Kimchi

Do you like Kimchi? I love kimchi. It is one of my favorite appetizers. I would like to make kimchi but I don’t have recipes yet. Kimchi being the Korea's best-known spicy pickled cabbage dish. Anyway, in Seoul, Korea, 2,200 volunteers dressed with made 143 tons of kimchi from 58,000 heads of cabbage yesterday outside Seoul's City Hall. Koreans customarily prepare Kimchi in the fall on annual rite called the "kimjang," and they jam-packed into giant pickling jars and buried in the ground to ferment. Just thinking of kimchi, it makes hungry South Koreans and foreigners — braved a cold snap to make said Kim Sung-tae, a Seoul government official.

Peruvian hairless dog

This hairless four-month old puppy that goes by the name 'Ears' is Peruvians national dog. They are crazy about their national dog - a bald and often toothless breed popular among Incan kings. It is being offered to send a hypoallergenic puppy to the Obama family. The President of Association of Friends of Hairless Dogs of Peru sent a letter to the (Peruvian) embassy in the United States offering a Peruvian hairless dog for Obama. Because of one of Obama's daughters has allergy problems.

FPIES

What is FPIES? Studies found out that rice can cause a form of gut inflammation in some infants. This is called, food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome or FPIES. It is an inflammatory reaction of the digestive system to certain food proteins such as cow's milk, soy, meat and grains. Infants with this syndrome will suffer vomiting and diarrhea within roughly 2 hours of eating those food proteins. Australian researchers found that over 16 years, 14 children came to their hospital with FPIES. Rice remains a hypoallergenic food and it is first recommended as the first solid for infants. Be aware of this syndrome.

Saddam's luxury yacht

Iraq will finally sell Saddam's fancy and luxury Yacht. The Luxury Yacht docked in Nice on the Mediterranean coast. The French Authorities detained the yacht since January. At last Iraq nation won the legal dispute over its ownership because they believed that the yacht belong to their country. This 270-foot yacht is very fancy. It has swimming pools, salons, a secret passage gold-tap bathrooms, a mini-operating theater, a helicopter landing pad and a rocket launching system. It is believed to cost $35 million. It is a super expensive yacht. Look up the photo above. I actually grab that photo from the net.

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168 people killed in India

In Jodhpur, India, there were at least 168 people killed because of a false bomb reports that caused stampede at a Hindu temple yesterday. It was such a tragedy, which happened just as the doors of the temple were being opened for worship at dawn for more than 12,000 people celebrating a key Hindu festival in the historic city of Jodhpur in Rajasthan state. People panicked, as there was already a tension about bomb attacks, in which India has been hit on Monday night and killed people. This is a sad story.

$54 million for a Laptop

You might be wondering why a laptop worth $54 million. Sounds interesting? I read the news a while ago and I came across with this one. A woman from D.C filed a lawsuit against Best Buy for her lost laptop. Here's the story. She bought her laptop at Best Buy and purchased an extended warranty. When the power button broke off after a year, she took her laptop back to Best Buy for repair. Best Buy said that it should be ready in 2 to 6 weeks but it wasn't. And she was promised again that it would be fixed. After a few months, she followed up her laptop; Best Buy finally admitted that it was lost. Best Buy offered her a $900 as a gift card for losing her computer. It didn't make any sense to her because her laptop was cost $1,100. But instead she demanded $2,100 in cash for all the time she spent and the data she stored in her laptop. Her demand was unanswered and ignored. Considering all the data and information stored in her laptop that could possibly show the way to identity theft, she finally decided to file a $54 million lawsuit against Best Buy. On the other hand, Best Buy offered her $2,500 if she would withdraw her case against them. She won’t change her mind whether she wins or not. Moreover, Best Buy offered her again but this time it raised up to $4,100, if she withdraws her case. But she wants to go to the court and pursue the lawsuit. She feels that she is entitled to know why her laptop was lost or got stolen.

In my own opinion, I think it is just fair to file lawsuit against Best Buy considering that they lost her laptop containing all her information and data that could possibly lead to identity theft. Though, it was her responsibility to save all information to a back up disks or external hard drive. It showed that Best Buy didn't handle this situation properly and neglected her a bunch of times. This is a very good lesson to them if they learn from it. As a consumer, my husband and me are not really impressed with their service. The sales persons were only trained to achieve sales and not to help out customers. My husband had a bad experience with them before. He went to Best Buy and have our computer checked. They said something really bad is going on our pc and it needs them to fix it for a couple of weeks. My husband didn't believe but instead he let his friend fix it. It was fixed for just a day. See the difference, I think those geeks in Best Buy are trained to make up some stories and be a good salesmen. Plus, the check up was expensive. I would say the $54 million lawsuit is outrageously high. But it caught the attention of Best Buy.