I'm a shadowy person, what about you? Would you like to get to know yourself better? Would you like to improve your relationship with the world? These would be interesting proposals if accepting them didn't imply picking among shapes and colors. So if you are allergic to categories and patterns, stay away of the following test, which promises more than it delivers. Emotions - vital for survival? Then take a look at new argumentation suggesting reason and emotion are more related to each other than previously though, that feelings are not primarily reactions to external events but first and foremost about the body, and that the mind exists purely for the body's survival. Human liver cells harboring the hepatitis C virus can be selectively targeted and destroyed by a new gene therapy approach, according to new research. Plus, more breakthroughs on breast cancer. And drinking tea may prime the immune system to confront diseases and even fighting cancer. On Clonation Scientists have completed the map of the human genetic code, opening a new era for medicine and biology. To read more news on this topic, go here. Extra News On the medical application of illegal substances: Ecstasy is now being tested for legit medicinal purposes. Check it out next. On the abortion pill: Efforts towards selling the after morning pill without a prescription continue, this week makers of the emergency contraceptive submitted an application to the FDA asking for approval to sell the product without medical authorization.		April 24th, Thursday, 2003, ip nº38 Me, you or both? Are managers of dot coms becoming idealists? It's funny; I've always thought that by being more aware of our individuality and our possibilities, and growing towards them, we were at the same time enhancing the world around us. I mean, I imagined that by growing as an individual we were inherently making other lives better. The new wave of spirituality that is invading the tech world turns the equation over by proposing starting with others in order to improve yourself. So I wonder, aren't we excessively pondering external factors to decide matters that are vital to us..? Link: http://www.riorevuelto.org/news/ipmail_38_1.html Also take a look at the book that's inspiring many people to ask themselves what they should do with their lives. What's most startling is the angle from which the search is oriented: the need of fulfillment before death. Nonetheless this best selling book installs the issue on the public eye, and this leads also to other questions, such as how the economical survival affects our most important decisions, and how about creating new options besides the given ones. Link: http://www.pobronson.com/WSIDWML_Introduction.htm Finally, a piece on how billionaires should spend those big fortunes. Take note. Link: http://www.observer.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,940181,00.html My favorite buffer Love in the 21st century And here, a thesis on what relationships are supposed to be like in the next few years. In addition to intrude in the familiar territory of why we still married, what the author tries to make is a prediction on how things will/could change regarding the matter of couple relationship. And even when she proposes to reinvent marriages and to complete them with other elements, if you are visualizing the couple as a buffer (someone to help us deal with the toughness of life) none of the earlier suggestions matter anyway. Besides, who said that a world without marriage is a painless, non-responsible place that lacks passion and commitment? Perhaps the so-called "leap of faith" is simply an excuse for not facing life alone. Link: http://www.observer.co.uk/magazine/story/0,11913,939862,00.html The eternal battle Madonna´s Lyrics Afterwards, sneak a peek into Madonna's latest work, which has received bad reviews and is considered to lack her usual exuberance, while the media say she has fallen in an artistic "black hole". However, if there's something her lyrics don't fail to express is her boredom with the world, her fears of death and loneliness, her discomfort with the way she has lived her life (or at least part of it), and the need to hold on as well as the search for "something else". Her music serves as a reflection of her discontent, and though it could be that musically Madonna is not at her best, it is surely a pleasure to hear her fight again and again with herself. Link: http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~kennyz/madonna_lyrics/american_life.html#americanlife And here you'll a review on Madonna's latest album. Link: http://www.riorevuelto.org/news/ipmail_38_8.html Appeared in The Sidney Morning Herald .		Find out what it is like for American soldiers to decide to leave military service. Privacy Issues On the library internet filters: Civil liberties group are trying to determine if Pennsylvania's attempt to block access to child-pornography Web sites isn't affecting innocuous sites. Go to privacy concerns and internet news section, clicking here. On the Music Industry: The Bush administration has teamed up with the recording industry to force Internet providers to disclose the identities of people who are illegally trading songs over the Web. Then Madonna has something to say to the people downloading tracks from her new (unreleased) album. University News After years of economical certainty things don't look so good for most U.S. graduates, due to the slack post Sep11economy and the consequent high unemployment rate. Read the story here. Now it seems scientists can predict the time and date when a star will explode, with a margin of error of less than a day. Learn more about the intriguing world of black holes and the prospects of hyperspace travelling. And a California company is planning to launch a satellite that will monitor and predict earthquakes. On sexual behaviour and relationships: Australians want more sex than they get, and many have manifested dissatisfaction with their sexual lives, but they rarely search for sex outside the frame of their regular relationship.