“Wherever I put my head, that is my place of worship. No matter where I am, that is where God is. Vineyards, roses, nightingales, the sema and loving . . . They are all symbols, the reason is always Him.”
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All they had to do, the scientists said, was add four genes. The genes reprogrammed the chromosomes of the skin cells, making the cells into blank slates that should be able to turn into any of the 220 cell types of the human body, be it heart, brain, blood or bone. For all the hopes invested in it over the last decade, embryonic stem cell research has moved slowly, with no cures or major therapeutic discoveries in sight. But with the new method, human cloning for stem cell research, like the creation of human embryos to extract stem cells, may be unnecessary.
Researchers and ethicists not involved in the findings say the work, conducted by independent teams from Japan and Wisconsin, should reshape the stem cell field.
“The choice we must make is as important as it is clear. It is a choice between corporate power and the power of democracy. It is caution versus courage. Calculation versus principle. It is the establishment elites versus the American people.”
Edwards has made this a master theme of campaign, identifying his willingness to fight the corporations and “beat them again and again” as the major feature distinguishing him from his chief rivals for the Democratic nomination. All the Democratic candidates are for “change,” Edwards notes, but “the real question is how change occurs.” His answer comes straight out of Frederick Douglass, who observed that “power never concedes without a fight.” Without directly saying so, he rightly suggests that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are wedded to a cautious and cowardly corporate-insider model that will compel them to betray their democratic- and populist-sounding campaign promises once they attained power.
“The results suggest that enhanced depression care of workers has benefits not only on clinical outcomes but also on workplace outcomes,” the investigators wrote in the Sept. 26 issue of Journal of the American Medical Association.
The findings indicate that the added costs to employers of mental health benefits may have an even bigger payoff in terms of worker health and productivity, commented Kenneth B. Wells, M.D., M.P.H., and Jeanne Miranda, Ph.D., of the University of California at Los Angeles, in an accompanying editorial.
“The monetary value of the increased work time under the program exceeded the direct intervention costs and likely exceeded or was within the range of cost increases due to greater mental health specialty use under the intervention,” they wrote.
The mystery of one response to a lawsuit against God has been solved. Eric Perkins, an attorney in Corpus Christi, Texas, said Friday he filed a response to the lawsuit from Nebraska State Sen. Ernie Chambers. “It’s kind of a turn on ‘What would Jesus do?'” Perkins said. “I thought to myself, “What would God say?”
“Defendant denies that this or any court has jurisdiction … over Him any more than the court has jurisdiction over the wind or rain, sunlight or darkness,” according to Perkins’ response.
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The Solar Decathlon is a competition in which 20 teams of college and university students compete to design, build, and operate the most attractive, effective, and energy-efficient solar-powered house. The Solar Decathlon is also an event to which the public is invited to observe the powerful combination of solar energy, energy efficiency, and the best in home design.
The event takes place on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., October 12 – 20. The team houses are open for touring everyday, except Wednesday, October 17, when they will close for competition purposes. An overall winner is announced on Friday, October 19 at 2 p.m. See the schedule for more information.
Teams of college students design a solar house, knowing from the outset that it must be powered entirely by the sun. In a quest to stretch every last watt of electricity that’s generated by the solar panels on their roofs, the students absorb the lesson that energy is a precious commodity. They strive to innovate, using high-tech materials and design elements in ingenious ways. Along the way, the students learn how to raise funds and communicate about team activities. They collect supplies and talk to contractors. They build their solar houses, learning as they go.
The 20 teams transport their solar houses to the competition site on the National Mall and virtually rebuild them in the solar village. Teams assemble their houses, and then the active phase of the Solar Decathlon begins with an opening ceremony for students, media, and invited guests. The teams compete in contests, and even though this part of the Solar Decathlon gets the most attention, the students really win the competition through the many months of fund raising, planning, designing, analyzing, redesigning, and finally building and improving their homes. The public is invited to tour the solar homes and event exhibits during much of the competition.
2007 Schedule of Events – Solar Decathlon
October 12 – 20, 2007
The National Mall, Washington D.C.
Opening Ceremony
* 10 a.m., Friday, October 12
Houses Open
* 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., weekends
* 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., weekdays
Houses Closed
* For 1 – 2 hours while jury evaluations are taking place October 13 – 16 and October 18 – 19
* All day Wednesday, October 17, the houses are closed for controlled temperature and relative humidity measurements.
Consumer Workshops
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and other event sponsors are offering solar energy and energy efficiency workshops for consumers. Workshops are offered on Wednesday, October 17, while houses are closed for controlled temperature and relative humidity measurements. Workshops will not be offered on Thursday, October 18, during Building Industry Day.
* Weekends, 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 4 p.m.
* Weekdays, 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m., and 2:30 p.m. (except Thursday, October 18)
Building Industry Day, October 18
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and other event sponsors are inviting representatives from the Building Industry to attend workshops and tour the team houses.
* Team houses are open 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
* Workshops offered at 9 a.m., 10 a.m., 11 a.m., noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m., and 4 p.m.
Winner Announced
* 2 p.m., Friday, October 19
Several years ago, SunPower, a unit of Cypress Semiconductor, (CY) realized the top metal plate was reflecting the sun’s rays, cutting efficiency by reducing the percentage of sunlight converted to electricity. So the company decided to put both plates beneath the silicon. It now has an industry-high efficiency of 22% vs. an average of 16%, says analyst Dan Ries of Monness, Crespi Hardt & Co. That means fewer panels are needed to produce power, shaving installation costs and making systems more affordable for homes, which have smaller roofs than most commercial buildings.
SunPower, which says it will earn about $90 million on $740 million in sales this year, expects its prices to be competitive with grid power by 2012, says Vice President Julie Blunden.
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