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Lobelia membranacea | Forest violet.
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Cartoons for Twisted People
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Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri
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Image Credit & Copyright: Gordon Mandell Rotated by Convert Hub

"Featured in this sharp telescopic image, globular star cluster Omega Centauri (NGC 5139) is some 15,000 light-years away. Some 150 light-years in diameter, the cluster is packed with about 10 million stars much older than the Sun. Omega Cen is the largest of 200 or so known globular clusters that roam the halo of our Milky Way galaxy. Though most star clusters consist of stars with the same age and composition, the enigmatic Omega Cen exhibits the presence of different stellar populations with a spread of ages and chemical abundances. In fact, Omega Cen may be the remnant core of a small galaxy merging with the Milky Way."

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Faces of Meth : Before and After : Faces of Death
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Courtesy: Multnomah County Sheriff, Ore.

"Crystal Meth causes respiratory problems, heart palpitations, and extreme anorexia. The long term affects of meth use include cardiac arrest, and death as a result of oxygen being unable to get to the brain sufficiently. Most of the meth ingredients are in and of themselves toxic and deadly, as are the fumes that are produced when making meth."

List Of Meth Ingredients : "Drano, Brake Fluid, Lithium From Batteries (Battery Acid), Lighter Fluid, Rubbing Alcohol, Drain cleaner, Gasoline additives, Paint thinner, Freon, Camp stove fuel, White gasoline, Ammonia, Cold Remedies, Hydrochloride, Hydriodic Acid, Red Phosphorus, Lye, Ether (Starter Fluid), Iodine Ephedrine.

Crystal Meth (Also referred to as: speed, crank, ice, glass) causes the heart rate to be greatly increased and irreversibly damages blood vessels to the brain ultimately leading to strokes. The ingredients in methamphetamine are extremely toxic, corrosive and deadly."

"Methamphetamine is a member of the amphetamine class of drugs that are widely known for their central nervous system stimulation effects. These drugs are generally used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and were once widely used as appetite suppressants. They are also useful in the treatment of narcolepsy, a disease that leaves patients prone to sudden attacks of deep sleep. Unfortunately, amphetamines are among the most abused of all prescription drugs. Methamphetamine ranks at top of the list for abused amphetamines, and current trends to use this drug as a free base (ice) are leading to new problems in combating the war on drugs. Side effects of the amphetamines include irregular heartbeat, chest pain, fever, difficulty in breathing, dizziness, and increased blood pressure."

via micro.magnet.fsu.edu
Church Ladies With Typewriters
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Church Ladies With typewriters . . .

They're Back! Those wonderful Church Bulletins! Thank God for church ladies with typewriters. These sentences (with all the BLOOPERS) actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced in church services:

The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals.
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The sermon this morning: 'Jesus Walks on the Water.' The sermon tonight: 'Searching for Jesus.'
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Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands.
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Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our community. Smile at someone who is hard to love. Say 'Hell' to someone who doesn't care much about you.
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Don't let worry kill you off - let the Church help.
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Miss Charlene Mason sang 'I will not pass this way again,' giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.
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For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.
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Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the choir. They need all the help they can get.
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Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days.
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A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow..
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At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be 'What Is Hell?' Come early and listen to our choir practice.
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Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.
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Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children.
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Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want remembered..
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The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and gracious hostility.
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Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM - prayer and medication to follow..
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The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.
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This evening at 7 PM there will be a hymn singing in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.
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Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10 AM . All ladies are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the B. S. Is done.
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The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the Congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday.
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Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM .. Please use the back door.
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The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the Church basement Friday at 7 PM . The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.
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Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First Presbyterian Church. Please use large double door at the side entrance.
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The Associate Minister unveiled the church's new campaign slogan last Sunday: 'I Upped My Pledge - Up Yours.

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John Q. Public versus the Volcano
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Ah yes. As we suspected all along

For the climate change believers

Professor Ian Plimer could not have said it better!

If you've read his book you will agree, this is a good summary.

Are you sitting down?

Okay, here's the bombshell.

The volcanic eruption in Iceland, since its first spewing of volcanic ash has, in just FOUR DAYS, NEGATED EVERY SINGLE EFFORT you have made in the past five years to control CO₂emissions on our planet – all of you.

Of course you know about this evil carbon dioxide that we are trying to suppress – it’s that vital chemical compound that every plant requires to live and grow, and to synthesize into oxygen for us humans, and all animal life.

I know, it's very disheartening to realize that all of the carbon emission savings you have accomplished while suffering the inconvenience and expense of:

driving Prius hybrids,

buying fabric grocery bags,

sitting up till midnight to finish your kid's "The Green Revolution" science project,

throwing out all of your non-green cleaning supplies, using only two squares of toilet paper,

putting a brick in your toilet tank reservoir,

selling your SUV and speedboat,

vacationing at home instead of abroad,

nearly getting hit every day on your bicycle,

replacing all of your 50 cent light bulbs with $10.00 light bulbs...

well, all of those things you have done have all gone down the tubes in just four days.

The volcanic ash emitted into the Earth's atmosphere in just four days - yes - FOUR DAYS ONLY by that volcano in Iceland, has totally erased every single effort you have made to reduce the evil beast, carbon.

And there are around 200 active volcanoes on the planet spewing out this crud any one time - EVERY DAY.

I don't really want to rain on your parade too much, but I should mention that when the volcano Mt Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines in 1991, it spewed out more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than the entire human race had emitted in all its YEARS on earth. Yes folks, Mt Pinatubo was active for over one year – think about it.

Of course I shouldn't spoil this touchy-feely tree-hugging moment and mention the effect of solar and cosmic activity and the well-recognized 800-year global heating and cooling cycle, which keep happening, despite our completely insignificant efforts to affect climate change.

And I do wish I had a silver lining to this volcanic ash cloud but the fact of the matter is that the bush fire season across the western USA and Australia this year alone will negate your efforts to reduce carbon in our world for the next two to three years.

And it happens every year.

Just remember that your government just tried to impose a whopping carbon tax on you on the basis of the bogus “human-caused” climate change scenario.

Hey, isn’t it interesting how they don’t mention “Global Warming” any more, but just “Climate Change” - you know why?

It’s because the planet has COOLED by 0.7 degrees in the past century and these global warming bull artists got caught with their pants down.

And just keep in mind that you might yet have an Emissions Trading Scheme – that whopping new tax – imposed on you, that will achieve absolutely nothing except make you poorer. It won’t stop any volcanoes from erupting, that’s for sure.

But hey, relax, give the world a hug and have a nice day!

PS: I wonder if Iceland is buying carbon offsets?

On the other hand...

Sent by John...Thanks !
Orrery - the motion of the planets...
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Click on above image or here to open an interactive orrery

An orrery is a mechanical device that illustrates the relative positions and motions of the planets and moons in the solar system in a heliocentric model. Though the Greeks had working planetaria, the first orrery was a planetarium of the modern era was produced in 1704, and one was presented to the Earl of Orrery from whence the name came. They are typically driven by a clockwork mechanism with a globe representing the Sun at the centre, and with a planet at the end of each of the arms.

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Lobelia membranacea | Forest violet.

Cartoons for Twisted People

Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri

Faces of Meth : Before and After : Faces of Death

Church Ladies With Typewriters

John Q. Public versus the Volcano

Orrery - the motion of the planets...

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