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Kathleen McGowan is the author of the mega-bestseller The Expected One. She started a new life when she had a vision of Mary Magdalene in Jerusalem. Mary said, “You must help me,” and then and there, her life was changed, and she started on one of the great spiritual journeys of modern times.

She says, “what matters is not the bloodline but the spirit line,” and goes on to explain to us exactly what that means. There follows an amazing discussion of the possible contents of the lost gospel that was written by Jesus himself in his own hand, and Kathleen’s effort to find its truth in the documents that remain.
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It seems like a miracle, but it’s true: A simple cotton tee shirt may one day be converted into tougher, more comfortable body armor for soldiers or police officers (or those of us who live in dangerous cities?)

Researchers have drastically increased the toughness of a tee shirt by combining the carbon in the shirt’s cotton with boron, which is the third hardest material on earth. The result is a lightweight shirt reinforced with boron carbide, the same material used to protect tanks.
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What’s the latest on the Iceland volcano that’s cancelling flights to Europe? While airlines have grounded their planes and are making test flights to evaluate the situation, winds are sending rocks and debris from the eruption into Europe, and these are not ORDINARY rocks.

Most pilots learn about how to fly through ash during flight training. It’s called “VA,” for “volcanic ash.” In Wired.com, Jason Paur reports that in 2000, NASA studied VA by flying a DC-8 through a cloud of volcanic ash that was too small to be seen by the flight crew. Despite this, a post-flight examination revealed that the plane’s engines were damaged. More than 90 planes have been damaged after flying through volcanic ash over the past 30 years.
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One cancels out the healthy effects of the other – Scientists have some bad news (for some of us anyway): We all know that they go together and while smoking is just generally unhealthy, drinking a glass or two of wine a day can be healthy, but NOT if you also smoke!
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