Seeing from the other, China’s image changes with process. Scholars understand China from the perspective of different myths with various conclusions and arguments, of which different ways of thinking resulted in mys...Seeing from the other, China’s image changes with process. Scholars understand China from the perspective of different myths with various conclusions and arguments, of which different ways of thinking resulted in mysterious China. From the subjectivity of it, the connotation of mysterious China needs the paraphrase and understanding from the local scholars’ understanding of the myth.展开更多
IN the early days of the last century,a once tranquil small village in Longquan City,Zhejiang Province was suddenly filled with hundreds of people desperately excavating for porcelain wares every day,as the place is s...IN the early days of the last century,a once tranquil small village in Longquan City,Zhejiang Province was suddenly filled with hundreds of people desperately excavating for porcelain wares every day,as the place is said to be the location of a Ge kiln.展开更多
I was going snorkeling 1 in the Palm Beach inlet 2 with my 14-year-old son, Don, and our diving instructor 3, Jerry, We were toswim out past the jetty 4, then float into the channel 5 with thetide. Yet I hesitated 6, ...I was going snorkeling 1 in the Palm Beach inlet 2 with my 14-year-old son, Don, and our diving instructor 3, Jerry, We were toswim out past the jetty 4, then float into the channel 5 with thetide. Yet I hesitated 6, The breaders 7 were enormous. I put on the loam rubber wet-vest and Jerry’s weight belt 8展开更多
International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 In October 1998, the Clinton Administration produced the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (IRFA). It is one of the important laws passed by the US Congress in rec...International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 In October 1998, the Clinton Administration produced the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (IRFA). It is one of the important laws passed by the US Congress in recent years. The act is very complicated. The main sections can be summarized as follows: (1) Appointment of an Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom to head an Office on International Religious Freedom within the Department of State;展开更多
EDITOR'S NOTE:Although Swedish explorer Sven Hedin ventured into Ngarifrom Xinjiang in 1902, the region remains mysterious and unknown to the outside world.This prompted the State Cultural Relics Bureau and the Cu...EDITOR'S NOTE:Although Swedish explorer Sven Hedin ventured into Ngarifrom Xinjiang in 1902, the region remains mysterious and unknown to the outside world.This prompted the State Cultural Relics Bureau and the Cultural Relics to senda team into Ngari along the Lhasa-Ngari-Yecheng(Xinjiang)route. The purpose was toexplore the Zhangzhung Civilization that existed prior to the Guge Kingdom.According to legend, Zada in the Xianquanhe River Valley is the central part ofthe Zhangzhung Kingdom, which was so formidable that the kingdom was divided intoInternal, Central and External Zhangzhung and Internal Zangzhung alone coveredpresent-day Ngari and Ladakh. This writer was one of the team members.展开更多
Having graduated from university in 1976,The author set out on his journey to Tibet.He took the train from Qingdao of Shandong Province and,via several other places,to Liuyuan in Gansu Province.Changing train,he cross...Having graduated from university in 1976,The author set out on his journey to Tibet.He took the train from Qingdao of Shandong Province and,via several other places,to Liuyuan in Gansu Province.Changing train,he crossed over Qinghai,passed through Lhasa and then reached Shigatse.Finally,he reached his last stop-Kyirong County,the boundary of China and Nepal,and then stayed there for six years.展开更多
As a cultural relic,the Guizhou rock paintings are very important for the study of prehistory,minority cus-toms and comparative folklore.They attract an increasing number of visi-tors and scholars with their unique,my...As a cultural relic,the Guizhou rock paintings are very important for the study of prehistory,minority cus-toms and comparative folklore.They attract an increasing number of visi-tors and scholars with their unique,mysterious images and have become yet another spot of interest in Gui-zhou's tourism industry,taking their place beside the famous Huangguo-shu Waterfall,the karst cave Dragon Palace and the Tianxingqiao Stone Forest.展开更多
Plum pox potyvirus, also known as Sharka, is a disease of plum, first registered in Bulgaria, 100 years ago. The official scientific opinion is the plum tree should be cut, pulled out of the ground and not to plant an...Plum pox potyvirus, also known as Sharka, is a disease of plum, first registered in Bulgaria, 100 years ago. The official scientific opinion is the plum tree should be cut, pulled out of the ground and not to plant anything in that place for five years. The research was directed at plants so the cause was sought in a virus considered to be cancer. However, a single phenomenon that, for instance, there is only a healthy plum tree among the infected ones, that it blossoms on a hill but not at the foot hill, and during the dry and rainy year, contributed to the fact that there are many dilemmas and mystifications in searching for the cause of the disease. New theory proves to be the cause of diseases lies in the soil i.e., in acid rains, that the disease could be cured and it is noncommunicable. At work ＂the resolution of mysterious plum pox phenomena caused by PPV＂ on the concrete examples, there were answers to all questions known to author during the specific period of time （during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina）.展开更多
The 2016 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award honors three physician-scientists： William G. Kaelin, Jr. from Harvard Medical School, Peter J. Ratcliffe from Uni- versity of Oxford and Gregg L. Semenza, from Joh...The 2016 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award honors three physician-scientists： William G. Kaelin, Jr. from Harvard Medical School, Peter J. Ratcliffe from Uni- versity of Oxford and Gregg L. Semenza, from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, for their discovery of the pathway by which cells from human and most animals sense and adapt to changes in oxygen availability, a process essential for survival. The Lasker Award is widely considered as America＇s mosLt prestigious honor in the biomedical field. For 71 years,展开更多
Shen Xueren was born in Weifang City,Shandong Province in June 1941.He graduated from the Central Academy of Arts in 1966,and re- ceived a doctor’s degree at the United Nations International University. Now,he is a m...Shen Xueren was born in Weifang City,Shandong Province in June 1941.He graduated from the Central Academy of Arts in 1966,and re- ceived a doctor’s degree at the United Nations International University. Now,he is a member of the China Artists Association and the Chinese Calligrapher Association,a consultant for the China International Association of Celebrity,the arts and cultural exchange ambassador of the World Peace Foundation,an honorable member of the British Royal Joint Academy of Sciences,a researcher at the Research Center of the World Cultural Arts and an honored painter of the Cultural Market Development Center of the Ministry of Culture. In 1978,Shen created the Flower Painting Association.In the same year,he participated in the setting up of Beijing Painting Shop.In 1980,he created the Research Association of Flower and Bird Paintings together with his friends.In 1999,he set up Shen Xueren Art Gallery and Shen Xueren Art Museum.From 1982 to 2000,he had many art exhibitions in many countries including the U.S.A.,Japan,France,Canada and Singapore.Wu Zuoren,Chairman of China Artists Association,attended the opening ceremony of his exhibition in Beijing.The chairman of the Artists Association hosted his exhibition in France.The Chinese Ambassador in Canada,Yu Chen,hosted his exhibi- tion in Canada. The local TV and newspapers report on his exhibitions,and his artwork is collected by embassies and museums.He was invited to draw pictures for the National Museum of China,the Great Hall of the People, Xinhua News Agency,the People’s Daily and CCTV,and was also invited to the University of Toronto to give lectures on Chinese painting. Shen has won many awards in many countries.These include an award of excellence for international ink paintings held in Japan in 1986, an award of excellence for new in- ternational art exhibitions in 1988 in Japan,the gold medal of the second Chinese Art Competition in 1999,a sil- ver medal in the 2000 World Chinese Art Exhibition,and a special award from the 2001 Beijing International Art Exhibition.In 2007 his artwork was collected by the UN World Peace Foundation and was awarded the World Peace Art Achievement Award. He was given the title World Art Master.展开更多
SURROUNDED by deserts from three directions and close to the loess plateau in the south, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region is an oasis, known as the "luscious southern-type fields north of the Great Wall" since ...SURROUNDED by deserts from three directions and close to the loess plateau in the south, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region is an oasis, known as the "luscious southern-type fields north of the Great Wall" since former times. The Yellow River, cultivating the northern land of China, especially favors this land. The old saying that the Yellow River enriches the region of Ningxia attracts people to study the history and culture of this old and mysterious land.展开更多
Hypersphere World-Universe Model (WUM) envisions Matter carried from Universe into World from fourth spatial dimension by Dark Matter Particles (DMPs). Luminous Matter is byproduct of Dark Matter (DM) annihilation. WU...Hypersphere World-Universe Model (WUM) envisions Matter carried from Universe into World from fourth spatial dimension by Dark Matter Particles (DMPs). Luminous Matter is byproduct of Dark Matter (DM) annihilation. WUM introduces Dark Epoch (spanning from Beginning of World for 0.4 billion years) when only DMPs existed, and Luminous Epoch (ever since for 13.8 billion years). Big Bang discussed in standard cosmological model is, in our view, transition from Dark Epoch to Luminous Epoch due to Rotational Fission of Overspinning DM Supercluster’s Cores and annihilation of DMPs. WUM solves a number of physical problems in contemporary Cosmology and Astrophysics through DMPs and their interactions: Angular Momentum problem in birth and subsequent evolution of Galaxies and Extrasolar systems—how do they obtain it;Fermi Bubbles—two large structures in gamma-rays and X-rays above and below Galactic center;Mysterious Star KIC 8462852 with irregular dimmings;Coronal Heating problem in solar physics—temperature of Sun’s corona exceeding that of photosphere by millions of degrees;Cores of Sun and Earth rotating faster than their surfaces;Diversity of Gravitationally-Rounded Objects in Solar system and their Internal Heat;Lightning Initiation problem—electric fields observed inside thunderstorms are not sufficient to initiate sparks;Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes—bursts of high energy X-rays and gamma rays emanating from Earth. Model makes predictions pertaining to Masses of DMPs, proposes New Types of their Interactions. WUM reveals Inter-Connectivity of Primary Cosmological Parameters and calculates their values, which are in good agreement with the latest results of their measurements.展开更多
文摘Seeing from the other, China’s image changes with process. Scholars understand China from the perspective of different myths with various conclusions and arguments, of which different ways of thinking resulted in mysterious China. From the subjectivity of it, the connotation of mysterious China needs the paraphrase and understanding from the local scholars’ understanding of the myth.
文摘IN the early days of the last century,a once tranquil small village in Longquan City,Zhejiang Province was suddenly filled with hundreds of people desperately excavating for porcelain wares every day,as the place is said to be the location of a Ge kiln.
文摘I was going snorkeling 1 in the Palm Beach inlet 2 with my 14-year-old son, Don, and our diving instructor 3, Jerry, We were toswim out past the jetty 4, then float into the channel 5 with thetide. Yet I hesitated 6, The breaders 7 were enormous. I put on the loam rubber wet-vest and Jerry’s weight belt 8
文摘International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 In October 1998, the Clinton Administration produced the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (IRFA). It is one of the important laws passed by the US Congress in recent years. The act is very complicated. The main sections can be summarized as follows: (1) Appointment of an Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom to head an Office on International Religious Freedom within the Department of State;
文摘EDITOR'S NOTE:Although Swedish explorer Sven Hedin ventured into Ngarifrom Xinjiang in 1902, the region remains mysterious and unknown to the outside world.This prompted the State Cultural Relics Bureau and the Cultural Relics to senda team into Ngari along the Lhasa-Ngari-Yecheng(Xinjiang)route. The purpose was toexplore the Zhangzhung Civilization that existed prior to the Guge Kingdom.According to legend, Zada in the Xianquanhe River Valley is the central part ofthe Zhangzhung Kingdom, which was so formidable that the kingdom was divided intoInternal, Central and External Zhangzhung and Internal Zangzhung alone coveredpresent-day Ngari and Ladakh. This writer was one of the team members.
文摘Having graduated from university in 1976,The author set out on his journey to Tibet.He took the train from Qingdao of Shandong Province and,via several other places,to Liuyuan in Gansu Province.Changing train,he crossed over Qinghai,passed through Lhasa and then reached Shigatse.Finally,he reached his last stop-Kyirong County,the boundary of China and Nepal,and then stayed there for six years.
文摘As a cultural relic,the Guizhou rock paintings are very important for the study of prehistory,minority cus-toms and comparative folklore.They attract an increasing number of visi-tors and scholars with their unique,mysterious images and have become yet another spot of interest in Gui-zhou's tourism industry,taking their place beside the famous Huangguo-shu Waterfall,the karst cave Dragon Palace and the Tianxingqiao Stone Forest.
文摘Plum pox potyvirus, also known as Sharka, is a disease of plum, first registered in Bulgaria, 100 years ago. The official scientific opinion is the plum tree should be cut, pulled out of the ground and not to plant anything in that place for five years. The research was directed at plants so the cause was sought in a virus considered to be cancer. However, a single phenomenon that, for instance, there is only a healthy plum tree among the infected ones, that it blossoms on a hill but not at the foot hill, and during the dry and rainy year, contributed to the fact that there are many dilemmas and mystifications in searching for the cause of the disease. New theory proves to be the cause of diseases lies in the soil i.e., in acid rains, that the disease could be cured and it is noncommunicable. At work ＂the resolution of mysterious plum pox phenomena caused by PPV＂ on the concrete examples, there were answers to all questions known to author during the specific period of time （during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina）.
文摘The 2016 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award honors three physician-scientists： William G. Kaelin, Jr. from Harvard Medical School, Peter J. Ratcliffe from Uni- versity of Oxford and Gregg L. Semenza, from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, for their discovery of the pathway by which cells from human and most animals sense and adapt to changes in oxygen availability, a process essential for survival. The Lasker Award is widely considered as America＇s mosLt prestigious honor in the biomedical field. For 71 years,
文摘Shen Xueren was born in Weifang City,Shandong Province in June 1941.He graduated from the Central Academy of Arts in 1966,and re- ceived a doctor’s degree at the United Nations International University. Now,he is a member of the China Artists Association and the Chinese Calligrapher Association,a consultant for the China International Association of Celebrity,the arts and cultural exchange ambassador of the World Peace Foundation,an honorable member of the British Royal Joint Academy of Sciences,a researcher at the Research Center of the World Cultural Arts and an honored painter of the Cultural Market Development Center of the Ministry of Culture. In 1978,Shen created the Flower Painting Association.In the same year,he participated in the setting up of Beijing Painting Shop.In 1980,he created the Research Association of Flower and Bird Paintings together with his friends.In 1999,he set up Shen Xueren Art Gallery and Shen Xueren Art Museum.From 1982 to 2000,he had many art exhibitions in many countries including the U.S.A.,Japan,France,Canada and Singapore.Wu Zuoren,Chairman of China Artists Association,attended the opening ceremony of his exhibition in Beijing.The chairman of the Artists Association hosted his exhibition in France.The Chinese Ambassador in Canada,Yu Chen,hosted his exhibi- tion in Canada. The local TV and newspapers report on his exhibitions,and his artwork is collected by embassies and museums.He was invited to draw pictures for the National Museum of China,the Great Hall of the People, Xinhua News Agency,the People’s Daily and CCTV,and was also invited to the University of Toronto to give lectures on Chinese painting. Shen has won many awards in many countries.These include an award of excellence for international ink paintings held in Japan in 1986, an award of excellence for new in- ternational art exhibitions in 1988 in Japan,the gold medal of the second Chinese Art Competition in 1999,a sil- ver medal in the 2000 World Chinese Art Exhibition,and a special award from the 2001 Beijing International Art Exhibition.In 2007 his artwork was collected by the UN World Peace Foundation and was awarded the World Peace Art Achievement Award. He was given the title World Art Master.
文摘SURROUNDED by deserts from three directions and close to the loess plateau in the south, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region is an oasis, known as the "luscious southern-type fields north of the Great Wall" since former times. The Yellow River, cultivating the northern land of China, especially favors this land. The old saying that the Yellow River enriches the region of Ningxia attracts people to study the history and culture of this old and mysterious land.
文摘Hypersphere World-Universe Model (WUM) envisions Matter carried from Universe into World from fourth spatial dimension by Dark Matter Particles (DMPs). Luminous Matter is byproduct of Dark Matter (DM) annihilation. WUM introduces Dark Epoch (spanning from Beginning of World for 0.4 billion years) when only DMPs existed, and Luminous Epoch (ever since for 13.8 billion years). Big Bang discussed in standard cosmological model is, in our view, transition from Dark Epoch to Luminous Epoch due to Rotational Fission of Overspinning DM Supercluster’s Cores and annihilation of DMPs. WUM solves a number of physical problems in contemporary Cosmology and Astrophysics through DMPs and their interactions: Angular Momentum problem in birth and subsequent evolution of Galaxies and Extrasolar systems—how do they obtain it;Fermi Bubbles—two large structures in gamma-rays and X-rays above and below Galactic center;Mysterious Star KIC 8462852 with irregular dimmings;Coronal Heating problem in solar physics—temperature of Sun’s corona exceeding that of photosphere by millions of degrees;Cores of Sun and Earth rotating faster than their surfaces;Diversity of Gravitationally-Rounded Objects in Solar system and their Internal Heat;Lightning Initiation problem—electric fields observed inside thunderstorms are not sufficient to initiate sparks;Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes—bursts of high energy X-rays and gamma rays emanating from Earth. Model makes predictions pertaining to Masses of DMPs, proposes New Types of their Interactions. WUM reveals Inter-Connectivity of Primary Cosmological Parameters and calculates their values, which are in good agreement with the latest results of their measurements.
