| Man makes living suing spammers |
男子專職起訴垃圾郵件 |
| Daniel Balsam has taken his hatred for spam email far beyond hitting the delete button. Balsam sues spammers for a living, AP reported. Eight years ago, Balsam was working in marketing when he became enraged by the number of e-mails he received urging him to enlarge his breasts. He launched a Web site called Danhatesspam.com and quit his job to go to law school. He now makes a decent living suing companies who flood his e-mail inbox with offers of cheap drugs, free sex and unbelievable vacations. He has won well in excess of $1 million in court settlements from companies accused of sending illegal spam. |
據(jù)美聯(lián)社報道，丹尼爾?鮑爾薩姆同大多數(shù)人憎恨垃圾郵件的行為不同，他不僅僅是簡單地刪除垃圾郵件，而是起訴垃圾郵件制造者，并以此為生。八年前，鮑爾薩姆還是一名營銷商時，收到許多向他推銷豐胸產(chǎn)品的垃圾郵件。他因此辭去工作去學校進修法律，并創(chuàng)辦了名為“Danhatesspam.com(譯為丹憎恨垃圾郵件)”的網(wǎng)站。他開始專職起訴那些向他郵箱里大量發(fā)送如兜售廉價藥品、免費性愛和不靠譜的度假信息等垃圾郵件的公司。目前，他通過成功起訴垃圾郵件制造公司獲得的賠償金與和解費已遠遠超過100萬美元（約663萬元）。 |
| Hefner announces third marriage |
《花花公子》84歲老板娶靚模 |
| The founder of Playboy magazine Hugh Hefner is to marry for the 3rd time at the age of 84, the Guardian reported. Hefner used Twitter to tell the world he had given an engagement ring to 24-year-old Playmate Crystal Harris on Christmas Eve. "When I gave Crystal the ring, she burst into tears. This is the happiest Christmas weekend in memory," Hefner tweeted. |
據(jù)英國《衛(wèi)報》報道，84歲的《花花公子》雜志創(chuàng)始人休?赫夫納將“梅開三度”。赫夫納通過“推特”宣告天下，他與旗下女模特24歲的克里斯托?哈里斯已于圣誕平安夜訂婚。他在“推特”上稱：“當我將訂婚戒指送給克里斯托時，她當場感動得淚流滿面。這是記憶中最開心的圣誕周末了。” |
| Schindler's list under the hammer |
辛德勒名單副本將拍賣 |
| A judge in New York has ruled that a memorabilia dealer can sell what he says is an original copy of Schindler's list, the Daily Telegraph reported. The list of names was compiled by German industrialist Oskar Schindler, who saved more than 1,000 Jews during the Holocaust. An heir to Schindler's widow had sought to block the sale. |
英國《每日電訊報》消息，紐約一名法官已經(jīng)允許一位紀念品經(jīng)銷商出售他所聲稱的一份辛德勒名單的原始副本。這份名單由德國工業(yè)家奧斯卡?辛德勒編制，他在納粹大屠殺期間挽救了1000多個猶太人的生命。辛德勒遺孀的一位繼承人曾試圖阻止買賣這份名單。 |
| Book deal funds Assange legal fight |
阿桑奇差錢：出版回憶錄 |
| WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he had to sell the rights to his autobiography to cover legal costs and keep his website going. He told the Sunday Times: "I don't want to write this book, but I have to. I have already spent ￡200,000 for legal costs and I need to defend myself and to keep WikiLeaks afloat." He will reportedly receive $800,000 dollars from his American publisher Alfred A Knopf, while a British deal with Canongate is said to be worth ￡325,000. An estimated ￡1.1m will be generated from the deal in total, including serialization fees, Assange said. |
“維基解密”創(chuàng)始人朱利安?阿桑奇表示，為了能夠繼續(xù)籌錢打官司和運營網(wǎng)站，他將寫回憶錄出售版權。他在接受《星期日泰晤士報》采訪時稱：“我其實不想寫，但卻不得不寫，我別無選擇。我已經(jīng)花了20萬英鎊的訴訟費用，我需要為自己辯護，也要讓維基解密繼續(xù)運作。”據(jù)報道，他已經(jīng)和美國出版商艾爾弗雷德?克諾夫公司簽約，可以獲得80萬美元的收益，還將同英國卡能格特出版社簽約，獲得32.5萬英鎊收入。再加上連載的收入，阿桑奇預計可以獲得110萬英鎊（約1122萬元）。 |
| Oranges beat popping vitamin pills |
吃橙子比維生素藥片好 |
| Research published in the Journal of Food Science shows why eating an orange is much better for you than simply popping vitamin C and other pills, the Daily Telegraph reported. The unique mix of antioxidants in oranges work much more effectively together than they do separately, researchers at Brigham Young University in Utah discovered. Antioxidants slow the ageing process of cells, protect against cancer and may help ward off heart disease, although evidence for the latter claim has been contested. |
據(jù)英國《每日電訊報》報道，美國《食品科學雜志》刊登一項研究稱，科學家已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)為什么吃橙子比簡單服用維生素C片和其它藥片更好的原因了。美國猶他州楊百翰大學研究人員表示，橙子中各種抗氧化劑的特殊組合比各種抗氧化劑"單打獨斗"效果更好。抗氧化劑具有緩解細胞衰老過程，預防癌癥，并有助于預防心臟病等功效。當然目前對抗氧化劑能預防心臟病的證據(jù)依然存在異議。
（China.org.cn）
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