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WITandWISDOM(tm) - January 4, 2000

~~~~~~~ THOUGHTS:

A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds, it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change. - Earl Nightingale

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~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THOUGHTS:

"Soldiers of the 16th Infantry"
Alabama 1861-1865
"HUMBLE HEROS"
Written and compiled by: Carolyn Murray Greer cgreer@HiWAAY.net
This prayer was given to the confederate soldiers:

THY WILL BE DONE

My God, my Father, while I stray
Far from my home on life's rough way,
Oh! teach me from my heart to say,
THY WILL BE DONE

Though dark my path and sad my lot,
May I be still and murmur not,
But breathe the prayer divinely taught-
THY WILL BE DONE

What though in lonely grief I sign
For friends belove, no longer nigh?
Submission still I would reply,
THY WILL BE DONE

If thou should'st call me to resign,
What most I prize-it ne're was mine
I only yield thee what is thine!
THY WILL BE DONE

Even if again I ne'er should see,
The friend more dear than life to me,
Ere long we both shall be with thee-
THY WILL BE DONE

Should pining sickness waste away
My life in premature decay,
My Father still I strive to say,
THY WILL BE DONE

If but my fainting heart be blest,
With thy sweet Spirit for its guest,
My God to thee I leave the rest-
THY WILL BE DONE

Renew my will from day to day,
Blend it with thine and take away
All that makes it hard to say-
THY WILL BE DONE

And when on earth I breathe no more,
The prayer oft mixed with tears before,
I'll sing upon a happier shore,
THY WILL BE DONE

Taken from Prayers and Other Devotions for the Use of the Soldiers of the Army of the Confederate States. Published for the "Female Bible, Prayer-Book And Tract Society". Charleston, Carolina

~~~~~~~ THIS & THAT:

THESE WERE ACTUAL NEWSPAPER HEADLINES?
Part 1 of 3 [Jan 4,14,24]

Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says

Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers

Safety Experts Say School Bus Passengers Should Be Belted

Farmer Bill Dies in House

British Left Waffles on Falkland Islands

Lung Cancer in Women Mushrooms

Eye Drops off Shelf

Teacher Strikes Idle Kids

Reagan Wins on Budget, But More Lies

Ahead Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim

Shot Off Woman's Leg Helps Nicklaus to 66

Enraged Cow Injures Farmer with Ax

Plane Too Close to Ground, Crash Probe

Told Miners Refuse to Work after Death

(Scott)

~~~~~~~ KEEP SMILING:

One day a group of scientists got together and decided that man had come a long way and no longer needed God. They picked one scientist to go and tell Him that they were done with Him. The scientist walked up to God and said, "God, we've decided that we no longer need you. We're to the point that we can clone people and do many miraculous things, so why don't you just go on and get lost."

God listened patiently and kindly to the man and after the scientist was done talking, God said, "Very well! How about this? Let's have a man making contest."

To which the man replied, "OK, great!"

But God added, "Now we're going to do this just like I did back in the old days with Adam."

The scientist said, "Sure, no problem" and bent down and grabbed himself a handful of dirt.

God just looked at him and said, "No, no, no.

You go get your own dirt!"

(Donna Eick, Heather Eick, Carol Blum)

~~~~~~~ TRIVIA:

More on the history of alternating current:

The story of the rivalry between Edison and Nicolai Tesla is interesting. Edison advocated DC electricity and felt AC was dangerous. Meanwhile, Tesla worked at developing AC. Edison even went so far as to advocate a state using an electric chair using AC electricity for the death penalty -- because it would help him "prove" that AC elecricity was dangerous. However, when the economics pointed favorably to AC, Edison was quick to exploit it and no one (or very few) know of Nicolai Tesla's accomplishments in this field.

(John Hoh)

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