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"When we go into Kensington as the body of Christ, it changes the situation." - James Holt
Keeping this truth in the back of our minds, about 105 of us boarded on some buses headed for Kensington Avenue.
Now if you've never been there before, you'll notice certain keywords when you search Kensington on Google:
- Heroin
- Prostitution
- Drug corners
- Crime
- Homeless
I had been there one time before and had already seen a drug deal on a street corner. It's so easy to only see the mess, the drugs, the smell, the trash… but God sees something else. God sees people and He desperately wants them to know Him.
So there we were, all 105 of us, bringing hope to real people who need Christ just as much as we do. Each of us packed 2 meals containing a sandwich and a water bottle. Combined, that was over 200+ meals!
As our group got off the bus, it was immediately easy to feel intimidated and not want to be there. I suppose Jonah might have felt that way about Nineveh.
We kept our focus, and many of the homeless came right up to us for the meals and hygiene packs. It's amazing how God uses a physical need to, more importantly, provide a spiritual need as well.
Over the course of an hour, my group was able to offer meals and prayer with about 10 homeless men and women. Some only wanted the food we had to give, but how blessed we were to even minister to them in that way alone.
When I gave a meal to the first man I came across, I asked him how I could pray for him. He openly said he was on heroin for years and was trying to beat his addiction. He had a 14-year-old daughter at home he was trying to get back to.
One man hurt his hand, so we went to the pharmacy next door and got him ice and an ace bandage to help the swelling go down.
The stories didn't stop. One lost his job two months ago and was separated from his family in El Salvador. A man was number five on a waiting list, attempting to get into a home. A woman got into a fight and hurt her arm. One man was in prison years ago, and was now trying to get his life together.
They looked scary. The selfish part of me wanted to just go back on the bus and be done. I didn't want to walk up to them, but I'm glad we did. Most of them were extremely friendly. These were hurting people, and we got the opportunity to pray with them, give them hugs, shake their hands, and even invite them to church and talk about God.
All this to say, sometimes God calls us into uncomfortable situations. If we can take a moment to see past people's problems and see people, real people, how can we not share Christ with them? It's only another reminder that we see the outward appearance but God sees the heart. How humbling!
I challenge you today to look around your city or town. What are the physical needs? How can you provide a spiritual need by means of a physical one? You don't have to go to Kensington to find hurting people. They're all around us. Let's make an impact by loving deeply and bringing hope to the broken. As the body of Christ, we can change the situation.


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* I didn't make it beyond the first 20 pages.
** I made it to the end, but I either skimmed or skipped large sections.
*** I might have skipped/skimmed, but I liked it and might read it again.
**** I read at least 95% of the book and it was good -- probably will be reread.
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This year, I'm only going to list the stars and a brief recommendation for the type of readers I think will enjoy the book [(R) means it's a re-read; [] means it's an ARC].
[Three Truths and a Lie, by Brent Hartinger -- highly recommended for those who like suspense (especially psychological suspense), those who like *misdirection, those who like twists at the ending, and those who like a fast-paced narrative style -- Simon Pulse, 8/16]
* This also has YA male/male sex (not graphic) included...and the misdirection is so well done. I can almost always guess the ending accurately, and this time, I truly had no idea. I was stunned -- and it really made some of the narrative tricks (that had been bugging me a little bit) fall into place. Very intriguing read!
The Darkest Corners, by Kara Thomas -- recommended for those who like *mind-bendery mysteries, those who like spunky yet vulnerable heroines, and those who like a 'real-crime' feel to their tales -- Delacorte Press, 4/16
* I can like these types of tales, and I did find this one interesting (especially when all was revealed), although I didn't love any of the characters that much. The MC was sympathetic, to be sure, but I didn't find myself involved enough in her plight to really feel with her throughout the tale. Still, an interesting idea here.
Seven Black Diamonds, by Melissa Marr -- recommended for those who like tales of Fae folk, those who like *intricate relationships between the characters, those who like sweet romance, and those who like Marr's lush writing style -- HarperCollins, 3/16
* I'm not a huge fan of urban fantasy (fae, werewolves, vampires, etc), but I picked this up because I always like how Marr builds the relationships in her books with such depth and complexity. This didn't disappoint, and that aspect alone kept me engaged.
Trance, by Linda Gerber -- recommended for those who like YA paranormal tales, those who like sweet romance, those who like grief recovery, and those who don't mind some *too-easily-tied-up-loose-ends -- Speak, 10/10
* I really liked the premise here, but I just couldn't buy the execution. I did read it all the way through, but it kind of fell flat for me, personally. Although the MC did deal with some of the issues surrounding the loss of her mom (and sis), so much was glossed over -- and the fact that she was allowed to drive at all when she went into 'trances' made it very difficult for me to take other parts seriously. Still, the romance was very sweet (and had an intriguing twist).
With Malice, Eileen Cook -- highly recommended for those who like *ripped-from-the-headlines' thrillers, those who like amnesia tales, those who like sympathetic heroines, and those who like realistic endings -- HMH BFYR, 6/16
* This was hard to put down, and I read it very quickly because of that. I like the narrative style that allows the reader to understand the past only as the MC remembers it, and I like the tension that builds throughout the story, as well.
The Countdown, by Kimberly Derting -- recommended for those who've enjoyed the rest of the trilogy (The Taking), those who like alien tales, those who like *sweet teen romance, and those who don't mind brief sections of graphic violence -- HarperTeen, 5/16
* The romance here is sweet, but it's also a little hard to believe. I thought that in the first one too, when Kyra fell for Tyler (the younger brother of the boyfriend she'd had before she was taken) in just a week. Not that much more time has passed here, and...well, it just didn't work as well for me as other aspects of the book. I also had a hard time with how quickly everything pulled together at the end (in other words, the pacing seemed a little off). That said, overall I found the trilogy intriguing and well worth my time and enjoyment in reading it.


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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Oprah Loves Maggie
Oprah.com has named Princess Elizabeth's Spy "Book of the Week" and an "unputdownable mystery."
With deft, empathic prose, author MacNeal creates a wholly engrossing portrait of a coming-of-age woman under fire. Whether you read Mr. Churchill's Secretary, the first installment in this series, or you're just making Miss Hope's acquaintance, she'll draw you in from the first page. By the end, you'll be her loyal subject, ready to follow her wherever she goes—especially through the pages of a third installment.
Read more: http://www.oprah.com/book/Princess-Elizabeths-Spy-by-Susan-Elia-MacNeal#ixzz2DWcB046T
Princess Elizabeth's Spy also made the New York Times Trade Paperback Bestseller list and will be translated into Chinese!
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text: Commentary on Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 Paul S. Berge | 0 CommentsFacebook-twitter-g+-LinkedIN-EmailPrint Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 is timely for the season of Advent. We come in these Advent Sundays to hear and experience the kingship of the Messiah, who has come, is present, and will come in power and glory as the Son of Man on the clouds of heaven.1In Israel's history the king represented the ruling presence of God among the people. The exalted reigns of the earliest kings, David and Solomon, provided a way to an understanding of kingship that was not without faults. Psalm 72 carries the title "Of Solomon," either attributing this psalm to the poetry of Solomon, or is expressive of the worship life of Israel, attributing to Solomon a king who rules in God's favor: "Give the kings your justice, O God, and your righteousness to a king's son" (verse 1). This psalm is identified as one of the nine Royal Psalms (2, 18, 20, 21, 45, 72, 89, 110, 132) that sing praise to the king as God's chosen representative on earth. They are prayers from Israel's worship life for the king and his role as earthly ruler. The Old Testament reading for this Sunday from Isaiah picks up on the theme of God's kingship, identifying David's father, Jesse, as the root or stump from whom comes the righteous branch of Israel's kingship: "A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, a branch shall grow out of his roots. The spirit of the LORD shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. His delight shall be in the fear of the LORD. He shall not judge by what his eyes see or decide by what his ears hear" (Isaiah 11:1- 3). The Isaiah text has been interpreted within the church as Isaiah's vision of the ideal king brought to fulfillment in Jesus' reign of peace, righteousness, and justice (Isaiah 11:4-9). Psalm 72 carries out in detail these themes from Isaiah: "May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice" (verse 2). Jesus' teaching in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1-7:29) establishes his reign and his claim on the walk of his followers: "For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and the Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 5:20). Jesus warns that righteousness is not in our accomplishments, but only in his reign is God's kingdom of true righteousness present. The four gospels express in countless ways in Jesus' parables, teachings, miracles, and narrative stories the way in which Jesus as Messiah embodies the righteous rule of a king who deals justly and in justice: "May the mountains yield prosperity for the people, and hills, in righteousness. May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the needy, and crush the oppressor" (verses 3-4). The righteous rule of the Davidic king is reflected as a ruler over all, including nature, demon possession, and even death. Jesus is the one who calms the storm as he crosses the Sea of Galilee with his disciples (Mark 4:35-41), exorcises the demon-possessed man as they reach the Gentile shore (Mark 5:1-20), heals a woman with an issue of blood (Mark 5:24b-34) while he is on the way to heal Jairus' daughter, who in the delay of healing the woman, has since died, and Jesus raises her from death (Mark 5:21-24a, 35-43). The prayer of the psalmist for the king is also the prayer we acknowledge to be true for the ministry of peace Jesus brings to this earth: "May he live while the sun endures, and as long as the moon, throughout all generations. . . . In his days may righteousness flourish and peace abound, until the moon is no more" (verses 5 and 7). The apocalyptic signs of the coming of the Son of Man reflect these themes from the psalm of the Messiah's coming: "But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory" (Mark 13:24-26). The closing verses from Psalm 72 serve as a beautiful benediction on the rule of the king and reflect the expectation the glory of Jesus' kingly reign as we continue to exalt his messiahship in this season of Advent: "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things. Blessed be his glorious name for ever; may his glory fill the whole earth. Amen and Amen" (verses 18-19). The epistle reading from Romans 15:4-13 for this Second Sunday of Advent concludes with Paul's proclamation and hope for the messianic king as he cites from another prophetic word of Isaiah concerning the righteous king from Jesse's stump: "And again Isaiah says, 'The root of Jesse shall come, the one who rises to rule the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles shall hope'" (Romans 15:12). Paul is citing Isaiah 11:10 from our Old Testament reading for this Second Sunday of Advent. This brings us full circle to the closing verse of Psalm 72: "The prayers of David son of Jesse are ended" (verse 20). In the pattern of Jesse's son, David, and David's son, Solomon, we see the way in which God's kingly reign and rule is present in the one whom we herald as the messianic king, Jesus, the Son of Man who will come on the clouds of heaven in great power and might. This is our Advent promise and proclamation. Notes: 1 This commentary was originally published on the site on December 5, 2010.Paul S. Berge | 0 CommentsFacebook-twitter-g+-LinkedIN-EmailPrint


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My Shi-Tzu, Muffin, just suffered a neck injury on Sunday when she escaped from my hand, held by a leash, and chased a cat around a corner. As she came around, I stepped on her leash to prevent her from running into the street thus jerking her neck and causing the injury.
I was unaware that she was affected in any way until this past Wednesday when her tail remained between her legs and she was not moving very much. I took her to the vet who did xrays and blood work. She had a fever and was dehydrated. He also said that her back right leg was not responding in the way it should. He thinks it is bruising of the spinal cord. He prescribed a pain medication and gave her water under her skin and sent us home.
She whimpered all night long last night and has "siezed up" a few times today. She is also not eating her dog food, but eats chicken. She will not drink water, but we have been giving her water with a syringe. We took her back to the vet today – she had a fever, was dehydrated again. He said that she has digresses and that we need to monitor her for the next few days.
He mentioned the next steps might be a MRI and surgery – at a cost of appoximately $7000. We cannot afford that!
I am wondering if it is too soon to think about the next step. Can this "situation" get better with her? Her back legs don't appear to be working like they were and her front left leg siezes.
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(CNN) – For the past two days, we've reported on the problems with and scope of the forced spending cuts that are due to go into effect March 1. Today, in the final part of our series, we look at why some politicians want the cuts to happen.
[:36] Sen. Rand Paul, R-KY says, "This is not enough cuts. So if we get rid of this, it just shows we are not as a nation serious about doing anything about our debt crisis."
Fiscal hawks, largely conservative, and Tea Party-leaning Republicans argue that money saved by the budget cuts just scratches the surface of the U.S. budget problem.
Paul calls the $85 billion in cuts this year a "pittance", but insists it must happen as a first step toward tougher fiscal reform. He points out that the next nine years of the forced cuts do not reduce or cut overall government spending, but instead cut down on how fast government spending grows.
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I had very dissapointing results from my necklift surgery with a NYC plastic surgeon who I am not legally allowed to mention.
I had had an amazing facelift, necklift, U/L bleph in 2005 with one of NYC's best and most highly regarded plastic surgeons,Dr. Alan Matarasso, who is nationally recognized and brilliant. I was absolutely euphoric from the amazing results, painless, friends were awed, and I was so grateful that I was able to do it. Eleven years later when I began seeing some jowling and natural aging again, I began researching and found the 'bad plastic surgeon' in an issue of New Beauty magazine featuring top surgeons around the NYC area. What I have since been told was this was apparently not an editorial piece, but an advertorial section for which surgeons paid to be included. I blame myself for not researching better/further.
In any event, I visited this 'surgeon' and he seemed like a nice enough man, his CV appeared professional enough, and he had a revolving slideshow in his waiting room and online of before and after facial procedures he had done, which probably showed 4 to 5 facelifts and I thought they were impressive. I've never saw those before and aftre photos change, for the record.
I did feel slight reservations for a few reasons that I can speak about privately for anyone interested. But I overrode those, attributing them to being too overly cautious, because my first lift had been so incredibly good. I was wrong -- I should have listened to my instincts. You might wonder why I didn't just go back to my first surgeon. Two reasons: I had made several appointments with him but for one reason or another, either he or I had to reschedule and since my window of timing was becoming tighter, I decided to go this other plastic surgeon. Regretful decision. Second, cost was more of a factor this time than the first and I thought Dr. Matarasso would be much more expensive than this other surgeon. As it turned out, I have been back to see Dr. Matarasso since this surgery and it would not have been much more expensive at all. I am so sorry I didn't just wait and have him do it. When it's your face, believe me, wait, and spend the extra dollars - it's not dramatically more, if at all, but the difference in result can be life changing.
So I let this 'other surgeon' perform my surgery in his office under local anesthesia, which he and his office manager convinced me to do in spite of serious reservations I kept repeating about it. It was terrible! The entire experience felt like a back-alley surgery, replete with a per diem nurse from an agency who assisted in a small examination area. I didn't even have to take my boots or leggings off! I guess that's okay(?), but it somehow seems not okay.
Recovery this time was terrible; last time was magically easy. This recovery was painful and I had knotted bumps in my scalp, some of which are still there 20 months later. At first I thought the results were going to be great, compliments of swelling. But as soon as swelling started going down, I began feeling sick to see that the lift was definitely not great. And believe me, I have friends and acquaintances with great lifts and certainly I've done much, much research and can tell a good one from a mediocre or poor one. When I first took a couple of pictures, it was just a few months out of surgery, as my face was settling and the poor results were beginning to show. Now, 20 months out, it's terrible. He had made such confident promises about my would-be results and I took the bait.
I posted on Yelp a while back, and my review has had over 300 views to date, many rated 'helpful,' and private messages either sharing similarly poor experiences, or even worse results. One woman in particular is beside herself, very depressed that she paid for the result that has left such a terrible lift and scarring she tries to hide her face. I've additionally received messages thanking me for my warning as the potential patient either had a consultation or a procedure scheduled and they immediately canceled.
And while this other plastic surgeon doesn't suggest trying to fix what was done by saying it's satisfactory, he has tried to upsell me on fat grafting! Either way, I'm not doing fat grafting and hardly think upselling from the job he did is very professional, and I certainly don't trust him now to touch my face anyway. I wanted him to reimburse my surgery fee, so I could attempt to fix my face with another surgeon but he is unwilling.
So that's my experience. Buyer beware is my advice to you. Perhaps you will read more positive reviews of him. My experience was not positive. Weigh your decision, is all I'm saying.
And while I think it's important to look and feel your best, I didn't do this solely for my personal vanity, but felt it was an important step in my career life. I work in a competitive field, am self-supporting as a widow, and in a situation and age where finding work can be challenging. This was pretty important to me for that reason. At this point, I just wish I could start over, that I had the money I spent with him and could go to a trusted surgeon to fix this other surgeon's poor work.


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These would make a great, unique gift year-round.
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Every child at one point or another dreams of being a superhero and what a better way to have fun then dress up in your very own superhero cape?
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Curb Appeal Tips
You can't judge a house by its landscaping, but curb appeal is all about first impressions. Use these tips to look at your yard objectively and make it as visually appealing as possible.
Photo By: Joshua Mark Thomas
Lead to the Door
Create a clear path to your front door so guests will not be confused about which entrance to use. The winding walkways in front of this house anchor the home into the landscape and give people somewhere to walk besides the driveway. The beautiful planting beds also help point the way to the entrance. Design by John Gidding
Mix It Up
The plants in the front yard don't have to all hug the house or be traditional evergreens. Add variety to your landscape by mixing evergreens and flowering shrubs in a variety of colors and textures. Group plants by height and layer the groupings for visual interest. Design by John Gidding
Create a Focal Point
Every outdoor space needs a focal point that tells the eye what to look at first. This can be almost anything, such as a fountain, bench or patterned hardscape. In this landscape, a tree surrounded by a circular walkway serves as an eye-catching element.
Roll Out the Welcome Mat
Make your home's main entrance more inviting by creating visual interest with planters, urns or a symmetrical element by the door. This home's entrance is highlighted by beautiful lighting and stone pillars topped with small plants. Design by Bob Hursthouse
Tune Up Your Hardscape
Make sure your walkways and driveways are up to par, as poorly kept hardscapes make a bad first impression. This southwestern villa has a beautiful paved driveway, giving visitors an impressive first look at the house. Design by Thom Oppelt
Beautify Your New Yard
Newly constructed houses rarely come with a beautiful landscape. Often the builder-issued landscape is skimpy or nonexistent. Take advantage of the blank slate and design your dream landscape. Design by Virginia Rockwell
Trim Shrubs and Plants
Spruce up your landscape by trimming shrubs, removing dead or diseased plants, and splitting clumps of perennials. Overgrown plants can block light from entering your house and detract from architectural details. This home's well-manicured shrubs set a great first impression and show that the owners take pride in their home.
Add a Hedge or Fence
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Jennifer L. Holley received her MFA in Writing from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She returned to her home state of Connecticut to work at the Yale Alumni Magazine. ["Contributor Note" from original publication, 1999.]
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"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." It's a phrase well known in popular culture, but little can truly capture the spirit of adventure and scientific exploration like Neil Armstrong's first steps onto the lunar surface. The NASA astronaut passed this weekend at the age of 82, described as "one of America's greatest explorers" by agency administrator Charles Bolden, but we can relive that fateful moment on the Moon today.
The live broadcast itself, on July 21 1969, was watched by an estimated 600m people back on Earth. The cameras Armstrong and fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin used was a slow-scan system, incompatible with broadcast television, and so NASA was forced to re-record it using a regular camera pointed at a TV screen back at base.
Extended Apollo 11 moon landing:
Unfortunately, the original slow-scan footage was accidentally wiped at NASA, so that the tape itself could be used. However, video of the fateful step was restored back in 2009, giving a hitherto-unseen crisp glimpse of the moment Armstrong stepped onto the moon.
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Exactly when humans may next walk on the moon is unclear. The most recent exploratory plans in the solar system have used automated and/or remotely-controlled robots, such as the Curiosity rover currently trundling across Mars, rather than manned missions.


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GESTURE POLITICS SWEEP THE NATIONS. Guns and ammo fall into the hands of destroyers. Huns and sons of bitches. Puns are the gems of the language and the money they earn is thrown back into more guns and ammo. Enough said. Two Western governments once connected by an energy which flourished upon the land somehow found themselves compelled to sell their citizens short. Just so the stealth but vitriolic and plotting barbarians can rush in to steal their culture, their lives, and the souls of their children. Suicide. What kind of civilizational survival strategy is this?
"You cannot invade the mainland United States. We are told there would be a rifle behind every blade of grass."
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (Japanese Navy b.1884 d.1943)
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Late August I blogged about the Situation and Abercombie & Fitch's request that he not wear their apparel. It was a *rolls eyes* kinda response for me all the way. Well, it looks like the Situation resonated with my post. He has something to say to Abercombie:
"The Situation is returning fire in his war with Abercrombie & Fitch — claiming the clothing company has repeatedly tried to exploit his good name — and now, he's demanding they BACK THE HELL OFF.
You'll recall … the conflict began last month, when A&F publicly offered to pay The Situation NOT to wear their clothing. Days later, Sitch claimed he never received such an offer.
What's ironic … A&F has previously marketed t-shirts clearly inspired by "Jersey Shore" — including one that reads "GTL Fitch" and another that reads "The Fitchuation" — and Sitch believes last month's offer was nothing more than an elaborate publicity stunt to trade off his good name. . ."
TMZ has the full story.
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Sapient Test Pattern – Written, Online
Dear readers, we have provided Sapient test pattern, syllabus, and selection process for your reference. Test pattern and syllabus are the two important things that each job aspirant should know before attending the interview of any company. If know the written test pattern and syllabus, you can easily crack the online test or written test with ease. One more important thing is, knowing Sapient Syllabus and the test pattern is not enough 🙂 You should practice and prepare well to crack any interview.
All the best for your Sapient job interview. Keep visiting All India Jobs for latest syllabus, test pattern and job updates.
Sapient Online Test Pattern:
|Number of Questions
|Time Limit
|Quantitative Ability
|Technical Aptitude
|125 Min
Sapient Written Test Syllabus:
Probability, Permutations & Combinations, Algebra, Averages, Time Speed & Distance, Time & Work, Profit & Loss, Ratio & Proportion, Simple & Compound Interest, Percentage, Number Series, Mixtures & Alligations, Simplification, Number System, Heights and Distances, Geometry & Mensuration, Data Sufficiency, Logarithms, Progressions
Puzzles, Syllogisms, Binary Logic, Clocks & Calendars, Cubes & Dice, Series, Analogies, Classification, Blood Relations, Directions & Distances, Ordering & Ranking, Coding-Decoding, Non-Verbal Reasoning, Data Sufficiency, Seating Arrangement, Venn Diagrams, Arrangements & Patterns, Problem Solving, Coded Inequalities, Double Lineup, Logical Deductions, Routes & Networks, Scheduling, Grouping & Selections Verbal Reasoning
Reading Comprehension, Synonyms & Antonyms, Fill in the Blanks, Analogy, Theme Detection, Direct & Indirect Speech, Active & Passive Voice, Para Jumbles, Sentence Jumbles, Error Spotting, Phrase Replacement, One Word Substitution, Spellings
You can also see: Sapient Placement Papers
Sapient Selection Process:
- Aptitude written test online
- Technical interview
- HR interview
Sapient Company Profile:
Sapient, is a global services company that helps clients transform in the areas of business, marketing, and technology. The company operates three divisions that enable clients to gain a competitive advantage and succeed in an increasingly digital world. SapientNitro, Sapient Global Markets, and Sapient Government Services fuse insight, creativity, and technology to drive innovation and to help clients navigate complex business problems. Our approach is the subject of case studies used by MBA programs at Harvard and Yale. The company has operations in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. For more information, visit www.sapient.com.
|Company Name
|Founded On
|Founders or Key people
|Alan J Herrick
|Software Service
|No. of Employees
|10,000 +
|United States
Note: We have provided Sapient Test Pattern and Written Exam Syllabus based on their previous written tests. However companies may change their pattern and syllabus at any time. We will try to keep this page updated with latest test pattern of Sapient. Sometimes companies conduct written tests through third party service providers such as AMCAT and eLitmus. So in such scenarios you need to prepare based on amcat syllabus and elitmus syllabus respectively.
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Time to show you gorgeous marquee wedding I photographed in County Connemara at the beginning of summer. Honestly I could photograph this kind of wedding any day of the week!
Sophie and Robbie are young couple living in Dublin who chose to have a very relaxed and rustic wedding at family holiday home in gorgeous part of Ireland- Clifden, County Connemara. Getting to Clifden was a bit of challenge but trust me, that part of Ireland is just out of this world… and so worth the ride!
When I initially met them and heard their plan for their big day, I instantly loved it! They knew having the wedding at their family home could be a challenge, but they took this risk. And it payed off big time. The house is a very special place for her and her family, it's been in the family for many years and holds many memories. When I got there I could see that the house has real character and is perfect setting for their big day.
The reception was held in the garden of the house with so many perfect rustic details and some fire pits for when it gets dark. The dinner was in a stretch tent marquee overlooking the lake next to the house! Also tent is decorated with rustic style furniture – wooden tables and benches. As a result the whole wedding was a group effort by their families and friends. And it turned out perfectly, pure magic!
Thanks so much Sophie and Robbie for having me, it was such an amazing day!
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Videographer: Windmill Lane
Second shooter: Livia Figueiredo
Florist: Daphne Shackleton
Hair stylist: Louise, Bliss Bridal Hair styling
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Family Planning is the planning of when to have children and the use of birth control and other techniques to implement such plans. Delta County Health Department's Family Planning Program is dedicated to providing reproductive health care services and birth control supplies to men and women who need and want them. All family planning services are confidential. Teens are welcomed and encouraged to participate in their health care. Fees are on a sliding scale. Medicaid and private insurance are accepted.
Contact Information
Call the Health Department at 970-874-2165.
Delta County Health Department is open Monday-Friday.
Services Provided
All services are provided without regard to political affiliation, race, color, national origin, religious affiliation, age, gender, or handicap. All services are provided by nurse practitioners and registered nurses, Spanish interpreters are available.
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Cooking spray
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1/2 c Chocolate chips
1/2 c Chopped walnuts
1 pk Yellow cake mix
1 1/4 cup coffee
3 x Large eggs
Prepare a 12 cup bundt pan with cooking spray, then sprinkle lightly with sugar. Preheat over to 325F. In a large bowl, make cake according to directions, substituting coffee for the water. Mix slowly with elextric mixer to moisten. Then beat at medium speed 2 minutes. Add nuts and chocolate chips. Pour cake batter into pan and bake 60 minutes. Cool on rack 15 minutes, then invert pan on serving plate and cool completely. Sprinkle with confectioners sugar.


text: The state government's decision of diverting water from Tata Power's hydropower station in Pune district towards the Bhima basin will make the power generator water deficient. Tata Power supplies around 1,700 MW to Mumbai, of which nearly 447 MW is hydropower generated from six dams in Pune district– Mulshi, Bhushi, Bhira, Valvand, Thokarwadi and Shirvate. Nearly 42.50 thousand million cubic feet (TMC) of water is diverted to the Konkan region after power generation. However, activists demand to release the water into the dry Bhima basin. The state government has appointed a nine-member committee, including a Tata Power representative to suggest how water can be diverted in a phased manner.


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Principal Investigator: Professor Maciej Tomaszewski
Department: Division of Cardivascular Sciences
Institution: University of Manchester
Lead Collaborators: 1) Professor Fadi Charchar and 2) Professor Mark Jobling
Collaborating Institutions and Addresses:
1) Federation University Australia, School of Applied & Biomedical Sciences, University Drive, Mt. Helen, Ballarat, Victoria 3350, Australia
2) University of Leicester, Department of Genetics, Adrian Building, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United KingdomTags: 15915, coronary artery disease, featured, genetics, Y-chromosome
1a: Present only in men, Y chromosome is passed from fathers onto sons as an indivisible portion of DNA. Our earlier studies showed that human Y chromosome may affect male's health and susceptibility to disease, beyond fertility, most likely through pathways related to immunity and inflammation. We wish to validate a previously detected association between the Y chromosome and coronary artery disease, examine the effects of the Y chromosome on death rates from coronary artery disease and explore the potential role of the Y chromosome in other immunity/inflammation related conditions (asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes and inflammatory bowel disease).
1b: Understanding the biological mechanisms underlying many common disorders including coronary artery disease is one of the major goals of UK Biobank. In particular, the resource was established to facilitate research into better understanding of why certain individuals are more predisposed to common disorders than the others. To this end, we wish to examine whether/how common types (lineages) of the Y chromosome increase the risk of coronary artery disease and immunity/inflammation related disorders in some men more than in others. The data from this project will help to improve understanding of the role of the human Y chromosome in susceptibility to common disorders with a potential to develop stratified approaches to their prediction and therapy.
1c: Using genetic information from 807 Y chromosome markers on the UK Biobank Axiom® Array we will track each available Y chromosome into one of its paternal lineages (haplogroups). We will then compare individual lineages (i.e. haplogroup I) of the Y chromosome against the others in relation to coronary artery disease as well as inflammation-immunity related disorders (asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes and inflammatory bowel disease). This will be followed by studies of available clinical and biochemical parameters to examine whether they may explain the observed associations between the Y chromosome and immunity/inflammation related disorders.
1d: We intend to use information from men of white British ancestry only.
Project extension:
"Having developed a robust system of phylogenetic analysis of the Y chromosome based on the markers available on Axiom array we propose:
1) extending the number of diseases to a wider range of diagnoses linked either to cardiovascular system, immunity/inflammation or ageing
2) inclusion of the full spectrum of haplogroups of the Y chromosome in association analyses
3) establishing whether the associations between haplogroups of the Y chromosome and the susceptibility to disease is linked to the Y chromosome loss"


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BBC Radio Ulster chiefs are facing hard decisions over cuts to programmes, senior sources have told the Belfast Telegraph.
Beeb budgets are being slashed by around a fifth and bosses have to come up with money-saving proposals by next month.
At worst the drive to cut costs could mean the axe for popular presenters like Alan Simpson and Ralph McLean, and cutbacks for top-rated shows like Wendy Austin's Talkback.
Insiders say the entire evening schedule — which includes Cherrie McIlwaine and Donna Legge — might be ditched in favour of a switchover to national Radio Two or Five Live.
A senior source said even a major overnight 'opt out' would not meet the 20% savings requirement, with weekend favourites such as John Toal's Saturday Magazine, Gerry Kelly and veteran broadcasters Eamon Friel and John Bennett also potential targets.
The BBC dismissed the claims as "speculation", but said no final decisions had been made.
A statement said the corporation was not prepared to provide a "running commentary" and any verdicts would have to be approved by the BBC Trust — the body set up to represent public opinion.
Some favourites, including Stephen Nolan's phone-in, Gerry Anderson and 'Uncle' Hugo Duncan, appear likely to survive the overhaul.
But a senior source expressed concern that Nolan's self-styled 'biggest show in the country' has become too similar to Talkback, which the experienced Ms Austin took over from David Dunseith more than 18 months ago.
"Some days the same political stories and the same politicians, are on both Nolan and Talkback and we should use this review to look at that," the source added.
One suggestion, it is understood, would see the present 90-minute Talkback programme cut back to an hour. Mr Simpson's show, which replaced the long-running George Jones slot in November 2006, appears to attract the lowest ratings during the daytime schedule.
Another source said Mr McLean's four-nights-a-week appearances, which concentrate on various music genres including soul and country, are "first-class production-wise but remarkably cheap... there is not much money to be saved there".
A BBC spokesperson said: "We have made it clear that local, regional and national services will continue to be at the heart of what we do. We are not going to get drawn into a running commentary — no decisions have been taken and therefore these claims remain speculation.
"Any decisions coming out of the process would be subject to approval by the BBC Trust."
BBC Radio Ulster and Foyle remains Northern Ireland's most listened-to radio station. The quarterly RAJAR (Radio Joint Audio Research) statistics show an average weekly audience of 565,000 — up by 46,000 year on year. BBC Radio Foyle has an average weekly audience of 31,000 listeners — a 3,000 increase over 12 months. Radio Ulster's listening share is 24% compared to nearest rival Cool FM on 16.4%. Talk Back runs from Monday to Friday, from just after the 12 o'clock news until 1.30pm. The Nolan Show, presented by Stephen Nolan, was launched in 2003.
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Exports and international markets
Managing risk
Managing risk when exporting
Already an ambitious Scottish export business looking to expand your operations in new markets? Find out more about the things to consider when exporting and what support is available to manage risk.
Managing risk when selling overseas
For a growing business selling into international markets, navigating export finance and payment methods can be challenging.
From negotiating the risks of the supply chain to wondering whether the overseas customer will honour obligations – there are many financial hurdles on the way to gaining revenue. Questions often come up such as:
- How do I assess and manage risk?
- How do I cover exchange rate fluctuations?
- How long will it take to be paid, and how?
- Who is culpable when things go wrong?
How UK Export Finance can help you manage risk
UK Export Finance – the UK's export credit agency – supports UK exporters across a wide range of sectors. Using a wide range of services, including letters of guarantee, performance bonds and insurance policies, they can:
- Help exporters win contracts
- Help exporters fulfil contracts
- Help exporters get paid
It helps export both goods and services, with companies ranging from micro-businesses to multi-nationals. Initial consultations with your regional UK Export Finance adviser are free.
Doing your research into different markets
An important way of managing risk is to make sure you've done your research. Make sure you've thoroughly researched the markets you're interested in before you start exporting so that you've got a good idea of what demand there is, what routes there are and any regulations that might affect you.
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Austrian Economics
This system is not static, but is modulated by various factors (discounts, time staggered payment, etc.). Brain researchers can determine now alone due to the activation of appropriate areas of the brain, whether subjects would or not buy a product. So, the question arises every company: thus we give our customers rewards in the form of good feelings? Where: the darker the subjectively perceived reward in the course of a purchase, we are more money pain ready, to pay. Good feelings may cost. The who, however, gets a bad feeling, consoles himself (consolation prize!) with low or discounts across a maximum. That explain the low customer loyalty in markets that are in the price war, so Christian Scheier is successful what brand in his book: the cerebral rewards are missing. Rewards make addictive and thus also loyal.
What are people really buying who wants to win the competition in the future, must be so more invade than take random to reduce prices. A positive perception of price is not influenced by individual mourners, but through a consistent, transparent and customer-oriented pricing strategy. The price is the victim of a preserved benefit and a good feeling. Clients must experience so the price in comparison to the preserved rational and emotional performance as cheap. Who gets more benefits dependent on subjective feeling, as he must pay for it, is ready to buy.
Finally to buy people not products, but solutions to problems and good feelings, and the fulfillment of their wishes and dreams. And this concerns not only the consumer business. Also the seemingly factual, taken in the male-dominated boardrooms strategic decisions have mostly with emotions to do: prestige, power, Reviergehabe, with position battles, with fear, the connection to lose or concern for professional survival. Seller must be so people reverse riser and not price breaker. Who himself permanently from the price war want to adopt, chop once all customer relevant processes in their steps. At every point of customer contact (customer touchpoint) is considering then, how to better design the interaction with its customers, simplifying their lives and increase their usefulness. Or how to touch them emotionally, sweeten their existence, give them time and surprise them again on the new. Not money is the scarcest resource, but the time for many customers. And for some, space, peace and freedom is the greatest luxury. Who wants to buy these things and can, who don't look at the price tag. The author Anne M. Schuller is a management consultant and considered to be the leading expert for loyalty marketing. Over 20 years, she has worked in senior sales and marketing positions of various international service industries and several awards. The diploma in business administration and eight-time book author is one of the best keynote speakers in the German-speaking world. She works also as a business trainer and teaches at several Universities. You heard the excellent speakers' to the circle. Their customers include the elite of German, Swiss and Austrian Economics. Contact: Successfully negotiate successfully BusinessVillage sell 128 pages 21.80, ISBN 3-93835-810-6 How to win people and markets in 2005, book tip


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The poll results are in and Jonathan Toews has been named the best defensive forward in 2013 after capturing the Frank J. Selke Trophy for the first time in his career.
Patrice Bergeron of the Boston Bruins and Pavel Datsyuk of the Detroit Red Wings were the other two finalists in 2013.
"When you're mentioned in the same sentence as guys like Pavel Datsyuk and Patrice Bergeron… to be able to go head-to-head with guys like that in the playoffs and to know them in the past, you understand how much they mean to their teams and how much they contribute offensively and defensively," he said during a one-on-one interview with Steve Mears on NHL Network. "To be talked about in the same sentence and compared to those guys is amazing, so it's a special award to win."
Toews, 25, was also nominated for the Selke after the 2010-2011 season, but lost out to Ryan Kesler of the Vancouver Canucks.
During the 2013 NHL season, Toews ranked fifth in goals (23), 13th in points (48), and third in plus-minus (+28) over 47 games. He also led the NHL in key defensive stats such as takeaways (56) and ranked second in faceoffs (59.9%) while also taking 33.6% of the teams faceoffs. Toews was also a key contributor on the penalty kill, which ranked 3rd in the NHL and helped the Blackhawks become the only team in the league to concede less than 100 goals in the season (97).
Toews had the luxury of playing alongside Marian Hossa for the majority of the season, another forward that is arguably worthy of a Selke nomination (ranked 10th in voting), but let's remember that he also had to compensate for rookie winger Brandon Saad. Patrice Bergeron had Brad Marchand and Tyler Seguin on his wings for 2013, while Pavel Datsyuk experienced combinations of Henrik Zetterberg, Johan Franzen, Dan Cleary, and Justin Abdelkader throughout the year.
Between the three, the stats lay out fairly similar, so I'm surprised "east coast bias" (yes, it does exist) didn't play a factor in this decision. The voting was a horse race between Toews and Bergeron. Toews winning by a nose hair since he clocked in at 1260 points, Bergeron at 1250 points, and Datsyuk at 737 points.
Toews was also nominated for the Mark Messier Leadership Award, but lost out to Daniel Alfredsson of the Ottawa Senators.
Joel Quenneville, nominated for the Jack Adams Award, lost his bid to Paul MacLean of the Ottawa Senators.
The NHL will release the winner of the 2013 Calder Trophy, so keep your eyes peeled to see if Brandon Saad can capture another award for the Blackhawks 2013 cabinet.


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Some New Yorkers have a use-what-you-have mentality that allows them to see an ordinary old coat closet as a gift of more square footage in a city where every inch of interior real estate counts. With a little work and a lot of vision, they've discovered that the smallest and most unassuming space can become a bedroom, a work space, even a secret cocktail bar.
When Jane Herro, 30, a jewelry designer and a saleswoman at Realty Collective, first saw her one-bedroom apartment in Red Hook, Brooklyn, she was most excited by the small coat closet behind a curtain next to the front door. It looked just big enough for her jeweler's bench.
"I worked in my bedroom in my last place," said Ms. Herro, who is originally from Milwaukee, and came to Red Hook after stints in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, and Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan. "When I saw this place I thought, that's perfect. I love working from home, but I didn't want to look at my work all the time, so I needed a closet where I could close it."
The jeweler's bench, which she bought at Metalliferous, did indeed fit the space perfectly. She pays around $2,000 a month in rent for her place, a price tag that's still a shock after living in a Milwaukee studio that cost $500 a month. The trade-off is an artist-friendly neighborhood and a landlord who is understanding about the Saturdays she spends hammering away at strips of sterling silver or soldering small items with a torch.
Ms. Herro, who has a degree in jewelry and metalsmithing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, considered renting studio space for her work, but that didn't seem feasible, given New York City rents. She walked away from a work space of 100 square feet for $400 a month. "I was like, I can figure this out," she said.
She started by making modifications to the closet. "I added a bunch of shelving. I was dating a carpenter, so that was always convenient. I tend to date makers," she said.
Storage space for her personal belongings hasn't been an issue, because she swaps her winter and summer wardrobe in and out of the bedroom closet, keeping the out-of-season clothes in her kitchen cupboards. The savings on studio rent mean she can splurge on occasional dinners out, or on materials to make more jewelry. And when it comes to the commute, the closet couldn't be more convenient.
"I literally wake up some mornings, roll out of bed and go straight to my bench in my pajamas," she said.
She sometimes worries that working in a closet might be viewed as unprofessional by visiting clients.
"I say, 'My studio is in my apartment, so don't be shocked.' People generally walk in and say, 'I love Red Hook,' and 'Wow, you work in a closet!' I pull back the curtain and it's kind of the big reveal. People think it's cool."
A New York City closet can also be a living space. For families who are not quite ready for a suburban home, turning a closet into a small bedroom can help keep the moving van at bay.
Two years ago, Priya Patel, now 45, the founder of 4Mativ, a design and architecture studio, and her husband, Jesse Soleil, 49, the executive vice president, global director of digital at Porter Novelli, converted the windowed closet in the master bedroom of their townhouse in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, into a bedroom for their youngest child, Sasha Soleil, 7. The couple have two other children, Fortune Soleil, 17, Mr. Soleil's son from a previous marriage, and a daughter, Sitara Soleil, 10, and just three bedrooms.
Sasha bunked with Fortune for a while, but the age gap between the boys made the situation difficult. When Sasha turned 5, the couple went to work reorganizing their bedroom. They put off-season clothes into storage, and bought free-standing wardrobes from Ikea. Then they added a loft bed and pocket doors to their now-empty bedroom closet and assigned it to Sasha.
"When Sasha got his room and I Facebooked it, people that live in other parts of the U.S. were like, 'What?' " said Ms. Patel, who was the room's designer. Her cousins who have sprawling houses in Texas were especially startled by the design choice.
But Sasha excitedly took ownership of the cheerful nook, moving in with his Yu-Gi-Oh! game cards, books and record player. Having his parents nearby has been a comfort to him, and the door to his room almost always stays open. "He can see us and that helps him sleep through the night," Mr. Soleil said.
The setup may soon change as the family contemplates selling the townhouse, moving into Manhattan and buying a weekend house in the country. The townhouse, which they bought in 2005 for $750,000, is listed for sale at $1,799,999 and the closet bedroom has been a conversation starter at open houses, Ms. Patel said. "People have been coming in and saying, 'Only in New York!' "
"I see the closet as a bedroom all the time," said Abigail Palanca, a saleswoman at Compass real estate, who is working with the Patel-Soleils. "It's definitely the new normal."
Just like her clients, Ms. Palanca converted a walk-in closet into a room for her son so he would not have to share with his sibling. "It's bought me a little more time in a neighborhood that I love," she said, referring to Windsor Terrace.
Living life in the closet also gives city dwellers the chance to pursue their livelihoods without paying additional rent.
When Kristin Price-Wilson, 40, was ready to expand her career as a voice actor, she stepped into a closet in the Midtown Manhattan one-bedroom she shared with her husband, Greg Wilson, and began recording. The clothing in the closet acted as a sound buffer, though not enough of one to muffle the outbursts of a neighbor or the flushing toilets and running showers in other apartments.
When the studio next door became available, she and Mr. Wilson, 51, the director of inventory planning for the Crown Publishing Group, decided to buy it and merge both apartments. While they were at it, they would create a proper voice-over booth in a closet of what would become the master bedroom in the new space.
Mr. Wilson had purchased the original one-bedroom in 2004 for $379,000. He and Kristin Price — that's still her professional name — met on eHarmony, moved in together, married, and in 2009, paid $225,000 for the studio next door. They have a 2-year-old son, Alec.
Contractors were initially puzzled by Ms. Price-Wilson's request to cut a window in the wall between the closet and the adjoining desk area. "The first window they built was a little low," she said. "They were assuming I'd be sitting in the desk chair looking through the window, but I actually need to be in the booth standing and looking at the computer." Ms. Price-Wilson uses a wireless keyboard and mouse to record herself — she can even Skype clients and take direction through her headphones.
The upgraded booth has been a boon to Ms. Price-Wilson's busy freelance career. "Stuff I've recorded in here has ended up on TV," said the actor, who, on a dime, can change her tone from sultry car saleswoman to manic pizza pitch person. Having a home studio also permitted her to work up until two days before Alec was born, and regularly ever since.
In 2015, construction noise propelled a decision to move. They sold their place for about $1 million. Bridget Harvey, a broker at Douglas Elliman Real Estate, helped them find a three-bedroom apartment in Hudson Heights, Manhattan, for just over $1 million. A top-floor co-op, it has views of the George Washington Bridge.
The smallest bedroom is well suited for a voice-over booth and a desk (and incidentally, has no closet). This time, Ms. Price-Wilson will treat herself to a prefab stand-alone booth. The couple call it the Tardis after the police box used as a time travel machine on the BBC science-fiction show "Doctor Who."
Repurposing a closet is not an idea that was born yesterday. In 2011, when Yi Tyng Tan, now 37, and her husband, Maxime Balay, 35, bought their Upper West Side one-bedroom loft for around $700,000, a closet under a staircase had been emptied of coats to make space for a desk. Ms. Tan, a lawyer who is taking time off to be with 5-month-old Celeste, and Mr. Balay, who works for a wine and spirits company, decided the closet could be put to even better use as a custom-designed cocktail bar.
"My husband has a big collection of alcohol, so we came up with the idea to have a wine bar where we could entertain friends and have date nights," Ms. Tan said. They frequented speakeasy-style bars like Raines Law Room on West 17th Street when they started dating, she said, "so I loved the idea of hiding the bar."
Ms. Tan posted the project to the renovation blog Sweeten to solicit bids from contractors. Enter Jonathan Eklund, the owner of Ecostruct, a design and build firm, who loved the idea of transforming the space under the stairs, she said.
"I had an idea of what I wanted to do, and I sketched it down on a yellow legal pad," Ms. Tan said. "I looked on Pinterest and Apartment Therapy for inspiration and sourced materials from Home Depot. Because we had just bought a place, I didn't have a big budget."
The closet bar was inaugurated with a party for friends who were pleasantly surprised when the closet doors parted to reveal a watering hole. Before the baby came, the bar was a crucial part of whiskey tastings and theme nights. "We were going through this 'Mad Men' phase," Ms. Tan said. "We'd watch it and make ourselves an old-fashioned like Don Draper."
For Mr. Balay, who is from outside Paris, the closet bar serves an important social function. "Amongst our American friends, it's very rare that people welcome other people into their homes. It's probably specific to New York because apartments are so small," he said. "But in France bringing people to your place is a must-do. It's a different mind-set. The bar facilitates that."
Instead of seeing the small space of her apartment as a problem, Ms. Tan looked at the possibilities. "I grew up in Singapore; we're used to small apartments there. Growing up there were seven of us in a two-bedroom apartment."
Still charmed by New York a decade after arriving from France, Mr. Balay said, "Space is a luxury in the city, so you use what you have and you try to make it work."


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v5 Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?"
6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." – John 14:5,6 NIV.
Here we have Jesus telling his disciples, "I am the way and the truth and the life." So why is there so much confusion about the way? Obviously there is a lot going on. This is what we will be looking into, in this exhortation.
How can we know the way?
John 14 says – "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am." – John 14:3 NIV. Jesus came down from heaven to earth. He was with his disciples for 3 years. Jesus tried to alert his disciples many times that he would return to heaven. Now he assured them that he would come back and take you(them)to be with me (him) but they must have missed the point. I like Thomas' candid approach. He was not at all apologetic that he did not get it. He asked questions. Thomas asked Jesus, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?"– John 14:5 NIV. You see in Chapter 13 Jesus had already told them, "Where I am going, you cannot come." – John 13:33 NIV. It was then that Simon Peter asked him, "Lord, where are you going?" – John 13:36 NIV. Peter asked "Lord, where are you going?" and Thomas voiced that same concern, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?"– John 14:5 NIV.
You know the way to the place I am going:
Let us connect their two thoughts. Now, these five chapters (Chapters 13 to 17) represented the last teachings of Jesus before he was crucified. So they must be important. The disciples had been following Jesus for some three years. And they were willing to follow Jesus for the rest of their lives. You know the story of Lazarus who was sick and dying. Jesus wanted to return to Judea to heal Lazarus. But his disciples objected, they said, ". . . a short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you, and yet you are going back?" – John 11:8 NIV. But Thomas said to them,"Let us also go, that we may die with him." – John 11:16 NIV. Bravo Thomas! And here Peter said,"I will lay down my life for you." – John 14:37 NIV–Yes, a kudo for Peter!So, why would Jesus want to leave such faithful followers?
Let us see if we could figure them out – – "Lord, where are you going?" – John 13:36 NIVand "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?"– John 14:5 NIV. Just one verse earlier Jesus said to Thomas, "4 You know the way to the place where I am going." And here one verse on (verse 5) Thomas said "so how can we know the way?" You would notice the relationship of Chapter 13 and Chapter 14. In Chapter 13 Jesus and his disciples were in the upper room celebrating their Passover meal – the last supper. Judas was about to betray Jesus. Jesus knew that Peter would deny him three times before the cock crowed. The disciples wanted to know who it was among them that would be the greatest in the kingdom of God. As Jesus had pointed out, the disciples were all over the place – they were about to betray him,deny him, arguing about who is greatest!These were guys who had been with Jesus (followedhim) for three years. These had to be troubling signs and the disciples were troubled!
How can we know the way?
Jesus showed the disciples what to be great meant when he washed his disciples' feet. Jesus explained, "The greatest among you will be your servant."– Matt 23:11 NIV. No wonder chapter 14 started with Jesus telling them, "Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 My Father's house has many rooms . . ."– John 14:1,2 NIV.
My take, Jesus was telling them not to worry – let not your heart be troubled. Why? Because they were on the wrong track! What then was the right track – "You believe in God; believe also in me." This was key, because to follow meant tobelieve in God and tobelieve also in me (Jesus). Unfortunately, this happened to be our failure too. If we believe in God we would trust him and Jesus would know the way. All we needed to do was to follow Jesus. Jesus is the way. How more clearly could Jesus have put it than to say, "I am the way. . ." Only Jesus knew the way to his Father's house! So just follow Jesus. Didn't we all understand that? Of course, but now Jesus was telling them that he was leaving them, that worried them. There was really no reason to worry because Jesus also promised,"I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am."– John 14:2 NIV. Next question, " What were they supposed to do when Jesus was away?"
By this everyone will know:
If the disciples had followed Jesus closely enough, they would remember that Jesus had not just told them but had shown them the way. In fact it was in the form of a commandment: "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." – John 14:34-35 NIV. So Jesus did not just tell them, Jesus commanded them. The way that Jesus had pointed them to – it was the way of LOVE. He framed it as a commandment because there was no other way. Take note that Jesus pointed to himself as the way – "As I have loved you, so you must love one another."Jesus'wayis the wayof love. Love had to be the way – the way Jesus had loved them – "as I have loved you." That was the only way, the way to his Father (to God's house).
The LOVE highway:
If you read the Gospels carefully, you would notice that it was the Gospel of John that most emphasized Jesus to be God. It was the apostle John who clearly stated the fact that, "God is love." And, "Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love." – 1 John 4:8NIV. It's that simple!
When God gave Moses the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai, the scene was dramatic. Mt. Sinai was covered with smoke in fire . . . the whole mountain trembled violently – Exodus 19:18,19 NIV. And there was the sound of trumpet. But when Jesus gave them the new commandmentthere was no smoke or tremblingof the mountain or the sound of trumpet. All these things happened with Moses because the Lord descended on the mountain.
When Jesus gave them the new commandment God was already with them – no need for the smoke and fire or sound of trumpet. The important point to note was this. The new commandment to love clearly was not to replace the Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments were a part of the Law of Mosesbut when Ezra opened the book . . . 8 They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear and giving the meaning so that the people understood what was being read. – Neh. 8:8,9 NIV. So, the upshot, theLaw of Moses was the Law of the Lord – one and the same thing. This meant that the new commandment to LOVEwas the sum total of all the Ten Commandments put together. The new commandment did not replace or supersede it. You see, if the Ten Commandments had been replaced, there would be nothing to prevent us from stealing, cheating, dishonoring our parents or perhaps, to commit adultery!
The truth and the life:
A command as you know is mandatory not optional. So how much do you value the commandment to LOVE? This is how King David sees God's commands,"127Because I love your commandsmore than gold, more than pure gold,128and because I consider all your precepts right,. . . 142Your righteousness is everlasting
and your law is true.– Psalm 119:142 NIV. Do you love the new commandment to love more than gold? I tell you, it is worth more than pure gold because, God's laws are righteousand everlasting. Take it from King David. It is true. The Word of God is law – righteous, everlastingand is true. And Jesus is the Word of God (John 1:1), the WAY the TRUTH and the LIFE!
I like the way the apostle John himself has put together what we have talked about. Here it is. Read it carefully and see if you will agree with me –
4 The one who says, "I have come to know Him," and does not keep His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God is truly made perfect. We know that we are in Him by this— 6 whoever claims to abide in Him must walk just as He walked.1 John 2:4-6 Tree of Life Version (TLV) – that is, to way in LOVE!


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Still hawking her book overseas, Hillary Clinton appeared on The Graham Norton Show and cracked a joke about former President George H.W. Bush's health, and referred to President Trump's inauguration speech as "some weird shit."
Hillary was asked about attending Trump's inauguration, and she claims she and Bill tried to get out of it — a statement that contradicts what she said only days ago.
"I really tried to get out of going," she said. "I was going not as the candidate or as the opponent, but as a former first lady."
She said it's tradition for Republican and Democratic former presidents and first ladies appear, but acknowledged she wanted to break that.
"So we thought may others aren't going. So we called the Bushes and the elder Bushes were in the hospital, which I think was legitimate," she said, triggering laughs from the audience.
On January 18 — three days before the inauguration — NPR reported, "The elder Bush was admitted to the hospital over the weekend and sent to the intensive care unit at Houston Methodist Hospital in Texas on Wednesday as he battles pneumonia."
Hilarious, Hillary.
She then acknowledged that George W. Bush, and Jimmy Carter both said they were going.
"So Bill and I looked at each other and said, 'Well, we gotta go," Hillary said.
She said she was "so sad" Trump's speech wasn't an "outreach."
"It was reported George W. Bush, as it ends, said, 'That was some weird shit,'" she said, triggering more laughs.
During a recent appearance on The Late Late Show on Ireland's RTÉ One, Clinton claimed it was her "duty" to appear, saying nothing about trying to get out of it.
Speaking about the difficulty of being on the Inauguration platform as a first lady, Clinton said she had to consciously watch her actions.
"It was our turn to walk our to a crowd that I thought would be hostile to me because it was largely— well, it wasn't a large crowd," she laughed, landing a petty dig at the audience size.
"And then going down the steps and just trying to summon up my internal fortitude to be in the moment and to be appropriate. Not be caught making faces or doing something like that," she said.
"Or rolling your eyes," the interviewer interjected, which she affirmed.
"i didn't want that to happen," she said.
"Did you want to scream?" he asked.
"Oh, I did, but that was a common occurrence in those days— you know, scream into the pillow when I saw what was happening," she continued.
"Did you ever scream into the pillow?" she was asked.
"Oh yes!" Clinton exclaimed, adding it felt good.
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You are now reading the blog post I've been putting off. You will soon find out why.
If you will recall, a couple of weeks ago I wrote about one of my greatest fears. As a result of that fear, I resolved to create multiple streams of income.
Well, I have gotten so
desperate motivated to do so, that I even explored a couple of MLM opportunities. And then, I had a "duh!" moment, when I realized that, instead of going into something new, I should instead simply scale up something that's already working.
The Epiphany
That is, instead of creating another stream of income, why not make an existing stream bigger and flow more vigorously?
I'm talking about something I've been doing since 2008, something that's been showing results, but which I've been neglecting for the past year: affiliate blogging.
In the past, at one point, I made $1000 in affiliate commissions in a month. I've also won an iPad 2 in an affiliate contest. Just the other day, I made an affiliate sale from a blog post I published in 2010.
But since becoming a work-at-home employee, I've been neglecting my affiliate websites, and that stream of income has almost dried up. Still, on average, I make $200 a month on my affiliate blogs. Not a lot, but at least it covers my hosting and other costs.
The Destination
So here's the challenge I made for myself: By the end of six months, my affiliate earnings should increase to $1000 a month.
Now you see why I've been putting this off? I didn't want to put this goal out there, and then admit failure later on. But there it is.
I know it's a modest goal, but I'm comfortable with it. It's large enough to make a significant impact in my family's finances (that would cover my teenager's university costs and my other daughter's braces), yet small enough that it feels achievable.
What would an extra $1000 a month mean to you?
The Roadmap
In 2009, I bought The Super Affiliate Handbook by Rosalind Gardner. Ros has been making a good income from affiliate blogging in non-internet marketing related niches. Sure, she sells books and ebooks, and gets paid to speak at internet marketing events, but her main income still comes from affilite blogs in niches like travel and dating.
I bought the handbook, because Lynn Terry, one of my early mentors, followed Ros' system and within six months was steadily earning a full-time job — enough to close her service provider business forever.
So why didn't I get the same results, or even close to it, as Lynn did? You see, I bought that book and didn't read it all the way through. I printed it out, put it in a binder… then put the binder away.
I don't know what I was thinking! Maybe I thought I already knew everything. Maybe I got busy with clients. Whatever the reason, I put my hard copy of that ebook away… only to pull it out again almost four years later.
This time, I read it in earnest. And boy am I kicking myself. Despite the successes I've experienced in affiliate blogging, I realize I've been omitting so many things and doing other things wrong. Who knows how much money I've lost because of my recklessness?!
To reach my goal, I'm going to give Ros's advice a shot. I'm going to put it to work for at least six solid months. (If you're interested in Ros Gardner's ebook, you can find out more here. I bought it for $47 but today it's only $27)
In fact, I've started implementing some of her advice, and today I got an email from an affiliate manager who's come up with an idea for me to profit even more as their affiliate. I can't wait to see what other results I get from following Ros's affiliate blogging advice!
Your Challenge, Do Accept!
Here's my challenge to you: In the next six months, create or scale up another stream of income. Let those income streams gush forth!
Are you up to the challenge? If it isn't top secret, share with us what income stream you want to create or expand. How much additional income do you want to earn, and how do you plan to do it? Do share!
PS: As I was going through the Super Affiliate Handbook, I find I have a few questions and wish I could get Ros to answer them. Turns out I can! In 2010, Ros created Affiliate Blogger PRO, an exclusive forum where members can interact with her directly and see inside even her affiliate blogs. I am so stoked!
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