Steve Jobs - 1955-2011

apple.com main page on Oct 6, one day after iPhone 4s was announced.

Stay Strong, Japan

UEFA has announced today that a minute's silence will be observed before kick-off at all UEFA club competition matches taking place this week, as a show of support for Japan and as a mark of respect for the victims following the tragic earthquake and ensuing tsunami that affected the country on Friday 11 March.

Japan after Quake

Yuriage in Natori in 2008. © 2011 Google, DigitalGlobe
2008年 宮城県名取市閖上© 2011 Google, DigitalGlobe

Get Well Soon, Japan

Fujitsuka in Sendai after tsunami. © 2011 Google, GeoEye
被災後 宮城県仙台市若林区藤塚（現地2011/3/12 撮影） © 2011 Google, GeoEye

uriage in Natori after tsunami. © 2011 Google, GeoEye
被災後 宮城県名取市閖上（現地2011/3/12 撮影） © 2011 Google, GeoEye

rahama in Sendai after tsunami. © 2011 Google, GeoEye
被災後 宮城県仙台市若林区荒浜（現地2011/3/12 撮影） © 2011 Google, GeoEye

Now Rooney is Staying!

This is a little bit hard to digest... Sensational drama in the last couple of days.

One thing for sure, Sir Alex Ferguson is the best manager in the world, and probably in the history of football. The way he handles the whole situation and turns it around is simple outstanding.

United really do have a superb manager.

And that stupid fella, Wayne, is the most stupid yet talented player. What is next now for him? How is he going to win back the supporters' trust? It is an interesting turn on event and we are in for an exciting season now!

Football, bloody hell.

我要的不多

　 作曲：马兆骏 作词：袁琼琼
　 （歌词转自 音魁网 www.inkui.com）
　 我要的不多
歌 无非是一点点温柔感受
词 我要的真的不多
转 无非是体贴的问候
自 亲切的微笑 真实的拥有
音 告诉我 哦告诉我
魁 你也懂得一个人的寂寞
网 你也懂得一个人的寂寞
ｉ （歌词转自 音魁网 www.inkui.com）
ｎ 有多少空白的心在静夜里跳动
ｋ 有多少呐喊在胸腔里沉默
ｕ 不同的梦里只有冷漠
ｉ 这样的夜 我不理人
· 人不理我
ｃ （歌词转自 音魁网 www.inkui.com）
ｏ 我要的不多
ｍ 无非是眼光里有你有我
　 我要的真的不多
　 无非是两心的交流
　 轻轻的触摸 真实的占有
　 告诉我 哦告诉我
　 这世界孤单的不止是我

Exceptional Photos - Oil in the Gulf

Gulf of Mexico oil spill

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Keeping up-to-date on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill

It is estimated that at least 6 million gallons of oil have leaked into the Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon explosion a month ago. Cleanup efforts are underway, but the oil has spread extensively around the Gulf and along the southern U.S. coastline. Oil has begun washing up onthe beaches of Louisiana and the delicate wetlands along the Mississippi River, and can spread to Florida and throughout the Gulf as weather conditions change.

911 Aerial View Photos...

Handout image dated 11 September 2001 taken by the New York City Police Department and obtained by ABC News, showing an aerial view of the terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York. The image was obtained by ABC News via a Freedom of Information Act request. If this image is posted on a website, a link must be provided to the ABC News website, www.abcnews.go.com

春节如意!

春节将至，在此预祝： 家庭顺治 生活康熙 人品雍正 事业乾隆 万事嘉庆 前途道光 财富咸丰

内外同治 千秋光绪 万众宣统 一帆风顺 二龙腾飞 三阳开泰 四季平安 五福临门

六六大顺 七星报喜 八方聚财 九久同心 十全十美 百岁吉祥 千金福禄

万事如意!!

Change the World

Postsecret.blogspot.com

The Haiti Map - before and after - How to help

The American Red Cross

www.redcross.org

Text "Haiti" to 90999 to donate $10 (billed to your phone)

The United Nations World Food Program

www.wfp.org

The Salvation Army

www.salvationarmyusa.org

Action Against Hunger

www.actionagainsthunger.org

Project HOPE

www.projecthope.org

Partners in Health

www.pih.org

Devastation in Haiti

As the scope of the devastation from a magnitude-7.0 earthquake became clearer Wednesday, survivors spoke in terms of all that has disappeared. Most hospitals, houses, schools, roads and grocery stores — virtually every necessity of basic life — were transformed into piles of rubble.

Thousands were dead, President René Préval said, and one of the world's poorest countries had become almost entirely dependent on outside help to survive.

• USGS: USGS called it the strongest earthquake since 1770 in what is now Haiti

• The quake struck on January 12, 2010 at 4:53 p.m.

• The 7.0 magnitude quake's epicenter hit just 10 miles west of Porte-au-Prince and its 2 million inhabitants

• 3 million people in need of emergency aid after major earthquake

• The major quake sent 33 aftershocks ranging in magnitude from 4.2 to 5.9

• The Red Cross dispatched a relief team from Geneva and the UN's World Food Program is flying in two planes with emergency food aid.

• The Inter-American Development Bank said it was immediately approving a $200,000 grant for emergency aid.

• Some 9,000 peacekeepers have been in Haiti since 2004, including 1,266 Brazilians.

• Haiti has no real construction standards.

• November 2008: Following the collapse of a school in Petionville, the mayor of Port-au-Prince estimated about 60% of buildings were shoddily built and unsafe in normal circumstances.

Popeye's creator gets a Google logo

Elzie Crisler Segar might not be a household name, but the Popeye creator has become the latest person to be honoured with his ownGoogle Doodle.

The internet search giant has depicted the rambunctious cartoon seaman in typically feisty pose on what would have been Segar's 115th birthday.

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Thierry Henry's hand ball sent France to World Cup

"I will be honest it was a handball but I'm not the referee."

THIERRY HENRY,
the French soccer star admits that he used his hand to set up France's decisive goal against the Republic of Ireland in the World Cup qualification play-off

Nice.

Redwoods, the giant trees!

The Super Trees

They can grow to be the tallest trees on Earth. They can produce lumber, support jobs, safeguard clear waters, and provide refuge for countless forest species. If we let them.

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Sir Alex Ferguson's advices... read and remember!

“I say to my players, ‘What is the hardest thing to achieve in life?’ ” Ferguson said. “I think one of the hardest things you can do is to work hard all your life. I don’t think that’s easy. I say to them, ‘Look at me: have I changed? Am I still as hungry as I was ten years ago when you first came to me as young kids?’ The answer is yes. So if I don’t change, does that not tell you something that is nice? Which is that working hard is actually good for you.

“I hear that people want to retire at 50 or 55 and I can’t believe that. What are they going to do with their lives? Sit in the house and read the bloody papers or twiddle their thumbs when there’s a world out there that you should be working for?

“It’s great to get up early. I’m up early every morning and I’ve got a whole day to enjoy. I try to get it across to my players that working hard is a quality. People think it’s an easy thing to be able to say, ‘He works hard, right enough; he’s enthusiastic, right enough’, but it’s not. It’s bloody hard to be that way all the time.

他走了

我來晚了。不知道是最後一個晚上。

隔天, 他走了。

 

感到十分、十分哀傷。

 

昨晚,

真的是最後一次见面。

How bad is the meltdowns?

You'd be amazed at how you don't even know where your money goes. It took us a couple of months to get a firm handle on our expenses. There are some things you only pay a few times a year and you forget them, and then they crop up and you don't have $40 for the water bill or veterinarian...

...and told friends we'd brown-bag our lunches. One of them said we could go to a cheap restaurant, but I can't. I'm not sure they really understand how it is. I know I didn't until it happened to me. -- Umemployed.

I cut the staff from 18 to 14. We've eliminated the dining-room manager, the second highest position.  -- Restaurant Owner.

I had worked at the GM plant here since 1995. I was in a press room stamping out exterior parts for the Chevy Cobalt — doors and body sides. As recently as nine months ago, it looked like a really solid place to work. When gas prices were high, the small cars were hot. In December 2008, things started to look bad. Sales just fell apart. People couldn't get financing. I got laid off in January. I'm hoping that maybe by January 2010, we can start getting people back in the plant. -- ex-GM worker

'One of my clients — 45 years old, a top executive — e-mailed me, "Should I sell everything?" I wrote back, "No, you're fine, you can ride this out." His return e-mail said, "I knew that was the right answer." I've been telling a lot of people that they're going to be O.K. They need to hear that right now.' -- Financial Adviser

Now we have $2 and $3 blackjack. I would say that came about in the last six months. Some of the Strip hotels still have $10 and $15 minimum games, and I'm seeing more people coming downtown for at least part of their visit. I am averaging about $2,000 a month gross. Tips are steady. Even though a lot of people are having hard times, there's always the need for entertainment and relaxation. Gambling is entertaining for a lot of people. -- The blackjack Dealer

I used to see about five M-15s sold a year. Until about two weeks ago, we were selling about five a week. Now it's three a week. More women are buying, especially older ones. A lot of them are widows who are alone, and they want to have self-protection, just because of the economy. We've had a lot of robberies and break-ins in our area, and they're attributing that to people being out of work. -- Gun Store Owner

In 24 years, I've never seen anything like what's happening now. What I've noticed more than anything is that people are completely staying away.  -- A Boutique Owner

We're selling more wine; we're selling more organic food; we're selling more produce, more fresh things. Maybe these people who were eating at restaurants are cooking more meals at home. The awareness of people that I'm seeing is really keyed into value, where it wasn't before. It seemed like we were going through a period where people would see something and think, "Oh, that's a good deal," and then keep walking. Now it stops them. It's more important to them somehow.  -- Grocery Store Owner

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