The U.S. Postal Service has become sort of like the Gutenberg printing press in the age of the Internet: unwieldy, plodding and antiquated. To borrow a description from Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe, the Postal Service’s “massive nationwide infrastructure is no longer financially sustainable” given the rapid decline of mail volume. “We are forced to [...]
The J-10B is a modified variant of the J-10 multirole fighter aircraft, with modifications in airframe and avionics. Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) of AVIC began to develop a follow-on variant of its J-10 fighter around 2004/05. A J-10B prototype reportedly made its maiden flight in December 2008. Photos of the aircraft began to emerge on the Chinese [...]
President Hu Jintao greets former leader Jiang Zemin during a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sunday, Oct 9, 2011, to mark the centennial of the 1911 Revolution. [China Daily] 2011年10月9号纪念辛亥革命100周年大会在人民大会堂隆重举行，国家主席胡锦涛和前任领导人江泽民出席。【中国日报】 BEIJING – President Hu Jintao called on people on both sides of the Taiwan Straits to work together for [...]
BEIJING: Eleven Chinese were killed and two missing after their cargo boats were attacked in the golden triangle area of the Mekong River, state media said on Sunday. 北京：11个中国人遇难，他们的船只在湄公河的金三角地区袭击后2个人失踪，周日国家媒体报道说。 The two ships, the Hua Ping and Yu Xing 8, were attacked on October 5, according to the Xinhua news agency, which said China’s leaders were [...]
It looks like Sony Pictures wants to release a biopic about Steve Jobs based on Walter Issacson’s upcoming authorized biography. 看起来索尼公司想要发布一个斯蒂芬乔布斯传记片基于沃尔特.艾萨克斯即将来临的授权传记。 According to Mike Fleming at blog Deadline New York, the studio is working on a deal that would give it film rights to the book, which is set to be released later this month. 根据麦克弗莱明对纽约博客最后期限，这个电影制品厂做了一个协定将把这个电影版权给予这个月末发布的传记。 Fleming [...]
It’s a beautiful Friday, and Zuccotti Park looks… different. Sure, there are the protesters we’ve come to know and expect, and the media is still there, full force. But something seems off. 这是一个美丽的星期五，祖科蒂公园显得有些不同。显然,在那里有我们所认识并期待的示威者,还有动力十足的媒体也在那里。但是有些事看起来好像不太对劲。 “A lot of people are unhappy that the Libertarians are joining up,” one General Assembly member told us on the condition of anonymity, [...]
Her full name is Maria del Rosario Cayetana Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Francisca Fitz-James Stuart y de Silva and goes by simply Cayetana. 她的全名玛利亚·德尔·罗萨里奥·卡耶塔娜·阿尔冯萨·维多利亚·尤金妮亚·弗朗西斯卡·菲茨-詹姆斯·斯图尔特·德·席尔瓦，简称卡耶娜塔。 Known now for her frizzy white hair, squeaky voice and wildly colorful clothes, the duchess is among Spain’s most famous faces. 她以卷曲的白发，短促尖利的声音以及狂野华美的衣服著名，这位女公爵在西班牙中是最有名望的人。 “I am not a person who allows herself be managed,” [...]
