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Jeeeeeeeez, Jim.... they're lined up ten deep at your door!! Errrr.... can I have yer autograph? <grin> Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Jim Finn <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Monday, April 24, 2000 4:56 PM Subject: Beyond belief >Hello gang - > >Anyone notice that I've been a little quiet lately? Here's why. > >It seems that xenotransplantation has caught the media's attention; big time! > I have been practically inundated with television news crews for the last >couple of weeks. > >WSBE 36 (RI's PBS affiliate) taped yours truly for a segment of their "Health >Care Directions" program. It was aired on April 12th. > >A major European network (I'm not at liberty to say which one) sent an >interviewer / producer and videographer. The main focus was on PD and >xenotransplantation. They taped while I drove my sports car around town, >relaxed in the living room. etc. It will be a small segment of a program to >be shown worldwide in the late Fall. > >Get this. An all-female news team was here last Saturday. They were from >Santiago, Chile. That interview will be broadcast in South America in late >Autumn, also. > >WSVN 7 (FOX - Miami) had a reporter, with all his video gear, here in Newport >at 11 this morning. I don't have the broadcast date for this small piece. > >It goes without saying that all of this has been very exciting AND >exhausting. The neighbors are getting used to seeing huge SUVs, filled with >equipment and people, coming down the street. > >Naturally, I'll keep you informed as things develop. > >Thought you'd like to know... > >Jim