6/8/05

So heres the deal today

Im probably going to be irked picking up a copy of the Times for 2 reasons. 1) its not going to be as clean and crisp as it was yesterday. Other than the colors being off, yesterdays copy which was printed in Greensboro was a true power broadsheet. Normally by the time I get my hands on a copy Im looking at an overinflated tabloid.
2) Boones Mill... Lynn Frith. They want to extend the Boones Mill water supply outward, which means a new plumbing contract for Lynn. They want to build a new town hall, which is yet another contract for Lynn. They are going ahead with bottling "Watershine" Boones Mill Bottled Water. Which means, you guessed it -Another contract for Lynn.

At some point in my life here - and Im not intending leaving anytime soon, I will open the paper one day, and see Lynn being brought up on a host of charges. Federal (possibly), State (definately - theyre sick of him), and local (if Franklin County ever gets its act together).

But thats not all that important. What is important is ground was broken yesterday on the Carilion Bio-Medical park. Having seen some of the sketches of buildings being raised there - I can honestly say, this is great.
The buildings have a style which does not go against the tide, but rather will almost look collegiate when in service. Reminicent of the outbuildings just off 29 that UVA has erected for medical and other purposes. Very classic styling, but with a modern edge and functionality. The tennants that have been announced so far are some of the top bio-engineering firms around.

Luna Innovations, from Blacksburg, is a serious competitor for high-tech military contracts. They have designed a hollow carbon atom, which carries metals and rare earth materials designed for use in detection of physiological problems. Possibly even treating them, considering if you swarm the site - say a tumor - with these, expose to low low low radiation, they all act as mini-magnifying glasses, focusing the radiation on the tumor and eradicating it, without damaging surrounding tissues.

I've had this very procedure done to me, but without the mini-magnifyers. I would have been very happy with them, but instead I had this: the Gamma Knife not so much not fun, but they hold the frame for the thing on your head with screws (tiny, but still screws) that are set into your skull.

In the next 2 months there will be more stories about my experiences with this, as I reach my 3 year anniversary of the destruction of the BST.

Well, wrapping up - Im dismayed by the Boones Mill nonsense, hopeful with the Bio-Med stuff, and elated that theres still a chance.. STILL A HOPE that the Art Museum will not go forth. Look here

Updates as warranted today, Ive got something in the works.

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