A question for the religiously inclined to ponder..

So I saw this weird thing on slashdot, about how "Pittsburgh's Safar Centre for Resuscitation Research has developed a technique in which subject's veins are drained of blood and filled with an ice-cold salt solution." Apparently they can keep the dogs "dead" for at least 3 hours before reviving them, at which point they come back with not apparent brain/organ damage. They plan to try it on humans sooner or later. So, if the animal/human is dead, where does the soul go during that time? And, if someone had this done, and then wasn't brought back, at what point would they really be dead? Would their soul stick around until the probability of resuscitation was nill, and then head for warmer (or in some cases more temperate) waters? If this is done to a person, and the soul gets kinda confused and takes off too early, will the person be revived a soulless ghola? We need answers from someone with some serious religious training here!

A little road trip

I went up to the UofI in Moscow last weekend, they have a nice campus up there. Tshering showed me the lab where she's sectioning fish eyes, and looking for optic nerves. The lab was spacious, modern and organized compared to others I've seen. Tshering even has her own desk!
Moscow is kinda fun too. The city reminds me of a mini Boulder CO, lots of big old style houses rented by students, some artsy shops, and lots of young people hanging around. I imagine the place is a real riot during the school year.
It was nice to be in a cool green place after dealing with the first heat wave of south Idaho summer. I was also particularly impressed by the huge rolling fields. Apparently they don't have to irrigate at all up there. The rain is sufficient to keep things green and growing.
Driving through the Nez Perce Indian Reservation, and then down out of the mountains into the lush green camas prarie, I couldn't help but wonder how the previous owners would view the roads, houses and towns which dot the fields which once were theirs. Seeing the richness of the land, gave me a new understanding of the motivation behind driving Chief Joseph and his people off of the land.