] A "significant number" of people in the UK may
] be harbouring vCJD with no clinical symptoms, reveals the
] study of a new case. The work suggests the epidemic of
] the human form of mad cow disease may be far from over.

[ Oh man fuck that. So, you can have vCJD without symptom, apparently pass it on via blood transfusion, and even having a good copy of the gene doesn't protect you forever. This prion is some serious bullshit. -k]

Article: Fears of vCJD timebomb revived�| New Scientist

] It will take a lot of work, but Sun Microsystems says it
] is making headway on a technology that will allow chips
] to communicate without circuit boards or wires.
]
] The technology, called "proximity communication," aims to
] let one chip transmit signals directly to another next to
] it, instead of through the tangle of pins, wires and
] circuit boards employed today. If successful, the
] technique could greatly alter many aspects of computer
] design.

[ Cool! -k]

Sun chips away at wireless chip connections - News - ZDNet

] Anger over limits on access to research results, due
] largely to high publication prices, has risen to the
] point a federal backlash is brewing.
]
] Congress is moving to force a shift to "open access," a
] form of free-to-consumer publishing, for scientific
] papers. The move angers commercial publishers, who see
] their livelihoods threatened, and scares scientific
] societies, who are afraid they will face revenue losses
] or new costs they cannot afford. Even librarians, who
] pushed for the move, are cautious, because they are
] concerned for the health of the scientific societies.

[ Interesting article, particularly for those of us no longer in school who are interested in accessing interesting papers... -k]

United Press International: PoliSci: House acts on research access

] A second team of rocketeers competing for the $10 million
] Ansari X Prize, a contest for privately funded suborbital
] space flight, has officially announced the first launch
] date for its manned rocket.
]
] "Today is a historic day," said Gregg Maryniak, executive
] director of the St. Louis, Missouri-based Ansari X Prize
] Foundation, during today's press event. "When you have
] one space ship, you have a test flight, when you have
] two, you have a horse race."

[ Burt Rutan/SSO have competition! I was already excited, but now i'm *really* looking forward to seeing what happens. -k]

The Race is On: Second Private Team Sets Launch Date for Human Spaceflight

[ I added the bold... it's nice to see the ALA standing up to this shite. -k]

ALA welcomes Department of Justice decision to rescind destruction request

] Republican Sen. John McCain, a
] former prisoner of war in Vietnam, called an ad
] criticizing John Kerry's military
] service "dishonest and dishonorable" and urged the White
] House on Thursday to condemn it as well.
]
] The White House declined.
]
] "It was the same kind of deal that was pulled on me,"
] McCain said in an interview with The Associated Press,
] comparing the anti-Kerry ad to tactics in his bitter
] Republican primary fight with President Bush.

[ To be fair, BC04 didn't sponsor the ad in any way. The white house has used this as an opportunity to denounce 527 spending of all kinds. Still, McCain proves again that you can have extreme ideological differences but still behave with class and respect. -k]

Yahoo! News - McCain Condemns Anti-Kerry Ad

] "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so
] are we," Bush said. "They never stop thinking
] about new ways to harm our country and our people, and
] neither do we."

[ Oh wow... i know it's just a mis-speak, but it's just too good to pass up. Ha! -k]

MSNBC - A new 'Bushism': We're gonna get us

] JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Dario Cruz has lived in the United
] States for 16 years, but just became a citizen last week
] as he and about 200 other immigrants were naturalized.
]
] One of the things he had always wanted to was register to
] vote, but when he was offered the chance to do that right
] outside the ceremony, he knew something wasn't right --
] the place on the form where you're asked to choose
] Democrat, Republican or independent was already filled
] out.
]
]
] "It's like one side," Cruz said. "You don't get to
] choose."
]
]
] According to Cruz and his family, every form was checked
] off Republican.
]
]
] It was something his wife, Linda Cross, first noticed.
] She said she asked what was going on, and was told the
] woman registering voters said they were with a Republican
] organization.
]
]
] "I am Republican," she told Channel 4's Jim Piggott. "I
] was very angry with that if they want to register
] whatever party, you shouldn't try to dictate to people
] what party they are going to register; who they are going
] to vote for, because then you don't have any freedom."

Later it mentions that "For the record, any registered voter can vote for any candidate of any party in a general election, but in most primaries in Florida, people can only vote for candidates of their own party." While this is true, it's still a slap in the face to new immigrants to have their party choice made for them.

News4Jax.com - Election 2004 - New Citizens Say GOP Took Away Their Right To Choose

"All the traffic tickets say, 'Notice of violation. License number: no tag,'" Cara explained.

Officials said city computers linked to state Division of Motor Vehicles computers finally found an address for ticketed vehicles that lacked license tags: Cara's home in Elsmere.

"I messed up the system so bad," Cara said. "I wonder if they can put me in jail or something?"

[ HAHAHAH! That's awesome. Software engineers take notice... -k]

Vanity License Plate Brings Tickets

] When the New York Times apologized to readers May 26 for
] not being "more aggressive" in examining the
] administration's decision to invade Iraq, editors
] couldn't help but give a nod to a less-vaunted news
] organization that had been beating the Times on the story
] for some time: Knight Ridder's Washington bureau.

AJR - Going It Alone