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Monday, November 1, 2010

The Daily Drift

The Daily Drift

Today's horoscope says:
Last-minute turnarounds have never been at the very top of your 'most favorite things' list, but that's kind of the point: We don't see it happening, so we have to reach deep inside ourselves to react -- which gives us a chance to get to know ourselves all over again, without anyone's expectations about how we 'should' be acting, based on what they think of us.
Treat the incident like a learning opportunity, and it can't help but turn out to be just that.

Some of our readers today have been in:

Milan, Lombardia, Italy

Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Paris, Ile-De-France, France

London, England, United Kingdom

Dublin, Dublin Ireland

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Oldenburge, Neidersachsen, Germany

Prague, Hlavni Mesto Praha, Czech Republic

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemburg, Germany

Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

as well as Singapore, Malaysia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Poland, Puerto Rico, Russia, Vietnam, Thailand, Netherlands Antilles and in cities across the United States such as Hickory, El Segundo, Kennewick, Pittstown and more.

Today is:

Today is Monday, November 1, the 305th day of 2010.

There are 60 days left in the year.

Today In History November 1

Today's unusual holiday or celebration is:

There isn't any.

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November is ...

International Drum (Percussion) Month

Georgia Pecan Month

and

NoSHAVEmber

(aka: Bread Month in the U.S. and Movember - Moustache Month in Australia)

Where water is running out

Biggest U.S. cities running out of water

Shortages are likely in some metro areas, especially if weather patterns change.

Where restrictions could occur

Also:

A $400K home's final cost: $6 mil

$400K dream home costs couple $6 million

Mark Feldberg and Emilyn Page had a vision for every detail of their new house.

Four architects and seven years later ...

Also:

North Carolina man pursues world record

A North Carolina man is celebrating successful cancer surgery in an unusual way: by seeking world record status for the tumor doctors removed from his abdomen.

NC man pursues world record for kidney tumor

China's massive population shift

World's biggest census tackles tricky issue

Six million workers race door-to-door to finally capture the true size of China's giant cities.

Major flaw in past counts

Also:

Ten Years of the International Space Station

This week will mark the tenth anniversary of continuous human habitation onboard the International Space Station:

More than 200 orbiting explorers have visited the space complex; 15 nations have contributed to the missions, providing modules and hardware; and more than 600 experiments have been carried out on board.

Full Story

IT worker sentenced after stealing employee information to earn $100 vouchers

We've wondered before just how much information and power IT staff have at businesses, and in this case, it looks like the answer is too much.

Full Story

Yemen arrests two related to bomb threat

NY Times:

The powerful bombs concealed inside cargo packages and destined for the United States were expertly constructed and unusually sophisticated, American officials said Saturday, further evidence that Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen is steadily improving its abilities to strike on American soil.

As investigators on three continents conducted forensic analysis of two bombs shipped from Yemen and intercepted Friday in Britain and Dubai, American officials said evidence was mounting that the top leadership of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, including the radical American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, was behind the attempted attacks.

Yemeni officials on Saturday announced the arrest of a young woman and her mother in connection with the plot, which also may have involved two language schools in Yemen. The two women were not identified, but a defense lawyer who has been in contact with the family, Abdul Rahman Barham, said the daughter was a 22 year-old engineering student at Sana University.