刚刚从华盛顿特区回来，见到这里的硝烟和口水，一时也插不上话，又有些不甘寂寞，就让我做一点现场报告吧。 这次是应邀去参加一个全国报刊黑人专栏作家和评论员组织（The Trotter Group)的年会，作为嘉宾发言人（guest speaker）之一，专门就次贷与黑人问题说了十几分钟话。年会今年在特区开，自然是躬逢其盛，具有独特的历史意义。周一的会议在Howard大学举行，头天晚上的招待会上除校长致辞外，还安排了三位嘉宾到场发言：奥巴马竞选班底中的一位圈内人物，麦坎竞选团队中负责communication的co-chair（也是黑人），还有奥巴马入住白宫Transition

Whole-grain pasta is now tastier and better for you than ever. Here are four boxes worth buying. I first heard about the importance of eating whole grains at an otherwise forgettable scientific conference nearly a decade ago. I was so blown away by the accumulating evidence of their protective effect against chronic disease that I made a beeline for the grocery store when I got home and purchased a box of the one brand of whole grain pasta I could find. Now, I love pasta (and truth be told, all manner

·杨　明· 　　熟练的口头翻译不是一件容易的事情。专业的同声传译更需要长时期的训练。译事三难信达雅，诚载斯言。 　　二十多年前，中国对外开放不久，有关国际组织和外贸部从北京派来外国专家作报告，讲的是英语，当时请的翻译是大学二位教师。一位曾经长期在海员俱乐部和外轮供应公司工作过，与外国人打交道有经验，翻译起来挺顺利，经过普遍优惠制报告上有一些生僻词汇，但不至于出丑，但另一外语教师，职业是教英语，由于没有实际翻译经验，所以在会场上翻译的就不顺利，主要是他听不懂，所以也就无从用汉语解说出来，台上台下不知所云

　　·汪晶晶· 　　大部分人都认为德国土地上的穷人们生活得比我们这个辽阔星球上的其他地方要幸福。这种说法当然在很多情况下是正确的。中国的一大批信奉“社会民主主义”抑或“民主社会主义”（这两个词汇汉语的诠释中存在着极大的误区，但讨论这类误区不是本文的任务）的理论家们也对穷人们在德国的生活状态极感兴趣并把这种生活状态视为中国穷人们的理想生活模式。 　　在美国的金融危机渐渐地波及了全世界的富人之后，德国大部分穷人们的心情更为舒坦——不管是金融的一级产品还是衍生产品，不管是黄金价格还是房地产市场的波动，他们都

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·揭草仙· 这场几乎将世界金融市场拖到深渊的金融风暴原发于华尔街的金融大赌博——金融衍生品CDS泛滥造成，这点已经没有疑问。正如财政部长 Tim Geithner 为了向国会说明新的金融监管政策，3月27日写给国会House Financial Services Committee 听证会的信件中说道： Federal regulations would be expended for the first time to all trading in financial derivatives -- exotic financial instruments such as credit default swaps were blamed for much of the damage in the meltdown. (联邦规则将第一次对所有交易的金融衍生品进行监

玛雅咖啡有福了，网络解禁指日可待了：）） －－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－ 继推出“Google Chrome”浏览器后，搜寻引擎巨擘Google又再向网路上中下游整合之路迈进一步，9日与汇丰银行、国际有线电视集团“Liberty Global”合作，推出“O3b Networks”计划，锁定非洲及其他新兴市场的网路用户，提供卫星上网服务，进一步扩大网路使用者的数量。 “Ob Networks”意即“other3 billion （people )”（另外三十亿人口的网路 )，初步涵盖范围为赤道南北纬度各五度的区域。未来还将扩大到非洲、南美洲其他地区，以及亚洲和中东。 三

August 18, 2004 老子道德經第一章 道可道　非常道 名可名　非常名 無名天地之始　有名萬物之母 故常無　欲以觀其妙 　常有　欲以觀其徼 此兩者　同出而異名　同謂之玄 玄之又玄　眾妙之門 1 Tao. I want to tell you about it, but what I can say is not it. I want to give it a name, but any name says something else. The universe begins with this cannot-name, From it come all things that can be named. Therefore, use the no-name concept (e.g., art, music, religion) to wonder about the whole, And use th

October 12, 2004 老子道德經第十一章 三十輻　共一轂 當其無　有車之用 埏埴以為器 當其無　有器之用 鑿戶牖以為室 當其無　有室之用 故有之以為利　無之以為用 11. The spokes centers around the wheel's hub; It's the hole in the hub that makes a vehicle useful. The clays are shaped into a vessel; It's the space inside that makes the container useful. The doors and windows are cut to build a house; It's the openings that makes a room useful. Therefore, the body only serves as the eviden

复活节：万物复苏的节日 廖康 复活节不仅是宗教庆典。据英国史学家兼神学家圣毕德 (Saint Bede, 673-735)考证，复活节其实起源于异教徒在春分之际举行的一个世俗的，膜拜条顿民族的黎明女神艾欧丝特Eostre的节日。英语复活节一字Easter就是由此衍变而来的。漫长的冬季过去了，万物从沉睡中醒来，就象乔叟在叙事长诗《坎特伯雷故事集》开篇时所描绘的那样： 当四月的甘霖 润湿干旱的土地， 将勃勃生机注入 花茎、枝叶和根须， 此时人们欢庆，是最自然不过的事情，难道还需要其它什么理由吗？ 后来，基督教的庆典采用了复活节这一�

罗妈现在是奥巴马的首席经济顾问。很不错的文章。选自《简明经济学百科》。 Business Cycles by Christina D. Romer The United States and all other modern industrial economies experience significant swings in economic activity. In some years, most industries are booming and unemployment is low; in other years, most industries are operating well below capacity and unemployment is high. Periods of economic prosperity are typically called expansions or booms; periods of economic decline are called recessions o

听说中国知识圈掀起了研究英语的新高潮，探讨In behalf 和On behalf 的区别。 CCVV主播芮成钢先生本人博客将clear这个争论。内有帅哥向奥总统提问的照片和视频喔。不要错过机会。 http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4adabe270100d6o5.html

你寻来的这个解释比较合理。皆：都。 老子的东西，要读好多遍，才清晰起来。好像《道德经》里有 个意思，说他也解释不清楚。只是写下来。至于谁教他的？启 示还是梦里显现？ 从原文字面如何读，都没有“知道什么是美，才能识别恶”的 意思。我以为是注解的人理解不了，或觉得说不通顺，就拐了 小弯，圆润一下。 ========= 廖康写道： 中文与英文相比，更会意parataxis，不够形合hypotaxis，也就是说连词用得少，这就给读者更多的解释余地。你可以说这句的连词是When，也可以说它是If，结果很不同： 等到天下人都知道一个美的东�

爵士时代的八卦 (1) --- 莎拉，葛瑞德。莫非和爵士时代 七月 莎拉，葛瑞德。莫非: 爵士时代: 早晨，喝咖啡时看到了七月份的《时尚》（VOGUE）, 有一条消息引起了我的注意，威联姆斯学院 的艺术博物馆（Williams College Museum of Art）有个新展览---“Making It New: The Art and Style of Sara and Gerald Murphy”（“莎拉，葛瑞德。莫非的艺术和时尚风格 ”）。 葛瑞德。莫非1888年�

http://www.chinaelections.org/PrintNews.asp?NewsID=146263 中国收入不平等有多严重？ 王志浩 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 中国是世界上收入最不平等的地方之一吗？有时候真有点这种感觉。上海的街头，似乎一夜之间冒出很多外乡的少年，在红绿灯的间隙，穿梭在拥挤的车流中，向宝马、奥迪兜售小商品。他们中的一部分人似乎就以城市的桥洞为家。在非洲和拉美一些国家的首都，这是司空见惯的景象。而在上海，这种情况在过去是非常少见的。但是，他们的存在仍

BEIJING – Just 126 years after his death, Karl Marx’s moment may finally have arrived. The People’s Press – the biggest publishing house for China’s orthodox revolutionary books – reports that Marx’s anti-capitalism opus "Das Kapital" has been selling about 4,000-5,000 copies nationwide a month since last November. That’s a big jump from before the economic crisis, when the book sold well under 1,000 copies per month on average. The "Selected Works by Mao Zedong," a book owned by almost e

马哈茂德·艾哈迈迪内贾德（波斯语：محمود احمدی‌نژاد‎，1956年10月28日－），伊朗政治人物，伊朗伊斯兰共和国总统（2005年8月3日就任）。艾哈迈迪内贾德的译名很多：中华人民共和国外交部译为“马哈茂德·艾哈迈迪内贾德”。中华民国（台湾）外交部则译为“阿赫马迪内贾德”。台湾媒体则多译为“艾玛丹加”。 艾哈迈迪内贾德出生于伊朗塞姆南省加姆萨尔县，其父是铁匠。兄弟姐妹7人，他排行第四。一岁那年，全家迁居德黑兰。他在德黑兰上完了小

Focus of the discussions will be Tehran's disputed nuclear program TEHRAN, Iran - The Obama administration said Wednesday it will participate directly in group talks with Iran over its suspect nuclear program, marking another shift from former President George W. Bush's policies. State Department spokesman Robert Wood said Wednesday the United States would be at the table "from now on" when senior diplomats from the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany meet with Irania

分析得好！ 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　·顾　髌· 　　２００７－２００８年夏，原油价格一路攀升到了１４７美元一桶。带动几乎所有食物，包括食物油，面粉，奶制品，水果等的价格也比赛似的往上窜，大部分食品价格都翻了近一倍。更可气的是，Ｇｏｌｄｍａｎ　Ｓａｃｈｓ和Ｍｅｒｒｉｌｌ　Ｌｙｎｃｈ的“石油分析家们”也起哄架秧子，说什么原油要涨到５００美元一桶。话音还没落定，房市的泡沫就爆了，油价也一路往回落，短短几个月，就到了３０多美元一桶。这帮狗蛋们也不知道收敛一下，却是跑出来装大尾�

LCD auto displays' role continues to grow and become more mainstream Over the decades of the “Star Trek” TV and movie franchise, the ship’s computer displays evolved from steam-age dials and switches to large 21st-century video displays that could be configured to perform seemingly any task. Most of today’s cars retain those seemingly Victorian buttons, switches, knobs and analog gauges, though they are no longer made of brass. But an emerging generation of new models is making the move toward v

Worshippers around the world pay homage to God with rare blessing JERUSALEM - Devout Jews around the world on Wednesday observed a ritual performed only once every 28 years, saying their morning prayers under the open sky in a ceremony called the "blessing of the sun." Tens of thousands of worshippers stood next to the Western Wall in Jerusalem's walled Old City, the holiest site where Jews can pray. Hundreds headed to the ancient desert fortress of Masada, while others prayed on the roof of a Tel

She is performancing with Chicago Symphony Orchestra this month: -------------------- Xian Zhang (simplified Chinese: 张弦), born in 1973 in Dandong, China) is a Chinese American conductor. She was appointed Associate Conductor of the New York Philharmonic in July 2005 by Music Director Lorin Maazel. Xian Zhang received both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and began work on a doctorate at The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra joins the international music community in celebrating the 60th birthday of its longtime collaborator and friend Pinchas Zukerman with a weeklong mini-festival entitled "Bach to Bach" from April 1 to April 7. Two distinct programs of music by J. S. Bach will feature the multitalented Zukerman in roles as conductor and violinist, complemented by soloists drawn from the CSO. On Wednesday, April 1, Zukerman kicks off his 60th birthday celebration at Symphony Center with an

How the crisis happened Harvard historian Niall Ferguson argues that financial crises are inevitable - and that some radical thinking will be needed to get us out of this one. By Paul J. Lim, Money Magazine senior editor April 8, 2009: 4:29 AM ET (Money Magazine) -- For many people, the most shocking aspect of the financial crisis is that something of this scale could happen at all. Wasn't it just a couple of years ago that the rise of globalization - and the growing sophistication of financial mar

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·湘　灵· 汉兴四百年（公元前206-公元220），其文治武功，炳彪史册，著于后世，与唐并列，称之为“汉唐盛世”。然汉之高祖(前256-前195)，起于草莽，虽略通文墨，其所留《大风歌》，却开大汉雄风之先。 大风起兮云飞扬， 威加海内兮还故乡， 安得猛士兮守四方。 在衣锦还乡的凯歌中，尤有着居安思危的焦虑和清醒，使人不得不叹服，这位开汉基业之祖，有着高瞻远瞩的谋略。其歌有着楚人的风格。高祖之后，经文景之治，再及武帝(前156年—前87年)，历四代经营，汉帝国由初始“自天子不能具钧驷，而将相或乘牛车”的萧条瓦砾中启始，发展�

熟悉我的朋友看见我开始谈flamenco，就知道我又不会绝望了，又不会昏睡14个小时了，我不是处于mood swing里最high就是最low的时候了。而真正与我亲近的朋友知道，我的最low其实就是我的最high，这样的朋友并不多，这样的时刻也不多，一个月能有一两次吧，多半是我酒喝到7、8分的时候，眼泪汹涌而出。 昨天把这盘flamenco又看了一次 Flamenco (Flamenco (DVD). A film by Carlos Saura)。Carlos Saura是flamenco领域里最著名的导演和编剧。 http://www.esflamenco.com/scripts/list/enlist.asp?frmIdList=59 这里有9部弗拉门哥舞剧，其中也有�

False Economy: A Surprising Economic History of the World (Hardcover) by Alan Beattie Product Description An important book for turbulent times-an accessible and engaging economic history of the world, by a leading economic writer. Alan Beattie has long been intrigued by the fates of different countries, economies, and societies-why some fail and some succeed. Here, he weaves together elements of economics, history, politics, and human stories, revealing that societies, economies, and countries usu

Lithium-ion batteries key to speeds up to 80 mph, and 200-mile range BOSTON - In a dingy basement in Boston, some young scientists are putting the finish touches to Eleanor, one of the most advanced solar cars yet designed. The technology-packed, environmentally friendly, solar racing car can hit speeds of 80 mph and drive up to 200 miles in the pitch dark — all good traits for a car getting ready for a long race across the Australian outback. Eleanor is the invention of the solar vehicle team at