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Hello- I live in a condo/apartment and I share a wall with some neighbors. Every time they run their shower (or flush a toilet sometimes)I hear this knocking sound that seem to be coming from my toilet. I also hear it every morning at around 6:15 to 6:45. It isnt consistent- it varies in volume and pattern (it gets pretty loud sometimes and wakes me up). I was wondering if it was air pockets in the drainage pipe or something else. Thank You
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Skip to comments.The Not So Secret Rapture
Posted on 01/14/2011 5:57:52 PM PST by topcat54
Evangelical book catalogs promote books such as Planet Earth: The Final Chapter, The Great Escape, and the Left Behind series. Bumper stickers warn us that the vehicles occupants may disappear at any moment. It is clear that there is a preoccupation with the idea of a secret rapture. Perhaps this has become more pronounced recently due to the expectation of a new millennium and the fears regarding potential Y2K problems. Perhaps psychologically people are especially receptive to the idea of an imminent, secret rapture at the present time. Additionally, many Christians are not aware that any other position relative to the second coming of Jesus Christ exists. Even in Reformed circles there are numerous people reading these books. Many of these people are unaware that this viewpoint conflicts with Scripture and Reformed Theology.
(Excerpt) Read more at reformed.org ...
A bit dated by accurate. Recall all the hype about Jesus' soon return back in the months leading up to Y2K.
"For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled." (Luke 21:22)
It's not that they think the rapture will happen.
It's that they are worried that it won't.
"as in the days of Noah......" the ark was a type of the Church ( the Body of Christ ) and all that are to be saved are in the ark. all the animals represent all nations and tongues to be brought in. lots of false teaching out there, especially the "pre-trib rapture"
A lot of US churches teach a version of the rapture that leads many suburbanites to believe that they will go straight from their air-conditioned houses or their air-conditioned SUVs to heaven.
There are persecuted Christian groups in other parts of the planet who have been looking for an imminent rescue for a century or more....
The stealing away will only come when all is fulfilled, and I believe most of us who remain will have been severely tested and refined by fire.
Only those who are willing to lay down their lives for their faith will find life.
I'll read this later. Still amazed so many buy into text out of context that is a pretext.
Irenaeus tells us John wrote Revelation in the mid 90sAD which totally destroys the view of those that say all prophecy was fulfilled by 70AD. Irenaeus studied under Pollycarp who was John's desciple. Yet they scoff at those of us who understand prophecy.
In The Rapture, we believers will be gathered up to meet with Christ "in the clouds." Christ does not return to earth at the point in thine of The Rapture. He brings us, The Church, His Bride, to Heaven to prepare for The Wedding Feast and ceremony.
At His Second Coming, He does battle with the Ancient Foe, casting him for a thousand years into The Pit, where he will be sealed for Christ's Millennial Reign as King over all believers on an Earth made new and perfect again.
That will be Our Lord's Secong Coming, according to an accurate reading of The Bible.
There are those whose faith is not in God's word, but instead are faithful to a man-made teaching of The Word. God's Holy Spirit does not "translate" for these lost, and they are thus deceived. Christ, hanging on the cross, said to the villain next to Him: "Truthfully I say to you, Today you will be with me in Paradise; your faith has saved you."
Jesus didn't tell him, "My Father picked you, but not that guy hanging next to you." The reason why Jesus didn't say that is because that wasn't what happened. This man elected to have faith in Jesus. He did no "work", he merely had faith in Christ, that Jesus was who He claimed to be. That's all it takes.
Calvinism is a lie, and it deceives and makes haughty and pious many who think themselves "specially selected" by God. God knew who would have faith before they were born, but that doesn't alter that these saints had faith, and that it is this faith which sets them apart, and makes them holy.
"For God so loves the world, that he gave His only begotten Son, that all who believe in Him might never perish, but have life everlasting." John, 3:16
I know that your scales are firmly in place, for God has predicted even this, and there is no way I can remove them. God alone can do this. I will not change your mind, but I still owe you The Truth.
I'm truly sorry for you.
1. The article's hogwash has no foundation.
2. The article purports to talk about a major END TIMES phenomenon called THE RAPTURE from Thessalonians and essentially trashes one perspective on the Rapture. A major reason such theological cluelessness trashes the Rapture is that they trash the whole notion of the END TIMES BEING CURRENTLY, IN OUR ERA.
2.1 I don't know HOW OR WHEN "THE RAPTURE" will occur. I only know it's Biblical and WILL OCCUR in these END TIMES at some point. 3. I undercut the whole foundational premise of the Original Post by asserting that the END TIMES OBVIOUSLY IS RUNNING CURRENTLY IN OUR ERA. I encourage you to wake up.
4. A lot of idiotic questions, pontifications, issues are no longer worth my bother. I have grown weary of that level of discourse.
5. The truths about current realities are too obvious. Folks still groveling around at such a huge level of ignorance don't deserve to have a lot of those points responded to because the points fly in the face of too many solid facts and are too absurd to be worth a gnat's burp's worth of time and energy.
6. ANYONE WITH THE BRAZENNESS TO MAKE MY ALMIGHTY GOD FATHER-SON-SPIRIT OUT TO BE A LIAR ABOUT HIS EVERLASTING PROMISES TO THE BLOOD CHILDREN OF JACOB can expect to persistently earn my fiercest responses. I have not the least bit of an apology about that. I'm actually muting and "TONING DOWN" already, what I'd prefer to say--THAT'S WARRANTED to be said in response to such demonized hogwash from hell.
7. It is NOT a small thing to seduce the unwitting into the notion that ALMIGHTY GOD is NOT faithful regarding HIS EVERLASTING PROMISES.
8. You are welcome to think of me and feel toward me however you think God would approve of you doing. My task is to be a watchman on the wall, not win a popularity contest.
9. I will say again--I don't need to deal with the petty silliness of the points in the article because I trash the whole foundation the article is propped up on.
10. I hope to post shortly another bit of documentation showing quite startlingly starkly how WRONG the REPLACEMENTARIAN, PRETERIST/A-MIL/POST-MIL/RUN-OF-THE-MIL theological perspective of such willfully blind constructions are.
So are you basically saying that salvation is by works, it kind of sounds like your saying that to keep your salvation you most lay down your life for God, and if you don't then you will lose your salvation. What if a Christian fails the test, what if......it's sounds like works oriented christianity to me.
Scripture for this analogy? Since when did the Bible state anywhere that ark was a type of the church?
If the Rapture doesn't happen pre-trib, there's no point in it.
The tribulation is God's judgment on an unbelieving wold. Since believers are well, believers, they have already been judged and declared innocent. There's no point in leaving believers to suffer the wrath of God that He's going to pour out on this planet.
Some way to treat the Bride of Christ.
Much agree.
I'm just not dogmatic about it.
You know, we can't be. Personally, I think the best reading is pre-trib and I hope it's right and I'd LOVE to be around for it, but if I'm not, I'm not.
My believing that it's pre-trib isn't going to make it so. If it's mid-trib or post-trib, that's what it's going to be.
We read Scripture, come to the best conclusion we can about it, and let God do what he's going to do. If we're wrong, we're wrong. There's nothing anyone can do about it other than live our lives in such a manner that whenever it comes and whatever happens, we're ready.
Never the less to base one's theology or his foundation of his theology on what the church fathers said is bad theology, good theology stands on it's own outside of what the church fathers said.
Use of the church fathers statements to further argue your beliefs, but don't use them to build your foundational beliefs, use them after your foundational beliefs are founded. I remember studying the seventh day Adventist arguments for the Sat worship from a historical point of view, they quoted several old church fathers from several early centuries to get their point across, I was convinced they were right, shortly after I shown differently, that they had misquoted the Church fathers and taken them out of context. That work that shown me differently was Walter Martin's book "The Kingdom of the cults" Now whether the Seventh day Adventist quote the church fathers correctly or incorrectly is beside the point that I really want to make, and that is if you can't argue your premillennialism view point outside of quoteing church fathers you have already failed in your theology or your search for the truth. Foundation Premillennialism needs to be built on the scripture it self, not church father statements. Same goes for the Postmillennial view point.
Thanks for your kind words.
But you lost me on the following:
all the animals represent all nations and tongues to be brought in. lots of false teaching out there, especially the "pre-trib rapture"
I believe in pre-trib, but to call it false teaching is unfounded! Pre, mid, late, it's just a matter of opinion. There is NO right or wrong for either argument, as it's all speculation. If you were taught mid or late then that's your belief, but I can't be as bold to speculate that you are receiving "false teaching"! Btw, Noah's Ark is in line with why I believe in pre-trib.
Am deeply humbled and blessed by your kind words.
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But you lost me on the following:
all the animals represent all nations and tongues to be brought in. lots of false teaching out there, especially the "pre-trib rapture"
I believe in pre-trib, but to call it false teaching is unfounded! Pre, mid, late, it's just a matter of opinion. There is NO right or wrong for either argument, as it's all speculation. If you were taught mid or late then that's your belief, but I can't be as bold to speculate that you are receiving "false teaching"! Btw, Noah's Ark is in line with why I believe in pre-trib.
YOU said, 'it's your altitude that I really don't like'
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What do you have against people who live a mile high?
You are a persistent treasure.
Actually, I failed to note . . .
I like living at my ALtitude! LOL.
Living at a mile high on the NM high desert could be a very life-saving thing in the future!
11 Saying, "'I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, and what thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Aisa: unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea."
I do not read the 'day of the LORD' as being a Sunday morning worship service. The reference to this is a specific particular time that is a dispensation of time. The so called 'old' is filled with references to 'in that day', 'on that day', and 'day of the LORD'. The Bible is not nearly as disjointed as so many down through the ages have tried to make it appear.
Here is the quote from his book.
Against Heresies
Book 5, Chapter 30, Paragraph 3
We will not, however, incur the risk of pronouncing positively as to the name of Antichrist; for if it were necessary that his name should be distinctly revealed in this present time, it would have been announced by him who beheld the apocalyptic vision. For that was seen no very long time since, but almost in our day, towards the end of Domitians reign.
Titus Flavius Domitianus was Roman Emperor from 81 to 96. Domitian was the third and last emperor of the Flavian dynasty.
Proves that Irenaeus claimed that John wrote the book of Revelation toward the end of Domitians reign which would have been in the 90s long after 70AD.
So you hold what Irenaeus said to be on equal with the Scriptures, how do you know that Irenaeus knew what he was talking about. How do you know he didn't misquote Pollycarp or add to what Pollycarp said, How do you not know he was senile when he wrote what he said. How do you not know that Pollycarp hasn't been mistranslated or misquoted down the line. To boldly say that the preterist theology is absolutely incorrect because of what some one has said Irenaeus said is bad foundational theology. Most people would say Revelation was written post AD 70 because their study Bible says so, well I've got several study Bibles and they sure don't agree on every thing especially in the commentary part.A lot of them will say in their initial statement that a majority of theologians believe that Revelation was written post AD 70 but if you read on most of them will also say that their is a minority of theologians that believe and hold that Revelation was written pre AD 70. But either way if one has to build their theology on commentaries and what some one else says, it is standing on a pretty shaky foundation.
Imho, the REPLACEMENTARIANS
have as much of a rubberized 'Bible' and 'history' as most RC's.
It's really incredible to see bright people fooled by such nonsense.
>> the point that I really want to make, and that is if you can't argue your premillennialism view point outside of quoteing church fathers you have already failed in your theology or your search for the truth.<<
The theology isnt based on the quotes of church fathers. In this case I am using Irenaeus statement of when Revelation was written to prove that Johns prophecy was written after 70AD which destroys Preterist interpretation of Revelation.
The theology isnt based on the quotes of church fathers. In this case I am using Irenaeus statement of when Revelation was written to prove that Johns prophecy was written after 70AD which destroys Preterist interpretation of Revelation.
My altitude is high on The Lord. ;) Some may not like that either.
Interesting . . .
What silliness.
Sometimes it seem like the vast bulk of REPLACEMENTARIANS
—majored in minors;
—minored in majors;
—got Phd's in obtuseness, absurdity or irrationality as a life philosophy
etc. etc. etc.
I believe the historical record about John's authorship of Revelation is highly likely to be correct.
I realize that REPLACEMENTARIANS are as addicted to shucking and jiving and slipping and sliding all around facts, Scripture and history to justify their absurd notions about eschatology.
I'm sure you got that quote from your vast library of mult-volumes of the Church fathers, rather then a book written by your favorite premill author or your favorite premill web site. < /s>
I know, I know, I'm the shrink . . . however, I'd still like to ask your opinion . . .
WHY IS IT that most of the more combative REPLACEMENTARIANS like the most combative RC's are soooooooooooo
thin-skinned, prickly, stuffed-up, OB-COM, haughty, prissy, self-righteous, irrational, shallow, control-phreaqued, foot-stamping, constricted pontificators on FR?
What is it about the theology that seems to cultivate such 'spokespersons' ????
I don't get it.
Seems to me it has to be related to ATTACHMENT DISORDER but I'm skeptical that explains enough of the common dynamic/ observations, attitudes.
It's long been a curiosity.
>> So how good of you, you can quote at least two sentences of Irenaeus.<<
The full books are on line for all to read. Do your damn research before you try to scoff.
Two sentences from Irenaeus that you quote is not going to convince me that Revelation was written after AD70, especially when you boldly state it is a fact that Revelation was written after AD 70, when in fact you really don't know but are going on what you have read from some premill book that you take as the gospel, that you put up there on the same level with the Bible maybe your putting it up their on a higher pedestal then the Bible.
I like that Christian attitude of yours. FR can bring the best or worst out of every one.
>>Two sentences from Irenaeus that you quote is not going to convince me that Revelation was written after AD70, especially when you boldly state it is a fact that Revelation was written after AD 70, when in fact you really don't know but are going on what you have read from some premill book that you take as the gospel, that you put up there on the same level with the Bible maybe your putting it up their on a higher pedestal then the Bible.<<
I gave you book, chapter and page. Then I gave you the site where you can read the entire book, written by Irenaeus, yourself. Yet you accuse me of taking the quote from some premill book. Are you totally bereft of reading comprehension or so intent on your deception that you have been blinded to truth?
>>They aren't here to debate CB<<
Its surely becoming obvious they have their agenda and no amount of fact will lead them to truth. I keep in mind the readers of these threads who never post. I cant just leave the reader with only the wrong view I guess.
And let me add on to that and say "or your favorite premill web site that links to the Irenaeus material."
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My sister, niece and grand niece are arriving on Tuesday from Seattle, Wa. I will be cleaning and preparing this weekend
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Cleaning home, doign some laundry, ironing...
There's just a tiny problem, to all these.. We're gonna have a heatwave this weekend.. 40c...
And so, as Tiny Tim observed, "God Bless us!! Everyone!!''
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Work and a visit to the beach.
Merry Snowy Christmas
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Was going to be in the garden but we've got so much
Merry Christmas to all...
I'm mainly relaxing today. Went to see the new Harry Potter movie yesterday. My sister, niece and grand niece left yesterday for my other sister's house in upstate NY. I'll be meeting up with them on Friday as we are hosting a big 80th Birthday party for our Mom!
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Virgin Blue Chief Executive, Brett Godfrey and the Department of Transport Secretary, Ken Matthews, will today co-facilitate an airline information day for Federal Government executives in Canberra.
The day has been specifically organised to allow Federal Government employees to meet with other Governments and private companies that have managed to substantially improve their bottom line by adopting a 'Best Fare of the Day' Policy for air travel.
The low fare airline recently welcomed moves by the Commonwealth Government to change its one-airline travel strategy to a policy of 'Best Fare of the Day' including Virgin Blue, following recommendations from the Len Early Report.
Since this time Virgin Blue has been working closely with the Department of Finance and Administration's newly formed "Travel Forum" to assist Government Departments to effortlessly book Virgin Blue as part of their travel policy.
Virgin Blue Chief, Brett Godfrey, said, "Virgin Blue is an award winning airline offering convenient services, an extensive network and cost effective solutions for corporate travellers and we are very happy our federal public servants now have the opportunity to seek the best value for taxpayer's money when making their travel bookings."
Since Virgin Blue launched nearly four years ago it has achieved unprecedented growth and now operates more than 280 flights a day to 21 destinations, including every state and territory capital city and many regional ports.
As Virgin Blue continues to expand both its fleet and network, the people of Canberra have benefited with the increase of direct flight options from Canberra to Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and the Gold Coast, and through fares to most of the carrier's Australian, New Zealand and Pacific Island destinations.
A number of keynote speakers will be present at today's information day to discuss important factors in relation to corporate and government travel strategy, cost effective solutions for travel purchasing and competition in Australia's domestic airline market.
Brett Godfrey added, "I'm pleased to be attending this information day to personally showcase our airline's products and services to those who represent the interests of the people of Australia."
Wednesday 14 July 2004
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Murray Harris and Peter Turner, Travel Procurement Managers, Origin Energy
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Hey everyone - Just bought the Edge 540 and I was wondering what motor would be better: The Park 400 brushless inrunner, or the Himax 2025-5300. Any help would be great. Thanks
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Hey everyone - Just bought the Edge 540 and I was wondering what motor would be better: The Park 400 brushless inrunner, or the Himax 2025-5300. Any help would be great. Thanks
Hey flyguy,
I am using a HiMax 2816-0890 Outrunner, I was going to use the HiMax 2025-4200 but decided to go strictly outrunners. Tired of fooling around with gears. I think the 2025-4200 would be MORE than enough to pull your ME around.
Now, if this darn wind would lay down..... I wanna fly my ME !!!
\"Hotshot Charlie\"
Tupelo, MS
Thanks Hotshot - I already bought a Park 400 when I bought the airplane, do you think it would be too underpowered? The Park 400 is what e-flight recommended, but i've been hearing that it's not enought. Let me know. Thanks
I also would like to consider myself an experienced aerobatic and freestyle pilot. I have been flying mainly 35-40% planes for the past 10 yrs. or so but have recently been quite taken by the new revolution in electric miniature type flying. There's nothing like being able to freestyle a $50.00 plane just like a 40 lb. $6,000.00 plane without having to worry about pushing yourself beyond your own limits and breaking the bank. Since I caught the electric bug, I've bought and flown alot of foamies with lots of success. But as far as the Mini Edge, I have come to realize it doesn't offer the same type of slow- high alpha flight that you can get from the lighter foamies.
As far as snapping, I had the same problem the 1st couple of flights. Roll back your elevator travel to about 3/8ths of an inch up and down and you should be able to solve that problem. You'll have plenty of travel for high speed flight but you'll have to switch over to high rates when you start hovering. The Mini Edge is one of the easiest planes to torque roll. Just remember to switch back to low rates real fast when you transition to normal flight because the mini edge is the most unstable plane at slow high alpha flight. This is the reason I'm dissapointed in this plane. You can fly around fast all day long with no trouble; but who wants to do that? Slow down and you have a plane that's dying to fall from the sky and twitchy and snappy IT IS! I find myself switching the high rate switch back and forth every other second with this plane.
As far as flex in the wings... I picked up my ME from under the wing tips and noticed very little flex. I find myself looking at the ME often. It's easy to adore the beauty of this plane, unfortunately I never fly it because I have other planes that fly so much better. Oh well.
I totally agree. I am doing the same thing. Low rate, High rate, Low rate. I do believe the wing flex has something to do with the terrible snap. I could be wrong. My Mini Katana flies much better. Wings are much stiffer. I think even the Mini Funtana is better then the ME, and I donât really like how it flies.
Overall, I love the concept of these mini Eâs. Right now my favorite is the Mini Katana. At least until someone comes out with a Mini YAK ! What is your favorite ?
ORIGINAL: Jeff Hendricks
I totally agree. I am doing the same thing. Low rate, High rate, Low rate. I do believe the wing flex has something to do with the terrible snap. I could be wrong. My Mini Katana flies much better. Wings are much stiffer. I think even the Mini Funtana is better then the ME, and I donât really like how it flies.
Overall, I love the concept of these mini Eâs. Right now my favorite is the Mini Katana. At least until someone comes out with a Mini YAK ! What is your favorite ?
It's funny you ask... My favorite just happens to be the E-flight Yak 54f designed by Quique Somenzini. The yak is unreal. Fly it at a snails pace and its its as stable as can be. No coupling at all whatsoever. The most incredible knive edge I've ever seen and beautiful High alpha rolling circles; flat spins; rolling harriers; all very easy and very slow with this plane. I also have the E-flight ultimate fx and the Ikarus Yak as well. I've had a couple of the other shock flyers from Ikarus, but there newer Yak is the best by far. I've flown some of the hobby lobby foamies at the field, but they weren't mine so they weren't set up for me but I could tell with some tinkering they would be alot of fun. The only thing I wasn't happy with as far as the Ikarus shockflyers was the fact that there is no firewall. The engine simply gets glued to the foam cross brace (fuselage face). One light prop strike and the engine goes flying and the plane needs major repair work. That's where E-flight came in for me. There planes fly like the lighter shockflyers from Ikarus, but with a lightweight plywood firewall to mount the engine. (except of course the ME and MF)
Hey Sean,
Are you running a Outrunner on the Eflite Yak 54? If not, have you heard what the best Outrunner is for it? BTW, I'm a HiMax fan, plus our only local hobby guy keeps them in stock.
\"Hotshot Charlie\"
Tupelo, MS
E-flight Yak 54f ? Is that the Foamy ? I wish someone made a mini built up in a Yak.
I agree with prev comments having flown all sorts of R/C for more years than
i care to think about,i was reluctent to be beaten by any model but i gave up on the
Edge and sold it . Its SO difficult to set up to do anything worth while with, i tried diff props
thrust lines balance,but the only way to go is low/high rates, the thing will snap on you at
The e flite Yak is another matter SUPERB great speed range and balance flys like a much
larger 3D pattern model my set up
parkfly 400 920kv
10x5e prop
dual servos on ail
kavan hinges (see thread)
800 mah new 20c flightpower packs
all the throw you can get with 40% expo
Hovers half throttle
But that YAK is a Foamy ? Looking for a YAK build up like the ME, MF and Mini Katana.
Yep, the Eflite Yak 54 is a foamy.
\"Hotshot Charlie\"
Tupelo, MS
What we really need is a small built up Ultimate biplane. Now that would be fun.
Yes. And a Yak. Bigger though. 45 inches for the new Torq motor from extreme flight. It is almost to much for the Mini Katana. Need a bird 1 size larger.
Hey Rob,ORIGINAL: Hotshot Charlie
Hey Sean,
Are you running a Outrunner on the Eflite Yak 54? If not, have you heard what the best Outrunner is for it? BTW, I'm a HiMax fan, plus our only local hobby guy keeps them in stock.
I couln't reccomend which hi-max to put in the yak because I'm not familiar with those motors. Although I've heard nothing but good thing about them. As far as my E-flight Yak, I have the park 400 outrunner in it and I can hover right around half throttle and there's plenty left for reserve. Most of the flying I do is just below 1/2 throttle so I haven't even considered taking out the Park 400 and replacing it with the Park 450. The fact that I already have a Park 450 outrunner sitting on my dresser and haven't bothered to put it in the Yak should be evidence to you just how good the 400 powers it. I use the TP 1320 ma Lipo but the manual also recommends the TP 800 ma (or something in that range). Have fun!!
I know everyone has their own opinions, but I'm beginning to believe that the heavier built up electrics (ME, MF, MK) just don't fly as well as the foamies. I'd be interested to hear from someone who has actually flown the built up Yak designed by Quique Somenzini. Now there's a plane thats built up but still has the light weight and wing loading comparable to the lighter foamies.ORIGINAL: cje0114
What we really need is a small built up Ultimate biplane. Now that would be fun.
So there is a build up E Yak ? Where do I find that ? I certainly do not exspect any mini built up to fly like a foamy. No chance of that.
So Sean, that is the Park 400 Outrunner you are using.... heck, 1/2 throttle hover is all anyone needs. I think a Yak is in my future ! I also would like to see a built up E-Yak !
Anyone tried the Ultimate "built-up" Foamy? Something like a Ultimate EX or something like that???
Folks, I've been flying helicopters (nitro) for about 2 years, but I am having soooo much fun with the electric "planks" that it's just about pulled me away from the heli's. I am getting ready to build a ARK X-400 Heli. Got it all here, just need to get busy and build it. That's my next electric project.
BTW, I've been flying R/C since the late 1970's... (old fart), so been around the block a few times. Electric is the most fun I've had in years.
\"Hotshot Charlie\"
Tupelo, MS
Best E heli is the T Rex. Just my 2 cents.
No doubt the T-Rex is the king...... but the price of the Ark X400 is the king of low prices and it's pretty much a copy of the T-Rex, with more Bling and it uses a metal frame instead of the plastic frame. We will see how it does. I have had a Shogun V1, it's junk. I haven't tried the Shogun V2, but very skeptical on any of their products.
Now back to the Edge 540..... I am still reserving judgement on mine. I like the way it flew my first flights, but the wind didn't let me do much with it. I have a feeling all the posts above will prove to be true and the same in mine. But, I will hope for better results.
\"Hotshot Charlie\"
Tupelo, MS
Hey Rob,
Yeah! I have the new built up Ultimate Foamy. It flys awesome! Almost as good as the yak. The only difference is the coupling which was pretty bad but I was able to mix it out with my transmitter. Once you dial out the coupling it's an incredible flier. I also fly the ultimate with the Park 400 outrunner.
I should mention that the Yak has built up wings but it IS a profile plane. But for the price (around $100) it looks like one hell of a plane. And if it flies good enouph for Quique, it's got to be awesome. Run a search on google for the Yak and throw in Quique Somenzini's name and I'm sure you'll find it real quick. It usually pops up with the foam yak by Quique. Good Luck!
Thanks for the info. I am all good in the foamy front. I fly the Kahoona. Been flying it for almost 2 years. It is not in production yet. About 1 month out. I think I have flown every foamy but the Yak you mention. I am sold on the Kahoona and not looking for another foamy. Just a build up mini yak.
Well I am giving up on the ME. Tried everything. It just does not fly as good as the Mini Katana. Look good and is cheap, but performance is poor. I think it is in part the weight. Once you put a strong motor (Hacker A30 out runner) and a good Bat, (2100 TP Li Pi), maybe it is to heavy and to much wing loading. Or it could be all that flex in the wings.
So to anyone who likes the ME or the MF, Do not try the Mini Katana unless you are ready to buy one. They outperform the ME and MF by a long shot. Now it is bigger, so more motor and bat is needed, but it is better made and it flies better.
Here is a link to the built up Yak.
at 15 oz. flying weight, it's no heavier than the foamy Yak by E-flight!
Hey Jeff,
Have you tried the ME on a small battery pack? I only have 2100 packs at this time, but wonder if lightening the load would make a difference?
I hope I have better luck with my ME than you guys. If the wind is down, I will be flying it this morning.
\"Hotshot Charlie\"
Tupelo, MS
Hey Rob,
Did you get to fly your ME this morning? How did it go? I sure would like to know if you had better luck than I did. Thanks!!


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History is being made in the 15 markets that made our list of the weakest in the nation. (Last week, we listed the 15 healthiest markets, which you can see by clicking here.) While virtually every major metro market took a blow last year, the weakest markets were decimated by an unprecedented and lethal combination of job losses, falling home prices, and rising foreclosures.
The fundamentals are so poor in many of these markets that they are likely to be among the last to recover from the national housing downturn. As you'll find as you click through the list, the weakest markets for 2009 are comprised primarily of bust markets in Florida and California, along with a few rust-belt cities with longer-term economic difficulties.
To compile this ranking, BUILDER magazine worked with Hanley Wood Market Intelligence to analyze the 75 largest housing markets in the country. The markets were ranked based on population trends and job growth, perennial drivers of housing demand. We also examined the rate of home price declines. And finally, we considered the rate of building permits, which may be the single best ongoing indicator of builder confidence in a market. We combined all these metrics to produce a score for each market.
Next week, we'll present rankings for all 75 markets. In the meantime, here are the bottom 15.
61. San Francisco, Calif. 2008 total building permits: 11,979
Builders in the Bay Area can find no peace from a housing recession in its fourth year. Hanley Wood Market Intelligence, which tracks new-home sales in communities of 10 homes or more, reports that new-home sales were off 40 percent in December, compared to a year earlier. To their credit, builders have responded to sky-high prices in this notoriously unaffordable market by ratcheting down the median price of a new home; it fell 20.6 percent last year to $595,000. That's pretty close to the median price of an existing home, which dropped 22.8 percent last year to $622,000. Permit levels here are less than half of what they were in 2005. The metro area, home to 7.36 million people, hasn't had much population growth over the last five years, due to its high cost of living. Now, the local economy is contracting again. The region lost 4,200 jobs all told last year, but job levels in December were down 72,000 from a year earlier.
Busiest builders: KB Home, Pinn Brothers Fine Homes, Summerhill Homes, Standard Pacific Homes, Pulte Homes. Courtesy: Hanley Wood Market Intelligence.
Get local housing data and more on Builder's San Francisco, Calif. Local Market page.
62. Lakeland, Fla. 2008 total building permits: 3,240
Retirees can spot a bargain when they see one. Back in 2003, when the median price of an existing home in Lakeland was a mere $97,000, they rushed into this metro area halfway between Orlando and Tampa. After a boom in the middle part of the decade, building permit activity has fallen 76 percent since 2005 and 24 percent in the last year. Existing-home prices, $140,000 in 2008, seem affordable, but remain well above 2003 levels. Forty percent of the jobs in Lakeland, which suffers from below-average per capita income, are in services, and they've been declining at a rapid rate. Employment in the metro area was running 2.7 percent below a year before in December, a loss of 5,700 jobs. Publix Supermarket is the largest local employer, followed by Wal-Mart.
Get local housing data and more on Builder's Lakeland, Fla. Local Market page.
63. Sacramento, Calif. 2008 total building permits: 5,488
Thanks to the ninth highest foreclosure rate in the country, existing-home prices are in free fall in Sacramento. Median existing-home prices last year dropped to $216,700, down 36.8 percent from a year before and 44 percent from a 2005 peak of $376,000. Competition from bank sales has made it extremely difficult for builders to compete, though the ones that remain are valiantly trying. John Laing Homes halted sales and construction a month ago. Builders have dropped median new-home prices in the last year, according to Hanley Wood Market Intelligence. But at $301,420 in December, they remain well above existing-home prices. It's no wonder that permits are running at less than one-third of 2005 rates. The population here continues to grow, but the city is losing jobs, thanks to state government cutbacks, reversing a trend of the previous three years. The owner of one of the largest private home building companies, John Reynen, filed for personal bankruptcy last year.
Busiest builders: Pacific West Companies, Beazer Homes, Centex Homes, Taylor Morrison, JMC Homes. Courtesy: Hanley Wood Market Intelligence.
Get local housing data and more on Builder's Sacramento, Calif. Local Market page.
64. Cleveland, Ohio 2008 total building permits: 3,361
Cleveland may be one of the most affordable places to live, but that's because a growing number of people don't want to live there. The metro area has been shedding jobs and population since 2005. The lack of demand pushed down existing-home prices 16.5 percent in the last year to an incredibly affordable median of $108,500. (A recent NAHB-Wells Fargo affordability survey found that Cleveland was the 9th most affordable major housing market in the country.) Even so, permit activity in Cleveland is half of what it was in 2004. The foreclosure situation, which was really bad in 2007, improved slightly last year, according to statistics compiled by RealtyTrac, though the metro area still has the 28th highest foreclosure rate in the country. Jobs are the problem here—the area lost 23,000 last year, comparing job levels in December 2008 to the same period a year before—continuing a multi-year trend. Even the service sector, the area's anchor, is recording job losses. Cleveland's sixth largest employer, National City Corp., was sold to PNC Financial Services Group to avoid having to shut down.
Busiest builders: Pulte Homes, Hovnanian Enterprises, Unmistakably Premier Homes, Epcon Communities Franchising, Petros Homes. Courtesy: Hanley Wood Market Intelligence.
Get local housing data and more on Builder's Cleveland, Ohio Local Market page.
65. Miami, Fla. 2008 total building permits: 7,846
During the housing boom, the Miami skyline was littered with construction cranes, as developers sought to cash in on the condominium craze. Much of the new-construction energy is gone today in this cosmopolitan city of 2.46 million. Builders pulled only 7,846 permits last year, nearly a 50 percent decline from the year before, and a 70 percent fall from 2005. A surplus of homes and condominiums is driving down existing-home prices, which fell 27.2 percent in the last year to a median of $276,600. Economists at Moody's economy.com believe it will be two years or more before prices bottom out in Miami. The metro area, which was adding jobs at a phenomenal rate during the boom, is now shedding them just as quickly. Construction employment fell 16.9 percent in the last year.
Busiest builders: The Related Group of Florida, Lennar, Centrum Properties, Shoma Development, D.R. Horton. Courtesy: Hanley Wood Market Intelligence.
Get local housing data and more on Builder's Miami, Fla. Local Market page.
66. Reno, Nev. 2008 total building permits: 1,929
The Biggest Little City in the World, it is now clear, got too far above its raising. Regarded during the housing boom as one of the hottest markets in the country, Reno now ranks among the 10 weakest, with existing-home prices retreating 20 percent within the last year to $253,000 and jobs disappearing at an alarming rate. The unemployment rate spiked to 9 percent in December. As you would suspect, 73 percent of the residential activity here is single-family. Permits may be down only 9 percent in the last year, but they are off 70 percent from the 2005 peak.
Busiest builders: Lennar, D.R. Horton, Centex Homes, Tanamera Homes, Lifestyle Homes.
67. Melbourne, Fla. 2008 total building permits: 1,599
A metro area of 542,000, Melbourne has been shedding jobs since 2006, longer than most metro areas. Last year it lost 5,700 jobs, comparing December 2008 to December 2007 figures, a 2.7 percent decline. Home to Patrick Air Force Base, Melbourne depends on major defense contractors for its jobs. Job losses contributed to a 21 percent drop in existing-home prices last year. Median home prices fell dramatically late in the year: They averaged $153,400 in 2008. Permits, which came in at 1,599 for 2008, have declined a precipitous 82 percent since 2005 and 45 percent in the last year alone.
68. Fresno, Calif. 2008 total building permits: 2,208
Fresno may be a great place to farm, but it's a lousy place to build homes. New-home sales declined 41.5 percent last year as new-home prices fell 17 percent to $234,000. New-home prices remain well above existing-home prices which dropped 23 percent to $208,100 for the year. As a result, builders pulled only 2,208 permits here last year, down 72 percent from 2005 levels (7,366 permits). That's very few permits for a market with a population approaching 1 million.
Busiest builders: Lennar, D.R. Horton, Wathen-Castano, McCaffrey Group, Centex Homes. Courtesy: Hanley Wood Market Intelligence.
Get local housing data and more on Builder's Fresno, Calif. Local Market page.
69. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 2008 total building permits: 2,172
The housing market in Ft. Lauderdale never really got that big. Back in 2005, builders pulled only 6,951 permits in this metro area, not that many for a population of 1.74 million people. Nevertheless, activity here declined by nearly 50 percent in the last year alone as the market dealt with a massive foreclosure problem. One in 17 housing units received a foreclosure notice last year, according to RealtyTrac, the sixth highest rate in the nation. Foreclosure sales helped push down existing-home prices nearly 23.4 percent in the last year to $278,000. Ft. Lauderdale, which enjoyed some of the biggest job growth in the nation back in 2005, lost 27,000 jobs at the end of last year, a 3.4 percent decline, comparing December 2008 to December 2007 levels.
Get local housing data and more on Builder's Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Local Market page.
70. Naples, Fla. 2008 total building permits: 951
It's not cheap to live in Naples, a retirement paradise with a median existing-home price of $463,500 last year. Moreover, prices here have fallen only 8.3 percent in the last year. That's in part because the population has kept growing at a 2 percent annual clip, reaching 320,000 lucky souls. But job growth has turned sharply negative, contracting at a 4 percent annual rate last year, and builders willing to journey to the county permit office have gone into hiding. Permits have dropped roughly 75 percent from 2005 levels.
Busiest builders: Lennar, Elias Brothers, Centex Homes, Pulte Homes, Divosta Homes. Courtesy: Hanley Wood Market Intelligence.
Get local housing data and more on Builder's Naples, Fla. Local Market page.
71. Daytona Beach, Fla. 2008 total building permits: 1,316
Home building in Daytona Beach, home of the Daytona 500, has hit the wall. With a population of more than a half million people, the metro area produced a scant 1,316 residential building permits last year. Existing-home prices never really spiraled out of control in Daytona Beach as they did in other Florida cities. As such, they are off "only" 16 percent in the last year. The problem is that the city has been losing jobs, at about a 1 percent rate since 2006, after some strong employment growth from 2003 to 2005. Many of the job losses, not surprisingly, were in construction. The financial sector experienced a decline as well.
Get local housing data and more on Builder's Daytona Beach, Fla. Local Market page.
72. West Palm Beach, Fla. 2008 total building permits: 2,182
Despite its many luxury stores and hotels, not much is going on in West Palm Beach anymore, at least from a home building perspective. Permits here are off by 82 percent from their 2005 peak of 12,491. With 1.27 million residents, West Palm has more than twice the number of people that Daytona Beach does. Yet it produced roughly the same number of permits. The population here has stopped growing, due to a high cost of living and job losses. Existing home-prices plummeted 18 percent last year to a median of $302,800, but they were running well below that level late in the year. Moody's economy.com, in a report issued two weeks ago, doesn't think existing home prices will crater in West Palm Beach until the second quarter of 2010, when they will have fallen 60 percent from their peak.
73. Port St. Lucie, Fla. 2008 total building permits: 1,249
Port St. Lucie, located near the Atlantic Ocean, about 120 miles north of Miami and northeast of Orlando, earns our honors for the weakest market in one of the weakest states for home building, Florida. Back in 2005, builders pulled 10,782 permits in this area, which was considered one of the next big markets as development moved up the Florida coast. Last year, builders beat a fast retreat, pulling only 1,249 permits, a 49 percent drop from already low levels the year before. What makes builders so pessimistic about this recreational paradise? Existing-home prices are falling like an anchor; they dropped 32 percent last year to reach $153,600, below 2003 levels. That happened even as population increased another 3 percent last year. The former fishing town enjoyed some pretty heady job growth during the boom—employment increased at a 7 percent rate in 2005—but now it has slowed to a trickle.
Get local housing data and more on Builder's Port St. Lucie, Fla. Local Market page.
74. Stockton, Calif. 2008 total building permits: 838
Builders working in subdivisions of 10 homes or more sold a mere 15 new homes during the month of December in Stockton, a town of 680,000 people. That was 83 percent below levels one year earlier, according to figures compiled by Hanley Wood Market Intelligence. Stockton has been absolutely rocked by foreclosures; it has the highest rate per capita of any of the 100 largest metro areas in the country, according to RealtyTrac. One in 11 housing units received a foreclosure notice here last year. With all the competition from foreclosure sales, permits plunged 65 percent in the last year. Existing-home prices dropped an unheard of 43.2 percent last year to a $211,000 median, below 2003 levels. By comparison, the median price of a new home had fallen to only $299,900 by December, suggesting continued difficulty for builders. Unemployment in Stockton has reached an alarmingly high 10 percent.
Busiest builders: Del Webb, Lennar, Pulte Homes, Atherton Homes, FCB Builders. Courtesy: Hanley Wood Market Intelligence.
Get local housing data and more on Builder's Stockton, Calif. Local Market page.
75. Detroit, Mich. 2008 total building permits: 3,085
If you are searching for the bottom of the housing market, look no further—it's right here in moribund Detroit, Mich. Very few builders were willing to bet on selling a home in the Detroit area last year. With a population of 4.4 million, making it the 11th largest metro area in the country, Detroit accounted for a mere 3,085 permits, down 42 percent from already depressed levels in 2007. Detroit isn't even among the top 50 largest home building markets in the country anymore. Job growth here has turned sharply negative, dropping nearly 3 percent in the last year as 53,000 jobs disappeared. And the metro area has lately joined other rust belt cities in losing population, even though housing prices here remain very affordable--$123,500 for a median-priced existing home. They fell 12 percent last year. Detroit had the 10th highest foreclosure rate of any major city in the country last year. Centex last year announced that it had sold its Detroit operations to Lombardo Companies.
Busiest builders: Pulte Homes, MJC Companies, Crosswinds Communities, Lombardo Companies, Centex. Courtesy: Hanley Wood Market Intelligence.
Get local housing data and more on Builder's Detroit, Mich. Local Market page.
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The Canucks Week in Quips for March 8
March 08 2013 11:52AM
Want to play mediocre hockey in Canucky Thompson's town? Someone has to pay
(via Twitter).
This is a regular Friday feature combining a healthy mixture of observation, analysis, and foresight on the Vancouver Canucks. If you'd like to get at me about anything covered in this column, follow me on Twitter at @yyjordan and let's start a textual relationship (wink).
1. Where do we start with this team right now? Despite most vital signs trending in a positive direction, the results aren't there. The possession data that we rely on so much here at the Army is stellar; at even strength they're third in the league, a notch above Chicago who remains without a regulation loss over halfway through the season. When trailing, they're second in the league, this time a notch below Chicago but still controlling over 60% of Corsi events. That said, I think we can all see that there's something missing. Jeff Angus alluded to it in his great piece on David Booth: there was a cohesion to this team in 2010-11 that we haven't seen since. It's not something we can measure, but this just doesn't feel like the team it was that year, even though in many ways they have a better roster. I'd love for them to prove me wrong.
2. Speaking of Booth, he remains a statistical mystery. He drives play every night, but can't buy a break. If he didn't have bad luck, he'd have no luck at all. He needs to make like Kirk Van Houten and borrow a feeling. In some ways, he's a microcosm for the team as a whole: every indicator says he should be excelling, but something is just a little off.
3. In my mind, much of the uncertainty around the Canucks stems from the fact that they just haven't been able to score on the power-play lately. The games that they've lost over the past two weeks have been close, so sprinkle a couple goals on the man advantage in there and they probably have two more wins. There's been some great analysis on this issue over the past couple days, starting with this tweet from Jeff Paterson and culminating in this great piece by Drance. If you were to watch the Canucks power-play from above, the endless passing around the perimeter would be reminiscent of a toilet flushing, which is appropriate because they're pissing away far too many opportunities.
4. I will preach this until the end of time: Jason Garrison has to be on the top power-play unit. We've determined that the lack of success stems from a lack of shots, right? So get Jordan Schroeder off the point and give us a little Blackbeard's Delight. 60% of the time, his shot hits the net every time. It's science.
5. Another issue aside from special teams? Believe it or not, goaltending. To my eyes, goaltending has cost the team at least a point in two of the last three games and maybe one against Phoenix last week, so this is as good a time as any to start the "should the Canucks trade Schneider and keep Luoongo?" debate. By some stats, Roberto Luongo was the best goalie in the NHL between lockouts, and Pierre LeBrun believes that Mike Gillis is going to get a very tempting offer for Cory Schneider at this year's deadline. Does Gillis keep the known commodity and take the bigger return for a promising youngster? The question is at least being asked, and it wasn't before the season.
6. Elliott Friedman wrote an interesting piece on the slow adaptation of advanced statistics in hockey. It centres around the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, of which the Canucks were the first NHL team to attend four years go. There's a fantastic quote in there from Laurence Gilman: "Believe me when I tell you there are percentage results that allow you to coach and manage your team to hedge bets in certain events." Two things about the Canucks immediately come to mind when I read that: the acquisition of David Booth and their apparent attitude towards shootouts. Booth was a player who by the numbers seemed destined to break out, and I don't believe the organization puts all that much stock into shootouts. As crazy as it seems to give away points, they expect to win the Northwest Division anyway, and after two straight Presidents' Trophies, can you really fault their strategy? Both of these things were gambles by the Canucks, but gambles based on strong evidence.
7. There was some epic, epic shapheat on Twitter earlier this week regarding the job security of Mr. Alain Vigneault, with the overwhelming majority wanting him gone. My personal take: this team has done just about everything with AV, whether it was becoming a dominant possession club with killer specialty teams, pushing the evelope with zone deployment, or coaxing career numbers out of the entire core group. That said, there is a case to be made that a lot of that has come at the direction of Mike Gillis, not Alain Vigneault, and I think if the Canucks disappoint in the spring again, Chuckles should be replaced. If you'd like to read and learn about the most popular option to eventually replace AV, check this out.
8. There has been a lot of talk about mandatory visors of late, and since the Canucks are my team and Manny Malhotra is my pal, it's a topic I have a strong opinion on. I still don't understand how any player in the league could not be wearing one, especially guys like Kevin Bieksa who have been teammates and friends with Malhotra since his incident and watched his career dwindle over the past two years. If watching a friend nearly go blind doesn't make the decision to wear a visor easy, then the decision has to be made for you. Sorry.
9. In prospect news, Nicklas Jensen is on his way to join the Chicago Wolves today. According to Tyson Giuriato (who you need to be following if you aren't already), Jensen can play up to 5 games with the Canucks this season – regular season or playoffs – without burning a year on his contract. The Canucks are overloaded on the wing as it is, but depending on how things shake out down the stretch, it would be an exciting opportunity for Jensen to get a taste of springtime hockey in the NHL. Plus, he's the most likely candidate to replace David Booth when he gets bought out this summer!!!! (Just kidding... Or am I??)
10. Finally, let's give it up to Cody Hodgson for scoring the goal of the year against the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday. First he strips Eric Staal of the puck, gets around the winger with a beautiful toe-drag, then cuts through the defence like a hot knife through butter before finishing glove side. At least Zack Kassian is photogenic, right?
March 08 2013, 12:04PM
For Jensen, isn't it regular season only?
Kreider played a bunch in the playoffs last year. Or are the rules different because he was an NCAA pick?
@Jeff Angus
Kreider also burnt a year off his ELC...
March 08 2013, 01:20PM
Thanks - you are right.
Even when Garrison's slapshop is missing the net, it hopefully at least buys some hesitation from defenders to get in the way.
Even when Garrison's slapshop is missing the net, it hopefully at least buys some hesitation from defenders to get in the way.
Nice Simpsons reference!
Just because you're having a bit of a bummer of a regular season doesn't mean you can't go places in the playoffs. LA barely scraped in last year, when Edmonton went to the finals they barely got in, and so on.


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Comments: This lure is HUGE. It is awesome, but huge. It is called "big stick" after all. It is fun to throw and yes it makes a lot of noise, but it will make you tired for sure. Also your thumb will be sore from slowing the spool. IT is enjoyable to trow. I would love however, if IMA decided to make a few smaller version of the same...maybe a 6", 5", 4" same design. Just a thought. They could call them the smaller big stick, the small big stick and the smallest big stick. Kidding, sort of. Would like smaller sizes too.
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Members of the Utah Board of Tourism Development have approved nearly $209,000 in state spending in the second round of the first $1 million dollar cycle of applications for Utah's new Cooperative Marketing program. Non-profit tourism entities are eligible to apply for the $2 million appropriated by the legislature for the current fiscal year to promote Utah to out-of-state visitors.
At its monthly meeting in Salt Lake City, the board considered 22 applications totaling more than $976,000 in requests for the state funding. The following applications received approval:
Utah Shakespearean Festival, $65,061
Canyonlands Field Institute, $2,000
City of Green River, $23,000
Davis Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, $13,013
St. George Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, $32,500
Thanksgiving Point Institute, $15,000
Utah Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau, $33,850
Carbon County Travel Bureau, $4,482
SUU Outdoors, $5,000
Kane County Office of Tourism, $15,000
Total $208,906
"The board has completed the first $1 million funding cycle and our tourism partners should be delighted to see the great projects funded all around the state that should help fulfill our mission to bring in more out-of-state visitors," said Leigh von der Esch, managing director of the Utah Office of Tourism, Governor's Office of Economic Development.
Those eligible for the co-op program include cities, counties, non-profit destination marketing organizations (DMO's), and similar public entities that have been established as a non-profit for a minimum of one year. The Utah Office of Tourism will match up to 50 percent of the cost of a marketing project. All projects must utilize the state brand and have a call to action.
The next application deadline in the second funding cycle is Feb. 1. The application and guidelines can be downloaded at http://travel.utah.gov.
For additional information on the co-op guidelines and application form, contact the Utah Office of Tourism, 300 North State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84114, (801) 538-1900.


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TEXAS: Officially named the 18th full-time manager in Rangers history on Oct. 16, 2014, his first major league managing job...a Houston-area resident before joining the Rangers, he has lifelong Texas ties...attended high school in LaMarque and played at Baytown Junior College and the University of Houston...research indicates he is the first manager in club history to have gone to high school or college in Texas...was originally scheduled to manage the Scottsdale Scorpions in fall of 2014 but withdrew once he became involved in the Rangers' interview process.
FIRST-YEAR SUCCESS: Banister led the Rangers to the 2015 A.L. West Division title in his first season as a major league manager, a performance that resulted in his selection as winner of the American League Manager of the Year Award by the Baseball Writers Association of America… became the only manager in franchise history to guide the club to either a first place finish or a postseason berth in his first year as the team's manager, and joined Johnny Oates (1996, 1998-99) and Ron Washington (2010-11-12) as the only managers in Texas history to reach the postseason… Texas' 88 wins were also the most ever in the franchise histopry for a first-year manager, surpassing the 86 for both Ted Williams with the 1969 Senators and Kevin Kennedy with the 1993 Rangers…Texas lost the best-of-five A.L. Division Series against Toronto, 3-games-to-2. Since the start of three-division play in 1994, is just the seventh individual in his first year as a major league manager to win a division title, the fourth in the American League.
AWARD TOUR: Selected as the BBWAA 2015 A.L. Manager of the Year in a Nov. 17 announcement on MLB Network…received 17 of 30 first-place votes for the award, finishing with 112 total points, 30 more than runner-up A.J. Hinch (82) of the Houston Astros…he also received eight second-place votes and three third-place votes to reach 112 points on the 5-3-1 scoring system…was named on 28 of 30 ballots, the most of any manager in a year that saw five different managers receive first place votes…it marked the third time that a Rangers manager has been so honored since the BBWAA began the award in 1983…Johnny Oates shared the award with New York's Joe Torre in 1996 and Buck Showalter was selected in 2004…it marked just the fifth time that an individual with no previous major league managerial experience has captured a BBWAA award, the first ever in the A.L…first-year N.L. managers to do it: HOU's Hal Lanier in 1986, SF's Dusty Baker in 1993, FLA's Joe Girardi in 2006, and WAS' Matt Williams in 2014…was also named 2015 Chuck Tanner Major League Manager of the Year by the Rotary Club of Pittsburgh.
WINNING WAYS: With an 88-74 regular season record, the Rangers matched their ninth most wins ever in a season…club won 21 more games than in 2014 (67-95), the second-biggest jump in wins from 2014 to 2015 among ML clubs (Chicago Cubs-24) and the third best in Rangers history (full seasons only), as the team was +27 from 1973- 74 under Billy Martin and +25 from 1985-86 under Bobby Valentine…Rangers were also the fifth team in major league history - and second in the A.L. - to make the postseason after having their league's worst record the previous year (also 1991 Braves, 1998 Cubs, 2007 Cubs, and 2008 Rays)…Texas, which clinched a playoff spot on Oct. 1 in game 159 and won the A.L. West Division title on the final day of the regular season on Oct. 4, had the majors' third best record after the All-Star break at 46-28 (.622)…after posting an 8-16 record through May 3, Texas went 80-58 (.580) the rest of the year.
OTHER NOTES: Earned his first victory as a major league manager in season's second game on April 7 at OAK…was ejected five times: April 26 at LA Angels (Manny Gonzalez), May 31 vs. Boston (Todd Tichenor), Aug. 9 at Seattle (Lance Barrett), Aug. 23 at Detroit (Ron Kulpa), and Sept. 18 vs. Seattle (Chris Guccione).
ON A PLAYOFF RUN: Has been with teams that advanced to postseason play in each of the last three years…was the bench coach in Pittsburgh during the Pirates' N.L. Wild Card appearances in 2013 and 2014…Pittsburgh defeated Cincinnati in the 2013 Wild Card game before losing to St. Louis in 5 games in the NLDS…Pirates lost to San Francisco in the 2014 Wild Card game.
PITTSBURGH: Has spent his entire 29-year professional career in the Pittsburgh organization since he was selected by the Pirates in the 25th round of the 1986 June draft...served as a player/coach in 1993 before beginning his coaching career in earnest in 1994.
COACHING CAREER: Spent his final four-plus seasons as the major league bench coach under former Rangers hitting coach Clint Hurdle...the Pirates went to the National League playoffs as a Wild Card entry in each of the last two years in Pittsburgh after a string of 20 consecutive losing seasons...originally tabbed as Pirates bench coach on Aug. 8, 2010 when Gary Varsho was removed from staff, and was named to that position full-time on Nov. 24, 2010 after Hurdle was hired as the club's new manager...prior to joining the big league staff, served eight seasons as the club's minor league field coordinator from 2003-10...in 2004, managed at Lynchburg for two weeks during a managerial change...after the 2009 campaign, managed Scottsdale Scorpions to a second-place finish with a 15-16 record in the Arizona Fall League...in four years from 1999-2002, was field coordinator at the major league level, assisting the Pirates coaching staff in various aspects of instruction both at home and on the road.
Compiled a career 299-330 (.475) record over five seasons as a minor league manager from 1994-98...after one season (1993) as a player/coach with Carolina (AA), spent first year as a manager with Welland of the New York-Penn League in 1994...his 1995 Augusta club won the South Atlantic League championship...managed at Lynchburg in Carolina League in 1996 and for the first half of 1997, but spent second half of 1997 and all of 1998 with Double-A Carolina in Southern League...also managed in Hawaiian Winter League in 1995 and 1996, advancing to playoffs each season, with his Honolulu club taking the championship in 1995.
PLAYING CAREER: Played eight seasons in the Pittsburgh system from 1986-93, missing the entire 1992 campaign due to right elbow surgery...compiled a .247 average with 37 home runs and 204 RBI in 515 minor league games...had one major league game in his career, posting a pinch-hit single off Atlanta's Dan Petry on July 23, 1991 at Three Rivers Stadium in his lone career MLB plate appearance...pinch-hit for Doug Drabek in the seventh inning of that 12-3 Pirates win and never appeared in the field in a game between the eventual NLCS opponents.
PERSONAL: Jeffrey Todd Banister…wife's name is Karen…has two children; daughter Alexandra (April 30, 1995) and son Jacob (April 5, 2002)…Alexandra is a member of the volleyball team at Baylor University…shared the NBC Sportsman-ofthe-Week award with Dennis Martinez (who threw a perfect game for the Expos) after making his big league debut in 1991…was the first recipient of the Gilda Radner Courage Award (1991-92)…received the "Pride of the Pirates" award in 2011, recognizing a member of the Pirates family who has demonstrated the qualities of sportsmanship, dedication and outstanding character during a lifetime of service…had arthroscopic surgery to remove bone chips and a bone spur from right elbow on Jan. 11, 2016…has represented the Rangers at many events since being hired…participated in Rangers Winter Caravan and a one-day media tour to College Station, Shreveport and Oklahoma City…also spoke at the Texas High School Coaches Association Convention in Waco and Louisiana Tech Baseball Banquet…participated in Rangers' annual hospital visits in December, toy drive finale, and Evening with the Rangers benefit on Dec. 16, 2015…also appeared at club's Fan Fest in January.


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The Global Education Research Reports series is a joint effort of IIE and the AIFS Foundation to explore the most pressing and under-researched issues affecting international education policy today. The series will include eleven reports over six years with original research from IIE, as well as contributions by other experts in the field of international education, with funding from the AIFS Foundation.
Developing Strategic International Partnerships: Models for Initiating and Sustaining Innovative Institutional Linkages
In this book, the sixth in a series of Global Education Research Reports published by IIE and the AIFS Foundation, experts and practitioners from a wide range of higher education institutions and organizations capture the current dynamism and broadened scope of international academic partnerships. This book compiles a panorama of mutually beneficial partnership programs from across the globe, and features recommendations, models, and strategies for initiating, managing, and sustaining a range of international linkages. It also illustrates the myriad ways in which international partnerships enhance, and even transform, the institutions that participate in them, aiding in long-term goals of campus internationalization and preparing students for entry into the global workforce. More than anything, serves as an indispensable resource for institutions that wish to build or expand linkages with higher education institutions in other countries.
In this book, the fifth in a series of Global Education Research Reports published by IIE and the AIFS Foundation, Caroline Macready and Clive Tucker describe and analyze current information on how and why students choose their study abroad destinations, and the ways in which national policies in a variety of host and sending countries impact students' decisions. This report also provides a thorough analysis of the Exchange Visitor Program in the United States, using statistics provided to the authors by the U.S. Department of State. Overall, this report offers a comprehensive overview of the complexity of student mobility worldwide.
In this book, the fourth in a series of Global Education Research Reports published by the AIFS Foundation and IIE, contributing authors explore the various areas of potential growth for universities and higher education institutions in the Middle East region. Scholars from a wide range of institutions and organizations set out to describe and understand current innovations, trends, and issues faced in the Middle East, as they take the steps toward educational reform and development. Through broad thematic discussions, examples of current trends and practices, and national case studies, this report offers a contemporary and erudite examination of current innovative practices in the Middle East.
This book includes essays by American and Chinese experts from government and academia and examines key issues in U.S.-China exchange from multiple perspectives, with the goal of strengthening these relationships by highlighting exchange models and best practices, as well as challenges and opportunities for future growth. Offering a wide overview and analysis, the report includes chapters on exchange of teachers and students at secondary schools, exchange programs for advanced scholars, government sponsored programs in the U.S. and China, and case studies on successful university linkage initiatives.
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The warrior thread addles my brain, in large part because I am a bear of very little brain. There is so much food for thought in that thread, it will take me days to read it carefully enough to respond with any degree of intelligence. I sense the pushing of many Buddhist buttons. Having said all that, my current thoughts are with the first precept regarding killing as it relates to not eating meat. I realize that many monks representing different branches of Buddhism eat meat. Eating whatever lands in the bowl might be the greater good, the greater kindness. I also realize that there are places where meat eating is necessary to survival since vegetable matter is scarce. Here I speak only of and for myself. My recent decision to give up meat (here in New York City where every kind of non-meat and meat product is readily available), is based on the simple idea that no animal should have to die in order to please my pallet; this since I can live quite healthily without meat. Since it is not part of my belief system that God gave me dominion over anything, I feel this is the right decision for me. I bring it up here, because, as revealed in the warrior discussion, many valid opinions exist side-by side, perhaps not always happily. Trying to live within the Buddha Dharma as best I can, giving serious thought to, and ultimately trying to feel comfortable with, the decisions I make, and trying to refrain from judging the decisions of others, I muddle and plod along the path. Would be interesting to hear how others have addressed this issue.
May all beings be well and happy.
Michael (Buddharuci)
Vegetarianism (inspired by the warrior thread)
General discussion, particularly exploring the Dharma in the modern world.
[N.B. This is the forum that was called 'Exploring Buddhism'. The new name simply describes it better.]
[N.B. This is the forum that was called 'Exploring Buddhism'. The new name simply describes it better.]
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Refer to this thread for 100 pages of discussion on the issue.
"My religion is not deceiving myself."
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