] Patriot Act II would give the government broad powers to
] seize documents and force testimony without a court
] order, expand use of the death penalty and make it harder
] to be released on bail. None of these tools are necessary
] to fight terrorism, and each threatens to infringe on the
] civil liberties of Americans.
]
] The most troubling part of the new plan is the call for
] expanding government access to private data, allowing
] federal agents to issue subpoenas for private medical,
] financial and other records, without a court order. The
] lack of judicial oversight removes an important check on
] government misconduct. Record holders would be required
] to comply, or face prison, and would be barred from
] telling anyone about the subpoena.

Patriot Act, Part II - Fucking Insane

] Blackbox Voting.org is Bev Harris' site exposing the
] security vulnerabilities of the Diebold voting machines.
]
]
] As of 8:46 p.m. PST, the site has been pulled, with the
] following message:

Alright. So the obvious question. Did anyone happen to get a mirro beforehand. I'd gladly do my part to make sure any appropriate info was still being made public.

[google.....google always has a cache - Nano]

Daily Kos: Diebold feels the heat. Sends out attack lawyers

Thrynn asked for a cache....google always has a cache:)

BlackBoxVoting.org

] Fisherspooner
]
]
]
] Where:Earthlink Live
]
] When:10/2/2003
]
] Price:$22
]
] Info: Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. All ages.

I don't know if this link will take you to the concerts page, but here is the info. We should go.

99X.com - New Rock First!

werd

Hey...I am on Tom and Marie's LED sign:)

] Advexin is an ingenious drug that uses a disabled virus (one that
] causes the common cold, in fact) to deliver a gene called p53 to
] tumor cells. When this gene is mutated, cells can start dividing
] uncontrollably and turning into tumor cells. Advexin delivers a
] normal copy of p53 to tumor cells in order to restore order to the
] cells.

cool...

Anti-cancer drug aproved for FDA fast tracking

] To gather new strains, Sulakvelidze need only drop a
] bucket into Baltimore's Inner Harbor. The waters of the
] Chesapeake Bay, of which the harbor is an inlet, have
] enough exchange with the Atlantic that he can find a
] phage for almost any species of bacteria, he says. If one
] doesn't work, he simply refills his bucket and looks for
] another that does.
]
] "This upgradability is one of the unique qualities of
] phages," Sulakvelidze adds. "Developing a new antibiotic
] takes 10 years and God knows how many millions of
] dollars."
]
] As he puts it, "Mother Nature runs the best genetic
] engineering lab out there. No institution or company can
] match it."

Wired 11.10: How Ravenous Soviet Viruses Will Save the World

So, I started my first lab rotation today at Emory. I must say I love grad school thus far, but this just blows me away. My first rotation, I am working in a synthetic biology lab, and guess what? I get to work on a project involving SARS! I am so excited, I just wanted to share with the memestreams community.:)

Orson Scott Card eloquently summarizes the issues at hand...

Art Watch - September 7, 2003 - MP3s Are Not the Devil - The Ornery American

] US researchers have patented a technique to manufacture
] batteries a thousandth of a millimetre across.
]
] Building a microscopic power unit is a first step towards
] propelling machines that operate at the atomic scale.
] Miniature robots might one day sniff out chemicals in the
] environment or deliver drugs inside the body.

Microbatteries patented: Tiny power cells built and tested in United States.