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Choreographer Deborah Jinza Thayer has an unusual sense of humor, a roving intellect, and a propensity for putting dancers inside all manner of architectural contraptions. Her company is called Movement Architecture for reason.
Bourdain writes with news out of the University of Arkansas, where researchers are looking for ways to combat counterfeit RFID tags. Passive tags typically wait for a reader to transmit a signal of the appropriate strength and frequency before sending their own transmission. The scientists found that the amount of power required to trigger this varies quite a bit from one tag to the next ...
Courtney Love bids $120,000 in an auction to win a date with former president Bill Clinton . Sadly, she loses… to Condoleezza Rice. [ NYMag ] KISS want to rock with you in the afterlife, and Electric Six want to help with your next orgasm -- as evidenced in the list of Most Ridiculous Band Merch Ever. [ Mog ] Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attends a rap battle, says break dancing and hip ...
Dr. Charles R. Long, of Texas A&M, will deliver the 27th annual J.H. Burr Jr. Lecture at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, in the Miller Science Building, Room 137. SFA began presenting the lecture in 1982 in honor of a past professor, J.H. Burr Jr. This will be the first year that SFA has welcomed Long as a presenter.
Engineering researchers have developed a unique and robust method to prevent cloning of passive radio frequency identification tags. The technology, based on one or more unique physical attributes of individual tags rather than information stored on them, will prevent the production of counterfeit tags and thus greatly enhance both security and privacy for government agencies, businesses and ...
A suspect in a credit card cloning scheme has pleaded guilty to conspiracy. Antoine D. Barnett awaits sentencing at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, in U.S. District Court in Bay City. Court records show Barnett bought at least 15...
Sunday night, the Patriots lost a heartbreaker to the Colts 35-34. The talk of the sports world yesterday was Bill Belichick's decision to go for it on fouth-and-two on his own 28 yard line when he was up by six with just over two minutes to play. They didn't get the first down, and turned the ball back over to the Colts, who went on to score a touchdown and win the game. Yesterday's discussion ...
By Larry Schramm StarNews Correspondent I don't understand cloning. And I find it easy to be against something I don't understand. Cher, my wife, suggested that it might help if I would look up the definition in her old reliable Webster's Improved Dictionary, copyright 1955, but unfortunately “cloning” isn't in it.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — State lawmakers who brokered a compromise between abortion opponents and University of Nebraska researchers on embryonic stem cell research say the deal does not prohibit either side from lobbying the Board of Regents.
New developments in the fight over whether embryonic stem cell research should be legal in South Dakota. Today a south dakota group called "The Coalition for Cures Not Cloning" held a press conference saying they are ready for a fight to make sure this issue does not get put back on a ballot.
The newly formed Coalition for Cures Not Cloning is urging people not to sign a petition that would allow embryonic stem cell research in South Dakota, calling the petition misleading.
A proposed measure for the 2010 ballot would allow cloning and embryonic stem cell research in South Dakota. A newly formed group is launching a pre-emptive strike.
A South Dakota group Coalition for Cures Not Cloning is speaking out against embryonic stem cell research.
There are a lot of smart people at Cal, and you've got to figure the gene-splicing, cloning and teleportation experts could help the Bears with their problems inside. Starting center Markhuri Sanders-Frison goes about 275 pounds, but is only 6-foot-7. His...
by Chris Davis Good Hair Attention, mad scientists and all others with an interest in cloning Elvis: The BBC is reporting that Homer Gill Gilleland, the hairdresser once charged with keeping Presley's mane black and shiny, is putting a hunk of hair up for auction on Saturday, November 14th. The hair, which has been appraised at around $416, comes with a certificate of authenticity. Faking It ...
A new group is forming in opposition to the idea of bringing embryonic stem cell research back to a South Dakota ballot.
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