Handy gadget

2007-12-20 Thread William T Goodall
http://www.nextenergynews.com/news1/next-energy-news-toshiba-micro-nuclear-12.17b.html Toshiba Builds 100x Smaller Micro Nuclear Reactor Toshiba has developed a new class of micro size Nuclear Reactors that is designed to power individual apartment buildings or city blocks. The new reactor,

Recent human selection

2007-12-20 Thread hkhenson
Being much influenced by the concepts of evolutionary psychology, I have tended to discount the idea of humans being much shaped by recent evolution. Exceptions have been accumulating, the taming of wild foxes in as few as 8 generations, and the acquisition of genes (a number of them!) for

RE: Recent human selection

2007-12-20 Thread Pat Mathews
But in a caste system such as India has, you also had downward mobility. A person could lose caste in various ways and sink downwards, especially as conditions were so crowded and harsh the very lowest of castes would probably not have reproduced themselves. http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/

Re: A Family Tragedy

2007-12-20 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 7:18 PM Subject: Re: A Family Tragedy On Dec 19, 2007 7:52 AM, Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let me offer a sentence that has helped many

Re: A Family Tragedy

2007-12-20 Thread Nick Arnett
On Dec 20, 2007 2:54 PM, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The obit appeared in the paper today, but they got his date of death wrong placing it a day later for some reason. Until I read it, I had forgotten that you're in Wes' neighborhood, practically. In fact, Chayla (his widow)

RE: A Family Tragedy

2007-12-20 Thread Pat Mathews
With deepest sympathies. I'm sorry to hear that. Blessings, Pat http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/ Now is the winter of our discontent From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: A Family Tragedy Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:54:53 -0600 - Original Message -

Re: A Family Tragedy

2007-12-20 Thread Warren Ockrassa
Sympathies and condolences, for what they're worth. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: A Family Tragedy

2007-12-20 Thread Robert Seeberger
On 12/20/2007 5:49:16 PM, Nick Arnett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Dec 20, 2007 2:54 PM, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The obit appeared in the paper today, but they got his date of death wrong placing it a day later for some reason. Until I read it, I had forgotten

Re: A Family Tragedy

2007-12-20 Thread Robert Seeberger
On 12/20/2007 6:59:06 PM, Warren Ockrassa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Sympathies and condolences, for what they're worth. If one considers how such a situation would feel if no one extended a hand, then I would have to say that they are valuable. I do not forget that people show that they