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Following is a summary of current odd news briefs:
Rat meat in demand as inflation bites
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The price of rat meat has quadrupled
in Cambodia this year as inflation has put other meat beyond
the reach of poor people, officials said on Wednesday.
With consumer price inflation at 37 percent according to
the latest central bank estimate, demand has pushed a kilogram
of rat meat up to around 5,000 riel ($1.28) from 1,200 riel
last year.
Spicy field rat dishes with garlic thrown in have become
particularly popular at a time when beef costs 20,000 riel a
kg.
Officials said rats were fleeing to higher ground from
flooded areas of the lower Mekong Delta, making it easier for
villagers to catch them.
"Many children are happy making some money from selling the
animals to the markets, but they keep some for their family,"
Ly Marong, an agriculture official, said by telephone from the
Koh Thom district on the border with Vietnam.
Woman wearing veil told to leave Italian museum
ROME (Reuters) - The head of one of Venice's most
prestigious museums apologized on Wednesday to a Muslim woman
asked to leave the building by a guard because she was wearing
a veil over her face.
The episode, which has kindled controversy in the Italian
media and arguments between centre-left and centre-right
politicians, occurred on Sunday in Venice's Ca' Rezzonico
museum, which houses 18th-century Venetian art.
"I'm sorry for what happened and if she ever wants to
return to our museum, she will be more than welcome," director
Filippo Pedrocco told Reuters by telephone from Venice.
The woman, visiting the museum with her husband and
children, had cleared security when she entered the building.
When she reached the second floor, a room guard told her
she must remove her "niqab," which leaves only the eyes
visible, or leave.
Australian school may backflip on cartwheel ban
SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - An Australian school which
recently banned its students from doing cartwheels, somersaults
and other gymnastics during recess is reviewing the decision
after parents and students got all bent out of shape.
The school, in the coastal town of Townsville in Queensland
state, told students they could not perform any acrobatics such
as handstands outside class because they were a safety hazard.
"The school is actually reviewing this," a spokesman for
the Queensland state's education department said Wednesday.
A statement by Education Queensland released Wednesday said
the decision had been taken "in the interests of the safety of
all students as well as in recognition of the school's physical
environment."
But it added: "The school will work with its parents and
citizens' committee and the school community to ensure an
appropriate balance between student safety and their right to
engage in gymnastic activities."
Free pizza in price protest
NAPLES (Reuters) - "Pizzaioli" or pizza chefs in Naples,
birthplace of the Margherita, handed out free pizzas on
Wednesday in protest at high prices charged by rivals who, they
say, use the spike in commodity prices to rip off consumers.
In the city where the classic "Margherita" with mozzarella,
tomato and basil topping was invented in the 19th century --
and named in honor of a queen with a taste for fast food -- 30
cooks lit up six wood-burning ovens to cook 5,000 thin-crusted
Neapolitan pizzas for queues of local people and tourists.
The group staged the protest in Piazza Dante to demand
stricter price controls to defend the reputation of a
traditional Neapolitan product which they said should be "the
synthesis of quality and low cost."
Commodity prices, like fuel prices, have fallen back from
record highs in the past month on worries about global consumer
and business demand as the world economy heads into a slowdown.
But retail prices have so far failed to reflect that trend.
"Everything has become more expensive now, including pizza,
for people who need to watch what they spend," said 19-year-old
Arianna Masiello, taking advantage of the free pizza offer.
Cat survives being walled in under bath for 7 weeks
BERLIN (Reuters) - A four-year-old cat in Germany called
Bonny has survived after being walled in beneath a bathtub for
seven weeks, its owner said Tuesday.
"It's a miracle," said Monika Hoppert, a 60-year-old widow
from the western town of Stadthagen. "I'm a strong believer, I
think she must have had a guardian angel. I'm so happy."
Bonny disappeared on June 19 while workmen were replacing
pipes in the block of flats where Hoppert lives. The black cat
was last seen in a neighboring apartment, where the cladding
around a bathtub had been removed.
Just before tub was sealed up again, Bonny had probably
crept underneath, Hoppert said.
By the time the neighbor heard Bonny's plaintive m
Following is a summary of current odd news briefs:
Rat meat in demand as inflation bites
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The price of rat meat has quadrupled
in Cambodia this year as inflation has put other meat beyond
the reach of poor people, officials said on Wednesday.
With consumer price inflation at 37 percent according to
the latest central bank estimate, demand has pushed a kilogram
of rat meat up to around 5,000 riel ($1.28) from 1,200 riel
last year.
Spicy field rat dishes with garlic thrown in have become
particularly popular at a time when beef costs 20,000 riel a
kg.
Officials said rats were fleeing to higher ground from
flooded areas of the lower Mekong Delta, making it easier for
villagers to catch them.
"Many children are happy making some money from selling the
animals to the markets, but they keep some for their family,"
Ly Marong, an agriculture official, said by telephone from the
Koh Thom district on the border with Vietnam.
Woman wearing veil told to leave Italian museum
ROME (Reuters) - The head of one of Venice's most
prestigious museums apologized on Wednesday to a Muslim woman
asked to leave the building by a guard because she was wearing
a veil over her face.
The episode, which has kindled controversy in the Italian
media and arguments between centre-left and centre-right
politicians, occurred on Sunday in Venice's Ca' Rezzonico
museum, which houses 18th-century Venetian art.
"I'm sorry for what happened and if she ever wants to
return to our museum, she will be more than welcome," director
Filippo Pedrocco told Reuters by telephone from Venice.
The woman, visiting the museum with her husband and
children, had cleared security when she entered the building.
When she reached the second floor, a room guard told her
she must remove her "niqab," which leaves only the eyes
visible, or leave.
Australian school may backflip on cartwheel ban
SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - An Australian school which
recently banned its students from doing cartwheels, somersaults
and other gymnastics during recess is reviewing the decision
after parents and students got all bent out of shape.
The school, in the coastal town of Townsville in Queensland
state, told students they could not perform any acrobatics such
as handstands outside class because they were a safety hazard.
"The school is actually reviewing this," a spokesman for
the Queensland state's education department said Wednesday.
A statement by Education Queensland released Wednesday said
the decision had been taken "in the interests of the safety of
all students as well as in recognition of the school's physical
environment."
But it added: "The school will work with its parents and
citizens' committee and the school community to ensure an
appropriate balance between student safety and their right to
engage in gymnastic activities."
Free pizza in price protest
NAPLES (Reuters) - "Pizzaioli" or pizza chefs in Naples,
birthplace of the Margherita, handed out free pizzas on
Wednesday in protest at high prices charged by rivals who, they
say, use the spike in commodity prices to rip off consumers.
In the city where the classic "Margherita" with mozzarella,
tomato and basil topping was invented in the 19th century --
and named in honor of a queen with a taste for fast food -- 30
cooks lit up six wood-burning ovens to cook 5,000 thin-crusted
Neapolitan pizzas for queues of local people and tourists.
The group staged the protest in Piazza Dante to demand
stricter price controls to defend the reputation of a
traditional Neapolitan product which they said should be "the
synthesis of quality and low cost."
Commodity prices, like fuel prices, have fallen back from
record highs in the past month on worries about global consumer
and business demand as the world economy heads into a slowdown.
But retail prices have so far failed to reflect that trend.
"Everything has become more expensive now, including pizza,
for people who need to watch what they spend," said 19-year-old
Arianna Masiello, taking advantage of the free pizza offer.
Cat survives being walled in under bath for 7 weeks
BERLIN (Reuters) - A four-year-old cat in Germany called
Bonny has survived after being walled in beneath a bathtub for
seven weeks, its owner said Tuesday.
"It's a miracle," said Monika Hoppert, a 60-year-old widow
from the western town of Stadthagen. "I'm a strong believer, I
think she must have had a guardian angel. I'm so happy."
Bonny disappeared on June 19 while workmen were replacing
pipes in the block of flats where Hoppert lives. The black cat
was last seen in a neighboring apartment, where the cladding
around a bathtub had been removed.
Just before tub was sealed up again, Bonny had probably
crept underneath, Hoppert said.
By the time the neighbor heard Bonny's plaintive m
I thought Kpop was popular in Japan........?
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but why do they do shows and music about them only in midnight? seems as no one would be really awake by then.
Answer
It's extremely popular. If you watch a channel like Space Shower, you will see that they are constantly showing K-pop. What channels are you watching?
Edit: Thumb me down twice, eh? Come on, around last year at this time it was impossible to turn on the TV without seeing KARA shake their asses. I know Japanese who are obsessed with that Tohoshinki crap. K-pop groups are constantly performing on Japanese music shows. In fact, "BIG BANG" performed on MUSIC STATION just last night. How can you tell me that K-pop isn't popular in Japan? I know a thing or two about music in Japan and have watched the invasion of K-pop. It's everywhere.
Okay then. Let's take a trip over to the Oricon rankings.
http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2012-08-23/more/1/
Hey, look! Number one for the daily single ranking is Super Junior. A few places down is BOYFRIEND. That's 2 K-pop groups already in the top 5. How can you dispute this? If K-pop isn't popular in Japan why would this stuff have high rankings on the Japanese Oricon charts? Why would anyone continue to heavily promote crap for so long if no one actually liked it?
And I'd like to note that I'm not trying to defend K-pop. I wish it would go away forever and take all of its idiotic, brainless fans with it. (Let's see how much more thumbs down I get for that one.) I am simply stating an unfortunate fact.
Another edit: @Ittoku: Having 2 groups in the top 25 of the yearly single ranking is "extremely popular" in my book. I guess you have a different definition of "popular". I don't do conspiracy theories, but that article you pasted is about the Korean SBS Inkigayo program and is pretty much irrelevant to your argument. There is no proof that the same practice goes on in the Japanese market and manipulates the rankings of Oricon. You can continue to deny that K-pop is popular in Japan out of being embarrassed of this type of music (I don't blame you), but it's pretty much like if I told you that "Justin Bieber isn't popular in America. He is just heavily promoted", which is obviously untrue and ridiculous.
"On August 18 and 19, JYP held their 'JYP NATION in Japan 2012' concert with a total of 3 performances and 36,000 fans.
Tickets sold out for this event within the first 10 seconds ticket sales began. The concert was filled with fans for every performance."
K-pop isn't popular in Japan, huh?
Did you even look at that list you posted? AKB48 appears 5 freakin' times. It's a "single ranking", not artist ranking. Take out 4 of those AKB48 singles and Tohoshinki nears the top ten; proving my point even further.
Let me give you an example. On the yearly single ranking for 2011, BUMP OF CHICKEN appears at 24. BUMP OF CHICKEN is one of the most popular rock bands in Japan. If you ask any Japanese if they have heard of BUMP OF CHICKEN, they will almost definitely tell you "yes" unless they have been living in a cave for the past 10 years. To me, this means that they are an "extremely popular" band in Japan.
But wait... they are only number 24! I guess that means they aren't so popular after all...right? You see how your logic is completely ridiculous? I guess by using your logic, AKB48 is the only extremely popular music in Japan.
@thecheapest902, my comments were directed at the other guy, not you. I respect your opinion. But I don't think it is an opinion that K-pop is popular in Japan... it is a fact. I have seen many advertisements for K-pop groups while traveling on trains in Japan. Also, segments with K-pop groups are shown often on the morning news. I think I wouldn't see these type of things if K-pop was not popular. Furthermore, K-pop is very popular with younger people. I don't know your age, but maybe the people around you are older. I know many Japanese (in Japan) who love K-pop very much. I like to watch the channel "Space Shower TV", but nowadays they show too much K-pop. Maybe I see things differently than you since I watch more TV, but K-pop does seem very popular. I just think it's strange that someone would tell me that it is not popular in Japan when it obviously is. I'm not a fan at all. If the popularity is declining, well hey, I think that's great.
It's extremely popular. If you watch a channel like Space Shower, you will see that they are constantly showing K-pop. What channels are you watching?
Edit: Thumb me down twice, eh? Come on, around last year at this time it was impossible to turn on the TV without seeing KARA shake their asses. I know Japanese who are obsessed with that Tohoshinki crap. K-pop groups are constantly performing on Japanese music shows. In fact, "BIG BANG" performed on MUSIC STATION just last night. How can you tell me that K-pop isn't popular in Japan? I know a thing or two about music in Japan and have watched the invasion of K-pop. It's everywhere.
Okay then. Let's take a trip over to the Oricon rankings.
http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2012-08-23/more/1/
Hey, look! Number one for the daily single ranking is Super Junior. A few places down is BOYFRIEND. That's 2 K-pop groups already in the top 5. How can you dispute this? If K-pop isn't popular in Japan why would this stuff have high rankings on the Japanese Oricon charts? Why would anyone continue to heavily promote crap for so long if no one actually liked it?
And I'd like to note that I'm not trying to defend K-pop. I wish it would go away forever and take all of its idiotic, brainless fans with it. (Let's see how much more thumbs down I get for that one.) I am simply stating an unfortunate fact.
Another edit: @Ittoku: Having 2 groups in the top 25 of the yearly single ranking is "extremely popular" in my book. I guess you have a different definition of "popular". I don't do conspiracy theories, but that article you pasted is about the Korean SBS Inkigayo program and is pretty much irrelevant to your argument. There is no proof that the same practice goes on in the Japanese market and manipulates the rankings of Oricon. You can continue to deny that K-pop is popular in Japan out of being embarrassed of this type of music (I don't blame you), but it's pretty much like if I told you that "Justin Bieber isn't popular in America. He is just heavily promoted", which is obviously untrue and ridiculous.
"On August 18 and 19, JYP held their 'JYP NATION in Japan 2012' concert with a total of 3 performances and 36,000 fans.
Tickets sold out for this event within the first 10 seconds ticket sales began. The concert was filled with fans for every performance."
K-pop isn't popular in Japan, huh?
Did you even look at that list you posted? AKB48 appears 5 freakin' times. It's a "single ranking", not artist ranking. Take out 4 of those AKB48 singles and Tohoshinki nears the top ten; proving my point even further.
Let me give you an example. On the yearly single ranking for 2011, BUMP OF CHICKEN appears at 24. BUMP OF CHICKEN is one of the most popular rock bands in Japan. If you ask any Japanese if they have heard of BUMP OF CHICKEN, they will almost definitely tell you "yes" unless they have been living in a cave for the past 10 years. To me, this means that they are an "extremely popular" band in Japan.
But wait... they are only number 24! I guess that means they aren't so popular after all...right? You see how your logic is completely ridiculous? I guess by using your logic, AKB48 is the only extremely popular music in Japan.
@thecheapest902, my comments were directed at the other guy, not you. I respect your opinion. But I don't think it is an opinion that K-pop is popular in Japan... it is a fact. I have seen many advertisements for K-pop groups while traveling on trains in Japan. Also, segments with K-pop groups are shown often on the morning news. I think I wouldn't see these type of things if K-pop was not popular. Furthermore, K-pop is very popular with younger people. I don't know your age, but maybe the people around you are older. I know many Japanese (in Japan) who love K-pop very much. I like to watch the channel "Space Shower TV", but nowadays they show too much K-pop. Maybe I see things differently than you since I watch more TV, but K-pop does seem very popular. I just think it's strange that someone would tell me that it is not popular in Japan when it obviously is. I'm not a fan at all. If the popularity is declining, well hey, I think that's great.
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