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Archive for February, 2010

Is it even possible to have a conversation with God, in the same everyday sense that we can have a conversation with another person? Neale Donald Walsch doesn’t claim to have literally heard the voice of God, but he claims that God spoke to him nonetheless, and that he has simply transcribed God’s words.* I don’t think I’m the right person to take a position on Walsch’s claim but I will say that he offers a beautiful and compelling vision of reality and our creative power. His book inspires the excitement and the feeling of recognition that we experience when encountering a deep insight or truth. Readers might find passages in Conversations with God, attributed to God, that sound more like Walsch. But maybe those passages reflect Walsch’s limitations, or the reader’s limitations in understanding them.

In the book, we are told that God encompasses all things, including us. God created us – a part of Himself – so He could experience Himself. A thing can only be experienced in relation to what it is not, and we find both good and bad in the world. But we are urged not to condemn what we call bad in the world. Rather, when we encounter conditions that are inconsistent with what we are or what we want to be, we need to take responsibility for them and ultimately change them through our creative power.

The discussion of this – the creative power that we share with God – is the most compelling part of the book. We are told that the creative process begins with thought, becomes more concrete through speech, and more concrete still through action. When we recognize our power to create, we recognize that we are responsible for what exists. This is obviously true on one level: “things are what you make of them” is a commonplace. We have all seen people live up to our high expectations or be dragged down by low ones. We have all transformed a bad situation into a good one (or maybe a good one into a bad one) through our thoughts and actions. But the assertion m
Most Wanted Country Vol | ntctiawc2005

The iPod Touch 3rd generation 32gb is the best “mp3 player” ever! It does so much more than just playing music. I have plenty of cons though. It doesn’t have a camera to take pictures or video, although oddly enough, it has a spot on the back where the camera should go. You can’t connect it to your television to stream videos from it. If you want to connect to a network through wifi, then you better be close to it. No microphone, unless you use the headphones that came with it, which are NOT one size fits all. The battery life is subpar. Other than that, it’s a great gadget.
Nikon DK 3 Rubber | s-f-cc

Actor George C. Scott delivers an encore performance of his most famous character: Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. Just as the original “Patton” was based in part on Ladislas Farago’s biography “Patton: Ordeal and Triumph,” so too is the sequel based on Farago’s second installment of the same title.It is ironic, perhaps that Scott seems tired in this follow-up role and does not deliver a tour de force comparable to his original performance. Then again, the real life Patton was also tired: relieved of command of his beloved Third Army for not being what today would be termed “politically correct,” and instead placed in command of a “paper army” whose mission was to write the history of the Second WorldWar. Disgruntled with the turn his military career had taken, Patton was to return home, hang up his ivory-handled pistols for good and write a tell all memoir. A day of pheasant hunting in Germany was all that seperated Patton the soldier from Patton the civilian. The out-spoken general never made it. He suffered a broken neck en route in a silly fender-bender with an army 6 x 6 and died of complications twelve days later. In spite of Scott’s subdued portrayal of Patton II, the scenes are superb; the supporting cast top-notch; and the story-line, including the usual amount of dramatic license, holds true to the facts. Throughout the film, the viewer is treated to flashbacks memories of Patton’s earlier life as a child, as a young junior officer, and themes the first “Patton” dared not touch, such as Patton’s supposed wartime affair with his wife’s niece, a woman half the general’s age. Unlike the first “Patton,” these flashbacks give the film a true biographical feel. I was touched with the strength his wife Beatrice exhibited by her husband’s side, reading to him from his favorite books by the likes of Napolean and other great captains while her injured husband lay with a head brace and fish hooks embedded in his scalp in an effort to support his shattered neck. If Sc
The Last Days of | skylartours

I feel some people are too strict with the “historical inaccuracies” and the “depiction of the animals”, etc. Unless you worked in a circus during the 1930s, are a circus historian or take yourself too seriously, you probably won’t even notice or won’t care about those things. It’s a great novel, interesting story and reads like a movie. I couldn’t put it down. If you’re looking for hard-core facts, read a non-fiction. If you’re looking for a fun, enjoyable read that will leave you with a smile on your face, you won’t be dissapointed!
Blue Light JSvsKS Remix | elderjusticecoalition

I purchased this item in October, when I moved into a new home. one of the first things I did was clean the carpets, and this machine did a great job. I congratulated myself on researching all the reviews on Amazon and buying a good machine at a reasonable price, one that I would be sure to use for years in my new home.

That was October. Now it is January and I got the machine out to clean the carpets again. When I started it up it was immediately clear that the brushes were not turning at all and it really doesn’t do anything without the brushes turning. I re-read the manual to locate the problem but none of the examples helped solve the mystery. after quite a while of looking it over from every angle I discovered that the plastic (what a mistake!)spindle that connects the brush assembly to the motor (via an enclosed belt) had snapped cleanly in the middle. Getting the brush assembly with its half of the spindle out was no problem, but when I tried to get the broken part of the plastic spindle out of its housing, it went back into the motor.

Amazon will not refund after 4 months (even though I only used it once) I am left with taking the chance of trying to take it all apart, (and hoping I put it back right) as well as buying a new brush assembly or finding a service center to ship it to (it’s big and bulky and the shipping will not be cheap, nor will the repair, I imagine.

Stanley Steamer (twice!) would have been cheaper and much easier.

Stila Cosmetics #24 Double | connectedtofinland

I like this scale for its consistent accuracy and easy to read display. A bonus is its sleek look–no ridges to keep clean like my old scale which gave 4 different weights when stepped on 4 times in succession.

Apparently the batteries that came with it were old because the display said “Lo” and wouldn’t register my weight. After I bought and inserted new batteries, it worked just fine.

It takes a hard heel thump rather than a light tap to turn on but I consider that a minor issue.

I thought the cost reasonable and wouldn’t hesitate recommending it.
Schwalbe Big Apple HS | s-f-cc

I’ve had this vacuum for a year now and it still sucks up as good as the day I opened it. Its a no-frills vacuum, but it does it job – it actually sucks stuff up! I mean, isn’t that what vacuums are supposed to do?! Very happy for the money I spent and for the product’s performance.
Biography George Armstrong Custer | gataquizbowl

Who ever sez you need to spend $ 90 , $ 125 , or $250 for an hdmi cable doesnt have a clue about what it takes to transmit signals over wire . The inflated prices paid for these cables is the biggest ripoff in the industry . These low { correct priced ] cables from amazon perform the same as the super priced ripoff cables . Save your money and put it to use elsewhere in the home theater system .
New Black Padded Knuckle | pittsburghkm

I lost the IR emitter from my old HP media center PC, and replaced it with this. Works like a charm.
Stick on IR Infrared | mellatnews

I have a cat that tracks in mud, so I wanted something to clean the carpet up a bit. Works the way I expected. It’s easy to use.
UV PL FLD FILTERS | kasisi