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.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Well, I never really knew "rainbow" also stands for "homo" in slang terms.
No offense towards LGBT with the "h..." word, though.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Mr. Earl Jones was a knave, a rogue and he fleeced his clients dozens of millions of dollars.
He betrayed other people's trust of him. I wonder how that is explained theoretically in Moral Philosophy.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Speech impediments include stammer, lisp, and so on.
Yes, when I see that word "lisp", I always am curious about whether it has something to do with the Lisp programming language, though I always knew that's highly unlikely. :-)
In Canada's political system, the position of the Leader of the Official Opposition is marvelous, I think.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leader_of_the_Official_Opposition_(Canada).
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The Leader of the Opposition is entitled to the same levels of pay and protection as a Cabinet minister. He or she is entitled to reside at the official residence of Stornoway and ranks fourteenth on the Order of Precedence, after Cabinet ministers and before lieutenant governors of the provinces.
What a figure David Ogilvy is! And how he looks like an old-era English gentleman.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ogilvy_(businessman).
By the way, Mr. Ogilvy (pronunciation: /'oɡəlvi/) is not to be confused with the Ogilvy's department store in Montreal. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogilvy_(department_store).
By the way, Mr. Ogilvy (pronunciation: /'oɡəlvi/) is not to be confused with the Ogilvy's department store in Montreal. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogilvy_(department_store).
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The notion of "rogue state" is interesting.
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Rogue state is a controversial term applied by some international theorists to states they consider threatening to the world's peace. This means meeting certain criteria, such as being ruled by authoritarian regimes that severely restrict human rights, sponsor terrorism, and seek to proliferate weapons of mass destruction. The term is used most by the United States, though it has been applied by other countries.
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A common presumption applied to rogue states is that they do not necessarily behave rationally or in their own best interests. In political theory it is generally believed that a stable nation, ruled by a leadership that is subject to broad scrutiny (though not necessarily democratic scrutiny), will tend to act in its own best interests and will not take actions that are directly contrary to its own interests, particularly not to its own survival. Rogue states, however, may not be subject to this assumption and, as such, relations with them may be more complicated and unpredictable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_state
Once upon a time, Microsoft far exceeded Apple. Nowadays, it's the opposite.
The inversion of their relative competitive positions makes me astonished by showing what time can change.
Monday, April 23, 2012
To a certain degree, many free websites supported by ads are in the experience business, I think.
For instance, when I look up the definition of "bilbo" at dictionary.com on my Android phone, the website presents several ads of cruise trips in front of me, alongside the word's definition. So by injecting semantically relevant ads into my browsing experience in which I look up a word, it remakes and tries to maneuver my online experience and tries to automatically generate sales leads for advertisers.
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