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Leonardo Spinazzola insists he has no regrets at leaving Juventus for Roma, as Paulo Fonseca's football is "attractive to watch and fun to play in."
The versatile full-back made the move in exchange for cash plus Luca Pellegrini and is hoping for more playing time than he got in Turin.
"Roma have always been a great club with excellent players, while the atmosphere with the fans at the Stadio Olimpico is remarkable. It's always been fun to play here," said Spinazzola in his Press conference.
This is the first season in Serie A for new Coach Fonseca, who is Portuguese and spent the last few years at Shakhtar Donetsk.
"Fonseca told us from the first day how he wants to play, what he wants to see and indications on everyone's roles. I really like him, to be honest, as his style of football is attractive to watch and to fun to play in.
"I've always said that I prefer playing on the left and can do more there, and so far this week I've only been working on the left. If it's necessary, I can play on the right with no problems, it's just a matter of getting used to it."
He hit the best performances of his career with Atalanta, under Coach Gian Piero Gasperini, and does see some similarities.
"Coach Fonseca does have many of the same ideas as Gasperini, so that's wonderful to see. Mister Allegri was a great Coach and man-manager."
Spinazzola was asked if this represented a step backwards in his career or if he felt the desire for revenge against a Juventus side that let him go so quickly.
"No, it's a profession, the clubs and players make their choices. Roma were after me a long time ago, so when they said I could come here and be a protagonist or stay another year as second choice, I decided to come to the Olimpico. I can improve a great deal here.
"It's a great training ground, directors, an organised side and so far I don't see much difference between Roma and Juventus. At the moment, one does get the impression that players are passing through at Roma, but this is a job and every year there are issues to consider, including balance sheets. You never know what can happen from one year to the next.
"I already have a dream this season and I hope it comes true. There's also Euro 2020 coming up, so for us Italians it's important to play regularly and earn our spot. Before signing, they did explain that building on young, Italian players was the plan at Roma and that's very important, in my view."
Roma director of sport Gianluca Petrachi did intercede to say there was one thing the player needed to get used to.
"They already broke into his car and stole his backpack, clearly wanted to say welcome to Rome. He has to wake up a bit, you can't leave your backpack in the car in full view…"


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The AR gaming mobility paradox: gamers reject mobile phones but embrace mobility
AR gaming is interesting to two out of three respondents (66 percent), who want to play not only to at home, but also when out and about. However, for an AR gaming revolution to happen, there are several essential criteria that need to be fulfilled.
The current platforms of AR gaming, using a smartphone or tablet as a way to experience the augmented world, will not be acceptable for much longer. In fact, one in three AR gamers say holding a mobile device is not good enough for AR gaming.
Consumers also complain about the limitations in the field of view. This paradox, where gamers reject mobile phones, but embrace mobility, could be solved with AR glasses that are affordable and look like normal glasses, so that people feel they can wear them in public without causing a scene.
If AR glasses look reasonably like normal glasses, I would not hesitate to wear them all the time.
Sumiko, 27, Japan
AR and physical exercise
Even though there is a physically active component to Pokémon Go, this is not a key driver for most current gamers. In an AR-enabled future, gyms and fitness centers will be able to improve indoor training. Consumers can get an immersive experience of jogging or cycling as if they were on the beach, in the woods or on a country road.
Roughly one in four say that they will use AR when doing exercise in the next five years. Nearly half agree that multiplayer AR sports, like playing football or badminton, with a human opponent operating virtually would be very interesting.
Social AR gaming is going to be key
Playing games together is a fundamental human social activity. Over time, the type of games played have changed.
Today's video games are no different when it comes to the need and expectation for a social experience, even though the games are now played online.
In the years to come, social gaming will continue to grow. Just under one quarter of PC and game console gamers say that they play more multiplayer games today than they did 5 years ago. Looking forward, 20 percent believe they will play more multiplayer games in the next 5 years.

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The English surname Gratton, also found in Ireland, is of habitational origin deriving it's name from any of various places so named. Gratton in Derbyshire is from Old English great 'great' + tun 'enclosure or settlement'. Gratton in High Bray, Devon, is probably 'great hill', from Old English great + dun. A number of minor places in Devon are named from the dialect word grattan, gratten 'stubble-field'. A famous bearer of the name or a variant was Henry Grattan the noted Irish politician whose ancestors had come from England in the 17th Century.


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Militants linked to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) had planned to kidnap top Malaysian officials and release them in exchange for dozens of detained comrades, police said yesterday, adding that "no leaders can run" from the group's attacks as the Malaysian authorities tightened security ahead of this weekend's Asean summit.
National counter-terrorism chief Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said two soldiers from an ISIS cell who were arrested and charged earlier this year had planned to release a video of the kidnapped officials to demand a prisoner exchange.
"The (ISIS members were) only out to secure the freedom of their fellow militants in Sungai Buloh Prison. It was not about making any ransom demands," Datuk Ayob told The Star daily.
He confirmed his comments to The Straits Times, adding that the list of targets was the same "hit list" revealed by Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein on Sunday.
Datuk Seri Hishammuddin had said his name was on the list which was known to the authorities just before the Asean Defence Ministers Meeting in March. He said his aim in disclosing the information after last Friday's deadly attacks in Paris was to "inject a sense of urgency in the context of national security".
National police chief Khalid Abu Bakar yesterday said security for the Asean summit - which will be attended by US President Barack Obama, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, among others - will be increased as "all leaders are threatened" by ISIS.
"In my opinion, no leaders can run away from the (ISIS) threat," he said.
In April, two airforce personnel were among 17 people arrested, before being charged with promoting acts of terrorism.
Mr Ayob said the prisoner exchange would have made a huge impact as propaganda to promote the local ISIS network. Police have detained 150 terror suspects since 2013, although many have been released for lack of evidence.
The 17 arrested, among them an Indonesian militant believed to be a former member of the Jemaah Islamiah terror group, were planning to raid army camps and police stations to seize their weapons, Tan Sri Khalid had said.
Mr Ayob also said there were no records yet of militants involved in the deadly Paris attacks transiting through Malaysia.
The New Straits Times, in an editorial, urged strict vetting of Islamic preachers in order to curb recruitment by groups like ISIS.
"That (ISIS) can recruit Malaysians indicates a weakness, easily exploitable even by a perverse ideology disguised as Islam. Somehow, some Malaysians seem to have been misled into thinking that the Islam practised in the country is not 'adequately' Islamic. The proliferation of all manner of Islamic 'educational' institutions cannot be left unchecked, and licensing them is paramount," it said yesterday.


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On the effect of the term structure of interest rates on corporate capital structure: Theory and evidence
AuthorNejadmalayeri, Ali
Issue Date2001
AdvisorLamoureux, Christopher G.
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PublisherThe University of Arizona.
RightsCopyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author.
AbstractThis manuscript studies the impact of the term structure of interest rates on corporate optimal capital structure. First, I develop a dynamic model of capital structure in the presence of stochastic cash flows and stochastic interest rates. Using one-factor and two-factor Cox, Ingersoll, and Ross (1985b) interest rates dynamic, as well as a one-factor Feller cash flow process, the article solves for the value of the firm's contingent claims. After deriving closed-form solutions for the values of debt, tax benefits, bankruptcy costs and recapitalization costs, the paper numerically solves for the optimal total capital structure: leverage, debt service, maturity, call provisions and priority. I find that as the instantaneous rate rises, so does the leverage, maturity and periodic debt service. I also find that an increase in the level of long-term rate leads to a decrease in leverage, maturity and periodic debt service. In an attempt to understand the effect of macroeconomic conditions on corporate financing decisions, this manuscript then empirically investigates the effect of the term structure of interest rates--defined by a three-factor model which includes the Treasury bill yield, the Treasury bond yield, and the volatility of the yield curve--on the debt-equity choice. Having controlled for well-known microeconomic determinants of financing decisions, I document that as the Treasury bill yield rises, the incidence of debt financing increases. However, as the Treasury bond yield or the volatility of the yield curve rise, the incidence of debt financing drops. I find that the information content of the term structure of interest rates regarding aggregate corporate profitability (i.e. aggregate default risk) accounts for the stylized facts. I also find that tax shield distortions induced by changes of interest rates marginally affect the debt-equity choice. Additionally, inflation, corporate credit spreads, mortgage rates, and personal tax rates materially are shown to affect the firm's financing decisions materially.
Dissertation-Reproduction (electronic)
Degree NamePh.D.
Degree Leveldoctoral
Degree ProgramGraduate College
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The Ogun State branch of Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) and Motorists have groaned and lamented over the monopolisation of the third party insurance issuing to the motorists in the State by the state government, which contravene the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) policy.
The umbrella body of the companies alleged that the state government were given much priority to the Great Nigeria Insurance (GNI) Plc and LASACO Insurance Company in the issuance of the third party insurance paper to the motorists before it could be given Vehicle License.
The South-West Regional Manager of Anchor Insurance Company, Mr. Philips Olowoporoku made this known at the protest made by their members and motorists at the Ogun State Internal Revenue Service (OGIRS) office in Abeokuta.
Olowoporoku stated that Ogun state Internal Revenue Service had barred other insurance companies in the State from their fundamental right by issuing third party insurance to the motorists, adding that they refused to accept like of Anchor, Mutual Benefit, Standard, Equity, Niger and other insurance company's papers except of Great Nigeria Insurance (GNI) and LASACO Insurance papers.
He added that it is now difficult for the holders of their insurance papers to acquire Vehicle License from Ogun state Internal Revenue Service, noting that they now move to neighbouring State to collect vehicle license for their clients/customers.
Olowoporoku said that the National Insurance Commission had been drawn the attention of some insurance institutions who form consortium to collaborate with Ministries, Departments and Agencies of Federal, State, and Local government to the public but warned them to desist from the act or else would be sanctioned.
He said that it is illegal, criminal and punishable offence under the NAICOM Act 2003 and other extant laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for any Brokers, Agents to form consortium in order to monopolise the insurance brokers for their selfish interest.
"Here, we do pay our taxes which includes individual, tenement, signage and other taxes. I don't see any reason why the state government will now deprive us from performing our constitutional and official duties through the issuance of our insurance policy to the expectant clients", Olowoporoku stated.
He urged the state governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun to quickly come to their rescue and intervene in the matter, saying that this deprivation had been affecting their companies and the state as well.
Olowoporoku said that they now patronising neighbouring States, like Oyo, Lagos, Osun and others for vehicle license for their clients/customers which negatively affecting the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of state.
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Inspired by the Wall Street Journal, shared by one of our favorite Cheeky's, my dad.
As I've continued with my new found workout routine in the early mornings (don't worry, I won't keep referencing this), I find that there is ONE thing I do each and every time after working out. And this is shocking cause I can barely physically do the same thing twice. But the minute I finish working out, well, I think I start making coffee or I go to the restroom depending on how much water I've drank, but anyways, I always wash my face within 10 minutes of my workout. I can count on that. It's almost a crazy impulse (shocking), but after we researched what working out/sweating can do to our skin, I realize how important it is.
Read the blog here in case you missed it:
Since I've neurotically been washing my face after my workout every morning for the past 4 months, I was shocked when my dad, Greg shared this great article from the Wall Street Journal promoting makeup wearing whilst working out!
I may have mentioned this before, but when we lived in Tampa, FL, I couldn't BELIEVE how many women wore a full face of makeup to the gym (and I'm talking like full, like Friday night, hot date level). I ain't hating and it makes them feel good, so more power to them, but my workouts flew by because all I would think about is how their pores could be suffocating and it was just so distracting. And not only that, but by the end of the 4 years we lived there, I almost felt like I needed to be wearing makeup. Between the daily pressures in our lives, and social media, it's nearly impossible to not feel some kind of impulse to put on mascara, at the very least. (If I put on mascara for my living room workout, I may start to worry about myself…..) But seriously! Whatever you're into, I'm fully supporting your makeup or non-wearing makeup workout routines! You do you!
HOWEVER, we're seeing some big changes when it comes to makeup & working out. Well at least according to this article. Those of who you who feel comfortable and confident wearing makeup or those of you who avoid wearing makeup because of your skin's reaction, it seems that makeup companies are taking note.
In an online survey of 1,564 women conducted earlier this month by Pittsburgh polling firm CivicScience, 25% of women said they wore at least some makeup before working out.
In fact, in 2015, a former professional soccer player, Leslie Osborne, founded Sweat Cosmetics, because she and her teammates saw that there were very little options between traditional sunscreen and makeup. She felt the pressures of being on television and really wanted to look her best. We hear you girl! The line's top selling product is a $42 powder-based skin foundation that doubles as a 30 SPF sunscreen, housed in a convenient refillable brush applicator.
And more recently, folks like Estée Lauder, e.l.f. & CoverGirl's, Coty Inc. (plus a lot more) are launching their own version of 'fit' workout makeup. Estée Lauder's line called CliniqueFit has a workout-friendly makeup with SPF 40 & a 24-hour long lasting mascara. e.l.f has a beauty active line that includes workout ready lip & cheek combo, called Gym Chic. Then you've got CoverGirl's Outlast Active Collection (that has launched just in the last few weeks from when this blog was written), which features mascara, foundation and setting spray that claims it's sweat-proof, humidity-proof & lasts a whopping 24 hours – hopefully you're not exercising for that long, though it could come in handy for humid spots like Tampa, FL…..Oh and even good old Wet N Wild… man they've been around for a while, is launching a Pump makeup collection with more than 30 products geared towards workouts.
There have been some negative feedback when it comes to workout-friendly makeup. Some women feel like exercise was THE safe space where you didn't have to wear makeup or you weren't expected to wear it. Others argued that it yet another double standard in how athletic women are treated. Whatever your opinion may be, Clinique's president, Jane Lauder (wow, they're family-owned???) said something that resonated with me. She said, "It's not about telling them what to do," "It's giving them options."
It seems that this whole workout-friendly makeup is here to stay though. Tarte Cosmetics tested subjects in a 'sweat chamber' where the room was a whopping 100 degrees and were asked to move around to see if their mascara smudged. 93% of participants said they were smudge-free 😉 Thanks ladies for going above & beyond! Sounds too hot for me!!!
So, now that ya know what's coming in hot for you and your beautiful skin…. just know we're starting to get options (those of us who want them anyway). It's also going to be good for us to research the ingredients in these bad boys. I think I'd be extra motivated to see what the ingredients are. What do you think? Are you excited? Are you like, 'Nah, not for me'. Would love to hear from you in the comment's below.


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US federal health guidelines on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV transmission should be modified because current standards could miss some who should be on it, suggests a study from the University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA) Fielding School of Public Health.
Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, is a measure that has proven to be highly effective in preventing HIV transmission during unprotected sex. While not entirely foolproof, studies have shown taking daily doses of tenofovir disoproxil-emtricitabine, or Truvada, is 92% effective in preventing HIV infection when taken correctly and consistently.
Since 2012, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended PrEP for gay or bisexual men who have had condomless anal sex or been diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection in the past six months. The CDC also has recommended PrEP for HIV-negative men who have sex with men (MSM) and who are in a relationship with an HIV-positive partner.
The UCLA study suggests that those guidelines do not go far enough, because they omit important characteristics that could put someone at high risk for becoming infected with the virus that causes Aids. Working with the Los Angeles LGBT Centre, the researchers have developed an online risk assessment calculator, which could fill that gap.
"To the best of our knowledge, this PrEP Calculator is the first of its kind to be based on real-world data," said Robert Weiss, co-author of the study and a professor of biostatistics at the Fielding School. "We hope that our PrEP calculator will allow more MSM to make a more-informed decision before deciding whether or not PrEP is right for them."
The Los Angeles LGBT Centre is one of the largest HIV testing providers in Los Angeles County for gay, bisexual and MSM, with approximately 13,000 individual clients served annually, said lead author Matthew Beymer, a post-doctoral scholar in the department of medicine, division of infectious diseases, at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Between January 2009 and June 2014 the centre collected data on various behavioral risk factors for HIV among clients at each visit. Centre personnel used behavioral data and HIV test results to determine what characteristics distinguished MSM who were HIV-negative when the study began and subsequently tested positive for HIV during a follow-up visit from those who remained HIV-negative through the follow-up visits.
Using these data the researchers built an HIV-risk algorithm, which they use as a standardised mechanism for recommending PrEP to clients of the Los Angeles LGBT Centre. Unlike the CDC guidelines, they asked important questions about a number of factors that could put one at higher risk for becoming infected, including substance use, number of sex partners, age and race or ethnicity, and other partner-level factors.
The researchers found that if all individuals who had a risk score greater than or equal to five on the test's scale – 51% of those who used the calculator – had been given PrEP, then 75% of HIV infections would be averted during follow-up, assuming adequate regimen adherence and near complete effectiveness.
This made the researchers' model better than the CDC guidelines because it took into account behaviors that aren't considered in the current guidelines.
Based on these findings, they developed the risk calculator. The researchers will then assess whether men who have sex with men find it useful in determining if they should start taking PrEP. Even as late as September 2016, 20% of the Los Angeles LGBT Centre's clients were unsure if PrEP was right for them, Beymer said.
"The findings from this study will allow MSM to determine their overall risk for HIV based on their own data and previous data collected at the Los Angeles LGBT Centre," Beymer said. "Ultimately, this HIV risk score can be used by the client to determine if PrEP is right for them."
Beymer said that a limitation of this calculator is that it may not be appropriate for heterosexual and trans individuals, injection drug users, or people living outside of Los Angeles. In addition, it does not consider situations in which HIV-negative men are in long-term relationships with HIV-positive men.
Background: Preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has emerged as a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention tool for populations at highest risk for HIV infection. Current US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for identifying PrEP candidates may not be specific enough to identify gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) at the highest risk for HIV infection. We created an HIV risk score for HIV-negative MSM based on Syndemics Theory to develop a more targeted criterion for assessing PrEP candidacy.
Methods: Behavioral risk assessment and HIV testing data were analyzed for HIV-negative MSM attending the Los Angeles LGBT Center between January 2009 and June 2014 (n = 9481). Syndemics Theory informed the selection of variables for a multivariable Cox proportional hazards model. Estimated coefficients were summed to create an HIV risk score, and model fit was compared between our model and CDC guidelines using the Akaike Information Criterion and Bayesian Information Criterion.
Results: Approximately 51% of MSM were above a cutpoint that we chose as an illustrative risk score to qualify for PrEP, identifying 75% of all seroconverting MSM. Our model demonstrated a better overall fit when compared with the CDC guidelines (Akaike Information Criterion Difference = 68) in addition to identifying a greater proportion of HIV infections.
Conclusions: Current CDC PrEP guidelines should be expanded to incorporate substance use, partner-level, and other Syndemic variables that have been shown to contribute to HIV acquisition. Deployment of such personalized algorithms may better hone PrEP criteria and allow providers and their patients to make a more informed decision prior to PrEP use.
Matthew R Beymer, Robert E Weiss, Catherine A Sugar, Linda B Bourque, Gilbert C Gee, Donald E Morisky, Suzanne B Shu, Marjan Javanbakht, Robert K Bolan
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Two Unrelated One-Car DWI Crashes On Route 41Local News December 4, 2018
A Homer man was arrested Sunday (November 25) night after he drove intoxicated and crashed near the intersection of State Route 41 and Country Lane in the Town of Scott.
The Cortland County Sheriff's Office says 65-year-old Jerry Phalen, of Glen Haven Road in Homer, was driving his Jeep northbound on Route 41 when he failed to negotiate a curve and went off the roadway, striking a swimming pool before finally hitting a traffic sign that stopped him.
He was arrested, processed, and later arraigned in the Town of Homer Court where he was released. He's due in the Town of Scott court tonight (December 4).
In an unrelated incident, Sheriffs also arrested 19-year-old David Sakowski of Chester NY Saturday night for driving intoxicated and rolling his vehicle over near the intersection of Routes 41 and 26 in Cincinnatus.
Police say he also failed to negotiate a curve at an intersection, travelling through the parking lot of the Cincy "Y" and continuing across Route 26, where he overturned in an earth embankment.
Sakowski was uninjured but was arrested, processed, and later released to a third party.


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Now when our face grow older
And wrinkles come,
Will you remember once this lively smile I wore?
Will you remember how I made faces and winked at you?
The ages came and went, the sun and her toil on us
But will you remember the youth which we savored?
When we walk faintly
And the muscles are weak,
Will you still excuse me one more dance?
Will you hold my sides firmly and never let go whatsoever?
We ran, we jumped, but now the tricks of Nature set in
But will you let the fear of the future hold you back?
When our eyes get even weaker
And vision go blurry,
Will you let yourself be my better eye?
Will you bring down the world again to see me smile?
The green of Nature we see, the white of clouds we behold
But will you let the colors wipe the memories of when it was all fresh?
When we both are frail
But the beach remain,
Will you still see the boy who held your hands and kissed them?
Will you still see the moments under the sun and by the fireside?
And all we did to cuddle and laugh at what we couldnt do
But will you remember the fights, the tales, the smiles and this love?
I will cherish each day
My start like my last
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The Question:
We can't believe the prices! We rent now and there's no way we can afford a stand-alone house. We thought maybe we could start with a condo, but we're expecting our first child and we know we'll need extra space soon. Should we wait, or go for the condo?
The Answer:
While you would clearly prefer buying a house over a condo, it seems that budget restrictions may prevent this from happening in the near term. But let's take a closer look at the numbers.
The average home price year-to-date in the GTA is about $500,000 (source: TREB Market Watch). Assuming you can come up with a minimum down payment of 5% ($25,000) and the land transfer tax of $6,475 (if you are a first-time home buyer), your total upfront costs would be $31,475. The mortgage would then be $475,000, plus $13,000 for the CMHC Mortgage Loan Insurance typically required with down payments of 20% or less.
Carrying this amount ($488,000) would cost approximately $2,300 per month with one of today's popular mortgage products (3% interest, 5-year fixed term,25-year amortization). Add in property taxes and you will end up paying around $2,500 per month, plus utilities and home insurance.
The average condo apartment in the GTA costs approximately $326,000 (source: TREB Market Watch). With a down payment of 5% ($16,300) and land transfer tax of $625 for a first-time buyer, total upfront costs would be $16,925. The mortgage would total $318,200 ($309,700 plus $8,500 for CMHC insurance).
With the same mortgage terms, your monthly carrying costs would be about $1,500. Adding in property taxes, and of course the maintenance fees required with condo ownership, and your monthly total would be at least $2,100, plus utilities and home insurance.
Not much of a difference, is it? Granted, a home does have more ongoing upkeep and unforeseen repair costs. But another factor to consider is your ability to build long-term equity. There are exceptions, but in the majority of situations a house will increase in value at a more rapid rate than a condo.
The wait-and-see option of renting would cost you an average of $2,088 per month for a two-bedroom apartment (Source TREB Rental Market Report, Q4 2012), plus utilities. The benefit of renting in the short term is that upfront costs will be minimal compared to buying – basically first and last month's rent. And it may give you that much more time to save for a bigger down payment.
If you do buy a condo before you've saved enough for a house, keep in mind that you will get dinged with a hefty land transfer tax since you won't qualify for a first-time home buyers rebate. This can often be offset by an increase in value of the condo that you will realize when you sell.
Land transfer tax varies depending on whether you are a first-time home buyer, buying in the City of Toronto or a combination of the two. Check out my website for further explanations and calculations:
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I have been working on my In an Open Hand intuitive card deck for at least a year and a half now. It contains 64 cards, each with a different word and prompts for different parts of self for reflection. It is also split into seasons. I've finished the prompts for fall and winter, but have much left to do for spring and summer. I've been waiting impatiently for spring to be on the horizon so that I can get back to creating in this way again. As I wait for signs winter is lifting, I decided to spend some time reflecting on the process so far.
If you are interested in creating your own intuitive deck, here are a few tips and ideas about how you might go about doing so, based on what I've learned from my own experience:
- Decide on a few themes that have a numerical basis to them. For example, I've incorporated moon phases, seasons of the year, body systems and the like into my deck. This allowed me to create "suits" as well as types of cards within each suit. Doing this allows for a more intimate focus on a particular area of your inner world and can help to give you some direction.
- Consider the purpose you would like your deck to serve in your life and what you would like to learn from it. Intuitive to me speaks to exploring my internal experiences, but it might mean something else to you. What I love about making my own set of cards is that I am not conforming myself into someone else's way of conceptualizing things but can be as free as my imagination will allow me to be.
- Do words or images speak more to your inner world and your intuition? If images are how you process, you may want to begin by creating the artwork for each card and then letting your ideas flow from there. I am much more comfortable with my writing skills, so I've started with laying out my ideas in language and am still working on finding a way to represent them visually.
- For which type of person do you want your deck to be accessible? As a non-binary person, I've been extremely frustrated by the strict gender binary most tarot and oracle cards incorporate, so it was important for me to find a way to represent my spirituality that would not reinforce the gender binary. Even if you are the only one who is going to use the cards you create, spend some time making sure you are welcoming all parts of self and not solely the ones with which you are most comfortable.
- Take your time. I have gotten a lot of fulfillment from having an ongoing creative project with no set end-date and a maximum amount of flexibility. I feel inspired by having something in my life that isn't focused on deadlines, productivity, making an impression or fitting in. It is possible that you might start creating an intuitive deck and find yourself led in another creative direction. Be open to possibility.
If you have dedication to inner work and/or creativity, what wisdom or inspiration do you have to share? What word or image would feel appropriate to your day today? What does it mean to you to attend to your intuition?


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Pineapple Powder Market: Introduction
Pineapple is a tropical fruit, and is known for its flavor and nutritional values. Pineapple is popular fruit that is mostly consumed fresh or as a canned fruit. The growing demand for pineapple in market has led to product diversification. Today, pineapple powder is consumed in various forms such as pineapple juice, concentrates, canned pineapples, dried chips, cocktail-type drinks, dried powdered, isotonic mixtures, bars, flakes, etc. Pineapple powder is a yellowish and free-flowing powder that is made by removing the free water present in pineapple juice or puree using various techniques. Pineapple powder carries a natural flavor and taste, and also retains all the nutritional qualities of the pineapple fruit.
Success Anchored in Key Nutritive Value Propositions of Pineapple Powder
Pineapple powder is loaded with valuable nutrients such as antioxidants, vitamin C, manganese, vitamin B- complexes, copper, etc. Pineapple powder consists of a unique digestive enzyme known as 'bromelain', which is naturally present in pineapples, and is known to provide numerous health benefits to humans. Pineapple powder is easy to translocate as well as incorporate in various dishes, and thus, is largely used in various processed as well as ready-to-consume food products. Thus, with numerous applications and the increasing popularity of pineapple flavor, the demand for pineapple powder in global market is expected to increase substantially in terms of value and volume over the forecast period.
Pineapple Powder: Market Outlook
The global pineapple powder market is estimated to create an absolute dollar opportunity of around US$ 328.9 Mn by 2027 over 2018. The conventional segment, under nature, is expected to experience substantial growth in the global pineapple powder market. The market in North America is expected to have a substantial share in the global market over the forecast period.
By nature of pineapple powder, the conventional segment is expected to hold a prominent share, and dominate the market during the forecast period, owing to easy availability as well as cheaper cost of conventional pineapple powder. However, the organic segment is expected to grow at a high CAGR of 9.8% over the forecast period, owing to the increasing demand due to the on-going 'move-to-organic' trend.
Among the techniques used for the preparation of pineapple powder, the spray drying segment is a prominent segment, owing to the large use of spray-dried pineapple powder due to lower cost and lesser processing time.
By end use of pineapple powder, the convenience food segment has a substantial market share in terms of value as well as volume, owing to the growing popularity of convenience food, especially pineapple flavored smoothies and ready-to-consume juice mixes.
The business to business segment under distribution channel is expected to remain dominate in the global pineapple powder market, owing the increasing use of pineapple powder in various processed food products. The increasing popularity of pineapple flavor in various food ingredients is having a positive impact on the global pineapple powder market.
Growing Demand for Fruit-Based Flavors is Driving the Market for Pineapple Powder
The growing demand for pineapple-flavored products is, in turn, increasing the demand for pineapple powder across the globe. The increasing demand for convenience food, popularity of pineapple flavor, and the rising awareness about the health benefits provided by pineapple fruit are some of the prime drivers of the global pineapple powder market. Lower shelf life and difficulty in transporting are some drawbacks of fresh pineapple as well as pineapple juice.
Growth Driven by Natural Food Ingredients
Pineapple powder has a longer shelf, is easy to transport, and has the same flavor and nutritional value as pineapple. Thus, a majority of food processing manufacturers tend to opt for pineapple powder, as such, leaving a positive impact on the global pineapple powder market. The growing demand for natural products as well as natural food additives is another positive factor for the growth of the pineapple powder market, as there is no need for the addition of preservatives. Increasing health consciousness among people is another factor driving the growth of the pineapple powder market. On the other hand, high cost and processing time, erratic supply and quality of raw material affecting produce quality, and lower awareness in untapped and underdeveloped areas are some factors hindering the growth of the global pineapple powder market.
Pineapple Powder Market: Regional Insights
The global pineapple powder market can be regionally segmented into Asia Pacific, Latin America, Western Europe, North America, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East & Africa. North America is a prominent market in the global pineapple powder market. North America currently holds the largest market share in the global pineapple powder market, and is expected to continue to do so over the forecast period. The growing demand for functional food products, food products with health benefitting additives, and the growing demand for convenience food & beverages from the large working population are some of the factors that are boosting the consumption of pineapple powder in North America. Western Europe follows North America in value share of pineapple powder, owing to the increased demand for healthy food, especially from EU5 countries. However, the market in Asia Pacific is expected grow at a rapid pace and exhibit a high CAGR during the forecast period. The growing number of emerging players, increasing number of health conscious people, and increasing working population leading to the increased demand for convenience food & beverages are some of the prime factors that are driving the pineapple powder market in Asia Pacific. The markets in Latin America as well as Eastern Europe are expected to exhibit rapid growth in the global pineapple powder market.
Owing to all these factors, the global pineapple powder market is expected to grow positively in terms of value and volume over the forecast period.
Pineapple Powder Market: Introduction
The latest market report by PMR on the global pineapple powder market evaluates the opportunities and current market scenario, and provides insights and updates about the corresponding segments involved in the global pineapple powder market during the forecast period 2018-2027. The global pineapple powder market report further exhibits the estimated data for 2018, and forecast data up to 2027 in the terms of value (US$ Mn) and volume (MT). In the terms of value, the global pineapple powder market is expected to grow at a healthy CAGR of 7.1% over the forecast period. The present study exhibits the trends and market dynamics of the pineapple powder market in six major regions - North America, Latin America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East & Africa. The report also includes the study of the current issues with consumers, and various future opportunities for the pineapple powder market.
Pineapple Powder Market: Report Description
The report explores the global pineapple powder market for the period 2018–2027. The primary objective of the global pineapple powder market report is to provide insights into the opportunities in the market that are consistently supporting the transformation of global businesses that are associated with pineapple powder. It is very important to consider that, in an ever wavering economy, we provide the estimated (Y-o-Y) year-on-year growth rate in addition to the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) for the overall forecast, to better understand the analysis and evaluation of the global pineapple powder market, and to discover equitable opportunities.
Yet another key feature of this report is that, the estimation of the global pineapple powder market and the corresponding revenue forecast are carried out in terms of absolute dollar opportunity. This is usually not prioritized while forecasting overall market numbers. Absolute dollar opportunity analysis is very essential in evaluating the degree of opportunity that a provider can observe to execute, as well as to contrast the potential resources from a sales perspective in the global pineapple powder market.
The global pineapple powder market report starts with an detail executive summary, market definition of various segmentations that are included, and their respective shares in the market. The report further incorporates the major macro and micro-economic factors that have an effect on the growth of the pineapple powder market. The report also highlights market dynamics, which includes the drivers and restraints in the global pineapple powder market. Current opportunities as well as on-going trends in the pineapple powder market are also discussed in this report. The report further underlines the overview on technology used for industrial processing, and opportunities for the pineapple powder market. It also encompasses a supply chain analysis, which provides a structural view of the overall profitability from the manufacturer to the end user in the pineapple powder market. In order to provide users with a clear view of the global pineapple powder market, we have exhibited a competitive analysis of key market players and their strategic expansions. The competitive dashboard presents a detailed comparison of pineapple powder manufacturers on valuable parameters such as key product offerings, total revenue, key developments, and key strategies. The study intensifies the global pineapple powder market attractiveness analysis by nature, technique, end use, distribution channel, and region.
To evaluate the overall market size of pineapple powder, the report considers various fundamental aspects based on secondary research. Furthermore, it emphasizes quantitative evaluation such as market shares by nature, technique, end use, distribution channel, and region, and other qualitative data from primary respondents, which have been consolidated to arrive at clear and accurate market estimations.
Pineapple Powder Market: Research Approach
The market size was benchmarked taking into consideration global pineapple consumption. Global pineapple juice consumption was deduced by splitting global pineapple consumption data obtained from sources such as FAO, ITC, and research publications. The average use of pineapple juice to obtain pineapple powder was analyzed through key market insights from company reports_bk_01_01_2020 and research publications, and was used to triangulate the process. The forecast presented in the pineapple powder market report was based on twelve key market parameters of global pineapple powder market.
Pineapple Powder Market: Competition Analysis
Detailed profiles of companies that manufacture pineapple powder are included in report for analyzing the key aspects of the market such as their developmental strategies, key product offerings, and recent developments, as they have a significant role in the global pineapple powder market. Some of the market players covered in the pineapple powder market report are NutraDry, FutureCeuticals, Paradiesfrucht GmbH, Foods & Inns, DAMCO Phytochem & Research LLP, Morriko Pure Foods Pvt. Ltd, Shaanxi Dongyu Bio-Tech Co. Ltd, Hainan Nicepal Industry Co., Ltd, Aarkay Food Products Ltd., Modernist Pantry, LLC, and Harmony House Foods, Inc., besides others.
Pineapple Powder Market: Segmentation
The subsequent sections analyze the global pineapple powder market on the basis of nature, technique, end use, distribution channel, and region, and presents a forecast for the period 2018–2027. The market is segmented as follows:
Pineapple Powder Market by Nature
Pineapple Powder Market by Technique
Pineapple Powder Market by End Use
Pineapple Powder Market by Distribution Channel
Pineapple Powder Market by Region
PMR Research Methodology
PMR is committed to providing unbiased market research solutions to its clients. PMR follows a robust methodology for deducing the data that is included in this report. A demand-side approach is followed to estimate the sales of target products, followed by in-depth supply-side assessment of value generated, key trends, and events over a predefined period. This methodology is based on the use of standard market structures, methods, and definitions that are based on inputs from local sources in over 6 regions, i.e. Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa, Latin America and North America, which PMR considers for segmenting the global market. Statistics, characteristics, and variances are collected at a regional level, aggregated at the same level, and then synthesized at a worldwide level to create global market measurements. Our main sources of research include,
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The lake Shahu tourism area is located 56km northwest of Yinchuan City, where is a famous scenic spot combining the landscape of water and mountain of South China and the scenery of the vast sand land in North China. In1990, the construction of the area was launched. For its unique natural landscape, it has been selected as one of the 35 most beautiful scenic spots across the country. In 2007, it was honored as the scenic spot of AAAA class by CNTA. The Lake Shahu boasts sand in the south and water in the north. The place is the haven of birds and the world of fish, and the entertainment garden of tourists. The surface of the boundless lake looks just like a vast piece of silver colored brocade. In the early summer, newly growing reeds are exuberant like high bamboos, forming up a branching stream, or like a street, or a canopy, or a screen. In the soft wind, they sway gently to present a graceful look.
The lake is abundant in the products of fish and birds. Tourists can watch all kinds of birds playing at a distance on the tower of watching birds. The lake is thickly inhabited by tens of thousands of birds such as white cranes, black storks and swans. In every spring, eggs of various colors are strewn everywhere, a wonderful scene in nature.
The fish and birds of the lake are the two links of the natural paragenesis chain. Small fish is the food of birds while the wastes of birds are the food for fish. And the rich roots of reeds and water grass and plankton are common food for fish and birds. A dozen species of fish are breeding in the lake, such as common carps, silver carps, and variegated carps, grass carps in addition to those rarely seen before in the north such as Wuchang fish, giant salamanders, and giant soft-shelled turtles.
With the affluent produce of fish, the restaurants around the lake specially offer the fish banquet. An instantly captured variegated carp of about 15 kg can be offered for guests. It is skillfully cooked and tastes good. If tourists are interested in fishing by themselves, they can do it freely.
A vast desert covering an area of 30000 mu of land lies in the south of the lake. It seems like a naturally made company of the lake. They rely on each other and contrast finely with each other when the blue water of the lake undulates, and the golden waves ripple across the desert. Tourist boats and motorboats are provided and tourists can swim in the lake. Camels are also provided for tourists to ride in the desert or to go sightseeing by cable cars. Yurts are provided for tourists to stay. And the charge is very low.


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The Root
October 27, 2015
The Root
Proverbs 12:3
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
As it has come to be the season where the leaves have changed their color and are falling to the ground I take stock of my own life and see that age is coming upon me, the hair is receding and the winter is before me. As we grow older we begin to see that it is not always the outward that is permanent and beautiful, for that beauty will fade and pass away. Even in the Christian world we see a lot of outward demonstrations of worship and religious fanfare. All of these outward manifestations have their day and they catch the eye, but most soon fade and pass away. Proverbs 30:31 says, "Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised." This outward life is like the beauty of a woman. It is vain, as is the favor of man, for it is not the outward that is the heart and soul of a substance, it is the root. When all of the outward beauty falls from a plant and outwardly it looks cold and dead, there is still the life that remains, but it is hidden to the outward eye.
So many Christians go through life living by the appearance of what looks good or spiritual, but the true life and tenacity of a thing is in the root. The root is not really concerned for the outward things, the outward beauty that stems from the root comes as a natural manifestation of that which it is by nature and character, but the root is more concerned in the things which are not seen. It is always seeking to go deeper into the ground and extend itself into new places of moisture and nutrition. That is the description of the man and woman of God. They aren't nearly as concerned for the outward beauty, as they are for going deeper and more intimate in their relationship with Christ, which is their life, their source, supply and water. Judging a person by the outward appearance is a vain and shallow thing. In order to truly judge a thing, you must first truly know its heart and its root. There are those in the kingdom of God today that by their outward appearance and circumstances you might consider them forsaken, barren and cursed of God. That is because you don't know their root. Their roots have wrapped themselves around the very heart, life and fiber of God. They live, move and have their being out of that life. Outwardly there may not be beauty that one would desire them and others may in fact pity them, but some of these ones have more life and reality of God than all the pretty Christians will ever know. That is because they have come to experience and lay hold of God in the dark places, in the droughts, in the heat of the summer, the freezing of winter and the fires that have burned away the outward beauty. There is no comeliness that you should desire them. They are really quite similar to another root that is spoken about in Isaiah 53:2-7, "For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, [there is] no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. ¶ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he [was] wounded for our transgressions, [he was] bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace [was] upon him; and with his stripes we are healed All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth."
This is a day and an hour when we don't want to be moved by what we see outwardly. Judge a matter by its root and where its heart is. Situations and circumstances will not move one who is firmly and deeply planted in God. Miracles and outward manifestations and lofty words will not move them. Even the Anti-Christ can manifest these. Look to the heart and the root of a matter, there you will find the true revelation of what it is or what it is not. Out of what many will have judged to be nothing will come the true oaks and trees of righteousness; the planting of the Lord.
Love is a Language of Action
July 28, 2015
1 John 3:18
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
Love is a Language of Action
"I love you." How many times have we said this or heard this? What does it mean? While the words can be meaningful and precious, it is what they convey, imply and promise that is of even greater weight. How many times have these been shallow words, void of promise and only speaking to someone what they so desire to see in reality? What gives flesh to these words are the actions that follow them. If we say that we love God, but we are cold and indifferent to our fellow man is the love of God truly in us or are we just clouds without rain, empty and void of the substance of God's love.
For love to be meaningful, it has to be a language of action. Its expression is seen in our attitudes, our deed and in the true intent of our heart. I would say most of us often fall short of the kind of love we really want to have. Sometimes, even our best efforts seem in vain, but I believe God sees the motive and the intent of our heart. He is really the means by which we can truly love. The more expression we have of Christ in us, the greater our love, or rather the love of God in us, is expressed and made manifest. It will be seen, not only in the things that we give, but in our tolerance, our forgiveness, our patience, self control, our joy, our peace and in the way that we respond and act toward others. Christ in us is not measured in how much we know about the bible, or how much spiritual revelation that we have. It is not about how much we go to church or how religious that we appear. Christ in us is the measure of God's love flowing through us. The less that we are in the way, the less restriction there is to the flow of His love through us. This is why we die to self, because self only hinders the flow of God's unselfish love.
If we think that we truly love God and have His love in us then may our actions speak it and not our tongue. Let us manifest the works that He did. The manifestation of His love through us is God loving His world; this is what signifies to the lost that God is love when they see us give what they do not deserve. Are we a people of words or action?
To the Faithful
May 25, 2015
To the Faithful
Revelations 17:14
These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him [are] called, and chosen, and faithful.
There are those of you who read this, not because you lack understanding of the ways of God, not because you don't know Him intimately and personally, but because you are the faithful of the Lord. You have learned to feed upon His Spirit Life wherever you find it, because that is the pasture and the feeding place of your souls. Those whom the Lord finds faithful in His kingdom, He does not regard lightly, but they are His delight and joy. There are those of you who have walked with the Lord for many years. Many of you have had your stumbles and falls along the way of life, but you stand here today faithful to Him because He has always been faithful to you.
Those of you who continue to be faithful to read these little Trickles; it is a testimony that there is something deeper, richer that yearns and hungers after the heart of God. Today the word of the Lord is to you faithful. God sees your heart; He has proven you through waters of adversity and the fires of affliction. You know that He will never leave or forsake you; He knows you will not forsake Him. You are the faithful. Many are "called" it says, but not many are chosen. The chosen are those who abide in the vine. They are not there for a season and then whither away; they are there season after season, after season. They are the fruitful branches of the vine, drawing their life from the root and vine of Christ and producing the precious fruit of His Holy Spirit. You are often the unseen ones, unnoticed and most often unappreciated by the world, but when you enter into prayer, heaven and earth can be moved by the words of your heart, for you pray not your will, but the will of the Father.
Psalm 31:23 says this about the faithful, "Love the LORD, all his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful, but the proud he pays back in full." Again, Psalms101: 6 speaks to the faithful, "My eyes will be on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he whose walk is blameless will minister to me." It is the faithful who are the sheep of His right hand, who walk with Him in obedience and humility, who esteem His ways above their own.
Even the faithful can grow faint, weary and discouraged for their walk is often not an easy one. They daily must fight the good fight and wage the spiritual warfare to overcome the adversary of their soul. Most often they not only contend for themselves, but also are faithful to stand in the gap and intercede for the saints, the needs of those who are upon their heart and often for those weaker and less faithful.
Faithful ones, here is the Lord's word to you. Ephesians 1:1 says these promises are to the faithful of God. "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus." You faithful ones know who you are in Christ because you have read the promises and they have become more than words on a page, they have become substance and life. You are investing your lives into living in the reality of the truth of who you are "in Christ". The rest of us want to look to these faithful ones as our examples of godliness and righteous living. They are the living testimonies of God and His faithfulness and they can teach what it is to walk the walk and not just talk the talk. These are those whom the Lord covets and is jealous over. These are the hidden diadems of His crown jewels.
Continue on you faithful ones; continue to shine as the morning sun in your life in Christ. Continue to be the living testimony and example before us, that those of us less mature and experienced might see and grasp what it is to walk in faithfulness and in truth. Continue on, you blessed of the Lord, for great is your reward. "His lord said unto him, Well done, [thou] good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord." (Matthew 25:21)
May 4, 2015
Acts 2:42-47
They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. 44All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. 46Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
As we commit and devote our hearts to the Lord we are going to see activation. The Holy Spirit is wanting to activate his body even as the early church was activated after Pentecost and even greater. This is the day to take our Sunday Christianity and make it an active part of our every day life and encounters with the world around us. We need so much of Jesus spilling out of us that there is no way we can contain or hide the life that is living inside of us. This is the day to let Christ shine through our lives in word and deed.
For years we have set under the Word of God. Today is the day to become the Word of God in the flesh as we live by the Spirit in the love of God toward all men. We are carriers of His divine life and we want to infect every part of our world with His love and great salvation. It is not just about getting someone to pray a prayer and make a confession of faith, it is about being so much the reality of what we profess that others want what we have and they will seek us out to receive it.
The world's general perception of Christianity looks very little like Christ. As the world has looked upon the Church as a whole, they have seen hypocrisy, materialism, ungodliness, judgementalism and self-righteousness. No wonder so many disdain Christianity. This is the time when they need to begin to see the reality of the true Church, the bride of Christ and His power and love manifested through her. For this love and power to flow through us, He must possess us body, soul and spirit. Our lives must be so focused and set upon the Father's business. It can no longer be about life as usual; eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage. This is the year to see and step into a radical transformation in the body of Christ, at least the first fruits of it. I believe God has prepared a people to champion His cause and bring a transformation in the paradigm of what the church of God is and what it should look like.
It is a day for us to graduate out of the school of learning and knowing and step into the world of being and doing. What is our faith if it is not activated to bring us forth in who we have been called to be as sons and daughter's of the MOST HIGH GOD!
"Holy Spirit, arise in the hearts of your people and activate us to extreme godliness, holy living and love impacting lives. Emancipate us from all sin and every love and affection we have had for it. Help your people to rock the former image of your church and be the example of what the people of God are to truly look like. Help us to loose ourselves as we take up our cross and follow you whithersoever you would lead and direct us. Give us ears to hear your precious voice and hearts tender to quickly obey whatever you instruct us to do. Help us to walk the walk of faith and step boldly into who you have created us and called us to be. You are our God and in You we will be strong and do exploits. The world will come to know us by our love and unity and no longer by our division and condemnation. We will exemplify the love and nature of Christ in the earth, because we dare to allow that Christ to come forth in us. We dare to step into our Sonship and the high calling that we have in Christ Jesus. Our eyes, our hearts, our minds and desires are set upon You Holy Father. Activate Your people in righteousness, power and divine authority to have dominion over every darkness and every perverted thing that we may bring the hearts of a lost world into alignment with the restoration of the identity you want to give back to them. Help us to come into the image of what the true Church and body of Christ is suppose to look like in this hour that you might be glorified and magnified among men. Amen!"
Today is our day to be transformed from the introverts of self-centered lives to become the extroverts of Christ expressed lives. Let us be that standard of Christ activated for all to see and aspire too. Let our lives be the light that transcends the darkness and the love that brings healing, hope and salvation to every lost and wounded soul.
Through the Heat of Battle
April 29, 2015
2 Corinthians 2:10
For the weapons of our warfare [are] not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds
Through the Heat of Battle
In the trenches of spiritual warfare you are not often going to look your best. In the daily battles and encounters we have we are often sweaty, dirty, tired and even bloody, bruised and wounded. Those who are walking out their faith are not dressed for ceremony they are dressed for battle. In the battle you most likely will not feel like a good warrior or hero. You may be scared, discouraged, fatigued, hurting and just trying to survive. While you may feel inside to be anything but an overcomer, that is who you are as you endure the battle and stand faithful to the banner of your faith. The survivors and heroes of war weren't wearing their medals on their chest in the midst of the battle, those medals were the result of their fortitude, their faithfulness, their courage in the midst of the battle when all they were seeing around them was pain, suffering and death. Yet there was something in their character and in their hearts that brought them through the battle. Those men and women weren't decorated with medals because they conducted themselves well, when everything was going good and they were at peace. Most medals are won in the midst of battle where if we get through it, it is not without loss and pain physically, spiritually and emotionally.
Many of you are on the spiritual battlegrounds today. It may not have been your choice, but you are there in the midst of the battle none the less. Most of us would like to just speak a word and have those battles resolved and go away, but we find that we are in a war that often rages on day after day. Some days we are not sure we can make it through another one, but somehow, by the grace of God, we do. God wants you to know that this is not a sign of your weakness or your defeat, it is the proving ground of your victory and your triumph. The enemy is fighting to take your life, but by your faithfulness and the fortitude of your faith, God is forming in you the heart of courage and the qualities of heroes. By your continued faithfulness you are prevailing and you are conquering, even though in your heart you may feel very discouraged and defeated. It is in these places that we learn to crawl out of the weakness of our flesh and put on Christ who is our strength and our life. We may have to endure the battle while in these weak and frail bodies, but in our spirits and in our hearts we have put off the flesh and put on Christ who is our strength. Through Him we are more than conquerors and can do all things. If He leads us into battle then we must trust that He can sustain us through it.
Whatever your battle and whatever front your are fighting on, whether it be health, finances, job, emotional, family problems, persecution, or whatever, He is there for you. In these places of battle the enemy tries to strip us of our dignity, our faith, our confidence and assurance. He rails upon us with condemnation, throwing before us our weakness and defeats. We can not take his bait. Sometimes he causes hurts so severe that we will harbor, hate, anger and unforgiveness. He assaults us on many fronts, but we must be wise and discerning of His tactics, holding fast the Word of God as our standard of truth and reality. We are what the Word of God says we are. 1 Peter 2:9-11 says of us, "9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
11Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul. 12Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us."
Be encouraged today; strengthen yourself in His faithfulness. Stay the course, endure the battle and finish the race. "Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. (1 John 4:17)"
The Art of Storytelling
January 14, 2015
Psalms 34:11
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
The Art of Storytelling
Many of us experience the difficulty of relating with our children and grandchildren. They live in a high tech world of video games and fast paced television. To them we may seem pretty boring and out of touch. Even so, I think children still have the same need to be able to be taught and nurtured by us. Often we are perceived as just the yellers and disciplinarians. Yet part of the role of an adult parent or grandparent is the role of a teacher. God has given us a good number more years to experience life first hand through both success and failures. We tend to forget the wealth of experience that we possess. Used in the right way, this can be one of the greatest avenues for us to relate and teach our children the positive lessons of life. It is our way to make real to them the reality of God and how He personally works in our lives.
God exhorted the Israelites in Deuteronomy 6:6-7, "And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up." It is a parent's responsibility to pass on the laws, principles and precepts of God's Word to their children. Many of us have been very guilty of ignoring this responsibility or feel like we have met our obligation by giving our kids religious videos and taking them to Sunday school. That is all well and good, but God has given us the responsibility to instruct our children. Maybe we don't feel qualified or we think that just entails us sitting them down while we read scripture to them. No, the Word of God has to become alive to them through us. We have to convey to them spiritual reality.
Our grandchildren love all the things that other kids love, but I find that they are fascinated to sit and listen as we tell them the stories of how God has worked in our lives. We can share with them our victories and our failures. When they understand how God has worked for us and in us then they can mentally handle God in the flesh. It becomes reality to them and it makes the stories of God's Word more of a reality to them as well. It is amazing to see the hunger in our grandchildren as they ask to hear story after story. The neat thing is that as you are telling them the stories you can teach God's Word to them in a meaningful and interesting way.
We may not think we have much to share, but maybe we need to take some time to really meditate back through our lives and think about all of the times God has been there for us. As we think about it, most all of us have experiences where we have seen God's hand in our lives, His blessing, His protection and His provision. We may find that encourages and stirs up our faith as we remember and reflect on all of God's goodness in our lives. Be faithful to teach your children and instruct them in the ways of the Lord. They need it because it is what gives them a sense of identity and purpose for their own lives. There is perhaps no more effective way than through the art of storytelling. It is the way that cultures have passed their values and their heritage on to the younger generations throughout history. We don't want to lose this art in our high tech world. Take the time to share your stories and do it often. It is the way that we instill godly character, values and knowledge about who God is, what He is and what He wants to be to them.
Your Treasure
January 9, 2015
Matthew 6:19-21
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
Your Treasure
The true joy in life is not in what you possess, but in Who you possess. The true blessings in life are not in storing up possessions, but in sharing the treasure of Who you possess within. If Christ is the treasure of your storehouse then the depth of your being is determined by where you live from. The more you share out of the treasure and storehouse of who you are in Christ, the more incorruptible treasure that is added to your account. What you value most, is what your heart pursues.
As human beings living in this world we are often short-sighted and short-circuited into believing that the pursuit of earthly gain equals security, joy, happiness, fulfillment, satisfaction and all of those emotions that we believe we will find at the end of our rainbow. In reality, what we find, is that this is as much of a myth as the pot of gold.
When you check out at the grocery store and you see all of the tabloids. There are stories of the rich and famous, but I don't read or see stories about their joy and deep fulfillment. These are the people that are where most of us think we would want to be, but without Christ it is all empty vanity. In so many ways, you who have Christ, are so much richer than any of them. You can find in Christ all of the things the world is pursuing by natural means. The wonderful thing is that it is not through all of our works, efforts and scheming. It is not even through our goodness, talents or abilities. It is all about faith and resting in the arms of Him who desires to give it all to you. I have found a truth in my life that the more I put Him first, the less I lack. I found that He is my sufficiency, my provision, my healer, my Redeemer and the greatest friend I could ever imagine. I don't get up and pray early in the morning because I have too, I do it because I love hanging out with Jesus and being in His presence. I love sharing my heart with Him and asking Him to share His heart with me. I love the things He shows me and the words He gives to me as I just trust Him. I can never brag about what I have, my abilities, my belongings, my gifting, my writings, because it isn't mine to brag about. All that I have, I owe to Him. He is my treasure and life is so rich because He is in the center of it. When we truly find Christ and our relationship with Him, then we understand we don't have to value what the world values, because our treasure is so much richer, rewarding and fulfilling.
What the world doesn't so often see is what Paul describes in 2 Corinthians 4:7-12, "But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 8We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 10We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. 11For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that his life may be revealed in our mortal body. 12So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you." God doesn't promise us an easy life, but a life that often crushes the grapes of our natal man to produce the sweet wine of His life. That crushes the petals of our rose, to release the fragrance of His life within us.
In Christ we are not given to the natural affections and desires of this world, we have been transformed to dwell in the heavenly realms and part of that is allowing the natural to be touched so that the heavenly can be released. Let us never lose sight of who we are, where we are and where our true treasure is; for through your life and mine are released into the earth the treasures of heaven. The world is a richer place because we are in it and Christ is in us.
Container of God
December 11, 2014
John 14:9-14
Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? 10Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. 11Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves. 12I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. 14You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
Container of God
Philip asks a rather superficial question of Jesus that evokes a response from Jesus that unveils all that He is. "Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us." Philip, like so many of us, is only focused on the outward and so he, like so many of us, misses the real truth. The truth was the Father had been there all of the time in the person of Jesus. Their lives and identity are woven as one and you can't have one without the other.
What is the relationship that Jesus Christ is communicating to His disciple in these last hours that He has with them. Their is such a powerful truth here that we so often read over it, but like Philip, we really haven't grasped its reality. Jesus tells Philip (paraphrasing), "I am the expression and the manifestation of my Father. He who is Spirit is revealed to you through my flesh." What we see in Jesus, His life, His words, His love and His expression is Father's nature and character expressed through humanity, into humanity. No one had ever gotten closer to touching and seeing God than when they beheld and touched the life form of the Father in Jesus. What Jesus expresses here and through his Spirit anointed prayer in John 17 are truths that we seldom dare to truly believe and embrace. In John 17:20-23 Jesus prays, ""My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: 23I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.""
Jesus came into the world hidden from the world's view, because He was nothing significant or important as the world views it. Those who truly know their identity in Christ are most often like Jesus, insignificant in the world's eyes. What sets the true people of God apart is that they are embracing the reality and truth that as the Father was in Jesus, so Christ is in us. Even as Jesus grew up obscured from public view. Luke 2:52 says, "And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man." God is maturing Sons (both men and women) that are the expression of His divine character and nature. These Sons are not their own. They have relinquished self for sonship, even as Jesus was not His own. What He heard the Father speak, He spoke and what He saw the Father do, He did. As the Father had expression through the Son, so the Son has expression through us as we will yield our beings to Him. Jesus relinquished His will for God's will, just as we must also relinquish our will for His. Jesus, through His prayer to the Father and later through the giving and imparting of the Holy Spirit into us as believers, He came into us with the purpose of being one with us.
Can we hear that today or are we like Philip who could only see the superficial relationship, but hadn't truly grasped that Jesus Christ and the Father were one? We see and often view the Father and Christ as up in heaven and if we keep looking up we will see him come back some day. That is a Philip mentality. The Christ is right here with you. He is residing in you. Many of us have just lacked the revelation of who we are in Christ. We are still identifying ourselves in an old Adam mentality. We are still looking into the natural mirror and seeing Adam reflected back rather than looking into the mirror of God's Word and seeing Christ reflected back. Who are you going to embrace and believe?
Ephesians 2:5-6 declares, "But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus." Why are we looking up to heaven when we are already seated their in Christ? Even as Jesus Christ was the kingdom of God come into the earth, He wants to establish His kingdom through a many membered Christ. Unless the His kingdom is come and His will is done in you first how can it be made manifest to the world?
Has the Son been with you all this time and yet you have not seen Him? Jesus makes an almost incomprehensible statement here in John 14:12-14, "12I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. 14You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it." If you have the spiritual eyes to see and the faith to receive, then Jesus is telling you what He has just demonstrated through His life, you can do in like manner through yours if you know who you are in Him. This not about you being God or having a God complex. This is about you being dead and Spirit of Christ being released to live through you. It is all right there, resident in you now if you be in Christ. Embrace the identity you have in Him, for He created you and purposed you to be a container of God.


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Fronius Posted 09/26/2014
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Based on the high measuring and control speed of its most recent TPS/i MIG/MAG power source platform, Fronius has developed the PMC (Pulse Multi Control) pulse welding package. It provides the welder with access to a large range of Synergic characteristics that fully exploit the potential of the latest generation of Fronius devices. An improved pulse correction function, an updated SynchroPulse welding process and completely newly developed functions, such as the penetration stabilizer and the arc length stabilizer, make the tried-and-tested welding process easier and provide even better welding results.
The newly developed penetration stabilizer keeps fusion penetration at a constant level by adjusting the wire feed speed, even when there are stick out fluctuations, for example, in corners that are difficult to access or trajectory fluctuations in robotic welding. Thanks to its high computing power, large memory, extremely quick system bus, and not least because of the highly dynamic wire feed speed, the TPS/i is capable of performing this control process in a particularly quick and precise manner without overshoots. This enables the arc length, and thus the fusion penetration, to be maintained at the same level over a large area. This makes handling noticeably easier. The user can set and limit the value of the wire feed speed, which has been readjusted to the maximum extent, within a window of up to 10 m. This also guarantees that the welding procedure specifications comply with the corresponding requirements when the stabilizer is active.
The arc length stabilizer, also a brand-new function, is at least as helpful as the penetration stabilizer when it comes to manual and automated welding. This allows the user to influence the arc length directly via the welding voltage. The result is a short arc, meaning that short circuits occur, ensuring droplet transfer which is reliable and resistant to interference. In this case, quick control keeps the duration of the short circuit to a minimum and reduces the voltage at the right time with the result that bonding flaws and spatter are effectively prevented. The user does not need to perform any manual readjustment in the case of external interference (e.g., as a result of shifts in torch position, changes in sheet thickness, uneven heat extraction).
For users who would nevertheless prefer to work with the usual correction function for the arc length or are required to do so according to welding procedure specifications, Fronius has also integrated these functions into the PMC. Pulse dynamic correction has also been incorporated into the package. This means that it can also be used with the TPS/i to speed up (or slow down) the droplet detachment, whilst now also keeping the energy input per unit length at a constant level. PCS (Pulse Controlled Spray-Arc) is also included in the scope of supply of the PMC process. This characteristic enables users to switch seamlessly between pulsed arc and spray arc, with the problematic intermediate arc being hidden.
Furthermore, Fronius has achieved significant developments in terms of the start-up and shut-down phases. The ignition energy now adapts to the respective temperature of the wire end, meaning that less power has to be applied for ignition when the wire end is still hot. With an installed PMC process, the wire is retracted at the end of the welding process. This has the additional result that the current is reduced and burnback is prevented. Both measures improve the energy balance and protect the wearing parts.
Since all elements of the TPS/i relating to wire feed have been designed with more precision and for a higher dynamic, the proven SFI (Spatter Free Ignition) now also functions with the standard equipment. It is therefore no longer necessary to acquire a more complex push-pull unit in order to use the SFI. In combination with the newly developed SFI HotStart, the power can be increased for up to two seconds at the start of the welding process and bonding flaws as a result of 'cold' ignitions can be avoided.
Finally, Fronius has fine-tuned the SynchroPulse function and introduced a duty cycle welding parameter, by means of which the user can determine how long the high-current pulse phase should last proportionally per cycle for SynchroPulse welding. This means that the heat input can be controlled more accurately than was previously the case with the result that even less experienced welders are able to produce a perfect weld seam in all positions.


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Ziggy Marley, Grammy-winning reggae singer and son of the legendary Bob Marley, has written his first children's book. Titled I Love You Too, the book was released on the Nook in early January and will be released on hardcover and iTunes on March 7.
"This book is close to my heart because it was a spontaneous exchange between me and my then-3-year-old daughter Judah, it expresses something so true; it should be repeated as often as possible," said Marley about the book.
Marley has previously recorded and released a children's album, which is based on the song from the album Family Time. Marley also is the voice by the long-time PBS show Arthur and Friends.
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For what's going on close to a decade now, I've written preview stories on the Tickfaw 200 Poker Run hosted by Blood River Landing in Springfield, La., for speedonthewater.com. The last two years, the one-of-a-kind gigantic affair in the Louisiana Bayou has been the subject of my OffshoreOnly.com column—each time with me expressing my disappointment because I wasn't going to be there (you can read my 2018 and 2017 columns here).
But that's not the case this year as my flights are booked and my accommodations are all set (thanks to the Mears family), and I can't wait to head east for the infamous run, which takes place May 1-4 not too far from New Orleans. I'm excited to visit that remarkable city by water and hopefully make it all the way to the event's first out-of-state stop, Shaggy's Pass Harbor in Pass Christian, Miss. (Read the story here.)
According to Casey Harrison, one of the organizers behind the 21st annual event, they're upping the ante for boaters who plan to extend the poker run further than ever by offering up a "little something extra"—that's all he's willing to share for now—to the first 40 boats that make it to the Mississippi card stop.
Harrison said he's been pleasantly surprised by the amount of people who have told him they're going to do the complete now-280-mile run to Shaggy's Pass Harbor. While I can't guarantee I'll make it to every stop this year, I do intend on being one of the people who makes it past the first couple of card stops, well, let's be real here, party stops. You know who you are—you tell yourself you are going to do the 200-mile run every year and you end up at Prop Stop and Blood River Landing for three days straight. Except for that one year when you made it to Riverside Bar.
Joking aside, I'm looking forward to the fun that's in store and even more so to the people I'm going to get to spend time with. Many of the boaters I've written about or associated with at various events around the country over the last five to 10 years are from Louisiana. My friend, Jeff Ford, who owns a pristine RPM 26 Redline, lives there. So do Nate Michel and Michael Pierce—you may remember them as the "bromance" guys from a 2015 column I wrote. That was when Michel and Pierce both owned Outerlimits V-bottoms. Now they own two of the coolest cats you're going to see at Tickfaw this year. Pierce owns the Skater Powerboats 388 catamaran Pure Platinum and Michel expects to have Cloud IX, his 2006 40-foot MTI that he restored in over-the-top fashion, at the event.
Of course it will be great to see Harrison and a couple of my California boating friends who are making the trip again, John Caparell and Devin Wozencraft of Wozencraft Insurance. They love the boating—they wouldn't travel all that way if they didn't—but both of them have told me it's the people, first and foremost, that make Tickfaw a must-attend event. They say the crawfish boils are a close second. I plan on following photographer Pete Boden's lead in that regard since he's yet to steer me wrong in the food category. It'll be good to see Boden again. Hopefully he remembers to bring the camera I left behind at the Miami International Boat Show a few months back.
And I look forward to visiting with many of you at the Tickfaw 200 Poker Run in a few weeks. Let's make it a safe one again this year.


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