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If the axillary nerve primarily innervates the deltoid muscle and shoulder area, then why does an axillary nerve block affect the hand and lower arm? Wich nerve block would you use to deaden the deltoids and shoulder area?

I have an idea for a way to collect space junk that our atmosphere is full of, one piece at a time. First, we start out with a command unit which will be capable of doing the majority of the work flying around to position itself to capture each item, towing the junk out of orbit, etc.. This will be connected to a large net of extra strong, highly elastic material that will absorb much of the energy of the orbiting junk. Around the net, you will have a small number of small, rudimentary pods which will be equipped with small thrusters to enable you to spread themselves out in a formation enabling you to catch the junk. All of the pods will need to be extremely strong in order to withstand the impact of high speed collisions. You will need a satellite(s) in orbit to be used as a home base to allow refueling. After each item is caught, it can either be towed out of orbit, or more likely into ocean landings. How hard would it be to tow an item into a freefall and allow the capture unit to escape the fall? Ion engines?

Anybody know of any strong elastic materials that function at 200 degrees above AND below zero?

I've kind of been following this story with a bit of bemusement and surprise, wondering how could this possibly happen? Also wondering if maybe it is another carefully designed ploy to get into their system, perhaps, showing them a form of dummy without any real tech, perhaps, only to unleash another form of trojan on the sly. At first, I read that, without an instruction signal, it was designed to find a suitable landing area to land. Today, I read a report on Fox which stated other likely scenarios instead. It does seem likely that they would have a better contingency plan than to deliver it on a silver platter if only the signal is lost. Which leads me to my next possible conclusion. Could the Chinese hacker connection have reached that deep? First question that comes to mind is which companies designed it and which companies did the hackers hit?

Well, Lockheed Martin reports a significant and tenacious cyber attack which was thwarted, but they couldn't find any source in China, though it sounds like the making of some intense drama, a lot more probable than a lost signal? Probably a very closed system during its actual operation.

http://www.foxnews.m...7955&pagenum=-1

This is really sad, seeing this kid without a father, being led down this road with untold ridiculous molding pressures influencing him. Absolutely ridiculous. I mean, really. In the absence of a bonafide male father figure, just how hard could it conceivably be to brainwash an impressionable little baby into believing just about anything, just add in some coochie coo, a bunch of trips to the salon, and, "Presto! You were really a girl! Happens all of the time! Now, we'll just get this surgery done and everything will be fine and dandy." This is so disgusting, I'm almost at a loss for words. Only in California. I guess all I can really say is that there is likely (hopefully) some level of responsible government supervision going on and that he will punch his mothers in the kisser when he finally wakes up, or maybe he chickens out of the surgery. You'd think that would be a prime reason why they shouldn't allow gay parents to adopt opposite sex children at the very least. I thought we had already established that while nature does play a role, nurture was predominant in these cases. After all, he's got the goods. After all, they're giving him hormone blockers to begin with. Doesn't that sound just a bit inhumane in itself? I thought that children normally went through puberty in CA 3 years before everywhere else anyway.

Here's a question. Why are teeth generally so symmetrical and even? A snaggle-toothed creature with lots of gaps in its teeth really doesn't bear much evolutionary advantage or disadvantage, but the norm in the animal kingdom is pretty much a full mouth of even teeth.