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总理“道德血液论”为何遭开发商的公开叫板 Apr 27, 2011

http://review.cnfol.com/110304/436,1705,9435669,00.shtml

这篇文章有一定的道理。记得 Zhoudan 以前也说过,房价高与地方政府想增加财政收入有关。如果靠卖地而产生GDP,那么超日本的GDP将大打折扣。地方政府卖地越多,“许三多”也就越多。这位“许三多”比宋思明还帅吧?...
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http://review.cnfol.com/110304/436,1705,9435669,00.shtml

这篇文章有一定的道理。记得 Zhoudan 以前也说过,房价高与地方政府想增加财政收入有关。如果靠卖地而产生GDP,那么超日本的GDP将大打折扣。地方政府卖地越多,“许三多”也就越多。这位“许三多”比宋思明还帅吧?

http://news.163.com/09/0904/03/5IB9DFM80001124J.html
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天下少见 Apr 27, 2011

ysun wrote:

http://review.cnfol.com/110304/436,1705,9435669,00.shtml

这篇文章有一定的道理。记得 Zhoudan 以前也说过,房价高与地方政府想增加财政收入有关。如果靠卖地而产生GDP,那么超日本的GDP将大打折扣。地方政府卖地越多,“许三多”也就越多。这位“许三多”比宋思明还帅吧?

http://news.163.com/09/0904/03/5IB9DFM80001124J.html


"GDP 冲动症" ? ...

And to arrange to have someone arrested on April Fool's Day? ... That's a good one.



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Where the name "Kanji" came from Apr 28, 2011

I just realized that "Kanji", the term that refers to the Chinese characters used in the Japanese writing system, means "汉字". Boy, the phonetic resemblance is really marginal, if you ask me. I've never made the connection until now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanji

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I just realized that "Kanji", the term that refers to the Chinese characters used in the Japanese writing system, means "汉字". Boy, the phonetic resemblance is really marginal, if you ask me. I've never made the connection until now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanji

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Incidentally, that reminded me of "congee", the word often used for "粥", or "稀饭". Curious as to how the name came about, I did a search on the web. This is one of the explanations that seemed quite plausible ...



http://www.homemade-chinese-soups.com/congee.html

What about congee?

I think congee came from the Indian language because the Indians have a similar rice dish called ganji except it is supposed to be grainer and sweet. The way I see it, the British went to India and encountered ganji. Then they arrived in China and met jook. The similarity between the ganji and jook was noticed and "congee" was born (this is mere speculation, please do not cite me).



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For corroboration, here's what the Merriam-Webster Dictionary says ...


http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/congee

Definition of CONGEE
: porridge made from rice

Origin of CONGEE
Tamil kañci water from cooked rice
First Known Use: 1930


http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kanji

Definition of KANJI
: a Japanese system of writing that utilizes characters borrowed or adapted from Chinese writing; also : a single character in the kanji system

Origin of KANJI
Japanese
First Known Use: 1920





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杭州的“许三多” Apr 29, 2011

http://biz.cn.yahoo.com/ypen/20110429/336215_1.html

 
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Kseniya Simonova's culture breaking art of story telling through sand animating. May 12, 2011

by Ramona
05-Sep-2009

Kseniya Simonova (born 1985) is a sand animator from Ukraine who recently won the "Ukraine's got talent" award. Using a giant light box, poignant music, lively imagination and a marvelous magical sand painting talent, she portrays her images of life during Ukraine's Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany.

This beautiful creative 24 year old artist first started making these type of drawings last year on the beach. Her imaginal meanderi
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Kseniya Simonova (born 1985) is a sand animator from Ukraine who recently won the "Ukraine's got talent" award. Using a giant light box, poignant music, lively imagination and a marvelous magical sand painting talent, she portrays her images of life during Ukraine's Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany.

This beautiful creative 24 year old artist first started making these type of drawings last year on the beach. Her imaginal meanderings gradually progressed to a unique way of telling a moving human story on a moving sand canvass. Using nothing but sand and her hands, she creates amazing images that speak to the core of humanity. Anyone whose country has been torn apart through war, occupation or invasion can relate to her artistic story. And witness with what confident, emotive use of strokes of hands and fingers, she transfers her mental images into evolving visual images on sand, right before our very eyes!

The seemingly effortless manner in which she moves her hands and fingers on her sand canvass, harmonizing every stroke with a moving piece of music is simply awe-inspiring. A well deserved tearful response and standing ovation by the audience. This is what's known as real art and a talented artist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=518XP8prwZo&eurl=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/13/kseniya-simonovas-amazing_n_258793.html&feature=player_embedded

朋友们,我着实被这位乌克兰少女的沙画表演所感动了!连看了三遍,还是意犹未尽,你看,靠着画画,能把现场的观众弄得泪水涟涟,这也是一场达人秀,对照我们的达人秀,那简直是小儿科了。什么叫文化,什么叫爱国,什么叫有内涵,什么叫美,全在这里了。看完后,还请浏览下后面的跟帖,有些阐发得很在理。其中的音乐配得恰到好处,每一段画面,就是一段音乐。大提琴的深沉,小提琴的凄美,加上这位少女如神一样的表演,只觉得精神为之提升。
好久好久,没有这样的感觉了,这种感觉,只有在我们中学时有过。请一定要看,而且,最好是三看、四。。。。。

请欣赏沙画家24岁乌克兰少女谢尼娅·西莫诺娃(Kseniya Simonova)的“沙动画”(Sand Animation);


这部只有8分多钟的短片是乌克兰电视节目《乌克兰有天才》(Ук ра1111;на ма1108; талант / Ukraine's Got Talent)中的一个比赛短片。


整个故事所描述的,是1941-1945前苏联的一个普通家庭在第二次世界大战中的经历:

1)和平:幽静的夜色,繁星点缀。一对恋人正依坐在路边的长座椅上,背后的路灯散发着光芒,让生活充满了爱和美好憧憬;

2)战争:1941年,电台里广播着纳粹德国入侵苏联的消息。空中敌机出现,背景响起了《黑夜》这首我们来自大陆的华人都非常熟悉的前苏联歌曲。苏联的“伟大卫国战争”开始。

3)生命:小孩出生,显示着新的生命仍在延续不断。

4)毁灭:德军打来,开始大轰炸。城市被消毁,人民在逃亡。

5)盼望:男人去前线打仗,女人在家中惦念,一封书信是最好的代表。

6)流离:许多流离失所的老妇人在期待着丈夫,儿子的音信……

7)牺牲:1945年5月8日,德国投降,欧洲解放。一座无名英雄纪念碑最好地表现了在第二次世界大战中苏联人们所付出的代价。他们牺牲惨重,有1/4的乌克兰人民死于战火。

8)希望:窗口,女人和孩子一直待在窗口,看向外面的天空。窗中出现当海军水手的父亲的影子……背景是metallica的音乐:《什么都无所谓了》(Nothing Else Matters)

最后,画家用俄文书写:你永远在我身旁1945

整个创作过程一气呵成,加上舞台音乐的烘托,气氛极为感人。许多观众和评委都眼含热泪。

后记:

最终,这位乌克兰才女谢尼娅·西莫诺娃夺得了2009年《乌克兰有天才》冠军,并获得一百万乌克兰格里夫纳(约12.5万美元)。 (來自網上不知名的郵件。)http://v.youku.com/v_show/ id_XMTE5Njc2MDg0.html



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQOcI2zt72I&eurl=http://artisticthings.com/sand-animations-with-kseniya-simonova/&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_u2oXCY_XA&eurl=http://artisticthings.com/sand-animations-with-kseniya-simonova/&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ3vvw4P6KQ&eurl=http://artisticthings.com/sand-animations-with-kseniya-simonova/&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za7wj_VCkuw&eurl=http://artisticthings.com/sand-animations-with-kseniya-simonova/&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrPEs8hRpa4&eurl=http://artisticthings.com/sand-animations-with-kseniya-simonova/&feature=player_embedded



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“许三多”目前最多只能排第七 May 13, 2011

Zhoudan wrote:

杭州的“许三多”
http://biz.cn.yahoo.com/ypen/20110429/336215_1.html

中国十大"亿元贪官"排行榜
http://news.dl.soufun.com/2011-05-09/4995997.htm

杭州“许三多”一审获死刑
http://news.163.com/11/0513/01/73T98JPE00014AED.html

某些本来很简单的问题,不知为什么就解决不了?贪官接受巨额贿赂,总不能收支票打收条吧?那么,多数是收现金。如果收了巨额现金但花不出去,也还是等于废纸一堆。贪官们收了巨额现金后如何花出去?如何转到国外?政府对此应很容易控制。他们若是全吃到肚子里,那倒是不易发现。但若购置豪宅、名车,难道会看不见?当然,贪官们可以让行贿人把钱直接打入境外银行的指定帐户,但只要是真想查,总还是有办法查的。海峡对岸被扁的那位就是典型一例。

在美国,法律规定,凡是金额在一万美元以上的现金交易,就必须报告国税局。凡是将一万美元以上现金存入银行,就必须说明来源,而且银行必须向政府报告。凡是携带一万美元以上现金出入境,就必须向海关申报,否则,一旦查获,不但钱会被没收而且人还会吃官司。即使想通过银行把巨额资金转移到国外,也绝非易事。因此,美国的贪官即使想“三多”也难以多起来。

常看到报道说,中国贪官携巨款外逃后,由于中国与很多国家没有引渡协议,故无法引渡贪官回国。那么,为什么不去签引渡协议呢?连这些简单的问题都解决不了,不如回家卖红薯!看样子,一个“许三多”倒下了,但会有千万个“许三多”站起来!所以,最关键的还是要从根本上铲除滋生腐败的土壤。


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搞不懂这些人要这么多钱干吗 May 14, 2011

ysun wrote:

Zhoudan wrote:

杭州的“许三多”
http://biz.cn.yahoo.com/ypen/20110429/336215_1.html

中国十大"亿元贪官"排行榜
http://news.dl.soufun.com/2011-05-09/4995997.htm

杭州“许三多”一审获死刑
http://news.163.com/11/0513/01/73T98JPE00014AED.html



 
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上瘾 May 14, 2011

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搞不懂这些人要这么多钱干吗

就跟吸毒者和赌徒一样,一旦上瘾就难以自拔、难以收手。


 
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Greed May 14, 2011

is one of the deadly sins.

... apparently one of the more egregious ones that does a lot of harm to society.


 
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贪官污吏 May 14, 2011

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins



Greed

Greed (Latin, avaritia), also known as avarice or covetousness, is, like lust and gluttony, a sin of excess. However, greed (as seen by the church) is applied to a very excessive or rapacious desire and pursuit of wealth, status, and power. St. Thomas Aquinas wrote that greed was "a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things." In Dante's Purgatory, the penitents were bound and laid face down on the ground for having concentrated too much on earthly thoughts. "Avarice" is more of a blanket term that can describe many other examples of greedy behavior. These include disloyalty, deliberate betrayal, or treason,[citation needed] especially for personal gain, for example through bribery. Scavenging[citation needed] and hoarding of materials or objects, theft and robbery, especially by means of violence, trickery, or manipulation of authority are all actions that may be inspired by greed. Such misdeeds can include simony, where one profits from soliciting goods within the actual confines of a church.

As defined outside of Christian writings, greed is an inordinate desire to acquire or possess more than one needs, especially with respect to material wealth.[15]



 
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确实如此 May 14, 2011

wherestip wrote:

Greed is one of the deadly sins.

... apparently one of the more egregious ones that does a lot of harm to society.

贪得无厌。这些人贪这么多钱,另一方面原因是行贿者出手太“大方”。例如,中石化原总经理陈同海单笔受贿金额就达1.6亿(以总金额计仍然排在后起之秀“许三多”之后)。相比之下,该集团全年给国家上缴的利税才200多亿。陈同海是在出逃前在首都机场贵宾室被中纪委人员扣下的。据传,陈同海已在狱中自杀。聪明反被聪明误。

“陈同海案还原: 建国以来最大单笔受贿金额1.6亿”
http://news.cnfol.com/090807/101,1596,6313847,00.shtml

羊毛出在羊身上。行贿者的贿金当然还是来自国家、来自纳税人。行贿者在所承包工程中偷工减料。正因为如此,桥塌、路陷、楼倒等事故屡见不鲜。


 
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西瓜变地雷 May 16, 2011

http://finance.sina.com.cn/consume/puguangtai/20110516/21329849851.shtml

电视里说白籽的西瓜都是用过激素的,这几年这样的瓜可没少吃。今年的香瓜也特别大,正在纳闷怎么会长得那么大呢,看来还是不要吃好。


 
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没文化的故宫 May 16, 2011

http://pinglun.eastday.com/p/20110514/u1a5889582.html

 
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“撼”与“汗” May 17, 2011

该窃贼游览故宫时临时起意、从容作案,如入无人之境,事后居然还能从10米高墙直接跳下而遁,且毫发无损。恐怕连“燕子李三”也得甘拜下风。若美国海豹特种部队得知,定会汗颜且感到无比震撼! 窃贼唯一不足之处就是与故宫一样没文化,不识国宝,只捡外观华丽者偷。

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该窃贼游览故宫时临时起意、从容作案,如入无人之境,事后居然还能从10米高墙直接跳下而遁,且毫发无损。恐怕连“燕子李三”也得甘拜下风。若美国海豹特种部队得知,定会汗颜且感到无比震撼! 窃贼唯一不足之处就是与故宫一样没文化,不识国宝,只捡外观华丽者偷。

技防、人防、犬防下竟得手
http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/special/gugongshiqie/content-2/detail_2011_05/12/6336290_0.shtml


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幸亏这西瓜变成地雷爆炸了 May 17, 2011

要不然谁知道里面加了激素?小兵张嘎打鬼子那会儿怎么没想到这主意呢?
Zhoudan wrote:

http://finance.sina.com.cn/consume/puguangtai/20110516/21329849851.shtml

电视里说白籽的西瓜都是用过激素的,这几年这样的瓜可没少吃。今年的香瓜也特别大,正在纳闷怎么会长得那么大呢,看来还是不要吃好。


 
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