A Story Of Life

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2012-01-23T01:57:00.000+08:00

--2012--

2012-01-01T01:55:00.000+08:00

--Day 42--

2011-12-27T11:43:00.002+08:00

2011-12-24T18:05:00.002+08:00

--X'mas 2011 and Alive--

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2011-12-14T19:42:00.001+08:00

2011-11-11T11:11:00.000+08:00

For everything there must come a last.

A last minute, a last hour, a last month, day, or year.

A last drink, a last coke, a last tequila, scotch, or beer.

A last love, a last heart, a last kiss, hug, or rage...

Or even the last words written on a page.

But the worst last thing is your last breath
because what is to follow will surely be your death.

--許冠英~1946年8月3日－2011年11月8日--

2011-11-09T00:38:00.004+08:00

許冠英（Ricky Hui，1946年8月3日－2011年11月8日），香港男歌手及電影演員，曾與其兄弟許冠文及許冠傑一同演出一系列喜劇電影。許冠英在很多電影中扮演的大都是被欺負或者是插科打諢的角色。除了拍電影外亦是歌手。在1998年12月曾參與許冠傑監製的舞台劇《仲夏夜狂想曲》。他與兄弟許冠文、許冠武和許冠傑合稱許氏一門四傑。

許冠英因心臟病發於2011年11月8日逝世，享年65歲。

~http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/許冠英

--Money Is The Root Of All Evil--

2011-11-05T17:43:00.000+08:00

--You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me--

2011-11-04T19:53:00.000+08:00

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2011-10-27T22:57:00.003+08:00

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--Muammar Gaddafi--

2011-10-21T11:24:00.001+08:00

--In the Mood for Love 花樣年華 2000--

2011-10-20T18:10:00.002+08:00

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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Mood_for_Love
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~http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118694/

-- I HAVE A DREAM--

2011-10-16T20:48:00.000+08:00

--Taiwan 100's Independence Day 1911-2011--

2011-10-10T15:25:00.002+08:00

Taiwan independence is a political movement whose goals are primarily to formally establish the Republic of Taiwan by renaming the Republic of China (ROC) (commonly known as "Taiwan"), create a Taiwanese national identity, reject unification with the People's Republic of China (commonly known as "China") and a Chinese identity, and obtaining international recognition as a sovereign state. The success of this movement would be one possible outcome for the resolution of the political status of Taiwan.
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_independence

--9 things you didn’t know about the life of Steve Jobs--

2011-10-07T13:07:00.004+08:00

For all of his years in the spotlight at the helm of Apple, Steve Jobs in many ways remains an inscrutable figure — even in his death. Fiercely private, Jobs concealed most specifics about his personal life, from his curious family life to the details of his battle with pancreatic cancer — a disease that ultimately claimed him on Wednesday, at the age of 56.
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While the CEO and co-founder of Apple steered most interviews away from the public fascination with his private life, there's plenty we know about Jobs the person, beyond the Mac and the iPhone. If anything, the obscure details of his interior life paint a subtler, more nuanced portrait of how one of the finest technology minds of our time grew into the dynamo that we remember him as today.
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1. Early life and childhood
Jobs was born in San Francisco on February 24, 1955. He was adopted shortly after his birth and reared near Mountain View, California by a couple named Clara and Paul Jobs. His adoptive father — a term that Jobs openly objected to — was a machinist for a laser company and his mother worked as an accountant.

Later in life, Jobs discovered the identities of his estranged parents. His birth mother, Joanne Simpson, was a graduate student at the time and later a speech pathologist; his biological father, Abdulfattah John Jandali, was a Syrian Muslim who left the country at age 18 and reportedly now serves as the vice president of a Reno, Nevada casino. While Jobs reconnected with Simpson in later years, he and his biological father remained estranged.

2. College dropout

The lead mind behind the most successful company on the planet never graduated from college, in fact, he didn't even get close. After graduating from high school in Cupertino, California — a town now synonymous with 1 Infinite Loop, Apple's headquarters — Jobs enrolled in Reed College in 1972. Jobs stayed at Reed (a liberal arts university in Portland, Oregon) for only one semester, dropping out quickly due to the financial burden the private school's steep tuition placed on his parents. In his famous 2005 commencement speech to Stanford University, Jobs said of his time at Reed: "It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5 cent deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the seven miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple."
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3. Fibbed to his Apple co-founder about a job at Atari
Jobs is well known for his innovations in personal computing, mobile tech, and software, but he also helped create one of the best known video games of all-time. In 1975, Jobs was tapped by Atari to work on the Pong-like game Breakout.

He was reportedly offered $750 for his development work, with the possibility of an extra $100 for each chip eliminated from the game's final design. Jobs recruited Steve Wozniak (later one of Apple's other founders) to help him with the challenge. Wozniak managed to whittle the prototype's design down so much that Atari paid out a $5,000 bonus — but Jobs kept the bonus for himself, and paid his unsuspecting friend only $375, according to Wozniak's own autobiography.

4. The wife he leaves behind

Like the rest of his family life, Jobs kept his marriage out of the public eye. Thinking back on his legacy conjures images of him commanding the stage in his trademark black turtleneck and jeans, and those solo moments are his most iconic. But at home in Palo Alto, Jobs was raising a family with his wife, Laurene, an entrepreneur who attended the University of Pennsylvania's prestigious Wharton business school and later received her MBA at Stanford, where she first met her future husband.

For all of his single-minded dedication to the company he built from the ground up, Jobs actually skipped a meeting to take Laurene on their first date: "I was in the parking lot with the key in the car, and I thought to myself, 'If this is my last night on earth, would I rather spend it at a business meeting or with this woman?' I ran across the parking lot, asked her if she'd have dinner with me. She said yes, we walked into town and we've been together ever since."

In 1991, Jobs and Powell were married in the Ahwahnee Hotel at Yosemite National Park, and the marriage was officiated by Kobin Chino, a Zen Buddhist monk.

5. His sister is a famous author

Later in his life, Jobs crossed paths with his biological sister while seeking the identity of his birth parents. His sister, Mona Simpson (born Mona Jandali), is the well-known author of Anywhere But Here — a story about a mother and daughter that was later adapted into a film starring Natalie Portman and Susan Sarandon.

After reuniting, Jobs and Simpson developed a close relationship. Of his sister, he told a New York Times interviewer: "We're family. She's one of my best friends in the world. I call her and talk to her every couple of days.'' Anywhere But Here is dedicated to "my brother Steve."
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6. Celebrity romances
In The Second Coming of Steve Jobs, an unauthorized biography, a friend from Reed reveals that Jobs had a brief fling with folk singer Joan Baez. Baez confirmed the the two were close "briefly," though her romantic connection with Bob Dylan is much better known (Dylan was the Apple icon's favorite musician). The biography also notes that Jobs went out with actress Diane Keaton briefly.
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7. His first daughter
When he was 23, Jobs and his high school girlfriend Chris Ann Brennan conceived a daughter, Lisa Brennan Jobs. She was born in 1978, just as Apple began picking up steam in the tech world. He and Brennan never married, and Jobs reportedly denied paternity for some time, going as far as stating that he was sterile in court documents. He went on to father three more children with Laurene Powell. After later mending their relationship, Jobs paid for his first daughter's education at Harvard. She graduated in 2000 and now works as a magazine writer.
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8. Alternative lifestyle
In a few interviews, Jobs hinted at his early experience with the psychedelic drug LSD. Of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Jobs said: "I wish him the best, I really do. I just think he and Microsoft are a bit narrow. He'd be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger."

The connection has enough weight that Albert Hofmann, the Swiss scientist who first synthesized (and took) LSD, appealed to Jobs for funding for research about the drug's therapeutic use.

In a book interview, Jobs called his experience with the drug "one of the two or three most important things I have done in my life." As Jobs himself has suggested, LSD may have contributed to the "think different" approach that still puts Apple's designs a head above the competition.

Jobs will forever be a visionary, and his personal life also reflects the forward-thinking, alternative approach that vaulted Apple to success. During a trip to India, Jobs visited a well-known ashram and returned to the U.S. as a Zen Buddhist.

Jobs was also a pescetarian who didn't consume most animal products, and didn't eat meat other than fish. A strong believer in Eastern medicine, he sought to treat his own cancer through alternative approaches and specialized diets before reluctantly seeking his first surgery for a cancerous tumor in 2004.

9. His fortune
As the CEO of the world's most valuable brand, Jobs pulled in a comically low annual salary of just $1. While the gesture isn't unheard of in the corporate world — Google's Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Eric Schmidt all pocketed the same 100 penny salary annually — Jobs has kept his salary at $1 since 1997, the year he became Apple's lead executive. Of his salary, Jobs joked in 2007: "I get 50 cents a year for showing up, and the other 50 cents is based on my performance."

In early 2011, Jobs owned 5.5 million shares of Apple. After his death, Apple shares were valued at $377.64 — a roughly 43-fold growth in valuation over the last 10 years that shows no signs of slowing down.

He may only have taken in a single dollar per year, but Jobs leaves behind a vast fortune. The largest chunk of that wealth is the roughly $7 billion from the sale of Pixar to Disney in 2006. In 2011, with an estimated net worth of $8.3 billion, he was the 110th richest person in the world, according to Forbes. If Jobs hadn't sold his shares upon leaving Apple in 1985 (before returning to the company in 1996), he would be the world's fifth richest individual.

While there's no word yet on plans for his estate, Jobs leaves behind three children from his marriage to Laurene Jobs (Reed, Erin, and Eve), as well as his first daughter, Lisa Brennan-Jobs.

~http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/8-things-didn-t-know-life-steve-jobs-172130955.html

--Steve Jobs 1955-2011--

2011-10-06T15:39:00.003+08:00

Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011)^[2]^[6]^[7] was an American computer entrepreneur and inventor. He was co-founder,^[8] chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc.^[9]^[10] Jobs also previously served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, following the acquisition of Pixar by Disney. He was credited in Toy Story (1995) as an executive producer.^[11]
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In the late 1970s, Jobs, with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Mike Markkula,^[8] and others, designed, developed, and marketed one of the first commercially successful lines of personal computers, the Apple II series. In the early 1980s, Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of Xerox PARC's mouse-driven graphical user interface, which led to the creation of the Macintosh.^[12]^[13] After losing a power struggle with the board of directors in 1985,^[14]^[15] Jobs resigned from Apple and founded NeXT, a computer platform development company specializing in the higher-education and business markets. Apple's subsequent 1996 buyout of NeXT brought Jobs back to the company he co-founded, and he served as its CEO from 1997 until 2011.
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs

2011-08-31T00:00:00.000+08:00

--绿色情人节--

2011-08-14T15:35:00.003+08:00

绿色情人节
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8月14日名为绿色情人节，当然和蓊郁的森林脱不了关系。酷热难耐的夏日午后，不妨和你的另一半作一趟清爽而清新的森林之旅，尽情享受户外大自然，度过健康而愉快的一天。还在寻觅爱侣的人，可以参加Soju〈韩国绿牌薯酒〉派对，度过喧闹的室内绿色情人节。这一天又叫跳舞节。
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绿玫瑰“名叫碧海云天”的花语
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绿玫瑰花语：纯真简朴，青春长驻绿色玫瑰为暧温带喜光树种。　　
一支绿玫瑰代表只爱你　　
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两只绿玫瑰代表爱你如同爱地球　　
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三只绿玫瑰我的爱像宇宙
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~http://baike.baidu.com/view/772811.htm
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~http://www.hudong.com/wiki/绿色情人节

--Confucius--

2011-08-10T20:24:00.001+08:00

Confucius (Chinese: 孔子; pinyin: Kǒng Zǐ; Wade–Giles: K'ung-tzu, or Chinese: 孔夫子; pinyin: Kǒng Fūzǐ; Wade–Giles: K'ung-fu-tzu), literally "Master Kong",^[1] (traditionally 28 September 551 BC – 479 BC)^[2] was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period.

The philosophy of Confucius emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. These values gained prominence in China over other doctrines, such as Legalism (法家) or Taoism (道家) during the Han Dynasty^[3]^[4]^[5] (206 BC – AD 220). Confucius' thoughts have been developed into a system of philosophy known as Confucianism (儒家).

Because no texts survive that are demonstrably authored by Confucius, and the ideas most closely associated with him were elaborated in writings that accumulated over the period between his death and the foundation of the first Chinese empire in 221 BC, many scholars are very cautious about attributing specific assertions to Confucius himself. His teachings may be found in the Analects of Confucius (論語), a collection of aphorisms, which was compiled many years after his death. For nearly 2,000 years he was thought to be the editor or author of all the Five Classics (五經)^[6]^[7] such as the Classic of Rites (禮記) (editor), and the Spring and Autumn Annals (春秋) (author).

Confucius' principles had a basis in common Chinese tradition and belief. He championed strong familial loyalty, ancestor worship, respect of elders by their children (and, according to later interpreters, of husbands by their wives), and the family as a basis for an ideal government. He expressed the well-known principle, "Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself", one of the earlier versions of the Golden Rule.
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius
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~http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1397498/

--Happy Birthday to You.......--

2011-08-05T01:00:00.001+08:00

2011-07-09T11:24:00.002+08:00

--9th years..........--

2011-07-07T02:04:00.000+08:00

--We All Wil die One Day--

2011-07-02T14:28:00.000+08:00

--Copa America 2011--

2011-07-02T08:45:00.000+08:00

The 2011 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América, better known as the 2011 Copa América or the Copa América Argentina 2011, will be the 43rd edition of the Copa América, the main international football tournament for national teams in South America. The competition is organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body, and will be held in Argentina from July 1 to July 24, 2011. The draw for the tournament was held in La Plata on November 11, 2010. The defending champion is Brazil. The highest finishing CONMEBOL team (other than Brazil) will earn the right to compete for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup hosted by Brazil.^{[1]
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Copa_}América
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~http://www.ca2011.com/

--"Creo en América" 2011--

2011-07-02T06:02:00.002+08:00

--Sooner Or Later--

2011-06-23T22:37:00.001+08:00

--Café del Mar--

2011-06-20T14:28:00.001+08:00

--Superman 1938-2011--

2011-06-18T13:36:00.001+08:00

Superman is a fictional character, a comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective Comics, Inc. (later DC Comics) in 1938, the character first appeared in Action Comics #1 (June 1938) and subsequently appeared in various radio serials, television programs, films, newspaper strips, and video games. With the success of his adventures, Superman helped to create the superhero genre and establish its primacy within the American comic book.^[1] The character's appearance is distinctive and iconic: a blue, red and yellow costume, complete with cape, with a stylized "S" shield on his chest.^[5]^[6]^[7] This shield is now typically used across media to symbolize the character.^[8]
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The original story of Superman relates that he was born Kal-El on the planet Krypton, before being rocketed to Earth as an infant by his scientist father Jor-El, moments before Krypton's destruction. Discovered and adopted by a Kansas farmer and his wife, the child is raised as Clark Kent and imbued with a strong moral compass. Very early he started to display superhuman abilities, which upon reaching maturity he resolved to use for the benefit of humanity.
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman

2011-06-13T19:39:00.000+08:00

--端午節 2011--

2011-06-06T17:28:00.003+08:00

Duanwu Festival (simplified Chinese: 端午节; traditional Chinese: 端午節; pinyin: Duānwǔ Jié), also known as Dragon Boat Festival (simplified Chinese: 龙船节; traditional Chinese: 龍船節; pinyin: Lóngchuán Jié), is a traditional and statutory holiday originating in China and associated with a number of East Asian and Southeast Asian societies. In Mandarin, it is known by the name Duānwǔ Jié; in Hong Kong and Macau, by the Cantonese name Tuen Ng Jit. In 2008, it was recognised as a public holiday in mainland China for the first time since the 1940s.^[1]^[2] The festival has also long been celebrated in Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia. Equivalent and related festivals in Asia include the Kodomo no hi in Japan, Dano in Korea, and Tết Đoan Ngọ in Vietnam.
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The festival occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the lunar calendar on which the Chinese calendar is based. This is the source of the alternative name of Double Fifth.^[3] In 2011, this falls on June 6. The focus of the celebrations includes eating the rice dumpling zongzi (Chinese: 粽子; pinyin: zòngzi), drinking realgar wine xionghuangjiu (Chinese: 雄黃酒; pinyin: Xiónghuángjiǔ), and racing dragon boats.
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端午节為每年农历五月初五，又称端阳节、午日节、五月节、五日節、艾节、端五、重午、午日、夏节、蒲節，本來是夏季的一個驅除瘟疫的節日，後來楚國詩人屈原於端午節投江自盡，就變成紀念屈原的節日（一說紀念吳國忠臣伍子胥的忌日），與春節、中秋等节日同屬东亚文化圈的中国大陸、日本、韓國、臺灣、越南的重要傳統節日。
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duanwu_Festival
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~http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/端午節

2011-05-28T19:04:00.002+08:00

2011-05-02T17:00:00.002+08:00

Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden (Arabic: أسامة بن محمد بن عوض بن لادن‎, ʾUsāmah bin Muḥammad bin ʿAwaḍ bin Lādin; March 10, 1957 – May 2, 2011) was the founder of the al-Qaeda organization, responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets. He was also a member of the wealthy Saudi bin Laden family.

Bin Laden was on the American Federal Bureau of Investigation's lists of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives and Most Wanted Terrorists for his involvement in the 1998 US embassy bombings From 2001 to 2011, bin Laden and his organization have been major targets of the War on Terror.

On May 1, 2011, U.S. President Barack Obama authorized a raid on bin Laden's suspected location in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The operation was successfully carried out by United States Navy SEALs, with intelligence support from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). During the 40-minute raid, bin Laden was fatally shot in the head. After intelligence searches of the compound were conducted, his body was taken into custody at which point genetic and facial recognition tests were performed. After positive identification, and within 24 hours of his death, bin Laden's body was taken out to sea for burial.

2011-05-01T13:54:00.002+08:00

2011-04-24T14:29:00.003+08:00

Sri Sathya Sai Baba (Telugu: సత్య సాయిబాబా), born as Sathyanarayana Raju (23 November 1926 – 24 April 2011), was an Indian guru, spiritual figure, philanthropist, and educator. He claimed to be – and his followers believed him to be – the reincarnation of Sai Baba of Shirdi, a spiritual saint and miracle worker who died in 1918 and whose teachings were an eclectic blend of Hindu and Muslim beliefs. The materializations of vibhuti (holy ash) and other small objects such as rings, necklaces and watches by Sathya Sai Baba were a source of both fame and controversy; devotees considered them signs of divinity, while skeptics viewed them as simple conjuring tricks. By the later half of twentieth century, Sai Baba enjoyed tremendous popularity around the world with widespread faith, fame, criticism and controversies transforming him into a cultural icon– his photographs adorn millions of homes and dashboards of cars and lockets bearing his photo are worn by many as a symbol of good luck.

~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sathya_Sai_Baba
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~http://www.saibaba.ws/

2011-03-30T03:10:00.000+08:00

--36--

2011-03-29T00:59:00.001+08:00

--清明2011--

2011-03-27T15:07:00.003+08:00

清明時節雨紛紛，路上行人欲斷魂。
借問酒家何處有？牧童遙指杏花村。
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南北山頭多墓田，清明祭掃各紛然。
紙灰飛作白蝴蝶，淚血染成紅杜鵑。
日落狐狸眠塚上，夜歸兒女笑燈前。
人生有酒須當醉，一滴何曾到九泉。
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~http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/清明

--Earth Hour 2011--

2011-03-26T16:36:00.003+08:00

At 8:30 PM on Saturday 26th March 2011, lights will switch off around the globe for Earth Hour and people will commit to actions that go beyond the hour.

With Earth Hour almost upon us, our thoughts are with the people of Japan during this incredibly challenging and sad time for their country.

日本の皆さん、勇気を持って頑張って下さい

~http://www.earthhour.org/Homepage.aspx

--The cost of US action in Libya 2011 & Why War??? Money???Oil???--

2011-03-26T16:35:00.004+08:00

--UEFA Champions League round of 16 2011--

2011-03-18T12:12:00.004+08:00

The remaining four UEFA Champions League round of 16 ties concluded this week and UEFA.com has all the action as Manchester United FC, Chelsea FC, Real Madrid CF and holders FC Internazionale Milano who earned a famous win at FC Bayern Munchen booked their quarter-final berths. Our video reviews of the last seven days also looks back at the UEFA Europa League last-16
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~http://www.uefa.com/video/weeklyedition/index.html?emv_mid=1107315731&emv_rid=1000855933274
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~http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/897184/uefa-won%27t-change-ticket-pricing-for-wembley?cc=4716
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~http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/matches/season=2011/round=2000119/index.html
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~http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/matches/season=2011/round=2000120/index.html

--Saint Patrick's Day 2011--

2011-03-17T12:10:00.003+08:00

Saint Patrick's Day (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig) is a religious holiday celebrated internationally on 17 March. It commemorates Saint Patrick (c. AD 387–461), the most commonly recognised of the patron saints of Ireland, and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland. It is observed by the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion (especially the Church of Ireland), the Eastern Orthodox Church and Lutheran Church. Saint Patrick's Day was made an official feast day in the early 17th century, and has gradually become a secular celebration of Irish culture in general.

The day is generally characterised by the attendance of church services, wearing of green attire (especially shamrocks), and the lifting of Lenten restrictions on eating and drinking alcohol, which is often proscribed during the rest of the season.

Saint Patrick's Day is a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Newfoundland and Labrador and in Montserrat. It is also widely celebrated by the Irish diaspora, especially in places such as the Great Britain, Canada, the United States, Argentina, Australia, and New Zealand, among others.

~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day

--Taiping..--

2011-03-16T14:08:00.000+08:00

--Japan Mar 11th 2011--

2011-03-11T15:53:00.002+08:00

--Liverpool 3-1 Manchester United--

2011-03-07T13:13:00.006+08:00

Kuyt derails bid for 19th title
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Liverpool's fully deserved 3-1 victory over Manchester United at Anfield may not ultimately prevent their arch-rivals surpassing the Reds' 18 league titles at the end of the season.
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~http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/292981?cc=4716
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~http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/

--Tsunami In Malaysia.- Penang Gurney Drive (26 Dec 2004)--

2011-03-02T00:16:00.000+08:00

A tsunami (plural: tsunamis or tsunami; from Japanese: 津波, lit. "harbor wave"; English pronunciation: /suːˈnɑːmiː/ soo-NAH-mee or /tsuːˈnɑːmiː/ tsoo-NAH-mee), also called a tsunami wave train, or less frequently a tidal wave, is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, usually an ocean, though it can occur in large lakes. Tsunamis are a frequent occurrence in Japan; approximately 195 events have been recorded. Owing to the immense volumes of water and the high energy involved, tsunamis can devastate coastal regions.

Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions (including detonations of underwater nuclear devices), landslides and other mass movements, meteorite ocean impacts or similar impact events, and other disturbances above or below water all have the potential to generate a tsunami.

The Greek historian Thucydides was the first to relate tsunami to submarine earthquakes,^[5]^[6] but the understanding of a tsunami's nature remained slim until the 20th century and is the subject of ongoing research. Many early geological, geographical, and oceanographic texts refer to tsunamis as "seismic sea waves."

Some meteorological conditions, such as deep depressions that cause tropical cyclones, can generate a storm surge, called a meteotsunami, which can raise tides several metres above normal levels. The displacement comes from low atmospheric pressure within the centre of the depression. As these storm surges reach shore, they may resemble (though are not) tsunamis, inundating vast areas of land.

~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami

--二郎神~杨戬--

2011-03-01T01:01:00.002+08:00

Erlang Shen (二郎神), or Erlang is a Chinese God with a third truth-seeing eye in the middle of his forehead.

Er-lang Shen may be a deified version of several semi-mythical folk heroes who help regulate China's torrential floods, dating variously from the Qin, Sui and Jin dynasties. A later Buddhist source identify him as the second son of the Northern Heavenly King Vaishravana.

In the Ming semi-mythical novels Creation of the Gods and Journey to the West Erlang Shen is the nephew of the Jade Emperor. In the former he assisted the Zhou army in defeating the Shang. In the latter, he is the offspring of a mortal and the Jade Emperor's sister.

二郎神~杨戬，道教俗神，天庭大将，玉帝的外甥，阐教元始天尊门下徒孙，玉鼎真人的大弟子，变化无穷，神通广大，肉身成圣；早年劈桃山救母，视天界兵将如无物受封清源妙道真君；又助武王伐纣，再封昭惠显圣仁佑王。王母甚为疼爱，但因与舅舅玉帝不和，故不愿住在天界，而在下界守人间香火，率领梅山七怪七位结义兄弟和麾下1200草头神驻扎灌江口，与玉帝立约“听调不听宣”意思是：我服从你调谴我去打仗除妖的军令，要是以君主或者舅舅的身份叫我和你见面，那就免开尊口。刚直公正，显圣护民，凡人间生灵危难，呼其尊号必往救。

~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlang_Shen
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~http://baike.baidu.com/view/26073.htm

--Liverpool 1-0 Sparta Prague--

2011-02-25T13:08:00.006+08:00

Kuyt late show sends Reds through
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Dirk Kuyt headed an 85th-minute winner to snatch a 1-0 victory over Sparta Prague in Kenny Dalglish's first European tie as Liverpool manager.
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Both sides had squandered numerous chances in a scrappy Europa League round of 32 encounter but Liverpool's superior quality was eventually rewarded by the hard-working Kuyt.

David Ngog, Joe Cole and Raul Meireles had also gone close in front of a sell-out 42,949 crowd which further underlined the gathering momentum of Dalglish's new regime.

~http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=311030&cc=4716
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~http://soccernet.espn.go.com/gamecast?id=311030&league=UEFA.EUROPA&cc=4716
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~http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparta_Prague
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_F.C.

--Internazionale 0 - 1 Bayern Munich--

2011-02-24T16:28:00.005+08:00

Champions left in perilous position
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Mario Gomes gained a small measure of revenge for Bayern Munich as his late winner earned the German side a valuable Champions League win against Inter Milan.
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~http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=310998&cc=4716

--Thundercats 1985~2009--

2011-02-19T00:01:00.000+08:00

ThunderCats is an American animated television series that was produced by Rankin/Bass Productions (the same that created the SilverHawks, TigerSharks and The Comic Strip) debuting in 1985, based on the characters created by Tobin "Ted" Wolf. The series follows the adventures of a group of cat-like humanoid aliens. The animation was provided by Pacific Animation Corporation. Season 1 of the show aired in 1985 (65 episodes), followed by a TV movie entitled ThunderCats - HO! in 1986. Seasons 2, 3, and 4 followed a new format of twenty episodes each, starting with a five-part story; these aired from 1987 to 1988, 1988 to 1989, and 1989 to 1990, respectively.
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The series was originally distributed by Rankin-Bass Productions' then-parent company Telepictures Corporation, which would later merge with Lorimar Productions in 1986. In 1989, Lorimar-Telepictures was purchased by and folded into Warner Bros., whose television syndication arm would eventually assume distribution of the show; Warner Bros. have had the rights to the series (and all Lorimar-Telepictures programming) from that point on.
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumm_ra#Villains
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~http://thundercatsho.com/
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~http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088631/

--Zimbabwean dollar--

2011-02-18T00:35:00.008+08:00

The Zimbabwean dollar ($, or Z$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies) was the official currency of Zimbabwe between 1980 and 12 April 2009. ~ Although the dollar was considered to be among the highest valued currency units when it was first introduced in 1980 to replace the Rhodesian dollar at a ratio of 1:1, political turmoil and hyperinflation rapidly eroded the value of the Zimbabwe dollar to eventually become one of the least valued currency units in the world, undergoing three redenominations, and banknote denominations being issued for as high as $100 trillion.^~Despite attempts to control inflation by legislation and three separate redenominations in 2006, 2008 and 2009, the use of the dollar as an official currency was effectively abandoned on 12 April 2009 as a result of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe legalising the use of foreign currencies for transactions in January 2009.^~Foreign currencies such as the South African Rand, Botswana Pula, Pound Sterling and the United States Dollar are now used instead for all transactions in Zimbabwe, and the current policy of the government of Zimbabwe has insisted that any attempts to reintroduce Zimbabwean currency should only be considered if the industrial output improves.^~
~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwean_dollar
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe
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~http://www.cato.org/zimbabwe
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Zimbabwe.svg
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg

--元宵節-Chap Goh Meh 2011--

2011-02-17T23:59:00.000+08:00

Chap Goh Meh or Tzap Goh Mei (Chinese: 十五暝; pinyin: shí wǔ míng; literally "fifteen night") represents the fifteenth and final day of the Lunar New Year period as celebrated by Chinese migrant communities. The term is from the Hokkien dialect and refers to the fifteenth day of the first month, which is the occasion of the first full moon of the New Year.

The occasion is marked by feasting and various festivities, including the consumption of tangyuan and Kue Keranjang. In traditional Chinese culture, it is also celebrated as the Lantern Festival or the Shang Yuan Festival. In Southeast Asia, however, it coincides with the Chinese Valentine's Day. It is also when young unmarried women gather to toss tangerines into the sea, in a hope that their future spouse will pick it up – a custom that originated in Penang, Malaysia. In the past, this was also the only day that unmarried ladies could be seen with their partners.

元宵節，亦稱為上元節、小正月、元夕、小年或燈節，日本稱上元（じょうげん）、小正月（こしょうがつ），朝鮮稱正月大滿月（정월대만월）、正月大보름（정월대보름，「보름」為固有詞，月圓、望日之意，或簡稱大보름）、上元（상원）、元宵（원소）、元夕（원석）、烏忌日（오기일），時間是每年的農曆正月十五。

元宵節是新年的第一個月圓之夜，象徵著春天的到來，人們吃元宵、賞燈、猜燈謎，以示祝賀。這是春節之後的第一個重要節日。中華明朝錢塘瞿佑《雙頭牡丹燈記》：「每歲元夕，於明州張燈五夜。傾城士女，皆得縱觀」。在這一天，人們要吃元宵，鬧燈會，猜燈謎，提燈籠，許多地方還有拉兔子燈，放天燈的習俗。是華人社會的盛大節日之一。

~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chap_Goh_Meh
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~http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/元宵節
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~http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/4chap/Article/
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantern_Festival
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--坤沙~昆沙~Khun Sa~張奇夫 (17 February 1933 – 26 October 2007) The Lord of the Golden Triangle--

2011-02-17T20:40:00.004+08:00

坤沙（昆沙，Khun Sa，泰文：ขุนส่า，1933年 2月17日－2007年 10月26日），中文姓名張奇夫，著名毒梟，亦是緬甸軍閥，前蒙泰軍（MTA）總指揮，因海洛因而聞名世界，原名張啟福或張祈福；張奇夫是他少年時寄學於早咩市張鳳翔老師家時，張鳳翔為他改的。1989年金三角毒品貿易達到最高峰時，昆沙控制了整個金三角地區毒品貿易的80％。美國曾懸賞200萬美元捉拿這位曾經的世界第一毒梟。1996年1月5日，昆沙向緬甸政府軍投降，隨後前往仰光，開始了被軟禁的晚年生涯，2007年 10月26日，在仰光寓所病逝。
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Khun Sa (Burmese: ခွန်ဆာ, pronounced [kʰʊ̀ɴ sʰà]; also known as Chang Chi-fu traditional Chinese: 張奇夫; pinyin: Zhāng Qífú; Thai: นายจันทร์ จางตระกูล, Chan Jangtrakul; 17 February 1933 – 26 October 2007) was a Burmese warlord. He was also dubbed the "Opium King" due to his opium trading in the so-called Golden Triangle. He was also the leader of the Shan United Army and the Mong Tai Army.
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khun_Sa
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~http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/昆沙

--Osama bin Laden to Guantánamo?--

2011-02-17T16:44:00.008+08:00

By David S. Cloud and Brian Bennett / Tribune Washington Bureau Thursday, February 17, 2011
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WASHINGTON — If the U.S. captured Osama bin Laden or other senior al-Qaida leaders, they would be probably be imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, CIA Director Leon Panetta said in his first public acknowledgment that the controversial U.S. military prison in Cuba might be used to hold future detainees. ~ Bin Laden and al-Qaida No. 2 leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, both of whom are believed to be hiding in Pakistan, would likely be moved quickly to the U.S. airbase at Bagram, Afghanistan, for questioning and eventually moved, "probably to Guantanamo," Panetta told the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday. ~ Most U.S. officials consider it unlikely that bin Laden or al-Zawahiri will be captured alive, but Panetta’s comments appeared to describe a scenario the administration is considering in the event they or other senior al-Qaida leaders are taken into custody. ~
~http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/general/view/20110216cia_chief_hints_that_guantanamo_prison_might_stay_open/
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~http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/02/16/2070857/close-camps-cia-chief-would-ship.html
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~http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_17408414?source=rss
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~http://www.wral.com/news/national_world/national/story/9122538/
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~http://www.statesman.com/news/world/cia-chief-if-captured-bin-laden-would-go-1260428.html
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~https://www.cia.gov/
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda

--Shaolin Poem--

2011-02-15T20:31:00.001+08:00

--Valentine 2011--

2011-02-14T00:58:00.005+08:00

On Valentine's Day we think of those
Who make our lives worthwhile,
Those gracious, friendly people who
We think of with a smile. I am fortunate to know you,
That's why I want to say,
To a rare and special person:
Happy Valentine's Day!

--kjeldsens butter cookies 1933~2011--

2011-02-13T11:54:00.003+08:00

The Kelsen Group began life in 1933 as a small family bakery in the heart of Jutland, Denmark.

Over the last couples of years the Kelsen Group has experienced a strong growth. Today the group consists of two modern bakeries in Denmark with a total of 12 production lines plus subsidiaries in the USA and Hong Kong.

We are 400 employees and we manage to bake some 25.000 tons of cookies every year.

We export our cookies to more than 110 countries around the world. We are market leaders within the premium butter cookie category in Russia, the Middle- & the Far East, South America and on the European continent. In the USA, China and Hong Kong we are the largest exporter of premium butter cookies.

Founded on the principle that good quality and great taste bring pleasure to consumers, we ensure that every cookie we bake meets our high quality standards.

~http://www.kjeldsens.com/
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~http://www.cookies.dk/
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~http://www.cookies.dk/en-US/Kelsen_story/The_Kelsen_Story.aspx

--Planet "X" Nibiru 2012--

2011-02-12T19:14:00.004+08:00

The Nibiru collision is a supposed disastrous encounter between the Earth and a large planetary object (either a collision or a near-miss) which certain groups believe will take place in the early 21st century. Believers in this doomsday event usually refer to this object as Planet X or Nibiru. The idea that a planet-sized object could possibly collide with or pass by Earth in the near future is not supported by any scientific evidence and has been rejected as pseudoscience by astronomers and planetary scientists.
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The idea was first proposed in 1995 by Nancy Lieder, founder of the website ZetaTalk. Lieder describes herself as a contactee with the ability to receive messages from extra-terrestrials from the Zeta Reticuli star system through an implant in her brain. She states that she was chosen to warn mankind that the object would sweep through the inner Solar System in May 2003 (though that date was later abandoned) causing Earth to undergo a pole shift that would destroy most of humanity. The predicted collision has subsequently spread beyond Lieder's website and has been embraced by numerous internet doomsday groups, most of which link the event to the 2012 phenomenon. Although the name "Nibiru" is derived from the works of ancient astronaut writer Zecharia Sitchin and his interpretations of Babylonian and Sumerian mythology, Sitchin himself denied any connection between his work and various claims of a coming apocalypse.
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibiru_collision
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~http://xfacts.com/x2.htm
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~http://planetnibiru.org/

--Egypt 1981~2011--

2011-02-12T15:46:00.003+08:00

--Texas hold 'em--

2011-02-11T12:47:00.005+08:00

Texas hold 'em (also known as hold'em or holdem) is a variation of the standard card game of poker. The game consists of two cards being dealt face down to each player and then five community cards being placed face-up by the dealer—a series of three ("the flop") then two additional single cards ("the turn" and "the river"), with players having the option to check, bet, raise or fold after each deal, i.e. betting may occur prior to the flop, "on the flop", "on the turn", and "on the river".

Texas Hold 'em is the "H" game featured in H.O.R.S.E and in H.O.S.E.

Although little is known about the invention of Texas hold 'em, the Texas State Legislature officially recognizes Robstown, Texas, United States as the game's birthplace, dating the game to the early 1900s.

After its invention and spread throughout Texas, hold 'em was introduced to Las Vegas in 1967 by a group of Texan gamblers and card players, including Crandell Addington, Roscoe Weiser, Doyle Brunson, and Amarillo Slim.^[3] Addington said the first time he saw the game was in 1959. "They didn't call it Texas hold 'em at the time, they just called it hold 'em.… I thought then that if it were to catch on, it would become the game. Draw poker, you bet only twice; hold 'em, you bet four times. That meant you could play strategically. This was more of a thinking man's game."

~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_hold_'em

~http://www.worldcasinodirectory.com/texasholdemhistory.htm

~http://www.texas-holdem-poker-history.com/
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~http://www.pokerlistings.com/texas-holdem

--Hosni Mubarak--

2011-02-11T04:57:00.003+08:00

Muhammad Hosni Sayyid Mubarak (Arabic: محمد حسني سيد مبارك‎, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mæˈħæmːæd ˈħosni ˈsæjːed moˈbɑːɾɑk], Muḥammad Ḥusnī Sayyid Mubārak; born May 4, 1928^{[citation needed]}) is the fourth and current President of the Arab Republic of Egypt.

He was appointed vice president in 1975, and assumed the Presidency on October 14, 1981, following the assassination of President Anwar El Sadat. He is the longest-serving Egyptian ruler since Muhammad Ali Pasha. Before he entered politics Mubarak was a career officer in the Egyptian Air Force, serving as its commander from 1972 to 1975.

Beginning on January 25, 2011, a popular uprising called for his resignation as president of Egypt. On February 1, 2011, Mubarak announced that he will not seek another term in the upcoming presidential election. On February 5, 2011 Egyptian state media reported that senior members of the ruling National Democratic Party, including President Hosni Mubarak, had resigned from leadership roles within the party. It was later clarified that Mubarak would stay on as president however.
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mubarak
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt

--Egyptians Want Mubarak Out?--

2011-02-11T04:47:00.002+08:00

NBC, msnbc.com and news services
updated 12 minutes ago

Breaking news
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CAIRO — Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak was expected to step down tonight, two sources have told NBC News, losing his 30-year grip on power after 17 days of dramatic mass uprisings across the nation.
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NBC's Richard Engel reported that a high-ranking source inside the president's office said the newly appointed vice president, Omar Suleiman, would take over. That was confirmed by a second source.
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Egypt's military announced on national television it had stepped in to secure the country and promised protesters calling for Mubarak's ouster that all their demands would soon be met.
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~http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41506482/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/?gt1=43001

--红鸡蛋--

2011-02-11T04:33:00.003+08:00

在中国民间流传着这样一首民谣：“红鸡蛋，满脸串，今年吃你的喜馍馍，明年吃你的红鸡蛋。”喜馍馍是一种婚庆吉祥的风俗食品，俗传：喜馍馍带回去，亲人吃了得吉利。因此，这句歌谣属于祝福的吉语，再从字面上理解，此句开头和结尾的两处红鸡蛋代表的含义并不相同，前一个“红鸡蛋”是作为一种圣物出现，有祈子赐福之功；而后一个“红鸡蛋”则成为了孩子降生的报喜标志，也是一种起宣告作用的物体。向亲友分发用颜料染红的鸡蛋，是通行于全国各地的一种表达喜庆的方式，常用于结婚、生育、做“满月”等各种喜庆场合，以示庆贺并图吉祥。
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~http://baike.baidu.com/view/10466.htm

--拜天公 2011--

2011-02-10T23:59:00.000+08:00

福建人拜天公，除了感恩外，也祈求天公在新的一年，赐福给全家人，让合家大小平安，步步高升。大年初九凌晨，成千上万的烧猪和鸡、鸭，将是祭拜天公的主要祭品，以祈求新春大吉大利。天公诞的祭拜仪式，是从大年初八深夜开始，一直持续到初九凌晨。烧猪，是孝敬天公的重点祭品之一，一些经济不错的家庭，甚至订购大烧猪供拜，而普通的家庭也以小金猪或烧肉祭拜，以祈求天公带来好运。所以，拜天公这一天，烧猪的销量非常可观。当天祭拜天公的大小烧猪，超过数万只之多。而早在大年初八，烧猪店推出的大、小烧猪，非常抢手，销量也可观，大家都赶早买烧猪及其它祭拜用品，为夜晚的祭拜天公作好准备。

据乌美2道焱全烧腊中心老板卓照发说，今天大年初八，包括他已接到1000只烧猪的订单，估计可卖出超过1500只大小烧猪，销量不比去年差。往往在大年初八，就像除夕一样，一清早巴刹就闹哄哄一片，不少人纷纷拥到巴刹购买鸡、鸭、大鱼、大肉和水果，扛着一棵棵的甘蔗回家。忙碌烹煮一番后，深夜时辰一到，就摆好丰富祭品，安好天公座，点起香烛祭拜天公。祭拜天公的祭品，包括鸡鸭、鱼虾、甘蔗、水果、香烛、大金、小金、香烛、龙香等等。拜天公时，必须诚心膜拜，一点不能马虎，早年还要燃烧爆竹，彻夜响个不停，一直拜到大年初九凌晨时分，才圆满结束，这时全家人一起享用丰富年餐，才上床睡觉。据卓照发说，从订单来看，今年的小金猪最抢手，大金猪销量也不错，他估计年初八从早到晚，会有更多人到店里买大小烧猪，门市估计可卖出数百只大小烧猪。卓照发说，农历新年的两个烧猪大旺日，是大年除夕与大年初八。除夕是祭拜神明、祖先的日子。大年初九拜天公，都少不了烧猪。到了大年十五的元宵节，烧猪的销量也很可观。

拜天公源自明朝。
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~http://www.hudong.com/wiki/天公
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~http://www.praytothecreator.org/cn/cn_praying.html
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~http://baike.baidu.com/view/340720.htm

--楊家將--

2011-02-10T18:34:00.006+08:00

楊家將是一部英雄傳奇系列故事，以話本、戲劇等形式在中國民間廣為流傳。它對北宋前期的一些人物和事件加以演義，講述了楊家四代人戍守北疆、精忠報國的動人事迹。
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楊業原是北漢名將，官至建雄軍節度使，驍勇善戰，國人號為「無敵」。北漢降宋，楊業得到宋太宗趙光義信任，繼續戍邊防備契丹。他曾在雁門以奇兵數千騎大敗契丹，自此令契丹望風而遁，但也受到上級猜忌。986年（宋太宗雍熙三年），宋軍北伐，潘美一路，楊業副之，克雲、應、寰、朔四州。曹彬軍敗績，潘美、楊業所部護送四州民眾內遷。途中遭遇契丹主力，潘美等強令楊業出戰。楊業率部血戰陳家谷，其子楊延玉戰死，楊業為契丹所擒，絕食三日而死。
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在楊業的兒子中，以楊延昭最為出色，楊業說：「此兒類我。」楊延昭本名楊延朗，在邊防二十餘年，契丹頗為忌憚，目為楊六郎。1004年（宋真宗景德元年），遼軍深入宋境，楊延昭率部突入遼境，擊破古城。
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楊延昭有三子，《宋史》僅載第三位楊將文廣之事跡。延昭長子傳永，次子德政，名字獨見於曾鞏《隆平集》。楊延昭的第三子楊文廣，字仲容，青年時代得到范仲淹的賞識，置於麾下；曾從狄青南征。楊文廣在西邊防禦西夏，而不忘燕雲。遼宋爭代州地界，楊文廣獻上陣圖及進取幽燕的方略，但不久就去世了。
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Yangjia Jiang (Chinese: 杨家将; lit. Generals of the Yang Clan) is a series of novels and plays which detail the exploits of the Yang military family over four generations of peace and turmoil during the Song Dynasty. Set during the later years of the Northern Song empire, the stories recount the unflinching loyalty (尽忠报国) of the Yang family heirs, even though most are deviating from the actual accounts.

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~http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/ 杨家将
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~http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Shao_Nian_Yang_Jia_Jiang
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangjia_Jiang

--Goodnight~Mr.Bean--

2011-02-10T03:28:00.005+08:00

Mr. Bean is a British comedy television series of 14 half-hour episodes starring Rowan Atkinson as the title character. Different episodes were written by Atkinson, Robin Driscoll, Richard Curtis and one by Ben Elton. The first episode was broadcast on ITV on 1 January 1990, with the final episode, "Hair by Mr. Bean of London", on 15 November 1995. Based on a character developed by Atkinson at university, the series followed the exploits of Mr. Bean, described by Atkinson as "a child in a grown man's body", in solving various problems presented by everyday tasks and often causing disruption in the process. During its five-year run the series gained large UK audience figures, including 18.74 million for the 1992 episode "The Trouble With Mr. Bean". The series has been the recipient of a number of international awards, including Rose d'Or. The show has been sold in 200 territories worldwide, and has inspired two feature films and an animated cartoon spin-off.
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr.Bean
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowan_Atkinson
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~http://www.mrbean.co.uk/uk/
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Bean%27s_Holiday

--Malaysia 2 - 0 Hong Kong--

2011-02-09T22:45:00.007+08:00

--年糕~Nián gāo--

2011-02-09T15:10:00.004+08:00

年糕是東亞過年的一種傳統食品，年糕與「年高」諧音，有年年高的意思，象徵收入、職位或小孩子都一年比一年高。年糕早期是在年夜用來祭神及供奉祖先，其後漸漸成為一種春節食品。
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Nián gāo, Year cake or Chinese New Year's cake is a food prepared from glutinous rice and consumed in Chinese cuisine. It is available in Asian supermarkets and from health food stores. While it can be eaten all year round, traditionally it is most popular during Chinese New Year. It is considered good luck to eat nian gao during this time, because "nian gao" is a homonym for "higher year." The Chinese word 粘 (nián), meaning "sticky", is identical in sound to 年, meaning "year", and the word 糕 (gāo), meaning "cake" is identical in sound to 高, meaning "high". As such, eating nian gao has the symbolism of raising oneself higher in each coming year (年年高升 niánnián gāoshēng).
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~http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/年糕
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nian_gao
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~http://taiwanpedia.culture.tw/web/content?ID=11658
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~http://chinesefood.about.com/od/chinesenewyear/r/niangao.htm

--Sad News From Terong Island--

2011-02-09T12:37:00.004+08:00

死是生命的尽头，当生命终结时，我们便称为死。世界上没有亡灵和魂魄，当人死的时候，就什么都没有了，什么也不知道了，那是根本无法想象的感觉。

死前一秒啊，那要看每个人的心理状态了，有人恐慌，有人害怕，有人微笑，有人从容。我劝你还是好好享受活着的幸福吧，因为人的生命真的只有一次生命就是不断的向死亡堕落。。。。。
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事实上，死亡并不是终结，只是另一种开始，构成你的元素，只不过又去构建其他的事物。

总相信，人死亡后，肉体随风而去，一切成空，而灵魂是飘渺如烟不会远去的，也许一直伴随着最爱的人身边，一直漂流着，
当然这是我个人最好的设想或着说假想而已．
人死后如果真的有轮回那么今生我好多不能做到实现的事情下辈子一定要作好！！

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~http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/11036390.html
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~http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/13456702.html?fr=qrl&cid=144&index=1

--人日 2011--

2011-02-09T01:25:00.004+08:00

Renri (Chinese:人日, literally Human Day) refers specially to the 7th day of zhengyue (正月, the first month in the Chinese calendar). According to Chinese customs, renri was the day human beings were created. It is celebrated not only in China, but also other regions influenced by Chinese culture.
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“人日”亦称“人胜节”、“人庆节”、“人口日”、“人七日”等。传说女蜗初创世，在造出了鸡狗猪牛马等动物后，于第七天造出了人，所以这一天是人类的生日。汉朝开始有人日节俗，魏晋后开始重视。古代人日有戴“人胜”的习俗，人胜是一种头饰，又叫彩胜，华胜，从晋朝开始有剪彩为花、剪彩为人，或镂金箔为人来贴屏风，也戴在头发上。此外还有登高赋诗的习俗。唐代之后，更重视这个节日。每至人日，皇帝赐群臣彩缕人胜，又登高大宴群臣。如果正月初七天气晴朗，则主一年人口平安，出入顺利。
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renri
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~http://baike.baidu.com/view/6472.htm
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~http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-02/12/content_7592494.htm
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--We Are The World Foundation--

2011-02-08T20:58:00.001+08:00

The recording of ‘We Are The World 25 For Haiti’ embodies the same enthusiasm, sense of purpose and generosity as the original recording 25 years ago. Through the contributions of the new voices to this rendition of ‘We Are The World,’ and with the help of our partners, the We Are The World Foundation will be committed to transparency and will help further the spirit of activism that was at the heart of the original song and movement.

We are developing mechanisms to permit our donors and members of the community to monitor the funds raised, the expenses paid, and the charitable grants funded by the We Are The World Foundation, a newly created not-for-profit organization founded by Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie who have invited Wyclef Jean, Paul Haggis, Randy Phillips, Peter Tortorici and Ambassador Luis Moreno of the Inter-American Development Bank to join them on the board. The Foundation is dedicated to raising money and to making grants to charitable organizations with meaningful and efficient relief and development programs that are responding to the continuing crisis in Haiti.

~http://wearetheworldfoundation.org/

--Chelsea 0 - 1 Liverpool--

2011-02-07T03:51:00.005+08:00

FULL TIME!!! A very professional job from Liverpool, who closed Chelsea down efficiently, including Torres, and took their chance when it came. Chelsea's title race is run and Liverpool move into sixth.
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~http://soccernet.espn.go.com/commentary?id=293136&cc=4716

--祖冲之--

2011-02-06T20:41:00.005+08:00

The Han Dynasty lasted for 427 years from 206 BC to 220 AD. When it fell, the Three Kingdoms period took its place as local power centers established their own dynasties. They were reunited to form the Jin Dynasty (晋 264 to 420) which lasted 157 years in various forms. The Jin Dynasty was under constant attack from the north as the Xiongnu culture of the northern plains moved south followed by the Jie and the Xianbei. Each were distinct cultures that brought not only war and destruction but new ideas and practices.
~ During and after the Jin Dynasty there was a massive movement of population to the south of the Yangtse River for safety. The Jin Dynasty broke up into small kingdoms. This is called the Sixteen Kingdoms period (五胡十六国 (304 to 439) and overlaps the establishment of the five Northern and four Southern Dynasties (南北朝 386 to 589). The Southern Dynasties had their capitals south of the Yangtse River in Nanjing. The four Southern Dynasties were: Liú-Sòng 刘宋 420-479, Southern Qí 南齐 479-502, Liáng 南梁 502-557, and Chén 南陳 557-589.
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~http://hua.umf.maine.edu/China/astronomy/tianpage/0014ZuChongzhi9296bw.html
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--Amsterdam--

2011-02-06T04:49:00.008+08:00

Amsterdam (pronounced /ˈæmstərdæm/; Dutch [ˌɑmstərˈdɑm] ( listen)) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, with an urban population of 1,364,422 and a metropolitan population of 2,158,372.^{[citation needed]} The city is in the province of North Holland in the west of the country. It comprises the northern part of the Randstad, the sixth-largest metropolitan area in Europe, with a population of approximately 8.1 million.
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Its name is derived from Amstellerdam, indicative of the city's origin: a dam in the river Amstel. Settled as a small fishing village in the late 12th century, Amsterdam became one of the most important ports in the world during the Dutch Golden Age, a result of its innovative developments in trade. During that time, the city was the leading centre for finance and diamonds. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the city expanded, and many new neighbourhoods and suburbs were formed. The 17th-century canals of Amsterdam (in Dutch: 'Grachtengordel'), located in the heart of Amsterdam, were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in July 2010.
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam

--阿牛~陈庆祥 Inti Subang1994~1996--

2011-02-04T21:34:00.007+08:00

Ah Niu (Chinese: 阿牛), is the nickname and stage name of Tan Kheng Seong (Simplified Chinese:陈庆祥), a popular singer in Malaysia and Singapore in the late 1990s.
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In 1997, his popularity was restricted to mainly Malaysia and Singapore, until Richie Jen (Traditional Chinese: 任賢齊, Taiwanese singer) sung his song (Dui Mian De Nui Hai Kan Guo Lai- " direct translation = The girl from across has looked over here") which became widely popular.^~In December 1998, Rock Records sent Ah Niu to expand his singing career in Taiwan. He quickly gained popularity with the Taiwanese masses with his brand of quirky, folk-ish songs that mainly focused on his daily life as a kampung boy in Malaysia and unrequited love.
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His popularity gained even more momentum when the likes of Rene Liu and Karen Mok requested Ah Niu to compose songs for them which steadfastly placed him as a firm staple not only in Taiwan, but also in China and Hong Kong.
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Ah Niu has been a special guest for many concerts around Hong Kong, China and Taiwan. He also starred in the movie Para Para Sakura by Aaron Kwok in year 2001.

He studied in Chung Ling Butterworth High School and went on to Inti College, Kuala Lumpur [Majoring in Film & Theatre (Drama Course), Mass Comm].

~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ah_Niu

~http://www.china.org.cn/english/culture/186063.htm
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~http://music.kosmix.com/topic/Ah_Niu
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--Chin Peng-陳平~王文華--

2011-02-03T17:36:00.005+08:00

Chin Peng, former OBE (Traditional Chinese: 陳平, Simplified Chinese: 陈平, Mandarin Chén Píng) (born 1924), was born Ong Boon Hua (Mandarin: Wang Yonghua or Wang Wenhua Chinese: 王文華) in Sitiawan, and was a long-time leader of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP). A determined anti-colonialist, he was notorious for leading the party's guerrilla insurgency in the Malayan Emergency and beyond.
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Chin Peng was born in late October, 1924, into a middle class Hokchia (hanyu pinyin: Fuqing) family in the small seaside town of Sitiawan, in Perak state, Malaya. His father had come to the town in 1920 and started a bicycle, tyre, and spare motor parts business with the help of a relative from Singapore. He attended a Chinese-language school in Sitiawan. In 1937 he joined the Chinese Anti Enemy Backing Up Society (AEBUS), formed that year to send aid to China in response to Japan's aggression against that country. According to Chin and Hack, he was not yet at that time a devoted communist. He was in charge of anti-Japanese activities at his school. Initially a supporter of Sun Yat-sen, by early 1939 he had embraced communism. He planned to go to Yan'an, the renowned Communist base in China, but was persuaded to remain in Malaya and take on heavier responsibilities for the Party there.
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In late 1939, by which time Chin had completed his study up to Senior Middle One, his school announced that the Senior Middle section was to be closed due to lack of money. He chose to continue his education in the Methodist-run Anglo-Chinese Continuation School, which operated in English, because it provided a good cover for his underground activities and because it was local so he would not have to move to Singapore for schooling. However after six months he left the school "for fear of British harassment". Once out of school, he concentrated on his political activities, and became, from that point on, a full time revolutionary. In January 1940 he had been put in charge of three anti-Japanese organisations that had a scope beyond the schools; they were for students, teachers, other cultural members, and shop assistants. At the end of January, 1940, he was admitted to the Malayan Communist Party as a candidate member.
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chin_Peng
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--Liverpool's No.07~Luis Suarez--

2011-02-03T13:00:00.004+08:00

Luis Suarez made a goalscoring debut as Liverpool beat Stoke City 2-0 at Anfield on Wednesday night.
The Reds' new No.7 was handed his bow as a second-half substitute, playing just under half an hour and finding the back of the net on 79 minutes after rounding goalkeeper Asmir Begovic and slotting home much to the delight of the Kop. ~ Raul Meireles had earlier put Liverpool ahead on 47 minutes when he pounced on a loose ball inside the box to fire home his third in four matches.
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Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz (born 24 January 1987) is a Uruguayan international footballer who plays professionally for English team Liverpool, as a striker. Since 2007, Suárez has also played for the Uruguayan national team.
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Having grown up in Salto alongside six siblings, with a single mother. In 2005, he began professional career at Montevideo side Nacional. His older brother Paolo Suárez is also a professional football player.

He moved to the Netherlands with Eredivisie side Groningen in 2006 at the age of 19, before transferring to Ajax in 2007. He made a major impact at the Amsterdam club as a supporting striker with the main striker initially being Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, then Marko Pantelić, and later Mounir El Hamdaoui. Following the arrival of manager Martin Jol at Ajax in 2009, Suárez was made the club captain following the departure of Thomas Vermaelen to Arsenal.

In 2010, Suárez was named Dutch Footballer of the Year, having ended the season as top scorer in the Eredivisie with 35 goals in 33 league matches (49 goals in all competitions). On 5 August 2010, Suárez became a father, with his wife bearing a baby daughter named Delfina in Barcelona. Also in 2010, Suárez became a member of the select group of players having scored more than 100 goals for Ajax in competitive matches, joining players like Johan Cruyff, Marco van Basten, and Dennis Bergkamp.

On 28 January 2011, Ajax accepted an offer of £22.8 million (€26.5 million) for the player.

~http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/debut-joy-for-suarez
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~http://www.observa.com.uy/Deporte/nota.aspx?id=108088
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Alberto_Suárez
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~http://www.liverpoolfc.tv

--新年 2011--

2011-02-03T01:00:00.000+08:00

新年指中国及其他汉字文化圈地区的农历一月一日，传统上称为元旦（与中国现行的公历元旦不同）、岁首、正旦，现在一般称为新年、大年，口头上亦称为过年、度岁、庆新岁；是东亚许多国家和地区庆祝新年的主要节日。越南语称为“Tết Nguyên Đán”（節元旦）、日语称为“正月”（明治维新后改称旧正月）、韩语称为“설날”（此乃固有词，即新年之意）。
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春节和年的概念，最初的含意来自农业，古时人们把谷的生长周期称为“年”。《说文·禾部》：“年，谷熟也。”在夏商时代产生了夏历，以月亮圆缺的周期为月，一年划分为十二个月，每月以不见月亮的那天为朔，正月朔日的子时称为岁首，即一年的开始，也叫年，年的名称是从周朝开始的，至了西汉才正式固定下来，一直延续到今天。但古时的正月初一被称为“元旦”，直到中国近代辛亥革命胜利后，南京临时政府为了顺应农时和便于统计，规定在民间使用夏历，在政府机关、厂矿、学校和团体中实行公历。

1949年9月27日，在中国人民政治协商会议第一届全体会议上，通过了使用世界上通用的公历纪元，把公历的元月一日定为元旦，俗称阳历年；农历正月初一通常都在立春前后，因而把农历正月初一定为“春节”，俗称阴历年。

　　传统意义上的春节是指从腊月初八的腊祭或腊月二十三的祭灶，一直直到正月十五，其中以除夕和正月初一为高潮。在春节这一传统节日期间，我国的汉族和大多数少数民族都有要举行各种庆祝活动，这些活动大多以祭祀神佛、祭奠祖先、除旧布新、迎禧接福、祈求丰年为主要内容。活动形式丰富多彩，带有浓郁的民族特色。

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~http://www.hudong.com/wiki/新年
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~http://baike.baidu.com/view/67771.htm
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~http://www.qicaispace.com/count/newyear/
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~http://baike.soso.com/v173264.htm

--Gong Xi Fa Cai

2011-02-03T00:00:00.004+08:00

Chinese New Year – often called Chinese Lunar New Year although it actually is lunisolar – is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. Despite its winter occurrence, in China it is known as "Spring Festival," the literal translation of the Chinese name 春节 (Pinyin: Chūn Jié), owing to the difference between Western and traditional Chinese methods for computing the seasons. The festival begins on the first day of the first month (Chinese: 正月; pinyin: Zhēng Yuè) in the traditional Chinese calendar and ends with Lantern Festival which is on the 15th day. Chinese New Year's Eve, a day where Chinese families gather for their annual reunion dinner, is known as Chú Xī (除夕) or "Eve of the Passing Year."
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gong_Xi_Fa_Cai#Greetings
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~http://goodcharacters.com/newsletters/gong-xi-fa-cai.html
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~http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Gong+Xi+Fa+Chai&defid=441970
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~http://mangaweekend.wordpress.com/2011/02/03/%E6%81%AD%E7%A6%A7%E5%8F%91%E8%B4%A2-gong-xi-fa-cai/

--除夕夜--

2011-02-02T23:59:00.000+08:00

除夕：读作chú xī ；英文： Chinese New Year's Eve，又称Lunar New Year's Eve。除夕是我国传统节日中最重大的节日之一。指农历一年最后一天的晚上，即春节前一天晚，因常在夏历腊月三十或二十九，故又称该日为年三十。一年的最后一天叫“岁除”，那天晚上叫“除夕”。除夕人们往往通宵不眠，叫守岁。苏轼有《守岁》：“儿童强不睡，相守夜欢哗。”除夕这一天，家里家外不但要打扫得干干净净，还要贴门神、贴春联、贴年画、挂门笼，人们则换上带喜庆色彩和带图案的新衣。
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Chinese New Year - often called Chinese Lunar New Year although it actually is lunisolar - is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. Despite its winter occurrence, in China it is known as "Spring Festival," the literal translation of the Chinese name 春节 (Pinyin: Chūn Jié), owing to the difference between Western and traditional Chinese methods for computing the seasons. The festival begins on the first day of the first month (Chinese: 正月; pinyin: Zhēng Yuè) in the traditional Chinese calendar and ends with Lantern Festival which is on the 15th day. Chinese New Year's Eve, a day where Chinese families gather for their annual reunion dinner, is known as Chú Xī (除夕) or "Eve of the Passing Year."
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~http://baike.baidu.com/view/2562.htm
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year

--团圆饭~Reunion Dinner--

2011-02-02T18:43:00.001+08:00

团圆饭（family reunion dinner）。中国的春节，“吃”往往会成为大部分人节日期间的主要活动，一家人围坐在热气腾腾的饭桌旁，就是透着那么一股喜庆热闹劲儿，这可以算是中国民间过年的最大特点了。“民以食为天”这句话似乎在春节这个传统佳节更加显得入情入理。
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~http://baike.baidu.com/view/776810.htm
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reunion_Dinner
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year

--Chelsea seals Fernando Torres transfer--

2011-02-01T15:22:00.000+08:00

LIVERPOOL, England -- Chelsea has broken the British transfer record, signing Fernando Torres from Liverpool for a fee reported to be 50 million pounds ($79.5 million). ~

Monday's deal is soccer's third-most expensive transfer, exceeded by Real Madrid's 2009 purchases of Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United for 80 million pounds ($131 million) and Kaka from AC Milan for 65 million euros ($92 million). It will be a similar figure to that received by Inter Milan when the Italian side team sold Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Barcelona the same year, a deal that sent Samuel Eto'o to Inter.

"Liverpool Football Club tonight confirmed they have agreed a fee with Chelsea for the sale of Fernando Torres," a Liverpool statement said.

Liverpool, purchased last fall by the parent company of the Boston Red Sox, described Torres' move Monday as a "British-record transfer fee" after he signed a 5½-year deal with Chelsea. Manchester City forward Carlos Tevez was recognized as being the previous most expensive signing within British soccer after moving from Manchester United for about 47 million pounds (then $76 million) in 2009.

~http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/news/_/id/6077267/liverpool-chelsea-set-transfer-fee-fernando-torres?campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines&asid=4e4bbac1

--The Year Of Rabbit 2011--

2011-02-01T02:58:00.003+08:00

Why not have a look below to get a free forecast of what 2011, the Year of the Rabbit, holds for you! You’ll also find out what personal traits you need to let shine through the coming year!
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The history of the Chinese Zodiac is very interesting! It is said that Buddha invited all of the animals in the world to join him for the New Year celebrations, but only 12 animals bothered to turn up. As a great reward, Buddha named a year after each one of them and they actually run in the order that the animals arrived to celebrate with Buddha, starting with the rat and ending with the last guest, the pig.

The Chinese believe that those born during a year of a particular animal would inherit some of the good and bad personality traits of that animal.

Also, each Chinese year is influenced by whatever animal it falls in. The Year of The Rabbit begins on February 3rd 2011. Most Rabbit years are quiet, positive and inspiring and 2011 looks to be heading in this direction – a refreshing change after the fast-moving and quite dramatic Year of the Tiger. Family, diplomacy and personal development will all be highlighted in 2011. Once again alternative sources of energy and green living will be under the spotlight. The arts and culture sector of society will very busy producing amazing works of art and staging important exhibitions throughout the year. Love, romance and family life are well-starred, with a renewed appreciation of loved ones and friends. Overall, it should be a fun and relatively peaceful year. Even though aggression, violence and war zones will still be in evidence, the Chinese Rabbit year favours peaceful solutions and diplomacy, so there will be a feeling that all is not lost and that hope is still very much alive.

Let’s take a look at each animal, their major personality traits and what the prospects are for 2011, the Year of the Rabbit.

~http://www.moonslipper.com/chinese.html

--"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step - Lao Tzu"--

2011-02-01T02:42:00.004+08:00

Laozi (Chinese: 老子; pinyin: Lǎozǐ; Wade–Giles: Lao Tzu; also Lao Tse, Lao Tu, Lao-Tzu, Lao-Tsu, Laotze, Laosi, Lao Zi, Laocius, and other variations) was a mystic philosopher of ancient China, and best known as the author of the Tao Te Ching. His association with the Tao Te Ching has led him to be traditionally considered the founder of Taoism (also spelled "Daoism"). He is also revered as a deity in most religious forms of the Taoist religion, which often refers to Laozi as Taishang Laojun, or "One of the Three Pure Ones". Laozi translated literally from Chinese means "old master" or "old one", and is generally considered honorific.
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According to Chinese tradition, Laozi lived in the 6th century BC. Historians variously contend that Laozi is a synthesis of multiple historical figures, that he is a mythical figure, or that he actually lived in the 4th century BC, concurrent with the Hundred Schools of Thought and Warring States Period.^~A central figure in Chinese culture, both nobility and common people claim Laozi in their lineage. Throughout history, Laozi's work has been embraced by various anti-authoritarian movements.
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The five colours blind the eye.
The five tones deafen the ear.
The five flavours dull the taste.
Racing and hunting madden the mind.
Precious things lead one astray.

Therefore the sage is guided by what he feels and not by what he sees.
He lets go of that and chooses this.

Look, it cannot be seen - it is beyond form.
Listen, it cannot be heard - it is beyond sound.
Grasp, it cannot be held - it is intangible.
These three are indefinable, they are one.
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From above it is not bright;
From below it is not dark:
Unbroken thread beyond description.
It returns to nothingness.
Form of the formless,
Image of the imageless,
It is called indefinable and beyond imagination.
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Stand before it - there is no beginning.
Follow it and there is no end.
Stay with the Tao, Move with the present.

Knowing the ancient beginning is the essence of Tao.

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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laozi
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~http://www.moonslipper.com/chinese.html
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~http://www.answers.com/topic/lao-zi
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~http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Philosophy/Taichi/lao.html
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--Nian~~年獸--

2011-01-30T15:31:00.006+08:00

In Chinese mythology, a Nian (simplified Chinese: 年兽; traditional Chinese: 年獸; pinyin: nián shòu) is a beast that lives under the sea or in the mountains. Once each spring, on or around Chinese New Year, it comes out of hiding to attack people, especially children. The Nian is sensitive to loud noises and is afraid of the color red. The Chinese Lion Dance is known to have originated from the legend of the Nian. The tradition began when a Nian attacked a village. After the attack, the villagers discussed how to make the Nian leave them alone. Eventually they came up with a plan where drums, plates and empty bowls were hit, red robes were worn, and firecrackers were thrown, causing loud banging sounds that would scare off the Nian. This scared the Nian, and since that time, the Nian has not appeared in the village again. The Nian is still believed to exist, but that it is scattered about the jungle and mountains, never to appear in front of a human again.
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年獸是一種傳說生物。相傳在遠古時代，有一種頭如獅子身如壯牛的兇惡怪獸叫「年」，一年四季都在深海裡，但逢新舊歲之交，便出來糟蹋莊稼，傷害人畜，百姓叫苦連天。有一次它又跑到村莊裡為非作歹，被一家門口晾的大紅衣服嚇跑了。到了另一處，又被燈光嚇得抱頭鼠竄。於是人們掌握了「年」怕聲音、怕紅色、怕火光的弱點。每至年末歲首，人們就在家門口貼紅聯、放鞭炮、掛紅燈，院子里燒柴禾、攏旺火，用菜刀剁菜肉，發出聲音，把「年」嚇得逃回海裡，不再危害人們。人們得以安全。
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據說被鴻鈞老祖收服，成為其坐騎。
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nian
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~http://www.monstropedia.org/index.php?title=Nian
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~http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/年獸

--Apollo 11 30th anniversary 1969~1999 --

2011-01-29T13:32:00.002+08:00

Apollo 11 is the designation of the space flight that landed the first humans on Earth's Moon on July 20, 1969. The mission, carried out by the United States, is considered a major accomplishment in the history of exploration and represented a victory for the U.S. in the Cold War Space Race with the Soviet Union.
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Launched from Florida on July 16, the third lunar mission of NASA's Apollo program (and the only G-type mission) was crewed by Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr. On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin landed in the Sea of Tranquility and on July 21 became the first humans to walk on the Moon. Their landing craft, Eagle, spent 21 hours and 31 minutes on the lunar surface while Collins orbited above in the command ship, Columbia. The three astronauts returned to Earth with 47.5 pounds (21.5 kg) of lunar rocks and landed in the Pacific Ocean on July 24.
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Apollo 11 fulfilled U.S. President John F. Kennedy's goal of reaching the moon before the Soviet Union by the end of the 1960s, which he had expressed during a 1961 mission statement before the United States Congress: "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."

Five additional Apollo missions landed on the Moon from 1969–1972.

~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11
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~http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo_11_30th.html

--25 years later....The Challenger....1986...and The "Journey Continues........" A Challenger's"..--

2011-01-28T17:43:00.007+08:00

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — For many, no single word evokes as much pain.
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Challenger.
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A quarter-century later, images of the exploding space shuttle still signify all that can go wrong with technology and the sharpest minds. The accident on Jan. 28, 1986 — a scant 73 seconds into flight, nine miles above the Atlantic for all to see — remains NASA's most visible failure.

It was the world's first high-tech catastrophe to unfold on live TV. Adding to the anguish was the young audience: Schoolchildren everywhere tuned in that morning to watch the launch of the first schoolteacher and ordinary citizen bound for space, Christa McAuliffe.

She never made it.

McAuliffe and six others on board perished as the cameras rolled, victims of stiff O-ring seals and feeble bureaucratic decisions.

It was, as one grief and trauma expert recalls, "the beginning of the age when the whole world knew what happened as it happened."....

~http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41296542?GT1=43001

~http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JKIZ7j20EA&feature=related

~http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hQL0NWS1Rc&feature=related

--虎去兔来--

2011-01-28T14:02:00.000+08:00

虎年将尽，新世纪的第一个兔年在下星期后便会到来，虎年中、港、美股表现并不算弱，先挫后升，在去年年底时也差不多收复全年失地。兔年股汇市走势如何，市场意见分歧。主流意见认为股市会升，主要是美元贬值，而人民币和商品货币会继续升值。无论如何，希望不是脱缰野兔，到处狂奔乱闯，造成破坏。个人仍偏向认为，如以一年为限，上半年整体金融市场，应会出现大幅波动的调整，但会是伺低吸纳之机会。笔者自一月初便重复指出巿场内里暗涌不减，不要被四方唱好的气氛降低警觉性，中国连串政策带来之连锁收缩效应，极可能在第二季便开始陆续浮现。但在这之前，上调准备金率、减慢信贷等将陆续有来，一定会在出现实质效果时才会停止，但可能在发觉「落药过重」之时，已经迟了一步，到时想再重新加速便有难度。希望中国能从外国央行过去之错误中领会，「微调」经济结果往往出人意表，不要操之过急，要预留多一些空间让经济和市场自行调节疗伤复原，否则后遗症会更严重。其实通胀不是头号大敌，今年经济的头号大敌是「没有适当及有效之方法」去「微调达到平衡」！
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~http://www.cnforex.com/person/033cc68409ea7747.aspx

--Come As You Are .......--

2011-01-27T23:34:00.000+08:00

--Electronics Show 2011--

2011-01-27T23:07:00.002+08:00

Slick touchscreen tablet computers and smarter devices for the home and the car took center stage as the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) wrapped up.

The always connected lifestyle was on full display at the annual gadget extravaganza as Internet technology ruled at a show traditionally dominated by eye-popping new television sets.

Click on the thumbnails BELOW to see all the mesmerizing, state-of-the-art gadgetry on display at this year's Consumer Electronics Show.

Tablet computers to rival Apple's iPad were the hot new products on display along with powerful new smartphones, ultra-thin laptops and Web-connected and 3-D TV sets during the four-day event.

"The tablet wars are now launched, with everybody under the sun producing tablets," said Endpoint Technologies Associates analyst Roger Kay.

"A lot of companies, particularly Asian companies, are offering to create tablets for you on the fly if you want a tablet with your brand on it."

Emphasis on mobile gizmos and making traditionally dumb devices smart with Internet connections made CES celebrities out of chip makers Intel, AMD, and Nvidia as well as US telecom carriers Verizon and AT&T.

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~http://news.malaysia.msn.com/photogallery.aspx?cp-documentid=4600157

--印象舞狮 2010 Impression by Isaachia--

2011-01-25T01:53:00.001+08:00

--農曆新年香港舞獅 1999 ~ 12years ago...same Rabbit year in Hong Kong--

2011-01-25T01:40:00.003+08:00