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WHAT IS THE NATURE OF CHRISTIAN LOVE? --IT'S DEPTH, BREADTH, DIMENSIONS-- Have prayed since Jr High to be able to love like Jesus. That's a pretty hazardous prayer. The training for answers to that prayer is a lot like the training for wisdom, humility and patience. Lots of long dark nights of the soul; refiner's fires; being ground to powder, blown to the 4 winds--recollected--dipped in vinegar and ran through the manure spreader backwards . . . can all be SOP--common events. Here are some questions to get us started prayerfully considering these principles and truths: 1. What is...

Bird flu triggers high and sustained virus buildup, cause of severe disease 15:13:05 EDT Sep 10, 2006 Canadian Press: HELEN BRANSWELL (CP) - The severe disease that H5N1 avian flu provokes in people appears to be caused by the virus's ability to replicate at unusually high levels for a prolonged period - an overwhelming assault that triggers a massive and devastating immune system response, a new scientific paper suggests. Interrupting that process before it reaches the tipping point is critical, say the authors of the article, who based their observations on detailed study of 18 H5N1 patients in Vietnam. But...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- At least seven people were killed Friday by severe thunderstorms and tornadoes that swept across central Tennessee, state officials said. All seven deaths were in Sumner County northeast of Nashville, said Eddie Boatwright, spokesman for the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency. He said the deaths were confirmed by hospitals and emergency workers but names of the victims were not yet unavailable. Fire Chief Joe Womack said three bodies were pulled from the wreckage of homes in the Woodhaven subdivision of Gallatin, about 24 miles northeast of Nashville. The three bodies were loaded into an ambulance in the...

...TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS/LOWER MS VALLEY... MAJOR TORNADO OUTBREAK IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SRN OH VALLEY. AS THE AFTERNOON CONTINUES...IN ADDITION TO THE DAMAGING STORMS ACROSS TN AND KY...NUMEROUS TORNADIC STORMS WITH A POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES WILL INITIATE NEAR THE MS RIVER AND TRACK ENEWD ACROSS THE HIGH RISK AREA. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY CURRENTLY SHOWS A POTENT UPPER-LOW OVER THE CNTRL PLAINS WITH AN ASSOCIATED 90 KT MID-LEVEL JET PUNCHING ENEWD ACROSS THE MID-MS VALLEY REGION. THE JET IS ENHANCING LIFT AND VERTICAL SHEAR ACROSS KY AND TN WHERE NUMEROUS SUPERCELL STORMS ARE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 851 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NEW YORK THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK BULLETIN - NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1015 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005 ALBANY COLUMBIA DUTCHESS FULTON GREENE HAMILTON HERKIMER MONTGOMERY RENSSELAER SARATOGA SCHENECTADY SCHOHARIE ULSTER WARREN WASHINGTON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ALBANY...AMSTERDAM...ARLINGTON... ATHENS...BEACON...CAIRO...CAMBRIDGE...CATSKILL...COBLESKILL... COXSACKIE...DOLGEVILLE...FORT EDWARD...FRANKFORT...GLENS FALLS... GLOVERSVILLE...GRANVILLE...GREENWICH...HERKIMER...HUDSON... HUDSON FALLS...ILION...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...JOHNSTOWN...KINGSTON... LITTLE FALLS...MIDDLEBURGH...MOHAWK...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE... ROTTERDAM...SARATOGA SPRINGS...SCHENECTADY...SPECULATOR...TROY... WELLSVILLE...WEST GLENS FALLS AND WHITEHALL.

New Orleans criminal justice system facing severe money woes 10/7/2005, 5:34 p.m. CT By MELINDA DESLATTE The Associated Press ST. GABRIEL, La. (AP) — Struggling to restart New Orleans' crippled criminal justice system, the parish district attorney and chief criminal judge said money problems from Hurricane Katrina have forced layoffs and threaten to stymie court proceedings. The cash shortage compounds problems for a system that already was troubled with prosecutors trying to track down witnesses who scattered as evacuees, a clerk of court's office assessing whether flooding and mold damaged evidence and a criminal court temporarily holding limited proceedings at...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2005 – Army Sgt. Manuel Mendoza-Valencia, 24, of San Ramon, Calif., was presented with the first Sentinels of Freedom scholarship today in the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes. "Sgt. Manny Mendoza has been an example of will and courage both on the battlefield and in his recovery," Gordon England, acting deputy secretary of defense, said. "He has given greatly in service to America. And like the men and women of our latest generation, Manny has much more to give and a long, bright future ahead of him." Mendoza is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and a double...

TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 404 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 115 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005 TORNADO WATCH 404 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ALCONA ALLEGAN ALPENA ANTRIM ARENAC BARRY BAY BENZIE BERRIEN BRANCH CALHOUN CASS CHARLEVOIX CHEBOYGAN CLARE CLINTON CRAWFORD EATON EMMET GENESEE GLADWIN GRAND TRAVERSE GRATIOT HILLSDALE HURON INGHAM IONIA IOSCO ISABELLA JACKSON KALAMAZOO KALKASKA KENT LAKE LAPEER LEELANAU LENAWEE LIVINGSTON MACOMB MANISTEE MASON MECOSTA MIDLAND MISSAUKEE MONROE MONTCALM MONTMORENCY MUSKEGON NEWAYGO OAKLAND OCEANA OGEMAW OSCEOLA OSCODA OTSEGO OTTAWA PRESQUE ISLE ROSCOMMON SAGINAW SANILAC SHIAWASSEE ST. CLAIR ST....

PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1100 AM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005 VALID 041600Z - 050000Z ...OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND MISSOURI VALLEY TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG TORNADOES AND VERY LARGE DAMAGING HAIL OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND MISSOURI VALLEY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE SOUTHWEST IOWA EASTERN KANSAS WESTERN MISSOURI SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA SURROUNDING THE HIGH RISK AREA...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF...

A bitter-sounding Sen. John Kerry dismissed the historic Iraqi election on Sunday, warning Americans not to "overhype" the watershed event. "No one in the United States should try to overhype this election," Kerry told NBC's "Meet the Press." The failed presidential candidate questioned the historic referendum's legitimacy, saying, "It's hard to say that something is legitimate when a whole portion of the country can't vote and doesn't vote." Kerry also pooh-poohed reports of a surprisingly high 72 percent turnout by Iraqi voters, insisting instead that the election has "gone as expected." Asked if he thought Iraq was now less of...

Kobe-less Lakers still beat LeBron, Cavs LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lakers star Kobe Bryant sustained what the team called a severely sprained right ankle midway through the first quarter of Thursday night's game against the Cleveland Cavaliers and had to be helped off the court. X-rays were negative, but Bryant will have an MRI on Friday, team spokesman John Black said. Bryant, the NBA's second-leading scorer with a 28.2-point average, was injured when he landed on Ira Newble's right foot while going for a rebound under the Cavaliers' basket. Newble was called for a foul on the play. Bryant immediately...

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0006 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0621 PM CST SAT JAN 01 2005 AREAS AFFECTED...SERN MN...NCNTRL/NERN IA...MUCH OF WI...FAR NRN IL AND MUCH OF LOWER MI/SRN UPPER MI CONCERNING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET VALID 020021Z - 020615Z SIGNIFICANT ICE/SLEET EVENT WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WHILE PROGRESSING ENEWD FROM THE UPPER MS VALLEY ACROSS THE WRN/NRN GREAT LAKES REGION THROUGH 06Z. TWO CORRIDORS OF HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TO OCCUR DURING THIS TIME. ONE AXIS IS ANTICIPATED TO EXTEND FROM NCNTRL/NERN IA NEWD ACROSS SERN MN...CENTRAL/NERN WI AND THE WRN U.P. OF MI. THE OTHER AXIS ACROSS PORTIONS OF...

Reports of major damage across Southern Missouri...Northern Arkansas...and Western Tennessee. Roof removed from school...houses damaged...some injuries. Some reports... 1120 AM TSTM WND DMG BIGGERS 36.33N 90.81W 07/04/2004 RANDOLPH AR EMERGENCY MNGR ROOF BLOWN OFF OF A SCHOOL 1130 AM TSTM WND DMG JONESBORO 35.82N 90.69W 07/04/2004 CRAIGHEAD AR TRAINED SPOTTER SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO SOME BUSINESSES AND HOMES. 1200 PM TSTM WND DMG JONESBORO 35.82N 90.69W 07/04/2004 CRAIGHEAD AR TRAINED SPOTTER MOBILE HOME PARK DAMAGED 1235 PM TSTM WND DMG SE MARION 35.21N 90.20W 07/04/2004 CRITTENDEN AR TRAINED SPOTTER ROOF AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ON HWY 77 AT...

HONG KONG, Saturday, Dec. 27 — A free-lance television employee has fallen ill 80 miles from here in southern China with what doctors suspect is SARS, health officials here and in mainland China said on Saturday afternoon. The unidentified man has the clinical symptoms of severe acute respiratory syndrome, including a full-blown respiratory tract infection and fever, said P.Y. Lam, Hong Kong's director of health. But a laboratory test for antibodies against the virus was inconclusive, possibly because blood was drawn for the test early in the illness, while a genetic test for the virus has not yet been completed,...

NWS Davenport, Roof Damage, No injuries..... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MASA ["May-sah"] Milwaukee Area Skywarn Assc, Inc, Nonprofit & Tax Exempt. Skywarn: the Identification, Evaluation, and Reporting of dangerous weather. Desktop Doppler Radar with auto refresh: www.mke-skywarn.org/radarmkx.htm SKYWARN RECOGNITION DAY is now set for December 6th 0000-2400 UTC. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Davenport, IA, Aug. 21 --Being part of the agency that forecasts weather didn't protect NOAA's National Weather Service Quad Cities forecast office in Davenport, Iowa, from severe damage caused by a Wednesday evening thunderstorm and high winds. According to Meteorologist in Charge Jim Belles, the forecast staff passed operations to the Des Moines forecast...

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Western U.S. states, which had below-average rainfall last winter and are currently experiencing unusually dry weather, face a high risk of forest fires this summer, a local fire and land agency said on Monday. Paul Werth, a weather expert at the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center, said that a report due to be presented to state governors on Tuesday will warn of the increased risk of major wildfires breaking out over the coming months in a region of the United States that is especially prone to raging summer blazes. "The biggest reason in combination is the dry weather...

PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 800 AM CDT THU 08 MAY 2003 ...OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING A FEW STRONG TORNADOES AND VERY LARGE HAIL...EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY LATE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG TORNADOES OVER A SMALL PART OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY LATE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE: NORTHEAST KANSAS NORTHWEST MISSOURI EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA MORE ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL/HIGH WINDS AND POSSIBLE...

INFORMATION LINKS:United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention World Health Organization (WHO) International Society for Infectious Diseases (ProMed)SARS Info Centerper loin’s Charts and Graphs FREE REPUBLIC THREADS: November 10, 2001 1. Colorado Governor Orders Post Office Shut Down After Employee Hospitalized for PneumoniaNovember 21, 2001 2. Odd Pneumonia in SverdlovskFebruary 12, 2003 3. Fear spreads in China over mystery lung virus March 10 – 16 4. Precognition (Mother Abigail) 5. First Known Case of Atypical Pneumonia in Europe Quarantined in Frankfurt (with 155 passengers) 6. UN Warns of Worldwide Threat from Killer Pneumonia 7. UN warns of worldwide threat...

INFORMATION LINKS – SARS:United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention World Health Organization (WHO) SARS Info Center International Society for Infectious Diseases (ProMed)per loin’s Charts and Graphs FREE REPUBLIC THREADS: November 10, 2001 1. Colorado Governor Orders Post Office Shut Down After Employee Hospitalized for PneumoniaNovember 21, 2001 2. Odd Pneumonia in SverdlovskFebruary 12, 2003 3. Fear spreads in China over mystery lung virus March 10 – 16 4. Precognition (Mother Abigail) 5. First Known Case of Atypical Pneumonia in Europe Quarantined in Frankfurt (with 155 passengers) 6. UN Warns of Worldwide Threat from Killer Pneumonia 7. UN warns...

2003-11 March 30, 2003 5:00 pm Advisory Update #15 - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome As of March 30, 2003, Health Canada has received reports of approximately 98 probable or suspect cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta and New Brunswick. There have been four deaths in Canada. All Canadian cases have occurred in persons who have traveled to Asia or had contact with SARS cases in the household or in a health-care setting. The information contained in this update is based on the best available information Health Canada has at this time. 2003-11 March 29,...