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Comment Need bile ducts! (Score 5, Informative) 129

Unfortunately, the bile ducts are an important part of what the liver does, i.e. produce bile, which we need to digest fats. Furthermore, bile is used to remove bilirubin, a was product of the liver tearing down red blood cells. An excess of bilirubin is what makes people with liver problems turn yellow. This does seem like a great step forward in growing organs however. The liver is one of the most complex organs in the body.

Comment Check your lifetime maximum (Score 5, Interesting) 651

Testify....Went from working, home owning tax payer to apartment dwelling with half a million in debt with one extended hospital stay. Exceeded the lifetime maximum of my employers insurance. Everyone should really check the lifetime maxium on their insurance...these days it doesn't take much to max it out...then its all out of pocket. (and no...a million two is not enough)

Comment Really Time Warner feeling threatened (Score 1) 356

This is really about the small town of Wilson, NC and its community project Greenlight. http://www.greenlightnc.com/ It provides broadband, tv and phone to customers in Wilson for less than Time Warner. Immediately time warner and Embarq began lobbying to shut it down. Time Warner was forced to keep prices lower in nearby areas. It has been an ongoing story for years: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/TWC-Embarq-Wilson-Greenlight,7610.html

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