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Former New Jersey Gov. Christie Todd Whitman, who is leading a group to draft a third-party presidential candidate, is encouraging Jon Huntsman to make an independent bid for the White House. “I would hope he would do it, frankly. He’s someone that I would support,” Whitman said Friday in an interview with POLITICO. “It is, to an extent, taking on the party, which is awkward, always — because it is another process that is not part of what we’re traditionally used to,” Whitman said. “For those who were in office, it’s difficult to stand up because you are taking on...

I often wondered what exactly makes a FReeper a FReeper? Is it the simple act of reading articles on FR? Do you have to post articles or replies? To call yourself a FReeper do you need to engage in effective activism like writing letters to politicians, getting out in the street to carry signs, or, is being a FReeper an attitude. If so, what attitude is that? Knock yourself out.

Stem cells have two important characteristics that distinguish them from other types of cells. First, they are unspecialized cells that renew themselves for long periods through cell division. The second is that under certain physiologic or experimental conditions, they can be induced to become cells with special functions such as the beating cells of the heart muscle or the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas. Scientists primarily work with two kinds of stem cells from animals and humans: embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells, which have different functions and characteristics that will be explained in this document. Scientists discovered ways...

About a week ago I got done reading Michele Milkin's new book about the Japanese internments and about how the nation's saftey should come first. Civil Liberties are not as important as public safety. Forget what that dumb liberal Ben Franklin said! WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR NATION FROM TERRORISTS! ITS BETTER WE OFFEND SOME TWIT BY SENDING HIM INTO AN INTERNMENT CAMP AND HAVE HIS CITIZEN SHIP REVOKED THAN TO ALLOW ANOTHER SEPTEMBER 11th TO HAPPEN! Well I agree with Michele and I agree we need to rise up to the occasion right away and get rid of the...