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Today I am thankful that the doc, told me that I did not need to have the injections into my eyes We will see again next month.

In October of 1979 Dr. Desmond Ford gave a presentation at Pacific Union College That resulted in his authorship of a 991 page document of his understanding of certain doctrinal issues and his trial and dismissal as SDA clergy in what has been called Glacier View, in August of 1980. Spectrum, Vol 47, # 4 contains two articles of value in understanding those events. * A 10 page article by Dr. Kendra Valentine is of some interest in Understanding how Dr, Ford viewed what had happened to him. * A 20 page article by Dr, Gilbert Valentine provides an in-depth analysis of the inter-personal dynamics that were present during the Glacier view trial. I consider the above articles to both be accurate and of interest in the following: * The views of Dr, Ford were taught by other scholars and academics of his time, who were not charged and put on trial. * The views of Dr, Ford on the issues on which he was put on trial are largely accepted by SDA academics and scholars today. * However this does not mean that everyone agreed with every position that Dr, Ford took. In the interests of transparency my personal position on issues associated with Dr, Ford is: * I applaud Dr, Ford, the man who never made personal attacks against this denomination. * I agree with those who protected him and prevented him from being removed from SDA membership. * I disagree with certain doctrinal positions that Dr. Ford took over the years. * I agree with some of the positions that Dr, Ford took in 1979 and in 1980. * I consider Dr. Ford to have raised some issues worthy of consideration regardless of whether or not one considers them to be correct. In short: If your are interested in the doctrinal history of this denomination you will find those articles to be of interest and of value.

I live in a general area that has been subject to power shutoff by PG & E. In fact, as I write this Huge numbers of people have had their power cut off. I am thankful that my home is located in a small area that does not have to have power turned off.

It was Moishe’s first day on the job as a cabbie in New York. He picks up a passenger at night and a few minutes into the ride the passenger taps Moishe on the shoulder to ask him something. Moishe screams, loses control of the car, nearly hits a bus, drives up on the sidewalk, and stops inches from a shop window. For a second everything went quiet in the cab, then Moishe says, "Look friend, don't EVER do that again. You scared the daylights out of me!" The passenger apologizes and says he didn't realize that a "little tap" could scare him so much. After gathering himself Moishe says, "Sorry, it's not really your fault. Today is my first day as a cab driver - I've been driving hearses for the last 25 years!

Shira volunteers for Bikur Cholim, a wonderful organization that delivers meals to the sick. Shira usually visits the elderly and on one visit, Shira decided to take her four year old daughter Rivky along. Rivky was intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs. Then, Rivky noticed a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass. As Shira braced herself for the inevitable barrage of questions, Rivky merely turned and whispered, "The tooth fairy will never believe this!"

Shimon Newman came out of his front door and passed out onto the porch. His wife Shifra discovered him, and called Hatzalah immediately – the Jewish paramedics association. When the paramedics arrived, they helped Shimon regain consciousness and asked if he knew what caused him to faint. "It was enough to make anybody faint," Shimon said. "My son Ari asked me for the keys to the garage, and instead of driving the car out, he came out with the lawn mower!"

People may be hungry for the Word of God. But, it is not evident that The Word of God is coming from your writings.

Reminds me of the creation/evolution debate. Both sides looking at the same sets of data. Interpreting them differently. Evolutionists saying that processes we currently see, are the same as they have always been. Creationists saying a worldwide flood event caused the thousands of layers of sediment with fossils in them (buried rapidly which avoided decomposition). Two explanations for starlight reaching the earth. Two explanations for the ice age. Etc. etc. Joe, you read the same passages I do. You believe the terrible plagues will effect only a limited area of the earth. Some areas will be spared, resulting in survivors. I believe the plagues will be worldwide, because the Beast will rule over the entire world and people the world over will worship the Beast and his image. And people the world over will persecute the people of God, who have His "seal". I keep looking for a verse that says "The people of God will spend 1000 years with Christ in the Father's House." There is no verse like that. There's also no verse that says, "The saints will then live for 1000 years on the earth, before 'the rest' 'live again'. No verse like that either. I guess the LORD didn't want us to have concrete "proof" either way.

Today; I will complete the final stages of my photography business, online. Its a BIG accomplishment under the circumstances. I had to admit I cant do everything and to let professionals help me. They are working on the site for me now, and after a day or two we should have all the tweeks and bugs ironed out. Also, today, I will pray for Gregory. (Psalms 84:11).

Nothing you said in this most matters a hill of beans! Not even one bean! I don't care what kind of special papers and figurings they found under what rock or in some cave. Who needs any of that? Satan was an expert at quoting scripture; yet making it completely contradictory because He would quote it out of context, or give only half a quote. It is also common knowledge that one does not have to be some sort of "expert" in Greek, Hebrew, or anything else to understand God's Word. That is catholic/adventist codswallop! We have enough trouble with even just one verse, such as "love one another," So what on earth do we need all of those hundreds of verses for and all of the Hebrew and Greek if we cant even understand and live just that one verse!? There is NO SUCH THING as an expert in Bible study! Its all based on personal experience with Jesus and His Word: (1 John 1:1-3) We have way too many "original language" professing to be "scholars" and weighing down the true seekers of God and His glory: "we know the real truth. listen to our original language loftiness and our religious promenade of piety:" "under the law," is not some kind of buffet religion where we just need to spout off a "better" interpretation than the next guy. Jesus asked 308 questions in just the four gospels alone and in every one of those questions He was seeking a way to give voice to everyone, no matter what their level of faith or understanding was - and Jesus especially did this with the ones that we would say NO to! And the ones that He knew would NOT agree with Him.

I have nailed it down a little more upon continuing to study and pray President Trump will be broken (impeached) President Pence will be in office when Iran attacks America's fleet in the Persian Gulf and 2 April 2020, President Pence will establish national Sunday Law.

5 Things You Probably Didn't Know About the iPod_2 On October 23, 2001, Apple announced one of its newest designs, a pocket-sized music player that could hold many songs in MP3 and other formats: the iPod. The reviews were underwhelming, but what do reviewers know? Here are five things you didn't know about the iPod... The First iPod Stored Only 1,000 Songs on a 5GB Drive And that was considered fantastic. Now, an Apple device that offered only 5GB of storage would be considered a cute little toy—the current iPod Touch allows up to 256GB of storage depending on upgrades. But at the time, being able to load 1,000 songs onto a portable player that offered more storage than many regular computer hard drives was an amazing feat, especially given how quickly you could load a CD onto the player. At the time the iPod was introduced, other MP3 players made people wait five minutes to rip only one CD. The Name Was Based on Technology From a 1960s Movie Apple was already naming items with the now-standard "i-" prefix, but the rest of the name for the new music player came from, of all things, 2001: A Space Odyssey, released in 1968. One of the pieces of technology in the movie was a small podlike spaceship, the EVA Pod. A freelance copywriter suggested Apple base the name for the new player off that, and "iPod" was chosen. The First iPod Had A Secret Easter Egg Apple's first iPod came with a little secret — an Easter egg — in the form of a game that could be accessed if you knew the right combination of buttons to press. How to find the game is described in Nick Triano's early 2002 Geek.com review of the iPod. If you go to the ‘About' menu, hold down the center button for about three seconds, you will get a Breakout (Pong) game to play while you listen. Breakout, the hidden game, is notable in Apple's history as it was a product that both Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak worked on together at Atari, where legend has it Jobs cheated Wozniak out of thousands of dollars of bonus money. The iPod's Real Success Depended on Non-Apple Technology Not only was the iPod's drive based on one made by Toshiba, combined with the existing Apple FireWire connection, but the sales of the iPod didn't start to soar until Apple made the player compatible with Windows computers. Until 2004, the iPod worked only with Apple computers, but once people could connect the player to a Windows-based machine, sales grew by a tremendous amount. The iDiamond iPod Shuffle is The World’s Most Expensive iPod How do you make a $50 iPod Shuffle worth thousands of dollars? Sprinkle it with 430 eye-catching diamonds and plate the controls with solid 18k white and pink gold. After all this blinging you get the iDiamond iPod Shuffle. Loaded with more bling that one can handle the iDiamond went under the hammer at a charity event in London. It was the creation of Norwegian jeweler Thomas Heyerdahl, who donated it for the Feast of Albion, a fundraising dinner to benefit the Soil Association. The price was a mere 248,000 Norwegian Kroner ($41,800).

Today I am getting my teeth cleaned, getting a haircut, and preparing for a winter storm over the next couple days.

Thank you for sharing.

I will start it off: Today I will receive an injection of Avastin in each of my eyes. That will govern my activities for the nexr16 hours or so.

5 Things You Didn't Know About Princeton University On October 22, 1746, Princeton University received its charter as one of only nine universities founded before the American Revolution. Here are 5 things you probably didn’t know about Princeton University... It Was Founded as a Religious School Princeton University was founded by the New Light Presbyterians to train ministers. It was considered the religious and educational capital for those in America of Scottish and Irish descent. The theological seminary was separated from the rest of the college in 1812. When the school was chartered by New Jersey in 1746, it was unusual because admittance was not limited to one religious denomination. The School Went by a Different Name for Many Years The school was founded in 1746 as the College of New Jersey, and the name wasn’t changed to Princeton University until 1896. This happened toward the end of the school’s Sesquicentennial Celebration. It was often referred to by different names, including “Nassau Hall,” “Nassau,” “Old North,” or “Princeton College.” Princeton University Penned the Word “Campus” Back during the 1770s, John Witherspoon, the university president and signer of the Declaration of Independence, referred to the areas that surrounded the buildings as a campus. This word refers to the Latin word for field. This is the first known instance of the areas around a school of higher education being referred to in this way, and it caught on until all schools were using the same term. Nassau Hall at Princeton Hosted the Continental Congress Nassau Hall was the largest structure built of stone in colonial America, and during the Revolutionary War, the building was damaged by both the British and American troops. In 1783, it was used as the nation’s capitol building, and the Continental Congress met there between June and November. Nassau Hall was the location where the word was received that a peace treaty had been signed between the two countries. Many Famous People Attended Princeton University James Madison, the fourth president, and Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president, both graduated from Princeton, and Wilson served as its president from 1902 until 1910. Famous actors who graduated from Princeton include Jimmy Stewart, Brooke Shields, and David Duchovny. Prestigious writers who graduated from Princeton include F. Scott Fitzgerald, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet W.S. Merwin, and Booth Tarkington.