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I wonder how much more than 5% it was...? The trick now will be seeing if the tests can keep up with each of the new, undetectable (until you know what to look for) drugs bound to keep popping up. Looks like it's back to the cork for Sammy...

I applaud the dcision, and commmend the Board for the thoughtful consideration they gave to the matter.

Umm, It WASN'T HIS PRESCRIPTION, making it unlawfully obtained, possessed and ingested. "People who abuse illegal drugs need to be punished." So when is he turning himself in for incarceration?

A buddy of mine has just been offered a job at EA's Tiburon facility in Florida. That's the group that develops all the sports games. he has yet to accept (idiot). They're gonna pay relocate him and pay him scads of money, so I don’t see what the holdup is.

You are technically more correct, of course, but the end result is tthe same and I couldn't resist... that's why I included the tongue-in-cheek >>

There are essentially limitless horizons for human health applications derived from nearly totipotent stem cells (actually, stem cells are merely pluripotent – capable of differentiating into most types of specialized tissues but not capable of developing an entire individual). While I abhor the thought of people living even longer than they do now (there’s gonna be 8.5 billion of us in just 20 years!), I’m stunned by the possibilities of applied stem cell science. Jas, stem cells are derived from the inner cell mass of the blastocyst stage of early embryonic development (formed about 4 days post-fertilization). This is the cell mass that goes on to form almost everything in the developing fetus except the placenta and other in-utero support tissues – that is derived from the outer blastocyst layer. Stem cell lines right now have been most successfully derived from two different sources, and both of these are based on either naturally or artificially fertilized embryos not taken to term. One line is derived from terminated pregnancies, with the consent of the donor. The other line is derived from unused human embryos fertilized at in vitro fertilization clinics, also with the consent of the donors. For the Fundamentalists, this becomes an odd dilemma. A cell line from terminated pregnancies is an abomination, but what about that from frozen embryos in excess of clinical need but fertilized for reproductive rather than research purposes? If these won’t be used to make babies, then what is the Fundamentalist’s solution for getting rid of tthem? Dumping them? Morally that should enrage them more than a traditional abortion, because these “incipient human lives” were willfully created and not just conceived on accident. Keep ‘em frozen indefinitely? Is that a better quality of life for the “incipients”? Do useful, important stem cell research with them? Yeah, ok, but not with the ones from abortions… Now, I could go off on any number of rants here, but I’ll limit myself to two. In regard to the IVF clinics, it drives me absolutely nuts when these parents of mega-multiples via artificial means decide to proceed with having all four, five, six, seven… implanted babies despite the fact that it jeopardizes the lives of the unborn kids and PERMANENTLY compromises their health and quality of life. The kicker, of course, is that “It’s Gawd’s will” that all the babies be born despite the risk and cost. The apparent fact that it was God’s will that these couples didn’t conceive is never considered, of course. I’m actually not in the least bit against IVF, but there is a serious double-standard here, the latest and greatest medical marvels can be used to thwart the will of the Big G when a couple needs their baby, but not when their own doctors tell them that selective reduction of the less viable implants should be enacted for the health of the most viable. My other rant centers on the enlightened self interest of empowered Conservatives who realize that something they should rail against as part of the party line could actually do them some good (file under “can’t walk it like they talk it”). The same blindness to personal moral ambiguity that keeps Dick Cheney from vigorously attacking gay rights as his buddies (oh, yeah, his daughter’s gay, and he loves her so maybe gay’s aren’t evil…), and has thus far kept Rush from demanding he be incarcerated as per the zero tolerance for losers he has preached for years is coming to the fore now. Nancy Reagan has openly warmed to the notion of stem cell research because – you guessed it – the cure for Alzheimer's may come from stem cells. It won’t happen in time to help Ron (is he like 100 now?), but Alzheimer's research has understandably become a pet cause for the family.

They had the power to make the Non-President Bush II Presidency go through.

Sonovab****!! THANKS FOR THIS! (sarcasm)

The difference is that Notre Dame is rooted in Irish Catholic tradition, although I still don't see the stereotype doing a great service to anyone. If, on the other hand, Oliver Cromwell decided that after the "To Hell or To Conaught" genocide drives it would be cute to have the Irish as a mascot (for I don't know what, a hunt club maybe?) and I was one of the Irish whose lands were seized, i would be pretty resentful.

UIUC graduate, 1989 – sure doesn’t seem like that long ago. I have no PERSONAL resentment of the Chief, but it's not my place to be offended. That said, I’m glad the board is considering complaints and I hope they take them seriously. North American First Peoples have had pretty much everything taken away from them in the last 300 years. For perspective, that is thousands (not hundreds) of years of unique society and culture from 500+ distinct nations wiped out and replaced by alcoholism and the highest ethnic suicide rate in the country. And no, the casinos don’t fix it, or the tax-free cigarette sales, or the tribal fishing rights, etc. If that’s not a s*** sandwich, I don’t know what is.

We must have posted at the same time, sorry.

Checks and balances is necessary to ensure that bounds are not overstepped by any one branch of government. In this case, temporary injunctions are put in place while more substantial appeals are developed. It does make things wend their way through the courts rather slowly some times, but it is an important process nonetheless.

They HAVE clearly stated what they are doing -- by throwing 100s of millions of dollars at bill after bill ostensably meant to address a small fraction of abortion procedures, and in using overly broad language to do it. Does anyone believe the sponsors of this latest bill be done pursuing other anti-abortion legislation if this bill is upheld? At least there are several judges who see it for what it is and have issued injunctions. The Utah judge's injunction is very narrow, only protecting the rights of 4 specific doctors AND their professional colleagues. But, in theory, those doctors can consult others nationwide via email and extend their protections to them. The judge learned the power of vague wording I guess, so good for him. The ruling from the New York judge sounds like it will be more important in the long run.

YIKES!

That's a pretty expensive f***. Five f***s, actually. That's only a million a f*** -- small potatoes (if you are Robert Redford).

Thats it, PA!! I'm officially slapping you with a Beatle-bashing Gag Order!! I'm doing you a favor actually, because one day your gonna get struck by lightening if you keep it up. The Big G is a HUGE Beatles fan, y'know.

A dubious way to end the tenure of the Korean Babe Ruth. I understand he was well-liked by the players and hung with them as one of the guys at the hotel bars and such. Bummer.

First world realease on Nov 17, in the States the Tuesday after, right?? I have been wating for months for this one! The "Let it Be" cut from the album was aired on BBC 2 on Oct 28th. I have yet to search out an mp3 of the track but I'm sure there's a bunch out there now.

I'd sure like to see them do right for homegrown guys like Mark unstead of screwing them over, only to offer less deserving FA's the deals they do. Hopefully they can make Mark and offer that makes him happy, and isn't inflated with incentive-based bonuses rather than guaranteed money.

No pics, BEGOOD (sorry), but I wanted to know if you were aware of the song "Anna Kournikova" by the power pop band Binge? Pretty snappy tune. "Anna Kournivorva, I'd like to get to know ya' Anna Kournivorva, I'd like to get to know ya'" There's also a line in there something like, "wearing your skirt with the high-cut hem, take my hand and I'll take you to the Krem...lin."

It may not be a magnetic field issue if the effect is visible around the entire edge of the screen instead on just in one spot (I could be wrong though, easy to check). It sounds more like the CRT is dying, especially if it's an older tv. CRTs anodize over time and it occurs from the outside inward. It used to be a lot worse in older tv's, and in fact that is why old tvs had the plastic bezel that covered an inch or so areound the edge of the screen. The picture would shrink over time due to anodization, but the consumer would not notice it until the shrinkage actually migrated into the viewable part of the screen past the bezel. The bigger problem woth newer CRT tv's seems to be that one or another of the RGB guns craps out way too early (shoddy consumer equipment). The blue gun on my tv (only 2 *%&$! years old!) is dying and when the tv heats up it goes out and everything takes on an annoying green cast.

I like this quick snippet in the article from Cave... "At first, we were all thinking it would be a big-name guy, but time went on ... and now, why not?'' Kusnyer said. "I respect the decision Kenny made. Let's get it on." In fact, I kind of "Let's Get it On!" should be the 2004 Sox slogan. Either that or, "Let's Just f***ing Do it Already!".

A quick glance at career stats should suggest Ponson is not exactly a replacement for Colon, is he?? He's really only had one very good season, and just seems like a very expensive number three starter. It may be the best of several bad options though, I guess.

There could only be one first Star Wars movie. Even though Empire was cinematically and technically superior, it could never eclipse the first. Dito for the Matrix Trilogy. Noone had ever seen the likes of BulletCam FX before, and visually it blew people away. It also was just convoluted enough to reel viewers in but not so much to give them headaches. Reloaded was visually stunning, but it was no longer groundbreaking like the first film. Also, the W. Brothers end the film in the midst of many partial revelations that you have to believe will be resolved to satisfaction with the final film. Maybe the Neo/Trinity romance side story is an anoyance or too predictable, but this is after all still just a manga comic story delivered ast an epic scale. Maybe Zion didn't look like many people thought it should, but I'm rolling with it. It's just nice to get installments 6 months apart instead of 3 years apart.