[scifinoir2] All 91 Babylon 5 scripts to be made available to public

2005-09-18 Thread Brent Wodehouse
http://jmsnews.com/thread.aspx?id=_an%20update%20from%20jms JMS UPDATE Date: 9/12/2005 5:32:38 PM Here is an update from JMS pulled from the B5 moderated newsgroup: Okay, I've given it some more thought, and there are a couple of things that I can say...but again, I have to keep some of this

[scifinoir2] For Fossil Hunters, Gobi Is No Desert

2005-09-18 Thread Amy Harlib
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Real life science adventure as exciting as fiction. September 13, 2005 For Fossil Hunters, Gobi Is No Desert By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD UKHAA TOLGOD, Mongolia - On the first afternoon here, fossil hunte

[scifinoir2] Dangling Particles - Writing about science

2005-09-18 Thread Amy Harlib
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Excellent essay for those who love science and science fiction. September 18, 2005 Dangling Particles By LISA RANDALL Cambridge, Mass. SCIENCE plays an increasingly significant role in people'

[scifinoir2] Help me protect great cats and wild canines

2005-09-18 Thread Amy Harlib
Did you know that many of the world's great cats and rare canines are disappearing? I just took action to protect them at http://action.defenders.org/406canids, and I hope you will, too. Every day, animals like the cheetah and the Ethiopian wolf face threats to their very existence. Factors suc

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: A Wimp on Genocide

2005-09-18 Thread aharlib
This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Bushites compound their crimes by failure to act decisively about Darfur tragedies of that ilk. OPINION | September 18, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist: A Wimp on Genocide By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF This month the Bush administration joined with Cuba, Zimbab

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Summer of My Discontent

2005-09-18 Thread aharlib
This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fascinating personal examination of cross-cultural journeying and experience. OPINION | September 17, 2005 Summerscapes: Summer of My Discontent By MOHAMMED NASEEHU ALI Returning to Ghana made me realize why I'd left. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09

[scifinoir2] Fw: Ten Tech Items Ispired by Science Fiction

2005-09-18 Thread Amy Harlib
[EMAIL PROTECTED] This is cool. http://www.michaelhanscom.com/eclecticism/2004/09/ten_tech_items.html Ten Tech Items Ispired by Science Fiction (Originally posted on Google Answers, I've taken the liberty of reformatting this fascinating look at past visions of the future that influenced the te

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Building the Great Firewall of China, With Foreign Help

2005-09-18 Thread aharlib
This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] How greed results in the most reprehensible behavior. No culture in the world is immune. Somehow, the human race must evolve past such impulses if we are to survive in any beneficial sense. OPINION | September 18, 2005 Editorial Observer: Buildin

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Not the New Deal

2005-09-18 Thread aharlib
This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bushite depravity continues as cronyism, racism and elitism runs rampant in New Orleans still - Paul Krugman informs us to his great credit. OPINION | September 16, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist: Not the New Deal By PAUL KRUGMAN America's biggest relief an

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: A Black-Green Curtain of Disease and Destruction, Grime and Stench

2005-09-18 Thread aharlib
This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pungent description of what still floods New Orleans. NATIONAL / NATIONAL SPECIAL | September 12, 2005 The Water: A Black-Green Curtain of Disease and Destruction, Grime and Stench By DAN BARRY What laps against New Orleans's shores, and some of it

[scifinoir2] The Very Cold Case of the Glacier

2005-09-18 Thread Amy Harlib
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Fascinating studies of ancient climate change could portend the future. September 14, 2005 The Very Cold Case of the Glacier By GLENN COLLINS Somewhere around 18,000 years ago, a glacier began to

[scifinoir2] Fw: Three Important Things You can Still Do for Katrina Evacuees

2005-09-18 Thread Amy Harlib
Activism Message from ActForChange [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACTFORCHANGE ACTIVISM UPDATE: September 14, 2005 You are receiving this newsletter because you have previously taken action on ActForChange in support of progressive values. Political Justice for Hurricane Families

[scifinoir2] Fw: Clarence Gatemouth Brown

2005-09-18 Thread Amy Harlib
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Another of the great ones passes on. He will be missed! > "Clarence Gatemouth Brown, an eminent guitarist and singer who spent his > career fighting purism by synthesizing old blues, country, jazz, Cajun and > R & B styles, died on Saturday. He was 81." > > http://www.nytimes.

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Sick and Abandoned

2005-09-18 Thread aharlib
This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bob Herbert exposes more horrors of Hurricane Katrina exacerbated by gov't.'s deadly ineptitude. OPINION | September 15, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist: Sick and Abandoned By BOB HERBERT The Federal Emergency Management Agency added to the suffering at an i

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: When Food From the Laboratory Leaves a Bitter Taste

2005-09-18 Thread aharlib
This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This appears to be a MUST SEE! MOVIES | September 14, 2005 Movie Review | 'The Future of Food': When Food From the Laboratory Leaves a Bitter Taste By STEPHEN HOLDEN Deborah Koons Garcia's sober, far-reaching polemic against genetically modified

Re: [scifinoir2] Science Fiction fans propose solutions for Katrina Homeless

2005-09-18 Thread Cat
I live in Houston and personally I haven't seen a refugee yet. In fact the streets seem kinda bare. I live in the center of the city too so dunno.Thenews is making it worse than it seems. Cat On 9/17/05, Brent Wodehouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fictio

[scifinoir2] FW:Hurricane Hugo- Insights from Chavezo global Crisis

2005-09-18 Thread Tracey de Morsella \(formerly Tracey L. Minor\)
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_mike_whi_050917_hurricane_hugo_at_th .htm Hurricane Hugo at the U.N. by Mike Whitney http://www.opednews.com Hurricane Hugo at the U.N. by Mike Whitney "Practically no one in the United States knows that we've donated millions of dollars to the governorsh

[scifinoir2] James Bond writer 'reinvents' spy

2005-09-18 Thread Brent Wodehouse
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4256024.stm James Bond writer 'reinvents' spy James Bond is to be given a new image as a younger character with no gadgets, a writer on the next film has told trade paper the Hollywood Reporter. Paul Haggis, who is working on the script for Casino R

[scifinoir2] After Blocking the Bridge, Gretna Circles the Wagons

2005-09-18 Thread Xavier Moon
GRETNA, La. - Little over a week after this mostly white suburb became a symbol of callousness for using armed officers to seal one of the last escape routes from New Orleans - trapping thousands of mostly black evacuees in the flooded city - the Gretna City Council passed a resolution supporting t

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Scifi shows on The Hallmark Channel

2005-09-18 Thread Keith Johnson
I agree. Like I said, a decent time waster for those who couldn't sleep, better than the stuff that was on Sci Fi Channel, which yesterday included gems like "Wishmaster 3" and "Leprechaun". the Magical Negro? I noticed that too. It's hard for Hollywood to figure out how to present Blacks from t

[scifinoir2] Re: Scifi shows on The Hallmark Channel

2005-09-18 Thread Carole McDonnell
Definitely. Nemo and his assistant were the only ones who had personality. I guess because they didn't have the burden of having to be heroes or innocent sex-pots. What I kept focusing on in both the Jason and the Argonauts and the Mysterious Island films were how they'd use the black guys. The