Internet Addiction So Rampant In South Korea, They Create Boot Camp Cure for Web Obsession
MOKCHEON, South Korea — The compound — part boot camp, part rehab center — resembles programs around the world for troubled youths. Drill instructors drive young men through military-style obstacle courses, counselors lead group sessions, and there are even therapeutic workshops on pottery and drumming.
But these young people are not battling alcohol or drugs. Rather, they have severe cases of what many in this country believe is a new and potentially deadly addiction: cyberspace.
Researchers Discover That Name Initials Predict Academic Performance
Certain initials may look better than others as monograms but they can also have an impact on how well a person performs in a sport or at school, according to a new study.
Researchers who studied the impact of initials found that baseballs players whose first or last name starts with the letter K, which signifies a strikeout, tended to strike out more often than other players.
And students whose names start with the letters C or D, which denote mediocre marks in some grading systems, did not perform as well as other pupils with different initials.
Marijuananomics 101 Or How Rising Canadian Dollar Hurts Sales 'BC Bud' In United States
This is a kind of article that you'd never read in The Wall Street Journal. If you liked Freakonomics, you'll love this article:
For years, backpacks crammed with cash have slipped north into Canada, followed closely by hockey bags packed with premium marijuana skating south into Montana.
A favorable exchange rate (not long ago, one American dollar bought one and a half Canadian dollars) made the smuggling profitable, and thus popular.
Homeless Man In LA Gets His Own Brand
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The newest sensation at the center of Hollywood's fashion scene isn't a famous designer or starlet. It's a 56-year-old homeless man who spends his days dancing on roller skates.
San Francisco entrepreneur Bob Pritikin Buys Hitler's Globe For $100,000
SAN FRANCISCO - A globe that once belonged to Adolf Hitler has sold at auction for $100,000 -- more than five times the expected amount.
American soldier John Barsamian found the globe in the ruins of Hitler's Eagle's Nest retreat in the Bavarian Alps in May 1945.
Barsamian, now 91, of Oakland, recently decided to sell it while he is alive so he can personally tell the story behind it, said his son, Barry Barsamian. Both Barsamians watched the bidding Tuesday at Greg Martin Auctions.
10 Coolest Book Titles That Have 'Fuck' In Them
1. Fuck, Yes!: A Guide to the Happy Acceptance of Everything
Judge Who Lost A $54 Million Lawsuit Against Dry Cleaner Over Pants Loses Job
I guess, there is justica, afterl all. Read this:
Man Inserts $1 Bill Into Machine, Gets $260.50 In Change
NEW CASTLE, Ind. -- A car wash change machine paid off like a Las Vegas slot for one customer, but he turned over his booty to police. Eldon McCammack put a dollar in the change machine Saturday at the Trojan Car Wash in this city about 40 miles east of Indianapolis.
Driving With Allah
Religion has been used as a marketing tool by many in the west. 'Christian hosting', 'Christian dating', 'Christian bookstores', etc. Many religions, like Mormons, are more corporations than religous institution. And don't get me started on 'television ministries' of the evangelicals. Well, guess what - it looks like Islam is catching up with the 'infidels'. Apparently, we aren't the only bigots in this world. What's next? 'Buddha's Guide To Investing Is Stocks'?
Seattle Company Starts Making Ham Flavored Soda
SEATTLE -- Coming soon next to the Coke and Pepsi in a store near you: ham-and latke-flavored soda to make your holiday feast complete. It even will be kosher, the company making it says - including the ham.
Jones Soda Co., the Seattle-based purveyor of offbeat fizzy water, is selling holiday-themed limited-edition packs of flavored sodas.
The Christmas pack will feature such flavors as Sugar Plum, Christmas Tree, Egg Nog and Christmas Ham. The Hanukkah pack will have Jelly Doughnut, Apple Sauce, Chocolate Coins and Latkes sodas.
