Re: Low cal for long life?

2004-04-21 Thread The Fool
-- From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 06:06:23PM -0500, The Fool wrote: Erik wrote: > > For that to link with what I was suggesting, there needs to be a > > correlation between faster metabolic rate and cell division / telomere > > shortening rate. Is there?

Rumsfelds' Web of Lies Starts Unraveling

2004-04-21 Thread The Fool
<> That Woodward Magic By Dan Froomkin Special to washingtonpost.com Wednesday, April 21, 2004; 10:18 AM How does he do it? That's one of the questions you hear a lot as Washington conversation continues to be con

Re: Low cal for long life?

2004-04-21 Thread Erik Reuter
On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 06:06:23PM -0500, The Fool wrote: Erik wrote: > > For that to link with what I was suggesting, there needs to be a > > correlation between faster metabolic rate and cell division / telomere > > shortening rate. Is there? > In either case telomere length is the determinin

Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die Rag - Revisited

2004-04-21 Thread Robert Seeberger
Come on all of you big strong men Uncle Sam needs your help again he's got himself in a terrible crack way down yonder in ole Iraq So put down your books and pick up a gun we're gonna have a whole lotta fun And it's one, two, three, what are we fighting for don't ask me I don't give a crap, next

Re: Low cal for long life?

2004-04-21 Thread The Fool
-- From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 10:16:08PM -0500, The Fool wrote: > They are called telomeres. They are on the ends of chromosomes. > Every time a cell divides they shorten. For that to link with what I was suggesting, there needs to be a correlation bet

Weekly Chat Reminder

2004-04-21 Thread Steve Sloan II
This is just a quick reminder that the Wednesday Brin-L chat is scheduled for 3 PM Eastern/2 PM Central time in the US, or 7 PM Greenwich time, so it started about three hours ago. There will probably be somebody there to talk to for at least eight hours after the start time. See my instruction pag

USDA vs MadCow update

2004-04-21 Thread The Fool
<> Records contradict USDA's mad cow decision By Steve Mitchell United Press International Published 4/21/2004 3:07 PM WASHINGTON, April 21 (UPI) -- A recent U.S. Department of Agriculture decision to block a private company from test

RE: Forwarded SP@M

2004-04-21 Thread Horn, John
> -Original Message- > From: Ronn!Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >X-Originating-IP: [82.225.61.186] > >From: "Libby Dalton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Ben Benton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> What I want to know is why your name is actually "Ben Benton"? You've been using a pseudonym a

Vanunu released after 18 years

2004-04-21 Thread William T Goodall
"Mordechai Vanunu walked free from prison today after spending 18 years in jail for revealing secrets that exposed Israel as one of the world's top nuclear powers and said he was "proud and happy" at his actions. In a defiant address outside prison, the nuclear whistleblower said his treatment

Re: Irregulars: Solid-state lasers

2004-04-21 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 10:47:10PM -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > At 08:04 AM 4/20/04, Erik Reuter wrote: > > > >http://www.photonic-products.com/techinfo/sanyo_tech/sanyo_databook.pdf > Thanks! Exactly what I was looking for (although for some reason I am > having some trouble getting the web

Re: Low cal for long life?

2004-04-21 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 10:16:08PM -0500, The Fool wrote: > They are called telomeres. They are on the ends of chromosomes. > Every time a cell divides they shorten. For that to link with what I was suggesting, there needs to be a correlation between faster metabolic rate and cell division / tel

Re: Study Shows How Vibrating Tools Harm Workers

2004-04-21 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Workers who use vibrating tools for hours on end may suffer permanent damage, and two U.S. researchers said Monday they think they can explain why. <> It's Not Because They Can No Longer Be Satisfied

Study Shows How Vibrating Tools Harm Workers

2004-04-21 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
Workers who use vibrating tools for hours on end may suffer permanent damage, and two U.S. researchers said Monday they think they can explain why. <> It's Not Because They Can No Longer Be Satisfied By Men Maru -- Ronn! :)