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“God didn't call the perfect version of you, the version that has years of experience or the version that has it all figured out.” writes John Zick. “In fact, He has no desire for a version of you that does not desperately need him. Paul understood this when he said in 2 Corinthians 12:9 [NLT], ‘I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.'” In this episode of the Influence Podcast, I talk to Zick about being called into ministry, recognizing personal imperfections, and learning from others on the leadership journey. I'm George P. Wood, executive editor of Influence magazine and your host. John Zick is an ordained Assemblies of God minister, director of the AG's Called initiative, and editor of From Leaders For Leaders: A Guide for Those Called Into Ministry, published by GPH. ————— This episode of the Influence podcast is brought to you by My Healthy Church, distributors of Guided Student Devotional. Guided Student Devotional will help youth develop a habit of spending time with God and reading His Word every day. Each devotion will focus on a dimension of a Spirit-filled disciple: Bible, Holy Spirit, Mission, Prayer, Worship, Service, and Generosity. For more information about the Guided Student Devotional, visit MyHealthyChurch.com.

“To invest one's life in the next generation for the sake of the kingdom of God is to do the work that Jesus did,” writes Lee Rogers. “Few will notice the nobility and spiritual richness of the work, yet for those who minister to the next generation, the value is high — and the impact is eternal.” In this episode of the Influence Podcast, I talk to Rogers about what NextGen ministry is, why it's important, and what factors contribute to long-term effectiveness. I'm George P. Wood, executive editor of Influence magazine and your host. Lee Rogers is a NextGen ministry veteran with over 25 years of experience working with young people. He serves as director of Student Evangelism for Assemblies of God Youth Ministries and is author of NextGen High Scores: How to Win at Ministry to the Next Generation, published by GPH. ————— This episode of the Influence Podcast is brought to you by My Healthy Church, distributors of Bible Engagement Project. Bible Engagement Project equips churches with free curriculum for preschool, kids, youth, and adults, available in both English and Spanish. The curriculum library provides you with discipleship resources that transform lives and anchor your church in the Bible. Visit BibleEngagementProject.com to create your free account.

In this episode we speak with Rachel Ryan, a Visiting Assistant Professor at GPH, about her journey from an Air Force linguist to a public health nutritionist. Rachel discusses her transition from military intelligence to nutrition advocacy, underscoring the role of discipline and strategic planning in public health. Her story illustrates the impact of life transitions on career paths and the value of diverse experiences in shaping effective health advocacy. Rachel's insights into the connections between military service, motherhood, and nutrition offer a unique perspective on addressing nutritional challenges and promoting health. To learn more about the NYU School of Global Public Health, and how our innovative programs are training the next generation of public health leaders, visit http://www.publichealth.nyu.edu.

In this episode, Andy interviews Kevin Miller, CEO, Praxxis Manufacturing. Company Website: https://www.h2owize.com/ YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/CZfaKbiE-Tg   ----------------------- Joining me today is Kevin Miller, the CEO and co founder of Praxis. The manufacturers of the retro pressure regulator and other water conservation products earlier in his career. Kevin co founded, built and led three companies that generated substantial revenue in the hundreds of millions. Alongside this, he made strategic investments and joined Goldstur. A pioneering bootstrap startup that developed an automated retail kiosk for the analysis and appraisal of precious metal jewelry. Currently, Kevin serves as the co founder and CEO of Praxis, a company renowned for its creation of H2O Wise water conservation products specifically designed for the landscape industry. Kevin, welcome to the show.  Thanks for having me this morning.  I am really excited to talk to you because I think you've got some hidden gems of products that I'm sure a lot of listeners aren't familiar with yet, but I think they will become familiar with your products over time. And sometimes it's harder to be an incumbent in this industry when there's a couple big brands that tend to own a lot of the shelf space. So really look forward to learning about your innovations and perhaps some of your go to market strategy and such.  Absolutely. Let me just get started by giving you a little more background on the company and myself. I've always been involved in the manufacturing space and right out of college, I went to work for a Pentair, a big manufacturer of pumps, filters, and heaters, and got involved in product development. And if there's one thing that I truly love is just that, developing products. Working on hard, complicated solutions to everyday problems. It may not be a super sexy thing, like irrigation or pool equipment. But with Praxis, we've been able to develop a couple of unique patented products that save water, save money, and also divert plastic waste from our landfills. And the Retro Regulator is one such product. And this came about at the height of the pandemic. We had just launched the H2OWISE brand in 2019 at the Las Vegas IA show and the world shut down. It was a unique experience going through that. And we continued working, we had a a product that had been we tested the concept, worked great. And California was just going to mandated PRS. And when you look at the amount of sprinklers that are in the ground, just in the state of California, there are over 450 million that have zero pressure regulation in them for the most part. And when you extrapolate that through the entire United States, that number quickly rose as you can imagine. We wanted to offer a solution that was easy for the pro contractor and also for a homeowner to be able to retrofit a product. Into an existing sprinkler already in the ground. There was born retro regulator. Several iterations. What was can I ask you, was this the first product that Praxis developed? No. Which was first? So our water irrigation ring was the first product that we developed. And Praxis started as a OEM manufacturing company. So we do custom injection molding and custom design work for other large OEMs. Not just in the irrigation space, but also in the pool and spa industry. So WaterWell was the first H2O wise branded product that we launched into the market in 2019. Okay. And when you say OEM, does that also like contract work? Let's say I've got a new widget that I want to make. Could I contact you to manufacture it? Exactly. Yes. You never know, I might be contacting you someday. Yeah, give us a call. Okay, so you started with the water well, and from what I understand, that's like a drip ring? Yeah, it's an irrigation ring. It's designed to go around new and relatively new trees that are planted either on slopes, on parkways, and it includes a five GPH drip emitters and a non eroding well that goes around the tree. We make them in a couple different sizes. And what it does is it allows for 100% water absorption right to that root ball, which is critical, as in the first year or two of growth to get that tree established and get those roots established. But also collects rainwater prevents erosion and runoff. And like I said, 100% water absorption, no waste. Wow. Versus what would be the alternate? A dirt well. A dirt well with a bubbler. That's common practice that the landscape architects use. And dirt wells erode within six to 12 months. And as bubblers get clogged. They're not obviously sometimes not you can get 10 GPH and get five GPH out of them so they can be variable. So ours is a fixed GPH and flow. Okay. And approximately what year did you come out with that product? That was 2019 at the IA show in Vegas. So right before the world shut down. And was that kind of the kickoff to the company was with that product? That was the kickoff to brand H2OI. Praxis has been around since 2017 doing that. Okay. OEM injection molding and design work. And then you said during the pandemic is when you came out with the retro regulator. Exactly. Yeah, obviously we had a lot of free time and we were in the midst of the worst drought in Western States history. And we came up with the solution, literally in my garage, tinkering with things with sprinklers and made a few prototypes, put them in my yard, watched them run for about three to six months and we knew we had something. Do you remember where you were or how you first had the idea for this? Yeah, I think I was actually cleaning out my garage the first couple of months of the pandemic because there was nothing else to do. And I came across some old sprinkler heads. We weren't allowed to water more than a couple of days a week. And I found a few OEM heads that had this pressure regulation device in them. This is before the PRS mandate hit California. And I thought, wow, what a, what an idea. What a great idea to be able to regulate flow in each and every head and have even distribution. Now, what if I don't want to go spend eight or 9 for a new head? I've got all these perfectly good heads. in the ground in my yard that worked great. What if we came up with a device that allowed you to retrofit your existing head? So you didn't have to throw away all that plastic and go buy a new one. And literally that's how it was born. What type of sprinklers were you first experimenting with? Rain Bird 1800s. That's what I predominantly have in my yard. And I've got a few Hunter Pro Sprays that were put in as repairs. And what I'll do for those that are listening is I'll drop... Some links on the episode so you can click through and learn more about the retro regulator, but let's maybe you could just describe it the best that you can, for people listening since they can't see it and if they're not familiar with it, let's just describe it. Yeah, absolutely. The regulator is about an inch and a quarter tall and it is designed to go in the flow tube or the riser of the sprinkler. What you do is you unscrew the cap, take out the guts. And literally with your thumb, press one of these into the riser of the sprinkler and it will radially seal on the inside diameter of the riser. And there are certain engineering design criteria inside this device that allow you to set it at either 30 or 40 PSI. So it's going to reduce pressure and also restrict flow to give you that optimum rate that you need for these sprinklers, because really with a spray head, you don't need more than 30 PSI for your standard nozzle. Your rotators, they like a little more 40, 45 PSI. And that was really the sweet spot we were trying to hit. And at the same time, it has a gasket with a secondary spring on the bottom of it that acts as a check valve. So for all those low head sprinklers that like to leak. This was another design feature that we put into the retro regulator and that actually complicated the design quite a bit. Cause we've got a couple of independent things going on inside there and it made it very hard. To get the engineering and the flow just right. I can't wait to ask more questions about that. But what's so funny about, let's just say this industry is, doesn't matter which manufacturer, they're all essentially strange in the same way. And that is that you take your base sprinkler and you have, four inch, six inch, 12 inch side inlet, right? But then if you take all those models and make it a 30 PSI. And then you take all those models and you make it a 40 PSI. Then you take all those models again, and you make a 30 PSI with check valve. And then you make, and then you do a 40 PSI with check valve. You've just taken four skews and you've made it, I don't know the math, 36 different skews. When you have one skew that you can put into all of those sprinklers. And it just seems like a lot of the manufacturers today just have so many different skews that it's a waste of shelf space. Yeah, and skew proliferation is one of the things that we looked at when we were designing this. All the different models from all the different OEMs. We have one device that will go in 85 to 90 percent of the sprinklers that are in the ground today with almost no digging. You really don't need a tool to do this. As long as the head's clear, you just unscrew the cap, push one of these in the stem and reinstall it. Which brands of spray heads does it fit? We like to say everything except Toro, but it will go in your Rainbirds, your Hunters, your Weathermatics, your Erytrols, K Rain. It'll go in most of the orbits that you find in the mass merchants. And there's some international ones that we sell to, overseas in Spain and Italy, it'll go into those as well. And so essentially what I'm guessing then is the interior diameter of all of those risers must be basically the same. Yeah, they're very close. No one is exactly the same, which is very interesting. But they're close enough where we can make up the difference with our dual O rings. And our dual diameter at the top and the bottom of the retro regulator. Yeah, that's fascinating. So Toro, is Toro too big or too small? They're too narrow. Too narrow. And we have a design already in place for that. We have not pulled the trigger on tooling, but if there is a demand for it, we could have a market ready product in about three months. Yeah. It's just fantastic. I don't know why other than people just not knowing that you exist, which is probably a part of it is that a lot of contractors don't know that you exist because I think if they did know that you existed, they would keep boxes of these on their service trucks and the service technicians should say to their client, would you like me to retrofit your sprinklers? It's only X per sprinkler and it could be an easy like order bump. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. And. When it comes to price at the contractor level, it's about 50% less than buying a brand new four inch with a check valve and a flow control device inside when you step up to the six and the 12 inches, the price difference is considerable or considerably less than a six or a 12 inch. Yeah. And you can use the same head. You don't have to throw it out. Yep. And your nozzles already on there. It's it's just easy. Exactly. It would be great to know, maybe some of the barriers to entry that you've had to, or the hurdles you've had to jump through to get to where you are. I would say the chief marketing hurdle that we have is just consumer awareness and education, making the contractor, making the homeowner aware that a product like this does exist. Because there's nothing like this for many of the big OEMs and not being a behemoth like some of these other guys, that's been our greatest challenge is to just to get the awareness of this product out to the market. And while we're in all the major distributors you can't walk into every branch and see these on the counter. They need to be requested in a lot of places. We do have some stocking areas. We are doing some things with a couple mass merchants right now which is bearing some fruit. But I'd say marketing and just consumer awareness. And I'm just sitting here thinking about some things while you're talking. And I'm wondering, there's probably some averages, let's say, contractor XYZ has said number of clients. Let's just say it's a thousand customers, residential customers or commercial. It actually, it doesn't matter. And then of those clients, how many zones are typically sprays, and how many sprinklers is that? So if a contractor has a thousand customers, how many pop up sprinklers are under management, let's say for them. And if they retrofitted half of those with these, what kind of extra revenue could that bring to their business? It's probably tens of thousands of dollars. It's huge. It's exponential. And the water savings you get with this as well. And the consumer is saving money. The payoff, the ROI is a lot quicker than replacing all the heads in a zone. So your typical residential zone has about what 10 heads on it. Three quarter inch pipe. So you can literally retrofit a zone in about 30 minutes. So very quick, very efficient, no digging. And you've got a product that the contractor can make a lot of margin on and also offer a environmentally conscious friendly solution to saving water. Totally agree. Would you be willing to share a little bit about your patent process? Yeah, absolutely. And I asked because something like this, I would imagine, and I'm just making an assumption here that the patent is probably important because. If it wasn't protected, then the big names that we all know would just all have it, and then you would just be basically squashed, potentially. Yeah, absolutely. I've been involved in patent processes dating back to my pentair days when I was in my twenties. It's a very cumbersome a very expensive process. You usually need to elicit an attorney to help you with the filing, especially on things of this nature, where we have a, Huge addressable market potential. So always when you're designing something new and unique like this, you're looking for features, you're looking for utility and design patents that you can file. And it's not just one, it's multiple things that are involved in this retro regulators. So when you file a patent, it's not just one thing could be 18 things. With this one product our water irrigation ring has 22 different unique features to it. That makes it harder to engineer around and knock off. And the patent process itself takes years average, about two years from the time you file and your patent pending to the time you get. That patent because the patent office will come back and say, Oh, we're going to deny this claim. You need to make this change. And those iterations cost thousands and thousands of dollars every time the patent office comes back to you. So the pandemic is lengthened that it's about three years now to get a patent. And tens of thousands of dollars. Have you had to protect your patent yet? On the retro regulator? Yeah. Yeah. We have. Okay. How often do you a couple of things. How did you know you needed to protect it? Did you see a real product or do you monitor filings? How does that work? No. We, there, there are certain ways and certain methods you can that an attorney can monitor certain things. I'm not going to go into those details, but yes, we obviously will heavily defend it. Thank you. Any patent that we have. So let's talk. I want to keep talking about the, spray heads and pressure regulation, and I don't know a lot about the state mandates other than some of the states, let's just say in California, as you mentioned it, where you cannot buy a non pressure regulated sprinkler any longer. Does this qualify for that? So great question. We are working with a lot of water districts right now to have this added on their rebate program. Thank you. We've made substantial headway in certain states where this is a rebate type item. However, when it comes to the WaterSense label and identification, since we do not make the entire sprinkler body we cannot file for that WaterSense label. We can meet all of the... qualifications for it as far as a testing and performance goes, but we can't use that WaterSense label on this product. We make a PRS ShrubRiser that we just launched, and that ShrubRiser has a built in regulation device that is WaterSense certified because it is a complete unit with a housing and a regulator and you can put a nozzle on top. Okay. We're actually actively working to change that legislation in the state. If, let's say there was a manufacturer of a sprinkler that didn't have a pressure regulated version, if they combined it with your this device, would that meet the requirement? Yes, and that's a great question. That would meet the requirement if they went through the CIT or WaterSense testing. Okay. And let's say, again, I'm asking questions because I don't know the answers to these things. If we just take a box of 1800 sprinklers, today, and you're in California, you can't go in and buy a case of traditional 1800s. You can only get the PRS option. Would it be possible for Rainbird to sell a box of traditional sprinklers, but include You're welcome. These retro regulators in a bag, in the box, where the user has to put it in, or must it be pre installed? Typically it needs to be pre installed. And that, again, just comes back to the WaterSense wording that they have in those regulations. But, yes, absolutely, you could install this in an existing separate. Oh, FlowTube. Absolutely. I'll have to remember that. FlowTube. Is that the technical name for the bottom of the sprinkler? Yeah. They like to use that. Okay. I like to say riser. But some people... Yeah, riser. Yeah. I like to say FlowTube's the technical engineering lingo for that. Fascinating. There's not a lot of components in here, but there are a lot of them are small. So I'm imagining that the manufacturing process has to be pretty darn precise because of the size of the different individual pieces. Yeah, we're dealing with some incredibly tight tolerances in this part, as you can imagine. And that was probably the most challenging thing from a manufacturing perspective is how could we build something like this, manufacture it, sell it, market it at a very competitive price. Because we couldn't sell something like this for 9 a piece. It just wasn't going to sell. We had to make it, we had to incentivize it such that we were well below the cost of a new replacement head with all these items. I'm guessing it has to be hand assembled. There's probably not a machine that can put this thing together. There are a few machine processes that we use. But it's a combination of human interaction and machine. Yeah. Cool. All right. What I wanted to ask you if there's any, again, as it relates to pressure regulation, are there any sort of common myths that you see out there that people, things that people think are true that aren't true? A lot of people will just put a pressure regulation device back at their valve to solve the problem of. over spray and misting. And while that works, it's really not the best way to accomplish pressure reduction because you're going to have uneven spray at that first head versus your last head. So really the most efficient way to do this, to get good coverage, to get equal distribution throughout your entire zone is to have in head pressure regulation. And every OEM will tell you the same thing. What the states are doing with the PRS mandates it's a really good thing. Because you're getting even uniform distribution, you're saving water, and you're preventing, misting and runoff and overspray. A lot of people like to push back because the heads are more expensive. But, at the end of the day, it's a very good solution. I put this up on a test stand and I used, a pressure gauge on the riser under the nozzle to test the pressure and it locked right in on the pressure that you specified, which tells me that there isn't a pressure differential required and what a lot of people, contractors don't realize is that oftentimes when you regulate a valve, there is a pressure differential required. So if you're shooting for 50 PSI and the incoming is 59, it won't regulate unless there's a 15 or other pressure differential to make it work. Yeah, that's correct. And yours is just fixes right in at the correct pressure. It took us about 18 months to get there, but we like to think we have a pretty good product. Yeah. So if you had a crystal ball and you're like, okay, in the next two years, what would that look like for your business? We have a lot of other products in the pipeline right now. Some of which I can discuss others, which I can't discuss cause everything that we try to make for the most part is. patentable. We do have other products that are just what I call me twos, but are all based around water conservation, like our sprayed a drip adapter, our PRS shrub risers. We've got some nozzle caps and some other plastic parts high volume. But we are working on a flow control device right now. I can't go into great detail about it, but we see this really is the next A big requirement that states and will be implemented in building codes for outdoor irrigation. And it will be able to tie into all the controllers that are out there in the marketplace. But that's that one we've been working on now for about 12 months and we're getting close to having a product that we can show and talk about. Very cool. I can't wait. That sounds like some technology. There is going to be technology. I can tell you there's going to be a bit of organic AI in it. And that's a new term that I've learned in the last year of it will be a learning type of cool. And it will be something that can retrofit into an existing system. And that's something we try to look at when we set out to design new products. We're not going to be the guy that designs a new sprinkler or designs a new valve. We want stuff that can be readily accepted into existing irrigation systems with. Existing controllers and existing components from all the big manufacturers. You can innovate faster, likely, than some of the bigger companies because you're set up to do that. Yeah, absolutely. I worked for a big company for seven years for Pentair and I was in the product development space for five of those seven years. So I'm well attuned to how long it takes and what kind of bureaucracy to deal with when you get to those large corporations and we've got a couple of secret weapons. At Praxis, I like to call them and we like to move at speed and make decisions informed decisions, but rapidly with measured risk. Do you ever have any, let's say, user group feedback, get some contractors together, ask them what their pain points are, things like that. Absolutely. And that's where some of this idea generation comes from. I have a very close friend that owns a very large. Commercial landscape maintenance company here in Southern California. And we use his projects and his guys is really a test bed and a product validation before we take something to the market and mass produce it. That's absolutely critical. By the way, my yard just doesn't cut it, but when I get to a commercial property where there's hundreds or thousands of these things and we have scale, we can really see how it works and how it gets used and abused. Yeah, what's your go to market right now? Do you have reps? Do you direct sale? How does that, how does your sales process work? Yeah, great question. So it's a hybrid model. We have independent sales reps in certain areas of the country, mainly West of the Rockies because that's where the greatest Need for water conservation is out right now. We're obviously open to expanding that eastward. But we're, the low hanging fruit has been pretty much everything west of the Rockies. We do some stuff with with mass merchants, directly through Praxis. I've got a couple of account managers here that handle that. We're in a lot of the major distributors at this time which is a great a great place to be because we're able to reach those big, bright views and landscape developments of the world. And then we do a little bit of online marketing, not a whole lot. A lot of this has been word of mouth once people start to use it, figure out that it works. But again that's expanding as we expand our product line. And I like how you said people start using it once they've realized it works. Is there speculation when someone tries it for the first time that it might not work? Yeah, absolutely. Because they wonder why a Rainbird or a Hunter or a Toro hasn't come out with something like this. Who are you guys? Yeah. And, why do you think that is? I think it's just goes back to the old fallback position of everybody's comfortable with what is already being done in the industry. As far as innovative and disruptive products go, there haven't been a whole lot in irrigation in the last 20 or 30 years. I agree. And we try to look at things from a very disruptive because we are not embedded with any special interests or, we really not beholden to any shareholders, so to speak. So we can look at things differently than some of these other big companies can. And we like to look at it from a very innovative and disruptive position. Do you think that some of these bigger companies Have to operate from a bit of a defensive place like essentially not yeah They could do it this way, but then that might cannibalize another part of their business So they don't because they don't want like one new innovation to suck profit out of an existing business channel Absolutely 100% and I think that's why that you haven't seen anybody else try to create a product like this But again all these big guys they make great products I'm not here to knock anybody. I want our retro regulator going to everybody's sprinkler, right? Regardless of what your name is. And I've got 20 year old 1800 series heads and pro sprays in my yard that are still working. I've replaced the nozzle a few times and maybe this spring, but they all have retro regulators and they perform. So that goes to show you that. Yeah. They're good products. Fascinating. I was going to just give you the floor again to if there's anything that you would like to share or that you think people should know or new parts of someone's business that this could unlock, do you have any sort of words of wisdom? Oh, geez. I've been at this a long time. I don't want to get philosophical on everybody here, but this is the fifth company that I've owned. This was started By myself and another partner with money out of our own pockets and designed made here in the USA. And the American dream is still alive. It's a little harder to get to right now, but it's still alive and well here. And I think that there's a lot of irrigation contractors out there big and small that can look at a product like this and realize that they can grow their business, that they can take this to their. Existing user base, customer base and upsell them very easily. And there's very little labor involved when it comes to installing these and the ROI is, so I would just encourage everybody to, to look, obviously look at the product. Thank you for your blessings on this as well. And realize that we have, we have a winner here and it just takes a couple of guys to start using these and the word spreads. And this is a great conversation piece. What you hear a lot is that the prices are going down, competitors. It's a very, it's a very tough market. You have these guys, it's tough to compete. Prices are going down. And I think that. That's always been the case, right? As for as long as you're, as anyone's ever in business, it's always a competition. It depends on how you want to position yourself, right? And what your strategy is. And I'm a big fan of having conversations with your customers. Asking questions, educating them, and even bringing something like this retro regulator just to the table and saying, Hey we offer these. This is what it does. If you're, if a competition's not doing that, you look more like an expert. You know what you're doing. You're looking out for the best interest of the customer, whether they choose it or not, I think just adding something like this to the conversation will help your business. A hundred percent. And there are a lot of guys out there now in the irrigation industry, they're using social media. They're using Instagram reels to to showcase their, the jobs they're doing, the repairs they're doing. And something like this could be a great tool for them to showcase. An alternative to replacing the entire sprinkler head. Very cool. Thank you, Kevin. I guess my last question would be if somebody wants to reach out to you to learn more and, or they've got an idea for something and they want to, share that with you, how could they contact you? Absolutely. You can contact me by email directly. Kevin at praxis, mfg. com or info at praxis, mfg. com. You can also follow us on social media at H2O wise. We do regular postings of products videos how to guides, things of that nature. But we're happy to entertain and that we're very responsive. We're a small company but we're very responsive and we like to move fast and develop unique and disruptive products for the marketplace. Fantastic. Thanks so much for sharing the back office information on the retro regulator. And I look forward to continuing to watch you guys grow. Pretty awesome. So thank you. Thank you for having us on your show and I look forward to chatting with you more.

When you come together Talk 2  Supernatural Gifts – 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 As we've already seen from what he says in 1 Corinthians 14:26, Paul certainly expected manifestations of the supernatural in the meetings of the church. He refers to a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation.  But these are by no means the only expressions of the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit. In 12:8-10 Paul mentions nine gifts: a message of wisdom, a message of knowledge, faith, gifts of healing, miraculous powers, prophecy, distinguishing between spirits, speaking in tongues, interpretation of tongues. In this chapter I will be seeking to answer three questions: Can we be sure that all these gifts are supernatural? Can we be sure that all these gifts are for today? Can we expect that all these gifts will happen in our church? Can we be sure that all these gifts are supernatural? To answer this question, we need to look at the immediate context in which these verses are set. In verse 1 Paul tells the Corinthians that he does not want them to be ignorant about spiritual gifts. His usual word for any gift that God may give us is charisma, something which comes from his grace (charis). But here he uses the word pneumatika. This may well indicate that the gifts he has in mind are a unique form of charisma.  All God's gifts are charismata, but only the gifts in these verses are referred to as pneumatika. And verses 2-3 indicate that it's supernatural gifts that Paul has in mind: You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. Therefore I tell you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus be cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit. Before their conversion the Corinthians were idol-worshippers. This meant that they had been involved in devil-worship. This is clear from 10:19-20 where Paul says:  Do I mean then that a sacrifice offered to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. The confession that JESUS IS LORD is what marks a person as a Christian. In Romans 10:9 Paul says: That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. As Christians, the people in Corinth to whom Paul was writing acknowledged the Lordship of Jesus. So there is no suggestion that they would have manifested demonic gifts, for no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit (v3). But people who were not yet believers and were still worshipping idols could come into their meetings (cf. 14:23) and might well do so. It was therefore vitally important that Paul's readers should understand how to distinguish between divine and devilish manifestations. And it's just as important today. Demons do not acknowledge the Lordship of Jesus, as I once experienced during an encounter with a witch in Chester[1]. Furthermore, unlike demonic manifestations, where different gifts come from different spirits, in Christian worship the different gifts all come from the same Spirit: There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men (vv.4-6)[2]. Paul draws attention to the many different gifts and ministries in the church and points out that they all have their origin in the same God. The reference to the Trinity in these verses is interesting. Paul seems to be suggesting that the unity and diversity in the Godhead is reflected by a similar unity in the midst of diversity in the church, a theme he is to develop later in the chapter.  So, from the context which immediately precedes the list of gifts in verses 8-10, it seems likely that Paul intends each of these gifts as a supernatural manifestation of the Holy Spirit, but he does not define them. This suggests that the Corinthians obviously knew what they were. In fact, in 1:7 we read that the Corinthians did not lack any spiritual gift. They knew what they were, but their ignorance lay in the fact that they did not use them correctly. In the following four paragraphs I have given what I consider to be the most likely definition or description of each gift, but for a more sophisticated analysis please consult what I have said in Body Builders[3]. I have rejected Wayne Grudem's view that, although most of the gifts in this list are miraculous, a message of wisdom and a message of knowledge are simply the ability to speak with wisdom and knowledge. It seems to me far more likely that, although we cannot be certain about exactly what Paul had in mind, he intends us to understand them as some form of supernatural revelation[4]. As far as the remaining gifts in the list are concerned, what Paul means is fairly clear.  Faith is the miracle working faith that can move mountains (cf.13:2). Gifts of healing are miraculous healings performed without medical aid. Miraculous powers are, by definition, miraculous, and probably include miracles that do not come under the category of gifts of healing. Prophecy, which is to be distinguished from prediction on the one hand and preaching on the other, brings by inspiration of the Spirit words of edification, encouragement, and comfort to the church (14:3). Distinguishing between spirits probably refers to discerning whether a supernatural occurrence is motivated by the Holy Spirit or by an evil spirit, or detecting the presence of evil spirits where their activity might not otherwise be obvious. Speaking in tongues is speaking a language one has never learned, as the disciples did on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2), and interpretation of tongues is the ability imparted by the Spirit to interpret what has been spoken in tongues. Assuming that these definitions are broadly correct, we see that both the contents of the list and the context in which it is set confirm the view that these gifts are all supernatural. This is further confirmed in verse 13 by Paul's reference to the baptism in the Holy Spirit which we will consider in the next chapter.  But whether these gifts are all supernatural or not, our contention that we should expect the supernatural in our meetings still holds good. Because, as we have seen, in 14:26 Paul mentions supernatural gifts like tongues and interpretation as part of what can be expected in our meetings. But that raises the next question. Are these gifts all for today? Can we be sure that all these gifts are for today? People who believe that the supernatural gifts of the Spirit are not for today are known as cessationists. Perhaps the most common version of cessationism is the view that these gifts were withdrawn once the writing of the New Testament was complete. Obviously, if they are right about this, then my view that 1 Corinthians 14:26 gives us direction as to what should happen in church today is entirely wrong. But that would make much of what Paul says in chapters 12-14 irrelevant for the church, not only of today, but of the last nineteen centuries! However, the cessationist view has no valid basis in scripture. The verses that are usually quoted to support their view are I Corinthians 13:8-10, where we read:   Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. Cessationists claim that gifts like prophecy and tongues have ceased because they believe that perfection (v10) came once the word of God was complete. But do they really believe that knowledge has also passed away?  And a look at the context quickly reveals that their view is misguided. This is clear from what he says in verse 12: Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. Paul is looking far beyond the completion of the New Testament. Perfection will come when he sees Jesus face to face. What he sees now is only a poor reflection of what he will see then. Then he will know him completely – fully. This must surely refer to when he sees Jesus in heaven, where tongues and prophecy will not be needed, and ultimately to the return of the Lord at the end of the age. Indeed, Paul strongly implies this when he says in 1 Corinthians 1:7 that the Corinthians do not lack any spiritual gift as they eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. He clearly expected the gifts to be in evidence until the second coming of Christ. Finally, the cessationist position does not stand up in the light of present-day Christian experience. For example, there are numerous well documented cases of speaking in tongues being recognised as it was at Pentecost by hearers who recognised it as their own native language[5]. Such miracles can only spring from one of two sources – the divine or the demonic. But Christians who speak in tongues gladly acknowledge the Lordship of Jesus, and that, as we have seen, is the biblical test of that which is truly divine. Can we expect that all these gifts will happen in our church? So far we have argued that the gifts listed in 1 Corinthians 12:8-10 are all supernatural, that they are for today, and that we should expect the supernatural in our meetings (14:26). But can we expect all these gifts? The answer to this question in any particular situation will depend on two main factors – divine sovereignty and human responsibility. In 1 Corinthians 12:11 Paul tells us that All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines. This means that the Holy Spirit decides what gifts he will give to any individual Christian. He knows what's best for us as individuals. But he also knows what's best for the church. And no two churches are alike. It follows, therefore, that the gifts manifested in a local church at any particular time will be distributed by the Spirit in accordance with the needs of that church, because the purpose of every gift is the good of the church: Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good (12:7). This theme is picked up in 14:1-5 where Paul says that prophecy is to be preferred to speaking in tongues, because uninterpreted tongues only edifies the speaker, but prophecy edifies the church. The gifts are given to individuals, but they're for the benefit of the whole church[6].    So the gifts are given at the discretion of the Holy Spirit. But that does not mean that we have no responsibility in this matter. It's our responsibility to follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts (14:1). In some churches there is little or no desire for these gifts simply because they know little about them because their leaders never teach about them or encourage them. I will be saying more about this in the final chapter of this book, but at this stage it's enough to note that we can't expect these gifts in our meetings if there's no desire for them. But in churches where there is a desire and where the members are encouraged to be filled with the Spirit, it's safe to assume that at least some of these gifts will be manifested. If the word of God tells us to eagerly desire spiritual gifts then we can be sure that God wants us to have them. As we have already seen, 1 Corinthians 14:26 encourages the use of gifts like tongues and interpretation in our meetings, and 14:1 especially mentions prophecy as a gift to be eagerly desired. And although it would probably be wrong to suggest that these gifts should be in evidence in every meeting, we need to remember that Paul did recommend their use when you come together (14:26)[7]. But what about other gifts like healing, for example? We certainly cannot say that they cannot be used in the context of the gathered church, for all the gifts are given for the benefit of the church (12:7). But it is evident from Mark 16 and the book of Acts that gifts like healing and miracles were very much used in evangelism which usually took place outside and not in a meeting where the church had gathered for worship. I have no wish to be dogmatic on this matter, but in my view, although miraculous gifts like healing may well be expected in evangelistic meetings held in churches, from a New Testament perspective they would be more effective when used out on the streets, as was most often the case in the book of Acts. If this view is correct, it's possible that in 14:26, when talking of supernatural gifts, Paul restricts himself to mentioning those that are usually to be expected in a church meeting. So we should not be surprised if gifts like prophecy, tongues, and interpretation are the gifts that are in greater evidence in our meetings today. But that by no means precludes the possibility of other gifts being manifested as the Holy Spirit determines. Conclusion In this chapter we have seen that: God does not want us to be ignorant about spiritual gifts. The gifts listed in 1 Corinthians 12:8-10 are supernatural. Not all supernatural manifestations come from the Holy Spirit. The test that a gift has genuinely come from God is the confession that Jesus is Lord. Although there is a rich variety of supernatural gifts, each gift is given by the same Spirit. The gifts are given, as the Holy Spirit determines, to individual Christians for the benefit of the whole church. The view that these gifts were withdrawn once the writing of the New Testament was complete is entirely mistaken. These gifts are for today and we should expect them to be regularly in evidence in our meetings. Where they are not in evidence, this may well be caused by lack of desire, possibly due to a lack of teaching or encouragement on the part of church leaders (especially those who hold a cessationist view). Finally, two more things should be added: Although in this chapter we have stressed the supernatural, our natural gifts and talents are also important. All God's gracious gifts are needed, whether natural or supernatural. We should not be content with the natural, but neither should we minimize its importance. However much of the supernatural we experience there will always be unanswered questions. We know in part, and we prophesy in part. Who knows why Peter was supernaturally delivered from prison while Stephen was stoned and James was beheaded? Questions like these may never be answered until that day when we know fully, even as we are fully known. Until then, we walk by faith and not by sight, and we must continue to expect the miraculous gifts of the Spirit to be manifest in our lives and in our meetings. [1] See Body Builders – Gifts to make God's people grow, pp,240-243. [2] Notice also the repeated reference to the same Spirit in verses 8-11. [3]Body Builders – Gifts to make God's people grow, Part Two, [4] For detailed discussion on the nature of these two gifts, see Body Builders pp. 247-269. [5] See, for example, Harris, R.W., Spoken by the Spirit, GPH, Springfield MO, 1973. See also my personal testimony in Body Builders pp.149-151. [6] Correctly understood, 1 Corinthians 12:13 also illustrates this principle.  See Chapter Two. [7] It's noteworthy that hotan, the Greek word used here for when, can also carry the sense of whenever.

Microirrigation systems include several types of emission devices. Soil type, the landscape's topography, plant type, and associated water requirements all impact the emission device used. In addition, filter requirement, frost protection, and grower./landscaper preferences also make a difference. With so many choices, what is the best way to determine the best emission device for a specific job? This week, Andy Belingheri, National Sales Manager for Jain Irrigation, is going to step us through a process to determine how to select the best emission device for the job. During this webinar, you will learn the following: Point Source vs. In-line emitters – definition of each and when to use one or the other What is turbulent flow vs. pressure compensating emitters, and why it matters How flow rates are measured in GPH – why that matters and how to know which flow is right Other emission devices (spray stakes, manifolds, bubblers) Maintenance requirements for each Filtrations and Pressure requirements

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In this episode, we chat with NYU GPH students from a variety of specialties. We learn about each individual's GPH journey and what it means to be a GPH student after one year into the program. This is an episode that goes deep into the mindset and motivations behind a true NYU GPH student. All our guests share their individual paths before coming to GPH alongside how NYU GPH has impacted their journey so far. They give us a glimpse into their future goals and dreams in the world of Public Health. Guests: Corrinne Tendo is a 2nd-year full-time online student in Global Health concentration. Relocating from the USA to Canada, the online MPH program has allowed Corrinne to pursue her degree at a world-class university with experienced faculty in different research fields. During Corrinne's first year at NYU, she has completed most of the required courses in addition to electives such as Writing Grants and Funding and Public Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Her interests are advocating, developing, and implementing policies that will help strengthen health care systems in vulnerable populations and Lower- and Middle-Income Countries. Although online, Corrinne has been able to participate in different programs at GPH. She is one of the co-directors of the Applied Global Public Health Initiative Lab (AGPHI) for the upcoming school year. She also is the Team Lead for a project focused on developing surveillance and control recommendations for a Neglected Tropical Disease known as Mycetoma in Ethiopia. In addition, as a member of the Climate-Related Displacement Team, Corrinne is working on developing a study protocol to analyze the climate-related challenges of food security and migration experienced by vulnerable populations in southern Madagascar. Mehak Paul is a General Physician (M.B.B.S.) from India and has just completed her first year of MPH with a concentration in Public Health Policy & Management at the School of Global Public Health, NYU. She was elected and recently re-elected as the Graduate Events Officer for GPH's Student Governing Council through which she organized many fun events like the Halloween Haunted House GPH Tour, Women's Day Book Exchange, Mental Health Wellness Workshop and the GPH's Public Health Week. During her first year of MPH, Mehak took Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Global Environmental Health, Public Health Policy and Value-based healthcare. Her objective is to move the healthcare system towards a more value-based and patient-centered delivery system. As part of her internship, she is working at NYC Health+ Hospitals/Elmhurst with CEO Pierre Pham and helping the Department of Patient Experience launch their 'Care Partner Program' to improve patient experience as well as the hospital's global standing. Rebecca Yu is a Master's student in the Biostatistics Department concentrating in Data Science at NYU School of Global Public Health. She has taken classes in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Machine Learning, Linear Regression, and Statistical Programming in R. She has worked on projects that utilize deep learning techniques that identify melanoma lesion images from non-cancerous lesions, multivariate regression models to predict breast cancer remission odds by race, and linear regression models of lung cancer prevalence by the countries with the highest and lowest fine particulate matter. Rebecca graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelor's in Biology where she studied regenerative medicine under Dr. Chang-Hun Lee and had developed a passion for the opposing mechanism of controlled cell proliferation in cancer research. After graduating, she was a researcher in a pancreatic cancer clinical trial under Dr. Vinod Balachandran at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. When the pandemic hit, Rebecca was inspired to enter public health after being moved by the disparities emphasized by COVID-19 treatment. Currently, Rebecca is a researcher in the NIH “All of Us” project under Dr. Farzana Kapadia in understanding cancer disparities over time. In this initiative, Rebecca quantitatively isolates racial disparities in access to cancer screening which can, in turn, be used to provide information to develop interventions that promote timely cancer screening, testing and treatment. She is also the Graduate President of the Student Governing Council where she fosters a sense of community, promotes leadership, and professional development opportunities in public health. To learn more about the NYU School of Global Public Health, and how our innovative programs are training the next generation of public health leaders, visit publichealth.nyu.edu.

Learn how we tied my new Lund Pro V boat to a dock when faced with 80 to 90 MPH winds. I filmed this video at a remote fishing outpost on Lac Seul in northern Canada, 43 miles from the nearest road. My brand Lund Pro V came through this storm without a scratch. Our video will teach you how to tie your boat to survive dangerous winds. Learn to tie your boat correctly, with good lines and a little luck and you can have similar results. 50FT Anchor Rope Trac-Outdoor Products Automatic Bilge Pump, 800/1100 GPH

In this episode, we chat with Samantha Harris. Samantha began her career at the University of WIsconsin-Madison where she acquired a Bachelor of Science in Health Communication while being a student athlete on the rowing team. In fact Samantha has even been a rowing coach. Currently she's working on diet analysis, alongside being a researcher at Polygeia working on smart cities projects out of Cambridge UK & also a current student at NYU school GPH studying public health nutrition. On this podcast Samantha talks us through her journey or getting into the field of nutrition within public health and she also answers some frequently asked questions when it comes to busting myths about your nutrition. To learn more about the NYU School of Global Public Health, and how our innovative programs are training the next generation of public health leaders, visit publichealth.nyu.edu.

Polygeia is a student-run Global Health Think Tank founded in the UK, which empowers student minds worldwide to engage in research on current global health issues and policies. In this episode, I'm joined by Genesis Ovalle, Gavin Arneson, and Maya Navarro who are members of the New York branch of Polygeia, which operates on our campus under the supervision of Dr. Chris Dickey. Genesis (CAS 21') serves as Marketing Officer for the organization, Gavin (Meyers and GPH ‘21) serves as a Branch Editor in the organization, and Maya (CAS and GPH ‘23) serves as a Research Team Lead for the group. The Polygeia members share more about the group and the work its students are doing and put a spotlight on two of their projects, one on Achieving Universal Healthcare in the United States and another on the Effectiveness of MHealth or Mental Health Interventions in Primary Care, elaborating on the findings of these studies, how they intersect and help further the club's mission. To learn more about the NYU School of Global Public Health, and how our innovative programs are training the next generation of public health leaders, visit publichealth.nyu.edu.

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Niyati Parekh, an Associate Professor of Public Health Nutrition here at NYU GPH and the Executive Director of Doctoral Studies, along with Dr. Filippa Juul a current Assistant Professor Faculty/Fellow who obtained her Ph.D. in Public Health from GPH with a concentration in Epidemiology in 2020.  Both Niyati and Filippa worked on a widely-circulated study on the harmful effects of Ultra-Processed Foods and their association with health risks, especially cardiovascular disease. The study, which had media coverage across several media outlets and was published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, identifies as a modifiable risk factor in the prevention of cardiovascular disease and found that higher consumption of ultra-processed foods is associated with an increased risk of CVD incidence and mortality. Dr. Parekh and Dr. Juul also provide insight into the global perspective of this issue and what other countries are doing to address concerns of health and nutrition, along with what types of foods are considered “ultra-processed”  and what ways we can best preserve our health. To learn more about the NYU School of Global Public Health, and how our innovative programs are training the next generation of public health leaders, visit publichealth.nyu.edu.

Supriya Lal is a recent graduate of GPH with Master of Public Health concentrating in Public Health Nutrition, who also received her undergraduate degree in the Global Public Health program at NYU. On campus, Supriya worked as a Graduate Research Assistant and as a Project Coordinator for the SAHARA Initiative. The SAHARA or South Asian Health and Research Initiative was created at GPH in 2019 by professor Dr. Niyati Parekh to foster collaboration and research on the health needs of migrant South Asians, an underserved community in the U.S. with many health disparities. The initiative has collectively published many articles and conference abstracts and continues to explore grant opportunities that expand and advance South Asian health research at GPH. As a Project Coordinator, Supriya had a front-row seat to many of the projects and studies being done through the group as well as its inner workings and operation. In this episode, Supriya tells me more about the group- its inception and mission and shares more on some of the fascinating studies that have been taking place, including one she's working on with current GPH Ph.D. candidate Bridget Murphy on Food Frequency Questionaries and the South Asian community. To learn more about the NYU School of Global Public Health, and how our innovative programs are training the next generation of public health leaders, visit publichealth.nyu.edu.

Danielle is back!  Get the answer to the burning question: Who did better in the Spartan Race, Danielle or Garod?  Our episode 14 guest is Mel McNea, Chief Executive Officer at Great Plains Health. Ty, Danielle and Mel talk about the culture shift that happened at GPH and how they worked together to overcome a ransomware attack and a pandemic, while gaining national attention for all the right reasons.  We get a glimpse of what the future holds for GPH in addition to how they are working to recruit young professionals to the community. Mel also talks about his two big announcements, retirement and his candidacy for Nebraska Legislature, District 42. Most importantly, find out whether or not his house is for sale. If you enjoyed the episode, please rate, review & subscribe!Follow us on Social:Facebook: facebook.com/NebraskaLandBankPodcastYouTube: youtube.com/NebraskaLandBankInstagram: instagram.com/NebraskaLandBankThis episode is brought to you by NebraskaLand Bank. We are Member FDIC and an Equal Housing Lender.

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GPH has invited Ms. Chante Harris to discuss her amazing book "A Girl's Cry In The Dark" This book is a must read. Hosts for this episode: Margarita Santiago Millie Valentine Neal Evette Skerrett Guest: Author of "A Girls Cry In The Dark" Chante Harris

057 - Did you know that anyone can build a vortex brewer? with guest Rocky Peruch with host Linda Borghi This podcast is made possible by funding from Farm-a-Yard and Farm-a-Yards' Mighty Network. Please support our podcast and become a member seed.Farm-a-Yard.com In this episode my guest Angelo (aka Rocky) Peruch was a student that attended a 7-day conference on Star Island, NH in which I was the sole speaker. He was so inspired by the information that when he returned home he began implementing what he learned and built a 5-gallon vortex brewer. Not only did he build a brewer he started making compost, brewing compost tea and began vermicomposting. Rocky was so kind as to give us the directions to build the brewer, including a materials list and a video which I have included below. So…...go ahead and build your own brewer and let us know how it went. Links:   https://youtu.be/MNo2S6XMaBA - How to build a vortex brewer A list of  what you will need : So, here you see the components of my version of a vortex machine. In the Engineering profession, this is what we would call a proof-of-concept or Alpha prototype. It works well, so I haven't felt the need to make any improvements. Components include: 1 - 5-gallon bucket 1 - Feedthrough fitting (water heater department) 5 - 90 degree 3⁄4” PVC elbows 1 - Coupling, 3⁄4” PVC to 1⁄2” pipe thread 1 - Coupling, 1⁄2” pipe thread to hose fitting (at pump inlet) 1 - 800 GPH submersible pump (garden hose flow) 1 - Tee fitting, 1⁄2” pipe to PVC (connects to pump outlet) 3 - ball-type shut off valves 1 - Tee fitting, 3⁄4” PVC to 1⁄2” pipe thread 1 - Coupling, 1⁄2” pipe thread to hose end. 1 - Cap for hose end 1 - Small piece of garden hose 2 - 45 degree 3⁄4” PVC elbows 2 - Reducers, 3⁄4” PVC to 1⁄2” pipe thread (for flexible hoses) 2 - flexible hose assys 2 - U-Clamps 4ft of 1⁄2” vinyl tubing 1 – Adapter, 1⁄2” tubing to 1⁄2” pipe thread 1 – Cap, 1⁄2” 1 – small Fountain pump. (I used a Danner 120 GPH pump, but a smaller 70 GPH pump should also work). Small hose clamps 1 - Large plastic bin with lid About 4ft of 3⁄4” PVC tubing Blocks for bucket All of these components can be purchased at your local hardware store and Pet or Garden store. Tools you will need are a PVC tubing cutter (much quicker and easier than a hacksaw), PVC primer and cement, electric drill w/ 1⁄4” drill bit (drain hole), 1” drill bit (feedthrough and inlet lines), round file (for inlet and feedthrough fittings) and an assortment of screwdrivers, pliers, wrenches, etc. One thing that I want to point out is that my choice of a submersible pump was somewhat by accident, but it works in this application and is the reason for the large plastic bin. I purchased the pump at Home Depot and two different associates assured me that the pump did not have to be submerged (which is, what I guess I wanted to hear). So, taking their word for it (which is highly unusual for me, but somewhat fortuitous), I forewent reading the instructions and constructed my first prototype. Upon powering it up however, I noticed water leaking from the pump. I soon discovered that the pump diverts some of the intake water internally, through the pump and out through a small discharge hole in the rear of the pump. After researching some options for a non-submersible type pumps, which are much larger and much more expensive, I decided to solve the problem by putting the bottom half of the machine in a large plastic tray so that the pump would be submerged. That solved the problem, but required that I periodically scoop some water from the plastic bin back into the bucket. This is the water that flows through the internal part of the pump and is discharged into the bin (about 700ml/min). I didn't see this as a big issue as I need to attend the process anyway to reverse flow about every 2-3 minutes. Eventually, I decided to put another small pump in the bin to pump water from the bin back into the bucket. You will see this when I fire up the vortex machine. It's your choice if you want to add the second pump or save some $$ and do it by hand. Again, you will need to attend the process, so it's no big deal to do it by hand.   http://farmayard.podbean.com/ - Podcast webpage https://www.facebook.com/groups/farmayard/ - Facebook Movement Community http://farm-a-yard.com - Join the Movement, get on our email list https://www.facebook.com/letsfarmyouryard/ - Our Facebook https://www.youtube.com/user/lborghi1?&ab_channel=Farm-a-Yard - Our YouTube channel Music credit: “Insomnia” by John Sheehan.  Used with permission.