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Subject: [BPR] - Complete gene map ('book of life')
From: bpr-list@philologos.org("Moza")
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 08:46:24 -0400

Monday, 8 May, 2000, 16:45 GMT 17:45 UK
Genome 'dark horse' comes to the fore

Raw data from chromosome 21 A "dark horse" private company
in the US is claiming to have taken a major lead on its
rivals in the race to produce a complete gene map of humans.

At the same time, publicly-funded scientists in Germany
and Japan have passed another milestone in decoding human
chromosome 21.

The private company DoubleTwist is a relative newcomer in
the genome race but claims to have completed the first
large-scale computational analysis of the human genome.

It says it did this by analysing publicly-available data
using Sun supercomputers and its own gene-hunting software.
The company believes it now knows the location of about two-
thirds of the genes in the human "book of life".

"What we have found so far is approximately 65,000 genes
that are marked with high confidence," Nick Tsinoremas,
director of research at Oakland-based DoubleTwist, told
reporters.

"We are looking closely at another 40,000 potential genes."

Surprise entry

DoubleTwist's entry into the genome race comes as a
surprise to genetic onlookers as it was thought that the
battle to complete the human genome first was essentially
between the privately-funded Celera Genomics corporation
and the publicly-funded Human Genome Project (HGP).

Three weeks ago, Celera's CEO Craig Venter announced that
his company had obtained the entire DNA sequence of a human
but had not yet assembled it into the correct order. He
added that it would only take them a few weeks to complete
that task.

For its part, the HGP released a statement on Monday
saying it had started the final phase of deciphering the
three billion "base pairs" that make up the human genetic
code.

The Project has a rough map of more than 90% of the genes
and is now attempting to plug the holes in its data. The
HGP expects to have a rough draft of the entire human
genetic blueprint done by mid-June.

The decoding of chromosome 21 is a significant achievement
for the HGP. It will be published in the journal Nature.

It comes as rumours circulate in the scientific community
that an official announcement that the entire human genetic
blueprint has been sequenced is just days away.

The announcement could be made at an important gathering
of genome scientists on Thursday at Cold Spring Harbour
Laboratory, Long Island, US.

Chromosome 21 is the smallest human chromosome comprising
less than 1.5% of the entire human genetic code.

Extra copies of the chromosome result in Down's Syndrome,
the most frequent cause of mental retardation. It affects
one in 700 births.

Professor Yoshi Sakaki, who heads the Human Genome Project
at Tokyo University, told the BBC he was particularly
pleased to have completed the chromosome 21 work because he
himself had Down's Syndrome relatives.

"We are now standing at the starting point of
understanding the molecular mechanism of Down's Syndrome,"
he said. "I hope we can find effective therapies for
patients in the coming 10 years."

Scientists say that chromosome 21 has 33,546,361 base
pairs of DNA, incorporating 127 genes.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_741000/741022.stm

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Subject: [BPR] - Ashes to ashes? Texas firm offers moon burial
From: bpr-list@philologos.org("Moza")
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 08:49:22 -0400

Ashes to ashes? Texas firm offers moon burial

Updated 6:28 PM ET May 9, 2000

By Deborah Zabarenko

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Why just send your ashes into
space, when you can send them to the moon?

  Celestis Inc., a Houston-based firm that has sent the remains of
  100 people into earth orbit, said Tuesday it plans to offer a new
  service: burial on the lunar surface.

  The first candidate for this service is Mareta West, the pioneering
  geologist who picked the site for the 1969 Apollo 11 moon
  landing.

  She will have her own moon landing of sorts in a year or two,
  when about 2 grams of her cremated remains are to be lofted to
  the lunar surface, more than two years after her death.

  She will not be the first earthling to have some of her ashes sent
  to the moon -- that was astronomer Gene Shoemaker, whose
  remains crashed into the lunar surface last year aboard NASA's
  Lunar Prospector spacecraft.

But West's ashes would be the first to fly commercial.

  The company's foundation is paying for West's final trip, but the
  service is also available to ordinary souls for a $12,500 fee,
  which is "not completely out of line with what people might spend
  on a traditional funeral," Celestis president Chan Tysor said in a
  telephone interview.

West's remains would fly along with a commercial space mission
in the next two or three years, Tysor said. West died in 1998.

  The notion of lobbing cremated remains into space for profit is
  about 15 years old, and so far Celestis has made only three
  flights carrying lipstick-sized vials of dead people's ashes into
  earth orbit.

While the company is not profitable at this point, Tysor said
business is good, with interest from Europe and Japan increasing.

LOOKING TO EUROPE AND ASIA FOR BUSINESS

  "The Asian market and the European market I think hold great
  promise for us, the cremation rate is very high in Asia, especially
  Japan," he said. "We get a tremendous amount of interest from
  Germany and a steady stream of interest from the Netherlands,
  and it looks like we'll have our first one or two customers from
  the United Kingdom soon."

There is a protocol to the so-called Earthview flights, which cost
$5,300 each, Tysor said.

  "The families send in 'cremains' for us to launch and we
  hand-carry them out to Vandenberg Air Force Base (in
  California) ... about 90 days prior to launch," he said.

  The remains -- a symbolic amount of ashes -- are put in a
  lipstick-sized flight capsule made out of high-grade plastic coated
  with metal, which is engraved with the deceased's name and a
  personal message up to 25 characters.

  "We've seen 'Ad astra per aspera,' we've seen 'What a
  magnificent view,' we've seen 'My spirit is free to soar,"' Tysor
  said.

  Closer to the launch date, the families and friends of the dead
  arrive at Vandenberg for a tour and get to know one another
  before the launch.

  The Celestis capsule, carrying as many as 38 vials of remains,
  orbits the earth for what could be years, and while it is up, it can
  be tracked by the same agencies that track satellites, Tysor said.
  Eventually the orbit degrades and the capsule eventually
  vaporizes as it re-enters the atmosphere.

  Marilyn Bohon, a friend of West's family, said she and others
  decided to send the geologist's remains to the moon after reading
  about the orbital flights.

  "It just hooked me," Bohon said by telephone from Oklahoma.
  She recalled that West's sister was once asked whether Mareta
  West would have gone to the moon if she could have. The
  answer was a resounding yes, Bohon said.

http://news.excite.com/news/r/000509/18/space-burial

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Subject: [BPR] - The Cutting Edge of Science
From: bpr-list@philologos.org("Moza")
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 08:54:14 -0400

The Cutting Edge of Science Scent Could Warn When End Is
Near for Dull Blades

German scientists say they´ve found an aromatic way to
warn you that it´s time to change your razor blade — before
you end up with a cut face. (Photodisc)

By Sue Masterman

May 8 — Is your razor blade a lemon, threatening to turn
your face — or any other part of your anatomy — into a well-
ploughed field instead of the smooth surface you desire?
German scientists have found a way to warn you that it´s
time to change the blade before it is too late. If they
manage to market their invention, your nose will be able to
warn you in the future when a blade is ripe for changing
before it starts to slice where it should clip. The
Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films
says it has found a way to trap the sharp scent of bitter
lemons just under the surface of the blade. As the blade
wears down, the scent is released, warning that the blunt
end of its life is near.

Choose Your Own Aroma? Andreas Dietz, who led the
research, see many more uses for the new invention. “Wear
occurs very frequently on tools,” he says. Users, he says,
can now monitor that wear and tear without having to stop
the machines and measure. It doesn´t have to be lemons
either. In future, the worker slaving over the lathe could
be alerted to the blunting of his tool by the gentle scent
of roses — or some other selected odor more suited to the
sweatshop. A faint whiff of skunk, maybe? Before the sweet
smell of success envelops the Brunswick institute, however,
the costs of incorporating the new microfilm into the
surfaces of razor blades or any other instrument will have
to be brought down considerably. Until then, the morning
shave will remain touch and go.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/lemonrazors000508.html

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Subject: [BPR] - Ordinary Miracles
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Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 09:04:44 -0400

Ordinary Miracles

ARE you ever, when absent-mindedly cleaning the house, troubled by those
deep philosophical questions? You know the sort of thing. How did we get
here? What is the meaning of life? Why does a collection of carbon,
hydrogen and oxygen atoms like me feel the need to ask such difficult
questions?

The answers probably won't come to you while you're still cleaning, so stop
dusting and pay attention to Sorin Solomon, a physicist at the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem. Solomon has discovered that adaptive, almost
intelligent behaviour can emerge from the interaction of just two very stupid
kinds of entity. We'll call them angels and mortals. From their simple dance
comes an explanation for our very existence.

Full story:
http://www.newscientist.com/features/features_22371.html

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Subject: [BPR] - Infobeat News items (5/10/00)
From: bpr-list@philologos.org("Moza")
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 09:25:11 -0400

*** Israel singled out by UN statement

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A draft statement prepared by a U.N. conference
on nuclear disarmament has singled out Israel for being the only
country in the Middle East that hasn't signed onto the Nuclear
Nonproliferation Treaty. The draft, which is still subject to
revision before the conference wraps up next week, also notes that
subcontinental neighbors India and Pakistan, which conducted nuclear
tests in 1998, haven't signed and urges them to do so. The statement
would be one of the final statements from the conference reviewing
implementation of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which requires
nuclear powers to work toward disarmament while forbidding
non-nuclear countries from obtaining nuclear weapons. Israel, India
and Pakistan have come under intense criticism at the conference for
having failed to sign the treaty despite having nuclear capabilities.
Cuba is the only other country that hasn't signed. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2566395555-569

*** Israel, EU said near UN deal

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Israel and the European Union are near
agreement on Israel's admission to a U.N. grouping of mostly European
nations, but differences remain wide on one key issue, Israel's
ambassador said Tuesday. Shut out of the Middle East grouping by its
Arab neighbors, Israel has been lobbying for years for inclusion in a
grouping of mostly West European countries, the U.S. and Canada at
the U.N.. Israel is the only U.N. member that is not part of a
regional group, preventing it from being nominated for committee
memberships such as the Security Council. "This is an issue of
equality and justice and the right of every member nation to enjoy
full participation," Israeli Ambassador Yehuda Lankry said in an
interview. Israel's efforts for entry were supported by the U.S. but
opposed by several European countries until Spain reversed its
opposition earlier this year and decided to back Israel's membership
quest. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2566393843-dc7

*** UN panel urges China on rights

GENEVA (AP) - A U.N. panel Tuesday urged China to abolish policies
under which criminal suspects can be sent to labor camps for up to
three years without trial. Human rights groups said the panel didn't
go far enough. In its verdict after a two-day examination of China,
the Committee against Torture pressed Beijing to investigate all
allegations by human rights groups that suspects are tortured. The
panel stopped short of condemning China over accusations - which the
Chinese delegation called "groundless" - that such tactics are
widespread. The committee said it is "concerned about the continuing
allegations of serious incidents of torture, especially involving
Tibetans and other national minorities." Human rights groups say
beatings, forced labor, bad food and poor medical care are common in
Chinese prisons. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2566385660-e68

*** Moscow arms pact seems difficult

WASHINGTON (AP) - American election politics and Vladimir Putin's
uncertain agenda make progress this year on arms control doubtful,
even though the subject likely will dominate President Clinton's June
summit with the new Russian president. In his final months in office,
Clinton is looking for an arms deal to add to his legacy; the
incoming Putin is seeking to establish his credentials on the world
stage as the leader of a nuclear power. Trying to keep Clinton from
grabbing the spotlight, Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., pledged last month
to single-handedly block any late-term arms-control pact that Clinton
and Putin might negotiate. The chairman of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee said any such treaty would be "dead on arrival."
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2566400711-001

*** UN to pay volunteer peacekeepers

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Peacekeepers from around the world put
themselves at risk in faraway countries every day. But not for free.
The U.N. promises $1,000 per person, per month to countries that
volunteer troops for peace missions. That money can be helpful for
poorer nations, such as Zambia and Guinea. But the flat rate won't
cover the costs for better-trained western forces, who seem unwilling
to lose money on high-risk missions in areas where they have little
at stake. U.N. officials say they take what they can get. But that
leaves some wondering if the U.N. is getting what it pays for. In
Sierra Leone, 500 U.N. personnel have been taken hostage by rebels of
the Revolutionary United Front. At least one peacekeeper is believed
to be dead, and 12 others have been injured. Many peacekeepers have
been stripped of their weapons, and some have engaged in fighting.
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2566400615-669

*** Israel independence day divisive

NEWE SHALOM, Israel (AP) - Every day of the school year, Jews and
Arabs study together at the School of Peace in this joint community
tucked between olive orchards and hay fields in the heart of Israel.
But these days, when Israel mourns its fallen soldiers and then
celebrates its independence in back-to-back holidays, coexistence
becomes difficult. While Jewish residents rejoiced Tuesday in the
1948 founding of their state, Arab members of the community mourned
the dispersal of their people. The conflicting collective memories
mirror a larger split in Israeli society: Arab Israelis resent the
celebrations of the country's independence, and ultra-Orthodox Jews
ignore them. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2566386250-4db

*** Vietnam trip disappoints Vatican

ROME (AP) - A Vatican delegation to Vietnam made no major
breakthroughs, with officials proving cold to key proposals such as
establishing diplomatic relations, the Vatican missionary news
service reported Tuesday. Vietnamese officials told the delegation
they first wanted to see "more good will on the part of the Vatican,"
Fides said. Monsignors Celestino Migliore of the Vatican Secretary of
State and Barnaba Phuong visited Hanoi from May 2 to Saturday to try
to improve relations with communist-led Vietnam. Dealings have been
tense over Hanoi's insistence that it have final say over religious
appointments. The delegation had hoped to work out an agreement on
appointments of new bishops for at least three vacant diocese, as
well as for others whose bishops are too old and sick, Fides said. It
indicated the delegation left unsatisfied on that issue. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2566387092-91b

*** CBS rejects Christian dot-com ads

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A Christian Web site lost a bid to get its
commercials on the air during a CBS miniseries about Jesus. The site
www.iBelieve.com was eager to advertise on the high-profile network
miniseries, but CBS rejected the ads on the grounds that their
content is too similar to the program and might confuse viewers. The
two-part TV program begins Sunday night. At the same time, the Grand
Rapids-based Web merchant says it is being courted by www.CBS.com to
sponsor online sites for "Jesus" and the "Touched by an Angel"
series. CBS spokesman Dana McClintock said there is nothing
inconsistent about one CBS division rejecting advertising while
another pursued it. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2566400835-e24

*** New Holocaust documentary to air

LONDON (AP) - The Holocaust emerged in a piecemeal, step-by-step way
and not as the result of a single order from Nazi leaders, according
to a new television documentary series. The six-part series
"Holocaust" claims to be the most comprehensive history of the Nazi
genocide ever filmed. It was produced by Germany's ZDF television
channel in collaboration with the U.S.-based History Channel and
other broadcasters. "When I told people in Germany about the series,
they were telling me, 'Not again,"' Maurice Philip Remy, the series'
Munich-based producer and director, said at a news conference in
London detailing the documentary's findings. "But there is still a
deep interest in facts and background information on the Holocaust,"
he added. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2566388187-2d9

*** Gates urges use of smart cards

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates urged other
technology companies to forge ahead in adopting smart cards instead
of passwords as a way of ensuring security on the Internet. "The
weakest link in security is the fact that passwords are used," Gates
said during his keynote speech Tuesday at the NetWorld+Interop 2000
conference, a six-day computer networking event attended by about
60,000 people. Customers who want to buy products, bank or pay bills
online usually have to choose a password when they register with the
site. But Gates said that system wasn't secure because thieves can
call online companies and pose as customers who forgot their
passwords. Last year, the Federal Trade Commission received nearly
18,000 complaints of Internet consumer fraud, including allegations
about online auctions and sales of computer hardware and software.
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2566387748-6bb

*** Sky's the limit for roller coasters

SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) - Roller coasters that drop, twist and turn
riders at heights and speeds that were unimaginable just a few years
ago are coming under closer scrutiny amid an increase in amusement
park injuries. Some lawmakers and doctors are asking whether the
human body is built to withstand what today's scream machines dish
out. "Technology and ride design are outstripping our understanding
of the health effects of high G-forces on child and adult riders,"
said Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass. "How much force is too much force?"
America's theme parks are expected to draw more than 300 million
visitors this year, with about 200 million more people visiting
carnivals and fairs. Competition is driving a roller coaster arms
race of sorts - parks want rides that can claim to be the highest,
the fastest, the steepest, the scariest. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2566387814-466

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Subject: [BPR] - Weekend News Today (5/10/00)
From: bpr-list@philologos.org("Moza")
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 18:50:35 -0400

Seven hurricanes predicted

                         Weekend News Today
                         By Kelly Pagatpatan
                         Source: UPI

Wed May 10,2000 -- Hurricane forecasters predicted Wednesday there will
be 11 tropical storms during the hurricane season, producing seven
hurricanes, three or more of them major. The forecast revealed at a
briefing in Washington is identical to the one produced by long-range
forecaster William Gray of Colorado State University. "Looking forward
to the 2000 season we believe residents along the east and gulf coast
and the Caribbean must look forward to an above average 2000 season for
numbers of hurricanes," said D. James Baker, chief of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Clinton optimistic regarding September deadline for Oslo process

                         Weekend News Today
                         By Andra Brack
                         Source: IsraelWire

Wed May 10,2000 -- US President Bill is optimistic regarding the
September 13, 2000 deadline for the completion of the Oslo process
between Israel and the PA according to US officials. He acknowledged
that there are still obstacles dividing the sides but he believes the
final status agreement will be achieved by the deadline – even if the
framework agreement is not achieved in May as planned. US special envoy
to the talks, Ambassador Dennis Ross, returned to the US on Tuesday to
brief Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Ross is due to
return to Israel next week.

US dropped warrant for Klinghoffer´s killer at Arafat´s request

                         Weekend News Today
                         By Andra Brack
                         Source: IsraelWire

Wed May 10,2000 -- The US decision to stop pursuing Abu Abas, the
mastermind of the Achilles Lauro hijacking, was made at the request of
Yassir Arafat, according to a new report. The weekly Yerushalayim
newspaper reports (May 5, 2000) that "a source in the American Embassy
in Israel has confirmed that the arrest warrant against Abu Abas was
canceled at the request of Arafat."

Closure in Israel for Arabs until Thursday

                         Weekend News Today
                         By Andra Brack
                         Source: IsraelWire

Wed May 10,2000 -- A closure remains in effect on Arab residents of
Judea, Samaria and Israel, barring them from entering into “Israel
proper” until early Thursday morning except for extreme cases. Israel´s
security forces are on increased alert in the event Islamic
fundamentalists attempt to perpetrate a terror attack on Independence
Day.

http://upway.com/cgi-bin/went

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Subject: [BPR] - Russian Touts Computer Virus as Weapon
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Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 18:55:57 -0400

Russian Touts Computer Virus as Weapon

MOSCOW--Ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky has suggested that the
computer virus could be a useful tool for Russian foreign policy.

"The era of detective stories and James Bond has long been over,"
Zhirinovsky said, according to a weekend report in the newspaper
Kommersant. "Now there is a different era--the era of computers and the
Internet. And we can bring the entire West to its knees with our Russian
computer specialists. Let us put viruses into their secret programs like we
did recently, and they will not be able to do anything."

"It is time to put an end to the news focusing on Chechnya," he added. "It
must be closed down as a combat spot, and we must track computer
viruses more. Thanks to us, the West will soon suffer enormous losses."

(David Hoffman)

World in Brief
Tuesday, May 9, 2000

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30295-2000May8.html

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Subject: [BPR] - Barak warns Syria over any possible attacks
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Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 18:58:50 -0400

Tuesday, 9 May 2000 14:38 (ET)

Barak warns Syria over any possible attacks

TEL AVIV, Israel, May 9 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak stated
Monday he advises no one to attack Israel after it pulls out of Lebanon and
stressing he means, "Those who act directly and those who act behind
them."

In an interview to Israel Radio on the occasion of Israel's 52nd
independence day that began Monday evening, Barak said, "Only God
knows
exactly what will happen" after Israel pulls out of the security zone it has
maintained in southern Lebanon. The pullback is expected by July 7.

The outgoing head of the General Security Service, Ami Ayalon, said in
interview published Monday that some intelligence information indicates
attacks on Israel may escalate as Palestinian groups might join the
Hezbollah guerrillas.
Ayalon said other assessments suggest there will be no escalation because
Lebanon would not allow attacks that would invite heavy Israeli counter
strikes.

Barak noted that last Friday's air attacks on two Lebanese electric
transformation stations have pitched hundreds of thousands of Lebanese into
many months of power disruptions. Israeli planes also bombed a Hezbollah
arms depot, blowing up Tow anti-tank missiles and Katyusha rockets.

"This indicates to Hezbollah the depth of the (Israeli) penetration and
operational capability. The pictures and the knowledge that targets might be
hit at our wish in a dark night...is the real deterrence," the prime
minister said.

He said Israel will retaliate harshly until it leaves Lebanon and, "I do
not advise anyone to try and hurt the State of Israel, or its army when we
are deployed on the border in Israel."

Asked whether he was alluding to Syria as well he said, "When I say
everybody, I mean everybody, those who act directly and those who are
behind
them, on this side of the border and on the other side of the border."

Barak said it might be possible, "to invent excuses for attacks, with
Syrian or other initiative and encouragement."

However, he added, once Israel withdraws "These excuses will be baseless,
and therefore will have no staying power, and when we shall hit them back,
not without risks...(we shall) have more freedom of action than when we are
in Lebanon."

The world will understand Israel better when it strikes back after it
complies with U.N. Security Council Resolution 425 and leaves Lebanon.

Asked why Israel does not pull out now, Barak said he is trying to forge
international backing for the U.N. resolution and is making new security
arrangements south of border.

Barak declined to answer questions on whether Israel will collect the
heavy arms it had provided the South Lebanon Army. He said the main issue
now is the SLA's expectation that Beirut will grant them amnesty.

"It would not be right to say anything more today," he added.

http://www.vny.com/cf/News/upidetail.cfm?QID=84952

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