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One episode of the Bionic Woman equals clean water for 300,000 African Families

Category: Nature as in Earth, as in Global, as in Global Issues Generally
Posted on: October 4, 2007 1:45 PM, by David Ng

Here is one of two cranes outside the Michael Smith Laboratories right now.

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Apparently, there is a lot of jumping in the "Bionic Woman" television show. Anyway, they're also shooting in my lab right now, but I promised not to show pictures until the episode airs (in apparently 2 to 3 weeks).

But get this - each episode costs around $5 million dollars! Wow, talk about inequity. How many here can talk about being funded by even a science grant of that stature, and nevermind the math you can do with regards to the Millennium Development Goals.

Crazy. Just crazy.

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I know what you mean. I run a research boat for a university, and we were recently hired to play the role of a police boat for a movie being filmed here. It was fun and all (Had to dress up in a police outfit!), but the money they paid for ONE boat to be in their shots for ONE day was enough to pay for almost 3 weeks of science operations/fuel cost of the vessel. The movie is almost certainly going to be a stinker too.

Posted by: Jonathan | October 4, 2007 4:03 PM

Hey, now I’ve heard there will be monkeys in my lab for the shoot. I tried asking how much it was to rent a monkey, but couldn’t get an answer.

Posted by: David Ng | October 4, 2007 4:55 PM

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