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- Connie posted on 08/14/2007Foreign roads can be deadly for travelers ; Crashes, especially in developing countries, present growing threat USA Today Motor vehicle crashes -- not crime or terrorism -- are the No.1 killer of healthy Americans in foreign countries. And the threat to travelers is poised to increase dramatically as worldwide economic growth gives more people access to motor vehicles. ... The World Health Organization and the World Bank estimated in a 2004 joint report that 1.2 million people are killed each
- connie posted on 10/16/2006"The American Community Survey, released this month by the Census Bureau, found that 49.7 percent, or 55.2 million, of the nation's 111.1 million households in 2005 were made up of married couples - with and without children - just shy of a majority and down from more than 52 percent five years earlier." 今早听来的新闻。 犹他结婚率最高， 百分之六十几。 曼哈坦最低， 只有百分之二十几。
- connie posted on 10/05/2006戴望舒 古神祠前逝去的 暗暗的水上， 印着我多少的 思量底轻轻的脚迹， 比长脚的水蜘蛛， 更轻更快的脚迹。 从苍翠的槐树叶上， 它轻轻地跃到 饱和了古愁的钟声的水上 它掠过涟漪，踏过荇藻， 跨着小小的，小小的 轻快的步子走。 然后，踌躇着， 生出了翼翅...... 它飞上去了， 这小小的蜉蝣， 不，是蝴蝶，它翩翩飞舞， 在芦苇间，在红蓼花上； 它高升上去了， 化作一只云雀， 把清音撒到地上...... 现在它是鹏鸟了。 在浮动的白云间， 在苍茫的青天上， 它展开翼翅慢慢地， 作九万里�
- Connie posted on 08/16/2006An interesting article in today's WSJ: In recent years, economists and psychologists have turned their attention to "happiness research" -- and the results are a little disturbing if your life's goals are a bigger paycheck and a fatter nest egg. Money alone, it seems, just doesn't buy a whole lot of happiness. -- It's all relative. To be sure, high-income earners often express greater satisfaction with their lives. In a 2004 survey, 43% of those with family incomes of $90,000 or more reported
- Connie posted on 04/14/2006陈：《断背山》真的不是关于同性恋，而是关于压抑，关于那个时代。李安刷新了牛仔文化，他深知什么是压抑。在中国，在过去半个多世纪，异性恋们也压抑得一塌糊涂啊。 _____________________________________ Magazine：为什么有那么多艺术家是同性恋，譬如米开朗基罗、达·芬奇？ 陈丹青（以下简称“陈”）：你得问上帝，人间无法回答。科学家说：染色体XY的某种差异造就了同性恋，但这位同性恋会是达·芬奇吗？你去问上帝。 Magazine：你认为艺术家和同性恋之间是什么样的关系呢？ 陈：“事实”的差异只在被说出还是没被说出。二战后�
- Connie posted on 03/13/2006China's Environmental Watchdog Vows Tougher Enforcement of Rules By Shai Oster 13 March 2006 The Wall Street Journal BEIJING -- China's new top environmental watchdog warned that the country's pollution woes could worsen and vowed to try to get the problem under control with tougher enforcement of regulations. With a commitment to seriously enforce antipollution measures, "the government has given me a very powerful weapon; if I use this weapon properly, I will not end up resigning," Zhou
- Connie posted on 03/13/2006Low Costs, Plentiful Talent Make China a Global Magnet for R&D By Kathy Chen and Jason Dean 13 March 2006 The Wall Street Journal BEIJING -- Multinational companies, drawn by a huge and inexpensive talent pool, are pouring money into research and development in China -- a trend that promises to broaden the country's huge role in the global economy. The total number of foreign-invested R&D centers in the country has surged to about 750 from 200 four years ago, according to China's Ministry of
- Connie posted on 03/11/2006读巴别尔, 我的感觉是慑人心魄. 巴别尔的语言精美绝伦, 七八十年了, 还是魅力十足. --------- 泅渡兹勃鲁契河 六师师长电告，诺沃格拉德－沃伦斯克市已于今日拂晓攻克。师部当即由克拉毕夫诺开拔，向该市进发。我们辎重车队殿后，沿着尼古拉一世用庄稼汉的白骨由布列斯特铺至华沙的公路，一字儿排开，喧声辚辚地向前驶去。 我们四周的田野里，盛开着紫红色的罂粟花，下午的熏风拂弄着日见黄熟的黑麦，而荞麦则宛若处子，伫立天陲，像是远方修道院的粉墙。静静的沃伦, 逶迤西行，离开我们，朝白桦林珍珠般亮闪闪的雾霭而去，随后又爬上野�
- CONNIE posted on 05/20/2005又要回国了. 让我激动的事情之一是又可以逛书店, 大手大脚地买些书带回来. 各位给推荐些好书新书吧. ... 之二是吃, 之三是见亲朋好友旧情人, 之四...:):):)
- Connie posted on 12/18/2004今天才知道散文作家苇岸早在1999年就去世了. 下面这首诗是他为自己葬礼选的: 为他人得幸福而祈祷 Francis Jammes 天主啊，既然世界这么好地做着自己的事情, 既然集市上膝头沉沉的老马 和垂着脑袋的牛群温柔地走着： 祝福乡村和它的全体居民吧。 你知道在闪光的树林和奔泻的激流之间， 一直延伸到蓝色地平线的， 是麦子，玉米和弯弯的葡萄树。 这一切在那里就像一个善的大海洋 光明和宁静在里面降落 而树叶们歌唱着在林子里摇晃 感觉到它们的汁液迎着欢快明亮的太阳。 天主啊，既然我的心，鼓胀如花串, 想迸发出爱和充盈痛苦： �
- Connie posted on 12/11/2004刚看到这篇文章, 非常想和前几天争论过中国形势问题的网友分享. 如果玛雅觉得不妥, 就删了吧. _________________ CHINA RISING : The long march to democracy MARCUS GEE The Globe and Mail, Canada When, if ever, will China become a democracy? At first glance, the prospects are bleak. Every key dissident is abroad or in jail. China's rulers have dismissed Western-style democracy as a blind alley. Ordinary Chinese seem indifferent or even hostile. With the economy roaring and the country well on its way t
- Connie posted on 11/24/2004宇宙和生命实在是不可思议. 让人百思不得其解, 怎样理解"无限"? 生命存在的条件为什么那么精确? 一个科学家说, 我们人类面对宇宙和生命的时候, 就象狗面对高等数学. 下面的文章来自最新一期的TIME: _______________ Cosmic Conundrum The universe seems uncannily well suited to the existence of life. Could that really be an accident? Michael D. Lemonick; J. Madeleine Nash 29 November 2004 Time U.S. Edition Dealing with cranks is an occupational hazard for most scientists, but it's especially bad for ph
- Connie posted on 11/13/2004因为张纯如的死, 我再次想到她的, 想到人类的残酷. 为什么人会这么残酷? 每次回头面对人间惨剧, 我们总是会问. 今天中午一个人吃饭的时候, 我觉得自己忽然想通了. 人习惯于给自己贴标签分组归类. 文革时中国人因阶级归类, 划归异类的一群于是尚失了做人的资格, 在另一类人眼里他们不再是人, You are not my kind, 于是可以被任意宰割. 在屠杀的日本人眼里, 被占领国的国民可以被任意宰割. 在希特勒眼里, 犹太人可以被任意宰割... 据说美国奴隶制时期, 白人可以当着黑奴的面做爱, 因为黑奴不是人, 而是与牛马鸡鸭相似的另一类.
- Connie posted on 05/01/2004同事搬家，收拾出一套旧书送我， 英文版《红楼梦》。 同事说她是我们这个大楼里唯一读过这套书的人。 翻翻看看， 觉得好玩， 抄来两段： Prologue to the Dream of Red Massions At the dawn of creation Who sowed the seeds of love? From the strong passion of breeze and moonlight they came So in this world of sweet longing On a day of distress, in an hour of loneliness, Fain would I impart my senseless grief By singing this Dream of Red Mansions To mourn the Gold and the Jade. 《红楼梦引子》开辟�
- Connie posted on 03/18/2004玩笑开过了， 玛雅发怒要魔女附身。 我真的怕了，悔了， 抱歉了。 看看陈村的这篇胡兰成消消气。 话说胡兰成 陈村 胡兰成此人，不知如何说他是好。 1996年我去香港，博学的吴洪森兄陪我跑书店，他极力推荐胡兰成的书，不惜推荐到把书买下送我的程度。那以前，听说过此人而已，我读过张爱玲但没读过胡的任何文字。 这个胡兰成在日本寂寞，写过许多文章，出书十余种，涉猎很广。他自视有才有识，不管是不是有人要听，一径说下去。宇宙核物理，素粒子，先秦经典，禅，建国方略，共产党与毛泽东，他无所不谈，无不津津乐�
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