tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141364062024-03-12T20:47:01.526-07:00Middle RangeDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302064270295361674noreply@blogger.comBlogger196125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14136406.post-2080451598718389942009-01-20T13:40:00.000-08:002009-01-20T14:07:35.012-08:00saturday scooter ride<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SXZK4vAfQYI/AAAAAAAAAb4/jAP_nLV8ufo/s1600-h/IMG_0407.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SXZK4vAfQYI/AAAAAAAAAb4/jAP_nLV8ufo/s400/IMG_0407.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293500750572241282" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SXZHfIFUVuI/AAAAAAAAAbw/i0iPXHmVHEk/s1600-h/IMG_0406.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SXZHfIFUVuI/AAAAAAAAAbw/i0iPXHmVHEk/s400/IMG_0406.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293497012091901666" /></a><br /><iframe width="425" height="425" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=p&s=AARTsJqp0zOlY-gErSbjWdWafMjp5vDFyg&msa=0&msid=112391660048151982787.0004603e9a9f5f5301b06&ll=40.653555,-122.287445&spn=0.221395,0.291824&z=11&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=p&msa=0&msid=112391660048151982787.0004603e9a9f5f5301b06&ll=40.653555,-122.287445&spn=0.221395,0.291824&z=11&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302064270295361674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14136406.post-80867297389433009432009-01-10T18:28:00.001-08:002009-01-11T16:06:41.764-08:00a scooter ride<iframe width="450" height="450" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=p&s=AARTsJq1A7mXe3k4a86a88u_TS8n5toZUA&msa=0&msid=112391660048151982787.0004602b748fedc20fe10&ll=40.603657,-122.398167&spn=0.117298,0.154495&z=12&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=p&msa=0&msid=112391660048151982787.0004602b748fedc20fe10&ll=40.603657,-122.398167&spn=0.117298,0.154495&z=12&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302064270295361674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14136406.post-45241185753358781442008-11-19T15:38:00.000-08:002008-11-19T15:43:50.371-08:00Our 2nd Race<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SSSju4K1q6I/AAAAAAAAASk/xHRlQajmpCM/s1600-h/ABLogo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270517489677478818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 383px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SSSju4K1q6I/AAAAAAAAASk/xHRlQajmpCM/s400/ABLogo.jpg" border="0" /></a>Stacy and I got to run in our second race a few Sundays past. The weather cleared and we got to see what it was like running with 500 other people. The final mile was my fastest mile...and Stacy had a bit of a problem with her knees. So we are back in the gym and working on warming up quite a bit more. It's tough to knock out all the kinks after sitting in a car for 1 1/2 hours and then suddenly stepping out into the cold. We're learning, and having a blast.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302064270295361674noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14136406.post-12267511162417017302008-10-07T11:50:00.001-07:002008-10-07T11:54:08.983-07:00our 1st race<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SOuwN0jenMI/AAAAAAAAASc/dDD0yIZJNrg/s1600-h/lions%2520poster%2520for%2520egon.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254487141750054082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SOuwN0jenMI/AAAAAAAAASc/dDD0yIZJNrg/s400/lions%2520poster%2520for%2520egon.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Stacy and I ran in our first race this past Sunday. It was a bunch of fun, and we finished closer to the top than the bottom overall. We each got 2nd place in our age categories. It feels great to get out and run together. Next month were on to the Almond Bowl and a bit longer race.</div>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302064270295361674noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14136406.post-4646380259275539602008-09-16T11:21:00.000-07:002008-09-16T11:23:59.923-07:00I simply love her...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SM_5kbKl3jI/AAAAAAAAASU/ODjtfRw9DfU/s1600-h/DSC03950_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SM_5kbKl3jI/AAAAAAAAASU/ODjtfRw9DfU/s400/DSC03950_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246686495072706098" /></a>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302064270295361674noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14136406.post-43460326705510823642008-08-27T15:30:00.000-07:002008-08-27T15:33:23.792-07:00DG Bar-B-Q<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SLXWCmT_PiI/AAAAAAAAASE/qe8T3qo5rFY/s1600-h/DSC03898.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SLXWCmT_PiI/AAAAAAAAASE/qe8T3qo5rFY/s400/DSC03898.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239329081647906338" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SLXWD6dKPoI/AAAAAAAAASM/j1mIBBNRZZ0/s1600-h/DSC03899.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SLXWD6dKPoI/AAAAAAAAASM/j1mIBBNRZZ0/s400/DSC03899.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239329104234954370" /></a>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302064270295361674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14136406.post-33789207153392712192008-08-06T19:52:00.000-07:002008-08-06T20:07:17.353-07:00Contact Don Betrus<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxJgLR-dhJ8FIaQx1fYAc-cVpY8Ud_aDSPyDHq42__na_VuD1MhvGNE8KtAHGrVmE8LjdqkNX3Wgco' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302064270295361674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14136406.post-25290960494273085092008-07-24T12:03:00.000-07:002008-07-24T12:19:05.989-07:00Views from the Igo-Ono Church<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SIjVPTgFwtI/AAAAAAAAAR0/PxWvVZmvSxU/s1600-h/california_amo_2008204.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226661826473083602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SIjVPTgFwtI/AAAAAAAAAR0/PxWvVZmvSxU/s400/california_amo_2008204.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Redding is under the smokey part...<br />Image Acquired: July 22, 2008 by <a href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14972">NASA</a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SIjSSwigjZI/AAAAAAAAARc/KEcDAh9d3vI/s1600-h/diggerpine.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226658587272580498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SIjSSwigjZI/AAAAAAAAARc/KEcDAh9d3vI/s400/diggerpine.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SIjSTN3WpNI/AAAAAAAAARk/ZAjwIjN2mSY/s1600-h/LENSFLARE2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226658595144639698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SIjSTN3WpNI/AAAAAAAAARk/ZAjwIjN2mSY/s400/LENSFLARE2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SIjSTQHyvBI/AAAAAAAAARs/N0HBB8UGzl8/s1600-h/viewwest.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226658595750460434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SIjSTQHyvBI/AAAAAAAAARs/N0HBB8UGzl8/s400/viewwest.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302064270295361674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14136406.post-16762463271163442832008-07-23T19:37:00.000-07:002008-07-23T19:44:34.436-07:00electronic chuch<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SIfr23EdzZI/AAAAAAAAARU/0bIxrJFjGtg/s1600-h/eleventh133.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SIfr23EdzZI/AAAAAAAAARU/0bIxrJFjGtg/s400/eleventh133.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226405220314893714" border="0" /></a><br />If you have taken the time to read this...<br />You should post a comment <a href="http://reddvine.blogspot.com/">here</a>.<br /><br />Let them know you are alive...and reading.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302064270295361674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14136406.post-44349340673935994142008-07-16T18:45:00.000-07:002008-07-16T18:48:07.242-07:00a cartoon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SH6kdeHPa-I/AAAAAAAAAQ8/0sk2dwDHyiM/s1600-h/itch-cartoon.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SH6kdeHPa-I/AAAAAAAAAQ8/0sk2dwDHyiM/s400/itch-cartoon.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223793444002950114" border="0" /></a><br />So what do you think?Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302064270295361674noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14136406.post-92161203228420166222008-07-05T17:35:00.000-07:002008-07-05T18:06:32.302-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SHAUCZUVv8I/AAAAAAAAAQs/iY1p9kWV4mw/s1600-h/D%26S_Wedding149.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SHAUCZUVv8I/AAAAAAAAAQs/iY1p9kWV4mw/s400/D%26S_Wedding149.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219693999510896578" border="0" /></a>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302064270295361674noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14136406.post-62670256445929030042008-06-29T20:46:00.000-07:002008-07-05T18:00:16.339-07:00with permission...David,<br /><br />So, it's Sunday and I'm home channel surfing. I landed on KQED. The show was dubed a California Documentary. So, I was interested. It was about Lonnie Frisbie. I had never heard of him. Turns out he was a hippie turned Christian who was piviatal in the growth of the Vineyard Church. He was also a closet or not no closet at times homosexual. Apparently his work in the growth of the Vineyard has been down played or erased because of his sexual orientation. I wondered if you had heard of him.<br /><br />This weekend is Gay Pride weekend in San Francisco. The significance that Gay Pride is celebrated the weekend before 4th of July is not lost on me. We all long for freedom when we feel trapped. We also forget that with freedom comes it's friend, responsibility.<br /><br />I'll be the first to admit that since my babtism I have fallen away from going to church and walking with Jesus. I decided that "it" really wasn't for me. I became turned off by the notion that the only way to God was through Jesus. Is that what we are to believe? I guess now that I am baptized I am now a hypocrite since I do not walk the walk. Prior to baptism I could walk through my life guilt free. Now I get to wonder about my sins. Is the wonder and/or concern simply Jesus calling?<br /><br />According to the documentary I just watched the church is really concerned with our sexual sins. If that's the case, then I guess I'll be burning in hell. Ha! All joking aside, I wonder what your thoughts are on the passing of gay marriage in our state. I'm finding that I have a problem with it, which is causing a problem for me. I have always considered myself a open minded Liberal. But, I take issue with the idea that homosexuals can legally marry in our state. I read an article that the state was changing the marriage form from Bride and Groom to Party A and Party B because Bride and Groom suggests woman and man. That pisses me off. When I marry, I want it to be known that I am a woman about to marry a man.<br /><br />I'm not really sure where I'm going with all this (so many topics in one email), but the documentary touched a cord. Thoughts?Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302064270295361674noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14136406.post-72981119755723482232008-06-28T16:47:00.000-07:002008-06-28T16:52:17.256-07:00wanna buy a watch?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.alibaba.com/photo/11017554/LED_Digital_Watch_Red_70s_Type_Display.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://img.alibaba.com/photo/11017554/LED_Digital_Watch_Red_70s_Type_Display.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I am often asked, “So who does most of the cooking?’<br />An innocent question really.<br />“We both do.” I generally answer.<br /><br />There are deeper questions, but for the most part, they aren’t asked. Newly married you are offered the convenience of learning…and to some degree distance. Those married remember the early months, and those unmarried can’t really understand.<br /><br />Do you endure or enjoy? Is it one or the other, somewhere in between, or a marvelous mix? Can you understand that indescribable entrance of God, when invited, into your relationships? What does it look like as you allow Him entrance into those parts of your life you ‘had a handle on’ (hey…I’m feelin’ more mature this decade).<br /><br />Communication. How long have you been in conversation with your best of friends? I can only assume you’ve learned one another…or at least what you’ve chose to expose. The timing and entrance into those unique qualities take time, effort and openness. And they are simply wonderful places to see Jesus show up and laugh. I love my wife dearly, and learning to be the husband I was made to be, with and for her, is a pleasure I never knew existed.<br /><br />So do we endure one another’s differences as we force our perceptions and expectation upon each other? No. Do we come to enjoy the covenant of marriage, and allow for His work in both of each other and us? Yes. Is it difficult? Not ‘if’, but rather ‘when’…the loss of the choices of a single life in the privileged western world…that will allow you to see love and relationship in a different way. Not to simply endure, but to enjoy.<br /><br />Have you ever had an old watch? One you’ve enjoyed for years on end…and then it began to fail – it still told time, but the watch ‘thought’ the 24 hour day measured 24 hours and 15 minutes. If you were like me, you’d take note, and reset your old friend each morning as you moved through your familiar and regular routine. You (and I) can endure it. But then you are asked for the time, throughout the day, and its important. Do you guess, or do you collect a new watch? Do you gain a growing perspective in the enjoyment of walking together? I think you do.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302064270295361674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14136406.post-91608898361086615362008-06-28T15:29:00.000-07:002008-06-28T15:48:48.892-07:00George Carlin (May 12, 1937-June 22, 2008)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.georgecarlin.com/home/carlin_memletter.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.georgecarlin.com/home/carlin_memletter.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.georgecarlin.com/home/home.html">George Carlin</a>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302064270295361674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14136406.post-3069166110562963752008-06-28T15:27:00.000-07:002008-06-28T15:29:06.631-07:00lookin' for a new pony<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://rickandrewsmotorcycles.com/catalogue/images/uploads/yamaha-vstar250.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://rickandrewsmotorcycles.com/catalogue/images/uploads/yamaha-vstar250.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Yamaha V-Star 250Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302064270295361674noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14136406.post-17914104202027543532008-06-28T15:18:00.000-07:002008-06-28T15:24:21.204-07:00Native plant enthusiast dies<h2>Farmer, rancher, teacher Dave DuBose was north state fixture</h2> <p class="byline">By <a href="http://www.redding.com/staff/rob-rogers/">Rob Rogers</a> (<a href="http://www.redding.com/staff/rob-rogers/contact/" class="contactlink">Contact</a>) - Record Searchlight<br /> Wednesday, June 25, 2008<br /></p><p>If you wanted to know anything about north state plants, you talked to Dave DuBose.</p> <p> He was a past president of the California Native Plant Society, a farmer and rancher, and also a former instructor of agriculture and environmental conservation at Shasta College.</p> <p> "He loved his job," said his wife, Sandy. "It was his total identity."</p> <p> If you wanted to know anything about north state history, you talked to Dave DuBose.</p> <p> "He was my No. 1 favorite history person," said Dottie Smith, former curator of the Shasta College Museum. "I'm gonna miss Dave."</p> <p> Clyde "David" DuBose, 70, died Tuesday of complications with pneumonia. He had Alzheimer's disease and was showing symptoms of Parkinson's disease, Sandy DuBose said.</p> <p> "He never complained about it," she said.</p> <p> It wasn't his style.</p> <p> Family and friends remembered his sharp and sometimes stinging wit, and his ability to laugh in almost any situation.</p> <p> "He was just very vital, interested in everything" Sandy DuBose said.</p> <p> And he wasn't afraid to speak his mind.</p> <p> "He had opinions on everything," she said. "He was not religious at all -- it annoyed him."</p> <p> Both he and Sandy were 30 when they married in 1968 -- they met at Shasta College -- and later had three children. Matt, 36, lives in Connecticut; Rebecca, 34, lives in Seattle; and Nathan, 30, lives in Mountain Gate. </p> <p> An outdoorsman all his life, DuBose grew up on a dairy farm in Nelson just south of Chico. He earned his bachelor's degree in general agriculture from Chico State University and earned his teaching and administrative credentials at the University of California at Davis. He taught for two years at Red Bluff High School and two years at Etna Junior/Senior High School. </p> <p> In 1965, Shasta College called him with a job offer. He began that year, building the first natural resources department in the California community college system. He retired in 1999. </p> <p> Over the course of his professional life, DuBose served on the Natural Science Council at what was then Turtle Bay Museums and Arboretum on the River, helped with the arboretum's native plant program, gave history lectures around town, volunteered at the Sacramento River Discovery Center in Red Bluff and was a member of the Native Grass Society. </p> <p> Sandy DuBose said her husband had been working on writing a book about the history of agriculture in Shasta County. She said it would likely go unfinished. </p> <p> They bought a 300-acre ranch in 1970, one of the oldest in the county, and worked it for years. It sits near Parkville Cemetery where Dave DuBose's cremated remains will be laid to rest, Sandy DuBose said. </p>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302064270295361674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14136406.post-87127507956685115882008-06-10T18:14:00.000-07:002008-06-10T18:22:00.481-07:00perspectiveHave a look at the<a href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14882&src=map"> flood issues</a> in China. <div>Kyle and I traveled through here on train...thanks Kyle.</div><div>Remembering the steep canyon walls, winding rail, rich wet country-side and amazing terraced rice fields...there is a light sense of what this looks likes on the ground.</div><div>It's a long process of recovery in so many ways...to reconstruct the agricultural base lost, and so many other efforts. Pray.</div>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302064270295361674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14136406.post-79991711707898473752008-06-03T12:32:00.000-07:002008-06-03T12:38:32.824-07:00Food & Gas<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SEWdRTL8VgI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/tfg5YvjQVEU/s1600-h/Bananas2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207741464657548802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SEWdRTL8VgI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/tfg5YvjQVEU/s400/Bananas2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This past Christmas season through the community at the Vineyard City Church, I had the opportunity to give through an organization called <a href="http://www.heifer.org/site/c.edJRKQNiFiG/b.485969/">HEIFER International</a>. These guys do some really great sustainable agricultural industry projects among the worlds poor.<br /><br />Occasionally I receive updates from HEIFER, and this past month a few of the articles really hit home. As I find myself immersed in the conservation industry I tend to look at global environmental issues with a dull sense of ‘business as usual.’ People tend to want to do the right thing, but they often want to do it from their couch with a click or two on the internet. I am no different, and often fall into the daily groove of what’s quick and easy for me. But I do know, when I take the time to think (much less pray), what is easy for me isn’t always best for the community at large. To work together with other people, in what has become a global mess of connectivity, I often need to do what appears harder for me…and this becomes easier for them. My inner-Frankenstein tells me, ‘Change bad…bacon double cheese burger good.’ You got to love those fun little paradoxes.<br /><br />I was asked a few weeks ago what were things people could do or begin to think about to influence some beneficial change toward sustainable environmental practices (conservation). With the rising price of fuel we now recognize in more detail how much we drive…but for many of us it has not impacted greatly other portion of our lives (e.g. cable teevee)…yet. That’s not to say entertainment is bad, but it holds a great deal of our attention and resources. Interestingly, for many people, what they EAT has a greater environmental impact than what they DRIVE.<br /><br />Globally, agriculture may contribute up to one third of the worlds greenhouse-gas emissions, with livestock production alone contributing 18 percent – just 13 percent comes from trucks, cars and other transportation. And to make it complicated…Livestock often provide the only source of nutrition and income for millions of the world’s poor. Have look at these two short articles, and let me know what you think:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.heifer.org/site/c.edJRKQNiFiG/b.4172985/">The Carbon Hoofprint</a><br /><a href="http://www.heifer.org/site/c.edJRKQNiFiG/b.4172133/">From the Farm to Your Table</a><br /></div><br /><div>What can you do?</div><br /><ol><br /><li>Buy less, waste less.</li><br /><li>Avoid air-freighted and hothouse-grown foods.</li><br /><li>Eat less meat.</li><br /><li><a href="http://www.eatlowcarbon.org/">Learn more</a>. </li></ol>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302064270295361674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14136406.post-55968094985065995492008-06-02T11:06:00.000-07:002008-06-02T11:08:02.487-07:00...getting deeper...<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SEQ2ysDGslI/AAAAAAAAAQI/JZqzwO1BkCg/s1600-h/eratosthenes2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207347313592676946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SEQ2ysDGslI/AAAAAAAAAQI/JZqzwO1BkCg/s400/eratosthenes2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>The ancient city of Syene (today known as أسوان ''Aswān'' or Assouan) is located due south of Alexandria at a distance of 5000 Greek stades.<br /><br />In Syene there is a very deep well. Every year at noon on the day of the summer solstice (21 June) the sunlight illuminates the water at the bottom of this well. At that moment, the sun is directly overhead and there are no shadows in the city of Syene.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302064270295361674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14136406.post-20976939300575719242008-05-29T20:20:00.001-07:002008-05-29T20:22:52.608-07:00some random pics...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SD9y6FHqCoI/AAAAAAAAAQA/F7MNNU8ccd0/s1600-h/Platypus_Fullpic_1.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SD9y6FHqCoI/AAAAAAAAAQA/F7MNNU8ccd0/s400/Platypus_Fullpic_1.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206006036395854466" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SD9yw1HqCnI/AAAAAAAAAP4/QPffusqYCi8/s1600-h/hillaryobama_edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SD9yw1HqCnI/AAAAAAAAAP4/QPffusqYCi8/s400/hillaryobama_edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206005877482064498" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SD9yl1HqCmI/AAAAAAAAAPw/27RuAznz_WQ/s1600-h/knockitallmy2py6jk3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SD9yl1HqCmI/AAAAAAAAAPw/27RuAznz_WQ/s400/knockitallmy2py6jk3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206005688503503458" border="0" /></a>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302064270295361674noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14136406.post-54183013113416743962008-05-20T05:54:00.000-07:002008-05-20T05:55:58.881-07:00this morningAll things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. —Romans 8:28<br /><br />One of God’s purposes in pain is to brand the image of Jesus in our hearts. Can we weep with those who weep? God may need to stain our cheeks with our own tears so that we can genuinely empathize with others as Jesus did. Are we self-sufficient? God may need to strip away our security to conform us to the God-sufficiency that Christ displayed. Are we faithless? It may require a tragedy to teach us to trust the Father as Jesus did.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302064270295361674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14136406.post-73883643752711671522008-04-27T07:08:00.000-07:002008-04-27T07:11:17.143-07:00Sunday Morning...Isaiah 55:10-11<br /> <br /> 10 As the rain and the snow<br /> come down from heaven,<br /> and do not return to it<br /> without watering the earth<br /> and making it bud and flourish,<br /> so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,<br /><br /> 11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth:<br /> It will not return to me empty,<br /> but will accomplish what I desire<br /> and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">God's Word is to a soul what water is to barren land.</span>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302064270295361674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14136406.post-32011109559238555762008-04-26T12:54:00.000-07:002008-04-28T21:39:53.842-07:00The Onion Radio News<div class="orn_entry"><strong>With Doyle Redland</strong> <h3><a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/radio_news/man_with_hammer_induced">Man With Hammer-Induced Thumb Injury Appeals To Christ Almighty</a></h3> <p><br /></p> </div>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302064270295361674noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14136406.post-77328258520951658822008-04-22T12:01:00.000-07:002008-04-22T12:13:18.250-07:00Mr. & Mrs. DeMar - P.V. Mexico<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SA44N0r-lOI/AAAAAAAAAOU/nHlrqByTz6M/s1600-h/DSC03709.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SA44N0r-lOI/AAAAAAAAAOU/nHlrqByTz6M/s400/DSC03709.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192149230537315554" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SA423kr-lMI/AAAAAAAAAOE/BNwtwdvagLM/s1600-h/DSC03637.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SA423kr-lMI/AAAAAAAAAOE/BNwtwdvagLM/s400/DSC03637.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192147748773598402" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SA43GEr-lNI/AAAAAAAAAOM/1QzbnRBNU_w/s1600-h/DSC03727.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K6XEg6RRjvQ/SA43GEr-lNI/AAAAAAAAAOM/1QzbnRBNU_w/s400/DSC03727.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192147997881701586" border="0" /></a>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302064270295361674noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14136406.post-75118479831374026072008-04-05T20:23:00.000-07:002008-04-05T20:38:09.255-07:00Vineyard Idol #6 - remixedVineyard City Church - Men's Retreat Promo Trailer #6 (take two)<br /><br />The Vineyard Men's Retreat<br />April 18-20, 2008<br /><a href="http://sites.younglife.org/camps/Woodleaf/default.aspx"><br />Woodleaf Retreat Center</a><br />11359 La Porte Road<br />Challenge, CA 95925<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzGOUIrffj21q0b7BXZIQLsREmBL-blTmn77jpfR1m1fQAV73KM397hvH4K3zfD7OOPz-smHUy5nPE' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />All done...bye bye now!Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302064270295361674noreply@blogger.com0