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I have always been interested in solar power-clean, effective, and free generally speaking. But I recently ran across an article from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) that I thought brought out some very interesting facts about the direction of solar energy.
The facts and figures come from the Solar Market Insight published by the SEIA for the 4th quarter of 2015.
First: the U.S. installed 7,260 MWdc of solar PV in 2015, the largest annual total ever and 16% above 2014.
Second: For the first time ever, solar beat out natural gas capacity additions, with solar supplying 29.4% of all new electric generating capacity brought on-line in the U.S. in 2015.
These two facts come as no real surprise as it has been well known that interest in solar has grown phenomenally over the past decade. But when I started looking at breakdowns of the installations, I was surprised. In particular, the following two graphics caught my eye
Residential growth (dark blue) seems to be doubling about every two years, which is no real shock to me. The shock to me was the amount of solar PV installations that were for the utilities, growing at a rate double that of residential installations. The below graph makes it a little easier to see.
Once I started to think about it, it really made sense. Solar is clean, renewable energy, which is essentially free after the initial cost of installation. So after the utilities initial outlay of immense cash, they can begin to recover investment immediately without having to make further purchases, such as with coal and natural gas.
Although the utilities may have the buying power to install these huge systems, that is not true of most commercial systems. They cannot afford the high initial cost even with the short term recapture of investment, usually 7-10 years.
Residential on the other hand has options that completely remove the drawback of an expensive installation. We just had our system installed, although a small system comparatively, but it cost us absolutely nothing to install and the maintenance and repair of the system is taken care of for the next twenty years, which means I don't have to lay out even a dime to keep the system maintained to optimum efficiency. I will be writing more about our personal system in another post later.
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Making people laugh and keeping things cheerful is a powerful leadership quality.
When you are working, there is a need to be serious. That doesn't mean you forget how to laugh altogether. At the workplace, it so happens more often than not, that things get too serious. As the leader, encourage laughter in the office so that the office transforms into a fun place that is also highly productive. Sharing happiness through a laugh or two will actually help your company. Laughter by no means is a distraction.
Here are ideas of incorporating laughter:
Use it to Motivate and Energize
When your team members are down and out, highly exhausted, and dull, it is time to lighten the atmosphere by cracking a joke or two. Make them smile and they will feel better and alert.
Make it Memorable
You can actually use humor to teach someone something or to ensure that someone doesn't forget what you said. For example, if you want your team to remember a few important details about a particular task or upcoming event, you should use humor to convey those details. Laughter will make them memorable.
Eliminate Discomfort and Awkwardness
Bad reviews, complaints, and mistakes . . . These can really put you off as the boss. However, don't forget that the person responsible is human and no human is perfect. Errors in judgment are common. Don't jump down the person's throat right away. Start with a joke; keep it light. When you do that, the person in front of you will actually want to listen to you and not get too defensive. Then, in a firm voice you can speak about the mistake. Doing so will help you put the point across while encouraging the person to do better.
Use it to Calm People Down
If you see tension and anger flaring from two ends, cut through it with humor. When someone is in a bad mood, laughter distracts him or her. This enables people to relax and give a thought to what is going on. After a while you can start the topic again in a calm, gentle, and happy tone.
Bond With your Team Members
You may be the boss but that doesn't mean you can't gel with your employees. Bond with them over jokes and happiness so that the entire team is comfortable with you and vice versa. When there is happiness, there is automatic motivation to do things better. Bonding will also help you strengthen ties.
Smiling and spreading cheer cost nothing help you feel great!
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Increase the productivity of your business by creating a happy, cheerful atmosphere. Don't keep things serious all the time. Make happiness a part of your company culture so that everyone smiles and works with motivation.


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Jim died on the Ides of March, 2007, of lung cancer.
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The Almanac was the love of his life (after myself!) and I will do my best to update the site regularly again beginning in April. The cougar section may take me more time to bring up-to-date, as he had fallen behind on it while devoting his energies to researching Weird Egypt in the last two active years of his life.
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Welcome to our Cougar Pages. It is the belief of your editors - based on the evidence we've managed to accumulate so far - that wild, free-ranging cougars have returned to the midwest. This belief is also shared by a growing number of professional wildlife biologists both inside and outside of government. As naturalists we see this new development in our regional ecology as a basically positive event and one which we watch with great interest. However the return of these animals raises numerous questions and concerns among both biologists and lay persons alike.
For the present most of these questions concerning the biology and ecology of the animals living here can't be answered owing both to their secretive nature and their current relative rarity in the environment. But if present trends continue - and they show every indication that they will - the next decade will begin to answer some of them.
This page has been posted to answer as many of them as our current limited knowledge allows and to keep our readers current with new discoveries and events. We strive to maintain neutrality on the many issues involved in the cougar's return and we wish to encourage a rational discussion of their presence here and the environmental and social effects that flow from that presence. To that end we encourage you to report any sightings you or someone you know may have had and to share any feelings the return of Puma concolor to our area engenders.
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Toll Roads and Uber
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While on a trip, driver-partners are responsible for paying the toll to the Toll Roads. When the trip ends, tolls are automatically billed to the passenger and driver-partners will be reimbursed on the weekly pay statement.
NOTE: It's important to remember that you will not be reimbursed for tolls while you are not on a trip with a rider, even if you are en route to their pick up location.
How do I pay for tolls?
There are two ways you can pay for tolls. The first way is to make a one-time online payment at www.thetollroads.com without an account within 5 days. The second option is to set up an online account or physical transponder account with the Toll Roads at www.thetollroads.com.
Which toll roads are eligible for reimbursement?
Partners will be reimbursed for tolls on Toll Roads 73, 125, 133, 241 or 261.
Riders will not be charged and driver-partners will not be reimbursed for tolls on the optional high occupancy vehicle lane on the 110 freeway.
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By Lizzie Harvey
Today's rainy clouds marked the last day of our half-term dismantling period. We were mainly finishing off work from yesterday, photographing and sketching the last of the numerous beams and filming little scenes around the village. However, in the afternoon, after it stopped raining (well mostly stopped), we set about the arduous task of recreating the house out of the often broken pieces of timber by placing them on the ground. It seemed simple enough. Our labelling system that we created on Monday and Tuesday should have been an easy guide to follow but we soon found that this wasn't the case; some of the labels had fallen off their designated beam, some pieces hadn't been labelled as they were hidden in the thatch and some pieces were missing, presumably after being taken away with the roof. Despite these difficulties, by the end of the day with a lot of hard work and guessing, we managed to complete the house in a reasonably accurate manner with only a few pieces left out- a feat I think we're all quite proud of.
I think I speak for everyone involved in this project when I say that this week has taught us lots about archaeology and Anglo Saxon buildings. We're incredibly grateful to all the adults who have put their time and effort into making this week interesting and enjoyable and feel that we have learnt a lot of practical skills that we can use later in our no doubt blossoming careers in archaeology. We thank Pippa and Rob in particular for their time spent working with us and for the many hours they will presumably work after this with the digitalisation of our work.


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News: The Lox & Smoke DZA To Head 'Key To Life' Tour
The Lox, Smoke DZA and Statik Selektah will head out on the Key To Life Tour kicking off on October 8th in Charlotte, NC. The tour will travel to Providence, Philly, Baltimore, Chicago and more. They will be joined on tour by Griselda Gangs Conway, Westside Gunn and Benny.
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At the beginning of each school year, my college would have a club fair, in which all of the school clubs and activities would have a table and a sign up sheet to encourage students to join. It was a lot of fun, seeing all the groups that our school had to offer, most of whom also offered free candy to all. The same thing could work at the high school level too. Just pick a day at the start of the school year, a location (a grassy field on campus, the cafeteria, or the gym), and arrange so that each group on campus has a table. An assembly schedule can be employed, only instead of an assembly, this is the event students are attending. Students can walk around, talking to members of each group. For proof of attendance, have each student fill out a sheet with their name and at least one group that he/she is interested in joining and have him/her turn it in for a raffle at the end. This way, all students are aware of all of the activities offered at school, every activity can actively recruit new members, and students are encouraged to get involved.
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Like in college, high schools could have tables at the start of the school year to recruit members for all on-campus activities.
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Help Us Save Poole's Diving Pit!
As part of Poole's regeneration, the current Dolphin Leisure Centre facing demolition. However, Poole Council have no intention of including a diving pit in the new leisure centre. This would be a tragedy, as the Wessex Diving Club has over 45 members and has been based in Poole since the 1970s.
Please help us in our attempt to have a diving pit included in the new leisure centre by signing the petition below.
Thank you!
Welcome To Our New Website!
We have been working hard to modernise the website for the Wessex Diving Club!
The new website has been reorgnised to make finding information about the Wessex DC easier, as well as looking crisp and modern.
Some pages may currently look more empty than before. Don't worry - all the past competition results are still accesible, available as PDF files from the 'Competition Results' page of the site.
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The Nigel Program for Adults with Disabilities is a residential care program. Care is provided in Nigel House, a licensed residential care facility with 25 residents,and Harriet House with 15 residents.
The Nigel Program for Adults with Disabilities includes:
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The European Central Bank looks increasingly likely to launch Quantitative Easing (in the form of sovereign bond purchases) this week. Many around Europe will no doubt celebrate, based off the assumption that such a programme can have the same impact as it did in the US and UK. In a new paper Open Europe deconstructs why the situation is fundamentally different in the Eurozone, highlighting that actually QE could come with limited economic benefits and high legal and political costs.
19 January 2015
There are several reasons why ECB Quantitative Easing (QE) will have limited economic impact.
The ECB has already injected €1 trillion worth of liquidity in the Eurozone in various ways – near zero interest rates, LTRO, TLTRO, etc. Buying sovereign bonds is just another form, albeit on a greater scale. However, as with previous injections, there is a strong chance that this money could get tied up in the banking sector.
Bank lending remains the key channel through which QE would filter to the real economy – non-financial corporations get 85% of their funding from banks in the Eurozone, the figure in the US is less than half this. The lack of lending from the broader capital markets means money will not filter through to the real economy anywhere as effectively as in other jurisdictions.
Furthermore, exposure to financial assets accounts for only 49% of net household wealth in the Eurozone, compared to 82% and 62% in the US and UK respectively. This means that boosting asset prices will not feed through to consumers to the same extent.
When QE was initiated in the US and UK, their ten-year borrowing costs were above 4% and 3.5% respectively. Currently, the Eurozone's is around 1.5%. Since the ECB's promise to do 'whatever it takes to save the euro' in 2012, borrowing costs around the Eurozone have plummeted – Italian borrowing costs fell by almost 4%, Spanish by almost 5% and Portuguese by over 7%. Yet, this reduction has not been coupled with an improvement in economic performance or inflation. There is little reason to think QE will be any different.
Any sovereign purchases will likely have to be split according to the ECB capital shares. This means that almost half of the capital injection will flow to Germany and France, 26% and 20% respectively. Under a hypothetical €1 trillion purchase programme, only 9.6% of Italy's, 15% of Spain's and 13% of the Eurozone's sovereign debt market would be purchased. This compares to 21.5% in the US and 27.5% in the UK. It is also highly unlikely that a bout of QE would stimulate demand in Germany – and thereby encourage the Eurozone rebalancing many hope for. Germany already sits on plenty of money; it just chooses not to spend it. Its economy is also operating at near capacity.
At the same time, QE would come with a series of political and legal consequences, meaning that the operation would not be 'cost free' as some claim. Alternatively, as recent reports suggest, this could lead to the programme being watered down, further limiting its economic effectiveness:
If the ECB launches QE, and particularly if the Bundesbank votes against, Germany will be isolated with both political and public opinion hardening. People elsewhere in Europe may not care about this initially, but a German hardening of opinion may significantly restrict Angela Merkel's political room for manoeuvre in future, for example in case additional bailouts or changes to the Eurozone structure – such as 'reform contracts' or a 'Eurozone budget' – are found to be required.
It is highly questionable whether politicians free riding on central banks is sustainable in the long-term. We have already seen this both in 2011, with a lack of banking sector reform, and in 2012 with a lack of reform of the Eurozone's institutions. Using cheap central bank action to paper over deep economic and political cracks has not proved an effective policy for the Eurozone so far.
QE is guaranteed to be subject to numerous legal challenges, primarily in Germany. The German Constitutional Court has already suggested that it believes the ECB's OMT programme – purchases of short-term sovereign debt with conditions attached – is illegal. On the one hand, QE is actually a more standard form of monetary policy than the OMT, so it may be on a sounder legal footing. However, on the other hand, questions will certainly be asked about the potential liabilities which will be created for the Bundesbank and the German state via ECB activities. The creation of fiscal liabilities without any democratic process could fall foul of red lines laid out in previous GCC ruling, such as the one on the Eurozone bailout funds. It also ultimately amounts to some joint fiscal underwriting since all Eurozone states support the ECB's balance sheet.
In the end, QE is likely to deliver limited economic benefit with potential political and legal costs. This is not necessarily to say the ECB should do nothing, but that it is largely doing QE for the sake of doing something, due to inaction from Eurozone leaders. It would prove much more effective to face up to the structural flaws in the Eurozone institutions and find a better way to encourage reform in exchange for fiscal transfers.
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Most common cause of lobar hemorrhage in elderly age group ?
A: Hypertension
B: Vascular malformation
C: Coagulopathy
D : Amyloid angiopathy
Correct Answer: D : Amyloid angiopathy
Intraparenchymal bleed with surrounding oedema- CT Scan
- Though hypertension is the most common cause of intracerebral hemorrhage, the usual site for it is putamen, thalamus, pons and cerebellum.
- But lobar hemorrhage in elderly is most commonly due to cerebral amyloid angiopathy, where there is amyloid deposition in the walls of cerebral arteries following arteriolar degeneration.
Ref: Harrison's principles of internal Medicine, 19 th edition, page 2582 – 2583
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A)-Well to be honest I dabbled into training at a few places. I first sought out Rolland Alexander and APW (All Pro Wrestling) Training school in Northern California. Then I decided to hit up Atlanta and WWA4 (the former WCW Power Plant) training facility. I even tried out and qualified for the TNA Gut Check which sent me far up North to train in Windsor, Ontario Canada at Border City Wrestling with Scott D'Amore and Johnny Devine. Now all these places were great and I learned a lot, however it wasn't till I found the Ring of Honor Academy/Dojo that I felt this is where I needed to be. I guess you can say the time I spent in all three places provided me with what I needed in order to start my path in Ring of Honor. I was trained by three different people throughout my time there. One being the head Booker of ROH Delirious who tried to show me the booking and production side of the wrestling business. The second was Prince Nana, a man who took me under his wing and taught me the business of the business all while becoming one of my greatest friends and closest allies in wrestling #EMBASSYFOREVER. To this day we still talk and he teaches me even when he thinks he isn't. But the last man I am about to mention is the most important, he would actually consider himself the greatest man that has ever lived. This man would teach me everything from the basics to storytelling, proper professional edict to just being me and standing up for what I feel is right in my heart. Austin Aries was truly an inspiration and motivator for the person I always wanted to be, not just in pro wrestling but in life. Aries was always straight up with me and told me exactly how he felt. Whether it came to how I was doing during training, what I was doing right or wrong in my matches, what it would mean to be in this business, even providing me with life lessons. Austin Aries will always be a major reason I will forever live by the phrase "If you don't invest in yourself and what you're trying to accomplish, then nobody else will! I also started from the ground up traveling the roads of North America with ROH driving the ring trucks or driving in a car, from city to city, state to state, setting up the ring and tearing it down paying my dues like the wrestlers that came before me. Countless hours working my way from the ground up just trying to do what I have always dreamed of doing since I was 7 years old.
Q)-We last saw you in F.I.G.H.T in December of 2012 at our debut event. What were your initial thoughts regarding the promotion?
A)-Unique, Innovative, Creative. It was on this day that I was traveling with another man that I consider to be a real hero in my life and at one point was calling "dad". It's funny, they say in life when you meet your heroes they leave you with a feeling of disappointment. Steve Corino was not that at all. I was so excited this weekend to be able to travel the road with the King of Old School just to pick his brain, hear the stories, but the best part of the trip was getting to know the man that I looked up to ever since he debuted in ECW. I was even able to call him dad which I considered a huge honor that he would be so accepting of me in his life. But to this day if it wasn't for Steve asking me to be a part of this weekend in December 2012 I would have never had the opportunity to work for F.I.G.H.T and I would have never got to hear the King's speech where he talked about his love and passion as well as making Millions of Memories over Millions of Dollars in his journey through pro wrestling. It was on this day that I knew I wanted to make more memories not just in wrestling but in F.I.G.H.T PRO as well!
Q)-You have been one of F.I.G.H.T's biggest supporters since the very beginning. What made you believe in the idea of the promotion so much?
A)-To be honest the presentation and the Showcasing of various styles in exclusive match types. Knowing that fans would see wrestling on each card, however at least three of those matches would be contested in three exclusive F.I.G.H.Ting Showcase styles, under unique rules for each bout. You want a rough, hardcore, strong style that Japan offers, well look no further than the GRAPPLER'S SHOWCASE. Maybe you are into the submission, European catch based wrestling style, the TECHNICAL SHOWCASE offers all that and more. Or if you are into seeing submission, Ariel, striking, Lucha Libre, grappling, and technical wrestling all fused together, well you're In Store for a treat when you experience the HIGH-FLYERS (Or what I like to call The Hybrid) SHOWCASE! I sat there before the show reading the pamphlet/brochure over and over again. To be honest it got my creative juices flowing and to this day still does! I believe in F.I.G.H.T because F.I.G.H.T believes in the art of pro wrestling, the sport of competition, and passion pro wrestlers and wrestling fans search for at every show they attend!
Q)-A little over a year after that match, you left the business completely. Can you go into detail regarding your hiatus from wrestling?
A)-OK, so this is the first time I am announcing this publicly to the wrestling community. At this point in my life I was actually fired from Ring of Honor and rightfully so. My life had taken a turn for the worse. I had become so bitter towards my dreams and passion because I thought it was taking everything in my personal life away from me, creating an alternate life that I had never wanted to go down. But in reality maybe I did. I was lying, cheating, and stealing to survive in the wrestling business. I was popping pills, snorting cocaine, smoking cigarettes, and drinking scotch daily. My life had become completely and utterly unmanageable and I blamed every circumstance, every person, and made every excuse I could ever imagine just to avoid the simple truth. I am and will always be the reason my life went down the road it did.
Q)-How did your addiction affect your day to day life in and out of wrestling?
A)-Like I said I was lying, cheating, and stealing to survive. First it was from Ring Of Honor when I tried to get one over on their travel agent and make them pay for a train ticket they had no business paying for because my irresponsible ass couldn't make it to leave with the rest of the crew at the appropriate time of departure for TV trappings. Most likely I had used that money to buy cocaine for the event because I thought without it I wouldn't be able to my job properly. That was the day they fired me and that was the last time I was ever seen at a ROH event let alone a wrestling event for a very long time. I was lucky enough to have a friend drive me to the train station that night and help me out in getting home. My life after that only got worse filled with arrests probation, stealing, from my family, lying to family and friends etc. etc. I couldn't, get control and could care less. I started selling drugs just to make money, go out partying, attempting to live a life style I couldn't afford. I had become an embarrassment to me family and friends. Most importantly I had become someone I never wanted to be. At this point I saw what I thought was my fate and I wasn't about to fight it. It was so much easier to just numb the pain embracing the drugs and alcohol, forgetting my dreams and passions of pro wrestling.
Q)-When did you realize things hit rock bottom?
A)-Well, that's very easy yet scary question to answer. Rock bottom came when there was a warrant out for my arrest because I had violated probation and now showed a court date. I was arrested and put in prison for a week. My family wouldn't bail me out. Honestly, even if they did I wouldn't allow them to. This is where I thought I needed to be. I have come to realize this, you need to hit rock bottom sometimes in order to see the truth. Truth is I needed to start taking responsibility for my actions and words because if I didn't then I would never get out of this hole I dug for myself. So began my FIGHT for living instead of just surviving.
Q)-Initially, how difficult was it to get things back on track?
A)-You know I am truly blessed, we all are. Whether its life, this universe, God, or a higher power, one thing is for sure and that's nothing is for sure. Luckily, my family never gave up on me, plus our family lawyer happened to be a very good friend and got involved on my behalf. He was able to make a deal for me and told me I had two options: Option A would be I could spend 1 year in prison and have felony charges on my record for the rest of my life. Option B was I could drop those charges down to misdemeanor charges get bailed out for $1,000 instead $5,000 and enroll in the east end regional drug court program where I would spend a minimal of 1 year being drug tested, going to court weekly, and watched over thoroughly. If I could complete drug court my record would be expunged. But that was only a small portion of the positive rewards I earned going through that process. I went through a lot in just one year. I was put into a 30 day inpatient clinic, followed by living in a sober house where I had a GPS locator attached to my ankle in order for them to keep tabs on me. I had to participate in outpatient treatment daily, go to narcotic/alcohol meetings daily, and provide my services to the community. I was not allowed to see my family, had a curfew to adhere to, and had to maintain sobriety. I was also not allowed to have a job, my own place, or even a car. Whatever the judge told me I had to do I did, she even took my gym membership away from me for a month. But Not only did I complete drug court within a year expunging my record of all crimes committed, I also got my license back, put my car back on the road, got my own place, quit cigarettes, stayed and continue to stay sober, and found myself in the whole process. Like my favorite wrestler of all time Shawn Michaels, I lost my smile through this journey and now I found it again! I got my life back, not to mention I made my return to wrestling where I wrestled two matches clean and sober during that year. I took for granted so much in the past. It's safe to say that I have so much gratitude for the present and will continue to express this gratitude into me future. Life is what I make of it. "Suffering is the result of the game, victory at the cost of pain." These are song lyrics I have tattooed on me when I was high. I didn't truly understand the meaning behind the words until I started looking at the journey instead of the destination.
Q)-You recently mentioned that you participated in a tryout for Ring of Honor. What was the experience like going back to earn an opportunity for a company you had worked with for so long?
A)-Well first of all, I didn't think I would even be allowed to come back after everything that had happened. Before I even get into the tryout though I have to talk about this. Final battle was in Philly for Ring of Honor, so I decided to go. See part of this process I go through daily is making amends to the people I have harmed in my life. I had made amends to my mother, father, and brother, I made amends to my 7 year old self by finally wrestling a match clean and sober. Next on my list was ROH and Sinclair Broadcasting. So I asked Delirious and the ROH family members if it would be OK to come down. I was told I would be welcomed happily, so I went. When I got there I was able to make the amends I had to and they were accepted with no questions asked only care, concern, and sincere happiness that I was able to get me life together. Words couldn't describe the emotions I was feeling at that point. Just like that everything was the way it once was. Now this doesn't mean I was back with company by any means. What I mean by that is sometimes people, families grow apart but when you see them again you pick up right where you left off. Now I have to be honest my life had changed so drastically that during the show I actually called my best friend and said "I don't think I need to be here anymore, I feel like I should be home taking care of my new responsibilities". Now that was crazy coming from me considering I hadn't seen me wrestling family in forever and my love for pro wrestling never left me. I really planned on staying for the whole show, but I guess as time moves forward your responsibilities and promises to others and yourself change. See, I came to do what I had to. I made my amends to everyone I had missed and done wrong by for so long. This was to be my closure from wrestling and ROH, this was to be my "FINAL BATTLE" in wrestling. With that my best friend replied with "come home", and with that I felt at peace with everything and was ready to leave it at that and never look back. But then something started to happen. Actually, it was happening prior to this. Through this year I had been getting into really good physical shape. Actually I had been getting into the best shape of my life. It was during this time I decided I didn't want one more run. I just wanted to attend a Ring of Honor tryout to show myself that I could be better than my past, as well as show my peers that I had changed for the better physically, mentally, and emotionally in terms of wrestling. One thing is for sure: no matter how much you try to stay away, the wrestling bug swarms over us continuously, biting to the point where we need to scratch that itch. However, this time around if I was going to do it, I wasn't going to do it for fame and fortune. I was going to do it for passion and pride! So I went and I couldn't have been happier with the results!
Q)-What's a key piece of advice you could give to someone currently battling addiction issues?
A)-I am going to try and not preach here because I believe words mean nothing unless you practice them in your life. If I could give any advice to anyone battling addiction it is this: Accept that the only thing you can control is how you react and respond to the circumstances life and this universe provide us with. Though acceptance, learn how to adapt and become more SELF aware of what life and this universe is trying to teach you through your journey. See, you can blame everyone else and everything else or you can look at yourself and see what role you play. Whether it 10%, 50%, or 90%, you always play a role in the events that happen to you. Lastly, apply all that you learn because without application, your life may become a constant insanity where you are repeating the same mistakes over and over. Listen, through tragedy there is triumph! Without failure there cannot be success! So just because you fail doesn't make you a failure. Take the good with bad, the happy with the sad. We put limits on what we think and do, we wallow in sorrow and self-pity, creating excuses becoming comfortably numb. Stop surviving and make sure you live for every moment, love every memory, learn from every experience, and laugh every day for the rest of your Life!
Q)-What were your initial thoughts when you heard F.I.G.H.T was making its return?
A)-Honestly not to sound corny but F.I.G.H.T brought back a passion that I thought I put to bed. When I saw that F.I.G.H.T was back all I wanted to do was help the promotion grow and be a part of it. I told myself if I was ever going to wrestle again it was going to be for passion and love, not for money fame. Furthermore, I wanted to inspire to be an inspiration. So with that I made my family a promise. It was simple, if I was going to do this it wasn't going to be for sex, drugs, and money. I wasn't going to get sucked in and forget about my family I am trying to create and my family that created me. If I was going to do this, I was going to do it responsibly and enjoy whatever journey it took me on. I am no longer concerned about destination. For me I F.I.G.H.T for my sobriety every day! I F.I.G.H.T for my love and passion, for my family, and pro wrestling! I F.I.G.H.T for my life!
Q)-What do you see in store for yourself going forward in the wrestling industry?
A)-F.I.G.H.T is where my heart and career are at from here on out. So to answer your question of what I see in store going forward in the wrestling industry. I see myself being a positive representative of F.I.G.H.T PRO. I see myself being the top representative of F.I.G.H.T PRO. I SEE MYSELF BECOMING F.I.G.H.T PRO CHAMPION! But just like sobriety it all starts with one day. On October 7th in West Virginia, I come back to F.I.G.H.T PRO my first match as I begin my journey to the title. One day makes all difference in my life and every day that follows. I have embraced my past as I create my future, but in this moment I shall drown in the now! No matter who my opponent is on October 7th, I will come back after being away for 4 years to show the fans, F.I.G.H.T Officials, to show my peers, but most importantly to show myself that the only person that can defeat me from here on out is me. My opponent may be bigger, faster, and stronger, but I will overcome the obstacle that stands in front of me! October 7th I don't F.I.G.H.T to survive! October 7th I F.I.G.H.T to live!


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Given your mobile world, the appearance of symptoms several days after onset of the disease and their similarity to symptoms of other maladies, the sickness popping up outside of the heavily-stricken western African countries was inevitable. The heartening aspect is that the medical community has been given a forum to allay fear that the disease can spread out of control. Of course, no one can report that once again the light is insuring that the Illuminati's intention to create a pandemic and worldwide fear is a failure.
The political penchant for assigning blame is hotter and heavier about ISIS, which isn't faring at all well insofar reports to allay fear about their intentions, and justifiably so. Those forces will continue to make headway until an allied regional effort stops them, and that will come. The underlying factor, ever-increasing light, will be construed as self-serving interests of neighboring nations, and indeed pragmatism will enter the stage. As leaders who are refraining from active involvement realize that ISIS forces could carry their terror-based "Islam state" across whatever borders they wish, vulnerable countries will jump into the fray.
We know that as those two situations run their respective courses, they are providing many souls the opportunity to work through chosen karmic lessons. Still, it is a sadness for us that some of our Earth family are treating others without a shred of mercy.
Now then, we welcome your many insightful questions and comments about "decade of delay," years 2007 and 2017, NESARA and how the plan for Earth's Golden Age came about. To show the interrelatedness of all, we shall connect the dots in prior messages and fill any gaps in that information so you can see the tapestry unfold in its entirety, so to say.
The plan came about because Gaia, the soul that eons ago embodied in what now is your homeland planet, sent out a call for help. The negativity that had accumulated due to civilizations' relentless blood-shedding had so diminished Earth's light that her ability to remain in orbit was severely imperiled. The two previous episodes when the planet's very life was at stake, the release of amassed negativity happened with such cataclysmic force that all life forms perished. Gaia loved them all, even the people who contributed to the negativity, and each time of departure sorrowed her deeply.
This time she wanted her residents not only to survive, but physically ascend with her planetary body, which would be restored to its original pristine health and beauty so all of her life forms could flourish and live together joyously and harmoniously. Her clear vision of that Earth became manifest in the universal continuum.
It was at that point the council entered the picture. They accepted the task of inspiring the peoples to take charge of their personal ascension by receptivity to the incoming light so they could start generating their own with forcefulness. This was essential for two reasons of equal importance to ascension: Light transforms bodies' carbon-based cells into the crystalline structure that can survive in vibratory levels that eventually Earth would reach; and by dissolving the "veil" between third density consciousness and soul-level knowledge, the light opens hearts and minds to the spiritual enlightenment that engenders soul growth.
After discussing all the intricacies, complexities and requirements involved—first and foremost that everyone's free will must be honored in accordance with Creator's edict to rulers of all the universes—the council came up with a plan. It had to be put into a linear timeframe for your understanding, and since it is your world, it could only be what you want it to be. Therefore, all aspects of the plan had to become part of the collective consciousness, that energy mass of countless thoughts, feelings and deeds that steers activity in Earth's field of potential and determines what happens in your world.
The provisions of NESARA and all other facets of the plan were developed in the continuum, where what you think of as past, present and future is a series of simultaneous happenings; where souls' evolutionary station is known by the amount of light they radiate and matching them up according to their interests, innate capabilities and necessary karmic experiencing can be easily arranged. Always pre-birth agreements are made with unconditional love and designed to benefit every soul participating in the shared lifetime, and so it was with the council's plan, albeit the most unusual and far-reaching ever devised. Never before in this universe had an entire civilization entered into an agreement whereby the vast majority would undertake such a monumental challenge: completing in only one lifetime all third density karmic lessons they needed to achieve balance and evolve spiritually and consciously into fourth density.
Nevertheless, in the council's planning of a process unprecedented in speed and scope, they wisely took into account that some of the weaker souls might falter and welcome assistance in addition to the continuous in-beaming of light from distant civilizations, and the plan included several means to handle that contingency. Stronger souls who had shared lifetimes with weaker ones could take upon themselves a portion of those souls' heavy karma; volunteers for those roles were in fourth or higher densities, and so were the energy healers, psychic intermediaries and receivers of telepathic communication, who would help in their respective ways.
A multitude of souls was needed to become way-showers and standard-bearers. Some would intuitively know the truth of information transmitted by messengers in the light and share it with all who were receptive; others would become active in various reform efforts or prepare for professions where they could influence positive changes; and some of the many souls who would exemplify the power of positive thoughts and feelings and the joy of living in godly ways would fill other roles, too.
Vital to the plan were souls who would create the harsh circumstances the masses needed and when that was completed, join the light forces. Only the most highly evolved beings could be entrusted with those missions, and the council selected the volunteers whose dependability in the most challenging areas of light service had been proven time and again. There was no reason whatsoever to anticipate that they would renege on the latter part of their agreement, but that is what happened.
Those individuals had fallen under the spell of the darkness that engulfed the planet and they refused to relinquish their power, control of the masses and fortunes gained illegally or immorally. No amount of urging at soul- and conscious-levels, pledges of assistance or warnings about self-judgment in lifetime reviews convinced them to honor their agreement.
Although the council's timeline for world situations to be greatly improved and the peoples' burdens eased so they could "see the light" had arrived in your linear time, the Illuminati continued hiding truths and fomenting wars, destruction, disease and impoverishment just as many generations of dark ones had done before them. That didn't affect Earth's ascension pace—she entered fourth density right on target as predestined, at the end of 2012—but relentless turmoil and hardships and ignorance of truths have kept most of her peoples within third density's limited conscious and spiritual awareness.
The billions who are coping with one hardship or injustice piled atop others or are barely surviving cannot imagine anything except the violence, misery, despair and fear in their lives. Troops in combat believe what they have been told: It is your patriotic duty to fight for freedom or it is your responsibility to avenge what was done to your ancestors. The large numbers employed in companies that produce the machinery of war may abhor war's death and destruction, but their foremost interest is their livelihood that supports their families. Thus, contrary to the council's expectations of your society's advancement by 2007, thoughts of a peaceful world where everyone sharing equally Earth's abundance had but a feeble toehold in the collective consciousness.
We won't know which candidates will be elected in November until that nation's voters decide. Since we often have said that the outcome of everything transpiring on Earth is known because it is fait accompli in the continuum, it is natural to wonder why we don't know who the winners will be. The election results won't affect planetary ascension one whit and will have little impact on the collective consciousness, which comprises the energy put forth not only by humans, but also every other life form on the planet. Because the winners aren't significant in those contexts and there is no clarity in Earth's field of potential, there is no way for us to know who they will be. As for the 2016 presidential election, so much will take place during the next two years that even hazarding a guess about who will want to run for the office would be senseless and futile.
We did not predict, we stated with certainty that Barack Obama would be elected, and this brings us back to why 2007 was a pivotal year: That is when thoughts about his being a potential US presidential candidate entered the collective consciousness. The soul that embodied as Barack Obama was chosen to lead your world into Gaia's long-awaited era of peace, so it was essential that thoughts and feelings favoring him as president emerge, then keep increasing until the energy momentum was unstoppable. The voters' decision to elect him the following year was as predestined as surely as was Earth's ascension.
Had the souls who came in to create havoc for the masses—and indeed did—not reneged on their agreement to join the light forces afterwards, the timeline in the Golden Age master plan would have prevailed. By now Obama would have completed much of his presidential mission and your society would be well on the way to living peacefully. Instead, he inherited two wars and now is combatting the terrorism that in no small part is their offspring. And, despite the light's immense headway in weakening the Illuminati's global network, they retained enough power within and beyond the Congress to doom most of Obama's visionary initiatives, and their efforts to keep the negativity of divisiveness alive and thriving in your society have been aided unwittingly by his political adversaries. The United States has no monopoly on this—very few governments in your "free" world have been free of Illuminati influence, and most are beset with competitive members who produce stalemates instead of progress.
Beloved sisters and brothers, please don't translate "delay" into "it could take forever!" as one reader wrote. There are myriad areas throughout your world where betterment is flourishing thanks to dedicated individuals, civic groups or national and international organizations. Mainstream media are expanding reports of such stories and there is a plethora of heartening information in televised interviews, documentary films, conferences, workshops, books, magazines and the Internet. Of course not all of you can actively take part in those kinds of forward-moving endeavors—most of you didn't sign up to do that anyway—but feeling grateful for these successes, excited about them and optimistic about Earth's future sends forth a profusion of light. Light, the same energy as love, is the key to manifesting fuller realization of the council's Golden Age plan.
Now then, just as there was no evidence of a dramatic event when Earth entered fourth density, nothing profound will be evident as 2017 nears its end and the planet enters the density's higher "layers." There is no demarcation between those just as there is none between the densities themselves, which we number only to indicate advancement in location or spiritual and conscious awareness. Energy simply flows hither and yon in accordance with the vibrations emitted by its attachments that include all the thoughts and feelings constantly shooting up from Earth, and ascension is moving into areas where the vibrations are higher, or faster, than where you were previously.
Our beloved Earth family, if we knew when the major changes you asked about will come to pass, we would rejoice in telling you—our last message explained why we don't know. Even God doesn't know. Let me speak for myself for a moment to give you a little illustration about foreknowledge of free will choices. Several years ago, when two men were courting my sister, my mother asked God which she would choose or neither. God said, "I don't know." My mother asked how He could not know since she is a part of Him, and God replied, "Yes, and as soon as she knows, so will I."
Lighted souls throughout the universe are with you in spirit, cheering you ever onward, and some are right there beside you on your ascension pathway.
LOVE and PEACE
Suzanne Ward
[Note from Suzy: I'd love to reply to everyone who has written appreciation for the messages, but since there's no time, I'm taking this opportunity to thank you all. Your emails and letters mean a great deal to me!]
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Guest posted a topic in Worthy WelcomeI have set out on a mission years ago, to learn only from one source, and no men at all...no indoctrination just pure Word and Holy Spirit, when needed taken back to the hebrew, in which will always trump any translation.. All that has been revealed is pure amazing, and just better believe our pagan ancestors have led us astray , everything I have found out, is not from any internet website nor any other mans tounge, Only The Word... I made another page concerning Sabbath, with no replys...Bible says in the end people will be deaf to sound doctrine..so im not surprised everyone who hears what I say thier first reaction is to repudiate...but by scriptures what im saying will Never be proved wrong, but people who try to prove me wrong will either remain in denial or start to understand The whole truth...The Word is supernatural, Mans doctrine isnt.(humans act like gang members about thier denominations) 1. The Law still and always will stand... 2.His people, putting His name on alters that belong to other deitys...non Biblical Holidays 3. THE NAMES....The name of The Father and Son have been changed, not translated...but replaced by deitys from the nations...Lord is also Baal, horrible replacement for Our Holy Fathers Actual Name, that was Given to Moses. 4. Death and Judgement day and how they falsely translated everything to Hell or hades, The Messiah never went into Hell, but into Sheol(The abode of the dead) hades/hell is a word from paganisim, where thier gods send people they are upset with,,..should never be mixed with the Holy Word..the lake of Fire is actually Gehenna. Sheol is place of dead..and of course the Kingdom of The Most High...3 places not 2! Scripture scripture scripture! Haha I am of no church or denominations, I dont even drive, I never look up mans understandings on the web to curve me away from The One Truth.. What ive come to find is "Christianity" seems to be a mix of paganism and Judaism. While the true scriptures arent at all, only the false translations...(the christa or christ...a secretion from the human brain that causes enlightenment) His name is Yahshua The Messiah. Love Yall..Hope som1 looks to prove me wrong! Haha Ps..this could be how the power has been taken away from the holy people..as seen in daniel 12.
5 Minute Theology
Omegaman 3.0 posted a blog entry in A Desert Sage ?Five Minute Theology (updated from May 8, 2015) I recently purchased a small book entitled "Concise Theology - A Guide to Historic Christian Beliefs" by J.I. Packer. I think the book is excellent, and it is what is describes itself as. Each topic in the book is only a page, or a page and a half, so it is truly concise. The topics also cite scripture verse addresses to support the conclusions. The book is also easy to understand for most people I think, assuming that they have normal capacity for understanding, and God's grace of the Holy Spirit to enable them to understand and accept spiritual truths. I was calling this, "Five Minute Theology, because that is about how much time it takes to read each topic. Those who are not born again, might have difficulty accepting it, as they do many things of God, and of course, even believers have trouble accepting and understanding the things of God at times. If that were not true, then all believers would agree on all doctrines, and likely denominations would be far less common or important. Copyright issues will keep me from posting the entire book online, but I thought perhaps, some people might be interested in reading a chapter at a time, so I thought perhaps I could quote small amounts of it at a time, in the Bible Study room of the Arrow Chat or Comet Chat feature of Worthychat. For those who choose to participate, they will not receive a seminary level degree of instruction on Christian theology, but they will come away knowing the basics of historic Christian theology, which in my estimation, would bring them easily into the upper 5% of believers, in terms of knowing what the church has believed and accepted, as the teaching of the Bible, concerning faith and practice. This amounts to, essentially, an elaborate statement of faith. My idea is to paste quotes of this book, into the room, and those present may read these quotes. Then afterward, if people have questions, or want to comment or otherwise discuss what was posted, they are of course, welcomed to do so. Now, of course theologians and lay Christians alike, disagree over so details or peripheral theology, and that will be no different here, so there may be some debate, some disagreement on some points discussed. This is okay, that can be done as long as people are willing and able to be civil and respectful in their discussions. For those who do not care to attend this event, or do not want to participate in the discussion and or just hate debate and disagreement, the regular section of Worthychat is open for them, without be disturbed by the activities in the Bible Study room. My hope and goal here, is that this will prove to be both instructional, and edifying, and that the discussion of these topics, will add a dimension of depth for our chatters, that is too often absent at times. We had the first chat session in July of 2015. I cannot commit to the frequency of these events, but I hope to make them a regular feature. This is still a bit of an experiment. Our chatters come from every time zone, and some have schedules which will keep them from participating no matter what time is chosen. This is a problem for which I know no solution. Possibly, it can be reduced by doing this at more that one day of the week, or hour of the day, we'll have to see. There are 94 topics, so as you can see, if we did this once a week, this would take about one year and 9 and a half months to finish. That is a big commitment for those who would want to attend, and for the one leading. Of course, chatters do not have to commit to attendance, but I do not think there is a chatter who would not benefit from attending. Of course, if you are interested, you can always just purchase and read read the book , but my thinking is, that we would or could benefit, from the discussion of the topics. Perhaps, we could even do more than one topic per week, I would be interested in hearing your thoughts and suggestions - about if you would be interested in participation, and best of good times to do this, etc. I am going to disable comments on this post here in my "Thoughts and Rants Blog" - I put this here for the exposure. If you want to comment, I suggest that you do so in the Worthychat section of the forum. You can see more of my blog entries here.
I'm a former Oneness Pentecostal, also known as Apostolics or Jesus Only; I was involved with them in London, England in the last 1980s. Would anyone like to ask me some questions about them? I've studied their doctrines for almost thirty years now. My YouTube channel (Christian Comedy Channel) has a Oneness playlist with 99 videos and my channel has well over 7 million hits.
'I and my Father are one.' (John 10:30, KJV). 'ego kai ho patar ev esmen: (John 10:30: The Nestles Greek text). 'I ((Subject)) and ((conjunction)) my Father ((object)) are ((verb 1st-person-plural)) one ((adjective)).' (John 10:30, KJV). Oneness Pentecostals (Apostolics), and I used to be one back in the 1980s, would need to explain the use of the verb 'to be,' which a first person plural at John 10:30; 'I and my Father (we) are one.' This verse does not record Jesus as saying; 'I am the Father,' for such a direct claim by Jesus to be God the Father, would have included the verb 'to be' in the first person singular: 'I am.' But Jesus at John 10:30 instead applies a plural verb to both the Father and also to the Son; 'are' as in 'we are,' which is the verb 'to be,' (esmen) a present tense, in first person plural. This is why he specifically claimed to be God's Son, and not God the Father himself at John 10:36; 'Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?' Secondly, why is the Greek neuter word 'hen' for 'one' used at John 10:30 rather than the masculine Greek word for "one," which is the Greek 'heis?' This masculine word is always used in the Greek, to describe God as 'one' in the strictly numeric sense, and so logically it would be the only word which Jesus could use to claim that he is himself really God the Father in an absolute and literal sense. So the neuter word 'hen,' just means to be 'one in agreement' or to be 'one in unity' with another person, it's used that way at 1st Corinthians 3:8, where Paul planted and Apollos watered so that were one (hen), which doesn't mean that Paul is claiming that he was Apollos! Paul is just saying that they worked together as a team, but not that they were both the same one person! As a former Oneness Pentecostal, allow me to warn people against this error, which is sweeping through and taking over nominally Trinitarian Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches around the world. I do have a video on my own YouTube channel of me explaining this verse, however, I do not know if I am permitted to post this here, possibly the admins could help me with the rules.
I'm not active in one part of this community because there seems to be a lot of upset going on there. I thought I'd post this article link here in case anyone wanted to get to the bare bones of what appears to be in contention in the other part of Worthy Christian. It's a really long article but in my opinion of it even if someone approaches the study as I did and reads it in periods of time over the course of days, and just so as not to cross their eyes with all that writing on a lit Internet page, it is worth the time it takes. Because it seems like when we're all suppose to be Christians who love and hold dear Jesus Christ, we argue over who's church or denominations teachings concerning a certain set of beliefs are the one. And we seem to also be arguing , some of us anyway from what I can tell, that other peoples church, or denomination, are totally off and not of Christ at all. That's kinda mean. And even when Jesus corrected people he may have used flowery language, like calling them vipers, but he still loved them enough to set them straight. And after all aren't we all who are in the heart of Christ suppose to come at one another in that same love he has for us? This link below like I said may seem huge in the scope of an information page but it may help clear up what seems to be really passionate people taking sides on the topic of doctrine. Let me know what you think. Enjoy. I hope. Love ya, Lemur http://www.masters-table.org/studies/doctrine.html
Could we have a separate forum for non-Trinitarians
Limey_Bob posted a topic in Questions for GeorgeAdmins: could we have a separate forum for non-Trinitarian sects, so that we could discuss their particular false doctrines. If any Jehovah's Witness, Mormon or Oneness Apostolic were to join these forums, then we could evangelize them and help them to see the truth of the Trinity and Christ's full humanity and deity. I've made cult evangelism as specialization for many years, my having come out of the Oneness (Apostolic - Jesus Only) movement in 1989. A separate chat room for such cults might attract a few brave souls to come and visit us, please don't argue about people being corrupted or their faith compromised, as there are more than enough people who can give a good Trinitarian witness to these cults, I myself although not a DD or an expert, nonetheless do have 28 years experience in evangelizing cults.
How many Kingdoms are there? One, Two or even more?
Limey_Bob posted a topic in Eschatology"42And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. 43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise." (Luke 23:42, KJV). The repentant thief asks Jesus to remember him when he came into his kingdom, please notice that this noun is a singular. To which Jesus replies that today (that very day), the thief would accompany Christ in his kingdom, which he called "paradise" implying that at that very time God's kingdom was then a present event, Christ ruling over both the faithful dead saints, as well as his faithful servants then living upon the earth. So notice that the thief assumes, and Christ's reply accepts, that there is only one single Kingdom, over which the thief hopes, and Christ then confirms that he will then become a part of this single Kingdom. Christ didn't tell the thief that there are actually two different kingdoms, as in some more extreme dispensational theology; firstly the Kingdom of God and secondly the Kingdom of Heaven, and that Christ will place him into one of these two (plural) kingdoms. There is only one Kingdom! My theology is on the whole mostly covenant theology (reformed). I mean no disrespect to the dispensationalists, but can those of the more extreme flavour prove their claim to multiple Kingdoms?
I was once a Oneness Pentecostal (Apostolic)
Limey_Bob posted a topic in General DiscussionI was once a Oneness Pentecostal (Apostolic), way way back in the later 1980s, I left and became a Trinitarian after I had written a tract for them, promoting the Oneness view of Water Baptism and offering £1,000 if anyone could disprove the Oneness claim that you must be baptised with the formula: Lord Christ Christ in order to be saved. I live in the south-west of the UK (Plymouth) and no longer attend any fellowship, as that would be too painful to me, but I see the main Oneness claims (i.e. that Jesus is God the Father, and that the baptismal formula is Lord Jesus Christ), taking over so many individual believers in local fellowships, which nominally are Trinitarian, but within which elders and other leaders teach exactly as they choose, which is often anti-Trinitarian! The church situation here in the UK is so bad as to be dire beyond belief, you can't even sit down and discuss the Bible with religious people, they switch off the moment you try to discuss scripture. GOD TV has had a big part to play in this.
Sunday School - January 8, 2017
Albert Finch posted a blog entry in Albert Finch MinistryPhilippians 3:12 -- "But I keep going on, trying to grasp that purpose for which Christ Jesus grasped me." Psalm 63:1 -- "O God, You are my God, earnestly will I seek You: my inner self thirsts for you, in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water." OBSERVATIONS: I do not want to just give mental assent to Christian doctrine. I want to see, have contact with, and live in the experienced reality of Christ's actual presence. I want to press into God to lay hold of the purpose for which Christ Jesus has saved me and wants me to be. INTO ACTION: What are you doing to commune with, embrace, and press into the Lord Jesus? ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY
Daily Meditations and Affirmations - 72
Albert Finch posted a blog entry in Albert Finch MinistryJohn 6:63 - "It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you they are Spirit and they are life." WHEN WE HALT OUR SPIRITUAL ASCENT TOWARD GOD AT THE PLATEAU OF DOCTRINAL KNOWLEDGE, WE BECOME PEOPLE WHO NEVER REALLY CHANGE. INSTEAD, OUR OLD NATURE SIMPLY PRETENDS TO BE NEW. THE LONGER WE SETTLE FOR JUST HEAD KNOWLEDGE, THE MORE OUR CHRISTIANITY BEGINS TO DEGENERATE INTO A RELIGIOUS SPIRIT. Romans 8:26 - "Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered." There are times when we are called by God to pray strong prayers and help to birth the will of God into an area. These strong desires mirror the strength of God's feelings. We, like Hannah, need to be in-tune with what God is ready to bring forth in that given hour. That can only be done through intimacy with God and through a willingness to allow Him to use us. Affirmation: I CONFESS THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS MY PARTNER! HE ENLIGHTENS MY EYES; HE SHOWS ME WHAT I CANNOT SEE BY MYSELF, AND HE GIVES ME THE RIGHT WORDS TO SAY WHEN I PRAY. WITH HIM AS MY HELPER I AM GETTING BETTER AND BETTER IN PRAYER EVERY DAY! Song of Solomon 1:2,3 - "For your love is better than wine and your ointments more fragrant than the choicest perfumes; your name is as ointment poured forth; therefore do the maidens love you." THE NAME OF THE BRIDEGROOM (JESUS) IS SO LOVELY THAT YOU FIND YOURSELF WHOLLY OVERCOME BY HIS POWER AND SWEETNESS. LOVE TAKES PLACE WITHOUT ANY FORCE. YOUR SPIRIT IS SO FULL OF LOVE AND YOU FIND THE LOVE OF YOUR BELOVED SO PLEASURABLE, THAT YOU ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE CARRIED AWAY BY THE CHARMS OF LOVE. ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY
Many times troubled with online people
peacemakerIND posted a topic in General Discussionnothings to believe in world,, even any one,, but only God,, this is life experience and God's word direction too..
Does God love everyone? Does God love everyone the same?
Omegaman 3.0 posted a topic in TheologyI am posing those two questions, because I believe they have two different answers. I think that as Christians, many of us may have an inaccurate or incomplete understanding of God's love. My hope here is to initiate a conversation, wherein the participants can bring out a fuller understanding of God's love, than many of us currently understand. I feel sure that there are many here, who are mature in the word, and can contribute to this topic. I hope that each post has information to offer, not just an opinion of a yes or know, as if this was a poll. I good read, and an excellent free resource, is by noted New Testament scholar, Don Carson. I reserve the right to close this topic, if it gets ridiculously redundant, bitter, or so long that it is in danger of intimidating new readers because of it's length. I know some will not read threads, when the post count gets really high. They may have an interest in the topic, but do not want to wade through a tedious amount of verbiage. If I decide to close it, I will probably add a final post with a bulleted list of all the points you were able to develop about God's love from the pages of scripture.
As the title suggests,I want to know the characteristics of conservative Christianity ,which distinguish it from liberal Christianity. I know many people call themselves conservative Christians,But I really don't know the difference between them and more liberal Christians.
The good news from the messenger of God
MessengerofGod posted a topic in Worthy WelcomeHello to Everyone, I am new to this website and I hope to make friends with loving Christians. The purpose of my joining this website is to share the good news of Jesus. I am a living witness who can attest that the words spoken in the scriptures by Jesus were fulfilled in my life. I have lived a life filled with incredible miracles, which has been gifted to me by Jesus. I was once a lost sheep and Jesus came to rescue me through countless miracles. I have been privy to the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven and received miracle images. Jesus asked that I write and share all of the gifts he has given to me with the world in his book. I am embarrassed to say that my initial reaction upon receiving this request was not one of joy but of doubt. I protested that I had no authority to write on divine matters for I am a sinful man. Jesus would have none of this and through a series of miracles made me understand that it was his will. Just as Moses tried to rebuff Gods commandment by not being worthy of it, I did the same. I did not know at that time that I was speaking to Jesus directly. I only learned of this when I witnessed his miracles and understood never to doubt his will. I have built a website that is filled with details on this. If you would like to hear my story, then please encourage me to get the necessary 5 replies so that I can post more fully my testimony in the testimonials section. I assure you that you will really get to know the real Jesus who died for our sins. Thank-you for your kindness, My name is Gianni
Howdy. New to forum. My topic question is rhetorical, yet vitally important. Can we, as believers, be confident in the doctrinal truth to which we adhere, or must we resign ourselves to waiting until we are face to face with Christ to be sure? Asking the question to stimulate discussion, sharpen iron and God willing, build others up. If the answer to my topic question is affirmative, what action should follow & why? Blessings, Crakdpot
What does Ezekiel 18 say to modern parents?
GoldenEagle posted a topic in TheologySo I've been studying Ezekiel this week and came across chapter 18. See Ezekiel 18. So first, what does Ezekiel 18 say to modern parents? Second, what do you think of the following thoughts and passage below? It is not the responsibility of parents' for the actions of their children. Children by the same token are not responsible for the actions of their parents either. Each must give an account to God for his or her actions. Ezekiel 18:19-20 19 "Yet you say, 'Why should the son not bear the guilt of the father?' Because the son has done what is lawful and right, and has kept all My statutes and observed them, he shall surely live. 20 The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself. God bless, GE


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SKF unveils Black Design composite innovations at the Paris Air Show
2017 June 20, 09:00 CEST
SKF has chosen the Paris Air Show to showcase a disruptive technology in composite parts innovation for aerospace - SKF Black Design.
Gothenburg, Sweden: SKF's Black Design concept is a unique technology that enables lightweight, high performance composite structural parts to be designed and manufactured for a much wider variety of aerospace applications, including structural cleats and products such as hubs and carriers that integrate bearings within the composite part.
Black Design is a disruptive metal-replacement technology that makes a substantial contribution to the industry's goals of developing lighter weight structures that do not corrode and which are not susceptible to fatigue cracking.
The use of composite materials in the latest generation of commercial aircraft has seen weight reductions approaching 50 percent. But the use of composite materials in aircraft has reached something of a plateau in terms of the levels of structural performance that can be attained when applying traditional composites design techniques to the vast number of smaller, load-bearing structural interface parts that are to be found in a modern aircraft.
This situation is now poised for change, thanks to SKF Black Design, which is able to combine existing carbon fibre reinforced plastic parts construction methods with innovative design techniques, extending the scope of applications for composite solutions to structural parts that are strongly competitive against current metallic part solutions in terms of mass-versus-cost ratio. Moreover, SKF Black Design can avoid many of the issues that arise when combining metallic and composite elements within a single structural part.
SKF is exhibiting at the Paris Air Show, June 19-25, 2017, in hall 2A, Booth 254, and business Chalet 154. Strategically located in the main hall of the show, SKF's exhibit includes a range of innovations for the aerospace industry in addition to Black Design, including advanced hybrid bearings, spherical plain bearings, maintenance free rolling bearings and bearing condition monitoring systems.
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This post would attempt to share the options and the biggest issues with GNU/Linux devices.
The first one is obviously Openmoko Neofreerunner . For those who came in late I had written about Openmoko about 6 months back.
The real problem is that till date there is only one distributor of the smartphone and that is IDA systems in India. So one has to depend on him only for any servicing issues.
If one tries to relate that to say a Nokia or a Samsung device, both these are mass-market items where you can get both the devices and repaired at the corner shops. Samsung might not be so common but Nokia's design is known by almost every corner shop so don't have to run much to get repairs done so expenses are that much lesser and not at all.
If I look even at AMD, the chip major he has 4 partners in my city (and these guys have something like 20% of the chip market while Intel has almost all the remaining percentage with some 2-4% left for Cyrix.
Although I must say I am enthused by Herald Welte's foray into getting a Free Software GSM baseband firmware project .
The same goes for 'Adam' Notion Ink . While they have not been launched in India, the suggested price is $325 which is an estimate. Please look at this wonderful blog post which tries to give a bit more idea.
I really like the Pixel Qi screen as has been showed on youtube. It reminds me of the OLPC screen I had seen couple of years ago. This had to be as the person behind it Mary Lou Jespen was at OLPC before she commercialized Pixel Qi .
The third one is DSK Mobilis which has been just shown at Cebit 2010.
All the three are impressive. The only issue I see them is scaling it up and making attractive price offers as well as having servicing centres.
For example, if Adam gives a warranty of a year or more with 15k price point many people would willingly pay as the cheapest netbook costs 20k+ and still leaves one wanting.
Openmoko I guess still needs to work on some of the software and make improvements both on hardware and scaling up and making more derivatives. The WikiReader is another good effort and just like the Nokias and Samsung they have understood that they need to have as many devices as they can having same or similar platforms (hardware vice) in order to scale up quickly.
I do hope there are entrepreneurs in Pune and elsewhere who can take these opportunities and also give people like me more options. In fact if people look then this site ARMdevices.net shares info. about lots of GNU/Linux devices which are going to hit the market in the near future.
The issues for vendors would be technology,inventory and holding price and helping users. Groups such as PLUG could very well help in exploring and expanding these markets.


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Voter fraud verdict 'a travesty,' says convicted Indiana secretary of state
Calling the jury verdict, "a travesty," Indiana's former top elections official vows to appeal the decision that found him guilty of multiple counts of voter fraud, which has resulted in his temporary removal from office.
Republican Secretary of State Charlie White was charged with illegally registering to vote at his ex-wife's house and was convicted on six of seven felony voter related counts in the early hours Saturday morning by a Hamilton County jury in Noblesville, Ind., just north of Indianapolis.
"I found out that Indiana is a land of men and not of law," White said in an exclusive Fox News interview on Sunday in which he contended that the jury was not given the full instructions on the charges by prosecutors.
"What I think happened yesterday was a total miscarriage of justice and a perversion. The law allows me to do everything I did and the jury did not get all the law."
White had insisted that he spent four nights a week at the home, with his ex-wife's blessing, because his son lived there and that he and his fiancée did not want to live together before they married. Prosecutors claimed that he actually intended to live at a condo he bought for his fiancée that was out of the local town council district that he represented.
"At the end of the day, here's what I did," White said. "I was in love. I wasn't married yet. All I wanted to do was get my fiancée out of her parents' home while I was on the campaign trail, wanted her to stay with me and keep the relationship together. I bought a place for her and her kids to live in, but we agreed not to live together until we got married because I was a former family law attorney. I knew how hard it can be when you are blending in three children, from two different marriages, and now I suppose the Indiana election law trumps me being able to raise my children and stepchildren the way that we want to."
Shortly after the verdict, Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels appointed a White deputy, Jerry Bonnet, as White's temporary replacement. Convicted felons are not allowed to serve in public office under Indiana law, and White's legal team will move to try and have the felony convictions reduced to misdemeanors, meaning that White would be able to remain in office.
But the Indiana Democratic Party wants Vop Osili, the man White defeated in the general election, to be appointed to the job.
"Charlie committed a crime and will be punished for that crime," said a statement from the Democrats. "It is obvious that Mitch Daniels will try anything to take back this fraudulent election, but there's only one thing that should happen now: Vop Osili should become secretary of state, and we should put the embarrassment that is Charlie White behind us."
White defeated Osili in November 2010 by 20 points, 57-37 percent. The bipartisan Indiana Recount Commission sided with Republicans and rejected the Democrats' attempt to replace him with Osili. But in December, local Judge Louis Rosenberg ruled that Osili should take the job. That decision has been stayed for now.
"The man got beat worse than anyone in modern Indiana secretary of state history, and the voters knew about this issue," White said. "They still voted for me. This is pretty bush-league. He does not deserve this office and the Republicans deserve to take this spot because we won it."
"In this case, there is no question that Charlie White was the higher vote-getter," said Democratic Party lawyer Karen Celestino-Horseman, who claims it makes sense for Osili to now take the job. Celestino-Horeseman said the Democratic Party will be taking further steps to try and ensure that, this coming week.
"If you are going to be concerned about the people who participated in that election, it is justice to put in the person who drew that vote," she told Fox News. "Otherwise, the Republicans get to appoint somebody who did not spend any time, energy or effort in introducing themselves to the electorate, and the electorate got no say in that person taking the office. At least by turning to the second runner-up, he was the choice of 625,000 Hoosiers and that is 625,000 more votes that any appointee would have."
In the coming weeks, the position of secretary of state will become the focus of an intense fight between Republicans and Democrats over who will control the powerful position, made even more significant in this presidential election year.
White's case will now also wind through the courts and he vows to speak out about what he sees as an injustice.
"You will hear a lot more from me about the equal application of the law that has been applied to me versus those that are rich and famous," he said.


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If you want to get the inside scoop on everything going on with the new The Amazing Spider-Man movie, you really need to follow Marc Webb on Twitter. The movie director has been tweeting behind the scenes and other teaser images from the set, and yesterday he gave fans a glimpse at the redesigned costume.
Mr. Webb tweeted a link to a short video (currently not working) along with the hashtag #thebettertoseeyou, which implies the changes to the eye-wear may have additional enhancements beyond the shape.
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I guess my tart looks kind of burned, but since you see these blackened bits on fruit tarts in all the best Paris bakeries, I'm fine with that. More important than the appearance are the bite from the pastry, and the gooey layers of frangipane and custardy yum, plus the fruity tang of the plums themselves.
Tarte aux prunes - Plum tart recipe500g plums of any colour
1 roll pastry (shortcrust, puff, whatever is fine)
100g powdered almonds
80g icing sugar
3 Tbsp custard powder
3 Tbsp caster sugar
1/2 tsp almond extract
1 pint + 1 splash soya milk
- First, blind bake your pastry: lay it out in your pie dish, prick, put a disc of baking paper on the bottom, fill with dried beans, and bake at 200°C for 10 minutes. Then remove the beads and baking paper, and bake for a further 3 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside.
- Meanwhile, make your frangipane: in a small bowl combine the powdered almonds and icing sugar. Moisten with a splash of soya milk and mix to a spreadable paste.
- Now prepare your plums. Stone them by cutting them in half along their bum cracks, twisting the two halves to separate, and removing the stone.
- Make your custard: in a small pan, place the custard powder, caster sugar, almond extract, and 3 Tbsp soya milk. Whisk to form a paste. Then add the rest of the pint of soya milk and heat over medium heat, whisking or stirring constantly. It should be thicker than your average custard.
- Assemble your tart: spread a layer of frangipane over the pastry crust. Then top this with a layer of custard. Try to make it reasonably flat. Top with your plum halves.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes at 200°C.
Allow your plum tart to cool for at least ten minutes before eating.


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Not the Onion. But close.
A press release purporting to be from TD Bank spread around the world this morning that appeared to say the company was divesting its holdings in "Keystone XL and other oil sands related ventures."
It appeared on yourtdbank.com, which is similar enough to the real TD Bank website (tdbank.com), and explained the corporate case for getting out of tar sands:
CHERRY HILL, N.J., June 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Citing President Obama's recent statement about potentially denying the permit for TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline and due to increasing controversies and economic difficulties for Alberta's oil sands, TD will begin selling its shares in Keystone XL and other oil sands related ventures.
TD will gradually sell its $1.6 billion stake in Keystone XL as the first step toward transitioning away from investment in oil sands extraction entirely.
The price of Canadian crude is not expected to improve much in the near term." Keystone would help alleviate the lack of pipeline infrastructure but only temporarily," says David Bouckhout, senior commodity strategist at TD Securities. "Growth of supply on both sides of the border will outpace what Keystone's capacity will provide in likely two or three years." …
"Divesting from Keystone XL not only makes financial sense given the uncertainties surrounding the project, but it fits with out pledge to be 'As Green As Our Logo'," says TD Bank Environmental Director Diana Glassman.
The fake press release in its entirety can be viewed here (at least for now).
TD Bank is the fourteenth-largest holding company in the country, and sponsors the old Boston Garden where the Celtics and Bruins play as well as the baseball stadium in Omaha, Nebraska where the College World Series is held.
The International Business Times wrote a piece on the story, but soon took it down — though it still exists with an unfortunate headline.
In very little time, TD Bank tweeted out a clarification:
Tar Sands Blockade released a statement taking responsibility for the original release. They said it was part of their long-running campaign to stop the approval of the northern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline, and delay the current construction of its southern segment. Members have been putting their bodies on the line to halt construction for about a year now. This latest action, similar to what the Yes Men have done for over a decade, shows there is a new front on the anti-Keystone fight.
Ron Seifert, a Tar Sands Blockade spokesperson, said: "Today's media stunt was intended to hold TD Bank accountable for bankrolling the most ecologically devastating project on planet Earth. If TD Bank wants to be 'as green as its logo,' then it must immediately divest from tar sands exploitation and Keystone XL, which will have devastating climate impacts."


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Daily quote – June the 8th
"Death will overtake you wherever you may be, even in high towers." – Quran 4:78
So You want to go to the Mosque!
Originally posted on American Muslim Convert:
As salam alaikum friends! As per request of a lovely sister, my second blog for today is about what to expect before during and after going to the mosque or masjid. Going to the masjid (mosque) is a very spiritual occasion. There's nothing like the feeling of being in…
Unity – Qu'ran and Hadith
The Qu'ran and the Hadith are the most imporant scriptures in muslim faith. As promised in my first blog, I will try to cover the basics of them both in this thirth blog on the subject of unity. The Qu'ran is the most famous and well-known source of inspiration for muslims all over the world. … Continue reading
Tedx – a great way to learn
Listen to the interesting presentation of journalist and writer Mustafa Akyol about faith versus tradition in Islam.
As said in my latest blog, there are some very important cultural elements that unite muslims all over the world. For example: – The belief in one God and one God only, called Allah. – Seeing Muhammed as the latest and most important prophet of all the prophets that are recognised by Islam. A prophet … Continue reading