Mark Twain: Most people are bothered...

Quote Details: Mark Twain: Most people are bothered... - The Quotations Page: "Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand.
Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)"

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Tweaked Firefox Lets You Surf Internet Without a Trace

Tweaked Firefox Lets You Surf Internet Without a Trace - Yahoo! News: "A tweaked version of Firefox that makes Web browsing anonymous has been released by a group of privacy-minded coders.

Every few minutes, the Torpark browser causes a computer's IP address to appear to change. IP addresses are numeric identifier given to computers on the Internet. The number can be used along with other data to potentially track down a user, as many Web sites keep track of IP addresses.

Hackers Promote Privacy
Torpark's creators, a group of computer security gurus and privacy experts named Hactivismo, said they want to expand privacy rights on the Internet as new technologies increasingly collect online data.

The browser is free to download at torpark.nfshost.com. It's a modified version of Portable Firefox, an optimized version of the browser that can be run off a USB memory stick on a computer."

USB Data Cable w/ Charging Port - Motorola

USB Data Cable w/ Charging Port - buy direct - Motorola Shop US: "
USB Data Cable w/ Charging Port SKU: NNTN5405A

USB data cable for quick and easy communication using your data-enabled phone.

The cable includes a 17 pin connector plug on one end with a standard type 'A' USB plug on the other. It is used to connect the phone to data devices such as a personal computer."

Yale University to post courses on Web for free

Yale University to post courses on Web for free - Yahoo! News: "Yale University said on Wednesday it will offer digital videos of some courses on the Internet for free, along with transcripts in several languages, in an effort to make the elite private school more accessible.

While Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and others already offer course material online without charge, Yale is the first to focus on free video lectures, the New Haven, Connecticut-based school said."

Cabin Fever Vacations 1-866-21CABIN

My family is checking in on Dec 27th at 3pm and checking out Jan 2nd at 10 am.

Cabin Fever Vacations 1-866-21CABIN:
"The Lodge at Sherwood Forest **NEW CABIN TO PROGRAM**

How about the view from this cabin...The Lodge at Sherwood Forest offers a cabin full of exciting things for young and old. The cabin is in a fantastic location in the Sherwood Forest Resort, less than 5 minutes from Dollywood and Pigeon Forge…and only 10 minutes from Gatlinburg! For your enjoyment the cabin offers a pool table, hot tub, 3 jacuzzis, and a quasicade game tower with X-Box, & Nintendo Game Cube. The cabin is also professionally furnished and has plenty of sleeping arrangements for a party of up to sixteen. Enjoy the best of both worlds…a perfect place to relax and getaway but close to all the action and adventure of the Great Smoky Mountains!
AMENITIES....listed...."

The Ransomed Heart - The Religious Spirit

The Religious Spirit 09/19/2006 The Religious Spirit has turned discipleship into a soul-killing exercise of principles. Most folks don’t even know they can walk with God, hear his voice. He’s stigmatized counseling as a profession for sick patients, and so the wounds of our hearts never get healed. He’s taken healing away from us almost entirely, so that we sit in pews as broken people feeling guilty because we can’t live the life we’re supposed to live. And he takes warfare and mocks it, stigmatizes it as well so that most of the church knows almost nothing about how to break strongholds, set captives free. Finally, the Religious Spirit makes it next to impossible for a person to break free by spreading the lie that there is no war. Be honest—how many Christians do you know who practice spiritual warfare as a normal, necessary, daily part of the Christian life? Some of my dearest friends pull back from this stream and sort of cast a concerned look over me when I suggest it’s going on. Onward Christian soldiers, marching as to war? You’ve got to be kidding me. We’re not advancing the kingdom, we’re holding car washes. We gave up the hymn not so much for reasons of musical fashion but because we felt ridiculous singing it, as you do when asked to sing “Happy Birthday” in a restaurant to a perfect stranger. We don’t sing it ’cause it ain’t true. We have acquiesced. We have surrendered without a fight. (Waking the Dead, 162) From The Ransomed Heart, by John Eldredge, reading 262 Ransomed Heart Ministries www.ransomedheart.com

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shurgardiansforever : Message: Mr. Benson and the Morningstar ethos

shurgardiansforever : Message: Mr. Benson and the Morningstar ethos: "Has anyone hear that Mr. Benson is in the hospital?
We continue to pray for his speedy recovery.

We will miss the readerboard wit.
We will miss his Christmas party where he showed us true Christian love.
We will miss the Morningstar ethos that touch us with encouragement.
We will miss the customers who knew the Mr. B way.
We will miss a compassionate business leader.
We will miss a schedule that allows for church attendance.
We will miss his gifts.

Please pray our 'smooth' transition.
Jesus is still in control."

ActiveWord: Piadoso para el 17 de septiembre de 2006

Todos es alguien

“El quién viene a mí yo echará de ninguna manera hacia fuera.” (Juan 6:37 NKJV)

The Mint Museums: General Information

The Mint Museums: General Information: "Note: Admission to the Mint Museum of Art is free on Tuesday from 5pm-10pm
Note: Admission to the Mint Museum of Craft + Design is free on Tuesday from 10am-2pm and the third Thursday of the month from 5-8pm."

Catawba River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Catawba River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The Catawba River is a tributary of the Wateree River in the U.S. states of North Carolina and South Carolina. The river is approximately 220 miles (350 km) long. It rises in the Appalachian Mountains and drains into Piedmont, and is impounded through series of reservoirs for flood control and hydroelectricity.

It rises in the Blue Ridge Mountains in western McDowell County, North Carolina, approximately 20 miles (30 km) east of Asheville. It flows ENE, passing north of Morganton, then southeast through the Lake Norman reservoir. From Lake Norman it flows south, passing west of Charlotte, then flowing through the Mountain Island Lake and Lake Wylie reservoirs, where it forms approximately 10 miles (15 km) of the border between North Carolina and South Carolina. It flows into northern South Carolina, passing east of Rock Hill, then through Fishing Creek Reservoir near Great Falls, and then into the Lake Wateree reservoir, approximately 30 miles (50 km) northeast of Columbia. Downstream from Lake Wateree, it becomes the Wateree River."

Catawba River Basin Map

Catawba River Basin Map: "Catawba River Basin"

West Virginia Rails to Trails Council

West Virginia Rails to Trails Council: "Use of the term 'Rail-Trail':
As Rails-to-Trails projects become widespread, it is handy to recognize the unique benefits of this type of recreational resource. When we speak of rail-trails, people can expect that these trails will have gentle or level grades and wide rights of way suitable for multiple uses: walking, bicycling, or horseback riding. With bridges over streams and tunnels through hills, rail-trails also offer clear and easy means to negotiate geographic obstacles.
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Mid-Atlantic Rail-Trails including Washington and Baltimore

Mid-Atlantic Rail-Trails including Washington and Baltimore: "What is a Rail Trail? A Rail Trail is a recreational path which has been built in the right-of-way of an abandoned railroad. As a result of the Interstate Highway System, tens of thousands of miles of railroads have been abandoned over the past several decades. While some of these railroads have become rail trails, many of these right-of-ways are now being considered for conversion to some sort of 'green way' or recreation path. Typically, the rails and ties are removed and then the surface is improved to allow hiking ,biking, rollerblading, and/or horseback riding.

Rail trails can be great for biking and blading because railroads are designed to have very small grades, thus the resulting rail trail is nearly all flat. Also, in many situations, the right-of-ways exist in undeveloped areas away from the the hustle and bustle of everyday life. However, it should be noted that all rail trails are not created equal. While some trails have been paved or had some type of surface improvement, other trails may remain in a 'original ballast' condition which is typically muddy and rocky (not suitable for blading or skinny tires!).

For more information on Rail Trails, check out the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy."

Endurance Magazine

Endurance Magazine - The Current Issue: "Inspire, Perform, Endure"

Steele Creek Church of Charlotte Podcast

Steele Creek Church of Charlotte Podcast
Sun, 3 September 2006
"Going to the Next Level"
Pastor Gilberto Colon

This sermon had a great impact in that it remembered me of how the Lord is calling me.

Tracking List Display

Tracking List Display

September 2006

Ranking		Title		Author/Publisher
1		Leave a Candle Burning		Lori Wick, Harvest House, p
2		Night Light		Terri Blackstock, Zondervan, p
3		Captivating		John & Stasi Eldredge, Nelson Books (Nelson), c
4		Jerusalem Countdown		John Hagee, Frontline (Strang), p
5		The Bishop's Daughter		Wanda Brunstetter, Barbour, p
6		Like Dandelion Dust		Karen Kingsbury, Center Street (Hachette), p
7		The Five Love Languages		Gary Chapman, Northfield (Moody), p
8		90 Minutes in Heaven		Don Piper with Cecil Murphey, Revell, p
9		Last Light		Terri Blackstock, Zondervan, p
10		Battlefield of the Mind		Joyce Meyer, FaithWords (Hachette), p
11		Wild at Heart		John Eldredge, Nelson Books

The Way of the Wild Heart

Nelson Ministry Services Product Detail : The Way of the Wild Heart: "I can fix it. I don't need directions. I can figure this out on my own. These thoughts that erupt from a man's bravado, from his deep urge to be real man. Yet underneath this, there is a louder voice countering, You can't. You're not capable. You're weak. Many men-possibly all men-face two looming questions at some point in their life. What does it mean to be a man, and am I one?

The Way of the Wild Heart reaches out to 'unfinished men' trying to understand and live their role as men and fathers. Exploring six biblically based stages, John Eldredge initiates men into a new understanding and ownership of their manhood and equips them to effectively lead their sons to manhood."

Christian Outfitters: Study References

Study References: "This is a collection of practical, timely and relevant studies designed for small group and individual study. These are living works. This page is just a sampling of our studies and they're yours to print and use as you wish."

Christian Outfitters is a non-denominational, family-owned and operated publisher and provider of discipleship resources. In 2003, Christian Outfitters was brought under the umbrella of International Teaching Ministries.

Christian Outfitters: "The Camp Of Familiarity"

Christian Outfitters - Discipleship Resources, Workshops, Inspirational Graphics, Leather Journals.:
"Most believers live lives of quiet desperation instead of seeking to live life deliberately. We despise change. We work all day, go home, watch television, collapse in bed and start all over again the next day. Our lives become a chain of bondage. This is certainly not sinful, but this kind of life-style is not the life of Christ and can keep us from God.

Moses would have us leave the familiar and pitch our tents 'outside the camp of familiarity.' Jesus would have us do the same:

'And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood. Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore. For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.' (Heb. 13:12-14)

Most of the book of Hebrews tells us how Christ is greater than the sacrificial system. There may be a time coming when you find it necessary to leave your 'camp' and suffer with Christ. Jesus suffered humiliation and uncleanness outside the Jerusalem gates on our behalf. The time is coming when Christians will be called on to declare their loyalty to Christ above any other loyalty, to choose to follow Jesus whatever suffering that might bring. We will be called to move outside the safe confinement of our past, our traditions, and our ceremonies to live for Christ.

Christ calls us to leave the familiar, the distracting world of our lower senses and abide in Him. The highest goal of our prayer is to find God. Today, seek Him until you find Him. Continue day by day, week by week, until you have drawn near enough to God that you can hear His voice. Become so confident that He is near to you that you hear know He hears you even when you whisper.

"Come near to God and he will come near to you." (James 4:8)

If we are going to become holy as He is holy, we must recognize that Jesus has already broken our chains and restraints of just getting by and living an average life. We must choose to go outside the camp of familiarity and abide in the tent of God's presence."

US National Whitewater Center //// TAKE IT OUTSIDE !!! \\\\

US National Whitewater Center //// TAKE IT OUTSIDE !!! \\\\: "The U.S. National Whitewater Center (USNWC) is the world’s premier outdoor recreation and environmental education center. Alongside mountain-biking and running trails, a climbing center, and challenge course, the park’s unique feature is a multiple-channel, customized whitewater river for rafting and canoe/kayak enthusiasts of all abilities.

The USNWC is only 10 minutes from downtown Charlotte and provides over 300 acres of woodlands along the scenic Catawba River. Olympic-caliber athletes, weekend warriors and casual observers share this world-class sports and training center.

Inspired by the successful Penrith Whitewater Stadium built for the 2000 Olympics and the stadium built for the 2004 Athens Games, the USNWC is the world’s only multi-channel recirculating whitewater river. The USOC has formally endorsed the center and committed to designating it an official Olympic Training Site.

The national governing body for the sport, USA Canoe and Kayak (USACK) has also designated the Center as its new home. The USNWC hosts World Cup competitions, Olympic Trials and serves as the home of international Olympic athletes. "