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Jim, go get 'em tiger!!!!!!!! Joan ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Finn <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 4:55 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 >