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
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