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近日，大渡口区松青路社区，有一支10人“念叨队”，就像电影《大话西游》中的唐僧，连续7天，每天花13小时，对着一群占道经营者不停念叨，直到其主动 撤摊，搬进农贸市场为止。“不要让我看到，不然还要来念哟。”2日早上，家住松青路社区锦天华园3栋4楼的周成芳站在小区门口大声吆喝。68岁的周成芳， 是该社区念叨队成员之一，2日早上6时至中午12时，由她站岗，发现占道经营者，立马上前念叨。

春晖路街道松青路社区党委书记颜 平说，一年多来，30家经营户每天在小区外马路两边占道经营，污水横流，臭气熏天，城管执法多次，仍不管用。一周前，社区决定：秘密组建10人念叨队，每 天分两班，每班两人，从早到晚，13小时内，轮流对30家占道户念叨，力争一周内劝服对方搬进农贸市场经营。

端个板凳坐起：

念叨，还是念叨

“像说快板和相声一样，不停地说。”周成芳打趣，第一天上岗，占道户没把她放在眼里，照样吆喝卖菜、卖水果。周成芳在附近借了一个小板凳，坐在菜贩身 旁，手拿一瓶水，不停地念：“在此摆摊，居民啷个过路？环境卫生要靠大家共同维护；农贸市场那么好的条件还不去，笨哟……”   Continue (继续)

A giant panda plays with ice to cool itself at the Wuhan Zoo in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei province, July 13, 2009. The zoo provides ice to adjust temperature for animals when the highest temperature surpasses 35 degrees centigrade.

A discussion about tricky operation of investing in property in China. More information can be found here.

昨晚，和一个开典当行的同学喝酒。我问同学，“你买了多少套房子，多少间铺面？”
“房子22套，铺面12间。”同学炫耀似的答道。
“那你花了多少钱呢？”同学虽然是千万级的富翁，但他也不至于能把千万多的钱压在固定资产上吧！我心中默算了一下，非常怀疑！
“现在买房子，傻瓜才掏钱！亏你还是个生意人！”同学鄙视的看着我。
同学的话，简直令我震耳欲聋，使我目瞪口呆。我连忙虚心请教。于是，同学就对我说出一番匪夷所思、惊世骇俗的话来……以下，都是我同学的话，虽然词句有些出入，但基本语意我还是转述清楚了的。
一、买房不掏钱，你是怎么操作的？
同学的话—— Continue (继续)

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7月18日，东方卫视《主持人舞林大会》第四场比赛落幕，一贯台风沉稳庄重的赵忠祥老师，今天也一改平日风格，舞林赛场又是跳舞又是剧情表演，并且自爆擅长“70年代的太空舞”，并现场跳起迈克尔·杰克逊经典“太空舞”，和薛之谦上演一段酷劲十足的飙舞大战。

赵忠祥大飚杰克逊“太空舞”

此次薛之谦的一袭黑西装加白色臂章，乃是模仿刚刚逝去的乐坛天王迈克尔·杰克逊。薛之谦坦言即使《舞林大会》已经出现过100次这样的装束，今 天还是会穿成天王的样子，跳天王的舞蹈《Dangerous》，来表达对天王的追思。老师们为薛之谦编的舞蹈集恰恰、街舞和杰克逊的太空舞于一身，这样的 舞蹈编排堪称空前。为了这次比赛，薛之谦对平时的训练极其用心，几次练到腿抽筋。而他对杰克逊的舞步也有着独到的领悟，所以评委评价他一直留在杰克逊的状 态里，而把恰恰的因素完全忽略了。薛之谦最后首轮未能晋级，在第二轮PK大战中，才惊险夺下晋级名额。

现场主持人赵忠祥对于薛之谦的太空舞步好奇心大起，赵忠祥说自己70年代就跳过太空舞，现场展示了他所标榜的“机械太空舞”。只见赵忠祥老师动作缓慢、前脚后脚不停摆动，一点没有迈克尔·杰克逊紧凑动感的节奏，随后被戴军一针见血地指出：“赵老师您顺拐了！”

由于缺少经验，薛之谦最终还是放弃了拉面，重新选择了唱歌为大家才艺表演，在一曲清唱的《梦醒了》之后，薛之谦以极高的现场人气得到了晋级机会。而赵忠祥还是对薛之谦的拉面手艺耿耿于怀，戏谑道：“你面拉成那样还能晋级？！”

Below is a story between Jia San, who is the owner of a local restaurant in Xi An, and Mao Xinyu, the grandson of Chairman Mao Zedong. It is rumored that Jia San impressed Mao Xinyu so much that Mao insists to have a photo taken with him, and wrote him the words as attached – Ya Da Man!

贾 三包子店坐落于西安西大街回民区麻家什子。记得我第一次去，才知道除了贾三包子，还有贾大和贾二包子。三家店铺比邻而开，大有不容水火之势。贾大，贾二， 贾三原是亲兄弟，一开始合开了一家店，但论起做生意的本事，兄弟差别还真的很大，其中属贾三最肯动脑筋，贾氏牛肉灌汤包子的制馅，作法就是他的原创。兄弟 三人因为生意和家庭方面的原因，分了家各开各店，暗地里叫开了劲。当然，贾三的生意还是最火的。

当 年我一走进贾三包子铺，迎面而来，吸引我眼球的不是包子，而是满墙几十个大大小小的玻璃相框，都是贾三和各类名人们的合影照片，包括文化名流，乡土士绅， 达官显贵等等。别看这些名人平时人模狗样，衣冠楚楚。到了灌汤包子面前，各个兴高采烈，笑逐颜开，那满脸堆满的笑纹，就和那包子褶似地分外好看，动人。

去的饭馆多了，知道这一招人人都用，但像贾三店里这么多的与名人的合影，还真是很罕见，所以到贾三店里花钱吃包子，免费看名人，倒也情趣盎然。

出国后，和各个族裔打交道多了，我才发现，爱和名人照相，绝不只是咱中国人的专利，外国人也有好这一口的。

一个星期天的傍晚，我开车到一个mall，在一个僻静的角落，有一家pizza店，闲来无事，就走进去转转，没想到一进门，我就两眼发晕，还以为来到贾三包子铺啦。满墙满眼都是大幅照片，店主人是一个留着小胡子的印巴裔或者中东裔的中年人。再看那些照片，都是店主和当地的市长，议员，文化名流的合影。看到这么多名人都买过这位老兄的pizza，心里不禁好奇，就多订了两张饼。坐在那里等候的当口，我开始仔细端详起这些照片，越看这位店主，越不像是卖pizza的，倒像一位专业人士，因为他和名人合影时，其身量，做派和贾三决然不同。 Continue (继续)

It is reported that Sinopec has spent 12 Million RMB (1.7 million USD) on a Chandelier in its office building. The news has aroused strong reaction on Internet in China as a lot of people see Sinopec as a beneficiary of monopoly in energy sector. In addition, Sinopec is perceived not to lower the price of gasoline when international oil price is coming down, causing more furiousness among vehicle owners.

近日，关于中石化的讨论一波未平，一波又起。“中石化谈裸油价”还未平息，又有一网友爆料“中石化大楼一盏1200万的天价吊灯”，再次把中石化推上了舆论的风口浪尖。此帖随后被各大论坛转载，迅速成为网上热点。

天价吊灯“吓”坏参观者

7 月13日，ID为“banwanliming”的网友在论坛上发出了一个名为“朋友去中石化参观了价值1200万的天价吊灯”的帖子，在文中称，“前不 久，几位朋友到数十亿建造的中国石化大楼参观，10余层高的辉煌大堂已经让所有人惊讶了，可是负责接待的领导偏偏让大家猜猜悬挂在大堂中间的一个吊灯的价 格，有人猜8千，有人猜1万，有人猜5万，有人猜10万，也许去的朋友没见过大市面，看看接待方的眼神和摇晃的脑袋，大胆报出100万的天价。

接待方的领导看大家真的猜不出来了，便说‘再加10倍也不够！’，大家真的目瞪口呆了：‘啊？1000多万一个灯？’这时接待方领导小声地说：1200万。现场所有的人彻底地晕了！”

在帖子结尾，该网友还特地指出：“而就在前不久中石化还声称：为社会责任去年炼油实际亏1144亿，我大概的算了算去年中石化实际亏超9533个吊灯。” Continue (继续)

(Source: Tianya) It is reported in Chinese website that some of the beneficiaries of increasing property price are thinking of cashing in. According to the author below, he owns three flat apartments in Hang Zhou, which is a middle size city in China. As to the reason why he easily occupies three, the author did not disclose much.

As a result of the recent property market spike, the author’s asset has increase threefold. He sees the opportunity of immigrating to Hongkong by investing 6.5 Million RMB (878K USD). By holding a Hongkong passport it makes international travel much easier and the author can continue to enjoy the benefit in China.

4万亿真是好，眼看俺的数字一天天涨，呵呵。先下手果然不错。现在俺准备撤了，呵呵。单位的一套房改房、03年的一套房，06年的一套房，俺保留一套，其他脱手，大概400多万。香港移民只要650万，买点沙田的小户型，搞个便捷旅馆，暂时当个小寓公，到时候再套现出来。这顿上涨正好，俺就到手走遍天下的护照了，呵呵。

罗杰斯说一通鸡血过后必然是一地鸡毛。不过鬼佬的判断可能不准确，他们有自己的小九九，也许是爬坡的中间阶段，但是俺还是有点后怕，还是套现为王。至少混个身份，以后旅游方便点。

哪位老大对澳洲移民的情况了解点？听说没有香港要求高，对投资移民的行业有没有限制？买房开旅馆行不行？ Continue (继续)

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(WSJ) HONG KONG — Hong Kong lawmakers approved a government plan to expand the city’s Disneyland at a cost of about US$465 million.

The late Friday approval came after Walt Disney Co. and the Hong Kong government agreed to expand their joint venture, Hong Kong Disneyland, two weeks ago after two years of negotiation.

The proposed expansion will add three theme areas and 30 new attractions, enlarging the park by nearly a quarter over the next five years. Continue (继续)

Kaixin Wang is getting more and more attention among Chinese white collars.  In fact, Kaixin Wang is a Chinese version of SNS such as Facebook. According to the operater of the website, Kaixin Wang aims to bring happiness for those who join it, thereafter the name Kaixin, which means happiness in Chinese. It is estimated that there are about 9 million registered users on Kaixin Wang, making it the biggest SNS website in China.

However, the growth of Kaixin Wang is never that smooth. There are continuous critism from outside on the intention of the website. It is reported that some of the addicted users spend at least 4-5 hours every day on Kaixin Wang, and it drives them crazy to conduct some of the activities requested by the website, such as stealing the vegetable from a friend. For such an operation sometimes the user will have to set the alarm and wake up at the middle night.

Kaixin Wang also faces potential competition with the similar concepts. A company called Qian Xiang registered an almost identical website also called Kaixin Wang to compete for users. It is said that the original Kaixin Wang is going to sue the follower any time soon.

从去年下半年开始，一个叫“开心网”的网站在年轻人里迅速传播，成为不少网友生活中不可缺少的一部分。开心网的网站说明里这样写道：开心网是一个在线社区，通过它，您可以与朋友、同学、同事、家人保持更紧密的联系，及时了解他们的动态；与他们分享你的照片、心情、快乐。简单地说，加入了开心网网友的大军，除了可以如写博客般随时记录自己的心情，还可以去看看你的朋友最近做了什么，也可以和朋友一起参加开心网上的买房买车、买卖奴隶、争车位、种菜等游戏，去实践很多现实生活中没有做过或者做不到的事情。 Continue (继续)

A young guy in South China cliams himself to be the baby that Michael Jackson carried when MJ was in China 22 years ago. He says that Michael Jackson is a very kind person from heart and his contribution to the music world overshadows all the allegation towards him such as drug, sex, debt, etc. From the appearance of his photo, this young guy looks a bit like the baby in Michael Jackson’s hand.

昨日，在许多网络论坛上，都转载着一篇名为《我就是迈克尔·杰克逊来广东中山时抱过的小孩!我有话说》的帖子。在猫扑论坛上，怀疑就是原创作者的发帖者“醉后倚红裙”在文中贴出一张照片，内容为一名青年男子捧着一张迈克尔·杰克逊怀抱一名婴儿的老照片。发帖者称，他自己便是老照片上的那个杰克逊在中山抱过的婴儿。在文中，发帖者对某些媒体“永远都是迈克尔·杰克逊的阴暗面、丑闻、官司、整容等，对于他对整个流行乐的贡献、对MTV的贡献、对慈善的贡献、对世界环保与和平的贡献几乎只字不提”表示了不满，并称“其实迈克尔·杰克逊是个非常内向、亲和、善良的人，是个没有一点架子的人”。

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Mr Li Chenghong, a 43 year old Physics PhD claims that he found a ‘mathematical error’ in the ‘Relativity Theory’, which is one of the master pieces of Einstein, the arguably smartest human being in 20th century.

Mr. Li claims that he has spent 3 years researching on ‘Relativity Theory’ and just obtained the finding recently. He submitted his finding to Nature a few weeks ago. However, he has not received any feedback so far. He is not frustrated with the lack of response however, claiming that a lot of important findings in history has been thrown into rubbish bin by established journals such as Nature. Recently he held a seminar in Electronic and Technology University to brief his finding. Nevertheless most of the audience have no clue what he is talking about.

43岁的光学博士生李成红相信，他只用了3年时间，就证明了爱因斯坦的狭义相对论是错误的。昨日下午，在电子科技大学物理电子学院204会议室，他宣布了自己的发现。

听众：完全不知所云

一位研究等离子体的博士告诉记者，他是被张贴在学院外的一张讲座通告吸引来的。通告的题目为“论狭义相对论的数学基础的错误”，内容简介是李成红自己写的：“从光速不变原理出发，推出了狭义相对论中的数学基础，也就是著名的洛伦兹变换与光速不变原理是相矛盾的……也推出了洛伦兹变换与麦克斯韦方程、能量守恒原理等矛盾。”

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Recently a joke version of Chinese map gets itself popular on the internet. It is labeled as ‘Map of China in the eyes of Shanghainese’. Shanghainese has traditionally enjoyed a unique reputation among Chinese as being snobbish, practical, efficient and arrogant. Such an image is reflected in the attached map that there are not many likeable places in China in the eyes of Shanghainese.