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ÿş <table align=center><tr><td> <center>GET IT WHILE IT'S HOT Our latest newsletter is NOW available. </td><td> <a href="newsletter/Get A Life March 2007 Newsletter.pdf"> <img src="graphics/click_more.gif" border=0></a> </center></td></tr></table> <hr size=2 color=800000 width=100%>  <table><tr><td valign="top" colspan=5 align=center> <center>Weekly Update Aug 24,2008 </center> </td></tr><tr><td>  <a href="#article1">  Lawsuit Makes Mockery Out of The Bible </a> </td><td valign=top> <a href="#article2">  Introducing The Human Thermometer </a> </td><td valign=top> <a href="#article3AA"> These "Ten Commandments" Should Be Broken...In Pieces! </a> </td><td valign=top> <a href="#article4"> New Age Taking Control In Schools </a> </td><td valign=top> <a href="#article5"> Shepherding Both Sides Of The Flock? </a> </td></tr>  <tr><td colspan="4"> <a name="article1"> Lawsuit Makes Mockery Out of The Bible </a>  Source: July 15,2008     <a href= "http://www.newswithviews.com/NWV-News/news56.htm"> http://www.newswithviews.com/NWV-News/news56.htm</a> Bradley LaShawn Fowler, a 39-year old self-avowed homosexual from Canton, Michigan, seeks $60 million from Zondervan, a major publisher of religious books, and an additional $10 million from Thomas Nelson Publishing in his lawsuits filed in the federal court for the Eastern District of Michigan. While observers believe Fowler is being backed by an anti-Christian or pro-gay group, according to The Grand Rapids Press (in Michigan), the plaintiff Fowler is representing himself in the legal proceedings. "I believe this self-representation business is a sham. I suspect some big-money organization or a wealthy benefactor is providing the finances for this obscene abuse of the legal system and the US Constitution's 'separation of church and state' tradition. Are Christians really going to allow some gay activist and a black-robed lawyer to decide how the Bible is written?" asks political strategist Mike Baker. Fowler claims that King James Bibles published by Zondervan disparages homosexuals as sinners. He said he filed his lawsuits against Bible publishers because they are instrumental in having his family turn against him. Fowler is also claiming the Bible verses cause him physical discomfort and that he suffers mental distress as a result of those scriptures. "The intent of the publisher was to design a religious, sacred document to reflect an individual opinion or a group's conclusion to cause me or anyone who is a homosexual to endure verbal abuse, discrimination, episodes of hate, and physical violence ... including murder," Fowler wrote in his self-styled legal brief. "This whole lawsuit is making a mockery of the Holy Bible and a blatant attempt by the homosexual community to take away the rights of Bible-believing Christians in the United States. Past cases against Christians and their beliefs has shown that court actions infringing on their beliefs and practices is even easier than taking away candy from a baby," Baker warns. "The Muslim religion also condemns homosexuality. If Mr. Fowler was to sue the publishers of the Koran, would the Muslims sit silently by? Salman Rushdie wrote a book titled The Satanic Verses that offended the muslims back in 1988, and he's still in hiding today. In a Christian Nation, they tolerate Gay Pride Parades. Make a mockery of the Christian Bible, and all you can expect from the religious leadership is 'we'll pray on it', said Baker." "A good example of Christians tolerating blasphemy is an artwork made famous back in 1987 by Andres Serrano, titled; "Piss Christ," and voting for spineless weenies and the lesser of two evils is why America is at the doorstep of destruction," added Lorraine Tillman. "My fear is that Christians -- bishops, pastors, and church-goers -- will silently accept the decision of a black-robed lawyer who may or may not have his own religious agenda. Too often religious leaders have failed to motivate their churches to take action when their rights are being violated by oppressive anti-religious forces inside and outside our government," said Baker. By the way added Baker, "one of the books published by Thomas Nelson Publishing is Judge Andrew Napolitano's 'A Nation of Sheep.'" In a recently released statement, a Zondervan spokesperson wrote: "Zondervan doesn't translate the Bible or own the copyright for any of the translations. Instead [our] company relies on the scholarly judgment of credible translation committees." Meanwhile, U.S. District Judge Julian Abele Cook, Jr., who will hear Fowler s case against Thomas Nelson, said that he has some very genuine concerns about the nature and efficacy of [the plaintiff's] claims." Christian observers such as Jane Martin believe such statements only encourage these types of lawsuits. "This case just may go a lot further than it deserves, thanks to a liberal judge who believes his word is sacrosanct," she said. While the denizens of America's newsrooms appear to be ignoring this latest religious controversy, the gay press is keeping their eyes on the case and spinning the story to benefit their worldview. While Fowler claims he alone is involved in the Zondervan and Thomas Nelson Publishing lawsuits, some conservatives believe he is being secretly backed by a group or individual with "deep pockets" and an interest in attacking Christianity. "This guy Fowler isn't telling us the full story. I'd bet the farm someone with millions of dollars to spare is backing him financially in a move to actually alter what Christians believe is 'the word of God,'" claims Mike Baker. Zondervan is a subsidiary of the publishing giant HarperCollins and specializes in evangelical books and audiotapes. Its books and products are sold in over 60 countries and it's a member of The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. "We're an international Christian communications company with a heart for helping people find and follow Jesus Christ by inspiring them with relevant biblical and spiritual resources. We do this through our best-selling, award-winning, and life-changing products," according to their mission statement. The other target of Fowler's lawsuit is Thomas Nelson, Inc., located in Nashville, TN. Nelson is one of the oldest publishing houses in the US, being established in 1798. As with Zondervan, the company specializes in Bibles, Christian non-fiction and fiction books, audiotapes and other religious products. The judge hearing the Fowler lawsuit, Julian Abele Cook, was appointed to the federal bench during the Carter Administration in 1978. According to a source in Washington, DC, Cook is "to the left" on most issues including so-called discrimination cases. In fact, besides being a federal judge, Cook has served as a chairman or vice-chairman of several civil liberties organizations and panels and he has close ties to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). "If people believe this lawsuit will disappear, they are sadly mistaken. Judge Cook is considered an activist judge who has a personal agenda when it comes to so-called discrimination cases. And the homosexual plaintiff against Zondervan and Thomas Nelson is claiming the Bible discriminates against gays and lesbians. This case is not going away any time soon," warns Baker. <hr width="400" color="800000" align="center"> </td><td valign="top" width="150">   <a href="mailto:bcrone@getalifeinternational.org"><img src="graphics/joinSm.gif"> Bible Prophecy in the News! </a> UPDATED WEEKLY Sign Up Now for Email Notification When Next Update is Available! <a href=mailto:bcrone@getalifeinternational.org>bcrone@getalifeinternational.org</a> Resources to Aid Your Understanding THE FINAL COUNTDOWN <a href="http://www.getalifeinternational.org/catalog/thefinalcountdown.php"border=0"> <img src="http://www.getalifeinternational.org/catalog/images/thefinalcountdown.jpg" border="0"></a> </td></tr>  <tr><td colspan="4"> <a name="article2"> Introducing The Human Thermometer </a>  Source: July 29,2008     <a href= "http://www.rfidupdate.com/articles/index.php?id=1646"> http://www.rfidupdate.com/articles/index.php?id=1646</a> <br Researchers at Radboud University in The Netherlands were able to monitor the body temperature of participants at the world's largest marching event using RFID technology. Volunteer participants in the annual Four Days Marches of Nijmegen swallowed an RFID-based temperature sensor that measured their internal temperature and helped researchers identify potential health issues. The Marches of Nijmegen has been held annually since 1916. Although originally designed as a military exercise, the march (held in mid-July) now draws up to 40,000 people who march distances between 30 and 50 kilometers for each of the four days of the event. The RFID study builds on the results of a previous manual study carried out in 2007, which monitored volunteers to ensure their body temperatures did not exceed recommended levels. The University began studying ways to monitor the health of marchers during the event after the deaths of two participants in 2006. That same year, 69 people were hospitalized for exhaustion or overheating. "Based on their height, weight and age, the system was able to alert the volunteer if their core body temperature had reached a dangerous level," says Martijn Bakkers, branch manager of healthcare at Progress Software. Radboud University developed the temperature tracking solution to help marchers avoid overheating and dehydration. Using complex event processing (CEP) technology provided by Progress Software, researchers were able to monitor and record the ten volunteers' temperatures via a signal transmitted every ten seconds from the RFID "pill" to a receiving device in the volunteer's backpack. That data was then transmitted via Bluetooth to a GPS-enabled mobile phone (provided by Dutch telecommunications operator KPN) to the operations center at Radboud. CEP is an event processing technology that allows an application to analyze multiple streams of event data, and then react to those conditions quickly. The Progress Apama CEP platform processed and analyzed the temperature data in real time. If a volunteer's body temperature was too high, officials could alert them to either rest or rehydrate using SMS text messaging, calling them on the mobile phone, or by alerting the onsite medical team to take action if needed. Because location information was available via Google Maps, it was also possible to alert other walkers in the vicinity of the volunteer if they were in danger of dehydrating. "The test went really well," says Bakkers. "We were able to see the volunteers' locations and body temperatures in real time. It rained during the marches this year, and we were actually able to see when their body temperatures fell or rose by as little as half a degree depending on whether they were wearing a raincoat or not." The RFID-based temperature sensor was provided by Florida-based HQ Inc. The company's 262 kHz CorTemp sensor has been used by a number of other organizations, including the National Football League (NFL), to track the core body temperature of athletes. According to Bakkers, the tests will be expanded at next year's event. Progress and Radboud also plan to test the solution at marathons and other long-distance running events, and hope to eventually make a solution available for other sports markets. "We think the solution could be utilized to help prevent death or injury from heat exhaustion at these endurance events," Bakkers says. <hr width="400" color="800000" align="center"> </td><td valign="top" width="150">  <a href=mailto:bcrone@getalifeinternational.org><img src="graphics/joinSm.gif"> Bible Prophecy in the News! </a> UPDATED WEEKLY Sign Up Now for Email Notification When Next Update is Available! <a href=mailto:bcrone@getalifeinternational.org>bcrone@getalifeinternational.org</a> Resources to Aid Your Understanding RFID:MAN'S GREATEST INVENTION OR MARK OF THE BEAST?(VOL.1) <a href="http://www.getalifeinternational.org/catalog/rfidmansgreatestinventionormarkofthebeast.php" border="0"> <img src="http://www.getalifeinternational.org/catalog/images/rfidmansgreatestinventionormarkofthebeast.jpg" border="0"></a> <hr width="400" color="800000" align="center"> </td></tr>  <tr><td colspan="4"> <a name="article3AA"> These "Ten Commandments" Should Be Broken...In Pieces! </a>  Source: July 28,2008     <a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=70792"> http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=70792</a> <br Christian organization is pressuring the community of Elberton, Ga., to tear down a massive, granite monument that lists an alternative set of Ten Commandments that the organization labels satanic.A Christian organization is pressuring the community of Elberton, Ga., to tear down a massive, granite monument that lists an alternative set of Ten Commandments that the organization labels satanic. The monument, known as the Georgia Guidestones, was built under a cloud of mystery in 1980. It lists 10 commandments in eight different languages, including a call to establish a new world language, limit human population to 500 million and avoid being "a cancer on the Earth." "We have atheists and Satanists getting the Bible's Ten Commandments removed from public property," said Mark Dice, spokesman for the group The Resistance, "yet the satanic Georgia Guidestones have stood for decades, and nobody seems to care. Well, we do." Comparing the monument's command to "maintain humanity under 500 million in perpetual balance with nature" with an estimated world's population of over 6 billion, Dice told WND, "Regardless of anyone's religion, I think they would find it objectionable that there's this monument that calls for the elimination of over 90 percent of the world's population." Dice told WND his group is contacting officials of the Elberton community, trying to rally citizens of the town to pressure their leaders and hoping to generate grassroots opposition from around the country. Since the land the monument sits upon is owned by a private trust and is not public property, Dice said, the battle against the monument will have to take place in the court of public opinion, rather than a court of law. The 19-foot tall, 237,746-pound monument, sometimes referred to as "American Stonehenge," consists of four granite tablets, each 16 feet high, over 6 feet wide, and 1 foot, 7 inches thick radiating out from a central "Gnomen Stone" and crowned with a capstone that weighs nearly 25,000 pounds by itself. Sandblasted into the tablets are over 4,000 characters that list the 10 commandments in eight languages: English, Russian, Hebrew, Arabic, Hindi, Chinese, Spanish and Swahili. The commandments themselves are as follows: Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature. Guide reproduction wisely improving fitness and diversity. Unite humanity with a living new language. Rule passion faith tradition and all things with tempered reason. Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts. Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court. Avoid petty laws and useless officials. Balance personal rights with social duties. Prize truth beauty love seeking harmony with the infinite. Be not a cancer on the Earth leave room for nature leave room for nature. Set flush in the soil several feet from the monument is an explanatory stone that says, "Let these be guidestones to an age of reason." Far from "reason," however, Dice sees pagan, New Age and even satanic themes in the message's exhortation of one-world unity, condemnation of humanity as a plague on the planet and call to seek "harmony with the infinite." "I've spoken to people in the community," Dice told WND. "They told me that on Halloween people party out there and often leave their occult regalia behind; during certain solstices, pagan groups use it." The monument's ties to astronomy and seasons can be seen in its design and orientation, including the directions the stones point, a hole drilled in the stone to view the North Star and a slot carved in the central stone that aligns with sun at different positions during solstices and the vernal and autumnal equinox. The origin of the stones, however, remains part of the mystery and allure of the monument. According to Dice, some people believe the stones were erected as a publicity stunt for a town famous for its granite production. Others dismiss the stones as the creation of an eccentric environmentalist and some see darker forces at work. The modern-day mystery stems from the fact that so little is known about the stones' creation or the mysterious "R.C. Christian" who paid to have the monument built. According to a website devoted to the stones, an unnamed man walked into the offices of the Elberton Granite Finishing Company in June 1979, asking about the cost of building a large monument to conservation. He told the company's president he represented a group of Americans living outside of Georgia who wished to remain anonymous forever. The same man, who later called himself "R.C. Christian" and claimed his name reflected his faith, arranged with a local banker to serve as an intermediary for the project. After the stones were bought and the monument built, the banker surrendered all documents on the monument's construction to the mysterious Mr. Christian, who took them and disappeared. The monument was constructed on a five-acre plot, at the highest point in Elbert County, seven miles north of the small town of Elberton. The monument can be seen from Georgia State Highway 77, where a path leads to the stones for visitors. The monument was unveiled March 22, 1980, but the veil shrouding the identity of the mysterious "R.C. Christian" has never been lifted. <hr width="400" color="800000" align="center"> </td><td valign="top" width="150">  <a href=mailto:bcrone@getalifeinternational.org><img src="graphics/joinSm.gif"> Bible Prophecy in the News! </a> UPDATED WEEKLY Sign Up Now for Email Notification When Next Update is Available! <a href=mailto:bcrone@getalifeinternational.org>bcrone@getalifeinternational.org</a> Resources to Aid Your Understanding THE BOOK OF REVELATION VOL.1 <a href="http://www.getalifeinternational.org/catalog/revelationvol1.php" border="0"> <img src="http://www.getalifeinternational.org/catalog/images/revelationvol1.jpg" border="0"></a> </td></tr>  <tr><td colspan="4"> <a name="article4"> New Age Taking Control In Schools </a>  Source: July 15, 2008     <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/content/jul2008/bs20080715_244028.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_business+schools"> http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/content/jul2008/bs20080715_244028.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_business+schools</a> <br Walk through the halls of the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business during the school year, and along with students cramming facts for macroeconomics and operating strategy you may encounter some students stretching their bodies and doing something really unusual for business school students: relaxing. They're members of Chicago's yoga club, a student group founded earlier this year by two GSB students and which last term attracted 15 to 35 regular attendees to classes in the school's Harper Center. The classes are "time to shut your brain off," says Jody Kirchner, one of the group's founders. The Chicago GSB yoga classes reflect a growing popularity of yoga in the U.S., with about 16 million Americans engaging in the practice, according to statistics released by Yoga Journal. The publication said $5.7 billion is spent annually on yoga classes and products, nearly twice as much as four years ago. During a school-sponsored trip to India last year, Kirchner and fellow student Doug Neal bonded over a mutual interest in yoga. Kirchner and Neal, who both had been practicing yoga for years before they met, eventually decided to start a group dedicated to the practice on campus after Kirchner noticed that other business schools had yoga groups, but Chicago didn't. In midyear, Neal, a 2008 MBA graduate, and Kirchner, a rising second-year student and co-chair of the club, conducted an interest survey for the group. Of the 1,100 students attending the school, about 200 expressed interest. Kirchner said she was surprised at the large response the survey garnered, finding that a sizable portion of the student population already practiced yoga, at least to some extent. "People I know outside of school say the same thing," she said. "After a stressful day, it's time they can do something easily to take their mind off their stress." Neal says yoga isn't just for stress relief. "Yoga is very multifaceted, and the benefits of yoga are different for each person," he said. "Some use it for exercise, for meditation poses, some for relaxation, some for injuries." Yoga is also on the radar at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management, where Matthew McGarvey, a rising second-year student, wants to start a yoga class during Sloan's Innovation Period, a week in the middle of each semester that allows students to explore outside interests. Taught by an outside yoga instructor, the session would be open to 20 to 25 Sloan students. (MIT already offers yoga classes to the overall school community through its health center.) Like many other practitioners of yoga, McGarvey says the discipline helps him achieve inner focus. He began practicing yoga while starting a social enterprise in Tibet as a way to find relief from his work-related stress. In business school, McGarvey says yoga helped him stay centered. "I found that during my first semester I was having to reexamine a lot of my life goals and priorities," he says. "Having a yoga practice helped sort through the white noise." Susanna Barry, a health educator at MIT Medical who specializes in anxiety and stress management, teaches some of the yoga courses on campus, including "Yoga for Stress Management." Several MBAs have enrolled in the course, Barry says, which serves as a respite from the otherwise-busy life of MBA students. "They tend to be extremely self-driven and highly competitive," Barry says. "To have an hour [that's] not about self-improvement prevents burnout to get through the hectic part of the semester" At Harvard Business School, restorative yoga, a form of yoga designed to promote relaxation and stress relief, has become more popular among MBA students, according to Carolyn Gould, the program manager for Shad Hall, the gym for HBS students and faculty. "We live such fast-paced lives," Gould says. "It's something everyone wants and needs everywhere. It's not specific to Harvard." At Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, rising second-year MBA student Priti Mody is the president of the Yoga at Kellogg, which has more than 200 subscribers on its listserv. Mody, who spent two weeks studying yoga in India while doing nonprofit research before starting B-school, plans to draw upon her experience to lead the club, now in its third year on campus. Currently, the group offers yoga classes once a week. Next year, Yoga at Kellogg plans to cater to students with varying yoga skill levels and set up sessions lasting an hour and a half, among other activities. Mody says yoga provides her an outlet to unwind from the challenges of B-school. "Business school is a unique experience. There are so many things you juggle at the same time. You're surrounded by highly motivated people and want to do everything, [so] you learn to find balance in schedule to be happy," she says. "Yoga is something consistent that lets me calm down." <hr width="400" color="800000" align="center"> </td><td valign="top" width="150">  <a href=mailto:bcrone@getalifeinternational.org><img src="graphics/joinSm.gif"> Bible Prophecy in the News! </a> UPDATED WEEKLY Sign Up Now for Email Notification When Next Update is Available! <a href=mailto:bcrone@getalifeinternational.org>bcrone@getalifeinternational.org</a> Resources to Aid Your Understanding THE FINAL COUNTDOWN <a href="http://www.getalifeinternational.org/catalog/thefinalcountdown.php"border=0"> <img src="http://www.getalifeinternational.org/catalog/images/thefinalcountdown.jpg" border="0"></a> </td></tr>  <tr><td colspan="4"> <a name="article5"> Shepherding Both Sides Of The Flock? </a>  Source:July 22,2008     <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/22/warren.qa/?iref=mpstoryview"> http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/22/warren.qa/?iref=mpstoryview</a> Democratic Sen. Barack Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain in August will be on the same stage for the first time in the 2008 presidential campaign. The Rev. Rick Warren says he makes no endorsements because he shepherds "both sides of the flock." The Rev. Rick Warren has invited them to appear at a leadership and compassion forum in his Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, on August 16. Warren, the author of the best-selling book "The Purpose Driven Life" spoke with CNN's Wolf Blitzer by phone Tuesday from Sao Paulo, Brazil. BLITZER: Pastor Warren, how did you do it? How did you convince both of them to show up? PASTOR RICK WARREN, SADDLEBACK CHURCH: Well, Wolf, they've both been friends for a long time. I knew both John and Barack before either of them decided to run for office, had talked with them. Both of them have helped me in the past with our peace plan and with -- they've sent messages to Saddleback at some of our conferences. And so I just thought let's -- you know, I might be the guy to get them together. So, I called them up and said, let's do it. And they said, well, we'll do it if you be the only questioner, if you don't have a forum, don't have a panel. And if you'll ask all the questions, then we'll do it. BLITZER: But they're not going to be together. They're going to be separate. These are going to be Pastor Warren and Barack Obama, followed by Pastor Warren and John McCain. But there's not going to be any interchange between the two of them, is that right? WARREN: Yes. I'm going to -- my plan is to bring them out on stage together at the beginning or at the end. But what I want to do is I want to let each of them talk without interrupting each other. And it's not a debate format. Obama: Stability ultimately in hands of Iraqis There will be plenty of time for debates. What I want to do is get people to know the real person like I know them without a time barrier and a buzzer and a time for rebuttal. Let them just speak what they need to say. BLITZER: The last time we spoke was right after you invited Barack Obama when he was still running for the Democratic presidential nomination. You got some criticism from a few fellow evangelicals out there. You called him in the interview with me an amazing, an amazing man, Barack Obama. Could you see yourself supporting him for president? WARREN: Well, I don't support anybody for president publicly. I never endorse. I never campaign. You know, as a pastor, I don't really think that's my role. I have to shepherd both sides of the flock. And I have a church full of Democrats and a church full of Republicans and a church full of independents. So, I think they're both amazing men. I've known them for a long time. They're both very, very different. They have both different theories of government, different theories of leadership, different approaches to life. And I -- what I do is I think, because I know them, I think I can set up an environment that people can actually say, oh, so that's what that guy's really like. And I think I can do that for both John and for Barack. <hr width="400" color="800000" align="center"> </td><td valign="top" width="150">  <a href=mailto:bcrone@getalifeinternational.org><img src="graphics/joinSm.gif"> Bible Prophecy in the News! </a> UPDATED WEEKLY Sign Up Now for Email Notification When Next Update is Available! <a href=mailto:bcrone@getalifeinternational.org>bcrone@getalifeinternational.org</a> Resources to Aid Your Understanding WHO IS THE CHURCH? <a href="http://www.getalifeinternational.org/catalog/whoisthechurch.php" border="0"> <img src="http://www.getalifeinternational.org/catalog/images/whoisthechurch.jpg" border="0"></a> <hr width="400" color="800000" align="center">