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...this is not the latest monster out of Hollywood. It's Architeuthis, the giant squid, and its real...
About 80 people gathered at the Harvard Museum of Natural History last night to hear Richard Ellis, celebrated marine artist and writer, lecture about his new book, In Search of the Giant Squid, and the animal that inspired...
Most beautiful and mysterious to me is the Vampyroteuthis infernalis, the vampire squid from hell. Its body is salmon colored, its eyes blue--no ordinary blue, but blue that defines the color, the first blue, the blue open eye of the sea. Once thought extinct, it can turn inside out, and hide in a cloak of itself. If one doubts the range of nature's imagination--or sense of humor--picture a Vampyroteuthis staring into a self-created darkness, 3,000 ft. below the surface, while nearer shore, an otter snacks...
...attract and hold such customers, electronic brokers are feverishly building one-stop-shopping sites that offer everything from instant trading to tons of news and data about stocks and mutual funds. Want to check the long-term price performance of General Squid or compare it with Amalgamated Squid? Most sites include links to resources such as Big Charts www.bigcharts.com or StockTools www.stocktools.com that promptly plot the lines. Wall Street City (www.wall streetcity.com lets e-traders rank stocks by price-earnings ratios and popularity with big investors, among other criteria...
...first two were terrific: rosemary encrusted chunks of pork were complemented perfectly by the succulent mush-rooms and beans, and the tiny scallops and shrimps in squid ink were fresh and perfectly cooked. The pastry on top was fluffy and tasted vaguely sweet, like vanilla. In both cases, the sauce adhered so perfectly to the meal that the plates looked clean enough to be reused. The baby octopus was tender, but needed more fresh tomato and onion chunks to liven it up, as well as a bit more red wine vinegar for tang. The canelon, as the fourth tapa...