Re: Br!n: and now the TV series are pirateeing your characters!

2003-12-04 Thread Trent Shipley
Can the estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs sue for the use of "John Carter ... of Mars"? On Thursday 2003-12-04 20:05, Davd Brin wrote: > Heh! tell me if he is... well... 'colored' > > --- Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In the 10th season of E.R., one of the > > student-medicals

Re: Scouted: Fair testing?

2003-12-04 Thread Kanandarqu
>Wait, wait wait. How is a "student" in a "persistent vegetative state"? I >not joking about this. If there are more than one percent of students who >have zero improvement, then maybe the "students" need physical therapists, >not "teachers". > >Kevin T. - VRWC Students usually/always (?it has

Re: Scouted: Fair testing?

2003-12-04 Thread Kanandarqu
>--- Kevin Tarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >This sounds like one of the stupidest things I've ever >> >heard, and one of my CO collegues with 20 years in >> >speech therapy/special education commented (when I >> >asked if this was true): "It is not only true, it is >> >actually worse than this.

"Normal"

2003-12-04 Thread Kanandarqu
Debbi wrote- > There's a lot of 'warehousing' that's >occurred since 'mainstreaming' became all the rage, >and special programs were dismantled. While there are >benefits to both the mentally handicapped and the >'normal' child in many cases of mainstreaming, I have >2 friends in Special Educatio

Scouted: Miriam of Magdala

2003-12-04 Thread Deborah Harrell
This article cites a teeny bit of the academic research that inspired the revisionist scenario of Mary Magdalene in _The Divinci Code_ (although that book goes much further than is supported in the ancient texts!): http://www.msnbc.com/news/999077.asp "...What started out as scholarship with an op

Re: Scouted: Addicted to laughs - and laps

2003-12-04 Thread Deborah Harrell
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Debbi wrote: > > ...this mouse study found that certain mice do > > show activation in regions of the brain affected > >by cocaine or nicotine, only their stimulus is > running. > [snip] > > "The specially bred mice had extremely high levels > >of brain activity in

Re: Brin: and now the TV series are pirateeing your characters!

2003-12-04 Thread Davd Brin
Heh! tell me if he is... well... 'colored' --- Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the 10th season of E.R., one of the > student-medicals [I never > understood those titles] is called... > > Archie Morris > > If I were you, I would sue them for 1 billion > dollars! >

Re: Scouted: Addicted to laughs - and laps

2003-12-04 Thread baure-gakan
Debbi wrote: > I've had friends who report that they are "addicted" > to running or cycling or some other fairly intense > exercise; this mouse study found that certain mice do > show activation in regions of the brain affected by > cocaine or nicotine, only their stimulus is running. > And I thin

Re: Brin: and now the TV series are pirateeing your characters!

2003-12-04 Thread baure-gakan
Alberto wrote: > In the 10th season of E.R., one of the student-medicals [I never > understood those titles] is called... > > Archie Morris > > If I were you, I would sue them for 1 billion dollars! Did anyone besides me hear that last line in the voice of Doctor Evil? :-) Reggie Bautist

Brin: and now the TV series are pirateeing your characters!

2003-12-04 Thread Alberto Monteiro
In the 10th season of E.R., one of the student-medicals [I never understood those titles] is called... Archie Morris If I were you, I would sue them for 1 billion dollars! Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Scouted: Addicted to laughs - and laps

2003-12-04 Thread Deborah Harrell
I've had friends who report that they are "addicted" to running or cycling or some other fairly intense exercise; this mouse study found that certain mice do show activation in regions of the brain affected by cocaine or nicotine, only their stimulus is running. And I think that 6 _miles_ a day is

Re: Scouted: Fair testing?

2003-12-04 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Kevin Tarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [I wrote]: > >This sounds like one of the stupidest things I've > ever > >heard, and one of my CO collegues with 20 years in > >speech therapy/special education commented (when I > >asked if this was true): "It is not only true, it is > >actually worse tha

Re: Scouted: Fair testing?

2003-12-04 Thread Kevin Tarr
This sounds like one of the stupidest things I've ever heard, and one of my CO collegues with 20 years in speech therapy/special education commented (when I asked if this was true): "It is not only true, it is actually worse than this. Students who are in a persistant vegetative state have been r

Scouted: Babylon 5 news

2003-12-04 Thread baure-gakan
From http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2003-12/02/10.45.tv or http://makeashorterlink.com/?A358216B6 Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski told fans on a message board that he's working on a follow-up to the popular SF series, according to a report on the Dark

Re: New Jersey (was Re: religious/political question)

2003-12-04 Thread Matt Grimaldi
Chad Cooper wrote: > > Forbes Rating of Worst Commutes to work: > Greater Los Angeles > San Fran > Dallas/Fort Worth > Houston > Washington D.C. > Denver > > Nerd From Hell > We're number one! We're number one! We'renumberone! Yay! I've known people who leave home (in San Bernardino, whe