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 Public Update

   April 30, 2007

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  Valero Energy Fined

 

   
Valero Gasoline Stations have received fines for refusing to remove or monitor removal of the phonographic magazines from the family locations, which is in violations of the Houston area Community Standard for obscenity.  The Texas owned and operated Valero Energy Company can receive a $1,000 a week fine per each 400 Houston area locations because of their obscenity violations, until they quarantee that the pornographic magazines are removed from the gas stores. Otherwise, they as well post a sign above all of their store doors alerting families about an "Adult Book Store." Houston Area Association for Decency
 
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Human trafficking for forced labor might be a greater problem than the more widely known problem of trafficking for sexual exploitation, says Kristiina Kangaspunta, the chief of the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit for the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) “We don’t know that much about forced labor issues,” she acknowledged in an April 26 interview with USINFO.   “We don’t know, but it seems that it might be that forced labor is a bigger part of the human trafficking than human trafficking for sexual exploitation.”  She cited an enormous number of places that could absorb the forced labor of men, women and children:  restaurants, hotels, bars, agriculture, domestic and construction work. “Our findings were that there was more sexual exploitation; but often

 
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countries have legislation  that only covers sexual exploitation,” she explained.  Human Trafficking for Forced Labor Might Exceed Perception
   
         
         
   
Linked to Evil "KinderStart, since 2000, has provided a safe haven for parents and children from the pornography that infests the Internet and specifically the Google index," he said. "Google may well be the largest repository of pornographic information and sites in the history of man."  Goodman says Google profits in the untold millions of dollars annually by selling ads that lead to pornographic websites. "Thus Google makes huge income from pornography of all sorts," he said. "Google is in the porn business big time and on an annual basis may generate more money from links and ads to and for pornography than any other company. More evidence of Google's 'evil'? Kids' search engine battle's company's 'big time' porn business
 
         
         

Family Concerns

 
 
Joyce Meyer Overcoming Fear First, let me remind you that fear is not from God but from Satan. Second Timothy 1:7 says, For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind (NKJV). Every time you feel fear in your life, it’s a manifestation of the kingdom of darkness. I often say in my teachings that fear is the "master spirit." It’s the spirit Satan uses to try to rule God's people and keep them from coming under the leadership of the true Master, Jesus Christ.

Multitudes of people never fulfill the call of God on their lives simply because every time they try to go forward, the devil uses fear to stop them. Is he using fear to stop you? Satan uses fear to keep people from enjoying life. Fear brings torment, according to 1 John 4:18, and
you surely can't enjoy life and be tormented at the same time. Overcoming Fear
 
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