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Money Talks: Driving Consumer Revenue
November 30, 2016
Beyond Advertising: Publishers Build on their Brands and Add New Revenue Streams
Susan Bidel
, senior analyst, Forrester shared numbers and trends in major consumer revenue initiatives. Stressing the importance of first-party data, Bidel said, "Many people who work in large organizations are unaware of the large sources of data available to them to use." According to Bidel, these analytics should guide a company's decision to use paywalls, membership models, e-commerce and custom content.
Consumers and Commerce: Magazine Media's New Paradigm
In an interview with MPA President and CEO
Linda Thomas Brooks
, Forbes'
Nina La France
and Time Inc.'s
Leslie Doty
discuss how consumer-driven revenue is constantly evolving to meet the needs of their audiences. "For Time Inc., our revenue diversification strategy is parallel with growing digital," Doty said on the increasing emphasis on tech innovation. She added, "It's not about competing with another magazine; it's about competing with the consumer's lifestyle." La France agreed and said, "In terms of building consumer revenue, we're always looking at the typical consumer and their behavior. It's vital."
Acquiring and Retaining Customers: Best Practices Today and Trends for Tomorrow
Using Allrecipes and Texture as examples of effective business models,
Steve Booth
, vice president, Vindicia, reviewed best practices to understand and grow your audience. "Use the data and analytics from your billing platform to know your audience and optimize revenue," he said, stressing the importance of customer segmentation.
Shop Talk: When E-Commerce Makes $ense
In a discussion with MPA's
Elizabeth Tighe
Mike Huffstetler
, EVP, digital, Domino Media, shared how they've managed to transform their readers into consumers by intertwining editorial with e-commerce. "Readers will buy from Domino [despite higher prices] because of brand love and attention to detail," Huffstetler said. Acknowledging the issue of "church and state" when magazine brands sell product, he said, "Editors want to write about products we're selling on Domino. They're also on the hunt to find some really cool vendors."
Events: From Brand Building to New Revenue Stream
In a panel moderated by MPA's
Elizabeth Tighe
, Bonnier's
Terry Dorner
and Essence's
Joy Profet
discussed how events are a great opportunity to create new revenue streams as long as there is support across all divisions. "Full integration [with media, events and research] is like the holy grail for an event guy like me," Dorner said. Profet agreed, saying their research department helps them figure out how consumers think. She said that when it comes to events, their primary objective is to "translate reach to relationship."
The Art and Science of Execution
Matthew Luther
, director of business development, Time Inc., used state-of-the-art data to share methods that maximize consumer relationships. According to Luther, consumers appreciate tiers, bundles and upgrades to give them a variety of choices. He said, "It shouldn't be a one-size-fits-all mentality."
In the Age of Cannibalization, It's Better to Have a Knife & Fork
With mobile magazine media consumption on the rise, Texture CEO
John Loughlin
and Editorial Director
Maggie Murphy
emphasized the need for Texture, an all-access app with over 200 magazine brands. Citing Texture's "unique capability to transition portions of business across the digital divide," the duo introduced a new program where they will pay participating publishers $70 per sub generated for Texture.
Driving Revenue From Your Brand's Marketplace Impact
Daniel J. Schaible
, COO & founder, License League, Inc. shared insights on monetizing the content that marketers use and rely on. With daily consumption of media "in the billions of articles," Schaible said it's important to "delete the word 'free'" and drive revenue from your content.
National Geographic on Why Membership Works
Liz Safford
, SVP, consumer and member marketing, National Geographic, credits the brand's success to their membership model: "From our research, the concept of membership is powerful in the workplace. Consumers are more likely to buy more if they're members." Safford noted that membership pushes their readers to consume content across platforms. She said, "We're looking at how we bring our print people to the digital world, and membership is key to that."


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My New Most Favorite Salad
This is how to make the best salad to eat at your desk while at work (or wherever you eat salads). You will need:
- Spring Mix salad
- Sliced strawberries
- Feta Cheese
- Glazed Walnuts
- Champagne Vinaigrette
I like to put all of it in a rubbermaid container, then add the dressing and shake it vigorously. It's delicious and the walnuts totally make it. Better people than I might candy their own walnuts, but conveniently, the fine folks at Diamond Nuts make these:
These are so good, I end up practically chasing them around the container with my fork.
So, there you have it. Not fancy, or revolutionary, but every bit delicious.

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Luke Cage: Season 1, Episode 4 "Step in the Arena" (B)
This was an origin story episode if ever there was one, getting back to the first day that Luke, then Carl Lucas, arrived in prison. The hair on his face and on his head didn't look particularly real, but that's part of what makes him seem like a completely different person. The guard with a sadistic obsession with making him miserable by forcing him to fight or watch those he cares about be hurt felt like a familiar character, which just suggests that I've watched too many prison-themed television series and movies. After Luke got beaten up the first time and thrown in solitary, he was ready to get his revenge, but it wasn't until he got thrown into the tank by the experimenting prison doctor that he was imbued with his unbreakable exoskeleton, a formidable event that allowed him to literally punch his way out of the prison. That served as an appropriate transition to him in the present saving Connie from certain death and severe limb impairment, carving a miraculous path to safety. Misty greeted him with appropriate reverence, and she's onto him even though he'd rather just put on his hood and disappear into the night. Reva was painted as truly insightful, sensitive, and caring in the way that she helped Luke in prison, and seeing them on the outside after he broke out was one of the first times Luke hasn't seemed so lonely. Unfortunately, anyone who has seen "Jessica Jones" knows that things don't work out well for her.
Friday, October 28, 2016
What I'm Watching: Luke Cage
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DOBBS FERRY, NY – The University of the District of Columbia women's lacrosse fell to East Coast Conference competitor Mercy College, 20-0, on Wednesday afternoon at Mercy Field.
The Firebirds (1-11, 0-6 ECC) came up against a strong Mavericks team who are now 11-2 overall and 5-1 in conference play. Mercy is currently ranked No. 10 in the Division II rankings, 3rd in the East Region and stand at #2 in the ECC.
UDC continued to demonstrate persistence against the odds to restrict the Mavericks to five goals in the 2nd half of the game. Freshman Shemara Jefferson had two shots and one caused turnover and sophomore goalie, Jada Foy made nine saves.
The Firebirds will return to action against ECC foe Bridgeport, Sunday, April 22nd at 12PM at the UDC Sports Complex.


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iPhone 4: Lining up for a cause
Line up for an iPhone 4 and raise money for cancer research.
That's the idea behind Kerry Morrison and Chris McGuire's 24-hour vigil outside Vancouver's downtown Apple downtown store where Apple's new iPhone 4 starts selling Friday morning.
Self-described digerati, whose day job is building web sites and helping companies with their online marketing efforts, Morrison and McGuire are combining their quest to be first in line for the iPhone with fundraising for a favourite charity, Kayak for a Cure.
They'll share their skills with people who stop by or email for help, asking only for a donation to the charity that raises money for cancer research and help for cancer patients.
"For the 24hrs that we'll be camping out, we've decided to offer our services to anyone who comes by," McGuire and Morrison say on their web site. "Need some help with your website? Done. Have some questions about selling goods or services online? It's what we do.
"Require help diagnosing a problem with your email? We can fix that. Almost anything in the digital sphere we can help with…and will. The cost of all this? Pay what you'd like, all the money will go to a charity we help with called Kayak For A Cure."
Morrison and McGuire set up outside the Pacific Centre on Granville Street at 10 a.m. today and in little more than an hour they had already raised $1,000.
"We have quite a lot of work to do," McGuire told me when I called to see how their vigil was going. "We didn't think we'd have this response.
"We're almost up to 1,000 bucks and hopefully we're going to raise a lot more."
McGuire said Pacific Centre won't allow them to wait inside by the Apple store.
"Tomorrow morning they'll let us into the centre and we can line up in there," he said.
You can follow their progress through Twitter at @kmore and @chrisonhismac.


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Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved" (MK 16:16)"
Infant/Child Baptism Preparation
Parents seeking Baptism for their child must be active Catholics who are registered at the Church of St. Peter. Baptism, a Sacrament of Initiation, marks the entrance of the child into the Christian community. Through the Rite of Baptism the child will be born to a new life in Christ and welcomed into the body of Christ.
Please contact Deacon Bob Bisciglia at the Parish Office at (651) 894-6144 for infant Baptism Preparation information.
Adult Baptism
If you are seeking Baptism as an adult, please contact Deacon Bob Bisciglia.
Baptism for Children Over Age 7
Children of the age of reason (at least seven years old) , whose parents are requesting they be Baptized, are invited to participate in Right of Christian Initiation of Children (RCIC) program to prepare for this sacrament. Call the Parish Office at 651-777-8304.
Please send the Church of St. Peter a copy of your child's birth certificate by
- scanning and emailing it to the Parish Office
- dropping a copy off at the Parish Office
- mailing it to the Church of St. Peter at 2600 N. Margaret St. North St. Paul, MN 55109


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Europain and Intersuc winners announced
The winners of the Europain Innovation Awards and Intersuc Collections have been announced
Nine trophies were awarded by the selection committee – six Europain Innovation Awards and three Intersuc Collections.
Each of the nominees was given 10 minutes to convince the committee of their worth – they were judged on criteria including technicity, marketing aspects, organoleptic properties, nutritional qualities and practicality.
The selection committee was composed of bakery-pastry industry professionals and press representatives.
The awards ceremony will take place on 5 February. The products and equipment will be highlighted and promoted in the 'Innovations and New Products' section at the venue throughout the Europain & Intersuc event.
Europain Innovation Awards:
- The gluten-free range (an individual plain roll, an individual seed roll, a pure butter sweet small brioche, and a pure butter madeleine) by Bridor
- The Sublimes (chocolate chips) by Chocolat Weiss
- Semi-candied orange and lemon by Les Vergers Boiron
- Umami by Van de Leur
- Jac Slim (slicer) by Jac Sa
- Scaricool (dough scorer and carrier) by Merand Mecapate
Intersuc Collection winners:
- Mascarpone by Elle & Vire Professionnel
- Azelia 35% hazelnut and chocolate by Valrhona
- Workbench (specially designed for ganache storage) by Panem
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WM5 device as USB Wireless Modem
- Right-click on the taskbar and choose "Task Manager".
- Click on the "Processes" tab and look for "WCESCOMM.exe" (hint: click on the "Image Name" column header to sort in A-Z/Z-A listing.)
- With "WCESCOMM.exe" selected, click on "End Process" button.
- Download the INF file and extract it to a folder.
- Windows PC will request for the USBMDM.INF file, instruct the Hardware Installation Wizard that you will provide the driver, and browse to the folder where you have extracted the files to.
- When installation completed, you will have a new device installed as "HTC USB Modem".
- A DUN may be created in the Network Connections in the Control Panel, if not, you will need to create a new connection.
- TUTORIAL: tether to computer with your HTC cell/mobile/smart-phone via ~* USB *~
- MDA As Modem Via USB Step By Step Guide
- HTC Wizard as a modem (USB, Bluetooth)
- USBMDM.inf driver: USB Modem & Driver [12KB]
- Note: On Windows 2000 or XP: You don't need "USBModem_Dialer.exe".
- Note: If you have difficulty finding the USBMDM.INF: Private Message me from Geekzone profile.
- Click on "Create a new connection" in the Network Tasks panel.
- Select "Connect to the Internet" radio, click Next.
- Select "Set up my connection manually", click Next.
- Select "Connect using a dial-up modem", click Next.
- Type in the name of the connection, e.g. "WM5 USB Wireless Modem", click Next. Phone number as "*99***1#" (note: this is for GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA, for CDMA/EVDO, please check the Geekzone forum for help).
- Decide whether this connection for you-yourself-only or anyone, click Next. You don't need to supply Username or Password on Vodafone NZ network, this may differ for other networks. Decide whether you need the two checkboxes displayed on the same dialogue or not. Click Next. Click Finish.
- Start > Programs > Wireless Modem.
- Select "USB" as your connection type.
- If you need to configure the APN setting, Menu > APN Setting > check "Preset GPRS connections" and fill in the APN, (Vodafone NZ users: recommend using "www.vodafone.net.nz". For more info on Vodafone NZ's APN List.)
- To start WModem, Menu > Start. (hint: keep WModem running at all time for wireless modem to function.)
- Plug the data cable to both WM5 device and Windows PC.
- Double click on the DUN connection on Windows PC to start data connection.
- Disconnect from Windows PC's DUN as if disconnection a dial-up connection on normal wired modem.
- On WM5 device, Menu > Stop, close WModem.
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Comment by cokemaster, on 28-Dec-2006 12:23
I noticed that with my HTC Apache, WModem is not needed. I have been using bluetooth from the mac to dial the connection and the only parameters I need are the dial up number (#777), the username (mobile@jamamobile) and the password (telecom).
The script for it already comes with Mac OS X Tiger it seems.
Comment by cokemaster, on 28-Dec-2006 14:20
It will be disappointing if they didn't provide the bluetooth DUN profile. I use it on a daily basis and with the USB cable used only with syncing to Missing sync, it'd pretty effectively halt my abiltity to use a WM5 device as a wireless modem on the mac.
Comment by Ian Breakspear, on 30-Dec-2006 15:07
Does anybody have instructions on how to do this on an iBook running MacOS 10.4.8 ? I also have instructions on how to use my WM5 device (Dopod 838 Pro) as a Bluetooth modem for the iBook but haven't been able to make it work. Any tips? I understand though that a USB modem connection would take advantage of the 3G data speeds better than Bluetooth - is this correct? Thanks in advance.
Comment by Werner Ruotsalainen, on 30-Dec-2006 20:42
You may also want to read my AKU3 article; in there, in addition to discussing the AKU3 Bluetooth and Internet Sharing issues, I've also
1, discussed this stuff (not so thoroughly as in here though)
2, linked in the .INF file.
The article has been cross-posted to most major PPC forums and has also been frontpaged on PPCT.
See http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=1415&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
Comment by cokemaster, on 5-Jan-2007 00:02
I've written a quick guide on it here. Rather poor in my opinion but I hope this helpshttp://www.geekzone.co.nz/cokemaster/1969
Please note that it might not apply to your specific device - I was only wrote down the steps for a Telecom Apache.
Comment by Andrew, on 5-Jun-2007 02:40
To Ian Breakspear: To use MacOSX with WM5 phone as modem using Bluetooth PAN, one way is with the Internet Sharing application on WM5 (if you have it). You also need to upgrade OSX to the latest, which includes changes so that it can function with Bluetooth PANs. I tried to get my Mac to use the USB connection option, but failed. Having said that, Russ Barkman suggested that I needed to install a USB driver from here (http://www.prolific.com.tw/eng/downloads.asp?ID=31), but I haven't yet tried it out. If I were using DUN, apparently I would need to use a script, one of which I could download from Russ's site - http://www.taniwha.org.uk/. Andrew
Comment by Vlad, on 28-Jun-2007 01:53
Hi, I can't install my usb wireless modem on my descktop as one message comes up after the installation of the software: "vWTP.mbd will be upgrated. Yes/No" if I click No it closes it up if I say yes - new message comes up " Faild to open data file". Do you know what is it all about? Also can this connection be shared via router? Thank you. Vlad.
Comment by david lee, on 2-Jul-2009 12:15
how about my mda is from usa tmobile, so how can i create htc wireless usb modem for my notebook to use for internet ???
Comment by huzefahakim, on 2-Nov-2010 06:25


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Enjoy cleanliness: Here's the right way to descale and clean faucets
Water is clear, pure and fresh. We associate it with well-being and a renewal of energy. We treat ourselves to a pleasant bath or shower, wash our hands, food and much more. Every drop is precious, and anyone who knows hansgrohe's dedication to quality, understands our passion for the cleaning and care of our products.
How to clean and maintain a faucet: It's as simple as this
A faucet is in daily use. While it takes care of cleaning, it itself often becomes a "victim" of dirt and grime. Our hands leave behind greasy residues, along with dirt particles and more. Water also places the material under strain in the form of limescale deposits. The benefit to you: When you buy a faucet by hansgrohe, you are buying high quality. We want you to enjoy your product for as long as possible. Here, we show you the proper way to clean, descale and provide lasting care for your faucet.
Just a wipe, and everything's pure again
Just note the following tips, and then cleaning and care of your faucet will no big deal.
- Step 1: The finish on the hansgrohe faucet is best cleaned with a soft cotton cloth (slightly damp only if necessary). By gently wiping away, you will already remove most of the dirt without damaging the material. Please do not use sponges, brushes or microfiber cloths.
- Step 2: Limescale residues are typically deposited in corners and at joints. For this, use a mild, citric acid-based cleanser. Please do not spray the concentrate directly onto the faucet but onto a cloth instead.
- Step 3: The aerator is easy to remove for cleaning. If you place it in warm water with a little cleaning agent, the deposits will dissolve after about ten minutes of exposure. Lots of hansgrohe products are equipped with QuickClean technology. With this quick anti-limescale function, you can easily rub limescale off of the faucet.
- Step 4: Thoroughly rinse the faucet with clear water.
- Step 5: Repeat the first step again to remove any cleaning agent residues and give the surface a radiant finish.
Another tip: While you're at it, clean the sink and spout, too. Then you are ready for more water enjoyment.
Choosing a cleaning agent
We recommend that our customers use a gentle citric acid-based cleaning agent. This has a number of advantages. Conventional concentrates with lots of cleaning power often irritate hands and eyes; they can trigger allergies and irritate sensitive skin. The faucet reacts similarly. Its material is also attacked if the chemicals are too strong. The damage may go unnoticed at first, but microscopically small scratches or superficial burns are all it takes to cloud the high-gloss finish. In the long term, more dirt and limescale can accumulate in these spots. Gentle cleaning agents are also more environmentally friendly.
If you have hard water in your region, limescale deposits are likely. Keep residues from accumulating by briefly wiping the faucet after each rinsing or washing. This removes tap water before it has a chance to leave deposits behind.
Regular gentle care keeps your faucet shining
The hansgrohe quality lab has tested numerous cleansers and descalers. We have come to the conclusion that less is more here. Citric acid is our favorite active ingredient: effective, fragrant and gentle for to faucets and people alike. You can download our detailed cleaning recommendation directly in PDF format.
We advise against using cleansers based on vinegar, acetic acid, formic acid, sodium hydroxide alkalis and chlorine bleach alkalis, phosphoric acid or even hydrochloric acid. Some of these substances are highly corrosive. Frequent use will damage the metal, no matter how high-quality the finish.
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Colorado looking to improve use of screen passes vs. ASU
BOULDER — Last season, the screen pass become one of Colorado's best offensive plays. In 2012, not so much.
A year ago, senior tailback Rodney "Speedy" Stewart finished as the Buffs' leading receiver (45 catches), and his back-up, then redshirt-freshman Tony Jones (27), placed fourth in the final stats.
Entering Thursday night's nationally televised home game (7 p.m., ESPN) against Arizona State, CU running backs have a total of just 18 catches through five games. Jones leads with 12, followed by Christian Powell (3), Donta Abron (2) and Malcolm Creer (1).


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Frank Sinito has sky-high hopes for real estate portfolio
Frank Sinito recently bought the 57-story Key Tower and the attached 400-room Marriott Cleveland Downtown in a $267 million deal. It's a long reach for a Cleveland native who started out with a 14-suite apartment complex and a bar in the suburbs.
But at 54 with a tireless devotion to work, he's fine-tuning things at the Key Center complex and has his eye on another big downtown building and renovation project.
On Sept. 1, Sinito will move the last of about 90 employees of his Millennia Cos. to Key Tower and is eagerly undertaking enhancements to Ohio's tallest skyscraper, as well as the hotel.
Asked what's next for him and Millennia in the wake of an epic transaction, Sinito said he's hoping to launch the multimillion-dollar conversion of the massive former Huntington Building — now called Union Trust, in honor of its original name — on the northeast corner of Euclid Avenue and East Ninth Street.
"I have a bid in," Sinito said. "I hope I get it. It will be a real roll-up-your sleeves opportunity."
If a Sinito affiliate lands the 1-million-square-foot property or a stake in the project, it would be a big change and the biggest development for the massive Huntington Building since late 2015, when Hudson Holdings of Delray Beach, Fla., won an allocation for as much as $25 million in Ohio State Historic Preservation Tax Credits. Hudson Holdings has planned a $300 million adaptive reuse as apartments, hotel and contemporary office space, though construction is not yet underway.
Sinito said he would undertake adding 400 apartments to part of the landmark building if he gets involved in the project. Other parts of the building? He'll figure those out later.
Although he would not say how much he offered to pay for Union Trust, Sinito's disclosure of his interest in it also confirms that Hudson has been shopping the project or seeking additional investors.
For months, Andrew "Avi" Greenbaum, has denied such efforts. He wrote in a text message to Crain's last week that Sinito "submitted an offer to which we haven't responded at this time."
How Sinito fares, coming weeks will tell. Making a play for another giant deal in his hometown so soon after snagging the city's tallest skyscraper says a lot about Sinito. He enjoys what he does. He is aggressive. That's also how the native Clevelander went from humble beginnings to launching the highly regarded Lockkeepers restaurant to growing an apartment-based real estate empire with 24,000 suites in 26 states. Now the company is so large that it hosts an annual conference in downtown Cleveland devoted to training and motivation for 500 managers.
Doing it the hard way
Motivation is important in the segment that provides most of Sinito's cash flow, as 80% is in affordable and senior citizen housing. The remaining 20% is in more traditionally profitable market-rate projects.
Running affordable housing is not an undertaking for the passive or thin-skinned. Some of the buildings he buys have been covered for squalid conditions or crime problems by local news or TV stations in places including Jacksonville, Fla., and Birmingham, Ala. Millennia's growth has been low-profile in Northeast Ohio, and Sinito likes it that way, saying he does not like talking to news media or about himself. Most of the coverage of Lockkeepers, for instance, is done by quoting his wife, Malisse, who runs it.
For his part, Sinito said his wife's operation of the restaurant puts her in the limelight while allowing him to put his energies into the apartment business. As a result, many outside real estate circles were surprised when Millennia last year surfaced as Key Center's buyer. Some even considered him a restaurateur. Moreover, Millennia pursues a segment of the multifamily business that other apartment owners wouldn't consider.
A telling commentary on sizing up a new acquisition in Birmingham was shared by Sinito to staffers who attended Millennia's recent annual meeting at the headquarters of Global Cleveland.
"When I first stopped at Bankhead Towers, the hookers were there to ask if they could help me," Sinito said. "When I went the last time, residents were there to go to a picnic." He then told staffers that they are on the front lines and need to work to keep affordable housing properties "places where you, your family or grandmother would live." A zero-tolerance policy on drugs and improving security are essential, he said.
"I know how hard your jobs are. I've done your jobs. You are in the trenches every day," Sinito said at the conference.
Many elements in the multifamily business eschew investments in the affordable housing segment, even with their stable cash flow from federal housing assistance, and even fewer do what Millennia has done: bought market-rate properties as well as affordable and senior citizen properties.
Ralph McGreevy, executive vice president of the Northeast Ohio Apartment Association, said Sinito chose a tough road.
"It's a difficult path for many reasons," McGreevy said. "Another is that it's an eye-on-the-ball business because you are dealing with public money. The i's have to be dotted and the t's have to be crossed. Market-rate (housing) is not as risky. If you're smart, have a good property and a good location, it's hard to screw it up."
Sinito balanced those challenges while building a portfolio of market-rate housing, which McGreevy said takes someone who is "very skilled. What he's doing has impressed most members of our association."
For Sinito's part, he traces his interest to writing a paper on public housing while he was earning a degree in economics at Cleveland State University, at the time thinking he might pursue a law career. The takeaways from that research would later shape his direction with respect to affordable housing.
"This is an industry that is recession-proof," Sinito said. "Unfortunately, demand for it will always exceed supply."
Leaving an impression
John Burke, a now-retired Cleveland State professor, does not remember the paper Sinito said he penned for him, but remembers Sinito, even though he has not seen him for 30 years and believes he taught thousands of students.
"He was congenial, friendly and open," Burke said. "He wanted to know why things happened. When you teach a class with 100 to 150 students, isn't it amazing that (Sinito) made such an impression? When I read that he had bought Key Center, I said, 'Good for him.' "
For Sinito, buying his first properties also solidified his passion for the low-income housing business: "These are folks with needs. They are the least of the least," Sinito said. At the conference, he reminded managers to hold Thanksgiving dinners at the properties because they provide social contact as well as food for some residents who lack families to visit.
A crucial step came in 1995, when Millennia was technically launched and Sinito owned about 1,000 units. That was when Millennia bought a six-property portfolio of Northeast Ohio senior citizen apartments from Cleveland developer John Ferchill. Sinito said he and his wife, who had created Lockkeepers as an upscale restaurant a few years before, refinanced the restaurant to swing the portfolio's purchase.
The other key thing was listening to advice people gave him. In 1988, he bought a 52-unit portfolio where Sinito said, "I did everything wrong. I hired the wrong general contractor. I had the wrong financing. I had to take over the construction and run it myself."
The late Kenneth Snyder, a BakerHostetler lawyer who would later become its managing partner and died in 2005, told Sinito in the late 1980s, as Sinito recalls it, "'You're going to be successful. You're hard-working.' He advised me to be careful about the scale of my business as I grew." He emphasized building a solid organization. In 1992, Sinito decided to hire some key executives. That is when his CFO, John McGinty, joined Millennia, and Allan Pintner, vice president emeritus, came on after a long career in federal subsidized housing at the former Associated Estates Corp. of Richmond Heights, which had developed thousands of such units primarily in Northeast Ohio.
A new era
Today, Millennia has its own in-house design staff with two architects and an interior designer, an in-house construction company and a four-lawyer legal team. Such staffers allow closer control of the business than using outside specialists.
On a tour of Millennia's new office on Key Tower's 13th floor, the place is strikingly different from most downtown offices.
For one, it's a bustling place. Staffers huddle over construction drawings or meet with designs in front of them. Sinito and the firm's executive staff are scheduled to move to the 40th floor by Sept. 1 from Millennia's Thornburg Station project in Valley View, a mixed-use project that is up for sale. In early August, the 40th floor was just beginning to take shape. Sinito will occupy the building's northeast corner with a view of North Coast Harbor, the Hilton Cleveland Convention Center Hotel and Burke Lakefront Airport. When it's in, the 87-person headquarters office will occupy more than twice the 18,000 square feet it has in Valley View.
On the tour, Sinito quizzed staffers about how the new layout was working for them in communicating with other departments. Known for being detail oriented, he even commented on how the new carpet on the 40th floor looked more blue, and better, than the sample.
"This is like a dream come true," Sinito said as he looked down at a broad sweep of Lake Erie from such a height.
Buying Key Center was the end of a two-year undertaking to find Millennia's new home. He started sizing up downtown because he looked for office buildings to convert to apartments years ago. The result of years of searching is just now being realized as the first tenants are moving into Corning Place, apartments in the 1890s-vintage former Garfield Building at Euclid Avenue and East Sixth Street.
As Corning Place came together, he also looked for a home for Millennia because he enjoyed the place that downtown has become and needed room to grow. After Key Center owner Columbia Property Trust put the buildings on the market, he was approached to become an investor with Scott Wolstein and lease two floors of the building. After Wolstein's deal fell through, he discussed leasing space with another bidder Sinito did not identify. After that Chicago group passed, Sinito decided to buy it himself.
"I got excited about what we could do here," Sinito said, both as a tenant and owner. He said that as a tenant, Millennia would have occupied two side-by-side floors. Now, doing what he considers best for the building, most of the staff is on the never-before-occupied 13th floor. The remainder is on the 40th floor.
Seeing the light
The makeup of the building also played into the favor of the local buyer. When the skyscraper was built in the late-1980s, developers Richard and David Jacobs of Westlake won a 20-year tax abatement on the project by incorporating the 400-room hotel in the project, which the city needed to promote its emerging goal to become a tourist and convention destination. However, the combination turned off many buyers — particularly institutional-quality buyers, who typically buy large office buildings.
"I don't think we would have gotten the project if it had been only an office building or only a hotel," Sinito said. "The office buyers did not want the hotel. And the hotel buyers did not want the office building."
However, Sinito said with his food and beverage background, he saw opportunity with the hotel. As a result, Millennia Hospitality took over the hotel's restaurant, where it's installing an Italian restaurant and is adding a sushi operation in place of the former newsstand.
"We have 3,000 people working in the building who can be customers of the restaurant," Sinito said. "Previously, there was no synergy to the three parts of the building. Our challenge is to create that."
Likewise, the renovated fitness center, operated by an outside firm, will serve hotel guests and the public, and Millennia will operate an event center in the dining room and related space in the formerly private Club at Key Center. Plans to renovate the Marriott are being worked out with the hotel chain. Other improvements will soften the lobby and replace deteriorating pavers on the building's east side.
"We don't take the typical landlord's view of the building," Sinito said. "We look at it as a tenant. What do we want? A pleasant setting. Food. Artwork. Lots of light."
All told, the improvements are budgeted at more than $25 million. Sinito said the ability to retain Jacobs Real Estate Services of Westlake to lease and manage the property also was an important factor in the transaction.
"Tom Kropf has been here since the beginning, and Doug Miller worked with Richard and David Jacobs on the development," he said.
Work still to do
Alec Pacella, an investment specialist and managing principal of the NAI Daus, pointed out that the $276 million purchase of the skyscraper overshadowed another transaction associated with the deal. Concurrent with the acquisition, Millennia landed a lease with Forest City Realty Trust for the megadeveloper to move into seven floors at Key Tower from its former headquarters in Terminal Tower, which it had sold. Pacella said the lease is the largest in downtown Cleveland since 1995, when the former LTV Corp. (now part of ArcelorMittal) moved into what's now 200 Public Square.
Sinito also has a loose end to tie up downtown.
He bought 75 Public Square in 2014, but plans for converting the office building to apartments have come to naught because Millennia has not landed key state tax credits for the project. A potential sale to a hotel developer also fell through.
Millennia looked at moving into 75 Public Square, but Sinito said the building's floor plates are too small for it and the company would have wound up on too many floors. And going after Huntington shows he's still hunting major projects.
"I love to work," he said. "I've always worked."
And Sinito's end game?
"I really hope my three kids want to be in the business," he said.
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"The future is really bright, if you know where to shine the light," says Alisha Sonawalla, a self-acclaimed culture enthusiast. She is one of many Ismaili youth in India, who see a bright future for their country — one they are keen to shape with their optimism and confidence.
Zaid Thanawala speaking at the award ceremony where he received the 2014 Shell Bachelor Master Award for innovation and technology. Getty Images
Alisha Sonawalla representing India at an Aga Khan Academy Mock United Nations event. Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad
Nurali Virani hopes to see more collaborative research take place in India in the years ahead. Devesh Jha
Young Ismailis from the rural areas of Gujarat attend a camp in Surat. Rural communities make up 70 per cent of India's population. Ismaili Council for India
For centuries, the Ismaili community in India has been woven in the nation's fabric, and each successive generation has tried to contribute to the country's advancement. Today's young people see ample opportunity, but they are not blind to the challenges of the day. Rather, they hope to address these challenges, and view the pursuit of pluralism, research and innovation as a means to making a difference in the country.
Preserving cultures
Sonawalla, who founded the Model United Nations club at the Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad, sees an India that is rich in diversity. In a country that is often termed a "melting pot of cultures," she feels that preserving traditions is paramount to our shared humanity.
"It is only when we try to preserve the identity of lost cultures, can we absorb their plight and thence aim to address the issues plaguing their societies", says Sonawalla.
In 2012 she won accolades for an ethnographic study she wrote about the nearly-lost Devipujak Waghri community in rural India. Sadly, she notes, though they are rich in heritage with links to a past royal dynasty, the community is barely known today.
This is part of a widespread problem among communities in India, observes Sonawalla. She is concerned at a stark division that she sees within the country: While a towering corporate sector progresses quickly to achieve multinational status, the vast rural majority is left marginalised, wanting for support and development aid. That rural India that she is passionate about, makes up 70 per cent of the country's population, yet it bears the brunt of an improperly balanced system of resource allocation.
A more harmonious India with less disparity and more opportunity, believes Sonawalla, will contribute to the overall advancement of the nation. "We need to progress and move forward together, as a race, as human beings," she says.
Collaborative research
Meanwhile Nurali Virani, sees research as key to solving some of the most pressing issues in the the country. Five years ago, he spearheaded a team of eight members who designed and prototyped an autonomous underwater vehicle. Their project prevailed at a national competition organised by the National Institute of Ocean Technology.
In the future, Virani envisions an extensive research collaboration, in which Indian government agencies in various sectors would work with researchers and students to solve some of the most pressing issues in the country — including environmental challenges.
"The vision for such a research organisation has been on my mind since several years," says Virani. He expects India's strong education system to attract companies and research organisations to the country.
The fruits of their research, Virani says, will not only benefit the country directly, but will also motivate more youth to adopt a meritocratic approach to their education. He sees tremendous potential for advances in the fields of healthcare and renewable energy — a central theme in accommodating the world's growing in population.
Harnessing natural sources of energy like sunlight holds significant potential in a country like India. Solar energy, believes Virani, can enable India to meet the rising energy demands of the future.
Sustainable technologies
Zaid Thanawala would agree with him. The Delft University of Technology student recently won an award for his master theses on efficient solar to hydrogen conversion.
Organised by Shell Netherlands, the competition invited competitors to demonstrate innovative technologies that address the interdependency between water, food and energy for a more sustainable future. Thanawala developed a silicon-based solar cell that stores energy as hydrogen, which can address the intermittency problem of renewable energy resources.
"The technology is applicable, relevant and a technological challenge," said Jury Chairman Louise Fresco of Wageningen University and Research Centre, where the competition took place. "Zaid Thanawala shows above all strong technological and innovative leadership which we need."
In India and elsewhere, Thanawala sees the need for clean water and energy as a growing challenge. However, where others see these issues as two separate problems that need to be dealt with individually, he sees them as one.
Implementation of sustainable energy technologies in a country blessed with ample sunshine and wind would not only help solve energy problems, he says, but can also be used to purify water. High concentrations of CO2 is another area of concern.
"In a country like India, we have the potential to set an example for the world," says Thanawala. People need to be more open to change, he adds and "adapt to a more sustainable lifestyle and try to keep their carbon footprint as low as possible."
He notes that much of the rural population has little or no access to a constant supply of clean water and energy. This is a concern that has shaped his plans for the future.
"I hope to gain some international work experience and then help develop and install distributed renewable energy systems and renewable water purification systems in rural India," he says, "to make them independent and thus help them progress too."
Source: The Ismaili org


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Transfer Procedure
The Transfer Procedure contains the requirements for Standards Development Groups to develop or transfer their National Standards to the Principles and Criteria Version 5, by using as starting point the International Generic Indicators.
The version 1-0 of the Transfer Procedure has been approved and can be downloaded below.
The Global Network Meeting in June 2013 resulted in the request to FSC from the Network Partners to develop a Transfer Procedure. A Working Group from within the Network Partners was established to work on the development of the procedure, and the Policy and Standards Unit coordinated the process. The Working Group members are the following:
- Gary Dodge - North America
- Yellen Aguilar-Ararat - Latin America
- Vera Santos - Europe
- Tatiana Yanitskaya - CIS Countries
- Ma Lichao - Asia Pacific
- Paul Opanga - Africa
The first draft of the Transfer Procedure was submitted to a public consultation, and the feedback received was considered in the finalization of the procedure.
- FSC-PRO-60-006 V1-0 EN Development and Transfer of NFSS to FSC P&C V5
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Transfer Template
The Transfer Template has been designed to support the development of a proposal and work plan for transferring the Forest Stewardship Standards to the P&C V5. It also acts as a useful briefing on the Transfer process itself and can be communicated widely to gather input and support for the process.
A revised version of the Transfer Template will be published together with the new Transfer Procedure, to facilitate the process. Since the general deadline has been extended to December 2015, all countries that had already completed and submitted the template to FSC will have the opportunity to revise and re-submit their applications. This process will be guided by the Policy and Standards Unit, which will soon be contacting all relevant countries.
Transfer Matrix
The purpose of the Transfer Matrix is to assist National Offices and Standards Development Groups in the process of transferring approved Forest Stewardship Standards from the Version 4 of FSC Principles and Criteria to the Version 5. More information on how to do this transfer process will be included in the Transfer Procedure (under development).
Below you can find the Transfer Matrix for Draft 1-0 of the IGIs. A subsequent Transfer Matrix will be developed as further work is done on the IGIs.
Transfer Process Status
The countries participating in the Transfer Process are listed in the table below.
How can SDGs start the Transfer Process?
Below please find a document with some suggested activities for Standard Development Groups that can be done while waiting for the approval of the IGIs, and also once the IGIs are approved.
- SDGs suggested activities for Transfer Process
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- GDEs - actividades sugeridas para el Proceso de Transferencia
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Weekly Affirmations
You have as much brightness to offer the world as the next person
You are too big a gift to this world to feel self-pity.
and what you have to offer the world also Matters.
Confidence grows when we step out of our comfort zone
and do something different
Positive thoughts generate
Positive feelings and attract
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Everyday may not be good.. But there is something good in every day.
You are beautiful.
You are kind.
You are loved.
You are enough.
You can do anything.
Today is a new day.
Your past does not define you.
Your future is yours to create.


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Where Writers Go
The connections to people, places, and events in the central Florida writing community
Where Writers Go
The connections to people, places, and events in the central Florida writing community
Are you a beginner, just starting out and haven't discovered your "voice"? Contact
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Writers interested in reading their original works are invited to attend The Writers Cafe' sponsored by the Mount Dora Writers Guild at the Lakeside Inn at 100 Alexander St., in Mount Dora on the 1st Monday of each month at 7pm. Bring poetry, fiction, or non-fiction. Listeners are welcome. For more information contact Lakeside Inn at 352-383-4101.
Lake Writers is Lake County Florida based group for writers of all levels. They meet monthly and share their projects, laughter, and writing struggles and joys. If you want a group who is honest but not critical this is the place for you.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's coalition government unveiled sharply lower economic growth forecasts on Tuesday and said it would take much longer than hoped to wipe out its deficit, meaning tough austerity measures would extend beyond the next election due in 2015.
Finance Minister George Osborne, in one of two major annual economic setpieces, warned the British economy risked getting dragged into recession if the euro zone debt crisis was not solved.
"If the rest of Europe heads into recession it may prove hard to avoid one here in the UK," he told parliament.
"Much of Europe appears to be heading into recession caused by a chronic lack of confidence in the ability of countries to deal with their debts. We will do whatever it takes to protect Britain from this debt storm while doing all we can to build the foundations of future growth," he said.
The economy was now forecast to grow by only 0.7 percent next year, way below a March budget forecast of 2.5 percent, Osborne said, presenting figures from the independent Office for Budget Responsibility. The OBR expects the economy to shrink by 0.1 percent in the last three months of this year.
Growth was expected to recover to 2.1 percent in 2013, down from a previous forecast of 2.9 percent, before accelerating to 3.0 percent by 2015 - a rate which analysts said was optimistic.
Osborne said pay rises for public sector workers would be capped at one percent once a two-year pay freeze ends in 2013.
That will fuel anger among unions on the eve of a one-day strike by 2 million public sector workers over cuts by the Conservative-led coalition that will make them pay more and work longer for their pensions.
Borrowing will fall much less than expected because of slower growth, erasing any margin for error in the government's plan to erase the structural deficit within five years.
The coalition has made erasing a deficit that peaked at 11 percent of national output its priority. Opposition Labour said its strategy had been blown way off course.
Labour finance spokesman Ed Balls accused Osborne of a catastrophic error of judgment. Center-left Labour, ousted from power in May 2010, says the coalition is squeezing the life out of the economy by cutting too much and too quickly.
It is that argument which will go a long way to deciding the result of the next election, still four years away.
"The country either needs a new Chancellor or a new plan ... The Chancellor needs to change course and he needs to do so now," Balls told parliament.
The new figures bring the government broadly into line with independent forecasters.
The OECD rich nations' economic think-tank said on Monday that Britain will slip back into a modest recession early next year. It lowered its 2012 growth forecast to just 0.5 percent and urged the Bank of England to expand its money-printing program.
"The near-term forecasts are broadly similar to our own but I think the long-term forecasts — out to 2016 — are very optimistic given that fiscal restraints will continue for quite some time and the uncertainty created by the euro zone crisis," said Howard Archer, an economist at Global Insight.
"The only strong card the chancellor has is the fiscal restraint he's looking at."
Despite fears that the country is being pushed back into recession, the government will not fundamentally change tack.
Britain has enjoyed record-low borrowing costs thanks to its perceived status as a safe-haven from the euro zone debt crisis, which helps alleviate the pressure on public finances.
The yield on 10-year gilts has been trading at 2.3 percent, well below the 3.8 percent average rate projected by the OBR in March, resulting in a total debt interest saving of 22 billion pounds up to 2015/16, Osborne said.
What stimulus there is, is likely to come from monetary policy.
The Bank of England will pump an additional 75 billion pounds into the economy in coming months, a Reuters poll indicated on Tuesday, taking the total to 350 billion as it tries to revitalize growth.
"The UK is partway through a 'lost decade', and I expect that 2012 will be another difficult year," said Michael Saunders at Citi, who expects the total BoE spend to be at least 500 billion pounds — the highest forecast in the poll.
Recognizing that he has little scope to alter Britain's short-term economic prospects, Osborne focused on measures that will boost growth in the longer term, such as promoting lending to small businesses and encouraging private sector investment in infrastructure.
He plans to tap British pension funds to provide the bulk of up to 30 billion pounds of investment in building projects, while the government will underwrite up to 40 billion pounds of loans to smaller companies struggling for credit.
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Volcan Pacaya
That pesky volcano on the outskirts of Antigua is at it again – at press time it was throwing up volcanic material to a height of 400 meters, and authorities were speculating that eruptions could reach a height of two kilometers. They also warned against tourists climbing the volcano while it was active, and advised nearby residents to remain alert but calm.
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Angy Tizol
May was a tough month for 19 year old Angy Tizol. On the 20th police issued an arrest warrant for orchestrating her own kidnapping last year, in an attempt to extort Q75,000 out of her family. She was captured in Zona 7 after a week on the run and is expected to face extortion charges.
Number Crunching
The percentage of Quetzaltecos who primarily use non-motorized transport to get around the city, according to a recent survey.
Number of litres per square meter of rainfall registered on the 29th of May.
The percentage of the 46 nightclubs and discos in Xela that do not meet safety regulations, such as having an adequate amount of emergency exits for the capacity of the venue.
The number of traffic lights in Xela that either have some sort of electrical fault or have stopped working entirely. The number of traffic lights in the city?
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Consumed Episode 5 is out today! It's a free MP3 download with some of the farthest-reaching discussions on any of our podcasts yet.
For me, the most interesting conversation came from Peter V. Brett's The Warded Man. It's a rare Fantasy novel that hits the ground running, in its case opening with a nocturnal demon attack. It led me to ask my co-hosts why Speculative Fiction prose usually starts out so slow, low-action and thick with exposition. We considered George R.R. Martin, N.K. Jemisin, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and J.K. Rowling, and explored why films and videogames in the same genres usually start off much faster. We'd love your thoughts on this topic in the Comments over there.
We also discussed the mind-bending puzzle game, Fez, and why so many people either adore it or walk away from it (us podcasters were split on the love it/leave it). We wrapped up with Cabin in the Woods, the meta-Horror film which seems destined to be overlooked this year. While the conversation eventually devolves into self-censorship to avoid spoilers, I recommend listening just to hear me embarrass myself trying to describe Anna Hutchinson making out with a stuffed wolf head, and whether we can talk actor-host Nat Sylva into doing the same.


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Review: Erasing Hell, Chapter One
The question with which Francis Chan begins the first chapter of Erasing Hell is, "Does everyone go to heaven?"
Without even the slightest trace of sarcasm, Chan comments,
"Based on what I hear at funerals, the answer is an overwhelming "Yes!" How many funerals have you attended where this was even in question?"
Chan correctly points out that questions of heaven and hell are of far too much importance to leave to feelings or assumptions, and that we must get down to what the Bible itself says on the matter. That is the launching point for this first chapter, and Chan wastes no time in getting down to it. He does this by asking a different question entirely: does the Bible say that everyone will be saved in the end?
To answer the question, Chan begins with a brief survey of Universalism, the teaching that the Bible says that God will save everyone. It's a very old teaching, Chan informs us, going back to the early church leader Origen. Origen's beliefs eventually were deemed heresy, and for most of Church history (1600 years) there were very, very few who argued that everyone will be saved.
Universalism was heart and center over this past summer's controversy regarding Rob Bell and Love Wins. Chan is careful to state that Bell never actually uses the label "universalism," but in a lengthy endnote to the chapter insists that it is in fact what Bell is advocating.
" … Bell never actually comes out and says that this is what he believes. To be fair, he is not explicitly arguing for this position but listing it as a valid view that would help explain a lot of the tension that we feel when thinking about the hard realities of hell. But he presents this position in such favorable terms that it would be hard to say that he is not advocating it. He even says that the traditional view of a literal hell that features eternal torment is not "good news" at all. To use Bell's phrase, "The good news is better than that." He implies the view that all people will eventually be saved is actually much better news. So while he never actually says that this is the correct view, Bell certainly presents this as the good view and the traditional view of hell as the bad view."
Chan spends the bulk of the first chapter in addressing specific passages of Scripture that universalists have said show that God will save everyone. He begins with Philippians 2:9-11.
Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
But Chan argues that this passage can only teach universal salvation if it is ripped out of context. He points out that in Philippians 1:28 the Apostle Paul writes that the Gospel is the evidence of destruction for those who oppose it, and salvation for those who embrace it. Similarly, Chan points out that Philippians 3:19-21 makes a contrast between the enemies of the Cross — whose end is destruction — and those who follow Christ, who will receive glory. The day of Christ return spoken of in Philippians 2:9-11 is not a day of universal salvation, argues Chan. It is a day when Jesus will return to reclaim His creation and reign as King, but with that comes judgment for those who opposed Him.
Chan next brings up a number of passages concerning God restoring all people and reconciling all things to Himself, which he says are misused by universalists to prove that all people — regardless of a relationship with Christ — will be redeemed.
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. (1 Cor. 15:22)
In Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, no counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. (2 Cor. 5:19)
In him all the fullness of God was please to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. (Col. 1:19-20)
[God] wants all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. (1 Tim. 2:4)
Again, Chan points out that context is key, and that where Paul says "all will be made alive" in 1 Corinthians 15:22 he is clearly speaking of the resurrection of believers at the return of Christ, as evidenced by the very next verse.
But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ. (1 Corinthians 15:23)
Chan also point out Paul's first letter to the Corinthians ends with a rather forceful warning that everyone who does not love Jesus will be damned.
He continues his examination of these Scriptures by asking in regards to 1 Timothy 2:4 what exactly "all" means and what the word "want" means in the context of the verse. Chan demonstrates that "all" does not neccesarily mean every single person, contrasting the verse with 1 Timothy 2:1 in which Paul commands Timothy to pray for all people. Chan argues that it doesn't seem logical that Paul wanted Timothy to "march through a prayer list that includes every person on the face of the earth," and that if this earlier "all" doesn't mean every single person, then neither does 2:4.
As to answering the question of what "want" means in context, Chan draws an important distinction regarding God's will.
"To figure out the meaning of "want," it's helpful to consider what the theologians have called God's moral will and His decreed will. Some things may be part of God's desire for the world, and yet those desires can be resisted. God doesn't desire that people sin, but He allows it to happen because humans are moral agents who often make evil choices. God is not a puppet master who pulls everyone's strings to suit His will. That's why the Lord taught us to pray things like "your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven" (Matt. 6:10). God's desire — His moral will — is resisted."
This distinction that Chan makes underlines that the "want" of 1 Timothy 2:4 underscores that it is God's moral will that every single person will be saved through Christ, but not his decreed will. He successfully demonstrates that the universalist position doesn't hold up under the actual context of the Scriptures.
Chan closes this first chapter by pointing out that the New Testament clearly shows that Jesus himself not only didn't teach that every single person would be saved, but the exact opposite — that few would be saved, while many would end up outside of the Kingdom. Chan uses the example of Jesus' parable in Luke 13:22-30 to illustrate this.
Jesus went through one town and village after another, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him, "Lord, will only a few be saved?" He said to them, "Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able. When once the owner of the house has got up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, open to us,' then in reply he will say to you, 'I do not know where you come from.' Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.' But he will say, 'I do not know where you come from; go away from me, all you evildoers!' There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrown out. Then people will come from east and west, from north and south, and will eat in the kingdom of God. Indeed, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."
Chan concludes that "if Jesus actually believed in second chances for those who reject Him in this life, then this is a dangerously misleading parable."
What's impressive thus far is how adamant Francis Chan is in reiterating frequently that this topic is not simply a debate over doctrine, but that it is about eternal destinies. "We can't be wrong on this one," is his refrain.


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Going turn key: attracting vacation renters with your rental units.
There are many factors that should be considered when determining to go turn key with your rental unit. As every property has it's own unique strengths and challenges it is best to consult with an experienced property manager before fully furnishing your rental unit as a vacation rental. This post examines from my personal experience some important issues to consider before adding everything from soup bowls to nutcrackers to your investment property. As a Real Estate Merchandiser working mainly in property management, I often see different types of rental units in various conditions. Everything from unfurnished long term to turn key short term vacation rentals and condotels. The former are typically a lot less time consuming and costly for the landlord and the latter can be a bit more involved both monetarily and effort wise but the return on your investment can be substantially faster if you know what you are doing.
In the investment Real Estate market the three golden rules of real estate apply: Location, Price, Condition. If you intend to make money from a turn key investment property the location should obviously be somewhere that people want to live and recreate and resort destinations can make great investment locales. However, there are pitfalls to buying in areas that are JUST resort destinations, mainly that the market value can be highly volatile in an investor only market. You also want a market that has a substantial permanent population that's not going to put their property on the market and move because of difficult financial times. Investors usually don't live in their investment properties and are the first to put their properties on the market in difficult times; the same with second home owners, if everyone is an investor or second home owner in a particular area, property values can plummet quickly when times get tough.
This property was initially offered as a partly furnished 1 bedroom condo for rent in Waikiki. Looking to create a faster return on the investment the property owner considered going turn key. In order to keep costs down it was suggested that the owner purchase furniture and accessories from hotel furniture resale outlets, and organizations like Good Will and Salvation Army. Utilizing personal items no longer needed at home can also save one money when turning a property into a desirable turn key rental. When outfitting a turn key unit, durability and condition are important. If you want to attract higher rents you need higher quality materials, knowing who your target market is is essential in determining what you need to buy and how much you you will need to spend. In the top photos the layout was awkward and the furniture too mismatched. By simply rearranging the furniture, adding some art, and a different sofa the room became more accomodating and comfortable; details potential renters notice and appreciate.
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Price is very important. You need to be able to put enough money down on the property to see an immediate return on your investment. In other words the rent you intend to receive should cover the mortgage and then some. Rental income can fluctuate right along with real estate prices and you need to be prepared to cover the mortgage in times when renters are scarce and hard to come by. Case in point right after 9/11 tourism tanked in Hawaii creating a desperate shortage of potential renters and vacationers in high density investment markets like Waikiki. Many investors were leveraged to such a degree that any drop in rental income meant they couldn't pay the mortgage; this in turn created a sell off and consequently the Real Estate Market went to pot. Those investors that had enough equity to sweat out the lower rents were able to survive the down turn and were well positioned when the market eventually recovered. In consequence to the investor bailout,however, first time home buyers took advantage of the price drop and a larger percentage of permanent residents moved into Waikiki, stabilizing a once highly volatile market.
Condition will be a determining factor in how much rent you can get along with whether it's turn key, furnished, or vacant.In addition to location the condition of a rental property will help retrieve your initial investment faster if it is well maintained, furnished and clean especially in resort areas like Waikiki. There are several target markets to be found in a typical resort destination. The first and most lucrative is the vacationer. If your rental unit has an ocean view and is available to rent on a short term basis, a month or less at a time, you will mostly likely be able to command a considerable amount of rent from your tenants anywhere from $1000 to $20,000 a month or week depending on the number of bedrooms, amenities location, condition and view. Of course a $20,000 a week property will cost you several millions to buy but thats a great return on a 10 million dollar investment. Even if you have a $500,000 dollar property that's a couple blocks from the beach with no view to speak of you can make a decent return if it's priced right and is habitable, but the nicer it is the easier it is to rent and the more rent you can collect.
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527-565 AD Justinian I Gold Solidus CGS 45. Flavius Anicius Justinianus, nephew of Emperor Justin, was born in 482 or 483 A. Although of obscure parentage, and indeed slave-born, he shared the success of his maternal uncle, Justin, being invited at an early age to Constantinople.When his uncle assumed the purple, in 518, he appointed Justinian commander-in-chief of the army of Asia. In 521, he was named consul, and during the remaining years of the reign of his uncle he continued to exercise great influence. In 527 Justinian was proclaimed sole emperor, and crowned along with his wife, the famous Theodora his actress wife. His reign, which extends over thirty-eight years, is the most brilliant in the history of the late empire.
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The Kima Surf Resort Green Ball is a beautiful location atop the cliffs where you will be able to look out over the ocean.
There are various types of accommodation that suits solo travelers, groups and couples.
The resort has everything that you need for a great surfing holiday and also gives you the chance to relax whether it is at the pool, taking a yoga class or dining at the restaurant.
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Meet people that have the same passion for surfing as you do at Kima Surf Resort Green Ball.
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Not only can you surf this incredible break you are also 10 to 20 minutes away from Bingin, Uluwatu and Impossibles surf breaks.
Kima Surf Resort Green Ball Accommodation
The Kima Surf Resort Green Ball sits atop a cliff and offers guests breath-taking views of the ocean.
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... The ride is a major fundraiser for Down Syndrome NSW, supporting research, education and support for those with Down Syndrome. There are several activities and a generous raffle before the ride to raise money for their charity, Down Syndrome NSW.
Organiser Col Meacham said the state ride has raised over $300,000 since the inception in 2011, and Inverell has been part of that effort.
"We've been involved for five years, and we've raised $40,000 so far, as of last year," he said.
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