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2009 Louis Vuitton: A Passion for Creation

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thanks LV for turning the HK Museum of art into an art piece itself..it's reli nice covering in Richard Price's "big city after dark" collection....i was so excited ..with only $30 admission fee ..i was able to see most of the world's best modern and contemporary art collections, especially Jeff Koons and Jean-Michel Basquiat... Jeff Koons (Money Trains (Birds)) Oil on Canvas 2007    this is a reli nice model, very well made..the design is so Frank Gehry

2036年行星恐撞地球 俄太空總署密研對策

( 法新社 )2009 年 12 月 30 日 星期三 23:50   俄羅斯太空總署署長今天表示,俄羅斯科學家不久將召開閉門會議,討論如何解除地球 26 年後可能遭一顆巨型小行星撞擊的危機。   貝米諾夫( Anatoly Perminov )告訴「俄羅斯之聲」( Voice of Russia )電台,「我們的科學團隊不久將舉行一場閉門會議,研究如何防止小行星阿波菲斯( Apophis )在 2036 年撞上地球。」 報導引述他的話:「我們談的是大家的性命。花費數億美元建立系統防止碰撞,總比等到無數人喪生好。」   「俄羅斯新聞社」( RIA Novosti )說,如果直徑約 350 公尺的阿波菲斯 2036 年擦撞地球時,可能會形成相當法國面積大小的新沙漠。   貝米諾夫說,防止災難發生的正式計畫可能是一項跨國工程,屆時會邀請俄羅斯、歐洲、美國和中國太空專家參與。   「國際傳真社」( Interfax )引述他的話說,其中一項解決辦法是發射一個新建的「太空裝置」,撞移小行星,令它偏離朝地球碰撞的軌道。   貝米諾夫又說:「這不會造成任何核子爆炸,一切都是依據物理定律來進行。我們會仔細研究一切。」(譯者:中央社盧映孜) just like a sci-fi movie!?!

Copenhagen Accord

Lessons From the Copenhagen Climate Talks By BRYAN WALSH Monday, Dec. 21, 2009 Read more: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1929071_1929070_1949054,00.html#ixzz0bLLdptfJ   It was during the wee hours of Saturday morning when a delegate from Saudi Arabia, of all places, expressed what may have been the consensus view of the contentious final plenary session at the UN climate change summit in Copenhagen. "I am working without break for 48 hours now," he said. "I do not see, in the future, a situation where we can adopt a legally binding, given these [reactions to a compromise plan hammered out between President Obama and the leaders of the key developing nations]. This is without exception the worst plenary I have ever attended, including the management of the process, the timing, everything." But although many will remember the Copenhagen climate summit as an unmitigated disaster, that's too simple an asses...

日本推理小說

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recently went to taipei and i was so excited to see the crime fiction collections in eslite... after several hours of shopping ..finally i made up my mind and bought those: (1) 宮部みゆき (宮部美幸) - 《火車》 第六屆山本周五郎獎得獎作品 連續七年《達文西》雜誌票選日本最受歡迎女作家第一名 一部揭發金融犯罪與社會黑暗面的社會派推理傑作。 停職中的刑警本間俊介受遠親請託,協助尋找其下落不明的未婚妻關根彰子。這是一起出於自願的失蹤案件,但關根彰子為何要如此徹底地抹滅自己的存在?本間追尋的是個活生生的女子,抑或是一個毫無意義的名字? (2) 伊坂幸太郎 - 《 死神的精確度 》 這是圍繞在一名熱愛音樂的死神身邊的六個故事。 千葉是一名死神。酷酷的、不大理解人情事故、少根筋的死神。 每當他出現,人間必定下雨。 熱愛人類的音樂。 當人類碰到他的手,除了昏倒還會折壽。 另外,他會依工作內容變化外型與年紀。 他的工作是利用一個星期觀察、接觸特定的人類,最後再向高層提出報告,判斷觀察對象要「認可」(死亡OK)或「送行」(生)。今天,他又來人間執行任務…… 六篇不同的故事,六個人類的人生切片,死神時而捲入黑道糾紛,時而遇上暴風雪山莊裡的殺人事件,時而幫一個被騷擾電話所苦的客服部女孩解決迷團,甚至還曾在出任務時,被理髮的老婆婆看穿死神身分,並開口要求他能為理髮店招來顧客…… 六篇不同的心情故事,六段不同的人生,且聽熱愛音樂的死神為你娓娓道來。 (3) 江戶川亂步 - < 兩分銅幣> 重量級日本推理鼻祖──江戶川亂步 《兩分銅幣》由十六篇短篇小說集結而成,除了收錄1923年4月,江戶川亂步在《新青年》發表的處女作〈兩分銅幣〉外,他在21歲那年(1915)所創作的、生前從未發表的偵探小說處女作〈火繩槍〉亦收錄其中。 從〈兩分銅幣〉中可窺見江戶川亂步對於「暗號推理」的喜好。在這則短篇裡,兩位知心好友因為一起喧騰一時的竊盜案,展開了一連串的推理遊戲,其中又以嫌疑犯留下的暗號為兩位好友的鬥智戰場。到底誰的解謎結果才是對的?誰才是真正的贏家呢? 在〈火繩槍〉裡,「...

The possible SixthSense

Super cool~ it's reli amazing how technology can change your life...in the past, we got computer, CD, DVD and cell phone....so what will we get in the future??? can u imagine a life without a cell phone? check this out, with this little wearable device with a projector ...  our behavior pattern may change again~ super interesting! Talks Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense: http://www.ted.com/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html

Japanese suit that fights flu (reli??!!)

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A Japanese company, Haruyama Trading Co., has developed a suit that it claims protects the wearer from the deadly H1N1 strain of influenza.   By Julian Ryall in Tokyo The company has produced 50,000 of the suits and will start selling them on Thursday, according to a company spokesman.    The suit is coated with the chemical titanium dioxide, which reacts to light to break down and kill the virus when it comes into contact with it, according to Junko Hirohata. The chemical is a common ingredient in toothpaste and cosmetics.  The suit - which is indistinguishable from any other worn by Japan's legion of "salarymen" - comes in four colours and styles, which are medium grey, charcoal, navy and a grey pinstripe. It will go on sale for about £365.  The company said it spent a year developing the suit, which retains its properties even after being washed numerous times.  Japan has been gripped by swine flu fear since the global outb...

Pulmonary Fibrosis 肺纖維化

Also called: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis    Pulmonary fibrosis harms the tissues deep in your lungs. The air sacs in your lungs and their supporting structures become inflamed and scarred. If scarring progresses, it makes your lungs thick and stiff. That makes it hard for you to catch your breath, and your blood may not get enough oxygen. The kind of job you have may affect your risk of getting the disease. For example, coal miners, ship workers and sand blasters are at risk. Pulmonary fibrosis is also associated with some connective tissue diseases. It can be a side effect of a medicine. Sometimes no one knows the cause of the disease. Smoking can boost your risk or make your illness worse. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/pulmonaryfibrosis.html

哥本哈根救氣候 升溫4度後地球不再美麗

(法新社)2009年12月3日 星期四 02:50   如果地球的平均溫度上升攝氏4度(約華氏7度),我們稱作家園這個 行星 將不再適合人居。 就在各國元首壓抑各界對8日至17日 聯合國 氣候變遷峰會的期待之際,許多專家提出警告,地球暖化程度超過工業革命前氣溫達4度C,是非常可能的。 一旦氣溫超出了這個關卡,世界會變成什麼模樣呢?你最好先有心理準備。 海洋將上升至少一公尺,淹沒部分島國,並迫使孟加拉、 泰國 、 越南 和其他臨海地區上億人口湧向地勢較高的區域 。 北極 區的溫度將飆升攝氏15度,相當於地球平均氣溫度上升的4倍。 北極熊因無法覓得食物而絕種 ,成為民俗傳說的一部分。 今年2月奪走170條人命的 澳洲 森林大火,將定期肆虐 。 1/3甚至更多的亞馬遜雨林區將成為荒涼的灌木叢區 。雨林裡珍貴稀有的動植物將遭到嚴重破壞。 亞洲的永恆水源─喜馬拉雅山脈冰川,就要枯竭殆盡 。 南亞大陸所仰賴的雨季,不再像時鐘一樣準時報到。降雨將變得難以預測,不是下太少,就是氾濫成災。 1/4的哺乳類動物數量將大幅衰減至瀕臨絕種。 [ that might include human ... help save the earth! ] 「亞利桑那州立大學」(Arizona StateUniversity)教授麥克艾爾威(Pamela McElwee)表示:「若地球平均溫度上升4度C,將對人類安全和生活品質造成空前威脅。」 聽起來像科幻小說的情節嗎?但願如此。 「全球碳計畫」(Global Carbon Project)的國際科學家小組於11月16日指出,2000年到2008年,全球的碳排放量激增29%,這將使地球走向聯合國「政府間氣候變遷問題小 組」(IPCC)所假設氣候暖化狀況中最壞的景況。(譯者:中央社蔡函岑)