Marrow transplant may have cured AIDS - Yahoo! News

Great news if true!

Germany: Marrow transplant may have cured AIDS - Yahoo! News:

"An American man who suffered from AIDS appears to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a targeted bone marrow transplant normally used to fight leukemia, his doctors said Wednesday.

While researchers — and the doctors themselves — caution that the case might be no more than a fluke, others say it may inspire a greater interest in gene therapy to fight the disease that claims 2 million lives each year. The virus has infected 33 million people worldwide."

Gretchen Gerzina Holbrook | Mr. and Mrs. Prince: Out of Slavery and Into Legend | WGBH Forum Network | Free Online Lectures

Gretchen Gerzina Holbrook | Mr. and Mrs. Prince: Out of Slavery and Into Legend | WGBH Forum Network | Free Online Lectures:

"Mr. and Mrs. Prince: Out of Slavery and Into Legend
Gretchen Gerzina Holbrook, writer

Dr. Gretchen Gerzina Holbrook, author of Mr. and Mrs. Prince How an Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century Family Moved Out of Slavery and Into Legend, tells the remarkable true story of a pre-Civil War African-American family in New England. Mr. and Mrs. Prince uncovers the lives of those who could have been forgotten and brings to light a history that's intrigued but eluded many until now."

very interesting!

Six Things You Need to Be Happy Forever

SportsGeezer is an awesome site...Should check it out. They have this from the LA Times. A study from Canada.

SportsGeezer: Six Things You Need to Be Happy Forever:

"A positive outlook
Lower levels of stress
No smoking
Drinking moderately,
A moderate to higher income,
No chronic health conditions"

Favorite pictures

I love these pictures.

BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Seaweed farms 'could fuel future'

BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Seaweed farms 'could fuel future':

"'Heating and transport make up around three quarters of our energy use so it's vital that we find new ways of meeting that demand.

'Extracting energy from seaweed is a particularly efficient and reliable method of producing green energy, and the growing of seaweed could have positive impact on local marine biodiversity.

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Steve Ross Interview

Is he on TV anymore? He is definitely one of my favorites! If not all time favorite.

Maddon brings 'Thanksmas' to Florida homeless - MLB - Yahoo! Sports

Maddon brings 'Thanksmas' to Florida homeless - MLB - Yahoo! Sports:

"The Tampa Bay Rays manager has served spaghetti and meatballs to 250 men, women and children at the Salvation Army. Actually, first he paid for it, then he helped prepare it, and then he served it. And then he cleaned up"