The mannequin moving in the store window is no longer a fantasy. A Japanese firm has developed a mannequin robot that can strike a pose for customers - and spy on who they are and what they're buying.  http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_technology_story_skin/476728%3fformat=html

 

In the first substantial shift of public opinion in the Muslim world since the beginning of the United States' global war on terrorism, more people in the world's largest Muslim country now favor American efforts against terrorism than oppose them. This is just one of many dramatic findings of a new nationwide poll in Indonesia released today.

 

Tim Burton is selling off items he and his ex owned.  http://www.cartoonbrew.com/archives/2005_03.html#000920

 

One of the most popular shows in Japanese history is THE VIOLENT SHOGUN. The star portrayed a super masculine type anti- hero.  He is now on stage in a kimono dancing the samba, and the Japanese can't get enough of his new drag show!

 

A bar in Chile is attracting crowds for the way its waitresses are "dressed" - covered in body paint and thongs.  
It's part of an art project in the city.   http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1304577.html?menu=news.quirkies 

 

50 Years of the best photojournalist pictures.  
 

 

Japanese Girls are rushing to get operations to "enhance" their breasts- before they have grown up!  Their moms are, too.  The classic Japanese dancer like body of the past is giving way to the stripper body of today. Not safe for work.

 

This interesting woman has become the first woman to become CEO of a major corporation in Japan.  Hopefully this will open the door for more women to at least try to move up the ranks.  http://tokyonewsline.com/businessline/fumiko_hayashi.html

 

Recently declassified documents show that "former" nazi's were more plentiful in CIA than anyone ever thought.

 

Half of Russian women can't find a mate.  Yep, they want men!  http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/90/359/15063_women.html

 

An amazing find. A underwater "lost city" with strange creatures- we didn't even know existed!

 

"It is an ancient curse brought up to date, and residents in Carlisle claim it has brought them disasters from disease to the relegation of the local soccer team."  
 and now the town is considering destroying it to save themselves....

 

 

Suppose terrorists were to release plague in Chicago, and health officials, faced with limited resources and personnel, had to quickly choose the most effective response. Would mass administration of antibiotics be the best way to halt an outbreak? Or mass quarantines? What if a chance to nip a global influenza pandemic in the bud meant sending national stockpiles of antiviral drugs to Asia where a deadly new flu strain was said to be emerging? If the strategy succeeded, a worldwide crisis would be averted; if it failed, the donor countries would be left with less protection.

To identify the best responses under a variety of conditions in advance of disasters, health officials need a laboratory where "what if" scenarios can be tested as realistically as possible.  
 
That is why our group at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) set out to build EpiSims, the largest individual-based epidemiology simulation model ever created.  

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