Green Glowing Pigs????????

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4605202.stm


Taiwan breeds green-glowing pigs
By Chris Hogg BBC News, Hong Kong

When lit up in the dark, the pigs glow greenScientists in Taiwan say they have bred three pigs that glow in the dark.
They claim that while other researchers have bred partly fluorescent pigs, theirs are the only pigs in the world which are green through and through.
The pigs are transgenic, created by adding genetic material from jellyfish into a normal pig embryo.
The researchers hope the pigs will boost the island's stem cell research, as well as helping with the study of human disease.
The researchers, from National Taiwan University's Department of Animal Science and Technology, say that although the pigs glow, they are otherwise no different from any others.
Taiwan is not claiming a world first. Others have bred partially fluorescent pigs before. But the researchers insist the three pigs they have produced are better.

In daylight, their eyes and skin are green-tinged
They are the only ones that are green from the inside out. Even their heart and internal organs are green, they say.
To create them, DNA from jellyfish was added to about 265 pig embryos which were implanted in eight different pigs.
Four of the pigs became pregnant and three male piglets were born three months ago.
Green generation
In daylight the researchers say the pigs' eyes, teeth and trotters look green. Their skin has a greenish tinge.
In the dark, shine a blue light on them and they glow torch-light bright.
The scientists will use the transgenic pigs to study human disease. Because the pig's genetic material is green, it is easy to spot.
So if, for instance, some of its stem cells are injected into another animal, scientists can track how they develop without the need for a biopsy or invasive test.
But creating them has not been easy. Many of the altered embryos failed to develop.
The researchers say they hope the new, green pigs will mate with ordinary female pigs to create a new generation - much greater numbers of transgenic pigs for use in research.


WHAT FOR? POOR PIGS :(
YEAH, I CAN REALLY SEE HOW THIS IS GOING TO HELP THE STATE OF THE WORLD. I, myself, personally, can't think of anything that is more important than creating fluorescent green glowing pigs. How about you? Jellyfish and pig dna mixed together? That's disgusting. Where are all the 'failed experiments'? Probably running around saying, 'its not easy being green'. I believe in science, and the inductive and deductive reasoning processes. This isn't science. This is gross grosser grossest. An Abomination. Banal. Humiliating and dishonorable. Offensive and displeasing. Horrific.
Sick sicker sickest.
BLAH AND ARGGHHH.
I'm not showing any anger huh.
This is my anger scenario. So, Iran will set off the nukes, and the only thing left on the planet will be green glowing pigs that have jellyfish DNA so they'll be able to survive the Fallout and the New World will be populated by their offspring. Good Sci Fi Novel plot.
Nah, I'm not angry. I'm just seeing red.
Poor green pigs.

Metaphysicaly speaking, we, Humans , as manifestions of creation, have the ability to create of our own. And this is what we do. How can I help with spiritual intent? I don't know. Well, at least when I'm angry I'm not depressed.

I said I wouldn't do U. S of A politics, but here's something in relation to History being Written and the situation in Israel.

US Intervenes in Israeli Elections: Administration Backs Olmert 11:51 Jan 12, '06 / 12 Tevet 5766By Hillel Fendel

Acting PM Olmert has been invited to visit Washington next month, and a PA newspaper reports that the U.S. has asked the PA and Arab countries to make Olmert-supporting gestures

Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who has replaced Ariel Sharon as the Kadima Party's prime ministerial candidate, is to visit Washington in February, just a month before Israel's national elections. Visits of this type invariably add to the invitee's stature in the perception of Israel's domestic public, and this will therefore help Olmert as the elections approach.

Olmert is also expected to become Israel's Prime Minister in the coming days, when Attorney General Menachem Mazuz declares that Sharon has become permanently incapacitated.In addition, the U.S. has informed the PA and Arab countries that Olmert's stature must be strengthened as the elections approach in order that he "continue the process that Sharon started." So reports the PA's Arabic-language Al-Manar newspaper.U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice issued a statement last night, commending Olmert on his apparent decision to permit eastern Jerusalem Arabs to participate in the PA elections later this month.

Most reports do not note that the Israeli decision stipulates that Hamas ballots will not be allowed into the Jerusalem post offices in which the voting will take place. Olmert informed Rice of this on Tuesday. In any event, the Israeli decision must be finalized at Sunday's Cabinet meeting.

Rice, in her statement praising Olmert's decision, stated the United States' view that there is no place in the political process for groups or individuals who espouse violence and reject Israel’s right to exist. “To participate in a peace process of Israelis and Palestinians," she said, " the Palestinian partner must at least accept Israel's right to exist. To implement agreements on movement and access for the Palestinian territories, the Palestinian partner must be committed to preventing violence."

The Al-Manar newspaper reported that the U.S. is conducting secret contacts with the Palestinian Authority and Arab countries in an effort to have them help strengthen Olmert's stature. The U.S. informed them that it is interested in having Olmert head Kadima and "continue the process that Sharon began to solve the Palestinian-Israel conflict." The paper further reports that the Americans feel that Olmert is a "smart leader who will be able, with his advisors, to lead the peace process and rebuff the political machinations against him."The U.S. even informed Olmert, according to the paper, that it would like him to keep Sharon's advisors on his team, especially Dov Weisglass and Shimon Peres.
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Published: 10:27 January 12, 2006Last Update: 11:51 January 12, 2006

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On a lighter note
Good Daily Dose today
B"H
Nothing to Fear
--------------- There are some who are afraid of a new age. They wonder: What will happen to my career? My whole lifestyle will have to change! What about all the acquaintances and connections I've spent a lifetime building? And what about all my worldly possessions, my retirement plan, my investments? Will they take my car away? Even these people have nothing to fear. The era that is coming is not something separate from our times. It is pieced together from everything we do now, and all that we know of shall remain. Only the negativity will vanish, and the G-dliness within each thing will be obvious for us to see.
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something else to ponder.
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