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Is it right for a Christian to be involved in martial arts?Question: "Is it right for a Christian to be involved in martial arts?"
Answer: It is stated by one of the founders of martial arts, Gichin Funakoshi, "The mind and technique become one in true karate." By polishing our karate practice, he believes, we are polishing our own spirit or our own mentality. Karate is a system that can be considered a "way of life," merging the spiritual and physical sides of our human existence. A Christian involved in martial arts should have a difficult time finding comfort in the roots of the martial arts. As seen above, they focus much attention on the physical development (which is not a bad thing), but also combine the training with Buddhist or Zen philosophy.
What does the Bible say about the mind? First of all, the heart is "desperately wicked" (Jeremiah 17:9). In the Scriptures, the heart and mind are often considered to be the same thing. Since our hearts and our minds are wicked, we are not able to think clearly about our spiritual situation, and therefore unable to "polish" our own spirits as karate claims it is able to do. We are in need of a Savior to clean our hearts, and develop within us a new spirit. Titus 1:15 gives us insight into the mind of the unbeliever: "To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted." The philosophies contained in Buddhism, as well as most all of the religions of the world, are developed by flawed men with defiled minds. They do not offer advice suitable for Christians to follow.
The Scriptures teach us what we are to do with our minds. We are not to conform our thinking to the world's way of thinking but "be transformed by the renewing of your mind" (Romans 12:2; Ephesians 4:23). The picture in Romans 12:2 is like that of a mold we use for making cakes. The batter is placed inside the cake mold, and when the baking is complete, out comes the cake in the same shape as the mold. Our minds are not to be shaped by the world's mold. We are to set our minds on the things above, not on the things that are on earth (Colossians 3:2). We should train our minds in how to serve the Lord and please Him in all that we do.
While the physical side of martial arts is probably a good form of exercise, and many Christians do participate in martial arts, it may be a dangerous activity to allow the mind to become influenced by the philosophies associated with karate and all other forms of the martial arts. The false religious overtones of Buddhism are there whether they are expressed verbally or not. It would be difficult, if not impossible, to separate the philosophies from the activity, and therefore it would be wise for the Christian to use much caution before participating in this kind of activity.
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The Lions have lost two more receivers for the season.
Rookie Ryan Broyles is done for the year after tearing the ACL in his right knee during Sunday's loss to the Colts. The injury came early in the game, leaving the Lions short on active wide receivers for most of the contest.
The Lions are going to have to make a roster move in order to replace Broyles on the 53-man roster and they'll also have to replace him on gamedays. Titus Young, who was inactive the last two weeks after getting sent home for bad behavior before Thanksgiving, is no longer "in the mix" to return to the active roster. Coach Jim Schwartz said Monday that Young has been asked to stay away from the team again and that he won't be considered as a replacement for Broyles.
It's a bad blow for Broyles, who has already tweeted his pledge to return. He tore the ACL in his other knee during his senior year of college, which slowed his transition to the NFL. He finishes the year with 22 catches for 310 yards and two touchdowns.

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text: 12/10/2013 (10:01PM - 11:00PM) (Tuesday) : THE FIREHOUSE IS SET TO CLOSE, BUT 51 IS NOT GOING DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT - All seems lost with firehouse 51 on the verge of closing its' doors, thanks in no small part to Gail McLeod (guest star Michelle Forbes), but Chief Boden (Eamonn Walker) and the rest of the house refuse to allow themselves to sit by and let it happen. An emergency call to an apartment structure fire tests everyone's limits and puts the squad in harm's way. Meanwhile, Dawson (Monica Raymund) receives some life-changing news and union president Greg Sullivan (guest star Eric Slater) makes headlines, which has an immediate impact on Mouch (Christian Stolte). Taylor Kinney, Jesse Spencer, Charlie Barnett, David Eigenberg, Lauren German, Yuri Sardarov, and Joe Minoso also star. Jon Seda and Mena Suvari also guest star.


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OK OK I SUCK. I was busy. I got a job at a bakery and I have just been kind of hating the internet lately. I don't think I'm gonna really do lookbook anymore, maybe once a month?? It gets too petty and annoying. I'll still be sharing my wardrobe on here, but probably mostly my art/photography. So yeah. Whatever. Here's some of my latest work.
This one is a gift for my sister for Christmas. She'd been begging me for so long, and it was super fun to paint, actually.
Also, I opened up a little store called Lola Lola and it's basically just some of my clothes that I've only worn a few times. Everything's cheap so check it out!


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Saturday, February 11, 2006
SIMPLE 1 Picture Of A Picture
the piano a year. My neice Laney,[two now] will be very happy to receive,
on her 10th wedding anniversary,[i have to finish a foot] .I painted
this with
real acrylics
[been doing a lot
of digital lately]
and ,not canvas,
but, on hardboard
[not sure why]. I
took, I don't know,
maybe a dozen shots,
finally snapped one
with all her body parts
in tact.
31 comments:
- isay said...
what a wonderful and priceless gift to receive. so lovely painting!
- Saturday, February 11, 2006 6:24:00 AM
- Aravis said...
This is beautiful, and your explanation very funny! *G*
- Saturday, February 11, 2006 3:13:00 PM
- Brandi said...
Just beautiful! There arent other words. Brandi
- Saturday, February 11, 2006 4:12:00 PM
- ValGalArt said...
So beautiful! she will b thrilled!
- Saturday, February 11, 2006 4:13:00 PM
- AscenderRisesAbove said...
awwww.... I true gift when expression like this can shine through in a painting. Even incomplete to you it is a masterpiece. One day in art class -- on a day I payed attentiong -- the teacher stressed that true art should not be a photograph and that true art stops in interesting places. I find that unfinished foot interesting.
I am curious if others have difficulty regaining techinque after leaving a project for so long. I am never able to return to the canvas with the same approach that I left in.
- Saturday, February 11, 2006 5:30:00 PM
- Ginger*:)* said...
This is incredibly beautiful. She looks like a tiny angel!
- Sunday, February 12, 2006 8:04:00 AM
- Lou said...
This is very beautiful! Not only should she be happy, but also lucky to have an aunt like you!
- Sunday, February 12, 2006 1:46:00 PM
- Katili said...
Very beautiful. Simple and innocent, really an angel.
- Sunday, February 12, 2006 1:52:00 PM
- atomicvelvetsigh said...
some great paintings are the ones that are unfinished...
and let me count this among them. 8)
- Sunday, February 12, 2006 2:08:00 PM
- Anonymous said...
I also love unfinished images ... add my count!
- Sunday, February 12, 2006 4:11:00 PM
- trophiogrande said...
good luck with the foot, I have a painting that I've been working on for 10 years...some just work that way.
- Sunday, February 12, 2006 6:45:00 PM
- constanthing said...
This is very beautiful, she looks like a real angel.
- Monday, February 13, 2006 7:17:00 AM
- Liz Jones said...
Wonderful! What an expression! Like the use oflight and dark, too...
- Monday, February 13, 2006 9:35:00 AM
- Cait Y. said...
How well you captured her expression! And don't stress over that foot. Honestly, if you hadn't mentioned it, I never would have noticed . . .
- Monday, February 13, 2006 11:46:00 AM
- MjM said...
That's beautiful!
- Monday, February 13, 2006 12:26:00 PM
- The Tart said...
Oh my, so sweet and soft. Makes me want to hug all little folK!
Really nice.
The Tart
- Monday, February 13, 2006 2:16:00 PM
- the heartful blogger said...
This is beautiful, I love the light in the picture, and the way you capture her facial expression.
- Monday, February 13, 2006 2:19:00 PM
- steve said...
Great job--almost looks like oil paints!
- Monday, February 13, 2006 6:14:00 PM
- The Unknown said...
Wow. Wonderful picture.
- Monday, February 13, 2006 8:35:00 PM
- Catnapping said...
oh that face. to be enthralled with everything again.
- Monday, February 13, 2006 11:03:00 PM
- Rachelle said...
Beautiful and simple image. Nice work.
- Tuesday, February 14, 2006 12:10:00 AM
- Mary Stebbins Taitt said...
Very cute!!! Nice work.
(could you turn off the date stamp?)
- Tuesday, February 14, 2006 9:21:00 AM
- Tony LaRocca said...
That's so CUUUUUUUTTTE I like the little wing (leaf?) over her shoulder
- Tuesday, February 14, 2006 5:32:00 PM
- oziskin said...
Very soft and gentle...it does have that oil paint feel. Thanks for your comment also :)
- Tuesday, February 14, 2006 6:44:00 PM
- Alexa Brett said...
Gorgeous work, Hardwax! Her expression is priceless...You really captured something!
- Tuesday, February 14, 2006 8:28:00 PM
- ...Kat said...
love it! the way she is looking up and so enthralled as babies are by anything catching their eye
- Wednesday, February 15, 2006 2:12:00 PM
- Tulipland said...
Very beautiful !She is gonna be so happy .
- Wednesday, February 15, 2006 9:44:00 PM
- kan said...
sweeter that chocolate!
adorable, digital is so great
come by to read the new story at miss pretty's
- Wednesday, February 15, 2006 11:48:00 PM
- String said...
Very nice, has a feel of old paintings.
- Thursday, February 16, 2006 2:01:00 PM
- Tintagua said...
This is very beautiful! It does inded have a feel of Vermeer lighting, something like that. The expression on the baby's face is just adorable!
- Friday, February 24, 2006 10:04:00 AM
- Rikki said...
you have great use of light and shade here! really beautiful :)
- Tuesday, February 28, 2006 8:31:00 PM


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The Cedar Key Garden Club Garden of
the Month for November belongs to Bill and
Alyce Phillips of the Cedar Key Bed &
Breakfast. Their gardens include water features,
as well as one of the island's grandest
live oaks. Their staghorn fern also rivals the
best. Please join us in congratulating them
for such a picture-perfect garden.
Literally under our noses in Cedar Key, for the past six years,
mosaic artist Valerie Bretl has been going about her work - meticulously
creating fine art that will endure forever.
Working for eight to 10 hours a day on her
screened porch, she even received inspiration for
her current piece from one of the massive oak
trees in her yard. The dappled light, gravel
paths and beautiful landscaping are a
soothing backdrop to her work table covered
in marble pieces and tiles. Heavy
The light pouring in from the dome's rectangular opening made silhouettes out of John Novak and the large telescope he built some years back.
"It gathers a huge amount of photons at an accelerated speed," he explained, staring at his complex assemblage of mirrors, wires and metal parts painted gold and red. "It's similar to the imager used on the Hubble (Space Telescope)."
Flashing their incredible colors and swishing their flowing tails, approximately 68 koi, 47 goldfish and their 7 owners
dazzled roughly 300 visitors recently at the 10th Annual Koi and Goldfish Show, hosted by the Nature's Coast Koi Club.
The event was held Oct. 9-10 at the home of Johnny and Martha Foster of Old Town.
Pam Oakley, Parade Marshall & Eileen Senecal Co-Parade Marshal
Jim Wilcox, judge the Floats and Decorated Boats,
1st Place Crab Crew… They won $50.00 and have donated the money
to Cedar Key cheerleaders
2nd Place Cedar Key cheerleaders
3rd Place Coconuts
Cindy Leiner, judge Vehicles and Undecorated Boats,
1st Place Nancy Bell's Tricycle… They won $50.00 and have donated to
the recyclables
2nd Place WWII Vets
3rd Place David Feign
Peggy and Bill Delanie, judges Groups
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Although there was no official count,
the cars that lined the streets up to
Whiddon Avenue, the pedestrians carrying
their purchases and the half dozen tour
buses parked at the school were a testament
to the crowd of thousands that
swarmed Cedar Key this past weekend.
Saturday's parade included everything
from pirate wenches and a marching
band to politicians and pageant queens.
The vehicles were as diverse — from fire
trucks and clam boats to horse trailers and
Remember this summer's mosquito infestation? How about the hatching after the heavy rains and flooding in September?
Learn how to battle the blodsucking invasion at two presentations on creating havens for bats.
Ranger Pam Darty of the U.S. Fish Service at Lower Suwannee Wildlife Refuge will give a presentation on Florida Bats and Bat Houses at the Ellie Schiller Education Center in the Withlacoochee Gulf Preserve (WGP) at 1001 Old Rock Road, Yankeetown, Friday, Oct. 22, at 10 a.m.. Admission is free.
John Myers is a Master Gardener, class of 2008. He spoke about hummingbirds, native plants, and the importance of soil testing before planting.
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Covering the Card Front
There are three ways of putting patterned paper on the front of a card quickly and easily—covering the entire card front with paper, covering the card front with paper, but leaving a border or constructing the card front and then gluing to your card.
Covering the Card Front
First, select the paper for the card front. This can be patterned paper, lightweight cardstock or a foil paper. The two papers together will add a nice weight to the card without adding extra postage.
Fold the card closed and place it flat on your work surface. (The fold of the card will be on your left—especially important if your paper is patterned with words!)
Apply glue around the outside edges of the card front, taking care to add glue around the corners because that's the part that gets handled most by the recipient. It's not necessary to saturate the entire card with glue—that can cause the paper to warp.
We recommend using a "dry" adhesive like a glue stick for best results, as liquid glue can warp paper. A glue stick is also more forgiving than double-sided tape—if you need to reposition the paper, it's easier to lift it off and try again.
Next, glue your paper to the card front, lining up two edges of the paper evenly with the card front. We find it works best to place one edge of the paper along the fold of the card. That way, you won't risk cutting into the card fold when you trim.
Smooth the paper down, then turn the card over and trim the excess paper from the other two card edges. Save the extra paper—it can be used for a great border inside the card or for another card!
Leaving a Border
You can also add paper to the front of your card without covering the entire card. Simply cut a piece of paper slightly smaller than the front of the card, then center and glue. You'll have a border around the outside edges that helps to "frame" the card focal.
Make a Constructed Front
You can cut the paper to size then embellish it with brads (so the prongs don't show) or ribbons (with the ends glued behind the paper). Then glue this "constructed front" to your card.


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Colorado records show that the small percentage of denials of background checks has dropped slightly each year. But more people with violent-crime records applied to get a gun, accounting for 17 denials issued to convicted murderers this year, according to CBI data.
Would-be gun buyers can be denied for a number of reasons, including felony convictions for murder and assault. Domestic-violence charges and mental illnesses add to the list of disqualifiers.
Last year, 5,832, or 2.3 percent of background-check applications submitted, were denied, according to CBI data. To date in 2012, 5,514, or 2.2 percent of applications, have been denied — 1,032 under the assault category, 96 under sexual assault and 2,382 under miscellaneous, which includes mental-illness rejections.
It is a federal crime for a convicted felon to attempt to purchase a gun.
When a felon attempts to buy a gun, the application is rejected and a number of notifications go out to federal and local agencies, alerting them of the incident, said Susan Medina, CBI spokeswoman.
To date, there have been 980 arrests since 2007 for active warrants on people who have been located while attempting to buy a gun, according to CBI data. Those people were arrested in or near the gun shop, Medina said.
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A bicuspid aortic valve is an aortic valve that only has two leaflets, instead of three.
The aortic valve regulates blood flow from the heart into the aorta, the major blood vessel that brings blood to the body.
Alternative Names
Bicommissural aortic valve
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
The aortic valve allows oxygen-rich blood to flow from the heart to the aorta. It prevents the blood from flowing back from the aorta into the heart when the pumping chamber relaxes.
Bicuspid aortic valve is present at birth (congenital). An abnormal aortic valve develops during the early weeks of pregnancy, when the baby's heart develops. The cause of this problem is unclear, but it is the most common
The bicuspid aortic valve may not be completely effective at stopping blood from leaking back into the heart. This is called aortic regurgitation. The aortic valve may also become stiff and not open up as well, causing the heart to have to pump harder than usual to get blood past the valve (aortic stenosis). The aorta may become enlarged with this condition.
This condition is more common among males than females.
A bicuspid aortic valve often exists in babies with
Most of the time, bicuspid aortic valve is not diagnosed in infants or children because it causes no symptoms. However, the abnormal valve can leak or become narrow.
Symptoms of such complications may include:
- Baby or child tires easily
- Chest pain
- Difficulty breathing
- Rapid and irregular heartbeat (palpitations)
- Loss of consciousness (fainting)
- Pale skin
If a baby has other congenital heart problems, they may cause symptoms that will lead to the discovery of a bicuspid aortic valve.
Signs and tests
Signs of a bicuspid aortic valve may include:
- Enlarged heart
- Heart murmur
- Weak pulse in the wrists and ankles
Tests that may show a bicuspid aortic valve include:
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the heart
- Ultrasound of the heart (echocardiogram)
If the health care provider suspects complications or additional heart defects, other tests may include:
- Chest x-rays
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Test of the electrical activity in the heart (electrocardiogram)
- X-ray of the heart's blood vessels using a special dye (angiography)
The infant or child may need surgery to repair a leaky or narrowed valve, if complications are severe.
A narrowed valve can also be opened through cardiac catheterization. A fine tube (catheter) is directed to the heart and into the narrow opening of the aortic valve. A balloon attached to the end of the tube is inflated, to make the opening of the valve larger.
Medicine may be needed to relieve symptoms or prevent complications.
Medications may include:
- ACE inhibitors
- Angiotensin receptor blockers
- Drugs that make the heart muscle pump harder (inotropic agents)
- "Water pills" (diuretics)
Expectations (prognosis)
How well the baby does depends on whether complications of bicuspid aortic valve are present, and how severe they are.
The presence of other physical problems at birth also can affect how well a baby does.
Most babies with this condition have no symptoms, and the problem is not diagnosed until they are adults. Some people never find out that they have this problem.
Complications of bicuspid aortic valve include:
- Congestive heart failure
- Leakage of blood through the valve back into the heart
- Narrowing of the valve's opening
Calling your health care provider
Call your health care provider if your baby:
- Has no appetite
- Has unusually pale or bluish skin
- Seems to tire easily
Bicuspid aortic valves run in families. If you know of this condition in your family, speak to your health care provider before becoming pregnant. There is no known way to prevent the condition.
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Students at 158 elementary schools throughout North Carolina will enjoy more fresh fruits and vegetables during the 2014-2015 school year thanks to a $4 million grant from the USDA Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Program (FFVP). The grant will be used to expand the variety of fruits and vegetables on school menus and to increase overall fruit and vegetable consumption by providing healthier snack choices for students.
"Schools play an important role in helping students make healthy choices and stick to a well-balanced diet," said State Superintendent June Atkinson. "This grant will ensure that many North Carolina children enjoy more fresh fruit and vegetables and learn that good health and nutrition can lead to greater success in and out of the classroom."
Principals, teachers, and personnel in participating schools are encouraged to promote fruits and vegetables as snacks throughout the academic day. Fresh produce will be available to students in a variety of locations at school. In previous years, for example, program participants provided baskets of fruits and vegetables in classrooms and set up fresh fruit and vegetable kiosks in hallways to encourage students to grab a quick and healthy snack between classes. Students will still be urged to eat fruits and vegetables at regular mealtimes, as the produce purchased with the grant funds must be in addition to produce served as part of the school breakfast and lunch programs.
The National School Lunch Act requires that schools with the highest percentage of students eligible for free and reduced price meals be given priority for inclusion in the Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Program. This ensures that the program benefits low-income children who often do not have as much access to fresh fruit and vegetables. The primary goal of the program is to give students more opportunities to eat fruits and vegetables instead of less nutritious snack options.
The NC Department of Public Instruction School Nutrition Services Section received a total of 244 FFVP applications for the 2014-2015 school year. A list of the 158 winning schools is available
here (pdf, 101kb). The amount of funds distributed to each school will be based on the school's enrollment.
About the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction:
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction provides leadership to 115 local public school districts and 160 charter schools serving over 1.5 million students in kindergarten through high school graduation. The agency is responsible for all aspects of the state's public school system and works under the direction of the North Carolina State Board of Education.
For more information:
NCDPI Communication and Information Division, 919.807.3450.


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When William Russell, William Waddell, and Alexander Majors kicked off what famously became known as the Pony Express mail service in 1860, they revolutionized the way information was shared across America.
With the Civil War pressing for a better system of information sharing, riders carrying mail by horseback could cover greater distances than could be achieved by early models of the electric telegraph. While the telegraph was faster, it lacked an infrastructure of lines and powerful electronic batteries to cover great distances.
Technology of the time, like now, did develop quickly however. By the end of the Civil War messages were being broadcast across hundreds of miles of hastily constructed telegraph lines, signaling the initial onset of technology's journey into rural America.
The speed and methods of long distance communication began to change again in 1876 when Scottish immigrant Alexander Graham Bell was granted the first U.S. patent for his new talking box. While the telephone was not widely distributed and used until much later, the system was moving in the right direction to make communication between two distant point faster than ever before.
About 120 years later the cell phone became the new telegraph and callers could connect from places previously unserviced by telephone lines and the world began to change again. And now, with modern Internet and/or satellite phone capabilities, sharing information rapidly has not only taken a major jump forward, but along with it comes new technology that allows users to access, transmit and store all types of data in addition to making simple voice calls and text messages.
For agriculture and other major industries this means an entirely different way of doing business in modern times. Many farmers and ranchers have already adapted to the new technology and now use their iPhones, iPads, and Android-powered devices in the field instead of in the office to handle such diverse projects as monitoring changing weather conditions while working in the field, the ordering and status of material and supply deliveries, electronically saving receipts for goods received instead of folding up another piece of paper to keep in the pocket, controlling irrigation schedules, and so much more.
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With the availability of new phone and device applications - better known as apps - booming across the industry, farmers and ranchers who have learned to embrace the new technology are saying it is as important to them as once was a hammer and screwdriver in the tool box of their pick up truck - and it can do a great deal more to help manage their operations.
Examples of useful apps
To ensure spray technologies are used at the correct volume to control insects and weed growth in a cost efficient manner, many farmers and ranchers use calculator tools on their iPhone device to make certain they are using products at the correct volume and in the most cost effective manner. Some of these apps help determine in what order to mix products and can also store data like the amount and date it was used.
There are also apps for record keeping of labor and supply costs. Spreadsheets can be generated indicating the history of seeding and applications and feeding schedules on the farm or ranch.
There are apps for finance and banking and for purchasing and marketing. Keeping up with market prices is another popular application and there are dozens of apps specific to your crop or livestock operation.
There are also other applications and programs that can allow a farmer or rancher in the field to connect to his personal computer in the office, so sharing or moving information to and from one machine or device to another can be done by the push or click of a single button.
On top of all the other popular applications available for your device, it also serves as a great way to keep up with workers, family, associates and friends and is a valuable tool for organizing personal schedules and keeping those easy-to-forget appointments.
With all the press about new phone and device technology development and with so many farmers and ranchers already using one form or another of electronic devices to manage their operations, even the hardest of us to convince are beginning to realize the benefits the technology can provide on the farm.
But knowing something is good for you and acquiring it and, more importantly, learning to use it remains a major hurdle that many are having trouble overcoming. After all. change doesn't come easy -- or does it?
Thanks to agriculture extension service programs like the one scheduled in Colorado County this week (Oct. 23), becoming familiar with new phone and device technologies and understanding how they can help your agriculture operation, and specifically how they work, is getting a lot easier, even for those of us that still have' post it notes' hanging around their desks with phone numbers on them from many years past.
While Texas AgriLife Extension service has staged many such workshops in recent times all across the state, as the technology evolves and more apps related to farm and ranch expand, workshops like the one scheduled in Columbus are not just convenient, but downright necessary if you are going to use the best tools on the job.
Next stop: Upper Coastal Bend
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service of Colorado County will be conducting the special workshop in Columbus with the goal of training farmers and ranchers to use their iPhones and iPads to help make decisions to increase their profit margins.
The class is limited to the first 30 participants and will cost $30/person. Late registration will be $40/person. The registration fee will include proceedings, snacks, refreshments, and lunch during the program. Participants will get a chance to win an iPad to be given away at the end of workshop, to be held Wednesday, October 23, 2013 from 9:30am – 3:00pm at the Extension Office in Columbus (316 Spring Street).
Participants will learn to use their iPhones and iPads to make quick decisions in the field, on the tractor or in the pickup. Instructors will train producers to utilize these apps to more effectively manage risks in their business and improve the profitability of their business. They will learn to access market data to help them evaluate relevant pricing strategies.
"The goal is to teach farmers and ranchers to use their iPhones to make decisions to improve their bottom line, whether in the field, on the tractor or in the pickup," said Jackie Smith, an AgriLife Extension economist in Lubbock and one of the workshop instructors.
The hands-on part of the workshop will be conducted on Apple iPads, but Microsoft and Android tablets will also be demonstrated during the class, Smith said.
Jay Yates, an AgriLife Extension program specialist in Lubbock who will also provide instruction, said the workshop will use a lab of 25 iPads to lead participants in hands-on sessions to better utilize some of the hundreds of agricultural apps available.
"We have been involved in a grant project to study the use of tablets and smartphones in agriculture to teach farmers and ranchers how to use the technology to become better decision makers," he said.
Time will be spent to make sure all participants understand the basics of using an iPad and iPhone, but the majority of workshop time will be spent evaluating a wide range of agricultural apps, Yates said.
"Both of us have reviewed and/or used hundreds of apps in an effort to help farmers and ranchers quickly get to the apps that will help them the most," Smith said. "We will discuss our favorite two or three apps in several different categories, including weather, record keeping, decision aids, livestock, agronomy, markets, precision ag, ag news and general utilities."
The mobile device boom is putting cameras, touch screens, high-speed Internet and GPS in the hands of farmers and ranchers regardless of where they are, according to Yates.
"These basic capabilities of tablets and smartphones have paved the way for the development of thousands of useful apps, and we can expect their numbers to continue to increase as we move forward in time," he said.
For more information and to register for this event please contact the Colorado County Extension Office at 979-732-2082. For other workshops around the state, ask your county agent or check the Texas Agrilife workshop schedule online.
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Fox Gives Credence To UN Arms Trade Treaty Conspiracies
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Fox News gave credence to debunked conspiracy theories surrounding the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, presenting outlandish fears about the treaty's potential effects on domestic gun policy as legitimate reason to oppose it.
Members of the United Nations are meeting this week to negotiate an international arms trade treaty, which would regulate the transnational transfer of weapons in an attempt to keep weapons from human rights abusers and war criminals.
America's Newsroom highlighted arguments for and against the U.S. joining the U.N. treaty, laying out how "critics" in the U.S. "fear that this new treaty will create international gun control, and that it will restrict American gun rights." Fox correspondent Eric Shawn uncritically explained how specific provisions in the treaty have caused some to fear it could create a gun registry and infringe upon the 2nd Amendment.
Fox then aired comments by an unidentified man furthering these conspiracies: "The treaty isn't clearly limited to the international arms trade. There are points in the draft treaty where it seems like it could apply to domestic arms sales and transfers inside the United States." Shawn noted how the National Rifle Association (NRA) also "strongly opposes" the treaty, believing it will restrict Americans' gun rights.
Rather than report on the merits of these conspiracy theories, Shawn explained that supporters of the treaty disagree with the NRA and argue the treaty is needed for various human rights reasons.
The treaty's actual language clearly explains that it does not dictate or impact nations' domestic affairs. The treaty's draft preamble says that a State party to this treaty "reaffirm[s] the sovereign right of any State to regulate and control conventional arms exclusively within its territory, pursuant to its own legal or constitutional systems."
Furthermore, the U.S. Department of State laid out "red lines" that the final treaty must not cross in order to ensure U.S support, including "restrictions on civilian possession or trade of firearms otherwise permitted by law or protected by the U.S. Constitution" or infringements upon "sovereign control" of domestic gun laws:
In addition, the American Bar Association (ABA) investigated the treaty and found that "the proposed [treaty] is consistent with the Second Amendment." As the ABA notes, the NRA and conspiracy theorists do not acknowledge that the U.S. Constitution's supremacy clause would render void any treaty that conflicted with the Second Amendment.
The NRA has been perhaps the loudest peddler of these unfounded conspiracy theories, and Fox attempted to stack the deck against the treaty when it was being negotiated in July 2012.
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Bleach and Berserk are really the only manga I buy. I'll buy Gantz too if that ever gets licensed.
Well, you obviously haven't lived in Canada before, seeing as stuff here is SOOO much more expensive than in the US. I wish i could live in US seeing as the volumes there cost only 13.99, here they cost around 20 FUCKING DOLLARS!!!!!!!!!!!
There's one upside to DH's tri-monthly release dates, it gives you time to save up for a copy.
I just said it's twenty-five fucking dollars in Canada.
i just re-read number 8 and it reminds me of how great an issue it is. on that note they have the date for issue 9 still set for 10/12/05. now what I'm surprised about is that there is still no official date for issue 10 to drop yet (which is kind of frustrating
Why can't they print well?
I wanted to buy volume 3 today but I had a bit of a dilemma! What is it with Dark Horse and their badly printed manga? I don't think I've seen this mistake with any other manga company lol. But the problem was that there were two different copies and I was comparing them and the covers were totally different in color. One was partly green/Sharp printing and the other partly blue/blurry printing! I was just browsing threw online but it turns out the the blue one was accurate but it's blurry. Why can't they print well?
I want some akira sized berserk books. I'd have no qualms at all about spending more on them then.
i just re-read number 8 and it reminds me of how great an issue it is. on that note they have the date for issue 9 still set for 10/12/05.
just in case you don't have issue 8 yet i have to say its high quality and absolutely amazing. great book.
Raban's name was changed to "Laban" in Dark Horse's version of volume 7; is this accurate? They've always done a great job with the names before, but "Laban" sounds kind of weird to me.
At least "Laban" doesn't sound as stupid as "Zolo", but that's a rant for another time.
I don't like "Laban" much either, and I actually posted once about a possible origin for his name (it's really just a guess though).Still, there's no confirmed official spelling, and so it could be "Laban" as well as "Raban", for all we know. Just a matter of personal preference from the translator.
At least "Laban" doesn't sound as stupid as "Zolo", but that's a rant for another time.


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I think this discussion fits nicely with the subjects of life, earth, and geology.
The earliest layers of the Geologic Column, i.e., the lowest ones, were laid down progressively more early in prehistory so that the higher layers contain progressively more complex fossil lifeforms at the very top layers down to progressively more simple fossil lifeforms as you go farther down the Geologic Column, with the simplest lifeforms found in the first layer of the Column at the very bottom. This agrees with Darwinian evolution through natural selection. This is just what geologists would expect to find precisely if there had never been a global flood, a progressive climb from simplicity to complexity reflected in a properly ordered Geologic Column, and that is what geologists find.
So for several reasons the world myths of a global flood simply cannot be true:
(1) Had Noah's flood really occurred the Geologic Column would not be in the proper order from simple to complex as it actually is. It would be a jumbled mess with different stages of simplicity mixed in with varied stages of complexity in every layer from bottom to top. But it is not like that.
(2)Had Noah's global flood really occurred the air would be completely saturated with water molecules, and anyone with the good fortune to be alive would drown in the mere act of trying to breathe.
(3)The weight of the water would completely kill all plants and their seeds on the earth, and there would be nothing for the animals on the ark to eat after the water had abated. Also the weight would kill everything living on both land and sea; there would be no fish to harvest left.
(4)Had the earth ever been enveloped by a water vapor canopy containing enough water to flood the whole world to over the tops of the highest mountain peaks as Creation scientists claim, the pressure and mass of the vapor on the earth's atmosphere would generate tremendous amounts of uninhabitable heat on the earth's seas and surface.
All these traditions among various peoples of a global flood is simply no more than a fantastic myth. What else in either Old or New Testament might simply be mythic ?
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I've seen a number of speculations that the Global Flood Myth is really a historical memory of the flooding of the Black Sea basin at the beginning of the Holocene. We know that the rising Mediterranean suddenly breached the Dardanelles isthmus and flooded into the Black Sea basin at that time. The suggestion is that a folk memory of this dramatic event lingered on as the Great Flood Myth. It's plausible.
Yes Chris, I agree. I know about that and it makes perfect sense.
Of course a global flood is mythic. But that doesn't preclude a local flood, which a primitive people could have interpreted as the worst flood they'd ever heard of -- by golly, it must have covered up the whole world!!! Primitive people concocted myths because they had no other way of explaining the mysteries of the universe. Aren't we lucky to live in a time when we DO have science and enough of a scientific history to know as much as we do? :-)
"Of course a global flood is mythic. But that doesn't preclude a local flood, which a primitive people could have interpreted as the worst flood they'd ever heard of -- by golly, it must have covered up the whole world!!!"
The problem is, though, that here in this modern age of technology in the year 2013, there is a very large number of people who still whole heartedly believe this myth. And a great number of these people are the ones who believe everyone ought to own assault weapons, and who oppose abortion in all cases, and oppose gay marriage, and let their children die of illness in favor of faith healing instead of taking them to a doctor. And these people believe the world and the universe is no more than at most ten thousand years old. And these people do not even believe that the geologic column is real.
Anthony, I know. But I wonder whether by explaining the propensity of primitive peoples to invent myths, and talking about how they might have interpreted their world might help believers to understand that we don't live in that world or culture any more. Like giving them a handle to grasp.
I dunno, could be that they are just too hard-headed to be cracked -- sort of like "my mind's made up, don't confuse me with the facts!" kind of mentality, but among the teenagers, at least, there is some possibility of a bit more open-mindedness, which is why we NEED accurate and thoughtful science teaching in high schools. Also in history classes, which really need to include the thoughts and philosophies of primitive people instead of starting with the Greeks, who are definitely NOT the start of history! What I noticed, when I was in school, is that the cultures of the Hebrews and Phoenicians, about which we really DO know quite a lot, were completely ignored, and the cultures of the European pagans didn't even enter the consciousness of our classes. And the cultures of others, in Africa, Asia, and the Americas did not even exist. And what I saw of history classes when I was teaching, had not changed at all. Maybe it will, now that Anglo Protestants are no longer the majority in this country, although they're still the plurality.
Very well said. So, you used to be a teacher ? If so...COOL ! Teachers rule !
It would be very difficult, at least for me, to say anything decisively about a global flood but there is also a mention of a similar flood in Indian mythology. Manu is the equivalent of Noah in Indian mythology and the present human race is said to be descended from him and and so is called manav. It is of course impossible to believe that all life on earth has anything to do with Manu or Noah.
Perhaps -- perhaps -- the Indian flood myth is also based on the Black Sea inundation. After all, the subcontinent was invaded by an Indo-European group, and we believe that the Indo-European peoples originated in the Russian steppes.
But this is purely speculation on my part.
"It would be very difficult, at least for me, to say anything decisively about a global flood but there is also a mention of a similar flood in Indian mythology."
The flood myth is pretty much ubiquitous. But one thing I can say decisively is that if the flood occurred as described in the Bible then the geologic column would not be in proper order from simple to complex life. But wherever we look at the geologic column it is in the proper order.
L'arche de Noé! Comment stupide de croire que la merde !
All of it is a myth. The bible is nothing more than stories past on from generation to generation by people who had nothing but time on their hands.
"All of it is a myth."
Agreed. And they were also quite superstitious.
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