Thursday, April 23, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Blogged Out
Just a word from the author of this blog...I am blogged out. I will resume blogging whenever the drive kicks back in. My apologies to my dedicated and loyal fans. I actually hit 992 views in one day. I think that has to be a record in my small bloggers friend world. So Joel Byers beat that one! His news is mostly about some mighty Canadian militia or some mighty Canadian hockey team. Joel you have my sympathy. Then there is Tim Calhoun's blog that is simple blog that offers a large quantity of sometimes poor quality photos and a few tall tales. Then there is the Georgian Jon Earls that keeps us up to date with outrageous church and political tales and even shares his thoughts on Twitter.
So until I get the urge..so long, goodbye, and God bless!
Monday, April 13, 2009
Tshirts honoring the Fallen Officers
These tshirts are for sale. The cost is $20.00 and 100% of the proceeds go to the families of the 3 officers.
Order them at:
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Saturday, April 11, 2009
NPR's Here and Now Interview
Here is new information about the killing of three Pittsburgh police officers on Saturday. Emergency officials now say a 9-1-1 operator knew the officers were going into a home where there were weapons.. but she did not warn the officers. We speak with Pastor Byron Gurnee, who is the brother-in-law of one of the officers killed.
Click hear to Listen.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Student Letter from IUP President - Dr. Tony Atwater
Dear Students:
Our community suffered a devastating loss Saturday with the deaths of three Pittsburgh Police officers killed in the line of duty. I am saddened to report that one of the three officers, Officer Stephen J. Mayhle, was an IUP alumus. Officer Mayhle was a 2002 criminology department graduate and a native of Indiana.He is survived by his wife, Shandra; daughters Jennifer, 6, and Brooklynn, 3; his parents, of Indiana; and many members of his extended family. I have conveyed the deep sympathies of the IUP community to Mrs. Mayhle and her family.
A formal viewing for Officer Mayhle and his fallen comrades will be held Wednesday from 3 to 9 p.m. at the City County Building in Pittsburgh, and a funeral service for the officers will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. in the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh.Locally, friends will be received from noon to 9 p.m. Friday at the John A. Lefdahl Funeral Home, Indiana. A private funeral service for family only will be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home with public internment to follow in Oakland Cemetery in Indiana.I know that you join me in remembering Officer Mayhle and his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.
Tony Atwater, Ph.D.
President
Our community suffered a devastating loss Saturday with the deaths of three Pittsburgh Police officers killed in the line of duty. I am saddened to report that one of the three officers, Officer Stephen J. Mayhle, was an IUP alumus. Officer Mayhle was a 2002 criminology department graduate and a native of Indiana.He is survived by his wife, Shandra; daughters Jennifer, 6, and Brooklynn, 3; his parents, of Indiana; and many members of his extended family. I have conveyed the deep sympathies of the IUP community to Mrs. Mayhle and her family.
A formal viewing for Officer Mayhle and his fallen comrades will be held Wednesday from 3 to 9 p.m. at the City County Building in Pittsburgh, and a funeral service for the officers will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. in the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh.Locally, friends will be received from noon to 9 p.m. Friday at the John A. Lefdahl Funeral Home, Indiana. A private funeral service for family only will be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home with public internment to follow in Oakland Cemetery in Indiana.I know that you join me in remembering Officer Mayhle and his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.
Tony Atwater, Ph.D.
President
Monday, April 6, 2009
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Prayer for Our Family is Needed
Two precious little girls no longer will have a daddy to come home at night. He is a hero and died in the line of duty today. Pray for Shandra and the families of Officer Stephen Mayhle.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Last Skate Sessions for the Year
Friday Night
My Buddy Tyler
My Buddy Kenton
My Buddy Vincent
My Cousin Scott showed up with his Church Youth Group.
Saturday Afternoon
Saturday Afternoon
The boys with their buddy Orrin.
It takes 88 Tires...
...two drivers, two trucks, and one huge trailer. Dad caught this on video going up past his house. Notice the man steering from the back of the trailer. There is no one driving the second rig.
Prayer Breakfast
Some men of the church gathered for some breakfast and devotions given by Tom Misch. Pictured: (left to right) Paul Klein, George Randall, Tom Misch, Tom Rodgers, and Blaine Cosner.
Dirt Biking at the Farm
Derrick Wallace, Nicole Wallace, Alyssa, Kendra, Vincent, and Kenton riding the hills of Rayne Township.
Vincent Loves Papa's 4 Wheeler
Kenton's Jump Sequence
Derrick Wallace
Getting some air.
Getting some air.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
The 3 Stooges Update
Larry, Curly, and Moe are doing just fine. They are not standing in order of their names but happened to line up nicely for a photo for prospective meat eaters. Just call up Kenton and he will let you know that in about 2 years they can be dripping juice onto your charcoal or gas grill.
Under the Cover
On a recent electric job I noticed 2 Model A's and a Model T in pristine shape hiding under some plastic. Somebody has some real treasure there. No clue on the value of such things, but it made me curious.
Dehorning Heifers
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: For all of those who are faint of heart, you may want to skip this post. For those who grew up on a farm it is no big deal. For those who wonder what goes on during the time the farmers are not milking, feeding, plowing, planting, haying etc.....well you can get educated. Kendra was helping Papa get the cows head tied up.
You have to look closely...their are two cows heads.
The one that is getting its horns cut is on the right.
Minus the horn.
Minus the horn.
Tom always puts clotting powder and bandages them up.
Alyssa was watching from the tractor seat.
Tom looks slightly amused at the site of the red hat he had made.
Ice Cream Run
I was itching to drive the farms new semi. It was a White with a four and a quarter CAT diesel under the hood. For those who don't know motors that is 425 horse power. The farm acquired the rig and made allot of changes and improved the looks quite a bit. Tom decided we needed to get some ice cream. It is his tradition to do everynight before heading to sleep with the grandkids. They love it and so does he. Kendra decided to tag along with us. She hopped into the sleeper and enjoyed the ride. The plan: Tom drives up to the store and then I drive back. He had not gotten a chance to drive it yet so he was happy to do so.
Kendra with her Papa
Heading across 119 to Hills of Home to get a bucket of ice cream.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Some People....
...look for handicaps to excuse themselves from work and life; this gal excuses her handicaps and and pursues work and life. A real life hero!
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?cl=12597183
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
It is not our Anniversary...
...but it is a special couple of days for us. I love you Julia and I hope you enjoy our getaway! Now you know why I took the wedding album to my office.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Scholar Claims Dead Sea Scrolls 'Authors' Never Existed
By TIM MCGIRK / JERUSALEM Tim Mcgirk / Jerusalem –
Biblical scholars have long argued that the Dead Sea Scrolls were the work of an ascetic and celibate Jewish community known as the Essenes, which flourished in the 1st century A.D. in the scorching desert canyons near the Dead Sea. Now a prominent Israeli scholar, Rachel Elior, disputes that the Essenes ever existed at all - a claim that has shaken the bedrock of biblical scholarship.
Elior, who teaches Jewish mysticism at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, claims that the Essenes were a fabrication by the 1st century A.D. Jewish-Roman historian Flavius Josephus and that his faulty reporting was passed on as fact throughout the centuries. As Elior explains, the Essenes make no mention of themselves in the 900 scrolls found by a Bedouin shepherd in 1947 in the caves of Qumran, near the Dead Sea. "Sixty years of research have been wasted trying to find the Essenes in the scrolls," Elior tells TIME. "But they didn't exist. This is legend on a legend." (See pictures of 60 years of Israel.)
Elior contends that Josephus, a former Jewish priest who wrote his history while being held captive in Rome, "wanted to explain to the Romans that the Jews weren't all losers and traitors, that there were many exceptional Jews of religious devotion and heroism. You might say it was the first rebuttal to anti-Semitic literature." She adds, "He was probably inspired by the Spartans. For the Romans, the Spartans were the highest ideal of human behavior, and Josephus wanted to portray Jews who were like the Spartans in their ideals and high virtue." (See pictures of disputed artifiacts.)
Early descriptions of the Essenes by Greek and Roman historians has them numbering in the thousands, living communally ("The first kibbutz," jokes Elior) and forsaking sex - which goes against the Judaic exhortation to "go forth and multiply." Says Elior: "It doesn't make sense that you have thousands of people living against the Jewish law and there's no mention of them in any of the Jewish texts and sources of that period." (Read "Is This Jesus's Tomb?")
So who were the real authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls? Elior theorizes that the Essenes were really the renegade sons of Zadok, a priestly caste banished from the Temple of Jerusalem by intriguing Greek rulers in 2nd century B.C. When they left, they took the source of their wisdom - their scrolls - with them. "In Qumran, the remnants of a huge library were found," Elior says, with some of the early Hebrew texts dating back to the 2nd century B.C. Until the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the earliest known version of the Old Testament dated back to the 9th century A.D. "The scrolls attest to a biblical priestly heritage," says Elior, who speculates that the scrolls were hidden in Qumran for safekeeping. (See pictures of Jews and Muslims in the Holy Land.)
Elior's theory has landed like a bombshell in the cloistered world of biblical scholarship. James Charlesworth, director of the Dead Sea Scrolls project at Princeton Theological Seminary and an expert on Josephus, says it is not unusual that the word Essenes does not appear in the scrolls. "It's a foreign label," he tells TIME. "When they refer to themselves, it's as 'men of holiness' or 'sons of light.' " Charlesworth contends that at least eight scholars in antiquity refer to the Essenes. One proof of Essene authorship of the Dead Sea Scrolls, he says, is the large number of inkpots found by archaeologists at Qumran.
But Elior claims says these ancient historians, namely Philo and Pliny the Elder, either borrowed from each other or retailed second-hand stories as fact. "Pliny the Elder describes the Essenes as 'choosing the company of date palms' beside the Dead Sea. We know Pliny was a great reader, but he probably never visited Israel," she says.
Elior is braced for more criticism of her theory. "Usually my opponents have only read Josephus and the other classical references to the Essenes," she says. "They should read the Dead Sea Scrolls - all 39 volumes. The proof is there."
Elior, who teaches Jewish mysticism at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, claims that the Essenes were a fabrication by the 1st century A.D. Jewish-Roman historian Flavius Josephus and that his faulty reporting was passed on as fact throughout the centuries. As Elior explains, the Essenes make no mention of themselves in the 900 scrolls found by a Bedouin shepherd in 1947 in the caves of Qumran, near the Dead Sea. "Sixty years of research have been wasted trying to find the Essenes in the scrolls," Elior tells TIME. "But they didn't exist. This is legend on a legend." (See pictures of 60 years of Israel.)
Elior contends that Josephus, a former Jewish priest who wrote his history while being held captive in Rome, "wanted to explain to the Romans that the Jews weren't all losers and traitors, that there were many exceptional Jews of religious devotion and heroism. You might say it was the first rebuttal to anti-Semitic literature." She adds, "He was probably inspired by the Spartans. For the Romans, the Spartans were the highest ideal of human behavior, and Josephus wanted to portray Jews who were like the Spartans in their ideals and high virtue." (See pictures of disputed artifiacts.)
Early descriptions of the Essenes by Greek and Roman historians has them numbering in the thousands, living communally ("The first kibbutz," jokes Elior) and forsaking sex - which goes against the Judaic exhortation to "go forth and multiply." Says Elior: "It doesn't make sense that you have thousands of people living against the Jewish law and there's no mention of them in any of the Jewish texts and sources of that period." (Read "Is This Jesus's Tomb?")
So who were the real authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls? Elior theorizes that the Essenes were really the renegade sons of Zadok, a priestly caste banished from the Temple of Jerusalem by intriguing Greek rulers in 2nd century B.C. When they left, they took the source of their wisdom - their scrolls - with them. "In Qumran, the remnants of a huge library were found," Elior says, with some of the early Hebrew texts dating back to the 2nd century B.C. Until the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the earliest known version of the Old Testament dated back to the 9th century A.D. "The scrolls attest to a biblical priestly heritage," says Elior, who speculates that the scrolls were hidden in Qumran for safekeeping. (See pictures of Jews and Muslims in the Holy Land.)
Elior's theory has landed like a bombshell in the cloistered world of biblical scholarship. James Charlesworth, director of the Dead Sea Scrolls project at Princeton Theological Seminary and an expert on Josephus, says it is not unusual that the word Essenes does not appear in the scrolls. "It's a foreign label," he tells TIME. "When they refer to themselves, it's as 'men of holiness' or 'sons of light.' " Charlesworth contends that at least eight scholars in antiquity refer to the Essenes. One proof of Essene authorship of the Dead Sea Scrolls, he says, is the large number of inkpots found by archaeologists at Qumran.
But Elior claims says these ancient historians, namely Philo and Pliny the Elder, either borrowed from each other or retailed second-hand stories as fact. "Pliny the Elder describes the Essenes as 'choosing the company of date palms' beside the Dead Sea. We know Pliny was a great reader, but he probably never visited Israel," she says.
Elior is braced for more criticism of her theory. "Usually my opponents have only read Josephus and the other classical references to the Essenes," she says. "They should read the Dead Sea Scrolls - all 39 volumes. The proof is there."
Pizza with Paul
This is Paul's door at the high rise.
If you ask him how he is doing he will say "Normal".
He made 3 awesome pizzas.
Julie took all the pictures and did not get in any.
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