] Their weird glowing green color makes them look like
] they've been swimming in a nuclear plant's spent fuel
] pond.
]
] But the zebra fish on sale in Taipei shops have an even
] stranger background: They're the latest in genetically
] modified fish, and their bodies contain DNA from
] jellyfish, which makes them shimmer in the dark.

Includes a cool picture of these genetically engineered fish:) I want some!!

CNN.com - Glowing 'Frankenfish' swamp Taipei - Jul. 8, 2003

jessica wrote:
] ] Welcome to Baby Ink, where we believe that it's never to
] ] early to start expressing your unique personality through
] ] professional, high quality body art.
]
] Awesome!!!

Oh this has got to be a joke right? How can you be sure that your child will be happy with what you stick on them for life?

RE: Baby Ink Tattoo

] Melinda Dishman's 13-year-old daughter rarely talks about
] the hidden cameras that reportedly took pictures of her
] changing clothes in a school locker room.
]
] ''She's embarrassed. Her big concern is who has looked at
] them. She just knows it's not right,'' said Dishman,
] adding that her daughter is now acutely aware of her
] surroundings and wonders who might be watching. ''She
] doesn't take her privacy for granted.''

While I was in TN earlier this morning one of the technology coordinators told me about this story. The really disturbing part of this is that it was a middle school.

Parents demand limits for school cameras - Wednesday, 07/09/03

] A motorist drove home about a mile with the legless body
] of a pedestrian in his front windshield before calling
] authorities to report that he had struck the man with his
] car, officials said.
]
] Deputies first learned of the accident, which happened
] about midnight Friday, from bar patrons who called to
] report finding two legs near the parking lot, according
] to sheriff's reports.

I don't think I could actually drive one mile down the road with a torso sitting beside me. No matter what this guy said I would have jumped out of the car screaming that second, most likely.

ABCNEWS.com : Driver Hits Man, Body Stuck in Windshield

crankymessiah wrote:
] ] "He should turn it in to his professor, get his grade --
] ] and then they both should burn it," said Richard Clarke,
] ] who until recently was the White House cyberterrorism
] ] chief.
]
] And it's your ignorance and inability to face reality that
] will continue to put our lives in jeopardy, you twit. If this
] grad student can build such a database, then obviously someone
] with a lot more motivation could as well. Burying our heads in
] the sand doesn't help.

This makes some very good points about how we have gotten so technically advanced. Yet failed to secure up the access points to that infastructure along the road.

RE: Dissertation Could Be Security Threat

] A joint Australian- New Zealand research voyage carrying
] leading Australian, New Zealand and other international
] scientists to explore deep sea habitats and biodiversity
] in the Tasman Sea is expected to uncover new marine
] species and habitats. The NORFANZ research voyage will
] explore deep sea habitats around seamounts and abyssal
] plains around Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands through to
] northern New Zealand .

Be sure to check out the "Creature Feature" part of this. There are five pages of interesting pictures and descriptions of what they found.

NORFANZ Overview

] NASA -- Humans and robots worked side-by-side this summer
] at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston to
] evaluate the concept of using human-robotic teams to
] improve the productivity of the astronauts working
] outside the International Space Station, other space
] vehicles, or on the surface of other planets.

Nifty!

RedNova News: Humans, Robots Work Together To Test 'Spacewalk Squad' Concept

] SHOCKED six-year-old Leah Lowland checked out a mystery
] bulge on her Incredible Hulk doll and uncovered a giant
] green WILLY.
]
] Curious Leah noticed a lump after winning the monster,
] catchphrase

yes it has a picture too.

The Sun Newspaper Online - UK's biggest selling newspaper

cyantist wrote:
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] ] Silver - Now, you can finally express your own Personal
] ] Level of Security...
]
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Only $250.00??? What a bargian!

LB

RE: Amazon.com -zShops: Homeland Security Choker Set (For US Customers)

] Scientists have been boggled by the 40-foot-long mass of
] gray, gelatinous flesh that was first spotted over a week
] ago near Puerto Montt, about 600 miles south of the
] capital, Santiago.
]
] Whale conservationists went to see it last Sunday,
] thinking it was a beached whale, but quickly concluded it
] was an invertebrate, appealing to international experts
] for help.

Looks pretty nasty

Reuters: Unidentified Sea Creature Washes up in Chile