I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. 1 Corinthians 9:22

Even though God gives us a brand-new day every twenty-four hours, we seldom begin it with a brand-new outlook. All too often, we regard the day ahead as "just another day." We may see a different date, but the day seems filled with the same routine, same troubles, same faces, same responsibilities.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could look at each day from a slightly different perspective and, with God's guidance, learn to serve Him better as a result?

A Bible translator named Fraiser learned the importance of different perspectives in a very interesting way. Known simply as "Fraiser of Lisuland" in northern Burma, he translated the Scriptures into the Lisu language. Fraiser went on to do translation work somewhere else for a time, leaving a young fellow with the task of teaching the people to read.

When he returned six months later, he found three students and the teacher seated around a table, the Scriptures open in front of the teacher. Fraiser was amazed to see that as each of the students read for him, he left the Bible where it was - in front of him. The man on the left read it sideways, the man on the right read it sideways but from the other side, and the man across from the teacher read it upside down. Since they had always occupied the same chairs, they each had learned to read from the particular perspective, and they each thought that was how their language was written!

We can be like that too. When we learn something from only one perspective, we may think that it's the only perspective. We have the solution to our problem, but nobody else's. Sometimes it's necessary to change seats and assume a different perspective on the same truth in order to help others.

The principles of truth in God's Word never change, but our understanding of them does! As God to give you new insights about Him today. With your new perspective, you may see the solution to a problem that has plagued someone for years.

As our perspective broadens, our ability to help ourselves and others increases.

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I am considering signing on for broadband and would appreciate some input, who do you think is best and what prices are going around?

Thanks

(A different perspective)
One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people live.
They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.
On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?"
"It was great, Dad."
"Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked.
"Oh yeah," said the son.
"So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father.
The son answered: "I saw that we have one dog and they had four.
We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end.
We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night
Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.
We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight.
We have servants who serve us, but they serve others.
We buy our food, but they grow theirs.
We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them."
The boy's father was speechless.
Then his son added, "Thanks, Dad, for showing me how poor we are."

Isn't perspective a wonderful thing? Makes you wonder what would
happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don't have.
Appreciate every single thing you have, especially your friends!

i love the spicy yet sweet mince in this
how do you make it?

OMG i was poep bang and touchy for hours after watching this

pretty good - the same maker as Seven so i real mind film

a few things which i thought had gaps, or i didnt get
let me know what u think !

Hi,

Received my seed catalogue from Vida Verde today and thought I would share the contents of the back page with you as it states very clearly what I was trying to get across in an earlier thread about preserving plant diversity.

Why we do not supply Hybrid Seed or GMOs

Hybrid ("F1") seed is the result of a cross between two different parents. Seed you save from these plants will either be sterile or give a whole mix of shapes and types, usually producing a poor crop.

Only the seed company knows what the parents are, thus only they can produce that particular variety. If you want to grow it, you have no other source - good for the seed companies but not for you! Small growers should be able to keep their own seeds, selecting each year the best plants most suitable for their own land and conditions.

yes, there are a few exceptions, but in general, the hybrid seed business has been a public relations victory over the small grower. For example, you will soon see more and more hybrid leek seed offered to you. This is because the supermarkets have set incredibly rigid limits on leek size, and the only way to achieve this is through hybridising two inbred varieties, so all leek seed production is switching to hybrids. You will be told that these new leeks are 'more uniform', 'straighter' and so on. But what about flavour and adaptability? People seem to forget that we want to eat and enjoy these things - food is not just a commodity!

Despite common urban myths, there is no magic about hybrids. So-called "hybrid vigour" is the simple fact that good hybrid seed is better than bad real seed, and that sadly much of the real seed you get now has been badly maintained. But good real seed - which admittedly requires time, care and patience to produce and maintain - must, by virtue of the genetics of these things, be just as good, and in fact much more adaptable to different soils. The key here is that it takes less manpower to make the hybrid seed, so the wholesale seed growers are much happier to let the old varieties fade away.

And as for the cost of hybrid seed, this is another mystery. Hybrids are not made by hand. Yes, they were in the past, but not for many years now. Most hybrid pollination nowadays is done by chemical sprays, not hand pollination, so hybrid seed shouldn't be any more expensive than other seed. There may be a slight extra cost associated with the spraying, but it certainly doesn't justify the high prices and tiny packets some companies are offering.

Basically, seeds are now bred for large industrial farms (which is where the money is) and you, the home grower, just get fobbed off with a few of the same thing. Modern advert copywriting sometimes tries to disguise this. So when you're offered something thats 'good for freezing', what they mean is that it was bred to ripen all at once for machine harvesting and you'll get a glut. Here are a few examples from 2004 catalogues that we found: How about 'really uniform fruit' - which often means 'inbred for the supermarket, narrow genetic base, may not adapt to your soil'. Or 'straight long shanks' usually means 'bred to fit the packing machine'. Or the best one yet - 'Leafless peas-easy to find the pods' translates as 'much smaller yield (the plants have no leaves!) - but at least now we've got rid of the leaves we can harvest them with a combine'. What a sad situation this is, with marketing people rather than gardeners writing the descriptions in modern seed catalogues.

In summary, hybrid seed can indeed have advantages for the industrial-chemical farmer who wants to harvest all at once. But for the small home grower who wants a good yield over a long period, traditional varieties are usually more productive. This has been shown time and time again, and we think that once you have tried the real open-pollinated varieties we have found, you will agree.

A note on Genetic Engineering of Plants and other Genetically Modified Organisms

Although Ben (one of the owners of Vida Verde) studied genetic engineering at university, all of our breeding is by traditional methods only. On grounds of both safety and ethics we strongly oppose all genetic engineering and the patenting of plants.

The subject is very complex, but the dangers are very simple. We believe that, without exaggeration, the release of Genetically Modified crops truly is a dangerous practice that threatens the entire ecosystem.

It is simply not true that Genetically Modified crops will solve third-world food problems or require less pesticides. This is no more than advertising 'spin'.

Genetic engineering is NOT just a variant of what farmers and breeders have done for centuries. It is a completely new science that can give very odd, very different and highly unpredictable results. It is not 'natural' for a plant to have a fish gene it it, and there is no knowing what odd poisons the plant might make as a result of finding fish proteins floating around in its sap.

GM plants are probably unsafe to eat, but we don't know for sure, because due to intense political lobbying, none of these plants have undergone any food safety testing(!) - which is why it is important that food should be labelled as to whether it contains GM ingredients or not. The only benefit of GM crops is to the large multinationals that are using them to take control of the worlds food supply.

Feeling good film - loved it!

I am reading a lovely book called Lorelei's Secret by Carolyn Parkhurst and am really ejoying it. Will tell you more once I am finished it...below is a synopsis anyway:

Paul Iverson's life is dull until he meets Lexy and her Rhodesian Ridgeback, Lorelei. When Lexy climbs the apple tree and falls to her death Paul cannot believe it was an accident and sets out to uncover the truth of what happened with the help of the only creature that saw what happened: Lorelei.

Ok, here is a toffee... and I would MUCHLY appreaciate any help on this.

Picture this.....

My husband's father has a laptop. He is not subscribed to BT or anything as he has been living with us for a bit, and using my pc. He is starting a 3 month contract in the sticks on Monday and will be staying in a B&B or something like that, where he might have a phone in his room.

Assuming he has access to a telephone line, IS there a way for him to dial up to read his email? If so, how would he go about it? Does he have to subscribe to anything or anyone? He currently has Freemail, which I believe was taken over by Wanadoo??

Any suggetions would be most appreciated....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/game.shtml

Anyone tried it yet ?