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Bug's Bleat - - GCF: Rank Explanation
Volume 8, Issue 41 Friday, October 13, 2006
Hello ALL,
The Panther’s won this week. Everyone agrees that last Friday’s game was one of the best in local history. Panther Stadium was packed, with people standing 6 to 10 people deep around the field.
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This Week’s Charlie, Dinah Sue, and James Fort story; “China Berry Tree House”
I’m not really sure what triggered the construction of a tree house in the China Berry Tree behind grandmother’s. There must have been some construction going on in the area, maybe the construction of Uncle Willard’s house. Anyway, we came up with some plywood, 2x4s and other lumber to use.
China Berry trees are the perfect location for low-level tree houses. Their spreading trunks give good support and kids aren’t working too high off the ground.
We started by assembling a floor approximately 3' x 4'. Then using some of our scrap 2x4s we built a loose frame and sided it up about 2' from the floor. Above that we had screen. Our roof was then tacked on and finished with some pieces of roll roofing that we found.
The door was in the back and a “chicken ladder” led to the ground.
We were really proud of our accomplishment until we noticed that the walls weren’t really straight and the roof leaked. So, after a week or so, we decided to rebuild the structure.
Once we’d torn it down to the floor again, we tired of the whole project and never put the walls back up.
That’s why there’s no sign of this project in Uncle Bob’s backyard today.
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Seat Belt Object Lesson
http://improbable.com/2006/09/29/the-inertia-of-barbie-and-ken/
Thanks to Joe Tudor
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A real eye opener! These are two reports on your average po-dunk VFD response and how it can kill firefighters. NIOSH never finds fault, only makes recommendations. You have to read between the lines.
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face200115.html
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face200218.html
Thanks to Jason Sands
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P.----pray
U.----until
S.----something
H.----happens
Meditate on it.
Thanks to Jackie Cottrell
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The photos on the front of this weeks “Bleat” include kids at “Dream Center” and Chase Sutton Rescue Training.
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Recipe(s) of the week - We’re sharing recipes from Shannon Voigt’s Taylor Recipe Book
Hot Chocolate Mix - - Vickie Taylor
Ingredients:
16 oz sifted powdered sugar
8 quarts instant nonfat dry milk powder
16 oz Nestle Quik
11 oz. Coffee Mate
Method:
Combine all ingredients; stir well. Store in an airtight container. To serve, place ¼ cup mix in a mug or cup. Add ¾ cup boiling water, stirring well.
Notes: Makes TONS
Hot Cocoa Mix - -Donna Gail Hanson
Ingredients:
2 cups sifted Powdered Sugar
2 cups instant nonfat dry milk powder
2 cups powdered nondairy coffee creamer
2 cups powdered chocolate milk mix
2 cups miniature marshmallows
Method:
Combine all ingredients; stir well. Store in an airtight container. To serve, place ¼ cup mix in a mug or cup. Add ¾ cup boiling water, stirring well.
Notes: Yield 8 cups or 32 servings.
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BreakPoint
With Chuck Colson
Health & Science patterns that Point to Design
By Mark Earley
10/13/2006
A Meaningful World
Note: This commentary was delivered by Prison Fellowship President Mark Earley.
Chuck Colson spoke yesterday about Benjamin Wiker and Jonathan Witt’s interesting new book, A Meaningful World: How the Arts and Sciences Reveal the Genius of Nature. Wiker’s and Witt’s argument, as you may recall, is that the wonders of our world point to a universe full of meaning—meaning that, in turn, points to a Designer. The uniqueness of their work is that they focus on the arts and sciences to make their case.
Chuck already touched on the book’s argument about Shakespeare. The authors show that all efforts to force his works into a tidy little box have come up short. Materialism and deconstructionism insist that all people and all literature are basically the same—that “everybody is a genius, so no one is.” Shakespeare’s beautiful and profound plays and poetry stand as a living rebuke of such a despairing worldview.
Wiker and Witt write, “The playwright’s themes pose a profound challenge for materialism. . . . But more fundamental still is the challenge Shakespeare’s genius poses to any worldview that would reduce everything, including the human mind, to the mindless flux of matter and energy. . . . Are we really to believe that natural selection moved from a single cell in a dirty pond to this?”
But that’s only the beginning. From exploring the genius of one human being, the authors move on to exploring another kind of genius. Specifically, they go on to talk about geometry and chemistry.
But they’re not talking about the intelligence of the human beings who came up with the Pythagorean Theorem and the periodic table. After all, these things weren’t invented by humans. What they’re pointing to is the genius that created the orderly physical and mathematical laws that govern the whole universe. Without this intentional design, there would have been no Pythagorean Theorem or periodic table to discover.
The authors ask that, if the world was born out of chance, how is it that nature acts according to rational laws? If we’re all here because of random and meaningless events, it doesn’t make sense that, one, there are mathematical and scientific laws that govern our world, and, two, that our efforts could discover what those laws are. We would be fumbling in the darkness of randomness, looking for explanations that didn’t even exist.
But the universe is full of patterns—patterns that extend to the smallest particles of an atom, that can be seen in the orderliness of the periodic table of elements. Furthermore, they’re patterns that the human mind could discover and comprehend. How does random chance explain all that?
Materialists look at these natural laws and patterns and say that they allow a closed and godless universe to function properly. Wiker and Witt show that this is utterly “absurd.” They give the proper respect to these natural laws and patterns by showing that there’s nothing random or godless about them. The universe is saturated with evidence of the Designer’s existence. The very mathematics and science—and literature—that lead some to posit a barren and meaningless existence are actually the very keys to discovering a universe full of intelligence and meaning.
For Further Reading and Information
Today’s BreakPoint offer: The Recommended Book List from Chuck Colson and the Wilberforce Forum.
Learn more about A Meaningful World by Benjamin Wiker and Jonathan Witt. Buy it today.
BreakPoint Commentary No. 061012, “What Has Darwin to Do with Shakespeare?: A Meaningful World.”
Travis McSherley, “The Mark of Meaning: Book Shows How Art and Science Point to Nature's Creator,” BreakPoint Online, 13 October 2006.
Regis Nicoll, “The Science of Design,” part one, part two, and part three, BreakPoint Online, 15/29 September, 13 October 2006.
Jonathan Witt, “A Meaningful World Broadens Case for Intelligent Design,” ID the Future blog, 10 August 2006.
Dr. Benjamin Wiker, “A Meaningful World,” To the Source, 28 September 2006.
William Dembski, “For your fall reading . . . ,” Uncommon Dissent blog, 27 July 2006.
Visit Jonathan and Amanda Witt’s blog Wittingshire.
“The Privileged Planet” (DVD)—This hour-long documentary explores the scientific evidence for intelligent design and purpose in the universe. Also available in VHS.
The BreakPoint Web site and BreakPoint WorldView Magazine feature Colson’s commentaries as well as feature articles by other established and up-and-coming writers to equip readers with a biblical perspective on a variety of issues and topics.
© 2004-2006 Prison Fellowship
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Words of the Week:
privation: the state of being deprived of something.
gambol: to dance and skip about in play.
deprecate: to disapprove of; also, to belittle.
braggadocio: empty boasting.
perorate: to conclude or sum up a long discourse; also, to speak at length.
hypnagogic: leading to sleep; hypnotic.
concinnity: elegance -- used chiefly of literary style.
extraneous: coming from the outside; also, not essential; also, irrelevant.
from Dictionary.Com
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"Man is by nature a political animal." - Aristotle
"Nothing is worse than active ignorance." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly ... is having to accept it." - William Faulkner
"Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?" - Confucius
"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter - 'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning." - Mark Twain
"Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny." - Carl Schurz
"A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved." - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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BREAKING CHRISTIAN NEWS
http://breakingchristiannews.com/
Woman Miraculously Survives NYC High-Rise Apartment Crash
"I'm telling you, it's an absolute miracle that she's alive. I honestly believe that God was sitting on her shoulder."
Remembering Cory Lidle – Yankees Pitcher Who Died in Wednesday's Plane Crash Attended Bible Studies
"He was active with the Baseball Chapel ministry, both in Philly and in NY. He attended the last chapel service of the season at Yankee stadium where we talked about the parable of the talents."
Aimee Herd (Oct 12th, 2006)
Supreme Court Declines Hearing Abortion Case
Woman who was "Mary Doe" says: "My name has been synonymous with abortion. I was against abortion then. I am against abortion now. I never sought an abortion. I have never had an abortion. Abortion is murder."
South Korean to Replace Kofi Annan as UN Secretary General is a Christian, Says Report
The members of his church are "mostly intellectuals, who make the Gospel a source of inspiration for their private and public life."
Pino Cazzaniga/TN (Oct 11th, 2006)
"Facing the Giants" Does Miraculously at Box Office
"We didn't make this movie to make money. We want people to walk out of the theater and desire a closer walk with God."
Peter Whoriskey/TN (Oct 10th, 2006)
Unorthodox Generation of Christian Youth are "Obsessed with Christ, Wide Awake" and Determined to Uphold Traditional Values
"I saw an entire youth movement building. I think they (the Disciple Generation) will be an influence on every aspect of our politics down the road."
Ed Stoddard, Reuters/TN (Oct 9th, 2006)
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GCF: Rank Explanation
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My brother was home on leave from his post in Hawaii. He announced that he had just been promoted to lieutenant commander. We were all pleased with the news, but some of us less knowledgeable about military rankings, especially those of the Navy, asked him to explain what the promotion meant.
After several failed attempts to get us to understand, he sighed and said, "Before, I was Hawkeye Pierce, but now I'm Frank Burns."
Expressions of understanding immediately lit the room.
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GCF: 50th Wedding Anniversary
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On their 50th wedding anniversary, a couple summed up the reason for their long and happy marriage.
The husband said, "I have tried never to be selfish. After all, there is no 'I' in the word `marriage.'"
The wife said, "For my part, I have never corrected my husband's spelling."
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GCF: Surgical Tools
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To address an emergency call, a doctor came to the home of a rich patient, who was screaming with extreme stomach pain and was surrounded by many anxious relatives. The Doctor kicked all the relatives out of the room, closed the door with patient and he inside.
After a while he came out and asked, "Please give me a pair of scissors." People gave him stainless steel scissors. He again went inside, closed the door and soon came back. He said, "Please give me a hammer." He got one. A number of times he repeated the routine of going inside, closing the door and then coming back again for a new tool.
Finally he came outside one more time and asked, "Please give me a screw driver." The oldest son could not stand it any more and lost his patience. In a crying voice he pleaded, "Doctor please tell us what has happened to our dear Dad. Will he live? Should we open his will?"
The doctor said, "No, I don't know that yet. I am still trying to open my stupid bag - I lost the key."
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GCF: Pilot Crash Reports
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As he reviewed pilot crash reports, my Air Force military science professor stumbled upon this understated entry: "After catastrophic engine failure, I landed long. As I had no power, the landing gear failed to deploy and no braking was available. I bounced over the stone wall at the end of the runway, struck the trailer of a truck while crossing the perimeter road, crashed through the guardrail, grazed off a large pine tree, ran over a tractor parked in the adjacent field and hit another tree. Then I lost control."
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GCF: Kidnapped
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Most Friday nights at the Naval Station in Bermuda, we would assemble at the Officer's Club after work. One Friday, Rick, a newly married ensign, insisted he had to leave at 6 p.m. We all tried to talk him into staying, but he'd promised his bride he'd be home by six. I offered to call home for Rick.
When his wife answered the phone, I said, "Rick has been Kidnapped.
Put five dollars in small, unmarked bills in a plain brown paper bag and throw it in the door of the officers club." Then I hung up.
A short time later, a waiter brought a grocery bag to our table. In it were Rick's baseball glove, a tennis racket and a teddy bear.
Attached to the bear was a note: "Rick can play kidnapped until 7 p.m. Then he must come home."
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\ / I love defenseless animals, \ /
\ _/ especially in a good gravy. \_ /
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\ / Punsters deserve to be \ /
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\ / Just because I have a short \ /
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\ / Don't assume malice for what \ /
\ _/ stupidity can explain. \_ /
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Thomas S. Ellsworth
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[GCFL.net] Warning
Beware of triskaidekaphobia on this Friday.
(Reference:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/triskaidekaphobia )
Received from Dan Galvin.
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[GCFL.net] Alabama State Quarter Recall
Hang on to any of the new State of Alabama quarters. If you have them, they may be worth much more than 25 cents.
The U.S. Treasury announced today that it is recalling all of the Alabama quarters that are part of its program featuring quarters from each state.
"We are recalling all the new Alabama quarters that were recently issued," Treasury Undersecretary Jack Shackleford said Monday. "This action is being taken after numerous reports that the new quarters will not work in parking meters, toll booths, vending machines, pay phones, or other coin-operated devices."
The quarters were issued in the order in which the various states joined the U.S. and have been a tremendous success among coin collectors worldwide.
"The problem lies in the unique design of the Alabama quarter, which was created by an Auburn University graduate," Shackleford said. "Apparently, the duct tape holding the two dimes and the nickel together keeps jamming the coin-operated devices."
Received from Wes and Gail Mitchell.
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[GCFL.net] Leaky Roof
Mr. Gable had a leak in the roof over his dining room, so he called a repairman to take a look at it. "When did you first notice the leak?" the repairman inquired.
Mr. Gable scowled. "Last night, when it took me two hours to finish my soup!"
Received from Thomas S. Ellsworth.
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[GCFL.net] Muffled Workers
Winters were fierce where the estate owner lived, so he felt he was doing a good deed when he bought earmuffs for his foreman.
Noticing, however, that the foreman wasn't wearing the earmuffs even on the bitterest day, the landlord asked, "Didn't you like the muffs?"
The foreman said, "They're a thing of beauty."
"Why don't you wear them?"
The foreman explained, "I was wearing them the first day, and somebody offered to buy me lunch, but I didn't hear him!
Never again, never again!"
Received from Thomas S. Ellsworth.
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[GCFL.net] Horseshoe
One day a cowboy walked into a blacksmith shop and picked up a horseshoe, not realizing that it had just come from the forge. He immediately dropped it and jammed his hand into his pocket, trying to act as if nothing had happened. The blacksmith noticed and asked with a grin, "Kind of hot, wasn't it?"
"Nope," answered the cowboy through clenched teeth, "it just doesn't take me long to look at a horseshoe."
(Found in a Colorado Media Directors old newsletter, April 1979)
Received from Robert W.E. Jentzsch.
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Due to the popularity of the Survivor shows, Texas is planning to do one entitled, "Survivor-Texas Style."
The contestants will all start in Dallas , then drive to Waco , Austin , San Antonio , over to Houston and down to Brownsville . They will then proceed up to Del Rio , El Paso , Midland , Odessa , Lubbock and Amarillo . From there they will go on to Abilene , Fort Worth and finally back to Dallas .
Each will be driving a pink Volvo with bumper stickers that read: I'm Gay, I Love the Dixie Chicks, Boycott Beef, I Voted for John Kerry, George Strait Sucks, Hillary in 2008 and I'm here to confiscate your gun.
The first one to make it back to Dallas alive wins.
Thanks to Daphne Roberts
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*Family Records*
The following was overheard at a recent high society party...
"My ancestry goes all the way back to Alexander the Great," said one lady. She then turned to a second woman and asked, "How far does your family go back?"
"I don't know," was the reply. "All of our records were lost in the flood."
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*Find and Replace*
The age of the computer brings much ease and expertise to the preparation of the worship folders. Some churches which use the same basic format each week can simply call up the form on the computer screen, make a few necessary changes, and presto, it's done.
But it can be tricky.
In one church I know, they use the same format for funeral services. And when a person dies and a funeral service is prepared, the secretary simply uses the word-search-and-replace process and changes the name of the deceased from the previous service to the name of the deceased who has just passed away.
Very simple.
So when Edna died, the pastor instructed the secretary to prepare the service for her by following the above-mentioned process. The last person who died was Mary. So the secretary instructed the computer to change all "Marys" to Ednas." And so it was.
Image the surprise of the attendees when they recited the Apostles Creed and read:
"He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Edna..."
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*The Place for Grace*
When little Johnny received his plate he started eating right away.
"Johnny wait until we say our prayer."
"I don't have to."
The boy replied. "Of course, you do," his mother insisted. "We say a prayer before eating at our house."
"That's our house," Johnny explained. "But this is Grandma's house, and she knows how to cook!"
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*Parrot Skills*
A man entered a pet shop, wanting to buy a parrot. The shop owner pointed out three identical parrots on a perch and said, "The parrot to the left costs 500 dollars."
"Why does that parrot cost so much?" the man wondered.
The owner replied, "Well, it knows how to use a computer."
The man asked about the next parrot on the perch.
"That one costs 1,000 dollars because it can do everything the other parrot can do, plus it knows how to use the UNIX operating system."
Naturally, the startled customer asked about the third parrot.
"That one costs 2,000 dollars."
"And what does that one do?" the man asked.
The owner replied, "To be honest, I've never seen him do a thing, but the other two call him boss!"
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*Blood Flow*
A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood. Trying to make the matter clearer, she said, "Now, class, if I stood on my head, the blood, as you know, would run into it, and I would turn red in the face."
"Yes," the class said.
"Then why is it that while I am standing upright in the ordinary position the blood doesn't run into my feet?"
A little fellow shouted, "Cause your feet ain't empty."
Eye Laugh
"Openers Banned"
http://www.cybersalt.org/go.php?id=cw248
"Monkey Cutbacks"
http://www.cybersalt.org/go.php?id=cw249
"Boxing Comeback"
http://www.cybersalt.org/go.php?id=cw250
"Noah's Marina"
http://www.cybersalt.org/go.php?id=cw233
"Super Kitty"
http://www.cybersalt.org/go.php?id=cw251
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Being a feminist, even a moderate feminist like me, can make it tough to dodge duties unsuited to the squeamish. In my case, squirrel removal.
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------------ Safety From The Heart ----------
October 11, 2006
Today's Message is from Sandy Barclay (a Houston Albemarle employee).
This is Fire Prevention Week. How about a short quiz?
Fire Prevention Week Quiz
Did you know that more fires start in the kitchen than in any other part of the home? That's why NFPA has chosen "Prevent Cooking Fires" as the theme for Fire Prevention Week (FPW), October 8 - 14. Take this new Fire Prevention Week quiz and see how many questions you can answer correctly. Good luck!
1. The leading cause of fires in the kitchen is:
a. burnt toast.
b. unattended cooking.
c. oven fires.
d. microwave oven fires
2. If you leave the kitchen for even a short period of time while you are frying, grilling, or broiling food, you should:
a. turn the stove down low.
b. leave the food cooking as is.
c. turn off the stove.
d. cover the food with aluminum foil.
3. If you are simmering, baking, roasting or boiling food:
a. check it regularly, and stay in the home.
b. it is safe to run outside and get your mail.
c. stay in the kitchen and watch the stove.
d. it is safe to leave the home for an hour.
4. When young children are present:
a. use the stove's front burners so you can reach them faster.
b. use the stove's back burners.
c. have children sit quietly on the floor so they can't reach the stove.
d. have children stand behind you when you are using the stove.
5. Spilled food and grease from burners, stove tops and oven should be:
a. cleaned up to prevent a fire.
b. kept to a minimum.
c. covered with paper towels to soak up the grease and food.
d. left to harden.
6. If a small grease fire starts in a pan:
a. use baking powder to put the fire out.
b. smother the flames by carefully sliding the lidover the pan (make sure you are wearing an oven mitt). Turn off the burner.
c. pour water on the fire.
d.move the pan to the sink and run water over it.
7. When heating food in the microwave.
a. use any container that can fit in the microwave.
b. cover the container with aluminum foil to spills.
c. use only microwave-safe containers or dishes heat food.
d. avoid wearing clothes with loose sleeves.
8. If you have a fire in your microwave:
a. turn it off immediately and open the door.
b. turn it off immediately and keep the door closed.
c. open the door and attempt to put out of the fire.
d. get a lid from a pot or pan to cover the fire.
9. Keep kids away from cooking areas by enforcing a "kid-free zone" of:
a. 3 feet around the stove.
b. 1 foot around the stove.
c. 2 feet around the stove.
d. 1 foot to the right or left of the stove.
10. You should treat a burn with cool water for:
a. 7 to 10 minutes.
b. 5 to 7 minutes.
c. 3 to 5 minutes.
d. cool water isn't good for a burn.
Answers: 1.b, 2.c, 3.a, 4.b, 5.a, 6.b, 7.c, 8.b, 9.a, 10.c
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Our Church, Magnolia Christian Center, has the following mission statement. Our purpose is to build a great church for the glory of God through the great commission and the great commandment. MCC' Vision - That MCC will be a place hopping with children, energized with teenagers, balanced with diversity and transformed by the power of God! We want to turn uninterested people into interested people and win the lost to make fully devoted followers of Christ. www.mcc2000.net
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Can you answer this riddle?
Here is a pretty neat little thing from Paul Harvey. See if you can guess the riddle at the end.
Paul Harvey Writes:
We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse. For my grandchildren, I'd like better.
I'd really like for them to know about hand me down clothes and homemade ice cream and leftover meat loaf sandwiches. I really would.
I hope you learn humility by being humiliated, and that you learn honesty by being cheated.
I hope you learn to make your own bed and mow the lawn and wash the car.
And I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car when you are sixteen.
It will be good if at least one time you can see puppies born and your old dog put to sleep.
I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in.
I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother/sister. And it's all right if you have to draw a line down the middle of the room, but when he wants to crawl under the covers with you because he’s scared, I hope you let him.
When you want to see a movie and your little brother/sister wants to tag along, I hope you'll let him/her.
I hope you have to walk uphill to school with your friends and that you live in a town where you can do it safely.
On rainy days when you have to catch a ride, I hope you don't ask your driver to drop you two blocks away so you won't be seen riding with someone as uncool as your Mom.
If you want a slingshot, I hope your Dad teaches you how to make one instead of buying one.
I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books.
When you learn to use computers, I hope you also learn to add and subtract in your head.
I hope you get teased by your friends when you have your first crush on a boy\girl, and when you talk back to your mother that you learn what ivory soap tastes like.
May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on a stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole.
I don't care if you try a beer once, but I hope you don't like it. And if a friend offers you dope or a joint, I hope you realize he is not your friend.
I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your Grandma/Grandpa and go fishing with your Uncle.
May you feel sorrow at a funeral and joy during the holidays.
I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through your neighbor's window and that she hugs you and kisses you at Hanukkah/Christmastime when you give her a plaster mold of your hand.
These things I wish for you - tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness. To me, it's the only way to appreciate life.
Written with a pen. Sealed with a kiss. I'm here for you. And if I die before you do, I'll go to heaven and wait for you.
Send this to all of your friends. We secure our friends, not by accepting favors, but by doing them.
Paul Harvey RIDDLE:
( When asked this riddle, 80% of kindergarten kids got the answer, compared to 17% of Stanford University seniors.)
What is greater than God, More evil than the devil, The poor have it, The rich need it, And if you eat it, you'll die?
Thanks to Greg McDaniel
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Activities and Events of Interest
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The Emancipation Proclamation will be on display at the Clinton Library September 22-25, 2007.
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"September 11 WDYTJWD" W. P. Florence
Justice first, then peace."
"September 11" Never forget.--Tony Moses
"ONE NATION UNDER GOD ...the only way"--Phillip Story
"We have nothing to fear but fear itself." -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Keeping my head down but face toward Heaven" - - Jody Eldred, ABC News Cameraman in Kuwait
"Remember Pearl Harbor? Remember 9/11!" --"Bug"
Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity. - - George Carlin
"Stop telling God how big your storm is. Instead, tell the storm how big your God is!" - - Queen E. Watson
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NEVER FORGET! We're listing the names of our soldiers killed weekly. These records can be found at http://www.defenselink. mil/releases/
01. Cpl. Fernando D. Robinson, 21, of Hawthorne, Calif., died on Oct. 2 in Korengal, Afghanistan, from injuries sustained when his patrol came under attack by enemy forces using small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades. Robinson was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
The Department of Defense announced the death of four soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died in Taji, Iraq, on Oct. 2, of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle. All four soldiers were assigned to the 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Killed were:
02. Staff Sgt. James D. Ellis, 25, of Valdosta, Ga.
03. Spc. Raymond S. Armijo, 22, of Phoenix, Ariz.
04. Spc. Justin R. Jarrett, 21, of Jonesboro, Ga.
05. Spc. Kristofer C. Walker, 20, of Creve Coeur, Ill.
The Department of Defense announced the death of four soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died in Taji, Iraq, on Oct. 4 after being attacked by enemy forces using small arms fire and other weapons. All four soldiers were assigned to the 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Killed were:
06. Pfc. Dean R. Bright, 32, of Roseburg, Oregon.
07. Spc. Timothy R. Burke, 24, of Hollywood, Fla.
08. Staff Sgt. Christopher O. Moudry, 31, of Baltimore, Md.
09. Spc. George R. Obourn Jr., 20, of Creve Coeur, Ill.
10. Cpl. Carl W. Johnson II, 21, of Philadelphia, Pa., died on Oct. 7 in Mosul, Iraq, from injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Johnson was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
11. Cpl. Nicholas A. Arvanitis, 22, of Salem, New Hampshire, died on Oct. 6 in Bayji, Iraq, from injuries suffered when he encountered enemy fire. Arvanitis was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
12. Pfc. Shane R. Austin, 19, of Edgerton, Kan., died on Oct. 8 in AR. Ramadi, Iraq, from injuries suffered by enemy grenade fire. Austin was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 35th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armor Division, Baumholder, Germany.
The Department of Defense announced the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died Oct. 7 in Baghdad, Iraq, from injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle during combat operations. Killed were:
13. Staff Sgt. Lawrence L. Parrish, 36, of Lebanon, Mo., who was assigned to the 110th Engineer Battalion, Kansas City, Mo.
14. Spec. John E. Wood, 37, of Humboldt, Kan., who was assigned to the 891st Engineer Battalion, Garnett, Kan.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Killed were:
15. Sgt. Brandon S. Asbury, 21, of Tazewell, Va., who died on Oct. 7 in Baghdad, Iraq, from injuries suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire during combat operations. Asbury was assigned to the 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
16. Spec. Timothy A. Fulkerson, 20, of Utica, Ky., who died Oct. 8 in Tikrit, Iraq, when a landmine detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. Fulkerson was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 82nd Aviation Reconnaissance Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
17. Pfc. Phillip B. Williams, 21, of Gardnerville, Nev., died Oct. 9 in Baghdad, Iraq, from injuries suffered from enemy contact during combat operations. Williams was assigned to the 4th Brigade Troop Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of six Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
18. Sgt. Julian M. Arechaga, 23, of Oceanside, N.Y., died Oct. 9 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
19. Lance Cpl. Jon E. Bowman, 21, of Dubach, La., died Oct. 9 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
20. Pfc. Shelby J. Feniello, 25, of Connellsville, Pa., died Oct. 9 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
21. Lance Cpl. John E. Hale, 20, of Shreveport, La., died Oct. 6 from wounds received while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
22. Lance Cpl. Stephen F. Johnson, 20, of Marietta, Ga., died Oct. 8 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
23. Cpl. Bradford H. Payne, 24, of Montgomery, Ala., died Oct. 6 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
The Department of Defense announced the death of three Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
24. Lance Cpl. Derek W. Jones, 21, of Salem, Ore., died Oct. 8 from wounds received while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
25. Lance Cpl. Jeremy S. Sandvick Monroe, 20, of Chinook, Mont., died Oct. 8 from wounds received while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
26. Capt. Robert M. Secher, 33, of Germantown, Tenn., died Oct. 8 from wounds received while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan.
27. Chief Warrant Officer Scott W. Dyer, 38, of Cocoa Beach, Fla., died Oct. 11 in Banditemur, Afghanistan, from injuries suffered during combat operations. Dyer was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.
28. Capt. Shane T. Adcock, 27, of Mechanicsville, Va., died on Oct. 11 in Hawijah, Iraq, from injuries suffered from enemy grenade fire. Adcock was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
29. Sgt. Justin T. Walsh, 24, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, died Oct. 11 at National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, Md., from wounds received while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Oct. 5. He was assigned to 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
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Missing WWII Airmen is Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
He is 1st Lt. Shannon E. Estill, U.S. Army Air Forces, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He will be buried on October 10 in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C.
On April 13, 1945, Estill’s P-38J Lightning was struck by enemy anti-aircraft fire while attacking targets in eastern Germany. Another U.S. pilot reported seeing Estill’s aircraft explode and crash. Because the location of the crash site was within the Russian-controlled sector of occupied Germany, U.S. military personnel could not recover Estill’s remains after the war.
In 2003, a team from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) investigated a crash site near the town of Elsnig in eastern Germany. The site had been reported by two German nationals whose hobby is finding the location of World War II crash sites. They also claimed to have found remains at the site, which they turned over to U.S. Army officials. The team surveyed the site and interviewed two more men who witnessed the crash as children.
In 2005, another JPAC team excavated the crash site and recovered additional human remains as well as P-38 wreckage. Included in the recovered wreckage was an aircraft data plate from Estill’s plane.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA in the identification of the remains, matching DNA sequences from a maternal relative.
For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/ or call (703) 699-1169.
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Air Force Pilot Missing in Action From Vietnam War is Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will soon be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
He is 1st Lt. James L. Hull, U.S. Air Force, of Lubbock, Texas. He will be buried Nov. 13 at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C.
On Feb. 19, 1971, Hull and a fellow crew member were flying a mission near the Laos/Vietnam border when their O-2A Skymaster crashed. Both men died, but Hull’s body was buried in the wreckage and could not be recovered because of hostile enemy action.
Between 1993 and 1997, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) led three investigations with U.S. and Socialist Republic of Vietnam (S.R.V.) teams, and one trilateral investigation with a Lao People’s Democratic Republic (L.P.D.R.) team. During the first investigation, the team interviewed a Vietnamese citizen who produced human remains and an identification tag for Hull that he claimed to have recovered from a crash site located just inside Laos. The joint team was not allowed to cross the border and the investigation was suspended. The Vietnamese turned over the bone fragment to U.S. officials, but the ID tag’s whereabouts are still unknown.
Additional investigations yielded some information concerning a crash site located just inside the Laotian border. The S.R.V. allowed a Vietnamese national to walk to the purported crash site and collect a fragment of the wreckage. Based on the location, type of aircraft and retrieved wreckage, analysts determined it was Hull’s crash site.
In May 2006, a joint U.S. and L.P.D.R. team excavated the site where they recovered additional evidence and human remains.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA from a known maternal relative in the identification of the remains.
For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1169.
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Please remember to pray for the American soldiers stationed everywhere around the globe and especially in Iraq. Times have been and are very tough and it would be nice if you would all just say a prayer for their safety and for their families.
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Volume 12, Number 15 --- 12 Oct 2006
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TODAY'S TOURBUS TOPICS: Curing Hiccups / Myspace and Adults
Here's a stat that really surprised me... according to a recent study by ComScore Media Metrix, a whopping 68 PERCENT of Myspace users are age 25 and older. Many people have thought of Myspace as a teenage wasteland, but clearly the trend is toward social networking sites becoming a significant part of adult the user's Internet experience.
So I've got a busload of helpful tips on Myspace usage, and if you want to make it go away forever, I can help there too. Oh, and science has discovered a cure for intractable hiccups. Read on!
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Got Hiccups? Go Digital!
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Have you ever had hiccups that just wouldn't go away? It turns out the cure may be worse than the disease, depending on your point of reference. The 2006 Ig Nobel Prize winners were awarded last week, on the campus of Harvard University. And among the winners were a group of researchers who claim that the cure for persistent hiccups is "digital rectal massage."
Read on for details, and to see who won the dubious distinction of winning the Ig Nobel prizes in Mathematics, Literature, Physics and other fields of scientific endeavor...
http://askbobrankin.com/cure_for_hiccups.html
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Myspace - Not Just For Teens
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Just a year ago, teens 12-17 accounted for 25 percent of the MySpaceaudience, but today they represent only 12 percent of the total. That doesn't mean that FEWER teens are using Myspace (far from it),but rather reflects the fact that LOTS more adults are getting on the social networking bandwagon. The group with the largest increase in Myspace participation was adults in the 35-54 age bracket.
If that makes you curious about jumping into the fray, here are some helpful articles that I've written to help you get started, and successfully navigate the Myspace waters:
* MYSPACE: GOOD OR EVIL?
http://askbobrankin.com/myspace_good_or_evil.html
* MYSPACE SAFETY TIPS
http://askbobrankin.com/myspace_safety_tips.html
* SEARCHING IN MYSPACE
http://askbobrankin.com/searching_in_myspace.html
* MYSPACE LAYOUTS
http://askbobrankin.com/myspace_layouts.html
* ADD MUSIC TO YOUR MYSPACE PROFILE
http://askbobrankin.com/add_music_to_myspace.html
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Jane... Get Me Off This Crazy Thing!
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If you've tried Myspace, and you've decided it's just not for you, that's fine -- there are plenty of other places to hang out online. Or maybe you're more concerned about your kids, and what THEY do on Myspace, either at home or school.
One concerned parent wrote to me after having trouble cancelling her daughter's Myspace account, because it contained too much personal information. So I wrote a tutorial for those who want to cancel a Myspace account and remove the profile, even if you no longer have access to the password or email account associated with it.
* CANCEL A MYSPACE ACCOUNT
http://askbobrankin.com/cancel_myspace_account.html
If you want to block your child's access to Myspace at home, or you're interested in how both public and private schools are dealing with access to Myspace, check out these articles:
* BLOCKING ACCESS TO MYSPACE
http://askbobrankin.com/blocking_myspace.html
* BLOCKING MYSPACE AT SCHOOL
http://askbobrankin.com/banning_myspace.html
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Fetch, PreFetch, or Not to Fetch?
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There's a myth about Windows XP performance that's been floating around in cyberspace for a few years, and it has to do with a little-known feature in the operating system called PreFetch.
Some well-meaning folks have been spreading the word that disabling this feature will make Windows start and run faster. But just the opposite is true. Here's the scoop:
http://askbobrankin.com/windows_prefetch.html
That's all for now, see you next time! -- Bob Rankin
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Scheduled Activities
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Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 8 p.m. Monday - Friday. At noon on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and at 7 p.m. Sunday at 914 N. Vine
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Columbia County Amateur Radio Club meets Every second Thursday @ 7:00 p.m. Union Street Station. And YOU'RE invited. Net is every Sunday at 20:30 on 147.105.
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Columbia County Diabetes Support Group - Every third Monday, 7:00 p.m. room 222, Magnolia Hospital
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"Focus on the Family" with Dr. James Dobson weekday afternoons at 1 PM on KVMA am 630 it's a great show!
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MCC - "Faith Builders" Small group meets the second and fourth Tuesdays, 6:30 pm to 7:45 pm.
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MCC - Meadow Brook Nursing Home Ministry Tuesday from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m
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MCC - Mom's Day Out - Every Tuesday and Thursday from 9 to 2.$10 for the first child, $5 for the second. Call 234-3225 for reservations.
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MCC - Nursing Home Ministry - Meadowbrook Every Tuesday from 10 to 11 am. Taylor, the last Thursday each month.
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Men's Prayer Breakfast held every Tuesday morning at 6 AM in Miller's Cafeteria. If you aren't a regular participant at the Men's Prayer Breakfast, you're missing some great food, fellowship and inspired teaching of the Word. Hope to see you there.
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Narcotics Anonymous 5-6 pm every Monday at 220 Pine street.
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TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) 5 pm every Tuesday in the Magnolia Hospital break room.
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Emergency Phone Number 911
(Fire, Police, Ambulance, Sheriff, etc. )
Central Dispatch 234-5655
(Non - Emergency Number)
Direct Numbers
Ambulance - 234-7371 (24 Hour)
Jail - 234-5331 (24 Hour)
Poison Control - 800-222-1222 (24 Hour)
http://www. aapcc. org/
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"There is not enough darkness in the world to put out the light of one candle."
"Laugh whenever you can and cry if you need to." -- "Bug"
"I read the end of the book. We win!" -- "Bug"
"We may not be able to cure the world, but we don't have to make it sicker." -- "Bug"
"There just ain't enough fingers for all the holes in the dike." - - "Bug"
"It's no big deal doing what God tells you to do. A big deal would be NOT doing what God tells you to do. Just ask Jonah." - - Paul Troquille
"A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in ... and how many want out." - - Tony Blair
"Information is the currency of democracy." - Jefferson
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Hope you enjoy the newsletter.
Again, thanks to all our contributors this week.
God bless and GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!
Isa 38:17-20 Eccl 1:9-11 1 Cor 8:9-12 Luke 13:7-9 Rom 12:19-21 http://www.e-min.org/
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Hello ALL,
The Panther’s won this week. Everyone agrees that last Friday’s game was one of the best in local history. Panther Stadium was packed, with people standing 6 to 10 people deep around the field.
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This Week’s Charlie, Dinah Sue, and James Fort story; “China Berry Tree House”
I’m not really sure what triggered the construction of a tree house in the China Berry Tree behind grandmother’s. There must have been some construction going on in the area, maybe the construction of Uncle Willard’s house. Anyway, we came up with some plywood, 2x4s and other lumber to use.
China Berry trees are the perfect location for low-level tree houses. Their spreading trunks give good support and kids aren’t working too high off the ground.
We started by assembling a floor approximately 3' x 4'. Then using some of our scrap 2x4s we built a loose frame and sided it up about 2' from the floor. Above that we had screen. Our roof was then tacked on and finished with some pieces of roll roofing that we found.
The door was in the back and a “chicken ladder” led to the ground.
We were really proud of our accomplishment until we noticed that the walls weren’t really straight and the roof leaked. So, after a week or so, we decided to rebuild the structure.
Once we’d torn it down to the floor again, we tired of the whole project and never put the walls back up.
That’s why there’s no sign of this project in Uncle Bob’s backyard today.
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Seat Belt Object Lesson
http://improbable.com/2006/09/29/the-inertia-of-barbie-and-ken/
Thanks to Joe Tudor
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A real eye opener! These are two reports on your average po-dunk VFD response and how it can kill firefighters. NIOSH never finds fault, only makes recommendations. You have to read between the lines.
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face200115.html
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face200218.html
Thanks to Jason Sands
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P.----pray
U.----until
S.----something
H.----happens
Meditate on it.
Thanks to Jackie Cottrell
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The photos on the front of this weeks “Bleat” include kids at “Dream Center” and Chase Sutton Rescue Training.
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Don’t forget to check out www.mcc2000.net
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Recipe(s) of the week - We’re sharing recipes from Shannon Voigt’s Taylor Recipe Book
Hot Chocolate Mix - - Vickie Taylor
Ingredients:
16 oz sifted powdered sugar
8 quarts instant nonfat dry milk powder
16 oz Nestle Quik
11 oz. Coffee Mate
Method:
Combine all ingredients; stir well. Store in an airtight container. To serve, place ¼ cup mix in a mug or cup. Add ¾ cup boiling water, stirring well.
Notes: Makes TONS
Hot Cocoa Mix - -Donna Gail Hanson
Ingredients:
2 cups sifted Powdered Sugar
2 cups instant nonfat dry milk powder
2 cups powdered nondairy coffee creamer
2 cups powdered chocolate milk mix
2 cups miniature marshmallows
Method:
Combine all ingredients; stir well. Store in an airtight container. To serve, place ¼ cup mix in a mug or cup. Add ¾ cup boiling water, stirring well.
Notes: Yield 8 cups or 32 servings.
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BreakPoint
With Chuck Colson
Health & Science patterns that Point to Design
By Mark Earley
10/13/2006
A Meaningful World
Note: This commentary was delivered by Prison Fellowship President Mark Earley.
Chuck Colson spoke yesterday about Benjamin Wiker and Jonathan Witt’s interesting new book, A Meaningful World: How the Arts and Sciences Reveal the Genius of Nature. Wiker’s and Witt’s argument, as you may recall, is that the wonders of our world point to a universe full of meaning—meaning that, in turn, points to a Designer. The uniqueness of their work is that they focus on the arts and sciences to make their case.
Chuck already touched on the book’s argument about Shakespeare. The authors show that all efforts to force his works into a tidy little box have come up short. Materialism and deconstructionism insist that all people and all literature are basically the same—that “everybody is a genius, so no one is.” Shakespeare’s beautiful and profound plays and poetry stand as a living rebuke of such a despairing worldview.
Wiker and Witt write, “The playwright’s themes pose a profound challenge for materialism. . . . But more fundamental still is the challenge Shakespeare’s genius poses to any worldview that would reduce everything, including the human mind, to the mindless flux of matter and energy. . . . Are we really to believe that natural selection moved from a single cell in a dirty pond to this?”
But that’s only the beginning. From exploring the genius of one human being, the authors move on to exploring another kind of genius. Specifically, they go on to talk about geometry and chemistry.
But they’re not talking about the intelligence of the human beings who came up with the Pythagorean Theorem and the periodic table. After all, these things weren’t invented by humans. What they’re pointing to is the genius that created the orderly physical and mathematical laws that govern the whole universe. Without this intentional design, there would have been no Pythagorean Theorem or periodic table to discover.
The authors ask that, if the world was born out of chance, how is it that nature acts according to rational laws? If we’re all here because of random and meaningless events, it doesn’t make sense that, one, there are mathematical and scientific laws that govern our world, and, two, that our efforts could discover what those laws are. We would be fumbling in the darkness of randomness, looking for explanations that didn’t even exist.
But the universe is full of patterns—patterns that extend to the smallest particles of an atom, that can be seen in the orderliness of the periodic table of elements. Furthermore, they’re patterns that the human mind could discover and comprehend. How does random chance explain all that?
Materialists look at these natural laws and patterns and say that they allow a closed and godless universe to function properly. Wiker and Witt show that this is utterly “absurd.” They give the proper respect to these natural laws and patterns by showing that there’s nothing random or godless about them. The universe is saturated with evidence of the Designer’s existence. The very mathematics and science—and literature—that lead some to posit a barren and meaningless existence are actually the very keys to discovering a universe full of intelligence and meaning.
For Further Reading and Information
Today’s BreakPoint offer: The Recommended Book List from Chuck Colson and the Wilberforce Forum.
Learn more about A Meaningful World by Benjamin Wiker and Jonathan Witt. Buy it today.
BreakPoint Commentary No. 061012, “What Has Darwin to Do with Shakespeare?: A Meaningful World.”
Travis McSherley, “The Mark of Meaning: Book Shows How Art and Science Point to Nature's Creator,” BreakPoint Online, 13 October 2006.
Regis Nicoll, “The Science of Design,” part one, part two, and part three, BreakPoint Online, 15/29 September, 13 October 2006.
Jonathan Witt, “A Meaningful World Broadens Case for Intelligent Design,” ID the Future blog, 10 August 2006.
Dr. Benjamin Wiker, “A Meaningful World,” To the Source, 28 September 2006.
William Dembski, “For your fall reading . . . ,” Uncommon Dissent blog, 27 July 2006.
Visit Jonathan and Amanda Witt’s blog Wittingshire.
“The Privileged Planet” (DVD)—This hour-long documentary explores the scientific evidence for intelligent design and purpose in the universe. Also available in VHS.
The BreakPoint Web site and BreakPoint WorldView Magazine feature Colson’s commentaries as well as feature articles by other established and up-and-coming writers to equip readers with a biblical perspective on a variety of issues and topics.
© 2004-2006 Prison Fellowship
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Words of the Week:
privation: the state of being deprived of something.
gambol: to dance and skip about in play.
deprecate: to disapprove of; also, to belittle.
braggadocio: empty boasting.
perorate: to conclude or sum up a long discourse; also, to speak at length.
hypnagogic: leading to sleep; hypnotic.
concinnity: elegance -- used chiefly of literary style.
extraneous: coming from the outside; also, not essential; also, irrelevant.
from Dictionary.Com
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"Man is by nature a political animal." - Aristotle
"Nothing is worse than active ignorance." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly ... is having to accept it." - William Faulkner
"Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?" - Confucius
"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter - 'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning." - Mark Twain
"Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny." - Carl Schurz
"A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved." - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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BREAKING CHRISTIAN NEWS
http://breakingchristiannews.com/
Woman Miraculously Survives NYC High-Rise Apartment Crash
"I'm telling you, it's an absolute miracle that she's alive. I honestly believe that God was sitting on her shoulder."
Remembering Cory Lidle – Yankees Pitcher Who Died in Wednesday's Plane Crash Attended Bible Studies
"He was active with the Baseball Chapel ministry, both in Philly and in NY. He attended the last chapel service of the season at Yankee stadium where we talked about the parable of the talents."
Aimee Herd (Oct 12th, 2006)
Supreme Court Declines Hearing Abortion Case
Woman who was "Mary Doe" says: "My name has been synonymous with abortion. I was against abortion then. I am against abortion now. I never sought an abortion. I have never had an abortion. Abortion is murder."
South Korean to Replace Kofi Annan as UN Secretary General is a Christian, Says Report
The members of his church are "mostly intellectuals, who make the Gospel a source of inspiration for their private and public life."
Pino Cazzaniga/TN (Oct 11th, 2006)
"Facing the Giants" Does Miraculously at Box Office
"We didn't make this movie to make money. We want people to walk out of the theater and desire a closer walk with God."
Peter Whoriskey/TN (Oct 10th, 2006)
Unorthodox Generation of Christian Youth are "Obsessed with Christ, Wide Awake" and Determined to Uphold Traditional Values
"I saw an entire youth movement building. I think they (the Disciple Generation) will be an influence on every aspect of our politics down the road."
Ed Stoddard, Reuters/TN (Oct 9th, 2006)
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GCF: Rank Explanation
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My brother was home on leave from his post in Hawaii. He announced that he had just been promoted to lieutenant commander. We were all pleased with the news, but some of us less knowledgeable about military rankings, especially those of the Navy, asked him to explain what the promotion meant.
After several failed attempts to get us to understand, he sighed and said, "Before, I was Hawkeye Pierce, but now I'm Frank Burns."
Expressions of understanding immediately lit the room.
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GCF: 50th Wedding Anniversary
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On their 50th wedding anniversary, a couple summed up the reason for their long and happy marriage.
The husband said, "I have tried never to be selfish. After all, there is no 'I' in the word `marriage.'"
The wife said, "For my part, I have never corrected my husband's spelling."
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GCF: Surgical Tools
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To address an emergency call, a doctor came to the home of a rich patient, who was screaming with extreme stomach pain and was surrounded by many anxious relatives. The Doctor kicked all the relatives out of the room, closed the door with patient and he inside.
After a while he came out and asked, "Please give me a pair of scissors." People gave him stainless steel scissors. He again went inside, closed the door and soon came back. He said, "Please give me a hammer." He got one. A number of times he repeated the routine of going inside, closing the door and then coming back again for a new tool.
Finally he came outside one more time and asked, "Please give me a screw driver." The oldest son could not stand it any more and lost his patience. In a crying voice he pleaded, "Doctor please tell us what has happened to our dear Dad. Will he live? Should we open his will?"
The doctor said, "No, I don't know that yet. I am still trying to open my stupid bag - I lost the key."
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GCF: Pilot Crash Reports
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As he reviewed pilot crash reports, my Air Force military science professor stumbled upon this understated entry: "After catastrophic engine failure, I landed long. As I had no power, the landing gear failed to deploy and no braking was available. I bounced over the stone wall at the end of the runway, struck the trailer of a truck while crossing the perimeter road, crashed through the guardrail, grazed off a large pine tree, ran over a tractor parked in the adjacent field and hit another tree. Then I lost control."
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GCF: Kidnapped
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Most Friday nights at the Naval Station in Bermuda, we would assemble at the Officer's Club after work. One Friday, Rick, a newly married ensign, insisted he had to leave at 6 p.m. We all tried to talk him into staying, but he'd promised his bride he'd be home by six. I offered to call home for Rick.
When his wife answered the phone, I said, "Rick has been Kidnapped.
Put five dollars in small, unmarked bills in a plain brown paper bag and throw it in the door of the officers club." Then I hung up.
A short time later, a waiter brought a grocery bag to our table. In it were Rick's baseball glove, a tennis racket and a teddy bear.
Attached to the bear was a note: "Rick can play kidnapped until 7 p.m. Then he must come home."
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\ / I love defenseless animals, \ /
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\ / Punsters deserve to be \ /
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\ / Just because I have a short \ /
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\ / Don't assume malice for what \ /
\ _/ stupidity can explain. \_ /
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[GCFL.net] Warning
Beware of triskaidekaphobia on this Friday.
(Reference:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/triskaidekaphobia )
Received from Dan Galvin.
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[GCFL.net] Alabama State Quarter Recall
Hang on to any of the new State of Alabama quarters. If you have them, they may be worth much more than 25 cents.
The U.S. Treasury announced today that it is recalling all of the Alabama quarters that are part of its program featuring quarters from each state.
"We are recalling all the new Alabama quarters that were recently issued," Treasury Undersecretary Jack Shackleford said Monday. "This action is being taken after numerous reports that the new quarters will not work in parking meters, toll booths, vending machines, pay phones, or other coin-operated devices."
The quarters were issued in the order in which the various states joined the U.S. and have been a tremendous success among coin collectors worldwide.
"The problem lies in the unique design of the Alabama quarter, which was created by an Auburn University graduate," Shackleford said. "Apparently, the duct tape holding the two dimes and the nickel together keeps jamming the coin-operated devices."
Received from Wes and Gail Mitchell.
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[GCFL.net] Leaky Roof
Mr. Gable had a leak in the roof over his dining room, so he called a repairman to take a look at it. "When did you first notice the leak?" the repairman inquired.
Mr. Gable scowled. "Last night, when it took me two hours to finish my soup!"
Received from Thomas S. Ellsworth.
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[GCFL.net] Muffled Workers
Winters were fierce where the estate owner lived, so he felt he was doing a good deed when he bought earmuffs for his foreman.
Noticing, however, that the foreman wasn't wearing the earmuffs even on the bitterest day, the landlord asked, "Didn't you like the muffs?"
The foreman said, "They're a thing of beauty."
"Why don't you wear them?"
The foreman explained, "I was wearing them the first day, and somebody offered to buy me lunch, but I didn't hear him!
Never again, never again!"
Received from Thomas S. Ellsworth.
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[GCFL.net] Horseshoe
One day a cowboy walked into a blacksmith shop and picked up a horseshoe, not realizing that it had just come from the forge. He immediately dropped it and jammed his hand into his pocket, trying to act as if nothing had happened. The blacksmith noticed and asked with a grin, "Kind of hot, wasn't it?"
"Nope," answered the cowboy through clenched teeth, "it just doesn't take me long to look at a horseshoe."
(Found in a Colorado Media Directors old newsletter, April 1979)
Received from Robert W.E. Jentzsch.
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Due to the popularity of the Survivor shows, Texas is planning to do one entitled, "Survivor-Texas Style."
The contestants will all start in Dallas , then drive to Waco , Austin , San Antonio , over to Houston and down to Brownsville . They will then proceed up to Del Rio , El Paso , Midland , Odessa , Lubbock and Amarillo . From there they will go on to Abilene , Fort Worth and finally back to Dallas .
Each will be driving a pink Volvo with bumper stickers that read: I'm Gay, I Love the Dixie Chicks, Boycott Beef, I Voted for John Kerry, George Strait Sucks, Hillary in 2008 and I'm here to confiscate your gun.
The first one to make it back to Dallas alive wins.
Thanks to Daphne Roberts
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*Family Records*
The following was overheard at a recent high society party...
"My ancestry goes all the way back to Alexander the Great," said one lady. She then turned to a second woman and asked, "How far does your family go back?"
"I don't know," was the reply. "All of our records were lost in the flood."
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*Find and Replace*
The age of the computer brings much ease and expertise to the preparation of the worship folders. Some churches which use the same basic format each week can simply call up the form on the computer screen, make a few necessary changes, and presto, it's done.
But it can be tricky.
In one church I know, they use the same format for funeral services. And when a person dies and a funeral service is prepared, the secretary simply uses the word-search-and-replace process and changes the name of the deceased from the previous service to the name of the deceased who has just passed away.
Very simple.
So when Edna died, the pastor instructed the secretary to prepare the service for her by following the above-mentioned process. The last person who died was Mary. So the secretary instructed the computer to change all "Marys" to Ednas." And so it was.
Image the surprise of the attendees when they recited the Apostles Creed and read:
"He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Edna..."
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*The Place for Grace*
When little Johnny received his plate he started eating right away.
"Johnny wait until we say our prayer."
"I don't have to."
The boy replied. "Of course, you do," his mother insisted. "We say a prayer before eating at our house."
"That's our house," Johnny explained. "But this is Grandma's house, and she knows how to cook!"
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*Parrot Skills*
A man entered a pet shop, wanting to buy a parrot. The shop owner pointed out three identical parrots on a perch and said, "The parrot to the left costs 500 dollars."
"Why does that parrot cost so much?" the man wondered.
The owner replied, "Well, it knows how to use a computer."
The man asked about the next parrot on the perch.
"That one costs 1,000 dollars because it can do everything the other parrot can do, plus it knows how to use the UNIX operating system."
Naturally, the startled customer asked about the third parrot.
"That one costs 2,000 dollars."
"And what does that one do?" the man asked.
The owner replied, "To be honest, I've never seen him do a thing, but the other two call him boss!"
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*Blood Flow*
A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood. Trying to make the matter clearer, she said, "Now, class, if I stood on my head, the blood, as you know, would run into it, and I would turn red in the face."
"Yes," the class said.
"Then why is it that while I am standing upright in the ordinary position the blood doesn't run into my feet?"
A little fellow shouted, "Cause your feet ain't empty."
Eye Laugh
"Openers Banned"
http://www.cybersalt.org/go.php?id=cw248
"Monkey Cutbacks"
http://www.cybersalt.org/go.php?id=cw249
"Boxing Comeback"
http://www.cybersalt.org/go.php?id=cw250
"Noah's Marina"
http://www.cybersalt.org/go.php?id=cw233
"Super Kitty"
http://www.cybersalt.org/go.php?id=cw251
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Being a feminist, even a moderate feminist like me, can make it tough to dodge duties unsuited to the squeamish. In my case, squirrel removal.
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------------ Safety From The Heart ----------
October 11, 2006
Today's Message is from Sandy Barclay (a Houston Albemarle employee).
This is Fire Prevention Week. How about a short quiz?
Fire Prevention Week Quiz
Did you know that more fires start in the kitchen than in any other part of the home? That's why NFPA has chosen "Prevent Cooking Fires" as the theme for Fire Prevention Week (FPW), October 8 - 14. Take this new Fire Prevention Week quiz and see how many questions you can answer correctly. Good luck!
1. The leading cause of fires in the kitchen is:
a. burnt toast.
b. unattended cooking.
c. oven fires.
d. microwave oven fires
2. If you leave the kitchen for even a short period of time while you are frying, grilling, or broiling food, you should:
a. turn the stove down low.
b. leave the food cooking as is.
c. turn off the stove.
d. cover the food with aluminum foil.
3. If you are simmering, baking, roasting or boiling food:
a. check it regularly, and stay in the home.
b. it is safe to run outside and get your mail.
c. stay in the kitchen and watch the stove.
d. it is safe to leave the home for an hour.
4. When young children are present:
a. use the stove's front burners so you can reach them faster.
b. use the stove's back burners.
c. have children sit quietly on the floor so they can't reach the stove.
d. have children stand behind you when you are using the stove.
5. Spilled food and grease from burners, stove tops and oven should be:
a. cleaned up to prevent a fire.
b. kept to a minimum.
c. covered with paper towels to soak up the grease and food.
d. left to harden.
6. If a small grease fire starts in a pan:
a. use baking powder to put the fire out.
b. smother the flames by carefully sliding the lidover the pan (make sure you are wearing an oven mitt). Turn off the burner.
c. pour water on the fire.
d.move the pan to the sink and run water over it.
7. When heating food in the microwave.
a. use any container that can fit in the microwave.
b. cover the container with aluminum foil to spills.
c. use only microwave-safe containers or dishes heat food.
d. avoid wearing clothes with loose sleeves.
8. If you have a fire in your microwave:
a. turn it off immediately and open the door.
b. turn it off immediately and keep the door closed.
c. open the door and attempt to put out of the fire.
d. get a lid from a pot or pan to cover the fire.
9. Keep kids away from cooking areas by enforcing a "kid-free zone" of:
a. 3 feet around the stove.
b. 1 foot around the stove.
c. 2 feet around the stove.
d. 1 foot to the right or left of the stove.
10. You should treat a burn with cool water for:
a. 7 to 10 minutes.
b. 5 to 7 minutes.
c. 3 to 5 minutes.
d. cool water isn't good for a burn.
Answers: 1.b, 2.c, 3.a, 4.b, 5.a, 6.b, 7.c, 8.b, 9.a, 10.c
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Can you answer this riddle?
Here is a pretty neat little thing from Paul Harvey. See if you can guess the riddle at the end.
Paul Harvey Writes:
We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse. For my grandchildren, I'd like better.
I'd really like for them to know about hand me down clothes and homemade ice cream and leftover meat loaf sandwiches. I really would.
I hope you learn humility by being humiliated, and that you learn honesty by being cheated.
I hope you learn to make your own bed and mow the lawn and wash the car.
And I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car when you are sixteen.
It will be good if at least one time you can see puppies born and your old dog put to sleep.
I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in.
I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother/sister. And it's all right if you have to draw a line down the middle of the room, but when he wants to crawl under the covers with you because he’s scared, I hope you let him.
When you want to see a movie and your little brother/sister wants to tag along, I hope you'll let him/her.
I hope you have to walk uphill to school with your friends and that you live in a town where you can do it safely.
On rainy days when you have to catch a ride, I hope you don't ask your driver to drop you two blocks away so you won't be seen riding with someone as uncool as your Mom.
If you want a slingshot, I hope your Dad teaches you how to make one instead of buying one.
I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books.
When you learn to use computers, I hope you also learn to add and subtract in your head.
I hope you get teased by your friends when you have your first crush on a boy\girl, and when you talk back to your mother that you learn what ivory soap tastes like.
May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on a stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole.
I don't care if you try a beer once, but I hope you don't like it. And if a friend offers you dope or a joint, I hope you realize he is not your friend.
I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your Grandma/Grandpa and go fishing with your Uncle.
May you feel sorrow at a funeral and joy during the holidays.
I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through your neighbor's window and that she hugs you and kisses you at Hanukkah/Christmastime when you give her a plaster mold of your hand.
These things I wish for you - tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness. To me, it's the only way to appreciate life.
Written with a pen. Sealed with a kiss. I'm here for you. And if I die before you do, I'll go to heaven and wait for you.
Send this to all of your friends. We secure our friends, not by accepting favors, but by doing them.
Paul Harvey RIDDLE:
( When asked this riddle, 80% of kindergarten kids got the answer, compared to 17% of Stanford University seniors.)
What is greater than God, More evil than the devil, The poor have it, The rich need it, And if you eat it, you'll die?
Thanks to Greg McDaniel
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Activities and Events of Interest
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The Emancipation Proclamation will be on display at the Clinton Library September 22-25, 2007.
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"September 11 WDYTJWD" W. P. Florence
Justice first, then peace."
"September 11" Never forget.--Tony Moses
"ONE NATION UNDER GOD ...the only way"--Phillip Story
"We have nothing to fear but fear itself." -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Keeping my head down but face toward Heaven" - - Jody Eldred, ABC News Cameraman in Kuwait
"Remember Pearl Harbor? Remember 9/11!" --"Bug"
Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity. - - George Carlin
"Stop telling God how big your storm is. Instead, tell the storm how big your God is!" - - Queen E. Watson
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NEVER FORGET! We're listing the names of our soldiers killed weekly. These records can be found at http://www.defenselink. mil/releases/
01. Cpl. Fernando D. Robinson, 21, of Hawthorne, Calif., died on Oct. 2 in Korengal, Afghanistan, from injuries sustained when his patrol came under attack by enemy forces using small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades. Robinson was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
The Department of Defense announced the death of four soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died in Taji, Iraq, on Oct. 2, of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle. All four soldiers were assigned to the 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Killed were:
02. Staff Sgt. James D. Ellis, 25, of Valdosta, Ga.
03. Spc. Raymond S. Armijo, 22, of Phoenix, Ariz.
04. Spc. Justin R. Jarrett, 21, of Jonesboro, Ga.
05. Spc. Kristofer C. Walker, 20, of Creve Coeur, Ill.
The Department of Defense announced the death of four soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died in Taji, Iraq, on Oct. 4 after being attacked by enemy forces using small arms fire and other weapons. All four soldiers were assigned to the 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Killed were:
06. Pfc. Dean R. Bright, 32, of Roseburg, Oregon.
07. Spc. Timothy R. Burke, 24, of Hollywood, Fla.
08. Staff Sgt. Christopher O. Moudry, 31, of Baltimore, Md.
09. Spc. George R. Obourn Jr., 20, of Creve Coeur, Ill.
10. Cpl. Carl W. Johnson II, 21, of Philadelphia, Pa., died on Oct. 7 in Mosul, Iraq, from injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Johnson was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
11. Cpl. Nicholas A. Arvanitis, 22, of Salem, New Hampshire, died on Oct. 6 in Bayji, Iraq, from injuries suffered when he encountered enemy fire. Arvanitis was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
12. Pfc. Shane R. Austin, 19, of Edgerton, Kan., died on Oct. 8 in AR. Ramadi, Iraq, from injuries suffered by enemy grenade fire. Austin was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 35th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armor Division, Baumholder, Germany.
The Department of Defense announced the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died Oct. 7 in Baghdad, Iraq, from injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle during combat operations. Killed were:
13. Staff Sgt. Lawrence L. Parrish, 36, of Lebanon, Mo., who was assigned to the 110th Engineer Battalion, Kansas City, Mo.
14. Spec. John E. Wood, 37, of Humboldt, Kan., who was assigned to the 891st Engineer Battalion, Garnett, Kan.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Killed were:
15. Sgt. Brandon S. Asbury, 21, of Tazewell, Va., who died on Oct. 7 in Baghdad, Iraq, from injuries suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire during combat operations. Asbury was assigned to the 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
16. Spec. Timothy A. Fulkerson, 20, of Utica, Ky., who died Oct. 8 in Tikrit, Iraq, when a landmine detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. Fulkerson was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 82nd Aviation Reconnaissance Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
17. Pfc. Phillip B. Williams, 21, of Gardnerville, Nev., died Oct. 9 in Baghdad, Iraq, from injuries suffered from enemy contact during combat operations. Williams was assigned to the 4th Brigade Troop Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of six Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
18. Sgt. Julian M. Arechaga, 23, of Oceanside, N.Y., died Oct. 9 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
19. Lance Cpl. Jon E. Bowman, 21, of Dubach, La., died Oct. 9 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
20. Pfc. Shelby J. Feniello, 25, of Connellsville, Pa., died Oct. 9 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
21. Lance Cpl. John E. Hale, 20, of Shreveport, La., died Oct. 6 from wounds received while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
22. Lance Cpl. Stephen F. Johnson, 20, of Marietta, Ga., died Oct. 8 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
23. Cpl. Bradford H. Payne, 24, of Montgomery, Ala., died Oct. 6 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
The Department of Defense announced the death of three Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
24. Lance Cpl. Derek W. Jones, 21, of Salem, Ore., died Oct. 8 from wounds received while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
25. Lance Cpl. Jeremy S. Sandvick Monroe, 20, of Chinook, Mont., died Oct. 8 from wounds received while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
26. Capt. Robert M. Secher, 33, of Germantown, Tenn., died Oct. 8 from wounds received while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan.
27. Chief Warrant Officer Scott W. Dyer, 38, of Cocoa Beach, Fla., died Oct. 11 in Banditemur, Afghanistan, from injuries suffered during combat operations. Dyer was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.
28. Capt. Shane T. Adcock, 27, of Mechanicsville, Va., died on Oct. 11 in Hawijah, Iraq, from injuries suffered from enemy grenade fire. Adcock was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
29. Sgt. Justin T. Walsh, 24, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, died Oct. 11 at National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, Md., from wounds received while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Oct. 5. He was assigned to 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
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Missing WWII Airmen is Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
He is 1st Lt. Shannon E. Estill, U.S. Army Air Forces, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He will be buried on October 10 in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C.
On April 13, 1945, Estill’s P-38J Lightning was struck by enemy anti-aircraft fire while attacking targets in eastern Germany. Another U.S. pilot reported seeing Estill’s aircraft explode and crash. Because the location of the crash site was within the Russian-controlled sector of occupied Germany, U.S. military personnel could not recover Estill’s remains after the war.
In 2003, a team from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) investigated a crash site near the town of Elsnig in eastern Germany. The site had been reported by two German nationals whose hobby is finding the location of World War II crash sites. They also claimed to have found remains at the site, which they turned over to U.S. Army officials. The team surveyed the site and interviewed two more men who witnessed the crash as children.
In 2005, another JPAC team excavated the crash site and recovered additional human remains as well as P-38 wreckage. Included in the recovered wreckage was an aircraft data plate from Estill’s plane.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA in the identification of the remains, matching DNA sequences from a maternal relative.
For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/ or call (703) 699-1169.
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Air Force Pilot Missing in Action From Vietnam War is Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will soon be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
He is 1st Lt. James L. Hull, U.S. Air Force, of Lubbock, Texas. He will be buried Nov. 13 at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C.
On Feb. 19, 1971, Hull and a fellow crew member were flying a mission near the Laos/Vietnam border when their O-2A Skymaster crashed. Both men died, but Hull’s body was buried in the wreckage and could not be recovered because of hostile enemy action.
Between 1993 and 1997, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) led three investigations with U.S. and Socialist Republic of Vietnam (S.R.V.) teams, and one trilateral investigation with a Lao People’s Democratic Republic (L.P.D.R.) team. During the first investigation, the team interviewed a Vietnamese citizen who produced human remains and an identification tag for Hull that he claimed to have recovered from a crash site located just inside Laos. The joint team was not allowed to cross the border and the investigation was suspended. The Vietnamese turned over the bone fragment to U.S. officials, but the ID tag’s whereabouts are still unknown.
Additional investigations yielded some information concerning a crash site located just inside the Laotian border. The S.R.V. allowed a Vietnamese national to walk to the purported crash site and collect a fragment of the wreckage. Based on the location, type of aircraft and retrieved wreckage, analysts determined it was Hull’s crash site.
In May 2006, a joint U.S. and L.P.D.R. team excavated the site where they recovered additional evidence and human remains.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA from a known maternal relative in the identification of the remains.
For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1169.
http://icasualties.org/oif/default.aspx
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Please remember to pray for the American soldiers stationed everywhere around the globe and especially in Iraq. Times have been and are very tough and it would be nice if you would all just say a prayer for their safety and for their families.
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Volume 12, Number 15 --- 12 Oct 2006
Tourbus Home -- http://www.InternetTourbus.com
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TODAY'S TOURBUS TOPICS: Curing Hiccups / Myspace and Adults
Here's a stat that really surprised me... according to a recent study by ComScore Media Metrix, a whopping 68 PERCENT of Myspace users are age 25 and older. Many people have thought of Myspace as a teenage wasteland, but clearly the trend is toward social networking sites becoming a significant part of adult the user's Internet experience.
So I've got a busload of helpful tips on Myspace usage, and if you want to make it go away forever, I can help there too. Oh, and science has discovered a cure for intractable hiccups. Read on!
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Got Hiccups? Go Digital!
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Have you ever had hiccups that just wouldn't go away? It turns out the cure may be worse than the disease, depending on your point of reference. The 2006 Ig Nobel Prize winners were awarded last week, on the campus of Harvard University. And among the winners were a group of researchers who claim that the cure for persistent hiccups is "digital rectal massage."
Read on for details, and to see who won the dubious distinction of winning the Ig Nobel prizes in Mathematics, Literature, Physics and other fields of scientific endeavor...
http://askbobrankin.com/cure_for_hiccups.html
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Myspace - Not Just For Teens
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Just a year ago, teens 12-17 accounted for 25 percent of the MySpaceaudience, but today they represent only 12 percent of the total. That doesn't mean that FEWER teens are using Myspace (far from it),but rather reflects the fact that LOTS more adults are getting on the social networking bandwagon. The group with the largest increase in Myspace participation was adults in the 35-54 age bracket.
If that makes you curious about jumping into the fray, here are some helpful articles that I've written to help you get started, and successfully navigate the Myspace waters:
* MYSPACE: GOOD OR EVIL?
http://askbobrankin.com/myspace_good_or_evil.html
* MYSPACE SAFETY TIPS
http://askbobrankin.com/myspace_safety_tips.html
* SEARCHING IN MYSPACE
http://askbobrankin.com/searching_in_myspace.html
* MYSPACE LAYOUTS
http://askbobrankin.com/myspace_layouts.html
* ADD MUSIC TO YOUR MYSPACE PROFILE
http://askbobrankin.com/add_music_to_myspace.html
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Jane... Get Me Off This Crazy Thing!
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If you've tried Myspace, and you've decided it's just not for you, that's fine -- there are plenty of other places to hang out online. Or maybe you're more concerned about your kids, and what THEY do on Myspace, either at home or school.
One concerned parent wrote to me after having trouble cancelling her daughter's Myspace account, because it contained too much personal information. So I wrote a tutorial for those who want to cancel a Myspace account and remove the profile, even if you no longer have access to the password or email account associated with it.
* CANCEL A MYSPACE ACCOUNT
http://askbobrankin.com/cancel_myspace_account.html
If you want to block your child's access to Myspace at home, or you're interested in how both public and private schools are dealing with access to Myspace, check out these articles:
* BLOCKING ACCESS TO MYSPACE
http://askbobrankin.com/blocking_myspace.html
* BLOCKING MYSPACE AT SCHOOL
http://askbobrankin.com/banning_myspace.html
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Fetch, PreFetch, or Not to Fetch?
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There's a myth about Windows XP performance that's been floating around in cyberspace for a few years, and it has to do with a little-known feature in the operating system called PreFetch.
Some well-meaning folks have been spreading the word that disabling this feature will make Windows start and run faster. But just the opposite is true. Here's the scoop:
http://askbobrankin.com/windows_prefetch.html
That's all for now, see you next time! -- Bob Rankin
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Scheduled Activities
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Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 8 p.m. Monday - Friday. At noon on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and at 7 p.m. Sunday at 914 N. Vine
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Columbia County Amateur Radio Club meets Every second Thursday @ 7:00 p.m. Union Street Station. And YOU'RE invited. Net is every Sunday at 20:30 on 147.105.
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Columbia County Diabetes Support Group - Every third Monday, 7:00 p.m. room 222, Magnolia Hospital
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"Focus on the Family" with Dr. James Dobson weekday afternoons at 1 PM on KVMA am 630 it's a great show!
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MCC - "Faith Builders" Small group meets the second and fourth Tuesdays, 6:30 pm to 7:45 pm.
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MCC - Meadow Brook Nursing Home Ministry Tuesday from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m
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MCC - Mom's Day Out - Every Tuesday and Thursday from 9 to 2.$10 for the first child, $5 for the second. Call 234-3225 for reservations.
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MCC - Nursing Home Ministry - Meadowbrook Every Tuesday from 10 to 11 am. Taylor, the last Thursday each month.
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Men's Prayer Breakfast held every Tuesday morning at 6 AM in Miller's Cafeteria. If you aren't a regular participant at the Men's Prayer Breakfast, you're missing some great food, fellowship and inspired teaching of the Word. Hope to see you there.
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Narcotics Anonymous 5-6 pm every Monday at 220 Pine street.
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TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) 5 pm every Tuesday in the Magnolia Hospital break room.
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Emergency Phone Number 911
(Fire, Police, Ambulance, Sheriff, etc. )
Central Dispatch 234-5655
(Non - Emergency Number)
Direct Numbers
Ambulance - 234-7371 (24 Hour)
Jail - 234-5331 (24 Hour)
Poison Control - 800-222-1222 (24 Hour)
http://www. aapcc. org/
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"There is not enough darkness in the world to put out the light of one candle."
"Laugh whenever you can and cry if you need to." -- "Bug"
"I read the end of the book. We win!" -- "Bug"
"We may not be able to cure the world, but we don't have to make it sicker." -- "Bug"
"There just ain't enough fingers for all the holes in the dike." - - "Bug"
"It's no big deal doing what God tells you to do. A big deal would be NOT doing what God tells you to do. Just ask Jonah." - - Paul Troquille
"A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in ... and how many want out." - - Tony Blair
"Information is the currency of democracy." - Jefferson
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Hope you enjoy the newsletter.
Again, thanks to all our contributors this week.
God bless and GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!
Isa 38:17-20 Eccl 1:9-11 1 Cor 8:9-12 Luke 13:7-9 Rom 12:19-21 http://www.e-min.org/
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