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Hello everybody, good morning (at least for the Europeans !)

I've seen two or three papers on the subject during the last weeks. I
don't remember exactly where but it could be The new scientist or The
Economist , Nature... If you are interested I can find it out.
The main idea was: you give money, you get your name "immortalisé"
!!!! In the same idea you have your name on star, or a planet.

As Beaumarchais wrote :"L'argent fait tout !"

Sophie from sunny Paris !

>Dear All,
>
>Just recently, I have heard of the strangest fundraising effort for
>taxonomic research. I had to read it twice, and walk over to the calendar
>to make sure it was not April Fools Day, but I tried the E-mail address at
>the bottom, and it seems to be for real!
>
>This is the message I received:
>
>snip...
>*******************************************************
>
>Become Immortal!


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Communications Economiques et Sociales - 8/10 rue Villedo, Paris, 75001
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