Scouted: Face transplants technically feasible
Maybe Michael Jackson should consider this... Face transplants technically feasible LONDON, Nov. 19 - Face transplants are technically possible and could arguably be less difficult than reattaching a severed finger, surgeons said Wednesday, but they called for more research into the risks involved before they are attempted. http://www.msnbc.com/news/995617.asp Gary Gary Nunn Delaware Ohio ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Scouted: Face transplants technically feasible
I don't think he was arrested for anything he [allegedly] did with his *face* . . . At 06:59 AM 11/21/03 -0500, Gary Nunn wrote: Maybe Michael Jackson should consider this... Face transplants technically feasible LONDON, Nov. 19 - Face transplants are technically possible and could arguably be less difficult than reattaching a severed finger, surgeons said Wednesday, but they called for more research into the risks involved before they are attempted. http://www.msnbc.com/news/995617.asp -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Scouted: Face transplants technically feasible
My original comment... Maybe Michael Jackson should consider this... Ronn replied... I don't think he was arrested for anything he [allegedly] did with his *face* . . . Actually, his arrest had nothing to do with my comment... Rather it was due to the fact that his mug shot looks like he his a deranged freak from the next dimension. Even if I didn't know his past, I would never let my children spend time with him alone for no other reason than his appearance. Really, he looks like an alien with a vary bad makeup job. I mean, he REALLY does look scary See his mug shot... http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/mjmug1.html ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: The G4 CubeQuarium
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William T Goodall Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 04:20 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: The G4 CubeQuarium On 20 Nov 2003, at 11:18 pm, Reggie Bautista wrote: Jon wrote: Something for William Goodall. Apparently someone found a rather unusual use for an old Mac. ;-) http://home.comcast.net/~jleblanc77/cube/ Back in the day (meaning, pre-Power PC chip), this was done with Mac Classics. They made a somewhat smaller fish bowl, but still stylish none-the-less :-) They are made from Mac 128, Mac 512, Mac Plus, Mac SE SE/30, Mac Classic or Classic II, iMac, Cubes... This place sells between 35 and 50 every month: http://macaquarium.com/ I don't have one, but I do have the Marine Aquarium screensaver :) Great, /now/ I have to bid on an iMac case. Sheesh. -j- ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: xbox
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Tarr Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 07:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: xbox Sorry about this one. Need opinions on good sites to buy from. Walmart offers a system, but they are sold out right now. The person who wants it found a site, but they only had a 30-day return policy. (Which I realize isn't the same as the warranty, but the buyer wanted more time.) Amazon.com? ^_^ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Maybe Sonja shouldn't read this
18-wheeler carrying chocolate on I-35 overturns burns: http://www.kvue.com/news/local/112003kvueaccident-jw.24dd24c2.html There was a picture on the truck in today's Statesman, but I can't find the photo on statesman.com. (But no chocolate was visible in that photo, either.) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Julia Vindicated On Vitamin D Sunshine
Well, all you nor'easters and extreme nor'westers, living under near-perpetual cloud cover, have another supplement to add to your daily regimen... http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/77/95337.htm?printing=true ...This important nutrient is best known for building strong bones and teeth -- key to preventing osteoporosis -- but low levels have also been linked to an increased risk of type 1 diabetes, muscle and bone pain, and perhaps more frightening, a greater chance of cancers of the breast, colon, prostate, ovaries, esophagus, and lymphatic system...In other words, without enough vitamin D, cells can multiply too quickly and promote cancerous tumors. Yet between 20% and 80% of all Americans have low enough levels to classify them as vitamin D-deficient, says Holick, who also directs clinical medical research at Boston University One reason: Most of the body's vitamin D comes from sunlight exposure on bare, unprotected skin... ...From November through March, many people can't get enough vitamin D from sunlight, no matter how much exposure they have, Garland tells WebMD. This is especially problematic east of the Mississippi River and from Philadelphia north, because there's a lot of sulfur coal in the air, producing what we call `acid haze,' a precursor of acid rain. It prevents ultraviolet vitamin D getting through the air on days where there's a lot of pollution. Pollutants aside, Holick adds that his research indicates that during these winter months, there's insufficient vitamin D from sunlight in most of the country north of Atlanta. This may explain, at least in part, why some studies dating back to the 1940s find that after adjusting for other factors, people in New England states have a higher overall cancer death rate than those in sunnier climates. More recently, he says studies have specifically linked vitamin D deficiency, which can be detected with a blood test, to several non-skin cancers. But the problems extend beyond cancer. A study to be published in next month's Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggests that vitamin D deficiency may be responsible for unexplained bone and joint pain. And two years ago, Finnish researchers noted in The Lancet that people who got vitamin D supplements through adulthood were 80% less likely to develop type 1 diabetes than their non-supplemented peers... Debbi Oh, The Horror Of Burning Chocolate! Maru ;) __ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: author review
From: Jim Sharkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: author review And a question: Anyone here actually read Thomas Pynchon? Is it worth it to find Gravity's Rainbow, or is it one of those great novels taht are actaully kind of dull? :) Jim I know what you mean, but I was given Gravity's Rainbow by my brother, and I thought it was excellent. I read it start to finish, breaking only to eat. I'd almost call it SF, it was that good. Andrew ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
[Listref] Lightning, Thunderstorms and Missing Charge
While this has no new info on how a person can survive a lightning-strike, it points out another unanswered question about charge distribution in Earth's atmosphere, and how unmanned aerial drones may help solve this mystery. And check out the cool pic of a lightning strike on a launch (by clicking on the first graphic/diagram in the NASA article)! http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/30oct_lightning.htm?list818490 ...If you could see the invisible force fields around magnets and clothes that have static cling, a storm on the horizon would look very different. Engulfing and dwarfing the storm clouds, ghostly ribbons of huge magnetic and electric fields would arch high above the thunder clouds to the top of the atmosphere, and would sprawl downward from the clouds like tendrils groping the landscape. These invisible fields are always in motion, swelling and contorting as the storm clouds churn, lurching suddenly as lightning bolts strike. Scientists have long assumed that this mostly hidden side of thunderstorms serves as the electrical pump that maintains a huge difference in charge between the earth's surface and an upper layer of the atmosphere called the ionosphere. There's a voltage drop between the two, measuring somewhere between 150,000 and 600,000 volts. Left to itself, this difference should naturally balance out in about 15 minutes, but it doesn't...All the cloud-to-ground lightning strikes occurring over the whole planet--about 15 strikes per second--don't move enough electric current to maintain the charge difference seen. Something else must be happening... Debbi Yesterday I Wore A T-shirt, Tonight It May Snow Maru __ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: author review
On 21 Nov 2003, at 6:46 am, Andrew Paul wrote: From: Jim Sharkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: author review And a question: Anyone here actually read Thomas Pynchon? Is it worth it to find Gravity's Rainbow, or is it one of those great novels taht are actaully kind of dull? :) Jim I know what you mean, but I was given Gravity's Rainbow by my brother, and I thought it was excellent. I read it start to finish, breaking only to eat. I'd almost call it SF, it was that good. I started it, but it became one of the few books I started but didn't finish. And I've read Dhalgren twice! The late Bob Shaw reviewed Gravity's Rainbow as sf in Foundation (I think) and made a convincing case that, as science fiction, it was very very bad. It is probably best categorised as fabulation. The Barth, Borges, Calvino kind of stuff. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life - Terry Pratchett ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Scouted: When Asthma Attacks
When Asthma Attacks A new report from Clean the Air reveals that the ill-conceived energy bill, should it be enacted into law, would haveA HREF=http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2003/11/20/news/02energybzbigs.txt; severe public health consequences/A around the country especially for children. At issue is a little noticed provision in the massive legislation that would A HREF=http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/20/national/20POWE.html?pagewanted=printamp;position=;delay for years/A pollution reductions needed to achieve ozone smog clean air standards in the dirtiest areas by allowing communities with unhealthy air quality...to point the finger at pollution sources outside their borders. On three separate occasions federal courts have ruled the practice illegal. The study shows that delays in implementing the Clean Air Act would lead to 4,900 hospitalizations due to respiratory illness, 387,400 asthma attacks and over 573,000 missed school days each year. Some areas of the country would beA HREF=http://cta.policy.net/reports/na_slippage.pdf?PROACTIVE_ID=cecfcfcbc8cec9c9c6c5cecfcfcfc5cececccdccc9cbc7c9c6c5cf; particularly hard hit/A. In Pennsylvania non-attainment of ozone standards would lead to more than 47,000 missed school days, more that 34,000 asthma attacks and more than 440 hospital admissions for respiratory illness. Ohio: 29,000 lost school days, 20,000 asthma attacks, 287 hospital admission. Virginia: 15,000 lost school days, 11,000 asthma attacks, 129 hospital admissions. (Find out the impact in your stateA HREF=http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/20/national/20POWE.html?pagewanted=printamp;position=; HERE/A. Skeptical? Review the methodology of the study, conducted by the nation's leading air pollution consultants,A HREF=http://cta.policy.net/reports/ozone_rollback_methodology.pdf?PROACTIVE_ID=cecfcfcbc8cec9c7cec5cecfcfcfc5cececccdccc9cacacbc7c5cf; HERE/A.) Tom Beck www.mercerjewishsingles.org I don't think we're in any danger of Johnnie Cochrane defending Michael Jackson... ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Challenge: 80's Lyrics Quiz
Kind of long, and my score was embarrassingly low...but fun. http://www.yetanotherdot.com/asp/80s.html ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Challenge: 80's Lyrics Quiz
Gary Nunn wrote: Kind of long, and my score was embarrassingly low...but fun. http://www.yetanotherdot.com/asp/80s.html I did slightly better: Final Score: 137 Now, if only I could score as well on *useful* knowledge! :-) __ Steve Sloan . Huntsville, Alabama = [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brin-L list pages .. http://www.brin-l.org Chmeee's 3D Objects http://www.sloan3d.com/chmeee 3D and Drawing Galleries .. http://www.sloansteady.com Software Science Fiction, Science, and Computer Links Science fiction scans . http://www.sloan3d.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
