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Posted on 06/30/2011 10:09:07 PM PDT by JustAmy
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Brief history of time-keeping
Prehistoric man measured time using the stars, changes in the seasons, day and night
The earliest time measurement devices were the sundial, hourglass and water clock
In medieval times, mechanical clocks appeared using gears, wheels and weights
In 1656, Christian Huygens invented the pendulum clock
The first quartz clock was invented in 1927, based on the electric property of the quartz crystal. It remains the world’s most widely-used time-keeping technology because it’s reliable, robust and relatively cheap
The world’s first working caesium atomic clock was built in 1955
This has been a wonderful evening!
*yawn* I'm getting tired though (perhaps you are too) and we have a long walk back....unless you know of some shortcut...
Pandy, I saw on tv today some horses standing in a water sprinkler. If you have one near the stable, perhaps it would help cool them off...just a suggestion.
Prayers continue for Risa, you, your grandchildren, Sassy and the whole family!
((((HUGS))))
Three men , a Canadian, Osama Bin Ladin and President
Bush are out walking together one day. They come across
a lantern and a Genie pops out of it.
“I will give each of you one wish, that’s three wishes total,” says the Genie.
The Canadian says, “I am a farmer, my dad was a farmer, and my son will also farm. I want the land to be forever fertile in Canada.
With a blink of the Genie’s eye, ‘POOF’ the land in Canada was forever made fertile for farming.
Osama Bin Ladin was amazed, so he said, “I want a wall around Afghanistan, so that no infidels and Jews can come
into our precious state.”
Again, with a blink of the Genie’s eye, ‘POOF’ there was a huge wall around Afghanistan.
President Bush, asks, “I’m very curious. Please tell me more about this wall.”
The Genie explains, “Well, it’s about 15,000 feet high, 500 feet thick and completely surrounds the country; nothing can get in or out-—virtually impenetrable.”
President Bush says, “Very impressive. Fill it with water.”
(((((((Thank you for the Update, Pandy)))))))
Thank you!
HOW TO START EACH DAY WITH A SMILE....
1. Open a new file in your computer.
2. Name it ‘Barack Obama’.
3. Send it to the Recycle Bin.
4. Empty the Recycle Bin.
5. Your PC will ask you: ‘Do you really want to get rid
of ‘Barack Obama?’
6. Firmly Click ‘Yes.’
7. Feel better?
GOOD - Tomorrow we’ll do Nancy Pelosi!
PLEASE be careful!
Wishing you speedy healing!
Express Lane
I was in the express lane at the store quietly fuming.
Completely ignoring the sign, the woman ahead of me had slipped into the check-out line pushing a cart piled high with groceries.
Imagine my delight when the cashier beckoned the woman to come forward, looked into the cart and asked sweetly, “So which six items would you like to buy?”
Thank you!
Awesome Senior Moment
Here’s a quote from a government employee who witnessed a recent interaction between an elderly woman and an antiwar protester in a Metro station in DC.
There were protesters on the train platform handing out pamphlets on the evils of America. I politely declined to take one.
An elderly woman was behind me getting off the escalator and a young (20-ish) female protester offered her a pamphlet, which she politely declined. The young protester put her hand on the old woman’s shoulder as a gesture of friendship and in a very soft voice said, ‘Lady, don’t you care about the children of Iraq?’
The old woman looked up at her and said, ‘Honey, my father died in France during World War II, I lost my husband in Korea, and a son in Vietnam. All three died so you could have the right to stand here and bad mouth our country. If you touch me again, I’ll stick this umbrella up your behind and open it.’
~God Bless America~
Will the Real God Please Stand Up?
A devotional to help you sort through your images of who you think God may be and who he really is.
But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.— Psalm 86:15
When you approach God in prayer, what are the “givens” you believe about him? That he hears you, forgives you and loves you with a steadfast love? That’s how the psalmist describes God. But do you sometimes secretly picture him as an unmerciful judge, wondering if he really will forgive this sin—the one you find yourself repeatedly battling?
Or does God seem like an absentee parent who is unresponsive to your needs rather than a loving Father who understands your pain? When you’ve blown it again, do you sense that God has a scowl of disappointment on his face rather than open, welcoming arms?
Sometimes without realizing it, we project upon God images of our own making—a demanding taskmaster for whom we never can do enough, an exacting parent we can never quite please, a short-tempered boss we easily anger. Yet, this is not the God of the Bible, the God of David, and this is not the real God.
Listen to David’s description of the God he knew so intimately: “You are . . . abounding in love to all who call to you” (verse 5). God is not an unmerciful, cruel master but a “forgiving and good” heavenly Father.
He is not skimpy with his love, and he does not play favorites. He is not a God who gives love conditionally. No, this God—our God—is overflowing with love. Even when he was poor, weak, needy and in trouble, David proclaimed, “Great is your love toward me” (verse 13).
Who is this God we serve? This is no impotent God: “You are great and do marvelous deeds” (verse 10). This is no uncaring, unaware, neglectful God who tells us, “Get over it.” Rather, he is a “compassionate and gracious God” (verse 15) who comforts us in our tears.
He is not a temperamental, grumpy, quick-to-anger God, but one who is “slow to anger” (verse 15). He is not an unpredictable, fickle, unreliable God, but one “abounding in . . . faithfulness” (verse 15). There is no God like him!
When you find yourself hesitant to come before God or to wholly trust him, consider what image of God you’re holding onto. Is it the real God of Scripture or an impostor? Worship the real God, in spirit and in truth.
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