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Imagine yourself as a newcomer
to bass fishing who has just entered
a well - stocked tackle store. As you
wander down the aisles, you see
hundreds of bass lures in every
shape and color. You would be
forgiven, I think, if you came to the
conclusion that largemouth bass
must have the color preception of a
Picassco or Rembrandt.
If you ask a half dozen ex
perienced bass fishermen whether
Metric System Got
You Down?
Are you one of those folks who
would just as soon forget the metric
system? Well, you are not alone.
Most of us would rather not have to
tackle it -* especially those of us
who have been out of school a
number of years.
? Seems, though, that it may not
be a very big deal after all. There
are only a few new things that we
will need to learn - and a lot of
things are going to stay the same.
For example, the way we tell time
will stay the same, and so will our
money. As a matter of fact, if you
know how dollars relate to cents,
you probably will not have any
trouble using the metric system.
Actually, not too much will
change for those of us in agricul
ture here in North Carolina. Pro
perty deeds that are already listed
will probably stay just the same as
they are now. Farmers may be
buying fertilizer and seed by the
kilogram or metric ton, and spread
them using machinery calling for
metric amounts -- but, the North
Carolina farmer can rest assured
that information about using the
new units will be available from
either the manufacturer or the
seller. After all, they want to sell
their products and they want
satisfied, unfrustrated customers.
Farmers will also probably be
selling their grain, hay, etc. by the
kilogram and metric ton (a kilo
gram is a little over two pounds and
a metric ton is about 2200 pounds
-- not much different from what we
use now), and their milk by the litre
(a litre is just a little larger than a
quart). And just as automobile
mechanics are now using metric
wrenches to work on cars with
metric fasteners. North Carolina
farmers will be using metric tools to
work on their farm equipment.
In the kitchen or around the
house, not too much will change.
We may use a metrestick instead of
a yardstick to measure a table or
carpet and use metric measuring
cups and spoons with any new
metric recipes we want to try. But,
according to Monica Leslie, co
ordinator of the North Carolina
Metric Resource Center, cooks will
not have to throw out their favorite
recipes.
"just keep your standard mea
suring cups and spoons to use with
your old recipes ? do not try to
convert your old recipes to metric,
says Mrs. Leslie. "The best way to
use metric recipes is to use measur
ing utensils with metric units
marked on them. Measuring cups
and spoons with both metric and
customary units marked on them
are becoming easier to find. In the
Raleigh area, they are available in
most discount, department, and
grocery stores at the same cost as
plain customary utensils."
Does all of this mean that the
government is making us "go
metric"? Not really. "Congress has
merely passed some enabling legis
lation to make it easy for business
and industries to coordinate their
efforts if they want to change to the
metric system," says Marion Kin
law of the Department of Agricul
ture's Consumer Standards Divi
sion. According to Kinlaw, the
government recognizes the realities
of world trade, and is trying to
make it possible for the U.S. to
continue its role in that trade.
Starting in April of next year,
European Common Market will not
accept for trade any items that are
not labeled in metric units. The
Metric Conversion Act, signed by
President Ford, in December,
1975, sets up a U.S. Metric Board
to help coordinate metrication
efforts in the United States.
However, there is no "deadline"
for the changeover and it is a
voluntary changeover. Business
and industries can go metric when
they find it advantageous to do so,
but the government is not requiring
them to make the change.
Jesus once said, "And if your
hand or foot causes you to sin, cut
it off and throw it from you; it is
better for you to enter life maimed
or lame than with two hands or two
feet to be thrown into the eternal
fire" (Matthew 18:8).
Of course, Jesus did not mean for
that statement to be taken literally,
but if he had, I suspect that more
Christians would lose their tongues
than any other organ of the body!
Many who are never likely to kill,
steal, or commit adultery will prove
just as errant in God's eyes by
virtue of their intemperate or
untruthful speech.
The evil of the unbridled tongue
is probably as pervasive as it is
because we tend to underestimate
its importance. We seem to accept
uncritically the old doggerel:
Sticks and stones
May break my bones.
But names will never hurt me.
But it isn't so! Names can often
be as hurtful or more than "sticks
and stones." We often say, "they
were just words," as if words were
inconsequential. Demagogues, like
Hitler, know that that isn't so.
Military experts in psychological
warfare and propaganda know that
it is not so. And, if we stop to be
honest with outselves, we know it
too.
The other evening I watched
a documentary television program
on "Violence in America." A
portion of the program dealt with
the "violence of words," something
that seems to be growing in our
society. Everyday in the newspaper
I read inflammatory words written
or reported by newspeople. I hear
intemperate words on my radio and
TV, on streetcorners, public build
ings, and the livingrooms of friends
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and neighbors. And James is right
when he calls the tongue "a fire,"
"a beast," a "deadly poison" that
can ravage a whole community.
James is concerned that the
readers of his letter will begin to
understand how vulnerable their
tongues can make them. What we
say, he points out, is very serious. It
is just as easy ? perhaps even more
? to sin with words as with deeds.
Furthermore, says James, how
terrible to use the same organ to
praise God with one breath and
curse men with another! If the
same tongue is used to both bless
and curse, we must assume that the
words of blessing are insincere:
"Does a spring pour forth from the
same opening fresh water and
brackish?" (3:11) A bit of brackish
water casts doubt upon the purity
of the "fresh water" that comes
from it and a malicious tongue
throws suspicion upon our acts.
The tongue, James tells us. is not
a mischievous "tabby-cat," as we
so often assume, but a fiery,
untamed, poisonous beast that
somehow for our souls' sake we
must learn to control.
Nurses Meet
In Asheville
Three McCain area nurses re
cently attended the Thirtieth North
Carolina Licensed Practical Nurses
Association meeting in Asheville.
Hattie McRae, Ruth Glenn and
Verlinda McCoy, all local associa
tion officers, attended the meeting
in the Great Smokies Hilton.
New officers will be installed
tonight (Thursday) at the regular
monthly meeting of the nurses.
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bass can distinguish colors, odds
are good that all will agree that ol'
bigmouth can "see" colors, and
also has certain favorites.
Until recently, however, there
has been little scientific proof. Now
that some studies have been
conducted, I'm pleased to be able
to report that fishermen were
apparently right all the time. Bass
can distinguish colors, although no
one knows whether the "red" a
bass sees is the same "red" a
fisherman might see.
The study is rather interesting.
Dr. Don F. McCoy of the De
partment of Psychology, University
of Kentucky, conducted a series of
studies using bass in 30 gallon
tanks. McCoy trained the bass to
repond to certain artificial situa
tions -- that is he set up
experiments that required the bass
to use color vision to solve
problems.
McCoy's bass were trained to
strike at a color - coded target, and
when they responsed correctly, they
were rewarded with food. A sliding
door was positioned to separate the
bass from the target and also to
prevent them from seeing when the
target color was changed during
trials. A timing system was used to
record the elapsed time between the
raising of the sliding door and the
striking of the target by the bass.
This elapsed time was the basic
measurement used to determine the
response of the bass to various
colors.
McCoy concluded that bass have
surprisingly keen color perception.
They are also capable of learning to
a limited degree. The bass ap
peared to respond more favorably
to colors in the blue - green region,
and appeared to have a slight
aversion to yellow, although McCoy
is quick to say that these con
clusions are quite tentative since
waters in the tanks have none of the
variable characteristics found in
natural waters.
When given a choice between
color and brightness, the color
seemed to influence the bass more
than the brightness of the target.
Again, this may have been the
result of conditions beyond the
control of the experimenters, but
there was no indication that the
brightness of the target played any
part in the response of the bass.
Perhaps the most significant
finding was that while bass can
learn to react to a certain color (or
other stimulus), they seem to be
incapable of "unlearning" that
habit. That is. once a habit
becomes ingrained, it may be
impossible to change.
A bass may be taught to strike a
blue target in order to be rewarded
with food, but after he's trained,
you can't switch colors on him and
hope that he'll learn to strike
another color.
It's hard to evaluate how
valuable this information might be
in the future, but such studies may
be very useful in bass management
someday.
I, for one, am glad to know that
there is at last some scientific basis
for the fact that I have so many
different colored lures in my tackle
box. I knew there had to be some
reason why I couldn't pass a tackle
store without buying a new bass
lure. And for what it's worth, I tend
to respond favorably to purple or
silver, but have a slight aversion to
red. Furthermore, once I get a
habit embedded in my brain. I have
a heck of a time unlearning it.
I guess it's like a friend of mine
once said, "Bass are just like
people, only wetter."
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"When you stand praying, if you
have a grievance against anyone,
forgive him, so that your Father in
heaven may forgive you the wrongs
you have done." (Mark 1 1 :25 NEB)
"I suppose careful, painstaking
nursing can cure almost anything,"
said a patient to a nurse. The nurse
quipped. "Yes, almost anything
except a grudge!"
Prayer will not work in an
unforgiving heart. If we are holding
a grudge against another, we block
God's action. He may desire to
fulfill our wishes, but His hands are
tied because of our unforgiveness.
In the midst of suffering, Jesus
forgave the very ones who nailed
Him to the cross. Joseph forgave his
brothers who sold him into slavery.
They meant evil against him, but
God worked it out for their good.
Don't worry about retribution or
vengeance when you have been
wronged by someone. Simply for
give, and God will do the rest.
If we let a root of bitterness grow,
our prayer life will be choked. Our
prayers will never reach beyond
ourselves until we learn to forgive,
no matter what the circumstances
may be.
We must not allow a grudge nor
a spark of revenge to gain even the
tiniest foothold in our hearts.
PRAYER: Dear heavenly Fa
ther. help us this day to live so close
to Thee that when others wrong us
we will react as Jesus did. In His
name. Amen.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
To forgive, you must pray; to pray,
you must forgive.
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Bundy. won first place in the arts
and crafts contest sponsored by the
Raeford chapter of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy and
received honorable mention in the
state division. His winning entry
was a drawing of a blockade runner
used during the War between the
States. He is a sixth grade student
at Raeford Elementary School.
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