New items have been added to my Daily Update pages for Wednesday morning, located here:http://www.his-forever.com/daily_update_07_05_06.htm
and are as follows:
AMERICA:
Kansas City customs port considered Mexican soil?
WND investigation finds new evidence U.S. facility to be on foreign territoryWhite House tells rabbis U.S. won't pressure Israel
Assures Jewish leaders any unilateral withdrawal is PM Olmert's ideaANTI-CHRISTIAN BIGOTRY:
Christian film's PG rating troubles Congress
"This incident raises the disquieting possibility that the MPAA considers exposure to Christian themes more dangerous for children than exposure to gratuitous sex and violence," Blunt said in a letter to MPAA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Dan Glickman.ISRAEL HAPPENINGS:Ezekiel 38/39 Players -
Iran plans to cut gas imports, subsidies
Iran, which relies on imports for almost half its refined petroleum products, plans to halt those imports and introduce gasoline rationing later this year, the government announced.Olmert Issues Veiled Threat Against Syria
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday ignored a deadline to begin releasing Palestinian prisoners and instead issued a veiled threat against Syria, vowing to strike "those who sponsor" the militants in the Gaza Strip who seized a young Israeli soldier.Israel's Enemies -
Army Steps Up Gaza Operation
The IDF expanded Tuesday its activity in the Gaza area to the Erez industrial zone in the northern Strip, in the framework of the "Summer Rains" operation. Engineering and Armored corps, as well as Givati units, have entered the region Tuesday noon and are conducting searches for tunnels and explosive devices.Israel Warns Of "Long War"
Israel warned the governing Palestinian faction Hamas that the "sky will fall on them" if they harm a captured soldier after a deadline passed on Tuesday for the Jewish state to accept a prisoner exchange.While Israeli tanks and infantry massed along the Gaza Strip's northern border for a threatened ground incursion, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the campaign to free Corporal Gilad Shalit could turn into "a long war."MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS:Bad Habits -
Varenicline Effective for Smoking Cessation
Varenicline is a non-nicotine drug and is thought to help smokers quit by stimulating the release of the chemical dopamine in the brain. This reduces craving and withdrawal as it also blocks the reinforcing effects of smoked nicotine. Most other drugs for smoking cessation are nicotine-replacement products.Cancer -
Saliva Detects Oral Cancer
One person dies of oral cancer every hour in the United States. Only half of those diagnosed with the disease will survive more than five years, but if it's caught early enough, there's about a 90-percent chance of survival. Now you can help stop this disease, and it won't hurt a bit.Sleep Disorders -
Body Clock Surprise
Scientists at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor say the finding is a complete reversal of previous research and that drug makers will have to design new medications to treat sleep disorders, jet lag and some forms of depression.Women's Health -
Seizure Drug as Effective as Estrogen for Hot Flashes
New research from the University of Rochester in New York reveals the seizure drug gabapentin -- sold under the brand name Neurontin -- is as effective as estrogen in treating menopause symptoms.MISCELLANEOUS:
Cell Phone Drivers as Bad as Drunk Drivers <- I BELIEVE IT!!!
"We found that people are as impaired when they drive and talk on a cell phone as they are when they drive intoxicated at the legal blood-alcohol limit," reports study co-author Frank Drews, an assistant professor of psychology.PESTILENCE:
Air pollution, cramped living in Athens breeding 'super mosquitoes' <- FEATURE!
Cramped housing conditions and air pollution in Athens have given rise to a "super breed" of mosquito that is larger, faster and more adept at locating human prey, a Greek daily has reported.RUMORS OF WAR:
North Korea fired Taepodong missile which failed <- FEATURE!
North Korea launched a long-range Taepodong-2 missile and two small Scud-type missiles within a two-hour period, but the long-range missile appears to have failed, a diplomatic source told Reuters on Tuesday.SCIENCE/ARCHAEOLOGY:
This Is The Ark”—Noah’s Ark Expedition Team Member
The expedition team led by Christian explorer Bob Cornuke found Noah’s Ark, according to team member Arch Bonnema, who said five of the nine samples taken from the vessel were confirmed as petrified wood, some of which had sea fossils contained within at 13,100 feet in the Ararat mountain range in Northern Iran.TERRORISM/TERRORISTS:
Shalit's Captors Sever Links With Egyptian Mediators
The kidnappers of Gilad Shalit announced on Tuesday that they had severed links with the Egyptian mediators. "Hamas representatives have broken off contact with members of the Egyptian delegation," said a Hamas official. Meanwhile, despite an earlier vow not to release any new information about Shalit, a spokesman for one of the groups said that the soldier would not be killed.--------------Wednesday's article, "The God of Tolerance" by Jack Kinsella, will also be linked to the Daily Update page.
EXCERPT:
Since there are so many forms of 'god', there is a popular myth that dictates there are as many ways to God as there are forms of 'god.'It sounds logical enough, if one prefers a 'god of their own understanding' over an omnipotent God Who understands all.
A 'god of one's own understanding' could just as easily be described as the 'God I Made Up To Suit Me'.
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I pray you are blessed by all, and that you have a blessed day in the Lord!
YSIY!
Peggy
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