Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
--雨淋墓頭紙，日曝穀雨田.....--
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清明是二十四節氣之一，在古代，它的重要性還不如其前一日的寒食節，掃墓也是較晚才出現的活動。然而由於清明及寒食的日期相當接近，久而久之，彼此的習俗便漸漸融合，形成了今日的清明節.
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寒食就是禁火，只能吃冷的，或事先煮好的食物，相傳這個習俗起源於春秋時代，當時晉國有一 奸人欲害死大公子重耳，忠臣介子推便連夜護送重耳離開晉國。由於重耳平日頗關心百姓，因此在流亡期間，介子推仍盡心盡力的照顧重耳，甚至在飢寒交迫之時，還割下自己的肉給重耳吃，希望大公子能安然返國，做個勤政愛民的君王。
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十多年後，重耳終於回國當上了國君，成了後來的晉文公，並一一犒賞流亡期間曾協助他的人， 將介子推給忘了。經旁人提醒，晉文公才猛然想起，趕忙差人請介子推前來領賞，誰知介子推已帶他的母親到深山隱居了，晉文公和臣子在山中尋覓了許久，仍遍尋不著。這時有人獻計放火燒山，認為介子推是有名的孝子，一定會背著母親跑出來。然而大火燒了三天三夜，仍不見介子推出現，等火熄滅了以後，人們才發現介子推背著他母親，已被燒死在一棵柳樹下。晉文公見了相當傷心懊悔，便將這一天定為寒食節，規定人民禁止用火，寒食一天，以紀念介子推的忠誠 。
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Sunday, March 29, 2009
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
--英雄本色--A Better Tomorrow (1986)--
A Better Tomorrow (Chinese: 英雄本色; Pinyin: Yīngxióng běnsè; Jyutping: Jing1 hung4 bun2 sik1; literally True Colors of a Hero) is a 1986 Hong Kong action film which had a profound influence on the Hong Kong movie-making industry, and later on an international scale.
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Directed by John Woo, it stars Chow Yun-Fat, Ti Lung and Leslie Cheung. Although the movie was made with a tight budget and was relatively unknown until it went on screen due to virtually no advertising, it broke Hong Kong's box office record and went on to become a blockbuster in Asian countries. The success also ensured the sequel A Better Tomorrow 2, also directed by Woo, and A Better Tomorrow 3: Love & Death in Saigon, a prequel directed by producer Tsui Hark. It is the #2 of the Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures.
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
--MAMAK'S CORNER--Cambodia--
Mamak's Corner N? 17, Kramuon Sar (St. 114), Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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Cuisine: Malay
Halal authenticity: Owners are known Muslims
Price: $ out of $$$$
Payment accepted: $$$
Hours: Unknown to 9 pm
Phone: 012 895 026
Website: No website available
Email: No email available
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~http://www.zabihah.com/ds.php?id=8720
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~http://www.phnomenon.com/index.php/cambodian-food/restaurants/midday-mee-mamak-mission/
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
--Meditation from Thais...Sarah Chang--
Thaïs is an opera in three acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Louis Gallet based on the novel of the same name by Anatole France. It was first performed at the Opéra in Paris on March 16, 1894, starring the American soprano Sybil Sanderson, for whom Massenet had written the title role.
In 1907, the role served as Mary Garden's American debut in New York.
Set in Roman Egypt, the story concerns a Cenobite monk, Athanaël, who attempts to convert Thaïs, a courtesan of Alexandria and devotée of Venus, to Christianity, but discovers, too late, that his obsession with her is rooted in lust.
It has been described as bearing a kind of religious eroticism and has spawned many controversial productions. Its famous Méditation for violin, an entr'acte played before a closed curtain between the scenes of Act II, is among the most frequently performed concert pieces and has been arranged for many different instruments.
After Manon and Werther, Thaïs is one of Massenet's most performed operas, but it is not part of the standard operatic repertoire. The role of Thaïs, similar to another Massenet heroine also written for Sybil Sanderson, Esclarmonde, is notoriously difficult to sing and is reserved for only the most gifted of performers. Modern interpreters have included Carol Neblett, Anna Moffo, Beverly Sills, Leontyne Price and, most recently, Renée Fleming.
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~http://www.reference.com/browse/Meditation+from+Thais&
Monday, March 23, 2009
--LOVE is the only thing REAL in LIFE--
SPEND ALL YOUR TIME WAITING
FOR THAT SECOND CHANCE
FOR A BREAK THAT WOULD MAKE IT OK
THERE'S ALWAYS ONE REASON
TO FEEL NOT GOOD ENOUGH
AND IT'S HARD AT THE END OF THE DAY
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I NEED SOME DISTRACTION OOH BEAUTIFUL RELIEFS
MEMORIES SEAPTH FROM MY VAINS
THAT MAYBE UNTO AND WEIGHTLESS AND MAYBE
I FIND SOME PEACE TONIGHT
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CHORUS~~
IN THE ARMS OF THE ANGELS
FLY AWAY FROM HERE
FROM THIS DARK COLD HOTEL ROOM
AND THE ENDLESSNESS THAT YOU FEEL
YOU ARE PULLED FROM THE WRECKAGE
OF YOUR SILENT REVERY
YOU'RE IN THE ARMS OF THE ANGEL
MAY YOU FIND SOME COMFORT HERE
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SO TIRED OF THE STRAIGHT LINE
AND EVERYWHERE YOU TURN
THERE'S VULTURES AND THIEVES AT YOUR BED
THE STORM KEEPS ON TWISTING
KEEP ON BUILDING THE LIES
THAT YOU MAKE UP FOR ALL THAT YOU LIKE
IT DONT MAKE NO DIFFERENCE
LETS GIVE THEM ONE LAST TIME
IT'S EASIER TO BELIEVE
IN THIS SWEET MADNESS
OH THIS GLORIOUS SADNESS
THAT BRINGS ME TO MY KNEES
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CHORUS~~
YOU'RE IN THE ARMS OF THE ANGELS
MAY YOU FIND SOME COMFORT HERE
SOME COMFORT HERE......
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~http://www.blueyze.us/armsoftheangel.html
~http://www.metrolyrics.com/in-the-arms-of-the-angels-lyrics-angelis.html
Sunday, March 22, 2009
--10 Richest people in The World--
No. 1: Bill Gates / $40 billion / Microsoft
Software visionary regains title as the world's richest man despite losing $18 billion in the past 12 months. Stepped down from day-to-day duties at Microsoft last summer to devote his talents and riches to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Organization's assets were $30 billion in January. Dedicated to fighting hunger in developing countries, improving education in America's high schools and developing vaccines against malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS. Gates remains Microsoft chairman. Sells shares each quarter, redeploys proceeds via investment vehicle Cascade; more than half of fortune invested outside Microsoft. Stock down 45% in past 12 months.
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No. 2: Warren Buffett / $37 billion / Investments
Last year America's most beloved investor was the world's richest man. This year he has to settle for second place after losing $25 billion in 12 months. Shares of Berkshire Hathaway down 45% since last March. Injected billions of dollars into Goldman Sachs, General Electric last fall in exchange for preferred stock. Admits he made some "dumb" investment mistakes in 2008. Son of Nebraska politician delivered newspapers as a boy. Filed first tax return at age 13, claiming $35 deduction for bicycle. Studied under value investing guru Benjamin Graham at Columbia. Took over textile firm Berkshire Hathaway in 1965. Today holding company invested in insurance (GEICO, General Re), jewelry (Borsheim's), utilities (MidAmerican Energy), food (Dairy Queen, See's Candies).
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No. 3: Carlos Slim Helú / $35 billion / Telecoms
Economic downturn and plunging peso shaved $25 billion from the fortune of Latin America's richest man. Son of a Lebanese immigrant bought fixed-line operator Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex) in 1990; now controls 90% of Mexico's telephone land lines. Would be a billionaire based on his dividends alone. Biggest holding: $16 billion stake in América Móvil, Latin America's largest mobile phone company, with 173 million customers. Buying up cheap media, energy and retail assets. Last year took stakes in New York Times Co., former billionaire Anthony O'Reilly's Independent News & Media and Bronco Drilling; also increased position in Saks. Baseball statistics aficionado, art collector.
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No. 4: Lawrence Ellison / $22.5 billion / Oracle
Software visionary regains title as the world's richest man despite losing $18 billion in the past 12 months. Stepped down from day-to-day duties at Microsoft last summer to devote his talents and riches to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Organization's assets were $30 billion in January. Dedicated to fighting hunger in developing countries, improving education in America's high schools and developing vaccines against malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS. Gates remains Microsoft chairman. Sells shares each quarter, redeploys proceeds via investment vehicle Cascade; more than half of fortune invested outside Microsoft. Stock down 45% in past 12 months.~
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No. 2: Warren Buffett / $37 billion / Investments
Last year America's most beloved investor was the world's richest man. This year he has to settle for second place after losing $25 billion in 12 months. Shares of Berkshire Hathaway down 45% since last March. Injected billions of dollars into Goldman Sachs, General Electric last fall in exchange for preferred stock. Admits he made some "dumb" investment mistakes in 2008. Son of Nebraska politician delivered newspapers as a boy. Filed first tax return at age 13, claiming $35 deduction for bicycle. Studied under value investing guru Benjamin Graham at Columbia. Took over textile firm Berkshire Hathaway in 1965. Today holding company invested in insurance (GEICO, General Re), jewelry (Borsheim's), utilities (MidAmerican Energy), food (Dairy Queen, See's Candies).~
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No. 3: Carlos Slim Helú / $35 billion / Telecoms
Economic downturn and plunging peso shaved $25 billion from the fortune of Latin America's richest man. Son of a Lebanese immigrant bought fixed-line operator Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex) in 1990; now controls 90% of Mexico's telephone land lines. Would be a billionaire based on his dividends alone. Biggest holding: $16 billion stake in América Móvil, Latin America's largest mobile phone company, with 173 million customers. Buying up cheap media, energy and retail assets. Last year took stakes in New York Times Co., former billionaire Anthony O'Reilly's Independent News & Media and Bronco Drilling; also increased position in Saks. Baseball statistics aficionado, art collector. ~
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No. 4: Lawrence Ellison / $22.5 billion / Oracle
Database titan continues to engulf the competition; Oracle has racked up 49 acquisitions in the past four years. Bought BEA Systems for $8.5 billion last year. Company still sitting on $7 billion in cash. Stock down 25% in past 12 months. Chicago native studied physics at University of Chicago; didn't graduate. Started Oracle in 1977. Company went public in 1986, a day before Microsoft. Owns yacht Rising Sun; built a smaller leisure boat because the 453-foot yacht is hard to moor. Squabbling in court with Swiss boating billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli over terms of next America's Cup. Recently unveiled hulking 90-foot trimaran he intends to use to win it.
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No. 5: Ingvar Kamprad / $22 billion / Ikea
Peddled matches, fish, pens, Christmas cards and other items by bicycle as a teenager. Started selling furniture in 1947. Opened first Ikea store 50 years ago; store's name is a combination of initials of his first and last name, his family farm and the nearest village. Retired in 1986; company's senior adviser still reportedly works tirelessly on his brand. Discount retailer now sells 9,500 items in 36 countries, prints catalog in 27 languages. Revenue up 7% to $27.4 billion in fiscal 2008. Three sons all work at the company. Thrifty entrepreneur flies economy class, frequents cheap restaurants and furnishes his home mostly with Ikea products.
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No. 6: Karl Albrecht / $21.5 billion / Supermarkets
Germany's richest person owns discount supermarket giant Aldi Sud. Retailer faring well amid economic downturn; analysts expect its 2008 sales to be up 9.4% to $33.7 billion. Sales in the U.S. up estimated 20% last year to $7 billion. Company plans to open 75 U.S. stores in 2009, including first in New York City. With younger brother, Theo, transformed their mother's corner grocery store into Aldi after World War II. Brothers split ownership in 1961. Retired from daily operations. Fiercely private; little known about him other than that he apparently raises orchids and plays golf.
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No. 7: Mukesh Ambani / $19.5 billion / Petrochemicals
Oversees Reliance Industries, India's most valuable company by market cap despite stock falling 40% in past year. Merging his Reliance Petroleum with flagship Reliance Industries. Late father, Dhirubhai, founded Reliance and built it into a massive conglomerate. After he died, Mukesh and his brother, Anil, ran the family business together for a brief time. But siblings feuded over control; mother eventually brokered split of assets. Has yet to move into his 27-story home that he's building at a reported cost of $1 billion. Ardent fan of Bollywood films. Wife, Nita, oversees school named after his father.
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No. 8: Lakshmi Mittal / $19.3 billion / Steel
Indian immigrant heads world's largest steel company; ArcelorMittal was formed via hostile takeover three years ago. Stock in company makes up bulk of his fortune; shares at a four-year low, with steel prices down 75% since last summer. Company forced to pay heavy fines after a French antitrust investigation found 10 companies guilty of price-fixing in European steel markets. Arcelor posted $2.6 billion loss in most recent quarter. Started in family steel business in the 1970s, branched out on his own in 1994. Initially bought up steel mills on the cheap in Eastern Europe. Holds substantial cash; owns 12-bedroom mansion in London's posh Kensington neighborhood.
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No. 9: Theo Albrecht /$18.8 billion / Supermarkets
Runs discount supermarket group Aldi Nord; company holding up amid economic downturn. Sales expected to hit $31 billion in 2008. After World War II, he and older brother Karl transformed their mother's corner grocery into Aldi. Brothers split ownership in 1961. Theo got the northern Germany stores and the rest of Europe. Unable to operate Aldi stores in U.S., Theo developed discount food store Trader Joe's; now has more than 320 U.S. stores. Also owns stake in Supervalu. Became a recluse after being kidnapped for 17 days in 1971; said to collect old typewriters, loves golf.
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No. 10: Amancio Ortega / $18.3 billion / Fashion
Railway worker's son started as a gofer in a shirt store. With then-wife, Rosalia Mera, also now a billionaire, started making dressing gowns and lingerie in their living room. Business became one of world's most successful apparel manufacturers. Today Inditex has more than 4,000 stores in 71 countries. Sales: $12.3 billion. Ortega is chairman. Stock up 1% in past 12 months, but fortune down because of weak euro. Also has personal investments in gas, tourism, banks and real estate. Shuns neckties and fanfare. Daughter Marta works for Inditex; recent speculation suggests she is being groomed to eventually replace her father.
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--Terror crackdown: UK--
Travellers face price hikes and confusion after the Government unveiled plans to take up to 53 pieces of information from anyone entering or leaving Britain.~
For every journey, security officials will want credit card details, holiday contact numbers, travel plans, email addresses, car numbers and even any previous missed flights.
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The information, taken when a ticket is bought, will be shared among police, customs, immigration and the security services for at least 24 hours before a journey is due to take place.
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Anybody about whom the authorities are dubious can be turned away when they arrive at the airport or station with their baggage.
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Those with outstanding court fines, such as a speeding penalty, could also be barred from leaving the country, even if they pose no security risk.
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The information required under the "e-borders" system was revealed as Gordon Brown announced plans to tighten security at shopping centres, airports and ports.
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This could mean additional screening of baggage and passenger searches, with resulting delays for travellers.
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Travel companies, which will run up a bill of £20million a year compiling the information, will pass on the cost to customers via ticket prices, and the Government is considering introducing its own charge on travellers to recoup costs.
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~http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-493912/Terror-crackdown-Passengers-forced-answer-53-questions-BEFORE-travel.html
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
--Somaly Mam--Cambodia--
Somaly Mam (b. 1970 or 1971) is a Cambodian author and human rights advocate, focusing primarily on needs of victims of human sex trafficking, and has garnered official and media acclaim for her efforts.
She was born in the Mondulkiri province of Cambodia. Mam was sold into sexual slavery in her childhood. Beaten, raped and tortured as a child, at the age of 30 she became a spokeswoman for women and children tortured in the brothels of Cambodia. She, with her husband Pierre Legros, created the AFESIP (Agir pour les Femmes en Situation Précaire) NGO in 1997 in Cambodia. Since then, this international NGO has developed in Thailand, Vietnam and Laos. Its goals are to save and socially reintegrate people who are victims of these kinds of hardships. Despite threats against her, Somaly Mam has been able to help thousands of young girls and teenagers who have been coerced into prostitution.
She has three children.
Mam's family struggled through poverty and limited opportunities. Although she did/did not receive formal schooling, she was later trained to be a midwife after the genocidal regime. However, Somaly was sold many times by her grandfather as a slave and coerced into prostitution.
She was forced to work in a brothel with many other young girls that were treated horrifically through torture, manipulation, and scare tactics. One night she watched a close friend murdered by a pimp. At this moment, Somaly realized that she was trapped in a dangerous and desperate world. She made it her mission to escape and later find a way to stop this vicious cycle. Her past is a major contributing factor regarding her passion and effort to help young children and women involved with human trafficking.
Because of poverty and the adversity young women face in Cambodia, Somaly Mam worked diligently to overcome the traumatic background in her life. She has very diverse experiences that helped build her work ethic and job skills. At the age of 21, Somaly became a midwife at Choup district Hospital in Cambodia.
A few years later, Somaly traveled to France and began to learn its language. She became the Director of Personnel at a European Restaurant in 1992-93. However, her most rewarding experiences related to social work, such as her earlier days at the Maison the Retraite in France. Somaly also met her former husband, Mr. Pierre Legros, who is also dedicated to social causes, such as victims of human trafficking.
Somaly later returned to Cambodia to bring back some of her experience and ideas to her homeland. She began establishing an NGO in French called “Agir Pour les Femmes en Situation Précaire (AFESIP),” translated in English “Acting for Women in Distressing Circumstances.” She became co-founder of AFESIP and President of AFESIP Cambodia in Phnom Penh. This organization’s main cause is the rescue, rehabilitation, and reintegration of girls forced into prostitution.
~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somaly_Mam
--万佛朝宗--
当年佛祖在灵山讲经说法，天、地、人三界菩萨列席聆听，始有万佛朝宗的说法
有很多位佛、菩萨去见佛祖，这个‘去见佛祖’就是朝宗
与这相近的几个词：
朝山是指佛教徒到名山寺庙烧香参拜
朝顶是指佛教徒登山拜佛
朝圣是指宗教徒朝拜宗教圣地
--The Quarter-Final draw 2009--
UEFA Champions League holders Manchester United FC will take on 2004 winners FC Porto while Chelsea FC and Liverpool FC are matched again in the quarter-finals after the draw for the remainder of the competition was made today in Nyon.~
United were beaten by Porto when the Portuguese side won the competition, with the English titleholders aiming to become the first team to successfully defend the trophy since the UEFA Champions League was introduced in 1992/93. The winners of that tie will play the side that emerges from the tie involving Villarreal CF, the only surviving team never to have reached a UEFA Champions League final, and Arsenal FC, the club that defeated the Spanish outfit at this juncture three seasons ago.
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Chelsea and Liverpool have faced off in the semi-finals in three of the past four campaigns but they meet a stage earlier this time round. The last-four opposition for the winners will be FC Barcelona or FC Bayern München, the two leading scorers in the competition this term.
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The quarter-final ties will take place on 7/8 and 14/15 April and the semi-finals on 28/29 April and 5/6 May. The final will be held at the Stadio Olimpico, Rome, on Wednesday 27 May at 20.45CET.
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
--酒矸倘卖无--
酒干倘卖无 酒干倘卖无
酒干倘卖无 酒干倘卖无
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多么熟悉的声音 陪我多少年风和雨
从来不须要想起 永远也不会忘记
没有天那有地 没有地那有家
没有家那有你 没有你那有我
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假如你不曾养育我 给我温暖的生活
假如你不曾保护我 我的命运将会是甚么
是你抚养我长大 陪我说第一句话
是你给我一个家 让我与你共同拥有它
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虽然你不能开口说一句话
却更能明白人世间的黑白与真假
虽然你不会表白你的真情
却付出了热忱的生命
远处传来你多么熟悉的声音
让我想起你多么慈祥的心灵
什么时候你再回到我身旁
让我再和你一起唱.......
--Happy 20th Birthday MIATA--
At this year’s Chicago Auto Show, Mazda took the wraps off the 2009 MX-5 “Miata” roadster, a simple refresh of last year’s model – not exactly notable. But as luck would have it, the first Miata made its world debut in the Windy City some 20 years ago.
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It was an immediate hit. Since that day back in 1989, three different generations of the popular roadster have rolled off Mazda’s assembly lines, and with total worldwide sales approaching 900,000 units the MX-5 has been certified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the best-selling 2-seat roadster of all time.
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The popularity of the Miata is largely due to the fact that Mazda has never changed the underlying idea behind the MX-5 — it’s still a lightweight, sporty, fun-to-drive sports car. To celebrate the MX-5’s 20th anniversary, Mazda decided to take visitors down memory lane by displaying a few of the most noteworthy “Miata” models and concepts in Chicago.
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~http://autoshow.autos.msn.com/autoshow/chicago2009/Slideshow.aspx?cp-documentid=17881290
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
--Refereeing - Mission and Goals--
Mission
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Football is a global sport and its rules must be interpreted and applied with absolute consistency wherever the game is played. FIFA therefore has a policy of ongoing training for its referees to ensure that refereeing standards continue to improve and the Laws of the Game are applied the same way everywhere.
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Goals
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- To organise courses and seminars for instructors, referees and assistant referees at international, national and regional level;
- To define fundamental criteria and requirements for instructors of referees and assistant referees;
- To provide up-to-date training programmes and course materials;
- To adopt guidelines on technical support for referees and the appointment of refereeing trios from the same country or confederation for tournaments organised by FIFA;
- To determine the tasks and responsibilities assigned to members of the Referees Committee and to advisers and instructors at tournaments organised by FIFA;
- To revise and update the Laws of the Game and the 'Questions & Answers' booklet under the guidance of the International Football Association Board, in a way that makes innovation possible whilst respecting tradition;
- To devise and implement training programmes that prepare both male and female referees for the most important FIFA tournaments.
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~http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/developing/refereeing/refereeingmission.html
~http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/bodies/committee=1882029.html
~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:FIFA_World_Cup_referees
--UEFA Cup 2008–2009--
The UEFA Cup 2008–09 is the 38th edition of the UEFA Cup football tournament. The final will be played at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, home ground of Fenerbahçe, in Istanbul, Turkey on 20 May 2009. This season will be the final one using the current format; starting in 2009, the event will be known as the UEFA Europa League.
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Cup_2008-2009#Second_qualifying_round
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~http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/index.html
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