EDIN April 1, 2009

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Calendar for April 2009 from Crossroads


Scripture for day

Once you were like sheep
who wandered away.
But now you have turned to your Shepherd,
the Guardian of your souls.

1 Peter 2:25 (New Living Translation)
Third Age March 31, 2009
Nothing Personal
Posted March 30, 2009 10:34 PM
Posted in church, reverand

"I hope you didn't take it personally, Reverend," an embarrassed woman said after a church service, "when my husband walked out during your sermon."

"I did find it rather disconcerting," the preacher replied.

"It's not a reflection on you, sir," insisted the churchgoer. "Ralph has been walking in his sleep ever since he was a child."

Crosswalk Joke March 31, 2009

A man walked into a restaurant in a strange town. The waiter came and asked him for his order. Feeling lonely, he replied, "Meat loaf and a kind word."

When the waiter returned with the meat loaf, the man said, "Okay, so where's the kind word?"

The waiter put down the meat loaf and sighed, bent down, and whispered gently, "Don't eat the meat loaf."

*Thanks to Pastor Tim for this joke!*

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EDIN March 31, 2009

News Headlines for the day
1). Snowstorm in Fargo ND after threats of flooding of Red River
2). GM still in serious financial trouble. President Obama ask
GM CEO to step aside.
3). Stocks still on uneven course after temporarily rising the last
several weeks.
4). Dam breaks in Jakarta Indonesia causing tsunami type flood.
5). Church attendence across the US in decline

Some Good News / for the day
1). Many churches across the USA had a great Sunday morning worship
service yesterday including Greece Assembly of God in Rochester, NY.
2). Rochester NY officials are considering installing graffiti detectors across
the city which would detect sounds of paint being sprayed and alert officials.
This is after installation of sound detectors ( to detect gun shots being fired)
where installed at strategic locations across the city earlier.
3). Honeoye Falls Lima Student crowned Lilac Queen recently.
4). Friends of Chili Family (who have suffered much in the way of health
problems) are ready to begin project to enlarge their home in Chili. They
call it Extreme Hope Project and are being assisted by Sunday Eastside siders.
5). Cancer survivors in Rochester, NY model to benefit Gilda's Club, a local
support organization. l

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EDIN March 30, 3009

Phil's Notes; Well spring has finally sprung on our bay and we are so happy.
I took a walk out on the docks and took a photo essay of spring
on my bay. I hope you enjoy it.






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Scan of Norelco Razor Radioligy Art

Neil Turner Illustravo

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EDIN March 28, 2009

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Notes: A Friend of mine from our local church / went on a short term missions
trip to Burkina Faso ( a country in Africa) to distribute shoe boxes with gifts inside for the children of Burkina Faso. This video is a summary of their trip.

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Fast Food Diners Dont Check Calory Content of Food
By Anne Harding
Reuters march

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ever wonder how often people take time to find out how many calories are in their large order of fries?
Almost never.
Out of 4311 people buying food at McDonalds, Burger King, Au Bon Pain, or Starbucks, Christina A. Roberto and her colleagues from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut found that just six looked at the nutrition information the restaurants provided, or one-tenth of one percent.
The findings show "you've got to have this information in a really highly visible place, like on a menu board," Roberto told Reuters Health. "The way it's offered now is just not an effective way to disseminate that kind of information to the public."

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EDIN March 27, 2009

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Mary Austin Klein on Illustravo

Loneliness tied to poorer health in old age
Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:17pm EDT
Reuters March 26, 2009
By Amy Norton


NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older adults who lack family and friends, or who feel lonely despite having others around them, tend to be in poorer physical and mental health, a new study finds.
Researchers found that among roughly 3,000 U.S. adults ages 57 to 85, those with few social connections were less likely to describe their physical health as good or excellent. Meanwhile, those who felt socially isolated -- even if they had friends, family and social activities -- tended to report poorer physical and mental well-being.
The findings, reported in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, add to evidence linking social connections to older adults' health.
But they also suggest that older people's actual social support and their perceptions of that support each have independent effects, according to the researchers.
"Most older adults will experience significant changes in their social relationships due to things20like retirement and bereavement, for example," said lead researcher Dr. Erin York Cornwell, of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
Some people, she told Reuters Health, respond to this by becoming active in social organizations or spending more time with friends and family. Yet some may still end up feeling lonely at the end of the day. On the other hand, some older adults are satisfied with having fewer relationships.
In this study, people's actual social connections were linked to their physical health -- which may be related to practical factors, like having someone to drive you to a doctor's appointment or remind you to take your medicine.
Scripture for the day
You made me; you created me.
Now give me the sense to follow your commands.

Psalm 119:73 (New Living Translation)

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EDIN March 26, 2009

Recent photo of Phil at marina near Irondequoit Bay

From Dumb Little Men Big tips for life Website

10 Ways on the Path to Not Overreact

1. Say Nothing
   I'm sure you've heard the expression, "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all." It's simple, safe, and priceless when it comes to avoiding saying the wrong thing to someone.
   


2. Write it Down
   Instead of blurting out a comment or criticism, we can write it down, and revisit it in a day, and again in a week. This allows our emotions to cool and for a decision to be made based on logic.
   


3. Cool Off
   Sometimes people get to us, especially the ones close to us who know our 'hot-buttons', which they press liberally and amply. Lashing out won't exactly bring the two of you closer, or make either of you feel better (not long-term better, anyway), so cool off and come back.
   


4. Don't Correct
   When someone is wrong, is not always necessary to correct them, especially when it could cause them embarrassment or discomfort. In such situations, it's better to not say anything and let them save face, and not create tension.
   


5. Uplift and Encourage
   Instead of pointing out the negative in what someone is saying or doing, strive to find the positive things about them. Uplift them by letting them know what you like or admire about the situation.
   


6. Appreciate Them
   Someone might be wrong, mean, or totally unfriendly, but you don't have to base the way you're going to be, based on how they're being. Appreciate that some experiences made them the way they are, in the same manner as certain experiences shaped you, and appreciate them for it.
   


7. What Would They Like?
   Ask yourself this question when formulating your response to someone. Instead of putting in your 2-cents, whether right or wrong, put in the answer that will bring a smile to their face. Today is too short to pass up any smile opportunities.
   


8. Don't Judge
   Stop the machine in your head from trying to relate what people are saying to something you know to be true or not true, or evaluating their actions based on this subjective scale. Simply listen and be in the moment.
   


9. Learn
   You don't know everything... right? Take this opportunity to learn from the people around you. Whether it's what they're saying, how they're saying it, how their body language or word choice enhances their message, and learn. Take what you like about them and make off with it like a spy!
   


10. Life is a Game
    And, as such, we have to figure out the rules by which to win. An important one states that the more people we have that are friends, and think positively of us, the more chances for fulfillment and enjoyment we will have in our social interactions. Thus, be nice - win at life.

This list doesn't do justice to all the different ways that we can react in a positive way to people. I'm hoping that you'll be able to help by filling in some of the ways that you would react, without overreacting or coming off as a juvenile. See you in the comments below!

P.S. Don't send this list to people you think are overreacting. That would be in bad taste and would go against principles 4 and 8. Instead, you could say something like, "you know, I've had a big problem with overreacting, and this article showed me that I do x, y, and z. I recommend it so you can learn something about me."

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EDIN March 25, 2009

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Why College Towns Are Looking Smart Wall Street Journal March 24, 2009 By KELLY EVANS Looking for a job? Try a college town.
Morgantown, W.Va., home to West Virginia University, has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the U.S. -- just 3.9% -- and the university itself has about 260 job openings, from nurses to professors to programmers.

"We're hurting for people, especially to fill our computer and technical positions," says Margaret Phillips, vice president for human relations at WVU.
The Power of 'Communiversity'

Of the six metropolitan areas with unemployment below 4% as of January, three of them are considered college towns. One is Morgantown. The other two are Logan, Utah, home of Utah State University, and Ames, Iowa, home of Iowa State University. Both have just 3.8% unemployment, based on Labor Department figures that are not seasonally adjusted.

The pattern holds true for many other big college towns, such as Gainesville, Fla., Ann Arbor, Mich., Manhattan, Kan., and Boulder, Colo. In stark contrast, the unadjusted national unemployment rate is 8.5%.

While college towns have long been considered recession-resistant, their ability to avoid the depths of the financial crisis shaking the rest of the nation is noteworthy. The ones faring the best right now are not only major education centers; they also are regional health-care hubs that draw people into the city and benefit from a stable, educated, highly skilled work force.

Phil's Notes
I saw this article in Wall Street Journal today and it reminded me of
my son's adopted home town of Huntington WV / which is also a college town
(home to Marshall University) and home to a large medical center
(Cabell Huntington Hospital). In reading the above article I would
guess that some of the same precepts apply to Huntington WV.
Phil Edin

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EDIN March 24, 2009

Cardboard Testimonies / Youtube

This is a new way of sharing your congregants testimonies with others called
Cardboard testimony. Tim;s friend Wayne shared this item with me and I am
sharing it with you.


A Joke a Day

Signs on Church Property

~ "No God -- No Peace. Know God -- Know Peace."

~ "Free Trip to heaven. Details Inside!"

~ "Forbidden fruit creates many jams."

~ "Try our Sundays. They are better than Baskin-Robbins."

~ "Searching for a new look? Get your faith lift here!"

~ "Have trouble sleeping? We have sermons -- come hear one!"

~ "People are like tea bags -- you have to put them in hot water before you know how strong they are."

~ "God so loved the world that He did not send a committee."

~ "Come in and pray today. Beat the Christmas rush!"

~ "When down in the mouth, remember Jonah. He came out all right."

~ "Fight truth decay -- study the Bible daily."

~ "Dusty Bibles lead to Dirty Lives."

~ "It is unlikely there'll be a reduction in the wages of sin."

~ "If you're headed in the wrong direction, God allows U-turns."

~ "If you don't like the way you were born, try being born again."

~ "This is a ch _ _ ch. What is missing?" ----> (U R)

~ "In the dark? Follow the Son."

~ "Running low on faith? Stop in for a fill-up."

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EDIN March 23, 2009

Do you read horoscopes? If so, you're not only wasting your time - you're wasting precious brain cells. Come on, do you really believe that half a billion people in the world are going to have the same day/week/month? (Because your horoscope isn't exactly personalized - it applies to a twelfth of the world's population).

Horoscope writers use a lot of tricks to make you believe what they've said. Here are some of the top ones - and some reasons why, even if you do trust the writers, you should still ignore your horoscope anyway.

We Believe A Personality Analysis - Even If It Doesn't Really Apply To Us
A famous experiment was carried out in 1948, by the psychologist Bertram R. Forer. He gave his students a personality test, then gave them all exactly the same "results" (which he'd assembled from horoscopes):


You have a need for other people to like and admire you, and yet you tend to be critical of yourself. While you have some personality weaknesses you are generally able to compensate for them. You have considerable unused capacity that you have not turned to your advantage. Disciplined and self-controlled on the outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure on the inside. At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing. You prefer a certain amount of change and variety and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations. You also pride yourself as an independent thinker; and do not accept others' statements without satisfactory proof. But you have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing yourself to others. At times you are extroverted, affable, and sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary, and reserved. Some of your aspirations tend to be rather unrealistic.

The students were asked to rate the personality profile's accuracy from 1 to 5, with 5 being the most accurate rating. Guess what? The average rating was 4.26 -- despite the fact that every single student had received exactly the same rating. This has been dubbed the Forer effect, and it's been borne out by study after study ever since 1948.

So if you have one of those keyrings that tells you your personality based on your star sign or your name - ignore it.

We Give Too Much Importance To Co-incidences
You might be reading this and thinking "but, my horoscope has come true on several occasions!" Well, I'm afraid that's just an example of subjective validation - which means you pick up on co-incidences and assign them an incorrect meaning. This particularly happens when it's something that has personal meaning to you: when you want it to be more than a co-incidence.

Think of it this way. Have you ever had that experience when the phone rings, you think "it'll be John" and it is? Spooky, huh? But what about all the times when you think "it'll be John" ... and it isn't. You probably forget all about those.

Horoscopes Use Vague Statements and Generalizations
Here are a few statements taken from typical horoscopes (all from the Daily Mail newspaper).


"There will be ups and downs financially with nothing going quite to plan."


"But if you can give yourself space to ponder you may be able to answer one or two questions which have been bothering you recently. Nothing superficial will really help so you will need to focus and get right down to the nitty gritty."



"You won't suffer fools or slow coaches gladly and will express yourself firmly but forcefully at times. Just don't go a step too far since you may want support when you get into a muddle towards mid month."

Notice anything in common? These statements could apply to anyone:

Aren't everyone's finances up and down (especially during current times)?

DLM readers probably know that getting to the heart of tricky questions in life involves focusing and pondering, not just looking for a quick fix. This is good advice - but why on earth would it only apply to one particular star sign?

Do any of us suffer fools and slow coaches gladly? And don't we all get into a muddle on a regular basis? "Towards mid month" is vague enough to cover at least a ten or twelve day period, too.
The Big Reason You Shouldn't Place Your Trust In Horoscopes
Even if you're a horo-sceptic like me, imagine for a moment that you do believe every word of a horoscope or personality profile. You could end up hugely limiting yourself because of it. For example, if your horoscope warns of money problems ahead, you might get anxious, or even use it as an excuse to spend unnecessarily, thinking that hard times are inevitable.

One of the horoscopes I looked at included the line: "You'll occupy yourself happily spending money on all manner of frivolities since you reckon you need pampering." Now, how many of us have the self-discipline not to use this as an excuse to think "yes, my horoscope is right, I should buy that new CD/shirt/game ... even though I want to pay off my loans".

You could be subconsciously sabotaging yourself because you believe in a nonsense personality profile. Perhaps you think you're an impetuous and sometimes angry person, because of your star sign - and this is preventing you from dealing with your hot-headed nature (which might be half-imagined anyway). Or maybe you think that you're shy, because your star sign's always told you so - and you've never made an effort to overcome this.

None of us are "stuck" with our foibles: we can all improve ourselves, break bad habits and establish good ones. Instead of reading horoscopes, find some truly worthwhile reading ( like the Bible/ which co incidently condemns the use of horoscopes) ( Phil's note added) ( above article edited by Phil)


Written on 3/12/2009 by Ali Hale. Ali runs Alpha Student, a blog packed with academic, financial and practical tips to help students get the most out of their time at universit

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EDIN March 22, 2009

Phil's Notes / The above gems are old retro ads ( from as far back as 1949) that I found on SPLASH. Check them out. I hope you enjoy them

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EDIN march 21, 2009

Market Morals London Times March 21, 2009

Morals: the one thing markets don't make
No amount of regulation will restore our sense of honour and shame. Economics needs ethics
Jonathan Sacks

The continuing disclosures about excessive pensions and payoffs, salaries and bonuses for people at the top stir in us feelings for the oldest of human bloodsports: the search for a scapegoat. But they ought to lead us to think more deeply about the values of our culture as a whole.

Often, these past months, I have found myself going back to one of the most painful conversations I have had. It was with one of Britain's leading industrialists. He had led his company to consistent success for decades. When I met him he had retired and was near the end of his life.

He was not a religious man but he was a deeply moral one. He spoke of the principles that had guided him in business and of the salary he had drawn. It was not negligible, but it was modest. What pained him was that his successor had awarded himself a salary ten times that amount, while systematically destroying the company he had so carefully built.

I recall another conversation with a successful investment banker. He told me that the first thing he had to establish was his character, his reputation for trustworthiness and honesty. Without that, he would have been unable to trade. Nowadays, he said, deals no longer depend on character but on lawyers.

Common to these stories is the gradual disappearance of the cluster of principles that went by the name of morality. Whatever its source - religion, conscience, custom or code - it meant that there are certain things you don't do because they are not done. You don't reward yourself when customers, clients or shareholders or employees are suffering losses. You don't pay yourself out of all proportion to what you pay others. You don't take advantage of your position just because you can. You are guided, even if no one is watching, by a sense of what is responsible and right. Without that internalised code of honour and trust, no institution can be sustained in the long run.

Somehow, between the 1960s and 1980s the idea prevailed that we could do without the moral sense. Who needed it any more? In the 1960s we thought that the State would take care of our problems. In the 1980s we thought that the market would. Self-imposed restraints were dismissed as outmoded and killjoy. Greed was good. The guy with the most toys when he dies, wins.

The result was that we began to lose our understanding of the vital distinction between the value of things and their price. The key example - at the heart of the entire financial collapse - was housing. The value of a house is that it is a home. It's a shelter, a haven, personal space in an impersonal world. For many, it's where we sustain a marriage and build a family. It's where love finds its local habitation and name.

At a point in time, some began to think of houses not as homes but as capital investments. They began to borrow more and spend more. Building societies duly obliged.

House prices kept on rising. Their attraction as investments grew, and so the cycle fed itself: ever higher prices, ever bigger mortgages, until house prices and borrowing lost all connection with average incomes and sustainability. Those who just wanted a home had no choice but to join the game, at great expense and risk. The speculators were convinced they had become richer, but in real terms they hadn't. The value of housing had changed not an iota, because value is not the same as price.

It was bound to collapse, and anyone who had thought it through, said so. The investor Warren Buffett called sub-prime mortgages “financial weapons of mass destruction” as long ago as 2002. In the collective madness, no one was listening.

After financial collapse many questions are being asked. Should there be more regulation? State ownership of financial institutions? Have we reached the end of the market economy? They are good questions, but they get nowhere near the heart of the matter.

The market economy has generated more real wealth, eliminated more poverty and liberated more human creativity than any other economic system. The fault is not with the market but with the idea that the market alone is all we need.

Markets don't guarantee equity, responsibility or integrity. They can maximise short-term gain at the cost of long-term sustainability. They don't distribute rewards fairly. They don't guarantee honesty. When it comes to flagrant self-interest, they combine the maximum temptation with the maximum opportunity. Markets need morals, and morals are not made by markets.

They are made by schools, the media, custom, tradition, religious leaders, moral role models and the influence of people. But when religion loses its voice and the media worship success, when right and wrong become relativised and morality is condemned as “judgmental”, when people lose all sense of honour and shame and there is nothing they won't do if they can get away with it, no regulation will save us. People will outwit the regulators, as they did by the securitisation of risk so no one knew who owed what to whom.

The big question is: how do we learn to be moral again? Markets were made to serve us; we were not made to serve markets. Economics needs ethics. Markets do not survive by market forces alone. They depend on respect for the people affected by our decisions. Lose that and we lose not just money and jobs but something more significant still: freedom, trust and decency, the things that have a value, not a price.

Sir Jonathan Sacks is the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth

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EDIN March 20. 2009

REALLY BAD.....................



What did the earthquake say to the volcano?
It's not my fault

Why did the boy stare at the radio in the car?
He wanted to see car tunes.

What makes a chess player happy?
Taking a knight off.

What did the mother buffalo say when her boy went to school?
Bison

What kind of meat doesn't stand up straight?
Lean meat.

When is the best time to buy a budgie?
When they're going "cheep

What did the policeman say to his belly?
"You are under a vest."

What do you get when you cross a chicken with a dictionary?
Fowl language.

What kind of bat knows his ABCs?
An alpha-bat
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EDIN March 18, 2009

Voices of Appalachia Choir/ from Alice Lloyd College in Pippa Pass, Kentucky
( which is 120 southwest of Huntington WV/ where my son Tim and his wife Jami live.)

Phil's Notes:
Each morning when I get up I read the local newspaper ( Democrat and
and Chronicle) and I also like to read column of events happening that
day. When I got today's paper, I noted that a group called Voices of
Appalachia were appearing at First Congregation Church of Christ in
Fairport, NY. I later telephoned the church and later in call back
I was informed that it was a singing choir representing their college
in Kentucky and sang folk type songs ( apparently reflecting Appalachia).
I notified my wife Jo Ann and we made our plans to attend the event.
The price was right ( Free/ free will offering) and the particular
subject of Appalachia interested me / as my son and daughter in law /
live not to far from Appalachian area. The concert was held in very old
church (165 year old history). It was very beautiful inside / with
huge pipes for organ on front wall and very large ornate windows
on side. It also had large ornate front church doors. At the
beginning of the concert the members of group walked throughout
the sanctuary greeting and shaking the congregants hands and
introducing themselves. I thought that definitely was a sign
of their Southern hospitality and it impressed me. They were
all dressed to the nines ( see picture above). They sang
various numbers ( without amplification) including Appalachian
dances ( which was several tunes from Appalachia) and their states
anthem / My Old Kentucky Home. They also sang some news numbers
and some old including O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing. The
noted the college was founded by Northeasterner / who went there
to help the people of Appalachia / and founded a school/ where
anyone in 103 counties of Appalachia can attend for
free. The only requirement being that they get involved
in the school work/ study program/ and work for college. The
Voices of Appalachia / travel representing the school and raises
awareness of the school and its mission. Interesting to note that school
has no music major. The audience applauded after each number and
seemed to enjoy Voices of Applachia and guess what? I did too!
I would give them 10 on a 1-10 scale.
Report by Phil Edin

Scripture for the day

For the Kingdom of God is not just a lot of talk; it is living
by God's power.

1 Corinthians 4:20 (New Living Translation)

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EDIN March 17, 2009

Last Updated: 6:32PM GMT 16 Mar 2009

103 famous faces in one painting

1 Bill Gates, Microsoft founder

2 Homer, Greek poet

3 Cui Jian, Chinese singer

4 Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary

5 Pavel Korchagin, Russian artist

6 Bill Clinton, former US President

7 Peter the Great, Russian leader

8 Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister

9 Bruce Lee, martial arts actor

10 Winston Churchill, former British Prime Minister

11 Henri Matisse, French artist

12 Gengis Khan, Mongolian warlord

13 Napoleon Bonaparte, French military leader

14 Che Guevara, Marxist revolutionary

15 Fidel Castro, former Prime Minister and President of Cuba

16 Marlon Brando, actor

17 Yasser Arafat, former leader of Palastine

18 Julius Caesar, Roman emperor

19 Claire Lee Chennault, Second World War US Lieutenant

20 Luciano Pavarotti, singer

21 George W. Bush, former US President

22 The Prince of Wales

23 Liu Xiang, Chinese hurdler

24 Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General

25 Zhang An (the painter)

26 Mikhail Gorbachev, former Russian leader

27 Li Tiezi (the painter)

28 Dante Alighieri, Florentine poet

29 Dai Dudu (the painter)

30 Pele, footballer

31 Guan Yu, Chinese warlord

32 Ramses II, Egyptian pharoah

33 Charles De Gaulle, French general

34 Albert Nobel, Swedish chemist, founder of Nobel prizes

35 Franklin Roosevelt, former US President

36 Ernest Hemingway, American novelist

37 Elvis Presley, American singer

38 Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist

39 William Shakespeare, English playwright

40 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer

41 Steven Spielberg, American film director

42 Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter

43 Marie Curie, physicist and pioneer of radioactivity

44 Zhou Enlai, first Premier of the People’s Republic of China

45 Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, German writer

46 Laozi, Chinese philosopher

47 Marilyn Monroe, American actress

48 Salvador Dali, Spanish painter

49 Dowager Cixi, former ruler of China

50 Ariel Sharon, former Israeli Prime Minister

51 Qi Baishi, Chinese painter

52 Qin Shi Huang, former Emperor of China

53 Mother Teresa, Roman Catholic Missionary

54 Song Qingling, Chinese politician

55 Rabindranath Tagore, Indian poet

56 Otto Von Bismarck, German statesman

57 Run Run Shaw, Chinese media mogul

58 Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher

59 Audrey Hepburn, Belgian-born actress

60 Ludwig Van Beethoven, German composer

61 Adolf Hitler, Nazi leader

62 Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist politician

63 Saddam Hussein, former President of Iraq

64 Maxim Gorky, Russian writer

65 Sun Yat-Sen, Chinese revolutionary

66 Den Xiaoping, Chinese revolutionary

67 Alexander Pushkin, Russian author

68 Lu Xun, Chinese writer

69 Joseph Stalin, former Soviet Union leader

70 Leonardo Da Vinci, Italian painter

71 Karl Marx, German philosopher

72 Friedrich Nietzche, German philosopher

73 Abraham Lincoln, former US President

74 Mao Zedong, Chinese dictator

75 Charlie Chaplin, British actor

76 Henry Ford, founder of Ford motor company

77 Lei Feng, Chinese soldier

78 Norman Bethune, Canadian physician

79 Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist

80 Juan Antonio Samaranch, former International Olympic Committee president

81 Chiang Kai Shek, Chinese general

82 Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom

83 Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist

84 Li Bai, Chinese poet

85 Corneliu Baba, Romanian painter

86 Auguste Rodin, French artist

87 Dwight Eisenhower, former US President

88 Michael Jordan, American basketball player

89 Hideki Tojo, former Japan Prime Minister

90 Michelangelo, Italian Renaissance painter

91 Yi Sun-Sin, Korean naval commander

92 Mike Tyson, American boxer

93 Vladimir Putin, Russian Prime Minister

94 Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author

95 Shirley Temple, American actress

96 Albert Einstein, German physicist

97 Moses, Hebrew religious leader

98 Confucius, Chinese philosopher

99 Ghandi, Indian spiritual leader

100 Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch painter

101 Toulouse Lautrec, French painter

102 Marcel Duchamp, French artist

103 Behind George Bush is Osama bin Laden


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EDIN March 16, 2009

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Church Changers Salon March 17, 2009

One in seven adults changes churches each year, and another one in six attends a handful of churches on a rotating basis, according to the Barna Group, a marketing research firm that serves churches. Church shopping isn't a matter of merely changing congregations: A survey by the Pew Forum on Religious and Public Life last year indicated that 44 percent of American adults have left their first religious affiliation for another. "Constant movement characterizes the American religious marketplace," a survey summary said.

Part of the discomfort with church shopping has to do with the way growing churches attempt to attract spiritual shoppers. That simple marquee in front of a church with the cheerfully homely motto ("Prevent truth decay: Brush up on your Bible") doesn't suffice to recruit worshippers. Web sites stream audio and video of sermons and music to let prospective members shop from home, and consultants help congregations market themselves to the "unchurched" and the merely unsatisfied by deploying focus groups, surveys, product giveaways (free church-branded Frisbees, anyone?), and other tactics borrowed from the commercial realm. The Wall Street Journal reported recently on churches employing mystery worshippers, "a new breed of church consultant," who covertly attend services and evaluate them (Were the bathrooms clean? Was the vibe friendly?) as if they were first-timers looking for a new church.

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Why I Don't Clean My House

Posted March 12, 2009 7:29 PM

Posted in housekeeping, housework

1. I don't do windows because I love birds and don't want one to run into a clean window and get hurt. (I am compassionate.)

2. I don't wax floors because I am terrified guest will slip and hurt themselves. I'll feel terrible and they may sue me. (I am careful and poor.)

3. I don't mind the dust bunnies because they are very good company. I have named most of them, and they agree with everything I say. (I am imaginative.)

4. I don't disturb cobwebs because I want every creature to have a home of their own and my family loves spiders. (I am kind.)

5. I don't "Spring Clean" because I love all the seasons and don't want the others to get jealous. (I am fair-minded.)

6. I don't plant a garden because I don't want to get in God's way. He is an excellent designer. (I am courteous.)

7. I don't put things away because my family will never be able to find them again. (I am considerate.)

8. I don't do gourmet meals when I entertain because I don't want my guests to stress out over what to make when they invite me over for dinner. (I am thoughtful.)

9. I don't iron because I choose to believe them when they say "Permanent Press." (I am trusting.)

10. I don't stress much on anything because "Type A" personalities die young and I want to stick around! (I am in good health.)
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EDIN March 15, 2009

Photo of Jo Ann and Phil at Zebbs Restaurant

Phil's Notes
or Subtitled: What I Did this weekend>


Photo of Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra



1). 8:00 PM Friday Night: We had our dose of culture for the week.
We attended our RPO Pops Concert on Friday night entitled Bright
Lights Big City; The Best of Broadway which featured the best of
Broadway for the last 100 years. They had a variety of tunes
and they had two fanciful singers who accompanied the orchestra.
They also had various costune changes ( which they seemed to
accomplish in record time). One of our favorite was 76 Trombones
which featured their three trombones ( but they made it sound like
many more) and songs from the Jersey Boys including Big Girls
Don't Cry. The interesting thing about their interpretation of this
number was they had the female singer sing both high bass part and lower
part in the same number ( in same song). I think that this was
one of the better concerts for the season/ as I knew most of the songs
and I could direct along ( in my seat) as I did for 76 trombones.
I would give it 10 on a 1-10 scale.


Maurice, Edie and Jo Ann outside North Chili Family Restaurant


2). Saturday 10:00AM We began our journey to Lockport, NY by making
a pit stop at North Chili Family Resturant to meet and visit with
Jo Ann sister Edie and brother in law Maurice( who were in from Canada
for a visit) Maurice in a minister in Toronto, Ontario. We had breakfast
with them and caught up on old times.

Photo of Phil's Mother and sister Karen at Zebbs Restaurant

3). Saturday 4:30PM We arrived at Phil's sister Karen's house in Lockport
where we had supper. Phil and Jo Ann furnished the supper ( which
was cooked chicken and pre prepared potatoes / from local Wegmans.)
We also had Phil's mother, brother in law Ken, nephew Raymond,
nephew Kevin and Neice katrina there. Katrina just got herself a
car which she finally got on the road and she took Phil for a ride in
it. Phil wasn;t to sure of riding with a new driver but it turned out
alright. The family went out to local Tastee Freeze for desert and
there was a crowd there. It reminded me of the Abbotts down at
Charlotte during the summer. We stayed at Motel 6 in Williamsville
for the evening.


Photo of Ken ( Phil's Bother in law) and nephew Raymond at Zebbs

4). Sunday 11:00 AM we attended Bethesda Temple Church in Tonawanda, NY
which was phil's boyhood church and current church of his sister and
mother. It is a pentecostal church and they have very lively services
and music and preaching, which we always enjoy.


Raymond, Kevin ( Phil's nephew) and Katrina ( Phil's niece)

5). Sunday 1:15 PM We went to Zebbs on Niagara Falls Blvd for lunch
because Karen had a coupon and had a nice lunch there. Phil had a
healthful lunch of turkey on multi grain roll and potatoes.
They have a Zebbs in Brighton, NY which we have eaten at before.

Potatoes Potatoes, Potatoes at Zebbs


Sign outside of Zebbs Restuarant
6). Sunday 4:30 Home sweet home. What a weekend!!!!
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