More than 2,000 years after they were written, the Dead Sea Scrolls are going digital as part of an effort to better preserve the ancient texts and let more people see them than ever before.
The high-tech initiative, announced Wednesday, will also reveal text that was not visible to the naked eye.
Over the next two years, the Israel Antiquities Authority will digitally photograph and scan every bit of crumbling parchment and papyrus that makes up the scrolls, which include the oldest written record of the Bible’s Old Testament.
The images eventually will be posted on the Internet for anyone to see.
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Lessons are most often learned when our imagination is engaged. Probably no one understood this better or had a more profound effect on generations of children than Dr. Seuss. Many of the more than 40 books he wrote have incredibly deep spiritual parallels. In this series we will rediscover four classic Dr. Seuss stories and learn the practical Biblical truths found in them.
August 10, 2008 Horton hatches the Egg
August 17, 2008 The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
August 24, 2008 Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
August 31, 2008 The Sneetches
I promised myself that I wasn’t going to play any fantasy football or do anything else this year other than just watch football, but there is now a wager at the office. Â One of my friends thinks he can easily beat my record of last year (169/256 or 66%) after I told him it’s harder than what one would think. Â Heck, I think he even mentioned he can get close to 75% for the season. Â So the bet is whether or not he can beat my 66% from last year, the winner buys lunch. Â Of course there’s another friend that wanted in on the action, and then I was asked to compete. Â With that said, here are my picks for week one, projected winners are in bold:
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Washington Redskins at N.Y. Giants 7:00 p.m.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
Detroit Lions at Atlanta Falcons 1:00 p.m.
Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens 1:00 p.m.
Seattle Seahawks at Buffalo Bills 1:00 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Miami Dolphins 1:00 p.m.
Kansas City Chiefs at New England Patriots 1:00 p.m.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints 1:00 p.m.
St. Louis Rams at Philadelphia Eagles 1:00 p.m.
Houston Texans at Pittsburgh Steelers 1:00 p.m.
Jacksonville Jaguars at Tennessee Titans 1:00 p.m.
Dallas Cowboys at Cleveland Browns 4:15 p.m.
Carolina Panthers at San Diego Chargers 4:15 p.m.
Arizona Cardinals at San Francisco 49ers 4:15 p.m.
Ping.fm is a simple service that makes updating your social networks a snap.
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We get frequent requests from Christians who want to display Chick tracts on their website as a witnessing tool. We are making four titles available as interactive presentations that you can embed on your webpage, such as:
Your visitors will have fun learning to turn the pages (hint: click the corner or drag and drop). Just copy the code below for the tract you want and paste it into your webpage. From time to time, we will rotate the titles available, and you will need to choose a new one.Â
I’m a 39 year old mother of 2 battling a rare autoimmune disease called scleroderma. Until December, I was a professor in the School of Public Health at UNC. I deal with the topic of death head-on in an unflinching way. I believe that, as a culture, we shy away from anything surrounding death and, consequently, deprive ourselves of all the lessons inherent in the dying and grieving process. We ignore the reality that death is as much a part of life as birth. My posts cover the gamut of human emotions because, as an Italian American, I have always had a “rich” emotional life. While many posts are sad just as many are comical.
This is not my version of “The Last Lecture.” It is my heart, my thoughts, my joys, and my fears as they unfold along this journey. My hope is that you will find some of it useful on your own life’s journey.
I hope that sharing my experiences will help not only those struggling with terminal illnesses but also those who are blessedly healthy.
SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. — A $3 bill has both Democrats and Republicans talking.
The controversial bill features Barack Obama wearing a headdress, propelling a widespread myth that he’s Muslim. Some call it a joke, but not everyone’s laughing.
Carol Ronken is, in fact fuming over the bill which she found at the Evergreen State Fair’s Republican Party booth.
“It’s racist. It’s disgusting,” she said.
On the bill the words “da man” are printed under his face, perpetuating the myth. Obama is, in fact, a Christian.
“To make money on top of it even makes it worse,” Ronken said. “They weren’t giving it way; they were selling it for $3.”
Ronken snapped a picture, then called the local newspaper.
Republican county chair Geri Modrell says she never approved the bill.
“It’s not the policy of this party to use this low-level of humor,” she said.
Calling the bills a bad joke and nothing more, Modrell says she has asked volunteers to put them away.
Somebody thought it was funny. Somebody thought it was funny, that’s all,” she said.
Those bills are no longer being sold at the fair, but they’re available from several sources on the Internet. One Web site is even selling a pack of 25 for $5.
Mark DeMoss, former chief of staff to Jerry Falwell and now a leading Christian public relations executive, is hoping that Palin turns out well but has been shocked and worried by the reflexive Christian embrace of her.
“Too many evangelicals and religious conservative are too preoccupied with values and faith and pay no attention to competence. We don’t apply this approach to anything else in life, including choosing a pastor.” Imagine, he said, if a church was searching for a pastor and the leadership was brought a candidate with great values but little experience. “They’ve been a pastor for two years at a church with 150 people but he shares our values, so we hired him to be pastor of our 5,000 person church? It wouldn’t happen! We don’t say, ‘He shares our values, so let’s hire him.’ That’s absurd. Yet we apply that to choosing presidents. It blows my mind.”
After a hard day’s lolling around, these animals like nothing more than a quick dip.
The water-loving creatures all live at a special park for endangered species, where they have been taught to swim by Dr Bhagavan Antle, who has cared for them for 25 years.
Some smells just hang around no matter what you do. Aerosol sprays just cover them up and make things worse. Natural ways of dealing with them are far more effective.
So far my only gripe about Google Chrome is that is doens’t have the Google Toolbar. Â I use the spell check, autofill, and bookmarks section of that toolbar all the time. Â I just seems weird that Google wouldn’t have thought to have included such features in it’s new browser. Â I know I can still get to my Google Bookmarks via webpage, but that still leaves me without the autofill and spell check feature for now. Â Speaking of Google Bookmars, I found this little nugget helpful even though it didn’t address all my needs.
I’m watching Dirty Jobs and Mike Rowe was just about to shave a pig and just asked, “What’s FFA?” That made this small town Texas boy LOL.
I hear that the McRib is back. Â I fell for the hype once. Â Once.
So I’m checking out the London papers and I see something about Elle McPherson and I’m reminded about my teenage years. Â I’m sure every boy that grew up in the 80’s share the same appreciation for her as I do, and I see this picture of the 44 year old thinking, wow, she looks amazing for 44. Â But then the stupid paper knocks her for her knees. Â Picky, picky.
It wasnt’ unitil this week that I heard the term “vetting.”
I admit it’s shallow and nitpicky of me, but Sarah Palin’s voice is annoying.
Speaking of sounds, I noticed that if I just think of a sound that I can’t stand (like fingers on a chalkboad, although that sound doesn’t bother me) I get goose bumps.
Palin’s church’s website has gotten so much traffic lately that it only displays a message.
I noticed that a lot of hospitals are now called medical centers.
Here’s a website that will tell you when your favorite TV show will air it’s season premiere.
I’m addicted to sangria and decided to make my own mix the other night. Â It took me a while to find one of those cork popping thingies (I’m a recovering Baptist afterall) so I almost resorted to this clever idea.
I saw that the Dallas Desperados Dancers were on America’s Got Talent. I just seems weird that a professional dance team is on such a show.
In case you are curious, there are 8 females serving as their state’s governor.
Win or lose, the Obama daughters get a dog. Â The American Kennel Club held an online poll for what kind of dog breed the girls should get, and the winner is a poodle. Â The McCains currently own a Yorkshire Terrier.
On the WiiFit you have the option of choosing a male or female trainer. I pick the male only because I felt creepy picking the female.
WifeGeeding doesn’t like the new package that Chips A’hoy comes in so she wrote a stern email to them. I think in return she got a coupon for a free package.
I’m thinking about buying the latest issue of Rolling Stone just to read the Letterman issue. The guy hardly gives interviews, and only a section of the article is available online.
Sometimes I accidentally change the channel on the TV to the channel I remember it was on when I was a child. The other day I meant to go straight to CNN (channel 202) but I entered 11.
Speaking of channels, I remember when channel 4 (KDFW) was our CBS station, and channel 11 (KTVT) was only some local two-bit station that showed reruns of Hogan Heroes. That change happened when Fox got the NFL, which I think has been about ten years now.
In junior high I took both wood shop and metal shop. I enjoyed wood shop much more than metal shop.
I think I can still remember all my locker locations from middle school to high school.
