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Sunday, July 30, 2000

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Ill wind 'killed dinosaurs' (BBC)

"Dinosaurs were not wiped out by a meteorite or a planetary catastrophe but by a serious flatulence problem, according to a Chinese news report." Ooh, man, Rex, what did you eat? (Posted by BoyCaught)

United Against Hate

"A Hate-crimes forum." A very nice site, on a very sad topic. (Posted by BoyCaught)

A Diverse, Inclusive Miniseries (LA Times)

"When the lights hit the stage at the Republican Party's convention here Monday night, television cameras will focus on a class of mostly Latino students chanting a rap-like routine borrowed from their Houston classroom." These are the so-called little brown ones the older Bush talked about when he ran for, and lost, the presidency. Those Republicans are so inclusive. (Posted by BoyCaught)

Real World Startup (Denver Post)

"This is the story of one such start-up in Colorado, named Ereo. It represents a new generation of companies driven by the power of venture capitalists." (Posted by BoyCaught)

QOTD: “We are not doing this to find racial differences. We are doing it because we want to understand what makes a good runner.”

(Posted by BoyCaught)

Row over human cloning plans (BBC)

"The UK Government has dismissed reports that it is to give the go-ahead to growing "spare body parts" from human embryos." BoyCaught wonders: aren't things moving way too fast here? Two years ago: sheep. One year ago: pigs. Now we're already talking about actually cloning humans, albeit for clinical purposes. What next? (Posted by BoyCaught)

Twin removed from 4-month-old boy's belly (NandO)

"Two Egyptian doctors have removed a growing fetus from the belly of a 4-month-old boy." (Posted by BoyCaught)

Power in Silicon Valley: Leaders fail to reflect valley's diversity (SJ Mercury)

"Silicon Valley's population is growing more diverse with dizzying speed. But change is coming more slowly to the top ranks of the valley's most powerful, which remain more monochrome than melting pot." Not surprising. (Posted by BoyCaught)