Parrot Refuge Squawks at Canada's Bird Flu Cull (Reuters)

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Churchill's parrot won't squawk
(Reuters)

Churchill's parrot won't squawk
(Reuters) 01/19/2004 01:56 PM
Reuters - Winston Churchill's foul-mouthed 104-year old parrot has refused to surrender to after a newspaper tracked the bird down and discovered it was still alive.

Foul-mouthed parrot to squawk the plank
(Reuters)

Foul-mouthed parrot to squawk the plank
(Reuters) 03/06/2004 02:00 AM
Reuters - A foul-mouthed parrot, which blurts out expletives and pecks people when she's angry, is to be removed from a Royal Navy ship to spare any embarrassment during a visit by the Queen.

Couple quits smoking for health of
parrot (Reuters)

Couple quits smoking for health of
parrot (Reuters) 08/04/2004 07:07 PM
Reuters - A couple booked themselves into a clinic to quit smoking after the vet said it was the only way to save their beloved sick parrot.

Canada's Martin Still Can't Get Election
Date Right (Reuters)

Canada's Martin Still Can't Get Election
Date Right (Reuters) 06/22/2004 12:40 PM
Reuters - If you want to find out when Canadians are going to the polls, don't ask Prime Minister Paul Martin. He still doesn't seem to know.

Canada's Too-Friendly Killer Whale to Be
Captured (Reuters)

Canada's Too-Friendly Killer Whale to Be
Captured (Reuters) 06/11/2004 06:33 AM
Reuters - A lonely killer whale on Canada's Pacific coast, whose search for companionship has become a danger to boats and float planes, and himself, will be captured next week so he can be reunited with his family pod, officials said on Thursday.

Canada's Music Industry Seeks Song-Swap
Crackdown (Reuters)

Canada's Music Industry Seeks Song-Swap
Crackdown (Reuters) 02/16/2004 05:13 PM
Reuters - Canada's biggest music producers asked the courts on Monday to order Internet service providers to identify customers who swap songs illegally on the Internet as the Canadian firms try to match a U.S. crackdown on music piracy.

Jockeys Injured in Bird Strike (Reuters)

Jockeys Injured in Bird Strike (Reuters) 03/31/2005 09:00 AM
Reuters - Australian racing officials were reviewing safety procedures Thursday after five jockeys were hurt when a flock of seagulls flew into the path of their horses in a bizarre mid-race mishap.

Rats on menu after bird flu crisis
(Reuters)

Rats on menu after bird flu crisis
(Reuters) 02/17/2004 11:48 PM
Reuters - Bird flu may have decimated poultry businesses across Asia, but rat dealers have never had it so good.

U.N. Issues Bird Flu Warning to Asia
(Reuters)

U.N. Issues Bird Flu Warning to Asia
(Reuters) 02/13/2004 10:30 AM
Reuters - The United Nations issued a sharp warning on Friday to Asian countries not to relax in the war on a bird flu virus that has killed 19 people in the region because the epidemic was still spreading.

Bird-lover's cat eats rare robin
(Reuters)

Bird-lover's cat eats rare robin
(Reuters) 01/06/2004 02:39 PM
Reuters - A rare feathered visitor to Britain survived a gruelling 15-hour journey from Norway, only to be eaten by a birdwatcher's cat on arrival.

Delaware Finds Second Farm with Bird Flu
Virus (Reuters)

Delaware Finds Second Farm with Bird Flu
Virus (Reuters) 02/10/2004 11:54 PM
Reuters - A bird flu virus has been discovered in a second chicken flock in Delaware, sparking concerns the outbreak could seriously threaten the mid-Atlantic region's poultry industry, state officials said on Tuesday.

Bird Flu Leaps Into Laos; Kills Another
Thai Boy (Reuters)

Bird Flu Leaps Into Laos; Kills Another
Thai Boy (Reuters) 01/27/2004 02:24 AM
Reuters - The bird flu rampaging through Asia made the dreaded leap into impoverished Laos as a second Thai boy died of the disease Tuesday and countries tightened defenses against a potential SARS-like epidemic.

Thailand Brings in Troops to Fight Bird
Flu (Reuters)

Thailand Brings in Troops to Fight Bird
Flu (Reuters) 01/25/2004 02:56 AM
Reuters - Thailand brought in troops and prisoners Sunday to kill millions of chickens in the hope of stopping the spread of highly contagious bird flu, which has jumped to humans in Vietnam and Thailand.

Delaware Finds 2nd Farm with Bird Flu
Virus (Reuters)

Delaware Finds 2nd Farm with Bird Flu
Virus (Reuters) 02/11/2004 01:23 AM
Reuters - A bird flu virus has been discovered in a second chicken flock in Delaware, sparking concerns the outbreak could seriously threaten the mid-Atlantic region's poultry industry, state officials said on Tuesday.

PalmSource in License Talks with China's
Bird, TCL (Reuters)

PalmSource in License Talks with China's
Bird, TCL (Reuters) 06/02/2004 06:55 AM
Reuters - PalmSource Inc (PSRC.O) said on Wednesday it is talking with Chinese mobile phone maker Ningbo Bird (600130.SS) and an arm of TCL about licensing its Palm operating software for handheld devices.

Australian jockeys injured in bird
strike (Reuters)

Australian jockeys injured in bird
strike (Reuters) 03/31/2005 06:36 AM
Reuters - Australian racing officials are reviewing safety procedures after five jockeys were hurt when a flock of seagulls flew into the path of their horses in a bizarre mid-race mishap.

Bird Pays Price for Pecking Hole in
Masterpiece (Reuters)

Bird Pays Price for Pecking Hole in
Masterpiece (Reuters) 07/23/2004 09:50 AM
Reuters - A bird with a penchant for 17th century Dutch art has paid the ultimate price for flying into a museum gallery and pecking a hole in a masterpiece.

Love-Sick Bird Risks All to Fly Back to
His Mate (Reuters)

Love-Sick Bird Risks All to Fly Back to
His Mate (Reuters) 07/27/2004 09:06 AM
Reuters - Distance proved no obstacle for an intrepid New Zealand tomtit, which apparently dodged predators and braved open seas to fly more than 37 miles back to his lady-love.

Rats on Menu as Bird Flu Leaves Fowl
Aftertaste (Reuters)

Rats on Menu as Bird Flu Leaves Fowl
Aftertaste (Reuters) 02/18/2004 10:52 AM
Reuters - Bird flu may have decimated poultry businesses across Asia, but rat dealers have never had it so good.

Thai Boy Dies, Latest Victim of Asia's
Bird Flu (Reuters)

Thai Boy Dies, Latest Victim of Asia's
Bird Flu (Reuters) 02/14/2004 11:42 PM
Reuters - A 13-year-old boy has died of bird flu in Thailand, taking the death toll from the virus rampaging through Asia to at least 20, a health ministry official said on Sunday.

Vietnam's first foie gras falls foul of
bird flu (Reuters)

Vietnam's first foie gras falls foul of
bird flu (Reuters) 02/12/2004 08:48 AM
Reuters - It would have been Vietnam's first homemade, commercial production of foie gras, but the deadly bird flu has forced the slaughter of Hugh Adam's entire flock of geese.

Bird-Lover's Cat Dines on Rare Flying
Visitor (Reuters)

Bird-Lover's Cat Dines on Rare Flying
Visitor (Reuters) 01/07/2004 03:04 PM
Reuters - A rare feathered visitor to Britain survived a grueling 15-hour journey from Norway, only to be eaten by a birdwatcher's cat on arrival.

PATRIOT Act: The last refuge of
scoundrels

PATRIOT Act: The last refuge of
scoundrels 05/24/2004 11:34 PM
One of the more remarkable news stories to break in the past month, a time of many remarkable stories, told of the strange saga of the ACLU's challenge to the PATRIOT act. It turned out that, under a provision of the PATRIOT Act itself, the ACLU had been barred even from telling anyone about its challenge to the PATRIOT Act, and had to fight the Bush administration just to be able to announce its suit.

This bit of Kafkaesque logic may seem positively un-American. But it makes sense within the increasingly divorced-from-reality, driven-by-images, shoot-the-messenger world of the Bush administration. Here, a secretary of defense get really steamed not about the fact of torture in a U.S.-run prison (hey, shit happens!) but about losing control of the flow of images about that torture. Here, in the wake of the worst geopolitical strategic mistakes committed by a U.S. leader since Lyndon Johnson's Vietnam escalation, a president decides that his first priority must be -- a P.R. offensive!

(Sorry for the digression: it's hard to stay on track when the news provides so many sidings into bitter absurdity.)

Today the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed an amicus curiae brief in the ACLU's case, and Salon -- on behalf, in particular, of The WELL, which is a Salon subsidiary -- is proud to be among the signers. They also include the Electronic Privacy Information Center, the Center for Democracy and Technology, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the U.S. Internet Industry Association, and the Online Policy Group.

What's at issue here, chiefly, is a provision of the PATRIOT Act that (to quote from the EFF brief) "authorizes the FBI to compel the production of subscriber and communications records in the possession of a broad range of Internet-related communications service providers, potentially covering billions of records from tens of thousands of entities. These demands, known as National Security Letters (NSLs), are issued without judicial oversight of any kind, yet allow the FBI to obrain a vast amount of constitutionally protected information." The brief -- a "friend of the court" filing in which parties who feel they have interests at stake in a proceeding offer legal arguments that complement those of the plaintiffs -- argues that the Act is not only constitutionally overbroad but also "not cabined by any intelligible standard": in other words, there's no way to make sense of it in terms of the realities of the Internet today.

The WELL has a long history of helping define the shape of Internet users' rights and responsibilities. As the Bush administration continues to push beyond the edges of reasonable legal means in its conduct of the "war on terror," we'll keep doing what we can to fight back and protect the privacy of our users, customers and community members.

(I will post a link to the brief as soon as it's online.)

who took refuge on the National Mall the
last two days

who took refuge on the National Mall the
last two days 03/20/2003 08:33 AM
N.C. Farmer Ends Standoff With Police .. saga of the man with the tractor .. captain tractor has surrendered .. out of his truck .. given up .. Post

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Detroit Zoo to send elephants to refuge

Detroit Zoo to send elephants to refuge 05/20/2004 11:34 PM
AP via New Jersey Online May 21 2004 4:06AM GMT

Senate Supports Drilling in Alaskan
Refuge (AP)

Senate Supports Drilling in Alaskan
Refuge (AP) 03/17/2005 03:30 AM
AP - After nearly a quarter century of trying, the advocates for opening an Alaska wildlife refuge to oil drilling may finally be close to achieving their goal.

Bull Takes Refuge From Butcher in
Hospital (AP)

Bull Takes Refuge From Butcher in
Hospital (AP) 08/08/2004 05:45 AM
AP - A bull escaped from a butcher's knife and took refuge in a hospital emergency ward, interrupting medical procedures for nearly 45 minutes, a news report said Sunday.

EDS to cull workforce

EDS to cull workforce 09/10/2004 07:10 AM
The Register Sep 10 2004 11:46AM GMT

Utility computing spec takes refuge in
OASIS

Utility computing spec takes refuge in
OASIS 08/30/2004 01:32 PM
Data Center Markup Language Organization joins XML body to broaden industry adoption.

Jobs to go in cull of NHS quangos

Jobs to go in cull of NHS quangos 05/19/2004 10:11 PM
Around 5,000 NHS jobs are to be cut in a drive to halve quangos, it emerges.

Motorola confirms MPx cull

Motorola confirms MPx cull 04/19/2005 09:21 AM
Windows Mobile clamshell closed for good, apparently

Jobs cull looms at i2

Jobs cull looms at i2 03/31/2005 09:04 AM
Computer Weekly Mar 31 2005 1:10PM GMT

U.S. Planes Bomb Suspected Militant
Refuge in Iraq (washingtonpost.com)

U.S. Planes Bomb Suspected Militant
Refuge in Iraq (washingtonpost.com) 09/13/2004 10:09 PM
washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, Sept. 13 -- U.S. warplanes on Monday bombed a suspected hideout in the insurgent-held city of Fallujah where associates of Jordanian militant Abu Musab Zarqawi were meeting, the U.S. military said. The Iraqi Health Ministry reported that 20 people were killed and 39 wounded.

MSP backing Scottish seal cull

MSP backing Scottish seal cull 04/18/2004 04:39 AM
A senior Labour MSP has called for more research into seal numbers and said we should not be afraid of culling the animals if necessary

Canada set for mass seal cull

Canada set for mass seal cull 04/11/2004 09:02 PM
Canada is about to begin its largest single seal hunt in 50 years, despite vehement animal rights protests.

Brown prepares to cull and spend

Brown prepares to cull and spend 07/12/2004 03:44 AM
Dramatic cuts in the size of the civil service are expected to be announced when Gordon Brown sets out spending plans for the next three years.

National deer cull 'disastrous'

National deer cull 'disastrous' 02/15/2004 03:33 AM
Plans by ministers to cull up to half a million wild deer are attacked as misguided by a wildlife group.

OSI outlines licence cull plans

OSI outlines licence cull plans 04/07/2005 05:24 AM
ZDNet UK Apr 7 2005 9:22AM GMT

Pakistan orders chicken cull

Pakistan orders chicken cull 01/28/2004 03:36 PM
Pakistan's government orders the killing of millions of chickens in an effort to stop the spread of bird flu.
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Bird flu claims 50th Asian victim

Bird flu claims 50th Asian victim 04/06/2005 05:37 AM
A 10-year-old girl has died from avian flu in Vietnam, taking Asia's toll in the recent outbreak to 50.

Bird Flu Spreads in Asia and Claims a
7th Victim

Bird Flu Spreads in Asia and Claims a
7th Victim 01/26/2004 01:50 PM
The World Health Organization pleaded today with the global scientific community to accelerate the search for a cure.

Spreading Bird Flu Claims First Thai
Victim

Spreading Bird Flu Claims First Thai
Victim 01/26/2004 01:16 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 26 2004 5:41AM GMT

China Finds 1st Bird Flu Cases; Eighth
Victim Is Reported

China Finds 1st Bird Flu Cases; Eighth
Victim Is Reported 01/27/2004 12:37 PM
China said that it found bird flu in dead ducks on a southern farm and was tracking "suspect" cases in two other provinces.

sysstat 5.0.0

sysstat 5.0.0 11/15/2003 04:32 PM
The sar and iostat commands for Linux

sysstat 5.0.4

sysstat 5.0.4 05/25/2004 04:36 PM
The sar and iostat commands for Linux

sysstat 5.0.5

sysstat 5.0.5 06/12/2004 03:41 PM
The sar and iostat commands for Linux

RRDTool-OO-0.06

RRDTool-OO-0.06 07/03/2004 06:04 PM

RRDTool-OO-0.02

RRDTool-OO-0.02 05/17/2004 06:13 AM

RRDTool-OO-0.07

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RRDTool-OO-0.03

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RRDTool-OO-0.11

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RRDTool-OO-0.04

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RRDtool 1.0.46

RRDtool 1.0.46 01/04/2004 09:41 PM
time-series data logging and graphing

RRDTool-OO-0.05

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Styling RDF Graphs with GSS

Styling RDF Graphs with GSS 12/03/2003 07:19 PM
Visualising RDF graphs is a hard problem, as they can quickly become unwieldy. This article introduces a solution in the form off GSS (Graph Style Sheets), an RDF vocabulary for describing rule-based style sheets used to modify the visual representation of RDF models represented as node-link diagrams.

Charts! Graphs! The colors!

Charts! Graphs! The colors! 09/10/2004 05:03 PM

Are You Better Off Now Than You Were Four Years Ago?

VVI Adds 3D Graphs And Updates To Mac OS
X 10.3

VVI Adds 3D Graphs And Updates To Mac OS
X 10.3 12/02/2003 01:44 AM
VVI today announced version 9.0.10 of its Vvidget graphing system. John Brilhart, Chief Technical Officer of VVI, made this statement:

DeltaGraph 5.5 publishes graphs, charts
on the Web

DeltaGraph 5.5 publishes graphs, charts
on the Web 07/21/2004 07:19 AM
Red Rock Software has released a free update to its data analysis, charting and graphing software, DeltaGraph 5.5. The upgrade adds the ability to publish charts and graphs on a Web site and update them as new data is received. DeltaGraph 5.5 automates the entire process with an AppleScript that extracts data from any database with the ability to export delimited text files, creates charts or graphs and posts them to the Web in a user-specified format. When the data changes, the user runs the AppleScript again. The software requires Mac OS X v10.1.5 or higher, 128MB RAM and 60MB hard drive space, with pricing for the full version at US$199 for academic use and $299 for commercial use.

O'Reilly PHP Dev Center: Forms and
Graphs

O'Reilly PHP Dev Center: Forms and
Graphs 07/23/2004 08:16 AM
New from the O'Reilly PHP Dev Center, there are two articles covering two prety different subjects. One talks about the automation of forms and the other covers the use of JpGra ph and PHP/MySQL to do statistical graphing.

Generating Perl graphs with GD::Graph

Generating Perl graphs with GD::Graph 04/13/2004 11:22 AM
Perl's GD::Graph module is a tool that allows a software developer to quickly and easily generate graphical representations of data. Originally written by Martien Verbruggen in 1995, the package has matured into a very flexible and popular tool. It is ideally suited to any situation where a dynamic data set, from a database or elsewhere, needs to be fetched and represented on the fly. It is widely used in corporate intranets, where many a webmaster has used it to generate graphs that show data in exactly the format management likes.

Alexa Toolbar Ratings Graphs

Alexa Toolbar Ratings Graphs 12/08/2002 06:50 AM
In late September Alexa introduced a new set of traffic reporting displays for the sites it lists. It just might be the most accurate traffic measuring system on the net.

Easily create charts and graphs in a
browser

Easily create charts and graphs in a
browser 06/15/2002 12:22 AM
CNET Jun 14 2002 11:13PM ET

Fathom Dynamic Data 2 adds new graphs,
more

Fathom Dynamic Data 2 adds new graphs,
more 02/01/2005 09:54 PM
Key Curriculum Press on Monday released Fathom Dynamic Data 2, the newest version of its software aimed at helping students construct and analyze data models in their math, statistics, science and social studies classes. This upgrade offers a Linear Model tool and other new statistical capabilities, new graphing tools as well as new graphs, the ability to access U.S. Census micro-data, information about more than 90 units of measurement and more. Pricing for both upgrades to and full versions of Fathom 2 depend on classroom configurations; visit Key Curriculum's Web site to learn more. Mac OS X v10.1.5 and 150MB of free hard drive space are required. Instructor's evaluation copies of the software are available for download.

Stock Investment Guide adds new
integration, graphs

Stock Investment Guide adds new
integration, graphs 04/27/2004 10:08 AM
Churr Software has updated Stock Investment Guide (SIG), the USS$39.95 stock club analysis software for Mac OS X, to version 1.5, which adds online integration with the Online Premium Service database of more than 10,000 companies...

Seeing the graphs from the trees - the
business model of the web is the same as
its underlying structure

Seeing the graphs from the trees - the
business model of the web is the same as
its underlying structure 03/14/2005 04:33 PM
It seems like a small thing, but day after day I can't help thinking that there is a distinct pattern...

BIRD BY
BIRD

BIRD BY
BIRD 08/02/2004 03:38 PM

The best thing about Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing & Life is, even when the thought of sitting down and writing is about as appealing to you as root canal work, she inspires you to want to write. That alone is worth the investment. The book is full of mostly well-established wisdom about the art of writing, but it's written intelligently and with great humour and passion. She really practices what she preaches. She takes you through the standard rules: Write every day at the same time, always write something each day, no matter how brief, or how hard it is; break the job into manageable tasks ("take it bird by bird"); start with short assignments and "shitty first drafts" that just get everything down, and edit later; avoid perfectionism; write about what you know; use your own authentic voice and style; use index cards as reminders, phone friends and experts to get background material you need quickly and authentically, and use writing groups and trusted readers to keep you going and honest. She explains how to deal with writer's block, agents, publishers, and jealousy of other (successful but clearly inferior) writers. What I liked best about the book were some of the humbler, lesser known rules of good writing: Stories tell themselves through you, so it's critical to find means to silence the noise in your head and let them come out Flawed, hopeful narrators are great voices, and points of view, from which to tell your story Plot need be nothing more than the discovery of what each of your characters cares about, revealed vividly and continuously Characters must show strength or courage to be sympathetic Dialogue must be authentic and individual, yet concise and fast-moving Good writers must be observant, reverent, and even startled by life and its lessons Great stories are about great truths, things the writer cares passionately about that come out in the writing: "To be a good writer you not only have to write a great deal, but you have to care." You must trust yourself and your intuition, especially with first drafts, not self-criticize and second guess every step You have to give the best you have always, not save it up for the next story Writers have a duty to the reader to be honest, to make things clearer, to help heal readers' "gaping wounds and dazed expressions", to soothe The book includes an extraordinary 2-page story by the author that illustrates these and other points: It is charming, heartbreaking, full of surprises, imbued with the author's great love for two very special characters, imbued as well with a bit of wonderful, spare, dialogue, some stunning imagery and an improbable analogy. But mostly, the story moves, and in so doing it takes the reader along for the ride. Until you can read Bird by Bird for yourself, here are two quotes by other accomplished writers about the art of writing: "The greatest writing is done on the edge of what you know and what you don't know." -- Beth Nielsen Chapman "The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think." -- Edwin Schlossberg

Fishing changes set bird on bird

Fishing changes set bird on bird 02/18/2004 01:31 PM
Drops in the number of fish thrown back by fisherman forces a scavenging seabird to prey on fellow birds, scientists say.

Story Of A 419 Victim

Story Of A 419 Victim 11/03/2003 01:28 PM
I still can't believe people fall for Nigerian 419 scams any more. The scam has been around for ages, and I get about five such scam emails every day. You have to have been living in a hole not to know about them, but apparently there are still plenty of people (with lots of excess cash to throw away) who fall for it every day. While authorities estimate that the vast majority of 419 scam victims never admit what happened (mostly out of embarrassment for their own greed), it appears the press has found someone in Singapore who's willing to admit just how greedy he was. He fell for a typical 419 scam, and lost about $200,000 (US) - some of which he'd borrowed. He's now trying to sell his house. He seems to realize how stupid the whole thing was - or, at least - his wife is making sure he realizes: "My wife said I use the handphone so much that my brain is damaged. I think she's right. She said my eyes can see only the dollar signs."

Parrot Refuge Squawks at Canada's Bird Flu Cull (Reuters)

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