The Sahaaran Embassy(http://www.sahaaran.com/) and Frighter Tails (http://www.mzzkik.com) have lost their creator, as Paul Gibbs died on Thusday, January 31st, 2001, of unknown causes, presumably food poisoning. His conceptual artist, co-creator and freind Bill Redfern has posted an announcement on the Freighter Tails forum. His works can be found on the above sites, for those not versed in them, and at Mia's Anthro Story Archive. His works had a charm and life all thier own, and he will be sorely missed.

From The Hollywood Reporter.com:

Don Bluth's best-selling laserdisc video game "Dragon's Lair," which debuted in arcades 18 years ago and has generated more than $130 million in revenue through its translation to 16 different gaming platforms, has a new sequel, "Dragon's Lair 3D," hitting retail stores in July for all video game platforms as well as an animated feature film in preproduction in Phoenix at Don Bluth Films.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hollywoodreporter/convergence/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1302811

BBC Online reports that Australian scientists have developed a method of studying whales without killing them. By analyzing the whale feces they can determine the species, quantity, and origin of krill eaten by the whales, in addition to a large number of other factors about the health of the whales and their ecosystem. Such analysis, which the scientest say is far cheaper than hunting whales, could replace most of the "research" currently used as the justification to kill some whales.

From Corona Coming Attractions:

A young clownfish named Nemo is stolen from the coral reef he calls home, forcing his father to undertake a mission to find him and bring him back.

December 2, 2000... Playing catch up here with a press release from last month that revealed the latest Pixar project is Finding Nemo. We've added the premise up top along with a new release date: Summer 2003. [Press release forwarded over by Dave Planche; info also sent in by Aurora Szalinski and litz27.]

February 4, 2002... We've finally launched our page for Pixar's next animated movie, Finding Nemo, because of the interesting scoop received this past weekend. Very little information about Nemo's storyline and characters has leaked out from the Pixar offices, so what our scooper has to say to us is quite valuable. Our anonymous informant leaks to us a number of new characters, an addition to the celebrity cast and describes what Nemo's animation looks like at this stage of its development...

Check out the webpage for the full scoop:
http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/findingnemo.html

U.S. runner Tom Johnson went all the way to the United Arab Emirates to prove that when it comes to man versus horse in a test of desert endurance, man can win...barely.
Johnson beat al-Buraq, an Arabian rode by fellow American Jennifer Nice, by just 10 seconds in a 50 mile desert endurance challange.
Bothered by the heat and sand, as well as stray camels, Johnson kept his pace slow until the last few meters of the race, finishing in a sprint to pull in just before the stallion.
Al-Buraq was allowed rest periods and water as par endurance race rules. No one was on hand to make sure of the humane treatment of the human runner.