Thursday, January 29, 2009

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's economic stimulus

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's economic stimulus legislation is headed for the Senate after a surprisingly partisan vote in the House in which Republicans united in opposition and 11 mostly conservative Democrats defected.
Obama hailed his recovery plan, saying it would "save or create more than three million new jobs over the next few years."
During Senate debate next week, the measure is expected to pick up at least some GOP support. But Obama's hopes of changing Washington's partisan culture went unmet despite the popular president's separate high-profile meetings on Capitol Hill on Tuesday with House and Senate Republicans.
The $819 billion measure has attracted criticism from Republicans and, privately, from some Democrats for spending billions of dollars on Democratic favorites like education despite questions as to whether they would really put people to work.
But with unemployment at its highest level in a quarter-century, the banking industry wobbling despite the infusion of staggering sums of bailout money and states struggling with budget crises, Democrats said the legislation was desperately needed.
The House plan largely reflects Obama's desires, but after zero GOP support, he suggested the House plan was hardly perfect.
"I hope that we can continue to strengthen this plan before it gets to my desk," Obama said.
The 244-188 House vote registered 177 Republicans unanimous in opposition.
Tens of billions of dollars would go to the states, which confront deep budget cuts of their own. That money marks an attempt to ease the recession's effect on schools and poor people receiving Medicaid health coverage. There's also money for housing weatherization, school construction, road building and other provisions. There are big investments toward Obama's campaign promise of creating jobs that can reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil.
The centerpiece tax cut calls for a $500 break for single workers and $1,000 for couples, including those who don't earn enough to owe federal income taxes. There are also tax breaks for businesses making investments in equipment and renewable energy production.
The House vote marked merely one of several steps for the legislation, which Democratic leaders have pledged to deliver to the White House for Obama's signature by mid-February.
Already a more bipartisan — and costlier — measure is taking shape in the Senate, and Obama personally pledged to House and Senate Republicans in closed-door meetings on Tuesday that he is ready to accept modifications as the legislation advances.
Democrats had already dropped provisions that Republicans had mocked, including money to resod the National Mall and expand family planning programs.
The Senate bill contains a plan that would cost approximately $70 billion to make sure that about 24 million mostly middle-class taxpayers don't get hit by the alternative minimum tax. Although welcome by many lawmakers, the move wouldn't do much to boost the economy since the AMT "patch" is expected anyway later in the year if it doesn't pass now

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

HANDLING YOUR EMOTIONS TO PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH

HANDLING YOUR EMOTIONS TO PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH

The way we feel about ourselves, other people, our environment and our inter-relationships with them, have an effect on the way our body functions. Many people are not aware of this and are swept along by emotions they do not bother to control. The stress hormone, cortisol, increases in the body when we experience negative emotions. It is very important that people monitor their emotions to prevent prolonged stress. If someone upsets or aggravates you regularly, reduce your exposure to such a person. If it is a difficult circumstance like marriage or a relationship with a boss at work, try to evolve a healthy relationship. This can be done by having good lines of communication which help to resolve issues before they develop into a problem. A negative relationship makes a person susceptible to stress-related ailments. Conversely, being in love and being able to share and receive affection promotes happiness, relaxation and peacefulness. People hang on to abusive relationships and live in an atmosphere where negativity is prevalent. Such people are more prone to illness and in some cases their lives get shortened. A research conducted by a psychologist in Ohio State University examined the effect of troublesome topics on newlywed couples. This was done by measuring the amount of stress hormone cortisol produced when the topics were discussed. The topics were, in-laws, finances and leisure time spent together. The couples were told to discuss the topics for 30 minutes. The cortisol levels were measured before and after the discussions. It was discovered that couples with good communication and loving relationships did not experience an increase in cortisol level because of the sharing. This simple experiment shows how our emotions affect our physiological functions.

Handling your emotions to promote good health does not necessarily have to be dependent on other individuals। The most important person is you. A school of thought believes that there are two major groups of people in the world. This aptly described by Melvin D. Saunders as the Internals and External; the Internals believes that what happens to them is internally controllable. They tend to be self-confident people who spent time understanding their circumstance and adjusting positively. The Externals are controlled by external influences. They feel their fate is in the hand of others and simply submit themselves to chance or their environment. They tend to be suspicious, less aggressive/passive and are less oriented. As you expect, the externals are the majority of the population whilst the internals are in the minority. The dramatic effect that the mind can have over the body is illustrated in the popular “PLACEBO EFFECT” phenomenon. The placebo effect is mediated through internal power or belief. Research has shown over and over again that when patients are given ordinary water or other inert materials medication, they react just as strongly as when they are given real drug. A hypothetical situation is where a person is given an injection containing water under the pretext that it is a sedative. You will find out that because such a person believes that he has been given the real thing, he may promptly fall asleep as if he had been given the true drug. What many people do not know is that there is the “NOCEBO EFFECT”. This is the exact opposite of the placebo effect. It simply describes the phenomenon whereby a normally effective drug is given to a patient, but the patient does not respond to the drug because he is convinced that the drug is water or some other inert material or just would not work. The balance between the body and the mind is greatly influence by our emotions. When we are experiencing negative emotions, we can do lot to reduce the physiological effect by engaging in activities that divert our focus. Divorce, relationship breakups and even bereavement etc are all experiences which hurt and create negative effect on the well-being. Such people feel sapped of energy, do not eat or get proper rest/sleep. The immune system may become compromised and illness set in. feeling sick from negative emotions is as strong as feeling drunk with joy from a positive experience like winning the lottery! When something positive happens to you, it is as if you have just been injected with a feel good pill. A Dr. Robert Ader of the University of Rochester has coined a word to describe the ability of the mind to influence the body. It is called psychoneuroimmunology (PNI). This subject is over 30 years old. You can control your emotions and prevent going yourself overboard with joy or pain. When a person displays very base emotions like hatred or jealousy towards you; do not get upset. Instead, objectively analyze what that person’s problems are that could have led to such emotions. Then assess your position to see what relevance the person has to you. Adjust accordingly. If you are the one getting worked up about the other persons; stop yourself, have a cup of water, snack or anything that makes you feel better. This is a very simple way of handling your emotions positively to elongate your life on earth.

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BOOK REVIEW: BREAKING THE CURSES OF LIFE

BOOK REVIEW:
BREAKING THE CURSES OF LIFE


Friends, curses are real! They are not just imaginations of man, no! They are real! They are practical! Curses are forces in the unseen realm; and they have power to bring evil to come to pass! Some people have died in hospitals for instance, because the doctors couldn’t locate what their problem was, until it was too late. The doctor will be busy treating one thing, whereas something else is eating up the man, until his life is snuffed out! That’s why in this book, Dr. David Oyedepo uncovers the sources of curses; so they can be adequately handled in time, before it’s too late. Curses are real, sir!
Look at Isaiah 42:22: But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore. There are many destinies like that today that are snared in holes - no fresh air at all! It’s a choking experience! Many destinies hid in prison houses! Therefore, try as they may, nothing seems to shine forth. But I assure you, in whatever way you have found yourself snared in holes and hidden in prison houses, the Lord is set to open your eyes, so you can walk into liberty once and for all. Something great is just at your door. That’s why God is removing every barrier between you and the fulfillment of your destiny. In this book, Papa introduces you to ways you work with God for every curses to be destroyed in your life. God is more than enough. It is very important for us to be familiar with the ways of God. Many are so conversant with the promises, very few understand His ways. The ways of God are the highways of life; this end-time, we’ll be celebrating the discovery of the ways of God in this book. Get a copies for yourself and friends. God said: For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways... Isaiah 55:8 When things are not working, stop looking out for the devil. Look inwards first - Consider your ways , says the Word in Haggai 1:5. Jesus said in John 10:10: ...I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. Anything different from that is contrary to His mission. Whatever is less than life more abundantly in your life, God will deal with it now. However, that will begin with you first locating the source of your troubles. In Psalm 107:17 and 20, we read: Fools, because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. God sent His Word, and inside that Word, they found the answer; they knew the source of their trouble and then they dealt with it accordingly, and entered into their freedom! Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven. Psalm 107:28-30 I see you enter into your desired haven today! Papa once said, by the Holy Spirit, There is no mountain anywhere; every man’s ignorance is his mountain. That’s what God is saying in Hosea 4:6: My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge... They are not destroyed for plenty of witches or wizards, they are not destroyed because the economy is bad, no! Your business is not down because the city where you’re located is hard. If it is, why is the man next to you doing so well? Is he not in the same city? God bared His heart to us in 3 John:2: Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. So you see, the fault can’t be God’s. We must acknowledge our wrong, in order to get things right. As the Word of God comes to you in this book, may you discover where you are missing it, so you can enter into your haven of rest! Your hour of deliverance has come! Every area where you’ve been suffering the effect of curses will be adequately handled by the time you’re through reading this book. This is your season of refreshing! Curses are real! You’d better make no mistake about that. I can say that this best seller from Dr David Oyedepo is your access to the details of Scriptures that determines your level of accomplishment in life. In this book, God is going to be teaching you the things which you see not, and showing you things you never knew. When these things come to light, you will be free indeed. You know the little foxes? They are the ones that spoil the vine (Songs of Solomon 2:15). Friend, curses are real! You need to organise freedom from the curses of life for yourself. The only curse dealt with on the cross is the curse of the law. But there are several other curses, and it is your responsibility to programme your freedom from them all. God has already given you that power to free yourself. It’s time for you to break into your season of refreshing. You’ve been choking enough; it’s time to enjoy fresh air! Be determined to make the opportunity of your contact with this book a season of thorough cleansing. If you escape being cleansed, you might die in regrets; so be sincere. You have to just come out and be plain. Listen to me: I believe that no matter the problem a man will have in this world, if he can be sincere with himself before the Lord for at least three hours, for a thorough diagnosis of the case and a heated desire for an answer, he will surely come out with a solution.
Bishop said there was a time mama was afflicted with a sickness while he was away in Canada. He said, “I sat up suddenly in the hotel room, and said to myself, I must get an answer to this now! I got to a point where I discovered that I had been waiting for her faith to secure her healing. But you know, her faith is not needed, my authority is what is required. That’s according to the mystery of Ephesians 5:23. So I got back home and said to her, You don’t need faith to be healed. Just as Christ is the Saviour of the Church (His body), so is the husband the saviour of his wife. I cursed the sickness and that was it! That affliction ended eternally!” Invest time in yourself! When the prodigal son came to himself, he returned home (Luke 15:11-32). You too need to sit down for a proper covenant diagnosis of whatever problem you’re facing. I would like you to look forward to doing rigorous exercises with the truths you will contact from this book. This is the opportunity for your long awaited refreshing. Grab it! God is opening the eyes of men; you won’t remain blind! No one gets saved until he agrees that he is a sinner. Even so, no one is free from a curse until he agrees that there is a curse. It is my prayer that your reading this book will be for you a time of discoveries and recoveries. It shall be for you a time of double encounters, in the precious name of Jesus! This day, every curse upon your life shall be broken! You have wrestled with shadows for too long! It’s time now to locate where the shoe is pinching you. Many are under curses, but they can’t tell the reason things are the way they are with them. This book is good news for you. And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free John 8:32. And Proverbs 24:13-14 adds: My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off. You can see curses visibly written all over some people - a man will hold one hundred thousand naira cash now, and it dissolves as if it were one naira! And there are some that even if they earn twenty thousand naira per month, they still won’t have enough to eat! The business place is not paid for, house rent is not paid! Yet the man is working and money is coming in! Curses? Yes, that’s what it is! But this is your time of freedom! We are out to look at the root of matters, to know why things are the way they are with you. At the end of it, God will nail every handwriting that is against you to the cross, in Jesus mighty name! I’m so excited about what God is out to do in your life right now! I want you to pray this prayer: Lord, open my eyes now. I am tired of wrestling with shadows. I am tired of confronting invisible barriers. Open my eyes Lord! May God show you His face, and rescue you from every invisible pit; so you can cross over to the other side of rest, in Jesus mighty name!

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