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SPACE.com [AP] -- NASA Engineers Work on Alternative Moon Rocket When I posted earlier about the "DIRECT" proposal for an alternative next-generation manned spacecraft system to the Ares/Orion/Constellation which NASA has determined to use,  I obviously didn't appreciate the full extent of the irony in this situation.  Engineers working with NASA on the preposterous Ares/

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Opportunities for communication have become rare---my one regular contact with the pastor of our Church  usually includes several other preachers from various churches in the same room, and a non-conforming comment from a layman is made obviously unwelcome.  I think at this point I'm traditionally supposed to nail something to a door somewhere, but I'm going to try this medium first.

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Opportunities for communication have become rare---my one regular contact with the pastor of our Church  usually includes several other preachers from various churches in the same room, and a non-conforming comment from a layman is made obviously unwelcome.  I think at this point I'm traditionally supposed to nail something to a door somewhere, but I'm going to try this medium first.

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 FOXNews.com - Tony Snow, Former White House Press Secretary and FOX News Anchor, Dies at 53 My first impression of Tony Snow was back when he stood in for Limbaugh, back when I still occasionally listened to Limbaugh.  Snow was generally calm, pleasant, and credible when a lot of people in Washington weren't.  He finally succumbed to cancer Saturday morning. FOXNews.com -

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[There may be some light spoiling in here, depending on how sensitive and/or cranky one is, and whether anyone actually reads this anyway.] The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian It’s been a while since I read the Narnia books, so I’m not ready to make a point by point comparison with Lewis’s original work. I was actually expecting this one to be the Dawn Treader, which

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In case any of us have forgotten where the serious perverts are: My Way News [AP]- Texas seizure of polygamist-sect kids thrown out The appellate court in Austin determined today that sexual abuse of children is okay with them, as long as it can be cloaked in some sort of pretense---no mater how preposterous---of a religious belief.  Phoenix polar mission closes on Mars: Spaceflight

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My Way News [AP]- China quake death toll could rise to 50,000 Terrible images continue to pour out of the region of China devastated by a 7.9-magnitude earthquake.  It seems like only a pitiful few of the thousands feared buried under collapsed buildings are being found alive.   The possible failure of a critical dam and blocked roads continue to complicate rescue efforts. 

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[There was something I had to learn about this subject before I could finish it.] Romans 3 21But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, 23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24and are

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[With apologies to Arthur C. Clarke, who isn't here anymore to defend his work---seriously] According to Michael Griffin, the "future" begins in 2010.  It won't be pretty. Back in the dark days after the Columbia tragedy, a lot of us were hanging around the alt.sci.space.* newsgroups.  In the midst of all the rather silly suggestions for "fixing" the Shuttle--

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Ok, so this year's attempt to present anti-Christian graffiti as news in time for the Easter season has pretty much fizzled out, so we're stuck with meddling in space news instead. More information on the latest Soyuz TMA re-entry incident, and analysis of the implications for NASA's manned spaceflight plans: The space blame game - Cosmic Log - msnbc.com[Boyles] The Real Soyuz Problem -

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My Way News - Myanmar death toll could top 10,000, foreign minister says The reported death toll in Myanmar (Burma) from a catastrophic cyclone continues to rise by the hour, with thousands more missing.  There are now fears that 10,000 people may have died in one township alone.  The government is despotic and paranoid, but it now appears that they will allow outside aid to relieve

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---faith? Galatians 3 23Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be revealed. 24So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith. Faith? It is one of the most common and unifying themes in the New Testament. Our Salvation is said repeatedly to depend directly on it. But what is it? Why is it important?

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 Galatians 1 8But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! 9As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned! [In the Greek, "ἀνάθεμα ἔστω "---"

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SPACE.com -- NASA Keeps Close Eye on Russian Spacecraft Investigation The corrections to the Soyuz production after the ballistic re-entry of last October---extra insulation on a control cable that shorted out and checks on the explosive separation bolts on the propulsion and retro module that apparently didn't separate properly---failed to be made to the latest Soyuz because it was already in

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FOXNews.com - Korean Astronaut Describes Terrifying Return to Earth - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News In case you thought visiting Korean Astronaut Yi So-yeon was displaying a lack of personal courage as she described the ordeal of Saturday's return to Earth, don't.  Further details on the re-entry problems suggest that the Soyuz crew module came closer to disaster

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FOXNews.com - Armenian, Greek Worshippers Scuffle at Jesus' Tomb - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News If nothing else, this shows why it's not possible to be "a little bit Christian".  Israeli police had to break up a violent brawl between various "Orthodox" denominations over access rights to the supposed site of Jesus' tomb. 

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My Way News [AP]- Israel at 60: A vibrant nation still in search of itself With the Pope in America, Carter in Syria, and various other distractions, this seems to have been underreported. May 14, 2008 will be the 60th anniversary of the Israeli declaration of independence. The resulting war (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Arab-Israeli_War [this article is rated as under-cited by the

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Now, I loathe “Johnny Gets a Touchdown”-class football metaphors as much as anybody, but it just happens to fit this chronic attitude problem with some Churches I’ve experienced. I would have even more trouble if I tried to frame the issue with references to Paul Harvey. So, in football terms, we’re often only playing the “first half”. This isn’t a new

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Feb 14 again.  A classic favorite from one of history's most unique artists:

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It's a formula that has become familiar, and sometimes almost acceptable in American households over the last few years: "Reality" programming, that blending of the best of the worst of soap opera and pro wrestling, which works so well because, apparently, you'll believe anything.It was probably inevitable that such a successful formula would be applied to politics, as I'm personally convinced

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Proverbs 3 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your paths. SPACE.com -- Pools of Invisible Matter Mapped in Space For centuries, Men of Reason have walked about with their noses in the air, attesting to the superior products of Reason and Logic over the dark, sinister, clouded thinking

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My first attempt to use MS Windows Live Writer was frustrating---it must have been an early beta, and it didn't work with my freee weblog hosts. They seem to have cleaned the application up a lot, and publishing appears to be almost automatic. It also appears to be possible to set it to automatically strip the huge amounts of incomprehensible and useless code inserted into the HTML text by Word

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My Way News - Pakistan's Bhutto Assassinated at RallyWe couldn't even make it to the end of the year.....One of the commentators on Fox News (which is often too lurid and sensational to depend on for actual news), pointed out a monstrous irony in the situation in Pakistan---that the only really safe person in Pakistan is its "most wanted" resident---bin Laden.You can't have an evil civilization.

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6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given,and the government will be on his shoulders.And he will be called Wonderful Counselor,Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end.He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom,establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousnessfrom that time on and

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In politics:Clinton to unveil mandatory health care proposal - CNN.comThere has been a lot of speculation lately that the contest between Hillary and Obama for the Democratic Presidential nomination is all a sham, and that the Clinton-II/Obama ticket was set before the campaigns ever got started. I have a somewhat more cynical conspiracy theory---that Hillary has already been “elected”, to

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