[Vision2020] Vision2020 Digest, Vol 21, Issue 123

Fri Mar 21 10:35:41 PDT 2008

The poem didn't come through.  Will it copy and paste instead of attach?

Speaking of animal science I was just reaing this article at breakfast this morning from the current Popular Science issue:

Your Burger on Biotech 

Scientists serve up leaner beef, tastier cheddar and healthier ketchup 
By Rena Marie Pacella Posted 03.17.2008 at 2:55 pm 2 Comments 

The Annotated Hamburger: Photo by Colin Smale; Schnare & Stief/Getty Images; illustration: Mitch Romanowski Design 

If the biotech industry has its way, ordering a hamburger might soon sound something like this: “one charbroiled cloned-beef patty, with genetically modified cheese, lab-grown bacon and vitamin-C-fortified lettuce, on a protein-spiked bun.” The burger of the future is delicious, nutritious and contains more engineering than a stealth bomber. 
With the Food and Drug Administration ruling in January that meat and milk from cloned cows, pigs, goats and their offspring is safe to eat, the only thing keeping the superburger off your dinner plate is time. It will be a few years yet before cloned meat hits store shelves. Cloning the perfect (and tastiest) cow can cost upward of $15,000, which makes clones themselves too expensive to eat, so we’ll have to wait until they spawn enough offspring (the old-fashioned way) to feed the masses. Meanwhile, researchers are busy formulating all the fixings. Take a look at what science is doing for the burger, from bun to beef and everything in between.
Recipe for Burger 2.0
Vitamin BunAfter isolating a gene in wild wheat that controls protein, zinc and iron content, scientists at the University of California at Davis spliced the gene into domestic wheat, boosting nutrient content by 12 percent.
Cruelty-Free BaconScientists in the Netherlands have grown minced pork in a dish by adding water, glucose and amino acids to pig stem cells. Expect artificial ground meat by 2012 and bacon within the decade.
Better CheddarFood engineers are boosting cheddar flavor by adding a bacterial gene that produces an enzyme that eliminates the bitter taste created during ripening.
Leaner BeefSeveral companies are cloning the country’s most prized cows to produce leaner, tastier cuts of meat. Ranchers will start breeding the clones this spring, and in five years, the offspring will be ready to grill.
Healthier KetchupThe ethanol boom is driving up the price of corn syrup, so Heinz is breeding a tomato that is 10 percent sweeter than those grown today. Look for naturally sweeter ketchup by 2010.
High-C LettuceBy splicing rat genes into lettuce, Virginia Tech scientists figured out how to turn on the vegetable’s latent vitamin-C-producing abilities (rats are natural C-makers). Since rodent-altered lettuce is somewhat unappetizing, the team used the data to identify plant DNA that can do the same thing. 

> From: vision2020-request at moscow.com> Subject: Vision2020 Digest, Vol 21, Issue 123> To: vision2020 at moscow.com> Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:52:55 -0700> > Send Vision2020 mailing list submissions to> vision2020 at moscow.com> > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit> http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/vision2020> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to> vision2020-request at moscow.com> > You can reach the person managing the list at> vision2020-owner at moscow.com> > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific> than "Re: Contents of Vision2020 digest..."> > > Today's Topics:> > 1. secessionist irony (was Tibetan) (keely emerinemix)> 2. Re: Ripping the Easter Bunny's Head Off : Was:Of, By & (lfalen)> 3. Fw: New pledge of alligance written by a 15 year old in> Arizona (lfalen)> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> > Message: 1> Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:30:36 -0700> From: keely emerinemix <kjajmix1 at msn.com>> Subject: [Vision2020] secessionist irony (was Tibetan)> To: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>, Chasuk <chasuk at gmail.com>,> <garrettmc at verizon.net>, vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>> Message-ID: <BAY106-W35225A93548AD6F6EB453F82010 at phx.gbl>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"> > > How ironic, given our own little home-grown band of Southern secessionists . . . on another subject, I continue to marvel at those who excoriate Rev. Wright and Sen. Obama's relationship with him when there are a few hundred people here in town who support a man who not only says despicable things, but trumpets his alliance with others as bad as or worse than him. > > Way too much irony for me before a full hit of caffeine . . . > > Keely> > > > > > To: chasuk at gmail.com; garrettmc at verizon.net; vision2020 at moscow.com> > From: thansen at moscow.com> > Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:44:03 +0000> > Subject: [Vision2020] [CORRECTED] Re: Tibetan Fight for Freedom> > > > Chasuk stated:> > > > "If any one of our 50 states seriously decided to seek independence, we > > would suppress it militarily."> > > > Say what?> > > > FYI, Chas - We here in the Nifty Fifty (USA) enacted a document some 219 > > years ago. Until January of 2001 it served as a foundation for our > > nation's governance . . . The Constitution.> > > > Here . . . read it for yourself.> > http://www.usconstitution.net/> > > > If any of the Nifty Fifty were to seek secession, it would require an act > > of congress and ratification by the states.> > > > But, then again, if you truly desire to defend King George (Bush) II, then > > maybe an armed response is your only option.> > > > For a less violent gathering, I invite you (and everybody else) to attend > > this year's anti-war rally in friendship Square, 12:00 noon, Saturday > > (March 22). > > > > Seeya there, Moscow.> > > > Tom Hansen> > Moscow,> > Idaho> > > > "People who ridicule others while hiding behind anonymous monikers in chat-> > room forums are neither brave nor clever." > > > > - Latah County Sheriff Wayne Rausch (August 21,> > 2007)> > > > ---------------------------------------------> > This message was sent by First Step Internet.> > http://www.fsr.com/> > > > > > =======================================================> > List services made available by First Step Internet, > > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. > > http://www.fsr.net > > mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com> > =======================================================> > _________________________________________________________________> Watch ?Cause Effect,? a show about real people making a real difference. Learn more.> http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/MTV/?source=text_watchcause> -------------- next part --------------> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...> URL: http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20080321/0777d6af/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------> > Message: 2> Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:37:44 -0700> From: lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Ripping the Easter Bunny's Head Off :> Was:Of, By &> To: "Tom Hansen" <idahotom at hotmail.com>, "Joe Campbell"> <joekc at adelphia.net>, Dave <tiedye at turbonet.com>> Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com, donaledwards at hotmail.com> Message-ID: <5bdf4d7db5fe54d9e5ef6173ac7a23c1 at turbonet.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"> > Tom> I have a masters in Animal Nutrition. I spent over 30 years in the livestock feed industry as a Animal Nutritionist. I worked for the Animal and Vet Science Department from August 1997 to July 2007 working primarily with Dairy Biotechnology.> I have bee retired since last july.> Roger> -----Original message-----> From: Tom Hansen idahotom at hotmail.com> Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:52:24 -0700> To: lfalen lfalen at turbonet.com, Joe Campbell joekc at adelphia.net, Davetiedye at turbonet.com> Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Ripping the Easter Bunny's Head Off : Was:Of, By &> > > Roger Falen stated:> > > > "I am a scientist. The most important thing is scientific experimentation is repeatability."> > > > Question, Mr. Falen: As a scientist, in what field do you perform your research?> > > > This is a side of you of which I have been totally unaware. This intrigues me. It's amazing, the unbeknownst resources right here on the Viz.> > > > Tom Hansen> > Moscow, Idaho> > > > > > > > > Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:20:59 -0700> From: lfalen at turbonet.com> To: joekc at adelphia.net; tiedye at turbonet.com> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com; donaledwards at hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Ripping the Easter Bunny's Head Off : Was:Of, By &> > I am a scientist. The most important thing is scientific experimentation is repeatability.> Roger> -----Original message-----> From: Joe Campbell joekc at adelphia.net> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:03:50 -0700> To: Dave tiedye at turbonet.com> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Ripping the Easter Bunny's Head Off : Was:Of, By &> > > Dave,> > > > I agree with you, sort of, BUT I would make two points.> > > > 1/ It cannot possibly be the case that "Accepted theories are only accepted > > after ALL the alternative theories are proven false." For any one theory there > > are an infinite number of alternatives. Showing that all of them are false > > would be impossible. Things like simplicity, explanatory power, etc. play a > > role in our choice of one> scientific theory over another. This goes beyond > > empirical confirmation or refutation.> > > > 2/ Science never proves anything only if your standard for proof is > > demonstrative certainty (such as we find in math and formal logic). If the > > standards are loosened -- induction, abduction, inference to the best > > explanation, etc. -- you'd have to admit that science proves some things.> > > > --> > Joe Campbell> > > > ---- Dave <tiedye at turbonet.com> wrote: > > > > =============> > Sorry Rodger, but this is incorrect as well (and a pet peeve of mine).> > > > Science, with the exception of some Mathematics, does not ever "prove" > > anything. Science is function of disproof. Accepted theories are only > > accepted after ALL the alternative theories are proven false. But still > > they are only considered accepted theories, never a "proof". > > > > So to restate your sentence correctly one could say "Science is based on > > disproving the negative based on repeatable re!> sults.">> > > > For some reason it seems that few people other then scientists > > understand this vital concept.> > > > Dave> > > > > > lfalen wrote:> > > Donovan> > > You are correct in that you can not prove there is no god. Science does not work that way. It is difficult if not imposable to prove a negative. Science is based on proving a positive based on repeatable results. This is why any religious belief should be separate from science. Both have value but should not be mixed together.> > > Roger> > > > > > > > > -- > > Windows, OSX, or Linux is the same choice as:> > McDonalds, Burger King, or a (real) Co-Op.> > > > =======================================================> > List services made available by First Step Internet, > > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. > > http://www.fsr.net > > mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com> > =======================================================> > > > =======================================================> > List services made !> available> by First Step Internet, > > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. > > http://www.fsr.net > > mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com> > =======================================================> > =======================================================> List services made available by First Step Internet, > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. > http://www.fsr.net > mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com> =======================================================> > > > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 3> Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:52:49 -0700> From: lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com>> Subject: [Vision2020] Fw: New pledge of alligance written by a 15 year> old in Arizona> To: vision2020 at moscow.com> Message-ID: <43fd1188a0926a0b927cd68a99456892 at turbonet.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"> > Here is a nice poem> -----Original message-----> > From: rafalen rafalen at turbonet.com> Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:27:11 -0700> To: lfalen at turbonet.com> Subject: New pledge of alligance written by a 15 year old in Arizona> > > -------------- next part --------------> An embedded message was scrubbed...> From: rafalen <rafalen at turbonet.com>> Subject: New pledge of alligance written by a 15 year old in Arizona> Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:27:11 -0700> Size: 36371> Url: http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20080321/68ea046f/attachment.mht > > ------------------------------> > =======================================================> List services made available by First Step Internet, > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. > http://www.fsr.net > mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com> =======================================================> > End of Vision2020 Digest, Vol 21, Issue 123> *******************************************
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