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2010年5月31日星期一

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西元2010年05月26日
Thanks to the decades long conflict in Colombia, it's estimated that 4 million people have been displaced. Making it the second largest displaced population in the world. Many of them are union leaders and others activists from the left. Yesterday, some of these refugees came to the White House to remind the US that their policies and practices in Colombia have not gone unnoticed. Policies that ignore the atrocities of corporations in search of minerals and resources. Alyona talks with RT Correspondent Jihan Hafiz who is following the story.

危險的黃金

危險的黃金
2010年05月31日07:42

今天我將非常傷心。

在本系列的第一篇中﹐我聲稱金價可能將沖上雲霄﹐因此在眾多金甲虫(黃金愛好者)中交到了大批新朋友。

現在﹐我們將要失去這些朋友了。

因為儘管我認為金價可能將會上漲﹐但並不建議你沖出門去把所有的資金用於購買金條或在交易所交易的黃金基金。

理由很簡單:在某種程度上﹐黃金是一種十分荒謬的投資。

巴菲特說的好:人們從非洲或其它地方挖出了黃金﹐然而我們把它熔成金條﹐另挖一個洞再把它埋起來﹐並雇人站在週圍守著它。毫無用處。火星人看到了可能會撓頭。

遠不止如此。

黃金價值不穩定﹐難以估價﹐不能創造收入。

的確﹐黃金是硬資產﹐但還有許多其它東西也是硬資產﹐例如土地、袋裝大米﹐甚至瓶裝水。


它是貨幣的替代品﹐但卻毫無用處。至少在監獄里﹐犯人們用香煙代替貨幣:如果別無它用﹐至少還能抽一抽。想像一下﹐在一個禁煙的機構里﹐一群健康的怪人仍然試圖用香煙解決他們的債務問題﹐那就是黃金。這就說不通了。

至於把黃金作為價值儲存手段﹐在上世紀70年代末購買並一直持有黃金之人在其後的20年里喪失了幾乎所有的購買力。

金價位於每盎司1,200美元時仍有人一頭深深地扎進這潭黃水﹐我感到不安。如果價格跌回幾年前的水平﹐即每盎司500美元或600美元﹐怎麼辦?增持?拋?

我對黃金的擔憂不止於此。

進到黃金市場中瞧一瞧吧。

每個人都知道過去10年間金價上漲了約五倍。但這不是由於某種神秘的原理或魔幻的懸浮術﹐只是由於買家多於賣家。

這個道理老套但千真萬確且有時值得一說再說。

如果價格上漲﹐你就會覺得肯定出現了短缺。但行業組織世界黃金協會(World Gold Council)提供的數據卻道出了一個值得關注的事實。

一段時間以來﹐世界已經生產(或更確切的說是發現)的黃金比所有人實際想用的黃金要多得多。例如﹐自2002年以來﹐金匠、珠寶商、牙醫及普通行業對黃金的總需求約為22,500公噸。
待售的金飾

但同期上市的黃金超過29,000公噸。

單這八年內剩餘的部分便足以製造約2.2億枚一盎司的美國水牛金幣。

新供應的黃金大部分來自於金礦生產﹐少部分來自於央行的儲備﹐但後者的數量正在減少。此外﹐舊珠寶之類的金器熔化再回收的數量也在增長。(這是有關黃金的老話題了。我始終不能理解為什麼黃金愛好者認為黃金難置信的耐用性對市場而言是個利好。黃金不會損耗也不會腐蝕﹐它會引起金價下跌。)所以﹐如果持續供大於求﹐金價怎麼會仍在上漲?

兩個字:囤積。

黃金投資者或囤金客讓一切變得不同。黃金的總需求超過總供給只有這一個原因。

許多人一直在買入黃金以期升值。但黃金能夠升值的唯一方式就是仍然有更多的人買入﹐希望它能進一步升值。周而復始。

有一種投資方案﹐其當前成員的收益完全依賴於新成員帶來的新資金﹐我們把這種投資方案稱作什麼?

龐氏騙局。

的確﹐我之前已經寫過﹐黃金或許真的是下一個大泡沫﹐這或許意味著通過投機可賺到大筆金錢。

但我不認為它是一種可信賴的投資。

如何破解這個難題?請聽下回分解。

(本文是黃金系列三部曲《黃金:好的、壞的和醜陋的》中的第二篇﹐下一篇將是《與金共舞之路》。)

Brett Arends

(編者按:本文作者Brett Arends是《華爾街日報》網絡版專欄作家﹐他的專欄《投資回報》幫助投資者分析最新時事並做出相應投資決定。)
http://cn.wsj.com/big5/20100531/roi074600.asp

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炒金1個月 1萬剩800

最大的私營提煉廠發現鍍金鎢條

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美國政府就是一個龐氏騙局

週身債希臘繼續購買武器

週身債希臘繼續購買武器
Indebted Greece continues to buy arms


Monday, 31 May 2010 10:50

The Associated Press
May 28, 2010, 11:32AM

週身債希臘仍然面對購買武器
Indebted Greece still faces arms purchases


By ELENA BECATOROS

ATHENS, Greece

Turkish fighter jets streak past remote Greek islands, shattering the calm of sleepy villages and alarming residents and beach-going visitors alike. Greek warplanes are scrambled to intercept them, fighting mock air battles over the Aegean Sea.
土耳其戰鬥機疾駛過去遙遠的希臘島嶼,粉碎平靜欲睡的村莊和擔憂的居民及去海灘遊客。希臘戰機緊急升空攔截,在愛琴海上空作模擬空戰戰鬥。
The violation of Greek airspace by Turkish warplanes is the most tangible -- and frequent -- indication of the long-standing tensions between neighbors Greece and Turkey. Although it has waned recently, it is this tension, which brought the two NATO allies to the brink of war three times since 1974, that Athens cites as the reason behind its massive military spending.
侵犯希臘領空的土耳其戰機是最明顯的 - 和頻繁 - 指出長期的毗鄰國希臘和土耳其之間的緊張關係。雖然最近已經減弱,但這種緊張,它帶引兩個北約盟國自 1974年三次步向戰爭的邊緣,即雅典引用作為大量軍費開支背後的原因。
But under its current financial crisis, there are increasing calls for this spending to be slashed. Ironically, some of the countries which have provided rescue loans to prevent Athens from being unable to pay back its debts -- and who have been pushing for Greece to implement harsh austerity measures -- also want the country to buy their expensive warplanes and ships.
但在目前的財政危機下,有越來越多要求削減這項開支。諷刺地,有些國家提供救援貸款以防止雅典無法償還它的債務 - 和已在推動希臘實施嚴厲的緊縮措施 - 亦想要這國家購買昂貴的戰機和軍艦。
Athens came within a hair's breadth of defaulting this month, thanks to a last minute injection of cash in the form of rescue loans extended by the International Monetary Fund and other EU countries that use the euro as their currency.

But the rescue wasn't for free. It came at high interest rates of about 5 percent and only after the government pushed through harsh austerity measures that slash salaries and pensions, hike taxes and curb public spending.

With the crisis hitting pensioners and workers across the board, the country's spending on its military often rankles.
隨著危機打擊退休人氏和一切工人,國家的軍事開支往往仍然令人怨恨難消。
Greece funnels billions of euros (dollars) into its military, spending more of its gross domestic product -- 2.8 percent in 2008 -- on it than any other European Union country, and second only in NATO to the United States. Turkey, by comparison according to the most recent NATO figures available, spent 1.8 percent of its GDP on military expenditure in 2008.

While military aircraft and ships have certain lifespans and need to be replaced before they become too costly to maintain or obsolete technologically, many question why a country as debt-ridden and financially troubled as Greece needs to spend billions of euros (dollars) on defense procurement.

"I honestly feel national shame each time I am forced to buy weapons we do not need -- based on an objective and correct estimate of the dangers the world as it is holds for Greece," Deputy Prime Minister Theodore Pangalos said earlier this month, during a much-touted visit to Athens by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "I know that on the other side of the border too the Turks are also buying weapons they do not need ... due to an imaginary threat that arises from a political confrontation, which can be solved and must be solved."

French European parliament member Daniel Cohn-Bendit was even blunter, accusing the leaders of France and Germany of obliging Greece to maintain arms sales negotiations with their countries before agreeing to financial aid.

"For the past three months, there were several billions in arms contracts that we forced Greece to confirm: French frigates ... helicopters, airplanes, German submarines. It's hypocrisy," Cohn-Bendit said at a news conference in Paris earlier this month.

"We want to make money ... on the backs of the Greeks," he said.

Both the French and German governments flatly denied the allegations.

Greek Defense Minister Evangelos Venizelos has said Greece aims to slash military operating costs by up to 25 percent in 2010 from the previous year, although that would not affect arms procurement programs.

The Turkish prime minister himself made overtures about whittling down the amount the two countries spend on the military.

"Both countries have very large defense budgets. ... We must reduce these expenditures and use the money for other purposes," Erdogan told Greek state television ahead of his visit.

But despite the warm words, no progress was made on issues of defense spending, a subject which wasn't even on the agenda during Erdogan's trip to Athens.

Periklis Zorzovilis, president of the Institute of Security and Defense Analysis in Athens, said that without a substantial change in stance from Turkey on its relations with Greece, including on flight violations in the Aegean, Greece can't very well overhaul its own policy regarding its neighbor.

What Athens must do, however, is be more efficient in its arms programs, he noted.

Greece has said it needs 40 fighter jets, and both Germany and France are vying for the contract: Germany wants Greece to buy Eurofighter planes -- made by a consortium of German, Italian, Spanish and British companies -- while France is eager to sell Athens its Rafale fighter aircraft, produced by Dassault.

Germany is Greece's largest supplier of arms, according to a report published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute in March, with Athens receiving 35 percent of the weapons it bought last year from there. Germany sent 13 percent of its arms exports to Greece, making Greece the second largest recipient behind Turkey, SIPRI said.

According to the German economy ministry's most recent figures, published this month, all German commercial and army arms exports to Greece in 2008 were worth about euro199,6 million.

France is also in talks to sell six FREMM frigates for the Greek navy, which patrols the Aegean and also participates in anti-piracy operations as part of an international task force.

Others reportedly interested in the frigate program, worth an estimated euro2.7 billion (US$3.31 billion) include Germany, Spain and the Netherlands -- all countries that extended rescue loans as part of Greece's bailout this month.

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Associated Press writers Verena Schmitt in Berlin and Angela Charlton in Paris contributed to this report.
http://www.theflucase.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3604%3Aindebted-greece-continues-to-buy-arms-&catid=1%3Alatest-news&Itemid=64&lang=en

德國總統宣佈辭職

簡訊:德國總統宣佈辭職
更新時間 2010年 5月 31日, 格林尼治標準時間12:58
德國總統霍斯特·克勒周一(31日)宣佈將辭去他的職務。

此前,他對德國在阿富汗的軍事參與所發表的言論受到不少批評。

克勒在接受一次電台採訪時把德國參與海外軍事使命是為了維護德國的貿易利益。
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/world/2010/05/100531_brief_german_president.shtml

德國總統克勒失言宣布即時辭職
(商台)2010年5月31日 星期一 20:55
德國 總統克勒由於失言,宣布即時辭職,他早前表示,德國依賴外貿,有必要時要軍事介入,以保障德國國家利益,克勒說,對有關言論引發誤解,表示遺憾。

克勒在去年當選連任總統,德國總統在名義上是國家元首,但並無實際行政權力,主要主持國家禮儀活動,及將國會通過的法案簽署成為法律。
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100531/18/ibyf.html

德國總統克勒退出正值軍事爭嗌
German President Koehler quits amid row over military

Page last updated at 12:55 GMT,
Monday, 31 May 2010 13:55 UK
Mr Koehler previously headed the International Monetary Fund
克勒先生以前領導國際貨幣基金組織

German President Horst Koehler says he is resigning immediately, following criticism of remarks he made about German military deployments abroad.

Mr Koehler, whose job is largely ceremonial, had linked missions such as the Afghanistan deployment with the defence of economic interests.

His remarks drew criticism from a number of German politicians.

Mr Koehler, 67, was re-elected last year to serve a second five-year term as president.

He made the controversial remarks in a radio interview after a brief visit to Afghanistan earlier this month.

He said that for an export-orientated country like Germany, it was sometimes necessary to deploy troops "to protect our interests... for example free trade routes".

Announcing his resignation on Monday, he said "it was an honour for me to serve Germany as president".

Unpopular deployment

With his wife standing next to him, he said he regretted that his comments could lead to a misunderstanding about a difficult question for the nation.

Jens Boehrnsen, speaker of the parliament's upper house (Bundesrat), will be interim president. He is in the opposition Social Democratic Party (SPD).

The BBC's Oana Lungescu in Berlin says Mr Koehler's remarks about military missions led to accusations of gunboat diplomacy and embarrassment for Chancellor Angela Merkel's government. It has come under strong popular pressure to withdraw troops from Afghanistan.

Mr Koehler's shock decision could hardly have come at a worst time, our correspondent says. Polls show that the government's approval rating has plummeted to a four-year low, mainly due to its management of the eurozone crisis.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10198036.stm

德國總統突然宣布辭職 默克爾:嚇了一跳

能源專家:核攻擊漏油是'唯一的事我們可以做'

專家設想用核爆封堵墨西哥灣漏油 美國政府拒絕
2010年 06月 04日 16:18 中國窗

【香港商報】訊 據“中央社”報道,一些紙上談兵的工程師數周前開始腦力激蕩,談論堵塞墨西哥灣漏油的方法,幷作出結論之一,那就是以核彈爆炸來封住海底油井。

紐約時報2日指出,據報數十年前蘇聯曾借核爆,成功封堵失控的天然氣井,作法是將一枚核彈深埋地下,借爆炸産生的高溫融化周圍岩石,達到堵住漏氣目的,如今這些工程師認爲不妨也嘗試一下。

報道說,每當英國石油公司(BP)堵塞漏油的方法失敗,這種主張的擁護者就會增加。

美國休士頓能源專家兼投資銀行家席蒙斯(Matt Simmons)5月28日告訴彭博社,“也許唯一可行之道是建立一種武器系統,安置到海面下1萬8000尺處幷加以引爆,這有可能將油井封住”;他將這個主意歸功于“所有最優秀的科學家”。

美國有綫電視新聞網(CNN)記者羅伯茲(John Roberts)上周則建議:“鑽個洞,把核彈丟進去,然後就可以把油井封上。”

本周因英國石油公司的“封頂”辦法失敗,議論之聲四起,迫使聯邦官員必須作出回應。能源部發言人穆勒(Stephanie Mueller)表示,無論朱棣文部長或其它任何官員,都沒有在墨西哥灣海床下進行核爆的念頭。

一名高層官員說:“這是荒唐的想法。”政府與民間核專家一致認爲,引爆核彈不僅在技術上有風險,輻射可能造成灾難性後果,同時在地緣政治上也是不智之舉,違反美國數十年來簽署和倡議的武器管制條約,何况奧巴馬總統目前正在推動全球核裁軍。

由網民、科學家和其它天才提出的許多構想,經由電話和電子郵件方式,塞爆了美國政府機構和漏油油井事主的英油公司,其中以核爆建議可能是最瘋狂的主張。監督墨西哥灣漏油事故的聯合指揮中心(Unified Command)網站顯示,已有逾7800人在網站上提出了建議。

(來源: 中國新聞網) 編輯: 藍博
http://www.hkcd.com.hk/content/2010-06/04/content_2535197.htm

能源專家:核攻擊漏油是'唯一的事我們可以做'
Energy expert: Nuking oil leak ‘only thing we can do’

By Daniel Tencer
Saturday, May 29th, 2010 -- 7:18 pm


BP 'totally in charge of the news' about oil leak, energy expert says
BP '完全負責對洩漏石油的新聞',能源專家說


As the latest effort to plug the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico meets with failure, the idea of nuking the immediate area to seal the oil underground is gaining steam among some energy experts and researchers.
由於最新努力去堵塞墨西哥灣漏油遇見見失敗,以核攻擊最接近的地區去封閉地下油,正在一些能源專家和研究人員中賺得動力。
One prominent energy expert known for predicting the oil price spike of 2008 says sending a small nuclear bomb down the leaking well is "probably the only thing we can do" to stop the leak.
一個突出的能源專家以預測2008年油價飆升著稱,說發送一個小型核彈下洩漏井,“可能是唯一的事我們可以做'”去停止洩漏。
Matt Simmons, founder of energy investment bank Simmons & Company, also says that there is evidence of a second oil leak about five to seven miles from the initial leak that BP has focused on fixing. That second leak, he says, is so large that the initial one is "minor" in comparison.
能源投資銀行 Simmons&Company的創始人麥西蒙斯亦表示,有證據有第二處石油洩漏約 在5至7哩,從最初BP集中修理的洩漏。他說那第二處洩漏是如此之大,最初的那一個相對上是“小”的。
Simmons spoke to Bloomberg News on Friday, before BP announced that its latest effort to plug the leak, known as the "top kill" method, had failed.

"A week ago Sunday the first research vessel ... was commissioned by NOAA to scour the area," he said. They found "a gigantic plume" growing about five to seven miles from the site of the original leak, Simmons said.

Simmons said the US government should immediately take the effort to plug the leak out of the hands of BP and put the military in charge.

"Probably the only thing we can do is create a weapons system and send it down 18,000 feet and detonate it, hopefully encasing the oil," he said.

His idea echoes that of a Russian newspaper that earlier this month suggested the US detonate a small nuclear bomb to seal the oil beneath the sea. Komsomoloskaya Pravda argued in an editorial that Russia had successfully used nuclear weapons to seal oil spills on five occasions in the past.

現場科學報告:
Live Science reports:

Weapons labs in the former Soviet Union developed special nukes for use to help
pinch off the gas wells. They believed that the force from a nuclear explosion
could squeeze shut any hole within 82 to 164 feet (25 to 50 meters), depending
on the explosion's power. That required drilling holes to place the nuclear
device close to the target wells.

A first test in the fall of 1966
proved successful in sealing up an underground gas well in southern Uzbekistan,
and so the Russians used nukes four more times for capping runaway wells.
Simmons also told Bloomberg that the idea to use radical measures like a nuclear bomb to seal the leak is probably not being contemplated by decision-makers "because BP is still totally in charge of the news and they have everyone focused on the top kill."

Asked by a Bloomberg reporter about the risks involved in setting off a nuclear bomb off the coast of Louisiana, Simmons argued that a nuclear explosion deep inside a well bore would have little effect on surrounding areas.

"If you're 18,000 feet under the sea bed, it basically wont do anything [on the surface]," he said.

Joe Wiesenthal at Business Insider says the idea of using nukes will be getting a lot of attention now that the "top kill" procedure has failed.

Next, the so-called "nuclear option" is about to get a lot of attention. In this
case, of course, nuclear option is not a euphemism. It's the real idea that the
best way to kill this thing is to stick a small nuke in there and bury the well
under rubble. ... By the middle of the coming week, it will be all over cable
news, as pundits press The White House hard on whether it's being considered and
why not.

The following video was broadcast on Bloomberg News, Friday May 28, 2010.

Simmons Says Government Should Take Over BP Oil Clean Up: Video
西蒙斯說政府應接管BP石油清理:視頻

西元2010年05月28日


http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0529/energy-expert-nuke-oil-leak/

英國石油:堵塞漏油失敗
(明報)2010年5月30日 星期日 08:30
英國 石油公司(BP)承認,試圖封堵墨西哥灣泄漏油井失敗。該公司表示,將嘗試新措施進行堵漏。

剛剛失敗的「頂壓」堵漏法採用泥漿注入和肥料填堵的辦法,但沒有取得預計效果。

這次洩漏是鑽井平台爆炸造成的。美國 路易斯安那州110多公里海岸受到污染,漁業和生態受到嚴重影響。

(英國廣播公司 )
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100530/4/iaww.html

墨灣漏油 美國最大環境災難
(法新社)2010年5月31日 星期一 01:50


(法新社華盛頓 30日電) 美國 白宮能源暨氣候變遷顧問布朗納(Carol Browner)今天表示,墨西哥灣漏油事件可能是美國至今經歷的「最大環境災難」。

她告訴美國國家廣播公司(NBC)新聞訪談節目「會晤新聞界」(Meet the Press),這起漏油事件「可能是美國至今面對的最大環境災難」。

自「深水地平線」(Deepwater Horizon)鑽油平台於4月20日爆炸並在2天後沉沒至今,估計現在每天從海底破裂油管冒出的原油在1萬2000桶至1萬9000桶之間。(譯者:中央社郭傳信)
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100530/8/ib6q.html

Sam Champion and Philippe Cousteau Jr. diving into the Oil Spill
薩姆及菲利普潛入油溢處

西元2010年05月25日


美國命令封鎖消息 對北韓魚雷襲擊墨西哥海灣鑽油機

九種方法去攪掂災難性漏油 俄羅斯提議用原子彈

伊朗願提供幫助給美國遏制石油洩漏

美國科學家稱瀕死體驗由腦內“電暴”所致

美國科學家稱瀕死體驗由腦內“電暴”所致
2010年05月31日16:32

在瀕於死亡邊緣時,一些人表示曾有過靈魂出竅的經歷,其他人則表示好像走在一個充滿光或者安寧感的地道內。所有這些感受並不是與死后經歷的一次親密接觸。根據美國科學家的研究,所說的瀕死體驗可能不過由垂死大腦內發生的“電暴”所致。

  這項針對重病患者大腦進行的研究揭示了大腦死亡前出現的短暫電活動爆發。研究員、重病特護醫生拉克赫米爾·查瓦拉表示:“我們認為瀕死體驗可能由大腦耗盡氧時出現的猛烈電活動所致。”隨著血液流動減緩以及氧量降低,大腦細胞發射出最后一個電脈沖。他說:“這種活動開始於大腦內的一個區域,而后快速向外擴散,這可能讓人獲得生動逼真的精神感受。”

  查瓦拉就職於美國華盛頓特區喬治·華盛頓大學的醫學中心。研究過程中,他對7名重病患者的大腦活動進行了監視,以確定止痛藥是否發揮作用。在死亡前,每一位患者的腦活動都在死亡前一小時左右逐漸減弱,並被持續時間30秒至3分鐘的短暫“電暴”打斷。

  這位研究員表示,參與者的腦活動水平與完全清醒的人類似——即使血壓降至無法測量到的程度也是如此——能夠產生生動逼真的畫面和感覺。他在刊登於《姑息醫學雜志》上的研究發現中指出:“根據我們的推測,如果這些患者能夠蘇醒過來,他們可能回想起這種電活動觸發的畫面和記憶。這是一種潛在的解釋,解釋很多患者蘇醒過來后自稱在瀕死時有過靈魂出竅經歷。”

  4月公布的研究發現顯示,瀕死體驗與血液中的高二氧化碳水平有關,這種高水平打破了大腦內的化學平衡,讓人好像看到一些不可思議的景象。此前進行的一項研究發現,有近五分之一被搶救過來的心臟病發作患者自稱有過瀕死體驗。這些經歷包括靈魂出竅、感到快感、看到地道、光、去世的親人或者以往的經歷。

  目前,南安普敦大學的研究人員正試圖為瀕死體驗找到一個醫學解釋。他們要求1500名心臟病發作患者回憶心臟停止跳動后的任何記憶。在一項測試中,研究人員將圖片放在25家英國和美國醫院搶救室的高架子上,並且隻能從上面才可以看得到。如果患者能夠回想起這些圖片,就說明靈魂出竅確實存在。首席研究員薩姆·帕爾尼納博士表示:“我們將死亡視為一個過程,但這個過程實際上經常與現代醫學相違背。”

  死亡過程開始於心搏停止,但我們也可以干預這一過程,讓患者蘇醒過來,有時候甚至能夠在“死后”3到4小時身體已經冰涼時死而復生。帕爾尼納說:“有過瀕死體驗的人可能遠遠超過我們的想象,但很多人無法回想起這些經歷。”他指出,查瓦拉博士並沒有提供証據,証明他記錄的“電暴”與瀕死體驗有關。“因為所有患者都已死亡,我們永遠不知道他們到底經歷了什麼。”(孝文)

  來源:新浪科技
http://scitech.people.com.cn/BIG5/11742659.html

瀕死腦電波突增 破靈魂出竅之謎
(明報)2010年5月31日 星期一 05:10
【明報專訊】不少「死而復生」的人都聲稱有神秘體驗,如靈魂脫離肉體、走向一條充滿光芒的隧道等,有人更認為,瀕死體驗是人有來世的證明,但美國 一項醫學研究顯示,瀕死的人死前的「靈魂出竅」體驗,很可能是腦電波作怪。

腦部缺氧釋出特殊腦電波

喬治華盛頓 大學醫學中心研究員喬拉(Lakhmir Chawla)對7名瀕死癌症和心臟病 人進行監察,發現他們死前30秒至3分鐘內腦電波活動突然大幅增加。「我們認為瀕死體驗可能是因腦部缺氧而引發的一股腦電波引起的。」他解釋﹕「人們瀕死時血液流量會減慢,腦部含氧量降低,腦細胞因此發出一股電波;電波在腦部某個位置產生,但向外擴散,病人或因此感受到生動的精神體驗。」

專家再進一步破研技術

喬拉打算利用更先進的腦電波檢查技術,進一步證明腦電波與瀕死體驗的關係。他的研究發表於《紓緩醫學學報》(Journal of Palliative Medicine)。

星期日泰晤士報
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100530/4/ib7g.html

北京磁懸浮技術揭秘:全世界人都會到中國買技術

北京磁懸浮技術揭秘:全世界人都會到中國買技術
談琳 劉曉軍
2010年05月31日08:15
來源:《科技日報》

今年5月初,北京S1線“環境影響評價”公示,意味著國內首條中低速磁懸浮列車線路建設已進入實質性論証階段。經歷了30多年理論研究和近10年工程化的風雨錘煉,我國具有自主知識產權的中低速磁懸浮列車成為人們關注的焦點。

  “我國是世界上第二個掌握中低速磁懸浮技術的國

  今年3月,包括4位院士在內,由14人組成的國家“十一五”科技支撐計劃重點項目專家組聚集河北唐山——中低速磁懸浮工程化試驗示范基地。

  在建設部科技司主持下,專家們對《中低速磁懸浮交通技術及工程化應用研究》課題研究報告、安全可靠性研究報告和試驗檢測報告進行了逐一審查,並實地考察了中低速磁懸浮列車全系統運行情況。

  “北控磁懸浮工程化體系已經掌握了中低速磁懸浮交通的系統技術,達到世界先進水平。”一系列細致地考察后,專家組在鑒定結論中寫道,“建議盡快研究建設運營示范線,推進該項技術持續進步,促進我國城市軌道交通的發展,形成我國具有自主知識產權的中低速磁懸浮交通產業。”

  消息傳出,以北京控股磁懸浮技術發展有限公司為首的國內17家中低速磁懸浮產業化優勢資源單位一片沸騰。

  “我國是世界上第二個掌握中低速磁懸浮列車技術的國家!目前,中低速磁懸浮列車技術隻有我們和日本掌握,美國和韓國都在研發中。”北京控股磁懸浮技術發展有限公司董事長劉志明說,“小到一個系統上的轉向架,都是我們自主研發的。”

  據介紹,磁懸浮列車是一種採用無接觸的電磁懸浮、導向和驅動系統的新型的交通運輸方式。高速磁懸浮列車最高時速可達到500公裡以上,是當今世界最快的地面客運交通工具,中低速磁懸浮列車時速在100—120公裡之間,具有節能、環保、噪音小、轉彎半徑小,爬坡能力高等特性,造價略高於輕軌,而遠低於地鐵。

  如今,交通擁堵似乎成了城市的固疾,每年國家在公共交通方面耗費大量財力。專家稱,軌道交通是解決大中城市交通問題的必然選擇,而中低速磁懸浮列車憑借其優良特性,在軌道交通發展中具有優勢。

  劉志明介紹,從上世紀60年代起,一些國家就開始了磁懸浮運輸系統的研究開發工作,德國、日本等國處於世界領先水平。我國自20世紀80年代初開始磁懸浮技術基礎研究,中低速磁懸浮列車技術起步較早。

  1994年10月,西南交通大學建成了首條磁懸浮鐵路試驗線,同時開展了磁懸浮列車的載人試驗。“7個座位,懸浮高度為8毫米,自重4噸,時速為30公裡”的指標在今天看來有些“小兒科”,但在我國磁懸浮列車發展史上卻樹起了一個裡程碑。

  僅僅四年后,當設計時速為100公裡的低速常導6噸/單轉向架磁懸浮試驗車在鐵科院環形試驗線軌上疾馳,並通過鐵道部科技成果鑒定時,標志我國對磁懸浮列車的研究已經“開進了”先進國家行列。

“全世界人都會跑到中國來買技術”

  研究表明,一種完全新型的交通運輸高技術戰略發展大致要經歷四個階段,即:技術方案的基礎性研究階段﹔選定方案的工程技術研究發展階段﹔建造足夠長的實用運營線,實現有關裝備、工程與運營的產業化階段﹔大規模推廣應用階段。

  進入新世紀,業內專家們分析認為,我國中低速磁懸浮技術“理論研究上已經達到或者接近國際先進水平,差距主要在工程化”。

  中國科學院院士嚴陸光多次上書國務院指出,在技術已經比較成熟的情況下,應抓緊推動磁懸浮技術的工程化和應用,以佔領行業和產業的制高點。反之,我們將可能喪失在該技術領域的優勢地位。

  為了推進中低速磁懸浮列車技術工程化研發,科技部將其列入了“十一五”科技支撐計劃重點項目。

  “發展高端產業,是北京產業發展的戰略方向。而科技,正是促進產業結構優化升級的重要著力點。”北京市科學技術委員會副主任朱世龍說。在磁浮列車技術研發及工程化所涉行業和領域的國內17家優勢資源單位中,北京佔6家,約佔工程量的40%。

  努力建設多功能綜合性國際大都市的北京,攫住了這個制造業發展不可多得的機遇,成為加速中低速磁懸浮列車技術工程化的重要推手。

  自2001年開始,北京市科委先后4次立項持續支持中低速磁懸浮交通系統的產業化。“中低速磁懸浮列車軌道交通系統技術及工程化研發”重大科技項目是其中關鍵一役。通過這個項目,建成了中低速磁浮列車長沙試驗線和試驗基地,完成了唐山1.547公裡試驗線,建立了中低速磁浮列車工程化研究、設計、生產、建設體系和知識產權保護體系。項目主持單位北京控股磁懸浮技術發展有限公司為首的工程化體系掌握了中低速磁浮列車核心技術和系統集成技術。

  2002年11月22日,由德國制造的磁懸浮列車第一次全程駛過了世界上首條投入商業運行的磁懸浮列車線——上海浦東機場至龍陽路,全程29.863km的線路,耗時僅8分鐘。但這種設計時速達430公裡,風馳電掣般的新型交通方式迎來的並不隻有叫好聲。因為造價高,使用的關鍵技術並非來自本土——我國的科研人員既沒有設計權,也不能擅自修改設計,有人稱這是“依靠德國技術買來的喝彩”。

  “和上海的磁懸浮列車相比,我國這種自產的中低速磁懸浮列車具有完全自主知識產權。實現國產化后,可大幅度降低車輛造價。” 北京控股磁懸浮技術發展有限公司高級工程師叢春水博士介紹。

  幾年前,當磁懸浮列車首次奔馳在中國大地上的時候,種種熱議甚至是批判人們還記憶猶新。值得慶幸的是,幾年后,在中低速磁懸浮列車的問題上,中國沒有遭遇“科技殖民”,而是自己通過自主技術扼住了“必然選擇”的咽喉,我國具備完全自主知識產權的中低速磁懸浮交通系統的產業化實施能力已經形成。

  今天,當投資客們拿著各地磁懸浮建設方案按圖索驥尋找新的投資熱點,專家們也已經開展暢想未來:“如果我們的磁懸浮成功了,全世界人都會跑到中國來買技術。”

“做中低速磁懸浮列車是做一個產業”

  2008年9月12日,唐山北車機廠爆出喜訊:“中國第一輛中低速磁懸浮列車在萊蕪鋼鐵集團生產的F軌道上已安全運行100天,標志著磁懸浮列車運行試驗成功。”

  為了研發F型軌排,萊鋼先后共進行了11次試驗軋制,總計投入了1億元資金。一家委身魯中山區的鋼鐵生產企業,何以有如此魄力?

  萊鋼集團黨委書記、董事長宋蘭祥說得實在:“以前隻要有產量就會有效益,現在,形勢逼得我們必須生產賺錢的產品。”

  宋蘭祥說話間,正是經濟危機寒潮襲來之時,國內制造業哀鳴遍野。而憑借多年來的一系列自主創新產品,在經濟的低迷中,萊鋼股份始終飄紅。

  調查表明,中低速磁懸浮列車產業可帶動我國裝備制造、冶金、機電、信息、車輛制造、建筑等多個相關行業的發展。每投資1億元,可直接帶動GDP增長2.63億元,增加就業崗位至少8000個。

  F型鋼的研制成功,突破了中低速磁懸浮產業化的一個重要瓶頸,萊鋼因此成為中低速磁懸浮軌排制作的國內唯一供應商,為企業轉型升級再添一枚有分量的籌碼。

  萊鋼只是以北控磁懸浮技術發展有限公司為總集成的中低速磁懸浮工程化體系中的1/17。“作為市場主體,企業對於利益的敏銳嗅覺使之對於新興產業始終有著蠢蠢欲動的熱情。”經濟學家稱。磁懸浮技術的產業化需要的似乎只是一條串連的紅線和一個舞台。

  北京市政府穿針引線,17家單位建立了“共同投入,知識產權共有,長期排他性合作,產業化收益共享”的攻守同盟,實現了資源的系統集成。總計需投入幾十億元才能干成的事業——中低速磁懸浮列車軌道交通系統工程化建設,牽頭單位北京控股磁懸浮公司僅投入1億元便大功告成。

  技術成熟,市場也開始顯得儀態萬方。

  調查顯示,我國城市軌道交通已進入快速發展時期,中低速磁懸浮交通發展具有獨特的市場機遇。據不完全統計,約27個城市正在籌建城市軌道交通,其中22個城市軌道交通建設規劃已獲國務院批復。到2015年前后,北京、上海、廣州等22個城市將建設79條城市軌道交通線路,總長2259.84公裡,總投資8820.03億元。

  目前,除北京S1外,深圳的8號線也准備採用中低速磁懸浮列車技術。“用磁懸浮技術,我們發展的是一種產業。”浙江省經濟建設規劃院磁懸浮課題負責人柴賢龍說,“我們要站在國與國競爭的高度看問題。我們不能隻會做衣服,做玩具,必須要佔領技術高地。”
http://scitech.people.com.cn/BIG5/11733646.html

反重力科技是真的 多謝特斯拉 & 和記

ATS News 05 - China Developing Anti-Gravity Technology
ATS新聞 05 - 中國在發展反重力科技

'impossible technology developed by China'
http://media.abovetopsecret.com/media/4911/ATS_News_05_-_China_Developing_Anti-Gravity_Technology/

希臘研究人員發現:芝士副產品可制造燃料電池

希臘研究人員發現:芝士副產品可制造燃料電池
2010年05月31日08:21
來源:《科技日報》

近日,希臘研究人員研發出了用乳清作原料的微生物燃料電池。研究人員表示,乳清是制造奶酪的副產品,該研究可讓工廠從乳清等有機廢物中回收能源。

  希臘派圖拉斯大學的生物醫學工程師喬治亞·安特羅普婁表示,乳清富含乳糖,微生物燃料電池中的微生物通過消耗乳糖來產生電流。這種新型燃料電池雖然最近幾年才走進大眾的視野,但是,它正在吸引越來越多人的關注,人們希望它在處理廢物的同時產生電力。

  傳統的燃料電池通過催化材料來氧化燃料,微生物燃料電池的工作原理也大同小異,只是催化反應通過燃料電池內部的微生物來實現。在厭氧條件下,微生物通過取食產生新陳代謝並引起化學反應來產生電流。

  安特羅普婁表示,一家小工廠一年就需要處理4000噸乳清。微生物燃料電池不僅在奶酪制造業有用武之地,在釀酒廠、養豬廠、食品處理工廠,甚至家庭漬水的處理方面都可以大展拳腳。

  英國布裡斯托爾機器人實驗室的研究人員克裡斯·梅爾赫什表示,從理論上來說,隻需要找到合適的微生物,微生物燃料電池可由任何有機物質來驅動。多年來,梅爾赫什一直嘗試使用家庭廢水來驅動機器人。他表示,最理想的情況是使用廉價的廢水,但過去的經驗表明,當燃料電池使用經過提煉的、包含合成糖的液態燃料時,燃料電池才能更好地發揮效果。

  安特羅普婁的研究則証明,使用從當地的廢水處理廠中提取出來的微生物,隻要用乳清稀釋,就能獲得和精煉燃料中一樣多的原料乳清,問題在於這樣產生的電力輸出還隻有幾毫瓦特,為手機小電流充電都很勉強。

  另外,直接使用廢水也面臨著挑戰。安特羅普婁團隊發現,電池產生的電子中,僅2%的電子會成為電流,效率太低,原因在於乳清本身所含的微生物會吸收電子。研究人員給乳清消毒並殺死這些微生物后,燃料電池的庫倫效率提高到了25%。(劉霞)
http://scitech.people.com.cn/BIG5/11733744.html

日開發出將污泥變燃料的技術 可降低二氧化碳排放

布盧姆箱 - 新的清潔、平價、沒排放電能?!

低成本海水燃料

Nasa研發“海水熱能”發動的機械人

蘋果發電可照亮一晚 法國新電池 利用植物光合作用

電池已屆歷史時

美國發明“水”電池 可以用淡水與海水循環發電

德國達特爾恩農田出現巨幅女子肖像

德國達特爾恩農田出現巨幅女子肖像
2010年05月31日09:48
來源:國際在線


德國達特爾恩農田出現巨幅女子肖像

當地時間2010年5月26日,德國達特爾恩,在德國西部城市達特爾恩附近的裡佩河邊的一片農場驚現巨幅女子肖像,據悉這副作品作為名為“Lippe+ ”的藝術項目的一部分已經存在多時,隨著庄稼作物的成熟長高逐漸勾勒出了如今的女子面部容貌。
http://scitech.people.com.cn/BIG5/11736907.html

18幅令人驚嘆的日本稻田藝術作品

麥田圈是人做的

荷蘭蝴蝶圈是否人做之謎:新影片

讀賣新聞:中國公司在日本攻城掠寨

讀賣新聞:中國公司在日本攻城掠寨
2010年05月31日07:30
來源:中國網

日本《讀賣新聞》2010年5月25日文章:不僅是滑雪場和商店,中國公司在日本攻城略寨

  早上九點,東京的電器一條街——秋葉原上大部分商店正要開門迎客。

  在大型電器連鎖店Laox旗艦店門口,停著兩輛觀光巴士。Laox營業開始,從巴士上一下子涌出了近100人的中國團體,一窩蜂地涌入商店內。

  四樓的烹飪電器格外受到青睞。一名衣服上貼著中國國旗的Laox店員正在一邊演示一邊解釋各種功能。61歲的孫仁梅(音)來自上海,她的購物車裡裝了一摞電飯煲:都是買給自己、兒女和朋友的。“我一直很想買日本的高科技電飯煲,”孫仁梅笑著說,這時她正忙著大包小包提上巴士。

  Laox最輝煌的時候在全國擁有149家店面。但去年夏天,由於在國內競爭中多年持續低迷的表現,Laox被中國蘇寧電器收購,后者是中國最大的電器連鎖賣場。 

Laox老板變成中國人后,它的顧客定位也轉向了國際層面,所以首先需要解決的,就是提高公司員工的外語能力,方便服務國外顧客。

  這家返修一新的旗艦店現在已經成了免稅聖地。商品從以前的電器擴大到日用產品和日本紀念品。每個商品都提供中英日三種語言的介紹。商店能提供23種語言服務。

  通常Laox是10點開門營業,他們也會靈活變通,為有需要的旅游團隊提前一小時營業。

  如今,蘇寧電器接手Laox后,旗艦店客戶中海外顧客數據增長了10%,佔到了60~70%

  Laox計劃六月份在上海開設日本商品專賣店。這是Laox進軍國際市場野心計劃的一部分,未來三年將在全球開設100家分店。

  在過去的日本或者其他國家,中國人經營的專為國人服務的商店少之又少,現在卻日漸成為很普通的現象。

  中國還取代澳大利亞,成為北海道滑雪勝地二世谷地區最大的旅客來源國和投資國。澳洲游客曾經是這裡主要的旅游者和投資者。不過全球金融危機后,中國公司數量大增,搶走了澳大利亞的生意。始建於1897年的二世谷山田溫泉酒店因是該地區第一家酒店而聞名。今年被一家中國公司收購,據傳將被改造成別墅農庄式的居住區。新近被收入中國公司麾下的還有花園滑雪勝地。一家總部在香港的公司買下這塊旅游景區。以上所述,就是二世谷地區的現狀,和即將面臨的未來。

  英國《泰晤士報》的一篇文章稱,以前到二世谷地區游玩的中國游客滑雪之后,通常到居酒屋一邊吃飯一邊聊天。如今,在中國公司運作一段時間后,他們的目標成了該地的房地產經紀人。來這裡的中國人通常都很有錢,他們一方面對奢侈品非常渴望,一方面又越來越多的兜售廉價商品。

  一位本地的房地產經紀人說:“這裡的別墅售價通常是5000萬日元到1億日元,基本沒有日本人買的起,但中國人直接現金買了一棟又一棟。”

  在中國人看來,旅游景區是台印鈔機,把別墅租給那些想在景區長住的游客——每年賺取的利潤幾乎等於別墅最初售價的5%。

  這種趨勢還在繼續。日本信貸研究機構帝國征信估計超過300家日本公司是由中國資本提供資金支持。(張志昊)
http://world.people.com.cn/BIG5/157578/11732609.html

外媒:中國海軍已不再僅僅是一支海岸警衛隊

外媒:中國海軍已不再僅僅是一支海岸警衛隊
2010年05月31日07:52
來源:《廣州日報》

中國海軍新型驅護艦隊演習

中國海軍“驚動”了誰?

  日媒渲染:中國潛艇部隊有足夠能力擊沉美軍航母美媒夸張:美軍潛艇不可低於48艘才能應對“威脅”。

  近年來,中國海軍一舉一動都是一些西方媒體關注的焦點。今年3月末,中國軍艦首次駛入海灣,4月份又在西太平洋公海進行了軍事演習。於是,在一些外國媒體上,各種關於中國海軍力量的說法紛紛出爐,其中不乏驚人之語。西方媒體為什麼緊盯著中國海軍不放,我們又該怎樣來維護我們自己的海洋權益?

外媒渲染“威脅”“中國海軍改變亞太軍事平衡

  美國《華爾街日報》“日益擔心中國軍力增加”,並配發所謂的調查稱有62.4%的日本人擔心中國軍力﹔新加坡的《海峽時報》則驚呼“中國海軍力量的發展正在逐漸改變亞太軍事平衡”。

  美國詹姆斯頓基金會《中國簡報》說,“中國海軍不再受制於第一島鏈,准備在西太平洋上自由航行”﹔《日本時報》說,“中國海軍已經不再是一支海岸警衛隊,它會對西太平洋地區的力量平衡產生深遠影響”﹔美國《赫芬頓郵報》說,“中國日益深入公海,其擴張速度已經快得令美國的政策制定者吃驚”。

  “中國潛艇部隊具備擊沉美軍航母能力”

  日本《產經新聞》5月24日發表題為《中國海洋霸權之路》的報道,稱中國海軍4月的行動,是為未來潛艇伏擊航母作准備。“中國海軍艦隊威風凜凜地穿越沖繩與宮古島之間海域和以往的2006年中國宋級潛艇出現在美國航母周圍,這兩次行動是中國對美日海軍的警告,表明中國已具備擊沉航母的能力。” 

“應對中國威脅美軍潛艇不可低於48艘”

  美國《武裝力量》雜志5月發表文章稱,目前中國正在建造核動力潛艇,且將配備12枚射程近4000海裡的彈道導彈。這意味著,如果中國核潛艇從夏威夷東部海中央位置對美發動攻擊的話,其彈道導彈將覆蓋美國全境。在這種情況下,美國海軍需要在未來數年裡維持一支由超過48艘攻擊潛艇構成的潛艇力量。

  美軍雙管齊下“戒備”美軍衛星定位跟蹤中國潛艇

  中國潛艇戰力一直是美國關注的焦點。為摸清中國“水下部隊”的動向,美軍“無所不用其極”,各種調查船和巡邏機常在中國海域附近打探,現在連衛星也加入了這一行列。

  當解放軍潛艇離開基地,駛向深海時,頭上的美國間諜衛星或許正在偷窺。未來的18個月裡,掌管美國間諜衛星的美國國家偵察局將發射大批衛星,外界猜測其中的一些衛星將用於定位並跟蹤中國潛艇。

  衛星上的激光、紅外探測器和合成孔徑雷達都具備探測潛艇的能力。美軍衛星還可以與海底傳感器、固定在海床或漂浮在公海上的探測器,以及其他潛艇、船隻和飛機組成完整的偵測網絡,從水下、海面、空中和太空4個層面,對潛艇發動“立體搜索”。 (國際在線) 

加強亞太海上力量 升級宙斯盾艦和假想敵戰機

  為加強亞太海上力量,美海軍已開始優先升級太平洋艦隊的“提康德羅加”級導彈巡洋艦,同時進一步增加亞太地區具備彈道導彈防御能力的艦船數量。還計劃把新的兩棲攻擊艦部署在亞太地區,特意加強航空作戰能力,可搭載和起降“魚鷹”傾轉旋翼飛機、運輸與攻擊型直升機、AV-8B“鷂”式戰機和F-35B短距起飛垂直降落型聯合攻擊機等多種飛機。

  此外,為對抗亞太國家的新一代戰機,美海軍翻新了一批F-16N戰機作為假想敵進行針對性訓練,而F-16N是中俄殲-10和米格-29等新式戰機的范本。
http://world.people.com.cn/BIG5/157578/11732877.html

美國重拍冷戰片妖魔化中國 充滿“殺死中國人”對白

美國重拍冷戰片妖魔化中國 充滿“殺死中國人”對白
2010年05月31日07:49
來源:人民網-《環球時報》
據5月31日出版的《環球時報》報道,美國米高梅電影公司正在制作一部大片——《赤色黎明》,該片講述的是:未來的某一天,美國深陷金融危機不能自拔,中國軍隊以“修補美國經濟”及“我們是來幫忙”的名義入侵美國,最終被一群美國青少年打敗。由於整部影片充滿“殺死中國人”的對白以及各種丑化中國形象的鏡頭,很多華人感到非常氣憤。

  據消息人士透露,影片包括大量“妖魔化”中國的鏡頭:全副武裝的解放軍及中國裝甲車在美國街頭巡邏,士兵們手持AK-47步槍,佩戴五星紅旗袖章,到處張貼政治宣傳海報﹔被佔領的小鎮上空飄揚著“八一”軍旗,街道兩旁懸挂著橫幅和標語。此外,“八一”軍徽還被印在類似納粹旗幟的長條旗上,解放軍成了納粹同伙。

  美國The Awl.com網站27日評論說,盡管米高梅公司表示,《赤色黎明》只是一部動作電影,並非有意宣揚排華思想,但外界輿論認為,這部影片的確在某種程度上反映了某些美國人對中國戒備的敵視態度,這是十分危險的傾向。(本報駐美國特約記者 尚未遲 本報記者 王躍西)
http://world.people.com.cn/BIG5/11732810.html

美反華片渲染解放軍入侵美台 本報獲《赤色黎明》新版劇本初稿
(明報)2010年5月31日 星期一 05:10
【明報專訊】荷李活 1984年戰爭片《赤色黎明 》假想蘇聯入侵美國 ,肆意侮辱美國人。26年過去,外國軍隊將再度出現於荷李活電影中的美國城鎮,這次侵美的是解放軍 。片商美高梅決定翻拍《赤色黎明》,以中國代替蘇聯作為奸角,本報昨透過美國方面的博客,取得相信是該片劇本的初稿,當中不乏煽動黃禍反華情緒,例如描繪解放軍同時入侵美國和台灣 。儘管美高梅堅稱電影「純屬動作片」,但連《赤色黎明》原作導演上周也抨擊新版「愚蠢」。

1984年版的《赤色黎明》由美高梅開拍,當時正值美蘇冷戰期,令電影高收。故事中俄國和古巴聯軍一同入侵美國中西部,但被一班高中生擊退。本報記者昨根據英國 《觀察家報》的報道,聯絡近日取得新《赤色黎明》草稿劇本的美國諷刺時事網站AWL的作家索爾(Abe Sauer),得以閱覽劇本初稿(索爾文章可見http://www.theawl.com/2010/05/real-america-red-dawn-remade-china-is-coming-for-our-children)。

「解放軍救經濟為名聯俄發難」

根據劇本內容,解放軍是以「救美國經濟」為名,與俄軍聯手發難,一同入侵美國,故事主舞台亦從原作的科羅拉多小鎮,變成美國汽車業中心底特律。劇本的設定為全球陷入新一輪經濟危機,格魯吉亞加入北約 觸怒俄羅斯 ,同時由於台海局勢升溫,美軍離開伊拉克 進駐台灣,又派出多個航母戰鬥群到當地,結果中俄兩國聯手派軍進攻美國。中俄聯軍透過潛伏於美國的間諜,發動奇襲,進攻前先由黑客令美國西部電力中斷,然後使用小型核武襲擊華盛頓 以及北美防空司令部,切斷美國廣泛地區通訊系統,他們同時使用民航客機,將特種部隊運到美國主要大機場,上演美國版的「木馬屠城記」,其後再控制機場控制塔,讓中俄軍隊經空路由阿拉斯加長驅直入,大批傘兵空降到美國中部。

劇本中出現的一段自由美國「新聞報道」稱,「中國軍隊今晨突然在東西兩岸同時發動攻擊,同時又攻擊台灣的美軍地面部隊,華盛頓亦發生爆炸」。侵佔美國廣泛地區後,解放軍廣設「配給證發放中心」,實施日常用品配給制度,全副武裝的解放軍及中國裝甲車在美國街頭四處巡邏,到處貼有政治宣傳海報,字句包括「修補貴國經濟」、「重建貴國名聲」、「打擊企業貪腐」,顯然編劇是從華爾街金融風暴得到靈感。

劇本其中一幕,是中國代表向美國群眾發言:「各位美國人……在開始之先讓我答你們第一條問題:為什麼(入侵美國)?你們的貪婪幾乎毁了世界。你們的理財失敗令我們和盟友的經濟崩潰,而你仍要求我們支持你們買你們的國債……我們都做了。但你們的粗暴行為仍繼續,你們的態度都沒有改變。但你們多管閒事,以干預台灣回答我們的好意……你令我們沒有選擇。」影片中,象徵解放軍的「八一」軍徽,被印在類似納粹的長條旗上,電影中還充斥「殺死中國人」等煽動性對白。

否認歧視 美高梅稱純屬動作片

美高梅聲稱,有關電影不是散佈種族歧視,堅稱這只是套「動作片」,又說它到底會否在戲院上畫仍是未知之數。不過1984年原作導演米利厄斯(John Milius)上周便向《洛杉磯 時報》表示,這次重拍做法愚蠢,又批評新劇本「非常糟糕,感覺古怪」。他認為中國侵美的橋段,在政治上匪夷所思:「為什麼中國要(侵略)我們?他們向我們賣東西。我們是市場。若真要由我重拍,我寧可拍有關墨西哥。」

明報記者 盧勁業
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100530/4/ib9o.html

斥新片煽動仇中國 紐約華人聯盟反擊
(明報)2010年5月31日 星期一 05:10
【明報專訊】新版《赤色黎明 》在美國 亞裔社區惹來巨大反對聲浪,紐約 華人本月中便組成「反《赤色黎明》世界華人大同盟」。他們指新片充斥「殺死中國人」等煽動性對白,已引起海內外華人憤怒,但美高梅對此表示他們有表達思想的自由。

紐約華人社區上月曾組織車隊遊行,反對美高梅拍攝及放映該影片。有份策劃遊行的全球藝術家聯盟及律師海明說,美高梅給他回覆的一封信中,有一句話「儘管某一群體的民眾受到冒犯,但是美高梅大片《赤色黎明》仍有表達思想的自由」,讓人無法接受。海明表示,影片充斥大量「殺死中國人」、「趕走中國人」、「滾回中國」的口號,嚴重歪曲亞裔形象。海明早已就影片內容,向紐約法院興訟,他指米高梅已批准其他遊戲商開發與電影相關的電子遊戲 ,遊戲設定中國人為敵方,玩遊戲的人需要殲滅中國人。

華裔拒演 韓裔演員充數

據了解,由於絕大部分華裔演員不願演出這電影,所以美高梅幾乎要全部用韓裔演員演出。

紐約版明報
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100530/4/ib9r.html

選前民意調查靠不住 哥倫比亞總統大選出人意料

選前民意調查不靠譜 哥倫比亞總統大選出人意料
2010年05月31日16:52
源:國際在線

30號,哥倫比亞總統選舉在全國舉行。最后,民族團結社會黨候選人、前國防部長曼努埃爾·桑托斯獲得了46.57%的選民支持,選前同樣呼聲較高的綠黨候選人安塔納斯·莫庫斯得票率為21.48%,位列第二,由於得票率都沒有超過半數,兩人將在6月20號進行第二輪角逐。選舉結果顯示桑托斯和莫庫斯得票率相差25%,然而選前哥倫比亞國內進行的各種選前民意調查都顯示兩人的得票率將旗鼓相當,各獲得35%左右的選票,莫庫斯還有可能超過桑托斯,可最終的選舉結果卻讓人大跌眼鏡。

  拉美國家在選舉前一般都會公布一系列選前民意調查,調查結果與最終選舉結果基本上一致,不會有太大出入,也正因為這樣在這次哥倫比亞大選前,各大媒體引用了各個調查公司的民調結果分析桑托斯和莫庫斯將有一場激戰,沒想到真正統計投票結果時,桑托斯早早就結束了戰局。更為荒謬的是獲得第三位支持率、10.2%選票的激進變革黨的候選人赫爾曼·巴爾加斯甚至都沒有出現在熱門調查候選人名單裡!所以,選舉結果揭示以后,不少哥倫比亞人調侃說這次大選最大的失敗方就是各個咨詢公司,一致而且不靠譜的民調結果給了它們集體一個大耳光。

  我也給大家介紹一下將進入最終角逐的兩位哥倫比亞總統候選人。現年59歲的桑托斯2006年6月開始出任哥倫比亞國防部長直到去年為參選總統辭職,被認為是現任總統烏裡韋的最堅定支持者,因此也被輿論稱為“烏派”。桑托斯主張繼續延續上屆政府“維護國家穩定”的大方向不動搖,繼續吸引外資,解決就業,消除貧困。在他在位期間,哥倫比亞軍方的多次軍事行動使該國反政府武裝生存空間大大縮小。位列第二的候選人莫庫斯曾經兩度擔任波哥大市市長。他還曾在1998年作為副總統候選人、2006年作為總統候選人參加大選。莫庫斯主張教育治國,同時認為哥倫比亞需要繼續對反政府武裝採取強硬手段,他同時主張緩和與鄰國厄瓜多爾以及委內瑞拉的關系。最終哥倫比亞大選誰主沉浮,將在6月20日揭曉。(駐阿根廷記者 李姍姍)
http://world.people.com.cn/BIG5/11742888.html

哥倫比亞總統大選 桑托斯大幅領先
(法新社)2010年5月31日 星期一 08:20
(法新社波哥大30日電) 哥倫比亞選舉部份開票結果顯示,總統烏力貝(Alvaro Uribe)挑選為繼任人的桑托斯(Juan Manuel Santos)在今天大選中遙遙領先對手莫庫斯(Antanas Mockus),但票數尚未超過直接當選所需過半的選票。

選舉官員發表聲明宣布,已開出的86%選票中,前國防部長桑托斯以46.5%領先綠黨籍的前波哥大市長莫庫斯的21.7%。

聲明也指出,得票數居第3的是激進改變黨(Cambio Radical)的瓦爾加斯(German Vargas Lleras),拿下90萬2961票。

如果沒有候選人拿下過半票數,6月20將舉行決選。(譯者:中央社林仟懿)
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100531/8/ibfn.html

哥倫比亞毒梟用潛艇運毒往西歐
(星島)2010年5月29日 星期六 15:25
英國 皇家海軍軍官指出,哥倫比亞毒販近來頻頻出動潛艇,把毒品由拉丁美洲偷運到英國及其他歐洲地區。皇家海軍估計,每天平均有30公噸可卡因 循大西洋水路走私到各個目的地。

利用潛艇走私毒品的都是哥倫比亞財力雄厚的大毒梟,他們鑑於在加勒比海巡邏的海軍軍力日益擴大,因此出動潛艇,由南美洲偷運可卡因到北美,再經加勒比海島嶼,運往西歐國家。

英國調查人員指出,最近潛艇運毒的規模及路線都比以往增加和加長,部份更橫越大西洋到西非,以便作為前往利潤豐厚的西歐市場的一個替代路線。

最近加勒比海島國牙買加為了搜捕被美國 通緝的毒梟科克而引發大騷亂,造成近百人死亡,即反映出毒品走私的猖獗程度。美方亦指最近策動西非國家畿內亞政變的楚托是一名大毒梟。

英軍現時出動以驅逐艦「曼徹斯特號」為首的一支艦隊,在加勒比海攔截海上走私的船隻,預料在未來數月會碰到更多運毒的潛艇。
.http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100529/3/iakm.html

以色列將在波斯灣部署核潛艇 + 以軍強擊救援船

以色列將在波斯灣部署能夠攜帶核彈的潛艇
2010年05月31日14:04
來源:人民網-國際頻道

人民網5月31日訊 據英國《星期日泰晤士》5月30日報道,以色列將在波斯灣靠近伊朗水域部署了三艘可發射核彈的“海豚級”潛艇。以色列方面一直認為伊朗、敘利亞和真主黨在不斷發展彈道導彈,擔心此舉會威脅包括一些空軍基地和導彈發射架在內的以境內設施安全。

  據報道,這三艘艘潛艇能夠載員35-50人,能在海底持續航行50天,最大潛水深度為350米,可攜帶以色列最先進的核彈頭。而在波斯灣部署該潛艇可供收集情報,秘密運送摩薩德特工,收集敏感信息,並進行軍事遏制。以色列軍事官員稱,“它攜帶的導彈射程可達1500公裡,能夠打擊伊朗境內的任何目標。”此舉被認為是以色列向伊朗發出的又一威脅。伊朗方面對此回應,“任何試圖在波斯灣作惡的人都將遭到我們有力的回擊。”

  “海豚級潛艇”為常規柴電潛艇,由以色列委托德國制造。這三艘潛艇於2000年前后進入以色列海軍服役,其武器和動力性能在世界同級別潛艇中出堪稱一流。除能發射潛射導彈和魚雷外,它還擁有兩項特殊構造,一是配備了可供以色列海軍特種作戰使用的蛙人艙段,這同時也方便情報人員執行特殊任務。另一個就是其配備了口徑高達650毫米的魚雷發射管。如此的口徑顯然能夠發射比常規的潛射導彈和魚雷威力更大的武器,即能夠攜帶核彈頭戰略巡航導彈。早前有報道稱,以色列在2003年就掌握了由潛艇發射核彈的能力,並成功進行了實驗。以色列一直實施“核模糊”戰略,力圖在規避國際社會監督的同時保持其核威懾力。在伊核問題進入特殊敏感時期的今天,這三艘“潛力巨大”的海豚級潛艇游弋於波斯灣,無疑加劇了地區緊張氣氛。(李逸達)
http://world.people.com.cn/BIG5/11740690.html


為應對伊朗導彈襲擊 以色列要向海灣派遣潛艇
2010年05月31日13:26
來源:人民網-國際頻道

人民網5月31日訊  為應對伊朗可能進行導彈襲擊,以色列決定向靠近伊朗的海灣水域派遣多艘潛艇。

  英國《星期日泰晤士報》30日報道說,以色列極為擔心伊朗、敘利亞以及黎巴嫩真主黨會用先進彈道導彈對以色列本土發動襲擊,特別是要襲擊以色列的空軍基地和導彈發射裝置,為此,為應對最壞情況發生,以色列決定向靠近伊朗的海灣水域派遣3艘潛艇。這3艘潛艇都是德國制造的,每艘潛艇上有30到50名官兵,由1名上校指揮,潛艇都配備有以色列自己制造的核彈頭。潛艇能夠在海上持續活動50天,在水面以下1150英尺深度至少能維持7天。

  據報道,即將被派往海灣的3艘潛艇此前曾到過海灣水域,但過去只是短暫在那裡活動,現在以色列決定至少要使其

中1艘長期在海灣水域駐扎。報道引用不願透露姓名的消息人士的話說,“此次要使1艘潛艇長期在海灣水域,其目的是,一是起威懾作用,二是搜集情報和運送以色列間諜人員,一旦發現伊朗的核計劃在制造核武器,可隨時對伊朗實施打擊。

  中東分析人士表示,以色列對伊朗、敘利亞和黎巴嫩真主黨形成的聯盟極為擔憂,上個月,以色列國防部長巴拉克向美國總統奧巴馬提交了以色列衛星拍攝的許多照片,照片顯示,伊朗制造的彈道導彈通過敘利亞運往了黎巴嫩真主黨。(安國章)
http://world.people.com.cn/BIG5/11740011.html

Israeli troops storm Gaza flotilla
以軍強擊加沙船隊

西元2010年05月31日


阿拉伯聯盟明商以軍襲擊救援船隊事件
(商台)2010年5月31日 星期一 17:13
以色列 海軍艦艇在加沙對開海面,襲擊一支從土耳其 出發的國際人道救援船隊,至少十六人死亡,三十多人受傷。阿拉伯聯盟強烈譴責事件,形容是恐怖行為,明日召開緊急會議商討對策。不過,以色列官方堅持,是對方先用刀與棍襲擊,並向以軍艦艇開火,他們才開槍還擊,並指事件早有預謀,而他們亦在這些船上找到武器。巴勒斯坦 自治政府主席阿巴斯,宣布巴人自治區哀悼三日。事發在當地凌晨三時半,六艘救援船由塞浦路斯出發,企圖突破以軍封鎖,將物資運到加沙。土耳其網站發放船隊遇襲後的片段,見到船上有人不省人事,附近有以軍直升機飛過,亦有電視台拍到,救援船上有人追打以色列士兵。在土耳其伊斯坦布爾,有過千人示威,抗議以軍開火。
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100531/18/ibub.html

活動份子譴責加沙救援死亡
Campaigners condemn Gaza aid deaths
Mon May 31 2010 10:45:38
British campaign groups have condemned the killing of up to 15 people after Israeli commandos intercepted a flotilla of ships taking aid to the Gaza strip.

The ships, carrying about 10,000 tonnes of aid and up to 700 passengers on six vessels, were warned not to pass an Israeli sea blockade.

Among those travelling on the aid ships were eight Irish citizens.

The Stop The War Coalition said the action "should see Israel condemned under international law".

It said it would be among several groups demonstrating outside Downing Street today.

A reporter on one of the aid ships claimed Israelis fired before boarding. The Israelis argued that they were attacked first with sticks, knives and live fire, leading them to retaliate.
(link內有片)
http://itn.co.uk/73b4ea565c477d58fa7e8800ef194e47.html

國際譴責以色列襲擊救援船
(明報)2010年5月31日 星期一 17:20
以色列 軍隊襲擊一支運載救援物品前往加沙的船隊,造成死傷,國際社會作出譴責,亦觸發示威。

以色列海軍人員凌晨登上6艘駛入加沙地帶沿海地區的國際人道主義救援船並且開火,至少10人死亡。

據反對以色列封鎖加沙地帶的國際和平組織自由加沙運動稱,以軍4時半左右強行登上救援船隊中其中的一艘土耳其 船後立即開火,造成至少10人死亡。

以色列軍方發言人稱,未悉誰人下令突擊隊上船,但他們受到襲擊才開火。

在土耳其最大城市伊斯坦布爾,數百人齊集在以色列的領事館外示威,警察戒備防止示威者衝入。首都安卡拉的以色列大使官邸門外,亦有示威者示威。

加沙的哈馬斯 政府號召民眾在全球的以色列大使館外抗議。阿拉伯國家齊聲作出譴責。

歐盟 、法國 、德國 和西班牙 等歐國家洲亦表示關注和譴責,希臘 撤出與以色列的聯合演習。

以色列軍艦將國際人道主義救援船隊(6艘船)攔截在距離加沙地帶100海里左右的水域上,並封鎖了船隊與外界聯繫的通道。

由40多個國家資助的國際人道主義救援船隊日前在位於地中海的塞浦路斯港口集結,計劃當地時間31日中午抵達加沙地帶沿海地區。船隊共裝載了一萬多噸醫療用品、建築材料、帳篷、食品等物資,船上人員共750人,來自歐洲及阿拉伯國家等。這是自2007年以色列對加沙地帶實施封鎖以來,規模最大、人數最多的一次國際聲援加沙運動。

(綜合)
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100531/4/ibu1.html

以色列一月大型生化襲擊演習 二月全民獲配氧氣罩2
以色列將德國核潛艇駐在波斯灣

以色列拒絕參加中東無核區計劃

以色列放出武器搜獲量畫面 '發現'在加沙和平船上

美國對敘利亞設立3條“紅線”

美國對敘利亞設立3條不可逾越的“紅線”
2010年05月31日09:48
來源:人民網-國際頻道

人民網5月31日訊  中東媒體報道說,美國從中東戰略利益考慮,防止黎巴嫩局勢出現突變,對在黎巴嫩有巨大影響的敘利亞設立了3條不可逾越的“紅線”。

  今天出版的科威特《祖國報》引用西方權威消息人士的話說,黎巴嫩局勢非常脆弱而且很復雜,特別是歷史上又與敘利亞有特殊關系,美國擔心敘利亞—伊朗軸心會對黎巴嫩施加強大壓力讓其與以色列對抗,這將破壞和打擊美國的中東戰略,為此,美國奧巴馬政府對敘利亞設立3條涉及黎巴嫩的不可逾越的“紅線”。

  消息人士披露說,3條“紅線”是:一、不能以任何理由或借口再使黎巴嫩處於敘利亞監護和控制之下﹔二、不能把伊朗的武器或導彈轉運給黎巴嫩真主黨,因這不僅違反聯合國關於黎巴嫩問題的1701號決議,還會導致黎巴嫩與以色列之間發生戰火,從而威脅該地區和平﹔三、不能放棄或損害黎巴嫩問題國際特別法庭。

  報道說,敘利亞與黎巴嫩歷史上曾同屬奧斯曼帝國,一次世界大戰后兩國淪為法國委任統治地。上世紀40年代敘黎先后獨立,但敘視黎為自己的屬地,不承認黎獨立,1991年5月,敘黎簽署《敘黎合作協調兄弟關系條約》,規定兩國將保持特殊的兄弟般的國家關系。2005年4月,敘利亞迫於國際壓力從黎全部撤軍,結束了在黎長達29年的軍事存在。但美國認為敘利亞一直拖延與黎巴嫩實現關系正常化,並採取措施迫使黎巴嫩作出讓步,這是為從新控制黎巴嫩做准備。

  消息靈通人士還表示,黎巴嫩目前正面臨來自敘利亞與伊朗軸心強大壓力,伊朗支持黎巴嫩真主黨和巴勒斯坦極端武裝,並通過敘利亞不斷向真主黨輸送武器,以對抗和襲擊以色列,黎巴嫩自己難以應對這種局面,任其發展下去,黎巴嫩會成為打擊以色列的戰場,從而有可能引發地區戰爭,這將破壞和打擊美國的中東戰略,為此是美國絕不願看到的。(安國章)
http://world.people.com.cn/BIG5/11736891.html

九條“有手”魚新物種被發現

圖片:九條“有手”魚新物種被發現
Pictures: Nine Fish With "Hands" Found to Be New Species

Also Available in Purple
Photograph courtesy Andrew Maver

Newly described as its own species, the Ziebell's handfish typically has yellow fins, as seen above in a file photo, but the species can also appear with a mottled purplish coloration. Ziebell's handfish is found only in small, isolated populations off Tasmania and is listed as vulnerable in Australia.

Today all handfish are found only around southeastern Australia. But about 50 million years ago the animals likely inhabited regions around the world, the CSIRO scientists note. Fossils of the curious creatures have been discovered in the Mediterranean, for example.

(Related: "Fossil Fish With 'Limbs' Is Missing Link, Study Says.")

Published May 24, 2010



http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/05/photogalleries/100524-new-species-handfish-walk-science-pictures/?now=2010-05-24-00:01#new-handfish-species-fish-ziebells_20880_600x450.jpg

不敢相信眼睛 瞧瞧這些用“手”行走的魚
2010年05月31日13:24

最近,科學家對9種新命名的長手魚進行了描述。這些魚類最令人吃驚的特征就是長著“手”,所謂的“手”指的就是它們用來行走的魚鰭。

黃鰭長手魚
圖片展示的是一種新描述的長手魚,名為“Ziebell”,其典型特征為生有黃鰭,此外還長有略帶紫色的斑點。Ziebell隻在塔斯馬尼亞島沿海被發現,它們的數量很少,過著與世隔絕的生活,現已被澳大利亞列為易受攻擊的物種。

  迄今為止,人們隻在澳大利亞東南部水域發現長手魚的蹤影。澳大利亞聯邦科學與產業研究組織的科學家指出,這種魚類在大約5000萬年前可能遍布世界各地,地中海便曾發現這種怪魚的化石。(孝文)

粉紅色長手魚
圖片展示了一種新命名的粉紅色長手魚,它們利用鰭行走於海床之上而不是游泳。在最近有關長手魚家族的科學評論中,科學家對9種新命名的魚類物種進行了描述,圖片中的粉紅色長手魚就是其中之一。

  粉紅色長手魚身長4英寸(約合10厘米),是一種非常罕見的魚類,迄今為止隻發現4條,均是在澳大利亞塔斯馬尼亞島的霍巴特周圍區域捕獲的。自1999年以來,就再沒有人發現活粉紅色長手魚的蹤影,但直到現在,科學家才正式將這種魚類認定為一個獨特物種。

  評論作者、澳大利亞聯邦科學與產業研究組織的丹尼爾·格萊德希爾和彼得·拉斯特表示,世界上所有14種已知長手魚都隻在澳大利亞東南沿岸的淺水域被發現。即使對於此前發現的長手魚,科學家也並沒有進行深入研究。因此對它們的生物學特征和行為習性,我們仍知之甚少。

斑點長手魚
圖片展示的是一種此前已知的斑點長手魚,是在塔斯馬尼亞島德文特河河口和附近海灣底部的沙質沉積物上發現的。這種魚利用鰭在海床上行走,主要以海虫和甲殼類等小型無脊椎動物為食。斑點長手魚可能是長手魚家族中被研究程度最高的成員,國際自然保護聯盟已將其列為一種極度瀕危物種。也就是說,野生斑點長手魚在不久的將來面臨極高滅絕風險。

  長手魚行動遲緩,喜歡在面積狹小的棲息地活動,因此可能很容易成為捕食者的獵殺目標。但研究人員認為長手魚也擁有一件秘密武器,它們的皮膚具有毒性,能夠毒殺絕大多數攻擊者。澳大利亞聯邦科學與產業研究組織魚類分類學家格萊德希爾表示,一些逸聞趣事指出捕食者可能在吃掉長手魚一小時內死亡。

紅色長手魚
這種紅色長手魚也是此前已知的一種魚類,現已被澳大利亞列為易受攻擊的物種。人們隻在澳大利亞南部塔斯馬尼亞島周圍水域發現它們的身影。科學家對長手魚了解的並不多,因為它們的數量很少,不經常在野外發現。研究人員認為長手魚的產卵數量低於絕大多數其他魚類,長期生存面臨考驗。魚類分類學家格萊德希爾表示,長手魚往往在離家很近的區域活動,對新環境的適應能力較差。
http://scitech.people.com.cn/BIG5/11739989.html

港大發現新化合物抑制流感病毒 研究員找' 萬能 '流感疫苗

港大發現新化合物抑制流感病毒繁殖
(商台)2010年5月31日 星期一 13:04
香港大學 研究發現,一種化合物Nucleozin,有效防治流感。負責研究的本港及加拿大 科學家表示,這種化合物可以阻止流感病毒內的核蛋白,進入生物的細胞核,從而防止病毒進行複製,抑制病毒擴散。港大醫學院微生物學系系主任袁國勇說,要等進一步臨床驗證成功,及視乎藥廠的投資,才可製成藥物。

袁國勇形容,新發現是概念性的突破,因為以往治療流感的藥物,例如特敏福及樂敏清,不能阻止病毒在細胞內繼續繁殖,對病情較嚴重的病人,療效較差,而新發現的化合物,就可以更有效控制病毒數量,減輕病情。
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100531/18/iboa.html

研究人員開步找' 萬能 '流感疫苗
Researchers take step to 'universal' flu vaccine

Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON
Tue May 25, 2010 5:32pm EDT

(Reuters) - A "headless" version of the influenza virus protected mice from several different strains of flu and may offer a step toward a so-called universal flu vaccine, researchers reported on Tuesday.
(路透社) - 一個流感病毒的“無頭”版從幾個不同菌株的流感保護小鼠,有可能帶來一步走向所謂的萬能流感疫苗,研究人員週二報導。

Health

They identified a piece of the virus that appears to be the same even among mutated strains, and found a way to make it into a vaccine.

Years of work lie ahead but if it works in people the way it worked in mice, the new vaccine might transform the way people are now immunized against influenza, the team at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York reported.

"We now report progress toward the goal of an influenza virus vaccine which would protect against multiple strains," Dr. Peter Palese, Dr. Adolfo Garcia-Sastre and colleagues report in a new journal mBio, available here

"Current influenza vaccines are effective against only a narrow range of influenza virus strains. It is for this reason that new vaccines must be generated and administered each year."

Flu viruses mutate constantly and each year a cocktail of three flu vaccines is tweaked to try and hit the most common new mutations. Every few decades a new pandemic strain emerges -- a year ago the new H1N1 swine flu strain started a pandemic and it has been added to the seasonal flu vaccine mix.

It takes months to make a new flu vaccine and governments and commercial drug companies struggled to get the new H1N1 vaccine out by last September. Having a universal flu vaccine could, in theory, prevent future pandemics and keep seasonal flu under better control.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64O6JC20100525

英國研制出“萬能流感疫苗”:打一針防所有流感

2010年5月30日星期日

美國大印章被破譯:1776年、2012年和2033年與瑪雅日曆有關


美國大印章被破譯:1776年、2012年和2033年與瑪雅日曆有關
The Great Seal of the United States is Deciphered: 1776, 2012, and 2033 Related to Mayan Calendar an

posted on 15-5-2010 @ 04:41 PM

In "The Secret Teachings of All Ages" by Manly P. Hall, he outlines "the cryptogram as a factor in symbolic philosophy." In this book he shows the major importance of cryptic ciphers that were used by the ancients and the keepers of mystery knowledge. Hall was viewed by many freemasons as their greatest philosopher.
在曼利P霍爾的“所有時代的秘密教誨”,他概述“Cryptogram作為一個象徵性哲學的因素。”在這本書中,他顯示被古人和神秘知識的持有者所使用的神秘密碼的主要重要性。霍爾被許多共濟會人視為他們最偉大的哲學家。
“No treatise which deals with symbolism would be complete without a section
devoted to the consideration of cryptograms. The use of ciphers has long been
recognized as indispensable in military and diplomatic circles, but the modern
world has overlooked the important role played by cryptography in literature and
philosophy.”
-Manly P. Hall- The Secret Teachings of All Ages
“涉及象徵意義的論文沒有是完整的,如果沒有一節專門審議
cryptograms。密碼的使用長期以來在軍事和外交界被認為是必不可少的,但現代世界忽略了加密在文學和哲學所發揮的重要作用。
-“曼利P霍爾
- “所有時代的秘密教誨”

The rosicrucians and the freemasons were particularly adept at the use of coded ciphers in their literature, philosophy and artistry in order to hide secrets passed down through the ancient mystery schools. Decoding these ciphers is the very key to their secret knowledge.
玫瑰十字會和共濟會特別善於使用編碼加密在他們的文學、哲學和藝術,以隱藏在古老神秘學校流傳的秘密。解讀這些密碼對他們的秘密知識是非常關鍵的。

Most Rosicrucian and Masonic symbolic ciphers have more than one meaning… One meaning for the laity and another for the adept that understands the symbolism and can decode the secrets of the cipher, thus the symbolism of the Great Seal of the United States can be viewed in multiple ways.
大多數玫瑰十字會會員和共濟會的符號密碼有多過一個意思 ...一個意思給俗人和另一個給熟練能夠理解象徵意義,和能夠將密碼的秘密解碼的人,因此美國大印章的象徵意義可以用多種方式觀看。
Manly P. Hall referred to the Great Seal of the United States (placed on the dollar bill in 1933 by 32nd degree freemasons FDR and Henry Wallace)
曼利P霍爾指向美國大印章(1933年放在美元鈔票由第32度的共濟會員羅斯福和亨利華萊士)

“Careful analysis of the seal discloses a mass of occult and Masonic symbols, chief among them the so-called American eagle- a bird which Benjamin Franklin declared unworthy to be chosen as the emblem of a great, powerful, and progressive people. Here again only the student of symbolism can see through the subterfuge and realize that the American eagle upon the Great Seal is but a conventionalized phoenix, a fact plainly discernible from an examination of the original seal.” Manly P. Hall- The Secret Teachings of All Ages

Note that the phoenix is related to the Egyptian god Osiris, for his body was carried to Byblos (Phoenicia) where it stayed inside of a tree until it was later revived, for a time, through magic by his beloved wife Isis, until it was later stolen and dismembered by his evil brother Set, thus the phoenix is a symbol of the death and rebirth of Osiris.
注意鳳凰是有關埃及神奧西里斯,因為他的屍體被運到比布魯斯(腓尼基),在那裡他會停留在一棵樹中直到他復活,要一段時間透過他的愛妻伊西斯施展的魔術,但它被後來被盜和被他的邪惡兄弟石肢解,因此鳳凰是象徵死亡和奧西里斯的重生。
The Obverse and Reverse of The Great Seal of the United States of America
美利堅合眾國大印章的正面和反面
“The significance of the Mystical number 13, which frequently appears upon the Great Seal of the United States, is not limited to the number of the original colonies. The sacred emblem of the ancient initiates, here composed of 13 stars, also appears above the head of the “eagle.” The motto, E Pluribus Unum, contains 13 letters, as does the inscription, Annuit Coeptis. The “eagle” clutches in its right talon a branch bearing 13 leaves and 13 berries and in its left a sheaf of 13 arrows. The face of the pyramid, exclusive of the panel containing the date, consists of 72 stones arranged in 13 rows.”
“神秘號碼13的意義,它經常會出現在美國大印章上,不是僅限於原來殖民地的數目。古代有識之仕的神聖國徽,這裡包含有13顆星,亦出現在“鷹”的頭部上方。那座右銘E Pluribus Unum包括13個字母,正如題詞Annuit Coeptis一樣。 “雄鷹”在它的右邊有樹枝帶有13片樹葉和漿果,和在它的左邊有一捆13枝箭。金字塔的表面,獨家小組包含了日期,包括72塊石頭排列成13行。“
The number 72 has special significance as relates to the story of Osiris, who was bound by 72 accomplices of Set into a magic box, where he was then thrown into the Nile. There are also 72 pentagrams binding the 72 angels/demons in the mural painted within the Capitol Dome, called the “Apotheosis of Washington”. Barrack Obama also made this cryptic comment to those that are in the know:
72這個數字具有特殊意義,因為涉及到奧西里斯的故事,他是被石的72同謀綁入一魔術盒,隨後他扔進尼羅河。在國會大廈內的圓頂彩繪壁畫,亦有 72顆五角星約束72天使/惡魔,被稱為“華盛頓的尊奉為神”。奧巴馬亦作出這神秘的評論對那些知道的:
“We will even point out how Obama, like George Bush before him, sent the appropriate signal to those who were meant to understand it, when he acknowledged this mystical value ‘72,’ saying he would complete his first 100 days ‘…in 72 days. And on the 73rd day, I will rest.’" source
我們甚至指出奧巴馬如何,像他之前的布殊, 發出適當的訊號給那些為了理解它的人,當他承認這神秘值'72,'說他將完成他的第一個 100天 '... 在72天,和在第73天,我會休息。"
72 stones in 13 columns to the pyramid on the Great Seal! This will become very important later.
72塊石頭在 13列對住大印章上的金字塔!之後這將成為非常重要的。
Now the key to the cipher (the reverse of the Seal) is the Mayan calendar, which is clearly encoded within the reverse seal.
現在密碼之匙(大印章的背面)是瑪雅曆法,它是清楚地編碼在大印章的背面。
Below the pyramid, depicting 72 stones in 13 rows, is the date of 1776 in Roman numerals at the base of the pyramid. This date just so happens to have great significance in the Mayan calendar, along with the year 2012, as 1776 is the start date of the final cycle of 13 Katun, leading to the final Katun 2012, hence the importance of the number 13, which had special significance, not only to the founders, but also to the Maya. Clearly, the numbers and dates for the founding of the “New Atlantis” were chosen carefully, and not by accident.
金字塔的下面,描繪了72塊石頭在 13行,日期是羅馬數字1776年在金字塔的底部。這個日期恰好在瑪雅日曆有很大的意義隨著 2012年,因為 1776年是13卡吞的最後週期的開始日期 ,引領至 最後的卡吞2012年,因此數字的重要性是13,它有特殊意義,不僅是對創始人,而且亦對瑪雅。清楚地,數字和日期對建立“新亞特蘭蒂斯”被仔細選擇,而不是偶然的。
But something else that I found ciphered within the reverse of the Great Seal is the year 2033, which was mentioned by Protoplasmic Traveler in one of his excellent threads on All Roads Lead to Rome. He found this picture (not sure where he got it, but it looks like Masonic literature of some kind) and confirmed the information and date with other insider sources that he has.
但還有一些東西,我發現在大印章背面的加密是2033年,它被Protoplasmic Traveler 提及在他其中一條出色的線程在條條大路通羅馬上。他發現這圖片(不知道他在那裡得到它,但它看起來像某種共濟會文學),並以他有的內幕消息來源確認那信息和日期。
Where’s the connection to 2033? Well, the 13 steps of the pyramid represent 13 ages or cycles that must be completed before the final cycle, or the great architect appears to complete the “great work,” represented by the eye of Horus that sits as the capstone (apex stone) of the pyramid. These ages or cycles were prophesied by the Maya as 13 final Katuns, starting with Katun 1776 and ending with Katun 2012, however, a Katun is approximately 19.7 years, so the final Katun 2012, is cut off and not completed. If you take 12 Katuns times the 19.7, and then add that to the year 1776, you get 2012! If you take 13 Katuns times 19.7 years, and then add that to 1776, you get 2032.1.… So very close to 2033! Most of the scholars that worked on this ended the cycle with 2012 because it was the end of the Mayan Long Count, and thus seen as the end of the calendar, but if you take the math all of the way through and count all of the 19.7 years of all 13 Katuns, you will get so very close to 2033, the date that Proto has found to be very important to the powers that be. And all of this was verified years ago by scholars that happened upon it purely by accident.
2033年的連繫在哪裡?好的,金字塔的13級代表13代或週期,在最後的週期之前必須完成,或偉大建築師出現去完成那“偉大工程,”由荷魯斯的眼代表,它處於金字塔的頂點(頂點石)。這些代或週期被瑪雅預言為最後 的13卡吞,由 1776年卡吞開始及結束以2012年卡吞,但是一卡吞大約是19.7年,因此最終的卡吞2012年是被切斷和尚未完成。如果你將12 卡吞乘以 19.7,然後加它在1776年之上,你得到2012年!如果你將13 卡吞乘以 19.7,然後加它在1776年之上,你得到2032.1...所以非常接近2033年!大多數研究這的學者用2012年結束週期,因為它是瑪雅長數的完結,從而被視為日曆的完結。但如果你全程計一下數和數算所有13個卡吞的所有19.7年 ,你會非常接近2033年,那日期布圖發現對掌權的人是非常重要的。而這一切多年前已被學者驗證,發生在它之上純屬偶然。
One of these was Dr. Luxton:
這其中一個是拉克斯頓博士:
The most remarkable connection between these dates is that the Maya themselves recognized a direct link between the number thirteen and the years 1776 and 2012 in cycles and illustrations in a way that academic Richard N. Luxton found to be similar to prophecies of the "Christian Last Judgment." He translated and annotated The Book of Chumayel: The Counsel Book of the Yucatec Maya 1539–1638, and noted on katun 13 Ahau:

The dates that accompany the illustrations approximate real counts. Katun 13 Ahau ended in 1539 and began in the Colonial Count in 1776.… The traditional theme of agreement as the end of the eastern katun cycle in 13 Ahau is intermingled here with elements of the Christian Last Judgment. Whether this paradigm was also intended for the end of the Long Count in 2012 is open to question.[4]

Religious ceremonies and prophecies accompanied Mayan katuns, and Luxton’s connection to the "Christian Last Judgment" and the thirteen katuns (a katun is approximately 19.7 years) between 1776 and 2012 is drawn from the prophecies of the Mayan prophet Chilam Balam. Written down in about the year 1595, the oracular Chilam Balam, or "jaguar" shaman, said the end of this period would witness the judgment of God in the form of social collapse, epidemics, plagues, and famine. The same period would see the coming of two great prophets, one after the other, according to the Mayan prophecy. Is this the False Prophet paving the way for the Antichrist?
宗教儀式和預言陪同著瑪雅卡吞,和拉克斯頓的聯繫由“基督徒的最後審判”至13卡吞(一卡吞約 19.7年)從1776年至2012年之間,是來自瑪雅先知Chilam巴拉姆的預言。寫在1595年左右,玄妙的Chilam巴拉姆,或“美洲虎”巫師,說這時期的結束將見證上帝的審判,在社會崩潰、流行病、瘟疫和飢荒的形式中。同期將看到兩位大先知的來臨 ,一個接一個,根據瑪雅預言。這是否那假先知為敵基督鋪路?
It is no coincidence that the start and ending dates of the final thirteen katuns of the Mesoamerican Mayan Long Count calendar are reflected in the thirteen steps of the pyramid on the United States’ Great Seal. That the steps of the pyramid were intended to convey units of time has been an open secret for many years. Though he was not sure what to make of it himself, Paul Foster Case wrote many years ago that:
它不是偶然的,中美洲瑪雅長數日曆的最後的 13卡吞的 開始和結束日期,被反映在美國大印章的金字塔的13級。金字塔的梯級是為了傳達時間單位,已經是公開的秘密多年了。雖然他不肯定他自己該怎麼做出它,保羅福斯特案例許多年前寫:
Since the date, 1776, is placed on the bottom course of the pyramid, and since the number thirteen has been so important in the symbolism of the seal, it is not unreasonable to suppose that the thirteen courses of the pyramid may represent thirteen time periods. [5]
自那日期1776年被放置在金字塔的底部路線,及由於數字 13對印章的象徵意義是如此重要的,它不是不合理去假設,在金字塔的13條跑道可能是代表13個時間段。 [5]
John Kehne made an even more intriguing observation, directly coupling the Great Seal’s trestleboard date, 1776, and the Mayan ending date 2012:

This Seal shows a thirteen-step pyramid with 1776 in Roman numerals.… [The year] 1776 was not only the year that the Declaration of Independence was signed, but was also a special year in the Mayan calendar. Just as the last katun in the Great Cycle is "katun 2012," the first katun in the cycle of thirteen was "katun 1776." In fact, the katun ended thirty-three days before the signing. So 1776 is the bottom level of the pyramid, where the date is actually inscribed—the top of the pyramid is therefore 2012. source[6]

As readers of my upcoming book will discover, early Freemasons and America’s founding fathers were very much aware of the significance of these dates—1776, 2012, and 2016 respectively—and while the thirteen steps of the unfinished pyramid on the Great Seal account for the timeframe 1776–2012 using the slightly less than twenty-year periods (19.7) of the katun, the Gregorian twenty-year cycle produces 1776–2016, both of which fit perfectly within the trestleboard dating on the U.S. Great Seal cipher and the first Masonic tracing board, as we will reveal.”
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Another apparent correlation can be found, again, at the Capitol Building, where a series of murals were commissioned starting in 1817 by Constantino Brumidi, who also worked at the Vatican. Brumidi was commissioned in 1854 to go to Mexico and make a detailed sketch of the Aztec Sun Stone (Aztec Calendar stone), which is probably based on and very similar to the Mayan calendar, for its peculiar inclusion within this mural scene of Cortez and the Aztec Temple. It is interesting that they went to all of that trouble for an artifact that should have had very little to do with the Capitol of the United States. But as we have seen, it is more to do with the founding of this country than some yet realize.

So in summation, we have the very important American dates of 1776 and the number 13, which also have special importance to the Mayan and their calendar, encoded within the cipher of the Masonic Great Seal of the United States of America. This date and number relate to the final 13 Katuns in the Mayan calendar, which begins with Katun 1776 and ends with Katun 2012, but if we add all of the last Katun in the 13 Katun cycle, we get the approximate year of 2033, which relates to the picture that Proto found above. Could some major world event in 2012 bring about the prophesied end of the “great work” in 2032/33?
因此在總結中,我們有非常重要的美國日期1776年和數字 13,也具有特別重要性對瑪雅人和他們的日曆,編碼在阿美利堅合眾國的共濟會大印章的密碼內。這日期和數字關係到瑪雅日曆內最後 的13 卡吞,它開始於1776年卡吞和完結以2012年卡吞,但如果我們加起13卡吞週期的所有最後卡吞,我們得到約莫的年汾2033,它涉及到布圖上面發現的圖片。一些在2012年的重大世界大事可否帶往“偉大工程”預言的 終結在2032/2033年?
What should be clear is that The Powers That Be have been trying to bring some great event about for hundreds of years, and apparently planned the construction of the New World to culminate in the independence of 13 colonies to become the prophesied New Atlantis of Francis Bacon. For what purpose? Well, it appears that they are preparing for the return of their prophesied God Osiris/Horus/Apollo or what is referred to in the Bible as the anti-Christ. Whatever they are preparing for, it is reflected in Egyptian ceremonies and Roman/Greco/Egyptian temples, the Syblline prophecy “Novus Ordo Seclorem, and monuments, which I discuss extensively here.
應該清楚的是,掌權者已數百年一直試圖把一些大事件帶出,和顯然地計劃新世界的建造,去結束13個殖民地的獨立變成弗朗西斯培根預言的新亞特蘭蒂斯。為什麼目的?哦,它看來是他們正準備預言的神奧西里斯 /荷魯斯 /阿波羅或在聖經中提到的敵基督的返回。無論他們正在準備什麽,它在埃及的儀式和羅馬 /希臘 /埃及廟宇中反映,那Syblline預言“Novus Ordo Seclorem和古蹟,我在這裡作廣泛討論(click上面here)。

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread571905/pg1

神秘之地- 華盛頓美國國會大廈 (上)

世界末日:經過許多預測後,我們還在這裡

美元新鈔票預示新的隱藏陰謀?

HAARP 造成地震和火山爆發

HAARP 造成地震和火山爆發
H.A.A.R.P causing earthquakes and volcano's

posted on 28-5-2010 @ 06:09 PM

cryptogon.com
http://cryptogon.com/?p=15682
火山灰受到電荷,“大氣電力和正常天氣活動”可能不是源頭
Volcanic Ash Receiving Electric Charge; “Atmospheric Electricity and Normal Weather Activity” Probably Not the Source

May 28th, 2010

HAARP?

Via: National Geographic:

The ash plume from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano, which crippled international air travel in April, held a shocking secret: an unexpected electric charge.
來自冰島的埃亞菲亞德拉冰蓋火山的羽灰,它在4月癱瘓了國際航空旅行,持有一令人震驚的秘密:一個意外的電荷。

Ash plumes directly over erupting volcanoes have been known to generate lightning, and electrically charged ash has been found in previous plumes up to 30 miles (50 kilometers) from their source volcanoes.
灰羽狀物直接在爆發火山之上,已被知道產生閃電,和帶電的火山灰已被發現在以前的羽從源頭火山達 30哩(50公里)。
But according to a new study, electric ash from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano was found a record 745 miles (1,200 kilometers) away from the eruption.
但根據一項新研究,從埃亞菲亞德拉冰蓋火山的電灰,被發現新紀錄的遠離火山爆發七四五哩(1200公里)。
At that distance, it wasn’t energy from the eruption itself that charged the ash, said study co-author Giles Harrison, a meteorologist at the University of Reading in the U.K. Based on the average size and shape of particles in the ash, “any initial charging that occurred would have decayed away many times over.”
在那距離,它不是爆發本身的能量為火山灰充電,一個英國雷丁大學的氣象學家和研究的共同作者賈爾斯哈里森說,建基在平均面積和灰顆粒的形狀,“任何發生的初步充電將已退走超過許多次。“
In fact, ash from deep in the volcanic plume was still charged 32 hours after being spewed from the Iceland peak, which suggests that the charge was self-renewing, the scientists say.
事實上,從冰島山頂被噴出32小時後,灰來自深的火山羽狀物仍然負電荷,它提出電荷是自我更新,科學家們說。
The discovery means that many volcanic ash plumes might be electrified, which could have implications for the air-travel industry.
發現意味著許多火山灰羽狀物可能被電氣化,它可能對空中旅遊業有影響。

電力灰深藏於火山羽狀物
Electric Ash Deep in Volcanic Plume
The Eyjafjallajökull volcano started erupting in late March, and on April 14 the volcano began belching out a gigantic plume of ash.

The plume traveled to continental Europe, grounding flights around the world for days, due to fears of ash clogging plane engines.

As the plume drifted over Scotland, Harrison and colleagues rushed to the western port city of Stranraer (map), where the 1,970-foot-thick (600-meter-thick) layer of ash loomed about two and a half miles (four kilometers) above.

The team launched a custom weather balloon outfitted with instruments to gauge the size and characteristics of atmospheric ash particles.

Even in fair weather, a very small electric field is present in Earth’s atmosphere. This field can charge airborne particles and the edges of clouds, Harrison said.

But the electric volcanic ash was found in the middle of the thick plume, not on its edges. That would seem to rule out atmospheric electricity and normal weather activity as sources of the charge.
但是帶電的火山灰被發現在厚羽中間,而不是在它的邊緣。那似乎排除大氣電力和正常天氣活動,作為電荷的來源。

“There has to be something related to the particles themselves, because the charge is in proportion to where the particles are and how many there are,” Harrison said. “But we really can’t say any more than that.”

Prior research done with weather balloons had shown that desert dust storms can become electrified through a process of particle collision that is not yet completely understood. The same phenomenon may be at work with volcanic ash, the scientists suggest.

How Electric Ash Affects Flights

Electrified ash could theoretically pose a risk to air traffic, because charged particles might interfere with radio transmissions, the study authors say. Also, if charged ash penetrates an aircraft cabin, it could create an electrostatic hazard to passengers and internal systems.

But Harrison noted that aircraft are built to withstand lightning strikes, which carry comparatively massive charges, so the risks from electricity in ash seem small. (Related: “Gamma Rays a Flight Risk?”)

In fact, Harrison noted, the discovery of electric ash could be a boon to air travelers, because the charge can help scientists better predict a volcanic ash plume’s movements.

Electric charges are fairly easy to observe with existing instruments, so a charged plume should be easier to track, even after the visible plume has largely dispersed.

Scientists also know how charges affect the way particles combine—which impacts their weight and thus their movements—and how easily particles are washed out of the sky by rainfall.

Measuring a plume’s charges could therefore help scientists better estimate where the ash will go and how long it will stay aloft.
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread576468/pg1

冰島火山灰羽狀物電氣化
Iceland Volcano Ash Plume Electrified
2010 05 28

The billowing plume of ash that spewed from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajakull volcano and spread across Europe in April carried with it a significant electric charge, new research reveals.
翻騰的羽狀火山灰在4月份從冰島的埃亞菲亞德拉冰蓋火山噴出和遍布歐洲,與它的顯著電荷,新的研究揭示。

Eyjafjallajakull first began pumping volcanic ash into the atmosphere on March 20. The spread of the plume across Europe hampered air travel for days and created fiery red sunsets.
Shortly after the volcano’s active eruption phase began in mid-April, the U.K. Met Office contacted Joseph Ulanowski from the Science and Technology Research Institute at the University of Hertfordshire, who last year, together with Giles Harrison from the Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading, had developed a specialized weather balloon that could assess the location and composition of the volcanic ash clouds.
在火山的活躍噴發期在4月中旬開始後不久,英國氣象局聯繫來自赫特福德大學科學技術研究院的約瑟夫烏拉諾夫斯基,他在去年連同來自雷丁大學氣象學系的賈爾斯哈里森,已發展出一專門的氣象氣球,可以評估火山灰雲的地點和成份。

The plume of ash and steam rising from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano reached 17,000 to 20,000 feet (5 to 6 kilometers) into the atmosphere on May 10, 2010, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image. Credit: Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
羽狀火山灰和水蒸氣上升自埃亞菲亞德拉冰蓋火山,在2010年5月10日達到 17,000至20,000呎(5至6公里)大氣層,當時美國宇航局Aqua衛星的中解像光譜儀(MODIS)拍攝這圖片。讚:傑夫施米爾茲,MODIS衛星快速反應小組在美國宇航局戈達德空間飛行中心

Their balloons, originally designed and used to study the properties of desert dust clouds, are able to assess not only the size of particles suspended in the atmosphere - such as volcanic ash - but also the electric charge present, which can be important to know when evaluating a plume’s threat to aircraft.

"Detailed volcanic plume properties, such as the particle size, concentration and charge found by our weather balloon are important in predicting the impact on aircraft," Harrison said.


Lightning seen in the plume from Eyjafjallajakull is also attributed to electrical charges generated in the plume from particles rubbing together.

Measurements made last year with the balloons in Kuwait and off the west coast of Africa showed clearly that desert dust could become strongly electrified aloft.

When particles in the atmosphere become charged, it can change how effectively they grow in size or are washed out by rain.

When Eyjafjallajakull erupted, a team of scientists was quickly assembled and travelled to a site near Stranraer in Scotland where a balloon was launched. The balloon detected a layer of volcanic ash about 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) above the ground, about 1,970 feet (600 meters) thick, with very abrupt upper and lower edges.

The charge detected by the balloon was deep inside the plume, not along the edges. This is contradictory to what would be expected from the normal weather-induced charging of cloud layers.

From their measurements, the researchers conclude that neither energy from the volcanic source - more than 745 miles (1,200 km) away - nor weather conditions could have been responsible for the position of the charge found by the balloon.

Article from: LiveScience.com
http://www.redicecreations.com/article.php?id=11087

前瞻:HAARP能做的可怕事情

美國防部承認HAARP能引發地震和火山爆發的證據

HAARP 與地震

HAARP於海地地震期間全力發動?

更多說法 海地地震是HAARP所引致的

水龍捲內的閃電 ..不可思議的照片

正確的 HAARP 環預測

如何刪除你的Facebook戶口,並調整關鍵的隱私設置

如何:刪除你的Facebook戶口,並調整關鍵的隱私設置
How to: delete your Facebook account, and adjust key privacy settings
Facebook is embroiled in an ongoing row over privacy. Here, we talk you through some of the key things you need to do to manage your Facebook account
Facebook捲入了一個持續的隱私爭拗,在這裡我們教你一些關鍵的事情,你需要做去管理你的Facebook帳戶

By Claudine Beaumont, Technology Editor
Published: 2:30PM BST 14 May 2010

Facebook, founded by Mark Zuckerberg, is facing a backlash from users and the technology community over recent changes to its privacy policy Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS
臉譜由Mark扎克伯格成立,正面臨著一個從用戶和技術界的反彈,就其最近改變它的隱私政策 照片:美聯社

Facebook's privacy policy is a whopping 5,830 words long. As the New York Times recently pointed out, the Constitution of the United States is just 4,543. In recent months, Facebook has made revisions to its privacy policy that makes a growing amount of information public by default; users must opt out if they want to keep their information private, or share it only with a trusted group of friends.
Facebook的隱私政策長達 5,830字。正如紐約時報最近指出,美國憲法只是4,543字。最近幾個月,Facebook已經就其隱私政策進行修改,以系統默認值製造越來越多的公眾信息量;用戶必須選擇他們是否想保持他們的信息私人,或共享它只與一組信任的朋友。
The changes have caused something of a backlash among both the user community and the technology industry, with some commentators questioning whether these changes are the thin end of the edge, and may even result in users leaving the social-networking site in their droves. 變化已引起一些用戶社區和科技產業兩者之間的反彈,有一些評論家質疑這些變化是否邊緣的薄終結,和甚至可能導致用戶紛紛離開社交網站。

Committing "Facebook suicide", as it's known, is a very drastic option. Facebook, to its credit, does allow users to have complete control over their profiles and the way their personal information is shared – but you do need to plough through 50 different settings and around 170 different options if you want to control every single aspect of your account. Here, we look at how to deactivate and delete your Facebook account – and the difference between the two – as well as how to lockdown some of the most important privacy settings on your profile:
正如它眾所週知,“Facebook自殺”是一個非常激烈的選擇。對其信譽,臉譜確允許用戶有完全控制在他們的個人資料上,和個人信息的分享方式 - 但你確需要爬過 50種不同的設置和約 170個不同的選項,假如你想控制你帳戶的每一個方位。在這裡,我們看看如何關閉和刪除你的Facebook帳戶 - 和兩者之間的區別 - 以及如何鎖定您個人資料的一些最重要的隱私設置:

停用你的Facebook帳戶
Deactivating your Facebook account
Deactivating your account simply involves going on a temporary hiatus; it does not permanently delete your personal information. If you deactivate your account, you immediately become invisible to other Facebook users, who will no longer be able to access your profile. However, Facebook "saves" your profile on file, so that if you choose to reactivate your account in future, then all of your friends, photos, lists of interests, games and other preferences, are automatically restored so your account looks just as it did before you deactivated it.

Deactivating an account is fairly simple: when you're logged in to Facebook, click on the Account tab on the top right-hand side of the page. From the drop-down list, select "Account Settings". The final option on the page is "Deactivate" – click on the link to be taken through to the deactivation page. Facebook tries to tempt you in to reconsidering, telling you that your friends "will no longer be able to keep in touch with you"; it also asks you to say why you are deactivating your account. At the foot of the page is box that allows you to opt out of receiving future emails from Facebook – if you do not tick this box, then you will continue to receive email notifications every time a former Facebook friend tags you in a photo, invites you to an event, or asks you to join a group. Ticking the box means you will no longer receive these messages.

To reactivate your Facebook account, log in to the site using your usual email address and password. You will then be sent an email to that address containing a link which, when clicked, restores your Facebook profile in its entirety.


永久刪除你的Facebook帳戶
Permanently deleting your Facebook account

If you've reached the end of your tether with being poked, bitten by vampires, asked to take endless quizzes or are simply concerned about privacy issues, then completely deleting your Facebook account is the nuclear option. When you delete your account, Facebook promises to discard all "personally identifiable information" associated with that account from its databases – that's things like names, email addresses, phone numbers, postal addresses, instant-messenger screen names etc etc. However, Facebook says that copies of some material, such as photos, may remain on its servers for "technical reasons", but that the material is "completely inaccessible" to other Facebook users, and is completely disassociated from any information that makes it possible to link that piece of content back to an individual user. If you deactivate or delete your account, says Facebook, it will no longer use any content associated with it, either.

Committing Facebook suicide, though, takes a little effort – it's not quite as simple as clicking a few buttons to exorcise your social networking presence. Instead, you need to send a message to Facebook, requesting the permanent deletion of your account. Log on to Facebook, then paste the following address in to your browser window: http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=12271. It will take you through to a Help page that describes the difference between deactivating and deleting an account. At the bottom of the second paragraph is a link, which takes you through to a page where you submit your deletion request. Click on the link, read the warning entitled "Delete my account", and then click Submit. The account is deleted immediately, but it can take up to a fortnight for Facebook to clear your information from its cache.


調較您的私隱設置
Adjusting your privacy settings

Facebook has a difficult job: on the one hand, the reason the social network works so well is because of the easy sharing of information between users; on the other hand, people are growing increasingly wary of sharing too much, or sharing it with the wrong people, and are suspicious of Facebook's desire to share some of this data with selected third-party companies, such as Microsoft and Yelp.

Facebook says its extensive privacy settings allow users to have granular control over what information they share and who they share it with. So, which settings should you prioritise as soon as you set up your Facebook account, to ensure you're not sharing personal information, private comments and photos with the wider user community? Here are what we think are the five most important settings to check and set:


::配置你的朋友名單
:: Configure your friend lists
This is a time-consuming process, particularly if you are insanely popular, with hundreds of "friends", but will make every aspect of controlling your privacy that much easier. Friend lists allow you to group your contacts in to groups, so that you're only sharing certain information with certain people. For example, you might create four lists: "Close friends", "Acquaintances", "Family", and "Work".

"Close friends" is the group you will happily share your most personal information, photos and Wall posts with; you'd probably prefer the "Work" group of friends to see a somewhat sanitised and censored version of your Facebook profile. By setting up these lists, you can ensure that no one gets to see something you'd rather keep private. You can add the same person to more than one list, but it's worth spending time on getting this aspect of your Facebook settings right.

* To create and edit friend lists, log on to Facebook and select "Friends" from the list under your profile picture on the left-hand side of the page;

* On the next page, click the "Create a List" button;

* Enter a title for your list, and hit Enter;

* Add friends to the list by typing their names in the "Add to List" field, or selecting them from the list;

* Click "Create List" to save these changes, and generate your new group of friends.

* To control what information each group of friends can see, click on Account, choose "Privacy Settings", select "Profile Information", and then work your way through each option, selecting the group of people you're happy to share information with from the drop-down lists.


::選擇退出搜索
:: Opt out of searches
If you don't want your Facebook profile to appear online, either when it's searched for on Google or through Facebook itself, you can turn this function off. Click on Account, select "Privacy Settings", and click on "Search". If you only want friends to be able to search for your Facebook profile, select "Only friends" from the drop-down list. Under the heading "Public Search Results", uncheck the box marked "Allow" to ensure your profile cannot be searched for on sites such as Google.


::保護你的照片和視頻
:: Protect your photos and videos

We've all heard the horror stories about people who have been fired, or dumped, after an embarrassing photo or video came to light on Facebook. You can avoid this problem by restricting who can view photos stored on your profile, and even who can view photos in which you've been tagged – even if that picture appears on someone else's profile page. To manage this, click on the Account tab, choose "Privacy Settings", then "Profile Information". Navigate to "Photos and videos of me" – select "Only Me" from the drop-down list if you don't want anybody, apart from yourself, to see pictures and videos you've been tagged in; even if you're less concerned about incriminating material, it's wise to restrict this content to certain groups, such as the "Close friends" group you created earlier. You can also restrict access to every photo album associated with your profile: below "Photos and videos of me" is "Photo albums"; click on this to choose exactly which groups of contacts can view which sets of pictures.


::控制你所共享的個人信息的應用和夥伴網站
:: Control what personal information you share with applications and partner websites
You can install lots of fun games and applications on your Facebook profile, but many of these will request access to certain elements of your personal information. You can control what information these apps are able to access by adjusting your privacy settings. Choose "Privacy Settings" from the Account menu; click on the link labelled "Applications and websites", then "What you share", and adjust the permissions for each application accordingly.

The "Applications and websites" section is also the place to control what information your friends can share about you when they are using certain applications and programs (yes, that's right – your friends could be sharing your information with third-party websites without your explicit consent) – make sure you go in and uncheck every box if you want complete control over how your personal information is divulged. You can also opt-out of the controversial "Instant Personalisation" scheme through the "Applications and websites" page – this scheme is designed to help you "connect more easily with your friends on select partner websites", such as Yelp and Pandora, and is switched on by default. You need to uncheck the box at the foot of that page to opt out of the service.


::使您的聯絡資料保密
:: Make your contact information private

Security experts warn that people's propensity to publish their full dates of birth, postal addresses and other contact details on Facebook – and then leave their profile's open to the public – makes it easier for cyber criminals to commit identity fraud. You must ensure that only your trusted friends are able to see this information. To lock down your contact information, click the Account button and select "Privacy Settings" from the drop-down menu. Click on "Contact Information" and then adjust each category by selecting the group of people you are willing to share that information with from the drop-down lists.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/7724359/How-to-delete-your-Facebook-account.html

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