Medicine capsules
The stuff in some capsules
Well, an angry eye candy in his Capsule Corp. shirt
This blog is partly devoted to the sharing of my learning of the English language (my well mastered mother tongue is Chinese and I am not an English teacher) and its *cultures*, partly to the current significant trends in Canada and in the world, and partly to my own random thoughts and little life. I am not religious, but I am somewhat interested in Christianity and Buddhism, among other personal interests. Welcome. And, have a good day.
Mamma Mia!
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The film is based on the songs of legendary Swedish pop band ABBA and is an adaptation of the musical of the same name.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/britain/080715_mamma_mia.shtml
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The United States wants to send astronauts back to the Moon by 2020, but China could get there before them. Dr Michael Griffin told the BBC that China is now capable of sending a manned mission to the Moon within the next decade. Here's our science reporter Paul Rincon:
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2008/07/080716_china_space.shtml
The lead singer of the Canadian band Barenaked Ladies has been charged with drug possession in upstate New York.
Steven Page, along with two women, were arrested after police allegedly found cocaine and marijuana in a Fayetteville, N.Y., apartment, according to a Syracuse-area radio station's website, 9WSYR.com.
Page and one of the women were apparently arrested Friday at about 2 a.m. after police discovered a car with an open door in the driveway of a home. While they were investigating the vehicle, officers observed a man and a woman sitting at a kitchen table with a white capsule inside an apartment.
Technology is at its best when it appears to work like magic, and that's exactly what noise-cancellation headphones do. Place a set on your ears, and the sounds of the world outside simply disappear.Panasonic's RP-HC500 noise-cancelling headphones. (Panasonic Canada)
Solid state drives have no moving parts and use silicon chips to store information, making them more durable than a traditional hard drive. The thin black rectangles on the solid state drive circuitboard to the left side of the picture are the solid state drive's memory chips. (Courtesy Toshiba)
A traditional hard drive has a delicate read/write head on an arm that moves across a spinning platter, as seen in this cutaway view of a hard disk. (Courtesy Seagate)
Compact and durable solid-state hard drives were once reserved for demanding groups with big-budgets, such as the military, but that is changing. Prices are tumbling and they're starting to carve out a respectable niche for themselves in the mobile world of the average consumer.
Solid-state drives (SSDs) store information on memory chips instead of a spinning disc. The technology isn't new, but storage capacities have traditionally been fairly limited and SSDs have been extremely pricey compared to regular hard drives.
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EBay Inc. has scored an important victory in court as a federal judge said companies such as jeweller Tiffany & Co. are responsible for policing their trademarks online, not auction platforms like eBay.
'Brand owners have to be vigilant. That's the message.'—Anthony LoCicero, lawyer
Tiffany had sued eBay in 2004, arguing that most items listed for sale as genuine Tiffany products on eBay's sites were fakes.
Intel Corp. introduced a new batch of chips for laptops Monday that promise longer battery life and better graphics-rendering abilities, the company's latest salvo against smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Both companies seek to capture the attention of computer buyers looking for crisper high-definition video playback on their laptops and less battery drain, a difficult balancing act.
The latest from Intel is its new Centrino 2 "platform" — a package that includes a processor, related chipset and wireless communications chip.
...With the auction of cellphone airwaves having raised more than $4.2 billion and nearing its end, an increasing chorus of voices is calling on the government to invest in broadband internet access to prevent Canada from falling behind the rest of the world.
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In this audio feature, engineer Michael Todd explains how new sensing technologies may help detect structural problems within bridges before they become dangerous. Listen in.
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| 主讲嘉宾:王贻志 上海社会科学院研究员、部门经济研究所副所长 |
看Boston Legal(波士顿法律),看点之一就是Alan精彩的结辩,给我们一种感觉,Alan或者说律师们有一种颠倒黑白的能力,任何道理从律师口中说出,都可以变一个味儿,而仔细思考一番,又会发现其中确实有道理,能说得通。所以律师给人的印象不佳,我们可以从以下这个关于律师的笑话管中窥豹一下:
我们已经劫持了这辆汽车,车上有50名律师,马上给我们准备5000万美金和一架直升机,1小时之后,若我们还看不到钱和直升机,那我们将每隔5分钟放一名律师下去。
Alan说过这么一句话,“我可以为任何事情辩护”。这么说并不过分,如我们所知,对于事物的理解可以有多个方面,就像我们经常引用“横看成岭侧成峰”这句话。同样是美国律政剧的Shark在第一集就强调了:真相是相对了,挑有用的用。
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President Calderon of Mexico is visiting China to try to boost economic cooperation between the two countries. Unlike most of Latin America, Mexico has not benefited from the boom in the Chinese economy in recent years. More details from our Latin America analyst, James Painter:
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2008/07/080711_mexico_china.shtml