Friday, February 25, 2011

--Liverpool 1-0 Sparta Prague--







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.

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~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.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

--Internazionale 0 - 1 Bayern Munich--



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

Saturday, February 19, 2011

--Thundercats 1985~2009--




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/

Friday, February 18, 2011

--Zimbabwean dollar--







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.
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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.
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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.
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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

Thursday, February 17, 2011

--元宵節-Chap Goh Meh 2011--


Chap Goh Meh or Tzap Goh Mei (Chinese: ; 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.

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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。

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~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--

















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?--




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

Monday, February 14, 2011

--Valentine 2011--





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!

Sunday, February 13, 2011

--kjeldsens butter cookies 1933~2011--

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

Saturday, February 12, 2011

--Planet "X" Nibiru 2012--





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--








Friday, February 11, 2011

--Texas hold 'em--


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."

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~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--



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?--







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

Breaking news
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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--


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

Thursday, February 10, 2011

--拜天公 2011--


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--




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,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--






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

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

--Malaysia 2 - 0 Hong Kong--


--年糕~Nián gāo--

年糕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--

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--

Renri (Chinese: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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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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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

--We Are The World Foundation--



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.

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~http://wearetheworldfoundation.org/

Monday, February 7, 2011

--Chelsea 0 - 1 Liverpool--


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

Sunday, February 6, 2011

--祖冲之--



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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