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...Joseph Campbell as his cinematic touchstone. "The composite hero of the monomyth is a personage of exceptional gifts," wrote Campbell in The Hero with a Thousand Faces. "Frequently he is honored by his society, frequently unrecognized or disdained." From misfit Max, to a piglet who thinks he's a sheep, and a penguin who can't express himself through song, only dance, the stories remain essentially the same. "There's no difference between Happy Feet, Babe and Mad Max," Miller insists...
...potentially commercial use, breeders are currently cloning cattle, pigs, goat and sheep. The FDA's report, however, addresses only the safety of food from cattle, pigs and goats, since there isn't enough information yet on products from cloned sheep...
...most common method used is the same procedure that produced Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be cloned. Scientists remove the DNA material from any cell in the animal they wish to clone (usually a skin cell) and place it into an egg that has had its own DNA removed. That egg is electrically and chemically activated to begin dividing, and after a few days in the Petri dish, it is transplanted into the womb of a surrogate until birth...
...folks on your list really need more stuff? If not, skip the store-bought presents and give a home-cooked gourmet meal or free night of babysitting instead, or donate to a charity in their name. Oxfamamericaunwrapped.com invites donors to "buy," for example, a camel ($175), cow ($75), sheep ($45), building tools ($25) or the planting of 50 trees ($30) as a way to support Oxfam's programs in developing countries (the recipient gets a card with a photo, not an actual cow). For more ways to give, go to Treehugger.com...
Nonnative goats in Colorado are competing with indigenous bighorn sheep, so last week wildlife officials transplanted a group to South Dakota, where they are native but number only...