Shame on Robyn Curnow AT cnn. DURING coverage live of Mandela's funeral, she...
Shame on Robyn Curnow AT cnn. DURING coverage live of Mandela's funeral, she appeared wearing plunging v-neck white t-shirt SEMI CLEAVAGE wtf? IS ThAT PROPER CNN CODE?> Shame on CNN and Robyn...
View ArticleAn "El-con" = an elevator confrontation
elevator confrontation also known as an "el-con" ...slangin which one person, maybe a fan or a partner in biz, confronts another personlikely a VIP or high up. outside the elevator in a bldg. either...
View ArticleM.O.M = slang term for MEETING in MOTION
a slang term is MOM or M.O.M, a term and definition by my friend ADAM, who writes in to this blog:M.O.M for Meeting in Motion. Might also be a play in up and down to be played with here as well.''...
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Taiwanese baseball film 'Kano' set to be released worldwide in 2014 - PLAY BALL!
UPDATE: In addition to the 3 minute ''KANO'' movie trailer, the movie's theme songwill be unveiled for the first time at a countdown party in Tainan. WHAT WILL BE THE THEME SONG AND WHO WAS THE...
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Why I'm glad Jesus came to Earth some 2000 years ago
LET US PRAY:''I am glad that Jesus came to Earth some 2000 years ago and that Christianity grew up in His name. Here's why.Without our Christian friends and neighbors -- and political leaders and...
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We hope that one of these New York Times reporters will want to write a...
So yes, this blog hope that one of these New York Times reporters will want to write a newspaper story about the newly-emerginge literary genre of ''CLI FI'', climate fiction novels, in 2014.Or assign...
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KANO將在2/27上映。
KANO將在2/27上映。這部電影主軸為1931年台灣一支由台灣日本高中生組成、跨越族群的隔閡和對立的立場的棒球隊－－嘉農，前往日本甲子園拚奪冠亞軍的過程。在嘉義生活20年的美國人Daniel，只因為喜歡KANO，所以獨自在文化路旁架設廣告刊板向路人介紹這部他愛的電影。因為如此單純的動機，就能無私地付出時間力氣甚至金錢，而且樂在其中，用綻放的熱情感染每個好奇的路人。他是一個如此簡單而快樂的人。聊天時...
View ArticleUK band "Transition'' keeps Taiwan in its heart - (''對不起'')
DIGITAL LIFELINE: The British band TRANSITION, minus one member, releaseda new album online in late 2013 and is now available worldwide in early 2014, and the band hopes to reconnect with their fans...
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馬志翔魏德聖拍 ''KANO''軟硬兼施 1931
馬志翔魏德聖拍KANO 軟硬兼施「KANO」監製魏德聖（右起）、男主角曹佑寧、女主角葉星辰、導演馬志翔，昨暢談拍片趣事。 （記者宋志雄攝）「KANO」男主角曹佑寧，具備世青盃的參賽經驗，棒球實力雄厚。...
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''Dadu Town, Come Back'' -- ''大肚城, 歸來''
New Taiwanese novel tells of Taiwan’s ‘hidden history’ of Aboriginal peoplesBOOK REVIEW:Reviwers have praised Chao Hui-lin’s novel as a powerful and moving saga about the history of the Pingpu...
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On Facebook, TAIWAN Gains a Stately Status - 台灣!
Ever since little Taiwan -- 台灣! -- aka ''中華民國'' -- a sovereign island nation in the Western Pacific region -- became a member of the international community, albeit with some hits from Communist China,...
View Article"KANO" theme song for 1931 movie from Taiwan (video) - 勇者的浪漫
''ROMANCE OF THE BRAVE" - theme song for KANO 1931 movie - 勇者的浪漫http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghObTy-2S1Q This informal video was taken by a fan of the movie KANO during the recent New Year's Eve...
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Why NYT reporter Nicholas Kristof changed his byline
January 1, 2014, 11:00 pm 123,116,879 CommentsWhat’s Missing in My Byline?By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOFIf you look closely at my Times byline, beginning with Thursday’s column, you’ll notice something odd....
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The New York Times Oped Page is a Scam
NOTE: This is how the new york times ropes writers into writing timely opeds for them. they contact authors of new book -- from a list they get from the top publishers in the world -- and then they...
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When in Japan, do as the Japanese do
Texting slang is not just the homegrown "argot" of English-speakingnations, of course, and as social media platforms expand worldwide,new slang expressions are coming to the fore in Asian nations as...
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New York Times oped page is a confidence game "scam" that only commissisons...
A British novelist friend who lives in London UK but knows very well how the NYT OPED page OP-erates tells me today after reading an earlier blog post on this topic: ''Off the record. I have...
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Every morning I am putting EARTH GLOBE in basket of my bike. Ask me why?
PHOTOS BY MAY CHEN AT NCYU (c) 2014
View Article''Vidnapping'' defined, or, to be the victim of ''vidnapping''
(verb). -- to be the victim of someone using their cellphone camera to take video of you in a public setting where youdo something unbecoming and then see the video released online and go viral,...
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Does Immigration Mean ''France Is Over''......?
Does Immigration Mean ‘France Is Over’?By JUSTIN E. H. SMITHThe Stone is a forum for contemporary philosophers and other thinkers on issues both timely and timeless.TAGS:AMERICANS ABROAD,EUROPE,...
View Article"ON SUCH A FULL SEA" by Chang-rae Lee is a cli fi novel for our times
Be afraid, be very afraid. Thanks to the NSA-Google-Facebook complex, Big Brother is already watching. Waiting in the wings, global climate change threatens to savage the environment and play havoc...
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