March 29, 2007
[Adult] Stem Cells Speed Liver Tissue Growth
March 27th 2007
Germany scientists have, for the first time, used adult bone marrow stem cells to regenerate healthy human liver tissue.
The study appears in the April issue of the journal Radiology.
http://www.playfuls.com/news_005891_Stem_Cells_Speed_Liver_Tissue_Growth.html
Remember when grocery stores switched from paper bags to plastic bags in order to save trees?
S.F. Leaders OK Plastic Grocery Bag Ban, switches to paper
Mar 27
San Francisco City leaders approved a ban on plastic grocery bags after weeks of lobbying on both sides from environmentalists and a supermarket trade group…
The law… requires large markets and drug stores to give customers only a choice among bags made of paper that can be recycled, plastic that breaks down easily enough to be made into compost, or reusable cloth...
...The 50 grocery stores that would be most affected by the law argued that the ban was not reasonable because plastic bags made of corn byproducts are a relatively new, expensive and untested product. Some said they might offer only paper bags at checkout.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070328/D8O4T7900.html
[Hmmm, made from corn. So it's either use corn to make plastic bags, ethanol, or feed the hungry, you can't do all three]
Mercury in energy-saving bulbs worries scientists
Wed Mar 28, 2007
…Mercury is poisonous, but it's also a necessary part of most compact fluorescent bulbs, the kind that environmentalists and some governments are pushing as a way to cut energy use.
With an estimated 150 million CFLs sold in the
The article states that recycling efforts may be the answer but one has to wonder if the costs of gathering dead light bulbs and reprocessing them nullifies the supposed energy savings they are suppose to generate.
Economy Grows at 2.5 Percent Pace in 4Q
March 29
Economy Grows at 2.5 Percent Pace in Fourth Quarter, Better Than Expected but Still Sluggish
[Despite the good news the maimstream media is still obligated to report the positive news with a negative slant...]
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070329/economy.html?.v=7
We want this baby polar bear dead' say animal rights lobby
20 March 2007
Tiny, fluffy and adorable, Knut the baby polar bear became an animal superstar after he was abandoned by his mother.
He rapidly became the symbol of Berlin Zoo, whose staff bottle-fed him and handed out cuddles in between…
…Animal rights activists argue that he should be given a lethal injection rather than brought up suffering the humiliation of being treated as a domestic pet.
"The zoo must kill the bear," said spokesman Frank Albrecht. "Feeding by hand is not species-appropriate but a gross violation of animal protection laws."
Now the animal rights folk are blaming Knute for the death of a Panda…. Death by fame…
Knut's Fame Kills Bystander Panda
Panda Death Dampens Joy over Knut
Berlin Zoo's delight over its superstar Knut has been tempered by the sudden death of lady Panda Yan Yan… Her passing initially triggered speculation that the attention surrounding the baby polar bear was too much for her…
…media speculation [was] that Yan Yan had been stressed by the overwhelming number of visitors to Berlin Zoo since unfeasibly cute polar bear cub Knut went on show to the public last Friday.
Some 30,000 people crowded the zoo at the weekend, several times more than usual, and many who couldn't get a glimpse of Knut went over to check out Yan Yan…
… A post mortem showed that [the panda] died of heart failure caused by acute constipation…
http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,474144,00.html
The 51st State?
By George Will March 29, 2007
...Today's Democratic-controlled Congress wants to give D.C., by legislation, a full voting member in the House of Representatives. Having failed to achieve ratification of a constitutional amendment, sent to the states in 1978, which would have conferred statehood on D.C. (only 16 states ratified it, 22 short of the required number), Democrats now say an amendment is unnecessary, a statute will suffice to do essentially that.
...If majorities in both houses of today's Congress want the fewer than 600,000 residents of D.C. to be fully represented, they can accomplish that with legislation shrinking D.C. to the core containing the major federal buildings and monuments, and giving the rest back to
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/GeorgeWill/2007/03/29/the_51st_state
Oil Innovations Pump New Life Into Old Wells
March 5, 2007 BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The Kern River oil field, discovered in 1899, was revived when Chevron engineers here started injecting high-pressured steam to pump out more oil. The field, whose production had slumped to 10,000 barrels a day in the 1960s, now has a daily output of 85,000 barrels.
In
And in
Within the last decade, technology advances have made it possible to unlock more oil from old fields, and, at the same time, higher oil prices have made it economical for companies to go after reserves that are harder to reach. With plenty of oil still left in familiar locations, forecasts that the world’s reserves are drying out have given way to predictions that more oil can be found than ever before.
In a wide-ranging study published in 2000, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated that ultimately recoverable resources of conventional oil totaled about 3.3 trillion barrels… more at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/05/business/05oil1.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin
Christian fired for sharing God during her off hours
March 28, 2007
A Christian woman is battling a
...Jacqueline Escobar was completing a master's degree in social work at California State University Long Beach when she interned with the Department of Children and Family Services, or DCFS.
A straight-A student, Escobar was complimented regularly by the DCFS for her work. But she came under scrutiny for sharing her faith with co-workers during lunch breaks and after-hours, and for changing into a shirt with a religious message – "Found" – after signing out for the day, according to the Pacific Justice Institute, which is representing her.
A trial is scheduled to begin April 3.
Escobar was directed to stop speaking about her faith, even during breaks and after work hours.
Also, the university ordered her to sign a document admitting she had "an inability to separate her religious beliefs from her role" as an intern.
She refused to sign the document, arguing she couldn't agree to such a sweeping prohibition that included her religious practice during non-working hours.
Consequently, Escobar was terminated from her internship and threatened with expulsion from the graduate program.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54906
Christian physician addresses healhcare's "universal" concerns
3/29/2007
Christian Medical Association CEO Dr. David Stevens, M.D., agreed with statements from Senator Hillary Clinton this week that more Americans are open to the idea of "universal health care" because the nation's current health care system has deteriorated. However, the physician warns, there are still important principles Christians need to consider in thinking about a "universal health care" approach...
...And there are other built-in problems in play when there is no competition for the best health care services, Stevens contends. "At least now there's competition between insurance companies," he says, "and so if our organization's not getting the type of service they need from an insurance company, you can go find another one."
...However, in "a monolithic system with a single payer, you don't have that option," the Christian physician explains. Government health care administrators would control the market, he says, "which actually makes that type of system more problematic in many instances."
Also, Stevens notes, Christians may have limited recourse with regard to moral and ethical issues in health care coverage after government mandates are in effect. He says that could become a serious concern for believers if they find those mandates often clash with Christian ethics and morality over issues such as abortion, stem-cell research, and cloning...
http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/03/christian_physician_addresses.php
Media accused of showing double-standard in coverage of attorney firings
http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/03/media_accused_of_showing_doubl.php
Study: Dinosaur demise didn't spur species
3/28/2007 AP Science Writer
Scientists who constructed a massive evolutionary family tree for mammals found no sign of such a burst of new species at that time among the ancestors of present-day animals...
"I was flabbergasted," said study co-author Ross MacPhee, curator of vertebrate zoology at the
...The long-held view has been that once the dinosaurs were gone, mammals were suddenly free to exploit new food sources and habitats, and as a result they produced a burst of new species.
...In contrast, no such burst was found for the ancestors of modern-day mammals like rodents, cats, horses, elephants and people...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070328/ap_on_sc/mammal_evolution
Don't teach creation, just mention AiG, and ... get fired!
March 27, 2007
A substitute biology teacher in Sisters, Oregon, was fired last week for allegedly not following the state’s official goals and guidelines regarding the teaching of evolution in public school science classes.* Mr. Kris Helphinstine was accused of teaching biblical creationism, and was also criticized for making a link between evolution and eugenics in Nazi Germany.
Helphinstine, in talking to AiG late last week, denied teaching creationism. He indicated that he merely followed
...To read the abridged article on poodles and genetics ....which Helphinstine edited for his students—omitting wording that would present religious ideas (which explains the frequent use of ellipses)—and which he passed out in class, see http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2007/0327Poodles-abridged.pdf .
....For another example of a teacher who did not teach creation but only brought up the problems with evolution, read our article about a
entire article at http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2007/0327or-teacher.asp
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