l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 1 Hollywood actress Meryl Streep recently hitched a ride on a Chinese
businessman’s private jet to Beijing. Once there, she met up with
idiosyncratic writer-director Joel Coen and Raise the Red Lantern director
Zhang Yimou to promote “China’s exploding film industry.”
Zhang, who served as the artistic director for both the 2008 Beijing Olympic
Games and the lavish 60th anniversary celebrations of the Chinese Communist
Party, also unveiled his remake of Coen’s influential first film – Blood
Simple.... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 2 The Cold Hard Truth About the Left's Anti-war Hypocrisy
Jerri Cook
Remember Cindy Sheehan, the grieving mother who camped outside of then
President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas? She called President Bush a
warmonger. Her socialist cohorts carried pictures depicting George W. Bush
as Hitler. She touted herself as an ambassador for peace. So, where is Peace
Ambassador Cindy these days? Not camping out in front of Barack Obama's
Chicago, Illinois mansion.
Ms. Sheehan told Byron York of the Washi... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 3 by Jammie
Mere criticism of the Chicago Jesus means he’s being crucified.
A painting that features President Obama posed as Jesus Christ crucified
on is on display at a community college art gallery in Boston.
The painting by Michael D’Antuono is part of a larger exhibit called “
Artists on the Stump – the Road to the White House 2012.” It’s on display
at the Bunker Hill Community College Art Gallery until Dec. 15th.
The painting is called “Truth” – and shows the president with his
... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 4 by Jammie
Today on Grievance Theater:
Lego has been accused of racism by the Turkish community over a Star
Wars toy allegedly depicting a mosque.
The critics claim that the Jabba’s Palace model, part of Lego’s Star
Wars range, offends Muslims as it resembles the Hagia Sophia mosque in
Istanbul – one of the world’s most renowned mosques.
Members of the Turkish Cultural Community of Austria group also accused
the toy manufacturer of depicting Asians as having ‘deceitful and criminal
p... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 5 Montana GOP House candidate shoots down drone in campaign ad
by Jammie via Jammie Wearing Fools
A Republican candidate for Congress in Montana has a message for the federal
government: if you send a drone to spy on me, I’ll take it out.
Matt Rosendale, a state senator running for the U.S. House of
Representatives, unveiled an ad Monday that depicts a standoff between him
and a “government drone” that is “spying” on him. Spoiler alert, the
drone loses.
The ad begins from the viewpoint of the “dro... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 6 The West must stand up for freedom—and acknowledge the link between
Islamists’ political ideology and their religious beliefs.
By
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Jan. 7, 2015 6:08 p.m. ET
After the horrific massacre Wednesday at the French weekly satirical
magazine Charlie Hebdo, perhaps the West will finally put away its legion of
useless tropes trying to deny the relationship between violence and radical
Islam.
This was not an attack by a mentally deranged, lone-wolf gunman. This was
not an “un-Islamic” attac... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 7 Progressive “Thought-Blockers”: Income Inequality
An ideological construct that exploits envy and resentment for political
advantage.
February 10, 2016
Bruce Thornton
Bruce Thornton is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom
Center.
Throughout this primary season, Hillary Clinton and self-proclaimed
socialist Bernie Sanders have both been flogging the “crisis” of “income
inequality,” which is “at the center of their campaigns,” according to
CNN. Both have scourged the “greed” ... 阅读全帖 |
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b*****d
发帖数: 61690 | 8 Rep. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) filed a lawsuit in federal court on Tuesday against
the Architect of the Capitol for removing his constituent's painting that
depicted police officers as animals.
Clay said the decision made by Architect of the Capitol Stephen Ayers
violated his constituent’s right to free expression.
“This case is truly about something much bigger than a student’s painting.
It’s about defending our fundamental First Amendment freedoms which are
currently under assault in this country,” Cl... 阅读全帖 |
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a*****1
发帖数: 3817 | 9 这些人都是靠 降低标准90%以上才混进去的
【 在 brihand (brihand) 的大作中提到: 】 : Rep. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) filed a
lawsuit in federal court on Tuesday against : the Architect of the Capitol
for removing his constituent's painting that : depicted police officers as
animals. : Clay said the decision made by Architect of the Capitol Stephen
Ayers : violated his constituent’s right to free expression. : “This case
is truly about something much bigger than a student’s painting. : It’s
about defending our fundamental First Amend... 阅读全帖 |
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l*h
发帖数: 4124 | 10 同性恋角色明显减少，变性角色消失
https://www.thewrap.com/hollywood-straight-studio-films-lgbt-characters-
dropped-record-low-last-year/
Hollywood So Straight: Studio Films With LGBT Characters Dropped to Record
Low Last Year
Trans characters shut out, nonwhite queer characters see uptick in annual
GLAAD report
The number of Hollywood films featuring LGBTQ characters plummeted nearly 40
percent in 2017 compared to the year prior, an annual survey of the major
movie studios by GLAAD said on Tuesday.
The group fou... 阅读全帖 |
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M****o
发帖数: 4860 | 11 就是，起码也得写下面这篇这么长。。。
Why I Am Not A Christian
What Is a Christian?
Nowadays it is not quite that. We have to be a little more vague in our
meaning of Christianity. I think, however, that there are two different
items which are quite essential to anybody calling himself a Christian. The
first is one of a dogmatic nature -- namely, that you must believe in God
and immortality. If you do not believe in those two things, I do not think
that you can properly call yourself a Christian. Then, further tha... 阅读全帖 |
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s*********e
发帖数: 5245 | 12 【 以下文字转载自 Parenting 讨论区 】
发信人: suanxiangge (蒜香哥), 信区: Parenting
标 题: @@2Did u still remember the waiF Wenyixu? She was sentence
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Dec 5 17:39:22 2014, 美东)
"Xu sent several photos of her nude toddler daughter to Bowen among other
photos depicting acts of pedophilia..."
"Xu and Bowen exchanged approximately 4,000 text messages including photos
of Xu exposing herself to children in other locations..."
"an alert park maintenance worker called 911 for she was flashing young boys
r... 阅读全帖 |
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c*****m
发帖数: 1160 | 13 http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/04/its-no
It's Not Just Frozen: Most Disney Movies Are Pro-Gay
By preaching acceptance and questioning gender, the company's kids films
offer a queer-studies crash course.
AKASH NIKOLASAPR 23 2014, 8:01 AM ET
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Disney
The culture warriors have decided: Disney’s Frozen is queer. Elsa hiding
her ice-powers could be read as a metaphor for the closet, the Oscar-winning
“Let it Go” plays like a coming-out anthem, and a character in t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5245 | 14 "Xu sent several photos of her nude toddler daughter to Bowen among other
photos depicting acts of pedophilia..."
"Xu and Bowen exchanged approximately 4,000 text messages including photos
of Xu exposing herself to children in other locations..."
"an alert park maintenance worker called 911 for she was flashing young boys
riding by on bicycles..."
WTF?
1. 3 YEARS IN PRISON for possessing child
pornography
2. 8 more months for conspiracy;
3. fines;
4. ordered to register as a sex offender, provid... 阅读全帖 |
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d**4
发帖数: 217 | 15 http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2015309,00.html
The Forbidden City's Last Secrets Head to the U.S.
By Austin Ramzy / Beijing Saturday, Sep. 04, 2010
"Now we can go into the wild," says Nancy Berliner as we step into a garden
overgrown with waist-high weeds in the center of Beijing. This is no
abandoned lot, but a largely untouched corner of the Chinese capital's famed
Forbidden City. Nearby, hordes of tourists plod across the vast imperial
plazas. But in the garden, the only swarms... 阅读全帖 |
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C*****E
发帖数: 2679 | 16 真爱。Kevin Durant应该娶一个这样的老婆。
https://www.wsj.com/articles/roger-goodell-has-a-secret-defender-on-twitter-
his-wife-1507839658?mod=trending_now_3
When National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell is under attack, as
he so often is these days, @forargument is there to fight back.
Wait, who?
The Twitter account, under the name “Jones smith,” has no followers, no
profile picture and has been virtually dormant for long periods since its
creation in 2014.
Roger Goodell Roger Goodell But @forargum... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 17 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: lczlcz (lcz), 信区: USANews
标 题: 这个很酷:Montana GOP House candidate shoots down drone
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Apr 16 14:57:00 2014, 美东)
Montana GOP House candidate shoots down drone in campaign ad
by Jammie via Jammie Wearing Fools
A Republican candidate for Congress in Montana has a message for the federal
government: if you send a drone to spy on me, I’ll take it out.
Matt Rosendale, a state senator running for the U.S. House of
Representatives, unveiled an ad Monday that... 阅读全帖 |
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H*****r
发帖数: 764 | 18 Tuesday Nick Saban commented for the first time about the relationship of
current Alabama football players to T-Town Menswear store owner Tom Al-Betar.
Saban told Ian Fitzsimmons of ESPN 103.3 in Dallas:
“Our compliance people have been on top of this for a long time. I
think this is an example of somebody…it’s not a violation if you sign a
shirt for somebody, you just can’t receive compensation for it. We’ve done
a cease-and-desist with this establishment a long time ago to make sure
everyb... 阅读全帖 |
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g******o
发帖数: 4042 | 19 OHIO
AKRON
Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens
One of the finest examples of Tudor Revival architecture in America, this
majestic country house situated on a beautiful garden landscape reflects a
time of elegance and opulence.
ARCHBOLD
Historic Sauder Village
Relive the taming of the Great Black Swamp of northwest Ohio with costumed
interpreters and skilled craftspeople.
BATH
Hale Farm and Village
Artisans at this restored village re‐enact life in the Western Reserve
during the mid‐1800s.
BEACHWOOD
Malt... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 901 | 20 An Andy Warhol self-portrait purchased in 1963 for $1,600 on an installment
plan is poised to fetch $30 million or more when it hits the auction block
at Christie's in May.
"Self-Portrait," a four-panel acrylic silkscreen depicting the pop artist
wearing a trench coat and sunglasses, is being sold by the family of Detroit
collector Florence Barron.
Barron first commissioned Warhol to paint her portrait, but changed her mind
and suggested the young artist depict himself, telling him, "Nobody know... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5873 | 21 references。。
发信人: wh (wh), 信区: WebRadio
标 题: Re: 来学习波哥的讲话
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Oct 7 14:07:37 2009, 美东)
他说的原文是这篇，很长：
发信人: iamwhatieat (我吃故我在), 信区: Reader
标 题: Fascinating Fascism
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Oct 1 02:19:18 2009, 美东)
Fascinating Fascism
by Susan Sontag
New York Review of Books
February 6, 1975
republished in:
Under the Sign of Saturn
(New York, 1980), pp. 73-105.
First Exhibit. Here is a book of 126 splendid color photographs by Leni
Riefenstahl, certainly the most ravishing book of phot... 阅读全帖 |
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l**a
发帖数: 5175 | 22 Her struggles with illness and death are believed to have affected his
poetry and prose, where dying young women appear as a frequent motif, as in
"Annabel Lee", "The Raven", and "Ligeia".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Eliza_Clemm_Poe
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (née Clemm; August 15, 1822 – January 30, 1847)
was the wife of American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The couple were first
cousins and married when Virginia Clemm was 13 and Poe was 27. Some
biographers have suggested that the couple's ... 阅读全帖 |
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p***l
发帖数: 470 | 23 原来画作标题指潘多拉 怕怕
The Belgian artist René Magritte is one of the major representatives
of European Surrealism. He invented a highly original art of figurative
painting, depicting ordinary objects and figures in a realistic way but
arranging them in mysterious compositions with enigmatic titles. In this
painting, Magritte depicts an urban landscape set against a flamboyant red
sky. The back of a male figure, who wears one of Magritte?s characteristic
bowler hats, obstructs the view of the scene. The ... 阅读全帖 |
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j***b
发帖数: 5901 | 24 给你贴个影评节选吧.
Despite the warm reception the film is receiving among many in the Hmong
community, the depictions of the Hmong characters in “Gran Torino” are
closely aligned with stereotypical representations of Asian Americans. Sue
and Thao Lor, part of the family that live next door to Kowalski, and most
of the members of the Hmong characters in the film, are depicted as people
who are unable to care for and protect themselves and thus desperately need
Kowalski’s intervention. There are no Hmong |
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l***o
发帖数: 7937 | 25 发信人: luobo (菠萝), 信区: ChinaNews
标 题: 《华尔街日报》关于郎郎白宫演奏《我的祖国》的评论
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Jan 22 09:53:24 2011, 美东)
Lang Lang’s Performance at the White House: Display Of Harmony Or Subtle
Dis?
Pianist Lang Lang in many ways embodies the Sino-American comity that both
President Hu Jintao and President Barack Obama emphasized during their
summit this past week—which is no doubt why he was chosen to perform at the
White House state dinner for Mr. Hu on Wednesday.
Born in China, Mr. Lang went to the U.S. a... 阅读全帖 |
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j***b
发帖数: 5901 | 26 Just go to a show and see if they depict you exactly the way you want
yourself to be depicted.
Having some common sense harms no one. |
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发帖数: 339 | 27 Did Leonardo da Vinci Copy his Famous 'Vitruvian Man'?
Leonardo da Vinci's drawing of a male figure perfectly inscribed in a circle
and square, known as the "Vitruvian Man," illustrates what he believed to
be a divine connection between the human form and the universe. Beloved for
its beauty and symbolic power, it is one of the most famous images in the
world. However, new research suggests that the work, which dates to 1490,
may be a copy of an earlier drawing by Leonardo's friend.
Another illu... 阅读全帖 |
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H****g
发帖数: 14447 | 28 Grada论文摘要
Frank Dikötter’s Mao’s Great Famine {henceforth “MGF”} is the
longest and most detailed study of the Great Leap Forward (GLF) famine to
appear in English to date.{…} The tone throughout is one of abhorrence and
outrage, and sometimes MGF reads more like a catalogue of anecdotes about
atrocities than a sustained analytic argument. In style and approach it
recalls Jung Chang and Jon Halliday’s controversial Mao: The Unknown Story
(2005); indeed, Chang leads the ”praise” for MGF on t... 阅读全帖 |
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s*********e
发帖数: 5245 | 29 【 以下文字转载自 Parenting 讨论区 】
发信人: suanxiangge (蒜香哥), 信区: Parenting
标 题: @@2Did u still remember the waiF Wenyixu? She was sentence
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Dec 5 17:39:22 2014, 美东)
"Xu sent several photos of her nude toddler daughter to Bowen among other
photos depicting acts of pedophilia..."
"Xu and Bowen exchanged approximately 4,000 text messages including photos
of Xu exposing herself to children in other locations..."
"an alert park maintenance worker called 911 for she was flashing young boys
r... 阅读全帖 |
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n**e
发帖数: 2026 | 30 【 以下文字转载自 Belief 讨论区 】
发信人: nile (nile), 信区: Belief
标 题: 美国天主教联盟主席声明：穆斯林应该愤怒
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Feb 5 14:59:45 2015, 美东)
就在法国巴黎查理周刊恐怖袭击导致12人死亡事件发生的当天。美国天主教联盟主席
Bill Donohue 发表声明。标题为“穆斯林应该愤怒”（MUSLIMS ARE RIGHT TO BE
ANGRY）全文如下：
公然以屠杀报复挑衅必须毫不含糊地予以谴责。在巴黎发生的事情是不可容忍的。但是
激发这起暴力事件的是查理周刊对宗教的不容忍，他们的行为同样不可容忍。
查理周刊有一个很长的令人作呕的历史。他们的行为远远超出了对公众形象的嘲讽。特
别是针对宗教人物。他们画修女自慰，教皇戴安全套，默罕默德摆出色情的姿态。
有些穆斯林反对描绘先知默罕默德，但有人并不反对。韩国的穆斯林就不禁止描绘先知
。激起穆斯林一致愤怒的是查理周刊描绘先知的方式。他们反对的是长期以来查理周刊
一直在这样作。在这一点上，我本人完全支持穆斯林。
查理周刊的发行人Stephane ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 43471 | 32 达晨本来就是左ｘ报纸，你看看他们最近得的普利策就知道了
2010: Tod Robberson, Colleen McCain Nelson, and William McKenzie, The Dallas
Morning News, "for their relentless editorials deploring the stark social
and economic disparity between the city’s better-off northern half and
distressed southern half"
2004: David Leeson and Cheryl Diaz Meyer, The Dallas Morning News, "for
their eloquent photographs depicting both the violence and poignancy of the
war in Iraq."
2006: Staff of The Dallas Morning News, "for its vivid photogr... 阅读全帖 |
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s***s
发帖数: 7178 | 33 问题是我的帖子你看不见啊
About: Ramesses IIIAn Entity of Type : people, from Named Graph : http://dbpedia.org, within Data Space : dbpedia.org Ramesse III (... – ... ) è stato il secondo sovrano della XX dinastia egizia. |-bgcolor="EFEFEF" |align="center"|Nome Horo |align="center"|Altri nomi |- |align="center"|Ka-nekhet Aa-nesyt (numerose varianti) |align="center"|Ramesse III |}
Property Value
dbpedia-owl:abstract ■Ramses III. (* um 1221 v. Chr. ; † 7. April
1156 v. Chr. ) war ein altägyptische... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1822 | 34 “I am the greatest collector of Picassos in the world.”
— Pablo Picasso .. ^^ ( 笑 )
In 2012, the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) will present a major survey
of masterworks by the most inventive and influential artist of the 20th
century, Pablo Picasso. Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National
Picasso, Paris features more than 150 highlights from the Musée’s
unparalleled collection, including paintings, sculptures, prints and
drawings. The exhibition will be on view at the AGO for just... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8336 | 35 http://hinduism.about.com/od/lordkrishna/a/christ_krishna.htm
Despite their differences, Hinduism and Christianity have great
similarities . And this is particularly prominent in the case of the life
and teachings of the two central figures of these world religions — Christ
and Krishna .
Similarities in just the names of Christ and Krishna have enough fuel
for the curious mind to prod into the proposition that they were indeed one
and the same person. Although there is little historical evid... 阅读全帖 |
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n**e
发帖数: 2026 | 36 就在法国巴黎查理周刊恐怖袭击导致12人死亡事件发生的当天。美国天主教联盟主席
Bill Donohue 发表声明。标题为“穆斯林应该愤怒”（MUSLIMS ARE RIGHT TO BE
ANGRY）全文如下：
公然以屠杀报复挑衅必须毫不含糊地予以谴责。在巴黎发生的事情是不可容忍的。但是
激发这起暴力事件的是查理周刊对宗教的不容忍，他们的行为同样不可容忍。
查理周刊有一个很长的令人作呕的历史。他们的行为远远超出了对公众形象的嘲讽。特
别是针对宗教人物。他们画修女自慰，教皇戴安全套，默罕默德摆出色情的姿态。
有些穆斯林反对描绘先知默罕默德，但有人并不反对。韩国的穆斯林就不禁止描绘先知
。激起穆斯林一致愤怒的是查理周刊描绘先知的方式。他们反对的是长期以来查理周刊
一直在这样作。在这一点上，我本人完全支持穆斯林。
查理周刊的发行人Stephane Charbonnier今天也被杀了。很糟糕的是他不理解他在这场
屠杀中扮-演的角色。2012年有人问他为何要侮辱穆斯林，他回答说“因为默罕默德对
我来说并非神圣。”。如果他没那么自恋，他应该还活着。穆罕默德对我来说也不神圣
。但是我绝对不会想到要故... 阅读全帖 |
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n**e
发帖数: 2026 | 37 就在法国巴黎查理周刊恐怖袭击导致12人死亡事件发生的当天。美国天主教联盟主席
Bill Donohue 发表声明。标题为“穆斯林应该愤怒”（MUSLIMS ARE RIGHT TO BE
ANGRY）全文如下：
公然以屠杀报复挑衅必须毫不含糊地予以谴责。在巴黎发生的事情是不可容忍的。但是
激发这起暴力事件的是查理周刊对宗教的不容忍，他们的行为同样不可容忍。
查理周刊有一个很长的令人作呕的历史。他们的行为远远超出了对公众形象的嘲讽。特
别是针对宗教人物。他们画修女自慰，教皇戴安全套，默罕默德摆出色情的姿态。
有些穆斯林反对描绘先知默罕默德，但有人并不反对。韩国的穆斯林就不禁止描绘先知
。激起穆斯林一致愤怒的是查理周刊描绘先知的方式。他们反对的是长期以来查理周刊
一直在这样作。在这一点上，我本人完全支持穆斯林。
查理周刊的发行人Stephane Charbonnier今天也被杀了。很糟糕的是他不理解他在这场
屠杀中扮-演的角色。2012年有人问他为何要侮辱穆斯林，他回答说“因为默罕默德对
我来说并非神圣。”。如果他没那么自恋，他应该还活着。穆罕默德对我来说也不神圣
。但是我绝对不会想到要故... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 38 Judith Martin, China's Cuddly Emissaries. Wall Street Journal, July 2, 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702
303339904576405982375338112.html?mod=WSJ_Books_LS_Books_6
book review on Henry Nicholls, The Way of the Panda: The curious history of
China's political animal. Profile Books, 2011)
Quote: "Pandas were formally discovered quite late, in 1869 * * * they had
never been mentioned or depicted in Chinese literature or art. * * * Then
one day a French missionary and collector of an... 阅读全帖 |
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e****i
发帖数: 2152 | 39 From: The Dark Side of Christian History
by Helen Ellerbe
Chapter Eight: 1450 - 1750 C.E.
The Reformation did not convert the people of Europe to orthodox
Christianity through preaching and catechisms alone. It was the 300 year
period of witch-hunting from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century, what R
.H. Robbins called "the shocking nightmare, the foulest crime and deepest
shame of western civilization." The Church created the elaborate concept of
devil worship and then, used the persecution ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 115 | 40 NO.
Every nation is entitled to and encouraged to depict the Holy images in its
culture. Italians have no monopoly on this.
Google image "Our Lady of China", You will find lots of images of the
Blessed Mother depicted as Chinese |
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l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | 41 Many people with religious convictions feel that their faith is rock solid.
But a new study finds that prompting people to engage in analytical thinking
can cause their religious beliefs to waver, if only a little. Researchers
say the findings have potentially significant implications for understanding
the cognitive underpinnings of religion.
Psychologists often carve thinking into two broad categories: intuitive
thinking, which is fast and effortless (instantly knowing whether someone is
angry ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 7025 | 42 尼采说过失去盲目的信仰之后，如何挣扎找到自己相信的美好。
Nietzsche's "Three Metamorphoses"
by Jason Francois
In the section of Thus Spoke Zarathustra entitled, "Of the Three
Metamorphoses,” Zarathustra describes a process of human transformation.
This transformation will become Zarathustra's answer to the fears and
anxieties created by the "death of God".
Nietzsche begins: "I name you three metamorphoses of the spirit: how the
spirit shall become a camel, and the camel a lion, and the lion at last a
child".
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发帖数: 11073 | 43 Social Science:
The Benefits of Multilingualism
Jared Diamond
Geography Department, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
90095-1524, USA.
E-mail: j******[email protected]
Multilingualism—the ability to understand and speak several languages—is
exceptional in the United States but common elsewhere, especially in small-
scale traditional societies. For instance, once while I was camped with some
New Guinea Highlanders conversing simultaneously in several local languages
, I asked ea... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 184 | 44 http://retractionwatch.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/you-can-do-that
You can do that? A massive correction in Nature, but no retraction
This past April, Amparo Acker-Palmer and colleagues published a study in
Nature, “Ephrin Bs are essential components of the Reelin pathway to
regulate neuronal migration.” Within a day of its publication, Nature
readers were raising questions about many of its figures. They started like
this:
Andy Gu said:
Looks like Fig 1a, the two middle figures are actuall... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 768 | 45 这是一本计算神经科学的优秀著作，全文拷贝这里（图和公式缺），有兴趣的同学可以
阅读
如需要，我可以分享PDF文件（－－仅供个人学习，无商业用途）
From Computer to Brain
William W. Lytton
From Computer to Brain
Foundations of Computational Neuroscience
Springer
William W. Lytton, M.D.
Associate Professor, State University of New York, Downstato, Brooklyn, NY
Visiting Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Visiting Associate Professor, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY
Staff Neurologist., Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, NY
In From Computer to Brain: ... 阅读全帖 |
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Link:
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Special Edition includes: 100 Premium soundtrack titles plus 4 pairs of 3D
glasses.
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Fix and enhance photos; improve portraits; create printed phot... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 710 | 47 hehe, something i wrote for imdb
Date: 20 June 2002
Summary: Realistic depiction of chinese small-towners
Xiaowu is an average young man in a typical small town in China. He is
shy, stubborn, values friendship, sometimes vanity-driven, sometimes
even romantic. And he is a pick-pocket.
It is surprising that although hundreds of millions of people lead
their lives like xiaowu, "Xiao Wu" is the first candid depiction of
their life in the many years of chinese filmmaking. I was particularly
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发帖数: 2236 | 48 I like the movie a lot. First the French style which is quite different
from the Hollywood is classy. The humor is completly different and very
subtle, in American's standard.
As alaine has mentioned, the story seems to be a very sad one but the
best part of the movie is that it depicted such a diffiult life in such
a light and beautiful tone.
Life is hard, which is often opposite to fairytales. Using Cartoon which
is more a unreal way to depict the real world is what makes this movie
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