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A little over three years ago I sat down and wrote my three daughters a book about the fundamentals of money and some of my philosophies on life.
The book is titled, A Parent's Gift of Knowledge. That comes complimentary as part of the Gowdie Family Wealth service.
At the time, our two eldest daughters were at university and the youngest was in her final year of high school. Their knowledge of the real world — earning an income, paying taxes, funding living expenses, superannuation contributions, personal insurances, etc. — was limited.
Three years later and they have all flown the nest — two are living in Sydney and one in Melbourne. They are paying taxes, rent, utility bills, motor vehicle expenses, grocery bills and all the other joys that come with living in a modern society. Between you and me, I'm very proud of their efforts to forge independent lives.
The lure of big city living does come with a hefty price tag. Rent and transportation costs are, in my humble opinion, mind-blowingly expensive.
In spite of these costs, they assure me they're still having reasonably active social lives and the real bonus (from my perspective) is that they're managing to save a modest percentage of their weekly income.
Over the years we've had numerous family discussions around the dinner table, on responsible money management. It appears the regular chats and lessons learned about how people have succeeded and failed financially may have stuck somewhere in their subconscious.
However, it's too early to 'count the chickens'. They have many more situations and shifty people to encounter before their real life education on responsible and prudent money management can be judged a success or not.
It's my intention to be around for a while to guide them during this learning curve. However, in case life has other plans for me, the book was my Plan B and written as a useful reference source for them.
For any parents or 20-something readers, here are the key points from the discussions with my daughters:
- There is no new way to go broke — it is always too much debt. Therefore you have to control the debt rather than the other way around. Credit card debt is by far the greatest source of grief for the younger (and even older) generation.
This transportable and very expensive form of an unsecured personal loan has proved to be the ruination of many a consumer. Here are a couple of tips. a) When you go out leave the credit card at home — this minimises the chance to impulse buy. b) Keep the credit limit reasonably low to avoid becoming caught in a debt spiral.
- Don't believe the property or investment industry baloney about good debt versus bad debt. Sure taking out a loan for an investment (shares or property) can be a 'good' debt, provided the investment appreciates in value at a greater rate than the after-tax cost of servicing the debt.
However, if the cost of paying off the debt becomes a burden and the asset has to be liquidated at a loss (sometimes this can be substantial), then it was a 'bad' debt. Good debt is only good debt if the asset you have borrowed for appreciates in value. The irony is most people take out an 'investment loan' to save tax, when in fact a successful 'borrowing to invest' strategy should result in you paying much more tax, i.e. you've realised significant profit and/or generated income in excess of debt servicing costs.
- Reverse budgeting is so much easier than traditional budgeting methods. Reverse budgeting is the same principle as 'pay yourself first'. Most people struggle with itemising their spending line by line on the traditional budget planner. Who really knows how much they spend on presents each year or the exact costs of running a motor vehicle?
Reverse budgeting is simple. Work out the amount of money you need to accumulate over a certain period and then allocate this money from each pay cheque and spend the rest guilt-free. For example, if you want to have $10,000 in the bank in two years' time, automatically transfer $100 per week into an interest bearing account and learn to live on the remainder of your pay cheque. For longer term goals, use an online compound calculator to determine how much you need to save at a conservative rate of return to achieve your desired savings amount.
- Look for opportunities to increase your income. This could be in the form of part-time employment. However, in the spirit of working smarter and not harder, improving your skill sets would be the preferred way to improve your chances of stepping up a pay grade or three.
Another option could be starting up some form of online business — blog, buying and selling on eBay, etc. However, improving your skill sets is only half the equation. One of the many sayings I've impressed on our daughters is: It's attitude not aptitude that will take you to your altitude.
Approach life with a pleasant attitude, a friendly smile and good manners, and you'll have an edge over 90% of the workforce. So many people seem miserable with their lives — I hate my job, my boss is a moron, they don't appreciate me, this job would be great without customers, that'll be $10 (with no please or thank you attached at the end of the sentence).
Perhaps their frustration is borne from not knowing how to take control of their lives. Having savings is a liberating feeling. If you are genuinely not appreciated in your workplace, money in the bank gives you the luxury to pursue other employment options.
- Be wary of those with vested interests. Ask yourself, what does the person giving me advice have to gain from this transaction? Perhaps their intentions are honourable and the transaction is of mutual benefit. It pays to ask the question rather than make a potentially costly mistake. Develop a BS detector, it'll stand you in good stead. Remember the old but oh so true adage, 'If something seems too good to be true it usually is.'
Do the little things right — incremental savings, live within your means, modest debt levels, adopting a habit of learning and having the common sense to avoid a slick sales presentation are all steps in the right direction to responsible money management and taking control of your life.
A saying I read once sums it up perfectly, 'We are who we are because of three things, the choices we make, the habits we keep and the disciplines we have.'
Put the above lessons into practice and you'll be amazed at what it does for your confidence levels. I wish you 'Good Fortune'.
Vern Gowdie
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The Tax Court recently held in a division opinion that the form of the taxpayer's transaction was determinative instead of the substance of the transaction. The court held in Bartell et al. v. Commissioner, 147 T.C. No. 5 (Aug. 10, 2016) that a taxpayer's reverse like-kind exchange was a qualified §1031 transaction where the taxpayer carefully structured the exchange using a qualified intermediary (third-party) to hold property titles while the taxpayer retained the benefits and burdens of ownership.
Reverse Exchanges
In a reverse like-kind exchange, also known as a "Starker Exchange" (named after Starker v. Commissioner, 602 F.2d 1341 (9th Cir. 1979)), a taxpayer receives the replacement property before disposing of the relinquished property. There has been no question that forward exchanges were contemplated by §1031. However, in Starker, courts expanded the scope and allowed deferred exchanges (now codified in §1031(a)(3)) and the IRS promulgated regulations to allow deferred forward exchanges. Following litigation the IRS released guidance in a safe harbor allowing for "parking arrangements" aka reverse exchanges, where a taxpayer uses a third-party to "park" title and ownership of the replacement property while deferring disposition of the relinquished property. Rev. Proc. 2000-37, 2000-2 C.B. 308. Bartell took place before the safe harbor was released, making it an interesting fact pattern because it allows reverse exchanges outside of the safe harbor.
Taxpayer's Reverse Exchange Structure
The taxpayer is a drug store chain which identified a potential retail location to open another store. At the time the taxpayer was not clear on which property it would relinquish in the §1031 exchange. To facilitate a qualified §1031 exchange and acquire parcel L before relinquishment of parcel E, the taxpayer engaged with a qualified third-party intermediary (QI). QI formed an LLC special purpose entity (SPE) that would take title and "own" L while in substance giving the taxpayer full use, benefits, and burdens of the property via contractual arrangements and lease-back. Taxpayer provided insurance and indemnity to SPE on L. During construction of L, taxpayer found a suitable buyer for E. Taxpayer engaged in a purchase and sale agreement for E, assigning its rights and proceeds to QI. QI in turn applied the proceeds to an exchange with SPE, receiving L in return and completing the transaction by deeding L to taxpayer in a pre-arranged contract. Taxpayer deferred the proceeds from E on its return and the IRS disallowed the purported §1031 treatment.
Taxpayer's Form Over Substance
The Tax Court distinguished the facts in Decleene v. Commissioner, 115 T.C. 457 (2000), stating that the taxpayer in Bartell did not engage in a self-exchange unlike the transaction in Decleene. In Decleene, the taxpayer had obtained the replacement property a year before engaging in a like-kind exchange and transferred title directly to the purchaser of the relinquished property. The court explained that the facts in that case weighed heavily against the taxpayer as it appeared a §1031 exchange was contemplated after acquiring the replacement property instead of carefully using a third-party intermediary to engage in a deliberate §1031 exchange. In contrast, the taxpayer in Bartell went to great lengths to properly structure the transaction and use a QI to hold title and contractual arrangements to be afforded use of the land in the meantime. These factors led the Tax Court to hold for the taxpayer.
The court noted that taxpayers are traditionally given widelatitude to structure their transactions to comply with §1031. The IRS and the taxpayer disagreed whether the legal standard of ownership in a like-kind exchange is a pure "title" standard or the benefits and burdens test that is generally used to determine ownership in tax law. Under the benefits and burdens standard, the taxpayer "owned" the property because it directed its use, overseeing construction, obtaining permits, paying insurance, and otherwise enjoying full use of L.
The Tax Court held that the legal standard is more form than substance. The 9th Circuit (taxpayer would appeal to this circuit) had expressly rejected the benefits and burdens test in the §1031 context. Alderson v. Commissioner, 317 F.2d 790 (9th Cir. 1963). Under the Golsen rule the court is obligated to follow the precedent of the circuit which this case would be appealable to. Additionally, the court noted that its own precedent afforded taxpayers discretion in the form of their affairs in these kinds of transactions.
Final Thoughts
Also of note is the timeframe of the reverse exchange. The taxpayer identified the replacement property and SPE took title to it 17 months before the taxpayer disposed of the relinquished property. This is well outside of the time frame afforded under the safe harbor. While the Tax Court specifically held the reverse exchange was qualified within the time period in this case, the favorable outcome to taxpayers in Bartell should give some comfort to practitioners who may be outside of the safe harbor. Carefully structuring and purposefully intending a §1031 exchange seems to have carried the day in Bartell. How the IRS views this decision, heavily dependent on its facts, is to be determined. The rarity of taxpayer's form over substance carrying the day is something to closely follow...
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If you're in Kyle Whittingham's bowling league, health club or even church group, a coaching position at the University of Utah could await. The main thing is that he knows and trusts you.
That much became obvious last week when the Ute football coach hired youthful Brian Johnson as his offensive coordinator. Promoting assistant coaches isn't unusual, but hiring a 24-year-old to be a boss certainly is. Who is Whittingham's special teams coach, his babysitter?
There's no doubt the Johnson hiring raises questions. He is one of the youngest coordinators in college football, old enough to drive an offense but too young to drive a rental car. But one major qualification is that he fits the profile: a Whittingham insider. That formula has worked nicely so far. The Utes went from mid-major upstart to respectable Pac-12 member, based largely on a group of Whittingham's pizza buddies/confidants. Are there better coaches out there? Maybe, but it would be hard to prove. Whittingham is 66-25 as a head coach and has won six of seven bowl games and four of seven games against BYU.
As it currently stands, he could hire his podiatrist and nobody would complain.
Wherever he's getting these guys — up the street in many cases — it works. He never has been a grass-is-greener guy. He likes his job and his location. That much was clear when he showed little interest in taking jobs at places such as Tennessee, Arizona State and Penn State.
Mainly, though, he likes his own people. Paramount in the hiring process is knowing who has his back.
Nearly everyone on the staff has a previous tie to the Ute coach and/or the state of Utah. There is Jay Hill, the running backs coach who played for the Utes when Whittingham was defensive coordinator, then became a graduate assistant. Same thing with recruiting coordinator Morgan Scalley, who played for Utah's 2004 Fiesta Bowl team.
Dan Finn, a recent hire from San Diego State, was a graduate assistant for Whittingham. He now coaches the interior line. Defensive line coach Chad Kauha'aha'a also played for the Utes when Whittingham was defensive coordinator.
Norm Chow, the recently hired Hawaii coach, was Utah's offensive coordinator for a season. He coached at BYU when Whittingham played there. Tim Davis, the offensive line coach, played at Utah and was an assistant at Idaho State alongside Whittingham.
Not to be overlooked is the Whittingham-Southern Utah University connection. Current Utah State coach Gary Andersen was an assistant at Utah with Whittingham, then went to SUU for a year and returned with a shopping list of coaches for Whittingham to hire. Defensive coordinator Kalani Sitake and receivers coach Aaron Roderick each played at BYU and was a graduate assistant there before moving on to SUU and then Utah.
High school relations director Aaron Alford and operations director Jeff Rudy both had ties to SUU before joining the Utah staff.
Ex-offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig was at Idaho State when he and Whittingham were assistants. Whittingham also recently hired Sharrieff Shah, who didn't play for him, but is a former Ute who has been a team sideline reporter for the last dozen years.
"Knowing the people and having that trust and familiarity is certainly important," Whittingham said.
He also said he used references from former Utah coaches Urban Meyer and Ron McBride.
It didn't always work out, as in Ludwig's case, but the overall success is undeniable. Last year the Utes went most of the season with backup Jon Hays after starting quarterback Jordan Wynn went down. Johnson, formerly the QB's coach, helped nurse Utah through what should have been a disastrous season. Instead, the Utes went 8-5, including a Sun Bowl win.
That was enough to convince Whittingham he had his man.
In that sense, Johnson isn't such a risk. He proved he could handle pressure as the U.'s quarterback in the 2008 Sugar Bowl season. He knows the landscape, knows the team's recruiting strengths and weaknesses. Just as importantly, he knows Coach Whit, who is a fine coach but a lousy candidate for "Let's Make a Deal."
He would never trade the kitchen appliance combo for whatever is behind Door No. 3.
So Utah is moving ahead with everybody from the neighborhood. While many teams claim nationwide searches to find coaches, the Utes are doing nicely with the people close to home. They are motivated, smart and successful. Beyond that, they're proving that sometimes the best answers are right beneath your nose.
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Nature Legislation - Fit for purpose and in need of action
The European Commission is currently carrying out an evaluation (so-called "Fitness Check") of the Birds and Habitats Directives and is considering revising them.
This process must not tamper with the existing legal texts but should instead be used as an opportunity to:
1. Ensure that EU nature legislation is fully and effectively implemented and enforced across all EU member states;
2. Improve coherence between biodiversity and relevant sectoral policies (e.g. agriculture, forest, energy);
3. Invest in nature via more biodiversity friendly financial and fiscal policies;
4. Ensure effective transparency and public participation to allow people and nature to work together.


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Enjoy a FREE trial of my site today. How to raise the perfect Puppy from http://45.gs/perfect-puppy looks at the most important things that you need to train your puppy and what is commonly taught at puppy school.
Training the sit, down and stay is good fun and can be useful but having a dog who is sociable and well behaved around other dogs and people is much more important.
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In 2018, these stipends are for students and young scientists to attend the joint Evolution congress in Montpellier, France (http://evolutionmontpellier2018.org/). The stipend will consist of a waiver of the conference registration fee (early bird rate at registration) and a contribution towards travel and living expenses (to be paid out as a reimbursement after the congress, based on specification of the expenses).
Deadline: closed on 28 February 2018
- Applicants must be ESEB members (for becoming an ESEB member, click here).
- Applications can be submitted by scientists at various stages of their professional career (e.g., Masters and PhD students, postdocs, and lecturers).
- Scientists working in a country with high GDP are not eligible (for the list of excluded countries see below).
- People who already received an ESEB travel stipend during the last five years are not eligible.
- Applicants must present either an oral communication or a poster at the respective meeting to be eligible for the award. This will be verified before the reimbursement, but no proof that a poster or talk is accepted is necessary at the application stage.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE STIPENDS ARE GIVEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANALOGOUS STIPENDS OFFERED BY THE SSE (separate call), SO THERE IS NO NEED TO APPLY TO BOTH!
The application should be no more than 2 pages long and include:
- Name of the applicant
- Budget, including sources of additional support
- An explanation of how attendance to the meeting will further the attendant's professional goals
Please submit the application as a single PDF-file by email to the ESEB Travel Bursary Committee, c/o Dr. Martijn Egas.
A support letter from the applicant advisor/mentor/senior colleague is also required. Support letters should be sent to the same email address (firstname.lastname@example.com) by the applicant's mentor.
Members professionally based in the following countries are not eligible for the travel stipend:
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text: Christmas season is just around the corner and there are now many companies that are preparing for their corporate Christmas gifts that they are going to give to their clients as well as employees. With all the many corporate gift ideas in the market today, finding the right one can be time consuming as well as confusing as each Christmas corporate gifts that you give should not only promote companies but it should also show how companies value the recipient of the gifts. Thus below are fail-safe corporate gift ideas that you can implement in your company this Christmas. Foods And Drinks Gift Basket If you are planning to give a gift basket this Christmas, then you should try giving a foods and drinks gift basket. The holiday season is the time for drinking and eating thus giving foods and drinks baskets is one of the best corporate gift ideas that you can give this Christmas. Food baskets may include assortments of Christmas treats like chocolates, fruitcakes, nuts and wines. Hobby Kit Clients who patronize your company and spend a lot of money every year can be given a hobby kit for Christmas. Corporate Christmas gifts such as hobby kits are a great way of thanking your clients for their support to your company. Examples of such corporate gift ideas include a golf set, scrapbooking materials and baking set. Gift Cards And Certificates You can also give non-specific gift cards to your clients and employees this year. The best thing about gift cards as corporate gifts ideas is that the recipient can spend it on things that they truly want. They will have the freedom to use the certificates on whatever it is that they fancy on. Gifts Related To Corporate Culture Another great gift idea that you can give to clients during Christmas are gifts that are related to the corporate culture. You can also give them to your employees as rewards for their hard work for the previous months. Examples include a desk or wall calendars of the following year, shirts, desk clocks, coffee mugs, umbrellas and memory sticks. There are many corporate Christmas gifts that you can give to your clients and it is important that you will be able to give gifts that are timely and practical so that your clients as well as employees will be able to use them wisely. Moreover, do not forget to put your company details on the gifts so that you can also advertise your company this holiday season.


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It seems like writing blog using Microsoft Word. I am very happy.
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Other things that happened include Google AdSense account approval and me changing the layout of this blog...
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Beer: Imperial
Brewery: Cerveceria Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica
|The glass provides a handy translation regarding its contents to the gringo turistas.
Yesterday, us Yanks celebrated our Independence Day. Costa Rica sort-of-kind-of has three independence days: first they said no más to Spain (September 15, 1821), then to Mexico (July 1, 1823), and then they finally split off from the United Provinces of Central America, which apparently was a thing, on March 21, 1847. Many Americans commemorated July 4th by drinking a lot of bad domestic beer. Costa Ricans really only celebrate the first independence day, September 15th, and I have no idea whether they drink a bunch of bad beer to celebrate, but if they do, they're probably drinking Imperial.
|Costa Rican Independence Day celebrations: less beer, more cows.
I have a theory as to why they only celebrate one of their three independence days: for the sake of their health. Imperial is a hyper-drinkable pale lager that, at a measly 4.6% ABV, can be consumed muy rápido. I don't want to know how spotty my liver would be if we celebrated The Fourth of July three times a year.
It's curious that the Crap National Lager of Costa Rica should be named Imperial, when the three aforementioned dates represent the nation's escape from the imperial rule of three separate entities. Funny, too, that the parent company that owns the Imperial brewery and brand, something called Florida Ice & Farm Company, has also started an empire of its own. While it already has a virtual monopoly on beer in Costa Rica (it owns the other big brands in the country too, Bavaria, Pilsen, and Rock Ice), it has made forays into the American market by recently purchasing the Magic Hat Brewing Company in Vermont and the Pyramid Brewing Company in Washington state. Reverse colonialism!
|Eagles have long been a symbol of imperial herarldry, as seen here in the flag of Albania, a bottle cap for mediocre beer, and the coat of arms of Austria.
Imperial's business is also surely helped by the influx of tourists that visit Costa Rica with colons to burn. Approximately 2.2 million foreign visitors knew the way to San Jose in 2011, making Costa Rica one of the most visited countries on earth, pound-for-pound. Most crappy Latin American beers are available in the States largely to serve the immigrant market, but there really isn't a large Costa Rican community anywhere in the U.S. because, shockingly, Costa Ricans aren't leaving Costa Rica; in fact, Costa Rica has the happiest population on Earth, according to the people that study these things. So if Imperial is selling in the States, it must be nostalgic tourists who are buying, as well as curious schmucks like me.
|Why are so many people going to Costa Rica? Because you can be in both of these places in the same day.


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Four out of family's six children emigrating
One Milford mother is trying not to think of the fact that four of her six children are leaving the country in search of work this week.
This Sunday, three members of the Orr family will be among seven people from the town of Milford who will board a flight and leave this country in search of work. Sharon, Ciaran, and Mark Orr are travelling to Perth on Monday while their brother Garrett, returns to London to work today.
Read Michelle Nic Phaidin's moving story in today's Donegal Democrat.


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This is another encaustic exploration piece, this time beginning with an image that I shot many years ago in Italy. I altered the image in photoshop, adhered it to the support and then laid wax over it in vertical stips. Then I went back into the image and added oil colour to the statue and leaves. I am amazed how the wax looks like rain coming down. What a cool medium encaustic is!
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CHICAGO � For the opening 15 minutes in Saturday night's game at DePaul, Arkansas-Pine Bluff appeared to be willing and able to give its opponent from the Big East Conference a run for its money.
CHICAGO � For the opening 15 minutes in Saturday night�s game at DePaul, Arkansas-Pine Bluff appeared to be willing and able to give its opponent from the Big East Conference a run for its money.
The Golden Lions trailed by just three points with under 5 minutes left in the first half. UAPB�s top scorer, Savalace Townsend was beginning to heat up, scoring seven of his team�s last eight points.
But DePaul had seen enough.
The Blue Demons sent any thought the Golden Lions had of an upset down the drain with a run that gave them a 20-point halftime lead en route to an 81-62 victory at McGrath-Phillips Arena, on the north side of Chicago.
�They were getting easy layups off our turnovers, shooting threes while we weren�t getting the ball past half-court,� Townsend said, �Four times down the court they were getting layups and threes and we weren�t productive.�
UAPB (1-8) had a promising start to the game, taking a 6-3 lead following a slam dunk and jumper from the right baseline by forward Daniel Broughton. The Lions led 8-5 after Jamar Harris scored on a layup.
And after falling behind 20-16, Townsend, who came into the contest averaging 18.4 points per game, scored three consecutive baskets and hit a free throw to pull the Lions within 27-24 with 4:29 to play before the break.
But that�s when the bottom fell out.
Starting with a putback slam by Krys Faber and ending with a layup from Moses Morgan, DePaul completed a 10-0 run for a 37-24 lead.
The Blue Demons (8-3) weren�t done punishing the Lions. By the time halftime arrived, DePaul had scored 21 of the last 25 points for a commanding 48-28 lead.
�The last three minutes of the first half we had too many turnovers and we dug that hole and it was hard to get out of,� Lions coach George Ivory said.
By looking at the field goal percentages in the first half alone, it would appear that UAPB had the edge, shooting 57 percent to DePaul�s 47.5. But the Lions took 19 fewer shots and made seven fewer baskets.
UAPB went 0-for-5 from beyond the 3-point line and turned the ball over a whopping 15 times to the Blue Demons five in the first 20 minutes. Those miscues led to 24 DePaul points in the first half, 33 for the game off 22 turnovers.
About the only energy the Lions showed in the last 4 minutes of the half was when Broughton and DePaul�s Cleveland Melvin shoved each other and exchanged words after a hard play.
DePaul didn�t let up in the second half, leading 65-38 in the first six minutes. The Blue Demons held four, 27-point leads in the last 20 minutes.
Townsend scored a game-high 23 points while Broughton added 18 and Mitchell Anderson chipped in 14 for the Lions. DePaul was led by Brandon Young, who scored 19, and Jeremiah Kelly with 15.
UAPB now has lost six straight. The Lions� last win came on Nov. 21 against Florida International.
They play their next game on Wednesday at Cincinnati, followed by a tournament at Texas-El Paso beginning Dec. 28. The Lions don�t play their first home game until Jan. 14.
�We had a nice amount of fans, alumni here in Chicago, but it�s different when you go on the road,� Townsend said. �The main thing is continuing to have confidence and have faith in yourself. We cherish the home games that we do have and want to take advantage of them.�
The tough slate of road games is providing the Lions with a good amount of experience once they begin play in the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
�One thing we always talk about is our goal of winning the SWAC championship,� Ivory said �These games are helping us learn and prepare on what we need to work on.�
A positive from the DePaul game is that UAPB finished with a 43.6 field goal percentage, an improvement on its 37.2 average. But it was the turnovers that hurt.
�We�re doing some good things, but the most important thing is taking care of that basketball,� Ivory said, �DePaul did a great job, they came out and put on a lot of pressure.�


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Common Flavor Compounds in Bier, and How to Spot ThemLeave a comment
September 22, 2014 by Prost Brewing
Each bier style has a unique flavor profile, as you've no doubt discovered from trying the full range of biers available at Prost Brewing. It's important to point out that a bier's flavors go far beyond the base ingredients used, and many factors in the overall brewing process influence how a bier tastes. Many flavor compounds in a bier are the result of the type of yeast used for fermentation, the temperature at which a bier ferments, the length of fermentation and lagering period, and other factors. Some flavor compounds are desirable at certain levels in particular bier styles, and others are not. Here's a look at some of the common flavor compounds and how to identify their taste.
One flavor compound that's easy to recognize is isoamyl acetate, which is a type of ester produced by the yeast that gives our Weißbier a banana flavor. Also found in many Belgian styles, isoamyl acetate is desirable in Weißbier because it gives the style an enjoyable layer of character and complexity. There's also ethyl acetate, which contributes a fruity, solventy, or sweet flavor to the bier; and phenethyl acetate, which tastes like roses, honey, or flowers. Certain levels of these flavors are appropriate in styles like Weißbier, but not in many other German bier styles.
A few other common flavor compounds are acetaldehyde, which tastes like green apple peel, latex paint, or a pumpkin, bready flavor; diacetyl, which tastes like butter or butterscotch; and trans-2-nonenal, which gives the bier a papery, cardboard or stale flavor. Like acetates, acetaldehyde and diacetyl are produced during fermentation. Trans-2-nonenal is produced when an older bier starts to break down, usually after months or years of storage.
Obviously, many of these flavors are undesirable in most bier styles, and can be mitigated or eliminated with proper brewing, fermentation and storage methods. Our status as a lager brauhaus dedicated to a long, cold lagering period after fermentation gives us an advantage in making sure unwanted flavor compounds don't make it into the finished product.


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Bieber is also currently helping PoP with Schools 4 All, a fundraising challenge to raise money and help Pencils of Promise build schools and provide basic education to the 75 million children across the world who don't have it.
An old soul is the last thing you would expect to find inside Justin Bieber. But all it takes is one listen to the 17 year-old soul-singing phenomenon to realize that he is light years ahead of his manufactured pop peers. After posting dozens of homemade videos on YouTube in 2007, where the multi-talented Bieber put his impeccable spin on songs from artists like Usher, Ne-Yo and Stevie Wonder, Justin racked up over 10,000,000 views purely from word of mouth.
A virtually untapped well of natural artistic talent, Justin Bieber is primed to be a solid force in music for many years to come. "I think older people can appreciate my music because I really show my heart when I sing, and it's not corny," he says. "I think I can grow as an artist and my fans will grow with me." And just think, he's just getting started.
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'Who's Who in Jamaica Business' 2014-2015 edition is out
The hotly anticipated second edition of Who's Who in Jamaica Business began arriving in corporate offices across Jamaica for the new year.
The nation's pre-eminent business-to-business publication, from Cousins Publishing Limited, once again showcases Jamaica's best business organisations and its leaders. The publishers also named Insurance Company of the West Indies founder Dennis Lalor, as its 2014-2015 business icon. With nearly 10,000 copies being circulated across the business community to domestic and foreign investors, and to foreign and Jamaican diplomatic missions, Who's Who in Jamaica Business 2014-2015 continues to be the foremost tool in promoting business connectivity locally, regionally and internationally by highlighting the top organisations and leaders in Jamaican business.
The publication, along with its accompanying website, whoswhojamaica.com, continues its mission to encourage business competition and innovation in Jamaica. Close to 100 of Jamaica's top companies and organisations are included in the publication and the website. Newer companies, new brands, innovative services, growing businesses, institutions of higher education and public sector organisations are all featured.
Cousins Publishing co-founder Din Duggan describes the second edition "as a testament to the resilience and grit of the Jamaican economy and its constituent parts".
He says: "These parts, the organisations featured within the pages of the publication, are the very best of the Jamaican business community - small, medium, and large enterprises whose leaders have worked assiduously to keep the economic engine of Jamaica churning."
Co-founder, Paul R. Lewis, notes, "Throughout the publication, the reader will find heavy doses of the economic prescription that will propel Jamaica's growth, [and] continued development of sophisticated small and medium enterprises, export-oriented entities, and Jamaica's burgeoning logistics capabilities."
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Each year, the publishers select and feature a business icon who has, throughout his/her career, made considerable contributions to the growth and development of Jamaica's business community. This year's icon, Lalor, is described as an extraordinary Jamaican who has led an exemplary life in business, philanthropy, and sports.
The publication also features a tribute to Francis 'Paco' Kennedy, late president of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce, by Milton Samuda, chairman of JAMPRO. It also includes an essay on Jamaica's logistics hub by Dr Eric Deans, chairman of the Jamaica Logistics Hub Taskforce of the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce.
Who's Who in Jamaica Business is not available on news stands. The publication is being distributed across the business community. It will also be featured in embassies and high commissions in Jamaica, Jamaican embassies across the world, Jamaican diaspora associations across the world, conferences, conventions, trade shows, airport first-class lounges, and various other locations locally, regionally, and internationally. Jamaica Gleaner business subscribers will also receive a copy of the publication. The content of the publication is also available on the website whoswhojamaica.com.
Who's Who in Jamaica Business is a critical tool in connecting business organisations with potential investors and partners, locally, regionally and internationally.


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Riders with rigid schedule and who strictly stick to it will not only fore go and by pass chances to stop and smell the roses like, taking leisurely meals and see some exotic sites. It will also expose them to dangerous situations because they force themselves to ride even if they lack sleep and tired.
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And of course a few calisthenics( before and after a ride), proper nutrition and constant re-hydration by drinking a lot of water will increase your energy, makes you more alert and consequently enable you to experience an enjoyable journey on a bike. These tips are boring i know, but these are time tested solutions for fighting fatigue.
One of other major concerns of riders who are planning to embark on a long motorcycle trek is gas mileage. How many miles does a tank full of gas cover? You would not want to be stranded in a strange deserted road and as darkness fall ,waiting for someone who would come by and help you.
The main idea here is to find ways to maximize the gas tank capacity. Make sure to load up a full tank of fuel before a long leg. Some bikes will take a minute or two before the air escapes around the filler baffle and adding a squirt or two will get much more fuel to the tank. Another way is to straighten up the motorcycle instead of leaning it on the side stand will get significantly more fuel into the tank.
If you have 5.0 gallon tank, it will take about 4.0 gallons of gas consumption when the low-fuel light blinks for the first time. You have about 1.0 gallon of gas left and you can go approximately 40 miles at 45 mph after that. You have to pull over and fill up the tank completely when the low-fuel light comes on.
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Managing a business can be overwhelming as you need to wear different hats to be able to fill in several roles and manage different aspect of the business. Every day, you will encounter new problems but there are lingering ones.
What better way to solve these problems is to know them, and here are some that you might encounter:
- Proper business setup
One of the primary problems that most business owners encounter is the registration. Most of the new business owners who are not familiar with the law tend to disregard proper business registration. You might be putting your business in a difficult position, especially with the authorities. So even before you launch your business, you need to ensure that you have the necessary papers to prove that your business is legit and is following the standard set by the government.
Consult with a trusted Ajman Free Zone company setup firms to know the process and know what requirements needed for the business application and registration.
- Building connection
This hold true with business owners who come from different locations. Since they don't know a soul in the new location, they are having hard time building a connection with the right people and businesses. It may take some time to gather people on your list, but you just need to be patient with it.
It would be best to be active on the scene. Attend fairs and events that is related to your business and trade. Do not be afraid to speak with individuals whom you think can help improve your business.
- Connecting with the market
Connecting with your target audience takes a lot of effort and a lot of businesses, old and new, are struggling to keep up with their target market. If you are having a hard time on getting the attention of your market segment, you need to go back to your drawing board and see what you can enhance with your branding and marketing.
- Managing the cash flow
Cash flow management is a problem that many companies deal with. Mainly because some of the finance team of these companies are young and inexperienced. Or there have been discrepancies on the accounting and finance. Better check the finance team and have a regular hurdle with them to know what is going on with your cash flow. Be sure to make some changes to ensure that your profits and expenditures are balanced and on track.
- Managing people and employees
Managing people and employees is also a challenge that many organizations deal with. But this can be doubly hard when you are handling an overseas office. You need to deal with diverse personality and culture. To get the hang of this, be sure to know the labor laws and get in touch with your employees once in a while. Get to know them better and see what improvement you can make in terms of employee relations.
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Following implementation of the amended Transparency Directive (2013/50/EU), effective 29 January 2016, several transparency requirements have changed for issuers. We refer to our July 2015 Newsletter for an overview of the most relevant changes.
Under the new rules, issuers must disclose their home Member State. In the Netherlands, this must be done by means of a press release and filing certain information with the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, the "AFM") and with the competent authority of any host Member State (where applicable) before 27 February 2016.
The AFM distinguishes between two types of issuers:
- issuers with a registered office in the Netherlands that have issued debt securities with a denomination per debt security of less than EUR 1,000 or issuers that have issued shares; and
- other issuers.
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For the issuers referred to under (i) above, the Netherlands is the home Member State and these issuers should disclose this to (a) the AFM and (b) the competent authorities of all Member States in which its securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market.
The issuer must complete a form prepared by the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") and submit it by email to firstname.lastname@example.com. The current template can be found here.
The issuers referred to under (ii) must disclose their home Member State to, where applicable:
- the competent authority of the Member State where they have their registered office (only if these issuers are incorporated in the EU);
- the competent authority of the home Member State; and
- the competent authorities of all Member States in which the securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market.
Category (ii) issuers that have to notify the AFM can do this by completing the ESMA form and submitting it by email to email@example.com.
It is important to note that category (i) or (ii) issuers may have to disclose their home Member State to multiple competent authorities.
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Press Release (Embassy of Pakistan)
Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in Kuwait in collaboration with Management of Zahra Consumer Co-operative Society (Jamaiyya) is organising a 10-Day "Made in Pakistan Festival" starting from 7th February till 17th of February, 2016 in the premises of Zahra Co-op. The event is sponsored by Pakistan Business Centre.
The Pakistani community are cordially invited along with their families to attend this 10-day event.


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(Fremont County, Wyo.) - Rainbird Sprinkler representatives will be in the Linton's Big R parking lot with their product trailer today, June 9th from 11:00 am till 6:00 pm to demonstrate their latest products!
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MBGA Pub Night Treehouse of... Costumes?
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Date: Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013
Time: 7-10pm
Location: Tapp's Neighborhood Pub
Address: 1105 St.Mary's
Costume contest! <------ 'nuff said. Wear em if you've got em!
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Status update meetings have dubious reputations. They can take too much time, apply to some team members more than others, and bore participants through static one-way presentations that could have been replaced by an email or shared document. According to a survey conducted by Clarizen, "employed Americans spend an average of 4.6 hours each week preparing for status meetings and 4.5 hours attending general status meetings." Status meetings can waste people's time and energy, and as a result, a company's financial resources.
Alignment meetings, on the other hand, offer more promise for honoring people's time and moving work forward. Alignment meetings differ fundamentally in objective and design from status update meetings. Here we share Meeteor's journey from holding weekly status meetings to having more dynamic, and less frequent, alignment meetings. We hope our learnings can help you transform your staff meetings into something your team members look forward to rather than dread.
As a company that improves meeting process and effectiveness, we wanted to design optimally effective meetings, and it took us a few iterations to get there.
As with all our meetings, we create meeting agendas in Meeteor to frame the conversation. We started our journey using Trello for meeting pre-work. Trello is a project management software which presents information across time or stage of development rather than just as a list, and was already being used by our product development (dev) team.
To prepare for our team meetings, every workstream leader in every department would post what their team was working on or had accomplished. We asked everyone to review the updates before the meeting; the meeting itself would be an overall review and deep dive into specific issues that needed conversation in real time. We discovered that while Trello works well for the dev team, it did not end up being the right platform to make our weekly team meetings more productive. Here's why:
We also experimented with cancelling team meetings entirely and replacing them with "daily standups." Since we're a virtual team, we conducted these daily work shares in our online chat rooms. Every morning at 9am EST, each team member would spend a few minutes posting three items:
The goal of the daily standup was to facilitate cross-team collaboration without spending time in a regular real-time meeting. However, as our team and the complexity of the work grew, it became more challenging to keep up with all the updates. For example, while the dev team members understood each other's updates, the information was not as helpful for members of the marketing department, and vice versa. Once in awhile there might be some cross-team task that would get resolved through the standup, but it did not justify the effort of a daily share. Finally, the nitty gritty details of this kind of stand up did not provide the big picture of Meeteor's progress.
We have since shifted to a company milestone driven approach and a bi-weekly 45 minute team alignment meeting. The purpose of the team alignment meeting is to help everyone take action based on the progress of each team, and to have have real-time conversations on important topics. For example, when the product team is ready to release new features, the marketing and customer success teams communicate these features to customers through our marketing website, newsletter and help articles. Alternately, customer feedback could help the product development team prioritize tasks.
Here are 7 learnings we've discovered in our efforts to move our team meetings towards greater productivity. We hope they can help your company meetings become more useful and less time-intensive!
Instead of Trello, we now use a table in Google Docs with space to fill in team milestones and progress. Each workstream leader updates the status of their work prior to the meeting. The meeting leader sends an agenda to the group in advance, with a reminder to review the document. This lets us see team progress and comment on each other's work, all before a meeting even occurs. We use our meeting time for clarifying, brainstorming, and problem solving discussions, and less for reporting out.
Each workstream leader starts their section with a high level recap and then we open it up for questions and input from the whole team. The purpose of having the meeting rather than solely relying on the Google doc is to draw out the great minds of our team and get feedback on questions. Each person should enter the meeting asking, "How does what I'm seeing/hearing affect my work? What do I need from my colleagues in order to move my work forward? What questions or ideas do I have that can help them move their work forward?"
After several experiments, our team landed on the frequency of meeting every other week. We hold the time on our calendars as a recurring event. But even then, if there are no big updates or we have addressed most questions before the meeting, we cancel the meeting and give people their time back. Never meet just for the sake of meeting.
With team members across 5 countries and 4 time zones, we make sure our virtual participants participate verbally during meetings. Meeting facilitators make statements like, "Let's start with feedback from our virtual participants," or "Alek, what do you think about this topic?"
Choose video over audio for your virtual meetings. Make sure everyone's face is visible on the screen so people can take in each other's body language, too.
Sometimes a topic that only concerns a few people on the team starts to unfold into a full-fledged discussion – this is not the best use of the full team's time. We have a norm that empowers every participant to speak up when the topic is too detailed Anyone can ask the small group to take the conversation offline instead, so the team alignment meeting can stay on track.
Since our team is scattered around the world, team alignment meetings are one of our few opportunities to all be together at the same time (even if virtually). While we share personal news and funny stories in our online chat rooms, hearing people's voices and conversing in real time is still a valuable part of team bonding. We often take the first few minutes of these meetings to quickly share what's happening in our lives outside of work.
As you may gather from this article, we experiment with different meeting formats to best serve what our company needs at any particular moment. We reflect together on our work and adjust our process accordingly. And, we encourage team members to challenge our current way of meeting at any time.
What is the state of your team meetings? Which of these learnings could improve them? What are other learnings you've uncovered for more effective team meetings? Please let us know in the comments section below!
Meeteor's new book, Momentum: Creating Effective, Engaging and Enjoyable Meetings, is now available on Amazon. Click here to get your copy today.


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Squatting and the law
Squatting in non-residential properties
A non-residential property is any building or land that is not designed to be lived in.
Simply being on another person's non-residential property without their permission is not usually a crime. The police can take action if squatters commit other crimes when entering or staying in a property.
Crimes include:
- causing damage when entering the property
- causing damage while in the property
- not leaving when they're told to by a court
- stealing from the property
- using utilities like electricity or gas without permission
- fly-tipping
- not obeying a noise abatement notice
Contact the police if you see someone breaking into or damaging property.


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Sneaky Name Change Has High Fructose Corn Syrup Hiding In Your Health Food
Written by Samantha Clove Consumers are finally catching on to the fact that what we put in our mouths effects our waistline as well as our health. Since consumers have become much smarter and finally waking up to these realities, they are demanding healthier food choices. Every food company is smearing 100% natural on every box of anything regardless of whats inside the box….


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Thursday, 28 April 2011
A Better Resurrection
Women received their dead raised to life again. Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection, Hebrews 11.35
This is perhaps a part of the famous chapter 11 passage in Hebrews that most people don't hear preached that often. We love the stories of faith where people triumph and breakthrough. But this speaks of some who chose death over compromising their faith. They did not accept deliverance because it was not offered on God's terms. Stephen, the first martyr in the church comes to mind. He died as a bold witness to Jesus and now looks forward to a better resurrection.
In the context of the passage the writer is thinking of the accounts where those who had died were raised to life again. Five accounts spring to mind. Three in the Old testament and three in the New:
1. 1Kings 17.7-24 Elijah raising the son of a widow
2. 2 Kings 4:18-37 Elisha raising the Shunammite widow's son
3. 2Kings 13.21 A dead man is buried in Elisha's grave and when he touches his bones comes back to life.
4. Luke 7.11-16 The raising of the widow at Nain's son by Jesus
5. Mark 5.21-43 Jesus raises Jairus' daughter from the dead
6. John 11 Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead
In all these accounts the people who came back to life would die again! And this is the point of the writer in Hebrews. There is a better resurrection. It is described in more detail by Paul in 1 Corinthians 15. I'll say more about that later. Let's quickly review the book of Hebrews to see how significant this word 'better' is. It is used twelve times in this thirteen chapter letter.
In the first two chapters Jesus is presented as better than the angels; Heb 1.4. The angels of God are commanded to worship Jesus, Heb 1.6 (something only reserved for God). In fact he goes on to say;
But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom
What could be more explicit. The Son is called God! This became important because many saw Jesus as as angel; a high ranking angel. But the writer leaves us with no doubt. Jesus is better. He did not take on the form of an angel but that of a man, Heb 2.16. He did as a man what He could not do as an angel - die for the sin of the world. Angels are servants to us. They are good, but Jesus is better.
In chapter 3 we have the contrast between Jesus and Moses. Moses was a faithful servant of God who build God's house. But Jesus is the house that we are built into, Heb 3.4-5. He is better than Moses. Moses brings us the law, but Jesus brings grace and truth, John 1.17. As a servant Moses was good, but Jesus is better.
In chapter 4 we read that Jesus is better than Joshua. (Joshua is the Hebrew name for Jesus). Joshua led the people of God into the promised land. The goal was to defeat all of their enemies so that they might have 'rest'. But Jesus is better than Joshua because He gives us a better rest. It is a rest that is rooted in the work of God; a rest we enter into by faith. We don't fight for this rest because Jesus has accomplished it for us. We enter in by faith. Joshua was good. Jesus is better!
In chapters 5-7 Jesus is seen as better than Aaron, the High Priest. Aaron's priesthood passed down from father to son. It was limited to the tribe of Levi and males over 20. But the priesthood of Jesus is after the order of Melchizedek. Now he was an old Testament character who suddenly appears in Genesis when Abraham is returning form the battle of the kings. He blesses Abraham and receives tithes from him from the spoils of the battle.
A number of significant points emerge. His name Melchizedek means 'King of Righteousness'. But he is also the King of Jerusalem. The word Jerusalem means 'Peace'. So this person is a King, the king of righteousness and the king of peace and a Priest of the Most High God. Not only that, there is no record of his birth or death. He just appears on the scene! And so he is a perfect type of Jesus; the one with no beginning and no end; who is also a King and a Priest. Aaron was good but Jesus is better.
In chapters 8 - 10 we see that Jesus offers a better sacrifice than Aaron did. The priests of the OT offered the blood of bulls and goats. Each year on the day of atonement this ritual was repeated. The sacrifices could not permanently deal with sin or touch the conscience of the worshipper. But Jesus totally puts away sin by the sacrifice of Himself and presents His blood in the tabernacle in Heaven. There He lives able to make intercession for us and waiting for His enemies to be subdued. It's done forever. No more sacrifices. No more bad conscience. No more wondering if you are forgiven. It's a better covenant with better promises, Heb 8.6.
In chapter 11 we see the importance of faith in the whole process. It is no longer about ceremony, rituals, the righteousness of the law or staying with the old. We have to move on. Now it is about entering into the new by faith; a principle that has always been there for those who had eyes to see it. Abraham looked for a city that had foundations, whose builder and maker was God, Heb 11.10. Jerusalem became the prototype of the Heavenly Jerusalem that will one day come down from heaven.
In chapter 12 we have come to a better mountain. Sinai was where the law was given. But it was a fearful experience. There was thunder and lightening. A perimeter was set up so that no one could approach the mountain less they were killed. But Zion is the heavenly mountain where God has established the New covenant. It is surrounded with angels and the church and the saints who have gone before us.
There the blood of Jesus speaks better things than the blood of Able. Both men where innocent victims killed before their time. The difference is that Able had his life taken, whereas Jesus gave his life willingly. Abel's blood cries out for justice. Jesus' blood cries out for mercy. It is better.
In chapter 13 there is a better alter. The alter in Jerusalem was limited to the Levites. But the New Covenant gives us a spiritual alter of worship no longer limited to the Levites but open to all those who have faith in Jesus; no longer limited to Jerusalem but available in all places where people call on the name of the Lord from a pure heart.
Everything about Jesus and what He has accomplished is better. So now we come back to this phrase - a better resurrection. In what way is it better? It is better qualitatively in four ways:
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory:
It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body, 1Cor 15.42-44
1. Our current bodies age and die. Every restoration to life in the Bible with the exception of Jesus meant those people would die again. But the resurrection of Jesus is different. He rose from the dead and holds the keys of death and Hades, Rev 1.18. Death no longer has power over Him and so it will have no power over us. Our new bodies will be incorruptible! No more sickness, no more death. Better!
2. When we die decay sets in, immediately. Dead bodies hold no glory, no beauty, no honour. But the new resurrection body is totally glorious. Like Jesus at the transfiguration in Matthew 17 it will shine forth with the brightness of the sun. So we will literally reflect His glory with our bodies.
3. As our natural bodies get older they get weaker; until one day we die. Even a top athlete must rest. There is a limit to what a strong man can carry. But the new resurrection body will be characterised by power. There is a new source of energy animating us. Not only that Jesus had the ability to appear in a locked room as in John 20.26; or to disappear right on front of people as in Luke 24.30.
4. Finally the new resurrection body is 'spiritual' as opposed to 'natural'. A natural body is something we are all born with. We learn to relate to our world through this natural body. Only through the new birth do we learn there is a different way of living. It's called living by faith. Those who live this way learn that what we receive through our natural senses can fool us. They often don't take into account God's word or God's purpose. We have to learn to live being led by the Spirit. This is what makes us 'spiritual'.
In the resurrection this will be easy. The spirit will govern freely. At present there is sometimes a battle that goes on in us to respond and obey the Spirit. The Bible calls this the war between the flesh and the spirit; Gal 5.16-18. This ends with the resurrection. The flesh that has been crucified will be finally put away and swallowed up in the new incorruptible, glorious, powerful, spiritual body of the future. It will be far better.
So make choices in life now that reflect the certainty of this hope that is ours. I like the attitude of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. These young men were challenged to bow down and worship the statue of Nebuchadnezzar. Listen to their response to the King in this modern translation:
"O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God whom we serve is able to save us. He will rescue us from your power, Your Majesty. But even if he doesn't, we want to make it clear to you, Your Majesty, that we will never serve your gods or worship the gold statue you have set up." Daniel 3.16-18
I like that. God can rescue us but even if He doesn't we will never serve your gods. That's gutsy. That's confidence. That's placing your hope in a better resurrection and not coming under the power of the fear of man. And look at how the story played out. As you read it think about your own life. Are you aiming for the better at any price or just settling for what works for now? Don't sacrifice the truth on the alter of your fear or convenience. Aim higher.
Nebuchadnezzar was so furious with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that his face became distorted with rage. He commanded that the furnace be heated seven times hotter than usual. Then he ordered some of the strongest men of his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and throw them into the blazing furnace. So they tied them up and threw them into the furnace, fully dressed in their pants, turbans, robes, and other garments. And because the king, in his anger, had demanded such a hot fire in the furnace, the flames killed the soldiers as they threw the three men in. So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, securely tied, fell into the roaring flames.
But suddenly, Nebuchadnezzar jumped up in amazement and exclaimed to his advisers, "Didn't we tie up three men and throw them into the furnace?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, we certainly did," they replied.
"Look!" Nebuchadnezzar shouted. "I see four men, unbound, walking around in the fire unharmed! And the fourth looks like a god[g]!"
Then Nebuchadnezzar came as close as he could to the door of the flaming furnace and shouted: "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out! Come here!"
So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego stepped out of the fire. Then the high officers, officials, governors, and advisers crowded around them and saw that the fire had not touched them. Not a hair on their heads was singed, and their clothing was not scorched. They didn't even smell of smoke!
Then Nebuchadnezzar said, "Praise to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! He sent his angel to rescue his servants who trusted in him. They defied the king's command and were willing to die rather than serve or worship any god except their own God. Therefore, I make this decree: If any people, whatever their race or nation or language, speak a word against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, they will be torn limb from limb, and their houses will be turned into heaps of rubble. There is no other god who can rescue like this!"
Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to even higher positions in the province of Babylon.
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Worlds to Come: Science Fiction Adventure Classics by Damon Knight
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
A collection of classic SF from some of the great authors.
We open with "The Sentinel" by Arthur C. Clarke, the seed from which 2001 grew, and an example of Clarke's ability to make a story out of "here is this great thing I witnessed, without really affecting the outcome; isn't that amazing?"
"Moonwalk" by H. B. Fyfe is a survival story which reminded me of Andy Weir's The Martian, though of course it's much shorter and more concentrated (and the protagonist isn't a smartass). The tension is well sustained.
"Mars is Heaven" by Ray Bradbury is an example of Bradbury's trademark bizarre imagination and ability to tie science fiction and American small-town life together in a way that works.
"The Edge of the Sea" by Algis Budrys tells of a not-quite-first-contact scenario through a Hemingwayesque character who discovers a spaceship about to be washed away by the tide and is determined to keep it in case there's some kind of reward - and he has nothing better to do, anyway, so he'll risk his life and put out immense effort, giving meaning to the struggle by the fact that he engages in it.
"The Martian Way" by Isaac Asimov continues a kind of working-class hero vibe that's developing in the collection, as Martian colonists bravely obtain water from one of the moons of Saturn and show up a populist Earth politician for the fool he is.
"The Big Contest" by John D. MacDonald is another blue-collar first contact story, involving a spitting contest.
"Ordeal in Space" by Robert A. Heinlein shows us a spacer with what we would now call PTSD, able to overcome his fears when he needs to help a fellow creature. I had forgotten how fond Heinlein was of cats, and this story endears him to me more than most of his others.
"That Share of Glory" by C.M. Kornbluth shows us a member of a monastic guild of translators whose mission is to spread utilitarian civilisation. He learns some lessons about life in the field on his first assignment that he wasn't taught in the Order.
Finally, "Sunken Universe" by James Blish gives us one of those "bizarre milieu" stories that affirm the human spirit in any kind of situation.
Overall, indeed, this is a collection all about the human spirit, the spirit of ordinary people (or rather ordinary men, given the time period) in extraordinary situations, mostly exploratory ones. There's some fine writing in it, and some fine thinking too.
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Saturday, 21 November 2015
Review: Worlds to Come: Science Fiction Adventure Classics
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A job! Finally!
It's official, pending the results of my drug test, which SHOULD be clean, after all, I don't do any drugs, I got a job!
It's at Walmart, as an overnight maintenance worker. Pretty much means cleaning and polishing the floors, and cleaning up the bathrooms and the parking lot. I'm ecstatic to have finally actually landed a job! It's been so long, I don't know what to do with myself. Oh yeah, I know, go to work like everyone else!
Anyway, there's still things pending with the OTHER job opportunity, well one of the other ones. Security clearances are pretty hard to get, if for nothing else than all the info that must be collected. There are some additions that I need to make, and then there's still no guarantee that I'll even GET the clearance, so I may not be able to work for them at all. Then there's the job at Advance Auto Parts that I may be getting a call about next week, but see that's the trouble, I can't take all 3 of these jobs, there just isn't enough of me, or time, to go around, as much as I'd like to work for them all.
So, I suppose if things work out, and I do get that clearance, I'll take that job because of the pay. Although they may elect to keep me anyway, just not on that contract, even if I don't get it. So we'll see. But at least now I do know for sure I got at least one job. I'm so grateful to have been given these opportunities, the universe has truly blessed me. Stay tuned folks for updates on my first day, and just things in general, hopefully when my financial situation improves I will have something else to talk about, LOL!


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Kenneth Taylor; Flew Against Pearl Harbor Raiders
Sunday, December 3, 2006
Kenneth M. Taylor, 86, an Army Air Forces pilot who managed to get airborne under fire near Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and shot down at least two Japanese attacking aircraft, died Nov. 25 at an assisted living residence in Tucson. He had been ill since hip surgery two years ago.
He was a new second lieutenant on his first assignment, posted in April 1941 to Wheeler Army Airfield in Honolulu. A week before the Japanese attacked, his 47th Pursuit Squadron was temporarily moved to Haleiwa Field, an auxiliary airstrip about 10 miles from Wheeler, for gunnery practice.
After a night of poker and dancing at the officers' club at Wheeler, where the dress code required tuxedoes, 21-year-old Lt. Taylor and fellow pilot George Welch awoke to the sound of planes flying low, machine-gun fire and explosions. They learned that two-thirds of the U.S. aircraft at the main bases of Hickam and Wheeler fields were demolished or unable to fly.
They quickly pulled on their tuxedo pants and, while Welch ran to get Lt. Taylor's new Buick, Lt. Taylor, without orders, called Haleiwa and commanded the ground crews to get two P-40 fighters armed and ready for takeoff.
Strafed by Japanese aircraft, the pair sped 10 miles from Honolulu to Haleiwa. At the airstrip, they climbed into their fighters, which were fueled but not fully armed, took off and soon attracted fire from the Japanese, who had not expected to be challenged in the air. Suddenly, they were in combat, two pilots against 200 to 300 Japanese aircraft.
Soon out of ammunition, Welch and Lt. Taylor landed at Wheeler to rearm. Senior officers ordered them to stay on the ground.
"He had been wounded by that point and was bleeding," said Lt. Taylor's son, retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Kenneth Taylor Jr. "But while ground crews were rearming the planes, and he was being lectured on his behavior, the Japanese attacked Wheeler again. That scattered the crowd, and [Lt. Taylor and Welch] took off. My dad actually hit some ammo carts as he was taking off and fired his guns before he was off the ground."
His father told the Army Times in 2001: "I took off right toward them, which gave me the ability to shoot at them before I even left the ground. I got behind one of them and started shooting again. The only thing I didn't know at that time was that I got in the middle of the line rather than the end. There was somebody on my tail.
"They put a bullet right behind my head through the canopy and into the trim tab inside. So I got a little bit of shrapnel in my leg and through the arm. It was of no consequence; it just scared the hell out of me for a minute."
Official records credit Lt. Taylor with two kills. His son noted that his father thought he had two more, although in the heat of the battle he didn't see the planes hit the ground, and potential witnesses were too busy to keep track. Welch was credited with four downed Japanese planes. American aircraft losses were estimated at 188 destroyed and 159 damaged, and the Japanese lost 29 planes.
For their service, Lt. Taylor and Welch were awarded the first Distinguished Service Crosses of World War II. Lt. Taylor later received the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Air Medal and other decorations. He also received a Purple Heart for his injuries.
A family friend, John Martin Meek, has been trying for the past five years to get the Distinguished Service Cross upgraded to a Medal of Honor, with a campaign at his Web site, http:/


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Imax unveils second Russian theatre deal
Karo Film to open at least two digital theatresTORONTO -- Russian exhibitor Karo Film Management has picked up two Imax digital theatres for New York and St. Petersburg, with an option for a third.
As part of its agreement, Karo Film is to install the Moscow theatre in January 2011, followed by a St. Petersburg location in April 2011.
The exhibitor could then install a third system in either city further out.
The Karo Film deal follows Kazakhstan exhibitor Kinopark last week agreeing to install three Imax theatres in that Russian market by the end of 2012 (HR, Sept. 16).
Karo Film, which opened Russia's first multiplex in 2001, operates 32 locations with 169 screens.