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WEEK OF FEBRUARY 10, 2008 LEAD STORY China's historical fascination with crickets has recently been exhibited in cricket beauty contests, singing competitions and prize fights, according to a January Los Angeles Times dispatch, and has led even to increasing vigilance about crickets cheating with performance-enhancing drugs. The fighters duel in terrarium-sized containers, and, according to the Times, "Overhead cameras (project) the action onto large screens," allowing spectators close-ups of crickets tossing each other around with their powerful jaws. The best fighters may sell for the equivalent of $10,000, are raised on vegetables and calcium supplements, and are sexually active before fights. The doping issue mostly involves the "singers"; slowing the vibration of the cricket's wings produces an attractively lower pitch. [Los Angeles Times, 1-13-08] | |
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Officials: Arroyo target of plot By OLIVER TEVES, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 3 minutes ago Militants linked to al-Qaida plotted to assassinate the Philippine president and bomb foreign embassies, officials said Thursday. Military chief of staff Gen. Hermogenes Esperon said the assassination plot allegedly was hatched by the extremist Abu Sayyaf group and its Indonesia-based ally, Jemaah Islamiyah. Opposition groups dismissed the allegation as government scare tactics to prevent people from joining protests Friday to demand Arroyo's resignation over corruption charges. Brig. Gen. Romeo Prestoza, head of the Presidential Security Group, said police uncovered the plot last week. "It's not only the president who is the target, but also other people ... and embassies," he said without offering specifics. The alleged plot was also to involve a sniper shooting the president, Esperon said. A U.S. Embassy spokeswoman said officials there were aware of media reports that foreign embassies had been targeted but would not comment further. She spoke on condition of anonymity in line with policy. The officials did not specify when the attacks were expected to occur. But Prestoza said President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's attendance at an alumni homecoming of the Philippine Military Academy on Saturday in northern Baguio city has been canceled and the rest of her schedule was "under assessment." Earlier, the military had announced that security forces would go on high alert over an alleged communist rebel plan to infiltrate the protests. "Obviously this is a very desperate tactic to create an atmosphere of terror and scare people to prevent them from joining the protest actions tomorrow," said Renato Reyes, secretary general of left-wing Bayan, one of the protest organizers. Esperon denied the government revealed the alleged plot to discourage participation in the planned protest. "We are simply acting as security forces and so we have deemed it necessary that we come out in the open about our assessment of the situation," Esperon said. A police counterterrorism officer said a captured member of the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf told investigators late last year that his comrades, working with Jemaah Islamiyah and Manila-based Filipino Islamic converts, plotted a bomb attack in Baguio against unspecified targets that was believed to be scheduled for December. Philippine security officials speculated that the targets could include Arroyo, who did not spend Christmas Eve with her family in the cool mountain resort city as she had traditionally done in the past, or U.S. diplomats, who have a consulate there, said the officer. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media. The police officer, however, said investigators failed to find other evidence that would back up the Abu Sayyaf member's claim. No bomb attack occurred in Baguio in December. The Abu Sayyaf and its allies have been blamed for numerous kidnappings, beheadings and bombings, including a blast that triggered a fire that killed 116 people on a ferry in Manila Bay in February 2004. The protest rally against Arroyo is set for Friday in Manila's financial district, Makati. Protesters are demanding the resignation of Arroyo and other officials over corruption allegations. Political tensions have increased since the dramatic emergence last week of a witness, former government consultant Rodolfo Lozada Jr., who linked an ex-elections chief and Arroyo's husband to an allegedly overpriced $330 million broadband contract, which the president has since canceled. Both men have denied the allegations, and Arroyo has not spoken directly about her husband's alleged involvement | |
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Mach said: Officials: Arroyo target of plot By OLIVER TEVES, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 3 minutes ago Militants linked to al-Qaida plotted to assassinate the Philippine president and bomb foreign embassies, officials said Thursday. Military chief of staff Gen. Hermogenes Esperon said the assassination plot allegedly was hatched by the extremist Abu Sayyaf group and its Indonesia-based ally, Jemaah Islamiyah. Opposition groups dismissed the allegation as government scare tactics to prevent people from joining protests Friday to demand Arroyo's resignation over corruption charges. Brig. Gen. Romeo Prestoza, head of the Presidential Security Group, said police uncovered the plot last week. "It's not only the president who is the target, but also other people ... and embassies," he said without offering specifics. The alleged plot was also to involve a sniper shooting the president, Esperon said. A U.S. Embassy spokeswoman said officials there were aware of media reports that foreign embassies had been targeted but would not comment further. She spoke on condition of anonymity in line with policy. The officials did not specify when the attacks were expected to occur. But Prestoza said President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's attendance at an alumni homecoming of the Philippine Military Academy on Saturday in northern Baguio city has been canceled and the rest of her schedule was "under assessment." Earlier, the military had announced that security forces would go on high alert over an alleged communist rebel plan to infiltrate the protests. "Obviously this is a very desperate tactic to create an atmosphere of terror and scare people to prevent them from joining the protest actions tomorrow," said Renato Reyes, secretary general of left-wing Bayan, one of the protest organizers. Esperon denied the government revealed the alleged plot to discourage participation in the planned protest. "We are simply acting as security forces and so we have deemed it necessary that we come out in the open about our assessment of the situation," Esperon said. A police counterterrorism officer said a captured member of the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf told investigators late last year that his comrades, working with Jemaah Islamiyah and Manila-based Filipino Islamic converts, plotted a bomb attack in Baguio against unspecified targets that was believed to be scheduled for December. Philippine security officials speculated that the targets could include Arroyo, who did not spend Christmas Eve with her family in the cool mountain resort city as she had traditionally done in the past, or U.S. diplomats, who have a consulate there, said the officer. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media. The police officer, however, said investigators failed to find other evidence that would back up the Abu Sayyaf member's claim. No bomb attack occurred in Baguio in December. The Abu Sayyaf and its allies have been blamed for numerous kidnappings, beheadings and bombings, including a blast that triggered a fire that killed 116 people on a ferry in Manila Bay in February 2004. The protest rally against Arroyo is set for Friday in Manila's financial district, Makati. Protesters are demanding the resignation of Arroyo and other officials over corruption allegations. Political tensions have increased since the dramatic emergence last week of a witness, former government consultant Rodolfo Lozada Jr., who linked an ex-elections chief and Arroyo's husband to an allegedly overpriced $330 million broadband contract, which the president has since canceled. Both men have denied the allegations, and Arroyo has not spoken directly about her husband's alleged involvement  always one step ahead of me mach | |
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jami0mckay said: Mach said: Officials: Arroyo target of plot By OLIVER TEVES, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 3 minutes ago Militants linked to al-Qaida plotted to assassinate the Philippine president and bomb foreign embassies, officials said Thursday. Military chief of staff Gen. Hermogenes Esperon said the assassination plot allegedly was hatched by the extremist Abu Sayyaf group and its Indonesia-based ally, Jemaah Islamiyah. Opposition groups dismissed the allegation as government scare tactics to prevent people from joining protests Friday to demand Arroyo's resignation over corruption charges. Brig. Gen. Romeo Prestoza, head of the Presidential Security Group, said police uncovered the plot last week. "It's not only the president who is the target, but also other people ... and embassies," he said without offering specifics. The alleged plot was also to involve a sniper shooting the president, Esperon said. A U.S. Embassy spokeswoman said officials there were aware of media reports that foreign embassies had been targeted but would not comment further. She spoke on condition of anonymity in line with policy. The officials did not specify when the attacks were expected to occur. But Prestoza said President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's attendance at an alumni homecoming of the Philippine Military Academy on Saturday in northern Baguio city has been canceled and the rest of her schedule was "under assessment." Earlier, the military had announced that security forces would go on high alert over an alleged communist rebel plan to infiltrate the protests. "Obviously this is a very desperate tactic to create an atmosphere of terror and scare people to prevent them from joining the protest actions tomorrow," said Renato Reyes, secretary general of left-wing Bayan, one of the protest organizers. Esperon denied the government revealed the alleged plot to discourage participation in the planned protest. "We are simply acting as security forces and so we have deemed it necessary that we come out in the open about our assessment of the situation," Esperon said. A police counterterrorism officer said a captured member of the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf told investigators late last year that his comrades, working with Jemaah Islamiyah and Manila-based Filipino Islamic converts, plotted a bomb attack in Baguio against unspecified targets that was believed to be scheduled for December. Philippine security officials speculated that the targets could include Arroyo, who did not spend Christmas Eve with her family in the cool mountain resort city as she had traditionally done in the past, or U.S. diplomats, who have a consulate there, said the officer. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media. The police officer, however, said investigators failed to find other evidence that would back up the Abu Sayyaf member's claim. No bomb attack occurred in Baguio in December. The Abu Sayyaf and its allies have been blamed for numerous kidnappings, beheadings and bombings, including a blast that triggered a fire that killed 116 people on a ferry in Manila Bay in February 2004. The protest rally against Arroyo is set for Friday in Manila's financial district, Makati. Protesters are demanding the resignation of Arroyo and other officials over corruption allegations. Political tensions have increased since the dramatic emergence last week of a witness, former government consultant Rodolfo Lozada Jr., who linked an ex-elections chief and Arroyo's husband to an allegedly overpriced $330 million broadband contract, which the president has since canceled. Both men have denied the allegations, and Arroyo has not spoken directly about her husband's alleged involvement always one step ahead of me mach | |
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One4All4Ever said: http://security4all.blogspot.com/2008/02/update-on-middle-east-undersea-internet.html
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February 14, 2008 · Romantics in South Korea have a new high-tech tool at their disposal: The "Love Detector." It's a cell phone service claiming to measure emotions like affection, surprise, and honesty in the voice of the person you're calling. The love analysis is sent via text message.
NPR news: http://www.npr.org/templa...d=18974704 [Edited 2/14/08 6:14am] | |
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shanti0608 said: February 14, 2008 · Romantics in South Korea have a new high-tech tool at their disposal: The "Love Detector." It's a cell phone service claiming to measure emotions like affection, surprise, and honesty in the voice of the person you're calling. The love analysis is sent via text message.
NPR news: http://www.npr.org/templa...d=18974704 [Edited 2/14/08 6:14am] everyone should use it when they hear the bat dick joke. | |
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