Factbox: The wealthy behind presidential race

(Reuters) - Individual donors to U.S. presidential candidates can contribute up to $2,500 for the state-by-state party nominating contests and another $2,500 for the general election. But independent groups called Super PACs have no limits on what they can raise from individuals, corporations or labor unions.

Here is a look at wealthy individuals who have contributed at least $1 million to the major political action committees, or PACs, as disclosed to the Federal Election Commission.

RESTORE OUR FUTURE

Total raised as of July 31: $88.6 million

(Supports Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney)

* Bob Perry - Houston builder who was a major donor to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a group that helped undermine 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry by attacking his Vietnam War record. Total donations: $8 million

* Sheldon Adelson - billionaire Las Vegas casino magnate who built the Venetian hotel and casino. Donation: $5 million

* Miriam Adelson - Sheldon's wife. Donation: $5 million

* F8 LLC and Eli Publishing - Provo, Utah-based firms that share an address. Both have been linked to former executives of Nu Skin, a Utah-based skin care and cosmetics company. Total donations: $2 million

* Oxbow Carbon - a Florida-based firm run by Bill Koch, a brother of conservative financiers David and Charles Koch and also a donor. Total Oxbow Carbon and Koch donations: $2 million

* Julian Robertson - hedge fund industry legend at Tiger Management. Total donations: $1.3 million

* Frank VanderSloot - Idaho businessman who runs the nutritional and cosmetics company Melaleuca. The firm and its subsidiaries have also donated. Total donations: $1.1 million

* Kenneth Griffin - Chicago-based hedge fund manager and CEO of Citadel LLC. Total donations: $1.1 million

* Huron Carbon - a private firm that shares its address in Florida with Oxbow Carbon. Donation: $1 million

* Crow Holdings - Dallas-based investment firm managing the wealth of the family of the late Dallas real estate mogul Trammell Crow, whose sons Harlan and Trammell S. Crow are also donors. Total Crow Holdings and Crow donations: $1.3 million

* John Paulson - a prominent New York hedge fund manager at Paulson and Co. Donation: $1 million

* John Kleinheinz - Texas hedge fund manager for Kleinheinz Capital Partners Inc. Donation: $1 million

* Edward Conard - a New York investor and former executive at Bain Capital, a private equity firm co-founded by Romney. Donation: $1 million

* Paul and Sandra Edgerly - Paul Edgerly of Brookline, Massachusetts, is an executive at Bain. The Edgerlys each have given $500,000. Total donations: $1 million

* Robert Mercer - New York hedge fund manager at Renaissance Technologies. Donation: $1 million

* Paul Singer - hedge fund manager who helped fund efforts to legalize gay marriage in New York. Donation: $1 million

* Rooney Holdings Inc - private investment firm formed in 1980s to acquire the Manhattan Construction Co. and has since expanded into many areas. Total donations: $1 million

* Richard Marriott - chairman of Host Marriott International. Total donations: $1 million

* J.W. Marriott Jr. - chairman and CEO of Marriott International, brother of Richard. Total donations: $1 million

* Steven Webster - private equity executive at Avista Capital in Houston. Total donations: $1 million

* John Childs - founder of private equity firm J.W. Childs Associates LP in Florida. Donation: $1 million

* Robert Brockman - executive at Reynolds and Reynolds, a Dayton, Ohio-based car dealership support company that shares a P.O. Box with CRC Information Systems Inc, Fairbanks Properties LLC and Waterbury Properties LLC, which split the donation three ways. Total donations: $1 million

* Miguel Fernandez - chairman of MBF Healthcare Partners, a private equity firm. MBF Family Investments also donated to the Super PAC. Total donations: $1 million

* Renco Group Inc. - owned by New York billionaire Ira Rennert, another frequent contributor to Republicans this year. Donation: $1 million

PRIORITIES USA ACTION

Total raised as of July 31: $24.7 million

(Supports Democratic President Barack Obama)

* Jeff Katzenberg - chief executive of DreamWorks Animation. Donation: $2 million

* Irwin Mark Jacobs - former CEO of Qualcomm Inc. Donation: $2 million

* Fred Eychaner - founder of Newsweb Corp. Donation: $1.5 million

* Bill Maher - stand-up comedian. Donation: $1 million

* Morgan Freeman - Hollywood actor. Donation: $1 million

* Service Employees International Union Committee on Political Education - union representing more than 2 million workers. Donation: $1 million

* National Air Traffic Controllers Association - union representing more than 16,000 workers. Donation: $1 million

* Kareem Ahmed - chief executive at Landmark Medical Management in California. Donation: $1 million

* Amy Goldman - writer and heiress to the New York real estate fortune of Sol Goldman. Donation: $1 million

* Steve Mostyn - Houston attorney. Donation: $1 million

* Franklin Haney - owner and CEO of FLH Company, a Washington-based real estate company. Donation: $1 million

* Barbara Stiefel - retiree in Coral Gables, Florida. Donation: $1.1 million

* Mel Heifetz - real estate developer and gay activist. Donation: $1 million

* Jon Stryker - activist and heir to the medical supply company fortune of his grandfather. Forbes puts his net worth at $1.2 billion. Donation: $1.5 million

AMERICAN CROSSROADS

Total raised as of July 31: $47.2 million

(Supports Republican candidates for federal offices)

* Harold Simmons - billionaire Dallas banker and CEO of Contran Corp who has contributed to PACs supporting Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich. Total donations: $11 million

* Bob Perry - Houston homebuilder. Total donations: $4.5 million

* Joe Craft - billionaire coal executive from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and CEO of Alliance Holdings, which is also a donor. Total donations: $2.1 million

* Contran Corp - Simmons' Dallas-based maker of titanium components. Total donations: $2 million

* Jerry Perenchio Living Trust - a trust of billionaire television tycoon A. Jerrold Perenchio, who is a former chairman of Spanish-language broadcaster Univision. Donation: $2 million

* Crow Holdings - Dallas-based real estate investment firm. Total donations: $1.5 million

* Robert Rowling - an Irving, Texas, businessman and a conservative and active Republican donor. Total donations: $2 million

* TRT Holdings, Inc - Rowling's company that runs Omni Hotel and Gold's Gym chains. Total donations: $2 million

* Robert Brockman - executive at Ohio-based Reynolds and Reynolds. Similarly to Restore Our Future, three firms sharing a P.O. Box - CRC Information Systems Inc, Fairbanks Properties LLC and Waterbury Properties LLC - split the donation three ways. Total donations: $1 million

* Stephens Inc - a Little Rock, Arkansas, broker dealer. Total donations: $1.3 million.

* Weaver Holdings and Weaver Popcorn - Indiana-based company specializing in popcorn. Total contributions: $1.4 million

* Whiteco Industries - Indiana-based company involved in advertising, construction, entertainment and hotels. Donation: $1 million

* Philip Geier - New York executive. Total donations: $1 million

* Irving Moskowitz - a Florida bingo magnate who runs a charity in California and is known for his support of Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem. Donation: $1 million

* Kenneth Griffin - Citadel Investment Group chief executive. Total donations: $1 million

* Robert Mercer - co-CEO of hedge fund Renaissance Technologies. Donation: $1 million

(Reporting by Patrick Temple-West, Alexander Cohen and Alina Selyukh; Editing by Eric Beech)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/factbox-wealthy-behind-presidential-race-122151462.html

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Psalm 113:9 Mama: A "Real" Family

?We don?t really consider him to be a part of your family.?? When my daughter heard those words recently, referring to the foster child who has lived with us for 2 ? years, she wept bitterly.? And why wouldn?t she?? She, herself, had once been a part of the foster care system before she had been, by God?s grace and providence, adopted into our family.¹? What message was this respected adult now communicating to her?? ?The only reason we consider you a part of a family now is because a judge signed a document and declared you to be.? Before that day, it didn?t really count.? You didn?t really belong.?

My heart aches and I can?t help but cringe when I hear people, even upright, God-fearing people make comments like that.? You know that feeling when someone makes an unexpected remark, and you have the perfect response?? Three days later?? Here?s what I wish I would had the clarity to articulate at the time:? If we aren?t ?really? his family, then who is?? The mother who rarely showed up all those months of his infancy that he spent in the hospital, and who hasn?t seen him at all in almost two years?? The grandmother who will only agree to fill that role if she is financially compensated to do so?? It?s not his fault that he was born into a family who were unable to care for him, only to then be stuck in a flawed system that continues to delay making a permanent decision about his future.? He didn?t ask to be raised in these circumstances, with the title of ?foster child? perpetually hanging around his neck.?

And if all the things that mothers do for their child ? getting up with him when he?s struggling to breathe in the middle of the night; snuggling with a well-loved book after a bubbly bath and a creamy massage; teaching him the proper way to hold a fork and insisting that he eat his peas before getting dessert; training him to pick up his toys at the end of play-time; hearing the little voice declare, ?I love you, Mama!? as I?m preparing his favorite snack ? if doing those things don?t qualify me to ?really? be his mother, then what does?

Upon seeing my daughter?s tears, the flustered person continued in an attempt to soften the previous words:? ?We haven?t been called to care for these children like your family has.? Your family?s gift is to care for foster children, just like our family is involved in the music ministry at our church.?? I understand that not everyone has been ?called? to foster or adopt children.? I totally get that.? People have different gifts, talents, callings and passions. ?If someone asked me to stand up in front of our church and sing a solo, the terror in the pit of my stomach and the violent trembling of my knees would most likely precede the inevitable faint.? But there?s a significant difference between using your musical talent (or any other skill, for that matter) and rescuing a child who desperately needs a family.? In the case of our current foster child, opening our heart and home to him literally meant the difference between his life and death!? (Remind me to tell that story some time!)

In the 13^th chapter of 1 Corinthians, the Lord is pretty clear about his opinion on the subject:? ?If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.? If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.? If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.??

The body of Christ all serving and functioning together, with every member doing his or her part, is a thing of beauty.? Oh, how I love to hear someone else?s beautiful music as I worship the Lord; it often moves me to tears and reaffirms my devotion to my beloved Savior!? But like the story that Jesus told about the rich man who gave much out of his abundance and the poor widow who gave the only two coins she had, there is a difference between contributing and sacrifice.²? I want to live like that widow!? I don?t want to just show up for ?choir practice? once a week, so to speak.? I want my life to be characterized by total surrender of everything I have.? And it?s not even giving what I have.? Like a fresh absorbent sponge, I want to soak up the love that God has so generously lavished upon me, and squeeze it out in abundance onto the lives He has temporarily placed in my care.

I am so thankful that the Lord has called me and my family to the ministry of caring for ?the least of these!?³? He has placed within my heart a deep, relentless love for fatherless children, and that spark has only been kindled and fanned into bigger and more powerful flames throughout the years.? With each child I have had the honor of caring for, my capacity to love has continued to expand.? Demonstrating love and compassion is like exercising a muscle . . . it doesn?t diminish with use.? On the contrary, the more it?s exerted and stretched, the larger and stronger it becomes.?

When I hear casual comments that this precious, beautiful, uniquely-made child who dwells in my heart is not ?really? a part of my family, it reminds me that not everyone shares my perspective, my passion.? It compels me to love him well, to the best of my ability.? To fill a void in his life that others may not be able or willing to fill.? And I am humbled and honored all over again to think that God would choose simple ol? me for this role.

So who is ?really? this child?s family? It?s the Papa he runs to, squealing in delight, when the Papa returns from work at the end of the day, knowing he?ll be tossed in the air and tickled until he practically bursts.? It?s the Mama whose arms he seeks when he first wakes up from his nap, the one who knows that ?You Never Let Go? is his favorite song. ?It?s the sisters who teach him cool dance moves and pose him for elaborate ?photo shoots.?? It?s the big brother who invites him climb onto his lap while he?s playing computer games, and who carries him proudly on his shoulders, introducing him to his teenage friends.?? It?s the family who shares their life with him day in and day out for years and years, even without the official document that allows him to share their last name. ?

We may not be his legal family.? We have no idea if we will ever be privileged to be his permanent family.? But if you were to ask him who his ?real? family is, there would be no hesitation or doubt.? He knows.? He knows he is loved and safe.? He knows which people are crazy about him.? And at least for now, for today, that?s what really matters.

2.??????????? Mark 12:41-44

3.??????????? Matthew 25:40

Source: http://psalm1139mama.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-real-family.html

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Keeping Up With the Kardashians Recap: Tales From the Krypt

With the exception of Scott's entertainment value and Kourtney's water birth experiment, the bulk of the current season of Keeping Up with the Kardashians has centered on the family matriarch, "momager" Kris Jenner.

Someone's gonna come out with a tell-all one of these years, and not just about Todd Waterman. This woman is out of control. Last night, for example, she became fixated, obsessively, on the great beyond. How did that turn out?

We break it all down for you in THG's official +/- recap!

Kris plans an outing to the cemetery, tries out caskets and decides what kind of floral arrangements she'd like at her funeral, etc. She's 56 and healthy. Minus 10.

In true Kris fashion, she goes BALLS OUT to secure spots for herself, Bruce, and all the Jenner/Odom family members. A little over the top. Minus 20.

"I'm into the mausoleum. Go hard or go home." - Kim Kardashian. Funny, the second part of that is what Ray J said when he ... forget it. Plus 5.

"Oh, the funeral business, there's a way you could extort us! Yeah, let's make some commissions on those plots baby." - Khloe. She's not wrong. Plus 5.

Kourtney is forced to buy a nearly identical fish each time her goldfish floats to the top, so Mason won't realize that it died ... kids are the best. Plus 20.

Bruce persuades Kourt to teach Mason about death with a book. Wonder if he'll teach Mase about avoiding aging with massive plastic surgery. Plus 10.

"There is life. There is death. Fishies go to heaven." - Bruce. Simple but profound wisdom from the family patriarch. Words to live by for all. Plus 5.

Kourtney reveals that Mason's legal guardian is Khloe, not Kim Kardashian. The latter is upset about this, but Plus 50 for the obvious right decision.

Khloe: "I wasn't given a Rubik's cube when I was younger because I get very angry, frustrated, and I threw it at things." Okay maybe not. Minus 5.

As a consolation, Kourtney puts Kim in charge of Mason's finances. Hey, no one knows how to milk millions out of nothing better than Kim. Plus 10.

Rob Kardashian, to convince mom to live in the moment, reveals the latest addition to his arm: a tattoo of Kris Jenner's face! Her face. Minus 200.

EPISODE TOTAL: -130. SEASON TOTAL: -275.

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