Embattled Michigan Supreme Court judge to quit amid ethics probe

(Reuters) - A Michigan Supreme Court justice announced plans on Monday to step down from the bench after a judicial watchdog accused her of "blatant and brazen" ethics violations in a series of real-estate deals and filed an emergency petition for her suspension.

Attorneys for Justice Diane Hathaway, who is already the target of a federal complaint alleging mortgage fraud, informed the court on Monday she would resign effective January 21, according to a Michigan Supreme Court spokeswoman - nearly four years before her term expires.

The attorneys told the court that Hathaway, who was elected to the high court in 2008, would recuse herself from all official business until then, the spokeswoman said.

In a statement, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said he expected Governor Rick Snyder to quickly appoint a successor.

The announcement of Hathaway's pending resignation came after the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission filed an 18-page complaint against her with the Michigan Supreme Court, accusing her of fraudulently concealing assets when she and her husband sold a home in the Detroit suburbs in 2011 in a so-called "short sale."

The complaint alleges the couple lied to their lender when they sold the property for about $600,0000 less than they owed on it and, citing financial hardship, persuaded the bank to forgive the outstanding loan principal.

The commission said Hathaway and her husband engaged in a series of sham transactions, temporarily transferring other properties they owned to relatives to hide assets from the bank.

One of those deals, the sale of a property in Windermere, Florida, with an assessed value of $664,682 to Hathaway's stepdaughter for $10, has drawn scrutiny from federal prosecutors.

In November, they filed a civil forfeiture complaint against Hathaway and her husband in federal court in Florida, seeking forfeiture of the Windermere home.

In the complaint, prosecutors allege Hathaway and her husband "systematically and fraudulently transferred property and hid assets" to support the claim they could not pay off the mortgage on the home in suburban Detroit.

"Given the gravity of ongoing federal allegations and today's unprecedented Judicial Tenure Commission complaint, it is in the people's best interest that Justice Hathaway step down," State Attorney General Schuette said in a statement.

Before being elected to the Michigan Supreme Court, Hathaway, a Democrat, served for 16 years as a judge on the Wayne County Circuit Court.

A call to Hathaway's attorney, Steve Fishman, for comment was not immediately returned on Monday.

But in a response to the federal complaint in the fall, Fishman said Hathaway and her husband relied on the advice of an attorney during the short sale process and that the bank either did know or should have known about the property transfer.

Shortly after the short sale of the Detroit property, Hathaway's stepdaughter transferred the Florida property back to the couple for $10.

Hathaway and her husband have not been charged with any crime.

(Reporting by James B. Kelleher; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and M.D. Golan)

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What it takes to honor Richard Ben Cramer

By Walter Shapiro

Tuesday had been reserved for pleasure reading under the flimsy guise of work. For probably the fifth or sixth time, I was going to read large chunks of ?What It Takes,? Richard Ben Cramer?s monumental 1,047-page portrait of six men who sought the presidency in 1988.

What explains the enduring appeal of a book about the run-up to a dispiriting election that featured the awkwardly patrician George Bush versus the awkwardly meritocratic Michael Dukakis? Cramer etched a psychologically revealing account of what it takes to run for president, and he wrote it with such brio, with such humor, that it is a delight to simply savor the words.

That is why I assigned the book to the students in a political science seminar that I am teaching at Yale this semester. My herculean challenge for Tuesday lay in picking the best sections. But how do you choose among Bush in a bulletproof vest struggling to throw out the first pitch at the 1986 All-Star game, a manic Joe Biden enthralled with his Delaware real-estate adventures or the dark humor of the perpetually wounded Bob Dole (?the Bobster? in Cramer?s telling)?

Instead, I awoke Tuesday to the wrenching news that Cramer died of lung cancer Monday night at the age of 62. There are moving tributes by those who knew him far better than I did. But Cramer blurbed the book that I had written on the 2004 campaign. That was an enduring honor because?more than any other author, more than any other journalist?Cramer in ?What It Takes? shaped how I look at the men and women who put their egos on the line in the quest for the White House.

Leafing at random through ?What It Takes,? searching for inspiration to write this appreciation, I stumbled upon, in the space of a few minutes, two memorable descriptions:

George W. Bush (then known as ?Junior?), the scapegrace son of the vice president, chafing over how White House staffers and his brother Jeb had gotten the good box seats at the All-Star game: ?Junior was the Roman candle of the family, bright, hot, a sparkler?and the likeliest to burn his fingers. He had all the old man?s high spirits, but none of his sense of accommodation.?

Those words, written in the late 1980s, provided a dead-on preview of George W. Bush?s presidency.

Here is Cramer writing about how Joe Biden, living on his Senate salary, acquired his Wilmington dream house: ?By the time Joe?s finished talking, it wouldn?t matter if he didn?t have a thousand dollars cash ... in fact, that no one would see any cash for years. When Joe Biden starts talking deal, he?ll talk that deal until it?s shimmering before your eyes in God?s holy light ... like the Taj Mahal ... Where do I sign??

Even though it was written more than two decades ago, that seems an apt summary of Biden?s recent negotiating style in hammering out the "fiscal cliff" agreement with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Cramer wasn?t just a press-box wise guy with perfect pitch for description. Those word pictures of George W. Bush and Biden were eerily accurate because Cramer earned them. The book, which took six years to write, was based on interviews with more than 1,000 people. These portraits were the distillation of painstaking research.

Cramer did something else that cuts against the grain of political reporting, both then and now. He not only read back quotes, but he let the candidates (or their top aides) see what was written about them before it was published. His goal was accuracy. Not just the factual accuracy of copying something correctly in a notebook, but the emotional accuracy of making sure that a passage or an anecdote was truthful.

Maybe Cramer was lucky. There was neither a demagogue nor a raging incompetent among the six 1988 candidates he wrote about (Bush, Dole, Dukakis, Biden, Gary Hart and Dick Gephardt). The sexual scandal that sunk Hart (a trip to Bimini with would-be model Donna Rice aboard a boat called ?Monkey Business?) proved tame compared to the furors that Bill Clinton later survived as both a candidate and a president. And, yes, Biden was driven out of the presidential race for stealing autobiographical lines from British politician Neil Kinnock. But nothing prompted Cramer to lose respect for his biographical subjects as people.

It was that empathy that allowed Cramer to get close to them as politicians. The odyssey that produced ?What It Takes? did not begin with gold-plated access. Instead, as Cramer explained in a 1992 C-Span interview with Brian Lamb, he quickly learned that his story was not centered in Washington. Rather, he said, ?I started talking to their schoolmates and their sisters and brothers ... and their first employers and their Cub Scout leaders and their teachers and their law school buddies and college roommates.?

As a result of this approach, Cramer said, ?By the time I got back to the candidates on the campaign trail, I wasn't asking them how many points did they need in Iowa. I was asking them about their Aunt Lucy or their Aunt Gladys.? Presidential candidates have grown increasingly adept at hiding from the press, but many of the questions that they do answer have the shelf life of a tweet.

It was difficult in 1988 to be a different-drummer reporter asking biographical questions, and it is even harder now. Campaigns are constructed around staged events and a traveling press corps is walled off from the candidate. That may, in theory, be a prudent strategy, but it means that candidates like Mitt Romney (and, yes, Barack Obama) become little more than abstract, symbolic figures.

The realities of 21st century politics suggest that another book like ?What It Takes? will never be written. Bickering aides and sentences like ?David Axelrod was angry? are the ingredients for modern campaign best-sellers. But there are lasting truths about who the presidential candidates are and where they came from that are still available. That is, if you start early enough and are willing, like Richard Ben Cramer, to take the less traveled route.

If you care about politics or journalism, if you care about the Bush family or Joe Biden, do me a favor. Just pick up a copy of ?What It Takes? and read a few pages (and hopefully a few chapters) at random. That would be a fitting memorial to its author.

It will also be a reminder of what political journalism once was?and, in the right talented hands, could be again in 2016.

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Will game live up to hype in BCS championship?

Alabama head coach Nick Saban and Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly pose with The Coaches' Trophy during a news conference for the BCS National Championship college football game Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, in Miami. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Alabama head coach Nick Saban and Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly pose with The Coaches' Trophy during a news conference for the BCS National Championship college football game Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, in Miami. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

An artist puts the finishing touches on the BCS National Championship logo on the beach Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Notre Dame takes on Alabama for the National Championship in an NCAA college football game on Monday night. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Alabama head coach Nick Saban and Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly pose with The Coaches' Trophy during a news conference for the BCS National Championship college football game Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, in Miami. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly speaks during a news conference for the BCS National Championship college football game Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, in Miami. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o kisses The Coaches' Trophy after Media Day for the BCS National Championship college football game Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, in Miami. Notre Dame faces Alabama in Monday's championship game.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

MIAMI (AP) ? Sometimes, the buildup to a game can overwhelm what actually happens on the field.

Certainly, No. 1 Notre Dame and No. 2 Alabama would have to play nothing less than a classic to live up to all the hype for Monday night's BCS championship.

Before either team stepped on the field in balmy South Florida, this was shaping up as one of the most anticipated games in years, a throwback to the era when Keith Jackson & Co. called one game a week, when it was a big deal for teams from different parts of the country to meet in a bowl game, when everyone took sides based on where they happened to live.

North vs. South. Rockne vs. Bear. Rudy vs. Forrest Gump.

The Fighting Irish vs. the Crimson Tide.

College football's two most storied programs, glorified in movie and song, facing off for the biggest prize.

"It's definitely not any other game," said Alabama linebacker C.J. Mosley.

For the Crimson Tide (12-1), this is a chance to be remembered as a full-fledged dynasty. Alabama will be trying to claim its third national championship in four years and become the first school to win back-to-back BCS titles, a remarkable achievement given the ever-increasing parity of the college game and having to replace five players from last year's title team who were picked in the first two rounds of the NFL draft.

"To be honest, I think this team has kind of exceeded expectations," coach Nick Saban said Sunday. "If you look at all the players we lost last year, the leadership that we lost ... I'm really proud of what this team was able to accomplish."

That said, it's not a huge surprise to find Alabama playing for another title. That's not the case when it comes to Notre Dame.

Despite their impressive legacy, the Fighting Irish (12-0) weren't even ranked at the start of the season. But overtime wins against Stanford and Pittsburgh, combined with three other victories by a touchdown or less, gave Notre Dame a shot at its first national title since 1988.

After so many lost years, the golden dome has reclaimed its luster in coach Brian Kelly's third season.

"It starts with setting a clear goal for the program," Kelly said. "Really, what is it? Are we here to get to a bowl game, or are we here to win national championships? So the charge immediately was to play for championships and win a national championship."

Both Notre Dame and Alabama have won eight Associated Press national titles, more than any other school. They are the bluest of the blue bloods, the programs that have long set the bar for everyone else even while enduring some droughts along the way.

ESPN executives were hopeful of getting the highest ratings of the BCS era. Tickets were certainly at a premium, with a seat in one of the executive suites going for a staggering $60,000 on StubHub the day before the game, and even a less-than-prime spot in the corner of the upper deck requiring a payout of more than $900.

"This is, to me, the ultimate match-up in college football," said Brent Musberger, the lead announcer for ESPN.

Kelly molded Notre Dame using largely the same formula that has worked so well for Saban in Tuscaloosa: a bruising running game and a stout defense, led by Heisman Trophy finalist Manti Te'o.

"It's a little bit old fashioned in the sense that this is about the big fellows up front," Kelly said. "It's not about the crazy receiving numbers or passing yards or rushing yards. This is about the big fellas, and this game will unquestionably be decided up front."

While points figure to be at a premium given the quality of both defenses, Alabama appears to have a clear edge on offense. The Tide has the nation's highest-rated passer (AJ McCarron), two 1,000-yard rushers (Eddie Lacy and T.J. Yeldon), a dynamic freshman receiver (Amari Cooper), and three linemen who made the AP All-America team (first-teamers Barrett Jones and Chance Warmack, plus second-teamer D.J. Fluker).

"That's football at its finest," said Te'o, who heads a defense that has given up just two rushing touchdowns. "It's going to be a great challenge, and a challenge that we look forward to."

The Crimson Tide had gone 15 years without a national title when Saban arrived in 2007, the school's fifth coach in less than a decade (including one, Mike Price, who didn't even made it to his first game in Tuscaloosa). Finally, Alabama got it right.

In 2008, Saban landed one of the greatest recruiting classes in school history, a group that has already produced eight NFL draft picks and likely will send at least three more players to the pros (including Jones). The following year, the coach guided Alabama to a perfect season, beating Texas in the title game at Pasadena.

Last season, the Tide fortuitously got a shot at another BCS crown despite losing to LSU during the regular season and failing to even win its division in the Southeastern Conference. In a rematch against the Tigers, Alabama romped to a 21-0 victory at the Superdome.

The all-SEC matchup gave the league an unprecedented six straight national champions, hastening the end of the BCS. It will last one more season before giving way to a four-team playoff in 2014, an arrangement that was undoubtedly pushed along by one conference hoarding all the titles under the current system.

"Let's be honest, people are probably getting tired of us," Jones said. "We don't really mind. We enjoy being the top dog and enjoy kind of having that target on our back, and we love our conference. Obviously, we'd rather not be a part of any other conference."

This title game certainly has a different feel than last year's.

"That was really kind of a weird national championship because it was a team we already played," Jones remembered. "It was kind of another SEC game. It was in the South, and it just had a very SEC feel to it obviously. This year is much more like the 2009 game (against Texas) for me. We're playing an opponent that not only we have not played them, but no one we have played has played them. So you don't really have an exact measuring stick."

In fact, these schools have played only six times, and not since 1987, but the first of their meetings is still remembered as one of the landmark games in college football history. Bear Bryant had one of his best teams at the 1973 Sugar Bowl, but Ara Parseghian and the Fighting Irish claimed the national title by knocking off top-ranked Alabama 24-23.

If you're a long-time Notre Dame fan, you still remember Parseghian's gutty call to throw the ball out of the end zone for a game-clinching first down. If you were rooting for the Tide, you haven't forgotten a missed extra point that turned out to be the losing margin.

Of course, these Alabama players aren't concerned about what happened nearly four decades ago.

For the most part, all they know is winning.

"There's a lot of tradition that goes into Alabama football," Mosley said, "and our plan is to keep that tradition alive."

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Ravens Beat Colts 24-9: Baltimore To Play Denver Broncos In Divisional Round

BALTIMORE ? Ray Lewis' last ride now will take him to Denver.

Anquan Boldin, Joe Flacco and a staunch Baltimore defense made sure of that Sunday.

Boldin set a franchise record with 145 yards receiving, including the clinching touchdown in the Ravens' 24-9 victory over Andrew Luck and Indianapolis in an AFC wild-card game. The win delays star linebacker Lewis' retirement for at least another week as Baltimore (11-6) heads to Denver next Saturday.

The Broncos beat the Ravens 34-17 three weeks ago.

"I wanted Denver," Boldin said. "Because they beat us."

Lewis, who made 13 tackles, even lined up at fullback for the final kneel-down in his last home game of a 17-year career. He then went into a short version of his trademark dance before being mobbed by teammates.

He followed with a victory lap, his right arm, covered by a brace, held high in salute to the fans after playing for the first time since tearing his right triceps on Oct. 14 against Dallas.

"My only focus was to come in and get my team a win. Nothing else was planned," the 37-year-old Lewis said. "It's one of those things, when you recap it all and try to say what is one of your greatest moments.

" I knew how it started but I never knew how it would end here in Baltimore. To go the way it did today, I wouldn't change nothing."

The loss ended the Colts' turnaround season in which they went from 2-14 to the playoffs in coach Chuck Pagano's first year in Indianapolis (11-6). Pagano missed 12 weeks while undergoing treatment for leukemia and returned last week.

Offensive coordinator Bruce Arians, who went 9-3 as interim coach, was absent Sunday after being hospitalized with an undisclosed illness. Quarterback coach Clyde Christensen called the plays, but Baltimore's suddenly revitalized defense ? inspired by Lewis' pending retirement, no doubt ? never let standout rookie QB Luck get comfortable.

Sunday's victory enhanced the Ravens' success rate in opening playoff games. Flacco now has won at least one postseason game in all five of his pro seasons, the only quarterback to do it in the Super Bowl era.

His main target Sunday was Boldin, who had receptions of 50 and 46 yards, plus his 18-yard TD on a floater from Flacco in the corner of the end zone with 9:14 to go.

"I told (Flacco) before the game I was going to get 200 yards," Boldin said with a chuckle.

"It's huge for us. It's huge for this city, they've supported us this entire year and they expect a lot from us. In return, we want to give it to them."

Baltimore overcame the first two lost fumbles of the season by Ray Rice, too, as John Harbaugh became the first head coach with wins in his first five playoff campaigns.

Backup halfback Bernard Pierce rescued Rice with a 43-yard burst that led to Boldin's touchdown, and ran for 103 yards.

Flacco also connected with Dennis Pitta for a 20-yard TD and rookie Justin Tucker made a 23-yard field goal.

Indy's only points came on three field goals by Adam Vinatieri, from 47, 52 and 26 yards. Luck completed 28 of 54 passes for 288 yards. It was the most attempts by a rookie in a playoff game.

Reggie Wayne had 108 yards on eight receptions and moved into second in career playoff catches with 91 ? 60 behind leader Jerry Rice. But the Colts, who moved from Baltimore to Indianapolis in 1984 ? they still are despised here ? became the second NFL team to improve to 11 wins following a two-win season and then lose in the opening round of the playoffs.

The Ravens also beat the 2008 Dolphins in a similar scenario.

Both teams were sloppy early on, with Rice losing a fumble, Lewis dropping a potential interception, and Luck being stripped of the ball on a sack.

But Rice atoned with a 47-yard gain on a screen pass, leading to Vonta Leach's 2-yard touchdown.

That Pro Bowl backfield was bolstered by the kick returns of another Pro Bowl player, Jacoby Jones. He gained 60 yards on kickoff runbacks and 57 on punt returns.

Vinatieri, familiar with big kicks in the playoffs after winning two Super Bowls for New England with field goals, made a 47-yarder in the second quarter, a 52-yarder as the first half expired, and a 26-yarder near the end of the third period. But he also missed a 40-yarder wide right.

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PFT: Ray Lewis showed nerves before farewell

Rob Parker, the ESPN commentator who was suspended for 30 says after questioning whether Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III is authentically black because he has a white fiancee, says he was surprised by the backlash.

Parker said on Flashpoint on Channel 4 in Detroit that he didn?t expect the reaction he got.

?I can?t believe it, Parker said. I mean, looking back at some of the comments, I can see how some people can take it out of context and run with it, but the response, and what happened over the past 30 days and everything was just shocking,? Parker said.

For Parker to now suggest he was taken out of context is surprising, considering that Parker issued an apology three weeks ago. If Parker were simply taken out of context, he would have nothing to apologize for.

But Parker did apologize, and ESPN has also acknowledged that it was wrong not only to air Parker?s comments but to re-air them on Best of First Take later on the same day that Parker made the comments. The decision to re-air the comments and give them the ?best of? seal of approval was not Parker?s, and Parker indicated that ESPN knew even before the program what he planned to say about Griffin.

Asked if ESPN producers knew what Parker would say about Griffin, Parker answered, ?Yeah, for the most part.?

?I mean, we had a discussion ? a pre-production meeting. Not every single word, but they knew which way we were going and it?s just not off the cuff, obviously,? Parker said.

And it?s the ?embrace debate? format of ESPN First Take that Parker said is the reason the show succeeds. Parker said that such comments on a less popular show wouldn?t have yielded such a big controversy.

?It also shows how big and popular a show First Take is,? Parker said.

So while Parker may not be happy about his suspension, his comments show why ESPN likes the attention.

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Indonesian anti-terror squad criticized for deaths

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ? Indonesia's U.S.-funded police anti-terror squad has killed seven suspected militants in recent days, triggering renewed allegations that the force is not trying to take suspects alive ? a trend that appears to be fueling the very extremism the predominantly Muslim country is trying to counter.

Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Boy Rafli Amar said Sunday that no shots were fired against officers during three related raids Friday and Saturday in eastern Indonesia, but that the suspects in at least one of the locations had explosives that were "ready" to be detonated. He said that officers from the anti-terror squad, known as Densus 88, had followed procedures because the suspects were endangering their lives, but gave few details.

Haris Azhar, chairman of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence, an independent human rights group, said it appeared that the suspected militants were victims of "extrajudicial killings" and called for an independent investigation. He said Densus 88's tactics were driving militancy because they added to feelings among some Muslims that they were under siege.

"I'm worried about the deteriorating public sympathy for police who continue to use violence," he said, alleging that some suspects in the past have been shot in front of their children. "There has never been any evaluation of Densus' actions. It seems the police brutality has contributed to the growing of terrorism."

Indonesia has struggled against militants seeking a Muslim state since its independence from Dutch colonial rule in 1945.

In the 1990s and early 2000s, some of the militants came under the influence of al-Qaida while waging jihad in Afghanistan. On their return to Indonesia, they carried out four major bombings against foreign targets between 2002 and 2009.

Densus 88 was established after the first of those attacks ? the 2002 bombings on the resort island of Bali that killed 202 people, mostly foreign tourists ? with American and Australian financial and technical assistance, which it still receives. It has been instrumental in the arrests of hundreds of militants over the last 10 years and is credited with reducing the threat of further attacks on Western interests in the country. Small groups of militants, however, have continued to attack police officers and Christians.

Since the squad's establishment, Densus officers have killed more than 70 suspects. Like in other countries, some Indonesian militants have blown themselves up when police officers have approached them and show a willingness to go down fighting, making apprehending them especially dangerous. Police figures show that militants killed 10 officers in 2012 in incidents around the country.

"They are different to conventional criminals," Amar said. "We can't take any risks because they will show no hesitation to kill law enforcers."

Taufik Andrie, research director for the Institute for International Peace Building, said it appeared that police officers hunting down militants suspected of being involved in the murder of their colleagues were not interested in taking prisoners.

"It is a cycle of violence, with each side looking for revenge," Andrie said. "There is a suspicion that some policemen are of the mind that the best kind of de-radicalization is through killing people."

Indonesia has won praise for arresting and convicting terrorists through its legal system. It executed three militants convicted in the Bali bombings and sentenced many others to long prison sentences. But there has been a high level of recidivism, and the country's counter-extremism and de-radicalization programs have been patchily carried out with limited success.

The way in which the killings by Densus 88 are used to rally support for extremism was on display Sunday at a public meeting of radicals in Jakarta, Indonesia's capital. While those present didn't need fresh reasons to despise or distrust the state, speakers held up the killings of the seven suspects as just the latest example of police brutality.

"Oh, Allah, they have killed your servants, so destroy them," said Son Hadi, from Jama'ah Ansharut Tauhid, a radical group whose members have been accused of supporting terrorism but remain free to organize. "Beware of this war on Islam."

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Christie: Comments on Obama, Boehner part of job

In this Jan. 4, 2013, photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie poses for a photo in his office at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. The first-term Republican has earned nearly universal praise for his handling of Superstorm Sandy, the state's worst natural disaster. But some within his own party called him out for embracing the Democratic president and hurling angry words at a fellow Republican. Christie says the storm and its aftermath should transcend politics. He says he praised the president because Obama was on the front lines helping New Jersey and he called out the speaker after 66 days had elapsed without Congress acting on the aid package. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

In this Jan. 4, 2013, photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie poses for a photo in his office at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. The first-term Republican has earned nearly universal praise for his handling of Superstorm Sandy, the state's worst natural disaster. But some within his own party called him out for embracing the Democratic president and hurling angry words at a fellow Republican. Christie says the storm and its aftermath should transcend politics. He says he praised the president because Obama was on the front lines helping New Jersey and he called out the speaker after 66 days had elapsed without Congress acting on the aid package. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

In this Jan. 4, 2013 photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie listens to a question during an interview in his office at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. The first-term Republican has earned nearly universal praise for his handling of Superstorm Sandy, the state's worst natural disaster. But some within his own party called him out for embracing the Democratic president and hurling angry words at a fellow Republican. Christie says the storm and its aftermath should transcend politics. He says he praised the president because Obama was on the front lines helping New Jersey and he called out the speaker after 66 days had elapsed without Congress acting on the aid package. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

In this Jan. 4, 2013 photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie smiles as he answers a question during an interview in his office at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. The first-term Republican has earned nearly universal praise for his handling of Superstorm Sandy, the state's worst natural disaster. But some within his own party called him out for embracing the Democratic president and hurling angry words at a fellow Republican. Christie says the storm and its aftermath should transcend politics. He says he praised the president because Obama was on the front lines helping New Jersey and he called out the speaker after 66 days had elapsed without Congress acting on the aid package. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

In this Jan. 4, 2013 photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie answers a question during an interview in his office at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. The first-term Republican has earned nearly universal praise for his handling of Superstorm Sandy, the state's worst natural disaster. But some within his own party called him out for embracing the Democratic president and hurling angry words at a fellow Republican. Christie says the storm and its aftermath should transcend politics. He says he praised the president because Obama was on the front lines helping New Jersey and he called out the speaker after 66 days had elapsed without Congress acting on the aid package. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) ? In 2010, Gov. Chris Christie underestimated the first major storm of his administration by flying to Disney World hours before snow crippled New Jersey. A year later, he overplayed Tropical Storm Irene with the now-infamous order, "Get the hell off the beach."

When Superstorm Sandy set its sights on his state, he had learned his lesson: be more hands on, more empathetic.

"I had a sense from the beginning that this one was going to be really bad," Christie, 50, told The Associated Press in an interview last week that reflected on a first term that has now positioned him in the national spotlight and as a potential 2016 presidential contender.

"With Irene, I went back and forth because the forecasts were going back and forth. When the National Weather Service says it's going to be a wipe out of the Shore then they start backing off of that, it's very difficult to set the right tone and, candidly, make the right decisions," he said. "I might have been firmer in Sandy if it hadn't been for the experience of Irene when I got everybody off the beach and nothing really awful happened there."

Christie, by his own admission, is "not a subtle personality" and he likes to take charge. Those two traits figured prominently in how the rising Republican handled Sandy.

From his frequent, televised updates to residents as the storm's winds whipped the state's beaches to his criticism last week of fellow Republican John Boehner's decision to delay a U.S. House vote on federal storm aid, his handling of his native state's worst natural disaster may one day be considered the defining moment in the political career of a budding presidential contender.

The timing of the storm ? days before a presidential election ? ultimately helped define his role in it as well.

Christie has been viewed as a nonpartisan advocate for federal aid since the storm hit Oct. 29. He embraced President Barack Obama's visit to the Jersey Shore six days before the election, inciting catcalls from conservatives.

And last week he smacked down Boehner for delaying a vote on the $60.4 billion storm aid package. Christie said he tried to call Boehner four times Tuesday, but none of the calls was returned. Christie's office received 800 emails in the hours following the governor's Boehner news conference, mostly positive.

Christie said he was just doing his job.

"It never struck me that what I should do is calibrate my language in order to be more political. My view was the (president) was helping us and I wanted to tell people. He deserved that credit," he said. "With Boehner, I would have reacted differently if the speaker had picked up my phone calls Tuesday night and explained what he was doing. The fact that 66 days had already gone by with no assistance, all that stuff conspired to create the reaction that I gave."

Christie has received almost universal praise for his handling of the superstorm. A late November Quinnipiac University poll showed 95 percent of those surveyed thought he did an "excellent" or "good" job managing the storm. The poll also found he'd won over a majority of women and minority voters, two constituencies that had not supported him previously.

People think of Christie as a guy who calls it like he sees it, said political strategist Tom Wilson, former chairman of New Jersey's Republican State Committee.

"He's a Jersey guy," Wilson said. "It's the quality that will carry him through the rest of his political career."

The governor's popularity surge couldn't have come at a more opportune time. It probably helped convince Newark Mayor Cory Booker not to enter next year's governor's race. So far only one major Democratic candidate, state Sen. Barbara Buono, has stepped up to take on Christie in November.

Even Senate President Stephen Sweeney, the state's most powerful elected Democrat, finds himself agreeing with the governor more often than not.

After Christie tongue-lashed Boehner over Sandy aid, all Sweeney could do was nod.

"I want to thank the governor for listening when I asked him to step up and call on his party's congressional members to get their act together," Sweeney said. "I am glad that the governor has joined me in heaping scorn on those Republican members of Congress who have left New Jersey in dire straits."

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Bombing victim grateful for tragedy counseling

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) ? When Carolyn McKinstry hears that young survivors of a mass shooting like last month's in Connecticut are receiving counseling, she can speak to its value through her own experience ? or lack of it.

McKinstry was 15 years old when she survived the 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., where four girls were killed. It was a key moment in the civil rights movement.

The only time the bombing was mentioned in her own home during the aftermath was when the FBI came to interview her, said McKinstry on Saturday. Still, her parents listened but didn't talk about it. McKinstry appeared at a news conference Saturday about the Investigation Discovery network film about the civil rights movement, "March to Justice," which will air in February.

"My parents didn't ask, 'are you afraid?'" she said. "It wasn't mentioned ever ? at home, at church or at school."

Only many years later did McKinstry learn that she suffered from depression and a form of survivor's guilt. It was heightened by her experience answering a phone at the church just before the bombing where someone said only, "three minutes," and hung up.

While she wished her parents had said something about the bombing, she realized that it was a different time. Six months after the church bombing, the windows in McKinstry's home were blown out when a bomb went off in the middle of the night across the street.

"I tried to imagine what (my father) would say to me," she said. "He couldn't say, 'don't be afraid, daddy's going to protect you.' He couldn't say 'this is never going to happen again.' There wasn't anything that he could possibly say that would be consoling."

McKinstry, who lives in Birmingham now and works at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, said she's glad to hear about it when survivors of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., received counseling.

"I don't know who came up with it, but I'm so grateful that it's there," she said. "We probably can't imagine the kinds of things that we head off by allowing time for healing and for that discussion."

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Cervical Cancer Awareness Month: 7 Celebrities Touched By The ...

While many of us are shaking off the post-holiday blues and getting cracking on our resolutions, January also marks Cervical Health Awareness Month, a month designated to shining a spotlight on a wide range of cervical health issues, including human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer.

Cervical cancer, once one of the most common causes of cancer death in American women, occurs when cells in the cervix, the lower part of the uterus, slowly become abnormal.

There are two common types of cervical cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. As many as 90 percent of cases are squamous cell carcinomas, meaning the cancer cells cover the surface of the cervix. The majority of the remaining 10 percent of cases are adenocarcinomas, meaning the cancer starts in the gland cells that make mucus.

More than 12,000 new cases of cervical cancer that has spread outside the cervix are diagnosed every year in the U.S., and more than 4,000 women die from the disease each year. Most cases occur in women between the ages of 35 and 55, and when caught early enough, cervical cancer is highly treatable.

Regular Pap tests are the best way to find abnormal cells early, and are recognized as the most likely cause for the dramatic drop in death rates since the 1950s from cervical cancer.

Most cervical cancer is caused by a strain of HPV, a sexually transmitted infection that can also cause warts.

According to the American Cancer Society, other cervical cancer risk factors include smoking, a weakened immune system (such as in a person with HIV), having many pregnancies and being young during a first pregnancy, as well as family history and some medication and drug use.

While advancements have certainly been made in vaccinating against HPV, the advice hasn't changed in decades when it comes to combating cervical cancer, as can be seen in this 1979 article from the People magazine archives.

Can anything be done to prevent cervical cancer?

There is action a woman can take -- like having yearly Pap smears on an absolutely religious basis. Cervical cancer is a disease that can be prevented by early detection of precancerous changes in the cervix.

In hopes of inspiring more women to take the measures necessary to prevent this disease, here are some of the notable women who have battled cervical cancer.

• Liz Lange

  The founder of Liz Lange Maternity is now a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/liz-lange/cervical-cancer-the-silent-killer-of-women-in-the-developing-world_b_1655231.html">vocal spokesperson for cervical cancer awareness</a> after her own 2001 diagnosis. <a href="http://www.health.com/health/article/0,,20411629,00.html">"The diagnosis terrified me,"</a> she told Health.com: <blockquote>I had a 2-and-a-half-year-old and an 8-month-old baby, and I was working on a fashion show and launching a new product line. On a personal level, I was afraid that I wouldn?t be there for my children; professionally, I was afraid that if people knew about my diagnosis, they would think of me as sick and be uncomfortable doing business with my company. It was so upsetting that any time I talked about it I burst into tears. I kept silent about it for a long time."</blockquote> After a hysterectomy, chemotherapy and radiation, Lange has been cancer-free. "Now I feel absolutely compelled to tell my story, because it really shows how it can happen to anyone," she told the website.

• Yvette Wilson

  The actress reportedly <a href="http://newsone.com/2015287/yvette-wilson-cancer/">faced mounting medical bills</a> for both cervical cancer and kidney disease before ultimately <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/15/yvette-wilson-star-of-moe_n_1600037.html">losing her battle with stage 4 cervical cancer in 2012</a>. African-American women are <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/cervical/statistics/race.htm">most likely to die from the disease</a>, compared to women of other races and ethnicities, according to 2008 data from the CDC, possibly because black women seem to have <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/15/yvette-wilson-star-of-moe_n_1600037.html">more trouble clearing HPV</a>, which usually goes away on its own within a year or so.

• Judy Blume

  In 2012, the beloved author shared in a blog post that she had recently been <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20627052,00.html">diagnosed with breast cancer</a>. But, deeper into her post, she also revealed she had a hysterectomy 17 years earlier because of cervical cancer (caused by HPV). "No other treatment necessary," she wrote on her blog: <blockquote>Another story for another time. If I had a young daughter or son I'd talk to their docs about having the vaccine to protect them from getting or giving HPV. If only there was a vaccine to protect us from breast cancer we'd be lined up -- wouldn't we?</blockquote>

• Marissa Jaret-Winokur

  In 2001, the actress was <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20196314,00.html">diagnosed with cervical cancer</a> after a Pap test, People reported. She opted for a hysterectomy, but doctors were able to preserve her ovaries, allowing her to <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20445749,00.html">welcome son Zev in 2008 via a surrogate</a>. "<a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20009915,00.html">I woke up after the surgery</a>, and I asked what they took out," she told People in 2007. <blockquote>They didn't know what they would find beforehand. But it was just my uterus. I had my ovaries, and I didn't have to go through chemo. I thought, "Okay, now the cancer is gone. Let's get going." My doctors gave me the all clear, and I moved to New York City in January 2002. It was the best time of my life.</blockquote>

• Jane Goody

  The 27-year-old British reality TV star <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/03/19/jade-goody-cervical-cancer-women-smear-tests_n_1361915.html">died from cervical cancer at the age of 27</a>, after publicly documenting her battle with the disease. Some questioned how the disease progressed in someone so young, and Goody admitted to <a href="http://news.health.com/2009/04/06/jade-goody-cervical-cancer/">ignoring doctors' urges for follow-up care</a>, Health.com reported. Still, her openness and honesty about treatment did raise awareness for prevention. Experts noted <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/03/19/jade-goody-cervical-cancer-women-smear-tests_n_1361915.html">spikes in the number of young women making appointments for Pap tests</a> shortly after her death, HuffPost UK reported.

• Eva Peron

  The former first lady of Argentina, more commonly known as Evita, was <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/health/report-on-eva-peron-recalls-time-when-lobotomy-was-embraced.html">diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer</a> in August 1951, according to an essay in <em>The New York Times</em>. At the time, it was common to keep the patient in the dark about her true condition, so Peron was told she had a uterine problem and then operated on in secrecy. (The doctor entered the room only after she was under anesthesia.) Radiation and chemotherapy (and a lobotomy "for the pain") followed, but she grew sicker, until dying from the disease in 1952 at the age of 33.

• Tamra Barney

  This "Real Housewife" of Orange County appeared on an episode of the "Dr. Oz" show and <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20585473,00.html">revealed she had been diagnosed with cervical cancer</a> in 2012. "I go to the doctor and I have lumps in my breasts and I had cervical cancer that had to be removed... <a href="http://www.bravotv.com/blogs/the-dish/tamra-barney-on-her-cervical-cancer-scareyvette">I'm talking to my doctor about... doing a hysterectomy</a>," she said.

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South Korea says Japan must heal wounds of wartime excesses

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's president-elect said on Friday that Japan needed to come to terms with its colonial history as tension between two Asian allies of the United States simmered over Japan's rule of Korea and an island dispute.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in a December 31 interview he wanted to issue a statement that would supersede a landmark 1995 apology for Japan's military aggression, a move bound to raise hackles in South Korea, ruled by Japan from 1910-1945, and in China, where bitter wartime memories run deep.

Japan's top government spokesman, Yoshihide Suga, confirmed on Friday that Abe wanted to issue his own "forward-looking" statement but also told reporters the 1995 statement by then-premier Tomiichi Murayama would stand.

"The two sides must have a correct view of history and pursue a future of reconciliation and cooperation," South Korean President-elect Park Geun-hye told Abe's aide, Fukushiro Nukaga, in Seoul, according to her spokeswoman, Cho Yoon-sun.

A "correct view of history" is shorthand for South Korea's desire for Japan to acknowledge its wartime and colonial excesses, something Tokyo says it has already done.

"The older generation must make the commitment to try to heal the wound, and must not become an obstacle to opening the way for the future generation."

China's Foreign Ministry said the Murayama statement was a "solemn declaration of attitudes and promises" made to countries in Asia victimized by Japanese invasion and colonization.

"We hope Japan can adopt a spirit of reflecting on history and facing the future, and properly handle relevant issues," ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters in Beijing.

A handful of protesters assembled at Gimpo Airport outside Seoul ahead of Nukaga's arrival and one stabbed himself in the stomach with a small knife and was taken to hospital.

Tensions over territorial claims and reparations and an apology for Korean sex slaves, known as comfort women, who were forced to work at Japanese military brothels, have spilled into the diplomatic arena as well as economics.

South Korea cancelled plans for an intelligence deal last year while a $57 billion currency swap to shore up Asia's second- and fourth-largest economies was allowed to lapse after South Korea's current president visited the disputed island.

On Thursday, a Seoul court ruled that a Chinese citizen who carried out an arson attack on the Yasukuni Shrine for war dead in Tokyo could not be extradited to Japan as he had committed a "political crime" and might not get a fair trial.

Abe told reporters in western Japan that the ruling was "extremely regrettable". Nukaga echoed that stance but said he had conveyed a message from Abe seeking to improve ties and invited Park to visit Japan soon, Kyodo news agency reported.

Park is the daughter of military strongman Park Chung-hee who established diplomatic ties between the two countries in 1965 after more than a decade of tortured talks brokered by Washington, winning aid that helped his industrial drive that propelled South Korea from poverty to rich nation status.

Japan says it has settled all its obligations and has apologized for its colonial rule, although Abe's government has raised doubts about whether it stands by a 1993 statement on comfort women as well as the 1995 apology by Murayama.

Seoul says there has not been sufficient apology for the hundreds of thousands of South Koreans used as sexual slaves by the Japanese army and that reparations are not complete.

Abe hails from a wealthy political family that includes a grandfather, Nobusuke Kishi, who was a wartime cabinet minister who was imprisoned but never tried as a war criminal after the war. He went on to become prime minister from 1957 to 1960.

Abe has promised not to yield in a territorial row with China over tiny islands in the East China Sea - known as the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China - and boost defense spending to counter China's growing influence.

Both Park and Abe are keen to bolster ties with the United States, a bulwark against China and the key military backer of the South against North Korea.

North Korea raised tensions in the region by launching a long-range rocket in December that it said was aimed at putting a scientific satellite in orbit, drawing international condemnation. It is banned from testing missile or nuclear technology under U.N. sanctions imposed after its 2006 and 2009 nuclear weapons tests.

(Additional reporting by Yuko Yoshikawa and Tetsushi Kajimoto in Tokyo and Michael Martina in Beijing; Writing by David Chance; Editing by Linda Sieg and Nick Macfie)

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Spikey robot ?hedgehogs? to explore Martian moon

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A spike-covered robotic hedgehog is being developed to precisely hop, bounce?and tumble across the Martian moon Phobos on a scouting trip for a human mission to Mars, according to a space scientist working on the project.

The Martian moon Phobos is one of the red planet?s two satellites, each just a few kilometers wide. Many scientists consider the moon a must-visit destination to learn more about Mars, the evolution of the solar system, and, perhaps, use as a base?camp for future robotic explorations of Mars.

First, though, scientists want to know more about the moon. They don?t even know, for example, whether it is?an asteroid that was captured by Mars'?gravity or a chunk of Mars that an asteroid impact flung into orbit.

If the moon is a chunk of Mars, studies of it could tell scientists more about the geology of the Red Planet without having to go all the way to Mars, which has extra costs associated with landing and taking off in its higher gravity.?

The low-gravity of Phobos therefore makes it an attractive site of a future sample-return mission, according to Marco Pavone, an assistant professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University.

?But before we can bring things back, we need to know what we want to sample,? he told NBC News. ?These robots are ideal because they provide you with enough small-scale surface information to pinpoint the area that is ideal for sampling.?

Pavone is developing the hedgehog in collaboration with NASA?s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.?

The 1.6-foot-wide, solar-powered robot is covered in spikes to help it navigate the micro-gravity environment of Phobos. Such low-gravity environments are difficult for wheeled robots since the wheels are prone to lose traction and spin uncontrollably.

?Instead of wheels, we have spikes to get traction,? Pavone said.

To get around, the hedgehog relies on three rotating discs inside it, each pointing in a different direction. The inertial forces of the spinning discs allows for nimble and precise maneuvering.?

A quick acceleration of the discs, for example, allows it to hop. Spinning them faster results in a bound and slow spin allows for tumbles.

The robot will be controlled by a coffee-table-sized mothership called the Phobos Surveyor being designed and built at NASA?s Jet Propulsion Laboratory that will be in orbit around Phobos throughout the mission. It will carry up to six hedgehogs, releasing them one at a time.

?The idea would be to exploit the synergy between the Phobos Surveyor and the robots,? Pavone explained. ?You do not want to land instruments for which the measurements can be carried out on the satellite.?

Large scale mapping and measurements will instead be made by the surveyor. Microscopes and other instruments will be used by the robots to make fine-scale measurements.?

Given the long delay between the Martian system and Earth, the surveyor and hedgehog would do much of their work autonomously, Pavone noted.

While a hedgehog on the Martian moon is at a minimum 10 years distant, Pavone said he is confident a concept similar to this one, if not this one, will fly within the next 20 years.?

?Small bodies [like Phobos] are currently central exploration targets for NASA,? he said. ?So it is very likely that there are going to be a couple of missions to small bodies.?

In addition to Pavone, project members include Julie Castillo, Jared Lang, Christopher McQuin, Issa Nesnas and Nathan Strange at NASA?s Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Jeffrey Hoffman at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Ross Allen at Stanford University.

John Roach is a contributing writer for NBC News Digital. To learn more about him, check out his website. For more of our Future of Technology series, watch the featured video below.

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Business Accounting in Denver In today?s society of financial uncertainty, it is now much more imperative to ensure your company?s finances are done correctly. An accounting firm can be a very important asset to oversee financial transactions. They offer a wide variety of services to both individual and business clients including budgeting, bookkeeping, tax preparation, auditing, and consulting. If your company is being sold, an accountant can perform a complete corporate assessment. Teaming with a licensed and knowledgeable accountant will guarantee that any project, large or small, is done in the appropriate manner.| When it comes to your business finances, it is essential that you never take shortcuts. If you do not have the experience necessary to manage all of your finances, there is assistance available. By hiring a business accounting consulting services company, you can have the professionals take care of these important financial matters. A few of the valuable necessities that a business accounting company can manage include inventory management, financial reporting, M&A consulting, bookkeeping services, and employee training. Whether you are a small business that needs to obtain capital or a big business that doesn?t have the time to devote energy to finances, your accountant can create the solutions that will be of the most help to you. With our business accounting consulting services company, your business finances will be in good hands.

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I Take Joy | In Support and Celebration of Motherhood! And My Dream

?One Mom Heart to Another

A few weeks ago, after church one day at lunch, I was talking to Clay and said, ?Someone needs to put visual messages together in support of motherhood. Something that will create life, buzz, encouragement and inspiration.?

It seems there is support for everything else, but a mother?s role is so very important to the shaping of the next generation, and yet the significance of the role, and how to be a godly mom, ?is not taught in most churches. Moms are alone and unsupported and children are victims of every kind of abuse. Someone needs to begin putting together beautiful video messages about motherhood that gives life and validation to this Biblical design.

You see, I believe that God created mothers with the capacity to inspire greatness, build godly moral leaders who will take God?s kingdom to bear in every area of life?government, medicine, the arts, literature, the military?that it is the shaping of souls that determines greatness of a people and cultivates virtuous faith.?

It is not wonder Satan would allure women away from this important task in every possible way?and want to end marriages and devalue the home.

Motherhood is not just about meeting basic needs. God crafted motherhood to give women the opportunity to be warriors of righteousness in the battle of life. Women are intelligent and spiritual creatures who are capable of transforming history through building godly generations.?

And yet, most of the young moms I know feel alone, untrained, weary and inadequate in this role because they have little or no support from their church, from older women, from their own mothers, and from the messages that have assaulted ?their hearts and minds.

And so, I called a friend of ours who produces wonderful professional videos, Allan Spiers, (slingstone productions) and asked him if he would help. I called a sweet friend with 4 children, and wrote a script with Clay and we filmed 2 days later. We asked Joel to compose the music.

The above is the result.

God is using Mothers to plant the seeds of the next generation through their homes and God?s heart is with mothers and He wants to do great things.

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These are the ones God called me to inspire and disciple,

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WOMEN WERE CREATED TO BE WISDOM TO EACH GENERATION!

?Does not wisdom call out, and understanding lift up her voice?

Proverbs 8:1

I think that women are especially designed and equipped by God to dig down deep and bring beauty, faith, peace and hope to nations. A woman is at her best when she is creating life from the richness of her soul. I think that moms are the true heroes who will be the bearers of light when shadows threaten to overtake. They weave peace and love in homes where burdens are weighing on the shoulders of husbands. They sing songs of faith in the midst of life?s calamities.

They can model a child-like faith and rest in God when they live in the Sabbath rest of His provision even when physical provision is scant. I believe that moms can be the determining factor in our country during difficult times, to bring courage to bear as we wait on God and follow His ways.?????????

? ?In our days of faith-challenging changes of moral foundations and volatile uncertainties,in an era of confusion when biblical motherhood is often disdained or dismissed as irrelevant or unimportant in a post-modern culture, we are ripe for a movement of the Holy Spirit.

There is need for an intentional movement of godly women to hold forth the ideals, to inspire confidence, strength, faith and good works and in the midst, to develop deep friendships?as I believe that God created women to be the wisdom bringers, gate-keepers and civilizers of culture through relationship.

Will you please join me in sending this message and this video to moms all over so that they join in a movement, voice their needs, pray together for strength and wisdom to be the women, and mothers that God created us to be?

This is my heart for this year, 2013, ?and for our world, for moms to make a difference in bringing a revival in faith in God, in civilizing nations and in raising heroes who will take His messages to a lost world who longs for his love.

I believe with all of my heart that mothers are designed by God, with His intentional wisdom to be so significant in the passing on of the gospel through our homes and then into the world.?

Please tell me your ideas, your thoughts, and please help me spread our messages to the world to let our voices be heard and to let our culture know God is on the move, and where there is a movement of God, there is always hope!

May God bless you in your role as a mother, bringing His light to your children, today!

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During January 2013, Pure-Ecommerce.com to Auction a Turnkey ...

Proceeds Will Benefit Critically-ill Children Staying at the Ronald McDonald House of Durham

Cary, NC (PRWEB) December 31, 2012

From January 1-31, 2013, Pure-Ecommerce will be auctioning one of its turnkey internet businesses, http://www.instylecooking.com, plus 40 hours of step-by-step consultation and mentoring. Jennifer Varner, Founder & CEO of Pure-Ecommerce.com started the nonprofit organization Kilian?s Kids (http://www.killianskids.com) after her battle with invasive breast cancer three years ago. Kilian?s Kids provides laptops, tablets, computers, IPods, and DSI gaming systems for children with cancer or serious illness. Kilian's Kids is named after her fourth son, Kilian, whom she was pregnant with all while undergoing treatment for cancer.

Proceeds of January?s auction will benefit children staying at Ronald McDonald House of Durham. It will enable Ronald McDonald House to purchase computers with web cams and Skype capabilities so critically-ill children will be able to stay in touch with love ones back home. Families staying at the Ronald McDonald House of Durham have traveled more than 50 miles for life-saving treatment at Duke Children?s and other area hospitals. Some families will be away from home for just one night, while others may be with us for weeks and months. For the children, staying in touch with a parent and siblings who remain at home is a critically important part of their care.

Additionally funds from the auction will provide Nintendo DSI systems for children who are spending long hours receiving treatment at the hospital. Giving these children entertainment, distraction and a sense of normalcy during difficult treatments will make a world of difference to them.

A 14-year-old girl and 10-year-old boy were the most recent recipients of Kilian?s Kids gifts thanks to their partnership with the Ronald McDonald House of Durham. The teenage girl was in complete isolation while her immune system rebuilt itself after a bone marrow transplant. Skyping capability on the computer allowed her to attend her bible school class with her church. The young boy was excited about his new Nintendo DSI and games that helped him pass the time during the many hours we was in treatment.

Jessica Maynard, Director of Operations, the Ronald McDonald House of Durham says, "Kilian's Kids is such an amazing organization with such a powerful and much needed focus. I witnessed the most precious 10-year-old boy receive his first Nintendo DSI as a gift from Kilian's Kids. He now had entertainment during his hours upon end of treatment for a brain tumor. Not only was the young boy ecstatic, his father was touched that such a thoughtful organization would choose his son as a recipient of this gift. Thank you Kilian's Kids for touching one special life at a time."

When asked about creating Kilian?s Kids and her goal for the families it supports Jennifer Varner says ?When I was diagnosed with breast cancer I was given so much support by so many. There was no way to thank all of them but I could promise I would pass it on. I have a platform with my business and a great opportunity to do something good for these kids. If we can provide these families with something that allows them to keep up with their life and provide a sense of peace while having to put life on hold, then Kilian?s Kids will be a success.?

For more information on the Kilian's Kids Auction and to Place A Bid, please visit http://pure-ecommerce.com/kilians-kids-auction-2013.html . You may also contact us at info(at)kilianskids(dot)com or 919-649-3147.
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About Jennifer Varner and Pure-Ecommerce.com
Jennifer Varner is an e-commerce expert who currently helps burgeoning entrepreneurs get started in e-commerce through her business, Pure-Ecommerce.com. Pure-Ecommerce provides turnkey internet businesses for sale, complete with merchandise. This year, Pure-Ecommerce.com celebrates its sixth anniversary and has helped over 550 people start their own e-commerce businesses. Jennifer founded Pure-Ecommerce after gaining experience and success through starting one of the largest online maternity clothing stores, BellaBluMaternity.com. After selling her company, she began helping others realize their dreams of owning a business.

Source: http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2012/12/31/during-january-2013-pure-ecommercecom-auction-turnkey-internet-business-instylecookingcom

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