Monday, May 21, 2012

India Spielberg Deal, Now China with AMC?

India Spielberg Deal, Now China with AMC?

Island of Sanity: Tel Aviv

Island of Sanity: Tel Aviv

"The fastest way to get hurt is to look back while running forward." - Dan Waldschmidt

 

Court won't reduce student's music download fine

Court won't reduce student's music download fine

" The Supreme Court has refused to hear a Boston University student's constitutional challenge to a $675,000 penalty for illegally downloading and sharing 30 songs on the Internet, but his lawyer says there's still a chance the amount could be reduced.
A jury in 2009 ordered Joel Tenenbaum, of Providence, R.I., to pay. A federal judge called the penalty constitutionally excessive, but the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated it at the request of the Recording Industry Association of America.
Tenenbaum's attorney, Harvard law professor Charles Nesson, said he's disappointed the high court won't hear the case. But he said the 1st Circuit instructed a judge to consider reducing the award without deciding any constitutional challenge.
Nesson said Tenenbaum is just entering the job market and can't pay the penalty."

Sunday, May 13, 2012

What is Couchsurfing?

What is Couchsurfing?

First Lady of Syria - Fraud Email

The First Lady of Syria would be sending me an email from Brazil with a reply address in Hong Kong? :)

asma_alassad@yahoo.com.hk

bcastro@viprede.com.br

Greetings, I am Mrs . Asma al-Assad, first lady of Syria.
The  wife of Syria President Bashar al Assad, I have a proposal for you If
you know you can do this, contact me via my private box:
asma_alassad@yahoo.com.hk  so that I can furnish you with more details
but if my offer is of no appeal to you, delete this message and forget I
ever contacted you. I await your reply,
Regards,
Mrs. Asma al-Assad
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Monday, May 7, 2012

Failure is blindness to the strategic element in events; success is readiness for instant action when the opportune moment arrives.

Failure is blindness to the strategic element in events; success is readiness for instant action when the opportune moment arrives. 
Newell D. Hillis

How Amazon learned to love veterans

How Amazon learned to love veterans

At Amazon (AMZN) the ex-military men and women have formed something of a clique, at least in the fulfillment-center operations. Philip Dana, the company's talent acquisition manager for North America, served in the Navy, both as an enlisted man and an officer. (He persuaded Clancey to join Amazon.) Clancey's boss, Dan Fay, is another West Point grad. Josh Teeter, general manager of one of Amazon's pair of 1-million-square-foot facilities in Phoenix, was an Arabic linguist in the Army before joining Amazon.

Friday, May 4, 2012