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"Daily Motivations"

Become a hunter of blessings, actively seeking them out in every experience and person you encounter. -- Kate Nowak



"Daily Devotions" (NASB and/or NLT)

Despairing Parents My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word (Psalms 119:28). God is our source of strength when we come to our wit's end.

"'For I know the plans I have for you,' says the LORD. 'They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.'" (Jeremiah 29:11)



"The Patriot Post"

"Every child in America should be acquainted with his own country. He should read books that furnish him with ideas that will be useful to him in life and practice. As soon as he opens his lips, he should rehearse the history of his own country." -- Noah Webster, On the Education of Youth in America, 1788

"Without wishing to damp the ardor of curiosity or influence the freedom of inquiry, I will hazard a prediction that, after the most industrious and impartial researchers, the longest liver of you all will find no principles, institutions or systems of education more fit in general to be transmitted to your posterity than those you have received from your ancestors." -- John Adams, letter to the young men of the Philadelphia, 7 May 1798

"Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness." -- George Washington, Circular to the States, 9 May 1753

"A fondness for power is implanted, in most men, and it is natural to abuse it, when acquired." -- Alexander Hamilton, The Farmer Refuted, 23 February 1775



"Simple Truths"

WEATHER REPORT
BJ Gallagher

"Any day I'm vertical is a good day" ....that's what I always say.

If you ask me, "How are you?"

I'll answer, "GREAT!" because in saying so, I make it so.

When Life gives me dark clouds and rain, I appreciate the moisture that brings a soft curl to my hair.

When Life gives me sunshine, I gratefully turn my face up to feel its warmth on my cheeks.

When Life brings fog, I hug my sweater around me and give thanks for the cool shroud of mystery that makes the familiar seem different and intriguing.

When Life brings snow, I dash outside to catch the first flakes on my tongue, relishing the icy miracle that is a snowflake.

Life's events and experiences are like the weather - they come and go, no matter what my preference.

So, what the heck?! I might as well decide to enjoy them. For indeed, there IS a time for every purpose under Heaven. And each season brings its own unique blessings.



"The Web"

President Barack Obama plans to announce an escalation in Afghanistan in a speech at the White House on Friday morning, committing 4,200 more troops and hundreds more civilians, and embracing a new system of benchmarks to measure progress.

“He’s gone all in,” said an official briefed on the plan. “This is Obama’s war. He’s pushed all the chips to the center of the table.”

A patriot, that lovely lass.... Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has introduced legislation that would "bar the dollar from being replaced by any foreign currency." - Just as a cousin and friend told me on this last Wednesday that with President Obama even discussiing this issue in his news conference, it was at least being considered. Call, write, or e-mail the White House, your US Senators, and your Representative. Tell each of your support of this legislation. - oyh



Bachmann bill would ban global currency

by Eric Zimmermann

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has introduced legislation that would "bar the dollar from being replace by any foreign currency." A statement from Bachmann's website:

“Yesterday, during a Financial Services Committee hearing, I asked Secretary Geithner if he would denounce efforts to move towards a global currency and he answered unequivocally that he would," said Bachmann. "And President Obama gave the nation the same assurances. But just a day later, Secretary Geithner has left the option on the table. I want to know which it is. The American people deserve to know."

On Monday, Geithner and Bernanke both rejected the idea of a global currency in Congressional testimony. But in remarks to the Council on Foreign Relations yesterday, Geithner indicated he was open to the idea.



Top 100 Recipients of Federal Contract Awards for "FY 2009" - For details with each company, click onto "dollars amount" below. - oyh

http://www.usaspending.gov/fpds/tables.php?tabtype=t2&subtype=t&year=2009

Table sorted by dollars: re-sort using column headers

FY 2009 Rank Parent Company Name Dollars % of total
1 Lockheed Martin Corporation $3,379,884,409 7.600%
2 The Boeing Company $1,239,857,709 2.788%
3 Northrop Grumman Corporation $955,176,641 2.148%
4 Government of The United States $887,550,984 1.996%
5 Bechtel Group, Inc $788,229,192 1.772%
6 Los Alamos National Security LLC $731,898,741 1.646%
7 Kbr, Inc. $663,675,299 1.492%
8 United Space Alliance LLC $588,624,210 1.324%
9 Raytheon Company $578,127,560 1.300%
10 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC $568,951,386 1.279%
11 McDermott International, Inc. $528,756,811 1.189%
12 Humana Inc. $513,318,318 1.154%
13 General Dynamics Corporation $497,886,757 1.120%
14 Merck & Co., Inc. $494,259,977 1.111%
15 Computer Sciences Corporation $484,463,918 1.089%
16 Alliance For Sustainable Energy, LLC $484,089,746 1.089%
17 URS Corporation $470,932,147 1.059%
18 L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. $410,043,560 0.922%
19 Ut-Battelle, LLC $396,166,223 0.891%
20 Saic, Inc. $375,248,253 0.844%
21 Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Y-12, LLC $343,645,802 0.773%
22 Harris Corporation $343,448,093 0.772%
23 Ch2m Hill Companies, Ltd. $335,974,626 0.755%
24 International Business Machines Corporation $328,358,670 0.738%
25 Bae Systems PLC $312,376,897 0.702%
26 Bearingpoint, Inc. $300,101,898 0.675%
27 Wyeth $293,600,167 0.660%
28 Honeywell International Inc $290,656,270 0.654%
29 Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. $273,648,467 0.615%
30 General Electric Company $263,278,894 0.592%
31 United Technologies Corporation $262,371,892 0.590%
32 Afinsa Bienes Tangibles SA $246,587,720 0.554%
33 Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, Lls $244,189,013 0.549%
34 Valero Energy Corporation $234,721,965 0.528%
35 Alliant Techsystems Inc. $222,841,402 0.501%
36 SANOFI PASTEUR MSD S.N.C. SIGLE SPMSD $218,501,031 0.491%
37 General Motors Corporation $217,735,426 0.490%
38 Triwest Healthcare Alliance Corp. $217,072,477 0.488%
39 Health Net, Inc. $214,786,925 0.483%
40 Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Pantex, L L C $210,535,196 0.473%
41 The Shaw Group Inc $209,413,712 0.471%
42 State of California $203,145,588 0.457%
43 Macandrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. $200,913,424 0.452%
44 Battelle Memorial Institute Inc $199,802,259 0.449%
45 Glaxosmithkline PLC $198,945,686 0.447%
46 Associated Universities Inc $191,453,283 0.431%
47 Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. $190,296,485 0.428%
48 Hewlett-Packard Company $180,632,011 0.406%
49 Battelle Memoral Instit $179,213,415 0.403%
50 RUSSIA SPACE AGENCY (unknown parent company, no D&B number) $173,058,538 0.389%
51 National Security Technologies, LLC $171,023,068 0.385%
52 Siemens AG $170,251,469 0.383%
53 Uchicago Argonne, LLC $168,216,993 0.378%
54 G4S PLC $157,098,355 0.353%
55 Unisys Corporation $151,273,761 0.340%
56 Aerospace Testing Alliance $148,986,962 0.335%
57 Washington River Protection Solutions LLC $148,590,715 0.334%
58 A.P. M›ller - M‘rsk A/S $147,941,754 0.333%
59 Fermi Research Alliance LLC $140,641,582 0.316%
60 Leland Stanford Junior University $127,225,559 0.286%
61 Akal Security, Inc $117,156,469 0.263%
62 Bechtel Jacobs Company LLC $112,153,056 0.252%
63 Forfeiture Support Associates LLC $111,813,680 0.251%
64 Fluor Corporation $109,686,731 0.247%
65 Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. $103,213,264 0.232%
66 Indyne, Inc. $102,900,590 0.231%
67 Mitsui & Co. Precious Metals, Inc. $102,486,040 0.230%
68 Arctic Slope Regional Corporation $102,462,073 0.230%
69 Ford Motor Company $93,764,968 0.211%
70 Chenega Corporation $91,088,950 0.205%
71 Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin, Inc. $88,648,595 0.199%
72 Management & Training Corporation $88,078,883 0.198%
73 ITT Corporation $88,002,434 0.198%
74 Nfs Service LLC $87,004,400 0.196%
75 Dyncorp International Inc. $84,415,400 0.190%
76 Sgt, Inc. $84,121,493 0.189%
77 Westat, Inc. $82,639,637 0.186%
78 Verizon Communications Inc. $78,554,109 0.177%
79 Hopkins Johns University $78,218,922 0.176%
80 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. $77,011,985 0.173%
81 P.J. Dick Incorporated $75,802,000 0.170%
82 General Atomic Technologies Corporation $74,737,590 0.168%
83 Ceradyne, Inc. $73,119,130 0.164%
84 Accenture Ltd $71,842,586 0.162%
85 Highmark Inc. $71,134,714 0.160%
86 Perot Systems Corporation $70,930,852 0.160%
87 The Mitre Corporation $70,835,999 0.159%
88 Tl Industries, Inc. $70,048,141 0.158%
89 Caci International Inc $69,981,156 0.157%
90 Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation $67,938,542 0.153%
91 Sra International, Inc. $67,485,392 0.152%
92 Chugach Alaska Corporation $65,415,581 0.147%
93 Xerox Corporation $64,991,918 0.146%
94 Corrections Corporation of America $64,202,196 0.144%
95 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority $63,965,623 0.144%
96 Crossland Construction Company, Inc. $62,539,000 0.141%
97 Sunshine Minting, Inc. $62,096,153 0.140%
98 Hensel Phelps Construction Co $61,506,975 0.138%
99 Premier Office Complex, LLC $60,934,400 0.137%
100 Security Consultants Group Inc $60,511,029 0.136%
-- Total for top 100 $27,103,139,946 60.946%
-- All others (includes 52,527 other contractors) $17,367,462,000 39.054%
-- Total $44,470,601,946 100%

The contracts database is compiled from the FPDS-NG system. For timeliness details, please see the Data Quality tab.

Note: The numbers in this table can change after each data load. Transactions included in a data load can impact numbers for the current and previous fiscal years.

The data housed on USASpending.gov is provided by Federal agencies. Please refer to the Data Quality site for information about the current status of data quality. USASpending.gov is continuously developing ways



Holy Man Conversation with the Lord

A holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said, “Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like.”

The Lord led the holy man to two doors. He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked in. In the middle of the room was a large round table. In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew which smelled delicious and made the holy man’s mouth water. The people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be famished. They were holding spoons with very long handles that were strapped to their arms and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful, but because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths. The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering. The Lord said, “You have seen Hell.”

They went to the next room and opened the door. It was exactly the same as the first one. There was the large round table with the large pot of stew which made the holy man’s mouth water. The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons, but here the people were well nourished and plump, laughing and talking.

The holy man said, “I don’t understand.”

“It is simple” said the Lord, “it requires but one skill. You see, they have learned to feed each other, while the greedy think only of themselves.” When Jesus died on the cross he was thinking of you!



Dodd's Wife a Former Director of Bermuda-Based IPC Holdings, an AIG Controlled Company - Just how corrupt is Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn)? Is there anything Sen. Dodd will fail to do enriching his own personal gain; at taxpayers expense?

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/03/dodds_wife_a_former_director_o.html

By Kevin Rennie

No wonder Senator Christopher Dodd (D-Conn) went wobbly last week when asked about his February amendment ratifying hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses to executives at insurance giant AIG. Dodd has been one of the company's favorite recipients of campaign contributions. But it turns out that Senator Dodd's wife has also benefited from past connections to AIG as well.

From 2001-2004, Jackie Clegg Dodd served as an "outside" director of IPC Holdings, Ltd., a Bermuda-based company controlled by AIG. IPC, which provides property casualty catastrophe insurance coverage, was formed in 1993 and currently has a market cap of $1.4 billion and trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol IPCR. In 2001, in addition to a public offering of 15 million shares of stock that raised $380 million, IPC raised more than $109 million through a simultaneous private placement sale of 5.6 million shares of stock to AIG - giving AIG a 20% stake in IPC. (AIG sold its 13.397 million shares in IPC in August, 2006.)

Clegg was compensated for her duties to the company, which was managed by a subsidiary of AIG. In 2003, according to a proxy statement, Clegg received $12,000 per year and an additional $1,000 for each Directors' and committee meeting she attended. Clegg served on the Audit and Investment committees during her final year on the board.
IPC paid millions each year to other AIG-related companies for administrative and other services. Clegg was a diligent director. In 2003, the proxy statement report, she attended more than 75% of board and committee meetings. This while she served as the managing partner of Clegg International Consultants, LLC, which she created in 2001, the year she joined the board of IPC. (See Dodd's public financial disclosure reports with the Senate from 2001-2004 here.)

Dodd is likely more familiar with the complicated workings of AIG than he was letting on last week. This week may provide him with another opportunity to refresh his recollections.

Kevin Rennie, a former Republican state senator, is a columnist for the Hartford Courant. He can be reached at kfrennie@yahoo.com.



The Lost Books of the Bible

Books Mentioned, But Not Found, In The Bible There are, at least, twenty-eight books mentioned in the Bible, but not included.

Book of Jasher Here
Joshua 10:13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
2 Samuel 1:18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)

Book of Enoch Here
Jude 1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,

The Manner of the Kingdom / Book of Statutes (Missing)
1 Samuel 10:25 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

Book of Samuel the Seer (Missing)
1 Chronicles 29:29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,

Nathan the Prophet (Missing)
1 Chronicles 29:29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,

2 Chronicles 9:29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

The Book of the Acts of Solomon (Missing)
1 Kings 11:41 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?

Shemaiah the Prophet (Missing)
2 Chronicles 12:15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

Prophecy of Abijah (Missing)
2 Chronicles 9:29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

Story of Prophet Iddo (Missing)
2 Chronicles 13:22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.

Visions of Iddo the Seer (Missing)
2 Chronicles 9:29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

Iddo Genealogies (Missing)
2 Chronicles 12:15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

Book of Jehu (Missing)
2 Chronicles 20:34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.

Sayings of the Seers Here
2 Chronicles 33:19 His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.

Book of the Covenant (Missing)
Exodus 24:7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient.
There are those that believe the Book of the Covenant is found in Exodus chapters 20 through 23. There are no authoritative sources for this text.

Book of the Wars of the Lord (Missing)
Numbers 21:14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,
Certain sources believe that this is to be found by drawing text from several Old Testament books. There are no authoritative sources for this text.

Book of Gad the Seer (Missing)
1 Chronicles 29:29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,

Epistle to Corinth Here
1 Corinthians 5:9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:

Epistle to the Ephesians (Missing)
Ephesians 3:3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, 4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)

Epistle from Laodicea to the Colossians (Missing)
Colossians 4:16 And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.

Nazarene Prophecy Source (Missing)
Matthew 2:23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.

Acts of Uziah (Missing)
2 Chronicles 26:22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.

The Annals of King David (Missing)
1 Chronicles 27:24 Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the men but did not finish. Wrath came on Israel on account of this numbering, and the number was not entered in the book of the annals of King David.

Jude, the Missing Epistle (Missing)
Jude 1:3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

Chronicles of King Ahasuerus (Missing)
Esther 2:23 And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
Esther 6:1 On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia (Missing)
Esther 10:2 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?



He took my place…..

One day, a man went to visit a church, He got there early, parked his car and got out. Another car pulled up near the driver got out and said, " I always park there! You took my place!"

The visitor went inside for Sunday School, found an empty seat and sat down. A young lady from the church approached him and stated, "That's my seat! You took my place!" The visitor was somewhat distressed by this rude welcome, but said nothing. After Sunday School, the visitor went into the sanctuary and sat down. Another member walked up to him and said, " That's where I always sit! You took my place!"

The visitor was even more troubled by this treatment, but still He said nothing.

Later as the congregation was praying for Christ to dwell among them, the visitor stood up, and his appearance began to change.

Horrible scars became visible on his hands and on his sandaled feet.

Someone from the congregation noticed him and called out, "What happened to you?"

The visitor replied, as his hat became a crown of thorns, and a tear fell from his eye,

"I took your place."



"The e-mail Bag"

A Cherokee Indian youth's rite of passage ( a legend )

Do you know the legend of the Cherokee Indian youth's rite of passage?

His father takes him into the forest, blindfolds him and leaves him alone.

He is required to sit on a stump the whole night and not remove the blindfold until the rays of the morning sun shine through it. He cannot cry out for help to anyone. Once he survives the night, he is a MAN. He cannot tell the other boys of this experience, because each lad must come into manhood on his own.

The boy is naturally terrified. He can hear all kinds of noises. Wild beasts must surely be all around him. Maybe even some human might do him harm. The wind blew the grass and earth, and shook his stump, but he sat stoically, never removing the blindfold. It would be the only way he could become a man.

Finally, after a horrific night the sun appeared and he removed his blindfold. It was then that he discovered his father sitting on the stump near to him. He had been at watch the entire night, protecting his son from harm.

We, too, are never alone. Even when we don't know it, our Heavenly Father is watching over us, sitting on the stump beside us. When trouble comes, all we have to do is reach out to Him.



A turkey was chatting with a bull.

'I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree' sighed the turkey, 'but I haven't got the energy.' 'Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?' replied the bull. They're packed with nutrients.'

The turkey pecked at a lump of dung, and found it actually gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree.

The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch.

Finally after a fourth night, the turkey was proudly perched at the top of the tree.

He was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot him out of the tree.

Moral of the story: Bull Shit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there..