Monthly Archives: August 2006

20060817 Science and Technology Mega Brief

Posted on 17 August 2006 by dlhitzeman

Welcome to another Science and Technology Mega Brief. The Mega Brief is an information-filled glance at interesting science and technology news and profiles on science and technology that affects us. See the post for this week’s topics.
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20060815 World Watch Focus: A Ceasefire with No Peace

Posted on 15 August 2006 by dlhitzeman

On 14 August 2006, Israel implemented a UN brokered ceasefire with Hezbollah, effectively bringing an end to more than an month of continuous combat between that nation and its terrorist adversary. In doing so, Israel conceded defeat to Hezbollah and, perhaps more importantly, to its state sponsors Iran and Syria. This defeat marks a turning point in the ongoing conflict between the rest of the world and fundamentalist Islam as Iran, Syria, Hezbollah, and other fundamentalist Islamic actors now realize that localized asymmetric warfare can paralyze and politically defeat sovereign nations. Such a defeat represents the opening of the next chapter of the ongoing war between fundamentalist Islam and the rest of the world. Continue reading →

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20060814 Daily Web Roundup

Posted on 14 August 2006 by dlhitzeman

The Daily Web Roundup is a collection of links to the news, commentary, and information I found interesting or useful today. If you want to read more of what is found in this post, find links to my favorite news, commentary, and information sites at Dennis L Hitzeman’s News Reading List. Continue reading →

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20060808 World Watch Focus: Ironic Conflict

Posted on 8 August 2006 by dlhitzeman

The world watches right now with pained anticipation as the current conflict between Israel and Hezbollah escalates to ever greater heights of violence and intensity. On an almost hourly basis, this conflict crosses some new threshold, and the world wonders whether it has reached the point where its localized fire will explode into a wider conflagration. Continue reading →

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20060803 Bible Study for the Day- Job 15-17

Posted on 3 August 2006 by dlhitzeman

Job and his friends were convinced of their own wisdom as they argued back and forth about the nature of Job’s affliction. All the while, they had no idea that God’s purpose in allowing the devil to afflict Job was to use him as an object lesson for faith, a matter that has nothing to do with anything Job might have done. Continue reading →

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