Why drinking urine can be good for you

From the archive, first published Tuesday 3rd Aug 2004.Drinking or applying your own urine to the skin may seem like a disgusting and smelly prospect but during the last 20 years there has been a revival of the ancient medical treatment.

Our waste fluid has been used to treat or even cure conditions from eczema, dermatitis, leg ulcers, sore throats, ear and eye infections, fungus infections and athlete's foot to more serious diseases and conditions such as cancer, tuberculosis, asthma, ME and HIV and Aids. It is also a remedy for jellyfish stings.

Sonja Vanderdol, a nutritionist in Hove has recommended the use of urine therapy to treat conditions such as eczema and leg ulcers and has even used it herself both by drinking it and applying it to her skin. She said: "Nobody really knows how it works. "Some people say when using it externally it may be because it is germicidal and it is alkaline rather than acid.

"For using it internally, some people say it is similar to how homeopathy works in that you are getting a little bit of the illness back inside you. "Some people say it is because you are getting vitamins, minerals, amino acid and hormones which can be reused."

Urine has been recommended in religious scriptures, including the Bible. In the world of yoga, using urine is known as amaroli and it was originally a spiritual practice rather than treatment. About 70 years ago Englishman John Armstrong wrote his book, The Water Of Life, having been cured of tuberculosis which had been declared incurable.

In his book he reports on the success stories of people suffering from illnesses such as cancer who were treated with urine by fasting and drinking it, although there is no scientific proof it worked. It is often recommended urine which is a few days old is used for applying to the skin but Sonja said fresh urine can be applied.

The urine should be taken mid-stream. For children it can be mixed with vegetable glycerine to take out the sting but can be applied neat on adults. British actress Sarah Miles was famous for drinking her urine. Fresh urine should be used if it is to be drunk. The best urine is from the morning and taken mid-stream. It can be topped up with apple juice.

People should seek expert advice before using urine as a treatment.

Sonja said: "With babies, always, always check everything with a doctor. Especially with children, I never advise it is taken internally. "Even with adults I would still advise them to see their doctor. If taking any medication do not take it all." However, GP Dr David Delvin, a columnist for The Argus, said: "It is very definitely not recommended by the medical profession in this country because of all the waste products it contains."

Roland's DT-HD1 drum tutorial software will teach you to play the drums

Having the discipline to practice a real instrument for the long hours required to reach proficiency (and mastery) is much harder. Roland's Drum Tutorial DT-HD1 is the first of many products we've seen at CES 2009 that will help change this.

While the software is designed to go hand in hand with Roland's entry-level HD-1 electronic drum kit, it will talk to any electronic drum kit with a MIDI output using the included USB-MIDI interface.

The software starts off at a beginners pace, teaching you basic drum patterns and following the whole way through to playing full length songs with a backing track. What's really cool is the ability to load your own MIDI files into the software to play along with, so your track selection will never grow stale and you're not stuck paying $2 a pop for additional songs.

The Game Screen will be familiar to anyone who has played drums in Guitar Hero World Tour or Rock Band, with sequenced blocks falling down the screen that correspond to the different drums, and will give you a score at the end of the song.

Once you're comfortable here, you can move to the Notation Screen which will teach you to read real drum notation by visually displaying which pads to hit and which hands to use for fills. This mode has the advantage of showing you whether you're late, early, or on time for each note, so you can identify which sections you're having trouble with - and with the ability to set your own tempo, loop difficult sections, and learn difficult beats one pad at a time, you have everything you need to turn the trickiest beat into something you can play without breaking a sweat.

Roland DT-HD1 will be available in February 2009 with an MSRP of US$99 for Windows XP and Vista platforms. Needless to say, we're quite eager to get our hands on this one - stay tuned for a full review.

Power Gig game uses real guitar controller

There's a Battle of the Bands scenario brewing now that a new contender has arrived on the "play along to your favorite tunes with a game controller instrument" scene. Seven45 Studios has just released details of its new gaming system called PowerGig where the buttoned and plunger interface of the familiar Guitar Hero and Rock Band gaming interface ha s been tossed out in favor of a real six-string guitar.

Seven45 Studios has taken a more hands-on approach to its game and interface development than most other gaming companies in that it will develop and publish the software and manufacture the hardware. The game is to be called "Power Gig: Rise of the SixString" and will "transport players to an entirely new universe, with its own mythology, politics, settings, heroes and villains, where music rules all".

In response to requests for a more realistic approach to gameplay, Seven45 Studios has designed and manufactured a new gaming interface which is not only shaped like a guitar but also has six strings straddled atop 20 frets and a genuine guitar pickup to allow players to plug into an external amplifier and hear themselves rock out. There will be two modes of play on offer - the familiar beat matching kind of thing where players follow color-coded onscreen prompts and a chord play option.

Adding a more challenging aspect to the game, power chord finger placement prior to striking a note will be a new requirement, offering users a more realistic tactile experience as well as providing fundamental playing knowledge. In other words - as well as playing along to your favorite tune, by the time the song is mastered a user should actually be able to play it for real.

The company's Bernard Chui said of the development: "We believe that there is something unmatchable about the feeling of an authentic guitar in your hands, and Power Gig brings that excitement to all gamers with an instrument that absolutely anyone can pick up and play." The fact that Seven45 Studios is partnered with instrument manufacturer First Act should ensure that any instrument interface released will be of decent build quality.

Power Gig: Rise of the SixString is penciled in for a Fall 2010 release on the PS3 and Xbox 360 but made its alpha debut at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco earlier in the week. As a guitarist I will be looking forward to actually getting some degree of satisfaction from the band game genre and welcoming TV interviews of the future where noted players proudly lay claim to learning to play thanks to a video game.

Have your guitar teach you how to play

If you’ve always hankered to learn to play the guitar, there’s a new product from Yamaha that looks ideal for removing all the obstacles – it’s a digital teaching guitar with guide lights so you can learn chords and how to play just by following the lights. The good news is it’s from Yamaha, the very same company that developed the piano teaching methodology that revived the world piano industry, so it ain’t just a toy. Further incentive is that because the whole thing is digital, it comes with a bunch of built-in songs and riffs and from the moment you begin playing you can play along with the whole band (also built-in).

The EZ-EG features 12 lighted frets that show beginners the actual hand positions for all the chords they’ll need to know before they take off on their own, and six “strings” that emulate strumming or finger-picking. In addition to an onboard selection of 36 songs, songs can be downloaded in the guitar’s Flash ROM via MIDI IN/OUT connections and a quick connection to a computer. The EZ-EG will also reproduce nine realistic guitar sounds, eight bass guitar sounds and the timbres of a banjo, piano and the traditional Japanese shamisen through its built-in speaker.

Selectable play modes include: Strumming Practice for the right hand, where chords change automatically during a strumming practice; Chord Training for the left hand, where the user simply makes the chord changes while it strums; and Full Play, which shows chord changes by lighting the frets, while the user strums and plays chords.

Standard “guitar” features include volume, tempo, and balance controls, standard tuning plus open tuning options and a tremolo bar. A unique electronic capo allows pitch adjustment. Users may plug the EZ-EG into a standard guitar amplifier, or use the mini-headphone jack for private practice. The EZ-EG operates on six “AA” cells, and includes a power adapter, pick and strap.

The EZ-EG Tutorial Electric Guitar retails for around US$300

BOSS eBand Player For Guitarists

For the budding guitarist one of the best ways to learn music is to play along with familiar tunes, and for more experienced axemeisters, the ability to build songs using loops and backing tracks is an important writing tool. The BOSS eBand JS-8 Audio Player is a versatile solution that suits both scenarios. Designed for guitarists who play and practice at home, the portable eBand has a built-in speaker stereo system and offers preset guitar sounds and effects, functions to change tempo and pitch and the ability to record sessions.

eBand is marketed for guitarists who want to learn songs, solos and riffs, practice new songs outside of band practice, or create new songs while jamming with audio tracks. If a user prefers to play along to a song from their own music collection, it can be loaded onto the audio player via USB memory stick or a SDHC memory card up to 32GB. eBand also has the ability to import songs from any audio CD using the included utility software.
The audio player allows the user to mix things up and create new sounds. It features COSM preamp technology, which works by using multiple modeling methods to accurately emulate the existing sound, and guitar effects derived from the BOSS GT-10 pedal. Pre-recorded vocals or guitar parts can be minimized and there's 300 audio-loop phrases onboard for backing tracks and rhythms.
To help keep guitarists on time and in key, tuner and metronome functions are built in. eBand also has a record function which is capable of saving an entire performance. After all, jamming alone wouldn’t be much fun if you couldn’t show off your creations to your band.
More details on the product page.

Parts of Guitar

Although there are many different types of guitars (acoustic, electric, classical, electric-acoustic, etc.), they all have many things in common. The diagram to the left illustrates the various parts of a guitar.

At the top of the guitar in the illustration is the "headstock", a general term which describes the part of the guitar attached to the slimmer neck of the instrument. On the headstock are "tuners", which you will use to adjust the pitch of each of the strings on the guitar.

At the point in which the headstock meets the neck of the guitar, you'll find the "nut". A nut is simply a small piece of material (plastic, bone, etc.), in which small grooves are carved out to guide the strings up to the tuners.

The neck of the guitar is the area of the instrument you'll concentrate a great deal on: you'll put your fingers on various places on the neck, in order to create different notes.

The neck of the guitar adjoins the "body" of the instrument. The body of the guitar will vary greatly from guitar to guitar. Most acoustic and classical guitars have a hollowed out body, and a "sound hole", designed to project the sound of the guitar. Most electric guitars have a solid body, and thus will not have a sound hole. Electric guitars will instead have "pick-ups" where the soundhole is located. These "pick-ups" are essentially small microphones, which allow the capture the sound of the ringing strings, allowing them to be amplified.

The strings of the guitar run from the tuning pegs, over the nut, down the neck, over the body, over the sound hole (or pick-ups), and are anchored at a piece of hardware attached to the body of the guitar, called a "bridge".

GUITAR LESSON 1

LOSING A FRIEND

lamentations 3:19-29

19 I remember my affliction and my wandering,


the bitterness and the gall.



20 I well remember them,

and my soul is downcast within me.



21 Yet this I call to mind

and therefore I have hope:



22 Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed,

for his compassions never fail.



23 They are new every morning;

great is your faithfulness.



24 I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion;

therefore I will wait for him."



25 The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him,

to the one who seeks him;



26 it is good to wait quietly

for the salvation of the LORD.



27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke

while he is young.



28 Let him sit alone in silence,

for the LORD has laid it on him.



29 Let him bury his face in the dust—

there may yet be hope.

SAY NO TO SELF HELP

Jeremiah 17


1 "Judah's sin is engraved with an iron tool,

inscribed with a flint point,

on the tablets of their hearts

and on the horns of their altars.



2 Even their children remember

their altars and Asherah poles [a]

beside the spreading trees

and on the high hills.



3 My mountain in the land

and your [b] wealth and all your treasures

I will give away as plunder,

together with your high places,

because of sin throughout your country.



4 Through your own fault you will lose

the inheritance I gave you.

I will enslave you to your enemies

in a land you do not know,

for you have kindled my anger,

and it will burn forever."



5 This is what the LORD says:

"Cursed is the one who trusts in man,

who depends on flesh for his strength

and whose heart turns away from the LORD.



6 He will be like a bush in the wastelands;

he will not see prosperity when it comes.

He will dwell in the parched places of the desert,

in a salt land where no one lives.



7 "But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,

whose confidence is in him.



8 He will be like a tree planted by the water

that sends out its roots by the stream.

It does not fear when heat comes;

its leaves are always green.

It has no worries in a year of drought

and never fails to bear fruit."



9 The heart is deceitful above all things

and beyond cure.

Who can understand it?



10 "I the LORD search the heart

and examine the mind,

to reward a man according to his conduct,

according to what his deeds deserve."

WHY WE WRE VALUABLE

Psalm 8


For the director of music. According to gittith [a].

A psalm of David.

1 O LORD, our Lord,

how majestic is your name in all the earth!

You have set your glory

above the heavens.

2 From the lips of children and infants

you have ordained praise [b]

because of your enemies,

to silence the foe and the avenger.



3 When I consider your heavens,

the work of your fingers,

the moon and the stars,

which you have set in place,



4 what is man that you are mindful of him,

the son of man that you care for him?



5 You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings [c]

and crowned him with glory and honor.



6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands;

you put everything under his feet:



7 all flocks and herds,

and the beasts of the field,



8 the birds of the air,

and the fish of the sea,

all that swim the paths of the seas.



9 O LORD, our Lord,

how majestic is your name in all the earth!

DONNOT DISRESPECT GOD

1 When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked the Israelites and captured some of them. 2 Then Israel made this vow to the LORD : "If you will deliver these people into our hands, we will totally destroy [a] their cities." 3 The LORD listened to Israel's plea and gave the Canaanites over to them. They completely destroyed them and their towns; so the place was named Hormah. [b]


The Bronze Snake

4 They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, [c] to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; 5 they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the desert? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!"

6 Then the LORD sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. 7 The people came to Moses and said, "We sinned when we spoke against the LORD and against you. Pray that the LORD will take the snakes away from us." So Moses prayed for the people.



8 The LORD said to Moses, "Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live." 9 So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, he lived.

EVERY THING HAVE LIMIT

Jeremiah 5

20 "Announce this to the house of Jacob


and proclaim it in Judah:



21 Hear this, you foolish and senseless people,

who have eyes but do not see,

who have ears but do not hear:



22 Should you not fear me?" declares the LORD.

"Should you not tremble in my presence?

I made the sand a boundary for the sea,

an everlasting barrier it cannot cross.

The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail;

they may roar, but they cannot cross it.



23 But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts;

they have turned aside and gone away.



24 They do not say to themselves,

'Let us fear the LORD our God,

who gives autumn and spring rains in season,

who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.'



25 Your wrongdoings have kept these away;

your sins have deprived you of good.



26 "Among my people are wicked men

who lie in wait like men who snare birds

and like those who set traps to catch men.



27 Like cages full of birds,

their houses are full of deceit;

they have become rich and powerful



28 and have grown fat and sleek.

Their evil deeds have no limit;

they do not plead the case of the fatherless to win it,

they do not defend the rights of the poor.



29 Should I not punish them for this?"

declares the LORD.

"Should I not avenge myself

on such a nation as this?



30 "A horrible and shocking thing

has happened in the land:



31 The prophets prophesy lies,

the priests rule by their own authority,

and my people love it this way.

But what will you do in the end?

How To Walk

A Prayer for the Ephesians


14For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15from whom his whole family[a] in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

20Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
1As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to one hope when you were called—

How To Unlock Area's Of The Fingerboard To Gain More Freedom In Your Playing

Hey There,

Would you like to have more control with your soloing and improvisational skills? Of course! Silly question. Read on to learn how to begin unlocking areas of the fingerboard and gaining more freedom in your playing.
By learning different chord shapes, you will gain the knowledge to play anywhere on the fingerboard. In this lesson we're going to take a look at 2 shapes and then learn all the notes around that shape that can be played. The first shape is a G7 chord played in the 12th fret. The chord is played on the first 4 strings.
The notes in this "Block" or Shape" that can be played are found in a 4 finger position as shown below. Now, you can visualize this shape when you need to solo over a G7 chord and play any of these notes you want to create limitless possibilities of patterns.
Also, I must add that you can also play notes that ARE NOT in the Melodic Shape - this is a great way to connect the notes that ARE found in the shape. Connecting with these "outside" notes not only gives you more notes to play but it also broadens your "color" palette as well.

Example 1

E |---------------12-15-14-13-11/12----------------|
B |------13-------------------------13---15-13p12--|
G |----------10h12---------------------12----------|
D |-10h12------------------------------------------|
A |------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------|

E |------------------------------13---|
B |---------------------13-------12---|
G |--14h12-----------------------12---|
D |----------15-13/14-------12--------|
A |-----------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------|

The next shape you can play is located in the 8th fret. The "Melodic Shape" is shown below for this chord.

It's very easy to transpose this to other chords because there are no open strings being played.

The first shape in the 12th fret contains the root or name of the chord on the 3rd string. If you wanted to solo over an F7 chord - all you have to do is move this shape to the 10th fret.

Example 2

E |--8h10--8--8-----------------8---------------------------10--|
B |--8----------8h10--8--8/10------------------------------8----|
G |-----------------------------------10-9b10r9----------10-----|
D |---------------------------------------------------10--9-----|
A |-------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------|

The second shape in the 8th fret contains the root or name of the chord on the 2nd string. To solo over an F7 for this shape, simply move it down to the 6th fret.

Of course you can also merge these "Melodic Shapes" together to create more freedom in your soloing. Below I have included a final example of this.

Practice playing these shapes everyday. Before you know it you'll be able to see them clearly on the fingerboard. Daily practice of these shapes will also allow you to transition between them seamlessly so that the imaginary barrier that separates them will be more transparent.

Example 3

E |-------------------------------------|
B |--8----8----------8----------10/12---|
G |--10---10-------------9h10-----------|
D |--9----9-----8/9---------------------|
A |--10---10----------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------|

E |--10-12-10-12h13p12p10-12-10-15-11/12--------------|
B |---------------------------------------12----------|
G |--------------------------------------------12/10--|
D |---------------------------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------------|

How to Install Windows 7

Check Your Machine's Specs



The first thing to do is check whether your desktop or laptop PC is capable of running Windows 7. If it's already running Vistawith acceptable performance, then the answer is yes. Officially, you need at least a 1-GHz CPU and 1GB RAM, but testers of the OS have successfully got it running on machines as out of date as a 266-MHz Pentium II with 96MB of RAM. Go ahead and try that kind of thing if you want, just don't use your license key on that type of machine. It may run, but you'll spend a lot of time waiting for it, and it won't display the glassy new Aero interface and enhancements.





If you're unsure whether your current system can run Windows 7, download and run Microsoft's Upgrade Advisor to assess your hardware's capabilities. When I ran it on an aging XP laptop, it told me I needed to back up my files and perform a Custom installation (see below), that my hard disk didn't have enough free space (you need 16GB), and that the laptop wouldn't run Aero Desktop. The good news, however, was that my 1.6-GHz CPU and 1.5GB RAM were sufficient. The advisor actually checks a lot more than the basic system requirements, and it lists every piece of hardware and software you have installed at the bottom of its report.



Choose an Edition


Home Premium, Home Basic, Professional, and Ultimate.The key thing to consider here is that you have to do a clean installation without the ability to carry your apps along if you move from one level of Vista to another level of Windows 7, say from Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional. The exception is Windows 7 Ultimate, which will let you perform an in-place upgrade from any level of Vista as long as you don't change whether you're using the 32- or 64-bit version.

After that Choose 64-bit or 32-bit

After Running Setup

Once the setup has run its course, you'll be asked to type in a username (20 characters maximum) and computer name (15 characters maximum). Then you're asked for a password, password confirmation, and password hint. (You can bypass this last step if you're not worried about others getting into your PC.) After this, you're supposed to enter your product key, but since you have a 30-day trial, you don't need to right away. The same page by default sets the system to automatically activate Windows, but you may want to uncheck this if you're just trying out the OS. After 30 days, you'll see messages and warnings that you need to Activate, so it's not like you can forget about it.

Then you choose Security settings. The large choice at the top for Default Settings makes a lot of sense—it turns on automatic updates and checks online to resolve problems. The other two choices, "Install important updates only" and "Ask me later," leave you a bit less protected. After this, you'll be prompted for your Time Zone and be given a chance to check the date and time. Windows gets this over the Internet, so you shouldn't have to set it manually.



Now comes the Welcome screen and the "Windows is preparing your Desktop" Message. And that's it—you're running Windows 7! You'll likely see updates in available in Windows Update, which will probably require a restart.

there are two kingdoms

matthew 22:15-22Paying Taxes to Caesar


15Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words. 16They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. "Teacher," they said, "we know you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren't swayed by men, because you pay no attention to who they are. 17Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"

18But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, "You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? 19Show me the coin used for paying the tax." They brought him a denarius, 20and he asked them, "Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?"



21"Caesar's," they replied.

Then he said to them, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's."



22When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.

Bowline

•A commonly used knot to tie a loop in the end of a rope. It has the advantage of not jamming, compared to some other loop forming knots (for example when using an overhand knot on a large bight to form a loop).

•Form a small loop (the direction is important), and pass the free end of the knot up through the loop, around behind the standing part of the rope, and back down through the loop.



•A chant used by many to remember this knot is “The rabbit comes out of the hole, round the tree, and back down the hole again”, where the hole is the small loop, and the rabbit is the running end of the rope.

•In the same way that a Left Handed Sheet bend is a Sheet bend that has the running end of the rope coming out of the wrong side of the knot, a cowboy bowline is a bowline that also has the running end of the rope coming out of the wrong side of the knot. It suffers the same problems as the left handed sheet bend.

•Tip. Don’t be afraid to use this knot to form a loop of any size in rope.

•Tip. To quickly identify if you have tied the Bowline normal or left handed, check to see that the running end exits the knot on the inside of the loop.

•Tip. For added security, finish the knot with a stop knot such as a Figure of Eight knot to remove any possibility of the Bowline slipping.



( If you use this knot in a man carrying situation – perhaps a rescue where a harness is unavailable – then you MUST use a stop knot as mentioned above.)

Who Is This Man?

READ Mark 4:35-41

The disciples were absolutely terrified. “Who is this man?” they asked each other. “Even the wind and waves obey him!” [Mark 4:41]

We don’t know exactly what the disciples of Jesus thought about him in the early stages of his ministry. They had followed him because he was a man of authority and power. It’s likely that they considered him to be the Messiah, the one anointed by God to reestablish God’s kingdom in Israel. But, as Mark 4:35-41 reveals, the disciples really didn’t know whom they were dealing with when it came to Jesus.

The story begins with Jesus and the disciples taking a boat from the west side of the Sea of Galilee to the east side. While they were on the water, a fierce storm began, with powerful winds and threatening waves. Yet Jesus, no doubt exhausted from his recent ministry efforts, was sleeping in the back of the boat. His sleep was interrupted, however, by the yelling of the disciples, “Teacher, don’t you care that we’re going to drown?” (4:38). Jesus awoke and ordered the wind and waves, “Silence! Be still!” (4:39). As the storm abated, he turned to his disciples and asked, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?” (4:40). In response, “The disciples were absolutely terrified. ‘Who is this man?’ they asked each other. ‘Even the wind and waves obey him!' " (4:41).

The disciples knew that Jesus could do certain kinds of miracles. They had seen him heal the sick and cast out demons. But they had no idea that he might also have power over natural elements. They were truly amazed by this new realization, and even terrified. What had they gotten themselves into? Could Jesus be even more than the Messiah? And, if so, just who was he?

I have been a Christian for forty-six years. There have been times along the way in my journey of discipleship when I have become comfortable with Jesus. It seems like I have him all figured out. But then he breaks out of the mold, sometimes stunning me, sometimes confusing me, sometimes frustrating me, sometimes overwhelming me with his grace. I come to see Jesus with new eyes, realizing that he is far more than I had previously thought. All of us, I think, need sometimes to ask, along with the disciples, “Who is this man?”

QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: Have you had experiences of Jesus that remind you of this story from Mark? When? How has your understanding of Jesus grown since you first put your faith in him?

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, what a joy and privilege to have walked with you for forty-six years! How blessed I am to know you and call you my Lord!

Yet, even though I do know you, I have so much to learn about who you really are. Help me, Lord, to know you more truly so that I might trust you more completely and follow you more faithfully. Where I have misunderstood you, point out my errors. Where I have failed to comprehend your grandeur, open my eyes to see your glory. May I be continually surprised by you as I come to know who you really are. Amen.

Mighty PC Facts!! "

It's not as great as Easter Eggs but "Mighty PC Facts!! "



* If you want to scan or defrag your disk, try this in safe mode. You will see that this will be fast without the process being restarted quite often.



* It is very tempting to push the DVD- ROM tray to close when it is an open state. If you want the life of your DVD - ROM be longer stop doing this, as this increases the wear and tear of the gears in your DVD- ROM. Use the button instead.



* Use narrow type fonts while printing large documents. For example Bedrock or Arial narrow fonts save about 67% of the paper.



* If you are running an old Pentium machine and want to check if there is an Intel Pentium; Bug in it or not, check this calculation out in the calculator provided in Programs> Accessories> Calculator or type calc in run. [4195835/3145727]*3145727. If you get 4195835 which is the correct answer your machine is free of any bug. But the result with the bug is 4195579.



* Try typing .LOG at the start of a notepad file and save it. Open it later and see the magic.



* You all must have noticed that in the drop down menu, there are some entries preceded by some dots like Save As … What does this mean? Whenever you click on the list with these dots you will get another window to specify your choice.



* If you want to have nameless shortcuts on your desktop, try this. Activate rename, then press Alt + 0160, you will get nothing written. If you want to create one more, then press Alt + 0160 + Spacebar. The more you want to name increase the number of times you press the spacebar ie for another Alt + 0160 + Spacebar + Spacebar.



* If you are not an expert at playing minesweeper and you fall short of time, then here is a trick. Start a game, right click and left click the mouse together and hit Esc at the same time. You will see that the timer will stop so you can play as slowly as you like.

Job 1

Job's Character and Wealth 1There was a man in the (A)land of Uz whose name was (B)Job; and that man was (C)blameless, upright, (D)fearing God and (E)turning away from evil. 2(F)Seven sons and three daughters were born to him. 3(G)His possessions also were 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and very many servants; and that man was (H)the greatest of all the men of the east. 4His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. 5When the days of feasting had completed their cycle, Job would send and consecrate them, rising up early in the morning and offering (I)burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, "(J)Perhaps my sons have sinned and (K)cursed God in their hearts." Thus Job did continually. 6(L)Now there was a day when the (M)sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and [a]Satan also came among them. 7The LORD said to Satan, "From where do you come?" Then Satan answered the LORD and said, "(N)From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it." 8The LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered (O)My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, (P)a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil." 9Then (Q)Satan answered the LORD, "Does Job fear God for nothing? 10"(R)Have You not made a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side? (S)You have blessed the work of his hands, and his (T)possessions have increased in the land. 11"(U)But put forth Your hand now and (V)touch all that he has; he will surely curse You to Your face." 12Then the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power, only do not put forth your hand on him." So Satan departed from the presence of the LORD. Satan Allowed to Test Job 13Now on the day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house, 14a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them, 15and the (W)Sabeans attacked and took them. They also slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you." 16While he was still speaking, another also came and said, "(X)The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you." 17While he was still speaking, another also came and said, "The (Y)Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and took them and slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you." 18While he was still speaking, another also came and said, "Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house, 19and behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people and they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you." 20Then Job arose and (Z)tore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and worshiped. 21He said, "(AA)Naked I came from my mother's womb, And naked I shall return there The (AB)LORD gave and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD." 22(AC)Through all this Job did not sin nor did he blame God.