In olden times, when if you made a wish, it would always come true , there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the King’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the King’s child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain 喷泉, and when she was dull she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favorite plaything.

Now it so happened that on one occasion the princess’s golden ball did not fall into the little hand which she was holding up for it, but on to the ground beyond, and rolled straight into the water. The King’s daughter followed it with her eyes, but it vanished 消失, and the well was deep, so deep that the bottom could not be seen. On this she began to cry, and cried louder and louder, and could not be comforted. And as she was complaining some one said to her, “What troubles you, King’s daughter? You weep 哭泣 so that even a stone would show pity.” She looked round to the side from whence 来源 the voice came, and saw a frog vanished_its thick, ugly head from the water. “Ah! old water-splasher, is it you?” said she; “I am weeping for my golden ball, which has fallen into the well.”

“Be quiet, and do not weep,” answered the frog, “I can help thee, but what will thou give me?”  “Whatever you will have, dear frog,” said she–”My clothes, my pearls and jewels, and even the golden crown which I am wearing.”
The frog answered, “I do not care for thy clothes, thy pearls and jewels, or thy golden crown, but if you will love me and let me be thy companion and play-fellow, and sit by thee at thy little table, and eat off thy little golden plate, and drink out of thy little cup, and sleep in thy bed—if thou will promise me this I will go down below, and bring thee thy golden ball up again.”
“Oh yes,” said she, “I promise thee all you wish, you will but bring me my ball back again.” She, however, thought, “How the silly frog does talk! He lives in the water with the other frogs, and croaks, and can be no companion to any human being!”
But the frog when he had received this promise, put his head into the water and sank down, and in a short while came swimming up again with the ball in his mouth, and threw it on the grass. The King’s daughter was delighted to see her pretty plaything once more, and picked it up, and ran away with it.

“Wait, wait,” said the frog. “Take me with thee. I can’t run as thou canst.” But what did it__avail_ him to scream his croak, croak, after her, as loudly as he could? She did not listen to it, but ran home and soon forgot the poor frog, who was forced to go back into his well again.
The next day when she had _seated herself__at table with the King and all the courtiers, and was eating from her little golden plate, something came creeping splish splash, splish splash, up the marble大理石 staircase楼梯, and when it had got to the top, it knocked at the door and cried, “Princess, youngest princess, open the door for me.” She ran to see who was outside, but when she opened the door,__ there sat the frog in front of it__. Then she slammed关门 the door to, in great haste 急忙的, sat down to dinner again, and was quite frightened. The King saw plainly that her heart was beating violently, and said, “My child, what are thou so afraid of? Is there perchance a giant巨人 outside who wants to carry thee away?” “Ah, no,” replied she. “It is no giant but a disgusting 令人厌恶的 frog.”
“__What does a frog want with you__?” “Ah, dear father, yesterday as I was in the forest sitting by the well, playing, my golden ball fell into the water. And because I cried so, the frog brought it out again for me, and because he so insisted, I promised him he should be my companion, but I never thought he would be able to come out of his water! And now he is outside there, and wants to come in to me.”

In the meantime__it knocked a second time, and cried, “Princess! youngest princess! Open the door for me! Dost thou not know what thou saidst to me? Yesterday by the cool waters of the fountain? Princess, youngest princess! Open the door for me!”
Then said the King, “That which you have promised, you must do. Go and let him in.” She went and opened the door, and the frog__hopped in__ and followed her, step by step, to her chair. There he sat and cried, “Lift me up beside you.” She delayed, until at last the King commanded her to do it.
When the frog was once on the chair he wanted to be on the table, and when he was on the table he said, “Now, push your little golden plate nearer to me that we may eat together.” She did this, but it was easy to see that she did not do it willingly. The frog enjoyed what he ate, but almost every mouthful she took choked her. __At length__he said, “I have eaten and satisfied; now I am tired, carry me into thy little room and make thy little silken bed ready, and we will both lie down and go to sleep.”
The King’s daughter began to cry, for she was afraid of the cold frog which she did not like to touch, and which was now to sleep in her pretty, clean little bed. But the King grew angry and said, “He who helped thee when thou wert in trouble ought not afterwards to be despised by thee.” So she took hold of the frog with two fingers, carried him upstairs, and put him in a corner. But when she was in bed, he crept to her and said, “I am tired, I want to sleep as well as thou, lift me up or I will tell thy father.” Then she was terribly angry, and took him up and threw him with all her might against the wall. “_____Now, you will be quiet, you horrible little frog____.” said she.

But when he _fell down__he was no frog but a King’s son with beautiful kind eyes. He by her father’s will was now her dear companion and husband. Then he told her how he had been bewitched施法于 by a ___wicked witch女巫 ___and how no one could have delivered him from the well but herself, and that tomorrow they would go together into his kingdom. Then they went to sleep, and next morning when the sun awoke them, a carriage came driving up with eight white horses, which had white ostrich鸵鸟 feathers on their heads, and were harnessed with golden chains, and behind stood the young King’s servant Faithful Henry. Faithful Henry had been so unhappy when his master was changed into a frog that he had caused three iron bands to be laid round his heart, in case it should burst with grief 悲痛and sadness. The carriage was to conduct the young King into his Kingdom. Faithful Henry helped them both in, and placed himself behind again, and was full of joy because of this wonderful end to their troubles.
And when they had driven a part of the way, the King’s son heard a cracking behind him as if something had broken. So_____he turned round and cried_____, “Henry, the carriage is breaking.”
“No, master, it is not the carriage. It is a band from my heart, which was put there in my great pain when you were a frog and imprisoned in the well.” ___Again and once again
____while they were on their way something cracked, and each time the King’s son thought the carriage was breaking; but it was only the bands which were springing from the heart of faithful Henry because his master was set free and was happy.

发现自己童心未泯啊。。 呵呵
估计是办公室里大家经常谈论小孩子的话题，准妈妈也多了。 也来憧憬以后有了宝宝怎么教育的问题。 从论坛上找了童话故事，整理了一下， 先贴在博客里，放在电脑上容易丢了。。 哈哈。。

 

Once upon a time  从前。there lived in a certain village a little country girl, the prettiest creature who was ever seen. Her mother was excessively fond of her; and her grandmother doted on 宠爱 her still more. This good woman had a little red riding hood头巾，兜帽 made for her. It suited the girl so extremely well that everybody called her Little Red Riding Hood.

One day her mother, having made some cakes, said to her, “Go, my dear, and see how your grandmother is doing, for I hear she has been very ill. Take her a cake, and this little pot of butter.”

Little Red Riding Hood set out immediately to go to her grandmother, who lived in another village.

As she was going through the wood, she met with a wolf, who had a very great mind to eat her up, but he dared not

, because of some woodcutters working nearby in the forest. He asked her where she was going. The poor child, who did not know that it was dangerous to stay and talk to a wolf, said to him, “I am going to see my grandmother and carry her a cake and a little pot of butter from my mother.”

“Does she live far off?” said the wolf

“Oh I say,” answered Little Red Riding Hood; “it is beyond that mill you see there, at the first house in the village.”

“Well,” said the wolf, “and I’ll go and see her too. I’ll go this way and you go that, and we shall see who will be there first.”

The wolf ran as fast as he could, taking the shortest path, and the little girl took a roundabout迂回的 way, entertaining herself by gathering nuts, running after butterflies, and gathering Does she live far off of little flowers.

It was not long before the wolf arrived at the old woman’s house. He knocked at the door: tap, tap.

“Who’s there?”

“Your grandchild, Little Red Riding Hood,” replied the wolf, hoarse 嘶哑的 her voice; “who has brought you a cake and a little pot of butter sent you by mother.”

The good grandmother, who was in bed, because she was somewhat有些 ill, cried out, “Pull the string, and the latch插销 will go up.”

The wolf pulled the string n, and the door opened, and then he immediately fell upon the good woman and ate her up in a moment, for it been more than three days since he had eaten. He then shut the door and got into the grandmother’s bed, expecting Little Red Riding Hood, who came some time afterwards and knocked at the door: tap, tap.

“Who’s there?”

Little Red Riding Hood, hearing the big voice of the wolf, was at first afraid; but believing her grandmother had a cold and was faking , answered, “It is your grandchild Little Red Riding Hood, who has brought you a cake and a little pot of butter mother sends you.”

The wolf cried out to her, softening his voice as much as he could, “Pull the string, and the latch will go up.”

Little Red Riding Hood pulled the string, and the door opened.

The wolf, seeing her come in, said to her, hiding himself under the bedclothes, “Put the cake and the little pot of butter upon the stool , and come sit on the bed with me.”

Little Red Riding Hood sat on the bed.She was greatly amazed to see how her grandmother looked in her nightclothes, and said to her , “Grandmother, what big arms you have!”

“All the better to hug you with, my dear.”

“Grandmother, what big legs you have!”

“All the better to run with, my child.”

“Grandmother, what big ears you have!”

“All the better to hear with, my child.”

“Grandmother, what big eyes you have!”

“All the better to see with, my child.”

“Grandmother, what big teeth you have got!”

“All the better to eat you up with.”

And, saying these words, this wicked邪恶的 wolf fell upon Little Red Riding Hood, and ate her all up.

Some Internet addicts上瘾 cover up habit

　　More than one in eight U.S. adults finds it hard to stay away from the Internet for several days at a time and about one in 11 tries to hide his or her online habit, according to a study released on Tuesday.
　

　　The study by researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine in California found one in 8 adults admitted 承认 they needed to spend less time online, saying this showed "problematic有问题的 Internet use" is present in a sizable portion 相当大一部分of the population.

　　
　　The study involved a nationwide telephone survey of 2,581 respondents in the spring and summer of 2004 with researchers then examining the data and preparing the report which appears in the October issue of CNS Spectrums: The International Journal of Neuropsychiatric Medicine国际神经精神病医学月刊》.

　　　　The survey found that 68.9 percent of respondents were regular Internet users and 13.7 percent found it hard to stay offline for several days at a time.


　　It found 12.4 percent often stayed online longer than intended, more than 12 percent said they saw a need to cut back on their Internet use, and 8.7 percent tried to conceal 隐藏"non-essential不必要的" Internet use from family, friends and employers.

　　　　A smaller number, 8.2 percent, said they use the Internet to escape problems or a bad mood, while 5.9 percent felt their relationships suffered because of excessive Internet use.

　　　　One report published earlier this year said that 5 percent to 10 percent of the population likely will experience Internet addiction.

　　
　　It said signs include a disregard不关心 for health or appearance, sleep deprivation剥夺 and decreased physical activity and social interaction with others, as well as dry eyes, carpal tunnel syndrome腕道症候群 and repetitive反复性 motion动做 injuries of hands and fingers.

US Banking System Faces Shakeup

Early today, the U. S. investment bank Lehman Brothers announce sederal fail announced that it will file for bankruptcy.

In the statea statement, Lehman said its finding filing for chapter Chapter 11 in U. S. bankruptcy court will not effect affect its broker diller subsidaries broker-dealer subsidiaries or other units.

Sunday, talks aim as stablizing aimed at stabilizing the 158 years Euro 158-year-old investment bank ended . After after Bank of America and Britain's Barclays PLC to said it decided against buying it.

Lehman was once the 4th-largest investment bank in the United States, but . But market aynilist analyst Hugh Hohnson Johnson says bad investments and real state in another real estate and other areas brought drasted a drastic fall in the value of Lehman shares.

" Lehman, like some so many other investment banks and banks, are really got, quite frankly, caught up in the housing bubble, but, like every bubble, the bubble ended it whenever and now we're seeing the daun side downside of that bubble. "

On Sunday, Merrill lynch should agree Lynch agreed to be bought out by Bank of America for some $50,000,000,000. Anylist says Analysts say the move will result and Nation's in the nation's prime lender becoming even bigger.

In the suffered a separate move lates late Sunday, the U. S. Federal Reserve announced several initiatives to make it easier for financial institutions to get emergency loans for from the U. SCentral Bank. central bank.

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White House Backs Bailout of Mortgage Giants (1/2)

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are institutes entities created by Congress to finance and guarantee home loans in the United States. While they are government licencedgovernment-licensed, they operate like private companies with share holders shareholders and corperate corporate boards.

The two 2 mortgage giants have been severly weaken severely weakened by the current ** turmoil in the U. S. housing market, which is has seen ** present for closure a dramatic rise in foreclosures, and falling home ** values across the country, should .

Should they feel fail, the impact on the U. S. real and world economy could be sever, and severe. And so the goverment step in. There government stepped in the mount - bailing them out and taken taking over their operations, .

White House spokesman spokeswoman Dana Perino says the Bush Administration has administration had no choice. " And this is not action that we want wanted to take, it's . It is action that we need needed to take. "

Perino says the White House has marning been warning for years that Fannie Mae and Feddie Freddie Mac all were in need of reform, she .

She says the Federal federal takeover could have been prevented if Congress had acted on the administration the administration's request for a strong independant regulitary independent regulator to oversee the mortgage giants.

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Italy to Pay $5 Billion to Libya in Landmark Accord (1)

Italian Priministor Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Saturday signed the a " friendship pad pact" with Libya Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in Libya. Under the padpact, it ** Italy agreed to compensate Libya for abuses *** it committed during its clonial colonial rule of the North African country. It

Italy will invite invest $5 billion in Libya in the a deal of that affect leads effectively turns pay clonial irridisputes, the page on colonial-era disputes that will have long tonish tarnished their relations. Priministor

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi made the annoucement announcement during he visited a visit to the ** Mediterranean city of Benghazi , where he met the Libya Libyan leader Moammar GadhafiGadhdafi. He said the accord would provide for $200 million a year , over the next 25 yeard, years through investment and infrustructure investments in infrastructure projects in Libya.

The compensation package involves construction projects** grounds , student grants, and pentions pensions for Libya Libyan soldiers who served with the Italians during the Second Word World War. It also includes a cost high way straighting coastal highway stretching across the country from ** Tunisia to Egypt.

Mr. Berlusconi in the Berlusconi's office said in the statement that the primary premier would also handle hand over two **, to Gadhafi the god's venass goddess Venus of Cyreneand taking , an ancient Roman statue taken in 1913 by Italian troops from the relions ruins of the great *** Greek and Roman settlement of Cyrene, on the Libya Libyan coast.

 

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ICRC Brings Aid to Thousands of Displaced Pakistani (2/2)

" So there are problems link linked to absence, *** absence of latrines, absence of anything nestory, and necessary. I mean basic neccessaties necessities are lucking and lacking. And, we know that the government has made some assistance, but it's it is limited , in the sence sense that if the people staying stay in these areas, they wanted more and will need to have more support and assistance. "

The displace displaced people are staying Lowerdier in lower Dir and Marden to travel Mardan, two tribal areas in Pakistan's northwest frontier province, about North West Frontier Province. About 25,000 people are living in 23 camps in Lowerdierlower Dir.

Haddad says the ICRC in Pakistan *** present and Pakistani Red Crescent are helping people in 6 six of these camps. She says they are the largest and most in need of urgent assistance.

The situation in Marden is different. She says the displace displaced there are largely living with host families. She says they are scarvled scattered in the areas and in accessment an assessment team is in the process of tracking there where abouttheir whereabouts.

Haddad says the situation in the travel area tribal areas is ivolutile very volatile and ** sporadic fighting is making it difficult for aid workers to move around and see what is happening on the ground.

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HIV Spreading in New York at Triple National Rate (2/2)

City official officials stress that because the tool was is new, it is not impossible yet possible to these herman determine whether infection infections in the city has have increased or decreased from previous years.
纽约官员强调，由于计算工具是新的，目前尚无法确认纽约市近几年的传染率是否增加或减少。

The report found that men who has have sex with other mean, with men was the group most at risk in 2006. Accounting , accounting for more than 3 three quarters of new infections. Other higher high risk groups included squining strug include intravenous drug users and sex focusworkers.
报告发现2006年，男同性恋者是最为危险的一个团体，占据超过四分之三的新传染者。其他高危险的群体包括静脉注射吸毒者和性工作者。

Dr. Sweeney said city official officials and partner programs divising are devising new methods to try and focus prevention and squining in highest screening at high-risk populations.
Sweeney医生说市区官员和伴侣工程设计了新的方法去尝试并致力于防治和筛选高风险的人群。

" Through addition thing We are doing additional things to make sure that we are reaching the target populationpopulations. So what about you One of our new prevention efforts have to do with is social network testing, which we call Social Network Testing, where we keep take people with who are highly impacted that focus - 6 workers, men who have sex with men, gay men and we Hispanics, and ask people in the network to bring their friends into testin to be tested. And next That serves two functions. One is to function, what will those get people into treat, make earlier treatment if they they're positive, and the other is interupt epdemic. Because they know they start, they to interrupt the epidemic through knowing their status are not giving it out in the *** inadvertently to other people. "
“我们在做一些更多的事情来确保我们在接近目标人群。我们新的预防措施之一是社会网络测试，我们选取6位高影响的人，同性恋者和西班牙人，并且要求他们带着朋友来测试。这些就为

Sweeney says said New York Health Officials health officials want to make HIV squining every team screening a routine part of care. A pallert pilot program of brownts after 3 in the Bronx offers free testing and increase encourages all people to get screentscreened.

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HIV Spreading in New York at Triple National Rate


New York City City's Department of Healthy Health and Human *** Hygiene said the report is the " most precise extimate estimate yet" of annual infection infections of the HIV virus in the cityCity.
纽约市健康和卫生局说这个报道是“最为精确估计的”纽约市的HIV病毒的年传染情况。

The report says in 2006, nearly 48000 4,800 New Yorker Yorkers contracted HIV, the virus caused that causes AIDS. This means there were 72 New Yorker new infections per 1000 100,000 people, . That number is 3 three times higher than the National national rate. It might be insidence , in which the incidence of new infection to is 23 per 1000 100,000 people. Over allOverall, that means an estimated 100,000 New Yourkers Yorkers are known to be HIV positive.
报道称在2006年，大约4800个纽约人感染上了HIV病毒，HIV是导致艾滋病的病毒。这意味着每10万个人有72个新的感染者。这个数量是美国全国感染率的3倍。全国的感染率是每10万人有23个新感染者。总体而言，估计10万纽约人是HIV阳性。

Dr. Monica Sweeney, the Healthy Department 16 Comissioner Health Departments Assistant Commissioner for HIV Preventioning Prevention and Controlsays , said New York City has long been considered the appesiter as a US appedamicepicenter of the U. S. epidemic.
健康部助理委员会HIV预防和控制部门的Monica Sweeney医生说，纽约市很久以来都被认为是美国HIV传染的中心。

" The insidence incidence is higher , because the good *** groups that are most impacted , are highly represenity represented in New York City. : Men who have sex with men, imigrate immigrants from *** certain parts of the world. So that there they are highly represenity represented in New York City. At present, city and for that reason we have 3 times the insidence incidence as the rate rest of the United States. "
“发病率很高是因为很多群体大部分被影响了，在纽约市极大的表现出来。男人跟男人发生性关系，移民从世界中心城市过来。所以纽约表现的很明显，这也是我们高于美国其他地方3倍的原因。

The finding findings in the report are based on the a new die *** formular, diagnostic formula created by the Center Centers for Disease Controling Control and Prevention . Perment that determines when people become posity positive within 180 days of contraction.
报告中的发现是基于新的由疾病控制和预防中心创建的新的诊断公式，公式确定了当人们在感染后180天之内，HIV即成阳性。

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纽约健康和卫生局称本报告是目前为止，对该市艾滋病感染评估最为精确的报告。

报告指出，2006年，近4800名纽约人感染了引起艾滋病的人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）。这意味着，每十万人中新发感染为72人。该数字比国家感染率（每十万人新发感染率为23人）高出三倍。总之，预计目前有十万纽约人为HIV阳性。

纽约市卫生局艾滋病预防与控制中心副主任Monica Sweeney说，长久以来，纽约都被认为是美国艾滋病流行的集中地。

纽约市发病率较高，这是因为最易感染的人群通常高度集中于本地：男同性恋者，来自世界各地的移民。他们一般都高度集中于纽约市。由于这个原因，我们才会比美国其他地方的发病率高出3倍。

报告中的结果是基于疾病预防和控制中心新诊断指南诊断出的。该指南中，确定感染后180内出现阳性结果的人为阳性。

McCain Picks Alaska Governor as Vice Presidential Candidate (2/2)

" How it is? Isn't Politics isn't just a game of competing interests and classion clashing parties? . The people of American America expect us to seek public office and to serve for the right reasons. "
　
Palin is the first female and the youngest person to be liked a elected governor in Alaska, a huge and remostday remote state that is home to keep key oil and gas reserves. As governor, the 44 Euros says 44-year-old said she has take the advantages taken advantage of high oil price prices to found fund new energy projects. " We will barcking are now embarking on a $40 billion natural gas pipe line pipeline to help lead American America to energy independanceindependence. "

Senator McCain has focused his campaign on finding new energy solution solutions, as well as maintaining strong millitary military support for the war in Iraq. Palin said her son has in listed enlisted in the amy Army, and will depoing be deploying soon to the region.

" On September 11th , Track will poy deploy to Iraq and in the service this of his country, and Todd and I are so pround proud of him . And and of all the fine man will ***. " men and women serving the country. ”
　
Palin travel traveled from Alaska to Ohio friday, Friday along with her husband Todd and four 4 of their five 5 children.

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McCain Picks Alaska Governor as Vice Presidential Candidate (1/2)

Senator McCain names Saral named Sarah Palin as his running mate only hours after the close of the Democratic Conversional National Convention in DanvardDenver. The announcement during the ** a rally in Ohio was aimed in driving at grabbing the attention away from Democrats and building nomenten momentum for the Republican Party Governsion Convention, which opens next week.
　
Senator McCain says said he choose chose the last governer Alaska governor after a long search for someone he said could bring change to Washington, and help put the Nation nation back on the road to prose virioty prosperity and peace.
　
" I have found the right partner to help me stand up to those wide use proviliges to who value their privileges over their responsibilities, who put powerful princeful power over principle, and put ** their interests before your natesneeds. "
　
McCain noted Palin is a relative new commer newcomer to politics and someone who has never serve served in Washington. He praised Palin for her record in Alaska, where she has served as Mayor, mayor and State commitionor state commissioner, and was liked elected governor in 2006.
　
Palin said she was proud to accept the invitation to run along side alongside John McCain and General Election in the general election in November. She said her record in the last show Alaska shows she is comitted committed to reform, such as cutting taxes and fighting curructioncorruption.

总是觉得自己的内心很空虚,好像有很多很多话说不出来,莫名的情愫, 没有人能够诉说,或者说根本就说不出来. 时间长了,连自己都懒得去看自己的内心. 于是,就这样默默的活着,忙忙碌碌却又碌碌无为的活着.

我不是选择性遗忘,是全部遗忘,过去的人,过去的事情,随着岁月的流逝,都已经忘的差不多了. 这样也是另一种开心,因为总是活在当下,活在对未来的期盼当中,没有了对过去的感怀和哀伤,反而更容易快乐!

只是, 每每回首过去的时光,总是感觉很空洞, 忘记了过去的时光, 好的,坏的,悲伤的,快乐的... 总是有那么一点点的印象,具体的却想不起来了. 静静的一个人的时候,却是感到可怕的...

New Technology Plays Growing Role in US Presidential Race (2/2)

" Washinton Washington is broken, . John McCain knows it. "

YouTube is one website they use being used by both candidates, both of campaignites . Both have uploaded campaign ads of themselves.

Rieck says YouTube messages have a direct appeal that expensive comercials can not television commercials cannot match.

" But I think the primary thing is that the a person could find clicks on a compu. .. , clicks on a YouTube video and its tem then it's him and the video, with history and it's his choice, they can startstop it, they can posit, so pause it. So I think in YouTube see the intimacy and ownership of a the event is better work ** and more connected to the riverviewer. "

Obama's campaign has taken a high tech the high-tech battle , once there futher one step further with his plan to anounces announce his vice presidential running maymate.

Supporters ** where these who submitted their wireless phone numbers will receive the information ahead of the new news mediathey attacks , via text message and E-mailemail.
That approach may have prosen countspros and cons.

" This connected on what, ** from technlogyis connecting to them almost viscerally through technology, This which is good, but . But if you, you know, specially its a especially as the campaign celerat, turn accelerates into the fall, if you ** you're bombarding these people with daily updates, iterupting and interrupting in filling up their mailboxmailboxes, there could be **8a backlash against that. "

New Technology Plays Growing Role in US Presidential Race (1/2)

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For Senators John McCain and Barak Barack Obama, " staying " on message" increasingly means " staying online" online. "

" I got this it in these ways to change a business is our businesses done in Washington. "

From website links help helping people register to vote, to links personal as to personalized pages at on " social network networks" such faceable as Facebook and myspace. The My Space - the campaigns of pesonal s the presumed Republican and Democratic nomonies having breeze nominees have embraced the Internet.

Brian Darling is a senior goverment government analyst with high tech foundation are conserved the Heritage Foundation, a conservative research institute in the Washington. " The candidates use Candidates are using all of these new technologies, whether they ** it be throwing videos or tech messages in on the Internet, or text messages, to get message messages out very quickly. SoI think this , we are seeing a campaign that is different from any compaign campaign in American America's history. " Democratic **

Democrat Howard Dean may have his ground cracker, he been the groundbreaker. He was condentor a contender for the ** democratic Democratic presidential nomination in 2004. Alnoles

Analysts, including Downard Right Donald Rieck, of Centre the Center for media Media and public affairsPublic Affairs, predict credit Dean as the first candidate to use the Internet to energize supporters.
" He is very utilize effectively utilized the Internet to get his name form the masses the in front of massive amounts of people, which is again in the presidential race what you need to do. "

Apple's iPhone Makes Quiet Entry in India (2/2)

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Airtel, one of the companies which lauched launched the iPhone, has struggled shrugged off the high price tag, saying it is *** targeting the high end " high-end achiever and youth segment. "

But many young people, like Angelar Choudory Ankita Chaudhury, doubt whether they will buy the iPhone anytime soon.

" That's it, . And I don't know if I want to buy , I don't knowit or not. It's price is very priced pretty high. "

Chief editor Technology at technology publisher submedia *** CyberMedia, Prasanto K. Roy, says the price will impact to sales.

" That There are lots of people looking, who have been waiting fortwo  2 years for this, and they are going to put down the moneybut . But the number numbers are clearly not going to anyway be anywhere near what they we could have expected, simply because, not just because of the price itself, but because fact the visibility lately the fact that there is clearvisibility of pricing will lie down. This worldwide, and this is three 3 times the U. S. price, so you can actually told order it over e-Bay at half the price is duing including customs duty. So that's , so that actually put puts quite down a dampener on the whole thing. "

Brave Quake Girl's HK Dream
勇敢女孩的香港梦

Teenage Sichuan earthquake survivor Yang Liu - who had both legs amputated below the knee so she could be pulled from the ruins of her collapsed school - is dreaming of a university place in Hong Kong.
10几岁的四川地震生还者杨柳梦想着在香港上大学，她在地震时被双腿被压在坍塌的学校废墟中，截断了膝盖以下的双腿生还。

Brave Yang, 18, who spent 70 hours in the rubble after the May 12 quake and had her limbs removed without anesthesia, hopes to study chemistry and will visit Hong Kong University and Polytechnic University during her six-day trip to the territory.
今年仅18岁的杨柳，在5月12号地震时被埋在废墟中长达70多个小时，在没有麻醉的条件下切断了她的双腿，她希望能够学习化学，并且将在她六天的访问时间中参观香港大学和香港理工大学。

The plucky teen, described by mainland media as "the poorest girl in the Sichuan earthquake," said Hong Kong was beautiful and she was happy about her first visit out of the mainland.
大陆媒体说她是“四川地震中最可怜的女孩”，她说香港很漂亮，这是她第一次参观大陆以外的地方，她很高兴。

Doctors took only about 20 minutes to remove her legs during the hasty on- site operation. With her legs crushed under tonnes of rubble, rescuers had feared infection would set in and prove fatal. Yang accepted her fate without complaint.
在现场救援的时候，医生仅用了20分钟切除了她的双腿，因为救援人员害怕在她的双腿压在沉重的废墟下，时间太久会导致感染而致命。杨毫无怨言的接受了她的命运。

Disability, however, has not dampened the earthquake victim's hunger for learning.
残疾并没有打消对这个地震生还者对学习的渴望。

Yang wants to complete her studies in a Shenzhen high school, which will give her a chance to enter university in Hong Kong.
杨柳希望能够在深圳高中完成她的高中学习，深圳高中能够给他提供进入香港的大学的机会。

Both of Yang's parents survived the magnitude 8 quake, as did her 11-year- old sister, but the family home was wrecked.
杨柳的父母以及她11岁的妹妹均在此次8级地震中生还，但是他们的房子已经倒塌了。

The following is the full text of the closing speech delivered by International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge at the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games on Sunday night.

以下是国际奥委会主席罗格在周日晚北京奥运会闭幕式上的讲话全文。

Dear Chinese friends,

亲爱的中国朋友们：

Tonight, we come to the end of 16 glorious days which we will cherish forever.

今晚，我们即将走到16天光辉历程的终点。这些日子，将在我们的心中永远珍藏。

Thank you to the people of China, to all the wonderful volunteers and to BOCOG!

感谢中国人民，感谢所有出色的志愿者，感谢北京奥组委。

Through these Games, the world learned more about China, and China learned more about the world.

通过本届奥运会，世界更多地了解了中国，中国更多地了解了世界。

Athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees came to these dazzling venues and awed us with their talent.

来自204个国家和地区奥委会的运动健儿们，在光彩夺目的场馆里同场竞技，用他们的精湛技艺博得了我们的赞叹。

 

New stars were born. Stars from past Games amazed us again. We shared their joys and their tears, and we marveled at their ability. We will long remember the achievements we witnessed here.

新的奥运明星诞生了，往日的奥运明星又一次带来惊喜，我们分享他们的欢笑和泪水，我们钦佩他们的才能与风采，我们将长久铭记在此见证的辉煌成就。

As we celebrate the success of these Games, let us altogether wish the best for the talented athletes who will soon participate in the Paralympic Games. They also inspire us.

在庆祝奥运会圆满成功之际，让我们一起祝福才华洋溢的残奥会运动健儿们，希望他们在即将到来的残奥会上取得优秀的成绩。他们也令我们倍感鼓舞。

To the athletes tonight: You were true role models. You have shown us the unifying power of sport.

今晚在场的每位运动员们，你们是真正的楷模，你们充分展示了体育的凝聚力。

The Olympic spirit lives in the warm embrace of competitors from nations in conflict. Keep that spirit alive when you return home.

来自冲突国家竞技对手之间的热情拥抱闪耀着奥林匹克精神的光辉。希望你们回国后让这种精神生生不息，时代永存。

These were truly exceptional Games!

这是一届真正的无与伦比的奥运会！

And now, in accordance with tradition, I declare the Games of the 29th Olympiac closed, and I call upon the youth of the world to assemble four years from now in London to celebrate the Games of the the 30th summer Olympic Games.

现在，遵照惯例，我宣布第29届奥林匹克运动会闭幕，并号召全世界青年四年后在伦敦举办的第30届奥林匹克运动会上相聚。

Thank you! 

谢谢大家！

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IOC chief: Beijing Olympic Games "truly exceptional Games"
罗格： 北京奥运会是一届无与伦比的奥运会

BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Olympic Games are "truly exceptional Games," said International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge at the Games' closing ceremony staged in the National Stadium in northern Beijing on Sunday night.
北京，8月24日（新华社）-- 北京奥运会是一届“无与伦比的奥运会”，国际奥委会主席雅克.罗格在奥运会闭幕式上评价到，闭幕式于周日晚上在国家体育馆举行。

"Through these Games, the world learned more about China, and China learned more about the world. Athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees came to these dazzling venues and awed us with their talent,"
“通过本次奥运会，世界对中国了解的更多，中国也对世界了解了更多。来自204个国际奥委会成员国的运动员参加了这次精彩的盛会，展现了他们的才能。”

The IOC president said the past 16 glorious days will be cherished forever. "New stars were born. Stars from past Games amazed us again. We shared their joys and their tears, and we marveled at their ability. We will long remember the achievements we witnessed here."
罗格说过去辉煌的16天将会永远被铭记。“新的明星产生，往届奥运会中的明星也再次让我们惊奇。我们分享着他们的快乐和悲伤，我们惊异于他们的能力。我们将长久的记住这些我们亲自证明的成就。”

He praised the athletes as "true role models". "You have shown us the unifying power of sport. The Olympic spirit lives in the warm embrace of competitors from nations in conflict. Keep that spirit alive when you return home."
他盛赞运动员是“真正的楷模”。“你们向我们展现了运动的强大。奥林匹克精神存在于来自冲突国家的竞争者们热烈的拥抱。当你们回去的时候也请保持这种精神。”

At the end of his speech, Rogge declared the closing of the Beijing Games in French, and called upon the youth of the world to assemble four years from now in London to celebrate the 30th summer Olympic Games.
在演讲的最后，罗格先生用法语宣布北京奥运会结束，并号召全世界的年轻人从现在开始准备4年后在伦敦欢庆第30届夏季奥运会。 Apple's iPhone Makes Quiet Entry in India (1/2)

Only a scand crowd ** for midnight launch Apple's iPhone in New Delhi Friday. It included the high school student, who said he want to show off the gage in school, and non ** who bought 6 sets for himself and his friends. That so handful more customers like executive Abhishek Jain to ** New Delhi store to buy the iphone, Jain is hugely impressed by the device which combine the music and video player, cell phone and web browser.

" No phone can match it, it is the best phone of that in world, that is what I feel, I'm very excited, I'm very very excited."

But it was no sign that people going up for those all the kind of place business when the iPhone was launched in several European undiation countries last month. But the reason is the goast the iPhone is selling for over $700 in India, triplits price in the United States. That is because unlike the United States, Indian mobile operators are not subsidizing the phone.

Only a scand scant crowd ** turned up for the midnight launch of Apple's iPhone in New Delhi on Friday. It included the a high school student, who said he want wants to show off the gage gadget in school, and non ** an entrepreneur who bought 6 sets for himself and his friends. That so

Daytime saw a handful more customers like executive, Abhishek Jainto ** , turn up at a New Delhi store to buy the iphone, iPhone. Jain is hugely impressed by the device, which combine the combines a music and video player, cellphone and web browser.

" No other phone can match it, it. This is the best phone of that one available in the world, that . This is what I feel, I'm . I am very excited, I'm I am very, very excited. "

But it there was no sign that of people going queuing up for those all hours, or the kind of place business craze witnessed when the iPhone was launched in several European undiation and Asian countries last month. But

Part of the reason is the goast cost - the iPhone is selling for over $700 in India, triplits triple its price in the United States. That is because unlike the United States, Indian mobile operators are not subsidizing the phone.

UN Commemorates Five-Year Anniversary of Headquarter Bombing in Baghdad (2/2)

Their children have grown without a parent, the other beloved the ones, many who are here with us now, feel their absence every day. We, too, mourn them all, they were heros, they faced a danger to help poeple in need. They did thir job in this largest and most noble sense.

After the attack, U.N. scaled back to operation in Iraq, but its presence is growing once again. The organization had helped to organiza election and draft a new constitution. Humanitarian agencies have helped those in need.

The Secretary general says security measures are constantly being reviewed world wide, paticularly in light of the boming of U.N. offices ** on December 11th, 2007. 17 staffers were killed in that attack.

"We think everyday about how to insure that our staff can operate under the basic possible conditions, how we can provide a state of art equipment, a strong protection, and a most expensive, safty majors."

Since the beginning of U.N. keeped oreation in 1948, more than 700 persons now have lost their life in the line of judy.

" Their children have grown without a parent, the . Their other beloved the ones, many who are here with us now, feel their absence every day. We, too, mourn them all, they . They were heros, they heroes. They faced a danger to help poeple people in need. They did thir their job in this its largest and most noble sense. "

After the attack, the U. N. scaled back to operation its operations in Iraq, but its presence is growing once again. The organization had has helped to organiza election organize elections and draft a new constitution. Humanitarian agencies have helped those in need.

The Secretary general Secretary-General says security measures are constantly being reviewed world wideworldwide, paticularly particularly in light of the boming bombing of U. N. offices ** in Algiers on December 11th, 2007. 17 staffers were killed in that attack.
　
" We think everyday every day about how to insure ensure that our staff can operate under the basic best possible conditions, how . How we can provide a state of art state-of-the-art equipment, a strong the strongest protection , and a the most expensive, safty majorsextensive safety measures. "

Since the beginning of U. N. keeped oreation peacekeeping operations in 1948, more than 700 persons now personnel have lost their life lives in the line of judyduty.

　Gold Redemption for Chinese Swim Team

　　Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008 By HANNAH BEECH - The Beijing Olympics may boast one of the coolest natatoriums in Olympic history — the luminescent bubble-wrapped confection called the 'Water Cube' — but Chinese swimmers weren't expected to make much of a splash in its pool lanes. But Liu Zige, a 1.81m (5'11") butterfly specialist, had other ideas.
周四，8月14日，汉娜.比奇--北京奥运会将以他奥运史上最冷的游泳馆之一而自豪--用冰冷的泡泡--包围着，称为“水立方”--但是中国的游泳运动员并未期望能够在这个水池里获得什么收获。但是刘子歌，一位身高1.81米的蝶泳运动员却不这样认为。

On Aug. 14th, the 19-year-old grabbed a gold by setting a world-record time in the 200m butterfly final. Just behind her was her Chinese compatriot Jiao Liuyang, who claimed the silver. Australian Jessicah Schipper took the bronze. "I didn't expect I could swim so fast," said a delighted Liu, who demolished Schipper's previous world record by 1.22 seconds — an eternity in the split-second world of swimming.
8月14号， 19岁的刘子歌在200米蝶泳决赛上获得一枚金牌并刷新世界记录。在她后面是银牌得主她的中国队友焦刘洋。澳大利亚选手杰西卡.Schipper获得铜牌。“我也没想过能够游这么快，”刘高兴的说，她打破了Schipper保持的前世界记录，超出1.22秒--一个世界泳坛上瞬间创造的永恒。。

Country Music World Mourns 'Drifting Cowboy' Don Helms (1/2)

Fans and critics often use the word "lonesome" when describing the sound of classic country music, but what is the lonesome sounds like? For many, it's the mix of Hank William's voice and Dan Helms' ** guitar around, sounds like "cold cold heart". That was Hank's very good voice sounds hero and He is also mark favor. That is the Helms, the last surviver pink volumns drifting cowboy that in an interview record in 1999.

Now at first you might think piking a favored Hank Williams sound wouldn't be difficult. After all, the icony country singer only recorded the 66 songs under his own name and amazing 37 of those were hits however making the choice much more difficult, a specially for Don Helms, who played almost of now classic recordings by Hank Williams, you know, sound ones by his autory go looks drifter.

Don Helms, who died by hard attack on Monday, whose born on 1927, the seventh state of Alabama, and his ground up listening the steel guitar on the weekly broadcast of the grand operate. At 15, Helms purchased his first steel guitar by 1943. He was good enough to be playing in Hank William's band.

Fans and critics often use the word " lonesome" when describing the sound of classic country music, but . But what is the does " lonesomesounds " sound like? For many, it's the mix of Hank William's Williams' voice and Dan Don Helms' ** steel guitar around, sounds on songs like " cold cold heart" Cold Cold Heart. "

" That was Hank's very good voice sounds hero favorite of all the songs that he wrote, and He is it's also mark favor. my favorite, " That is the was Don Helms, the last surviver pink volumns drifting cowboy that survivor of Hank Williams' " Drifting Cowboys, " in an interview record recorded in 1999. Now at first, you might think piking picking a favored favorite Hank Williams sound song wouldn't be difficult. After all, the icony iconic country singer only recorded the 66 songs under his own nameand .

An amazing 37 of those were hits, however, making the choice much more difficult, a specially especially for Don Helms, who played almost on most of now classic those now-classic recordings by Hank Williams , you know, sound ones by and his autory go looks drifteralter ego, " Luke the Drifter. "
 
Don Helms, who died by hard of a heart attack on Monday, whose was born on in 1927,   in the seventh southern state of Alabama, and his ground grew up listening to the sound of steel guitar guitars on the weekly radio broadcast of the grand operateGrand Ole Opry. At 15, Helms purchased his first steel guitar, and by 1943. He , he was good enough to be playing in Hank William's Williams' band.

High Oil Prices Brings Back Some US Jobs (2/2)

"In December, we had about 3 employees here, we just plan to set up andnow we have 14. Economy say shipping products form another countries make sense when oil were $20 a barrel. These days, the 40' container that used cost $3000 to ship from Shanghai to New York, now cost about $8000.

Some companies also find its more cost effective to manufacture with U.S. some goods destine for American markets. Economist Jeffery Robin says high shipping cost could benifit the American industry, which used to maintain large fabrication planting industrial city like Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania.

"When you have to ship ironore from Brazil to China to make steel and then ship it back to New York. Pittsburgh is working pretty good." One American can higher standard paid than workers of another countries. Bring job back to United States would not neccessary meaning high prices for comsumpter. For example, Chinese says it takes 70 people in China 20 minutes to make one of flat irons. Using odmission, he says, the same flat iron take 5 American 5 minutes to make.

" In December, we had about 3 three employees here, we . We were just plan to getting set upandnow we have . Now it's 14. Economy " Economists say shipping products form another from other countries make made sense when oil were was $20 a barrel. These days, the 40' a 40-foot container -- that used to cost $3000 to ship from Shanghai to New York , -- now cost costs about $8000.  

Some U. S. companies are also find its finding it's more cost effective to manufacture with in the U. S. some goods destine destined for American marketsconsumers.
 
Economist Jeffery Robin Jeffrey Rubins says high shipping cost costs could benifit benefit the American steel industry, which used to maintain large fabrication planting fabricating plants in industrial city cities like Pittsburghand , Pennsylvania.
" When you have to ship ironore shift iron ore from Brazil to China to make steel and then ship it back to New York. Pittsburgh is working , Pittsburgh's looking pretty good. , " One American can Rubins said.

While Americans earn a higher standard paid of pay than workers of another in other countries. Bring job , bringing jobs back to the United States would not neccessary meaning high necessarily mean higher prices for comsumpterconsumers. For example, Chinese Shami says it takes 70 people in China 20 minutes to make one of his flat irons. Using odmissionautomation, he says , the same flat iron take 5 American 5 takes five Americans about five minutes to make.

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High Oil Prices Brings Back Some US Jobs (1/2)

A Texas business man says one way to help U.S. economy is stop sending American jobs overseas. Foruce Shawmy operates a billion dollar hearcare company, that makes more than a thousand different products. He say *** is called "Qi". "Qi Qi Qi Qi, everything is Qi now." Most of Qi's hearcare products manufacturing used to Texas. But other of them are still his company such as flanairs and blow dryers are still made in China and South Korea. Not for won, Shawmi plans to shut down his manufacturing operations overseas, and bring those jobs back to Texas. " Just close it, you know, forget about it, you know, ***** at home, our people need job more than Chinese and Korean.

Shawmy says the move will creat about 1000 well-paid full-time jobs within a year. " We like our people to be asure, we like our people to be update, that will bering *** the company. The same thing is happening on the smallest gill at this North Carolina forniture manufaturing plants. Because soaring transportation cost, *** were casy hurt that is not cheaper than local crisment to bult his forniture design.

A Texas business man businessman says one way to help the U. S. economy is to stop sending American jobs overseas. Foruce Shawmy
Farouk Shami operates a billion dollar hearcare haircare company , that makes more than a thousand different products. He say *** His signature line is called " Qi" . " Qi Qi Qi Qi, everything is Qi nowChi. "

Most of Qi's hearcare Chi's haircare products manufacturing used to are manufactured in Houston, Texas. But other of them are still items sold by his company -- such as flanairs flat irons and blow dryers -- are still made in China and South Korea.

Not for won, Shawmi long. Shami plans to shut down his manufacturing operations overseas , and bring those jobs back to Texas. , " Just close it, . you know, konw forget about it, . you know , ***** charity starts at home , and our people need job the jobs more than the Chinese and Koreanthe Koreans. Shawmy "

Shami says the move will creat create about 1,000 well-paidfull-time , full time jobs within a year. " We like our people to be asure, we insured. We like our people to be updatebetter paid, that will bering *** that's what brings loyalty to the company. "

The same thing is happening, on the smallest gill a smaller scale, at this a North Carolina forniture manufaturing plantsfurniture manufacturing plant. Because of soaring transportation costcosts, *** were casy hurt that is not factory owner Casey Hearn says it's now cheaper than to hire local crisment craftsmen to bult build his forniture designfurniture designs.

Small Business Comes Back to Life in Iraq (2/2)

Kabul has received twenty five hundred dollar loan from the U.S. goverment to improve this business. Since two thousand three, the U.S. has given about eighteen million dollars in loans to small Iraqi business. He says business is good and he hope to open a bigger shop, he wants to buy new tables and chairs. This small business owner works in Baghdad Green Zone, a safer area control by the U.S. millitary.

For the past four years, he and his son happen seven ***, most to U.S. troops. He says he used to make dish in eleven, but now the more U.S. troops are leaving Iraq, he says that is difficult.

South of Baghdad, two Iraq business men built gasoline station in the town of Tounise, this is the only station for many kilometers.They say they open this station after the area became safer, customers line up to fill their vehicles as well as the container will gasoline. They say they have many customers but the station sometimes runs off gasoline, because there are not enough trucks transport for gas from southern Iraq.


Kabul has received twenty five hundred dollar a $2,500 loan from the U. S. goverment government to improve this his business. Since two thousand three2003, the U. S. has given about eighteen million dollars $18-million in loans to small Iraqi businessbusinesses.

He says business is good and he hope hopes to open a bigger shop, he . He wants to buy new tables and chairs.

This small business owner works in Baghdad Baghdad's Green Zone, a safer area control controlled by the U. S. millitarymilitary. For the past four years, he and his son happen seven ***, most have been selling souvenirs, mostly to U. S. troops.

He says he used to make dish in eleven, but a decent living. But now the that more U. S. troops are leaving Iraq, he says that is difficult.
South of Baghdad, two Iraq business men Iraqi businessmen built a gasoline station in the town of Tounise, this is Tunis. It's the only station for many kilometers. They say they open this opened the station after the area became safer, customers . Customers line up to fill their vehicles as well as the container will containers with gasoline.

They say they have many customers, but the station sometimes runs off out of gasoline , because there are not enough trucks transport for transporting gas from southern Iraq.