Episode 120 – News for November 12, 2015

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Adventists and Science

• 18.1 million members
• 175 Hospitals
• 136 Nursing Homes
• 5714 primary schools
• 1969 secondary schools
• 113 colleges, universities, and trade schools
• Loma Linda University Medical School
• Biblical Research Institute

THIS DAY IN HISTORY – November 12

• 1934 – Charles Manson, American cult leader and murderer was born
• 1954 – Ellis Island Closes
• 1970 – The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous “exploding whale” incident.
• 1970 – Tonya Harding, American figure skater born
• 1993 – The first Ultimate Fighting Championship event, UFC 1, is held in Denver, Colorado.
• 2014 – The Philae lander, deployed from the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe, reaches the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Man with HIV gets cancer from a tapeworm
• Blood-brain barrier breached to allow chemo to pass to brain tumor
• Genetically edited t-cell saves girl with leukemia

POLITICS AND RELIGION

• Update on Coach Joe Kennedy
• Opal Covey Lost
• Ben Carson | Pyramids | Fighting back
• North American Division of the SDA Church approves new document on sexual orientation
• LDS Church issues new policies on same sex marriage
• Half of the new Canadian cabinet took secular affirmations
• Belgium may expel Scientology

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