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- ztzt posted on 11/28/2005
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- gadfly posted on 11/27/2005A new biography looks at a crucial time in the life of the master of spiritual desolation. By Michael Dirda Sunday, November 27, 2005; BW15 KAFKA The Decisive Years By Reiner Stach Translated from the German by Shelley Frisch Harcourt. 581 pp. $35 Like Pascal, Kierkegaard and Baudelaire, Franz Kafka (1883- 1924) is one of the great masters of spiritual desolation. We don't actually read his work, we are harrowed by it. In German of classical directness and purity, this desk functi
- gadfly posted on 11/27/2005Cultural Revolutions A debut collection of stories explores the complexities of life in modern China. Reviewed by Rodney Welch Sunday, November 27, 2005; BW07 A THOUSAND YEARS OF GOOD PRAYERS Stories By Yiyun Li Random House. 203 pp. $21.95 Yiyun Li's A Thousand Years of Good Prayers is a remarkable debut -- as acute and authentic-sounding about the domestic effect of cross-cultural change in modern China as Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies was about India. Also like tha
- zili posted on 11/27/2005
- Susan posted on 11/27/2005Heresies in Early Christianity Developments Chronological timeline: 110-160: Marcion of Sinope 144: Marcion was excommunicated from the Church of Rome. 303-305: Persecution of Christians by Roman Emperor Diocletian. 312: the birth of the Donatist movement came out of opposition to the appointment of Caecilian as bishop of Carthage. 313: Roman Emperor Constantine legalizes Christianity. the emperor as the devil. In particular, the birth of the Donatist movement came out of opposition to the appo
- strangererxiantang posted on 11/23/2005
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- xwxw posted on 11/22/2005Explanation of the name Several theories have been put forward to explain the origins of the plants other name, Hortensia. The French botanist Philibert Commerson first used this name in 1771, possibly in honor of a lady. For example: Hortense Barr, Commersons mistress who, disguised as a youth, accompanied him on a trip around the world between 1766 and 1769. This was called the Bougainville Expedition. Perhaps it was for Hortense Lepaute, a well-known astronomer, the wife of
- KCzili posted on 11/25/2005
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- FunLover posted on 11/24/2005Report from Financial Times (24/11/2005): A deadly 80km toxic slick on Thursday reached the outskirt of Harbin, a Chinese city of 9m people, after it made its way down the Songhua river and sending thousands of residents fleeing. The slick of benzene and other toxins was leaked into the river, the citys main source of water, after a series of explosions 10 days ago at a chemicals factory 200km upriver. Thousands of people living in Harbin jammed its railway station and booked out all available flight
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- duoduofanghuzhai posted on 11/16/2005Keep the Lotus Leaves Fang Huzhai After two years absence from China, I returned on leave in late October. On the 30th I took a train to Wuhan. New train, all sleeping berths, non-stop, semi-open rooms. Very comfy. Wuhan is where my parents live. Because of the hot weather and cold winter, I never imagined to live there myself. Besides, my past memories of Wuhan were associated with bumpy roads, crowded buses, abusive remarks between strangers in the street. Now Wuhan has changed, especially
- Susan posted on 11/20/2005Ramesses Royal Ladies Ramesses II is the last great Pharaoh in Ancient Egypt. During his reign of over sixty-six years (1279BC-1213BC) in the 19th dynasty, Egypt enjoyed peace and prosperity. The longevity not shared by most of his contemporaries allowed him to build monuments extravagantly through the entire empire, and his name was respected throughout the kingdoms the archaeologists now called Ancient World. I am, however, more interested in the royal women that lived in his era, starting from t
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