Re: [scifinoir2] OT:Article from LA Times- A Hard Truth to Portray
Oh yeah, that's been going on for years. Especially here in the South, you can find all manner of living museums and preserved plantations from Alabama to Virginia that do these recreations of history. On one hand I understand the importance of portraying the history the way it was, and sometimes just seeing the shacks, fields, and tools that were the slave's lot isn't enough. To actually see people in rough-hewn clothing, going about menial tasks--well, that's powerful. Maybe seeing that can embarass or even anger people enough to help them avoid such mindsets in the future (yeah right!) So I understand and even applaud the Brothers and Sisters who can do that without going nuts and jumping the nearest white person they see. But I know I couldn't do it, not for one minute. -- Original message -- I didn't even know people were doing this sort of thing. What do you make of it? http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/latimests/20050605/ts_latimes/ahardtruthtoportray A Hard Truth to Portray By Ellen Barry Times Staff WriterSun Jun 5, 7:55 AM ET There are positions open for slaves at the Bratton plantation. Applicants must be willing to pick cotton, drink the master's liquor, gossip, sing spirituals, mourn the dead. The job is unpaid. Starts immediately. Since last summer, when four African American living history volunteers raised complaints about scripts they were asked to read, managers at Historic Brattonsville, a museum and historic site, have been coping with the most awkward of personnel issues. First, the interpreters who played the slave bride and groom left, complaining that their characters were mindlessly happy. The man who played Watt, the Bratton family's most loyal slave, was dismissed after ad-libbing a dark, drunken soliloquy at the Christmas Candlelight Tour. The interpreter who plays the slave Big Jim is on a six-month hiatus, unsure whether he can find common ground with management but talking about systemic changes. The four have criticized the museum recently in local newspapers. It is an odd position for the museum's directors, who were proud of the progressive impulse that led them to emphasize slavery in their living-history programs. Across the South, lovingly kept plantations are open to the public; Confederate reenactors spend untold vacation days tracing their ancestors' footsteps. But historically, plantation museums have glossed over the subject of slavery. The experience at Historic Brattonsville an idyllic settlement 36 miles southwest of Charlotte, N.C. underlines the difficulty of facing it head-on. Fifteen years ago, managers here decided to bring in costumed interpreters to describe slave life in the first person. By last year, Brattonsville had developed a strong, cohesive group of volunteers who compared notes about the feelings that surged through them during reenactments. Four of them, particular friends, agreed that they wanted to portray the brutality of the system more forcefully. Their scripts covered weddings, funerals, holidays; after interpreting for three or four years, they wanted descriptions of whippings, of rapes. John Joyner, a 58-year-old businessman from Charlotte, began slipping in references to octoroon concubines in New Orleans and breeding farms where enslaved men were forced to impregnate women. He began to improvise in the role of Watt, hoping to provoke strong reactions. When people leave these events, they leave applauding, laughing, and saying, 'Thank you for the show,' said Tiffani Sanders, 32, a freelance graphic designer who volunteered with her husband, Charles. We should see tears come out of their eyes. 'A Podium for the Truth' On the way into Brattonsville, a tunnel of oak trees opens to a green, misty clearing. Scattered in the woods are weathered buildings: the log cabin of Scots-Irish settlers, the brick slave quarters, the Greek Revival home of the Brattons' third generation. Thirty-six miles from Charlotte, the settlement was hushed on a recent weekday morning. Horses switched their tails in a meadow, and fat drops of water slid off the leaves. You could hear bees buzzing. Here, in one of the brick outbuildings, a retired kindergarten teacher named Kitty Wilson-Evans seems to slip into a second existence as a slave named Kessie. Over the 16 years she has worked at the plantation, both salaried and as a volunteer, Miss Kitty, as the other employees call her, has become so deeply connected to the place that when she feels sad, she sometimes drives here and sits alone in the slave quarters. For the first few years, Wilson-Evans' was the single black face among the white reenactors who mustered at Brattonsville, a tradition that goes back decades. But she gradually drew the admiration of local African Americans, inspiring a new generation of passionate volunteers. Charles Sanders, 36, grew up around plantations, and his feelings about them were not friendly. His
[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: The Mobility Myth
This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks to Bob Herbert for so clearly delineating another great evil exacerbated by the Bushites! OPINION | June 6, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist: The Mobility Myth By BOB HERBERT Put the myth of the American Dream aside. The bottom line is that it's becoming increasingly difficult for working Americans to move up in class. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/06/opinion/06herbert.html?ex=1118721600en=34ab046ffd6b8948ei=5070emc=eta1 -- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] NYTimes.com 500 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2005 The New York Times Company [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/rkgkPB/UOnJAA/Zx0JAA/LRMolB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Offline for a while
Everyone: Starting tomorrow, I'll be off-line for a while. I do not expect to have access to email while I'm on vacation at Risa. I'll be back online on June 22nd. And no, I am not bringing back a Horga'hn for anyone on this list. LOL! Amy H.: this means I won't be sending any political stuff for a while. That'll resume after I return. George Captain The USS Ronald E. McNair (Boston) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ussmcnair/ http://home.earthlink.net/~ekistics10/mcnair/ P.S. If you have to ask what Risa or a Horga'hn are, you are definitely in need of far more than an explanation. See: http://www.star-fleet.com/gmd/rm/location-risa.html and http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TNG/episode/68440.html Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/rkgkPB/UOnJAA/Zx0JAA/LRMolB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [scifinoir2] Offline for a while
Enjoy! ---Original Message--- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: 06/06/05 11:21:58 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Offline for a while Everyone: Starting tomorrow, I'll be off-line for a while. I do not expect to have access to email while I'm on vacation at Risa. I'll be back online on June 22nd. And no, I am not bringing back a Horga'hn for anyone on this list. LOL! Amy H.: this means I won't be sending any political stuff for a while. That'll resume after I return. George Captain The USS Ronald E. McNair (Boston) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ussmcnair/ http://home.earthlink.net/~ekistics10/mcnair/ P.S. If you have to ask what Risa or a Horga'hn are, you are definitely in need of far more than an explanation. See: http://www.star-fleet.com/gmd/rm/location-risa.html and http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TNG/episode/68440.html Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/pkgkPB/SOnJAA/Zx0JAA/LRMolB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] A REALLY GOOD CASE TO IMPEACH BUSH!!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Email This to Everyone You Know FROM: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org Urge your congress member to support a Resolution of Inquiry directing the House Judiciary Committee to launch a formal investigation into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House to impeach President Bush. http://www.democrats.com/peoplesemailnetwork/39 The recent release of the Downing Street Memo provides new and compelling evidence that the President of the United States has been actively engaged in a conspiracy to deceive and mislead the United States Congress and the American people about the basis for going to war against Iraq. If true, such conduct constitutes a High Crime under Article II, Section 4 of the United States Constitution. I'm supporting Global Exchange, Gold Star Families for Peace, Democrats.com, Veterans for Peace, Code Pink, Progressive Democrats of America, Democracy Rising, the Rainbow Push Coalition, the Velvet Revolution, and many other groups in the www.AfterDowningStreet.org coalition. These groups are asking their members to contact their Representatives to urge support of a Resolution of Inquiry. You should do so too: http://www.democrats.com/peoplesemailnetwork/39 Please forward this message to anyone who would be interested. More Information: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/S.QlOD/3MnJAA/Zx0JAA/LRMolB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Fw: Researchers flip fly sex roles by changing one gene: World Science
[EMAIL PROTECTED] More fascinating science stuff! World Science * Researchers flip flies' sex roles by swapping one gene: Just one gene controls complex courtship rituals in flies, which may surprise some scientists, the researchers claim. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/050603_fruitflyfrm.htm * Scientists make trust potion: When sniffed, the liquid made people more trusting, according to new findings. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/050601_trustfrm.htm * Amateur astronomers said to help find planet: Scientists also say a technique used in the finding could allow discovery of the first Earth-sized planet outside our Solar System -- a Holy Grail of astronomy. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/050531_planetfrm.htm * New evidence that elephants communicate through ground reported: Researchers say the findings may explain why many pachyderms escaped December's tsunami disaster. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/050531_elephantfrm.htm * Science in images: the Spanish hogfish http://www.world-science.net This is the World Science email newsletter. To cancel your subscription, please reply to this email address with unsubscribe in the subject line. To change the address to which you would like the newsletter sent, please write to this email address and request the change. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/pkgkPB/SOnJAA/Zx0JAA/LRMolB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Aldrin brings space to kids
http://jam.canoe.ca/Books/2005/06/05/1072759-ap.html Aldrin brings space to kids By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL NEW YORK (AP) - Thanks to video games, TV shows and movies such as Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith that are loaded with special effects, today's children don't have a realistic impression of space or space travel, says Buzz Aldrin, one of the men who planted the U.S. flag on the moon. But, he adds, it's not the kids' fault. Those working in the fields of math, science and engineering - the people who were inspired by the accomplishments of Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and others during the space exploration boom of the 1960s and '70s - haven't reached out enough to capture the youngsters' interest, he says. Aldrin shares his memories of what it took to get man on the moon and his impressions once he got there in a new picture book, Buzz Aldrin: Reaching for the Moon (HarperCollins). The goal of the book, intended for six-to nine-year-old readers that Aldrin calls the third generation of space explorers, is to re-ignite interest and excitement in the space program, he says. Aldrin, 75, says he's always considered it his mission to serve his country and the best way he can do that now is by offering a vision into the future. He gets help from illustrator Wendell Minor, whose paintings for Reaching for the Moon capture the vastness of space and the potential of what can happen in places where the rest of us can't see. Minor was inspired by Aldrin, specifically when the astronaut, standing on the moon and describing it to the whole world, used the words magnificent desolation. That was a beautiful artistic eye talking. ... He (Aldrin) is a rocket scientist and has the eye of an artist, Minor says. Minor, an award-winning artist with an affinity for science and environmental stories, adds: I wanted to give kids people to look up to other than rock 'n' rollers and sports stars. When he began to illustrate Aldrin's personal story, from his childhood home in New Jersey to his salute to the flag in space, Minor noticed some threads in his subject's life that he's not quite convinced are coincidence: -Aldrin's mother's maiden name was Moon. -The first plane he ever flew in belonged to Standard Oil and was completely covered with a painting of an eagle. The name of the craft that Aldrin and Armstrong used to break away from the Apollo 11 rocket and land on the moon was Eagle. The eagle is also featured on a patch on Aldrin's space suit. -As a child, Aldrin enjoyed underwater diving and collecting rocks. As an adult, Aldrin trained for his space missions by simulating weightlessness under water, and one of his primary tasks on the Apollo mission was to collect moon rocks. Aldrin, who got the nickname Buzz because, as kids, his sister called him Buzzer instead of brother, started dreaming of a career in the air when he was in high school and his father was flying for the military in the Second World War. That's when he began to focus on his schoolwork so he could earn a spot at West Point, which he did. Aldrin also enjoyed sports, both on teams and when he was competing as an individual, in pole-vaulting. All of those athletic experiences helped him as an astronaut, he says. He joined the Air Force and flew combat missions in the Korean War, then he went back to school, to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to earn a doctoral degree in aeronautics. From there, he went into the NASA space program. His first spaceflight was aboard Gemini 12 in 1966, during which he took three spacewalks. But even more historic was the 1969 moonwalk with Armstrong. I was quite aware that Big Brother was a quarter of a million miles away and yet with a lot of ears listening to every word we said, Aldrin says. There was such a contrast of the two of us being further away than anyone else had ever been, yet two people never had more people paying attention to them. In the years that followed, Aldrin and his colleagues were heroes in the eyes of children - children who also grew up with Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon, who, despite being fictional characters, lived in a version of outer space that earthlings could relate to. But Aldrin says when he sees kids raised in this high-tech age, they seem more interested in going to space in a virtual reality game than in reality. And if they ever made it to space, they'd be expecting nonstop action and one-eyed creatures. Unfortunately, kids are led to believe things are easier to achieve than they really are. ... They want instant gratification, they're not waiting for the bigger and better prize, Aldrin says. He's not done, however, with his own dreams about the possibilities of space travel. Some time between now and 2035, Aldrin would like to see man visit Mars. Why 2035? Because it took 66 years for science to progress from the Wright brothers' airplane to Apollo 11, and that would allow another 66 years between man landing on the moon and man landing on
[scifinoir2] Fw: PLEEEEEEASE READ!!!! it was on the news!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Is this and urban legend hoax thing? THIS TOOK TWO PAGES OF THE TUESDAY USA TODAY - IT IS FOR REAL Subject: PLEEASE READ it was on the news! This thing is for real. Rest assured AOL and Intel will follow through with their promises for fear of facing a multimillion-dollar class action suit similar to the one filed by PepsiCo against General Electric not too long ago. Dear Friends; Please do not take this for a junk letter. Bill Gates sharing his fortune. If you ignore this, You will repent later. Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test. When you forward this e-mail to friends, Microsoft can and will track it ( If you are a Microsoft Windows user) For a two weeks time period. For every person that you forward this e-mail to, Microsoft will pay you $245.00 For every person that you sent it to that forwards it on, Microsoft will pay you $243.00 and for every third person that receives it, You will be paid $241.00. Within two weeks, Microsoft will contact you for your address and then send you a check. Regards. Charles S Bailey General Manager Field Operations 1-800-842-2332 Ext. 1085 or 904-1085 or RNX 292-1085 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] I thought this was a scam myself, But two weeks after receiving this e-mail and forwarding it on. Micros oft contacted me for my address and withindays, I receive a check for $24,800.00. You need to respond before the beta testing is over. If anyone can afford this, Bill gates is the man. It's all marketing expense to him. Please forward this to as many people as possible. You are bound to get at least $10,000.00. We're not going to help them out with their e-mail beta test without getting a little something for our time. My brother's girlfriend got in on this a few months ago. When I went to visit him for the Baylor/UT game. She showed me her check. It was for the sum of $4,324.44 and was stamped Paid in full Like I said before, I know the law, and this is for real. Intel and AOL are now discussing a merger which would make them the largest Internet company and in an effort make sure that AOL remains the most widely used program, Intel and AOL are running an e-mail beta test. When you forward this e-mail to friends, Intel can and will track it( if you are a Microsoft Windows user)for a two week time period. Try it; What have you got to lose [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/rkgkPB/UOnJAA/Zx0JAA/LRMolB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [scifinoir2] Fw: PLEEEEEEASE READ!!!! it was on the news!
Yes. This is an old Urban Legend/Hoax ---Original Message--- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: 06/06/05 21:09:13 To: Mike Sargent Subject: [scifinoir2] Fw: PLEEASE READ it was on the news! [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is this and urban legend hoax thing? THIS TOOK TWO PAGES OF THE TUESDAY USA TODAY - IT IS FOR REAL Subject: PLEEASE READ it was on the news! This thing is for real. Rest assured AOL and Intel will follow through with their promises for fear of facing a multimillion-dollar class action suit similar to the one filed by PepsiCo against General Electric not too long ago. Dear Friends; Please do not take this for a junk letter. Bill Gates sharing his fortune. If you ignore this, You will repent later. Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test. When you forward this e-mail to friends, Microsoft can and will track it ( If you are a Microsoft Windows user) For a two weeks time period. For every person that you forward this e-mail to, Microsoft will pay you $245.00 For every person that you sent it to that forwards it on, Microsoft will pay you $243.00 and for every third person that receives it, You will be paid $241.00. Within two weeks, Microsoft will contact you for your address and then send you a check. Regards. Charles S Bailey General Manager Field Operations 1-800-842-2332 Ext. 1085 or 904-1085 or RNX 292-1085 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] I thought this was a scam myself, But two weeks after receiving this e-mail and forwarding it on. Micros oft contacted me for my address and withindays, I receive a check for $24,800.00. You need to respond before the beta testing is over. If anyone can afford this, Bill gates is the man. It's all marketing expense to him. Please forward this to as many people as possible. You are bound to get at least $10,000.00. We're not going to help them out with their e-mail beta test without getting a little something for our time. My brother's girlfriend got in on this a few months ago. When I went to visit him for the Baylor/UT game. She showed me her check. It was for the sum of $4,324.44 and was stamped Paid in full Like I said before, I know the law, and this is for real. Intel and AOL are now discussing a merger which would make them the largest Internet company and in an effort make sure that AOL remains the most widely used program, Intel and AOL are running an e-mail beta test. When you forward this e-mail to friends, Intel can and will track it( if you are a Microsoft Windows user)for a two week time period. Try it; What have you got to lose [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/pkgkPB/SOnJAA/Zx0JAA/LRMolB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [scifinoir2] Fw: PLEEEEEEASE READ!!!! it was on the news!
Amy, It's one of the oldest hoaxes perpetrated in hopes of getting people to clog up bandwidth and e-mail boxes by sending it all over the world. You probably already know this, but there are three general criteria you can apply to such a message to see if it's probably a fake: * Assertions that it was on the news. In that case, you should be able to quickly and easily find coverage of it on CNN, Yahoo, MSN, USA Today, your local TV/newspaper sources, etc. But nary a peep. Something of this magnitude, which would effectively mean millions or billions of dollars given away--simply for clicking Forward!--would be big, big news. The stock market would take a major hit. The people who're being paid all this dough would have their faces plastered all over the place. Everyone and their brother would be sending mail to everyone from the President to the Pope. But again, nary a peep. * The frantic message to Pass it on! Now! To everyone you know! Urgent! Other than something like September 11 or perhaps the arrival of a malignant and incurable computer virus, there are very few events that warrant millions of e-mails being sent all over the place immediately. They're just hoping to start a chain reaction of hoax messages cascading around the Net. * The promise of big bucks for doing basically nothing. Remember the old adage You can't get something for nothing? No one gives away money for free, certainly not Bill Gates, and certainly not for tracking e-mail. Trust me, between cookies, portals that make you sign up with your name and e-mail address, info they could get from their own resources (such as Hot Mail) or even your ISP (legally or not), Microsoft has no need to pay huge sums of money for this. Keith -Original Message- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Amy Harlib Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 21:09 To: Mike Sargent Subject: [scifinoir2] Fw: PLEEASE READ it was on the news! [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is this and urban legend hoax thing? THIS TOOK TWO PAGES OF THE TUESDAY USA TODAY - IT IS FOR REAL Subject: PLEEASE READ it was on the news! This thing is for real. Rest assured AOL and Intel will follow through with their promises for fear of facing a multimillion-dollar class action suit similar to the one filed by PepsiCo against General Electric not too long ago. Dear Friends; Please do not take this for a junk letter. Bill Gates sharing his fortune. If you ignore this, You will repent later. Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test. When you forward this e-mail to friends, Microsoft can and will track it ( If you are a Microsoft Windows user) For a two weeks time period. For every person that you forward this e-mail to, Microsoft will pay you $245.00 For every person that you sent it to that forwards it on, Microsoft will pay you $243.00 and for every third person that receives it, You will be paid $241.00. Within two weeks, Microsoft will contact you for your address and then send you a check. Regards. Charles S Bailey General Manager Field Operations 1-800-842-2332 Ext. 1085 or 904-1085 or RNX 292-1085 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] I thought this was a scam myself, But two weeks after receiving this e-mail and forwarding it on. Micros oft contacted me for my address and withindays, I receive a check for $24,800.00. You need to respond before the beta testing is over. If anyone can afford this, Bill gates is the man. It's all marketing expense to him. Please forward this to as many people as possible. You are bound to get at least $10,000.00. We're not going to help them out with their e-mail beta test without getting a little something for our time. My brother's girlfriend got in on this a few months ago. When I went to visit him for the Baylor/UT game. She showed me her check. It was for the sum of $4,324.44 and was stamped Paid in full Like I said before, I know the law, and this is for real. Intel and AOL are now discussing a merger which would make them the largest Internet company and in an effort make sure that AOL remains the most widely used program, Intel and AOL are running an e-mail beta test. When you forward this e-mail to friends, Intel can and will track it( if you are a Microsoft Windows user)for a two week time period. Try it; What have you got to lose [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/S.QlOD/3MnJAA/Zx0JAA/LRMolB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to:
