My father in law passed this to us. Please take the time to watch this video.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Flip-flopper governor signs 'Harvey Milk' bill
Can you believe this?
Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 10/13/2009 6:20:00 AM
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a law designating May 22 as "Harvey Milk Day" for public school students.
Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 10/13/2009 6:20:00 AM
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a law designating May 22 as "Harvey Milk Day" for public school students.
Harvey Milk, the first openly homosexual member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, was murdered in 1978 while in office. Randy Thomasson of SaveCalifornia.com tells OneNewsNow that in light of the governor's signature on SB 572, schools in The Golden State are now a source for homosexual indoctrination.
"Now children are going to be taught to admire the homosexual activist, his entire homosexual/bisexual agenda -- even a cross-dressing agenda," he asserts.
"He signed a bill recognizing out-of-state homosexual 'marriages' -- a clear violation of Proposition 8," says the family advocate, referring to the voter-approved constitutional amendment protecting traditional marriage. "[So] it's no surprise [that] if he flip-flops on marriage, that he flip-flops on saying one year the Harvey Milk Gay Day should be vetoed and the next year signing it into law."
According to Thomasson, calls to the governor were 4-to-1 against signing the bill -- and he now encourages people to call again and voice their disapproval. He also strongly suggests it is time for parents to make other educational arrangements for their children, noting that RescueYourChild.org explains how to do that.
Friday, October 9, 2009
First Club Night.... Check!
Wow... as I laid there in my apartment, exhausted from a night of programming, music, games, skits, kids and more kids with never-ending candy-infused JR-high-type energy and thought to myself, "This is great!" Unfortunately my wife wasn't able to be there to rejoice in this with me since she's back in Santa Barbara, CA working, but I called her right away to share how the night went.
Can I share a bit about the night with you?
If you're reading this, then I assume you've given me permission... if you didn't give me permission then WHY ARE YOU READING THIS? :)
It was 7 o'clock. The Hip Hop music was loud, the lights were off in the gym and the kids were outside wondering what was going on as they have not experienced the craziness that is a Young Life Club. We snatched a kid (Gio) inside and locked the door to the other kids. They went crazy trying to come in, but couldn't. All they wanted to do was come in a see what was going on in there. We had them just where we wanted them.
Once we instructed Gio to go outside and have them all run in screaming we let him loose. We gave it 30 seconds and let them in. They came in running and screaming into the loud darkness as they got pelted with candy, inflatable balls and more candy. They didn't know what to do except run around, find us (all dressed in military fatigues) and tackle us. It was a great start!
We had a whole military theme that first night. We did this to show them that they were on a mission that night to make it through basic training, on a mission for the next week to bring kids in order to make it more exciting, and on a mission for the school year that end with Young Life camp. We showed them the YL camp video and they could not contain themselves in thinking that they would get to do all the things at camp. A handful of kids throughout the night asked me where they need to sign up to go to camp. Perfect!
So we started with a skit where I was Col. Temper, a colonel that's always mad because a volunteer, Matt Sollie, aka Private Goofs, always messed everything up and was not able to to salute correctly, do a pushup correctly, or anything. We had kids participate and get prizes to encourage them to participate. They all wanted a prize and all wanted to participate.
We move on to a game of duck, duck, goose, which we renamed Navy, Navy Seals. Instead of touching the kids' heads, we gave them a cup of water and on “Seal!” the kids sitting down got wet and they ran around trying to catch the person that got them wet. While this game took place, we had music blasting, and we had 2 of us running around, jumping and diving into the kids yelling things like, “I'm training!” and “get down!” I felt that I might be having more fun than the kids themselves!
Then came Skydiving. This is a classic YL game where we blindfold 2 kids and play a joke on them. We told them that they would be blindfolded and jumping off a table that Matt and I would lift up above our heads. However, the screaming kids and the wobbly table that was only 2 inches high tricked them into thinking that they were indeed up about 8 feet! Haha. When they jumped off they were super scared. Just think back of those times when you think that there was an extra step as you walk down the stairs and how awkward you look and you'll get the picture :) We of course gave them prizes since they were a good sport about it. They loved it.
Once Skydiving was over, Private Goofs grabs the microphone and starts telling his “military stories” and in the middle of that I chuck a rubber ball from behind the crowd and smack him really hard. Private Goof falls and the machine gun sound blasts off of the speakers. All the leaders yell, “get down get down!” as we grabbed youth and pulled them to the ground. We directed kids to low crawl to two different sides of the gym in order to get them to play Prison Ball / Dodge Ball. The only 2 things that were different was that when you got hit, you staid dead on the spot. All this happened while the leaders continued to run around and dive into “fox holes,” screaming military type commands and doing emergency field treatment on the wounded soldiers. It was great. Kids yelling for us to heal them, kids running all around trying not to get hit while trying to not step on us and other fellow team members.
We then calmed them down... at least a bit... since we wanted to remind them about the missions. Once private Goofs reminded them of the missions and gave them more candy (sorry parents for the super hyper kids that night :-) ) he introduced me as Pablo instead of Col. Temper and I gave the talk. The kids listened and I know that 2 of those kids heard of Jesus for the first time. We have a pretty diverse group as we have some church kids, some kids getting to know Young Life, and some kids that have never heard of Jesus nor want to. But they were all there listening intently because we have started to be their friends and they care about what we say.
I am really excited about next week, more contact work, and bringing more kids to Christ. Please pray that the LORD reveals Himself as He gives us vision as to how to integrate church and un-churched kids together into Young Life. Please also pray as we plan out our first Benefit Dessert this upcoming November 16, 2009. And also please pray as we seek God to give us vision of how this ministry in NW Chicago YL Humboldt Park - Hermosa should look like.
Thanks to you guys for all of your prayers and for taking the time to read this.
Blessings,
Pablo Otaola
NW Chicago YL
Area Director
Can I share a bit about the night with you?
If you're reading this, then I assume you've given me permission... if you didn't give me permission then WHY ARE YOU READING THIS? :)
It was 7 o'clock. The Hip Hop music was loud, the lights were off in the gym and the kids were outside wondering what was going on as they have not experienced the craziness that is a Young Life Club. We snatched a kid (Gio) inside and locked the door to the other kids. They went crazy trying to come in, but couldn't. All they wanted to do was come in a see what was going on in there. We had them just where we wanted them.
Once we instructed Gio to go outside and have them all run in screaming we let him loose. We gave it 30 seconds and let them in. They came in running and screaming into the loud darkness as they got pelted with candy, inflatable balls and more candy. They didn't know what to do except run around, find us (all dressed in military fatigues) and tackle us. It was a great start!
We had a whole military theme that first night. We did this to show them that they were on a mission that night to make it through basic training, on a mission for the next week to bring kids in order to make it more exciting, and on a mission for the school year that end with Young Life camp. We showed them the YL camp video and they could not contain themselves in thinking that they would get to do all the things at camp. A handful of kids throughout the night asked me where they need to sign up to go to camp. Perfect!
So we started with a skit where I was Col. Temper, a colonel that's always mad because a volunteer, Matt Sollie, aka Private Goofs, always messed everything up and was not able to to salute correctly, do a pushup correctly, or anything. We had kids participate and get prizes to encourage them to participate. They all wanted a prize and all wanted to participate.
We move on to a game of duck, duck, goose, which we renamed Navy, Navy Seals. Instead of touching the kids' heads, we gave them a cup of water and on “Seal!” the kids sitting down got wet and they ran around trying to catch the person that got them wet. While this game took place, we had music blasting, and we had 2 of us running around, jumping and diving into the kids yelling things like, “I'm training!” and “get down!” I felt that I might be having more fun than the kids themselves!
Then came Skydiving. This is a classic YL game where we blindfold 2 kids and play a joke on them. We told them that they would be blindfolded and jumping off a table that Matt and I would lift up above our heads. However, the screaming kids and the wobbly table that was only 2 inches high tricked them into thinking that they were indeed up about 8 feet! Haha. When they jumped off they were super scared. Just think back of those times when you think that there was an extra step as you walk down the stairs and how awkward you look and you'll get the picture :) We of course gave them prizes since they were a good sport about it. They loved it.
Once Skydiving was over, Private Goofs grabs the microphone and starts telling his “military stories” and in the middle of that I chuck a rubber ball from behind the crowd and smack him really hard. Private Goof falls and the machine gun sound blasts off of the speakers. All the leaders yell, “get down get down!” as we grabbed youth and pulled them to the ground. We directed kids to low crawl to two different sides of the gym in order to get them to play Prison Ball / Dodge Ball. The only 2 things that were different was that when you got hit, you staid dead on the spot. All this happened while the leaders continued to run around and dive into “fox holes,” screaming military type commands and doing emergency field treatment on the wounded soldiers. It was great. Kids yelling for us to heal them, kids running all around trying not to get hit while trying to not step on us and other fellow team members.
We then calmed them down... at least a bit... since we wanted to remind them about the missions. Once private Goofs reminded them of the missions and gave them more candy (sorry parents for the super hyper kids that night :-) ) he introduced me as Pablo instead of Col. Temper and I gave the talk. The kids listened and I know that 2 of those kids heard of Jesus for the first time. We have a pretty diverse group as we have some church kids, some kids getting to know Young Life, and some kids that have never heard of Jesus nor want to. But they were all there listening intently because we have started to be their friends and they care about what we say.
I am really excited about next week, more contact work, and bringing more kids to Christ. Please pray that the LORD reveals Himself as He gives us vision as to how to integrate church and un-churched kids together into Young Life. Please also pray as we plan out our first Benefit Dessert this upcoming November 16, 2009. And also please pray as we seek God to give us vision of how this ministry in NW Chicago YL Humboldt Park - Hermosa should look like.
Thanks to you guys for all of your prayers and for taking the time to read this.
Blessings,
Pablo Otaola
NW Chicago YL
Area Director
Monday, October 5, 2009
Reaching a World Within Chicago's Humboldt Park
Humboldt Park is one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the USA. It seems that people of all major ethnic backgrounds have their fingertips somewhere in the area. In such a diverse place, I have the opportunity to see the multicultural face of God in every Club, group outing, and while at school doing contact work. I would have missed out on all this, however, if I was never introduced to Tony Gonzalez and the Latino Student Staff program in Young Life San Francisco, CA.
I was introduced to Young Life and Tony Gonzalez in September of 2006 and he plugged me into the Latino Student Staff (LSS) Alpha 1 group. Being part of the Alpha 1 group in the Latino Student Staff program, I'm sure I experienced LSS a bit different than Ben Zayas Jr., a current LSS Alpha 4 staff member in my area. I remember seeing the program form as Tony introduced all of us interns to each other in Phoenix, AZ. As a YL staff member directed a seminar that weekend, I felt that my heart softly jerked tears out of my eyes because the practical incarnational methods of ministry that were taught to us Latinos were ideal for our Latino kids.
Now in Chicago, that methodology, theology, praxis, and wisdom learned through Tony and LSS program are tools that I rely on while ministering to these mostly Latino kids. Today, I am the Area Director of an area that reaches 60 kids weekly through contact work at 5 different schools, Club, and campaigners. These kids are mostly Latino, but I also have weekly contact with African American, Asian, and Caucasian kids as well; not to mention a couple handfuls of kids whose parents are of two different ethnicities.
I came on staff last summer and I was able to take 10 kids to camp with 9 of them accepting Christ as the Savior. This year, my goal is to take 60 kids to camp and I pray that the God welcomes the same 90% into the Kingdom.
I love my job. I love my kids. I love knowing that I am exactly where God has called me. And, above all, I love God, and how He is allowing me to see more of Him as He reaches these kids through me.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
How to Transfer Ipod Songs to Mac Hard Drive
This was SUPER annoying. My wife lost some of her songs and MAC made it SO hard to use the Ipod as an external hard drive (which is what it is) in order to get her songs that she lost from her Ipod to her comp hard drive. But I found how to transfer them by using Senuti.
Here's a blog that I found that did a good job. Credits below...
The iPod is probably the best portable music player the world has ever seen. It's simple to use, easy to operate, and instantly updatable. Never before has it been so easy to purchase, store, and transport thousands of songs. It's easy to take this beautiful and reliable device for granted!
But the iPod isn't perfect. One of our pet peeves is the inability to transfer an iPod's music to a computer. This seemingly simple feature has been disabled by Apple for fear of copyright infringement. We can understand the copyright stuff: Apple doesn't want punk kids giving all of their music to their friends. But there are some legitimate and legal reasons for transferring an iPod's music to a Mac.
Consider some of these scenarios:
- Your Mac's hard drive crashes, and efforts to recover your data fail miserably. And, since you didn't backup your hard drive, everything is gone. Or is it? You still have your iPod, and it has all of the music you purchased.
- That old third generation iPod, passed down to you from your big sister, starts wigging out. It resets itself periodically, and it won't play some of your songs. Since you've opted to manage your music manually, and you don't have your music on any one computer, you're getting a little worried.
- Somebody ganks your new Macbook Pro, which has all the music you just spent days importing. You've already ordered another Macbook Pro, but you'd rather not import your music all over again.
Fortunently, there is a way to copy music from an iPod to your Mac. We'll show you how!
But First, Some Things You Should Know...
- There are two ways to format an iPod: For use with a Mac or for use with a PC. If you've formatted your iPod for Windows, you can still transfer your music to a Mac. This is great news for all the switchers out there!
- Don't think you can cheat Apple's DRM by copying music from an iPod. Purchased songs still need to be authorized for every Mac they're played on.
- Transferring music from an iPod to a Mac does not mean that the music is erased from the iPod. You're not moving the files - you're merely performing a copy. After you complete the transfer, your songs will be on both the Mac and the iPod.
- Senuti can also copy movies, podcasts, television shows, music videos, and other content off your iPod.
Transfer Music from an iPod to your Mac
- Download and install Senuti. This free application does one thing, and it does it well: It allows you to copy all of your music off your iPod and onto your Mac.
- Open Senuti and familiarize yourself with its interface. Since it looks a lot like iTunes, you shouldn't have a problem!
- From the Senuti menu, select Preferences. Select Copying.
If you'd like the music on your iPod to be automatically added to iTunes, select the iTunes checkbox. We strongly suggest that you select both the Artist and Album checkboxes. This will keep all of your music organized.
If you'd like to save your music in a particular folder, click the Change button and select a folder.
- Connect the iPod to your Mac if you haven't already done so.
- In the Source side-bar, click Library. Unlike iTunes, Senuti uses Library to refer to your iPod's collection of music. After you click Library, you should see the songs on your iPod.
- Select the songs you want to copy to your Mac. Hold down the Shift key while clicking to select more than one song. To select all of the songs on your iPod, choose Select All from the copy menu.
- Click the Copy button in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. Senuti will move the music from the iPod to your Mac.
That's it! The music should now be on your Mac.
Did Senuti Save Your Life?
If Senuti recovered your music like it recovered ours, you should consider making a donation to the developers. Of course, the application is free to download and use, but your donation will allow Senuti's developers to keep improving this great program!
One of Many...
Senuti is only one of many applications that can help you transfer music from an iPod to your Mac. It's the best application, in our opinion, but if it doesn't work for you, visit VersionTracker's website for dozens of other options.
Meet Your Macinstructor
Matthew Cone is a technical writer living and working in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In his free time, he does the desert rat thing and hikes and road bikes around the Southwest. The rest of the time, he studies straw-bale houses, reads Anarchist philosophy, and pretends to not be working. You can email him at: matt@macinstruct.com
State Preambles
Do you know the Preamble for your state? My dad sent me this over email and I thought it was interesting enough to post....
Alabama 1901, Preamble
We the people of the State of Alabama , invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish the following Constitution..
Alaska 1956, Preamble We, the people of Alaska , grateful to God and to those who founded our nation and pioneered this great land.
Arizona 1911, Preamble We, the people of the State of Arizona , grateful to Almighty God for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution...
Arkansas 1874, Preamble We, the people of the State of Arkansas , grateful to Almighty God for the privilege of choosing our own form of government...
California 1879, Preamble We, the People of the State of California , grateful to Almighty God for our freedom...
Colorado 1876, Preamble We, the people of Colorado , with profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler of Universe...
Connecticut 1818, Preamble. The People of Connecticut, acknowledging with gratitude the good Providence of God in permitting them to enjoy.
Delaware 1897, Preamble Through Divine Goodness all men have, by nature, the rights of worshipping and serving their Creator according
to the dictates of their consciences....
Florida 1885, Preamble We, the people of the State of Florida , grateful to Almighty God for our constitutional liberty, establish this Constitution...
Georgia 1777, Preamble We, the people of Georgia , relying upon protection and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish this Constitution...
Hawaii 1959, Preamble We , the people of Hawaii , Grateful for Divine Guidance .... Establish this Constitution.
Idaho 1889, Preamble We, the people of the State of Idaho , grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings..
Illinois 1870, Preamble We, the people of the State of Illinois, grateful to Almighty God for the civil , political and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy and looking to Him for a blessing on our endeavors.
Indiana 1851, Preamble We, the People of the State of Indiana , grateful to Almighty God for the free exercise of the right to choose our form of government.
Iowa 1857, Preamble We, the People of the St ate of Iowa , grateful to the Supreme Being for the blessings hitherto enjoyed, and feeling our dependence on Him for a continuation of these blessings, establish this Constitution.
Kansas 1859, Preamble We, the people of Kansas , grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious privileges establish this Constitution.
Kentucky 1891, Preamble.. We, the people of the Commonwealth are grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberties..
Louisiana 1921, Preamble We, the people of the State of Louisiana grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberties we enjoy.
Maine 1820, Preamble We the People of Maine acknowledging with grateful hearts the goodness of the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe in affording us an opportunity .. And imploring His aid and direction.
Maryland 1776, Preamble We, the people of the state of Maryland , grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious liberty...
Massachusetts 1780, Preamble We...the people of Massachusetts, acknowledging with grateful hearts, the goodness of the Great Legislator of the Universe In the course of His Providence, an opportunity and devoutly imploring His direction
Michigan 1908, Preamble.. We, the people of the State of Michigan grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of freedom, establish this Constitution.
Minnesota, 1857, Preamble We, the people of the State of Minnesota, grateful to God for our civil and religious liberty, and desiring to perpetuate its blessings:
Mississippi 1890, Preamble We, the people of Mississippi in convention assembled, grateful to Almighty God, and invoking His blessing on our work.
Missouri 1845, Preamble We, the people of Missouri , with profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, and grateful for His goodness . Establish this Constitution...
Montana 1889, Preamble. We, the people of Montana , grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of liberty establish this Constitution
Nebraska 1875, Preamble We, the people, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom . Establish this Constitution.
Nevada 1864, Preamble We the people of the State of Nevada , grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, establish this Constitution...
New Hampshire 1792, Part I. Art. I. Sec. V Every individual has a natural and unalienable right to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience.
New Jersey 1844, Preamble We, the people of the State of New Jersey, grateful to Almighty God for civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing on our endeavors.
New Mexico 1911, Preamble We, the People of New Mexico, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of liberty..
New York 1846, Preamble We, the people of the State of New York , grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings.
North Carolina 1868, Preamble We the people of the State of North Carolina, grateful to Almighty God, the Sovereign Ruler of Nations, for our civil, political, and religious liberties, and acknowledging our dependence upon Him for the continuance of those...
North Dakota 1889, Preamble We , the people of North Dakota , grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, do ordain... Ohio 1852, Preamble We the people of the state of Ohio , grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings and to promote our common.
Oklahoma 1907, Preamble Invoking the guidance of Almighty God, in order to secure and perpetuate the blessings of liberty, establish this
Oregon 1857, Bill of Rights, Article I Section 2. All men shall be secure in the Natural right, to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their consciences
Pennsylvania 1776, Preamble We, the people of Pennsylvania, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, and humbly invoking His guidance....
Rhode Island 1842, Preamble. We the People of the State of Rhode Island grateful to Almighty God for the civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing...
South Carolina , 1778, Preamble We, the people of he State of South Carolina grateful to God for our liberties, do ordain and establish this Constitution.
South Dakota 1889, Preamble We, the people of South Dakota , grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious liberties ...
Tennessee 1796, Art. XI..III. That all men have a natural and ndefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their conscience...
Texas 1845, Preamble We the People of the Republic of Texas , acknowledging, with gratitude, the grace and beneficence of God.
Utah 1896, Preamble Grateful to Almighty God for life and liberty, we establish this Constitution.
Vermont 1777, Preamble Whereas all government ought to enable the individuals who compose it to enjoy their natural rights, and other
blessings which the Author of Existence has bestowed on man ..
Virginia 1776, Bill of Rights, XVI Religion, or the Duty which we owe our Creator can be directed only by Reason and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian Forbearance, Love and Charity towards each other
Washington 1889, Preamble We the People of the State of Washington, grateful to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution
West Virginia 1872, Preamble Since through Divine Providence we enjoy the blessings of civil, political and religious liberty, we, the people of West Virginia reaffirm our faith in and constant reliance upon God ..
Wisconsin 1848, Preamble We, the people of Wisconsin , grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, domestic tranquility...
Wyoming 1890, Preamble We, the people of the State of Wyoming , grateful to God for our civil, political, and religious liberties, establish this Constitution...
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