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...Mosque Raid Aryn Baker's "Among the Believers" was amazing and the most human account of the radical Islamic students' standoff at the Red Mosque in Islamabad that I have read so far [July 16]. I was truly amazed by the correspondent's unshakable ability to stay objective and present a clear picture of those who are completely devoted to their faith. I was raised as a Lutheran, a faith that was once perceived as a radical reformist movement with fanatic followers. I was very moved by Baker's story. Peteris Timofejevs-Henriksson, Brussels...
...Raid in the Name of Allah Aryn Baker's "Among the believers" was amazing and the most human account of the radical Islamic students' standoff at the Red Mosque in Islamabad that I have read so far [July 16]. I was truly amazed by the correspondent's unshakable ability to stay objective and present a clear picture of those who are completely devoted to their faith. I was raised as a Lutheran, a faith that was once perceived as a radical reformist movement with fanatic followers. I was very moved by Baker's story. Peteris Timofejevs-Henriksson, BRUSSELS...
Automatic checking account withdrawals are used by some churches, and more recently, ATM-like kiosks are now available in many church corridors and lobbies, where parishioners can swipe a card and receive a printed receipt, which they can either save for the IRS or plunk into the collection basket with a flourish, so pew mates will know they're not spiritual freeloaders...
...church that he now markets the devices privately and has placed them in 35 congregations across the U.S. "People don't carry cash," he says, noting that total income from contributions has increased 18% since the first kiosk was installed in 2005. Coins and paper money now account for less than 5% of that total...
...exciting as the discovery is, it's a small part of the story: the new genes account for less than 1% of the risk of developing MS. In addition, about 70% of the normal, non-MS affected population has the same variants. "Every single time we have looked for genes for MS, the genes turn out to have a very small effect," says Dr. Moses Rodriguez, professor of immunology at the Mayo Clinic and a leading MS researcher." That suggests that either the disease is not genetically controlled in a significant way, or that if it is, that there...