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Jesus told us to beware those who claim messianic authority between his first and second comings. He will come to us the next time not through some person or committee claiming authority from God, but with obvious, indisputable, and unrivaled glory in the eastern skies. What is hidden now, seen only by faith, will be r...
Those who claim earthly rule now by divine appointment are, according to Jesus and his apostles, frauds. That’s true whether they are seeking a murderous rule over a nation, or whether in a more benign setting they are trying to use God’s Word to snuggle up to the local powers-that-be by promising a “Thus saith the Lor...
When you hear a preacher on television tell you some “secret revelation” that God has made known to him or her, watch your wallet. Behind that, there’s usually a ploy for your money or your power. The result of this sort of fraud is not just the manipulation of countless people, but the tearing apart of the name of God...
God has told us how to come into his rule: by following the self-sacrificial way of the crucified Christ. That entails a call to carry the gospel to the nations, not to subdue them for our own gain. That entails a call to consciences to hear and to receive the gospel, not to run over consciences with threats of death o...
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DURHAM — New Hampshire's competition jump rope team, Extreme Air, recently hosted the USA Jump Rope Region 10 Tournament at the Oyster River High School. Members of Extreme Air faced teams from Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island as they vied for the opportunity to compete at the 2011 USA Jump Rope Na...
In single rope pairs freestyle, Bentley and Clough took the top spot in the 13-14 age division. In the female 15-17 age division, Bangrazi and DeMello took 1st place, followed by MacDonald and Kearsey in 2nd.
Presenting a rare no-miss blue ribbon performance in double dutch single freestyle were Jasmyn Senesomebath, Jolena S. and Britt Wicander (12 & under), while teammates Laurel Gordon, Elise Hanley and Naomi Hyzer placed 3rd. Bangrazi, DeMello and E. Gordon also performed an outstanding no-miss routine which earned them ...
In double dutch pairs freestyle, first place was awarded to Berthiaume, Bentley, Clough and Jasmyn S. (13-14) and Bangrazi, DeMello, Kearsey and MacDonald (female 15-17). Second place in the 15-17 open division went to E Gordon, K. Carragher, Elizabeth Harpin and Michelle Jarosz. Emily Fraser, Hyzer, Jolena S. and Lydi...
The team also performed exceptionally well in speed events. In single rope (one minute) speed, the women dominated in the 15-17 age division with the following finishes: Bangrazi (1st), Kearsey (3rd), DeMello (4th) and Harpin (5th). Lauren Sullivan earned 1st place in the 18 & over division, followed by Erika Carragher...
Rocci took 1st place in male triple unders with a score of 145, the highest of the day, while Bangrazi and E. Carragher earned 3rd place for female triple unders in their respective age divisions.
In single rope speed relay, Bangrazi, DeMello, MacDonald and Kearsey earned a blue ribbon in the 15-17 age division achieving the highest score of the day in this event among all age divisions. First place in the 18 & over division went to E. Carragher, K. Carragher, Jarosz and Sullivan (18 & over). Also qualifying in ...
Extreme Air out-performed their competitors in several age divisions in double dutch speed events. The following qualified in double dutch speed relay: E. Carragher, Rocci and Sullivan (2nd, 18 & over), Bangrazi, DeMello and Hodgdon (2nd, 15-17), MacDonald, Jarosz and Seekins (5th, 15-17), Bentley, Clough and E. Gordon...
Extreme Air will present its popular 8th Annual "Friends & Family Night" show on Sunday, May 15th at 4:30 p.m. at the Newmarket High School. This family-friendly jump rope exhibition is open to the general public and admission is free. Guests may purchase a chance to win several exciting raffle prizes or buy a jump rop...
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Without taking steps outlined here, Kentucky faces a train wreck in the next state budget.
State lawmakers and the governor are giving dire warnings of what's coming in the next two-year state budget. In recent reports, they have called the budget "brutal," with officials claiming an unprecedented $1 billion gap between revenues and expenses.
We're now careening toward drastic budget cuts to fill that gap and are told such cuts are an inevitable reckoning. Decision makers claim it’s all due to the size of our pension liabilities — a penance for Kentucky's sins of the past.
While there is no question pension funding has been a problem, some are hyping a “Chicken Little” story on pensions to build pressure for benefit cuts. In reality, our pension obligations are owed over many decades and we have time to nurse the plans to better health. And while there is no question our budget needs are...
Everyone knows Kentucky’s pension plans are poorly funded compared to other states due to decisions made over the last couple of decades to not fully fund them. What's less understood is how much progress we’ve made in the last few years to correct that problem.
Kentucky began making what's called the full actuarially required contribution (ARC) to the Kentucky Employees Retirement System in 2015 and contributed an amount above the ARC in 2017 and 2018. We finally got on track to paying the ARC for the teachers' plan just in 2017.
As new year-end reports of the pension systems show, these payments are getting the plans on the path to better health. We’re finally seeing their assets grow again. Over time, this approach will build the cushion needed to safeguard the benefits owed our public employees and teachers.
Additional monies are needed for pensions in the next budget to stay on track, but only in specially targeted amounts. However, counterproductive pension changes like those proposed last fall would trigger huge additional contributions. Especially expensive ideas are closing the pension plans to new members in favor of...
Abandoning those proposals will close roughly $500 million of the coming budget gap.
Kentucky's revenue fails to keep up with growth in the economy due to too many loopholes and exemptions. We haven't addressed that problem in decades, and doing so has never been more important.
There are many ways to fairly raise new revenue. My organization laid out 50 options in a recent report, and lawmakers in the House have introduced a plan that draws on the best ideas from the 2012 Blue Ribbon Commission.
It’s an especially a good time to look at generating new revenue because of the massive windfall coming to the wealthiest Kentuckians from the federal tax cuts that just became law. The richest 20 percent are set to receive a phenomenal $2.1 billion from the new tax cuts in 2019. The richest 1 percent of Kentuckians, w...
These giveaways were not previously expected, and those at the top already pay a smaller share of their income in state and local taxes than do the rest of Kentuckians. We could easily divert a portion of these tax cuts to Kentucky’s budget, end other loopholes and make changes that would add up to the other $500 milli...
Without taking the steps outlined above, we face a train wreck in the next state budget. Kentucky's problems are serious enough — let’s not turn them into a disaster of our own making.
The Volcker Rule, crafted by regulators 4 1/2 years ago, prohibits banks from using the deposits of customers to fund proprietary trading.
The Stony Brook-based firm began trading on the country's largest stock exchange today under the ticker "APDN."
Some experts say danger signs are flashing, and prices could fall fast.
Schneiderman said Barclays misled investors and other clients by falsely telling them it was taking measures to protect them from predatory high-frequency traders.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is embarking on a broad plan to tackle growing concerns about the impact of high-speed computer-based trading on equity markets.
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IPOs are having their best start to a year since 2000. Eighty-nine companies have raised $19 billion through sales of new stock so far in 2014.
The American Civil Liberties Union said Friday it will challenge the Trump administration’s latest travel ban, the first such legal action to be announced against the new ban.
The ACLU and other groups who had previously sued over the administration’s ban on visitors from six majority-Muslim countries said in a letter Friday to a federal judge in Maryland that they want to amend their existing lawsuit. The groups say the latest version of the ban, the administration’s third, also violates fe...
Trump announced the latest restrictions last weekend after the previous ban expired. The restrictions are targeted at countries that the Department of Homeland Security says fail to share sufficient information with the U.S. or haven’t taken necessary security precautions. The new restrictions impact citizens of Chad, ...
In their two-page letter, the ACLU and others say they want to amend their existing lawsuit to cover the president’s latest proclamation and seek a preliminary injunction “or other relief” suspending the visa and entry restrictions in the proclamation.
Nonprofits connected by a Washington-based hub have spent millions of dollars on TV ads on health care and taxes in key House districts.
A network of secret-money nonprofit groups has spent millions of dollars attacking swing-seat House Republicans on health care and taxes, quietly becoming one of the biggest players in the 2018 political landscape.
The groups have local members and names like Floridians for a Fair Shake, Michigan Families for Economic Prosperity and North Carolinians for a Fair Economy. But they are all linked to one obscure nonprofit in downtown Washington, D.C.: the Sixteen Thirty Fund, which has funneled millions of dollars to progressive caus...
Added together, the Sixteen Thirty Fund groups have been among the most prolific political advertisers of 2018. They have aired 6,885 broadcast TV ads since Jan. 1, according to Advertising Analytics, a TV tracking firm — more than the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and almost as many as Americans for Prosperity, two of the ...
The network, which has spent over $4.6 million on TV alone, has also been one of the top political advertisers in the country on Facebook, according to a POLITICO analysis of data from the social media company’s new political ad archive.
The ads don’t expressly advocate voting against House Republicans, but they do blast incumbents for their votes on Obamacare repeal and the new tax law in more than a dozen congressional districts. The two issues are ones that Democrats want at the forefront of their campaign to take back the House, though keeping the ...
These multimillion-dollar issue ad campaigns have been a hallmark of Republican politics in recent years, especially since 2010, when conservative nonprofits spent millions criticizing House Democrats over Obamacare and cap-and-trade climate change proposals before the fall elections. But this activity shows that the l...
The groups can accept unlimited contributions but do not have to reveal their donors. Tax forms outlining even the most basic details about the nonprofits’ fundraising and spending this year don’t need to be filed until the end of 2019.
This progressive nonprofit network is not the biggest out there — American Action Network, the conservative nonprofit aligned with House Speaker Paul Ryan, raised $41.9 million in its most recent fiscal year, including $24.6 million from a single secret donor, and it has spent millions promoting GOP legislation and mem...
One group, Floridians for a Fair Shake, takes credit for the recent revelation that GOP Rep. Vern Buchanan, a wealthy former businessman serving his sixth term in the House, purchased a yacht soon after voting for the Republican tax bill.
Schecter reached out to his network of contacts, eventually connecting with the Sixteen Thirty Fund and its donors. Eric Kessler, a former staffer in the Clinton administration, is president of the organization. Its board includes several other current and former Democratic political operatives.
56 Democrats outraised GOP incumbents. Here’s where it could make a difference.
The North Carolina nonprofit’s advertising prompted an unusual early response from GOP Rep. George Holding, who began airing his own TV ads blasting the group as a front to elect his Democratic opponent.
POLITICO has identified 12 groups set up through the Sixteen Thirty Fund that have been involved in local health care and tax debates: Arizonans United for Health Care, Colorado United for Families, Floridians for a Fair Shake, Healthcare Voters of Nevada, Keep Iowa Healthy, Mainers Against Health Care Cuts, Michigan F...
The Sixteen Thirty Fund serves as the “fiscal sponsor” of the groups. The groups’ money flows through the parent nonprofit, which also “provides compliance, financial, back office, legal and HR support” to the startup groups, Sixteen Thirty Fund spokeswoman Beth Kanter wrote in an email. Kanter described Sixteen Thirty...
Campaign finance watchdogs say that the setup is reminiscent of some of the biggest secret-money conservative groups, which Democrats have condemned regularly in recent years.
“This kind of structure — a hub of money and then seemingly independent groups that have specific focuses either at local or state level or a particular demography — is a hallmark of the Koch network,” said Robert Maguire, a researcher on political nonprofits at the Center for Responsive Politics.
The network of conservative Koch groups focused on different issues and demographics earlier this decade — 60 Plus Association for seniors, Concerned Veterans for America on veterans — but were all funded through one financial hub, a nonprofit called the Center to Protect Patient Rights, Maguire noted.
“So you could have a certain race, or a certain issue, where it looks like all these different groups are in support of these candidates or issues — when really it’s just one pool of money,” Maguire said.
And because the groups are organized under the umbrella of the Sixteen Thirty Fund and not as standalone nonprofits, their fundraising and spending are even more opaque than those of a typical secret-money group. The “fiscally sponsored” groups, instead of filing individual tax returns that detail their finances, will ...
The Sixteen Thirty Fund has been an active, if behind-the-scenes, player in the early political battles of the Trump administration.
It has raised significant sums from unions, according to Department of Labor records, and it has distributed millions of dollars to the League of Conservation Voters and other progressive groups in recent years, according to its tax filings. But it has also helped launch dozens of offshoots in the past two years alone.
Those offshoots include Demand Justice, the prominent nonprofit fighting to block Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, which is a Sixteen Thirty Fund project, according to D.C. business records. So too are Save My Care, Not One Penny and Tax March, which have conducted nationwide advocacy campaigns against Republican...
In addition to doing big-budget TV advertising, the groups have mobilized activists and demonstrators against Republican incumbents — and sometimes members of the Trump administration — in their districts.
There's yet another lens-swapping Lumix on the block, and it's a mere slip of a thing. The Panasonic Lumix GF3 is the lightest, smallest interchangeable lens camera in Panny's Micro Four Thirds range.
The 12-megapixel GF3 is wrapped up in a rounded aluminium chassis, with a 3-inch touchscreen and built-in pop-up flash.
The touchscreen lets you focus and take a picture by tapping on the screen. It's even smart enough to work out what you're touching on the screen, switching to portrait mode if you touch a face, or tracking your subject and keeping it in focus if it moves.
The dedicated video button is next to the shutter button, which makes sense. It fires up 1080i high definition at 25 frames per second, with Dolby sound and an HDMI socket to watch your videos on your HDTV.
The GF3 is the ninth Micro Four Thirds camera from Panasonic, and it's the smallest and lightest snapper in the range. There are plenty of lenses to choose from these days, including a 3D lens to capture three-dimensional pictures.
Olympus, which has also hitched its wagon to the Micro Four Thirds format, has released five cameras. Samsung's rival NX format includes four cameras, and Sony's NEX format features just three cameras, all very similar.
Panasonic's most recent Micro Four Thirds model is the Lumix G3, which earns itself a highly prestigious Editors' Choice award in our recent review. Keep your eyes on CNET UK to see if the GF3 measures up in a full review, thundering towards you like a gaggle of glamour models spotting a Premier League footballer.
The GF3 comes in boiled-sweet red, frosty white or traditional black. It comes with a 14-42mm F/3.5-5.6 standard zoom lens for £500, a 14mm F/2.5 pancake lens for £550, or both lenses for £630. Panasonic hasn't confirmed when it will hit shops.
The minimal controls at the back of the camera.
The top of the GF3, with handy video-record button.
The GF3 in ice-white. Frosty.
The GF3 in black, showing off the pop-up flash.
Welcome to the Stanley Cup Playoffs Buzz, a daily in-depth look at the 2019 NHL postseason. There were four Game 3s on the schedule Sunday, and two teams moved within one win of a first-round sweep.
Boston Bruins at Toronto Maple Leafs (7 p.m. ET; NBC, CBC, TVAS, NESN): The Maple Leafs may have to play the game without forward Nazem Kadri, who has an in-person hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety on Monday for cross-checking Jake DeBrusk in Game 2. The best-of-7 series is tied 1-1.
Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes (7 p.m. ET; CNBC, SN, TVAS2, FS-CR, NBCSWA): The Hurricanes will play their first home playoff game since 2009, and they need a win, trailing the defending Stanley Cup champions 2-0.
Nashville Predators at Dallas Stars (9:30 p.m. ET; SN, TVAS, FS-SW, FS-TN): The Predators head to Dallas with the series tied 1-1, but they are feeling good about their chances since they went 2-0-0 in American Airlines Arena this season and 22-15-4 on the road.
Calgary Flames at Colorado Avalanche (10 p.m. ET; CNBC, CBC, TVAS2, ALT): Cale Makar, who won the Hobey Baker Award as the best player in the NCAA, could make his NHL debut at Pepsi Center with the series tied 1-1.
New York Islanders 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 1: The Islanders moved within one victory of eliminating the Penguins with the Game 3 win. Robin Lehner made 25 saves for New York, which is looking for its first series sweep since defeating the Edmonton Oilers in the 1983 Stanley Cup Final.
Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 1: The Blue Jackets moved within one win of a sweep after defeating the Lightning in Game 3. Columbus is the second team in NHL history to take a 3-0 series lead in the first round against the Presidents' Trophy winner, joining the Los Angeles Kings, who defeated the Vancouv...
Winnipeg Jets 6, St. Louis Blues 3: Kyle Connor scored twice to help the Jets to the Game 3 win, their first of the series. Patrik Laine and Dustin Byfuglien each had a goal and an assist, and Connor Hellebuyck made 26 saves for the Jets. David Perron, Vladimir Tarasenko and Alexander Steen scored, and Jordan Binningto...
Vegas Golden Knights 6, San Jose Sharks 3: Mark Stone scored the first hat trick of his NHL career to help the Golden Knights take a 2-1 series lead. Stone, who was acquired by Vegas in a trade from the Ottawa Senators on Feb. 25, also had two assists, and Paul Stastny scored two goals and had three assists for the Gol...
Not only has it been difficult for the Penguins to take a lead in the first three games of their best-of-7 series against the Islanders, they haven't been able to protect a lead once they do get it. That doomed them again in Game 3. Penguins forward Garrett Wilson scored the opening goal at 12:54 of the first period, b...
The Islanders knew Penguins fans would bring the noise at the start of Game 3 with hopes of helping them get back in this series. But after allowing the first goal, New York silenced the crowd when Eberle and Nelson scored 1:02 apart in the first period to give the Islanders a lead they would not relinquish.
It might wind up being a case of too little, too late, but the Lightning found their skating legs and ways to make plays through the middle of the neutral zone and the offensive zone in the third period of Game 3. It's at least a formula for success, something for them to build on as they try to start climbing the moun...
Columbus has found the balance between playing aggressive, physical and fast, while staying disciplined. It's maybe the most important balance a team can find against the Lightning because of their potent power play. The Blue Jackets didn't give Tampa Bay a single power play opportunity in Game 3. Their only two penalt...
The Jets had shown some measure of frustration after losing the first two games against the Blues at home. But Winnipeg was the third-highest scoring team in the Western Conference this season, with 270 goals, and captain Blake Wheeler said after the morning skate Sunday that offense was not his worry, that defense was...
The Blues couldn't find their speed, tenacity or close gaps in Game 3, things they used to win Games 1 and 2 in Winnipeg. Coach Craig Berube warned after the morning skate that nobody expected everything in the series to go St. Louis's way, that the Jets would have a response, and he was correct. But don't expect the B...
That's six more goals against for San Jose goalie Martin Jones, after he allowed three on seven shots and was pulled in Game 2. Coach Peter DeBoer didn't pull Jones in Game 3 for what would have been the sixth time in 16 games against Vegas, but the Sharks have to figure this out. Jones had a poor season, has a poor tr...
The Golden Knights are 4-for-13 on the power play (30.8 percent) in three games. And not only have they held the Sharks to 3-for-16 on the power play (18.8 percent), they've scored two shorthanded goals. The theory entering the series was that Vegas was better off 5-on-5, and that might still be true over the long term...
Like many other women, Christina El Moussa says that she had a very rough time in her first trimester of pregnancy.
Earlier today, the Flip or Flop star shared a photo of herself as a well as a lengthy post that explained her first trimester troubles. In the solo shot, El Moussa stands against a wooden door as she holds her hand just over her growing belly. The mother of two looks casual in a pair of black leggings as well as a tigh...
On the bottom, she goes barefoot and on top, she wears her long, blonde locks slightly curled. To go along with the image, El Moussa wrote a long post that explains to fans the tough first few weeks of pregnancy that she endured.
Christina goes on to say that she is going to try and enjoy her second trimester as much as she can while it’s here. To end the post, she thanks her husband, Ant Anstead, for all of his support, especially seeing as though the couple just got married. Now, she is officially 15 weeks pregnant and she says that they foun...
@ant_anstead and I are so excited to announce #babyanstead coming this September!! The kids are all so excited to meet their new sibling ♥️ #5 #Gonnaneedabiggercar! ???? ????

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