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Art and I have been preparing papers on the health care system. The self-imposed deadline was today at 5, and at 1143 we're both still rolling.

http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/p60-233.pdf
pages 57-67, 18-25

What do you guys think?

Colossians 3:17-20

17He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

18And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.

19For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,

20and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

Ponder Forward

Sometimes people embrace their calenders so that they can count the days until graduation. For me though, I feel like each passing day is one lost, one less. In just a few more months, the past four years with their word defying experiences and changes are gone. I know these things come, but when they're gone will I still be able to pursue the convictions of the past few, good years? I know I'm not alone in this, nearly everyone that writes on this blog is either finishing their undergrad work or done. I would like ask people who read this to respond with a few words about feelings they feel or have felt about the transition. Did you meet it with joy? Was it sad also? What are you're hopes and what will you go out into the world to change? What will you use your talents to create?

Gooseberries... as Big as Apples!!!...

A breakdown of the next hundred years, as supposed in 1900...

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impressively accurate.

What do YOU guys think about the next 100???????

Let ME begin with MY predictions:

-Hydrogen power...
Yes, as a physicist and an engineer, I give this one 45 years to full integration. The process will begin with an immediate improvement in mechanical efficiencies to slow down the coming tirade of gas/oil/and coal madness (coal being converted into usable gasoline toward the end of the whole expensive ordeal). Everything will be powered by it.

-Plastic surgery...
Highly effective cosmetic procedures will be available in every town, and both male and female above the age of 35 will have had atleast one. They'll be as commonplace and socially acceptable as a 12 year old girl going to have her ears pierced for the first time. The fuddy-duds who decline to do so will be considered as those of today: old fashioned, dull, and probably religious.

-2 distinct classes
It won't be dissimilar to HG Wells's setup, only this time the morlocks are healthy and quite academic. They'll work hard and know one another through decentralized television (not run by any networks or ratings). The centralized entertainment will be for class 2, who will depend on a menial redistribution of wealth to meet basic needs and provide them with enough entertainment to keep them appeased. They'll live short, unhappy lives... and probably not speak in full sentences.

-Brain implants??
Sure, why not. Our cellphones, PCs, Ipods, yada yada yada will all be integrated into one easy to access device that'll be indistinguishable from our ears, eyes, noses, and the rest.

-Monkeys to finally do our bidding
Yes, monkeys. Because they're smart enough to make my sandwich, but not quite enough to stop and ask why.

-Our gooseberries will finally be of a plump and gorge-able size