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Disturbing Christmas: The Manger and the Cross -- December 22, 2010

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Disturbing Christmas: The Manger and the Cross
C.J. Mahaney
During this time of year, it may be easy to forget that the bigger purpose behind Bethlehem was Calvary. But the purpose of the manger was realized in the horrors of the cross. The purpose of his birth was his death.
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Three Ways to Make This Christmas More Meaningful
Cindi McMenamin
Are you one whose goal is to survive the holidays? You go into get-it-done mode and plow through your to-do list and give a big sigh of relief on Jan. 2 when it's all over?
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An Unforgettable Christmas
Kathy A. Heiden
"On Christmas Eve, Dad returned without the deer he had hoped to shoot. There was no money for gas, for food, or anything else..."
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Holiday Grief and Thoughts on Our True Home
April Motl
In my family, some of those nearest and dearest have died close to the holidays...
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Movie Reviews

True Grit Has Plenty of That Old-Fashioned Fighting Spirit
Christa Banister
Thanks to a whip-smart script by those ever-inventive Coen brothers, not to mention an old-fashioned fighting spirit in this quest for wrongs being made right, True Grit has plenty of substance and style, a formidable combination for any film, let alone a remake.
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Something of Substance Slowly Revealed in Somewhere
Christian Hamaker
Sofia Coppola's Somewhere takes a long time to get anywhere. But don't be surprised if, weeks later, you find yourself thinking about the film and its depiction of a wayward soul slowly realizing that there's more to life than temporal, sensual pleasures.
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Music

There's Something Fresh and Vulnerable in Achor
Ed Cardinal
There's something duly fresh about Josh White's Achor, which consists of substantive folkie songs, a mix of transparent originals and some creative public domain reinterpretations that dabble in styles ranging from unplugged rockabilly to bluegrass.
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$130 Billion Rio Tinto To Takeover AMPW!!

"You had your turn, step aside!
We've got the serious money."

Mining giant, Rio Tinto, knows that junior-explorer, American Power Corp. (AMPW) just slammed the door on
a potential takeover from Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU)!

So, Rio Tinto now knows that to get American Power's
$35 billion worth of low-sulfur Montana coal, it may have
to go as high as $50 a share for this $1 stock!

Buy AMPW now while you can still get it at around $1,
and You could turn $10,000 into $500,000!

 

Dear Investor:

Rio Tinto, is an international mining super-power, the world's 2nd biggest coal producer. It's market cap is a staggering $129.64 billion dollars!

AMPW looks like an obvious takeover target for a major resource company, like Rio Tinto.

American Power owns $35 billion worth of low-sulfur Montana coal and Rio Tinto may have to pay as much as $50 a share for AMPW's $1 stock.

But, they better hurry! Rio Tinto is not the only one that could be trying to buy up American coal.

A junior coal company by the name of Western Coal was just bought by Walter energy for $3.5 billion! Western Coal's stock exploded in value by 2,782%!

Now it could happen again!
Thanks to Rio Tinto, the $1 stock of American
Power (AMPW.OB) could fetch as much as $50!

Rio Tinto is so huge and so diverse, and AMPW's neighboring coal reserves so tempting that Rio Tinto could be working on its own bid for AMPW's $35 billion worth of low-sulfur coal as you're reading this.

But, Rio Tinto had better hurry. It's not the only one frantically trying to buy up American coal.

Warren Buffett and Bill Gates Are
Thinking "Coal for Christmas!"

Just days ago Warren Buffett and Bill Gates took a hush-hush, one-day trip together to America's western coal country. You can't keep anything secret in these days of Twitter, Facebook and now Wikileaks.

According to the local news, the duo flew in with an entourage that filled nine private jets. And even though the Oracle declined interviews with the local paper, the reason for the visit didn't remain hidden for long...

Coal for Christmas!

When journalists phoned the local coal mine he was visiting, they were told media inquiries were being handled by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and Berkshire Hathaway, both Buffett-owned.

Buffett needs coal, vast quantities of coal, to keep his recently-purchased railway (he paid a cool $44 billion for Burlington Northern) running profitably. Buffett wants coal for Christmas!

But, what's Bill Gates, the green energy advocate, doing visiting coal country with Warren Buffett? Was he merely keeping his altruistic friend company. . . or is there something going on?

I think they're doing their Christmas shopping together.

Yes, Gates has said coal should be phased out by 2050. But he's not opposed to making a few extra billion in the meantime.

He and Buffett are practically joined at the hip. Buffett already gave the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 10 million shares of Berkshire Hathaway stock.

Now, I suspect Gates is either interested in a tandem coal deal, or he's doing reconnaissance for an energy venture of his own.

Buffett, Gates, or Rio Tinto?

Buffett and Gates undoubtedly tried to keep their coal-field visit quiet because they know that coal-hungry giant Rio Tinto is also prowling America's vast coal fields in search of easy prey!

Rio Tinto wants to sell that $35 billion worth of Montana coal to the Chinese. China is desperate for vast quantities of low-sulfur coal to keep its economy booming. Its voracious appetite for coal is rapidly escalating the global price of coal.

This past summer state run China Power International Development signed a $60 billion contract to import coal.

China, has little choice but to buy foreign coal at any price because:

  • Most of China's coal is low-grade and China is desperately trying to improve its pollution problems.
  • In recent years, more than 9,000 Chinese coal miners died in mining accidents and the government has closed unsafe mines creating an urgent need to import coal.
  • China's booming economy now burns half of the six billion tons of coal now used globally each year.
  • Its actually cheaper for China to import coal by ship to its coastal power plants than to transport it from its distant inland coal mines.

Last year, according to the United States Energy Information Administration, the United States exported only 2,714 tons of coal to China. In the first six months of 2010 that figure exploded to 2.9 million tons, an increase on an annual basis of something like 213,000%!

China has created a seller's market!
I expect Rio Tinto will have to go as high as
$50 a share for this around-$1 stock!

I think Buffett and Bill Gates will lose out to the coal giant with the deepest pockets of all. . . Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO; market cap $129.64 billion).

In fact, giant Rio Tinto could take advantage of a serious miscalculation on the part of its rival Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU, market cap $15.65 billion).

Peabody Energy's failure signals Rio Tinto that to get American Power's $35 billion worth of low-sulfur Montana coal, it may have to go as high as $50 a share for this now-$1 stock!

That's why I'm urging my readers to buy AMPW.OB now while you can still get it at a massive discount and you could turn $10,000 into $500,000 almost overnight!

How likely is all of that to happen? Am I nuts? And if I'm right, how come AMPW is still trading around a ridiculously low $1?

Here's a hint: Wall Street hasn't yet grasped the fact that American Power's coal...

  • Can be economically and quickly surfaced mined...
  • Already has the nod from environmental groups...
  • Can be up and productive in a matter of months!
  • Can be economically transported to major markets!

Who am I and why should you listen to what I have to say?

My name is Jarret Wollstein. I'm editor and publisher of the Intelligent Investor Report, now ranked as one of the top five performing investment newsletters in America. In fact. . .

In 2009, my average closed stock
pick was up by 88.37%!

My picks generate profits more than 70% of the time!

For complete details on my background and why I believe Rio Tinto may be about to send the $1 stock of American Power Corp. (AMPW.OB) to $50 or higher, just click on the link below (no registration required):

Yours for Spectacular Returns,

Jarret Wollstein, Editor/Publisher
Intelligent Investor Report
www.TheInvestorReport.com

Story continued online...

 

Now selling for around $1 a share...
American Power Corp is an IMMEDIATE-BUY that could quickly
return 20-fold or greater gains for those who move swiftly!

P.S. - You don't want to miss out on this blockbuster. I recommend going online or calling your broker immediately!

IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This publicly distributed report of Intelligent Investor Report, is a sponsored advertisement. This paid advertising issue of Intelligent Investor Report does not purport to provide an analysis of any company's financial position and is not in any way to be construed as an offer or solicitation to buy or sell any security. Intelligent Investor Report is a paid advertiser. American Power Corp is the featured company. The distribution costs of this report to new subscribers, two hundred fifty thousand dollars, were funded by Midway Media Group Inc. in an effort to create investor awareness of American Power Corp Midway Media Group Inc. is neither a broker-dealer nor investment advisor. It is anticipated that this report will generate new subscriptions for Intelligent Investor Report and expect to receive an unknown amount of revenue from new subscriptions from the subscription offer contained herein. Jarret Wollstein, the reviewer [or analyst], has been paid five thousand dollars in compensation for research, preparing and publishing this report and other publishing venues. Neither Intelligent Investor Report nor Jarret Wollstein is a broker-dealer. This report, including the opinions expressed and the statements made within, is for informational and advertising purposes only and should not be construed as investment advice and does not constitute an offer to sell any securities, and it is not soliciting an offer to buy any securities in any state or other jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. The information used to prepare this report is believed to be from reliable sources, but no representation is made as to the accuracy or completeness of such information. Investment in securities carries a high degree of risk and involves risks and uncertainties, which may result in investors losing all of their invested capital. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The information contained herein contains “forward–looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward–looking statements are based upon expectations, estimates and projections at the time the statements are made and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events to differ materially from those anticipated. Forward–looking statements may be identified through the use of words such as expects, will, anticipates, estimates, believes, or by statements indicating certain actions may, could, should, or might occur. Any statements that express or involve predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, goals or future events or performance may be forward–looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include but are not limited to adverse economic conditions, intense competition, lack of meaningful research results, inadequate capital, termination of contracts.

 

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Accepting God's greatest gift to you

December 22, 2010

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:16

I heard about a man who was putting a lighted Christmas sign in his yard that said 'Noel'. So he brought down the four letters n-o-e-l from the attic and took them out to the front yard. Well, it was a cold and rainy night, and he was fumbling and bumbling with those letters, trying to get them lined up and saying some very un-Christmas like things in the process!

So when he finally finished, he went and plugged the sign in. And when the lights came on, instead of n-o-e-l, the letters spelled l-e-o-n. Now couldn't you just imagine some guy named Leon driving by, seeing his name in lights and saying, "Man, that's just for me!"

 

Now, while that sign wasn't meant for someone named Leon, when God sent Christ to the world, he did mean it for you. He gave you a gift with your name on it. For God so loved you... put your name there... that he gave his only Son. And because he loved you, you can take that love and share it with others.

 

As I reflect on this passage, I wonder how much love is in that little word, "so." The apostle Paul tried to describe it by speaking of the height and the depth and the breadth and the length of the love of God (Ephesians 3:18). But how can you measure what's immeasurable? All you and I can do is experience the love of God and know that love is for real and forever!

GOD CAME AND GAVE YOU THE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE IN CHRIST! ACCEPT THIS GIFT BY TRUSTING IN HIM FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF YOUR SINS. 


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Pause: Resting in God Instead of Stressing Out

Dear Friend,

Do the words rested... peaceful... and refreshed describe you today? Or do the words stressed... rushed... and pressured better describe your way of life?
If you're like most Christians, you'd probably have to admit those last three words more accurately describe your life most of the time!
The good news is that it doesn't have to be this way... even when your life is one big pressure-cooker. And in my new book, Pause: Resting in God Instead of Stressing Out, I'll show you why.
Based on the principles from Paul's letter to the Philippians and Psalm 23, Pause: Resting in God Instead of Stressing Out will help you find true peace and rest in a world that is anything but peaceful and restful. It's the perfect "pause" button you need!
So please request your copy of Pause: Resting in God Instead of Stressing Out when you give online today!  --Jack Graham 

 

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