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Quite Funny! Watch the cats as they make some madness!

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Korean truck owners have protests over rising oil prices

Recently, the Korean truck owners, who carry freight from the factories to the bridge, is having a protest over rising oil prices. The Korean truck driver’s union  recently said that it would enter a protest, and it really occurred.  They say that they receive 270 thousand won, but the real cost that is needed to carry the frieght is about 400 thousand won. They added that who would ever want to do things that is not beneficial to themselves. Well, due to this incident, the major port of Korea, including Busan Port, Pohang port, and Ulsan port has beeen mainly closed. As the car carrier owners also go into protest, the workers of the car company drove the newly made car and drove the car themselves to the port that was still under operation.

AAW NEWS Staff Reporter, Simon Yu

Sudanese Jetliner caughts fire after failed touchdown

A sudanese Jetliner, carrying approximately 210 people caught fire after it’s touch down at Hartum airport at Sudan. About 100 people are now known dead, and rescuers have only found about 30 people, dead.

A group of firefighter tried to put the fire off, but the fire doesn’t extinguish easily. After the accident, about the half of the passengers escaped, but the rest is in the aircraft, probably burned to death. “I hope that the others will also be saved and that god will bless all of those who died”, a survivor said.

There has been a bad weather at Sudan’s Hartum airport when the accident happened. After it’s descent, it got out of the runway and caught fire. However, some airport officials said that there might have been something wrong with the airplane, as they argue that they saw the engine explode.

AAW NEWS Staff Reporter, Simon Yu

An iPhone for the Masses by MSNBC.MSN.com

Lower prices bring it more in line with smartphone market, analysts say

updated 6:31 p.m. ET June 9, 2008

Apple’s new iPhone — faster, cheaper and with more features — is winning praise from analysts who say the device has already more than earned its place in cell phone history.

The company, aiming to make its goal of selling 10 million iPhones by the end of this year, Monday slashed the price of the phone by half from $339 to $199 on its least expensive model, and said it will have faster 3G networking speed, as well as GPS.

Candle light vigil in PARIS????!!!!

There has been an candlelight vigil held in Paris by Koreans, calling “No US BEEF import”.

AAW NEWS Staff Reporter, Simon Yu

The best waterproof product and the worst one

Well, it might be good to have something that is waterproof, but there are some worst water proof product that.

The BEST>> Flip video camera

The Flip video camera costs about $50, and is waterproof. One could easily take this camera and take it to you vacation. It’s pretty useful. You can use it at the swimming pool, at the sea, and even at the lake. You can take it to 10m death.

The BEST>> HDMC I-O DATA Waterproof USB

What if your USB drive sinks in the water, or in the toilet? It would be awful, even more when you have a lot of data in you USB. However, one drawback is its cost. It cost about $250

The WORST>> Sony Waterproof walkman

It has a 1980s classic design, and it’s colored yellow, demonstrating that it is waterproof. However, one important drawback is that it’s earphone is not water proof !! So, how the heck are you going to listen to music in water when your earphone is not waterproof?

The WORST>> FUSITSU F7o6i water proof TV cell phone

The F7o6i cellphone has a good design, and one of its features allows user to watch TV IN WATER? But, it is quite doubtful how much people would try to watch TV in water.

AAW NEWS Staff Reporter, Simon Yu

New iPhone & iPod… Solar Battery?

There is a rumor that the new iPhone, which is dated to launch at June 9th has a solar battery. The rumor states that 1 hour of charge can allow the user to chat for 39 minutes, and listen to a song for an hour. According to the rumor, the solar panel is located at the lower part of the display, where the button is.  However, this is only a rumor, and is not sure… However, whether if it’s true or not, would’nt if be good to have a solar battery powered iphone and ipod?
AAW NEWS Staff Reporter, Simon Yu

CNN- Universal Studios blaze burns sets, video vault

A fast-moving blaze Sunday at the back lot of Universal Studios destroyed several movie sets and the “King Kong” exhibit, and damaged a video vault.

There were no reports of filming at the time the fire broke out early Sunday on the Universal Studios back lot.

3 of 3more photos » Three firefighters suffered minor injuries, fire officials said. No other injuries were reported, and the blaze is reportedly contained.

The fire destroyed an area called New York Street, which includes movie set-style buildings designed to look like the cityscape of New York City.

Between 40,000 and 50,000 videos and reels in vaults were damaged, said Ron Meyer, chief operating officer of Universal Studios, The Associated Press reported.

Duplicates are kept at another location, he told AP.

“Fortunately, nothing irreplaceable was lost,” Meyer told CNN. “The video library was affected and damaged, but our main vault of our motion picture negatives was not.”

Hours after the morning blaze was reported, the roughly two-block area north of Los Angeles appeared charred and resembled a “disaster movie,” Los Angeles City Councilman Tom LaBonge said.

He said he could see the smoke from his Silver Lake home Sunday morning. “It looked like a bomb had exploded,” he said.

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KABC: Fire consumes soundstage

The 2008 MTV Movie Awards, which was supposed to be held at the Universal Studios theme park, will go on, officials said.

The awards show was expected to be broadcast live from an amphitheater at the park Sunday afternoon, an MTV representative said.

“The areas we are utilizing for our production were unaffected, and the 2008 MTV Movie Awards will go on as planned. We’re working closely with authorities to make sure everything operates smoothly,” an MTV spokesman said in a statement.

The awards show will bring a parade of A-list stars to the park’s CityWalk area. According to MTV’s Web site, celebrities such as Tom Cruise, Will Smith, Sarah Jessica Parker, Justin Timberlake and Robert Downey Jr. probably will attend.

The blaze began around 4:45 a.m. (7:45 a.m. ET) and was contained by 9 a.m. Watch choppers try to douse the fire »

The set of “The Changeling,” a film recently directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Angelina Jolie, was “completely destroyed,” Meyer said.

Another area, called “Courthouse Square,” also was destroyed, Meyer said. Numerous movies have been shot in that area, including several scenes of the 1985 hit “Back to the Future,” Meyer said.

And two of the eight locations used by the CBS series “Ghost Whisperer” were affected, he said.

A tour of the back lot area was closed Sunday but was expected to reopen Monday, park officials said.

Fire inspectors had not determined what caused the blaze, said Los Angles County Fire Chief P. Michael Freeman. There were no reports of filming at the time of the fire.

From CNN.com

Microsoft Demos Touch-Screen Application

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Windows 7, as it is known as the next version of Windows will incorporate Touch-screen application. MS Chief Exec. Steve Ballmer said it is “just the smallest snippet” of the Windows 7 OS, targeted for release in late 2009. The thing that you can do with Windows 7 is almost like the thing you can do on “SURFACE”, which is a touch screen- table computer made by MS. Microsoft has unveiled a little bit about the Windows 7, which is in contrast with the highlighted Windows Vista Release.

>>>>Opinion/Column>>>>>> (Will Windows 7’s Touch Screen App. be a revolution?)

The anticipated release of Windows 7 at late 2009 might open the era of touch screen computer, and this might change everything! The highly anticipated Touch Screen application will be revolution. Although it will take some time for the market to adapt and launch a touch screen desktop and laptop, it still will be a revolution. As the concept of touch screen computer looks strange, and even wonderful for some Tech Geeks, people will actually buy those things in order to experience the new type of computers. However, it still is in veil that if the computer industry could adapt fast enough to make the touch screen application of Windows 7 successful.

After Seoul lifts ban on US beef, protesters erupt

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The topic of US Beef import has been in the center of the spotlight for more than 2 month now, and as the Korean Government officially lifted its ban on US beef, thousands of citizens have planned a rally, and some rallies are already happening. A massive candlelight protest, which is expected to be participated by at least ten thousand people, started near the Seoul City hall at 7 p.m. Among the others, there were even mothers pushing their child in strollers, saying “No US beef! We cannot let our baby die from mad cow disease!”

One government official said “Due to growing protest, we are fully prepared of stopping the imports when the outbreak of mad cow disease occurs. Also, Korean inspectors will visit the US to check on the conditions of the workplaces related to the imports.”

However, the concerns aren’t dwindling. Korean truckers also said they will refuse to move beef imported from the United states.

>>>>Opinion/Column>>>>>>

Personally, I oppose the idea of importing US beef. Although some argue that the beef problem can seriously hinder the Korea-US FTA (Free trade agreement), I don’t think that FTA is as important as one nation’s citizen’s health. As the Korean government agreed to import any cattle regardless of age, which is a step back from the original standard that only cows less than 30 months old will be imported, there is a risk of at least one of our citizens getting infected in mad cow disease. If so, who is going to pay back? I mean, nobody could do anything but just say “I’m sorry that this thing happened to you”, and give some economical compensation. But what does this mean to a man who is going to die? This can also easily happen to students. As students consume US beef through the School Cafeteria, they are forced to eat maybe-mad cow disease infected-meat. In order to completely eliminate the possibility of the disease happening in South Korea is banning the import of US BEEF.

AAW NEWS Columnist Simon Yu