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: Passages starting with : are editorial comments to provoke discussion.
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# Space mirror seems doomed. (BBC) The Russian space mirror, which was to
illuminate cities in the Northern Hemisphere, seems doomed to fail. After 2
unsuccessful attempts to unfurl the reflector, no more action will be tried
Thursday. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_272000/272103.stm
# Znamya mirror project criticised. (BBC) Astronomers fear space mirrors
will interfere with their studies of the stars. More light pollution - see
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_272000/272153.stm
@ Also: Space mirror groundtrack: http://www.energialtd.com/znamya.htm
@ Znamya 2.5 experiment timetable: http://src.space.ru/inform1-e.htm
@ Znamya space reflector: http://www.space-frontier.org/EVENTS/Znamya/
@ Space Regatta Consortium: http://www.energialtd.com/znamya.htm
: Should all optical observatories be moved off-planet so Earth can be more
evenly lit? Would you get an all-over tan? Would MirMirrors promote nudism?
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# Comet Chaser - Looking for Clues of Life�s Origins. (ABC) This Saturday,
NASA spacecraft 'Stardust' will launch on a mission to catch some of the
solar system�s ancient carbon in hopes of finding clues to the origin of
life. http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/stardust990203.html
: Do you want to know how life began? Even if aliens/deities/demons are the
cause? Do you want to start life yourself? How? What would you do with it?
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# Mercury poisoning disease re-emerges. (BBC) A disease of the central
nervous system associated with mercury poisoning has been discovered in
Amazonians four decades after the last outbreak in Japan. Minimata redux -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_271000/271598.stm
@ Also: Minamata Disease:
http://www.freecartoons.com/CNEWSFeaturesArchive/jul17_minimata.html
@ Mercury poisoning: http://www.algonet.se/~leif/yfTAN93a.html
: What's your favorite heavy-metal poisoning? Why waste metals and people?
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# Is the band Journey the cause of violent crime? Curiously, Journey was
formed in 1973 -- the very year the Justice Department began their comp-
rehensive annual crime survey. Comparing the highest Billboard chart pos-
ition of each Journey album with the Bureau of Justice Statistics' figures
on violent assault, we find astonishing similarities: a rapid rise in the
late '70s, a peak in the early '80s, a shallow trough for the remainder of
that decade, a second peak in the early '90s, and finally a precipitous
decline. Coincidence? http://www.bobharris.com/journey.htm
: Which music/art/politics/religion/sport provokes you to rape/pillage/kill?
Do your alien implants enhance/diminish the experience? Are you responsible?
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# World Bank Says Y2K Risk High In Developing Nations. While computers may
not be as pervasive in poorer and developing countries as they are in dev-
eloped nations, the Millennium Bug may hit those countries even harder.
See: http://www.currents.net/newstoday/99/01/28/news1.html
# Y2K Watch - Ongoing: http://www.wired.com/news/news/ytwok/
# Y2K: The Great Equalizer? (ZDNN)
http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/issue/0,4537,384256,00.html
: Will the world start afresh on 1/1/2000? Will you? Will anybody? Why?
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Scandal Dogs Death Of Canadian Groundhog. TORONTO (Reuters) Canada's grief
over the death of its most beloved groundhog turned to shame Wednesday as
officials admitted they'd switched the corpse of the real Wiarton Willy with
a stuffed impostor. http://nt.excite.com/news/r/990203/17/odd-groundhog
: Will political shenanigans never cease? Did their implants misfire? Why?
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@ Acupuncture problematic. "The NCAHF Task Force on Acupuncture ... found
that reported benefits varied inversely with quality of the experimental
design. The greater the benefit claimed, the worse the experimental design.
Most studies that showed positive effects used too few subjects to be stat-
istically significant. The best designed experiments - those with the high-
est number of controls on variables - found no difference between acupunc-
ture and control groups. http://www.ncahf.org/pos-pap/acupunct.html
@ Acupuncture: http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/acu.html
@ Information on Chiropractic: http://www.chirobase.org/
# Bathe Twice A Day And Live To Be 100. BANGKOK (Reuters) Thailand's Health
Ministry says anyone wanting to live past 100 should brush their teeth and
bathe twice a day, keep their homes tidy and clothes clean. In its "simple
secrets to longevity," the ministry also advises three proper meals a day,
30 minutes exercise three times a week, six to eight glasses of water a day
and 6-8 hours rest. http://nt.excite.com/news/r/990204/12/odd-longevity
# Sex seen to boost immune system - good for overall health as well as the
heart. http://nt.excite.com/news/u/990203/13/health-coldsex
: Do you want to live forever? Do acupuncture, chiropractic, clean living
help? Is a clean, moral life incompatible with sex? Do implants help? How?
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Hot Links:
# Vatican Theologians To Discuss Women, Homosexuality:
http://nt.excite.com/news/r/990204/08/international-pope
@ How Black History Month began:
http://cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/blackhistory/overview/
@ James Randi Educational Foundation phone: http://www.randi.org/
@ Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the
Paranormal (CSICOP.): http://www.csicop.org/
# Daily Updates on the State of the Planet:
http://www.discovery.com/news/earthalert/flatearthalert.html
# Earth Quickening News: http://www.dealwithit.com/quicknews/default.htm
# ALIENS BLEW UP MY GARBAGE DUMP!
http://www.salonmagazine.com/21st/reviews/1999/02/03review.html
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