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Lifeboat News #98

#98

Lifeboat News

This issue published on 09/01/10. Copyright 2010 Lifeboat Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

Blog

Recent blog posts include:
 
"New Plant Paradigms (Part VII: Manufacturing Plants)" by Jared Daniel at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2010/08/new-pl...g-plants
 
"More on a Space Elevator in <7" by Keith Curtis at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2010/08/more-o...tor-in-7
 
"Warm, Poison Planet" by Jared Daniel at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2010/08/warm-p...n-planet
 
and
 
"Shukrijumah: It's On Now" by Woody Evans at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2010/08/shukri...s-on-now

Jay Olshansky

S. Jay Olshansky, first author of "The Quest for Immortality: Science at the Frontiers of Aging", joins our Biotech/Medical Board. Read his bio at http://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.s.jay.olshansky
 
Watch his 60 Minutes interview at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuGL_9fPMJQ
 
Watch him on Charlie Rose at http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/8342

Personalized Life Extension Conference 2010

Our Sonia Arrison, Gregory Benford, Greg Fahy, Terry Grossman, Sheldon Saul Hendler, Raymond McCauley, and Melanie Swan will be speaking at the Personalized Life Extension Conference 2010 on October 9 and October 10 in San Francisco. Use the code LIFEBOAT to get $100 off this conference.
 
Learn more at http://lifeextensionconference.com/
 
Until August 31, registration is $275 so with the $100 discount it is only $175.

Los Angeles News

The second SENS Foundation L.A. Chapter meeting will be held on Friday, August 27th at the Westwood Brewing Company (1097 Glendon Avenue, Los Angeles, California) from 6pm until everyone has had enough fun. The meeting is being organized by our Maria Entraigues who can be contacted at maria.[email protected]
 
Dr. Sarah Marr, SENS Foundation Vice President, will be attending.

Growing Membership

Recent donations/pledges we have received since the last newsletter:
 
Kenneth A. Cowin: $5,000, Patrick K. Takahashi: $100, Michael Anissimov: $85, Michael Dickey: $85, Jason Gaverick Matheny: $85, Sergio M.L. Tarrero: $85, Philippe Van Nedervelde: $85, Kenneth P. Weiss: $85, Francois de Villiers: $75, Frank C. Adamek: $25, Rick Hubbard: $25, Matthew L. McGuirl: $25, Anonymous: $20, Ronald Amos: $10, David Carter: $10, Rebecca R. Cooper: $10, Christopher Dilkus: $10, James Doerhing: $10, Thomas Dolphin: $10, Stephen Fleming: $10, George Garrett: $10, Charles Hawk: $10, Miriam Leis: $10, Aaron Mayzes: $10, John N. Philipps (Jack): $10, Lee Irwin Pringle: $10, and Rhonda Stevenson: $10.
 
Our Join Us page at https://lifeboat.com/ex/join.us now allows you to pay for your membership anywhere from monthly to every ten years.