June 15 2006
Chemistry 101: Diet Coke and Mentos Reaction
More than 100 2 -liter bottles of Diet Coke.
More than 500 Mentos (Note: 1 of each will work). And two men in goggles and lab coats. You can imagine that this portends a fateful—and combustible—encounter. But perhaps you can't imagine just how combustible, nor how stylishly orchestrated. EepyBird compares the results to a "mint-powered version of the Bellagio Fountains in Las Vegas ." A Blue Man Group-hijacking of Old Faithful comes to mind too, though certainly the Bellagio corners the market on geyser choreography—until EepyBird, that is. After you ogle the video, take in some of the earlier experiments, such as the one that "didn't go quite according to plan" or the one that, gulp, "seemed like a good idea." If you find yourself wondering about the health repercussions of swigging a Diet Coke while mouthing a Mentos, EepyBird offers some reassuring science behind the explosively fresh soda/candy relationship.
see the videos at: http://www.eepybird.com/videos.html
How Does it work?
http://www.eepybird.com/science1.htm
http://picks.yahoo.com/picks/i/20060607.html
Coke doesn't think it's funny http://news.yahoo.com/s/fool/20060612/bs_fool_fool/115014124318
Other Mentos and Coke videos http://video.yahoo.com/video/search?p=diet+coke+mentos&x=0&y=0
Colorado activist high court kills ballot measure to deny services to illegal immigrants on a technicality
DENVER – The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that a proposal to deny most state services to illegal immigrants cannot appear on the November ballot.
...The proposed constitutional amendment, promoted by Defend Colorado Now, violates a state constitutional requirement that initiatives deal with only one subject, the court said in a 5-2 opinion.
The measure aimed to decrease public spending for the welfare of illegal immigrants in Colorado and restrict access to administrative services, the ruling said.
Proponents, who include former Democratic Gov. Dick Lamm, already had begun gathering petition signatures to get the measure on the ballot. The state Title Board approved the measure's language this spring.
...“This is outrageous judicial activism, Exhibit A in how courts disregard precedent to reach a political result,” Lamm said in a statement. “This isn't law, it is raw, naked politics.”
...The measure would not stop the state from paying for federally mandated services such as public education or emergency medical care. But Elbel has said it would prevent illegal immigrants from receiving welfare and in-state college tuition...
http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060612/NEWS01/60612006
Keeping Taxpayers in the Dark (Ithaca Solar Panels lose $1 million)
Federal Review -June 13, 2006- ITHACA NY--Once again proving that social engineering and taxpayer money shouldn't mix comes this news from Ithaca, New York: In 1999, the Tompkins County Board of Representatives voted to install solar power on the roof of the country library. (In cold, dark upstate NY.) "It will be paid for with $551,025 of County funds -- an addition to the library capital project -- and $455,514 in grants from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the U.S. Department of Energy." So, how much power has their system generated since $1,006,539 was spent to install it? 460,124 kilowatt hours (kWh) since it was installed, in July of 2001. On the open market 460,124 kWh would cost a commercial user (assuming an astronomically high average price of $0.10 per kWh) about $46,000. Only in The City of Evil could spending over a million dollars to generate at most $9,358 worth of electricity per year make sense. Source for generation info
http://www.powerlight.com/mypowerlight/
User Name: library
Password: solarpower
http://www.federalreview.com/2006/06/keeping-taxpayers-in-dark-ithaca-solar.htm
So why dos the previous article call it "the City of Evil "? see: http://www.freerepublic.com/~behindliberallines/
Philadelphia "English-only" eatery faces probe
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A civil rights watchdog agency opened an investigation on Monday into a Philadelphia cheese steak restaurant that posted a sign saying "This is America - when ordering, speak English."
The Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations complaint effectively opens a case against Geno's Steaks of South Philadelphia, said Rachel Lawton, acting executive director of the agency.
...The sign may violate the city's Fair Practices Ordinance, which bans businesses from discriminating on the basis of nationality or ethnicity, Lawton said. (how? ethnic people can still eat there, as long as they say "a Cheesesteak please")
"The complaint will say that the sign discourages patronage by non-English speakers because of their national origin and/or ancestry," Lawton , whose agency enforces the city's anti-discrimination laws, said before the official filing.
Geno's will be given up to two weeks to respond and, if the agency determines the sign has violated the city ordinance, will be ordered to take the sign down. If the restaurant refuses, it will be subject to a $300 fine, Lawton said.
Geno's owner Joey Vento, the grandson of Italian immigrants, said he has no plans to remove the sign.
"I don't see why I should have to. It's freedom of speech," said Vento, 66, who opened the restaurant 40 years ago.
He said no one is refused service and no one is discriminated against. The sign, which has been displayed for about six months, is meant to encourage immigrants to learn English, he said.
"If you don't speak English, the sign means nothing," he told Reuters...
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyid=2006-06-12T222917Z_01_N12312679_RTRUKOC_0_US-LIFE-ENGLISH.xml&src=rss&rpc=22
Troops reducing illegal border crossings
SAN LUIS RIO COLORADO , Mexico - The arrival of U.S. National Guard troops in Arizona has scared off illegal Mexican migrants along the border, significantly reducing crossings, according to U.S. and Mexican officials.
U.S. authorities said Monday that detentions along the U.S.-Mexico border decreased by 21 percent, to 26,994, in the first 10 days of June, compared with 34,077 for the same period a year ago.
Along the Arizona border, once the busiest crossing spot, detentions have dropped 23 percent, according to the U.S. Border Patrol.
The desert region's blistering June temperatures typically drive down the number of migrants, but not so drastically, said Mario Martinez, a spokesman with the U.S. Border Patrol in Washington .
...The soldiers aren't allowed to detain migrants and have been limited to projects like extending border fences and repairing roads, but the military's presence is keeping would-be crossers away from the area, migrant rights activists said.
Francisco Loureiro, who runs a migrant shelter in Nogales , Mexico , across the border from Arizona , said migrants are afraid of the U.S. troops after hearing reports of abuse in Iraq .
...Jorge Vazquez, coordinator for Mexico's Grupo Beta migrant aid agency in San Luis Rio Colorado, across from San Luis, Ariz., said that before the troops arrived, his agents encountered at least two dozens migrants daily, most waiting for nightfall to begin their trek through the sandy desert.
"There have been days ... when we've found only three migrants," Vazquez said.
...The deployment plan has been criticized in Mexico as heavy-handed, and the Mexican government has said it will watch to ensure National Guard troops aren't detaining migrants...
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/world/14801438.htm
Energy Department Informs Workers About Data Theft
Energy Department officials on Monday began contacting 1,502 individuals by phone to inform them that their Social Security numbers and other information may have been compromised when a hacker gained entry to a department computer system eight months ago.
The workers, mostly contract employees, worked for the National Nuclear Security Administration, a semiautonomous agency within the department that deals with the government's nuclear weapons programs.
The computer theft occurred last September, but Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman and his deputy, Clay Sell, were not informed of it until last week. It was first publicly disclosed at a congressional hearing on Friday.
...The security breach occurred in a computer system at a service center in Albuquerque , N.M. The file that was compromised contained the names, Social Security numbers, security clearance levels and place of employment of 1,502 people working throughout the government nuclear weapons complex.
The system contained sensitive, but not classified material, department officials said. The NNSA also has a more secure computer system that includes nuclear weapons data and other classified material...
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/06/12/D8I6S4KG0.html
Scientists respond to Gore's warnings of climate catastrophe
"The Inconvenient Truth" is indeed inconvenient to alarmists
Monday, June 12, 2006
"Scientists have an independent obligation to respect and present the truth as they see it," Al Gore sensibly asserts in his film "An Inconvenient Truth.” With that outlook in mind, what do world climate experts actually think about the science of his movie?
Read this excellent article at: http://www.canadafreepress.com/2006/harris061206.htm
Scientists who work in the fields liberal arts graduate Al Gore wanders through contradict his theories about man-induced climate change
…real climate scientists are crying over Al Gore's new film. This is not just because the ex-vice-president commits numerous basic science mistakes. They are also concerned that many in the media and public will fail to realize that this film amounts to little more than science fiction…
Read this excellent article at
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=d0235a70-33f1-45b3-803b-829b1b3542ef&
Document shows Saddam-Taliban ties
June 13, 2006 A newly released document from Iraq demonstrates a relationship between former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and terrorist groups – including the Islamic-based Taliban, which harbored al-Qaida in Afghanistan .
The document, posted by the Pentagon's Foreign Military Studies Office, indicates that in 1999 the Taliban invited Iraqi officials to Afghanistan , Fox News reports.
While some intelligence analysts have insisted Saddam's secular regime would not have collaborated with radical Muslim groups, the document says "Islamic relations with Iraq " were encouraged by the Taliban to arbitrate a meeting with the Northern Alliance rebels in Afghanistan and Russia .
The document also mentions two men with ties to Pakistani religious schools, jihad training camps, the Taliban and al-Qaida.
An Iraqi intelligence agent kept a notebook, posted on http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,199052,00.html , that details meetings between al-Qaida and Taliban supporter Maulana Fazlur Rahman and Taha Yassin Ramadan, the former vice president of Iraq , along with other Iraqi officials.
Ramadan was Saddam's right-hand-man, in charge of ensuring orders were carried out by Iraqi officials. A 2002 BBC article stated, " Washington showed considerable interest in him well before the Iraq war."
...The notebook also recorded Maulana Fazlur Rahman as being at the discussion. Rahman has been described as a Pakistani cleric with ties to the Taliban who is a contender for the position of prime minister.
As WorldNetDaily reported, among many documents posted by the Pentagon in March was a letter from a member of Saddam's intelligence apparatus indicating al-Qaida and the Taliban had a relationship with the regime prior to the 9-11 attacks.
The letter by a member of Saddam's Al Mukabarat to a superior, dated Sept. 15, 2001, reports a pre-9/11 conversation between an Iraqi intelligence source and a Taliban Afghani consul.
Earlier this month, a newly translated document captured from the Saddam regime revealed Iraq 's hiding of chemical-weapons materials and the location of their burial.
In 2003, a 16-page top secret government memo to the Senate Intelligence Committee said bin Laden and Saddam had an operational relationship from the early 1990s to 2003 that involved training in explosives and weapons of mass destruction, as well as financial and logistical support, and may have included the bombing of the USS Cole and the Sept. 11 attacks.
...According to the Weekly Standard, the memo reports Saddam's willingness to help bin Laden plot against Americans began in 1990, shortly before the first Gulf War, and continued until the eve of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. It says bin Laden sent ''emissaries to Jordan in 1990 to meet with Iraqi government officials.'' At some unspecified point in 1991, according to a CIA analysis, '' Iraq sought Sudan 's assistance to establish links to al-Qaida.''
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50621
The Tangled Web of Haditha Reports
June 13, 2006 -The media is overflowing with stories about the incident in Haditha on November 19, 2005. There are so many stories and so many interviews but there is a problem. Many of the stories and recountings of events are inconsistent and seem ever changing. More at:http://newsbusters.org/node/5872
Politicians "cannot have it both ways."
6/15/06- ...Kerry (AKA Flipper), who was widely criticized as the party's standard-bearer in 2004 for being too cautious in his criticism of the war, said Tuesday that politicians "cannot have it both ways." [Oh, by the way- Kerry announced this week that he is definitely against intervention in Iraq now though he voted for it… or against it three years ago…]
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/28-06132006-669707.html
Wealthy foreign couples coming to U.S. so they can select baby's sex
June 14 2006- The Chinese want boys, and the Canadians want girls. If they have enough money, they come to the United States to choose the sex of their babies.
Well-off foreign couples are getting around laws banning sex selection in their home countries by coming to American soil -- where it's legal -- for medical procedures that can give them the boy, or girl, they want.
The United States ' lack of regulation means a growing global market for a few fertility clinics. These businesses advertise in airline magazines or post Web sites aimed at luring clients worldwide.
Opponents say this amounts to medical tourism for designer babies and should awaken lawmakers.
...Foes call it ``consumer eugenics'' and say it opens the door to a future where parents will choose their babies' hair color, eye color and potential to grow tall enough to play basketball...
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-614babysex,0,6133219.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines
More than 100 2 -liter bottles of Diet Coke.
More than 500 Mentos (Note: 1 of each will work). And two men in goggles and lab coats. You can imagine that this portends a fateful—and combustible—encounter. But perhaps you can't imagine just how combustible, nor how stylishly orchestrated. EepyBird compares the results to a "mint-powered version of the Bellagio Fountains in Las Vegas ." A Blue Man Group-hijacking of Old Faithful comes to mind too, though certainly the Bellagio corners the market on geyser choreography—until EepyBird, that is. After you ogle the video, take in some of the earlier experiments, such as the one that "didn't go quite according to plan" or the one that, gulp, "seemed like a good idea." If you find yourself wondering about the health repercussions of swigging a Diet Coke while mouthing a Mentos, EepyBird offers some reassuring science behind the explosively fresh soda/candy relationship.
see the videos at: http://www.eepybird.com/videos.html
How Does it work?
http://www.eepybird.com/science1.htm
http://picks.yahoo.com/picks/i/20060607.html
Coke doesn't think it's funny http://news.yahoo.com/s/fool/20060612/bs_fool_fool/115014124318
Other Mentos and Coke videos http://video.yahoo.com/video/search?p=diet+coke+mentos&x=0&y=0
Colorado activist high court kills ballot measure to deny services to illegal immigrants on a technicality
DENVER – The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that a proposal to deny most state services to illegal immigrants cannot appear on the November ballot.
...The proposed constitutional amendment, promoted by Defend Colorado Now, violates a state constitutional requirement that initiatives deal with only one subject, the court said in a 5-2 opinion.
The measure aimed to decrease public spending for the welfare of illegal immigrants in Colorado and restrict access to administrative services, the ruling said.
Proponents, who include former Democratic Gov. Dick Lamm, already had begun gathering petition signatures to get the measure on the ballot. The state Title Board approved the measure's language this spring.
...“This is outrageous judicial activism, Exhibit A in how courts disregard precedent to reach a political result,” Lamm said in a statement. “This isn't law, it is raw, naked politics.”
...The measure would not stop the state from paying for federally mandated services such as public education or emergency medical care. But Elbel has said it would prevent illegal immigrants from receiving welfare and in-state college tuition...
http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060612/NEWS01/60612006
Keeping Taxpayers in the Dark (Ithaca Solar Panels lose $1 million)
Federal Review -June 13, 2006- ITHACA NY--Once again proving that social engineering and taxpayer money shouldn't mix comes this news from Ithaca, New York: In 1999, the Tompkins County Board of Representatives voted to install solar power on the roof of the country library. (In cold, dark upstate NY.) "It will be paid for with $551,025 of County funds -- an addition to the library capital project -- and $455,514 in grants from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the U.S. Department of Energy." So, how much power has their system generated since $1,006,539 was spent to install it? 460,124 kilowatt hours (kWh) since it was installed, in July of 2001. On the open market 460,124 kWh would cost a commercial user (assuming an astronomically high average price of $0.10 per kWh) about $46,000. Only in The City of Evil could spending over a million dollars to generate at most $9,358 worth of electricity per year make sense. Source for generation info
http://www.powerlight.com/mypowerlight/
User Name: library
Password: solarpower
http://www.federalreview.com/2006/06/keeping-taxpayers-in-dark-ithaca-solar.htm
So why dos the previous article call it "the City of Evil "? see: http://www.freerepublic.com/~behindliberallines/
Philadelphia "English-only" eatery faces probe
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A civil rights watchdog agency opened an investigation on Monday into a Philadelphia cheese steak restaurant that posted a sign saying "This is America - when ordering, speak English."
The Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations complaint effectively opens a case against Geno's Steaks of South Philadelphia, said Rachel Lawton, acting executive director of the agency.
...The sign may violate the city's Fair Practices Ordinance, which bans businesses from discriminating on the basis of nationality or ethnicity, Lawton said. (how? ethnic people can still eat there, as long as they say "a Cheesesteak please")
"The complaint will say that the sign discourages patronage by non-English speakers because of their national origin and/or ancestry," Lawton , whose agency enforces the city's anti-discrimination laws, said before the official filing.
Geno's will be given up to two weeks to respond and, if the agency determines the sign has violated the city ordinance, will be ordered to take the sign down. If the restaurant refuses, it will be subject to a $300 fine, Lawton said.
Geno's owner Joey Vento, the grandson of Italian immigrants, said he has no plans to remove the sign.
"I don't see why I should have to. It's freedom of speech," said Vento, 66, who opened the restaurant 40 years ago.
He said no one is refused service and no one is discriminated against. The sign, which has been displayed for about six months, is meant to encourage immigrants to learn English, he said.
"If you don't speak English, the sign means nothing," he told Reuters...
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyid=2006-06-12T222917Z_01_N12312679_RTRUKOC_0_US-LIFE-ENGLISH.xml&src=rss&rpc=22
Troops reducing illegal border crossings
SAN LUIS RIO COLORADO , Mexico - The arrival of U.S. National Guard troops in Arizona has scared off illegal Mexican migrants along the border, significantly reducing crossings, according to U.S. and Mexican officials.
U.S. authorities said Monday that detentions along the U.S.-Mexico border decreased by 21 percent, to 26,994, in the first 10 days of June, compared with 34,077 for the same period a year ago.
Along the Arizona border, once the busiest crossing spot, detentions have dropped 23 percent, according to the U.S. Border Patrol.
The desert region's blistering June temperatures typically drive down the number of migrants, but not so drastically, said Mario Martinez, a spokesman with the U.S. Border Patrol in Washington .
...The soldiers aren't allowed to detain migrants and have been limited to projects like extending border fences and repairing roads, but the military's presence is keeping would-be crossers away from the area, migrant rights activists said.
Francisco Loureiro, who runs a migrant shelter in Nogales , Mexico , across the border from Arizona , said migrants are afraid of the U.S. troops after hearing reports of abuse in Iraq .
...Jorge Vazquez, coordinator for Mexico's Grupo Beta migrant aid agency in San Luis Rio Colorado, across from San Luis, Ariz., said that before the troops arrived, his agents encountered at least two dozens migrants daily, most waiting for nightfall to begin their trek through the sandy desert.
"There have been days ... when we've found only three migrants," Vazquez said.
...The deployment plan has been criticized in Mexico as heavy-handed, and the Mexican government has said it will watch to ensure National Guard troops aren't detaining migrants...
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/world/14801438.htm
Energy Department Informs Workers About Data Theft
Energy Department officials on Monday began contacting 1,502 individuals by phone to inform them that their Social Security numbers and other information may have been compromised when a hacker gained entry to a department computer system eight months ago.
The workers, mostly contract employees, worked for the National Nuclear Security Administration, a semiautonomous agency within the department that deals with the government's nuclear weapons programs.
The computer theft occurred last September, but Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman and his deputy, Clay Sell, were not informed of it until last week. It was first publicly disclosed at a congressional hearing on Friday.
...The security breach occurred in a computer system at a service center in Albuquerque , N.M. The file that was compromised contained the names, Social Security numbers, security clearance levels and place of employment of 1,502 people working throughout the government nuclear weapons complex.
The system contained sensitive, but not classified material, department officials said. The NNSA also has a more secure computer system that includes nuclear weapons data and other classified material...
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/06/12/D8I6S4KG0.html
Scientists respond to Gore's warnings of climate catastrophe
"The Inconvenient Truth" is indeed inconvenient to alarmists
Monday, June 12, 2006
"Scientists have an independent obligation to respect and present the truth as they see it," Al Gore sensibly asserts in his film "An Inconvenient Truth.” With that outlook in mind, what do world climate experts actually think about the science of his movie?
Read this excellent article at: http://www.canadafreepress.com/2006/harris061206.htm
Scientists who work in the fields liberal arts graduate Al Gore wanders through contradict his theories about man-induced climate change
…real climate scientists are crying over Al Gore's new film. This is not just because the ex-vice-president commits numerous basic science mistakes. They are also concerned that many in the media and public will fail to realize that this film amounts to little more than science fiction…
Read this excellent article at
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=d0235a70-33f1-45b3-803b-829b1b3542ef&
Document shows Saddam-Taliban ties
June 13, 2006 A newly released document from Iraq demonstrates a relationship between former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and terrorist groups – including the Islamic-based Taliban, which harbored al-Qaida in Afghanistan .
The document, posted by the Pentagon's Foreign Military Studies Office, indicates that in 1999 the Taliban invited Iraqi officials to Afghanistan , Fox News reports.
While some intelligence analysts have insisted Saddam's secular regime would not have collaborated with radical Muslim groups, the document says "Islamic relations with Iraq " were encouraged by the Taliban to arbitrate a meeting with the Northern Alliance rebels in Afghanistan and Russia .
The document also mentions two men with ties to Pakistani religious schools, jihad training camps, the Taliban and al-Qaida.
An Iraqi intelligence agent kept a notebook, posted on http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,199052,00.html , that details meetings between al-Qaida and Taliban supporter Maulana Fazlur Rahman and Taha Yassin Ramadan, the former vice president of Iraq , along with other Iraqi officials.
Ramadan was Saddam's right-hand-man, in charge of ensuring orders were carried out by Iraqi officials. A 2002 BBC article stated, " Washington showed considerable interest in him well before the Iraq war."
...The notebook also recorded Maulana Fazlur Rahman as being at the discussion. Rahman has been described as a Pakistani cleric with ties to the Taliban who is a contender for the position of prime minister.
As WorldNetDaily reported, among many documents posted by the Pentagon in March was a letter from a member of Saddam's intelligence apparatus indicating al-Qaida and the Taliban had a relationship with the regime prior to the 9-11 attacks.
The letter by a member of Saddam's Al Mukabarat to a superior, dated Sept. 15, 2001, reports a pre-9/11 conversation between an Iraqi intelligence source and a Taliban Afghani consul.
Earlier this month, a newly translated document captured from the Saddam regime revealed Iraq 's hiding of chemical-weapons materials and the location of their burial.
In 2003, a 16-page top secret government memo to the Senate Intelligence Committee said bin Laden and Saddam had an operational relationship from the early 1990s to 2003 that involved training in explosives and weapons of mass destruction, as well as financial and logistical support, and may have included the bombing of the USS Cole and the Sept. 11 attacks.
...According to the Weekly Standard, the memo reports Saddam's willingness to help bin Laden plot against Americans began in 1990, shortly before the first Gulf War, and continued until the eve of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. It says bin Laden sent ''emissaries to Jordan in 1990 to meet with Iraqi government officials.'' At some unspecified point in 1991, according to a CIA analysis, '' Iraq sought Sudan 's assistance to establish links to al-Qaida.''
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50621
The Tangled Web of Haditha Reports
June 13, 2006 -The media is overflowing with stories about the incident in Haditha on November 19, 2005. There are so many stories and so many interviews but there is a problem. Many of the stories and recountings of events are inconsistent and seem ever changing. More at:http://newsbusters.org/node/5872
Politicians "cannot have it both ways."
6/15/06- ...Kerry (AKA Flipper), who was widely criticized as the party's standard-bearer in 2004 for being too cautious in his criticism of the war, said Tuesday that politicians "cannot have it both ways." [Oh, by the way- Kerry announced this week that he is definitely against intervention in Iraq now though he voted for it… or against it three years ago…]
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/28-06132006-669707.html
Wealthy foreign couples coming to U.S. so they can select baby's sex
June 14 2006- The Chinese want boys, and the Canadians want girls. If they have enough money, they come to the United States to choose the sex of their babies.
Well-off foreign couples are getting around laws banning sex selection in their home countries by coming to American soil -- where it's legal -- for medical procedures that can give them the boy, or girl, they want.
The United States ' lack of regulation means a growing global market for a few fertility clinics. These businesses advertise in airline magazines or post Web sites aimed at luring clients worldwide.
Opponents say this amounts to medical tourism for designer babies and should awaken lawmakers.
...Foes call it ``consumer eugenics'' and say it opens the door to a future where parents will choose their babies' hair color, eye color and potential to grow tall enough to play basketball...
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-614babysex,0,6133219.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines
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