Saturday, December 21, 2019

In the news, Friday, December 13, 2019


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from Defense News

Ukraine could get new, deadlier missiles, thanks to Congress
Congress is poised to allow the sale of coastal defense and anti-ship weapons as part of future security assistance packages to Ukraine, through the 2020 defense policy bill. The National Defense Authorization Act passed the House this week and is expected to be passed in the Senate next week; President Donald Trump announced he will sign the sweeping policy bill. The change comes as U.S. military aid is at the center of impeachment proceedings playing out against Trump in Washington. The impeachment has dragged Ukraine into the spotlight at a time the European nation continues to struggle with ongoing military activities from Russia.

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from HumanProgress.org  Education Website

Heroes of Progress, Pt. 33: Hitchings and Elion
This week our heroes are George Hitchings and Gertrude Elion, two American scientists who pioneered the development of rational drug design. For most of history, the traditional method of drug discovery relied on a trial-and-error approach to determine the effectiveness of different treatments. Contrary to perceived wisdom, Hitchings and Elion’s new method of rational drug design focused on studying the differences between human cells and disease-causing pathogenic cells. From these findings, the method develops specifically-designed drugs to only target harmful pathogens.

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from Psephizo  (blog)

Preaching Christmas—without a Stable
Reading the nativity account in Luke 2 carefully highlights the way that the tradition of the stable is nowhere present. That’s all very well for scholars, people say, but how does that work in the practice of preaching? The answer is: rather well! This is what I said last time I preached on what Luke 2 actually says!

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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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