Thursday, April 29, 2004
In what seems like a repeat from months gone by, the Recording Industry Association of America has issued another round of lawsuits (bringing the total number to 2,454) targeting users from colleges such as Mansfield, Michigan State University, Texas A&M University and several others.
From CNN, "The recording industry sued 477 more computer users Wednesday, including dozens of college students at schools in 11 states, accusing them of illegally sharing music across the Internet.
The Recording Industry Association of America, the trade group for the largest labels, praised efforts by colleges and universities to use technology and school policies to crack down on music piracy on their own computer networks. But it said the most egregious offenders on campus deserved to be sued.
'There is also a complementary need for enforcement by copyright owners against the serious offenders to remind people that this activity is illegal,' said the group's president, Cary Sherman."
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Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Short on time? Ever sit down to study and have little time to cook? Many of us wander into the kitchen, open the pantry, and throw in the oven a pot of water to boil and break open a package of good ol' fashion ramen noodles. Well my friends, take note. In Japan, Ramen noodles has become the biggest craze of restaurant goers.
From Yahoo! News (World - AP Asia), "TOKYO - Customers with Prada handbags and Gucci sunglasses sometimes stand in line for hours and gaze hungrily at a TV outside the restaurant door, feasting their eyes on the delicacy that awaits: a bowl of noodles. The humble noodle — known in Japan as 'ramen' — has long been better known as a staple of construction workers and penny-pinching students than as a favorite of the chic.
But in a push to win over a new clientele, Japanese noodles are going upscale with special pork and organic vegetables served in eateries with fetching dark-wood interiors and soft lighting.
One company even came up with a shocker for anyone who's slurped down a calorie-packed bowl of noodles: diet ramen made from seaweed extracts. It weighs in at a meager 8 calories.
'The 'stylish ramen' stores have really boomed,' said Masahiko Ichiyanagi, who writes a 'ramen column' for a popular weekly magazine, Tokyo 1Week. 'The result is that it's now recognized as a legitimate leisure activity.'"
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From Yahoo! News, "The government is suing a cafeteria worker who received a $2.1 million tax refund by claiming to be a Hawaiian princess and heir to a billion-dollar estate, authorities said.
The money that the Internal Revenue Service sent last month to Abigail Roberts, 61, who works in Widener University's cafeteria, came from funds the real princess had on deposit with the IRS, according to court documents.
Federal authorities say Roberts fooled the IRS by using the social security number of the genuine heiress, Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawananakoa, on her tax form."
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From Yahoo! News (Reuters), "Why is it so annoying to watch someone else make a mistake? Maybe because it affects the same areas of the brain as when a person makes his or her own mistake, Dutch researchers say.
Experiments in which volunteers tried a computer task and then watched each other do the same thing showed the brain reacted in a similar way whether the observer made the mistake, or watched someone else make it."
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Tuesday, April 27, 2004
A group of U.S.-Turkish explorers are planning an expedition to scale Mount Ararat in Turkey in hopes to find the ancient biblical structure.
From CNN, "An expedition is being planned for this summer to the upper reaches of Turkey's Mount Ararat where organizers hope to prove an object nestled amid the snow and ice is Noah's Ark.
A joint U.S.-Turkish team of 10 explorers plans to make the arduous trek up Turkey's tallest mountain, at 17,820 feet, from July 15 to August 15, subject to the approval of the Turkish government, said Daniel P. McGivern, president of Shamrock- The Trinity Corporation of Honolulu, Hawaii.
The goal: to enter what they believe to be a mammoth structure some 45 feet high, 75 feet wide and up to 450 feet long that was exposed in part by last summer's heat wave in Europe."
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