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Archive for March, 2008

CPR and First Aid Certification with icpri.com

Mar 14

Posted by Joshua Moran in Business, Education, Nutrition | 5 Comments

I was in need of certifications in First Aid and CPR and as I was searching through all the online certification organizations one caught my attention. The International CPR Institute Inc., is nationally accredited and follows all of the American Heart Association guidelines. The best part is that it is quick, easy, and cheap to take the classes and test for your certification in BLS CPR and First Aid.

Besides meeting full OSHA standards ICPRI also mails you your official certification cards and instantly lets you print a certificate of completion for each course you take. If $19.95 per course sounds good to you then check out www.icpri.com today.

International CPR Institute, Inc.

2665 N. Atlantic Avenue, Suite 321

Daytona Beach, FL 32118

386-253-1937

Trinity Combat Academy in Waxahachie, TX

Mar 14

Posted by Joshua Moran in Business, In The News, Sports | 6 Comments

Trinity Combat Acadamy Cage and RingTrinity Combat Academy opened on February 18, 2008, and the gym is already quite active. The owner and head instructor Brandon Quick hails from Hollywood, CA and moved to Waxahachie, TX in the summer of 2007. Brandon, whose nickname is "Never Quit", has trained with some the best in the MMA world including Eddie Bravo, Bas Rutten, and Randy Couture.

What separates this gym from anything else in Ellis County, TX? If you walk into Trinity Combat Academy you would know for yourself. The gym is located at  200 N. Monroe Ste. C in Waxahachie, TX 75165. The prices and schedule are all listed on the Trinity Combat Academy Website. When asked what brought Brandon Quick andEddie Bravo and Brandon Quick his wife Veronika to Waxahachie, they eagerly answer that their church brought them.

Trinity Combat Academy offers mixed martial arts training for the beginner through professional fighter. The following are the classes that are offered at Trinity Combat Academy:

  • 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu – Trinity Combat Academy is an official 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu Training Center and Brandon Quick is an official 10th Planet Instructor and offers other gyms and organizations seminars on the 10th Planet system. 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu was created by Eddie Bravo who tapped out Hoyler Gracie as a brown belt at the Abu Dhabi Tournament. TCA has people coming as far as San Antonio to train and is travelling as far as Trinidad/Tobaggo to hold seminars.
  • Muay Thai KickBoxing – This martial art is known as the science of "eight limbs" and is a staple for almost every fighter in the Mixed Martial Arts World. Whether you want to be a professional fighter or just simply lose weight these classes are for everyone. If you are familiar with Bas Rutten, Brandon’s influence and instructor, then you know you will get some of the best training at TCA.
  • Krav Maga - Probably the most effective martial art in the world! Brandon Quick is a black belt in Krav Maga, and TCA is an Official Krav Maga WorldWide Training Center. Krav Maga is an anything goes system that is mostly martial and little art. Brandon always says that Ellis County just got safer, and this is true for those who take the class. Krav Maga is not only a hard-core fighting style, but will get you in great shape too.
  • MMA – Learning everything from takedowns and wrestling to full out sparring. This class will get you ready to compete in the cage or ring whether it be amatuer or professional. Trinity Combat Academy offers a Kids MMA class for chidlren ages 8-13.

Why shop on the internet when you can buy all your MMA equipment from Trinity Combat Academy? The gym has a 20 foot ring and a 20 foot cage as well as 1,500 square feet of mat space with six 6 foot muay thai bags, and a full cardio and weight gym. So if you live in the Dallas – Fort Worth Area and interested in MMA training then Trinity Combat Academy may be the place for you. Call them at  (972)923-9177.

Are Christian Preachers Selling Out?

Mar 8

Posted by Joshua Moran in Christianity | No Comments

The mega-churches of today have a large influence on the Body of Christ, and the leadership of these churches have more accountability because of it. Listen to this parody I got from Way of The Master Radio and let me know what you think.

 
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Oprah Winfrey’s New Church – Watch Out!

Mar 7

Posted by Joshua Moran in Christianity, Oprah Winfrey | 37 Comments

Oprah Is Leading A New CultI came across an email alerting me of some news and it is scary to say the least. For years I have repeatedly read Frank Perreti’s two books called, "This Present Darkness" and "Piercing The Darkness". The books explore spiritual warfare in pure novel fashion, but Perreti has an uncanny ability to write it like it is. Most of the stories had to do with exposing the spiritual enemy behind the elitist, mind-training, power hungry educator, preacher, or political leader.

I encourage you to read the article below and I will follow with some comments and I encourage yours as well.

1 Million Will Attend the Church of Oprah Monday, March 10, 2008

SEATTLE, March 7 /Christian Newswire/ — Christians are being deceived! We must pray and stop allowing this in their homes! Christian women are tuning in…hey, it’s not like it’s Marilyn Manson…or is it?

A new book, Don’t Drink The Kool-Aid: Oprah, Obama and The Occult, just released March 3, 2008 exposes a plan by the "most powerful woman in the world," in her very own words to transform the WORLD! Oprah.com gives a daily lesson from A Course In Miracles and from their own description they tell us that it is…mind-training!

On The Oprah Winfrey Show, February 28, 2008, Oprah said, "I really do believe I was born to be a vehicle for this information to come to all of you. If you want to be a part of it, if you want to find out who you really are, join the largest interactive classroom in the world. It’s free, because I want to begin to transform the world one reader at a time."

WHAT IS THE CURRICULUM? Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth, which says:

  • "A glimpse is enough to initiate the awakening
    process, which is irreversible."
  • "The light of consciousness is all that is
    necessary. You are that light."
  • "Sin is a word that has been greatly
    misunderstood and misinterpreted. To sin means to
    miss the mark, so to sin means to miss the point of
    human existence."
  • "The man on the cross is an archetypal image. He
    is every man and every woman."

This book will show you that what we have here is deeper than the first glance. This is part of a long, calculated plan. Not necessarily on the part of the key
players, but orchestrated by one who has been around since the fall of man. What you have here is evil doctrine, persuasive and subliminal techniques,
sudden rises in power and even the latter day peace alliance, formed by one of the New Age gurus profiled in this book. The pieces of the puzzle are coming together. As a former viewer of The Oprah Winfrey Show, Carrington sends an open letter to Oprah asking her to return to the original teachings she embraced.

The comparison of Oprah’s new movement, endorsement of Obama, and her actual influence to Perreti’s two books are just as scary asthe September 11 compared to Tom Clancy’s novel that described the Capitol Building  being terrorized by a large airliner. I only mean in comparison to the likeness of the vents not the devestation each event has. Obviously, September 11 was a true tragedy and will never be forgotten.

Unfortunately we are embarking on a spiritual hijacking with Oprah Winfrey leading the charge where an expected 1 Million people will tune in and attend her spiritual education. Oprah Winfrey has claimed she was Baptist, but has further been enlightened. Oprah has made it clear that she feels she is to transform people here and throughout the world. Jude warns of these teachings that will come:

  • "For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ." – Jude 4

The Body of Christ is under major attack and prayer is necessary, WE MUST PRAY!

Mac G4 Powerbook Adapter Broken

Mar 4

Posted by Joshua Moran in Electronics / Toys | No Comments

Macally Mac Power AdaptersI got my G4 Powerbook back in May 2005 and I still love the laptop, but my main problem has been the power adapter issues. The stock adapter got a short in it within one year, and I had to replace it. The stock mac power adapter would have cost me about $85 and I refused to buy it at that price.

So I bought this aftermarket power adapter from Macally off of ebay for about $35 including shipping. Well, this Mac power adapter is now shorting out badly and will need replacing. The good thing is I could buy one of these Macally power adapters for less than $25 including shipping today. I guess that is why the MacBooks and MacBook Pro’s have the magnetic power adapters.