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Breitung school millages on ballot
By LINDA LOBECK
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KINGSFORD – The Breitung Township Schools Board of Education has approved language for two millage proposals that will go before voters during the November general election.
The first proposal is for a renewal of the operating millage. This approval would allow the school district to continue to levy 18 mills on all non-Homestead property. The current operating millage will expire with the 2014 tax levy.
The renewal will be for a 20-year period, from 2015 to 2013.
According to Supt. Craig Allen, this millage will continue to provide money for operating purposes for the school district. The state pays the foundation allowance per student based on schools getting the operating millage on all non-Homestead property.
When this is levied in 2015, it will generate approximately $3.3 million, Allen said. If it's not passed, the school district would lose the same amount from its operating budget.
A second proposal going before the voters in November is a building and site sinking fund tax levy. This would be assessed against all property in the Breitung Township School District. Approval will allow the district to levy up to .65 mills for a period of 10 years – from 2014 to 2023
Allen noted that depending on the needs of the school district, the board can levy anywhere from zero to .65 mills each year.
At its max of .65 mills, this levy would generate less that two percent of the school district budget – up to $323,334 if it is levied in 2014.
"This would allow us to maintain what we have now and into the future. It's a small amount to have available for upgrades, repairs or things that come up outside of the budget. In the past, the board had put money into a public improvement fund., but that hasn't been possible in more than five years. It's been basically money in and money out and nothing to put away for future needs," Allen noted.
He added that the way that school districts are now financed, they don't have the ability to set aside money for these needs to continually maintain the facilities. Many other school districts in the state have had to go out for a millage proposal that sets up a sinking fund tax levy for that purpose.
"We've been so lucky with the bond proposal passing to be able to make improvements on all of these things we needed to do. We now have excellent facilities that we don't want to see them deteriorate in the future. This is an extremely modest amount of money that can go a long way to keeping things running on the front end rather than having to deal with them on the back end when it's critical," Allen said.
The board has also been talking about a 10-15 year plan to keep the facilities upgraded in to the future. "They are taking into account what is needed in the long-term and using the money wisely with this type of planning," Allen added.
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Skip to comments.Free-staters eye New Hampshire, Wyoming
Posted on 09/08/2003 11:01:44 AM PDT by archy
Free-staters eye New Hampshire, Wyoming
By KATE McCANN
Associated Press Writer
CONCORD, N.H. -- About 20,000 liberty-minded people soon may be putting New Hampshire's "Live Free or Die" motto to a serious challenge.
Members of the Free State Project, inspired two years ago by a Yale graduate student, will announce their chosen state on Oct. 1, and New Hampshire could well be it. The group is also considering Wyoming and several other states.
If it's New Hampshire, 20,000 of them say they will move here within five years to work for smaller government, fewer laws and individual liberty.
Project members are college students and retirees and small business owners. Not all are Libertarians, though their principles are similar. They describe themselves as nonviolent, freedom-loving people. And they call their project the biggest experiment in democracy since the Revolutionary War.
Graduate student Jason Sorens came up with the idea in an essay written in July 2001. He posted it online, and was immediately flooded with e-mails from people ready to put it into action. With the Web site (www.freestateproject.org) as a forum, the movement began.
A year ago, members narrowed the choices to 10 states based on their small populations, libertarian tendencies, strong economies and other criteria.
New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont are on the list, as are South and North Dakota, Alaska, Delaware, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. But New Hampshire and Wyoming are generally seen as the leaders.
New Hampshire is tops for its lack of dependence on federal dollars, projected job growth, low crime rate and small government. It also gets high marks for its lack of a general sales or income tax, the relatively weak powers of its governor and, of course, the "Live Free or Die" motto coined by Revolutionary War hero John Stark.
There's also the New Hampshire Constitution, which both guarantees the right to revolt and does not prohibit secession. Project members say secession is not their goal, but the provision could be a useful bargaining chip.
Strikes against New Hampshire include its lack of support for Libertarian presidential candidates and its relatively expensive political campaigns.
The campaign to choose a state is being waged mainly on the Internet. But an "Escape to New Hampshire" picnic in June attracted more than 200 people from 22 states and Canada, including Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Nolan.
And James Maynard of Keene, one of 150 project members who already live in New Hampshire, has been recruiting in Massachusetts.
"With the attitude of everyone in Massachusetts, that freedom is just to their north, that would be a great source," said Maynard, 30.
Voting began last month as membership reached 5,000.
Results of the balloting, which ends Sept. 22, are a closely guarded secret. A contractor is doing the counting, and board members say even they have no idea what the early returns show.
Though the premise of the project is that 20,000 committed individuals could be a genuine force in a small state, members bristle at the suggestion they want to "take over" a state.
"New Hampshire gets 20,000 new residents annually. So 20,000 people is not like locusts," said Vice President Elizabeth McKinstry, who lives in Michigan. "And in no state that's on our list will 20,000 people be enough to come in to 'take over.'"
Even if it were, members say that is not what the project is about.
Henry McElroy, a freshman state representative from Nashua, says the biggest change would be getting people involved in government.
"You should be reading, you should be studying, you should be doing a better job of understanding your place in society," said McElroy, a Republican. "And that is not to be a couch potato that maybe votes every four years."
However, some members say they will work to eliminate laws against "victimless behaviors" such as marijuana use for medical purposes, prostitution and gambling.
That's partly why New Hampshire State Democratic Chairwoman Kathy Sullivan considers the project "sort of a very fringe group that can best be described as anarchists."
Sullivan was appalled when Republican Gov. Craig Benson told free-staters this summer, "Come on up, we'd love to have you."
"Is Craig Benson for legalized prostitution? He's for legalizing drugs? Is he for eliminating public schools?" she asked.
"He doesn't understand what these people stand for," she said.
Benson spokesman Chris Reid said it's Sullivan who doesn't understand.
He said Benson met with project representatives and welcomed them after being assured that in addition to favoring smaller government and less taxes, they were for the rule of law and against bigotry.
"Based on that, he told them they were welcome in New Hampshire," Reid said.
Sullivan doubts the free-staters would find a receptive audience in New Hampshire. But University of New Hampshire professor Mark Wrighton believes the state might indeed be fertile ground.
"The words 'Live Free or Die' pretty much explains a lot of what goes on in New Hampshire," Wrighton said.
Stop applauding activist courts when they infringe upon the powers of states and the people who reside in them just because the infringement accords with your ideology.
That go around, come around thing will get you every time.
You're added, and welcome to the list.
2) Pick New Hampshire. Wyoming's nicer, but NH can be defended easier and you're on the Canadian border.
NH was my third pick [the voting/count procedures are detailed *here*.] after Wyoming and Montana. Not only is Montana also on the Canadian border, but the Canadians living there are of a more western outlook [not surprisingly!] than their eastern brethern nearer New Hampsterland. But NH has a good many other things going for it as well, though the atrtractiveness of having so many states with desirable features clustered together in the west offers possibilities for future FSP growth.
As of 8-31-2003: 5,372 pledged FSP *Porcupine* members....
You're on it, grizzfan. Welcome aboard.
Can't we have a Free State someplace warm? What about a Free State Project in the Virgin Islands?
That's why I hope for the longshot, Delaware, it's the warmest. ;-)
Having resided in Memphis for the last half-dozen years, I sympathize with you. My skis have mostly gathered dust and rust in my storage shed over those past few years though, and I'm looking forward to getting some use out of them again. I expect there'll be less of a problem with the kudzu in the chosen Free State, too. That too will be an improvement.
Those nice warm comfy places are where many of the drones and parasites have settled in their pismire warrens. I can handle some occasional harsh weather to be rid of most of them.
Can't we have a Free State someplace warm? What about a Free State Project in the Virgin Islands?
There's an independence movement in Hawaii, though I don't give their chances of success much hope. It's a nice locale for such thoughts, though, and I have a former Navy lady pal working as a cop there. Nice spot to visit, but I don't think the FSP project's political efforts would work at all well there.
Me too...gotta love AZ in winter, especially when Buffalo has 30 feet of snow and it's zero deg. Kelvin in Minnesota.
That's partly why New Hampshire State Democratic Chairwoman Kathy Sullivan considers the project "sort of a very fringe group that can best be described as anarchists."
The ultimate answer to every neo-con and many paleo-cons who insist on calling libertarians "LIBERALtarians" and other nonsense.
Isn't that state chock full of liberal DemocRATS? How can you establish freedom in a state full of people that want to control you? Am I missing something here?
Prostitution is a victimless crime?
The john pays a woman to have sex with him. Who's the victim?
Depends...is the woman in this profession by choice, or by coercion? What about children forced into prostitution?
There are many victims of prostitution, but I agree, not ALL prostitution has a victim.
Since you are adding folks to your FSP ping list, would you please add me? Thanks.
How about the "john'" ie "whoremonger's" wife and children, just for starters? How about society as a whole for another?
Depends...is the woman in this profession by choice, or by coercion?
If it's coercion, than it's slavery which is both illegal under the law and immoral to any true libertarian (who value individual choice and not interfearing with the rights of others.)
I'm in Jersey, and August is my favorite month. every few years, we get a 100+ degree(+99% humidity) spell and I'm the only one I know who likes to take 10-20 mile bike rides. Most people hide in the air conditioning 24/7. The only time in the winter I don't mind going out is when the fish are biting. If it's 20 degs. on land, you go about 10 miles out to sea and it usually is at least in the low 40's since the water holds the 'heat'. The biggest problem is the bow icing up on the run out from the waves(avg. 3-4') crashing over it. ;-)
How about the "john'" ie "whoremonger's" wife and children, just for starters?
Not all johns are married. Anyway, adultery ruins marriages, want to outlaw that too?
How about society as a whole for another?
Yes unregulated prostitution does harm society. The prostitutes could be carrying STDs which are spread by having sex with customers. The way to decrease the risk of STDs is to regulate prostitution, not outlaw it.
1 Corinthians 6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body
How bout that WestPac? Now we're having two conversations at once! =)
spread of STDs...
Regulate it then. Make the prostitutes come in for STD tests every week.
sex as a "commodity" rather than a loving act... females seen as "objects"... men not being able to deal with real women and the obligations that go along with sex... women involved having low self-esteem... and that's just for openers...
Sound like individual problems to me. It's not the government's job to stop individuals from making foolish decisions.
It is the job of government to "establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity..." When an individual's "foolish decisions" threaten justice, domestic tranquility, the common defense, the general welfare, or the blessings of liberty, then it is the government's duty to stop that foolish individual.
Now, as for the FSP, I wish it all the best of luck in its success. If all the anarchists are in one place, it'll be easier for the rest of us to get some work done.
Actually, that is the job of the Constitution.
The job of the government is to obey the Constitution.
If the FSP movement does pick NH, not only is her *turf* threatened, but her party hack job as well, particularly if the Democrats there are driven into the status of being the Granite State's third-largest political party. And if that condition begins there, it could grow to relegate Democrats in other states to the same status as well.
She has good cause to be concerned.
And we welcome and appreciate your good wishes for our efforts. While I expect we'll neither get *all* the anarchists in one place nor figure that they're any sort of sizable proportion of our numbers, I hope we do include at least a few sufficiently suspicious of governmental authority wielding its axe over the heads of those it would dominate to keep our governmental efrforts limited to the role of that government that governs best by doing so to the minimal extent necessary.
I seem to recall a couple of Robert A. Heinlein's characters who described themselves as *rational anarchists,* though I suspect the grand old man hisself would not have as easily worn that tag- he had himself been a political party's candidate, after all. But I'd like to think his fictional creations are along with us in spirit, and if he were still on this world, I bet he'd be watching the proceedings with great interest, even if not as a participant.
You're added, and welcome to the list.
Like others here, I'm from FL and warm blooded. I dig the FSP, but I'm kind of waiting for Castro to keel over and invade Cuba with the pissed off group of liberty lovers in Miami.
As a 10-year-old kid and son of a Caltex/Texaco refinery process engineer, my parents thought it would be a swell *learning experience* if I were to accompany him to his new three-year assignment at the Caltex Santa Clara refinery. Neither his position nor the Batista government lasted quite that long, and I did get quite an education, indeed, including firsthand observations of Marine small-unit tactics, my first experience of being shot toward if not quite directly at as the intended recipient, my first brush with the sudden death of another from gunfire, and a lexicon of several Cubano Spanish-language phrases not generrally taught in school courses.
We got shipped off to Miami before Fidel's New Year's Day victory parades, so I have some memories of that town that are not all that pleasant; I always liked Ft Lauderdale and Gainesville better in the south, Jax up north.
Neither do I make it a habit of celebrating the death of another; but when Fidel goes, I'll be breaking out the rum and cigars, if only figuratively, and putting my old Celia Cruz tapes on to dance to. Azucar!
And if I can make the trip from the Free State to Calle Ocho and thence to a Havana that's at least a little more free than previously, that too would be a happy time. There'll be at least as much work for the Cubanos who have to dismantle the machinery of Fidel's human-grinding regime as for the porcupines in our new home, but I hope we can offer at least some example of methodology and perhaps some other more real support to them in their efforts; may they go with God.
You've been added to the *PorcuPing list* and you're very welcome. I suspect there've been more folks sign up for the FSP this week than for the source of Ms. Sullivan's paycheck....
New Hampshire is certainly on my list of acceptable states! I have only been to New Hampshire twice, but I sure liked what I saw.
And, "Live FRee or Die" is as good a state motto as there is! Well, I'll admit it took a long look for me to come around to that point of view, in part because some of the machinations of the FSP *Hampster proponents* have been awfully heavyhanded and shrill.
But ya know what? It wasn't so much the ones already in the Granite State that were the problem, and most other non-FSP residents I've met in the last year seemed to welcome the effort, if sometimes offering honest doubts about the liklihood of real success, often couched in descriptions of a snowball's chance in Hell.
So yeah, though I still favour Wyoming or Montana, I bet we can make a go of it in NH. And if I see you there, that'll work for me.
But it would take me a little longer to arrange my relocation there. I could head West virtually immediately....
Mine goes out tomorrow. I had to run down and pick up my passport from my safe deposit box for my *voters registration* verification. No rush so long as the Post Office doesn't mess things up, but do get yours out this week.
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Zaccheus teaches us to learn to listen for the voice of God in our personal lives and respond without holding anything back. He also teaches us to look for Jesus along the road of life.The Christian life is about God's action and our response to what He is already doing. Jesus reminds us "You did not choose me, but I chose you" (John 15:16). Zaccheus serves to remind us of who does the choosing and who does the responding.
Zachaeus in the Sycamore tree
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
11/20/2012 (4 years ago)
Published in Year of Faith
Keywords: Zachaeus, Zacheus, Blind man of Jericho, faith, living faith, spirituality, spiritual blindness, revelation, living faith, discipleship, Christian living, Deacon Keith Fournier
CHESAPEAKE, VA (Catholic Online) - As we round the bend toward the end of the Liturgical Year of the church and approach the Feast of Christ the King, our daily readings at Mass focus us on what matters most, our relationship with Jesus Christ. The two stories,one concerning  the blind man of Jericho (Mondays Gospel account, Luke 18: 35-43) and the other the man little of stature named Zachaeus, (Tuesdays Gospel account, Luke 19:1-10) are rich with allegory and lessons for our own lives.
They both invite us to reflect upon how we can identify with these wonderful men and learn from their response to the Savior. Father Stephen Reynolds beautiful Monday Homily entitled "Lord, Please Let Me See", opens up the example of the blind man for us here. I want to focus on the story we hear on Tuesday which helps us to further learn the life lesson. It presents us with one of my favorite biblical characters, the man who was small of stature but large of heart. His name was Zacchaeus. Both of these men humbly understood their own lack and recognized their need for a Savior. They both lived their circumstances with bold and dynamic faith. Do we?
Where is Jesus passing through in our own lives? He always shows up for those who have their spiritual eyes opened to see Him. How about in our workplace? How about in our relationships? How about in our families? Are we running out to meet Him? Or are we afraid? Are we wondering "if we see Him, what will He ask of us?" The invitation of this story is to climb that Sycamore Tree; to find the place that will make it possible for us to see Jesus
The 'Good News' is that no matter what has happened in our past, Jesus walks into the dusty streets of our own lives this day.
In the last chapter of the Gospel of St John we read these words:Â "There are also many other things that Jesus did, but if these were to be described individually, I do not think the whole world would contain the books that would be written." (John 21:25) This verse underscores the importance of the stories that are actually recorded in the Gospels. The people to whom we are introduced have been selected from among many others who most certainly encountered Jesus for a purpose. They can put us in touch with the Lord, with ourselves and with the very purpose of our lives.
Upon prayer and reflection, they are meant to become an invitation to conversion. St. Jose Maria Escriva once wrote "I advised you to read the New Testament for some minutes every day, and to enter into each scene and take part in it, as one more of the characters. This is so that you incarnate the Gospel, so that it is "fulfilled" in your life. and "make others fulfill it" (Furrow #672).
St. Luke introduces us to a tax collector named Zacchaeus. "At that time, Jesus came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town. Now a man there named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector and also a wealthy man, was seeking to see who Jesus was; but he could not see him because of the crowd, for he was short in stature. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree in order to see Jesus, who was about to pass that way. When he reached the place, Jesus looked up and said, "Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for today I must stay at your house."
"And he came down quickly and received him with joy. (When they all saw this, they began to grumble, saying, "He has gone to stay at the house of a sinner." But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, "Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I shall give to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone I shall repay it four times over."(More than what the Law required) And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house because this man too is a descendant of Abraham. For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost." (St. Luke 9:1-10)
The Context
Israel was under Roman occupation. An unfair tax was extracted by people like Zaccheus who worked for the oppressor. They earned their living by adding an extra surcharge for themselves. These Jews were considered traitors. However, they were still Jews, sons of the Covenant and children of Abraham, trying to make a living. Zaccheus was not unlike some of us in our own day, separating "what we do" from "who we are". "After all" we may tell ourselves, "we are simply trying to make a living."
Yet Zaccheus wanted to see Jesus more than he wanted to maintain his economic comfort. Jesus knew that. He had come to Jericho that day seeking to save the lost. He knew Zaccheus like He knows each one of us. The "crowds" around Zaccheus may have deemed him as unworthy of the encounter that was about to occur but God did not see him this way. Jesus saw Zaccheus' heart and he drew him to Himself.
Each one of us should find hope in this story because, literally or figuratively, we have compromised in our lives. Perhaps in our work, by failing to live fully the implications of our faith. Perhaps in our family, by failing to love in the way that we know we ought, sacrificially. Perhaps in our "free time"- by giving into pursuits that we know actually lead to bondage. The "Good News" is that, no matter what has happened in our past, Jesus walks into the dusty streets of our own lives this day. He comes for us. Let us learn some lessons from Zaccheus about life in a Sycamore tree.
Remember that God is already there
Jesus already knew that Zaccheus was in Jericho. He knit him together in his mother's womb (Psalm 139:13-16) and knew everything about him. In fact, the Lord came to Jericho for Zaccheus. He did not need to get the Lord's attention and neither do we. Jesus comes into each one of our lives, searching for us, because He still comes to ".seek and save what was lost." We often think of the Christian life in terms of our efforts to reach God and to do His will. However, the opposite is what really occurs. God seeks us and we respond.
However, we need to "position" ourselves for the meeting. Zaccheus climbed that tree to see Jesus; he positioned Himself for the encounter; the call, the vocation that was given to Him that wonderful day. Those words of the Master "Today salvation has come to this house because this man too is a descendant of Abraham. For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost." would forever frame his future responses to God's continuing invitation. He would never be the same.
The Christian life is about God's action and our response to what He is already doing. Jesus reminds us "You did not choose me, but I chose you" (John 15:16). Zaccheus serves to remind us of who does the choosing and who does the responding. At the root of the word "vocation", is the latin word "vocatio", meaning "voice". Zaccheus teaches us to learn to listen for the voice of God in our personal lives and respond without holding anything back. He also teaches us to look for Jesus along the road of life.
Focus on the Lord, not the crowd
Faith is not a vicarious experience. While others can help to bring us to Jesus, He calls our name and we must personally respond. Not just once, but every day, every moment. Faith is a door into an ongoing, intimate dynamic relationship with a living, loving God who, in Jesus Christ, has come to seek and save the lost. Jesus reminds us "You did not choose me but I chose you." (John 15:16)
Zaccheus climbed that tree in order to see the Lord, not to be seen by Jesus. He did not care what the crowd thought of a grown man climbing a tree! He went after the encounter with Jesus Christ with a childlike simplicity and a reckless abandon. Do we?
The crowds in our lives rarely lead us to God. Remember the exchange with Simon Peter recorded in the Gospel of St. Matthew, chapter sixteen? Jesus asks the disciples "Who do men say I am". They told him what the "crowds" said about Him. "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah.." Jesus then spoke personally to Simon and asked ".but you, who do you, say I am." Peter replied "You are the Christ". You can almost sense the joy pop off the page of the biblical text when you read the words of Jesus that follow Peters response: "Blessed are you Peter for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you but my Father who is in heaven."
In the Lord's invitation and Simons' response we find the foundation for a living faith. Simon was forever changed, signified biblically by the changing of his name, his identity, to "Peter". He went from being an enthusiastic, sometimes mercurial follower, to being a "rock", a leader, configured to the image of the One whom He served. He would spend the rest of his life responding to that call and eventually pour out his own blood in obedient love for Jesus Christ as a martyr.
Desire to see Jesus more than anything or anyone else
The story of Zaccheus invites us to ask ourselves if we are serious about fully and truthfully living out our Christian vocation. Do we really want to see Jesus or are we comfortable with keeping Him at a distance? Do we compartmentalize our lives, living a separation between faith and life that keeps religious things in a "religious compartment", treating faith like a hat that we put on and take off depending upon the environment that we find ourselves in?
The Christian vocation is a call to ongoing conversion by giving ourselves away to the One who poured Himself out for us.and being transformed in the process. It is about giving our whole lives over to the Lord who takes up His residence within us and then continues His mission through us. The Apostle Paul wrote to the early Christians in Galatia "No longer do I live but Christ lives in me and the life I now live I live by faith in the Son of God." (Gal 2:19, 20) We also live "in Christ" by living in His Body, the Church, of which we are members by our Baptism.
That way of living "in Christ" is meant to become our daily reality as well. Christians are called to live differently because we live "in" Jesus Christ. We are also called to love differently, because we love "in" Jesus Christ. We are invited to "be" differently, because we are different now, at the deepest level. Jesus Christ continues His life and mission on this earth through His Body, His Church, of which we are members. (Rom. 6, Coll. 2, 1 Cor 12)
Choose to live your life in the Sycamore tree
The Sycamore tree created a clear line of vision for Zaccheus. It helped him to rise above the crowd and see the Lord clearly. It placed him in the right position for the invitation that would follow. Jesus told him to come down for he was coming to his house! Imagine the thrill. For us, the Sycamore tree is a symbol of that place in our own lives which enables us to have a clear vision of Jesus. Zaccheus did not hesitate. With the same lack of caution which he had demonstrated in climbing the tree, he came down to stand in the presence of God Incarnate. There he heard the call that would forever change his life. So may it be with all of us. When God calls we have only one choice, to respond without reserve.
Zaccheus looked foolish that day. Especially to a crowd that was so quick to judge him. It did not matter to him. In fact, looking foolish to the crowd is "part of the program". Are we willing to do so? St. Paul reminded the Corinthian Christians in his first letter: "God has chosen the foolish things of this world to confound the wise." 1 Corinthians 1:20-27 The Corinthians lived in a City that prided itself on its great accomplishments. It was also drunk on its own debauchery. The early followers of Jesus did not and could not "fit in." They had to be willing to look foolish. In our own day, we share a similar plight. In the midst of a culture that has seemed to have forgotten God, we are called to live differently.
Always look for Jesus Passing By
Where is Jesus passing through in our own lives? He always shows up for those who have their spiritual eyes opened to see Him. How about in our workplace? How about in our relationships? How about in our families? Are we running out to meet Him? Or are we afraid? Are we wondering "if we see Him, what will He ask of us?" The invitation of this story is to climb that Sycamore Tree; to find the place that will make it possible for us to see Jesus, unimpeded, so as to hear Him call our name. He still comes to seek and to save what is lost. He still comes to the homes of all who open their hearts wide to his presence and are willing to live lives bathed in the light of His refining fire.
When we see Jesus on the Jericho Road of our own lives we are invited to exercise our faith, to choose Him and change. He does not do the changing in the relationship. He is the same "yesterday, today and forever" (Hebrews 13:8).Prayer is not, in the first instance, about getting God to do what we want. It is about entering into an intimate communion with Him and in Him, and then abiding (St. John 15). In that relationship, we invite Him to change us and we learn to surrender all to Him in love. It was the late, "great" (though he would reject the accolade) Henri Nouwen who once warned of the "lure of upward mobility"; he referred to it as the greatest sin of the age.
He spoke of God's extraordinary love, revealed in the Incarnation of Jesus Christ, as an alternative, a "downward mobility." How extraordinary is this wonderful love of God and how hard it is to comprehend its invitation. The God of the entire universe came among us as a man to show us both the love of the Father and how we are now invited and empowered, through His life, death and resurrection, to live in this world and prepare for the next. Zaccheus teaches us about life in a Sycamore Tree. Let us learn to live our lives always looking for Jesus.
Let us find our own Sycamore Tree, the place from which we can seee Jesus clearly, and climb.
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Growing demands on the Mediterranean region's ecosystems threaten the foundation of its social and economic well-being, the international think tank Global Footprint Network reports in a two-year study whose findings will be released at an international conference here on October 1. Global Footprint Network's report, Mediterranean Ecological Footprint Trends, show an ever widening ecological deficit. Between 1961 and 2008, the most recent year data were available, growing population and consumption trends tripled the region's demand for renewable resources and ecological services. By 2008, the region's Ecological Footprint—the demand on Earth's bioproductive land and sea areas—exceeded local available ecological assets by more than 150 percent.
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Any ideas for a cheap low budget Jerk rig anchor?
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This is the wrong forum for your question, but a milk jug filled with concrete works well.
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This is the wrong forum for your question, but a milk jug filled with concrete works well.
Yup, sand works good also, wrap it up in duck tape.:)
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One of my hunting buddies uses old railroad spikes. Pretty inexpensive, all you have to do is find a few loose ones laying on the ground.
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I use a 7' piece of 1/2 " conduit, painted camo/gray. It's got holes drilled thru it so's I can put my Lucky Duck on it. Even when I'm not using the spinner, I push the pipe down into the mud and hook the jerk string to it. I use a Riggem' Right but the anchor that comes with it pulls thru the mud and gets closer as the day progresses. The pipe works better and if the ducks can see it, it doesn't seem to bother them.
I loop the line from the jerk to the bottom end of the pipe before I push it into the mud so the line stays as close to the bottom as possible. In very shallow or clear water, I'll attach a weight to the line to help keep the line low in the water. I even use the conduit pole to push the jerk line though the reeds down low in front of my hide so pulling on the jerk doesn't wiggle the weeds up high where the birds can see it. Great tool, indestructible $6. Lighter than the anchor that came with the jerk string.
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old crankshafts from small engines. briggs motors or small displacement 2 cycle engines. i use these alot for my gang rigs, i can clip and unclip the connecting rod to the line and send it to the bottom. crankshaft pieces from a larger motor where the crank has been disassembled work well too! you could probably get old rusted cranks for free at a powersports dealership or auto repair shop. pay them their value in scrap since thats what they were prolly gonna do with em anyway.
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I use a plastic coffee "can" filled with concrete with an eye bolt pushed in. Run the line through the eve bolt. The plastic helps quiet the bumps in the boat.
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I purchased Puddlesets at a Hunting and Fishing Expo a year or so ago. The guy actually posts ads on this website every now and then. Anyhow, they were fairly cheap maybe $20 for 12 and easy to set up.
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Buy a 5 or 10 pound dumbbell and cut it in half and drill a hole in the handle
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I just made one yesterday, 1 wooden stake 18" roughly drilled a hole 3/4 from the top, put a I-bolt in it. 10' bungy cord doubled it up so its about 5' in length, tied some dark braidded string. everything was about $10. I stepped up and got some heavy duty swivel hooks the ones they have on the texas rig-um and it makes set up and take down about 3 min. Cheap and very easy, and you can rig them up anyway you want. I tested it out with 3 deeks today and worked like a charm!! super pumped and cant wait to take down birds with it!
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FAQs for Incoming Undeclared Students
For the 2010-2011 academic year, San José State University will have an unprecedented number of Undeclared students. If you are one of these Undeclared students, you probably have a number of questions related to securing your major of choice. The FAQs below should help you answer some of these questions.
- What is an impacted major?
- Which students are considered "assigned Undeclared"?
- Which classes should I take?
- What are the chances that I will be admitted into the major?
- How can I apply to change my major?
- Do Fall transfer students who wish to apply for non-impacted majors need to wait until the beginning of the Fall semester to apply for a change of major?
- Should I go to another school, since I may not get my intended major here?
- How many assigned Undeclared students do we expect to actually come to SJSU?
1. What is an impacted major?
An impacted major is a major that does not have space for everyone requesting it. Therefore, those seeking admission to impacted majors must meet eligibility requirements above and beyond the basic requirements needed to be admitted into the university. To learn about the eligibility requirements for impacted majors, contact the major department.
2. Which students are considered "assigned Undeclared"?
The "assigned Undeclared" students are those who were admitted to SJSU requesting impacted majors that were unable to accommodate them. Therefore, these students are assigned to the Undeclared major. To switch to an impacted major, students will need to apply for and be admitted by the intended major department. Eligibility requirements vary, so students should seek admissions information from the department.
3. Which classes should I take?
During the Transfer Orientation sessions, you will be advised to focus on any lower division general education courses you may have missed, courses to count for a minor, and preparation courses for your preferred major. Some majors are requiring students to pass particular courses at SJSU to make them eligible to be considered for the major; consider taking these classes. Check with the major department for rules and strategies for applying to your major of choice.
Additionally, you are strongly encouraged to take and pass the WST to make yourself eligible for SJSU Studies courses. Make sure you leave the Transfer Orientation session with 6-8 possible classes for their fall enrollment.
4. What are the chances that I will be admitted into the major?
A student may not graduate as Undeclared; all students will graduate with a major. However, not all students will get their first choice of major. Some may not be admitted because of limited space available in the department, and others may not be admitted because of their grades, because they lack other preparation, or because other applicants were more competitive. To better understand desired your major's admissions guidelines, contact the department for information. Whatever the reason, many students will need to be flexible in their academic plans. Please keep in mind that "If a student chooses to declare a major that is impacted, the student must apply to the impacted major no later than November 1st in order to register for Spring semester and April 1 for fall term." Additionally, "Students who apply to declare a major and are not accepted by that major may only apply twice to that major and only if the units they take between the first and second application do not exceed 12 units." (Presidential Directive 2009-05, http://www.sjsu.edu/advising/presidential_directive/html/g3/)
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First, you must meet your major's eligibility requirements. If the major department makes the decision to accept you to the major, you will need to complete and submit a Change of Major or Minor form available at www.sjsu.edu/registrar/forms. Please make sure you secure all of the required signatures.
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Continuing my coverage of the [IBM Storage Innovation Executive Summit], that occurred May 9 in New York City, this is my sixth in a series of blog posts on this event.
During the break, I talked with some of the other bloggers at this event. From left to right: Stephen Foskett [Pack Rat] blog, Devang Panchigar [StorageNerve], and yours truly, Tony Pearson. (Picture courtesy of Stephen Foskett)
- Meet the Experts
This next segment was a Q&A panel, with a moderator posing questions to four experts. Originally, I was scheduled to be the moderator, but this was changed to Doug Balog. The experts on the panel were:
- Jon Toigo, Principal of Toigo Partners International LLC. I have worked with Jon for years, and most recently the two of us held a webcast on [How to Diagnose and Cure What Ails your Storage Infrastructure].
- Rich Castagna, Editorial Director for Storage Media, TechTarget. TechTarget is the group that runs the [SearchStorage] website.
- Stan Zaffos, Gartner VP of Research, who spoke earlier today. I have worked with Stan for years as well, and have attended the last four Gartner Data Center Conferences held every December in Las Vegas.
- Steve Duplessie, Founder and Senior Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG). Steve's blog is titled [The Bigger Truth].
Jon clarified a statement Doug Balog said earlier in the day attributed to his study. Doug had said that 40 percent of all data should be archived. The study that Jon Toigo had done found that, on average, for the data on disk systems, about 30 percent is useful data, 40 percent is not active and could be eligible for archive, and the remaining 30 percent was crap.
The other experts introduced themselves. Rich felt that "Cloud" was still the biggest buzzword in the IT industry. Stan felt that CIOs should ask their storage administrators "What are you doing to improve my agility and efficiency". Steve felt that it was better to focus on improving process and procedures, rather than trying to deploy the best technology.
How can you best reduce backup costs per TB?
Jon- use tape.
Rich- Clean up your environment.
Stan- Don't rehydrate your deduplicated data, adopt archive approach, and revisit your backup schedules.
Steve- Deduplication covers up stupidity. No band-aids! Companies need to address the cause.
Does Backup as a Public Service for large enterprises makes sense?
Rich- Yes, especially for those with Remote Office/Branch Office (ROBO).
Stan- It depends. You should implement client-side dedupe. Get the Cloud Provider to waive telecom bandwidth charges.
Steve- Consider recovery scenarios, and try to maintain control.
Jon- "Clouds" are bulls@#$ marketing. WAN latency will pile up.
What are the top issues IT leaders should be discussing with the Storage Managers?
Stan- To ensure SLAs meet but not exceed design, to automate, and to evaluate SAN/NAS ratios.
Steve- Server virtualization is putting the spotlight on storage. Failure to implement storage virtualization is becoming the gate that slows down sever virtualization adoption.
Jon- Insist on management features from all storage vendors, try to separate feature/function from the underlying hardware layer. See IBM's [Project Zero].
Rich- Efficiency, Archiving, Thin Provisioning, Compression, Data Protection & Retention, Backup Redesign to protect endpoints like laptops and cell phones.
When does Archive eliminate Backup?
The need for protection never goes away. There are two kinds of data: "originals" and "derivatives", and two kinds of disk: "failed" and "not yet failed".
Given SATA and SAS drives, what is the future of 10K/15K RPM drives?
There is no future for these faster drives, they are going away.
What is the biggest challenge for adopting archive?
It is easy to move data out of production systems, but difficult to make these archives accessible for eDiscovery and Search. There is also concern about changing data formats. Adobe has changed the format of PDF a whopping 33 times.
This was by far the most entertaining section of the day! Hand-held devices allowed the audience to vote which answers they liked best.
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Evan Strong, pictured, and Mike Shea established themselves as favorites for the 2014 U.S. Paralympic Snowboard Team by finishing 1-2 at the International Paralympic Committee Alpine Skiing Snowboard Cross Test Event in Sochi, Russia, on March 6.
Evan Strong narrowly defeated Mike Shea to win the gold medal at the International Paralympic Committee Alpine Skiing Snowboard Cross Test Event in Sochi, Russia, today. Amy Purdy finished second to the Netherlands' Bibian Mentel.
With just one year and one day to go until the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, 25 athletes from 11 nations competed in warm, sunny conditions on a technical and challenging course in Rosa Khutor, the Paralympic snow sports venue.
There were events for upper and lower limb impairment groups, although only the latter will be included at the Paralympic Winter Games next year. It is the debut for para-snowboard cross, a discipline of alpine skiing.
Strong had the fastest times on the first two runs on the men's side, allowing him to take gold.
The Hawaiian native did not go into the competition as confidently as he might have hoped, though, having battled illness over the past few days.
"After practice yesterday, I wasn't feeling super-confident, I was sliding down a lot of the turns," Strong said. "I didn't really know how today was going to go.
"But as soon as I got out the start gate on my first run, it just felt super fluid, really good and I thought, 'I know this feeling, I know how to do this.'"
It was by no means an easy victory, as Strong finished 0.29 seconds ahead of his teammate Mike Shea (1:28.36), who had the fastest time on the third run and was consistently less than 0.2 seconds behind Strong on the other runs. New Zealand's Carl Murphy took bronze in 1:28.71.
"Mike Shea my teammate has been looking super aggressive and really fast all season, and he was definitely keeping it together better in the training," Strong said. "Seeing that the first six guys were just half a second apart after the first two runs, I knew my work was cut out for me."
Keith Gabel, who finished second at the 2012 World Snowboard Federation Para-Snowboard World Championships to Strong, took fourth in Sochi after trouble on the third run.
The Netherlands' Bibian Mentel, who is also coaching her Dutch teammates, won the women's race in 1:28.10 – a time that would have got her a silver medal in the men's race.
"I made a couple of mistakes on the first run, which I tried to address on the second," she said. "The other women are really stepping it up, so of course I'll try to do my best.
"I'm going to try for the highest goal possible at Sochi 2014, of course, and I hope to bring a couple of other Dutch athletes," Mentel said.
The 40-year-old was previously a six-time Dutch champion in half-pipe and snowboard cross events before she lost her lower leg to cancer. The 2012 WSF Para-Snowboard World Champion is the favourite for gold at the Sochi Paralympics.
Her closest rival is Purdy, who took silver in 1:46.09.
"I felt super-solid today, really fast. I of course had a couple of spots to clean up, but I felt really good," Purdy said.
Purdy had both legs amputated below the knee after contracting bacterial meningitis at the age of 19. The co-founder of Adaptive Action Sports, one of the top snowboarding organizations in the United States, was second at the 2012 WSF Para-Snowboard World Championships and is now training full-time in the lead-up to Sochi.
"The goal's not necessarily to beat Bibian. The goal for me is to ride the absolute best that I can and to show that double-leg amputees can compete with others in the field."
As a double-leg amputee, Purdy, unlike her rivals, cannot feel her toes on either foot.
"It's very limiting now, but I know I can push through a lot of it. I know a lot of it is in my head as well and I just have to do things a little bit differently. I have to work a lot harder than everybody else to stay competitive," she said.
"Being a double (amputee) is definitely more challenging, but it doesn't mean it's not possible for me to be up there and beat the rest. Taking silver – I'm super-proud of that and I just want to keep riding hard and strong and make it here for 2014.
The Netherlands' Ilse van Rhenen won bronze in 2:36.20.
In the women's upper limb impairment class, Italy's Sara Dorigatti was the only competitor and finished in 2:08.74. Her teammates Roberto Cavicchi (1:38.74) and David Preziosi (1:39.57) came first and second respectively in the men's upper limb impairment class.
The Sochi test events continue on March 8 with the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup Finals.


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Coconut Curry Thai Chicken
Recipe courtesy of Susannah Donnelly
- Coconut Curry Sauce:
- 1 (13.5-ounce) can light coconut milk
- 1 tablespoon Thai curry paste
- 2 tablespoons curry powder
- 2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- Dash cayenne pepper
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Chicken:
- 8 ounces high-fiber whole wheat linguine, (recommended: DeCecco)
- Olive oil cooking spray
- 1 vidalia onion, chopped
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breast, fat removed, cut into small pieces
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons curry powder
- 2 tablespoons peanut butter
- 1 cup thinly sliced roasted red peppers
- 1 cup thinly sliced water chestnuts
- 1 cup scallions, white and green parts, thinly sliced
- Chopped fresh mint and cilantro leaves, for garnish
- Lime wedges, for serving
For the sauce: In a medium bowl, combine all of the sauce ingredients, whisk until thoroughly combined and set aside.
For the chicken: Cook the whole wheat linguine al dente according to box directions. Drain and rinse under cold water and spray lightly with olive oil cooking spray so it does not stick and set aside.
Coat a large nonstick skillet with cooking spray and add onions. Cook until translucent and beginning to brown, about 5 to 10 minutes. Add the chicken, season with salt and pepper and stir in curry powder. Saute chicken until lightly brown. Add the peanut butter and allow it to melt to coat the chicken.
Add the roasted red peppers, water chestnuts and scallions and season with salt and pepper as you like. Saute for a few minutes just to release flavor.
Pour the coconut curry sauce over the chicken and vegetables and stir gently. Cook just until warmed through and thickened a bit, about 3 to 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, as needed. Garnish with chopped mint and cilantro. Serve with lime wedges, if desired.
SUZY'S SERVING OPTIONS: (Serves four or more can be doubled easily)
Family Style Put linguine in a large deep platter or decorative bowl and pour mixture over the top. Toss gently with tongs. Garnish with fresh lime juice, and chopped scallions or herbs.
Low Carb Diets On a large dinner plate place Boston lettuce leaves in a fan covering the entire plate. Place 1/4 of the chicken mixture on top and drizzle with fresh lime juice and garnish with scallions. The sauce will form a natural salad dressing for the lettuce.
Individual Plates: Each serving is 2 oz. dry pasta and 1/4 of the chicken mixture. Garnish it with fresh lime juice, a lime wedge and scallions or herbs. Serve it on a small exotic plate for added presentation.
NOTE: You may substitute shrimp or tofu for the chicken and it is equally delicious!!
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Mary Massarella tried not to panic as she searched her Reynoldsburg home for her teenage daughter.
She picked the lock on Natalie's bedroom door and looked under the bed and in the closet.
Her husband, Mark, arrived home, and they rushed from room to room, calling her name.
Had she sneaked out? That wasn't like Natalie, a fun-loving girl who was active in choir and church.
Mary ran back to her daughter's room. That's when she noticed that the Lane cedar chest at the end of Natalie's bed had been cleared off. She pushed the button that released the chest's heavy lid and lifted, then gasped.
Natalie was inside.
Fifteen years later, Mrs. Massarella still cries when she tells the story of the day the couple's oldest daughter suffocated in a cedar chest at age 15.
"You never get over it," she said in a choked voice as she and her husband sat in the living room of their Reynoldsburg home last week.
At the time — Feb. 24, 1999 — Reynoldsburg police theorized that Natalie had been sitting inside the chest when the lid slammed down, trapping her. The latch on the chest could be opened only from the outside.
"We'll never know why she was in there or what happened exactly," Mr. Massarella said.
The Massarellas did not speak publicly about their loss when their daughter died. But when they heard three weeks ago that two more children had died the same way, they had had enough.
"Reliving what happened to Natalie is not our favorite thing, but if it gets the word out and gets people to change those locks, we're willing to do it," Mr. Massarella said.
They spoke to reporters in the Boston area, where the most-recent deaths occurred; last week, they taped a segment that is to appear on NBC's Inside Edition.
On Jan. 12, 7-year-old Sean Monroe and his sister, 8-year-old Lexi, climbed into a 1939 Lane cedar chest while playing hide-and-seek in their home in Franklin, Mass. Their father was watching television in another room.
Two hours after the children were last seen, they were found in the chest.
In 1987, 12 years before Natalie's death, Lane stopped using latches that release only from the outside and began using latches that can be released from the inside. By then, an estimated 12 million Lane and Virginia Maid cedar chests — both made by Lane Furniture — had been manufactured since 1912.
At the prompting of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Lane recalled the chests in 1996 and offered owners new locks free of charge.
The commission has not been able to disclose how many of the chests have been retrofitted. The Lane website says that 6 million chests still need to have their locks replaced.
The commission estimates that 20 people have died in cedar chests with automatic locks. Most have been children:
• In 2001, three children died together in a Lane cedar chest in St. Louis, and two brothers died in one chest in Springfield, Mass.
• In 2002, three sisters died together in a chest in Unity, Wis.
• In 2004, two brothers died in a chest in Somerset County, Pa.
• In 2011, a 13-year-old girl died in a chest in Port St. John, Fla.
Most of the deaths occurred in Lane cedar chests, said Scott Wolfson, communications director for the commission. The commission issued warnings about the chest in 1996, 2000 and 2006.
Lane paid a $900,000 civil penalty in 2001 for not reporting that five children had suffocated in its chests that year.
Wolfson said last week that the commission hopes to renew efforts to publicize the danger. Selling a chest with the dangerous latch is illegal, he said. The commission has the power to levy $100,000 fines for violations of federal law.
Last year, Lane was acquired by Heritage Home Group. After the January deaths, the company offered condolences in a statement and said that replacement locks remain available.
The Massarellas' guilt and grief increased when they learned that at least six children had suffocated in cedar chests before their daughter died.
"You don't think of it as being airtight or being a danger," Mrs. Massarella said. "It's something that's passed down from generation to generation. Lots of people have these chests. They last forever."
Mrs. Massarella said they hadn't heard about the recall before Natalie's death. If they had, they said, they never would have brought the chest — which Mrs. Massarella inherited after her grandmother's death in 1998 — into their home.
"I've never met a single person who knew about the recall," Mr. Massarella said.
Mrs. Massarella believes that stickers warning of the hazard should have been put in the chests before they were sold, similar to suffocation warnings on plastic bags. Anyone reselling a chest should be required to do that, too, she said.
"If they'd done that, we'd still have our child."
To request a replacement lock from Lane, visit http://www.lanefurniture.com/CustomerService/Lock-Replacement.aspx or call 800-327-6944.


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Warren Buffett has long been known for his affinity for recognizable brands and American icons like Coca Cola ( KO). His methodology includes finding companies that are household names, have proven track records, and plenty of repeat business. So it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to see his firm, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ( BRK.A), in the headlines with 3G Capital Management LLC announcing a proposal to buy Heinz for a cool $23 billion.
Given Buffett's preferences, should we have seen this coming? With this hindsight in mind we looked for stocks we think Buffett would consider going forward. We used the Kapitall Super Screener to sort through stocks in the S&P 500 with strong historical performance and consumer-friendly names. Strong performance doesn't necessarily mean "high growth" or even "high yield." Companies in the list below have steadily increased sales over that last 5 years and have slowly paid out dividends to loyal shareholders. Consequently, the stocks below aren't exactly penny stocks; you get what you pay for. And that's a steady stream of future cash. These companies are here to stay and generate returns for years to come.
The potential for these mature companies is reflected in the large number of positive analyst ratings. Strong buy ratings on these stocks are an extra reassurance that these stocks can meet their sales growth targets.
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1. Capital One Financial Corp. (COF): Market cap at $31.46B, most recent closing price at $54.03. COF has a P/E ratio of 8.19 and a dividend yield of 0.37%. Sales have grown 11.35% over the last 5 years.
Capital One has built the bulk of its business around extending to credit to consumers in the form of credit cars and auto loans. From a financial standpoint, this is a stable and highly liquid business. Capital One's clever marketing has aligned with its strategy, making it one of the most recognizable brands around.
2. CVS Caremark Corporation (CVS): Market cap at $62.93B, most recent closing price at $51.12. CVS has a P/E ratio of 16.82 and a dividend yield of 1.76%. Sales have grown 10.11% over the last 5 years.
CVS has always made repeat purchases a priority with their Extra Care cards. Walgreens has rolled out a similar loyalty program recently but CVS has been ahead of the curve.
3. Chevron Corporation (CVX): Market cap at $225.B, most recent closing price at $114.96. CVX has a P/E ratio of 8.63 and a dividend yield of 3.13%. Sales have grown 1.83% over the last 5 years.
Demand for energy won't be going away anytime soon. Chevron has been a leader in oil exploration around the world. In the US, it's second only to Exxon. New areas of production will support the business in the next few years. Chevron has been able to stabilize its business by avoiding risky growth (like expanding to areas in the Middle East).


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Mark Houppert: Making his own hoop dreams
The first time I met Mark Houppert was last Christmas Eve and I was in a Santa suit. Yes, a Santa suit. I was playing the part because my wife and her sister told me that, as the new guy in the family, I had to play the big guy, as in jolly old St. Nick. Just like a handful of other families from the neighborhood, the Houpperts were there at the home of my cousins, Chuck and Vanessa Zicari. I called out the names of each child and one by one they came up to get their gift. When I yelled for Mark, I saw this young man struggle to stand up and as his sister, Kara, helped him walk through the crowded living room to reach me, he began to shake. I was taken back. I had no idea what was wrong with him. After I got out of the suit, though, I found out. And when I learned more about him over the past several months, I knew I wanted to tell his story. Here is a link to my piece, along with video below. Mark is 20 years old and he has early-onset Parkinson's disease. My mother, Peggy, who died in September at the age of 79, dealt with the debilitating affects of Parkinson's over the last decade of her life, so I've seen firsthand what it can do. Beyond the reality check something like this should give all of us, about not taking things for granted, something else struck me: It was so great to hear how his parents, Lori and Greg, not only did everything in their power to get Mark on the right medication to minimize the symptoms of this hideous disease, but they've also given him every opportunity to get involved in sports and sports, especially basketball, are what make Mark smile the most. I was also thrilled to hear on how the Webster community and school district, in particular, has embraced helping Mark live his life every single day. Kid these days are often maligned for being crass or bullies and sometimes that's deserved. But the Houpperts told me that after one of Mark's first days on the school bus he encountered a cruel kid who made fun of him. So what did his pals from the neighborhood do about it? They reported it immediately to school officials and basically said: Please take care of this NOW or we're going to take care of it ourselves. Bravo, Webster, and bravo to all who have helped Mark and continue to do so.


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