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@ The World Kite Museum and Hall of Fame: http://www.worldkitemuseum.com/
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# Millennium babies already 100 years old. LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of
babies born this year have already reached the ripe old age of 100. The
premature ageing happened after the Y2K bug struck English registry office
computers, which refuse to recognise the year 2000, automatically printing
1900 on birth certificates. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/000117/22/dj33.html
: Is time moving ever-faster? Are you growing old before you know it? Will
millennial madness strike us all, tuning us into millenarians, millipedes?
# Cyberbabe to read the news. (BBC) A cyberbabe modelled on a mixture of
Posh Spice, Kylie Minogue & TV presenter Carol Vorderman is set to become
the world's first virtual newscaster. Never has a monthly problem:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/newsid_606000/606855.stm
@ ANANOVA INFO SITE: http://www.ananova.com./
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# THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE - Dolly's False Legacy. There is more to cloning
than mere science -- and more to human character than scientists can
discover in a person's genes. Or so the fuzzy-headed would have you think:
http://www.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/articles/0,3266,17694,00.html
# Designer Babies. Parents can now pick a kid's sex and screen for genetic
illness. Will they someday select for brains and beauty too? Probably.
http://www.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/articles/0,3266,17696,00.html
# Seed of Controversy - Will this unemployed physicist be first to clone
humans? ODD BUT TRUE: Though experts say he's not really credible, Seed
has jump-started the debate over human cloning. And just in time...
http://www.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/articles/0,3266,17681,00.html
: Are you more than your genes? If you haven't fully explored your genes or
yourself, how can you say? Is it easy to make proclamations about subjects
on which you're woefully ignorant? Do you do it all the time? Is it fun??
# Is human cloning inevitable? "There is no doubt in my mind we are going
to have human clones. It's just a question of where and when." And who,
of course. Get ready: http://www.suntimes.com/output/health/clone16.html
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# Tibetans ordain 2-year-old child. BEIJING (AP) Venturing anew into Tibet's
arcane religious politics, China's commie govt has approved a 2-year-old
boy as a reincarnated Buddhist abbot, who historically plays a key role in
naming the Dalai Lama. Buddhist clergymen ordained Soinam Puncog as the
7th Reting Lama at a ritual in Tibet's holiest shrine, the Jokhang Temple
in Lhasa. While important lamas must traditionally be recognized by the
Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet has not commented on the
choice of the Reting Lama. China has tried to win over Tibet's Buddhists
and loosen the hold of the Dalai Lama since his flight to exile 41 years
ago. Chinese leaders have twice in recent years tried to manipulate the
naming of reincarnated lamas, both times without apparent success. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563393928-042
: Have you ordained any infants lately? Are they easier to deal with than
adults? Are you a reincarnated holy person? Have you been ordained? Did a
govt control your ordination? Is the govt reincarnated? What was your govt
in its earlier lives? Will your govt's next incarnation be in an anthill??
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# Hurricanes set to grow fiercer (BBC) US scientists say hurricanes may
become stronger and far more damaging in the next few years. Batten down:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_603000/603948.stm
# Also: Hurricane force revealed:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_474000/474296.stm
# India cyclone destruction emerges:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_503000/503125.stm
# Scientists predict storms beyond the horizon:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_502000/502187.stm
: What's your favorite hurricane? Do you like your hurricanes like you like
your women - strong, breathy, dark, wet, hot? Are hurricanes stimulating??
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<http://www.gaijin.com/EvilPeople/employment/jobs/index.html> for all
those who would like to apply. Friendly advice: it's probably best if you
lie on your <http://www.gaijin.com/EvilPeople/employment/evilTest.html>
application, since that's what most evil people would do. And if your're
really really bad, go see http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Conspiracy/
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# Human Origins? Once We Were Not Alone... Homo sapiens is the only hominid
that still walks the earth. Yet over the past 4 million years, 20 or more
types of creatures similar to us and our ancestors may have existed, and
often they shared their territory with one another. Perhaps the reason we
are all that remains is on the tip of our tongues. Note: Some believe in
the Bible version of Creation; and some believe human life was seeded from
space or that "Aliens" somehow intervened in human evolution to create
what we see today. For myself, I accept the existing bone DNA evidence.
Groovy: http://home.sprintmail.com/~rigoletto/reports/human_origins.html
: What's your favorite human origin explanation: evolution, deities, aliens,
bad luck? Are all other hominids gone because we ate them? Did we drive them
to mass suicide? Do we drive other intelligent entities to mass suicide too?
# Up to 100 Dolphins Beached in Florida Keys. MIAMI (Reuters) An estimated
75 to 100 bottlenose dolphins have beached themselves along jagged shores
in the Florida Keys and as many as 25 have died, marine police said.
http://news.excite.com/news/r/000117/15/science-environment-dolphins
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# Saddam asks enemies to beg to God. BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - In a televised
speech marking the 9th anniversary of the Persian Gulf War, Saddam Hussein
urged his enemies to ask God for forgiveness for crimes against Iraq - a
clear reference to U.N. economic sanctions. The U.s. and its allies began
the assault on Iraq 9 years ago in order to force it out of Kuwait, which
Saddam's forces had occupied 7 months earlier. Iraq withdrew and signed a
cease-fire but still claims victory in what it called the "mother of all
battles." http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563388017-960
: Since Bush is gone and Saddam isn't, who won? Since Bush can travel and
Saddam, who lost? Is anybody worthy of forgiveness? Is forgiveness possible?
Is Iraq just another victim of US-led western hegemonic strategies? Why not?
# Biological terrorism: A threat overlooked. Public health experts and
infectious disease specialists say they are woefully unprepared should
terrorists target a city in the U.S. with deadly biological toxins.
Prepare to die: http://www.washtimes.com/national/nation1-01172000.htm
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