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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (330699)	3/28/2007 4:30:04 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572671

>The only stable foundation is the one which assumes life begins at conception. All the other definitions come and go with the wind. Why isn't the assumption of life beginning at birth a stable foundation? -Z

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (330699)	3/28/2007 4:39:09 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1572671

Major solar power plant opens in Portugal's south Wed Mar 28, 12:24 PM ET One of the world's largest solar energy plants, covering the hills of a valley dotted with olive groves in southern Portugal, started delivering electricity to about 8,000 homes on Wednesday. The solar panels, which are raised around 2 meters off the ground, cover an area of 60 hectares (150 acres) and produce 11 megawatts of electricity in one of Europe's sunniest spots -- Portugal's poor agricultural Alentejo region. Kevin Walsh, managing director for Renewable Energy GE, which built the project, said the plant was expected to have the highest capacity of any solar energy project in the world but a plant in Germany had overtaken it. "But as far as we know -- thanks to great Portuguese sunshine and high technology -- this plant right here in Serpa is expected to produce the most power -- more than 20 gigawatt-hours per hour," Walsh said. The plant, which has 52,000 photovoltaic modules, is near the town of Serpa, 125 miles southeast of Lisbon. The scheme fits into Portugal's plans of reducing its reliance on imported energy and cutting output of greenhouse gasses that feed global warming. Portugal's emissions have surged about 37 percent since 1990, one of the highest increases in the world. By bringing modern technology to one of western Europe's poorest regions, the $75-million plant is expected to bring alternative development to the Alentejo. There are also plans to build a solar power plant in the neighboring town of Moura.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (330699)	3/29/2007 1:27:11 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572671

Ted, > What's the miracle is that the fetus ends up being a human baby at the end of 9 months. Or seven months. Or five months. Look. When a baby is born, its biggest talents are it poops, pisses, sucks on its mother's teat and cries......just like puppies. Both are life but neither are sentient. Did you know that its not until the baby is nearly a year old before he can conceptionalize that a ball still exists after it rolls out from its line of vision? Prior to that age it thinks the ball is gone for good. Its a good thing babies are born cute....again just like puppies, or their parents might not stick around to clean up the poop and piss, and comfort it when it has crying jags. Most people now agree that a fetus begins to develop some semblance of human life around three months. Frankly, I think its a gift to the pro life people. They need to accept it and move on. Maybe even three if we had the technology to incubate the fetus and keep its life signs stable. Once again, the line moves based on what modern technology is able to accomplish and what is convenient for the pro-abortion euphemizers. The only stable foundation is the one which assumes life begins at conception. All the other definitions come and go with the wind. Actually, the definition established in the US has been around now for over 30 years. I think the wind has little to do with it.