Marie, should we do this:::

As some of you know I coach a youth ice hockey team in Nashville. The
Pedators have agreed to graciously allow my team to play one game at the
Gaylord Entertainment Center. As you can imagine, the kids are really
exited. Imagine playing football at the Titans stadium or baseball at
Yankee Stadium. Well for them this is it ... Each player get's announced
on the ice, they play the national anthem, they announce the goals, etc. -
they get all the bells and whistles as the Preds game.

Yes there is a catch - the team has to sell 150 tickets to the Predators
game on March 1 at 1:00 pm. (Chicago Blackhawks). The tickets are in the
cheap seats and only cost $17.00 each. The kids are selling them as best
they can, but based on last nights inventory, it appears they would be well
short. They looked very dejected when I broke the news, until I told them I
would help out if I could.

That's where each of you step in. If each of you could buy just one ticket,
that would sell 30 tickets and I think we would close. If you bring your
spouse or a date and buy two tickets, that would sell 60 tickets and we
would be in for sure.

Please let me know ASAP if you would be interested. (I need to turn the
money in this weekend). Your help would be greatly appreciated by these fine
young men as well as myself.

Thanks,
Dan Bartholemew
DEBartholomew@bwsc.net

[We should all buy tickets to this game, even if we can't make it. $17.00 isn't asking alot...and its hockey for crying out loud. I am definitly in! - Nanochick]

Help a kid play hockey

] "Clonaid, the company that claims to have produced the
] first human clone, said Saturday it has produced a second
] one, a girl born to a Dutch lesbian. "

More bullshit from the crazies

Wired News: Sect Claims Second Clone Is Born

Some very interesting graphs of the social network on MemeStreams.

[/me stares in awe. So very rad looking. So interesting on many levels. -Nano]

Visualizing MemeStreams

] "THERE is a story of a woman on a train who was intrigued
] by a fellow passenger reading a book and laughing out
] loud from time to time. He left his seat and the book
] behind. She snatched the chance to look at it. It was
] page after page of calculations. She concluded that it
] was best to find another seat. "

Just a reminder for me so that I can go to the bookstore and try to find this book. Has anyone else read/heard anything about it? I found Riemann to be an interesting part of Calculus class, so I may pick up this book.

New Scientist - Dr Riemann's Zeros

] "There are far too many smart, educated, talented people
] operating at quarter speed, unsure of their place in the
] world, contributing far too little to the productive
] engine of modern civilization. There are far too many
] people who look like they have their act together but
] have yet to make an impact."

What Should I Do With My Life?

] "Our scientists are now working on the next generation of
] clone babies which will include for the first time as
] well clones of people carrying the HIV virus. Thanks to
] human cloning people with AIDS will be able to have
] children of their own genetic offspring without taking
] the risk of passing on the disease to their children."

I don't think these people know anything about biological science. For example, how do you clone a person with HIV without passing on the disease? Sounds like these people haven't gotten the clue that HIV is a retrograde virus that integrates into its host genome. Therefore, if you clone someone with HIV, and you pick a cell with the virus, then actually, you are creating a baby that most certainly will have HIV. Sheesh.

The first human cloning company.

This whole cloning subject has been rattling around in my brain for days now. Tonight I am thinking about security, and I thought I would post a question and see what you all think. So, assuming that this clone really is the first human clone, lets create a scenario in which cloning becomes really common in the future (for some creepy reason). You, wanting to keep up with the latest technology fad, save up the money, and clone yourself. Its no longer creepy to think about cloning, because everyone who is anyone has a clone. So you spend years raising your clone...and its just great...because its almost like you have a second chance at life...your clone gets to do things that you only wish you could have done with your life. But lets say, due to some environmental event (keeping in mind that this couldn't have been from genes, because you would *never* do something like this), your clone has a mean streak and decides to kill someone. Only your clone is kind of sloppy at the job, and he/she leaves fingerprints and DNA samples behind at the crime scene. Now, stepping out of the scenario, how would fingerprints and DNA be used in forensics in the future? Your clone will have the exact same fingerprints, the exact same DNA, and the same information will show up with a retinal scan. In a future in which cloning may exist, how does one retain their personal identity when they have a clone running around? How can you prevent identity theft? What do you all think?

] "This time in 2050, we will be sitting down to eat a
] synthetic turkey, with a robot helping out to prepare the
] trimmings.
] This is what we can expect for Christmas in the year
] 2050, according to BT's futurologist Ian Pearson. "

Merry Christmas

BBC NEWS | Technology | Hi-tech ghosts of Christmas future

] "Our grand reopening is planned for Nov 30th, 2002."

Some streams are available now... :)

[Sweetness. This makes me happy - Nano]

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