PIG BLADDER HELPS MAN REGROW FINGER TIP

regrow his fingertip
22 FEB 2007
An American man is said to have seen his sliced-off fingertip re-grow after the wound was sprinkled with a powdered extract of pig bladder.

Lee Spievack, a 68-year old shopkeeper from Cincinnati, Ohio, lost his right middle finger in the hobby shop where he works, back in August, 2005.
Within four weeks, after sprinkling, his finger had regained its original length and by the end of four months it was almost back to normal.
PotionUS scientists believe the pig bladder 'potion' may lead to an extraordinary breakthrough in regenerative medicine that could re-grow fingers, toes and limbs and even other body parts.
The Pentagon was so intrigued by the story it has launched a summer study to try and help soldiers who have lost parts of fingers fighting in Iraq.
The bladder extract contains collagen, the most abundant protein in mammals, together with a variety of substances that form a microscopic scaffolding for the fingertip to build around.
The powder also sends out chemical signals to promote the regeneration.
AdviceSpievack used the pig bladder after an advice from his brother, a former Harvard surgeon, running a company that makes an extract of pig bladder that had been used in the past to help horses re-grow ligaments.
A University of California scientist reacted rather sceptically to the news. "It sounds like you put it in a cauldron under a full moon," he said

OH DEER EDGAR, WHAT A YA KNOW?

Game
In most European countries game forms part of the average diet but that in Britain it represents only 1% of total meat consumption, it is claimed. Grant-aided promotion of game has focussed on increasing and sustaining demand for wild game, particularly pheasant and venison, in England. The season for game is relatively short with supplies available through dealers, many of whom have close contacts with estates.

SHOULD PUMP GAS INSTEAD OF COFFEE

News
No Pork at Dunkin' Donuts
06 AUG 2007
Franchise owner, Walid Elkhatib who runs two Dunkin’ Donuts outlets, has been serving coffee and donuts for almost 30 years. He may lose it all because he refuses to serve bacon, sausage and ham sandwiches.


Elkhatib explained to the company that Islamic law forbids him to eat or handle pig meat; however, the company said that it would not renew Elkhatib’s franchise unless he sells ‘the complete line of approved Dunkin’ Donuts products’. Elkhatib took his case to federal court.

Due to Elkhatib being the owner and not an employee of Dunkin’ Donuts, he could not claim discrimination based on religion, instead he claimed racial discrimination, using a Reconstruction-era law, initially set to protect slaves after the Civil war.

The court battle continued for five years. The company maintained the argument that a, “Dunkin' Donuts franchise can no more refuse to sell breakfast sandwiches based on the Muslim faith, or Arab ancestry, than a McDonald's franchise can refuse to sell hamburgers because they are Hindu or Indian,” and proved undefeated in court when the case was won.

Elkhatib has lost one franchise, while the lease of the other outlet is up next year.

In July of this year, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the complaint could proceed. It discovered that some Dunkin’ Donuts are allowing some pork-free establishments to operate – Elkhatib will continue in his battle against the company

OUSTED PIG POLITCALLY CORRECT? WHAT A BUNCH OF PUSS....OOPS, KITTENS

Kitten pushes pig out of Chinese zodiac
14 JUN 2007
A mobile text messaging company recently published an advertisement for a Chinese Zodiac fortunetelling SMS service, in which they replaced the pig, the twelfth animal of the zodiac with a kitten.

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When asked the reason for the kitten/pig switch, the person in charge of the advertisement said it was because the ad was targeted at the Malay market and the company wanted to be sensitive to Muslim readers.