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Random House eventually rejected the demo, Appiah said. Microsoft and Perseus Books then decided to jointly fund Encarta Africana...
...home rather than face another battery of invasive tests. Tobin went on to found the FairCare program for peaceful dying in Albany, N.Y. His new book is Peaceful Dying: The Step-by-Step Guide to Preserving Your Dignity, Your Choice, and Your Inner Peace at the End of Life (Perseus), written with Karen Lindsey. In it, he writes, "The emotions of dying are intense, difficult and varied. But they are not necessarily terrible; indeed, sometimes they are incredibly beautiful, and even at times extremely happy. I always consider how our culture's overwhelming fear of death blots out that reality...
...even the Perseus has its limitations. "Flights will have to be pretty short -- about one hour at 80,000 feet [24 kilometers]," Langford says. "Perseus will only be able to carry a single instrument, while Thesarus will be able to carry up to 700 pounds of payload...
...Perseus is now in the testing and flight stage. Aurora is currently working with a five million dollar grant from NASA...
...With the Perseus-like technology, we will be able to look in good detail" to understand the chemistry of the ozone layer, Wennberg says. "We are measuring levels that are 1 part in a trillion, and then changes that are 0.01 of 0.001 parts per trillion...