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To: Road Walker who wrote (327344)	2/25/2007 2:53:33 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1577204

While we fight a senseless war, the rest of the world is moving ahead. European spacecraft completes Mars fly-by A European spacecraft has successfully completed a fly-by of the planet Mars as part of its journey to a distant comet near Jupiter. Scientists hope that the study of this comet will shed light on some of the mysteries of the solar system and how it evolved. This was a critical manoeuvre in Rosetta's 10-year voyage through the solar system to make the first soft landing on a comet. Applause broke out in the European space agency's mission control centre in Darmstadt in western Germany as Rosetta's signal was picked up after 15 minutes of radio silence when the craft was passing behind the red planet. At its closest, the spacecraft was flying barely 250 kilometres above the surface of Mars, using the planet's gravity to change course. abc.net.au

To: Road Walker who wrote (327344)	2/25/2007 3:00:09 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577204

re: FLA and the whole Gulf Coast is having problems. There is a serious problem with the insurance companies. And not just property. In essence insurance is gambling, and thus the industry is very regulated. It performs a social service; spreading risk. If they stop speading risk, then the social service doesn't apply, and they are just fixing the odds. It wouldn't fly in Vegas and it shouldn't fly in earthquake prone California, or tornado prone Kansas of Hurricane prone Florida. Well said. Its their minimizing of risk that has led to their big jump in profit margins. To people like Tim, they don't see the downside to that move..........to them, its all good. Their next step is health insurance. If they know your genes, they know their risk. Bottom line is people that need insurance can't get it and people that probably don't can. What service to society does that provide? It would not surprise me. You can tell they are doing everything they can to limit coverage to people who are between the ages of 18-21. This is the first year in six that my health insurance provider has not raised the premiums across the board. I was shocked.......so were other customers. I think health insurance will be the first to explode as part of a bigger discussion of the insurance industry and what its job description is.

To: Road Walker who wrote (327344)	2/25/2007 4:26:47 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577204

How long before we attack Iran? ____________________________________________________________ Iran needs "stop button" on nuclear program: Rice reuters.com No reversing Iran's atomic work: president reuters.com Post 9/11, Islam flourishes among blacks reuters.com