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Chennai formerly known as Madras is the capital city of Tamil Nadu state and is the fourth largest metro city in India. The city grew up around the English settlement of Fort Saint George and gradually absorbed the surrounding towns and villages.
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Chennai, is a journey into timeless India, a kaleidoscope of moods. Rich in the treasures of history, from temples and shrines to forts and palaces, the landscape of the past blends easily with the present. Chennai is the fourth largest city in India and the capital of Tamil Nadu. Retaining much of its traditional charm, this 350 year old city is the gateway to the south, providing many a fascinating vignette of southern heritage.
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Googer updates his top five
WR Terry Googer of Atlanta Friday tweeted out an updated top five list of USC, North Carolina, Ole Miss, Miami and Vanderbilt. Googer added there is no order to his top five. He talked earlier in the day Friday with Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze.
Googer last visited USC in April and he plans to visit several schools this summer and make a decision before his season.


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President Glassner proves value of liberal arts in USA Today
September 11, 2012
Lewis & Clark President Barry Glassner's recent commentary in USA Today turns the table on critics of liberal arts colleges, pointing out high rates of satisfaction and positive outcomes as found in a national study commissioned by the Annapolis Group.
"Liberal arts students are academically anchored—not adrift—and community minded," Glassner says, citing the study's key findings. "They value supportive learning environments and teaching that stretches their abilities. Strong mentoring, abundant intern and community service opportunities, and working directly with professors rather than graduate assistants—these things matter."
After graduation, the liberal arts payoff continues, Glassner says. "Alumni declare they are well prepared for both graduate study and the workplace, having developed intellectual, practical and leadership skills vital to scholarly inquiry, career advancement and life as public citizens."


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2013 British & Irish Lions
Bentley urges Lions to pick on form - not reputation
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October 22, 2012
Former Lion John Bentley has called on coach Warren Gatland to reward those players in form%]
Former British & Irish Lions international John Bentley believes reputation should count for nothing when coach Warren Gatland picks his squad for next summer's tour to Australia.
Bentley, a key member of the last Lions squad to claim a series victory over South Africa in 1997, is confident that the elite tourists can repeat that feat against the Wallabies if Gatland gets his selection right.
"Warren Gatland has been proven in the last four years as being a great coach with Wales and he has got the best out of his players, so he is the best man for the job," said Bentley, who started the second and third Tests in 1997.
"The important thing about selecting the Lions squad initially is selecting players who are in form at the time, reputation will count for nothing. He has to pick those who are playing well.
"The Lions comes along only once every four years and they only go to three countries and it will be a great challenge going to Australia. But of the three countries - Australia, South Africa and New Zealand - it's probably the best one to go to to seek that elusive win.
"The important thing is to try and get them to be a team as quickly as possible. In 1997 we became a side, a team, and importantly it doesn't want to be a midweek team and a Saturday team. Ultimately everyone wants to play on a Saturday because that is when the Tests are played."
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This is something that Goldman's Jan Hatzius has been banging the drum on: The rapidly falling unemployment rates in the so-called "sand states" like Nevada.
The latest number out this morning: For January, unemployment fell to 12.7 percent from 13 percent in March.
Those numbers are enormous, but they're also big gains.
And apparently Nevada was particularly strong in this latest February number, so expect another sharp decrease.


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Non-Profit Charity Puzzler Chime Due Wednesday
Microsoft has confirmed that non-profit publisher OneBigGame will be rolling out its first release, the musica
Priced at 400 Microsoft Points ($5), the downloadable Xbox 360 game was crafted pro bono by Zoe Mode. Among the studio's past work are contributions to the SingStar, Guitar Hero, Disney Sing It, Dancing with the Stars and Rock Revolution franchises, along with the mind-bending puzzler Crush.
"Games will be available for a limited exclusivity period, ranging from 4-12 months, during which all net proceeds will be going to charity," OneBigGame previously explained, with the publisher expecting to release "more than 15" donated titles across 2010.
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SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.102 no.8 Cape Town Ago. 2012
Loeys-Dietz syndrome: a possible solution for Akhenaten's and his family's mystery syndrome
Ahad Eshraghian; Bart Loeys
Department of Internal Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran. Bart Loeys is from the Center for Medical Genetics, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium
The presence of a familial disease among royal members of 18th dynasty of the new kingdom who ruled in Egypt from the mid-16th to the early 11th centuries BC has been established, largely prompted by the bizarre body shape of Akhenaten (the iconoclastic pharaoh of this dynasty) and his family, as demonstrated in statues and artwork. It had been thought previously that this was an expression of a revolutionised artistic style that followed radical reforms by Akhenaten of Egyptian society, but recent studies on mummies confirmed the presence of a constellation of corresponding pathologies. Several illnesses have been suggested to solve this enigma; we propose Loeys-Dietz syndrome as a probable diagnosis for this genetic affliction within the royal family.
The history of ancient Egypt holds many unsolved, fascinating mysteries. The 18th dynasty is the most famous and glorious of ancient Egyptian dynasties that ruled in Egypt form the mid-16th to the early 11th centuries BC. Many well-known pharaohs such as Hatshepsut, Thutmose III and Tutankhamun belong to this dynasty. Ancient Egypt had large territories and experienced a magnificent period of economic and social development. One little-known aspect of this dynasty that has been the subject of debate is the presence of a familial disease, a notion originating from several statues, sculptures and reliefs of Akhenaten and his family that show elongated heads, faces and extremities, and an underdeveloped thorax with gynaecomastia (Fig. 1). Tutankhamun's death at a young age tends to support this theory, as this might have been indicative of a genetic disorder, especially because royal family marriages between brothers and sisters were frequent, to preserve the royal bloodline, which increased the risk of inherited disorders (Fig. 2).
Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain a familial disease that caused the bizarre appearance of the royalty, including Marfan syndrome, Wilson-Turner X-linked mental retardation syndrome, Fröhlich syndrome (adiposogenital dystrophy), Klinefelter syndrome, androgen insensitivity syndrome,1 myotonic dystrophy,2 and aromatase excess syndrome in conjunction with sagittal craniosynostosis syndrome, or Antley-Bixler syndrome.3 Hawass and co-workers published results of their molecular genetic studies on mummified remains of the royal family of the 18th dynasty to determine any pathologies and familial disease that might have afflicted them.4 Tests showed no sign of craniosynostoses and Antley-Bixler or Marfan syndrome, and could find no evidence of gynaecomastia because the anterior chest wall of the mummies was not available. Therefore, the presence or absence of gynaecomastia is not clear. The feminised appearance of Akhenaten was excluded by the pelvic bone shape. The study group also found evidence of Plasmodium falciparum infection in the mummies. They concluded that none of the presumed hypotheses about the familial disease was correct, but found a constellation of deformities in Tutankhamun and his family. They did not propose any specific diagnoses or syndromes that could explain repeated deformities and pathologies in the members of royal family.
We hypothesise that the 18th dynasty royal family of the new Egyptian kingdom might have suffered from Loeys-Dietz syndrome, which might solve the medical mystery of the 18th dynasty. We emphasise that previous theories regarding the royal family familial illness mainly originated from reliefs, sculptures and limited medical facts obtained from limited studies. Our postulation is based on pathological findings in a recent study on mummies.4
Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS) is an autosomal dominant inherited disorder of connective tissue that has been recently introduced as an important cause of familial aortic aneurysm. LDS is caused by heterozygous mutations in genes encoding transforming growth factor â receptors 1 and 2 (TGFBR1 and TGFBR2).5 Patients affected with this syndrome are characterised by specific clinical features involving the vascular and skeletal systems as well as craniofacial morphology and skin appearance.
LDS type 1 accounts for nearly 75% of patients with specific craniofacial dysmorpology. In patients with LDS type 2, skin abnormalities are prominent features, and they do not have major craniofacial involvement. Diagnosis is confirmed by detection of mutations in TGFBR1 and TGFBR2.6
LDS is characterised by 4 major categories of clinical features:
1. Cardiovascular system. The most important finding in LDS patients is dilatation of the aorta at the level of the Valsalva sinuses, while aneurysm of the ascending or descending aorta is seen less frequently.6 Congenital heart diseases such as atrial septal defect (ASD), bicuspid aortic valve and patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) are also more prevalent in LDS patients.7 Mitral valve prolapse and regurgitation along with cardiomyopathy secondary to coronary artery dysplasia have been reported in these patients.8
2. Skeletal findings. Joint hyperlaxity, arachnodactyly, pecus excavatum or carinatum, scoliosis and contractures of the feet (talipes equinovarus) are seen in LDS patients, and are also common in Marfan syndrome. Pes planus, spine instability and spondylolisthesis are recurrent findings in this syndrome.6 Dolichostenomelia (long limbs, leading to an increase in the arm span-to-height ratio and a decrease in the upper-to-lower segment ratio) is less common in this syndrome.9
3. Facial dysmorphology. Abnormal facial features are prominent in type II LDS patients. Hypertelorism (wide-set eyes) and a cleft palate or a bifid uvula are characteristic of LDS. Craniosynostosis in the forms of dolichocephaly, bracycephaly and trigonocephaly is common.6 Other craniofacial features are retrognathia, blue sclerae, highly arched palate and dental crowding.10 In type II LDS patients, facial findings are not so severe and include a tall, broad forehead; frontal bossing; a high anterior hair line; hypoplastic supraorbital margins; and a myopathic face.11
4. Skin findings. These patients have velvety and translucent skin with easy bruising and delayed wound healing. Skin manifestations without striking facial abnormalities are seen in type II LDS.6
Akhenaten: The apostate
Amenhotep IV, the strangest ruler of ancient Egypt, was the son of Amenhotep III and his queen Tiye. Some Egyptologists have considered him a criminally mad ruler, while others have admired him as a great reformist. His radical and extensive reform of Egyptian society influenced religion, art, politics and other aspects of Egyptian life. He is probably the first and the only pharaoh who practised monotheism and tried to propagate this doctrine in and around the Egyptian territories. He changed his name to Akhenaten (he who serves Aten) and began to replace images of Amon (the great Egyptian god) and other statues of gods and goddesses with his single god named Aten, whose image was a sun disk. When conflict increased, he left Thebes (the ancient capital of Egypt) and moved to a new region in Middle Egypt, near Amarna village in modern Egypt, and built a new capital named Akhet-Aten (Horizons of the sun disk). He forbade depicting any other god or goddess, and destroyed or seized their temples, which led to a religious war within the country.
Amarna artistic style
Sculptors in ancient Egypt showed kings and royalty in an idealised fashion, and did not show physical defects. But in the new art style that was a consequence of Akhenaten's reforms, artists were free to depict reality, such as an unattractive body, and even exaggerate these features (as cartoonists tend to do).12 Therefore, it is possible that Akhenaten really had an elongated face, underdeveloped thorax with gynaecomastia and a prominent abdomen, and current statues and sculptures are exaggerated forms of this unusual appearance.
Is Akhenaten's religion a key to his disease?
Aten was the name of Akhenaten's god that was reflected as a sun disk. The sun was the symbol of Aten, whose temples had no roof so that sunshine could play directly onto the altar. Akhenaten spent all of his reign propagating Aten throughout Egypt. In a society with traditional and religious prejudices and a long history of numerous deities, what made him introduce one supreme god and eliminate all others? Some have argued that Aten was a political strategy to confine the power of Amon (King of the gods) and his priests. However, as reflected in papyruses, Akhenaten truly adored his god and spent much of his daily routine worshipping Aten, naked, in sunlight, to receive his bliss (Fig. 3). One might also think that Akhenaten had an illness that was alleviated by exposure to sunshine.
Can Loeys-Dietz syndrome justify the pathologies in Akhenaten and his family?
Different syndromes and diseases have been hypothesised to explain a probable underlying disease in Akhenaten, Tutankhamun and 18th dynasty royalty. Marfan syndrome was suspected owing to the marfanoid features of Akhenaten and his family in statues. Recently, however, Marfan syndrome and similar diseases were excluded as none of the royalty fulfilled Marfan criteria.4 However, the latter study confirmed the presence of a group of pathologies in royal members of the 18th dynasty.4 LDS is a clinical continuum and should be suspected in patients with Marfan-like features not fulfilling Ghent criteria.13
Hawass et al. found repeatedly in the royal family, not only clinical features of LDS, but also scoliosis, club foot, incisional hernia, cleft palate, retrognathism, dental crowding and highly arched palate.4 No mummy showed dolichostenomalia, whilst in LDS, in contrast to Marfan syndrome, dolichostenomalia is not frequent. According to their findings, Akhenaten and Tutankhamun had brachycephaly, which can occur in LDS patients (Table 1).
Cardiac pathologies in LDS, such as ASD and cardiomyopathy, are prevalent, and both can induce pulmonary hypertension and right-sided heart failure.14 Patients with right-sided heart failure will develop liver congestion that can progress to cirrhosis over time. Patients with right-sided heart failure even without cirrhosis may have ascites, gynaecomastia and peripheral oedema. Therefore the unusual shape of Akhenaten in statues and paintings of a prominent abdomen and large breasts could be due to ascites and gynaecomastia, which are seen in cirrhosis secondary to right-sided heart failure in the context of LDS; this can be a reason for gynaecomastia if proved to be present.
Vitamin D deficiency has been described in patients with LDS.15 Diffuse musculoskeletal pain and even myopathy, chronic fatigue and depression can occur in patients with hypovitaminosis D.16 Exposure to sunlight is the main source of vitamin D, and treatment of vitamin D deficiency with sun exposure has been reported.17
TGFBR gene polymorphism is associated with bone mineral density and bone turnover, and osteopenia/osteoporosis may also occur in LDS.18 Furthermore, patients with LDS suffer from some skin manifestations as described above. TGF-â signalling pathway in the cells is initiated by binding of the ligand to the TGFBR 2 and subsequent phosphorylation of TGFBR 1. Activated TGFBR 1/TGFBR 2 complex mediates transcription of multiple genes via its downstream Smad signalling proteins. Mutations in TGFBR 1/ TGFBR 2 as seen in LDS enhance the TGF-â signalling pathway and increase transcription of multiple downstream genes and proteins.5 Quan et al. showed that solar ultraviolet irradiation reduces collagen in human skin which is mediated by blocking TGFBRII/Smad signalling.19 This finding was also confirmed in other studies.
The foregoing findings may provide reasons to justify the association between Akhenaten's disease and his religious reforms. Akhenaten might have suffered from chronic musculoskeletal pain owing to vitamin D deficiency and osteoporosis secondary to LDS, and sunshine exposure might have relieved his pain. Furthermore, the diseased TGF-â signalling pathway was down-regulated by his sunshine worshipping of Aten. In this way, he indeed received physical and spiritual beneficence from his god, which strengthened his faith in Aten despite considerable political, religious and social pressures.
Both types of LDS are generally believed to be two sides of a clinical spectrum. Therefore, an affected individual could have no striking facial appearance. Developmental delay has been reported to occur in a small minority of patients with LDS, but most have normal intellectual ability. Only 25% of these patients have an affected parent, and 75% of patients developed de novo mutations. So it would not be unusual if Akhenaten, with the more severe form of the syndrome, had apparently normal parents or children. Another possibility is that Tutankhamun was more severely affected than his father Akhenaten, which may be explained by homozygocity for the TGFBR mutation, because of the consanguinity.
The main cause of early mortality (mean age 26.1 years) in LDS is dissection of a dilated aorta. Although confirmation of aortic aneurysm in the remaining mummies is not possible, neither Akhenaten and Tutankhamun nor other relatives were more than 50 years old, as determined by DNA studies.
Lastly: a related syndrome with aortic aneurysm and early-onset osteoarthritis was recently found to be caused by mutations in the SMAD3 gene. This gene encodes some proteins that are involved in the TGFB pathway. Patients with this condition also presented with bifid uvula/cleft palate, hypertelorism and skin abnormalities.20
Based on the foregoing findings, the possibility of Loeys-Dietz syndrome or an abnormality in the SMAD3 gene should be considered as the underlying disease of this Egyptian royal family. Mutations in TGFBR1 and TGFBR2 or SMAD3 from DNA of remaining mummies can clarify one of the mysteries of Egyptian history.
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Saturday, January 23, 2010
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: My Other Interests
Other than time with my family, my "non-genealogy" interests are:
1. Language. It's my profession and still accounts for a lot of my spare time, too. Mostly Eastern European languages.
2. Music. I am not a musician of any kind, although I played the oboe in my high school band and took violin lessons for a short time when I was younger. However, I have to have music of some kind to listen to. My family and I attend musical events when we can and I love iTunes and my iPod. A lot of what I listen to is "classical" music or "ethnic" music (includes bluegrass, Cajun, Scandinavian, Breton, Cape Breton, Acadian, Eastern European, Galician, other Celtic).
3. Gardening and enjoying nature. Some people are drawn to the sea. I am drawn to the dirt. I love to try new things, be creative, and take care of "my little plot of land." This includes the animal visitors, even the pests. I also like to take walks around my neighborhood or in the places we visit, whether city or country.
4. Reading and snooping around in bookstores.
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I don't have to think on this too much...I love playing games - scrabble and bridge are my all time favorites. Other than that and my genealogy I just chill out with the fam :)ReplyDelete
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The link between high blood pressure and mental function comes from a study of 36 women and men 60 to 87 by Jason C. Allaire, PhD, and colleagues at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.
While the study suggests a link, it's not clear what causes what. Previous studies have found that elderly people with high blood pressure have poorer mental skills than those with normal blood pressure. But the stress of struggling with a mental task can raise blood pressure and may contribute to the link.
In their study, Allaire and colleagues had their elderly participants measure their blood pressure and complete mental-function tests every morning and every evening for 60 days in a row.
After controlling for improvements due to practice, the researchers found that as an individual's blood pressure went up, his or her test performance went down.
The type of task that linked to blood pressure was inductive reasoning. That's the kind of reasoning that allows you to make generalizations based on specific instances. The test used in the study asked participants to identify a pattern in a series of letters and to predict the next letter in the series.
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The findings, Allaire suggests, indicate that some elderly people may have trouble thinking clearly in stressful situations that cause their blood pressure to spike.
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Hi everyone. Please use the following discussion to post any questions that you have about leasing an Acura TSX. Thanks.
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amx Posts: 8hello car_man..
what would be the MF and resdual on an 05 TSX 6MT/Nav, 36mo / 12k/yr lease? Any lease/APR specials running? Would it be cheaper to wait for the 06's
hostage46 Posts: 6My old faithful Accord sustained some serious damage today after hitting a piece of steel that fell off a vehical.
It may be a total loss, busted oil pan and tore up the muffler, most unpleasant. So I may be moving along a little quicker then I had anticipated.
I can do the math on a purchase, but I'd like to get some rough numbers on a lease in the DFW area.
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Hi amx. Acura rarely provides any sort of specials on the TSX. The only one that I can remember over the past several months is a special financing program that it ran on it over the Labor Day weekend, but that's long gone now. If you were to lease this car through Honda Finance Corp. you would have to use its standard lease program. Its standard buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36 month, 12,000 miles per year lease of a 2005 TSX with navigation should currently be .00250 and 57%. It is difficult to say what the lease program for the 2006 version of this car will exactly be like, but its money factor will likely be the same and its residual values should be higher. All things being equal, specifically MSRPs and selling prices, a higher residual value would bake an '06 TSX less expensive to lease than an '05 model. Whether this actually ends up being the case depends upon how much dealers are willing to discount '06s when they hit lots.
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looking2lease Posts: 215k/Yr
3 Yr Lease
Lease Fees only
Upstate NY
What do u think I should base the lease off? What is the correct Cap Cost I should aim for?...thanx0
Hi looking2lease. I am not personally all that familiar with what the market is like for the Acura TSX right now. Since the selling prices of leased vehicles can be negotiated, just as if you were paying cash for or financing them you should be able to get a good idea of what sort of capitalized cost to aim for by visiting the following discussion: "Acura TSX: Prices Paid & Buying Experience". As far as this car's lease program goes, if you were to lease a 2005 Acura TSX without navigation through Honda Finance right now for 36 months with 15,000 miles per year, its buy rate lease money factor and residual value should be .00250 and 57%, respectively. Let me know if you have any other questions.
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My friend plans to lease an 05 Acura TSX (w/o Navigation System). Given my leasing experience with the Highlander, I was hoping maybe you could provide her with advice as to whether this is a good deal. The MSRP is $27,190. The dealership wants $380/mo for 36 months for 15K/year. She also would have to pay $2400 down to include closing costs. Does this sound like a fair deal to you? If not, approximately how much should she be looking to spend.
Thank you so much.0
Hi suvgal. Your friend needs to find out what the selling price of this car is. This is an important number for consumers to know for two reasons. First, the selling prices of leased vehicles can be negotiated, just as if one was paying cash for them. Without knowing the price of the car that one wants to lease one doesn't know how good a price they are getting it for. The second reason is that one needs the selling price of a vehicle that they want to lease is that it is necessary to calculate its lease payment. I would be more than happy to work up a sample lease payment on the car that your friend is interested in for you if you let me know what its selling price is.
If your friend does not know what a good price for this car is, they should be able to get a good idea of how much they should pay by visiting the following discussion: "Acura TSX: Prices Paid & Buying Experience".
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Thank you for the quick reply. She said the selling price was $26,950. I know I provided location when you helped me with my car. This would be in NJ.0
Car_man, do you have money factor & residuals info for 36 mo lease, either 12k or 15k miles/yr? 2006 Non-navi0
I was hoping you could provide me with the sample lease payment on $26,400 instead. My friend found another dealership but wants to buy this week.0
You're very welcome suvgal. Let's calculate a lease payment on this car and see what we come up with. According to my calculations, if your friend was to lease a 2005 Acura TSX (w/o Navigation System) with an MSRP of $27,190 and a selling price of $26,400 through Honda Finance right now for 36 months with 15,000 miles per year, its zero down, pre-tax monthly payment should be around $408. With this deal, at lease signing your friend would have to pay her car's first month's payment, a security deposit equivalent to that payment rounded up to the nearest $25 or $50 increment, Honda Finance's $595 acquisition fee, and any required state taxes or fees.
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Unfortunately, I have not seen this car's residual values yet, nvnick. I can tell you though that Acura is not currently providing any sort of lease support on it. As a result, if you were to lease one through Honda Finance right now, you would have to use its standard lease program. Its current buy rate standard money factor for 36 month leases is .00250 for consumers who qualify for its top credit tier and pay a security deposit. The money factor is much more important to know than the residual value anyhow because banks do not have the authority to alter banks' residuals.
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sdiver68 Posts: 123Car_man,
What are the chances of lease incentives soon? On the one hand, I still see many '05's on the lots, on the other hand Acura has had a few months of record sales in a row and rarely does incentives from what I can tell. Competition in that lease payment area is tough, with the IS250, G35, and 325i all in the low $400 range (well negotiated).0
Hi sdiver68. I wouldn't hold my breath for any sort of lease support on this car. Acura has never provided any sort of special lease money factors on the TSX. Its current lease program on this car is scheduled to run through December 5th, but I doubt that its new December lease program for it will be any different from its current one.
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I was just quoted on TSX 2006 Auto w/o Navi 36 & 42 month lease with sell price of $27,000 including dest.
36 month, 15k, money factor .00260, resd $17673, payment $449
42 month, 15k, money factor .00235, resd $16247, payment $421
Do these sound right?0
Using MSRP of $27,890+$615, sell price $27k, and your residuals & MF's, I get $375/mo for 36 months & $357 for 42 months. Excludes sales tax.0
Sorry forgot to mention 0 down taxes included. Still seems a little high.0
Hi bogmancometh. I can't comment on the lease payments that you were quoted without knowing what this car's full MSRP is. However, I can tell you that the money factors that you were quoted are right in line with Honda Finance's current money factors for this model. This is a good sign because it means that the dealer that you are working with is not trying to mark up your car's money factor to add additional back-end profit to your deal.
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tbecker02 Posts: 3What is the residual value calculated from? Is it the invoice or MSRP?
kyfdx Everywhere, USAPosts: 126,124Residual is always calculated from the full MSRP, including destination..
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Hi Car_man,
Is it possible for consumers to keep track of what the current offers and rates are from Honda Finance? I'm looking to possibly get a TSX soon, but waiting for a good rate on a lease. If you could, let me know the current MF and Residual on a TSX that would be helpful. Thanks!0
Hi professorfrink. I'd be happy to give you an idea of what this car's current lease program is like. You didn't mention all of the information that I need to give you an accurate picture of this car's lease program in your post, so I am going to have to make some assumptions. Let me know if you want s different model, term, or mileage allowance. According to the latest information that I have seen, if you were to lease a 2006 Acura TSX without navigation through Honda Finance right now for 36 months with 15,000 miles per year, its buy rate lease money factor and residual value should be .00260 and 61%, respectively, assuming that you pay a security deposit and qualify for its top credit tier.
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shaytaan Posts: 2Hi Car_man,
This is my first time on this forum and the first time I am planning to lease a car. I'm interested in the 2006 Acura TSX with Navigation, 5 speed automatic, 17" Silver Star wheels. I'm planning to put $2000 down and drive around 15K. Whether it's 36 or 42mths, I just want to know what range should I bargain for? Should it be between $350 and $420? Secondly, is there any other car I could also consider instead of the TSX? I thought about the new VW Passat and the car just seems boring to me.
hoyarenee Posts: 1Hello,
I was wondering if I could get your opinion on the lease terms which I was just quoted. I'm fairly new at this!
2006 TSX, w/o Navigation
36 month lease
12,000 miles
$1700 down, total is $3335 (including all taxes and fees)
payment is $356 per month, including taxes.
Do these terms seem fair? I am unsure as to how to determine if the rates have been marked up at all.
matt19hsc Posts: 6I just got quoted:
2006 TSX Auto w/ Navi:
1k down, 12k miles a year for $426 a month.0
stilakid Posts: 1I just stumbled upon this site by accident. I am considering a TSX or an Audi A4. Your $426 a month sounds decent. I am looking for 12k, nothing down and 36 months. I can't find any deals for the TSX but the A4 is aggressively dealing. Please tell me where you found the best deal for automatic with nav or without nav. Thank you.0
I just thought I would throw this out there. I just leased a 2006 TSX without navigation. The terms are as follows:
36 months
12,000 miles/year
63% residual
.0027 money factor
$427.61 per month (includes tax, title, & acquisition fee)
This is after the fact, but does this seem in line with what others are getting?
dianka555 Posts: 14Did you have to put any money down?0
I had to put the first month's payment only ($427.61). When I turn the car in, assuming I don't go over the 12K miles per year, there would be no other "fees".
I was a little frustrated with the salesman because he would "play dumb" and keep going back to his manager to answer my questions about the lease. It is amazing how they can turn the numbers around to try and confuse the buyer.0
I just got a quote from a dealership in Atlanta, GA for the following 2006 TSX AT with $0 down payment.
Cap Cost $27705
Residual $16532.90
Total Initial Pmt $1463.61
42 months, .00245 MF
$375 per month + tax
I haven't begun negotiation with the cap cost yet, I am planning on doing so but wanted to get an idea of where I should be at. I see from the other forum (prices paid) that people seem to be getting decent prices lately, I definitely plan on getting that much lower.... but I also wanted to make sure the MF is in line with Honda Finance. Has anyone been able to get them to waive the doc fees? Salesman gave me some line about not being able to....
But other than that, looks like I should be able to get it for a decent price, so I'm happy so far!0


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CASTRO VALLEY — Years of dreaming, planning and fundraising to erect a monument to the nation's veterans will pay off when the Castro Valley Veterans Memorial is formally dedicated Sunday, Veterans Day.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9601 in Castro Valley was the driving force behind the memorial project, which was spearheaded by Michael L. Emerson, a Marine veteran of the first Gulf War.
"It has been my great honor to donate my design, time and three years of effort to create this memorial, which honors and remembers my fellow veterans," Emerson said.
Sunday's dedication will include flyovers by a Huey helicopter and a U.S. Air National Guard C-130 from Moffett Federal Airfield. Local dignitaries will speak, and representatives of the American Legion, the Disabled American Veterans and the Veterans of Foreign Wars will lay wreaths.
Members of the VFW Post 9601 approached Emerson about helping with the memorial after he worked on two other monuments. The Hayward resident was responsible for the Flight 93 memorial in Union City. He also helped with the federal monument in Shanksville, Penn., that honors those who died while stopping terrorists on that flight.
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We were honored to have our President, Dallas Steiner, be the featured guest on John Allin's radio show "Managing Snow and Ice with John Allin." Managing Snow and Ice is a one hour weekly radio program dedicated to covering issues and topics that affect snow professionals. The host of the show, John Allin, is the original founder of the Snow & Ice management Association (SIMA) and has been a leader in the formation of the Accredited Snow Contractor's Association (ASCA). With over 30 years in the snow management industry, combined with his vast experience, Allin is recognized as the foremost snow and ice industry consultant in the country today.
John's interview with Dallas covers a variety of topics ranging from Dallas' role with Ventrac, International sales and how Ventrac is an ideal piece of sidewalk snow removal equipment for snow contractors. You can hear the interview with Dallas now by clicking on the live recording link below.
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It started with the disappearance of a young woman and her abusive boyfriend. Blood stains and a bullet casing added to the storyline.
Gradually, the plot evolved into a highly collaborative, interdisciplinary academic exercise at the Community College of Aurora. Coordinated by Elizabeth Hirsh, who heads the anthropology department, the project was chronicled in the March 25 edition of The Denver Post. But that was before the evidence pointing to the death of imaginary victim Sarah Hopewell had been analyzed, before a suspect had been charged with her murder and brought to trial.
Last Saturday, Hopewell's boyfriend faced the prosecution before a judge — Leroy A. Simmons, the retired judge who famously presided over the Erin Brockovich case (and played himself in the movie) — and a jury. In a three-hour mock trial facilitated by members of CCA's drama club playing characters from the story, the defendant was found not guilty of murder, but guilty of several lesser crimes such as tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse.


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When a guy who owned three Domino's franchises was elected to a vacant seat in the legislature, there was some snickering about tipping the pizza delivery man.
But Republicans quickly made Rep. Brian DelGrosso of Loveland one of their go-to guys on financial issues, whether that meant taking on former Gov. Bill Ritter in 2010 about the so-called "Dirty Dozen" tax measures or Gov. John Hickenlooper this session on a renewable energy measure critics said would hurt rural Colorado.
The 41-year-old lawmaker has a knack for taking complicated issues and talking about them in practical terms, his colleagues say. House Republicans are expected to elect DelGrosso to lead their caucus at a meeting Thursday at the state Capitol.
"It's a huge honor," DelGrosso said.
And it's an unusual career trajectory for someone who dropped out of college and turned a part-time job of delivering pizzas into a full-time career. He owns two Domino's franchises in Loveland and one in Windsor.
"I had somebody tell me when I was first in the legislature, 'Geez, we have a pizza guy here. That seems kind of odd,' " DelGrosso recalled.
"But whether you're selling pizzas, cars, buildings, steel, whatever it is, business is business. You have to meet a bottom line. Being a small business, I'm the guy paying all of the bills. I see every penny coming in and out. And I have to watch those dollars like a hawk."
DelGrosso will succeed House Minority Leader Mark Waller, R-Colorado Springs, who is resigning his leadership post at the caucus meeting. Waller is running for the GOP nomination for attorney general.
Democrats and Republicans alike praise DelGrosso.
"Although we have disagreed on things, Brian's a rational, thoughtful type of person," said House Speaker Mark Ferrandino, D-Denver. "He definitely is seen as someone who has a history of working across the aisle, although he is a strong, partisan Republican."
One of those areas of disagreement: civil unions.
DelGrosso, who has a gay uncle, was considered a swing vote when Ferrandino's civil unions bill was introduced in the 2011 and 2012 sessions. But DelGrosso voted "no," saying he thought Colorado law already provided protections for same-sex couples. The bill died in the Republican-controlled House. Democrats, who won back the majority after 2012, passed civil unions this year, still without DelGrosso's support.
Democrats currently have a 37-28 majority in the House and a 20-15 edge in the Senate. The 2014 session is expected to be a battlefield as Hickenlooper, a Democrat, is up for re-election and control of the legislature is at stake.
DelGrosso was born in Cheyenne and later served in the Air Force and the Wyoming National Guard. He and his wife, Amber, who moved to Colorado eight years ago, have three children: Andara, 17, Bransen, 15, and Breeley, 14.
DelGrosso's political career began in 2009 when Ritter, a Democrat, tapped Republican state Rep. Don Marostica to serve as the state's economic development director. DelGrosso was one of five Republicans who ran for Marostica's House seat; he was elected by a vacancy committee in the second round of balloting.
"The first day I stepped foot in the Capitol was the day I was sworn in," DelGrosso recalled. "I had to buy a suit for that."
As the minority leader, DelGrosso said he'll continue to push for the same goal he strives for in business: customer service. He admitted that can be difficult in such a politically charged atmosphere.
"I try to listen to both sides to try to find a solution," he said. "That's what helped me be successful."
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If 2,500 Baltimore middle school students have their way Tuesday, President Barack Obama will be re-elected, children of some illegal immigrants will pay in-state tuition rates, same-sex couples can marry and gambling in Maryland will not expand.
The results were announced Monday by the students of City Neighbors Charter School, who through a "Voters of Tomorrow" initiative conducted a mock vote in 29 city schools on key choices facing the state and country on Election Day.
The project was a culmination of social studies lessons this fall for sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders at City Neighbors, which included following debates, arguing different positions in class, and hearing viewpoints from figures on both sides of the issues, including Republican Del. Pat McDonough, Democratic Del. Mary Washington and the immigrant rights group Casa de Maryland.
"When presented with the issues that affected their lives, it took a life of its own," said Peter French, longtime social studies teacher at City Neighbors. "They knew it wasn't something made up, that there were real issues facing America, and they took that very seriously."
Students voted for president and three of the referendum questions Maryland residents will cast ballots for on Tuesday.
On Monday, City Neighbors students sounded off about the results.
Students cast the most ballots for president, with Obama winning 96 percent of the votes.
Sixth-grader Jacob Naquin said his vote was influenced by his parents, but he also believed that "if we pick the wrong president, a lot of things can go wrong with America, and things could fall apart."
About 67 percent of students voted in favor of Question 6, same-sex marriage, and sixth-grader Isabelle Padgett strongly agreed.
"Who are we to say you can't marry who you love?" said Isabelle. "It's America, it's a free country."
Isabelle also said she could not vote for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney because she believes his plans to cut funding to Public Broadcasting Service would "kill Big Bird."
About 70 percent of students voted for Question 4, the "Dream Act" that would extend in-state tuition rates to children of some illegal immigrants, though it was a divisive issue among City Neighbors students.
Sixth-grader Kai Somerville said he agreed with McDonough's stance that it would limit citizens' spots in colleges.
"I just feel it's not fair," Kai said. "Legal immigrants went through a longer process to get here, and I don't understand why [others] can't do the same thing. It's like a shortcut."
The closest race was Question 7 to expand gambling in Maryland casinos, which narrowly failed, with 51 percent of students voting against it.
"I understand that it could bring in money and boost our economy, but at the price of addiction," said sixth-grader Maeve Thistel. "I think for the sake of our community, it's just not right."
Parents said they were impressed by how students expressed their views.
"When I was growing up with all the things in the '60s — wars everywhere, presidents getting shot, civil rights — it didn't affect me one bit, I just wanted to go out and play," said Andre Weaver, whose seventh-grader Andrea participated in the vote. "It was amazing — the level of literacy was off the charts."
The students, who collected ballots and tallied results, said they underwent a transformation during the exercise in civic engagement.
"We're kids who care about these issues because they affect our future and our parents' present," said eighth-grader Khalil Reid.
An earlier version of this article misspelled sixth-grader Maeve Thistel's name. The Sun regrets the error.


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Hundreds turned out to toast the grand opening of Cosentino's new 27,000-square-foot showroom in Houston, the brand's 25th in North America.
Cosentino execs joined building and design industry experts who were eager to catch the first glimpse of the space. Cosentino's quartz, granite and stone surfacing products were on full display, as were the showroom's expansive classrooms and demonstration areas.
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After 2010, Vondelpark in Amsterdam will have new outdoor lighting and furniture. Landscape architect Anouk Vogel and architect Johan Selbing entered a contest(in 2007) to submit new design ideas for the park. The park is hugely popular with ten million visitors per year, it's also extremely old, dating back to 1877. The contest was intended to unify the parks furnishings. Their entry called Vondel Verses won the competition, [ Continue Reading ]


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Get Your Learning Game On: Gamification of Education
I ran across this great infographic regarding the potential for gamification to have a truly meaningful impact on education. Some key stats that stuck out for me:
- 1.2 million fail to graduate high school each year
- 3B hours are spent on playing video and computer games
Of course gamification isn't the end all, be all solution for upping the students investment in their education. I read a great post about 3 Reasons NOT to Gamify Education and the quote that stuck out for me was:
"I don't think just because you offer an award, like a badge, it will motivate students intrinsically or help them at all. But, tying it into your classroom to make the overall experience fun, meaningful and a challenge can help."
I think this is a key point that anyone considering gamification of their product/training/event/etc. should consider. Basically slapping on a gamified approach won't make it successful. Serious thought should be applied to what it is you are most wanting your demographic to think/know/feel/do and when appropriate a gamification tactic can be deployed to motivate your demographic accordingly.
Jesse Schell breaks down how gamification and games can make a significant impact on education. About 14 mins in he talks about one of my favorite example Quest to Learn, which I have blogged about previously, and another example I recently became aware of called Khan Academy.
So what are some examples of good vs. bad gamification for education? Surprisingly I found my good and bad examples, of course this is in my opinion only, from the same company.
So the bad first. MetaNeer Labs has introduced an app called CheckPlus. This app rewards students for cheking in during classes and rewards with points that can later be used to redeem prizes such as food or coffee. So while I get that universities have an ever increasing number of now shows for classes I don't think simply checking in is the goal most professors would be going after, I think they want active and engaged students in the seats. Which leads me to my good (I would say great actually) example from MetaNeer Labs…
This is an app called Hands Up. This app enables students to send professors instant feedback during the class regarding how well they understand the material being presented by the professor. The app provides the students with a simple way to indicate their comprehension by selecting "I get it," "I am completely lost," or "I'm 50/50." The important thing is this real time feedback can enable the professors to see the responses and adjust their class accordingly. The benefit for the students is the professor can tailor their lecture on the fly which hopefully results in better comprehension and therefore grades for the students.
In my ideal world these two apps would be married together and the students wouldn't earn the points until they had checked in to the class and provided their feedback on the lecture.
Yup I am not a fan of click action rewards I want my demographic to be more invested because I believe it will actually result in higher satisfaction and reward for them in the long run. What do you think?
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Mick came by his friends house to drop off a jacket. His buddy wasn't home, but his little sister, Giselle, was. She took the jacket and then told Mick that her brother left something there for him downstairs. Once they got to her bedroom, Giselle told him she lied, and that she just wanted to get him to her room. He told her that she was his friends younger sister, and he didn't want to fool around with her, but after she told him she would give him the best blowjob he's ever had, he couldn't resist. Giselle sucked that dick very nicely and then spread her legs open to get her pussy pounded. She got her pussy drilled and even got man juice all over her pretty face, like she asked for.
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Kathryn Belmonte
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Major/Minor: Education, Mathematics, Modern Languages
Kathryn is living and working in France. She recounts her Washington College experience below.
When I started at Washington College, I planned to major in math and complete the secondary education program, but I had no thoughts of majoring in French. I took Introduction to French Literature during my first semester as part of distribution and, by the end of the course, I'd found a new appreciation for the language. The dedicated professors had me interested in the coursework from the beginning, and I always left class feeling like I'd learned something significant.
I spent the fall of my junior year at Université d'Artois in Arras, France where I studied French, art history, and math. Arras, a charming town built in the Flemish style, is rich in history thanks to its connections to World War I. Tunnels under the town that housed soldiers during WWI are open for tours and military cemeteries are just north of the town. Two large squares are the hub of the Arras's activities, from twice weekly farmers' markets to a ten-day international film festival held every November. I found the people here in the north of France to be very welcoming and left with many good friends and countless memories.
I so enjoyed the time I spent in Arras that I chose to return after my graduation. For the 2007-2008 school year, I am the lectrice d'anglais at Université d'Artois. This means I give classes in English oral expression to English majors and general English courses to students with other majors. I'm really enjoying this opportunity to perfect my French, to help hundreds of students improve their English, and to travel in Europe. As this year is coming to a close, I'm sad to think that it's time to leave so my students are reminding me of the French expression "jamais deux sans trois," which means something that happens twice is guaranteed to happen a third time.
If I look back to my senior year in high school, I never could have imagined that just five years later I would be living and working in France. I owe this wonderful opportunity to the French program at Washington College.
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Three Wayne State University Law School alumni will be part of panel discussion on prosecution as a career at the next Alumni Speaker Series event Wednesday, Jan. 29.
The event, "Prosecutors at the Federal, State & Local Levels," will take place from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in the Lecture Hall (Room 2242) of Wayne Law's Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights, 471 W. Palmer St. Admission is free and lunch will be provided. To register, email email@example.com. Parking will be available for $6.50 in Structure One across West Palmer Street from the law school.
Speakers who will share their experiences and advice are:
--Assistant U.S. Attorney Abed Hammoud, class of 1996, who works for the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Michigan. He is assigned to the White Collar Crime Unit, handling cases that include mortgage fraud, credit card fraud, embezzlement, arson and insurance fraud, and advance fee schemes. He spent 15 years in the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office before joining the U.S. Attorney's Office. He teaches Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at Henry Ford Community College.
--Assistant Attorney General Angela Povilaitis, class of 2000, who works in the Criminal Division of the Michigan Department of Attorney General. She prosecutes criminal cases throughout the state involving violence against women and is developing a statewide Cold Case Sexual Assault Project, the first of its kind in the country. Povilaitis spent 11 years in the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office before joining the Department of Attorney General.
--Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Michael Woodyard, class of 2002, who works with the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office in the Public Integrity Unit, investigating and prosecuting cases involving police officers, elected officials and others who breach the public trust. He worked in the Child Abuse Unit during his earlier years with the county Prosecutor's Office, where he served as an intern during his last year of law school.
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Hayden Panettiere has gossip fiends talking about more than just her possible engagement to Ukrainian heavyweight boxer Wladimir Klitschko. When paparazzi snapped photos of the 23-year-old "Nashville" star in a bikini in Miami, rumors swirled that the young actress had gotten breast implants.
The Daily Mail published the images of Panettiere on the beach last weekend alongside pictures of her in 2009, looking a little less curvaceous.
Panettiere, who graces the cover of next month's Glamour, told the magazine in an interview that she managed to avoid the wild downward spirals that seemed to characterized the careers of a few of her contemporaries.
"The thing that really saved me was that I still had that healthy fear of my parents," she said. "I still had a midnight curfew at 18!"


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Tunis: "Things are bad, but that's normal"
Last month I was in Tunis for a conference on Arab intellectuals and historical transformations in the region. I wrote up something about it for the LRB blog:
On Avenue Bourguiba, a young man with a swollen mouth and a bandaged arm had been lying all morning almost unconscious on the ground, a dirty Tunisian flag across his chest. A few men in the circle of onlookers finally decided to pick him up and walk him away. 'He's been there ten days,' a middle-aged waiter from a nearby cafe explained. He was on a hunger strike. I asked why. The waiter shrugged. 'He's from outside the capital. He hasn't got his rights yet.' The waiter segued into his own grievances: he works 15 hours a day, has four children, makes 400 dinars a month. They never eat meat.
I was in Tunis last month for a conference entitled Intellectuals and the Historic Transformations in the Arab World. The first speaker was the historian Hichem Djait. He gave a brief history of Arab intellectuals and their persecution by authoritarian regimes, before concluding that they have lost influence across the region. 'The Arab world took a step towards democracy, but one has the painful impression that it is not ready,' he said. Instead, the uprisings have 'exacerbated very strong and very violent tensions'. In countries that are tearing themselves apart, what role is there for intellectuals?


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Read | John 21:1-19
We've all made tracks through the valley of failure. What matters is how we respond: do we give up and live a defeated life, or do we believe God can restore us?
The story of Peter's failure and sub-sequent restoration gives us tremendous encouragement. Jesus knew that Peter would fall short, but He had specifically prayed for the disciple's faith not to fail. The Lord also told him ahead of time that failure would not be the end of the story—Peter would stand up again and strengthen the others.
Notice an important distinction: Peter failed; he wasn't a failure. The Enemy wants us to view how we fall short as part of our identity rather than something that has resulted from our actions. But the truth is that we belong to God, and our shortcomings can actually prepare us to be used more greatly by Him. In His hand, such times in our lives are tools to push our walk forward in great leaps. In order for the Lord to mold Peter into the leader of strength and humility he'd soon become, the disciple's heart needed to undergo purification by being broken.
When we build walls around our heart to deny God access, we are resisting much-needed brokenness and healing. If we want to see the Lord use us, we must allow Him to get rid of the "chaff" that prevents us from reaching our maximum potential.
Amazingly, failure can be the catalyst that moves us to a whole new vision of what God is doing in our lives. He can utilize our missteps to bring into focus His plans and purposes for our life. The result will be glory to Him and blessing to us.