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Designing a patch? Beauty job as going to print.... unsure about .bmp export.... I draw in vector and export to .jpg for viewing....actual file sent to shop would be .ai or .cdr export. Color separation? How many colors? Each color is drawn as separate object...and there is no detail (re: outlines--loose canopy lines ect....) for example: say 3 color process is chosen: black / magenta / golden yellow So you end up with 3 separate files- attached: gfddeepyellow1.jpg gfdmagenta2.jpg gfdblack3.jpg full view: gfdcolorprocess.jpg attached in next post~ SMiles

below quoted from cspa chat The Pleistocene Ice Age- by: Errol

....from a stranger, who has raised 2 sons while skydiving. Just wanted to express congratulations to you, for following your inner instinct,...

homephone only- never had "need" for a cell phone- everyone i know has cell phones, everywhere i go.... someone has a cell phone i can borrow.... SMiles eustress. : a positive form of stress having a beneficial effect on health, motivation, performance, and emotional well-being.

http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/gospel/index.html The Judas Gospel An ancient text lost for 1,700 years says Christ's betrayer was his truest disciple. http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/gospel/video.html SMiles eustress. : a positive form of stress having a beneficial effect on health, motivation, performance, and emotional well-being.

Mom's day 2006, both my son's are coming home for our 1st, bbq of the season.....(steaks & huge scallops are marinating) I have made it known that I would luv to go skydiving for Mom's day- including a mom's day dive!! So bbq is for lunch and then I'll be escorted to the d.z.'s by my son's and enjoy the rest of the day with them helping: carrying my gear from the car/ my packing / taking pics of my landings/ getting pics taken of us together/ paying for my jumps. I can even hang around the bonfire and drink as many beers as possible to celebrate "my" day SMiles eustress. : a positive form of stress having a beneficial effect on health, motivation, performance, and emotional well-being.

Early Gospels? Christians were concerned to know more about the life teachings, death, and resurrection of their Lord; and so numerous Gospels were written, which recorded the traditions associated with the life of Jesus. Four such Gospels became most widely used- Matthew, Mark, Luke and John in the New Testament. Some others were Gospels allegedly by Jesus's disciple Philip, his brother Judas Thomas, and his female companion Mary Magdalene. Jesus's life was interpreted by Paul and others in light of the Jewish scriptures. These books too- both the Pentateuch and other Jewish writings, such as the Prophets and Psalms were in wide use among Christians. God gave us four separate accounts? ---In some sense Christians started with a canon in that the founder of their religion was himself a Jewish teacher who accepted the Torah as authoritative scripture from God, and who taught his followers his interpretation of it. The earliest Christians were followers of Jesus who accepted the books of the Jewish Bible (which was not yet set as a "canon.") For the writers of the New Testament, including our earliest author Paul, the "scriptures" referred to the Jewish Bible, the collection of books that God had given his people and that predicted the coming of the Messiah, Jesus. Christians began accepting other writings as standing on a par with the Jewish scriptures. This acceptance may have had its roots in the authoritative teaching of Jesus himself, as his followers took his interpretation of scripture to be equal in authority to the words of scripture itself. Jesus's teachings were soon seen to be as authoritative as the pronouncements of Moses. At the same time that Justin was writing in the mid second century, another prominent Christian was also active in Rome, the philosopher-teacher Marcion, later declared a heretic. Marcion was the first Christian that we know of who produced an actual "canon" of scripture that he felt constituted the sacred texts of the faith. Marcion was completely absorbed by the life and teachings of the apostle Paul, whom he considered to be the one "true" apostle from the early days of the Church. Paul had taught that a right standing before God came only by faith in Christ, not by doing any of the works prescribed by the Jewish law. Marcion concluded that the God of Jesus (and Paul) was not, therefore, the God of the Old Testament. There were in fact, two different Gods: the God of the Jews, who created the world, called Israel to be his people, and gave them his harsh law; and the God of Jesus, who sent Christ into the world to save people from the wrathful vengeance of the Jewish creator God. Marcion believed this understanding of Jesus was taught by Paul himself, and so, naturally, his canon included the ten letters of Paul available to him at the time----since Paul sometimes referred to his "Gospel," Marcion included a Gospel in his canon, a form of what is now the Gospel of Luke. (11 books, no old testament, only one gospel, and ten Epistles.) Many kinds of books were being written and read by Christians in the early centuries...other gospels, acts, epistles, and apocalypses; there were records of persecution, accounts of martyrdom, apologies for the faith, church orders, attacks on heretics, letters of exhortations and instruction, expositions of scripture- an entire range of literature that helped define Christianity. A Christian writer who opposed Marcion, took a far more authoritative stand. The bishop of Lyons in Gaul (modern France), Irenaeus wrote a five volume work against heretics such as Marcion and the Gnostics, and who had very clear ideas about which books should be considered among the canonical Gospels. (Against Heresies) Irenaeus says that not just Marcion, but also other heretics had mistakenly assumed that only one or another of the Gospels was to be accepted as scripture: Jewish Christians who held to the ongoing validity of the Law and used only Matthew; certain groups who argued that Jesus was not really the Christ accepted only the Gospel of Mark; Marcion and his followers accepted only (a form) of Luke; and a group of Gnostics called the Valentinians accepted only John. All these groups were in error, however, because ...it is not possible that the Gospels can be either more or fewer in number that they are. Since there are four zones of the world in which we live, and four principal winds, while the Church is scattered throughout the world, and the pillar and ground of the Church is the Gospel...it is fitting that she should have four pillars.....(Against Heresies 3:11.7) A Christian writing in the second half of the fourth century, the bishop of Alexandria named Athanasius wrote his annual pastoral letter to the Egyptian churches under his jurisdiction, and in it he included advice concerning which books should be read as scripture in the churches. He lists our twenty-seven books..... Modification of scripture by early church leaders? Cases where English translators have chosen the wrong reading and so present a translation not of the original text but of the text that scribes created when they altered the original???? You feel that when the vast majority of manuscripts have one reading and only a couple have another, the majority are right? The vast majority of our manuscripts were produced hundreds and hundreds of years after the originals, and they themselves were copied not from the originals but from other, much later copies. an example of modification: Mark 1:41 Which is more likely, that a scribe copying this text would change it to say that Jesus became wrathful instead of compassionate, or say that Jesus became compassionate instead of wrathful? Which reading better explains the existence of the other? The reading that indicates Jesus became angry is the "more difficult" reading and therefore more likely to be "original?" We don't have any Greek manuscripts of Mark that contain this passage until the end of the fourth century, nearly three hundred years after the book was produced. But we have two authors who copied this story within twenty years of its first production. Mark was the first Gospel to be written, and both Matthew and Luke used Mark's account as a source for their own stories about Jesus. Is it possible, then, to examine Matthew and Luke to see how they changed Mark, wherever they tell the same story but in a different way? Matthew and Luke are almost word for word the same as Mark in the leper's request and in Jesus's response in verses 40-41. Which word then do they use to describe Jesus's reaction? Does he become compassionate or angry? Matthew and Luke both omit the word altogether. If the text of Mark available to Matthew and Luke had described Jesus as feeling compassion, why would each of them have omitted the word? Both Matthew and Luke describe Jesus as compassionate elsewhere, and whenever Mark has a story in which Jesus's compassion is explicitly mentioned, one or the other of them retains this description in his own account. What about the other option? What if both Matthew and Luke read in Mark's Gospel that Jesus became angry? Would they have been inclined to eliminate that emotion? There are other occasions on which Jesus becomes angry in Mark. In each instance, Matthew and Luke have modified the accounts. Mark 3:5 Jesus looks around "with anger" at those in the synagogue who are watching to see if he will heal the man with the withered hand. Luke has the verse almost the same as Mark, but he removes the reference to Jesus's anger. Mark 10:14 Jesus is aggravated at his disciples for not allowing people to bring their children to be blessed. Both Matthew and Luke have the story, verbally the same, but both delete the reference to Jesus's anger (Matt. 19:14; Luke 18:16) It is possible that Jesus is being portrayed in the opening scenes of Mark's Gospel as a powerful figure with a strong will and an agenda of his own, a charismatic authority who doesn't like to be disturbed? Types of alterations of the text: Theologically motivated/Antiadoptionistic alterations/Antiadoptionist changes/Antidocetic alterations/Antidocetic changes/Antiseparationist alterations/ SMiles eustress. : a positive form of stress having a beneficial effect on health, motivation, performance, and emotional well-being.

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Interpreted accurately???? John 7:53-8:12 The story of Jesus and the woman taken in adultery- it made it's way into The Passion of the Christ. It was not originally part of any of the Gospels. Other scribes inserted the account in different locations...after John 21:25, after Luke 21:38... If this story was not originally part of John, should it be considered part of the Bible? Is it important for you to know whether Jesus was said to feel compassion or anger in Mark 1:41; whether he was calm and collected or in deep distress in Luke 22:43-44; whether he was said to die by God's grace or "apart from God" in Heb. 2:9??? Modification of scripture in the early Christian church- modified words to make them more clearly support orthodox Christianity and more vigorously oppose heretics, women, Jews, and pagans. Changes have real bearing on what the texts mean or on the theological conclusions that one draws from them. In some instances the very meaning of the text is at stake, depending on how one resolves a textual problem. Texts do not simply reveal their own meanings to honest inquirers. Texts are interpreted (just as they were written) by living, breathing human beings, who can make sense of the texts only by explaining them in light of their own knowledge. Mark portrays Jesus as in deep agony in the face of death, telling his disciples that his soul was "sorrowful unto death," falling on his face in prayer, and beseeching God three times to take away the cup of his suffering; on his way to be crucified he is silent the entire time, and he says nothing on the cross when mocked by everyone, including both robbers, until the very end when he calls out in anguish, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" He then utters a loud cry and dies. Luke had this version of the story available to him, but he modified it significantly. He removed Mark's comment that Jesus was highly distraught, as well as Jesus's own comment that he was sorrowful unto death. Rather than falling on his face, Jesus simply kneels, and instead of pleading three times to have the cup removed, he asks only once, prefacing his prayer with "if it be your will." He is not at all silent but asks God to forgive those responsible, "for they don't know what they're doing." While on the cross he is not silent: when one of the robbers mocks him (not both as in Mark), the other asks for his help and Jesus replies in full assurance of what was happening, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise." And at the end, rather than asking God why he had beem forsaken- there is no cry of dereliction- he instead prays in full confidence of God's support and care: "Father, into your hands I commend my Spirit." Luke has changed the account- he wanted to teach a different lesson- for him Jesus was not in despair. He was calm and in control, knowing what was happening to him, why it was happening, and what would occur later. The idea that Luke changed the text before him- in this case the gospel of Mark- does not put him in a unique situation among the early Christain authors. This is what all the writers of the New Testament did- along with all the writers of the Christain literature outside the New Testament. They modified their tradition and put the words of the tradition in their own words. John's gospel is quite different from each of the other three (he never has Jesus tell a parable, or cast out a demon; and in his account, unlike theirs, Jesus gives long discourses about his identity and does "signs" in order to prove that what he says about himself is true.) The message of James differs from the message of Paul; the message of Paul differs from the message of Acts; the message of Revelation of John differs from the message of the Gospel of John. Hundreds, or even thousands of ways people interpret the book of Revelation- all the different Christain denominations, filled with intelligent and well meaning people who base their views of how the church should be organized and function on the Bible, yet all of them coming to radically different conclusions... What if we have to figure out how to live and what to believe on our own? re: what is moral intelligence and it's essential virtues? One strong characteristic of morally intelligent children is that they are empathic and concerned about others. I was taught empathy, conscience, self-contol, respect, kindness, tolerance, fairness...without the bible. SMiles eustress. : a positive form of stress having a beneficial effect on health, motivation, performance, and emotional well-being.

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hottest male jumper? They are all hot to me- a few smiles & shades.... you pick the hotties.... SMiles eustress. : a positive form of stress having a beneficial effect on health, motivation, performance, and emotional well-being.

....ah, my brain chemistry works well... along with a secret ingredient of "optimism" ....it works especially well when I am aware of my actions but not aware of my awareness...the clarity of response that I receive is bubbling with dopamine.. (merging of action and awareness) SMiles eustress. : a positive form of stress having a beneficial effect on health, motivation, performance, and emotional well-being.

when my dopamine is released and rewards my body....

I can remember my dreams the best when woken up during REM sleep- they are definitely recalled in vivid color. SMiles eustress. : a positive form of stress having a beneficial effect on health, motivation, performance, and emotional well-being.

Have only had one experience I can relate to as far as "blacking out." -laying on the table in operating room on my side- for morphine spinal epidural (cesarean section birth) -the anesthetist was asking me to wiggle my toes while he was administering morphine into my spine- I kept wiggling my toes- and all of a sudden got the rush of a life time......when the drug hit my head- I blacked out. Another drug was administered to counter react the morphine and I came to, puking- My baby boy was born o.k. and besides being itchy all over for 3-4 days (especially my nose)---and not feeling any pain...I worried sick that my son had been affected as he was so very quite for his first 2 weeks of life. SMiles eustress. : a positive form of stress having a beneficial effect on health, motivation, performance, and emotional well-being.

A baby eagle chick broke out of its tiny shell last Friday afternoon. The hidden webcam/'eagle eye cam,' is above the nest in Hornby Island, B.C. The results of his online nature experiment have generated at least 100 million hits worldwide. The site uses a special encoder that transmits clear, seamless images that offer a unique insight into the nesting behaviour of eagles. The webcam itself is encased in wood and Plexiglas, and is mounted just a few inches from the nest. http://www.infotecbusinesssystems.com/wildlife/ SMiles eustress. : a positive form of stress having a beneficial effect on health, motivation, performance, and emotional well-being.

my jumpin buddies, the constant vibes from new blood in the sport.... my home--the complete comfort- even though it only takes me 10 min. to get there it always feels like I am on a holiday as soon as I pull into the parking lot- luv the landing area (huge grass field with 1200 ft. runway)- the pilots- cg-roo (our porter with A-34 installed 2005 by Mike from Icarius Aerotechnics)- the huge step (porch) Cinco de Mayo freefly fest this weekend- http://www.vancouver-skydiving.bc.ca/events.html SMiles eustress. : a positive form of stress having a beneficial effect on health, motivation, performance, and emotional well-being.

SMiles eustress. : a positive form of stress having a beneficial effect on health, motivation, performance, and emotional well-being.

thanx Three Triple Seven clothing and IFILM- hmmmm http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2691605 Ground Impact Productions BASE concepts: Introduction/ BASE concepts: Authority http://www.cbs.com/primetime/courier/?source=vanity_url http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/stuntjunkies/stuntjunkies.html _______________________________________________ hmmm- stunt junkies, tv & hollywood- 3 triple 7 clothing & IFILM Unfortunately due to the 3 triple 7'z I'll have to let some ordinary BASE jumpers know they are not the most hard-core- and their realm will be destroyed!! re: Taras at my d.z. may not have a future in acting/ skydiving/ bird-man/or BASE- but at least he could play the part of a 3 triple 7 just as well- if not better !! http://www.tarasmovies.com/ SMiles eustress. : a positive form of stress having a beneficial effect on health, motivation, performance, and emotional well-being.

curious about t-shirt Jeb is wearing when arrested- 3-7-77 Does this stand for 3 hrs. 7 min. 77 sec. to leave town? Dimensions of a grave: 3 ft. x 7 ft. by 77 in.? Or mason workers building walls?? SMiles eustress. : a positive form of stress having a beneficial effect on health, motivation, performance, and emotional well-being.

"The bible is the Word of God, and it is the TRUTH" When you read the New Testament do you believe you are reading an exact copy of Jesus's words? How can you be convinced that the bibical words themselves have come to us by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit?? For God to inspire the bible would be so that his people would have his actual words; but if he really wanted people to have his actual words, surely he would have miraculously preserved those words, just as he had miraculously inspired them in the first place. What bothers me is how one can read the bible and possibly take the words as "the TRUTH." when there are so many inconsistencies. I cannot understand how a fundamentalist reasons. Was Jesus an angry man? Was he completely distraught in the face of death? Did he tell his disciples that they could drink poison without being harmed? Did he let an adulteress off the hook with nothing but a mild warning? Is the doctrine of the Trinity explicitly taught in the New Testament? Is Jesus actually called the "unique God" there? Does the New Testament indicate that even the Son of God himself does not know when the end will come? The questions go on and on, and all of them are related to how one resolves difficulties in the manuscript tradition as it has come down to us. How do you know what was originally in the Bible? Have you read it in the original ancient language? (Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Syriac, Coptic, etc.) Did God inspire the King James version instead of the original Greek? I believe in the Bible as a historical and cultural phenomenon- a living document, copied by humans and changed by humans. 5,000 manuscripts and no 2 alike..... For almost fifteen hundred years the manuscripts were handed down by scribes who were deeply influenced by the cultural, theological, and political disputes of their day. Scribes altered text to make them say what they were already believed to mean, in light of the adoptionistic, docetic, and separationist Christologies of the day. Biblical events could have been inspired by real natural catastrophes such as explained in Exodus decoded... http://theexodusdecoded.com/index1.jsp or http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/moses/ ---the great Santorini volcano causing the Ten Plagues/that Egypt's waters were turned blood-red through the release of toxic gas, similar to what happened at Lake Nios in Cameroon in 1986/in the Hebrew bible Moses and his people cross the 'yam suph' - the the Sea of Reeds/ the succeeding nine plagues — frogs, fleas, flies, livestock deaths, boils, hailstorms, locusts, darkness and the death of the Egyptian firstborn males can be explained/ the tsunami unleashed accounts for why the Israelites were able to cross the parting sea ahead of the pharaoh's army and why the Egyptians were subsequently engulfed/ Moses crossed the ReedSea, not the Red Sea/the authentic Mount Sinai- not near the Monastery of St. Catherine, but at a place called Jabal al-Tarif/ SMiles eustress. : a positive form of stress having a beneficial effect on health, motivation, performance, and emotional well-being.

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My mother is 79 and still single....when she was 28 yrs. old (51 yrs. ago) she decided her chances of finding "a good man" were slim or none. My father was married and had 3 kids when he married my mom... (bigamy) I suppose this is part of the reason I've had long term relationships but never got married to date. SMiles eustress. : a positive form of stress having a beneficial effect on health, motivation, performance, and emotional well-being.

I love my job smoke testing the sewer systems. Ya go to work, do your job, come home and leave everything behind you. Absolutely no stress, work is a blast- I wear steel toe boots----get good exercise and pay. The company I work for contracts out to the city so we get paid what is called "fair wage" by the city ($25.00 hr. cnd.)

men have copied and put into their own words what a fundamentalist reads as the truth..... I edited my post above to add link to interview talking about some of the inconsistencies of the bible. *edit link to watch interview on the book by Jon Stewart (the daily show) search for "Bart Ehrman" http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/videos/most_recent/index.jhtml?start=33 ---search for "Bart Ehrman" SMiles eustress. : a positive form of stress having a beneficial effect on health, motivation, performance, and emotional well-being.