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May 2013 Blog Posts (8)

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靠谱=kào pǔ

“kào pǔ” originally comes from the dialect of North China. But now it is used almost everywhere. When it used to describe people, it means the people are very reliable. And when it used to describe things, it means the thing is feasible.

Sentence pattern：

Subject+adverb（/）+（不）+靠谱 +…

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Added by Eva on May 31, 2013 at 13:40 — No Comments

The latest "FBI letter" in my e-mail.

I could not stop laughing.

Anti-Terrorist and Monetary Crimes Division

Fbi Headquarters In Washington, D.C.

Federal Bureau Of Investigation

J. Edgar Hoover Building

935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20535-0001 Website: www.fbi.gov

Attention, this is the final warning you are going to receive from me do you get me?

I hope youre understand how many times this message has been sent to you?.…

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Added by Chris Knight on May 30, 2013 at 20:03 — No Comments

Cricket and its exquisite sadness

Cricket and its exquisite sadness

What is it about this unobtrusive game and the wistful yearnings it never quite fulfils?

A few fans drink in the joy and sorrow of the game unfolding before them. Photograph: Rebecca Naden/PA Archive/Press Association Ima

Somewhere within it, cricket has a deep, maybe unending, payload of sadness. It's there in its history, in its psychology and perhaps more than that, it's part of what the game actually is.

By sadness, I don't… Continue

Added by Richard Roman on May 26, 2013 at 13:32 — 2 Comments

I don't buy APPLE products and I don't support sweat shops !!

http://goodelectronics.org/news-en/sacom-leaflet-apple-products-made-in-sweatshops-1/image/image_view_fullscreen

Added by Pierre Robichaud on May 26, 2013 at 9:21 — No Comments

If you could be a world expert...

If you could be a world expert and master scholar on any subject what would it be?

Jack - The entire history of Christianity

Added by Jack Field on May 15, 2013 at 20:56 — 12 Comments

North Korea's silent football matches

Quite an amusing read:

Foreign visitors to North Korea are allowed to attend sports matches alongside their minders. But football in this secretive republic has little in common with the passion and glamour of Europe's major leagues.

The game was a sell-out, though you would never have guessed it.

As we entered the 50,000-seater Kim Il-Sung Stadium below the watchful eye of the Eternal President and Great Leader, not forgetting his son, the Supreme Leader Kim… Continue

Added by Richard ridealgh on May 12, 2013 at 10:51 — 3 Comments

3D printing: the new, bottom-up industrial revolution

I don't know much about this but it appears to be a staggering development. 20 years ago we had no Google or Facebook or Twitter, indeed no World Wide Web to speak of. I wonder if this new idea will have a similar effect

Remarkably, 3D printing allows actual objects to be designed and created (or “printed”) surprisingly quickly with a computer connected to a printer-like device, using special material (often plastic, but increasingly almost anything) as “ink” and “paper”. With the… Continue

Added by Richard Roman on May 8, 2013 at 16:36 — 11 Comments