Rattle wrote:
] The big hysteria causing story in the NYC/NJ news today is the
] return of the infamous Bubonic Plague. It is currently
] reported to have been brought to town by a visiting couple
] from Mexico City. Sorry to let you down, no terrorist ties
] seem to exist at this point. The plague does not spread from
] person to person, so it is unlikely this will turn into a
] bigger problem. It is also extremely unlikely that these two
] cases could lead to the NYC rat population becoming infected,
] the primary carriers of the disease.
]
] Between Anthrax and West Nile, it really does not take much to
] get people in this area on edge...

Its not all that shocking to me to see something like the Black Plague popping up every once in awhile in isolated events. Viruses and bacteria have a way of sticking around. For example, arn't you glad you have had your polio vaccination? Polio virus can still be found in water supplies. Comforting thought, eh?:) - Nanochick

RE: Black Blague pops up in NYC

] "Local resident Blanche Kellye said the problem was not
] funny. "Everyone round here is living in fear...it's a
] vicious little thing. I'll never trust squirrels again."
] "

Yahoo! News - Squirrel Terrorizes Town

] "If New Orleans is "the Big Easy," then Detroit is "the
] Big Ugly."
] A convenient metaphor for all things scary and doomed,
] the city has long served as a bleak backdrop for writers
] and filmmakers who paint it as a desolate, dangerous
] melange of burned-up buildings and forgotten dreams."

I'm fairly interested in seeing this movie. Making it out of a ghetto as a rapper is a difficult road, especially for a white guy. There is a very powerful story to tell here if they do it well. The thing is that Americans put so much focus on rock stars and basketball stars, and the fact is that most people who do get out of the ghetto are much more likely to come out of it as accountants then as rock stars, and the challenges associated with that are every bit as real. Focusing on talent based activities instead of skill based activities encourages people to focus on stuff that most people will never be good at no matter how hard they try.

Of course, right now you are thinking, who would go see a movie about an accountant. I'll offer that if we can't make the right message interesting its because we're not trying.

Detroit Shows Its True Grit in '8 Mile' - 11/6/02

Yes, all 3 billion chemical letters -- A, T, C and G, which represent adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine, the chemicals that spell out human genes -- fit on the iPod."

Beyond MP3s: iPod Holds Genome

] "Thousands of computers across Canada have been
] interconnected to create a supercomputer that only
] operated for a day.
] The 1,360 processor strong supercomputer was used to
] tackle a problem in computational chemistry that would
] otherwise take years to complete. "

BBC NEWS | Technology | Supercomputer for a day

] "The latest cancer vaccine has an unexpected target - it
] triggers an immune system attack on growing blood vessels
] rather than tumours. This cuts off the blood supply
] cancers need to grow."

New Scientist - Cancer vaccine shuts off blood supply

Simply put, it's time to quit Slashdot, once and for all."

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"Jam Master Jay, part of the pioneering rap trio Run DMC, was shot and killed at a New York City recording studio Wednesday, the group's publicist said. "

Yahoo! News - Jam Master Jay Dies in NYC Shooting

_The Common Thread_ is at once a compelling history and an impassioned call for ethical responsibility in scientific research. As the boundaries between science and big business increasingly blur, and researchers race to patent medical discoveries, the international community needs to find a common protocol for the protection of the wider human interest. This extraordinary enterprise is a glimpse of our shared human heritage, offering hope for future research and a fresh outlook on our understanding of ourselves.

This book chronicles the early history of the Human Genome Project and Craig Venter's 1998 decision to exit the Project and go proprietary.

[Christmas gift idea - Nano]

The Common Thread: A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics, and the Human Genome

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