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A US software company lawsuit accuses China of stealing its code for a programme used to block certain internet sites.
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Bride's attempt to hang up her wedding dress results in hotel evacuation.
Traffic down to Seattle today was nearly nonexistent, which was a blessing after the madness that has been traffic south on I-5 lately. I actually arrived ahead of time, which is usually what I plan for when I have to be at the VA. We met in the room with the fishtank again, for the first time in months, and the noise of the waterpump was pretty distracting for several of us. I suspect we won't be using the room again unless we have to. Current Mood:
 geeky
Australia plays down a travel advisory issued by India warning of a risk of violence against Indian students in Melbourne.
Egyptian security forces clash with activists seeking to take a convoy of trucks carrying relief supplies to Gaza.
A computerised weighing device that tracks how quickly food is gobbled off the plate could help fight obesity, researchers say.
US security agencies had sufficient intelligence about a plot to blow up a plane but failed to act, President Obama says.
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama says he does not want his experienced finance minister, Hirohisa Fujii, to resign.
A box cutter won't bring down a plane but a bomb will. It's time for TSA to refocus its efforts
Irish police release a man held over an explosives find, after Slovak authorities admit planting them in his luggage.
 The genus Mirounga comprises the northern and southern elephant seals, the largest pinnipeds in the world. Our large northern elephant seal bulls on Southeast Farallon Island weigh up to 5,000 pounds – some particularly massive ones are even heavier. Northern elephant seals are highly sexually dimorphic, with males weighing 3 to 6 times more than the females. While smaller than their southern counterparts, northern elephant seal bulls have a longer nose and more pronounced chest shield of scarred and thickened skin. This chest shield is associated with fighting, and the nose is thought to act as a resonating chamber that amplifies their bellow to warn off other males. Pink chest shield and large nose on Bubba. Winter marks the season of bull battles as males compete to dominate the harems of females who have come ashore to give birth, nurse their pups, and breed. Rusty, our alpha bull last year, has returned and is holding the Sand Flat harem again, with 15 cows as of January 3, including Daniela, Kyra, Eone, and Lodi, and 7 pups. Kyra and Eone were both born on SEFI in 1999.  Kyra with her newborn pup on Sand Flat. Flaccido Domingo is the beta bull on Sand Flat. Time will tell whether he challenges Rusty for the top spot.  Flaccido Domingo is second on Sand Flat, but wary of mighty Rusty. Speaking of challenging for the top spot, the bull Bubba attempted to do so on December 31, leading to his demise. Rusty killed Bubba in a brutal, hour-long battle in which Bubba got stuck between two rocks in Log Channel Beach. This happened to Nero in 2007, when he was killed by Don Fransisco after getting wedged between the same two rocks.  Rusty and Bubba battle in Log Channel Beach. Most elephant seal fights do not end in death, but occasionally when two bulls are closely matched, the winner will continue to batter the loser until he is permanently eliminated. The battle was a sobering reminder to PRBO biologists of the realities of nature and that life itself is at stake for these animals. You can view a part of the battle below, but be warned that it is not for the faint of heart. The harem on the Marine Terrace of Sand Flat is small but growing. There are currently 3 cows and 2 pups, including new cow Shaye. McHammer, not quite a bull, is dominating this harem. He is 9 years old, born and tagged on the Farallons in 2001.  McHammer on the Marine Terrace. Mirounga Beach has no pups yet, and cows so far have been just passing through. Felipe, nearly a bull, has been seen in Mirounga Beach. Similarly sized Mein Gott is biding his time on Lower Arch Terrace. McHammer, Felipe, and Mein Gott are known as "SA4" seals, or 4th-year subadults. The next step up is a bull.  ack Dear The Industries:
Why are my paper products -- thank-you notes, of all things -- wrapped in heavy-duty plastic instead of paper? Last I checked, thank-you notes did not need to be sealed for freshness, nor did they have a tendency to be wet, nor otherwise require a non-porous wrapper. Please to be fixing this ridiculousness. I remain baffledly yours, ==Leanne
Japan's prime minister suffers a blow as his finance minister resigns due to poor health, Japanese media reports say.
Irish police release a man held over an explosives find, after Slovak authorities admit planting them in his luggage.
Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium turned into winter wonderland
I'm not a huge fan of Mr. Lanier, but his is still a voice to be heeded and respected. In his new book, You Are Not A Gadget, former Wired writer Jaron Lanier bemoans what the internet has become. 'It's early in the twenty-first century, and that means that these words will mostly be read by nonpersons. (link) [Slashdot]
Today's word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1692 J. LOCKE Some Thoughts conc. Educ. {section}72 If at that Time he forces himself to it, he only pothers and wearies himself to no purpose.
If I am bald the next time any of you see me, don't be surprised. Current Mood:
 frustrated
US security agencies had sufficient intelligence about a plot to blow up a plane but failed to act, President Obama says.
Kenyan policy say they have deported a Jamaican-born Muslim cleric, convicted in the UK for soliciting the murder of Jews.
For the record, I have just finished chopping up that pumpkin I posted about previously. Yes, it took me roughly an hour to get it done, pretty much nonstop. That was one BIG pumpkin. posted by Neil
I'm home.This is the weather the dog likes: crisp, cold, weather that puts him in mind of wolfish ancestors hunting on the steppes. Me, I put on long underwear and dozens of layers over that, and top it off with the sheepskin Uigur hat I haggled for in Xinjiang, and trudge in the snow behind him. It's frozen on top, so you crunch and rock and hunt for ruts that already exist. While Cabal is happy in a world filled with sharp smells and frozen rivers.     *** Many years ago I discovered (via the Fabulist) Jason Webley. I posted this a link to this song, Eleven Saints, a song Jason Webley wrote and performed with Jay Thompson... Jason was pleased, and wrote to me to say thanks, and then, a couple of years ago, introduced me in email to his friend Amanda Palmer, with whom he was working on a project, as they worked to bring the music of two conjoined twin sisters they had discovered on the internet to the world. There were two songs out on the internet by the mysterious pair for a long time, but a new song, " A Campaign of Shock and Awe", crept out today: http://www.myspace.com/evelynevelyn. Highly recommended, and not just because of the, y'know, family connections. ... Right. I do not want to be disturbed tonight. Maddy and I will be beginning our New Year's catch-up by watching the first part of Doctor Who 'The End of Time'. 
Barack Obama says an airliner bomb plot allegedly hatched in Yemen will not stop the closure of Guantanamo Bay prison.
An Israeli air strike kills one Palestinian militant and injures three others in the southern Gaza Strip, officials say.
I may have to rethink my its full of crap position on astrology. Maybe my biggest problem with it was not knowing where to look. Current Mood:
 curiousSeveral of you asked where I got the little pillow pictured in yesterday’s post. Mine was a gift, but by googling the phrase “no outfit is complete without cat hair” I found this. Looks like there is only one in stock as I write this.
I am woefully short on knitting progress today. I’m working on something unbloggable as my commuter project, and I did very little work on my Aestlight Shawl last night. I did do the first row of the lace, though.
Because I have little knitting progress to report, allow me to distract you with a birthday gift I received, from the very thoughtful and generous Anne Marie in Philly:
This is a lovely quilted knitting bag that Anne Marie had made especially for me for my birthday! (Anne Marie sure knows what my favorite color is The bag is from My Sister’s Bags, and I love it. Thank you, Anne Marie! 
US President Barack Obama says an alleged airliner plot will not prevent the closure of the US prison at Guantanamo Bay.
A Palestinian militant is killed and three people wounded in an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis, medics say.
I am about to go chop up my Halloween pumpkin and cook it down, and while it is cooking, write thank-you notes and party invitations. So as you may have noticed, I love FAQs. I love writing them, I love updating them, and I love pointing people to them. With that in mind, we come to our second giveaway for the day: Current Mood:
 hopeful
US security agencies had sufficient intelligence about a plot to blow up a plane but failed to act, President Obama says.
Colombia extradites to the US the leader of a pyramid scheme which defrauded thousands of investors.
The Nigerian accused of attempting to blow up a US plane has given "usable intelligence" to the FBI, the White House says.
Irish police release a man held over an explosives find, after Slovakian authorities admit planting them in his luggage.
CIA 'triple agent' killing embarrases US and Jordan
Messages seek help in finding a 14-year-girl named Ashley Lewis gone missing from Kannapolis, NC.
Search giant Google unveils its own-brand of smartphone, called the Nexus One, which runs the Android operating system.
US President Barack Obama is to announce airline security reforms, after officials update him on reviews prompted by a plane bomb plot.
The White House says it is suspending the transfer of prisoners released from Guantanamo to Yemen, following increasing insecurity.
Wild Apples needs winding. Wild Apples is wound. Winter Winding Wild Apples. Wonderful....
The Jordanian bomber who killed CIA agents in Afghanistan lied to his family about his intentions, the BBC is told.
Search giant Google reveals details of its own-brand of smartphone, called the Nexus One.
There are conflicting reports about the release of Iraq's Shia militant leader of the group which seized five Britons in Baghdad in 2007.
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