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March 31, 2006
Miscellaneous strange news of the day
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Middle-schoolers who sport alcohol-branded T-shirts and caps may start to drink sooner than their peers, according to a new study. The findings, researchers point out, are similar to those of studies from the 1990s that linked cigarette-branded merchandise to a greater risk of adolescent smoking.
They were probably shocked to find that kids have sex and do drugs, too.
In a story reminiscent of the carjacker who tried to steal a state-level judo team's van ("He picked the wrong vehicle to try and steal," said Officer Jerry Richter), we have a burgler in Japan:
Konoshin Kawabata, 48, was rummaging inside a room in Osaka in the early hours when he was suddenly confronted by Sumo wrestler Dewanosato, who stands 180 centimetres and weighs 131 kilograms. Dewanosato immediately shouted out 'Hey!' and 'Burglar!' as he bearhugged the man. This woke the other sixteen wrestlers in the house. "First I was caught by a massive man. When the lights turned on, I was surrounded by more than a dozen sumo wrestlers. I was surprised," Kawabata told police, as quoted by Jiji Press.
Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at 12:45 PM
Unix, C and programming: my essential references
Another very dull and geeky post.
The guiding idea behind these is to have one book for each topic that has all the answers I need, even if finding the answers is hard work to begin with. You'll get used to the book layout and it will cease to be a chore, you'll have the answer at your fingertips without having to hunt through various volumes. This is not to say these are the only references on these topics that I own, simply the ones that are most often thumbed.
Mark G. Sobell, A Practical Guide to Linux(R) Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming Prentice Hall, 2005. I've been using Sobell's original "Guide to Unix System V" for over a decade. This is the updated, all-in-one reference for finding your way about a Linux shell, those cryptic arguments to commands, all in a format more accessable and informative manner than the online man pages. Covers a good many distributions.
Vicki Stanfield, Roderick Smith, Linux System Administration 2nd Ed. Sybex 2002. A solid reference, though one that I'll likely replace later in the year when a new edition of an alternate book is released.
Samuel P. Harbison, Guy L. Steele, C: A Reference Manual 5th Ed. Prentice Hall, 2002. A tremendous reference that covers the C in a very readable fashion.
Marc J. Rochkind, Advanced Unix Programming, 2nd Ed. Addison Westley, 2004. Distributions from BSD through Solaris and Linux, covering 307 (of 1107) system functions - and their gotchas. It assumes knowledge of C. A little light on multi-threaded programming.
Robert Sedgewick, Algorithms in C, Parts 1-5: Fundamentals, Data Structures, Sorting, Searching, and Graph Algorithms 3rd Ed. Addison-Wesley, 2001. Book 1 covers contains parts 1-4, introducing fundamental concepts associated with algorithms, data structures, sorting, and searching. Book 2 (Part 5), is entirely dedicated to graphing algorithms. This book is not without its critics (the majority complaining that the code not commented), butreading the text then reading and working out what the code does is far more beneficial than implanted crib notes. It also reduces the size of the book tremendously.
Tim Converse, Joyce Park, PHP 4 Bible Hungry Minds (Wiley), 2000. Excellent reference on PHP 4 (I do realise its now a version behind, but I don't use PHP all that often and this is an excellent reference). It assumes a knowledge of programming, though not nescasarily PHP.
Judith S. Bowman, et. al. The Practical SQL Handbook Addison-Wesley, 1993. (Now in its 4th edition, I still use the 1st). This is not as all encompassing as I would like, but it is a decent reference and introduction to SQL, which, like PHP, I don't write often enough to justify the purchase of a new edition.
Larry Wall, Programming Perl 3rd ed. O'Reilly, 2000. Written by the creator of Perl, this one is indispensible. I personally don't much care for Perl, but have occasionally needed to delve into it.
Here is where I break the "Just have one reference on a topic" rule (for two topics):
W. Richard Stevens, Steven Rago Advanced Programming in the UNIX(R) Environment 2nd Ed. Addison-Wesley, 2005. The original was the bible for Unix systems programmers. Substantially larger than the Rochkind tome (and the 1992 edition), there is suprisingly little overlap between the two volumes. It assumes knowledge of C, linkers and debuggers. Thoroughly updated by Steven Rago (one of the developers of Unix System V) after the passing of Mr Stevens.
Thomas H. Cormen, et. al. Introduction to Algorithms 2nd Ed. MIT Press, 2001. A mathematically rigourous treatment of algorithms. Samples are presented in pseudo-code. This is an academic tome, each chapter being more-or-less self contained (which also makes it an excellent reference).
Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at 09:27 AM
March 29, 2006
UN leaps into inaction
The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council agreed on a statement Wednesday demanding that Iran suspend uranium enrichment, setting the stage for the first action by the powerful body over fears that Tehran wants a nuclear weapon.
Nobody expects a U.N. Resolution! Our chief weapon is resolutions... resolutions and debates... Our two weapons are resolutions and debates... and ruthless inefficiency.... Our three weapons are ...
Sadly enough, the whole sketch fits the UN rather well.
Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at 03:41 PM
March 28, 2006
Dual booting tips
Mostly, my laptop runs linux. But there is still a copy of Windows tucked away on there, lurking, waiting for its opportunity to seize the hardware.
I'm very happy with selecting an operating system at boot time. I simply like the option. However, many people recently have been complaining that in order to run the second OS, you have to reboot the machine.
Duh.
However, there is a way to boot quickly, something I discovered quite by accident.
1. Boot your OS of choice.
2. Suspend to Disk or Hibernate (not just powersave mode).
3. Reboot.
4. Boot other OS.
5. Suspend to Disk or Hibernate (not just powersave mode).
Both operating systems have now cached their current state on the hard drive. And when you restart the PC, the boot menu will appear. Pick the OS you want and it will pick up from where you left it (complete with any documents you left open). It is a hell of a lot faster than a shutdown/reboot cycle. When you're done, hibernate it again.
Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at 10:20 AM
March 27, 2006
Not a good thing to hear while convalescing.
Jesus, an auxiliary nurse at Huddinge hospital in Stockholm, was asked by hospital officials to change his name to reduce confusion amongst patients.
And probably not a little terror in the elderly.
"Just relax, Mrs Jenkins. Jesus will be here for you in five minutes."
Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at 04:57 PM
We are a sports mad country...
The late George Orwell said serious sport was "like war without the killing". In Australia its rather more like peace without the negotiations. In Melbourne, if we don't understand the sport, we'll watch anyway - and quite likely love it.
So, with these happy thought, I checked the final medal tallies.
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Australia | 84 | 69 | 68 | 221 |
| England | 36 | 40 | 34 | 110 |
| Canada | 26 | 29 | 31 | 86 |
| India | 22 | 17 | 11 | 50 |
Which is not a bad haul for a country with a smaller population than Ghana.
Actually, if the Australian swimmers were to secede, they would have come fourth in the gold medal rankings (24).
Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at 09:28 AM
March 25, 2006
Reading, listening.
Currently reading:
A History of the Crusades: Volume 1, The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Sir Steven Runciman. Written in the 1950s, it is a little outdated, but remains a solid, scholarly work. He maintains the focus on important individuals, which allows him to keep the narrative lively and flowing, no small feat in such a work. Belongs on the shelf next to Gibbon's 'Rise and Fall'
Advanced UNIX Programming (2nd Ed), Marc J Rochkind. Outstanding reference, updated for most major unix and unix-like systems (Solaris, Linux, BSD, Darwni). Not for the beginner and not for the kernel programmer, but an excellent read on some of the most complex parts of the API. For experienced C/UNIX programmers who want something to sink their teeth into.
Listening to: Roni Benise's "Nights of Fire!". (Aparently a soundtrack to a PBS series) Great guitarist. Flamenco, samba and salsa. There are a lot of samples (full tracks, I think) on his site if good flamenco appeals.
Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at 09:25 PM
March 24, 2006
Mudclients
This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of mud clients by any stretch, simply a short list of ones I use on a day-to-day basis (or, in the case of Gmud, ones I just like).
Windows
Gmud (Genewic MUD) GMUD offers features like separate input/output windows, multiple hosts in different windows, scroll-back buffer, sound events, macros, triggers, aliases, active host window, selectable fonts, logging, command stacking, speed walking and ANSI color support. And the interface is very friendly. Unfortunately, it hasn't been updated in over 10 years and does not support proxies. If (like me) you're behind a firewall that requires them, it wont work. Rumoured to be the client of choice for WebKittyns. Free.
Mushclient Gammon Software's excellent mud client, with many more features than Gmud. Highly configurable (I have mine set up to work with the same keys/shortcuts/behaviours as Gmud) and extendable (over 300 scripts available). It is shareware and does have a startup delay for non-registered versions (Registration is $20USD). This is one of the few pieces of shareware I've registered after less than an hour of use. It supports proxies.
Linux
TinyFugue
Text based (no gui), this is an excellent client, and the one I use when I'm running linux. The interface (again) is configurable (again, tweaked to act more-or-less like Gmud) and has excellent scripting support. Supports proxies. The commands are a little arcane, unfortunately.
It appears the source code for GMud has been released by the author (for various reasons including no longer mudding, MS changing the way the compiler worked, work, hardware problems and lack of registration).
Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at 11:18 AM
March 23, 2006
What we got here is a willingness to miscommunicate.
You probably heard about the Christian Peacemaker Team that was kidnapped in Iraq. Its a four month old hostage situation, where the American member was summarily executed and dumped on a Baghdad street.
Happily, the surviving CPT are all safe'n'sound now. Being curious about what they'd say, I checked their website for info.
The CPT press release says this:
Our hearts are filled with joy today as we heard that Harmeet Singh Sooden, Jim Loney and Norman Kember have been safely released in Baghdad. Christian Peacemaker Teams rejoices with their families and friends at the expectation of their return to their loved ones and community.
Relase by their munificent kidnappers? No. Rescued by US and British Special Forces. No mention of rescue in their release, however (though they do blame the multinational occupiers as the root cause of their kidnapping).
I bet they weren't shouting "Occupiers out!" as they were ungagged and unbound.
And because Star Wars has a line for every occasion:
HAN: (sarcastically) Maybe you'd like it back in your cell, Your Highness.
Update: From CNN's report:
U.S. and British forces acting on a tip from a detainee today rescued three Christian peace activists without firing a shot, a U.S. military spokesman said.
A tip from a detainee, you say? How ironic.
Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at 11:03 AM
March 20, 2006
Busy day on the news front.
As I read this article, I could not help think Karl Rove has been fired and replaced by Basil Fawlty.
WASHINGTON - President Bush marked the anniversary of the Iraq war Sunday by touting the efforts to build democracy there and avoiding any mention of the daily violence that rages three years after he ordered an invasion. The president didn't utter the word "war."
Basil: "Don't mention the war. I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it. So it's all forgotten now and let's hear no more about it. So that's two egg mayonnaise, a prawn Goebbels, a Herman Goering and four Colditz salads....no, wait a minute...I got confused because everyone keeps mentioning the war."
German: "Will you stop mentioning the war?"
Basil: "You started it."
German: " We did not start it."
Basil: "Yes you did, you invaded Poland..."
Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at 12:22 PM
Pucker up, Sammy
From the files marked "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot", we bring you the latest news of people trying to kill themselves in unusual ways:
Malaysian kisses cobra 51 times in 3 minutes
KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 (Xinhua) -- A Malaysian ex-snake farm worker made a record by kissing a venous cobra 51 times, local media reported Sunday. Shahimi Abdul Hamid, 33, kissed the King Cobra, 4.6 meters longand 10 kilograms heavy, in three minutes and one second Saturday in Genting Highlands near here. The large cobra looked agitated after the first few easy kisses, and then Shahimi showed agility by moving swiftly to avoid being bitten. After the 51st kiss, he received a thunderous applause from the audience at the First World Hotel and Malaysian Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Liow Tiong Lai presented him with a certificate. Shahimi's feat was a world record waiting to be verified.
If anything you're kissing starts to look agitated, its a definite sign that something is going horribly wrong for you.
I was a little surprised there was no monetary award. Obviously an amature event, perhaps something that could be presented to the Olympic committee for inclusion at the next games.
Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at 10:56 AM
Its not often the Crusades hit the news
I have always enjoyed the history of the middle ages (especially the period from 1000 to 1400, which includes the Crusades), and so when this article popped up, it piqued my interest.
Vatican change of heart over 'barbaric' Crusades.
THE Vatican has begun moves to rehabilitate the Crusaders by sponsoring a conference at the weekend that portrays the Crusades as wars fought with the “noble aim” of regaining the Holy Land for Christianity ... At the conference, held at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical University, Roberto De Mattei, an Italian historian, recalled that the Crusades were “a response to the Muslim invasion of Christian lands and the Muslim devastation of the Holy Places”. “The debate has been reopened,” La Stampa said. Professor De Mattei noted that the desecration of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem by Muslim forces in 1009 had helped to provoke the First Crusade at the end of the 11th century, called by Pope Urban II. He was backed by Jonathan Riley-Smith, Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Cambridge University, who said that those who sought forgiveness for the Crusades “do not know their history”.
There is nothing official from Papa B. there, but I have a feeling this might get some play in the media - and the treatment will not be favourable.
Very timely. I was looking for any excuse to reread Runciman.
Just as an aside, I'm noticing that newspapers appear to increasingly be simple collaters of news feeds, all printing the same article. Looking for different takes on this (or even more detail on the conference) at this time yeilds nothing but carbon copies of this article. Yes, I'm slow. I should have noticed years ago.
Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at 09:40 AM
March 16, 2006
Geeks, Asimov and Number 5
Occassionally, I read trashy and sensationalised websites. An older story on The Register was found via a recent Slashdot report. No, I don't know why I go there either. Its a strange compulsion.
"The US Army is deploying armed robots in Iraq that are capable of breaking Asmov's first law that they should not harm a human. SWORDS (Special Weapons Observation Reconnaissance Detection Systems) robots are equipped with either the M249, machine gun which fires 5.56-millimeter rounds at 750 rounds per minute or the M240, which fires 7.62-millimeter rounds at up to 1,000 per minute. "
My favourite comment:
Statement from the Iraqi forces regarding the use of these 'robots':
OMFG! u r fukn gay! u hack, i know it! fucking aimbot! tak ur aimbot bs to nothr country, asshats!
Well, I bet Dr Asimov is just spinning in his grave, though mainly at the spelling of his name there. There are a few points to be made:
On another track, I wonder how this ties in with the army's computer game and things like Counterstrike, players of which could become the 10th Interactive Division. Respawning would be a problem, but there would finally be a use for campers.
Any chance next weeks story is about humans in the military breaking the "Thou shall not kill" commandment? Or perhaps something detailing how tariffs violate the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition?
Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at 09:34 AM
March 15, 2006
Attack of the killer comments.
No one is fond of spammers, they are an annoyance. They are especially evil when combined with the GreyMatter blogging system.
From the GreyMatter forums:
Over the past couple of months, several of my GM accounts have experience persistant and serious spam attacks on gm-comments.cgi forcing me to spend a lot of time removing the spam comments, collecting malicious IP addresses and banning them from my servers. On a couple of occaisions, the attacks were so ferocious that they left the comment.cgi programs open, causing all sorts of resource overload on the server.
gm-comments.cgi does not play well with others. Admittedly, it takes someone to abuse it to cause problems. Which, of course, happened.
This has even caused problems with other processes unable to write to disk for a substantial period of time, DNS resolution and not a little hair pulling.
Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at 11:23 AM
March 14, 2006
Political Blogging.
At last, some good news for bloggers who don't want to run afoul of the FEC.
CNet news carries the following:
Bloggers would be largely immunized from hundreds of pages of confusing federal regulations dealing with election laws, according to a bill approved by a House of Representatives panel on Thursday. Democrats had blocked an earlier effort last November to enact the legislation, which would amend federal campaign finance laws to give Internet publishers many of the same freedoms that newspapers and magazines currently enjoy. "We don't expect bloggers to check with a federal agency before they go online," said House Administration Committee Chairman Vernon Ehlers, a Michigan Republican, referring to the Federal Election Commission. "They shouldn't have to read FEC advisory opinions (or have) to worry about running afoul of federal election laws."
Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at 11:30 AM
March 13, 2006
Meanwhile, at the Warbles, the site overhaul begins
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Good luck. Let us hope they do not get reinforcements from the HLF (Hamster Liberation Front).
Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at 04:06 PM
March 10, 2006
And an elevation in activity in my amygdala!
Webkittyn found the pol-sci-mental test. How could one not take it?
Your responses are consistent with the following attributes: You have a probable elevation in your dopaminergic activation system. Your olfactory system plays a stronger than average role in mating behavior. Indicators of enhanced right prefrontal and bilateral temporal activity in humor detection. Prefrontal cortical regions are facilitating greater than average behavioral inhibition. Color preferences may indicate an enhanced dopamine level in your visual cortex. Responses point to a probable increase in activity in the right anterior cingulate and amygdala. You have a higher tolerance for ambiguity in your thinking styles, and a greater inhibition of your left inferior parietal cortex. Your responses indicated a tendency to classify facial expressions as more threatening, and an elevation in activity in your right amygdala. Overall, your cognitive style is balanced between your left and right hemispheres.
I never thought a test would tell me I was balanced.
Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at 11:40 AM
March 09, 2006
Life in outer space
NASA's Cassini probe has made a very interesting find Saturn's tiny moon Enceladus (typically described as "about the size of Arizona").
"We haven’t found water, per se, we’ve found evidence of water, and our best models, right now, are those that suggest that there’s pockets of liquid water under the surface, and what we’re seeing in these jets are like the equivalent of Old Faithful, in Yellowstone, they’re geysers that are erupting out of pockets of water."
"It appears we have all the ingredients that all the experts have claimed for a long time now, you would need to have environments suitable for living organisms. And so, that’s what we think we have here. We have found another environment in our solar system, in a very surprising place, that could host living organisms. Now, of course, we’ll never know until we go there, but it’s a very, very, very exciting possibility. It's really broadened the diversity of those environments that we can expect to see conditions suitable for life."
Which is pretty damn cool.
Bob says: "I'm going to have to keep my hopes up that A) They find something and B) It isn't hostile to human systems because they will try to bring some back somehow."
We just need stasis tubes, and it'll all be fine. Really. Nothing has ever gone wrong with those before. Or we could just keep them contained, maybe set up a petting zoo with the smaller ones.
Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at 01:23 PM
I'm having thoughts.
What happens when you find online retailers like these and combine the two?
CO2 laser and Sharks on demand, a mail order facility for several breeds of aggressive shark.
I think we can retire the mutant sea bass.
Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at 10:57 AM
March 08, 2006
I'm not making these up either.
More strange news from around the planet.
The Bookseller magazine annually gives an award for the oddest book title. Links go to Amazon pages. This year's winner was the US volume, People Who Don't Know They're Dead: How They Attach Themselves to Unsuspecting Bystanders - and What to Do About It, by Gary Leon Hill, which is said to have sold 15,000 copies. The runner up was Rhino Horn Stockpile Management: Minimum Standards and Best Practices from East and Southern Africa, by Simon Milledge and an honourable mention to Soil Nailing: Best Practice Guidance.
Of course, we always love stories about everyones favourite mischevious pet, crocodilians.
A Russian was savaged by his pet alligator when he tried to show off to friends at a boozy party by feeding it sausages. Anton Skvortsov, 35, kept pet alligator Musya in a cage in his Moscow office and decided, in his cups, to show them how much his pet loved him by feeding it by hand.
The 'Martini Fete' party held by Clear Channel at Milwaukee Art Museum got out of hand after the organisers promised art lovers as many martinis as they could drink for $17. It ended with drunken arties passing out, throwing up and clambering over artworks.
They may yet discover a new Jackson Pollock on the pavement.
Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at 10:55 AM
March 07, 2006
Trackback again.
Further testing of trackbacks for Webkittyn.
For some reason, they're all failing at the moment.
Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at 01:58 PM
All good things come to an end
After a good two years, my Macintosh retires today (as a result of both the screen slowly failing and the office reducing inventory). Pitty, really. It was a very nice little machine that completely changed my mind about Macs.
Does this mean I need to make another avatar?
Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at 12:18 PM
March 06, 2006
Trackback pings
I admit it. I'm no more than a casual blogger. I like technology. But I don't know what a trackback is, nor how to send a 'ping' to it. Webkittyn has just declared open season on them, so I'm trying one to see what happens.
Ping!
Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at 08:01 PM
I find this entirely amusing.
It may make me a bad person, but only by someone elses moral standards.
Rachel Corrie Pancake Breakfast by Melvin Kassam • Sunday March 05, 2006 at 08:50 AMThe Rachel Corrie Memorial Committee of Victoria Invites you to a pancake breakfast at Denny's Restaurant Sunday March 12 , 2006 10 am.
The Public is invited to a memorial pancake breakfast at Denny's Restaurant on Douglas Street near Finlayson, 10 am, Sunday March 12, 2006 to celebrate the life and untimely death of Rachel Corrie, Peace Activist with the International Solidarity Movement.
There will be a reading of selections from Ms. Corrie's letters and diary, followed by a ceremony at Topaz Park, where a stone cairn will be erected in her honour.
Attendees are encouraged to wear their keffiahs, and to dress in black.
No weapons, drugs, or alcohol please.
(Rachel Corrie was a member of this organization until her death when she tried to obstruct an Israel Defense Force Caterpiller D9 bulldozer. Accounds vary, the IDF says rubble fell on her from a collapsing house. The ISM say it ran her over twice.)
I wonder that they have to instruct attendees not to bring weapons, alcohol or drugs to a breakfast.
Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at 09:43 AM
March 02, 2006
Unfortunate URLs
An email doing the rounds on the internet fell into my hands, and rather than add to the waves of circular mail, I thought I'd just put it up here where it will never be read.
These urls are entirely innocent, unless, like mine, your mind is mildly corrupt, and insert spaces the wrong place...
"Who Represents", a database of hollywood agencies and actors. www.whorepresents.com
Fine writing implements may be found at "Pen Island" on www.penisland.net
If your mental state isn't quite what it should be, you can search for a therapist with "Therapist Finder" - www.therapistfinder.com
A native plant nursury at Mole Station, NSW, Australia has the URL www.molestationnursery.com (while this URL still takes you to the site, thankfully it has been altered to be "Mole River".
Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at 10:11 AM
March 01, 2006
Soccer legend dumbfounded... (and other weird news clippings)
I've been very lax in posting of late, so as filler, here are some snippets from the news that I found entertaining in the last week.
Yahoo news - Grandmother Wrestles Croc Australian grandmother was honoured with a bravery award for wrestling a giant saltwater crocodile as it dragged her friend from a tent. Seeing her friend in the jaws of a 4.2 metre (14-foot), 300 kilogram (660 pound) crocodile, Sorohan "did what anyone would do" and jumped on its back. "It was pretty scary. But it's one of those things -- if you see someone in trouble you've got to help them," Sorohan said. "He was a big one. But I would do the same thing again."
IC Wales (UK) - David Beckham (soccer player) comes to terms with innumeracy "Their homework is so hard these days," Beckham said. "I sat down with Brooklyn (aged 6) the other day -- and I was like, 'Victoria, maybe you should do the homework tonight' ... it's done totally differently to what I was teached when I was at school, and you know, I was like, 'Oh my God, I can't do this.'"He is due to take key-stage tests later this year which may include questions such as subtracting 11 from 50.
Another typical homework question for his age group is working out the change from 50p after buying a pencil costing 24p and an eraser priced at 7p.
Sydney Morning Herald - Person outstares cat nibbling on leg A female rubber tapper working on a Malaysian estate escaped death when she engaged a tiger in a staring match in which the predator was the loser, a newspaper reported today."I was tapping a tree and was not aware of the tiger until it sank its teeth on my thigh," said Kaliyama, 57, who lived to tell her story to the Mandarin-language Sin Chiew newspaper.
"Being caught in an awkward position, with hands held high, all I can do was to shout ama ... ama," she said.
At this point, the tiger released its hold on her and stared at her instead. The staring match lasted several minutes, with both human and predator slowly backing away from each other, with the tiger finally disappearing into the estate.
Sify - Paris Hilton is Mother Teresa. Its so perfect, you'll be surprised you didn't think of it first. Malayalam director, T. Rajeevnath, who was searching for a suitable actress to play Mother Teresa in his film on the Nobel Peace laureate, has decided to ask American actress Paris Hilton to play the Saint.According to sources, the director was impressed when he read a report that the hotel heiress had refused to pose nude in Playboy magazine and decided then to shortlist her. The movie will be mostly shot in West Bengal and several foreign countries.
SBS (Australia) - Sportsmen treated like meat. Romanian second division club UT Arad sold a player in exchange for 15 kilograms of meat, local sport daily Pro Sport reported.However, fourth division Regal Horia made a bad deal because defender Marius Cioara decided to end his footballing career and take off to Spain to find a job in agriculture or construction.
"We are upset because we lost twice - firstly because we lost a good player and secondly because we lost our team's food for a whole week," a Regal Horia official was quoted as saying by the daily in its electronic edition.
Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at 02:07 PM