 Hoping to jump-start plans to make New Jersey a leader in stem cell research, Gov. Jon S. Corzine's administration plans to make $10 million available for research grants, with most money going to embryonic stem cell research. A senior administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to not upstage a Monday announcement, said $7 million will go toward embryonic stem cell research not supported by federal funding. The announcement will come after the state Legislature on Thursday approved spending $270 million on stem cell research facilities in Camden, Newark and New Brunswick. The money for the grants will come from the $31 billion state budget signed into law in July, but the administration hopes the grants will highlight New Jersey's impending investment in the research facilities...
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 Fragile ceasefire takes hold in Gaza |
A ceasefire took tentative hold on Monday between Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah after days of heavy fighting pushed the Gaza Strip to the brink of civil war.It was unclear whether the fragile deal would last as groups of heavily armed gunmen from both sides continued to roam the tense streets. There were sporadic exchanges of fire, including an incident in which two members of a Hamas-led police force were wounded moments after the agreement was announced. The ruling Hamas movement, which won January elections, has rejected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's call for new polls. Previous accords between the factions have fallen apart. British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Israel just before Hamas and Abbas's Fatah announced the deal on Sunday night. Blair will hold talks on Monday with Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert....
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| A Town Eats What It Likes Without Disease Healthy Residents Of Tiny Italian Village Enjoy High-Cholesterol Diets |
There is a village named Stocarreddo perched in the hills half a mile above Venice. It would seem like an unlikely place to make medical history, but as CBS News correspondent Allen Pizzey reports, the village hides a secret that mocks diabetes, hypertension and high blood pressure. Ninety-five percent of the people there have the same surname: Bau. They also tend to have excessive levels of cholesterol, triglycerides and blood sugar. But none of the usual related problems in spite of a diet that health-conscious Americans would never contemplate. "We eat lots of things," Eugenio Bau said. "Steak, polenta, beans, cheese and, of course, wine." Everyone in Stacarreddo takes it as a given that they can eat anything and everything they like and never have a problem – even though many have cholesterol counts and blood sugar levels well above the Italian average. ...
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Editor - 22:34:00 12-17-06
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| Hand-picked voters cast ballots in Dubai poll |
Hand-picked voters cast their ballots in the United Arab Emirates on Monday in the second phase of elections for an advisory council, the first in the Gulf Arab state's history.Rulers of the seven emirates comprising the UAE have chosen 6,689 voters, less than one percent of its 800,000 nationals, to elect half of the 40-seat Federal National Council (FNC). Voters elected six FNC members, including a woman, in the first phase of the polls in Abu Dhabi and Fujairah on Saturday. On Monday, they will elect four members in the region's booming trade hub of Dubai and three in the emirate of Ras al-Khaima. Polls take place in the last three emirates on Wednesday. "I am very happy to be participating politically for the first time in our nation," said Huda Mutawe, 27, a female government worker who is running in Dubai. ...
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Editor - 22:31:00 12-17-06
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| It Floats Addendum to Clausewitz |
It’s all but official: The war in Iraq is lost. Report after leaked report says so. Everybody in Washington knows it except that draft-dodging ferret in the White House. Politicians scurry to avoid the blame. One day soon people will ask aloud: How did we let 3000 GIs die for the weak ego of a pampered liar & his desperate need to prove he's half the man his father was? The troops from now on will die for a war that they already know is over. They are dying for politicians. They are dying for nothing. By now they must know it. It happened to us, too, long ago. The talk among pols now is about finding an “exit strategy.” This means a way of pulling out without risking too many seats in Congress. Screw the troops. We must look to the elections. Do we really want an exit strategy? A friend of mine, with 2 tours in heavy combat in another war, has devised a splendid exit strategy. It consists of 5 words: “OK. On the plane. Now.” Bring your toothbrush. Everything else stays. We’re outa here...
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Editor - 13:58:00 12-17-06
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| Swift raids land immigrants, not plant executives |
It is laughable when executives of the Swift & Co. meat-processing plant in Greeley said they do not knowingly hire illegal aliens as workers.How stupid do they think we are?Give me 15 minutes on the slaughterhouse floor, and I’ll deliver to you 15 illegal immigrants - guaranteed.Hiring illegal workers is, of course, against the law. It has been for more than two decades.But when federal agents raided Swift plants in six states last week, they arrested 1,262 workers and not a single executive.One manager of a service agency in Greeley said that the illegal work force at Swift was so visible that fraudulent ID documents were openly sold on the plant’s site.Executives at Swift and other large employers of illegal immigrants operate with impunity. Even after last week’s raids on Swift, the company hasn’t been charged with breaking any law, and there is little incentive for them to change their practices. ...
http://www.chieftain.com/editorial/1166339035/6
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Editor - 13:02:00 12-17-06
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