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Rabu, 30 April 2014

Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto (Hardcover) Best Review

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If you believe that the country is going down the tubes (even though the stock market may be up, it doesn't mean the world is going to be okay), then this book is for you.

The liberals will come and bash this book because it doesn't fit their ideal utopian socialist world; pay no heed to their 1 star reviews. I read this book and it was on par with alot of the other popular conservative author pieces out there now, if not better.

Do not let what made America the great place it was slip through your finger tips because of the uninformed and academically-brainwashed youth being the squeakier wheels just to get the grease (and I'm a college student, so I KNOW!). This book and what it contains benefits EVERYONE, young old black white spanish rich poor, everyone. EVERYONE!

Get this book and see where it takes you.
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Selasa, 29 April 2014

Reviews About Financial Self Defense (Paperback)

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Financial Self-Defense: How to Win the Fight for Financial Freedom (Hardcover) Before reading Financial Self Defense, I was suckered in to a 60 month auto loan, because I was told the payments would be lower, that I could afford more car and the interest wouldn't be all that significant! I was one of those people that spent all or most of my money on my lifestyle and I wanted this car in the worst way. (Of course, it was brand new, right out of the showroom)
I saw Charles Givens on the Oprah Winfrey show and was very imressed as he was the only guest that day and held the entire audience and me spellbound for an entire hour! One of money wasters he talked about was buying a brand new car. I felt like he was talking directly to me! I went out that night and bought Financial Self Defense.
Immediately, I began to make extra principal payments. After applying some of the GIVENS STRATEGIES for a few weeks, I had saved enough money to begin making double payments. In short, I was able to pay off a 60 month car loan in 24 months. What was interesting, was the bank manager tried to discourage me saying all of the upfront interest was already paid. Nonsense! I then told him I wanted to cancel the credit life as well and got back a nice refund.
I also found it refreshing that I could use my credit cards to make money when combined with the money market mutual fund strategy that Givens recommends.
I am now investing in No Load Mutual Funds as per the Givens Strategies and for the past 7years have averaged well over 15%.
Most other books are boring and don't offer any type of immediate results. With Financial Self Defense, I got immediate results! Most other books are also too focused on budgeting. With Financial Self Defense, I found that I COULD SPEND MY WAY INTO WEALTH. Before Givens, I always felt that saving, investing and financial management meant deprivation. Not when you GET GIVENIZED! I highly recommend Financial Self Defense and More Wealth Without Risk to live out your dreams instead of just dreaming about living. I also recommend SUPERSELF, to get your personal life under control.
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Senin, 28 April 2014

Reviews About Hollywood Park: A Novel (Paperback)

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Hollywood Park has nothing to do with Hollywood. It's was a lower-middle class, mostly Jewish, neighborhood in Chicago. The year is 1934, the depth of the great depression. The big story that year is the birth of the Dionne quintuplets to a farm family in Canada. That's what the women of Hollywood park talk about when they gather in the park.
Two Jewish families, connected by marriage, are struggling to make ends meet. Richard Sherman, who made $100 a month before being laid off from his job by the depression is happy to find a sales job with a base pay of $30. His wife, Dorothy has just given birth to their second child. His immigrant father ekes out a living as a tailor, and his mother has developed severe complications of diabetes.
Dorothy's brother David is a cop, her other brother, Julius is a schizophrenic who has been committed to a state institution, and her sister Simone is married to an auto mechanic. Joe Mostowitz, the auto mechanic is the only relatively prosperous person in the two families, but Simone wants more. Much more. She leaves Joe and finds herself an Englishman who is a dead ringer for Leslie Howard.
This is a time when anti-Semitism is more the norm than the exception among gentiles of all classes. Hitler has come to power in Europe and the Nazis are trying to spread their poison everywhere they can. The German-American Bund is organizing and holding rallies-one large one soon to be held in Chicago. David and other Jewish cops have banded together with some of the tougher elements in the Jewish community and are planning to teach the Bundists a lesson.
Hollywood Park is an unsentimental portrayal of a community at a time when nothing could be taken for granted. There was no such thing as security. Ordinary people lived on the edge of destitution and any small misfortune such as an illness or a robbery could turn people's lives upside-down. Nowadays we have unemployment insurance, disability, Social Security, Medicaid and other social programs to cushion us from disaster. As frayed as our safety net has become, it is infinitely better than what there was then. Hollywood Park is a well-crafted journey to the not-so-distant past.
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Minggu, 27 April 2014

Scotch(TM) Thermal Laminating Pouches, 8.9 Inches x 11.4 Inches, 50 Pouches (TP3854-50) (Office Product) Best Review

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If you are in the market for laminating supplies for your Scotch Thermal Laminator, this is the only product to buy; you can buy the 50 pouches or the 20 pouches. My guess is that 50 pouches are the more economic deal. If you only buy the pack of 20 pouches, you might as well go to an office supply store and have them perform the job; that way, the laminator won't sit in the box while you forget you have it. Real serious people who laminate projects keep it nearby; there are so many uses for it.
The Thermal Laminating Pouches also come in three smaller sizes (in the event you aren't clever enough to cut through the laminated product). The sizes are for 5" by 7" photos or whatever, 4" by 6" photos, and also for ID cards. Personally, the creative person will go for the 50 Thermal Laminating Pouches and become a creative cutter, "after the laminating has been completed".
Take a look at the previous review for the Scotch Thermal Laminator, preceding this review; they are a great match.
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Sabtu, 26 April 2014

Rebel Rank and File: Labor Militancy and Revolt from Below During the Long 1970s (Paperback)

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This is an anthology of essays covering different aspects of the labor movement from the 1950s to around 1980. Some of the movements were precarious: the United Farm Workers (UFW), for example, included some of the most vulnerable and exploited workers in the USA. Others, like the United Auto Workers (UAW) and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) exemplified the "aristocracy of labor"--entrenched old unions with huge bureaucracies, now morphed into a conservative social class. But all were wracked by revolts from below during the latter phase of the "Great Society" era (1).

This is an unsparing account: the authors fearlessly spell out the contradictions that arose between different cohorts of labor, ranging from the high-status autoworkers and truck drivers, to the low-status miners and trashhaulers. In the 1960s, the older unions had no sooner won recognition from the NLRB and created the private welfare state (2), than their officials came under pressure to accede to speed-ups and "workplace flexibility." Workers were pitted against other workers by skillful union-busting management; union officials adopted strategies to avoid conflict with management, and eventually became collaborators with their old foes.

In the late 1960s, the many social movements that had recently burst to prominence converged on the workplace--unionized or not. Women confronted sexist employers, coworkers, and unions. Lower echelons of the workforce confronted indifferent union bureaucrats. African Americans and Latinos confronted racism everywhere. Workers in hitherto un-organized business sectors sought collective bargaining rights. And at this time, "the establishment" of police, business management, local government, and White power groups locked arms to fight back in unison. In many cases, the union management was prone to siding with business management against the rank and file.

The outcomes are usually depressing, and there are complicated explanations for why. Workers frequently became most militant when their entire industry was threatened (as with auto workers in the late 1960s, when US consumers deserted the Big Three in droves). In other cases, the private welfare states created by prior union activism only drove wedges among "rival" labor interests. The labor movement was probably excessively dependent on the Democratic Party, which was (in turn) surprisingly indifferent to the labor movement.

Still, this book is a vital resource on the different political struggles of the US labor movement. This book covers the largest unions of the mid-century Golden Age of US Labor, and analyzes the multi-factional struggles that struck each one. The writing is lucid and rigorous.

Also, it would be remiss of me to not mention the excellent photography. There are vivid photos of organizing workers that are mostly very compelling artistically--an outstanding feature in itself.
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(1) "The Great Society" was the general term used by Pres. Johnson (s.1963-1969) to refer to the set of social welfare programs he presided over. The Great Society suffered from the problem that it required continual renewal of government spending commitments for otherwise marginal populations (slum residents, for instance). Congress would approve the expenditures provided the programs would deliver social peace. If the mood in Congress changed, the GS program beneficiaries would be left high and dry.

After the "Reagan Revolution," liberal histories of the period 1954-1978 tended to paint it in rosy hues: industry was strong, labor was confident, and progress was in the air. The reality was surprisingly different.

(2) The "private welfare state" refers to the social safety net created by employers for unionized employees. It may include old age pensions, health insurance, maternity leave, and child care. Typically, the "private welfare state", once won by a labor force at great cost, tends to make it even more dependent on the profitability of its employer. This make the union membership reluctant to risk its privilege with respect to the rest of the working class.
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Jumat, 25 April 2014

F & I Training Manual "Your Opportunity Starts Now" (Kindle Edition) Best Review

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Published in 1938, this book has great merit and deserves five stars, but has its shortcomings. This edition is a re-typeset version of the original and is littered with anoying errors which snuck threw the spellchecker softwear. But the merits outweigh the demerits, and return us to great truths by way of the great heresies.

CONTENTS

1. Heresy (to oversimplify any existing system, eg scientific, nationalist, theological heresy)

2. Scheme of the book

3. The Arian Heresy (AD300: denied the Incarnation, was supported by the Roman army - good psychological analysis of the Roman Empire and military)

4. The Great and Enduring Heresy of Mohammed (AD630: Islam as over-simple theology. Predicts Islam Resurgam.)

5. The Albigensian Attack (1163: matter and the body is evil: the Manichean-Dualist-Jansenist-Calvinist-Puritan response to the problem of evil. Caused upsurge in devil worship, magic, destruction of marriage, vegetarianism, teetotalism)

6. What was the Reformation? (1517: a protest and attempt to reform RC worldliness, allied with secular powers to divest church of its land and political power)

7. The Modern Phase (now called `postmodernism', itself a dying term, not surprisingly. The secular inadvertent attack on Reason itself and deliberate attack on the Church universal, disregard of fatal intellectual mistake of self-contradiction; relativism and subjectivism, AntiChrist)

STYLE

Hilarie Belloc is closely linked with G.K. Chesterton, and his name with that of C. S. Lewis. There is merit in this linkage as Belloc and Chesterton were friends and both Catholic. But where Chesterton has subtlety and humour, smooth style and flow, Belloc has a two fists of iron style and pounds his opponents. He is normally fair, according to Queensbury rules. He is irritating to a Protestant, but (so I say) worth every effort required to adapt to as he has his compensations. He says what most are now too scared to say in the twenty-first century, for political correctness is but a hypocrite and coward mood and will pass in time.

WEAKNESSES

Belloc was as staunch a Roman Catholic as is possible to be, and every chapter of this book shouts this fact, over and above the argument and analysis he presents from the viewpoint of what C.S. Lewis called `Mere Christianity'. The irony here is that he pointedly denies that there is such a thing as a doctrinal `Mere Christianity' to be detected in all the branches of Christendom's historic churches. But he effectively contradicts himself in fact by repeatedly commenting on Greek Orthodoxy; pointedly ignores the early church; ignores the Anglican communion; and plainly allows that Protestant societies had superior `vitality' to the old RC societies but are (in 1938) dying out because they are generically `auto-toxic'. But then by this mere analogy, all societies are `auto-toxic' in this sense: he notes that the RC communion of 1500 with its bought bishops and indulgences needed radical reform but resisted it; and Islam split Shia-Sunni very early on, etc. Belloc covers a vast acreage of history but does it with seven-league boots, missing out swathes of connecting facts and ideas hasteing to a conclusion. It seems to me that he is aware of the mind of the reader, but not the person. He appeals to the male way of thinking, not the female. He too often gives generalizations unsupported by even one example. His theoretical Trinitarianism lacks consideration of the Holy Spirit.

He is very cold-blooded. Glib recitals of European civil wars, Islamic invasions, the Reconquista, the Crusades, the Inquisition, and other deadly episodes unnerve me. He skates over some critical events such as the victory of Charles Martel against Islam at the battle of Tours-Poitiers AD732. In such a short book this is probably inevitable, and he is a take-no-prisoners, no regrets type such as is not seen today. He is a dinosaur of the Rex genus and I am glad we on the same side but not side-by-side.

His knowledge of practical live Islam is weak. He notes the pure doctrines, but lacks the feel of its chimeric nature and inability to see the world as anything other than Umma-Kuffaar. The mindset of instinctive systemic counter-verisimilitude towards the jahiliya he knows not. He does not do much with his accurate perception of its inherent societal inefficiency and the consequent constant need to co-opt and tax, as opposed to create and generate. The Janissaries and Mamelukes elude him. Dhimmitude he seems not to know of, nor of the honour-shame nature of the culture, constantly operating at the level of conformity as opposed to internalization (or holiness as our jargon has it - revivals are holiness movements). This is probably due to the RC weakness towards this tendency itself.

His notion of all charging of interest as `usury' is woefully naïve economics. Interest is the cost of a loan, a charge on use of money which could be put to alternate uses, and the insurance cost of bearing the risk of loan default. But then even Aquinas did not understand this, and Belloc just failed to get up to date.

STRENGTHS

He summarises well, and says what badly needs saying in our day, without jargon-munching touchy-feely death-by-qualification. It is quite possible to get a working idea of any of the heresies he tackles, purely by reading that chapter alone. It is excellent for beginners in this respect. The sheer speed of progress over the facts and the ideas is very exhilarating.

The sign of a powerful intellect, he draws accurate connections between apparently entirely different things. Eg, the indissoluble `Trinity' of Plato and Aristotle (Truth, Beauty, and Goodness) and its complete consonance with Theism, revealing why atheist Communism has contempt for both these abstract things and the physical dignity of the person (ch.7). Also, the whole chapter on Albigensianism and its forms. In life Mr. Belloc must have been as formidable a foe as a friend, I will read more of him.
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Kamis, 24 April 2014

The Great Heresies (Paperback)

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Published in 1938, this book has great merit and deserves five stars, but has its shortcomings. This edition is a re-typeset version of the original and is littered with anoying errors which snuck threw the spellchecker softwear. But the merits outweigh the demerits, and return us to great truths by way of the great heresies.

CONTENTS

1. Heresy (to oversimplify any existing system, eg scientific, nationalist, theological heresy)

2. Scheme of the book

3. The Arian Heresy (AD300: denied the Incarnation, was supported by the Roman army - good psychological analysis of the Roman Empire and military)

4. The Great and Enduring Heresy of Mohammed (AD630: Islam as over-simple theology. Predicts Islam Resurgam.)

5. The Albigensian Attack (1163: matter and the body is evil: the Manichean-Dualist-Jansenist-Calvinist-Puritan response to the problem of evil. Caused upsurge in devil worship, magic, destruction of marriage, vegetarianism, teetotalism)

6. What was the Reformation? (1517: a protest and attempt to reform RC worldliness, allied with secular powers to divest church of its land and political power)

7. The Modern Phase (now called `postmodernism', itself a dying term, not surprisingly. The secular inadvertent attack on Reason itself and deliberate attack on the Church universal, disregard of fatal intellectual mistake of self-contradiction; relativism and subjectivism, AntiChrist)

STYLE

Hilarie Belloc is closely linked with G.K. Chesterton, and his name with that of C. S. Lewis. There is merit in this linkage as Belloc and Chesterton were friends and both Catholic. But where Chesterton has subtlety and humour, smooth style and flow, Belloc has a two fists of iron style and pounds his opponents. He is normally fair, according to Queensbury rules. He is irritating to a Protestant, but (so I say) worth every effort required to adapt to as he has his compensations. He says what most are now too scared to say in the twenty-first century, for political correctness is but a hypocrite and coward mood and will pass in time.

WEAKNESSES

Belloc was as staunch a Roman Catholic as is possible to be, and every chapter of this book shouts this fact, over and above the argument and analysis he presents from the viewpoint of what C.S. Lewis called `Mere Christianity'. The irony here is that he pointedly denies that there is such a thing as a doctrinal `Mere Christianity' to be detected in all the branches of Christendom's historic churches. But he effectively contradicts himself in fact by repeatedly commenting on Greek Orthodoxy; pointedly ignores the early church; ignores the Anglican communion; and plainly allows that Protestant societies had superior `vitality' to the old RC societies but are (in 1938) dying out because they are generically `auto-toxic'. But then by this mere analogy, all societies are `auto-toxic' in this sense: he notes that the RC communion of 1500 with its bought bishops and indulgences needed radical reform but resisted it; and Islam split Shia-Sunni very early on, etc. Belloc covers a vast acreage of history but does it with seven-league boots, missing out swathes of connecting facts and ideas hasteing to a conclusion. It seems to me that he is aware of the mind of the reader, but not the person. He appeals to the male way of thinking, not the female. He too often gives generalizations unsupported by even one example. His theoretical Trinitarianism lacks consideration of the Holy Spirit.

He is very cold-blooded. Glib recitals of European civil wars, Islamic invasions, the Reconquista, the Crusades, the Inquisition, and other deadly episodes unnerve me. He skates over some critical events such as the victory of Charles Martel against Islam at the battle of Tours-Poitiers AD732. In such a short book this is probably inevitable, and he is a take-no-prisoners, no regrets type such as is not seen today. He is a dinosaur of the Rex genus and I am glad we on the same side but not side-by-side.

His knowledge of practical live Islam is weak. He notes the pure doctrines, but lacks the feel of its chimeric nature and inability to see the world as anything other than Umma-Kuffaar. The mindset of instinctive systemic counter-verisimilitude towards the jahiliya he knows not. He does not do much with his accurate perception of its inherent societal inefficiency and the consequent constant need to co-opt and tax, as opposed to create and generate. The Janissaries and Mamelukes elude him. Dhimmitude he seems not to know of, nor of the honour-shame nature of the culture, constantly operating at the level of conformity as opposed to internalization (or holiness as our jargon has it - revivals are holiness movements). This is probably due to the RC weakness towards this tendency itself.

His notion of all charging of interest as `usury' is woefully naïve economics. Interest is the cost of a loan, a charge on use of money which could be put to alternate uses, and the insurance cost of bearing the risk of loan default. But then even Aquinas did not understand this, and Belloc just failed to get up to date.

STRENGTHS

He summarises well, and says what badly needs saying in our day, without jargon-munching touchy-feely death-by-qualification. It is quite possible to get a working idea of any of the heresies he tackles, purely by reading that chapter alone. It is excellent for beginners in this respect. The sheer speed of progress over the facts and the ideas is very exhilarating.

The sign of a powerful intellect, he draws accurate connections between apparently entirely different things. Eg, the indissoluble `Trinity' of Plato and Aristotle (Truth, Beauty, and Goodness) and its complete consonance with Theism, revealing why atheist Communism has contempt for both these abstract things and the physical dignity of the person (ch.7). Also, the whole chapter on Albigensianism and its forms. In life Mr. Belloc must have been as formidable a foe as a friend, I will read more of him.
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Rabu, 23 April 2014

Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence (Paperback)

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I had long known that my relationship to money was not correct, although I tried. This book put all my thinking into a cohesive mode, and a way of thinking and aspiring that has re-shaped how I look at the world, look at my contribution, and live in relation to money and my dreams.
This is not a book about budgeting money, but about looking at how spend money, and deciding if specfic expenditures are truly worth it to you. The authors do not say what is right and what is wrong to spend money on, but get the reader to think about what is right for them. To do this, they authors suggest, keep track of every cent you spend, and what you spent it for, and at the end of the month total everything up, and see how you did. But remember, there's no right or wrong - only what you think is right or wrong. Are you buying a $1 cup of coffee every morning before work? Well, if you do the authors' suggestion, you'll see at the end of your first month that you just spent $20-25 that month on coffee. Is it really worth it to you? How much are you really spending on gas? What if you walked to the grocery store instead?
The authors want you to live nothing less than as a human, and the way to do that is through financial freedom. Are you willing to give up that coffee every day if it means saving that dollar, and being able to retire a year earlier? (YES - with the miracle of compound interest, it could happen). The authors believe, and I agree with them, that the earlier we can stop working and live off our earnings, the better it is for us, and for the community (meaning earth) as a whole. It means we will not have consumed as much, and also that we are then free - free to volunteer at the church, the school, the VFW, hospital, whatever; and/or free to pursue whatever our dream is, since we don't have to worry about making an income from it. Is your dream to paint fine art? Well, if you work like a dog for as much money as you can earn, you can save and then have the freedom to do it. Or to spend time with your children. Or your spouse. Or helping your community. And even if you don't aspire to retire early, or want to work at a job just to make a lot of money, I found that this system certainly altered my spending in ways that actually increased my quality of life, while reducing my outlay, because I only spend on things I truly am interested in, or truly need. It's amazing.
I think these are very noble thoughts and ideas, and this book will help you do it. But you gotta work at it - I was amazed, after the first couple months using their spending tracking thing, how much I was wasting and didn't realize it. Then I was amazed at how easy it is now *not* to waste that money. I almosst never buy soda or water when walking around the city, but take water with me from home. I don't buy little tschotchkes any more (unless I really truly want it), since it's an environmental and financial waste. And I have saved money like I've never been able to save before, without going on a budget, or decreasing my quality of life. I merely eliminated the spending that I thought was adding up to much (but was), and wasn't increasing my quality of life at all.
I am so much happier after reading this book, and taking their ideas to heart, and I think anyone else would, too.
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Selasa, 22 April 2014

The Rainmaker (Hardcover)

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The Rainmaker (Mass Market Paperback) Ok, granted I haven't read a ton of Grisham. But I have read a good amount and this is by far the best I've read from him. I tore through it in about 2 days.

The basic plot was enough to keep me interested. The sub-plots only made things that much more interesting. The love story isn't overdone and fits nicely. I also love the way Grisham makes no apologies for Rudy's seemingly unrealistic good fortune. He's a likable kid who knows he isn't really worthy of being in the situation he's in. Things have fallen into place for him and he knows it. This story line could cause the reader to throw the book down screaming, "Oh come on!" But Grisham makes sure this isn't the case.

The courtroom drama itself plays out in such a way that it never becomes boring. One thing I don't like about some authors is that they often seem to think their reader is fascinated with the same technical details they are (e.g. Clancy and his endless descriptions of ships and guns and such). Grishman interjects enough technical explanations of the legal system to explain things and keep it interesting. He never once goes too far. Through the 500+ pages of this book, I never once put it down because I was growing bored of it.

As a disclaimer, I haven't seen the movie. I suspect the book is much better, but if you have seen it and already know what's coming next, it may ruin the book for you.
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Senin, 21 April 2014

Well researched and clarified explaination.

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Mr. Hyatt provides great insight into his view of the Y2K crisis. Being involved and talking to people in the tech field I feel that the crisis is not as dramatic as it is being brought out. Mr. Hyatt put in great effort in research and correspondence before putting his thoughts and opinions into print. I feel that it is important to keep hard copy documentation on contracts and statements which is stated in his book but I do feel like he is going to extremes in stating that we need to learn survivalist techniques. Also how could we possibly learn and buy everything we need to survive the crisis in span of a few short months. Anyway the book is very interesting even though I think it is a little dramatic.
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Minggu, 20 April 2014

Great guide book for San Diego; wonderful things in it

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We bought this book in Horton Plaza. I can't tell you how fabulous it is! We save on everything, and I always look in her book before buying. Also, the chapter on free and bargain things to do is so wonderful. I can't believe she did all this research for us! I highly recommend it for families. It also has so much information in it that we can benefit from for saving on vacations, and the chapter on classes and free money for college really opened a lot of doors for me. My husband loved the section on autos and auto insurance, and I love the resale shops. Great book. You will use it often.
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Sabtu, 19 April 2014

Game of Life (Toy) Best Review

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Maybe I just dislike change, but when I purchased this game, I was very excited, only to be crestfallen when I set it up and played it.
The rules and gameplay have been drastically altered, as is the quality and set up. You must set up the board every time you play it, inserting the useless little houses on the board, and setting up the bridges. While they're okay to look at, if we have to set the game up like that every time, it's not worth it. Print the whole board if you can't box it properly. The gameplay is not as good as the old version, period. I remember playing the previous version and frankly, this one just doesn't measure up. I wish they would re-release the previous version!
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Kamis, 17 April 2014

Nothing could be further from the truth

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The last time I wrote a review of TBLBITW here, I received several personal, scathing, emails from the author himself, along with a listing of personal achievements, yada, yada, yawwwwwn, further proving my point -- this author has not grown up, he has not accepted himself, and he is certainly no role model for any gay person coming out. He may be a role model for those in the financial industry, but that is entirely different. This time around, I find no improvements, and it is telling that he still doesn't "like dick" -- does he walk around the house with a shirt saying "Straight Acting"? What perhaps was the only redeeming part of this more tedious, monotonous, trophy chest was the story of Rita Mae Brown and their "double dating," of a sort. We should celebrate Rita's daring book (Rubyfruit Jungle) about the gay world in her own name, and make no mistake - stop this superficial and ridiculously naive applause for a mostly-closeted, ego-centric financial writer so we can get invited to his parties. This insecure author even told me he would have some friends writing some "good" reviews to counter my version - I'm sure they're on the guest list, but that's not why I write reviews.
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Very helpful as a foundation for your financial life!

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Personal Finance For Dummies (Paperback) I studied this book like I was studying for a big exam. It provides helpful hints on budgeting and investing for short term and long term goals. The way you handle your personal finances will affect the way you handle your finances if you were to ever branch out in serious investments such as bonds, stocks, mutual funds, real estate, and small businesses. This book should be used as a starting point for all of those who wish to increase their net worth/cash flow. Once you learn to live within your means and eliminate bad debts (i.e. consumer credit cards, auto loans), you feel mentally refreshed. If you want to branch out and learn more about increasing your income, buy other books from the For Dummies series such as Small Business for Dummies, Mutual Funds for Dummies, Stock Investing for Dummies, Bonds for Dummies, Real Estate for Dummies, or whatever dummies that would fit your needs. [...]
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Selasa, 15 April 2014

Your Credit Score: How to Fix, Improve, and Protect the 3-Digit Number that Controls Your Financial Future (Paperback)

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Your Credit Score: How to Fix, Improve, and Protect the 3-Digit Number that Shapes Your Financial Future, 2nd Edition (Paperback) This Book will give you all the information you need to get the best credit score you can, and if you will follow the book's advice, most likely it will work.
However, the information given in the book could be found on any credit monitoring web-site for free with more accuracy to your situation.
It's nice to have the book at home, but not necessary. Take it only if you refuse to read the advice you get at the different credit report websites
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Overhauling America's Healthcare Machine: Stop the Bleeding and Save Trillions (Kindle Edition) Best Review

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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program (What's this?) The author is a physician who has credibility in health care but he seems to have somewhat less credibility regarding law, business strategy, finance and economics. Nevertheless, based on his clinical acumen, he writes an outstanding book that MUST be read by legislators involved in health care, health care administrators, and members of a legitimately irrate public! He provides common sense solutions to major obsticles that lead to a significant reduction in the costs of health care to the tune of about $550 billion a year while also improving the quality and accessibility to health care for all Americans. The public is paying about an extra $2,000 for each adult and child per year! If you had, say, $8,000 that you could spend any way that you'd like, would you give it to insurance executives, paper pushers, unnecessary equipment in hospitals? Or would you spend that $8,000 ($160,000 after 20 years) doing something with it like paying for your children's college or your retirement or buy a really fancy sports car)? My own health care proposal also focused on improving quality and accessibility while reducing expenses by $800 billion per year, but it was evidently more focused on financial savings than even this plan was. I have read hundreds of resources so I didn't find his resources spectacular or comprehensive, but it is filled with more references and suggestions for further reading than almost any of us would care to read. OK - this is health care economics. Anyone who chooses to read this for fun is generally not into "light" reading. This isn't light, but I've gotta say that it is clear, concise when appropriate, and doesn't contain but a few grammatical errors and no major errors of fact. One of the problems with the validity of the data is that so much information upon which we must rely is based on information provided by private industries such as insurance or health care or pharmaceuticals, that appear to provide data of arguable veracity in order to justify their own, usually financially, driven goals. This is a text and topic that merits thousands of pages. Thankfully, this was written at a length that short enough to be read over one weekend. Of course, most individuals who read this topic wish to vent afterwards, understandably. I believe that this topic is timely, and this book is well researched, focused, practical, and useful for most all of us. It is a book that ought to be provided in public and university libraries, used as a supplemental text in health care economics courses, and ought to be on the nightstands of legislators on health care committees, health care administrators, health care providers, and all citizens who have any concern over the costs of health care or quality of service or the sustainability of the health care infrastructure. I give everything I read a grade. I am biased because this topic is personally and professionally quite relevant to me. As such, I believe that this book merits a grade of a solid "A".
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Senin, 14 April 2014

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Minggu, 13 April 2014

Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don't Pay Claim and What You Can Do About It (Hardcover) Best Review

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Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don't Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It (Hardcover) It used to be that insurance companies really cared about their policyholders and WANTED to settle your claim with the most they could pay for your damages. But since the late 1990's,there has been a shift toward stockholders interests. Guess who suffers with that change---YOU. This book helps you to see the how and why of these changes. After reading this book you will be mad as hell. Just take a breath and understand IF you ever have a claim, you DO have choices. Public adjusters- despised by insurers but loved by policyholders. Yes they charge a fee, but when you are paid 20 cents on the dollar, any more money is worth a fee. If insurers paid 80% of a claims worth, public adjusters would not be required. But it will never happen. Cover your assets.
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Sabtu, 12 April 2014

The Medical Malpractice Myth (Hardcover) Best Review

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Peter Siegelman (below) got it absolutely right.

This book has stimulated a great deal of discussion in my Sociology of Law class. It carefully explores--and explodes--the myths that guide "tort-deform" policymaking. In an era when "truthiness" abounds, my students are fascinated with this data driven logical analysis of why recent policy changes are making the problem worse. Ignoring the real costs of medical practice offends many legal theorists, from Richard Posner to Law & Society to Ralph Nader. Baker explains why in a clear, logical voice.
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Jumat, 11 April 2014

Quality Insurance Reference Materials

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I have been an insurance industry professional for 15 years. This book helps to break down complex insurance strategies and concepts into simple, and useful terms. Any financial professional who is practicing coordinated financial planning strategies can benefit from having this useful and informative book at their fingertips. I find myself refering to this book frequently in my practice.

Keith Soltis
Author of Ivy League Wealth Secrets
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Rabu, 09 April 2014

Front/Rear Threaded Axle Set: All Micros (Toy) Best Review

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I don't know why people are giving this such a great review. The steel axles are good sure but the fact they didn't go the extra mile and make steel nuts for this is pretty dumb. I had a hard time getting them to thread on right. One of them I had to put on backwards to snug the wheel up properly. I also have the steel bearing set for the micro-t which is great but not for use with nylon nuts. The point of using the steel bearings is to have the inside of the bearing stationary against the inside of the axle and the outside on the nut. Nylon for this purpose isn't great, I have 2 wheels on the loose side since the nuts didn't work properly. I since ordered "Integy Steel Axle Set Losi Micro-T Micro Baja INTT8485" to see how they work. The outside of the nut is steel the inside looks to be nylon again but I am hoping the steel part is going to sit properly on the bearings. Of course YMMV, just a warning.
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Selasa, 08 April 2014

Amazing Blu-ray transfer... this film has never looked better

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To Catch a Thief [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray) Let me first start off with an Amazon gripe. It's really annoying that Amazon lumps all reviews for the same title together, regardless of the format of the release. Since many high def fans are especially interested in the quality of a blu-ray release vs. the DVD this is pretty terrible practice. Shame Amazon!

OK, now on to the review. While I am not, in general, a big classic movie buff, I do have my favorites and I do love me some Hitchcock. I've had the very poor quality DVD transfer of Hitchcock's classic thriller "To Catch a Thief" for quite a long time and my wife and I had started watching it recently (while I gritted my teeth at the terrible picture quality on my wonderful 65" plasma) when I decided to check to see if it was ever going to be released on Blu-Ray. Of course I discovered it was already OUT on Blu-ray and I ordered it right away (we also turned off the DVD and decided to wait).

So, how good of a job has the studio done with this classic? They have done an outstanding job and I don't say that very often. Color and contrast look remarkable for a film of this age (nearly 60 years!), in fact, this film looks much better than many much much newer blu-ray releases.

I see virtually no dirt or scratches on the print, and while a few shots intentionally have soft focus, I don't see signs of edge enhancement on the numerous shots that have razor sharp focus of the principal actors. You've never seen Cary Grant and Grace Kelly look quite this good before folks. If you want a real visual treat, go straight to the "party scene" near the end of the film... my jaw was literally open for about 10 straight minutes because it looks THAT GOOD on my calibrated television.

So, why did I ding this a star? I don't feel that the audio track got quite the same treatment. While it is evident that some work was done to clean up hiss and improve the audio fidelity, the audio in general sounds flat for a release of this caliber. I would have really liked it, if in addition to the original 2-channel mix, they treated us to a new multi-channel mix to fully exercise our surround sound systems. I think that this film in particular would have benefited here.

All in all though, it's almost impossible to find any fault... this is an absolute MUST HAVE if you are a Hitchcock fan, a Grace Kelly or Cary Grant fan, or if you simply want some amazing reference material to use to show off the picture quality of your TV or projector.
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Winning the Insurance Game: The Complete Consumer's Guide to Saving Money (Paperback) Best Review

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The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability (Paperback) This is one of the best books i have read in a long time. These days most environmentally focused literature tends to focus on the pending doom of our seeming disregard for the environment a judged through our actions. Its obviously easy to forget about the big picture consequences of the sum of our societal actions and easy to dismiss our personal impacts due to our relative smallness, so literature that hits on the major unintended consequences is always a somewhat welcomed wake up call to the most of us who tend to forget about our personal carbon imprints. This book however takes the much needed step further.

After the sensationalism fades and the reality of our predicament settles in more thoroughly we find the next (and more important) step a lot less clear. How do we enact policy that will either directly or indirectly affect our actions to alleviate the mounting problems. This book does not take the naive approach of hoping that people will invariably join together and consciously act in more costly fashions for the sake of the planet- it is too easy to act locally for individuals and that is taken more as an axiom. It describes environmental problems as arising as a mixture of fixable economic phenonenon. In particular the concept of trying to measure the price of negative externalities is discussed in detail to try to force a repricing of polluting industries to take this into account such that goods and services are priced on a fully inclusive basis rather than excluding externalities. He also addresses tragedy of the commons type situation. He concludes many of the environmental issues as being market failures based on local incentives being the guiding ones versus national and global, and this lack of accountability for externalities fundamentally needs to be adressed. This can also be a coordination problem with corporations jumping jurisdiction so that the solution might require global over national policy solutions. Obviously solutions are not simple but the origin of the incentive problems are quite well explained and subsquently can be fairly easily understood, then the framework for potential solutions is outlined.

The other aspect that is discussed is overconsumption. I agree in spirit with a lot of this, and clearly overconsumption has taken the US to a very difficult place, but this aspect of the book is more of a call for re-alignemnt of values. This is approachable through policy (consumption tax etc) but harder than trying to fix market failures as its more subjective and harder to convince those without that anticonsumption is in their global interest. Furthermore approaching anticonsumption on a graduated framework would be exceptionally difficult to monitor.

All in all this is the sort of book that should be read by all (in particular policy makers) and I hope that more literature approaches the issues the way this book does. Namely looking at it from first- articulating all the risks, then the reasons for the evolution of the problem, finally, means to fix the problems on a sustainable basis via realignent of incentives. This is one of the books that for me has made me rethink a lot of very foundational issues both personal and political (after reading much environmentalist literature which did not have nearly the same effect), and I would expect this to have the same effect on most. For all of that, I highly recommend.
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Senin, 07 April 2014

The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability (Hardcover)

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The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability (Paperback) This is one of the best books i have read in a long time. These days most environmentally focused literature tends to focus on the pending doom of our seeming disregard for the environment a judged through our actions. Its obviously easy to forget about the big picture consequences of the sum of our societal actions and easy to dismiss our personal impacts due to our relative smallness, so literature that hits on the major unintended consequences is always a somewhat welcomed wake up call to the most of us who tend to forget about our personal carbon imprints. This book however takes the much needed step further.

After the sensationalism fades and the reality of our predicament settles in more thoroughly we find the next (and more important) step a lot less clear. How do we enact policy that will either directly or indirectly affect our actions to alleviate the mounting problems. This book does not take the naive approach of hoping that people will invariably join together and consciously act in more costly fashions for the sake of the planet- it is too easy to act locally for individuals and that is taken more as an axiom. It describes environmental problems as arising as a mixture of fixable economic phenonenon. In particular the concept of trying to measure the price of negative externalities is discussed in detail to try to force a repricing of polluting industries to take this into account such that goods and services are priced on a fully inclusive basis rather than excluding externalities. He also addresses tragedy of the commons type situation. He concludes many of the environmental issues as being market failures based on local incentives being the guiding ones versus national and global, and this lack of accountability for externalities fundamentally needs to be adressed. This can also be a coordination problem with corporations jumping jurisdiction so that the solution might require global over national policy solutions. Obviously solutions are not simple but the origin of the incentive problems are quite well explained and subsquently can be fairly easily understood, then the framework for potential solutions is outlined.

The other aspect that is discussed is overconsumption. I agree in spirit with a lot of this, and clearly overconsumption has taken the US to a very difficult place, but this aspect of the book is more of a call for re-alignemnt of values. This is approachable through policy (consumption tax etc) but harder than trying to fix market failures as its more subjective and harder to convince those without that anticonsumption is in their global interest. Furthermore approaching anticonsumption on a graduated framework would be exceptionally difficult to monitor.

All in all this is the sort of book that should be read by all (in particular policy makers) and I hope that more literature approaches the issues the way this book does. Namely looking at it from first- articulating all the risks, then the reasons for the evolution of the problem, finally, means to fix the problems on a sustainable basis via realignent of incentives. This is one of the books that for me has made me rethink a lot of very foundational issues both personal and political (after reading much environmentalist literature which did not have nearly the same effect), and I would expect this to have the same effect on most. For all of that, I highly recommend.
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Minggu, 06 April 2014

Roundabout Convertible Car Seat - Grey Wicker (Baby Product)

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This seat is awesome!!! We live in a very hot part of California and this is the ONLY seat that has a belly protector, which is a piece of material that provides a barrier from the plastic/metal latch in between your child's legs and up around the tummy area, keeping the child's exposed skin protected from potentially harming hot seat parts...BRILLIANT!!! I really wanted this seat for my daughter, but was forced to look around due to the high price...until, I read a review giving this address: [...] I, too, purchased my seat from this site for a grand total of $169 (free shipping). I couldn't pass it up as it was only slightly higher than other seats.

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Sabtu, 05 April 2014

Reviews About FRiEQ® Luxury Football Design 100% Genuine Top Layer Buffalo Hide Leather Wallet Case for Samsung Galaxy S3 - Vintage Brown (Wireless Phone Accessory)

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FRiEQ® Luxury Football Design 100% Genuine Top Layer Buffalo Hide Leather Wallet Case for Samsung Galaxy S3 - Vintage Brown (Wireless Phone Accessory) Obviously this vintage brown buffalo hide leather case for the Samsung Galaxy S3 was designed with football fans and coaches in mind. It's definitely a very unique design with the outline of a football on the front and rear panels. The leather lacing actually gives it a good gripping factor and is very comfortable in the hand. The lacing does not have the vertical center line as it would interfere with the opening and closing with the case and would make it too bulky. The dark vintage brown leather is complimented by a lovely cocoa brown suede interior lining in the center. The other side, which has three card holders, is also in the vintage leather. A very solid brown leather lanyard wrist strap (detachable) with a deep vintage-color brass swivel and snap nicely rounds out the look and adds a lot of functionality to the case.

The case itself is made of Brazilian buffalo hide, much in line with the footballs made for the NFL. The texture, however is finer. The Wilson football adds their own patented unique "brand" to their leather, as Frieq has done to theirs. The distinctive Frieq logo is nicely blindstamped in the lower right-hand corner. The stitching is meticulously done, least ways mine is. The cut-outs are spot on, including the one for the Auto Focus camera. As this is an open style case, your connections are easily accessed. The depth of the Samsung Galaxy S3 is approximately 5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in (136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm) and nestles quite nicely in this case. The shell feels like a hard neoprene which should add even more protection.

If you have an iPad mini there is a matching FRIEQ Genuine Premium Top Layer Brazil Buffalo Hide Football Design Leather Case to compliment this Samsung Galaxy S3 case. There is a snap clasp that will hold the cover shut when not in use. If you are using this with the lanyard, it will swing and the clasp feature offers up that little extra bit of insurance you'll need to prevent accidental loss. This is a well-made case that would make the perfect gift for someone. This very unique case is definitely going to score points with the football fan. It's well-made with a very different look.

Sample provided by the distributor for review.
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The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom: Practical and Spiritual Steps So You Can Stop Worrying (Paperback)

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The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom: Practical and Spiritual Steps So You Can Stop Worrying (Kindle Edition) This book was written 15 years ago and it has 2012 update but it is timeless,it's great and it always will be.If you just starting to learn how to be financially responsible,it will help you a lot.I was concerned about ..is this book good only for Americans?..it is not,it can be used globally and help you grow from debt to wealth in 9 universal steps. You will learn how your past holds the key to your financial future and why and how to face your fears to create new truth about money in your life,how to receive and how to recognize true opportunity when it comes your way.I hope you like it as much I did,I understand myself more,my problems,over spending and how to overcome all that.Today,I am happy to report I trade online and since August 1st 2013 ,(month and 15 days) ,I made extra $2600.I have regular job and planing to invest in 2 more opportunities.
Thank you Suze
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Jumat, 04 April 2014

Property Rights & Religious Owners & Religious Freedom, the Bible, Judging, Love, & Making a Sharon-version of Jesus

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Sharon Fox - Huh?
1) It's a matter of property rights, not who is right & who is wrong. You obviously don't agree that someone can choose to live by their moral convictions and own a business unless they agree to support what they think is immorality by supporting the lesbians in their marriage (Gay marriage isn't in the Bible, BTW). YOU are JUDGING someone ELSE'S faith by YOUR emotion-based opinions. Why are you betting you know how the other person would think?
2) Why should it matter? How much have you read on the moral conservative side to get the answers? They believe homosexual sexual activity is sinful, against the God of the Bible's will. Why should they support by their business assisting in a marriage they believe is immoral, against Eph 5, etc? Rom 1 condemns giving approval to immorality, etc., & assisting in making what they think is an immoral and wrong re-definition of the Rom 1 principle.
That IS "standing on her beliefs". If you understood why and thought as she did, then you would know- even if you personally disagreed.
Jesus in Matt 19:4-6 (See also MARK 10:5-9):
""Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator `made them male and female,' and said, `For this reason A MAN will leave his father and mother and be united to his WIFE, and THE TWO will become one flesh'? So THEY are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.""

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3) You question her being a CHRISTIAN, her SALVATION? THEN, you point fingers and bring up the few slivered words clipped out of context, Greek, etc "don't judge"?
Aren't YOU judging? Yes. Paul in Rom 2 had this to say about such acts of contradiction:
"You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things."
The liberal and pro-homosexuality side love to regularly use the "don't judge", but they do it all of the time against those they disagree with.
I think the New Testament's doctrine on how to become a Christian/saved takes precedence over the liberal feelings-based, modern, agenda-driven mores of PCism.
Eph 2:8-9, Rom 10:9-10, Rom 4-5:1, etc.
What is your definition of a Christian, and how BIBLICAL is it? That's the big question on your accusation against someone who takes the historic, traditional, biblical viewpoint.
You stand as judge over her salvation, based on unbiblical and anti-biblical political/social advancement of the Left?

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4) Live by Jesus' words to "love they [sic- thy] neighbor"? One of the HUGE problems with the Left's propaganda is to smear and demonize those they disagree with and are blind to the contradictions, and bankrupts of their 'reasoning' and misuse of the Bible and more.
WHY is it automatically HATING others if you disagree with their theology, political views, social/moral ideas or sex or relationships? By your line of argument, we cannot disagree with anyone on theology, morality, political/social goals for society! WHY limit it to just homosexuality? Why not premarital sex for heteros? Adultery? Being a Democrat or Repub?
You really should know that one can oppose gay marriage, etc., and not hate - even if they DARE to live those convictions in their business.
WHY have you bought into the shallow smears and illogic of the Left?!
THAT is a solid foundation to JUDGE others like YOU do?

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5) "[D]on't judge"? At all? Like you & the pro-GBLT issues people do to the non-conformists? Inconsistent?
On judging other's doctrine, morality, and the like:
Matt 7:1, Jesus & judging: Greek is 'krino' & has different meanings. Not all judging is same in the Greek (not even in English).
What KIND of judging is in view by Jesus? If one upholds what the BIBLE'S God has already spoken on, it is right to affirm it, share it, and live it. Anything else is disobedience.
The standard isn't a political/social pressure movement that is only about 44-50 years old from the Left & Far Left (Harry Hay/Mattachine Society, Stonewall, etc).
Jesus goes on to say if your taking care of yourself you CAN take the speck out of another person's eye. See Romans 2:1-3 as well.
Jesus later in Matt 7 WARNED of FALSE prophets & to JUDGE claimed prophets by FRUITS of a prophet (their doctrine of God & if they are 100% accurate 100% of the time- Deut 13 & 18). Jesus speaks of immorality, FALSE prophets, etc. You contradict Jesus in context of his own words.
The type of judging he is speaking of is *hypocritical judging. Jesus used the same teaching at another time, and shed light on what he said by saying "You HYPOCRITE".
Jesus is John 7:24 plainly states one can judge in certain ways, as long as it is correct, righteous judging: "JUDGE *righteous* JUDGMENT."
Obviously, if he says to judge in some ways, how to judge, when to judge, he is not demanding sinlessness or perfection before one obeys Jesus here.
How can the CHURCH use church discipline that was instituted by JESUS in Matt 18 & also by apostle Paul in 1 Cor 5 for sin, if Christians cannot 'judge' at all?
John 7:24- JESUS says "JUDGE *righteous* JUDGMENT."
He also pointedly said:
"Why do you call me, `Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say? 47 I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice. [see vss. 48-49]"
The Christian scriptures even state (which I just found) in:
* LUKE 7:43:
""You have judged correctly," Jesus said."
* Rev 2:2- They are commended because they "TESTED" claimed apostles & found them "LIARS/FALSE".
* Acts 17:11- After hearing the apostle Paul preach, the Bereans TESTED/judged "whether" his preaching was right, according to the already written scriptures, and were commended as "more noble-minded" than the others. Christians today should not do less. They cannot do this if they do not 'judge'- decide truth from error.
Eph 4:15- speak TRUTH in love.
One CANNOT obey the language and CONTEXT of Matt. 7, John 7:24, Acts 17:11, Rev 2:2, or affirm the condemnations of those who are immoral, etc., in 1 Cor 6:9-11 without judging in any way - deciding what is right & wrong.
Those without an objective (not subjective) standard of absolute right & wrong, no one has a 'yardstick' to say the bakery was right or wrong.
What is YOUR objective standard of absolute right & wrong to condemn the bakery's actions based on CHRISTIAN convictions?

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6) "Bigotry and rigidity were not part of Jesus' message."
How much of the BIBLE did you study for that answer? Did you just go on slivers of scripture, and the Left's feelings-based picture?
JESUS' OWN WORDS:
* JOHN 7:24: "JUDGE *righteous*' JUDGMENT."
* MATT 5:28: "But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart."
* MATT 7:13-15, 22-23: "Enter through the NARROW gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to DESTRUCTION, and MANY enter through it. But SMALL is the gate and NARROW the road that leads to LIFE, and ONLY A FEW find it.
"WATCH OUT for FALSE prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are FEROCIOUS WOLVES. ...
"Many will say to me on that day ..Then I will tell them plainly, `I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'"
* MATT 11:27: "No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."
* MATT 12:30: "He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters."
* MATT 13:40-43 (also 47-51): "As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear. ...
"Have you understood all these things?" Jesus asked."
~ Can you "hear" him? ~
* MATT 15:19: "For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, SEXUAL IMMORALITY, theft, FALSE testimony, SLANDER [MARK 7:22 includes: "lewdness"]. THESE are what make a man `UNCLEAN'; but eating with unwashed hands does not make him `unclean.'" "
* MATT 18:9: "It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell."
* MATT 23:33: "You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? "
* MATT 24:24 ( See also MARK 13:22): "For false Christs and false prophets will appear"
* MATT 25:41: "Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. ...Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.""
* MARK 8:34-38 (Also LUKE 9:23-26): "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father's glory with the holy angels."
* MARK 9:47-49: "It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, where

"`their worm does not die,
and the fire is not quenched.'

Everyone will be salted with fire."

You really need to do more sound, solid and honest study before parroting the typical talking points of the verbally hypocritical and weak thinking Left.
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Kamis, 03 April 2014

Reviews About Claims: How To Collect Insurance Money Without A Lawyer (Paperback)

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After much difficulty, I finally feel prepared and secure about handling my insurance claim. The book provided detailed information about my responsibilities and about all materials I need in order to negotiate and settle my claim. The book is easy to read and the author makes you feel as though he is sitting there talking to you. I recommend this book to anyone who is presently involved in a claim or anyone who carries insurance and may one day be involved in an accident.
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Reviews About Musculoskeletal Pain Emanating From the Head and Neck: Current Concepts in Diagnosis, Management, and Cost Containment (Hardcover)

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Having treated numerous whiplash victims, and having observed the whiplash controversy from afar, I am continually amazed that some people will not only bring unfair criticism to books like this, but that they will use the opportunity to advertise themselves ("see more about me") so they can make even more money off the whiplash industry. I was rather pleased to buy Allen's book, as it adds fairness and balance to the controversy. I was somewhat surprised that he includes articles by Radanov, Bogduk and Croft, among others.
Interestingly, some people try to use this book to sell themselves to Plaintiff lawyers as hired gun able to deal with defensive 'experts' when they rely on, and vigorously defend Allen's article by using his own book to basically discredit his earlier article. Thanks to Freeman, Croft, Reiser et al's paper later in Spine, some Plaintiff experts have actually been able to reap huge financial rewards, and victimise patients and society at the same time, since they have been hired to serve Plaintiff lawyers and themselves only.
Again, Dr. Murray Allen has a balanced view of whiplash, just as the other international expert, Dr. Ferrari.
I wish that we could find a way to eliminate the 'money-seeking Plaintiff experts' from the academic and medicolegal pool. I get tired of haring the same arguments used for monetary gain and trying to make sure that expert testimony matches what the Plaintiff lawyer wants to hear. Fortunately, the vast majority of care givers do otherwise. I commend Dr. Allen for 'biting his tongue' and letting Dr. Croft have a voice where everyone else has stopped listening to the nonsense thereof. Now, if we just could get someone to wake up Lommell...
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Rabu, 02 April 2014

Rules of the Road: A Plaintiff Lawyer's Guide to Proving Liability (Hardcover)

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Rules of the Road: (Second Edition) A Plaintiff Lawyer's Guide to Proving Liability (Hardcover) I'm relatively new to the trial lawyer business and this book has been really helpful in focusing my thoughts and efforts. Quite frankly, my previous efforts were more about working through a flow chart with the process therein supplying focus. I think this book details a better approach. For those not already familiar ...

This is a book about creating, and adapting "rules" which form the basis of selling your side of the case to a jury. But it is also more than that. It covers handling your own experts and deposing the other side's experts, interrogatories, document requests, opening, closing, crossing, ...

The point is, that you have to keep your focus during every litigation phase. Keeping focused means not getting sucked into the other side's tactics. Especially during depositions and flurries of motions. The rules technique helps - a lot.

Some additional niceness is that the appendixes are prodigious and supply lots of material for jump starting your own case. You'll need to formulate your own rules based on each fact pattern. You'll need to adapt as things change. However, the the price of the book.
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Reviews About My Vast Fortune: An Investor's Fiscal Triumphs and Money Misadventures (Paperback)

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I realize that this book is several years old (the hardback came out in 1997), but the ideas and stories are just as relevant today as they were back then. I found my copy a couple of days ago when I found a box of books that had been packed away for about ten years, picked it up and read it through again and enjoyed it just as much the second time around. You will have to make allowances for dollar amount and current event references, but that (for me anyway) did not detract at all from the book.
A word of warning, this is not a rehash or continuation of his most famous book, "The Only Investment Guide You Will Ever Need", it's pretty much what the title suggests, a recap of his various investments and other related and not-so-related topics, liberally sprinkled with wry and humorous observations. This is a fun book to read, and it's one of the few books of its type that can bring a smile to your face, and maybe even a laugh-out-loud moment or two. And underneath it all, in a low-key sort of way, this book makes you think. And that's a good thing. This might be an olde, but it's definitely a goody.
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Crashing the Tea Party: Mass Media and the Campaign to Remake American Politics (Paperback) Best Review

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My comments are not to be taken as an academic book review or one descriptive of the authors methods and style; but rather comments about the big picture with regards to the advent of the Tea Party.We are indebted to Paul Street and Anthony DiMaggio for presentindg a well stuctured treatise about what many of us already knew. Namely that there is and has been a segment of the country that are well to the right of the political thought of conservative republicans. These people are low information voters who hate being confused by facts they are the same people who resented the policies of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, President Johnson's Affirmative Action Executive Order of 1965, and all the legislation seeking to level the playing field with regards to the groups in our society who have been and are marganized. Tea Party people have always been here, however many Tea Party members are disillusioned, not so much with the government but with their own party as they are beginning to realize they have been used by ultra right millionaires and billionaires who seek to alter political thought in the country. Moreover what started out to be a worthy cause was hijacted by smart money. We know that applied behavorial science research tells us that of all the differences between individuals and groups "color" is most significant. When President Obama was elected all the residual resentments pented up over the years were triggered. The election results, together with the failing economy,the stubborn recession, terrorist scares by former Vice President Chaney, and daily doses of over the top pejorative rants by talking heads at Fox News set the stage. Smart money saw an opportunity to mobilize right wing Republicans, evangelical extremists, and just plain mean and bitter people resentful of a Black Man serving as President and Commander in Chief of the United States into a major political force; with the so called purpose of taking their country back from wasteful liberals. What they really meant subliminally was (from that Black man in our White House). Their intraphic conflict needed an outlet, we began to see this during the 2008 Presidental race with gun toting people carring all kinds of racist signs. The sad part is that many good and decent people were hoodwinked into joining the party believing its purpose was really to get the country's financial house in order. The book is timely but we can expect all sorts of criticisms and denials - however the record speaks for itself just take a look at the current House of Representatives and by all means tune in to Fox News. "Crashing the Tea Party" does a great service to the country, I truly hope it receives adequate reviews, and public attention by the cable news talking heads; the book really does UNCOVER the Tea Party,Thank You.
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Selasa, 01 April 2014

The People's Republic of Capitalism with Ted Koppel (DVD) Best Review

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Let me start with a question:
- Who, in this modern day doesn't know the fact that the US and China are linked to each other at the level of inter-dependency?
This is a fact.
I liked the documentary because it gives clear examples to this fact.

But when it comes to giving examples about the free-speech, better-business etc in China. It fails.
I lived in China about 3.5 years.
I've been to places that no foreigner went before.
No matter where I went, it is crystal clear that the people are really open-minded.
AND NEVER NEEDED TO BRIBE ANYBODY.

I think the main reason for this documentary being so biased is that Ted Koppel is an old man with a rigid China/Chinese format in his mind. He simply cannot deliver the whole picture. He focuses on certain things and he tries to find examples to those things. And, in a society of 1.3 billion, it is not difficult to find any example you want.
In a conversation, the photographer says "I don't love my government, I trust my government". Ted Koppel jumps into this statement. Let me tell you:
- That doesn't mean that the guy "hates" his government. He does not.
- It simply means, I don't need to love my government. Love has got nothing to do with what I expect from my government.

In the interview section (special features) Koppel goes even futher and says something like "people had no sense of humour, they didn't even have a favorite joke etc) in his early visits to China. I'd recommend him to read more about the history of humour in China, Peking Opera etc. Clearly he sees what he wants to see, and shows only that.

As I said, he shows a very strong perjudice against the Chinese government, bribery, corruption etc.

But in terms of economics, the context is very well presented. You should watch this if you need real-life examples for global, US, and Chinese economies.
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