Feline Love Triangle

3-year-old Malayan tiger Seri killed 6-year-old Wzui at about 4 p.m. on Thursday in an enclosure at El Paso Zoo.

Zookeepers had not observed any signs of aggression leeding up to the attack, and that the two tigers had been seen playing affectionately at the exhibit earlier in the day.


However, zoo authorities reported what they called a "tiger love triangle" between Seri, Wzui and 15-year-old female called Meli, who was transferred to El Paso from a zoo in California.


The male tiger Wzui likes both females, but the two females don't like each other.





There's more ways than one to kill a cat, but females are horrible in any world, indeed...(^o^;)

Brightest Moon

Today is 十五夜(Jugoya).


Since ancient times, Japanese people have described the eighth lunisolar month as the best time for looking at the moon.


We also call the full moon "中秋の名月(Chushu no Meigetsu)", which means the brightest and the most beautiful moon in the middle of autumn.


It is traditional to gather in a place where the moon can be seen clearly, decorate the scene with Japanese pampas grass called "Susuki", and to serve white rice dumplings called "Tsukimi dango" to the moon in order to pray for an abundant harvest.




Here is my handmade Tsukimi dango.

Japan's changed a lot compared to last year, but the beauty of moon has never.

A Town of Death

Japan's new trade minister Yoshio Hachiro has resigned, after just eight days in office, followingtwo separate incidents where comments he made were deemed to be inappropriate and insensitive.

Yoshio Hachiro, 63, announced his departure at a news conference late on Saturday, apologizing repeatedly for calling evacuated area around the striken Fukushima nuclear power plant "a town of death."


What's worse, Japanese media reported that Hachiro had attempted to rub up against the journalist saying "I'll give you radiation," after the visit to the Fukushima plant on Thursday.





What a stupid gaffe and behavior!!

Real World or Exercise?

Ahead of the 10th anniversary of the 9.11 terrorist attacks in the United States, a set of audio files of conversations and transmissions in the planes used in the attacks has been released.


→ Audio Transcript "A New Type of War"


The 114 files were released by a team at Rutgers University on Thursday.

The team analyzed the material after recieving team from an independent commission investigating the attacks.






The materials include conversations in the 4 hijacked planes and exchanges between the planes' ordering and flight controllers.


We can hear the voice of Mohamed Atta, who was one of the hijackers on American Airlines Flight 11, saying like this.


Atta: "Nobody move. Everything will be ok. If you try to make any moves you will injure yourself and the airplane. Just stay quiet."





The recording also include exchanges between an air traffic controller in Boston and an official in the North American Aerospace Defence Commend.


Cooper: "Hi, Boston Center, TMU, we have ah a problem here, we have a hijacked aircraft headed towards New, New York and we need you guys to, we need someone to scramble some F-16s or something up there to help us out."

Powell: "Is, is this real world or exercise?"

Cooper: "No, this is not an exercise, not a test."





Such exchanges have raised concerns about a lack of coordination between U.S. air authorities and military officials.




10 years have passed since then, and the world's been trying to eradicate the cruel terrorism.


What on earth had been really solved, anyway...?

Karelog

Are you a woman?

Are you easily getting jealous?

Does your boyfriend own an Android cell phone?


If you answer all of these questions with "yes", how about trying a new Android app called "Karelog (boyfriend log)"?

Here's how Karelog works.

1. download Karelog app and install it on your boyfriend's Android cell phone secretly
2. you can get the ID and password, but don't tell your boyfriend
3. log into the Karelog website with the ID and password on your computer or Android cell phone
4. you will be able to track your boyfriend's movement through GPS
5. even you can see his call record and battery status




Needless to say, Karelog can not only be used to control boyfriends but also any kind of Android users.

And some users are now discussing the privacy issues.





It's a piece of spyware, indeed.


And what's the difference from stalker...?


How can I trust the woman who uses this app?

Be Magical!

Tokyo DisneySEA celebrated its 10-year anniversary Sunday with special events featuring Mickey Mouse and other major Disney characters dancing on boats and greeting visitors.

The theme of celebration is "Be Magical!"

Tokyo DisneySEA opened on September 4th, 2001, as Disney's first marine theme park in the world.

The park is located next to Tokyo Disneyland in a waterfront area of Tokyo Bay.




The two parks were closed for a month and a half after the area was hit by the March 11th earthquake.

But the number of visitors returned to the year-before level in July before increasing on a year-on-tear basis in August.





I hope that more and more people go to Disney parks, enjoy there, and their smiles will be a magical effect on depressed Japan.




I really want to go to Disney if I have more holidays and a good partner...

Japan 1-0 North Korea

Maya Yoshida scored late in stoppage time to give an undermanned Japan a dramatic 1-0 home win over North Korea in their World Cup qualifier Friday.

Who could fill the breach for leading players Keisuke Honda and Yuto Nagatomo...?