Overseas visitors holding valid visas for quarantine waiver can’t enter the country after Jan. 15.
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Thailand Junks Quarantine-Free Visas to Fight Omicron Spread
Thailand indefinitely suspended a quarantine-free visa program for vaccinated visitors and ordered a ban on the sale of alcohol at restaurants in areas deemed at high risk of Covid infections to curb the spread of the omicron variant.
前往新冠病毒資訊中心查看疫苗相關資源。
On one junket to Mar-a-Lago, members of Trump's staff spent $1076 on boozes alone, including shots of Chopin vodka, Patron and Don Julio Blanco tequilas and Woodford Reserve bourbon.
Here's the thing: Trump still owns Mar-a-Lago, so, in essence, when taxpayers reimbursed Mar-a-Lago for the liquor, they were paying Trump. Shame on them for so brazenly pilfering taxpayer dollars for the own delight.
It emerged during trial that Google had agreed to back Samsung’s defense and indemnify it on at least two of the patents at issue in the case — the ones related to background synchronization and universal search. However, the jury found that Samsung’s products didn’t infringe on those two patents.
Pilfered Wi-Fi Is No Shield From Police
A federal court ruled that police don't need search warrants to use software to locate people who piggyback on their neighbors' Wi-Fi networks.
Researchers Trace Data Theft to China
By JOHN MARKOFF and DAVID BARBOZA
Security researchers have monitored a spying operation in which China-based intruders pilfered documents from the Indian Defense Ministry.
Prosecutors decided Monday to file a petition to overturn a court decision releasing ex-President Chen Shui-bian without bail last扁無保釋放 released without bail
特偵組今提抗告
October 12, 2008, 08:53 PM — IDG News Service —
Microsoft is suing U.S.-based cargo-delivery service DHL Express for allegedly losing 21,600 Xbox game consoles because of a train derailment in Texas, according to court documents.
In a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle, Microsoft said it is seeking more than US$2 million in damages from DHL for two containers of Xbox consoles that sustained "impact damage, wetting, pilfering and shortage" after a derailment near Duke, Texas.
The Xboxes were en route from a Microsoft office in McAllen, Texas, to Long Beach, California, for eventual delivery to Hong Kong at the time of the loss, which occurred on Oct. 13, 2007, according to court papers. Flextronics Industrial in Hong Kong was the intended recipient.
Microsoft claims that DHL has refused to compensate it for the loss, even though the delivery service "negligently breached its duties as a common carrier, handler, bailee, warehouseman, agent, or in other capabilities," according to the court papers.
DHL could not be reached for comment Friday.
Microsoft's Xbox game consoles also were the center of a recent controversy in Colorado, where a man was indicted on Sept. 23 for illegally reselling both Xbox 360 and Sony Playstation consoles, and returning inoperable consoles to retail and online outlets for money as if he had purchased them legally.
According to the U.S. State Attorney's Office in the District of Colorado, 27-year-old Yewchoo Ng of Boulder purchased the consoles at Target, Amazon.com, Buy.com, Best Buy, Circuit City, Sears and Wal-mart using several credit cards. He took the consoles out of the boxes, removed the serial numbers, put those numbers on older, inoperable consoles, and returned those consoles to the retail outlets, according to the state attorney's office.
The retail and online outlets lost $182,001 as a result of the scam, the office said. Ng also sold the new consoles online via e-Bay and other auction and shopping sites for his own personal profit.
IDG News Service
《中英對照讀新聞》Birds pilfer metal for nest 鳥兒竊取金屬築巢
A pair of magpies has constructed a nest in a built-up part of Hong Kong using metal sticks apparently swiped from a nearby construction site, a report said.
一篇報導指出，一對喜鵲利用金屬棒，在香港一處新興區築了一個鳥巢，這些金屬棒顯然是竊取自附近的工地。
Increasing Injuries Prompt Black & Decker to Reannounce Recall of Trimmers/Edgers Due to Laceration and Burn Hazards
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.Name of Product: Black & Decker GH1000 Grasshog XP String Trimmer/Edgers
Units: About 200,000
Manufacturer: Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc., of Towson, Md.
Hazard: The trimmer/edger’s spool, spool cap and pieces of trimmer string can come loose during use and become airborne projectiles, posing a serious laceration hazard to the user, as well as bystanders. The trimmer/edgers can also overheat, posing a burn hazard to consumers.
Incidents/Injuries: At the time of the original announcement in July 2007, Black & Decker had received more than 700 reports of incidents, including 58 reports of injuries. The firm has received over 100 additional injury reports; ten that required medical attention and minor injuries such as bruises and lacerations. There were also reports of minor property damage, including broken windows.
Description: The Black & Decker GH1000 Grasshog XP String Trimmers/Edgers are electric-powered. Trimmer/edgers with date codes 200546 through 200645 (representing manufacture dates of November 14, 2005 through November 6, 2006) are included in this recall. The date code is located on the underside of the trimmer/edger’s handle. Only trimmers with black spool caps are included in the recall. Those with orange spool caps are not included in the recall.
Sold at: Major home center and hardware stores nationwide from November 2005 through January 2007 for about $70.
Manufactured in: China
Remedy: Consumers should stop using the string trimmers/edgers immediately and contact Black & Decker for a free repair kit.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Black & Decker toll-free at (888) 742-9158 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit the firm’s Web site at www.blackanddecker.com
CPSC is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. Please tell us about it by visiting https://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/incident.aspx
"Obviously, I spoke very strongly about my views on the economics of a search partnership with my bid last year," Ballmer said Thursday. "Luckily, I was bailed out of this economy by Yahoo," which last year rejected Microsoft's takeover offer of $31 a share.
junket
/ˈdʒʌŋkɪt/
noun
- 1.a dish of sweetened and flavoured curds of milk."junkets of apple-flavoured cream"
- 2.INFORMALan extravagant trip or celebration, in particular one enjoyed by government officials at public expense."the latest row over city council junkets"
verb
INFORMAL
- 1.attend or go on a trip or celebration at public expense."your MP's worldwide junketing"
bail out (STOP), UK ALSO bale out phrasal verb MAINLY US
to stop doing or being involved with something:
The actor has bailed out of the film after only three weeks' shooting.
bailn.
- Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
- Release from imprisonment provided by the payment of such money.
- A person who provides this security.
- To secure the release of by providing security.
- To release (a person) for whom security has been paid.
- Informal. To extricate from a difficult situation: always bailing you out of trouble.
- To transfer (property) to another for a special purpose but without permanent transference of ownership.
bail
- To fail to appear in court and so forfeit one's bail.
[Middle English, custody, from Old French, from baillier, to take charge of, from Latin bāiulāre, to carry a load, from bāiulus, carrier of a burden.]
bailer bail'er n.bail2 (bāl)
v., bailed, bail·ing, bails. v.tr.
- To remove (water) from a boat by repeatedly filling a container and emptying it over the side.
- To empty (a boat) of water by bailing.
To empty a boat of water by bailing.
n.
A container used for emptying water from a boat.
phrasal verb:
bail out
- To parachute from an aircraft; eject.
- To abandon a project or enterprise.
[From Middle English baille, bucket, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *bāiula, water container, from Latin bāiulāre, to carry a load.]
bailer bail'er n.bail3 (bāl)
n.
- The arched hooplike handle of a container, such as a pail.
- An arch or hoop, such as one of those used to support the top of a covered wagon.
- A hinged bar on a typewriter that holds the paper against the platen.
- The pivoting U-shaped part of a fishing reel that guides the line onto the spool during rewinding.
[Middle English beil, perhaps from Old English *bēgel or of Scandinavian origin.]
bail4 (bāl)
n.
- Chiefly British. A pole or bar used to confine or separate animals.
- Sports. One of the two crossbars that form the top of a wicket used in the game of cricket.
[Old French dialectal, probably from Latin baculum, stick. See bacillus.]
spool
n.- A cylinder of wood, plastic, cardboard, or other material on which wire, thread, or string is wound.
- The amount of wire, thread, or string wound on such a cylinder.
- Something similar to such a cylinder in shape or function.
- A reel for magnetic tape.
To wind or be wound on or off a spool.
[Middle English spole, from Old North French espole and from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German spoele (Old North French, from Middle Dutch).]
spool2 (spūl)
tr.v., spooled, spool·ing, spools.
To store (data sent to a printer) in a buffer, allowing the program that sent the data to the printer to resume its normal operation.
[s(imultaneous) p(eripheral) o(perations) o(n) l(ine).]
pilfer︰動詞，一點一點地偷竊，剽竊。例句︰She had been pilfering from the cash box for months.（幾個月來她一直從錢箱中偷錢。）
built-up︰名詞，發展、增強、積聚，也有捧場之意。例句︰The play had a big build-up in the press.（這齣戲在報上大受好評。）◎ 魏國金
pilfer
verb [I or T]
to steal things of small value:
He was caught pilfering (sweets) from the shop.
[動](自)(他)（…を）くすねる, ちょろまかす, こそどろをする；《野球》盗塁する.
pil・fer・er
[名]
pil・fer・age
[名]こそどろ；抜き荷；((集合的))盗品.bailee
n.
A person to whom property is bailed.
Insurance Dictionary: Bailee Individual who has temporary rightful possession of another's property. The bailee often furnishes a receipt in exchange for the bailor's property. For example, a dry cleaner has temporary custody of a suit to be cleaned and must exercise proper care to safeguard it against physical loss. If the property is damaged, the bailee's insurance policy often becomes the primary coverage and must indemnify the loss.
bail1
━━ n. 保釈; 保釈保証人［金］.
accept [allow, admit to take] bail 保釈を許す. forfeit [〈話〉jump] one's bail （保釈中の被告が）出廷しないために保釈金を没収される. give leg bail 脱走する. go [stand, put up] bail for …の保釈保証人となる; …を確実と請け合う. out on bail 保釈（出所）中.━━ vt. 保釈してもらう ((out)); （品物を）委託する; （財政困難から）救う.
bail・ee 受寄者 ((動産の寄託(bailment)を受けた人)). bail・ment ━━ n. 寄託 ((一定期間後に寄託者(bailor)に返還される約束で動産を受寄者(bailee)に引き渡すこと)). bail・or ━━ n. （動産の）寄託者.
bail・out パラシュートでの脱出; （財政的な）緊急援助, 救済措置. bails・man 【法】保釈保証人.It emerged during trial that Google had agreed to back Samsung’s defense and indemnify it on at least two of the patents at issue in the case — the ones related to background synchronization and universal search. However, the jury found that Samsung’s products didn’t infringe on those two patents.
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