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Tithing
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Most of us work in jobs that could be considered worldly and part of Babylon so, when we pay tithing on that income could we say that the church is taking its cut? -- Edited by oad on Saturday 16th of April 2011 01:03:09 PM
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Glenn Beck in SLC
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A brother of a good friend of mine attended the Glenn Beck activity in SLC and took the following notes: Just for fun, I thought Id report on Glenn Becks final performance of his American Revival that hes been doing around the country. Todays version, the last, was in Salt Lake at the Energy Solutions Ar...
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19 April
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Today, 19 April, 235 years ago, American/English patriots were challenged to decide to follow "The Laws of Nature and of Nature's God" and commit what their country England's laws called "treason": To protect their stores of armaments from being seized by their ow...
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Cut-backs in public schools
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Arizona is in a budget crisis and most public school teachers, administrators and staff seem to be clamouring for an increase in state taxes in hopes of preserving and/or adding to school programs. I've gotten into this scrap on the side of no tax increases and cutting certain school programs to sa...
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Americans should stop confusing food with entertainment (or should they?)
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This is an interesting article about how maybe we'd lose weight if we ate food that actually tastes good.
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Dangerous Chili
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I like mild food, myself. This certainly does sound like a weapon to me. The link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_india_chili_grenades The article: Indian military to weaponize world's hottest chili By WASBIR HUSSAIN GAUHATI, India The Indian military has a new weapon against terrorism: the...
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Daylight Slavings Time
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Don't forget to set your clocks ahead one hour this Saturday evening, or you may be late to church on Sunday.
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Firing teachers?
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Unionized Rhode Island Teachers Refuse To Work 25 Minutes More Per Day, So Town Fires All Of Them Go ahead and sleep. I make way more than your Dad.A school superintendent in Rhode Island is trying to fix an abysmally bad school system. Her plan calls for teachers at a local high school to work 25 minute...
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Definitions
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Definition of the Day: What's the difference between a socialist government and a communist government? The socialist government doesn't have all the guns yet.
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The real State of the Union
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Wealthy, power hungry people have considerable control over our government and those of other nations and are striving to control our planet under a single one-world government. They are the global elite. They are as puppet masters controlling their many puppets in our government. Because A...
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Dream Interpretation
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I'd like all your advice, please. I had this dream and I need to know what it means. Even if you aren't qualified in any way, I'd like your input. I was walking my dog - who's a mutt but basically looks like a 6 month old German Shepherd. We came up to this fence and there was this Polar Bear and he became ver...
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Wow.
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Not only did I kill the thread, I killed the entire forum. Obviously only far right wing opinions are wanted here, so I'll back out and let you all talk to each other about the state of the nation according to World Net Daily without offering any corrections or posts that lead to any semblance of sanity...
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Cute Cat Story
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Casper Disappears for Hours http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/844...-bus-every-day A pet cat in Britain has caught the same bus every day for four years. Casper rides the 10.55am service in Plymouth, southwest England, for its entire 17km journey before returning home about an hour later. Th...
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New Phone Scam
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I got a call today from someone claiming that I owed them money. I didn't remember owing this company money, but they had my personal information including bank account number and social security number. I looked up on the internet the phone number that they were calling from, because frequently you...
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Remnant of Jacob
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The other day an LDS acquaintance was telling me about some DNA studies that seem to indicate that the Hispanic population of Central and Latin America are decended from Asiatics, where as the Indians of the Eastern American tribes are descended from people of the Mideast. If this is true. the Easter...
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Sea of Galilee
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Here are some recent pictures of the Sea of Galilee. Beautiful area. http://www.flickr.com/photos/37618179@N08/
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$1400 phone call
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Today at work I was testing airplane phones, which cost $8 a minute to use. One of my tests involved making a three hour phone call, just to make sure it works. The approximate cost of the call is $1400. I'm glad that I don't have to foot the bill.
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Spring Blizzard
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We had (and are still having, although it's let up at the moment) a spring blizzard in Northern Colorado. I went out to the cats in their shed this morning to get their heating going and I had a headache from the cold, driving snow. Needless to say next time I went out I was smart enough to wear a hat. I didn't...
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Kindle 2
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Has anyone heard of the Kindle 2? It's an electronic book reading device that is supposedly as easy on the eyes as printed text. I can't see spending $369 on something just to read books (which you still have to buy in addition to the price of the thing). But the concept sounds cool. Carry all of your books...
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Prayers needed
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Pray for my two Grandma's & my Aunt's, 'Uncle's please.
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Overture in B Flat
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I was a band weenie in high school. One of the pieces we played was Overture in B flat by Cesar Giovanini. I know that it's considered a high school piece, but I love hearing it. So I searched it out on youtube and found it. It has my favorite french horn solo (which I played once). [video=http://www.youtu...
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Amazing acrobatic dancing
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This type of dancing is a traditional Ukrainian dance called "Gopak". It's simply amazing the stunts they pull, from acrobatic leaps to deep knee bends while dancing.
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Dealing with School Administration
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Okay, so...my daughter turns 5 Oct. 4th this year. In Arizona, the cutoff for kindergarten is Sept. 1st. In vocabulary, reading skills, math skills, writing skills, social attitudes, etc. she seems to me to be completely ready for school. I've done a lot of reading on early admission research,...
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paraskavedekatriaphobia
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Happy Friday the 13th!
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Woman loses world's longest fingernails
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The woman that was named as having the world's longest fingernails lost them in a crash. Personally, I've never understood people that go in for long fingernails. There are many tasks that you wouldn't be able to perform, even basic personal sanitation tasks.
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Man calls 911because lemonade runs out
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A man called 911 because the burger king he was at had run out of lemonade.
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Zero Tolerance at Schools
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Today's word is schadenfreude, as school dist emps face jail over zero tolerance laws http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6245358.htmlAs several employees await court hearings, opponents complain some allegation...
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Wounded deer wanders into Petsmart and gets fixed
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Vets at a Petsmart fix up a wounded deer that wandered in.
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Happy cows produce more milk
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According to a study, cows that have been given names by farmers produce 500 pints more annually.
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A letter to Washington, D.C.
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The following was written to his 2 senators and his congressional representative by Richard Mack, a former Sheriff of Graham County, Arizona. Dear Senators Kyl and McCain and Congresswoman Kirkpatrick: Yesterday I did my taxes for the year 2008. My wife and I both work and make an average middle c...
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