- King County delays animal shelter closure
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komo_local- January 6th, 2:23
King County Executive Dow Constantine pledged to shut down the facility by the end of the month. But Constantine has reversed his decision after learning other agencies can't shoulder the burden.
- Judge issues partial ruling on tribal cigarette tax
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- komo_local
- January 6th, 2:23
A federal judge has rejected several arguments made by the Yakama Nation as the tribe seeks to block Washington state from taxing cigarette sales at tribal smoke shops.
- McGinn: No department immune to spending cuts
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- komo_local
- January 6th, 1:34
Mayor Mike McGinn promises a great city, but he knows the municipal checkbook is running on empty.
- 'I just wanted to show my respect. It's that simple'
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- komo_local
- January 6th, 1:34
Carol Blyth isn't a cop, and she doesn't even know any. But she stood in the rain to watch the memorial procession for Deputy Kent Mundell anyway, and to say goodbye to a man she never met.
- Prosecutors: Girl killed after argument over MySpace page
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- komo_local
- January 6th, 1:34
- NOAA proposes habitat protection for sea turtles
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- komo_local
- January 5th, 23:21
Federal biologists on Tuesday proposed the first open ocean habitat protections for the endangered leatherback sea turtle along the West Coast, an action that could affect future development of offshore renewable energy, aquaculture and desalination plants.
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schlake- January 5th, 15:54
Sleeping most of the day made my feel better. My cough is almost gone. Overall, I think I'll skim past this without really being sick at all, which is a vast improvement.
I bought fixings for stir fry. And I started some pork and ginger and sesame oil and soy sauce and rice wine vinegar to soak and I bet by the time you got to my "to soak" phrase you'd forgotten where in the sentence structure you were because of how poorly I put this one together. I'm doubtful that was really a sentence at all.
I ordered some clothes today. I'm down one pair of shorts from a bad bicycle dismount recently, but I ordered four new pair, so I have a gain of three pair. Three pair doesn't work in poker, but it seems fine for clothing.
I've been thinking about Alton Brown's diet. It's interesting. And looking over my refrigerator, I'm doing poorly at eating my box. I need to work harder on that. Eating less from the store and more from my house would help a lot.
Ok, that cough was pretty strong, maybe it isn't almost gone.
- Thousands say goodbye to slain deputy
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- komo_local
- January 5th, 22:24
In a somber service attended by thousands, Pierce County sheriff's Deputy Kent Mundell was remembered Tuesday as a hero and deputy who gave his life doing what he loved.
- Photo gallery: Honoring Deputy Kent Mundell
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- komo_local
- January 5th, 22:24
- Me on Airport Security Profiling
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- bruce_schneier
- January 5th, 14:05
Yesterday I participated in a "Room for Debate" discussion on airport security profiling. Nothing I haven't said before.
- Fed judges: Wash. felony inmates should get vote
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- komo_local
- January 5th, 21:27
A federal appeals court has ruled that imprisoned felons should be allowed to vote in Washington to ensure that racial minorities are protected under the Voting Rights Act.
- UW assoc. prof. to lead tribal college in Montana
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- komo_local
- January 5th, 21:27
A new president has been found to lead the Salish Kootenai College in Montana.
- Pacific County wind farm no threat to murrelets
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- komo_local
- January 5th, 21:27
A study found there would be no significant threat to marbled murrelets and other birds from the proposed Radar Ridge Wind Farm in Pacific County.
- 15 years after blaze, firefighters remember fallen brothers
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- komo_local
- January 5th, 20:27
- Alton Brown's Dramatic Weight Loss
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- schlake
- January 5th, 12:44
I can't watch Good Eats except on DVD. I've paid attention to the internet, and I know that Alton Brown has lost a lot of weight, and he recently did a show on it. The internet summed up his diet as presented on the show as:Daily - Fruits - Whole Grains - Leafy Greens - Nuts - Carrots - Green Tea 3 times a week - Oily Fish - Yogurt - Broccoli - Sweet Potato - Avocado Once a week - Red meat - Pasta - Dessert - Alcohol NEVER! - Fast Food - Soda - Processed meals/frozen dinners - Canned soup - "Diet" anything Eat breakfast every day, no exceptions.
Possibly this was a list that Alton made himself, I'm not sure. I looked, and Good Eats isn't on Hulu. It does appear to be on some strange subscription service I've never heard of, but poking at it revealed that it doesn't appear to work, so no Good Eats for me there. I often think that companies which don't sell their products deserve to be pirated, because I'd certainly buy their stuff if they were willing to sell it.
- Matt Blaze on the New "Unpredictable" TSA Screening Measures
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- bruce_schneier
- January 5th, 11:41
"Unpredictable" security as applied to air passenger screening means that sometimes (perhaps most of the time), certain checks that might detect terrorist activity are not applied to some or all passengers on any given flight. Passengers can't predict or influence when or whether they are be subjected to any particular screening mechanism. And so, the strategy assumes, the would-be terrorist will be forced to prepare for every possible mechanism in the TSA's arsenal, effectively narrowing his or her range of options enough to make any serious mischief infeasible.
But terrorist organizations -- especially those employing suicide bombers -- have very different goals and incentives from those of smugglers, fare beaters and tax cheats. Groups like Al Qaeda aim to cause widespread disruption and terror by whatever means they can, even at great cost to individual members. In particular, they are willing and able to sacrifice -- martyr -- the very lives of their solders in the service of that goal. The fate of any individual terrorist is irrelevant as long as the loss contributes to terror and disruption.
Paradoxically, the best terrorist strategy (as long as they have enough volunteers) under unpredictable screening may be to prepare a cadre of suicide bombers for the least rigorous screening to which they might be subjected, and not, as the strategy assumes, for the most rigorous. Sent on their way, each will either succeed at destroying a plane or be caught, but either outcome serves the terrorists' objective.
The problem is that catching someone under a randomized strategy creates a terrible dilemma for the authorities. What do we do when we detect a bomb-wielding terrorist whose device was discovered through the enhanced, randomly applied screening procedure?
EDITED TO ADD (1/5): In this blog post, a reader of Andrew Sullivan's blog argues that the terrorist didn't care if he blew the plane up or not, that he went back to his seat instead of detonating the explosive in the toilet precisely because he wanted his fellow passengers to see his attempt -- just in case it failed.
- NIN fans collaborate on massive free DVD/Blu-ray of "Lights In The Sky"
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- nin_news_feed
- January 5th, 10:17
Our 2008 Lights In The Sky tour was an ambitious multimedia production on a scale well beyond anything we'd ever attempted before. Everyone involved was extremely proud of how it came together, and we were devastated when, for a variety of reasons, we were unable to capture it professionally for a theatrical or commercial release. As a "plan B" of sorts, early last year we released a massive 405gb free download of raw HD footage captured at three different shows during the tour. The idea was to get the footage out in the wild and see what our notoriously enterprising fans could do with it. There were no rules. No strings attached. This was a gift, and an experiment, and for the past year we've watched it come to life in more ways than we could have ever imagined.
Fans have edited thousands of videos from the footage, assembled their own DVDs and live albums, even held theatrical screenings of their creations. And now, the ambitious and well-organized group known as This One Is On Us have released their massive, highly-anticipated creation, Another Version of the Truth: The Gift.
For 12 months, a core team of dozens of fans and a network of thousands spanning the entire globe pooled their efforts to create this professional-quality 1080p 5.1 concert film, and have released it in every format from Blu-ray and DVD to iPod and YouTube. It combines footage from all three shows and includes DVD menus, bonus footage, a PDF booklet, and more. That something of this scale was produced entirely by fans, on their own time, purely for the sake of giving something back to the community, is absolutely unprecedented. You can read all about the project and find all the download links here, or watch it immediately on YouTube here. Theatrical screenings are already being organized, you can find more info about those here.
This is yet another example of a devoted fanbase and a policy of openness combining to fill in blanks left by old media barriers. The entire NIN camp is absolutely thrilled that treating our fans with respect and nurturing their creativity has led to such an overwhelming outpour of incredible content, and that we now have such a high quality souvenir from our most ambitious tour ever. Or, as Trent simply put it, "Nine Inch Nails fans kick ass."
- Officers, firefighters gathering to honor slain deputy
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- komo_local
- January 5th, 17:59
For the third time in just two months, law enforcement members from around the region are preparing to say goodbye to a murdered officer.
- Microsoft sets prices for Office 2010
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- komo_microsoft
- January 5th, 17:37
Microsoft Corp. will sell four versions of the forthcoming Office 2010 software, due out in June, for prices ranging from $99 to $499.
- Adopting the Israeli Airport Security Model
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- bruce_schneier
- January 5th, 7:04
I've been reading a lot recently -- like this one on the Israeli airport security model, and how we should adopt more of the Israeli security model here in the U.S. This sums up the problem with that idea nicely:
On the other hand, no matter how safe or how wonderful the flying experience on El Al, it is TINY airline by U.S. standards, with only 38 aircraft, 46 destinations, and fewer than two million passengers in 2008. As near as I can tell, Cairo is their only destination in a majority Muslim country. Delta, before the Northwest merger is included, reported 449 aircraft and 375 destinations.
Ben Gurion Airport is Israel’s primary (not only) international gateway. In 2008, Ben Gurion served 11.1 million international passengers and 470,000 domestic passengers, roughly comparable to the 10 million total served at Sacramento, the airport I use most often. Amsterdam served 47.4 million total, and Detroit served 35.1 million total in 2008.
By American standards, in terms of passengers served, Ben Gurion is a busy regional airport.
Simply put, the Israeli airport security model does not scale.
- Page Summary
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- komo_local — King County delays animal shelter closure
- komo_local — Judge issues partial ruling on tribal cigarette tax
- komo_local — McGinn: No department immune to spending cuts
- komo_local — 'I just wanted to show my respect. It's that simple'
- komo_local — Prosecutors: Girl killed after argument over MySpace page
- komo_local — NOAA proposes habitat protection for sea turtles
- schlake — (no subject)
- komo_local — Thousands say goodbye to slain deputy
- komo_local — Photo gallery: Honoring Deputy Kent Mundell
- bruce_schneier — Me on Airport Security Profiling
- komo_local — Fed judges: Wash. felony inmates should get vote
- komo_local — UW assoc. prof. to lead tribal college in Montana
- komo_local — Pacific County wind farm no threat to murrelets
- komo_local — 15 years after blaze, firefighters remember fallen brothers
- schlake — Alton Brown's Dramatic Weight Loss
- bruce_schneier — Matt Blaze on the New "Unpredictable" TSA Screening Measures
- nin_news_feed — NIN fans collaborate on massive free DVD/Blu-ray of "Lights In The Sky"
- komo_local — Officers, firefighters gathering to honor slain deputy
- komo_microsoft — Microsoft sets prices for Office 2010
- bruce_schneier — Adopting the Israeli Airport Security Model
