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# Tasman tiger may growl again. (BBC) The extinct Tasmanian tiger could be
revived using cloning technology, after a perfectly-preserved specimen was
found. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_343000/343702.stm
# Pig clone for the millennium. (BBC) The world's first cloned pig should be
born later this year or early in 2000, say Scots scientists who want to use
animal organs in human transplants. Men aren't pigs; pigs are quiet, gentle,
and sensitive. news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_343000/343230.stm
: What animals or people do you want to clone? What extinct animals/people
should be cloned? Which should NOT be? Should aliens be cloned? Should I?
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# THE SEEDY SIDE OF Y2K. The Y2K bug is starting to bite deeper and sting
harder. Millennium bug scams are popping up around the globe, preying on the
paranoid. The gimmicks range from bogus Y2K insurance, credit card and bank
account fraud, and overpriced survival kits, to computer sellers tricking
the naive into replacing their PCs by claiming that noncompliant systems may
explode. The most popular scam seems to be a ploy to get you to divulge your
credit card number. http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/18/seedy.idg/
: Were pre-millennial Y2K scams predicted in Revelations? Is this all Divine
Will? Would you rather save your computer, your soul? Is Javascript damned?
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@ PARATHEATRICAL RESEARCH - The Miraculous Interactions of Self-Governing
Bodies. Since the inception of this process known as paratheatrical research
(Berkeley CA, ca. 1977), I've directed individuals in rituals designed to
trigger miraculous interactions. They are miraculous insofar as they invoke
(by sound & word) and evoke (by feeling & motion) strong internal resonances
with vertical sources and their expression through vocal creations, movement
and ritual interaction with the horizontal plane of the world. Dynamic int-
eraction between realms: http://www.paratheatrical.com/pages/overview.html
: What are your favorite rituals, miracles, interactions, realms, resonances
or bodies? Do calisthenics re-program your soul? Do the voices in your head
tell you where and how to move your body? Are you buffeted by fate anyway?
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# Indian skeletons returned to tribe. CAMBRIDGE, Mass (AP) Bones of nearly
2,000 American Indians were handed over to a New Mexico tribe by Harvard U.
for proper burial, decades after they were brought here for study. It was
the largest and most significant transfer under a 1990 law federal requiring
the return of Indian artifacts. The bones - as well as burial objects that
will be returned next week - were excavated between 1915 and 1929 from the
site of an abandoned Pueblo Indian community in the upper Pecos Valley of
New Mexico. See www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559596060-a86
: Are your ancestral remains & artifacts important to you? Does your belief
system place more significance on the past, the present, or the future? Why?
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# Clues to genetic blueprint (BBC) For the first time scientists have mapped
the detailed structure of the RNA bio-molecule, central to the origin and
working of life. news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_343000/343065.stm
# Woman seeks to outlaw infidelity. LOS ANGELES. Inspired by Pres. Clinton's
tryst with Monica Lewinsky, a divorcee fed up with unfaithful spouses wants
to make infidelity a crime in California. Adulterers in California, which
has a no-fault divorce policy, could be forced to make a public apology and
pay for therapy, if voters approve her ballot proposal. It *could* happen -
see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559595938-cec
@ THIS WEEK ON THIS WAY OUT: questions and concerns in the aftermath of the
"Jenny Jones" civil trial verdict; in "NewsWrap", Quebec moves toward unmar-
ried equality, Hamburg couples tie the registry, New Hampshire's adoption
ban is officially repealed, and South Africa's fledgling gay political party
suffers a flaming setback. "This Way Out," the international lesbian and gay
radio magazine": www.planetout.com/radio/ and bring a couple of friends.
# Mich. school massacre plot unveiled. (AP) Four teens met under a bridge
and hatched a plan for a massacre at their middle school that was to be
deadlier than the attack in Colorado last month. The plan included buying
weapons they could use to steal more, raping girls, killing specific faculty
and students: www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559598359-f35
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SkeptiLinks:
@ US Spy Agencies: http://web.wt.net/~whodini/spook.htm
@ The Brit Spy List: http://www.konformist.com/1999/britspy.htm
# British spy leak suspect talks - does not intend to return to Britain:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559595838-bec
@ WOMEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY: http://women.eb.com
# FACT SHEET: U.S. FORCES IN THE YUGOSLAV THEATER
www.cdi.org/issues/Europe/yugoforce2.html
# Yugoslavia says it's ready for deal - moral victory proclaimed:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559595816-bb9
# Russia lacks nuke security - terrorist groups or rogue nations can take
fissionables: www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559594321-41e
# "Four Reasons We May See Nuclear War in 1999"
http://www.kreative.net/carolmoore/4-reasons-nuke-war.html
# Irish Anglicans warn Orangemen - be nice or worship elsewhere:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559594270-c27
@ READERS DIGEST SPECIAL FEATURE: UFOs - A Second Look:
www.readersdigest.com/rdmagazine/specfeat/archives/ufosasecondlook/
# STAR WARS Finally Opens - Undaunted by bad reviews, thousands storm
theaters: http://cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/9905/19/star.wars.01.ap/
# Student-built satellite in trouble - sabotaged by Reptilioids?
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559596623-4b4
# Ear-candling is useless and dangerous, but fun to watch:
http://www.fda.gov:80/ora/fiars/ora_import_ia7701.html and
http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/candling.html and
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=8849790
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