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: Passages starting with : are editorial comments to provoke discussion.
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# E-NAZIS CREATING CHAOS ON THE NET. (BBC) A highly-organised cracker attack
on computers in Ireland which brought down the East Timor domain has been
called "the new style of war", provoking a protest to the Indonesian gov't.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_263000/263169.stm
# Relevant Stories: US funds for cyber attack:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_260000/260855.stm
# Chinese protesters attack Indonesia through Net:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_154000/154079.stm
: Can/should/must all wars be virtual? Will all peace be virtual? How many
dimensions of chaos can war encompass? Would you virtually surrender? How?
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> EARTHQUAKE ROCKS WESTERN COLOMBIA; AT LEAST 407 DEAD. A strong earthquake
shook western Colombia on Monday afternoon, killing at least 407 people and
injuring 1,226 in the nation's coffee-growing belt. The quake, given a pre-
liminary magnitude of 6 by the U.S. Geological Survey, was centered in Valle
del Cauca state, 220 kilometers (140 miles) from the capital, Bogota. Laid
to waste - see http://cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9901/26/colombia.quake.01/
# Colombia quake toll rises. (BBC) Efforts to find survivors are resuming as
the death toll continues to rise in what may be Colombia's worst ever quake.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_262000/262848.stm
# ALSO: Picture gallery: Colombia quake:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_263000/263065.stm
# The Earth's Ring of Fire:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/newsid_136000/136248.stm
# U.S. Geological Survey: http://www.usgs.gov/
# National Earthquake Information Center: Colombia Seismicity
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/97_EVENTS/970902121326/seismicity.h
tml
*** Hundreds dead in Colombia earthquake in coffee-growing heartland.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558195509-958
*** Also: Colombia's other recent earthquakes, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558195927-b6f
# Up To 2,000 Feared Dead In Colombia Quake City (Reuters)
http://nt.excite.com/news/r/990126/07/international-quake
: Why did the earth gods strike the coffee region, not the cocaine region?
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# Clinton's audience with the Pope. (BBC) President Clinton and Pope John
Paul II will meet in private for half-an-hour as the Pope continues his
tour of the American continent. Perjurer/adulterer confronts pontiff - see
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_262000/262933.stm
# Links: The Vatican: http://www.vatican.va/
# Catholic Information Network: http://www.cin.org/
# The "UNOFFICIAL" Pope John Paul II: http://www.zpub.com/un/pope/
> Pope wraps up Mexico trip, declaring 'I feel Mexican!'
http://cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9901/25/pope.02/index.html
> Excerpts from pope's strategy for church in the Americas
http://cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9901/23/pope.excerpts.ap/index.html
> Pope condemns excesses of capitalism in Americas document
http://cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9901/23/pope.future/index.html
> With pope en route, Protestant leaders discuss unity in St. Louis
http://cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9901/23/pope.christianity.ap/
: When Clinton and the Pope go to Wright-Patterson Field to see the Roswell
aliens, what will they learn? What will they plan? What will happen to us?
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# Three Adventurers Reach South Pole After 84 Days. SCOTT BASE, Antarctica
(Reuters) - New Zealander Peter Hillary, son of Mount Everest conqueror Sir
Edmund Hillary, and two companions reached the South Pole Tuesday after an
820-mile trek across Antarctica's frozen wastes. "I must say having got here
to the South Pole, everything seems worth it," Hillary told Television New
Zealand. http://nt.excite.com/news/r/990126/09/international-antarctica
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/antarctica990126.html
: How many Antarctic explorers have reported UFO sightings? How many have
disappeared while venturing too near to the Nazi/ET bases? Have you ever
visited the South Pole by astral projection / remote viewing? Is it cool?
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# Earth Plants, Animals Studied For Use By Space Colonists. (AP) Organisms
that evolved in the gravity of Earth may not thrive in the lighter gravity
of the moon or Mars. And the surface tension of water, which shatters easily
in Earth's gravity, becomes a strong barrier in lighter gravity and could
affect basic biological functions. "We have to learn if Earth organisms can
live and evolve in these changed conditions." G-dependent genes: "In a dif-
ferent gravity some genes may fail to turn on while others could shut down."
http://www2.nando.net/noframes/story/0,2107,11191-19082-138035-0,00.html or
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/spacecolony990125.html
: Are we and our biological life-support systems engineered to preclude our
expansion in the universe? Are we prisoners of Earth? Can we evolve away?
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# Paris Implants Diagnostic Chips Into Its 90,000 Trees. PARIS (Reuters)
Tree surgeons are bugging each of the 90,000 trees which line the streets of
Paris in a monitoring operation of unprecedented scale. �It takes less than
15 minutes to embed a three-cm (one inch) long computer chip in the trunk
and enter the data in a computer,� said Christian Mantaux, a tree surgeon
for 20 years who assures nature lovers that the chips do not harm trees.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/DailyNews/treechips990125.html
: Pets & trees are implanted - when will *you* be? Will it be stylish? When
will implants become fashion statements? Do you want several? What colors?
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> Theorists And Theologians Contemplate Implications Of Modern Cosmology.
If cosmology embodies a culture's commonly held notions about the nature of
the universe, then what is the cosmology of modern Western culture? Joel
Primack, a cosmologist at UC Santa Cruz, says modern society has failed to
develop a unified view of cosmology. The result is a pervasive sense of
rootlessness and disorientation, causing many people to avoid contemplating
their place in the universe and to focus instead on the trivial concerns of
consumerism. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/01/990126081004.htm
: Does a unified cosmology need to be demonstrably accurate in order to be
socially relevant, or ned it merely be colorful? Can correct cosmologies
provide social cohesion? Is an interesting lie better than a boring truth?
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> Long-Term Forecasting Could Give Nations Tools To Survive Climate Change.
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Long-term climate phenomena like the one that triggered
the Dust Bowl have happened throughout history, sometimes toppling entire
civilizations. But scientists increasingly are able to peer into the future
to see how cycles such as the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the
Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) might affect weather a year or even a
decade from now. That ability can give developed nations time to mitigate
the effects of a potential climate catastrophe. Maybe. "We assume the next
10 years will be like the last 10 years, and that's not true." Forecasting
disaster - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/01/990126080542.htm
: Are you ready for catastrophic climate change? How? Where would you go?
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Medical Headlines:
Alternative medicine lowers stress (UPI)
http://nt.excite.com/news/u/990124/18/health-stress
Scorpion venom fights brain cancer (UPI)
http://nt.excite.com/news/u/990123/19/health-aaas-scorpion
FRUIT FLIES TRANSFER DANGEROUS E. COLI IN APPLE TESTS:
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=8923
CAN MARIJUANA AFFECT FERTILITY? Does pot reduce desire?
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=8937
TOO MUCH TIME ON INTERNET: DEPRESSION?
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=8932
GENE MIGHT AFFECT VULNERABILITY TO NICOTINE ADDICTION
http://www.healthcentral.com/news/newsfulltext.cfm?ID=8906
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/01/990126081714.htm
> Human Neural Stem Cells Advance Prospect Of Reseeding Damaged Brain
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/01/990126082134.htm
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