SKorea trains cloned drug-sniffing dogs
INCHEON, South Korea (AP) -- The country that created the world's first cloned canine plans to put duplicated dogs on patrol to sniff out drugs and explosives.
The Korean Customs Service unveiled Thursday seven cloned Labrador retrievers being trained near Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul. The dogs were born five to six months ago after being separately cloned from a skilled drug-sniffing canine in active service.
Due to the difficulties in finding dogs who are up to snuff for the critical jobs, officials said using clones could help reduce costs.
The cloning work was conducted by a team of Seoul National University scientists who in 2005 successfully created the world's first known dog clone, an Afghan hound named Snuppy.
The team is led by Professor Lee Byeong-chun, who was a key aide to disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk. Hwang's purported breakthroughs in stem cell research were revealed as false, but independent tests proved the team's dog cloning was genuine.
A minimizer!?!!!! blasphemy!
It doesn't minimize them so much as just smooths them out.
A minimizer works great when a button-down shirt fits perfectly *except* that the buttons across the bosom gap. Going up a size would just leave you wearing a baggy, unflattering shirt. Hence the minimizer.
A minimizer works great when a button-down shirt fits perfectly *except* that the buttons across the bosom gap.
Dude! I need a minimizer!
Interesting news. But at this juncture, doesn't cloning get you an animal whose life expectancy ends about the same time as the original?
but but but ....
Is this about the minimizer? Gappy buttons are no one's friend.
I know ... and I do appreciate that. Just having some fun!
It looks like I'm biologically unequipped to natter today.
So yesterday Sears called at 7:30 to confirm shipment of my range and fridge. Three hours later I got a call from the most sullen and perhaps dumbest kid on the Sears Customer Service roster that my range was out of stock and would be available on May 7th.
I cried unacceptable, find me a comparable range that is available for delivery RIGHT NOW. Beyond kid's power. I say, give me someone with such power. Ordered this puppy on April 7th, which is plenty of time to get the friggin range.
Kid CANCELS my order, now making exchange unpossible. Forced to buy new range on my credit card (it was gift from my parents, who ordered it online for me with their Sears card).
GRRRR.
So, go to my new apartment to receive fridge. All goes well. When rounding the corner to leave, I bash my car into wall. Big dent. Sad.
KARMA HAS FORSAKEN ME.
