Thanks 校内上的'MC.宋景岩'（不认识的路人甲&版权所有人）

 

MC.宋景岩: '旅游课做的presentation的PPT一部分，仿照ADIDAS广告做的关于四季酒店创始人Isadore Sharp的我的故事，费好大劲画的，可惜屋里人都不识货，希望大家上优酷网搜搜这套广告，很不错的，最喜欢阿里纳斯的那个。'

 

My name is Isadore Sharp and this is my story...

 

My dad is an emigrant from Poland to Canada...

 

When I was a little boy, I always dreamed to build my own hotel...

 

But my friends always laughed at me...

 

So I had to try my best to prove they are wrong, and finally got an architecture bachelor degree from Toronto's Ryerson, not Iverson.

 

In the spring of 1961, my first hotel was finally built, despite it's located in a poor downtown Toronto neighborhood known as a red-light district.

 

Forth years later, I had my childhood dream come true. It wasn't about money any more, it was about proving them wrong...

 

Impossible is nothing...

 

After watching "Shaun of the Dead", there is only one word I would like to criticise---DISGUSTING. :-@ But in these plots, the writer-director did reveal something meaningful information. It is that, by using the actor's line "Sort your fucking live out", we should do something to change, be motivational and enthusiastic, and consequently and undoubtedly achieve our live expectation. What's else to say, urbanlisation makes people lose their individuality, become to be common rather than unique.

 

The movie  is a British zombie-themed romantic comedy (or "rom zom com" as it dubs itself), released in 2004. It was written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, directed by Edgar Wright, and stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. It was a critical and commercial success in both the United Kingdom and the United States.

 

The plot focuses on Shaun, an unmotivated young man who is attempting to get some kind of focus in his life as he reconciles with his ex-girlfriend and settles his various issues with his mother and stepfather. At the same time he has to cope with an apocalyptic uprising of zombies that is causing society to collapse - but to whose beginnings he is totally oblivious during the first third of the movie.

 

Shaun Riley is an appliance salesman who is going nowhere in life; he follows a mundane routine, and his girlfriend Liz is dissatisfied with their relationship, primarily because it revolves around going to "The Winchester", Shaun's favourite pub, every night. He also has issues with his hated stepfather Phillip, his increasingly unhappy flatmate Pete, and a dissatisfying job where his younger co-workers show him no respect. Following a broken promise to do something special for their anniversary, Liz dumps Shaun. Shaun decides to drown his sorrows at the pub with his other flatmate Ed, his best friend. After a night of drinking, he has an epiphany and resolves to sort his life out.

 

Unfortunately, this revelation comes at the same time as an uprising of the undead, who begin to attack and devour the living. Shaun comes to realise the gravity of the situation after having a close shave with two zombies who attack him in his backyard, and his flatmate Pete who attacks Shaun when he is trying to flee with Ed. Shaun, along with Ed, proceeds to rescue his loved ones, deciding to take Liz, along with Shaun's mother Barbara, and stepfather Phillip. Liz's friends, David and Dianne also come with them to the Winchester Pub to survive the plague.

 

During their journey, Phillip is mortally wounded but manages to make his peace with Shaun before turning into a zombie, forcing the group to abandon him, and their car, and go the rest of the way on foot. The remaining group find the Winchester surrounded by zombies, and they approach the pub by impersonating zombie behaviour, but they are discovered after the zombies hear them talking and arguing. Luckily Shaun manages to draw the undead away while the others barricade themselves inside. Shaun returns to the pub thinking that he gave the zombies the slip, but the zombies followed him, and soon break in. Barbara is shot by Shaun after becoming a zombie; David is pulled through a smashed window, torn apart and eaten; Dianne charges outside in a vain attempt to save David, exposing the others to the zombies; Ed decides to stay behind after being bitten; and Shaun has a final confrontation with a zombified Pete. Shaun and Liz, who have reconciled over the course of the day, prepare for one last great battle against the zombie horde, but are saved by the British Army.

 

Six months after the zombie outbreak, society has returned to normal, and the remaining zombies have now become a part of everyday life, being used as cheap labour and game show participants. Shaun and Liz move in together, along with undead Ed, who is kept in the garden shed, leashed and playing TimeSplitters 2.

 

At around 4:50(GMT+8.00), I woke suddenly after a lingering shocking dream with the result Germany defeated by Spain in the Euro 2008 final game. What an intuition...which also is considered as trauma to unconscious me... :-(

 

The following quoted from Timeonline.

Fernando Torres fired Spain to the first major tournament triumph in 44 years with the only goal of the Euro 2008 final with Germany in Vienna.

The Liverpool striker latched on to a through ball from Xavi Fernandez and shrugged off the feeble challenge of Philipp Lahm before delightfully lifting the ball over the diving Jens Lehmann for the winner on 33 minutes.

There was little doubt Spain deserved their victory, and after a slow start had gradually taken control of game before finally making their superiority count, though they should have won by more.

Torres had already hit the foot of a post with a towering header, Joan Capdevila skidding the rebound just wide from long range, while moments after Torres's goal, David Silva wastefully lifted a shot yards over the bar when he was found unmarked at the back post by Andres Iniesta.

Michael Ballack, Germany’s inspirational captain, had been passed fit before the game having been extremely doubtful with a calf injury. But the Chelsea midfielder, whose form had been exceptional in this tournament, failed to reproduce his best and all he had to show for his efforts was a cut over his right eye after a first-half clash.

In fact, the only threat seen from Joachim Loew’s side before the interval was a half-chance that fell the way of Miroslav Klose and which came to nothing.

Spain continued to press after the interval and Sergio Ramos back-heeled David Silva’s shot just wide.

Ballack went closest for Germany just before the hour, but his unconvincing effort from Bastian Schweinsteiger’s cross into the penalty area went just the wrong side of the post.

Cesc Fabregas, who replaced the injured striker David Villa in a five-man midfield, was not as influential as he had been coming on as a substitute in the semi-final and made way for Xabi Alonso, the Liverpool midfielder on 63 minutes.

Still, Spain looked threatening every time they ventured into the opposition half. Ramos met Xavi’s free-kick with a firm header which was straight at Lehmann as the German offside trap disintegrated, before Iniesta cut in from the right only to see his shot cleared off the line by Torsten Frings standing by the post.

Nine minutes from time Marcos Senna was just inches away from snaking out a foot to Daniel Guiza’s knockdown as the ball rolled across the face of goal with Lehmann beaten, but one goal proved enough.

Spain: Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Carles Puyol, Carlos Marchena, Joan Capdevila, Xavi Hernandez, David Silva, Marcos Senna, Andres Iniesta, Cesc Fabregas, Fernando Torres.

Germany: Jens Lehmann, Christoph Metzelder, Per Mertesacker, Philipp Lahm, Arne Friedrich, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Torsten Frings, Michael Ballack, Lukas Podolski, Miroslav Klose.

呃。。来一篇彻头彻尾的流水帐。。。

 

从早上5点（GMT+8.00）睁眼开始直到刚才，几乎没有让我的fat ass着实地贴到凳子，所以，回来冲个澡，躺在空调房，差不多能睡死过去。（我想尽量写的不这么恶心，但是文采非常有限，大家凑和吧）

6点30，结束所有整理事务，跟着大四毕业生，屁颠屁颠地坐着校车去了大学城主校区，为了他们的似锦前程，送行。一路上倒是挺浑浑噩噩的，昨天没睡好，早上又在非常规的时间起床。。。索性体内低气压魔王没有觉醒，要不然。。。邪恶下下~~

到达目的地，给学姐们拍照留念，寒暄，出人意料的出现，感谢这几年的照顾等等。在这样一个不入流的大学里，很多人选择工作，与高中的academic氛围差距太大；每个人好像都在谈论兼职和摆脱virgin状态；a quarter的考研，只有少数考上；出国之事宜更是鲜人问津。。。

这帮graduates中有不少熟人，好在他们的出路都还算符合自己初衷。一中出来的前辈如愿考上中国农业大学，这位也是我作为小跟班的对象；以前宣传部的老大也进入了南京农业大学；某很牛的南京本地人已经准备和New Oriental签正式了，顺便恭喜一下她在北京的艳遇~~

 

罗索一堆，进入正题。8点开始毕业典礼，各领导致词，如是云云。闪光灯不断，期间还见到不少外教。1个多小时报告结束，进入正式interactive环节——学术学位授予仪式。穿学士服，然后就是，照相照相照相……多数是帮人照那显然，也有被拉来当模特陪同照相的时候。疯了很久，被引导人员引入报告厅，又是领导发言，随后就象征性地颁毕业证书，改变流苏方向等等。妈的，这就毕业了。。。it's so fucking brief, I expected it would be more lingering.

 

早上行程结束，乘车回校前，会见了几个同学的同学、路人甲乙丙etc.，不想，已是正午了。

回校，跟人吃了个饭，冲凉，倒床。。。很久没有爬起来，一个词形容“累趴盆”。。。

 

晚上被前辈们叫去吃饭，算是，在最火爆的餐厅里，最悠闲地谈论着琐事，聊聊工作，国际形势，未来学业等。直到饭店老板下达最后通牒，请我们几位大爷吃快点，门口的客人等了很久很久。。几个只能算acquaintances的在场，有些事情不能细谈，就这样散去了。

 

后来跟前辈和同辈哥们在花园边喂蚊子，这时，才开始进入煽情的话题，farewell and hope。前辈有毫伤感，很快就是要北漂的人了，吐诉苦水，传授经验。。后来就又回到文章的开头的那些破事。

 

高中的人们，不论是我这届还是前几届，很多都已经在国外了，或者已经在准备出国。我不想跟人攀比啥，只是为了那个最初的梦想，在我大学最迷茫的时候想起的我曾经的理想，有机会我也是想接受一下interactive education的教育的~从准备语言到现在，找学校，和学校的secretaries联系询问application detials，已然是走上一条不归路，像prison break里面说one way street, "you go in and never go out". 如今my situation就是，一旦踏上了，就不可能再disembark。

 

最近一直在自省，这三年里，我彻底发现自己是个烂人。。比较固执，好在是还没进社会前发现了，希望能改改吧，变得更easy-going点。

加油！！其实我比较用喜欢日韩常说的fighting，而非struggle，虽然后者更确切。对即将进入奋斗状态的我们，加油吧！在这真他妈该死的青春里，没有什么你去做而失败的事情，除非你不付诸行动。。。有些事、人当自己发现，就已经错过了。。妈的，错过就错过，管他妈的那么多做什么，还继续往前走呗~

The History Boys is a British film released in October 2006. It was adapted by Alan Bennett from his play of the same name, which won the 2005 Olivier Award for Best New Play and the 2006 Tony Award for Best Play. It was directed by Nicholas Hytner, who directed the original production of The History Boys at the Royal National Theatre in London, and features the original cast of the play.

 

Cast:

top left:

Samuel Anderson ...  Crowther
James Corden ...  Timms
Stephen Campbell Moore ...  Irwin
Richard Griffiths ...  Hector
Frances de la Tour ...  Mrs. Lintott
Andrew Knott ...  Lockwood
Russell Tovey ...  Rudge

bottom left:
Jamie Parker ...  Scripps
Dominic Cooper ...  Dakin
Samuel Barnett ...  Posner
Sacha Dhawan ...  Akhtar

 

Plot:

The headmaster, Felix (Clive Merrison), hires an energetic young contract teacher named Irwin to assist Hector and Mrs Lintott in preparing the boys for the Oxbridge entrance exams. Irwin's style is utterly different from Hector's and Mrs. Lintott's; while the older teachers emphasise cultural and factual knowledges and the quest for truth, Irwin urges the boys to put a spin on their historical analysis, to value originality above objective truth.

 

As the plot progresses we learn that Hector habitually offers some of his students rides home on his motorcycle and surreptitiously fondles his passengers. The boys have all come to a mutual understanding on the subject and, while mildly annoyed, laugh off their teacher's advances and more or less willingly continue to take turns riding home on the back of his bike. This practice eventually lands Hector in trouble as he is reported to the headmaster by a school crossing guard who witnesses his action. The headmaster insists that Hector retire early, and also that Hector and Irwin share a class; when they do, the group engages in a tense discussion about how best to analyze the Holocaust.

 

As part of their General Studies the class acts out scenes from romantic films and literature, and Posner sings a love song – Rodgers and Hart's "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered" – which he pointedly directs towards Dakin. Later he seeks out Irwin to discuss his attraction to Dakin. Dakin, who characterises himself as an aspiring lecher, is currently pursuing an affair with the headmaster's secretary, Fiona (Georgia Taylor). He is not displeased by Posner's attention, but finds himself interested by Irwin. Gradually, Dakin's quest to impress Irwin on an intellectual level evolves into a flirtatious, potentially sexual pursuit of his young teacher – who, as Posner, his friend Scripps and even Hector note, is visibly attracted to Dakin.

 

After interviews, when the boys receive their replies through the post, it seems that they have all gained Oxbridge places, except for the group's gauche sportsman, Rudge. When Mrs Lintott questions him, it turns out that Rudge had already been told at interview that he has a place, due to a family connection with the college (he lets his interviewers believe erroneously that his father was a scout, college servant, in the 1950s).

 

Dakin approaches Irwin in his classroom after the celebrations and reveals that he found no record of Irwin's attendance at Corpus, the Oxford college he claimed as his alma mater, and Irwin confesses that he lied about his past. Dakin then invites Irwin to give him a blowjob "as a thank you". They make an appointment to "have a drink" on Sunday. Dakin tells Irwin that he has seen two sides to Irwin – a reckless, challenging intellectual and an uptight, cautious personality – and he cannot reconcile them.

 

Dakin then proceeds to the Headmaster's office and, by threatening to reveal Felix's own sexual harassment of Fiona, forces him to reinstate Hector.

 

The boys prepare to leave the grammar school at the end of that term, and Hector agrees to give Dakin a ride home on the motorbike "for old times' sake". However, before they leave, the headmaster runs out and stops them, saying that Hector should not take one of the boys. He suggests that Hector take Irwin instead. Dakin gladly hands the helmet to him, and the screen fades to white as they drive off, the boys waving happily and laughing.

 

Fast forward to a few days later, as it is revealed that the bike was in an accident on the way home, possibly caused by Irwin leaning the wrong way on a corner. Irwin was badly injured; Hector did not survive. At the memorial service, the boys sing "Bye, Bye, Blackbird" and the headmaster gives a trite eulogy. The scene then changes abruptly to an almost empty hall with only the eight boys and Mrs. Lintott present. "Will they come to my funeral, I wonder," Mrs Lintott remarks, before recounting the futures of the eight boys. They have entered a variety of careers: Rudge has become a builder, Dakin a tax lawyer, Crowther a magistrate, Scripps a journalist, Timms the owner of a dry cleaning chain, and Posner a teacher who followed in Hector's footsteps, with similar ambivalence and angst, yet without "touching the boys." Lockwood, who entered the army, died as a result of friendly fire at the age of 28 while serving in the York and Lancaster Regiment, an infantry regiment that was actually disbanded in 1968. It is also revealed that Irwin stops teaching and becomes a maker of TV history documentaries.

 

The film ends with a collection of moments involving Hector, leading up to the moment that a photograph of the entire class was taken at Fountains Abbey, a scene from earlier in the film. The photo spans the entire screen, and the closing credits are played over the photo.

 

quoted from people's daily online at 16:08, May 08, 2008

 

Tibet-The truth was presented by the creator of Mysterious China Series, which is a collection of award-winning featuring documentaries which showcase the epic cultural heritage of China. Given the recent events, he believes it's important to clarify the political history of Tibet.

 

video on http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/6407033.html

 

quoted from AFP 02/05/2008 09h58

HONG KONG (AFP) - The Olympic torch relay in Hong Kong ended Friday after a trouble-free run through the streets of the city on its return to Chinese soil.

The final runner used the flame to light a cauldron on a square overlooking the famed Victoria Harbour after a journey of nearly eight hours.

Tens of thousands of people turned out to cheer the Beijing Olympic torch, with police briefly detaining a handful of people amid scattered, small-scale protests.

After weeks of demonstrations that turned the torch relay into a public relations nightmare for Beijing following its crackdown in Tibet, the flame was greeted here with pomp and celebration -- and only a minimum of agitation.

Police detained a handful of people amid scuffles and scattered protests, but said they were later released. There were no serious incidents, and even the early morning rain held off for the rest of the day.

Windsurfer Lee Lai-shan, Hong Kong's only Olympic gold medallist, began the relay, carrying the flame on the homestretch to mainland China, which is hosting the Olympics for the first time from August 8-24.

Friday's eight-hour tour through Hong Kong -- which has a degree of political freedom absent in the mainland -- was seen as the last chance for major demonstrations.

In one of the few tense moments, about 100 democracy campaigners, who want the full suffrage promised to Hong Kong when Britain handed it back to China in 1997, were confronted by pro-China supporters in the street.

The pro-China crowd yelled "Go home! Get out!" as dozens of police formed a cordon between the two groups.

While Tibet has been the focus of many of the demonstrations, critics have also used the relay to take aim at China on a range of issues -- even as Beijing has repeatedly insisted the Games should not be "politicised."

US actress-turned-activist Mia Farrow, also in Hong Kong on Friday, used the occasion to press China over its close links with Sudan, whose government has been blamed for failing to stop the bloodshed in its Darfur region.

"It isn't a pretty way to say this, but China is underwriting the atrocities in Darfur," said Farrow, who also lashed out at most of the corporate sponsors of the 2008 Games.

"History will note their silence," she said. "I'm disgusted."

Hong Kong was taken back into China under a policy known as "One Country, Two Systems" which allows unfettered capitalism here as well as rights of protest and expression not granted on the mainland.

Hong Kong's leader Donald Tsang, criticised by many here for not pushing Beijing hard enough on democracy, hinted at the difference in his speech at the torch-lighting ceremony.

"We are a world in a city, where different people with different beliefs and different views have thrived in the spirit of diversity, tolerance and respect," Tsang said.

Many of the people crowding the streets to get a glimpse of the torch were from mainland China, where a backlash has been building over the international criticism of Beijing.

"The torch relay day is a day of joy, so I don't think it's a good idea to protest today," said Vivien Lai, a Hong Kong nurse who came with her family and boyfriend to cheer on the torch.

Accompanied by a fireboat shooting jets of water into the sky, the flame was later taken across the city's famed Victoria Harbour on a ferry, carried by Yip Wing-Sie, a local musician and conductor.

"I am really proud to be Chinese and delighted to welcome the Olympic torch to Hong Kong ahead of the Olympics," she told AFP.

The demonstrations that have dogged the relay were sparked by a crackdown in Tibet that began on March 14, after protests against China's rule of the Himalayan region erupted into violence.

Tibet's government-in-exile says more than 200 people were killed in the Chinese response, which included sealing off the region to foreign reporters and tourists, making accounts of bloodshed impossible to verify.

China said 20 people had been killed by Tibetan "rioters" until Monday, when state media for the first time said police shot dead a Tibetan pro-independence "insurgent."

 

 

 

 

quoted from AFP 28/04/2008 08h21

SEOUL (AFP) - China's close ally North Korea staged an elaborate welcome Monday for the Beijing Olympic torch, mobilising tens of thousands of cheering citizens and criticising protests elsewhere in the world.

TV footage showed crowds dressed in their best clothes packing the streets of Pyongyang as the torch began its 20-kilometre (12 mile) relay route. It was the first time the Olympic flame had been carried in North Korea.

"Cheer for Beijing, Cheer for Pyongyang and Cheer for the Olympic Games," read one banner.

The relay finished on time at 0600 GMT when former marathon champion Jong Song-Ok kindled the Olympic cauldron in the Kim Il-Sung Stadium, named after the nation's founding president, China's Xinhua news agency reported.

"Holding the last torch and running to the cauldron reminded me of making a final dash in the marathon," Jong told Xinhua. She won the event at the 1999 World Athletics Championships.

Spectators burst into a storm of applause when the relay ended, Xinhua said, estimating the total number of relay spectators in the hundreds of thousands.

In some other cities the event has sparked rowdy protests against China's policies on Tibet and other issues. North Korea, a hardline communist state, clamps down sharply on dissent.

Reclusive leader Kim Jong-Il was absent from the launch ceremony at the Tower of the Juche Idea. Juche or self-reliance is the impoverished state's guiding ideology.

But Kim "is paying great interest in the success of the Olympic torch relay," Pak Hak-Son, chairman of the country's Olympic committee, was quoted by Japan's Kyodo News as saying.

"We express our basic position that while some impure forces have opposed China's hosting of the event and have been disruptive, we believe that consists of a challenge to the Olympic idea," Pak said.

De facto head of state Kim Yong-Nam handed the torch to the first runner, a hero of one of the nation's greatest sporting triumphs.

"This will be a beautiful memory that will be left with me," Pak Du-Ik, 71, told Kyodo after his 250-meter jog. "I will never forget this."

He scored the only goal in North Korea's famous 1-0 win over Italy which secured their place in the 1966 football World Cup quarter-finals.

Eighty bearers had been scheduled to carry the torch, mostly North Koreans but about a quarter of them Chinese nationals working or studying in the North.

Men in dark suits and women in traditional hanbok gowns waved artificial bunches of kimjongilia, a national flower named after their leader, as the relay got under way at 10:15 am.

Banners reading "Beijing 2008" were hung on both sides of the route.

The torch has been dogged by demonstrators since the Olympic flame was lit last month. Critics of China's crackdown in Tibet and its general human rights record severely disrupted the Paris and London legs.

Organisers in many other countries have been forced to surround the torch with unprecedented security to ensure a smooth passage.

During the South Korean leg Sunday, demonstrators including North Korean defectors staged protests against China's forced repatriation of refugees from the North.

There were sporadic clashes in Seoul between the protesters and thousands of Chinese students. The Seoul government on Monday expressed "strong regret" to Beijing's ambassador about the behaviour of some students.

China sends back all those North Koreans it catches as economic migrants, a policy strongly criticised by rights groups. Refugees face severe punishment, or even death in some cases, on their return.

The flame will be now be taken to Vietnam and then to Hong Kong and Macau, before starting the final leg of the relay in mainland China.

quoted from AFP 28/04/2008 11h53

ZIBO (AFP) - Seventy people were killed and 420 injured early Monday when a passenger train from Beijing careered off the rails and slammed into another train in eastern China, state media reported.

Ruling out terrorism, the official Xinhua news agency said preliminary investigations found human error was to blame, without elaborating.

The first train was travelling to Qingdao -- the coastal city that will host the Olympic sailing competition in August -- when it derailed, causing a train coming in the opposite direction to leave the tracks also.

Nine carriages derailed, China news service said, and the second train crashed into those still on the track.

The rail accident, the worst in China in more than a decade, happened near the city of Zibo in Shandong province, the news service said.

Xinhua reported 70 people killed in the accident, quoting officials at the rescue headquarters. It said there were no foreigners among the dead.

The news agency said four French nationals were among those injured. They included three family members and one of their friends.

Pascal Boisson, 54, suffered multiple fractures to his ribs and may have another fracture in the chest, Xinhua reported, quoting Zhang Jun, head of the orthopaedics department at one of Zibo's hospitals.

"We were still sleeping when the accident occurred," a 38-year-old woman who escaped from the wreckage told Xinhua.

"I suddenly woke up when I felt the train stopped with a jolt. After a minute or two it started off again, but soon toppled."

The woman, who only gave her family name as Yu, managed to escape from the wreck with her 13-year-old daughter through a huge crack in the floor.

"I suddenly felt the train, like a roller coaster, topple 90 degrees to one side and all the way to the other side," a passenger surnamed Zhang, on the train from Beijing, told Xinhua.

"When it finally went off the tracks, many people fell on me and hot water poured out of the thermos flasks."

The news agency described chaotic scenes in the minutes after the disaster, the ground littered with blood-soaked sheets and shattered thermos flasks, as passengers sought to save themselves and their loved ones.

"I saw a girl who was trying to help her boyfriend out of the train, but he was dead," Zhang said.

The second train was on its way to Xuzhou in eastern Jiangsu province, from Shandong's Yantai.

At one point so many survivors tried to make phone calls that the mobile communications network was congested and no one could get through, Xinhua said.

Hu Weidong, a coach of China's national sailing team, was also among the injured, and was transferred to a hospital in Jinan, the capital of Shandong province.

"He didn't lose consciousness, but there were grave injuries to his neck and spine, which we fear could cause paralysis," Zhang told Xinhua.

Witnesses said many passengers were able to climb out of the wrecked train carriages shortly after the crash, some wrapped in bed sheets from the sleeper cars to guard against the early morning chill.

More than 700 medical staff and 130 ambulances were involved in rescue efforts, Xinhua said.

A total of 19 hospitals were treating those hurt in the accident, Xinhua reported, while hotels prepared to accommodate the victims' families.

"We have received around 40 injured passengers but nobody died," a nurse at one of Zibo's hospitals told AFP.

"Some of them are seriously injured."

The accident happened at 4:41 am (2041 GMT Sunday), Xinhua said, quoting a spokesman from the Shandong provincial government.

Railway Minister Liu Zhijun and Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang have arrived at the scene to oversee rescue efforts, according to the news agency.

Liu has demanded an investigation.

The accident has disrupted trains on a major rail route linking Jinan, the capital of Shandong, to Qingdao.

This is the second serious train accident in Shandong province.

In January, a high-speed train ploughed into a group of railway workers in the province, killing 18 people.

In one of the worst rail accidents in recent times in China, 126 people were killed and more than 200 injured when two trains collided in central Hunan province in 1997.

 

Page last updated at 09:30 GMT, Wednesday, 16 April 2008 10:30 UK

Could they be doing more harm than good?

Research has suggested vitamin supplements do not extend life and could even lead to a premature death.

A review of 67 studies found "no convincing evidence" that antioxidant supplements cut the risk of dying.

Scientists at Copenhagen University said vitamins A and E could interfere with the body's natural defences.

"Even more, beta-carotene, vitamin A, and vitamin E seem to increase mortality," according to the review by the respected Cochrane Collaboration.

The research involved selecting various studies from 817 on beta-carotene, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, and selenium which the team felt were the most likely to fairly reflect the benefits of the supplements.

It has been thought that these supplements may be able to prevent damage to the body's tissues called "oxidative stress" by eliminating the molecules called "free radicals" which are said to cause it.

This damage has been implicated in several major diseases including cancer and heart disease.

'Just eat well'

The trials involved 233,000 people who were either sick or were healthy and taking supplements for disease prevention.

After various factors were taken into account and a further 20 studies excluded, the researchers linked vitamin A supplements to a 16% increased risk of dying, beta-carotene to a 7% increased risk and vitamin E to a 4% increased risk.

Vitamin C did not appear to have any effect one way or the other, and the team said more work was needed into this supplement - as well as into selenium.

In conclusion, "we found no evidence to support antioxidant supplements for primary or secondary prevention," they said.

It was unclear exactly why the supplements could have this effect, but the team speculated that they could interfere with how the body works: beta-carotene, for instance, is thought to change the way a body uses fats.

The Department of Health said people should try to get the vitamins they need from their diet, and avoid taking large doses of supplements - a market which is worth over £330m in the UK.

"There is a need to exercise caution in the use of high doses of purified supplements of vitamins, including antioxidant vitamins, and minerals," a spokesperson said.

"Their impact on long-term health may not have been fully established and they cannot be assumed to be without risk."

A 'stitch-up'

But the Health Supplements Information Service, which is funded by the association which represents those who sell supplements, said many people were simply not able to get everything they needed from their diet.

"For the millions who are not able to do that, vitamins can be a useful supplement and they should not stop taking them," said spokeswoman Pamela Mason.

Another nutritionist who has formulated supplements described the review as a "stitch-up" and only reviewed studies which examined the effect they had on reducing mortality, rather than other advantages.

"Antioxidants are not meant to be magic bullets and should not be expected to undo a lifetime of unhealthy habits," said Patrick Holford.

"But when used properly, in combination with eating a healthy diet full of fruit and vegetables, getting plenty of exercise and not smoking, antioxidant supplements can play an important role in maintaining and promoting overall health."

一段初中时期的青涩甜蜜回忆，今天却在这阴雨纷飞的时节，又重现。。。

而且近得真实得让我无法呼吸。。。shock~

I won't let you know I loved you, and I am still loving you...

directed by Steven Spielberg

As you can see in the picture, The Terminal starring by Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones who both won the Acadamic Award for many times...

This film was directed by Steven Spielberg and producted in 2004 which was absolutely a sensation to all the audience in the world.  

As for me, I was a litter bit moved when Viktor figured out the war taking place in his original country on TV, however Viktor knew nothing about English, and he would be "unacceptable".

Life is waiting...

Synopsis:

While Viktor Navorski is en route to the U.S. to fulfill a wish of his late father's, there is a coup in the Eastern European country in which he lives. When he lands at JFK, he learns that his country is no longer recognized by the U.S., because of a domestic rebel war, so he cannot enter - and he can't go home either, for all planes to his country are canceled. While waiting in this limbo, Viktor takes up residence in JFK Terminal and learns another definition of home.

Cast:

Tom Hanks ...  Viktor Navorski

 Catherine Zeta-Jones ...  Amelia Warren

 Stanley Tucci ...  Frank Dixon

Awards for Terminal:

In 2005, The Termianl has been nominated in the Golden Reel Award as Best Sound Editing in Domestic Features - Dialogue & ADR, in Golden Trailer as Best Romance. It also won BMI Film Music Award and Excellence in Production Design Award in the same year.

Trivia:

While this is not technically a remake, the film Tombés du ciel (1993) is based on the same true story.

Inspired by the story of Merhan Nasseri, an Iranian refugee. In 1988, he landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris after being denied entry into England because his passport and United Nations refugee certificate had been stolen. French authorities would not let him leave the airport. He remained in Terminal One, a stateless person with nowhere else to go. He has since been granted permission to either enter France or return to his own country. He instead chooses to continue to live in the terminal and tell his story to those who will listen. Reportedly, his mental health has deteriorated over the years. When given the opportunity to live in France, he refused because the documents did not name him as "Sir, Alfred", and he claims to have forgotten his native Persian language. Reportedly, he left the terminal in August 2006 to be hospitalized for an unspecified illness.

Directed by
Darren Aronofsky   
 
Writing credits
Hubert Selby Jr.   (novel)
Hubert Selby Jr.   (screenplay) and  Darren Aronofsky   (screenplay)
 

Summary:

A film paralleling the lives of Sara Goldfarb, a lonely, TV obsessed widow, and her son Harry, his girlfriend Marion, and his drug dealer friend Tyrone. After learning that she will make an appearance on a TV game show, Sara tries to lose weight so that she can fit into her prized red dress, and becomes hooked on diet pills. Meanwhile, Harry and his friends are taking heroin and cocaine. We then witness the disasterous consequences and the downward spiral their lives take as a result of their addictions.

Cast:

Ellen Burstyn ... Sara Goldfarb

Jared Leto ... Harry Goldfarb

Jennifer Connelly ... Marion Silver

Marlon Wayans ... Tyrone C. Love

The film depicts the lives of four different people living in Brooklyn on their quest for satisfaction in life. It shows the direct and indirect effects that drugs and various addictions have on each of the individuals, and then portrays their downward spirals from the hopes of blossoming dreams into the helpless state of moral and physical decay.

今日在網路上看到兩則消息，對個人或者生活範圍內的人們頗有意義，摘錄于此——

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壹、閤肥三裏菴Carrefore購物廣場，有學生引髮的示威和現場觝製。

個人小意：觝製法貨完全可以用和平的方式，暴力手段有失大國風度。

 

貳、閤寧鐵路通車，時刻錶如下圖：

车次 始发站 发站 发点 到站 到点 里程 运行时间 类型 票价(单位：元) 定票

5066 上海 南京 02:04 合肥 03:52 33 1小时58分钟 普快 21(硬座)72(硬卧) 订票 酒店 N434 上海 南京 02:26 合肥 05:17 33 3小时1分钟 快速 39(硬座)90(硬卧)134(软卧) 订票 酒店 N406 宁波 南京 03:53 合肥 05:50 33 2小时20分钟 快速 39(硬座)90(硬卧)134(软卧) 订票 酒店 T756 南京 南京 08:23 合肥 09:48 33 1小时25分钟 特快 59(软座) 订票 酒店 T758 南京 南京 12:28 合肥 13:53 33 1小时25分钟 特快 59(软座) 订票 酒店 T760 南京 南京 16:34 合肥 17:59 33 1小时25分钟 特快 59(软座) 订票 酒店 K59 扬州 南京 18:12 合肥 22:22 266 4小时19分钟 快速 42(硬座)93(硬卧)139(软卧) 订票 酒店 T772 上海 南京 19:30 合肥 21:08 33 1小时38分钟 特快 39(硬座)59(软座) 订票 酒店 K569 南通 南京 19:37 合肥 23:47 266 4小时18分钟 快速 42(硬座)93(硬卧)139(软卧) 订票 酒店 K464 上海 南京 20:33 合肥 23:05 33 2小时42分钟 快速 36(硬座)81(硬卧)120(软卧) 订票 酒店 K381 泰州 南京 20:58 合肥 01:28 266 4小时48分钟 快速 42(硬座)93(硬卧)139(软卧) 订票 酒店

 

 

Man has searched the skies for centuries and has never come up with conclusive evidence to prove the existence of other f r o m s of intelligent life. What if we have been looking in the wrong place? What if there were other f r o m s of intelligent life already living among us? What if perceived natural disasters were really diversions created to conceal clandestine alien activities?

When a small town at the edge of the Florida Everglades is threatened by a raging hurricane, U.S. Park Ranger Russell Varon must go to great lengths to protect the small community and his family safe. During the storm his young daughter claims to have seen mysterious lights, seemingly unaffected by the gale-force winds, floating near the water. Varon dismisses the sighting, but begins to wonder if there really was some truth to the story after his missing ex-wife turns up naked and her memory of the storm is completely gone.

While the community begins to clean up after the storm and piece their lives back together, Varon begins to investigate the strange happenings as he tries to make sense of what is happening.

 

Writer: Shaun Cassidy
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Show Stars: William Fichtner (Sheriff Tom Underlay), Tyler Labine (Dave Groves), Lisa Sheridan (Larkin Groves), Kari Matchett (Dr. Mariel Underlay), Evan Peters (Jesse Varon), Eddie Cibrian (Russell Varon), Ariel Gade (Rose Varon), Alexis Dziena (Kira Underlay)
Guest Stars: Jeanetta Arnette (Ruth) , Bryan Anthony (Guardsman) , Phe Caplan (Young Woman) , Holmes Osborne (Mayor Littles) , Rich Skidmore (Anchorman) , Robert Standley (Pilot) , Ryan Honey (Navigator) , Gwen Mihok (Weather Officer) , Mesan Richardson (Dropsonde Operator) , Juan Ramirez (Hispanic Man) , Lorena Mena (Hispanic Woman) , Aramis Knight (Hispanic Boy)
Production Code: 47528T

 

William Fichtner (Sheriff Tom Underlay): 

 

Eddie Cibrian (Russell Varon)：

Tyler Labine (Dave Groves) & Alexis Dziena (Kira Underlay)：

Kari Matchett (Dr. Mariel Underlay)：

Lisa Sheridan (Larkin Groves)：

Evan Peters (Jesse Varon)：

Ariel Gade (Rose Varon)：

Season 1
1x01 Pilot Sep. 21, 2005
1x02 Lights Out Sep. 28, 2005
1x03 Watershed Oct. 05, 2005
1x04 Alpha Male Oct. 12, 2005
1x05 Unnatural Selection Oct. 19, 2005
1x06 The Hunt Oct. 26, 2005
1x07 Fish Story Nov. 09, 2005
1x08 The Cradle Nov. 16, 2005
1x09 The Dredge Nov. 23, 2005
1x10 Origin of Species Nov. 30, 2005
1x11 Us or Them Jan. 11, 2006
1x12 Power Jan. 18, 2006
1x13 Redemption Jan. 25, 2006
1x14 All God's Creatures Feb. 08, 2006
1x15 The Nest Feb. 15, 2006
1x16 The Fittest Mar. 08, 2006
1x17 The Key Mar. 15, 2006
1x18 Re-Evolution Apr. 19, 2006
1x19 The Son Also Rises Apr. 26, 2006
1x20 Run and Gun May. 03, 2006
1x21 Round Up May. 10, 2006
1x22 The Last Wave Goodbye May. 17, 2006

 

sexy guy~so hot~even in his fifties!! lol~OMG

 

It is a pity that, after May 2006, Invasion was canceled. And then, William Fichtner joined in Prison Break Season 2 as Special Agent Alexander Mohone.