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Hello All, I just came home from a 7 day international meeting on analytical cytometery (measuring stuff in cells) and thought I would mention some things I learned about. First: A new book, Practical Flow Cytometery by Howard Shaprio, has 200 pages covering the properies of light, how light reacts to/in different materials, and the effect of a "camera" lens shape on the image presentation. This is a book for biological research folks, but should be available at a good medical research library. The references for each section are well worth attention. I mention it for those who want a technically correct image. Second: The high-end research being done at national labs today use high powered laser light that can image very small things (around 10 nanometers). I expect the bio-technology ($$$) industry to soon be looking for ways to present this information, which will increase with these lasers being released on the commercial market (in about 2 years, I would forcast). Third: Lake Placid, NY is a high productivity sight from late November till May because all you can do is work on the "CPU". Last year they had 17 FEET of snow and temps in January/February were minus 60 (F) ….. was nice tho last week <G> From the research world, jhg