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...Society for the Protection of Animals. "And neither North African or French customs officials seem too concerned." Baby magots can fetch up to $90 apiece in Africa--and sell for $1,200 in France. But they are susceptible to illness and often die in captivity. Their bites can transmit such diseases as TB and hepatitis. "People are risking their lives by adopting these creatures," says Belais, "and hastening the magot's disappearance from the planet...
...work on the same idea at the same time, and different nations therefore claim credit for being first. In 1837, Britain's Charles Wheatstone and William Cooke patented a five-needle telegraph. That same year, the American Samuel F.B. Morse created a telegraph that used a single key to transmit signals. Soon afterward he developed Morse code, a telegraph language made up of dots and dashes that became the standard...
...many respects, such features are not new this year. What makes the i700 an invention is its wireless Web-publishing capabilities. Ricoh engineers wrote custom software that resides inside the camera and allows users to correlate images with specific Web pages, then transmit them to a live website of their choice. Not only can you send photos from the road, you can also automatically display them exactly where you want them to appear on your website...
...marketing manager, Jeff Lengyel. After the photographer takes pictures, which can be shot at a resolution of 3.34 megapixels or less, she selects the snaps she wants to upload to her personal website. Users in Japan--where the product was released in September at about $1,500--can transmit images with a tiny wireless modem that slides into a slot on the camera. Ricoh expects similar wireless cards to be available in time for the i700's U.S. release early next year...
...enemy submarine, an underwater demolition team or, heaven forbid, another warship? What does the admiral have to say about using a military attache with a cell phone to establish communications from the Cole after the blast? How did we end up with a U.S. warship that could not transmit an SOS! This is where unbelievable runs into inexcusable, which is really scary, because who knows the extent of our Navy's unreadiness? BRADFORD J. KEENE Redondo Beach, Calif...