At 07:55 PM 2000/04/24 EDT, Jim Finn <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >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 > thank you james c. this one is going to be added to your pig-cell implant diary! jmp janet paterson 53 now / 41 dx / 37 onset a new voice: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ 613 256 8340 PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario Canada K0A 1A0