct the loft themselves, so this is one of those "admirable", stylish projects that is largely affordable to the wealthy only. Look at the curvature of the wood floor/ceiling of the loft. This isn't just a practical improvisation, it's something that architecture/interior-design snobs whine about repeating the shape (hey, it will only cost 4,000 euros!)
The suggestion of a fold-away type ladder is a very good one, though.
mediahack on 06 Feb 2009 at 6:12 am #
I had to carry my baby up a bunk bed ladder when staying with a friend – it was a a whole five steps – and I nearly toppled backwards. I was so scared of going down, I called someone to take the baby off me before I got down. REALLY don't think that loft is practical…
Nik on 06 Feb 2009 at 8:20 am #
wouldn't cost very much money?
Don't get me wrong, this is beautiful, but obtaining wood that is custom made the way that loft floor is for the master bed is extremely expensive. The floor is basically the same construction as a butcher block and the bending is custom. I almost doubt it is real but it looks too nice to be fake.
Pete on 06 Feb 2009 at 3:15 pm #
Pretty useless space if you ask me. There is nowhere to store clothing, cleaning supplies or anything that real people use everyday. It's pretty and usless.
Bernard on 06 Feb 2009 at 5:27 pm #
Pete, don't be so quick to judge. You haven't seen the whole apartment. I have, and I know that there is closet space in the wall opposite the bed. You can't see it in the photos, but it's there.
Erik on 09 Feb 2009 at 5:35 am #
The thing everbody is missing is that; The Whole Bed probably cost no more than any other bed would have. $6000 – $8000. Fur Plywood is cheap. $4 a sheet of 4 x 8 x 3/4. you need about 15 sheets to get 8 foot length. Pipe is cheep if they have someone who can bend it your looking at $100-$200 in the big pipe. $40-$80 in the ladder. So before labor and finishing it comes to a max of $350. The worst part would be finding a cnc router to cut the plywood. $80-120 hr. Probably only needs 1-2 hrs. The pipe could be bent at any art or muffler shop. 2hrs max. toss in glue, sand paper, and finish may be $200 bucks and its as smooth as a babies ass.
so total would be 350+240+200+200= $900 add in mark up and install you get about $3000. The mattress could be any standard thing you have.
You have to remember Walmart is cheap mass produced crap and it still has a market mark up of %100 percent or more. Soo with some knowledge and know how making REAL cool stuff like this bed is acually considerable cheap.
Think about how much a down would be on a new place plus moving plus days off to move. I have a little boy about 4 now. My wife and I had a bed on stilts in my old apartment. we lived that way for 3 yrs. until we could aford to move. I comend these people for Adapting and not abandoning.
Ben on 09 Feb 2009 at 11:34 am #
"The floor is basically the same construction as a butcher block and the bending is custom. I almost doubt it is real but it looks too nice to be fake."
I don't think so…ever heard of a CNC machine?
This effect can be created with even small budgets.
stoertebeker on 09 Feb 2009 at 1:26 pm #
Everyone is concerned about safety here, but as someone who used to have a loft-bed for years I can assure you that you get used to it to the point where you will climb the ladder even when utterly drunk or sleepwalking without any problem at all.
The first thing which came to my mind was: with the kitchen being next to the sleeping room and not being seperated at all, I can almost smell the greasy odor up there after some serious cooking sessions. I'd never ever set up a loft bed in the kitchen … that's just gross.
That being said, it is indeed really neat looking.
Maja on 16 Feb 2009 at 12:29 am #
Looks nice for parents… but all black and white environment for a baby! the kid will have some serious problems… visual, perceptual, psychological. No one here was considering that babies and small children do not appreciate white walls, white cabinets, sleek black chairs and hardwood floors.
Plus a vertical ladder… omg.
marco on 17 Feb 2009 at 1:33 pm #
its a bgreat hype and stylish use of space…
how did they get the pipe through the wood?
M Wilson on 17 Feb 2009 at 4:07 pm #
Very cool idea.
If this was constructed the way I think it was, I may have some input as far as cost is concerned. Fir plywood is not $4. It is difficult to find a 4'x8′ sheet of OSB that is $4 even in the winter time. I am probably wrong, but it looks like to make this thing it would take about 40 sheets of 3/4″ plywood. It doesn't appear any plywood is "bending" here, merely stacked on each other like a deck of cards. That would run you about $900-1000 for the raw wood alone, maybe more.
Fun project.
BJ on 24 Feb 2009 at 11:18 am #
Increasing loft space this is a very innovative way to do this. The lines are all very simple and clean and from a structural stand point this is a very innovative way to solve this. The way that the bed nests in that little groove makes the space seem all that more inviting. I also appreciate how there are no hand rails on the top part of space and how it creates this sort of juxtaposition of safety between the crib and the bedroom. The problem in the article is that it says that is made from bent ply wood but if you clearly look at the pieces it made from a series of cnc'ed or routed pieces but I love the construction. The whole house in general is really awesome.
kaylan on 04 Apr 2009 at 1:46 pm #
that is so hot i dropped my mouth when i saw that
MamaK on 04 Feb 2010 at 1:56 pm #
Fine enough for athletic teens or young adults who can carry laundry etc up a ladder, but a possible death trap for a child. There must be a railing or glass partition at the drop off, and a gate to keep the child from climbing up. Completely unsuitable for a family. No common sense on display here.
A on 17 Aug 2010 at 9:58 pm #
It looks very nice, but completely impractical and potentially dangerous for sleep deprived parents, a recovering new mom, and a growing child. Perhaps they don't plan on living here much longer? This is an example of form being put before function. Put function first, then make it pretty! They could have moved the bed over a bit and put some minimalistic stairs to the right to have safer access to the loft, while still increasing space and having it look nice.
LIsa on 18 Aug 2010 at 10:50 pm #
Erik said: "The Whole Bed probably cost no more than any other bed would have. $6000 – $8000."
Any other bed??? I would never dream of spending $6,000 on a bed….
stephanie didelot on 05 Feb 2011 at 10:29 am #
c'est ingénieux et beau.


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- fifi leigh said...
yeah, i used to play with barbies when i was young as well as other dolls. the glass cabinet is like the glass dollhouse.
- September 27, 2012 at 6:23 PM
- Kai Grafia said...
Your bf surely has a great taste! those shoes are a killer sis! :))) You must check out the dream of dolls website! They have really lovely dolls there :)
- September 27, 2012 at 8:16 PM
- Carizza Chua said...
thanks! i prefer the classic/victorian porcelain dolls :)
- September 27, 2012 at 8:23 PM
haha you look like a doll nga sis and you would look nice in a glass cabinet :D
- September 27, 2012 at 8:41 PM
- Michelle Bugante said...
You are indeed a doll! Effortlessly pretty doll! I was amused when you said the shoes were from boyfriend. Your boyfriend Kenichi Matsuyama has nice taste a! :D Post ka about your doll collection! I wanna seeeee :D
- September 28, 2012 at 3:27 AM
- Carizza Chua said...
thanks mich! i didnt have the lashes na in that photo. lam mo na what happened ;p eton is my stylist and I ask his opinions about my outfits most of the time haha
- September 28, 2012 at 4:56 AM
- Lhyzie ♥ said...
you are already a doll. a very nice/beautiful doll. :)
i love your outfit sis and your shoes <3
- September 28, 2012 at 7:52 PM
- Harmony Valdoz ☮❀ said...
super cute <3
- September 28, 2012 at 10:33 PM
- Pretty Ugly said...
Are you my little sister? LOL. I collect dolls too (I'm married and in my 30s). I prefer Pullip dolls over BJDs though. I don't like my dolls anatomically correct. I probably have about 20 or more Pullip, Dal and Taeyang.
I love your dress and your necklace.
- September 29, 2012 at 9:59 AM
- Carizza Chua said...
thanks lizzie! i collect victorian/lifesize porcelain dolls :)
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- Carizza Chua said...
awww thank you lhyzie!
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- Carizza Chua said...
thanks harmony! i love your name~
- October 1, 2012 at 9:45 AM
YOUR SO CUTE ! :)) i like your dress POLKA DOTS . tsk!
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- Eloisa Mago said...
love d shoes. like ur face better when u smile
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· A close approach of a black hole to the solar system.[3]
· A gamma ray burst or other devastating blast of cosmic radiation.[4] One especially deadly hypothesized source is a hypernova, produced when a hypergiant star explodes and then collapses, sending vast amounts of radiation sweeping across hundreds of lightyears. Hypernovas have never been observed; however, a hypernova may have been the cause of the Ordovician–Silurian extinction events. The nearest hypergiant is Eta Carinae, approximately 8,000 light-years distant.
· A drastic and unusual decrease or increase in Sun's power output; a solar superstorm leading to partial or complete electrical or technological death of human civilization. (See solar flare.)
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· The solar system passing through a cosmic dust cloud, leading to a severe global climate change.[5]
· An abrupt repositioning of Earth rotation axis.[6] It could be caused by extremely powerful internal geological or/and external cosmic factors. If it happens abruptly (and not slowly within a very prolonged interval of time) it will generate enormous multiple earthquakes, multiple volcano eruptions, a hypercane or multiple megacyclones, giant tidal waves and megatsunamis all around the globe.
· An impact event causing a collision (or extremely close passage) of a large meteorite, asteroid or comet. A common theory postulates that the extinction of the dinosaurs occurred approximately 65 million years ago as a result of the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event when a large asteroid struck the earth, producing atmospheric dust which blocked solar energy and caused a significant lowering of temperatures worldwide ("nuclear winter"). Evidence for this theory includes a sedimentary layer of iridium in the geological record and a large crater in the area of Chicxulub, Mexico. The Tunguska event (1908) was on a much smaller scale. In the case of a close passage of an object (a large asteroid, comet or planet) with a significant gravitational impact on Earth, the consequences could be the same as in the case of an abrupt repositioning of Earth rotation axis. And such a repositioning of the axis would not necessarily have to take place for the earth to see the same global effects.
· A geological event such as massive flood basalt, volcanism, or the eruption of a supervolcano[7] leading to the so called Volcanic Winter (Similar to a Nuclear Winter). One such event, the Toba Eruption,[8] occurred in Indonesia about 71,500 years ago. According to the Toba catastrophe theory,[9] the event may have reduced human populations to only a few tens of thousands of individuals. Yellowstone Caldera is another such supervolcano, having undergone 142 or more caldera-forming eruptions in the past 17 million years.[10] Massive volcano eruption(s) will produce extraordinary intake of volcanic dust, toxic and greenhouse gases into the atmosphere with serious effects on global climate (towards extreme global cooling (nuclear winter when in short term and ice age when in long term) or global warming (if greenhouse gases prevail)).
· An exceptionally devastating hypercane[11] probably combined with global dust storm, taking up to the atmosphere enormous quantities of dust.
· A global pandemic (assuming that the causing agent of the pandemic would have a natural origin) with very high or even 100% mortality rate.[12] ………..
· A global pandemic with very high or even 100% mortality rate caused by a human-made infectious agent, which could be released among population on purpose. The source could be an individual, a laboratory workers group, a terrorist group, governmental or international organization.
· A nuclear, chemical, or biological war. A "softer" and "stealthier" case of each of these three types of warfare could be nuclear, chemical, or biological terrorism. Again the source could be an individual, a laboratory workers group, a terrorist group, religious zealots, governmental or international organization.
· A grey goo scenario, in which self-replicating machines (often imagined to be nanomachines) get out of control and indiscriminately consume all kinds of matter in the process of building more replicas of themselves, eventually making earth inhospitable for biological life altogether.
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