A Creation Momment - "Flawed Mimicry"

"Evolutionists Find Their Conclusions Flawed"

Genesis 8:17 - "Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh ... that they may breed abundantly in the earth…"
A surprising number of living things mimic other living things. We have done a number of programs on these wonders of God's creativity. However, evolutionary biologists discount such mimicry as any sort of wonder because in many cases the mimicry is imperfect. The biological term is "flawed mimicry."

Now evolutionary biologists admit that they may have to revisit their conclusions about flawed mimicry. Several species of orchid are known to mimic pollinators to attract their attention. An orchid called the ophreys orchid seeks to attract the males of several bee species by mimicking the scent of the female of the species. However, when scientists studied the exact composition of the pheromone mix used by the orchid, they found it wasn't quite the same as that used by the local female bees. So they labeled it flawed mimicry. However, as field scientists expanded their research, they made a surprising discovery. The orchids are able to change the pheromone mix of the scents they create to subtly change the scent they produce. In fact, the orchids were mimicking the scent of female bees some distance away. Why? Further research showed that male bees actually prefer so called out-of-town females to the local females.

What scientists thought was flawed mimicry is actually a fine-tuned design that can only be explained with intelligence.


Prayer:
Lord, do not allow Your people to be misled by the flawed conclusions of false science when it contradicts Your Word. Amen. Notes:

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/32628/title/Better_than_a_local_lady, Rachel Ehrenberg, "Better than a local lady."

PUBLIC LAW 97-280 OCT. 4, 1982

Public Law 97-280

96 STAT. 1211

97th Congress

Joint Resolution

Authorizing and requesting the President to proclaim 1983 as The "Year of the Bible"

Whereas the Bible, the Word of God, has made a unique contribution in shaping the United States as a distinctive and blessed nation and people;

Whereas deeply held religious convictions springing from the Holy Scriptures led to the early settlement of our Nation;

Whereas Biblical teachings inspired concepts of civil government that are contained in our Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States;

Whereas many of our great national leaders-among them Presidents Washington, Jackson, Lincoln, and Wilson-paid tribute to the surpassing influence of the Bible in our country's development, as in the words of President Jackson that the Bible is "the rock on which our Republic rests";

Whereas the history of our Nation clearly illustrates the value of voluntarily applying the teachings of the Scriptures in the lives of individuals, families, and societies;

Whereas this Nation now faces great challenges that will test this Nation as it has never been tested before; and

Whereas that renewing our knowledge of and faith in God through Holy Scripture can strengthen us as a nation and a people: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is authorized and requested to designate 1983 as a national "Year of the Bible" in recognition of both the formative influence the Bible has been for our Nation, and our national need to study and apply the teachings of the Holy Scriptures.

Approved October 4, 1982

New Minnesota Conservator Reporting System First in Nation

Posted: Friday, August 06, 2010

Conservators appointed by courts to make financial decisions for adults found unable to manage their financial affairs can now complete their reports online. The new reporting and monitoring system, which was developed and piloted by the Ramsey County Probate Court, is being rolled out statewide as part of a Judicial Branch effort to improve conservatorship oversight and reduce administrative costs.

Letters are being sent to 4,200 conservators statewide urging them to begin using the new reporting system, which can be accessed through the Judicial Branch website. Use of the new system will become mandatory Jan. 1, 2011.

The Minnesota system, called CAMPERS (Conservator Account Monitoring Preparation and Electronic Reporting System) will provide a number of benefits to courts and conservators, including:

• Deter errors and possible exploitation
• Save conservator and court staff time and reduce paperwork
• Allow ready identification of overdue and incomplete reports
• Allow ready access to expense and receipt details
• Allow analysis across all or selected groups of conservators and conservatorships
• Improve court ability to audit accounts

Minnesota is the first state to develop a statewide conservatorship reporting and monitoring system and is being looked to as an example for other states. "The CAMPER system represents one of the most innovative practices in the conservatorship field nationwide," said Dr. Brenda Uekert, Director of the Center for Elders and the Courts at the National Center for State Courts.  "For conservators, it offers checks and balances through an automated system.  For the courts, CAMPER has the potential to improve the oversight and management of cases. Many states will be looking to Minnesota as a national model of how to improve the conservatorship process."

The Judicial Council has made improved oversight of conservatorships a Branch priority which can be achieved by centralizing and automating account processing and monitoring and assigning monitoring responsibility to specialized staff. The number of conservatorships is expected to grow as Minnesota's population continues to age.

Information about and access to the CAMPERS system can be found at www.mncourts.gov/conservators.  An instruction manual and tutorials are provided to assist conservators in registering on the new system and completing their reports.

In conjunction with rollout of the electronic filing system, the Judicial Branch will be conducting periodic standardized audits with an emphasis on deterring inappropriate or fraudulent conduct by conservators. Conservators may be required to submit documentation supporting their reports, including but not limited to bank statements, vouchers, cancelled checks, verification of funds on deposit, tax returns, and other documentation needed to verify deposits of income and receipt of payments.

 

Riding High on the Public Sector Gravy Train

Posted by Van Helsing 

No wonder Wisconsin's runaway Democrat State Senators chose Illinois to hide in. Their public sector union paymasters have that state well in hand, to judge by thecompensation a school superintendant named Harry Griffith receives:
That's $429,029 per year for an educrat who I'm guessing doesn't work any harder than you do, judging by the dismal state of Illinois schools, the majority of which fail to meet testing targets. Even after he retires he will still collect over $300,000 per year.
At least now I understand why Illinois recently saw the need to raise its income tax by a staggering 67%. After all, Griffith isn't riding that gravy train all by himself.
On a tip from Just TheTip. Hat tip: Gateway Pundit.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali Steps on a Cockroach

Ayaan Hirsi Ali escaped from Muslim oppression in Africa and the Middle East only to meet up with it again in the Netherlands, where she became a member of Parliament, but was then driven out of the country by dhimmis after incurring the wrath of Muslims for daring to criticize their barbaric cult. Her autobiographical Infidel comes highly recommended.

Hirsi Ali has shown not only tremendous courage in standing up to the Islamic thugs who murdered her friend Theo Van Gogh, but an incredibly strong stomach in being able to sit through an interview with the gut-wrenchingly vile Avi Lewis of Canada's taxpayer-financed CBC. The interview featured a relentless barrage of cartoonish anti-American propaganda from the insufferably condescending Lewis, who accused America of being a theocracy where abortion doctors are routinely shot, "homophobia is rampant," etc., etc.

When Hirsi Ali effortlessly shot down his hyperbolic allegations regarding America's oppression of Muslims by pointing out that if Muslims really were oppressed, they would leave, Lewis started to lose his composure, sneering nastily:

Your faith in American democracy is just eh eh delightful.

Her calm reply:

It's the best democracy in the world. It's the best place to be.

On CBC, this constitutes blasphemy. Lewis was becoming visibly unhinged as he sputtered:

Tell that to the people who believe there have been a couple of stolen elections. That the democracy is completely broken.

When she countered his allegations that the USA is a plutocracy by observing that you can arrive penniless in America and become fabulously wealthy, Lewis completely lost his composure:

Is there a school where they teach you these American clichés? Is it part of your application process that you have to… I'm sorry… I'm so upset that I'm losing my cards here. I can't believe you just said that.

The time had come for Hirsi Ali to stop pretending Lewis was mature enough to conduct a rational conversation, and to put him in his place:

I've lived in countries that had no democracy, that had no Founding Fathers […] so I don't find myself in the same luxury as you. You grew up in freedom, and you can spit on freedom, because you don't know what it is not to have freedom.

That about sums up the mentality of the liberal media.

US Jesuits agree to school sex abuse pay-out

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An order of US Catholic priests has agreed to pay $166.1m (£103.3m) to hundreds of Native Americans sexually abused by priests at its schools.

The former students at Jesuit schools in five states of the north-western US said they were abused from the 1940s through the 1990s.

Under a settlement, the Society of Jesus, Oregon Province, will also apologise to the victims.

The order had argued paying out abuse claims would cause it to go bankrupt.

"It's a day of reckoning and justice," Clarita Vargas, who said she and two sisters were abused by a priest at a Jesuit-run school for Native American children in the state of Washington, told the Associated Press.

"My spirit was wounded, and this makes it feel better."

The province ran schools in the states of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington.

Most of the alleged victims were Native American. Much of the alleged abuse occurred on Native reservations and in remote villages, where the order was accused of dumping problem priests.

"No amount of money can bring back a lost childhood, a destroyed culture or a shattered faith," lawyer Blaine Tamaki, who represented about 90 victims in the case, said in a statement.

The pay-out is one of the largest to date in a series of sex abuse scandals involving the Catholic Church.

Japanese crisis hits world markets

Stocks follow Japan downwards after Nikkei's biggest drop since 1987 crash as tsunami and nuclear crisis hammer markets.

Last Modified: 15 Mar 2011 17:56 GMT

The German DAX was hard hit by the Japanese nuclear crisis on Tuesday, falling 5.1 per cent [Reuters]

Japan's stock market has plunged 10.6 per cent in the face of a worsening nuclear crisis, which has affected markets across the world.

The Nikkei has lost 16 per cent of its value since Monday, the benchmark's biggest two-day drop since the 1987 crash, as Japan warned of significantly higher radiation levels following explosions at quake-stricken nuclear power plants.

The Bank of Japan injected a further $97.8bn into the financial system in an attempt to calm the markets, a day after it fed a record $184bn into money markets and eased monetary policy.

The government has said it expects a "considerable" economic impact from the 8.9 magnitude earthquake, devastating tsunami, and subsequent nuclear crisis.

The catastrophe has also impacted on global markets, with some $247bn being wiped off the value of indexes of major European stock markets and shares in the region fell to their lowest in 14 weeks.

The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares finished the day down 2.2 per cent at a three-month closing low of 1,084.70 points. Germany was hardest hit in early European trading, with the DAX index down 3.19 per cent, while France's CAC-40 slid 2.51 per cent and Britain's FTSE 100 index fell 1.38 per cent.

US markets were also hit early in the session but pared losses later in the day with the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index both down by around 1 per cent.

Southeast Asian stock markets also dropped on Tuesday, with Singapore falling more than 3 per cent at one stage to its lowest level since last August. Indonesian shares also fell 1.3 per cent.

Investors across Asia are leaving risky assets such as equities and commodities because of uncertainty about world growth following the Japanese earthquake and nuclear crisis.

In Hong Kong the main index fell 2.86 per cent, Australia plunged 2.11 per cent, and South Korea shed 2.40 per cent.

Stocks in emerging markets also fell two per cent on Tuesday, with Russian and South African stocks plummeting amid news of radioactive leaks in Japan.

Meanwhile safe-haven assets, such as US Treasuries and the dollar, have soared. The dollar rose 0.8 percent against a range of major currencies, pulling away from last week's four-month low. The yen has also made gains because of its capacity as a safe haven asset.

Source:

Agencies