It just keeps coming: Scientists edit embryos' genes to study early human development LONDON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - British scientists have used a genome editing tool known as CRISPR/Cas9 to knock out a gene in embryos just a few days old, testing the technique's ability to decipher key gene functions in early human development. The researchers said their experiments, using a technology that is the subject of fierce international debate because of fears that it could be used to create babies to order, will deepen understanding of the biology of early human development. CRISPR/Cas9 can enable scientists to find and modify or replace genetic defects. Many describe it as game-changing. https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientis...-study-early-human-development-170515808.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BREAKING NEWS: Powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Japan near Fukushima The earthquake hit some 281km South East of Kamaishi, off the coast of Japan Depth of the quake, which struck at 2.37am local time, was measured at 10km A powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Japan near Fukushima. Details of the extent of the damage have not yet emerged regarding the quake which hit 281km South East of Kamaishi. The depth of the earthquake, which struck at 2.37am local time, was measured at 10km. A similar earthquake back in 2011 killed four people and injured 10 more when landslides occurred and fires broke out as a result. But experts are predicting today's quake should pass by without causing any harm. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...hquake-strikes-Japan-coast.html#ixzz4tF9QRcFJ
It just keeps coming and they love to proclaim their great knowledge and prescience when in reality they are treshing around in the dark. This is how modern science mostly works now-inflated and grandiose claims in the hope of attracting more research grants and, in this case, irrespective of the fact that they are using human beings as disposable guinea pigs. May the Lord God have mercy on the souls of these Mengeles.
Interesting: CROSS APPEARED IN THE SKY This photograph was taken on Wednesday, September 13th in Medjugorje. Many pilgrims reported seeing the cross in the sky and took similar photographs to this one. The cross appeared between the Hill of Apparitions and Cross Mountain and stayed for some time. From Weible Columns report
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...rancis-first-screening-vatican-beyond-the-sun The filmmaker actually said that devout Catholics see him as "God on earth". Wow.
That would be ultra-ultra-ultramontanism. There were once three popes reigning at the same time-was this a manifestation of the Holy Trinity!?
Wow, what is it with the idolization of men? I saw it in people as well during President Obama's time in people who would otherwise be sound logically (or so I thought) minded people.
My previous landlords had a picture of Obama next to their dining room table...it looked like an altar. I just walked by someone's office near the library who has a gigantic pixelated printout of Obama occupying most of an entire wall in their office. It is a sort of messianism.
Lots of shaking going on today, and deep quakes. 6.1 Japan 6.4 Off coast of AUS 6.8 Central Med near Tunisia
Either that or they were mostly Irish, but still a fault and bad example to students with different politics as to how one is to objectively judge another in a position of authority over them, esp. secular. But boy could they whine about certain Popes who btw should all be Catholic! But the little grandmothers wouldn't hear of any possibilities of the reported extra curricular activities.....by ANY of the Kennedy's.
Maria knocks out power, triggers flooding in Puerto Rico September 20, 2017 UPDATE: The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Maria has lost its major hurricane status, dropping to a Category 2 storm after raking Puerto Rico. But forecasters say some strengthening is in the forecast and Maria could again become a major hurricane by Thursday. An update from the Miami-based center says a hurricane hunter plane clocked the top sustained winds of the storm at near 110 mph (175 kph) with higher gusts about 5 p.m. Wednesday. Maria's fierce core was centered about 25 miles (45 kilometers) north-northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, and moving to the northwest at 12 mph (19 kph). Forecasters say the dangerous storm system will continue moving away from the northwest coast of Puerto Rico in coming hours. It's then expected to pass offshore of the northeast coast of the Dominical Republic this evening and early Thursday. Elsewhere, Tropical Storm Jose is still kicking up dangerous surf and currents along much of the U.S. Eastern seaboard. The storm's center was located at 5 p.m. Wednesday about 145 miles (235 kilometers) south-southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts and had top sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kph). It's moving northeast at 8 mph (13 kph). EARLIER: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in over 80 years destroyed hundreds of homes, knocked out power across the entire island and triggered heavy flooding Wednesday in an onslaught that could plunge the U.S. territory deeper into financial crisis. Leaving at least nine people dead in its wake across the Caribbean, Hurricane Maria blew ashore in the morning in the southeast coastal town of Yabucoa as a Category 4 storm with winds of 155 mph (250 kph). It was expected to punish the island of 3.4 million people with life-threatening winds for 12 to 24 hours. "Once we're able to go outside, we're going to find our island destroyed," said Abner Gomez, Puerto Rico's emergency management director. "The information we have received is not encouraging. It's a system that has destroyed everything in its path." It was the second time in two weeks that Puerto Rico felt the wrath of a hurricane. There was no immediate word of any deaths or serious injuries. As people waited it out in shelters or took cover inside stairwells, bathrooms and closets, Maria brought down cell towers and power lines, snapped trees, tore off roofs and unloaded at least 20 inches (50 centimeters) of rain. Widespread flooding was reported, with dozens of cars half-submerged in some neighborhoods and many streets turned into rivers. People calling local radio stations reported that doors were being torn off their hinges and a water tank flew away. Felix Delgado, mayor of the northern coastal city of Catano, told The Associated Press that 80 percent of the 454 homes in a neighborhood known as Juana Matos were destroyed. The fishing community on San Juan Bay was hit with a storm surge of more than 4 feet, he said. "Months and months and months and months are going to pass before we can recover from this," he said. As of 2 p.m. EDT, Maria had weakened to a Category 3, with winds of 115 mph (185 kph). It was off Puerto Rico's northwest coast, moving at about 15 mph (20 kph), and was expected to pass off the coast of the Dominican Republic late Wednesday and Thursday. Even before the storm, Puerto Rico's electrical grid was crumbling and the island was in dire condition financially. Puerto Rico is struggling to restructure a portion of its $73 billion debt, and the government has warned it is running out of money as it fights back against furloughs and other austerity measures imposed by a federal board overseeing the island's finances. Gov. Ricardo Rossello urged people to have faith: "We are stronger than any hurricane. Together, we will rebuild." He later asked President Donald Trump to declare the island a disaster zone, a step that would open the way to federal aid. Many feared extended power outages would further sink businesses struggling amid a recession that has lasted more than a decade. "This is going to be a disaster," said Jean Robert Auguste, who owns two French restaurants and sought shelter at a San Juan hotel. "We haven't made any money this month." More than 11,000 people — and more than 580 pets — were in shelters, authorities said. Along the island's northern coast, an emergency medical station in the town of Arecibo lost its roof, while communication was severed with several emergency management posts. A hospital and a police station reported broken windows, and a tree fell on an ambulance. The heavy winds and rain and the noise of things crashing outside woke many across Puerto Rico before daybreak. At one recently built hotel in San Juan, water dripped through the ceiling of a sixth-floor room and seeped through the window. "I didn't sleep at all," said Merike Mai, a vacationing 35-year-old flight attendant from Estonia. As the storm closed in on the Dominican Republic, about 4,000 tourists in the Bavara-Punta Cana area on the eastern tip of the island were moved to hotels in Santo Domingo, the capital. Maria posed no immediate threat to the U.S. The long-range forecast showed the storm out in the Atlantic Ocean hundreds of miles off the Georgia-South Carolina coast by Monday morning. Previously a Category 5 with 175 mph (281 kph) winds, Maria hit Puerto Rico as the third-strongest storm to make landfall in the U.S., based on a key measurement that meteorologists use: air pressure. The lower the central pressure, the stronger a storm. Maria's pressure was 917 millibars, lower than Hurricane Irma's 929 millibars when it roared into the Florida Keys earlier this month. Irma sideswiped Puerto Rico on Sept. 6, causing no deaths or widespread damage on the island but leaving more than 1 million people without electricity. More than 70,000 still had no power as Maria approached. The last Category 4 hurricane to blow ashore in Puerto Rico was in 1932, and the strongest ever to hit the island was San Felipe in 1928 with winds of 160 mph (250 kph). As Maria closed in, Trump offered his support via Twitter: "Puerto Rico being hit hard by new monster Hurricane. Be careful, our hearts are with you - will be there to help!" The storm's center passed near or over St. Croix overnight Tuesday, prompting U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. Kenneth Mapp to warn people to sleep in their street clothes and shoes just in case. St. Croix was largely spared by Irma. Nykole Tyson, a spokeswoman at the U.S. Virgin Islands Emergency Operations Center, said that there were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries on St. Croix but that it was still too dangerous Wednesday to venture out and conduct a thorough check. On the island of Dominica, which got slammed late Monday, Hartley Henry, an adviser to the prime minister, reported at least seven deaths and a "tremendous loss of housing and public buildings." He said the country was "in a daze," with no electricity and little to no communications. "The situation is really grave," Consul General Barbara Dailey said in New York. ___ Associated Press writers Ben Fox in Miami and Seth Borenstein in Washington contributed to this report.
Yes, but that was different. Kennedy was the first Roman Catholic president in American history. At the time, the Klansmen were still burning crosses in front of Catholic churches. While it's common to talk about how the Japanese Americans were treated during WW2, what doesn't get talked about so much was the very strong element in the US Govt that wanted Catholics to be banned from fighting in Europe in general and Italy in particular. Everyone knew that as soon as the US Army reached Rome, the Catholics were going to swear loyalty to the Pope (or fulfill the oaths they took at K of C meetings) and turn their guns on their fellow Americans to conquer America and the world for the Pope. The fact that this didn't happen was a big factor in clearing the way for Catholics to actually gain major political power nationally.
From my experience at the time I don't think any of that even entered the thinking or factored into the nuns' admiration and affection for Kennedy....esp. since all of my nuns were imports to the south from Boston! And the required campaign debates were conducted in quite a biased way for those students who happened to draw Mr. Nixon to represent and defend. Logical arguments at the time were dismissed as easily as seeing the two men rather than listening to them made all the difference in fact. Hopefully any bigot in disguise of being a Catholic at the time would be rejected over and above any affection for the denomination of faith declared!
l l Is anyone surprised? It's only a couple of ultras removed from what has been demonstrated by the Pope Francis fan club on this forum and elsewhere. Don't blame the film maker. Any and all blame should be placed at the door of the Vatican's communications department.
We don't know that for sure. Extreme ultramontanism long preceded Pope Francis. However, many of his present admirers seem close to the heresy that he is the incarnation of the Holy Spirit.
At the moment it has not found the way in the western mainstream media. But I found a german article related to russian news. This asteroid will pass the earth on october 12. Ten times closer than the distance between moon and earth. One day before the jubilee of the miracle of the sun in Fatima. It´s not a big one but we will see what will happen. Wikipedia article youtube
Is something strange happening deep inside the Earth? Why are "giant fountains of lava" suddenly pouring out of some of the most dangerous volcanoes on the entire planet, and why are so many long dormant volcanoes suddenly roaring back to life? The spectacular eruption of Mt. Etna in Italy is making headlines all over the world, but it is far from alone. According to Volcano Discovery, 35 major volcanoes either are erupting right now or have just recently erupted, and dozens of others are stirring. So what is causing this upsurge in volcanic activity? Is something strange happening inside the Earth? On the other side of the world, a constant stream of molten rock has been springing out of Guatemala's "Volcano of Fire" since February 25th... And in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a "firehose of lava" has been pouring out of the Kilauea Volcano since December 31st. Meanwhile, a number of large volcanoes that have been dormant for a very long time all over the world have started springing back to life. For instance, the only active volcano in India has suddenly started "spewing lava and ash" after being silent for 150 years... At one time scientists would speak of "dead volcanoes", but now we learning that it really isn't safe to speak of any volcano as being completely "dead". So many of these long dormant volcanoes are roaring back to life, and why this is suddenly happening now is puzzling many of the experts. And as you have seen, this isn't isolated to just one or two geographic regions. It literally is happening all over the globe. Indonesia and Iceland are about as far apart as you can get, and yet they are both being affected by this worldwide phenomenon. Without a doubt, something definitely appears to be causing a significant increase in worldwide seismic activity. .... Let's talk about earthquakes for a moment. A website known as the Big Wobble recently published an article that included two extraordinary maps. The first map showed the number of major earthquakes from January 1900 to January 1917, and the second map showed the number of major earthquakes from January 2000 to January 2017. The difference between the two maps was startling to say the least. © the big wobble © the big wobble It is becoming extremely difficult to deny that something is happening to the crust of our planet, and many are becoming concerned about what we could soon experience if the level of seismic activity continues to rise. We already talked about Mt. Etna, but a much greater threat in Italy appears to be awakening under the city of Naples. A massive supervolcano known as "Campi Flegrei" is close to a "critical state", and if it erupts the consequences will be beyond catastrophic. More:https: //www.sott.net/article/344087-Is-something-strange-happening-deep-inside-the-Earth
