] The Superman star, paralyzed from the neck down after a
] near-fatal horseback-riding accident eight years ago,
] underwent an experimental procedure on February 28 that
] doctors say will allow him to regain the ability to
] breathe on his own.

More neat medical tech.

[whoa...sweet!!-Nano]

E! Online News - Christopher Reeve Gets to Breathe

Hijexx wrote:
] Listened to the Morning Edition NPR at this link (RealAudio
] req'd.) 5 minutes long. Pretty interesting blurbs from a
] battalion in northern Kuwait getting ready for combat.
] They're switching to MRE's, getting combat ammo, and breaking
] the seals on their biosuits. This battalion was scheduled to
] go home this week. Looks like they're staying and getting
] ready for war instead.
]
] A friend who served in Desert Storm said, "Sounds familiar."
] I think it will hit in the next couple of weeks, what do you
] think?

I think that the War is going to start on March the 17th. I mean...don't quote me or anything. But I just have a feeling thats when its going to start...

RE: Locked and Loaded

] While I'm on the topic of mediated personae, something
] that came up during that CBC taping, last night (for me,
] anyway) was the idea that blogging (or even posting to
] fora) represents the democratization of the mediated
] persona. Literally anyone can have one, now, or several.
] I am an exception to this, because I have mine via the
] printed word, the oldest mass medium on the planet, and
] this website is maintained by a publishing company that
] belongs to an even larger corporation owned in turn by
] shapeshifting reptiles from Beta Reticuli, but the rest
] of you, today, are free to mass-mediate your own
] personae. Which was formerly, hugely, not the case.
] Choose a handle, post: you're mediating a persona.

William Gibson - SOMEONE WONDERS... - Media perception and blogs

damn this is depressing.

Salon.com Technology | Take this tech job and shove it

I want these so bad!!!

Collectobil Catalogue - Playmobil® item 3180

] The Republican-backed measure would outlaw cloning
] experiments — or, more precisely, the scientific
] procedure known as somatic cell nuclear transfer — either
] for baby making or medical research. Scientists who
] cloned human embryos would face up to 10 years in prison
] and a $1 million fine. The bill would also prohibit the
] importing of medical therapies derived from cloning
] research.

A blanket ban on all cloning is a Bad Idea as it will cripple
US biotech interests compared to e.g. China which has no such
compunctions.

The medical technology that will develop
from cloning in the next 50 years will be spectacular. Need
a new heart? Give us some blood, come back in a few weeks
and we'll implant a fresh, new cloned one. No immunosupressing drugs, no waiting for a donor, no compatibility. Its your own damn tissue! Congenital heart defect? We'll patch the bugs in your DNA.

House Is Set to Make Cloning of Humans a Crime

This just affirms that I made the right choice when I chose Emory:)

Atlanta biotech, Atlanta biotechnology, Atlanta pharmaceutical

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

HootersAir - We loves us some flying, and it be showing like a mofo

cyantist wrote:
] ] BLOOMINGTON, Illinois (AP) -- State Farm Insurance Co.,
] ] the nation's largest auto insurer, is mailing notices to
] ] its 40 million policyholders informing them they are not
] ] covered against nuclear blasts and radiation damage.
]
] WE BRING YOU THE TERROR!!!!

[sing]
and like a good neighbor...
State Farm is scared!

[Is there an insurance company out there that *does* insure against nuclear blasts and radiation damage?!? - Nano]:)

RE: CNN.com - Insurer excludes nuclear damage from coverage - Feb. 26, 2003

This would definitly be creepy in a way...but definitly a happy story.

Twins Reunite After 20 Years