Descripción de los Procesos Operativos

La información es uno de los aspectos más cruciales de la mayoría de organizaciones que a menudo tienen millones de piezas de información que deben manejar y almacenar. Es ahí donde entran los centros de datos.. Imagine computadoras apiladas juntas sobre estantes (racks) desde el suelo al techo desde la limpieza física hasta la administración virtual de la información. Ese es el papel del responsable del centro de cómputo. Operar un centro de cómputo comienza con un conjunto de procesos que guían cada tarea asociada con el mismo. Por ejemplo:

• Administración de instalaciones físicas.
• Administración del servidor o de la computadora central.
• Administración de almacenamiento.
• Operaciones de respaldo y recuperación.
• Administración de identificación.
• Planificación de trabajo.
• Administración de crisis o contingencias.
• Cambio en el Volumen de venta.
• Procedimientos de cambio de control.

Éstos son solamente algunos de los temas señalados en un conjunto detallado y bien diseñado de procesos, que apenas es solo un paso en la administración del centro de cómputo. Después de que sus procesos son definidos se deben desarrollar políticas para que los procesos sean seguidos. Por ejemplo, un proceso de la administración de instalaciones podría tener las siguientes políticas:

• Administración de activos.
• Limpieza física del centro de procesamiento de datos.
• Administración de emergencias.
• Escalamiento.
• Monitoreo físico del sitio.
• Mantenimiento físico.
• Seguridad física.
• Las operaciones y controles medioambientales.

Si se tiene procesos de la administración de instalaciones, una de sus políticas podría ser con respecto a la seguridad física que indique que si alguien entra en la localidad física del centro de cómputo debe ser pre-autorizado por cierto miembro de la unidad informática, y debe presentar la identificación correcta. Esta identificación podría ser un ID de empleado (seguridad baja) o exploración de la huella digital y de retina (seguridad alta). Las políticas deberían señalar lo que es o no es admitido y su resultado, por ejemplo, si una persona trata de entrar en un centro de cómputo y no reúne ciertos criterios, la política debería manifestar que son negados los accesos, las políticas van a la par con los procesos, y ambos guían todas las operaciones diarias del centro.

Definición de Procedimientos.

Su centro de cómputo es probablemente el aspecto más complicado de su compañía. Las nuevas tecnologías, el brote de la Internet, adquisiciones, la acumulación de una gran cantidad de información que viaja a través de su de organización, la seguridad de datos y seguridad física del sitio todo esto agranda esa complejidad. La legislación de lanzamientos y las valoraciones de utilización de datos se mezclan y es fácil para ver, por qué administrar un centro de cómputo puede ser un reto. Los procesos que usted tiene en el lugar para guiar las operaciones el centro de cómputo son la única y más efectiva llave para administrar eficientemente el centro de cómputo. Definir esos procedimientos no es difícil. Es, sin embargo, consumidor de tiempo. Cada uno de los procesos debería ocuparse a fondo de un set de preguntas que le ayuden a determinar el valor comercial del método y cómo éste debería ser operado. El conjunto de preguntas incluye lo siguiente:

• ¿Qué acontecimientos provocan alarmas de un centro de cómputo?
• ¿Qué pasos deben tomarse para prevenir esas alarmas?
• ¿Cómo se verificarán esas alarmas?
• ¿Cuáles son los pasos del procedimiento de solución si una alarma ocurre?
• ¿Quién será el responsable para resolver el acontecimiento?
• ¿Cómo será contactado en el día o la noche?
• ¿Qué tareas de respaldo pueden ser iniciadas antes de que el acontecimiento sea resulto?
• ¿Quién declarará que el acontecimiento ha sido resuelto y que ya no necesita atención?
• ¿Quién y cuándo se revisara el acontecimiento para que no vuelva a suceder

La alarma es el mecanismo de alerta usado cuando una métrica o lineamiento mencionado en el manual de las políticas y de procesos, o en el SLA (Acuerdo del Nivel de Servicio), no es alcanzado o cuándo tiene lugar un incidente mencionado en esos manuales. Por ejemplo, si los procesos manifiestan que una alarma se activará cuando alguien entre al centro de cómputo en horas no laborales (antes o después de las 8:00 a.m. a 5:00 p.m.) y el  personal de limpieza entra en el cuarto del servidor a las 5:05 p.m., Una alerta notificará a la persona que está monitoreo que una violación ha ocurrido.
El SLA es un documento que guía el servicio que un centro de cómputo provee a sus clientes (ya sea clientes internos o externos). Para ser efectivo, el SLA, le debería indicar cuándo, dónde, y cómo el servicio es provisto por el centro de cómputo, incluyendo quien es el responsable, y cualquier recompensa (como bonos) o penalizaciones por reunir o no los requisitos mencionados en el SLA.
Las respuestas a las anteriores preguntas y el SLA son justamente las herramientas necesarias para guiar áreas específicas, como por ejemplo:

Las compañías que proveen su conectividad o ISP:

 Sin conectividad para Internet, su centro de cómputo no es nada más que un cuarto de almacenaje de computadoras. Es necesario ser precavido al seleccionar sus proveedores de conectividad o ISP. Es recomendable tener conectividad con varios ISPs para proveer conectividad 24x7, a pesar de las interrupciones que se puedan presentar. Sus políticas y procesos deberían guiar la relación con sus proveedores de conectividad y gobernar la relación desde un punto de vista de responsabilidad. ¿Quién es responsable de qué (proveedor, Unidad de TI)? ¿Cómo esa responsabilidad es implementada?

Funcionamiento  del Equipo Físico (Hardware):

 Es imprescindible tener hardware confiable y robusto para el mejor funcionamiento del servidor. Además, Hay que comprar cables de alta calidad, routers, switches, y racks (estantes). La red interna se debe diseñar de forma  rígida que incluya respaldos para cada parte activa de la red.

Acuerdos de conformidad:

 Recientemente, los numerosos acontecimientos reguladores han creado acuerdos de conformidad para muchas organizaciones. La legislación como HIPAA (Acta de cobertura, portabilidad y responsabilidad de salud), el Acta Sarbanes-Oxley, y el Acta del PATRIOTA de EEUU obligan a las compañías a revisar cada aspecto de cómo manipulan su información, desde la recolección hasta archivamiento. Los acuerdos de conformidad todavía no son obligatorios en el país; sin embargo, se debe tener por lo menos un conjunto de políticas y procesos adecuados para satisfacer algunos requisitos de conformidad. Se debería tomar en cuenta los acuerdos de conformidad en los SLAs.

1. Partai Golkar akan tetap berada dalam 3 besar partai terbesar pemilihnya yah disadari atau tidak GOlkar itu sudah tercitra sebagai partai besar sehingga masyarakat awan berat ke golkar. Tapi saya tidak yakin berada di posisi pertama karena biasanya berkebalikan pemimpin sekarang pasti untuk pemilu depan pasti berbeda latar belakang partai, seperti misalnya PDIP tahun 2004 berada di peringkat kedua, ditambah lagi kekalahan-kekalahan Golkar di beberapa pilkada-pilkada provinsi.
2. PDIP, tahun 2004 saya melihatnya dikarenakan pemimpin sebelumnya dari PDIP akhirnya rakyat tidak dominan memilihnya kembali, tapi karena sekarang latar-belakangnya dari Golkar-Demokrat, pasti kayaknya bisa melejit kembali mendapat peringkat 1, saya yakin PDIP masih berada di 3 besar karena loyalitas kader oleh pengaruh Megawati dibawah bayang2 Bung Karno yang kharismatik (Bung Karnonya lho yg kharismatik, bukan Megawatinya).
3. PKS, sudah terbukti di 3 pilkada provinsi kader PKS menjadi pemenangnya, mau tidak mau akan terlihat mesin politik dari PKS sudah bagus, dan sudah mendarah daging. Kebijakan satu keputusan dan ditaati oleh semua kader dan simpatisannya cukup ampuh. Saya memprediksi PKS bisa menjadi partai masuk dalam 3 besar kali ini. PKS menjadi alternatif pilihan rakyat karena terkenal kadernya bersih dari skandal2 selama ini diberitakan.
4. PKB, terlalu banyak masalah di dalamnya, rakyat menjadi skeptis melihat konflik yang selalu ada dan tidak berujung. Saya memprediksi suara PKB akan berkurang malah akan terdepak dari 5 besar partai dengan jumlah pemilih terbanyak, walaupun ada Gus Dur dibelakangnya, konflik2 gusdur selama ini semakin menurunkan wibawa beliau.
5. Status PAN, PBB, PBR, Demokrat, PPP, dan PDS saya melihatnya sama. Status mereka terkenal, tapi tidak memiliki kekuatan besar seperti Golkar, PDIP, PKS, jadi suaranya rata-rata saja, berada di bawah urutan 4 besar begitu.
6. Hanura, suatu partai yang dipimpin oleh Mantan Jenderal ini, sepertinya akan melejit naik di lima besar. yah kita akui karena faktor wiranto dan hanura seperti bayang2 golkar, Apalagi wiranto masih banyak yang suka terbukti sebagai calon hasil konvensi golkar dulu di pemilu 2004, masih memiliki kharismatik yang tinggi, berada di peringkat ketiga di pilpres 2004.
7. Gerindra yang dimotori oleh Prabowo Subianto, saya melihatnya tidak akan berkembang macam2, statusnya nanti sama dengan PNBK, Patriot, dan partai2 dengan jumlah suara kecil lainnya. Masuk 10 besar sudah merupakan keberuntungan buat partai2 ini.
8. Golput? oh ada juga ternyata partai Golput :D yah mau tidak mau golput masih banyak, saya memprediksi sekitar 20-40 %, yah karena kekecewaan terhadap partai yang tidak mewujudkan aspirasi rakyat, serta sikap skeptis masyarakat terhadap pemilu tidak memberikan dampak apapun.

So Anda memilih partai mana?

Maaf kalo ada tulisan yang salah, namanya juga prediksi pandangan pribadi, kalopun sama dengan prediksi sampean-sampean itu berarti sama dong otak kita, hehehehe, kalopun benar yah namanya juga prediksi lagi :P

Kalo anda sendiri, prediksinya seperti apa?

I am proud to know, like many of you, a man of great stature in the broadcast industry --GEORGE PUTNAM. There are many reasons to celebrate his life. He has what may be the longest continuous running broadcast tenure, OVER 70 years, NO ONE can match that, not even Paul Harvey.

George has been a Patriot since his beginning days and thru his career. Many may remember his famous sign off in Los Angeles during his halcyon days "Here's to a better, stronger America--and a cleaner Los Angeles, California". This was in the early 50s! George Putnam is one of those "one of a kind" people that will be difficult to replicate in our nations future.

Read more and then listen to his birthday broadcast >>

Don't ask me why, but for some reason the incensced and easily offended untameable Reverand felt that Obama's comments were somehow "talking down to the Black community."  Thus we proceed to step two in this lovely little debacle... The interview.

Some of you may already know what I am talking about, but quite a few may have missed it... what with the controversey being so short lived and all.  Short version... Jesse Jackson has an interview on FoxNews with someone else (I think his lawyer) and Jackson, not knowing that his microphone was open, said to the person next to him "I want to cut his **** off... He's (Obama) talking down to Black people".  Now... would someone tell me how in the world someone who figures himself a champion of civil rights issues gets away with saying something like that about the first of his race to have a serious shot at the presidency?  Other issues... this guy is supposed to be a pastor?!?!  There is no Christlike humility attached to Jackson's comments, there is no love to be found in that tasty bit of dialogue, and if Jackson truly feels that way he has become a symbol of the type of inner-city violence that he blames on the government.  Maybe we should've elected him in '88 so he would go away...  It would have made the Clinton years look like divine mercy, that's for sure.

Now, the supposed "conclusion" to this matter is that once it became public knowledge Jackson issued an apology that Obama accepted.  However, I have a hard time believing that that is the end of it.  Now we have all kinds of people asking questions like, "is that how he really feels?"  "Was an apology enough?"  "Is he going to lose voters over this?"  You don't express a divide like that in your ethnic solidarity without there being some deep divisions amongst those who are not naive enough to believe that everything is back to normal.  Unfortunately for Jackson, his "black folk do no wrong" attitude is going to bite his butt one of these days... you don't layeth the smackdown on somebody because they are saying that people need to be more responsible without getting sideways looks.  I would think that, as a Pastor, Jackson would be pleased and proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with Obama in telling people to live more righteously... but righteous living doesn't exactly fit the liberal ideaology.  Exhibit (A): my tyrannical judges thread.

Adam

Also he is asking his constituents their opinions on secret earmarks.  I've accomplished the whole thing and it takes about a little over 5 minutes to complete.  If your not sure what earmarks are, they are the biggest abuse of taxpayer money that exists in government today.  Just click on my category titled "earmarks" to view my other posts about earmarks.  In his survey, he asks if Berkley should get 2 million dollar earmark after they've attempted to throw the marines out of their city.  I said no because these lefties need to learn their role and place in local politics.  local level politicians cannot direct federal entities to leave their city.  They've gone out of their way to irritate the marines by giving code stink a parking spot in front of the marine corps recruiter station and encouraging them to interfere with the marines.

You can take the survey here.

Senator Cornyn is very sincere when he says he wants to represent the people of Texas and has a past track record for doing what is good for both Texas and the United States of America.  He also is very accessible.  I've emailed him several times to discuss several issues with him.  As a gracious public official, he always sends back an email talking about his views and thanks you for your views.  He cares what Texans have to say about the issues.

Bataan is in Boston, participating in the 27th annual Boston Harborfest 2008, a six-day long Fourth of July Festival showcasing the colonial and maritime heritage of the cradle of the American Revolution in the historic city of Boston.

NESHV is a nonprofit organization that extends a helping hand to homeless men and women veterans who have suffered from addiction, trauma, unemployment and severe or mental illness by providing them with the tools for independent living. Since 1990, volunteers have played a vital role assisting the NESHV in meeting the needs of more than 15,000 veterans the shelter has served throughout the years.

A total of 70 Sailors from Bataan were given the opportunity to contribute to the organization by helping make the building that houses more than 250 veterans per night clean and in ship-shape.

The Sailors used a pressure-washer provided by Bataan to remove built up grime that was on the front of the shelter. They also painted the inside of the building, in the common area where the residents eat.

"It was great being here, because instead of reading about history in textbooks, we were able to interact with veterans who could share their stories with us," said Hospital Corpsman Stacie Coursey was one of the Sailors who were able to do some painting inside of the shelter. "To me, that is priceless."

Bataan Sailors also served lunch to the residents.

"It felt good to help out [the veterans] because it makes me appreciate what our veterans did for our country," said Culinary Specialist 3rd class Jared Gil, who served ice cream to the veterans. "Without them, the military wouldn't be the way it is today."

Derek Elcock, a veteran of the U.S. Navy and a resident at the shelter, enjoyed the time he shared with Bataan Sailors.

"The volunteer program was great for the morale of the residents and restores us with pride," said Elcock. "It reminds us that there are people that care."

The volunteer program was organized by Lt. Thomas Cook, Bataan's chaplain.

"We had such a great turn out for volunteers," said Cook. "There were so many people that showed up to volunteer that we had to start turning people away."

For more news from USS Bataan, visit www.navy.mil/local/lhd5/.

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President Bush Said:

Throughout his long public career, Senator Jesse Helms was a tireless advocate for the people of North Carolina, a stalwart defender of limited government and free enterprise, a fearless defender of a culture of life, and an unwavering champion of those struggling for liberty...Jesse Helms was a kind, decent, and humble man and a passionate defender of what he called "the Miracle of America." So it is fitting that this great patriot left us on the Fourth of July. SOURCE

Here's a Quote from Bob Dole:

He was a conservative icon,” Bob Dole, the former senator and Republican presidential candidate, said in an interview on CNN. “He was a good, decent human being.”
But Mr. Dole, known for his wry sense of humor, acknowledged that Mr. Helms was not universally admired on Capitol Hill. “If there was a liberal meeting going on and someone announced that Jesse Helms was coming, the place would have cleared out in 20 seconds,” he joked.
He added that although he disagreed with Mr. Helms on civil rights, he did not consider the senator to be a bigot. “Was Jesse Helms a racist? I never spotted that in him,” Mr. Dole said. “Jesse had black staff members. I could never quite figure it out." SOURCE

There's so much wrong with that last sentence I could hurl!

and How about this quote?

“America lost a great public servant and true patriot today,” White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said.

Even Beloved Evangelist Billy Graham sings his praises:

was a man of consistent conviction to conservative ideals,” with the “courage to faithfully serve God and country based on principle, not popularity or politics.”

One of the things that these people are missing is Helms' notoriously Anti-freedom, anti-Christ-like stance on Civil Rights, Gay rights, Martin Luther KIng or the over-all rights for people who weren't like him.

THE ROOT

We've all heard of the violent crime lord who gets gunned down, but at his funeral his mom, homeboys and baby mama praise him for being such a great guy. I once heard someone say that everyone is wonderful when once they die.

So here's the conversation starter, When people go home to glory (or burn in hell), why do we who are left tend to gloss over the "bad stuff"? Do we choose to "forget" that this person ws a liar, abuser, cheater, a bigot etc? When does paying your respects turn into outright lying?? Is it wrong to speak the "truth" about the dead?? What do you think of the politicians and religious leaders who are glossing over Helms' racially charged past???

Star Spangled Banner has been censored

dailynewscaster.com | July 6th, 2008 | Uncategorized

By: D. H. Williams @ 9:01 PM - EST

Complete version of the Star Spangled Banner - notice the fourth verse in bold. Any thoughts on why this verse is not taught or sung?

O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight
O’er the ramparts we watch’d were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket’s red glare, the bomb bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there,
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep
Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream,
‘Tis the star-spangled banner - O long may it wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore,
That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion
A home and a Country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash’d out their foul footstep’s pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand
Between their lov’d home and the war’s desolation!
Blest with vict’ry and peace may the heav’n rescued land
Praise the power that hath made and preserv’d us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto - “In God is our trust,”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

An Excerpt from Our American Holidays: Their Meaning and Spirit, from Better Days Books.

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FOURTH OF JULY

This is the greatest secular holiday of our country, its observance being sanctioned by the laws of every State. The birthday of our liberty would be a hard one to fix, but by common consent the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence is the one observed. The use of powder to celebrate the day is gradually going out on account of the large number of lives annually lost through accidents. It is known officially as Independence Day.

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A STORY OF THE FLAG

By Victor Mapes
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When the Fourth of July came, we had been abroad nearly two months, and during that time I think we had not seen a single American flag. On the morning of the Fourth, however, we walked out on the Paris boulevards, and a number of flags were hanging out from the different American shops, which are quite frequent there. They looked strange to us; and the idea occurred to Frank, for the first time, that the United States was one of a great many nations living next to one another in this world—that it was his own nation, a kind of big family he belonged to. The Fourth of July was a sort of big, family birthday, and the flags were out so as to tell the Frenchmen and everybody else not to forget the fact.

A feeling of this nature came over Frank that morning, and he called out, "There's another!" every time a new flag came in view. He stopped two or three times to count the number of them in sight, and showed in various ways that he, America, and the American flag had come to a new understanding with one another.

During the morning, Frank's cousin George, a boy two or three years older than Frank, who had been in Paris the preceding winter, came to our hotel; and, as I had some matters to attend to in the afternoon, they went off together to see sights and to have a good time.

When Frank returned about dinner-time, and came up to the room where I was writing letters, I noticed a small American-flag pin stuck in the lapel of his coat.

"George had two," he said in answer to my question; "and he gave me this one. He's been in Paris a year now, and he says we ought to wear them or maybe people won't know we're Americans. But say, Uncle Jack, where do you think I got that?" He opened a paper bundle he had under his arm and unrolled a weather-beaten American flag.

"Where?" asked I, naturally supposing it came from George's house.

"We took it off of Lafayette's tomb."

I opened my eyes in astonishment; while he went on:

"George says the American Consul, or the American Consul-General, or somebody, put it on the tomb last Fourth of July, for our government, because Lafayette, don't you know, helped us in the Revolution."
"They ought to put a new flag on every year, George says," explained Frank, seeing my amazement, "on Fourth of July morning. But the American Consul, or whoever he is that's here now, is a new man, George thinks; anyhow, he forgot to do it. So we bought a new flag and we did it.

"There were a lot of people at the tomb when we went there, and we guessed they were all waiting to see the new flag put on. We waited, too, but no soldiers or anybody came; and after a while the people all went away. Then George said:

"'Somebody ought to put on a new flag—let's do it!'

"We went to a store on the Boulevard, and for twenty francs bought a new flag just like this old one. George and I each paid half. There were two women and a little girl at the tomb when we got back, and we waited till they went away. Then we unrolled the new flag and took the old one off the tomb.
"We thought we ought to say something when we put the new flag on, but we didn't know what to say. George said they always made a regular speech thanking Lafayette for helping us in the Revolution, but we thought it didn't matter much. So we just took off our hats when we spread out the new flag on the grave, and then we rolled up the old flag and came away.

"We drew lots for it afterward, and I'm going to take it back home with me.
"Somebody ought to have done it, and as we were both American boys, it was all right, wasn't it?"

Right or wrong, the flag that travelers see on Lafayette's tomb this year, as a mark of the American nation's sentiment toward the great Frenchman, is the one put there by two small, self-appointed representatives. And the flag put there the year before, with fitting ceremony by the authorized official, Frank preserves carefully hung up on the wall of his little room in America.

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Let's go beyond the surface and examine the issues that will make a difference in eternity.  John 15:5  Jesus said:  I am the vine; you are the branches.  If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.  (NIV) No matter what good we do, or how good we do it, if isn't done in Jesus's name it will not count for anything in eternity.   Romans 3:10  There is no one righteous, not even one.  (NIV)  If you are not ignoring your conscience, the truth of the Word of God will hit your heart.

We think of our lives as being very important; but here is what God says in James 4:14  What is your life? you are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.  (NIV)  John 17:3  Now this is eternal life, that they may know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ[Yeshua HaMashiach] whom you have sent.  (NIV)
Our lives pass so quickly, do you want to make the most foolish gamble and put  off thinking about eternity until it is too late?

We all know people who are liars, but who does the Bible say a liar is?  1John2:22
Who is the liar?  It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ [Mashiach]
Who is the only truth?  we will find this answer in the following verse in the Bible.
John 14:6  Jesus said:  I am the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to the father except through me.

One day we will have to give an account for our lives.  Hebrews 4:13-14  Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight.  Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.  (NIV)

So many do not understand the mercy and love the Father has for us.  The fact that you are still breathing is a sign of his love for you.  Your very breath is in His control.  If He wasn't merciful and compassionate, you would have died long ago.  2nd Peter3:9
He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance[teshuvah] (NIV)

You may not understand God's ways, but that is why he is God, and you are not.  Isaiah55:8-9  For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord[HASHEM].   His grace has appeared to you, but you just don't know it.  Titus 2:11-14  For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.  It teaches us to say no to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope--the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ [Yeshua HaMashiach] who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. (NIV)

We are called to be worshippers of God, but most of us do not live our lives this way.
We focus our time and energy on things that do not please the Father.  The Bible says in Romans 1:25  They exchanged the truth of God for a  lie, and worshiped and served created things , rather than the Creator---who is forever praised.  Amen.  (NIV)

We have a choice to receive Jesus [Yeshua] in his mercy now, or experience him in his wrath in the judgement to come.   Revelation 6:15-17  Then the kings of the earth. the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains.  They called to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!  For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?"  (NIV)  There will be no excuses in that day.  Romans 1:18-20  The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.  For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature---have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.  (NIV)

The biggest x-ray machine for our heart is what comes out of our mouths.  Matthew 15:18-19  But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man 'unclean.'  For out of the heart comes evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.  These are what make a man unclean.  (NIV)  Matthew 12:36  Jesus[Yeshua] said:  But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgement for every careless word they have spoken.  For by your words you will be acquitted and by your words you will be condemned.  (NIV) 

If you know you are not right with God, confess your sins with Godly sorrow and ask Jesus [Yeshua] to come into your heart and fill you with His Holy Spirit.  Attend a Church that believes that the Bible is the inspired Word of God.  Get baptized.  Read your Bible daily and follow the teachings of Jesus  Walk in His Love to all you come in contact with.

                                           Shalom in Jesus [Yeshua]

Spc. Kisha Makerney
23 years old from Fort Towson, Oklahoma
120th Engineers, Oklahoma Army National Guard

Spc. Kisha Mackerney isn't being profiled today because of something she did on the battlefield. She's being profiled because her spirit and determination. In 2002, Makerney joined the Oklahoma Army National Guard out of a sense of patriotism, because, as she put it, "I love our country and our people." Between 2004 and 2005, she served in Iraq as a gunner and helped provide battalion security. She returned home in early 2005 and was in a terrible motorcycle accident on June 25, 2005. The front wheel of her brand new bike had blown out and sent her flying into a highway sign. She looked up at her now mangled bike and was angry. That's when she noticed that her left leg below the knee was missing. The first thing she thought of when she saw her leg was that her military career was over.

Makerney pulled herself out of the ditch that she had landed in and was able to flag down a passing motorist. She was taken a hospital in Hugo, Oklahoma before being flown to Dallas, Texas.

As soon as word spread about her accident, her fellow soldiers, her second family, rallied and rushed to her bedside. "Even before I was out of surgery they were waiting in the halls," she said.

Continue reading Spc. Kisha Makerney's story here. There are some despicable comments by a few readers on the story. Just ignore them.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Have Every Right To Dream Heroic Dreams. Those Who Say That We're In A Time When There Are No Heroes, They Just Don't Know Where To Look

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