Indisputable proof that I’m not just a fair-weather cemetery runner: semi-whiteout at sunset just after a jaunt-around.

Important winter-running tip (from a hard, cold lesson just gleaned), especially for guys: never-ever run in frigid temps with silk under-sportswear ( only, beneath your lower running attire) unless you want to experience what it feels like to be a popsicle-making machine.

Japan unable to find source of bird flu outbreak
Forbes - 5 hours ago
TOKYO,
Jan 14 (Reuters) - Japanese officials, striving to halt the spread of
bird flu, said on Wednesday they had so far been unable to discover how
the outbreak occurred.

Sars theory 'needs work'
The Times, UK (subscription) - 1 hour ago
AS
A 35-year-old businessman became the third suspected victim in southern
China of the deadly lung disease Sars, specialists meeting at the Royal
Society in London called for more research into diseases that spread
from animals to man.

How Now, Mad Cow?
BusinessWeek - 7 hours ago
Just before Christmas, US consumers and the country's $38 billion beef industry
got a glimpse of the damage caused by mad cow disease, the brain-destroying ...

Isn’t it time yet for a new Hollywood blockbuster depicting this concerted attack upon mankind by animaldom ?  Perhaps, a sequel to Animal Farm called “Revenge of The Beasts” ?!