June 2, 2000 Top Movies in theaters this week.
1) Mission: Impossible 2, starring Tom Cruise, directed by John Woo.
Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt in this popular sequel to the 1996 film. Here, Ethan Hunt leads his IMF team on a mission to capture a deadly German virus before it is released by terrorists.
2) Dinosaur, distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.
The journey of a three-ton Iguanodon named Aladar, who is raised from the egg by a clan of lemurs and eventually reunited with his own kind. With flaming meteors devastating the landscape and water in diminishing supply, the dinosaurs find themselves in a race against time to reach the safety of their nesting grounds. When Aladar comes to the aid of a group of misfits unable to keep up with the breakneck pace of the herd, he makes an enemy of Kron, the stone-hearted leader of the group. Faced with such perils as treacherous rock slides and attacking Carnotaurs, Aladar and his new friends must overcome tremendous obstacles before they can settle into a new life in a beautiful valley.
3) Shanghai Noon, Starring: Jackie Chan.
The Wild West meets the Far East in a battle for honor, royalty and a trunk full of gold when acrobatic Imperial Guard Chong Wang comes to America to rescue a beautiful kidnapped Chinese princess. With the help of a partner he doesn't trust, a wife he doesn't want, a horse he cannot ride and martial arts moves that no one can believe, Chan finds himself facing the meanest gunslingers in the West.
May 25, 2000 Beijing hails U.S. trade vote, denounces human rights clause
China and the European Union clinched a deal Friday to open Chinese markets to European goods, clearing Beijing's biggest hurdle to joining the World Trade Organization ...
Beijing's leadership Thursday praised the U.S. House of Representatives' "wise" decision granting China permanent normal trade relations, but denounced a provision in the bill establishing a commission to monitor human rights in China.
On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 237-197 to grant China permanent trade status.
May 12, 2000

CWA Union workers on strike in the Ohio State University
  Nearly two-thousand food service, transportation and maintenance workers have been on strike since May 1. The workers earn about ten dollars an hour and are seeking higher wages.
  By now, the strike has been on its second week. At this time, it seems likely that the strike will continue for an indefinite period. The Communications Workers of America Local 4501 voted down the tentative agreement reached with The Ohio State University last Friday (May 5).

  In my opinion, the strike here is much peaceful than I thought, and surprisingly, it didn't caused me much trouble. Maybe I don't need much of service they provided, and all the housekeeping works like trash collection and cleaning works are still maintained, although at a reduced schedule.

May 11, 2000 Best Web sites honored with Webby Awards
   More than two dozen of the year's best Web sites won Webby Awards on Thursday night in San Francisco.
   Webby winners included Jim Romenesko's Media News Romenesko, which was picked as Best News Site. MSNBC.com won Best TV Site, ESPN.com won for Best Sports Site. The music file sharing site Napster, was named Best Music Site. The search engine Google won the award for Best Technical Achievement, and The Onion won Best Humor Site and Stile Project won for best Weird Web site.
   ABCNEWS.com received the People's Voice Award for News. CNN.com received the People's Voice Award for TV. John Halcyon Styn, winner of both a Webby and People's Voice Award for Best Personal Web site.
May 4, 2000 'ILOVEYOU' e-mail worm invades PCs
    A new Melissa-like e-mail worm has spread through Asia, Europe, and U.S. via e-mail messages titled "ILOVEYOU".
    The bug uses Microsoft Outlook to replicate itself, sending messages with the message "kindly check the attached LOVELETTER coming from me." The name of the attachment is "LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs."
    Once the attachment is opened, the worm replicates itself and adds several files to the user's computer.
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