Interesting Things

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We live in a sad and fallen world. There are so many topics of conversation covered in this clip. Some is rather graphic certainly could be considered inappropriate, however we are inundated by this smut (and so much more) as well as the deluge of corruption on a daily basis. I am, however, glad to see others recognizing the destructiveness of our society:

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It appears that we need to be more cautious and prudent in our consumption of antioxidant supplements. It would seem that perhaps consuming these antioxidants as a long-term health plan or consuming healthy foods rich in antioxidants throughout the course of your life is the best plan of action.

Here is the article in which this information was recently revealed.

It also certainly strengthens the Lord’s recommended law of health as set forth in the Word of Wisdom. I am ever increasingly more grateful for the revealed truth that our Father in Heaven offers to us as we seek to receive it. He gives us knowledge based upon readiness, willingness to work for it and sometimes simply when we ask the right questions (which is often a manifestation of readiness).

Key takeaways from the article:

It is plausible that cancer cells are at increased risk of damage from oxidative stress compared to your normal, healthy cells. In other words, taking antioxidants might ironically be protecting your cancer cells, allowing them to survive more than anything else.

It is likely that because cancer develops from long term damage to your cells, as in the case of skin and lung cancer, that trying to limit damage for a relatively short period of time by taking antioxidants like vitamin E or vitamin A probably has little or no effect. It is analogous to a car that is already rusted when you apply a protective sealant to it. The damage has already been done. Just as the sealant is protecting the already rusted car, the antioxidant is protecting the already cancerous cells.

Here are some recommendations that have stood the test of time and clinical study in preventing cancer:
• Eat a diet high in fruits and vegetables every day (in contrast to supplements).
• Limit your intake of simple sugary carbohydrates such as white bread, chips, etc.
• Exercise every day and keep your weight down.
• Protect yourself from the sun with broad spectrum sunscreens and protective clothing.
• If you decide to take a daily supplement, the only vitamin that I recommend taking everyday is vitamin D. There is good evidence that vitamin D supplements can be protective against certain cancers. Taking 1,000 mg of vitamin D3 a day is the best way (much better than sun exposure) for elevating your vitamin D levels. More on this in a later post.

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ZFS on FreeBSD is a very elegant server solution. I certainly like to see some great GUIs created for ZFS, but it’s certainly not to hard to navigate without one. Here is an excellent article that encapsulates several things that I’ve learned over the last 8 months or so of running it myself.

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I am so disappointed in our current state of technology. I have fought with a security and phone system for a few months between tasks and it really disgusts me to see the way hardware and software developers are completely ignoring common sense.

Apple tries to solve much of this problem with Bonjour (mdns) but MAN what a wonderful world we’d live in if everyone would simply implement a very nonchatty mdns client and server in all hardware and software platforms and a basic set of detection routines that would build a table for configuration if so desired.

Anyway, without getting into any details, there are ways that we could make our world such a better place. Once some of my current business ventures reach fruition I really am going to make a change in the current paradigms. Bleh.

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Interesting. While digging about for some specialized surveillance software for a client, I stumbled across a link to this on digg.com that does indeed demonstrate *WHY* static electricity and gasoline can be a bad thing…

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I thought that this command line application LBackup 0.9.8q3 looked quite interesting. I think that this could perhaps be even more useful in (Gnu Linux/*BSD) server environments and on that note that is what I intend to try with a couple of clients that have some backup routines in place, but are not quite as robust as I would have liked to have written the scripts.

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I really enjoyed some of the commentary found on this blog.

Indeed, questioning the Christianity of Latter-day Saints is like questioning the wetness of water.

I’ve always lived in an environment of doubt and relative rudeness towards my religion in southern Ohio.

(Side note: People are often very closed minded. It doesn’t matter whether folks are “conservative” or “liberal,” I like another like-minded friend, they are all too often closed minded individuals. People who often proclaim openness are the most closed individuals of all, interestingly enough. It goes both ways. This is a long post for another day…
(Side note cont’d: We, as Latter-day Saints, are some of the most conservative free thinkers on this planet. Most, who *really* understand religion and the true teachings of Jesus the Messiah or Christ (both meaning “Anointed One” in their respective languages) do see that we must be truly open to continual revelation from High. Indeed, the Savior was the epitome of liberal conservatism during his mortal life. The prophet Joseph Smith was also very much a living example of this during his life and experiences with Jesus and other resurrected and translated beings from the Old and New Testament.)

People of some other mainstream religions generally accuse that we are not Christians. The truth could not be farther from this. I very much like the statement by the First Presidency of the Church in 1907 in regards to whether “Mormons,” or Latter-day Saints, are Christians:

“Our religion is founded on the revelations of God. The gospel we proclaim is the Gospel of Christ, restored to earth in this the dispensation of the fullness of times. The high claim of the Church is declared in its title—The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Established by divine direction, its name was prescribed by him whose Church it is—Jesus the Christ.”

“The religion of this people is pure Christianity. Its creed is expressive of the duties of practical life. Its theology is based on the doctrines of the Redeemer.”

“If it be true Christianity to accept Jesus Christ in person and his mission as divine; to revere him as the Son of God, the crucified and risen Lord, through whom alone mankind can attain salvation; to accept his teachings as a guide, to adopt as a standard and observe as a law the ethical code he promulgated; to comply with the requirements prescribed by him as essential to membership in his Church, namely, faith, repentance, baptism by immersion for the remission of sins, and the laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost, if this be Christianity, then are we Christians, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a Christian church.” (”Address to the World,” March 26, 1907, cited in Messages of First Presidency 4:142-155)

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You know, I do ponder at times on the possibility of whether a devastating event such as a depression is what it will take to start to create change nationally. I’ve recently been asked by a friend to write a book about a pretty profound idea that I’ve had for quite some time. I think that it may be time to begin discussing things that would bring about a real and lasting for our nation and world that can lead us towards the future that most assuredly will come. I think that the ideas of our national fore fathers we deeply inspired and that their ideas were preparatory for greater things.

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Most people who know me know that I’m not a hunter and am no fan of hunting in sportsman forms. (Please understand that I understand hunting for necessity and proper usage of the animal.) I thought that this was certainly interesting…

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