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http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/24/congress.stemcells.ap/index.html

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ignoring a veto threat, the House moved Tuesday toward approving a bill loosening President Bush's restrictions on stem cell research, with supporters claiming prospects were enhanced by promises that such research would offer new treatments for a host of debilitating ailments.

The floor debate was framed in starkly emotional terms, particularly by opponents of federal funding for embryonic stem cell research who liken the process to abortion because human embryos would be destroyed.

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said that using leftover embryos from fertility clinics amounts to the "dismemberment of living, distinct human beings" because the embryos are destroyed during the research. Conservatives offered an alternative measure (H.R. 596) to encourage research using stem cells from umbilical cords.

Supporters of embryonic stem cell research tried to cast the debate in terms of the possible medical cures that could come from it.

"For America to stand back because of a moral principle and not allow sound scientific research to proceed under the umbrella of the National Institute of Health, I think, is unconscionable," said Rep. Charlie Bass, R-New Hampshire.

The Dead Cell Zones
San Onofre

driving on the road to san onofre
wonderin (back up vocals)
cruisin el camino just off the freeway
wonderin (back up vocals)
san clemente is the place I say
wonderin (back up vocals)
where I want to live, surf and play


break
(slow instrumental)

We got military, high priced homes and fuel rods
san onofre (back up vocals)
We got chemicals, toxins and run off debris
san onofre (back up vocals)
We got sharks out there that wanna eat me
san onofre (back up vocals)
We all just wanna be surf gods
(hold last note on gods)

break
(fast surfy instrumental)

(enter a funky chorus rythym 3x)
SanO
SanO
SanO
SanO

you feed my soul
SanO
SanO
SanO
SanO

inside your bowl
SanO
SanO
SanO
SanO

a new song I'm working on
The Dead Cell Zones
I want to rub all over yah

I want to rub
all over yah

Climb your tree
like an african monkey

rub
all over yah

rubbing on you
till you want to do me

get down
(instrumental)

I’ve seen the way you walk
heard the way you talk (guitar woot woo)
laughed at the smirk on your face
by the time we’re done
Having some fun
you’ll be begging me to enter my space
(instrumental)

gonna sweep you off of the floor
I’m not a psycho killer
I know you’re looking for that Mr. Right
out with your girls every Saturday night
and all the frogs that you’ve kissed till now
it’s time for just one more..............

c’mon girl
(instrumental)

c’mon baby let me be your king
I want to show you your palace (guitar woot woo)
c’mon baby you gotta notice me
turn around now so that you can see
take one more chance on a frog right now
it’s time for me to give you your ring....................
(instrumental/piano-guitar solos)

but I honestly gotta tell you that

I want to rub
all over yah

Climb your tree
like an african monkey

rub
all over yah

rubbing on you
till you want to do me

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/hurricane_season

Bad for my Dad whom lives in Florida........
Conrad C. Lautenbacher Jr., head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, predicted 12 to 15 tropical storms, seven to nine of them becoming hurricanes, and three to five of those major hurricanes, with winds of at least 111 mph.

"We can't predict this far in advance how many will strike land," he said. But given the active season, "be prepared for two or three of these to make landfall."

On average, the United States is hit by two major hurricanes every three years.

Last year, there were 15 tropical storms, with nine of them hurricanes — six of them major. Florida got hit by an unprecedented four hurricanes.

Lautenbacher said the 2005 forecast was based on a large number of factors, including air pressure, winds and surface temperature.

Forecasters at Colorado State University have also predicted a significantly above-average Atlantic hurricane season. In April, William Gray and his team said they expect 13 named storms, including seven hurricanes, three of them major.

The hurricane season begins June 1 and runs through Nov. 30.

A Korean research firm has announced that it has developed a technology for the mass production of sound speakers that are as flexible as fabric. "This product will cause revolutionary changes in how speakers will look in the future," said Koh Seok-geun, president of PNI. "It took four years of studies after we initially developed the technology to make it available for mass production."

The speakers are made with a kind of plastic that is studded with electrodes; PNI researchers used plasma on the electrodes to get them to stick to the plastic, solving an essential problem. Just cut out any size piece of the fabric and attach it to an amplifier with a wire - drape your new speaker over an object, hang them like curtains, or put them in a picture frame. You could even make a cheap suit coat for hawking your wares at trade shows.

I think this is what we are going to do with the boss when he comes back from the office