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A few snap shots from mid-town NYC today. U.S. Open Live attracts many tourists and locals alike.

The world is increasingly feeling the tremor of a now waking and steadily walking giant. ----------------- China's influence spreads around world By WILLIAM FOREMAN, Associated Press Writer For nearly three decades, Chinese peasants have left their villages for crowded dormitories and sweaty assembly lines, churning out goods for world markets. Now, China is turning the tables. Here in the Australian Outback, Shane Padley toils in the scorching heat, 2,000 miles from his home, to bu

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I just had a devastating experience. After spending 20 plus minutes typing in the REPLY box, I accidentally hit the "Esc" key. All my writings were instantly wiped out. I recommend execution (by means to be determined) of the executive director of the IT department of Maya Café if this writer secret trap is not fixed within 72 hours.

Does anybody here have any expperience with any software that supports Wubi on Windows XP? Ever since my computer upgraded by itself into XP SP2 months ago, I have been totally out of luck with typing in Chinese. While I'm aware of the PingYin input, it's extremely slow and my PingYin is not that great. Any help or insight here will be appreciated. You may either post your tips and help here, or if you prefer, you may also send an email to xufengzi@gmail.com. Thank you all in advance!

This speech parallels Steven Jobs' commencement speech in many aspects. Both speaker are college dropouts, amazing human beings, and remarkable visionaries. There is one notable distinction: Steven Jobs offers his personal insights into individual success, Bill Gates provides a map to the collective success of humanity as a whole. Both types of wisdom are equally valuable. We need to be successful ourselves first before we may help and make others successful. -----------------------------------------

By SIMON ELEGANT/BEIJING Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007 (www.time.com) As China prepares to celebrate the Lunar New Year this weekend, there is much hyperbole about the country's gleaming new skyscrapers, swelling middle class, dazzling preparations for the Olympics and so forth. But it is always worth getting a reality check on what underlies that rosy picture, the fact that China remains a highly repressive authoritarian state. I met recently in a small Beijing cafe with social activist Teng Biao and publi

This is a wonderful piece by Michael Gartner, editor of newspapers large and small and president of NBC News. In 1997, he won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. Well worth reading And a few good laughs are guaranteed. -------------------------------------------- My father never drove a car. Well, that's not quite right. I should say I never saw him drive a car. He quit driving in 1927, when he was 25 years old, and the last car he drove was a 1926 Whippet. "In those days," he told me when he

A fascinating read! ----------------------------------------- JERUSALEM (AP) -- In a precedent-setting decision, an Israeli court has ruled that a dead soldier's family can have his sperm impregnated into the body of a woman he never met. Keivan Cohen, 20, was shot dead in 2002 by a Palestinian sniper in the Gaza Strip. He was single and left no will. But at the urging of his parents, a sample of his sperm was taken two hours after his death and has been stored in a hospital since. When the family

One of those amazing things in nature... ===================================================== Chocolatiers see image of Virgin Mary By GILLIAN FLACCUS, Associated Press Writer Fri Aug 18, 6:14 AM ET FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. - As a chocolatier to the rich and famous, Martucci Angiano has posed with many celebrities. But on Thursday she held in her hand a figure that dazzles her more than any Hollywood star: a 2-inch-tall column of chocolate drippings that workers at her gourmet chocolate compa

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昨天收到一封转来的邮件。是有关几张重庆渣子洞、白公馆的。原作者自述云“前两天去重庆渣子洞、白公馆接受革命传统教育，发现原来中国共产党和中国国民党的口号基本内容是差不多的。照片如下。”从照片来看，一国两制似乎是完全行得通的，因为两党的差别原本不大。

谷歌昨天刚推出 Google Earth 4.0版。这个版本最大的改进就是国内许多大城市的详细卫星图都有了。我在里面看到了自己在武汉的家、从前的小学等等。…自2006年6月12日之后，中国人再也不用对月思乡了。对着一块发亮的屏幕，瞅着里面的几个小黑点就行了。

在美国有许许多多普通平凡的人有着很伟大的心胸与境界。他们的一些在我们看来很不凡的内心世界往往是通过许多日常“小事”来体现出来的：比如收养被弃的亚洲儿童（女婴及有生理缺陷的男婴）；同有数枚“拖油瓶”（按某些中国人的传统观念看）、已经离异的单身母亲（或父亲）结婚；慷慨（通过钱、时间、精力等）参加各类公益、捐赠活动，等等。这些事例皆能体现出美国人“爱”的含量及深度。今天刚刚读到的一则新闻，也可为“美国社会多‘高人’”的现象增加一个注脚。 我们不难想象一位通常父亲晚年失子之痛，特别是他儿子是在异国它乡极度的惨死

What's New From Greg Sackos 06-Apr-06 - HOW TO DESTROY THE AMERICAN DREAM March 2006 We know Dick Lamm as the former Governor of Colorado. In that context his thoughts are particularly poignant. Last week there was an immigration overpopulation conference in Washington, DC, filled to capacity by many of American's finest minds and leaders. A brilliant college professor by the name of Victor Hansen Davis talked about his latest book, "Mexifornia," explaining how immigration - both legal

Su Doku is one of the very few games that transcend culture and education. Unlike some cross-word puzzles popular in the U.S., Su Doku doesn't require a mastery of the English language and a large vocabulary. It works directly with logic and reasoning in their "purest" form possible. Although its rules are culturally independent, it is a hybrid of both Eastern and Western cultures, as the present game was shaped through a long trend of import/export among several developed countries. I'm a littl

Some of you here might be interested in this subject. Yale and China A Briefing on a 170-Year-Old Relationship I. HISTORICAL TIES AND OVERVIEW Earliest Contacts. Yale’s relationship with China is deeper and longer than that of any other university in the United States. One of the earliest connections was established by Peter Parker, who graduated from Yale College in 1831 after studying theology and received his medical degree from the Yale School of Medicine in 1834. The following year, Parker op

今天有朋友来此，急中速查Zagats，发现里面竟有一家（墨西哥）餐馆叫 Maya，在第一大道64及65街之间。不过因为地点太偏远没有去，最后去了 Del Frisco's。下次Maya咖啡店里的人来纽约，不妨去Maya餐馆一聚。

近期 (April 3, 96) Business Week报导美国以生产移动硬盘等公司出名的 Seagate今年二月送200人（每人花费 $9000）去新西兰进行所谓 team building活动。其中一项活动包括大家赤裸上身，下穿毛利兰布片子一块，脸上涂 war paint,跳当年土著人的舞，并集体用毛利语高声狂呼“Seagate is Powerful！Seagate is Powerful!”("Moanaketi roopu kaha. Moanaketi roopu kaha") 这不禁让人想起《笑傲江湖》里邪教“东方不败，一统天下”的口号。相信对于有过美国 corporate team building经历的人说，Seagate的这种方式应该是这类活动的最高境界了。

This may be funny to some, but you have to wait for 4 minutes and 17 seconds to get that...(this is one of the few Chinese video clips made to the Popular list of the Google Video...) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3052338974030125261

A very interesting article. The author provided several reasons for why Zhongguancun as a world-class technology incubator will possibly succeed in becoming and even eventually surpassing Silicon Valley. Those reasons include (1)low start-up cost; (2) concentration of talents (including "sea turtles"),hi-tech companies, and international players; (3)the Chinese are born entrepreneurs; (4) The Chinese success in mastering English; (5) Track record for innovation; (6)a large enough domestic market to set

News stories like this are always far more fascinating than fictions. The message (sometimes encrypted) in these otherwise lackluster real-life happenings is certainly more relevant in shaping our understanding about ourselves and the world we are in. Maybe the Guinness World Records should include a section about accomplishments of human mind or some amazing qualities of certain human traits (even virtues or spirituality). To me the illiterate South Korean has redefined all the terms related to “fortitude

I'm experimenting with some fun software. If you would like to receive a satellite photo of your residence (house/apartment) in the United States, please feel free to send me your home address to xufengzi@hotmail.com. Your personal information will be kept strictly confidential, be used for no other purpose than the one stated above, and be permanently removed from the email account (computer hard drive, any storage media, etc.)after this recreational experiment is over. Note, however, that your sa

Who said a good heart will always lead to good returns? --------------------------------------------------------------- Frightened neighbor sues teens over late-night gift — and wins MSNBC News Services Updated: 3:48 p.m. ET Feb. 4, 2005 DURANGO, Colo. - Two teenage girls who surprised their neighbors with homemade cookies late one night were ordered to pay nearly $900 in medical bills plus court costs for a woman who says she was so startled that she had to go to the hospital. advertisement

Yet another inspiring example of refusing to confine our mind to conventional wisdom and of daring to challenge the inevitable...:) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $149M Lottery Winner Had 78 Cents in Bank NEW YORK - With just 78 cents in his savings account and $44,000 owed to creditors, parking attendant Juan Rodriguez plunked down $1 on a lottery ticket. Good thing he wasn't pinching pennies: He won a $149 million lottery jackpot. Rodriguez,

Below is a little teaser excerpted from an article on the increasingly prominent role of the internet and news media in China in shaping its political landscape. The Chinese developed an extensive network for information sharing between remote sites during the Zhou Dynasty (1027-777 B.C.). The network consisted of many guarded watch towers scattering across the kingdom. The message was transmitted from one tower to another through smoke and fire. When one town was attacked during the day, people woul

最近在研究一些有关同性恋及变性人婚姻问题时，碰到一桩有趣的关于变性人婚姻的案子，M.T诉J.T案。这是新泽西州上诉庭70年代中审定的一个案子。原告是一位做了变性手术的妻子，被告是她丈夫。纠纷因抚养问题而起。丈夫在诉讼中称他妻子是个做了变性手术的男人，所以婚姻是无效的。一审被告败诉。上诉庭维持了一审庭的判决，认为变性手术后的原告性别性器和谐，身体心理一体，具有女性的性功能，所以从婚姻的角度讲她是女的，婚姻有效，被告应支付她的抚养。不过因为法官在本案论证中主要立足点是原告是否具有性功能，所以结果虽然比较公正，但分析方法

I'm working on a little prolonged project involving the protection mechanism, or lack thereof, of the intangible in the ancient Chinese civilization. Specifically, I would like to have a couple of accounts from any of the reliable historical sources that show how the ancients handled their secret recipes (for example, of traditional Chinese medicine, of cooking, or of martial art). I know such examples must be abundant in our history, but unfortunately, I couldn't lay my fingers on any specific ones, based