John Fletcher (1579-1625)

John Fletcher (1579-1625)

John Fletcher (baptized 29 December 1579 - died in August 1625) was a Jacobean playwright. After William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, he was one of the most prolific and influential of the Jacobean dramatists. In succession to Shakespeare, he became the chief dramatist for the leading company of London, the King's Men.


Death

@ Death hath so many doors to let out life.
The Custom of the Country (with Philip Massinger; c. 1619–23; published 1647), Act II, scene 2.

Woman

@ Oh, woman, perfect woman! what distraction
Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil!
What an inviting hell invented.
Comedy of Monsieur Thomas (c. 1610–16; published 1639), Act III, scene 1.


http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Fletcher

Chuck Palahniuk (1962- )


Chuck Palahniuk (1962- )

Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk (pron.: /ˈpɔːlənɪk/;[1] born February 21, 1962) is an American novelist and freelance journalist, who describes his work as transgressional fiction. He is best known as the author of the award-winning novel Fight Club, which also was made into a feature film. He maintains homes in the states of Oregon and Washington.[2]


Quotes·Quotations by ***

Chuck Palahniuk

¶ We all die. The goal isn't to live forever. The goal is to create something that will.


Notes

[1]^ "How to Pronounce Palahniuk". Chuckpalahniuk.net. Retrieved June 1, 2006.
[2]^ Palahniuk, Chuck. "Chuck Palahniuk F.A.Q.". Retrieved August, 8, 2011.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Palahniuk

Christopher Morley

Christopher Morley


Quotes·Quotations by Christopher Morley

Appearance

@ In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty.

Christopher Pearce Cranch (1813-1892)

Christopher
Pearse
Cranch

Christopher Pearce Cranch (1813-1892)

Christopher Pearse Cranch (March 8, 1813 – January 20, 1892) was an American writer and artist.


Quotes·Quotations by Christopher Pearce Cranch

Spring

¶ If there comes a little thaw, Still the air is chill and raw, Here and there a patch of snow, Dirtier than the ground below, Dribbles down a marshy flood; Ankle-deep you stick in mud In meadows while you sing, "This is Spring."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Pearse_Cranch

Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)


Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)

Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English poet who wrote a variety of romantic, devotional, and children's poems. She is perhaps best known for her long poem Goblin Market, her love poem Remember, and for the words of the Christmas carol In the Bleak Midwinter.


Quotes·Quotations by Christina Rossetti

August

¶ In the parching August wind,
Cornfields bow the head,
Sheltered in round valley depths,
On low hills outspread.
[A Year's Windfalls, Stanza 8]

Spring

¶ Spring is when life's alive in everything.

Wind

¶ Who has seen the wind?
Neither I nor you.
But when the leaves hang trembling
The wind is passing through.

Who has seen the wind?
Neither you nor I.
But when the trees down their heads.
The wind is passing by.
[The Wind]

Winter

¶ In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Rossetti

Christian Bale (1974- )


Christian Bale (1974- )

Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974) is an English actor.[1][2] He has starred in blockbuster films and smaller projects from independent producers and art houses.

Bale first caught the public eye at the age of 13, when he was cast in the starring role of Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun (1987). Based on the original story by J. G. Ballard, Bale played an English boy who is separated from his parents and subsequently finds himself lost in a Japanese internment camp during World War II.[3] In 2000, he garnered critical acclaim for his portrayal of serial killer Patrick Bateman in American Psycho. He earned a reputation as a method actor after he lost 63 pounds to play the role of Trevor Reznik in the 2004 film The Machinist.[4]

Bale went on to receive greater commercial recognition and acclaim for his role as Bruce Wayne / Batman in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). He also portrayed Dicky Eklund in the biopic The Fighter (2010), for which he received critical acclaim and won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role.


Quotes·Quotations by Christian Bale

Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne / Batman from The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Catwoman: You don't owe these people any more! You've given them everything!
Batman: Not everything. Not yet.


References

[1]^ "Q&A with Christian Bale". Phase9.tv. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
[2]^ "Christian Bale: American Psycho". IMDB News. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2008. "I was born in Wales but I'm not Welsh – I'm English"
[3]^ Singer, Leigh (19 February 2009). "Oscars: the best actors never to have been nominated". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 26 February 2010.
[4]^ http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/5890121-christian-bale-lost-63-pounds-and-get-other-110-in-less-than-a-year


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Bale

Christopher Paolini (1983- )


Christopher Paolini (1983- )

Christopher Paolini (born November 17, 1983, in Los Angeles, California)[1] is an American author. He is best known as the author of the Inheritance Cycle, which consists of the books Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr and Inheritance. He lives in Paradise Valley, Montana, where he wrote his first book.


Quotes·Quotations by Christopher Paolini

Beauty

¶ Her sculptured face was as perfect as a painting.


Notes

[1]^ According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At familytreelegends.com.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Paolini

Christian Dior (1905-1957)


Christian Dior (1905-1957)

Christian Dior (French pronunciation: ​[kʁistjɑ̃ djɔːʁ]) (21 January 1905 – 23 October 1957) was a French fashion designer, best known as the founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, also called Christian Dior.


Quotes·Quotations by Christian Dior

Beauty

¶ Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Dior

Chris Evert


Chris Evert (1954- )

Christine Marie "Chris" Evert (born December 21, 1954) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships and three doubles titles. She was the year-ending World No. 1 singles player in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, and 1981. Overall Evert won 157 singles championships and 29 doubles titles.

Evert reached 34 Grand Slam singles finals, more than any player, man or woman, in the history of professional tennis. She reached the semifinals or better, in singles, of 52 of the 56 Grand Slams she played, including the semifinals or better of 34 consecutive Grand Slams played from the 1971 U.S. Open through the 1983 French Open. Evert never lost in the first or second round of a Grand Slam singles tournament. In Grand Slam singles play Evert won a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open.

Evert's career winning percentage in singles matches of 90.05% (1309–145) is the best in the history of professional tennis, man or woman. On clay courts her career winning percentage in singles matches of 94.05% (316–20) remains a WTA record.

Evert has been president of the Women's Tennis Association on two separate occasions. She was awarded the Philippe Chartier award and inducted in to the hall of fame. In later life Evert was a coach and a commentator and had three children.


Quotes·Quotations by Chris Evert

Commitment

¶ Find something that you're really interested in doing in your life. Pursue it, set goals, and commit yourself to excellence. Do the best you can.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Evert

Christopher Robin (Winnie the Pooh)


Christopher Robin from Winnie the Pooh

Christopher Robin is a character created by A. A. Milne, appearing in his popular books of poetry and stories about Winnie-the-Pooh. He has subsequently appeared in Disney cartoons.


Quotes·Quotations by Christopher Robin from Winnie the Pooh

Friend

¶ If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together.. there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart.. I'll always be with you.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Robin

Christy Mathewson (1880-1925)


Christy Mathewson (1880-1925)

Christopher "Christy" Mathewson (August 12, 1880 – October 7, 1925), nicknamed "Big Six", "The Christian Gentleman", or "Matty", was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played his entire career in what is known as the dead-ball era. In 1936, Mathewson was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its "first five" inaugural members.


Quotes·Quotation

Victory·Defeat

You can learn a little from victory; you can learn everything from defeat.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christy_Mathewson

Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)


Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)

Christopher Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564; died 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. As the foremost Elizabethan tragedian, next to William Shakespeare, he is known for his blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his mysterious death.

A warrant was issued for Marlowe's arrest on 18 May 1593. No reason for it was given, though it was thought to be connected to allegations of blasphemy—a manuscript believed to have been written by Marlowe was said to contain "vile heretical conceipts". On 20 May he was brought to the court to attend upon the Privy Council for questioning. There is no record of their having met that day, however, and he was commanded to attend upon them each day thereafter until "licensed to the contrary." Ten days later, he was stabbed to death by Ingram Frizer. Whether the stabbing was connected to his arrest has never been resolved.


Quotes·Quotation

War

Accurst be he that first invented war.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Marlowe

CHOO Kyu-ho



CHOO Kyu-ho


Quotes·Quotations by CHOO Kyu-ho

Dokdo

¶ We reaffirmed our unswerving position that Dokdo (or Takeshima) is our(Korean) territory given authoritative historical evidence, geographical facts and international law.

CHO Tae-young (1958- )


CHO Tae-young (1958- )


Quotes·Quotations by CHO Tae-young

Dokdo

¶ The Government of the Republic of Korea once again makes clear the plain fact that Dokdo is an indigenous territory of the ROK over which it exercises full territorial sovereignty.

CHOO Shin-Soo (1982- )


Shin-Soo CHOO (1982- )

Shin-Soo Choo (Hangul: 추신수; Hanja: 秋信守; born July 13, 1982) is a South Korean professional baseball outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball.

Choo was selected as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) and Best Pitcher of the 2000 World Junior Baseball Championship as South Korea won the event. Choo signed a $1.35 million contract with the Mariners after the championship and converted to the outfield.



...

@ I was the first to arrive, all the time. [PEOPLE INSIDE]



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin-Soo_Choo

CHO Byung-jae


CHO Byung-jae


Quotes·Quotation by CHO Byung-jae

Dokdo

¶ We(Korea) exert full sovereignty over Dokdo. It is totally meangless whatever the Japanese Government claim.b

China (中国) and Chinese


China (中国)

China (i/ˈtʃaɪnə/; Chinese: 中国; pinyin: Zhōngguó; see also Names of China), officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is the world's most-populous country, with a population of over 1.3 billion. Covering approximately 9.6 million square kilometres, the East Asian state is the world's second-largest country by land area, and the third- or fourth-largest in total area, depending on the definition of total area.

The People's Republic of China is a single-party state governed by the Communist Party of China. It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four directly controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), and two mostly self-governing special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau). Its capital city is Beijing. The PRC also claims Taiwan—which is controlled by the Republic of China (ROC), a separate political entity—as its 23rd province, a claim controversial due to the complex political status of Taiwan and the unresolved Chinese Civil War. The PRC government denies the legitimacy of the ROC.

China's landscape is vast and diverse, with forest steppes and the Gobi and Taklamakan deserts occupying the arid north and northwest near Mongolia and Central Asia, and subtropical forests being prevalent in the wetter south near Southeast Asia. The terrain of western China is rugged and elevated, with the Himalaya, Karakoram, Pamir and Tian Shan mountain ranges separating China from South and Central Asia. The Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, the third- and sixth-longest in the world, have their sources in the Tibetan Plateau and continue to the densely populated eastern seaboard. China's coastline along the Pacific Ocean is 14,500 kilometres (9,000 mi) long—the 11th-longest in the world—and is bounded by the Bohai, Yellow, East and South China Seas.

The nation of China has had numerous historical incarnations. The ancient Chinese civilization—one of the world's earliest—flourished in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. China's political system was based on hereditary monarchies, known as dynasties, beginning with the semi-mythological Xia of the Yellow River basin (approx. 2000 BC) and ending with the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1911. Since 221 BC, when the Qin Dynasty first conquered several states to form a Chinese empire, the country has expanded, fractured and been reformed numerous times. The Republic of China, founded in 1911 after the overthrow of the Qing dynasty, ruled the Chinese mainland until 1949. In 1945, the ROC acquired Taiwan from Japan following World War II.

In the 1946–1949 phase of the Chinese Civil War, the Chinese Communist Party defeated the nationalist Kuomintang in mainland China and established the People's Republic of China in Beijing on 1 October 1949. The Kuomintang relocated the ROC government to Taiwan, establishing its capital in Taipei. The ROC's jurisdiction is now limited to Taiwan and several outlying islands, including Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu. Since 1949, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (now widely known as "Taiwan") have remained in dispute over the sovereignty of China and the political status of Taiwan, mutually claiming each other's territory and competing for international diplomatic recognition. In 1971, the PRC gained admission to the United Nations and took the Chinese seat as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council. China is also a member of numerous formal and informal multilateral organizations, including the WTO, APEC, BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the BCIM and the G-20. As of September 2011, all but 23 countries have recognized the PRC as the sole legitimate government of China.

Since the introduction of market-based economic reforms in 1978, China has become the world's fastest-growing major economy. As of 2012, it is the world's second-largest economy, after the United States, by both nominal GDP and purchasing power parity (PPP), and is also the world's largest exporter and second-largest importer of goods. On a per capita income basis, China ranked 90th by nominal GDP and 91st by GDP (PPP) in 2011, according to the IMF. China is a recognized nuclear weapons state and has the world's largest standing army, with the second-largest defense budget. In 2003, China became the third nation in the world, after the former Soviet Union and the United States, to independently launch a successful manned space mission. China has been characterized as a potential superpower by a number of academics, military analysts, and public policy and economics analysts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China


Zhonghua minzu (中華民族)

Zhonghua minzu (simplified Chinese: 中华民族; traditional Chinese: 中華民族; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínzú), usually translated as Chinese ethnic groups or Chinese nationality, refers to the modern notion of a Chinese nationality transcending ethnic divisions, with a central identity for China as a whole. It includes people of all ethnic groups in China who have historically interacted, contributed and assimilated to various extents with Chinese civilization.

Professor Suisheng Zhao, University of Denver, using extensive reading of primary sources noted that because "Chinese" or Zhonghua minzu as a conscious national identity (自觉的民族实体 zijue de minzu shiti) only arose in the 19th century, since nationalism in the modern sense only appeared with the emergence of the nation-state system (Westphalian system) in Europe. Although the Chinese empire stretched back two millennia, it was largely a universalistic empire and not a nation-state before the 19th century.

The boundaries of Zhonghua minzu are fuzzy and controversial, but most Chinese today use the term to include all peoples within the territorial boundaries of China integrated as one national, political, and cultural group. It is sometimes also extended to overseas Chinese.

Zhonghua refers to the concept of "China" and is the term used in the formal names for both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China. (See: Names of China) Minzu can be translated as "nationality", "people", or "ethnic groups".

Confusion can arise because the term "Chinese" in Western languages is often used to refer both to Zhonghua minzu and to the Han ethnicity, two concepts which are usually kept distinct among modern Chinese speakers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhonghua_minzu


Chinese language

The Chinese language (汉语/漢語 Hànyǔ, 华语/華語 Huáyǔ, or 中文 Zhōngwén) is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees, with most of the varieties not being mutually intelligible.[4] Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages. About one-fifth of the world's population, or over one billion people, speaks some variety of Chinese as their native language. Internal divisions of Chinese are usually perceived by their native speakers as dialects of a single Chinese language, rather than separate languages, although this identification is considered inappropriate by some linguists and sinologists.[5]

Chinese is distinguished by its high level of internal diversity, although all varieties of Chinese are tonal and analytic. There are between 7 and 13 main regional groups of Chinese (depending on classification scheme), of which the most spoken, by far, is Mandarin (about 850 million), followed by Wu (90 million), Cantonese (Yue) (70 million) and Min (50 million). Most of these groups are mutually unintelligible, although some, like Xiang and the Southwest Mandarin dialects, may share common terms and some degree of intelligibility.

Standard Chinese (Putonghua / Guoyu / Huayu) is a standardized form of spoken Chinese based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin Chinese, referred to as 官话/官話 Guānhuà or 北方话/北方話 Běifānghuà in Chinese. Mandarin Chinese history can be dated back to the 19th century, particularly by the upper classes and ministers in Beijing.[6] Standard Chinese is the official language of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC, also known as Taiwan), as well as one of four official languages of Singapore. It is one of the six official languages of the United Nations.

Of the other varieties of Chinese, Cantonese is influential in Guangdong Province and Cantonese-speaking overseas communities, and remains one of the official languages of Hong Kong (together with English) and of Macau (together with Portuguese). Min Nan, part of the Min language group, is widely spoken in southern Fujian, in neighbouring Taiwan (where it is known as Taiwanese or Hoklo) and in Southeast Asia (known as Hokkien in Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia). There are also sizeable Hakka and Shanghainese diasporas, for example in Taiwan, where most Hakka communities maintain diglossia by being conversant in Taiwanese and Standard Chinese.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language


Chinese Proverb

Abandonment

¶ 自暴自弃 [zìbàozìqì]
To burn the candle at both ends.

Abundance

¶ 多多益善。
The more, the better.

Advice

¶ 吠犬不咬人。
A barking dog doesn't bite!

¶ 小洞不补,大洞吃苦
A small hole not mended in time will become a big hole much more difficult to mend.

¶ 不要害怕成长地太慢,唯一可怕的是原地不动。
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

¶ 良药苦口 [liángyàokǔkǒu]
Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.

¶ By looking into a mirror, one can make sure that he is dressed properly.

¶ 隐恶扬善 [yǐn'èyángshàn]
Conceal the faults of others and praise their good points.

¶ Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend’s forehead.

¶ 用人不疑疑人不用。[yòngrénbùyí yírénbùyòng]
Don't suspect your employee. If one is suspicious, don't employ him.

¶ 人孰无过 [rénshúwúguò]
Every man has his fault.

¶ 捷足先登 [jiézúxiāndēng]
First come, first served.

¶ If you don't scale the mountain, you can't view the plain.

¶ 想让别人看到自己的优点,就得先承认他人的长处。
If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people.

¶ Not been on the Great Wall, not a great man.

¶ 種瓜得瓜 [zhòngguādéguā]
Reap as one has sown.

¶ 種豆得豆 [zhòngdòudédòu]
Reap the fruits of one's actions.

¶ 逆来顺受 [nìláishùnshòu]
Take things as they come.

¶ 先到先得 [xiāndàoxiāndé]
The ear1y bird catches the worm.

¶ 留得青山在,不怕没柴烧。[liúdéqīngshānzài, búpàméicháishāo]
You don't have to worry about firewood in forest.

¶ 入乡随俗 [rùxiāngsuísú]
When you are in a village,do as the village does.

¶ 喝水的时候,记住源泉。
When you drink the water, remember the spring.

Belief

¶ Listen to all, but follow no one absolutely.

Confidence

¶ 酒香不怕巷子深。[jiǔ​xiāng​bù​pà​xiàng​zi​shēn]
Fragrant wine fears no dark alley.
or Quality goods need no advertising.

Courage

¶ Only the brave deserve the fair.
-- However, only the rich, fat and cowardly merchants can afford the same.

¶ 用力量抑制力量。
Use power to curb power.

Endeavor

¶ 事半功倍 [shìbàngōngbèi]
To get good results with a little efforts.

Exaggeration

¶ 小题大做 [xiǎotídàzuò]
To make a mountain out of a molehill.

Fact

¶ 事实胜于雄辩[shìshíshèngyúxióngbiàn]。
Facts are more eloquent than words.

Family

¶ It is not a father's anger but his silence that a son dreads.

Friend

¶ 衣莫若新, 人莫若故。
Friendship is like wine - the older, the better.

¶ Keep company with good men and good men you'll learn to be.

¶ 交友慢,失友快。
You can hardly make a friend in a year, but you can lose one in an hour.

Generation

¶ 長江後浪推前浪 [Chángjiāng hòulàng tuī qiánlàng]
The Changjiang River(長江) waves behind drive the waves ahead.

Genius

¶ 敎養重於家世。
Birth is much, but breeding is more.

Goodness

¶ 真正的善良源自一个人的内心。
True goodness springs from a man's own heart.

Greed

¶ 我田引水。
Draw water to one's mill.

Happiness

¶ If you want happiness for an hour? take a nap. If you want happiness for a day? Go fishing. If you want happiness for a year? Inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime? Help someone else.

¶ One joy scatters a hundred grief.

Humility

¶ True goodness springs from a man's own heart.

¶ 美德并不孤独。
Virtue is not left to stand alone.

¶ 喝水的时候,记住源泉
When you drink the water, remember the spring.

Judgement

¶ 盖棺论定[gàiguānlùndìng]
Only when a man is dead can he be judged.

Knowledge

¶ 清楚自己的无知是知识最好的部分。
To know one's ignorance is the best part of knowledge.

Learning

¶ Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.

¶ 不聞不若聞之,聞之不若見之,見之不若知之,知之不若行之;學至於行之而止矣。
Simplified: 不闻不若闻之,闻之不若见之,见之不若知之,知之不若行之;学至于行之而止矣。
Not hearing is not as good as hearing, hearing is not as good as seeing, seeing is not as good as mentally knowing, mentally knowing is not as good as acting; true learning continues up to the point that action comes forth

Life

¶ A man may know the world without leaving his own home.

¶ 人过半生,方知天命。[rénguòbànshēng fāngzhītiānmìng]
Life is half spent before we know what it is.

Money

¶ 金钱万能 [jīnqiánwànnéng]
Money talks.

¶ Our brothers keep careful accounts.

Nature

¶ If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come.

New

¶ Everything new originates in Canton(廣東).

Practice

¶ 熟能生巧 [shúnéngshēngqiǎo]
Practice makes perfect.

Reading

¶ Intention of required study, the word worth a thousand gold.

Wine

¶ There is no party without wine.

Wisdom

¶ A good rat will not injure the grain near its own hole.

¶ The cowl does not make the monk.

Writing

¶ 空行空返。
No song, no supper.

Writing

¶ Never write a letter while you are angry.


Notes

Chinese language

[5]^ Mair, Victor H. (1991). "What Is a Chinese "Dialect/Topolect"? Reflections on Some Key Sino-English Linguistic Terms" (PDF). Sino-Platonic Papers.
[6]^ "History of Mandarin Chinese". Languagetutoring.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-11-07.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Category:Chinese
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhonghua_minzu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chinese_proverbs
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Confucius
http://chineseaesop.blogspot.kr/
http://rodrixar.blogspot.kr/2010/04/chinese-proverbs.html
http://www.goldenproverbs.com/tp_chinese.html
People: China (中国)
China: China (中国)
Where: China (中国)

Chile and Chilean people


Chile and Chilean people


Chile

Chile (i/ˈtʃɪliː/ or /ˈtʃɪleɪ/), officially the Republic of Chile (Spanish: República de Chile, [reˈpuβlika ðe ˈtʃile], Mapudungun: Gulumapu), is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Chilean territory includes the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas and Easter Island. Chile also claims about 1,250,000 square kilometres (480,000 sq mi) of Antarctica, although all claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty.

Chile's distinctive shape—4,300 kilometres (2,700 mi) long and on average 175 kilometres (109 mi) wide—makes it the longest country in the world in terms of length-to-width ratio, with the fifth lengthiest coastline at over 78,000 kilometres (48,000 mi). The northern desert contains great mineral wealth, principally copper. The relatively small central area dominates in terms of population and agricultural resources, and is the cultural and political center from which Chile expanded in the late 19th century when it incorporated its northern and southern regions. Southern Chile is rich in forests and grazing lands, and features a string of volcanoes and lakes. The southern coast is a labyrinth of fjords, inlets, canals, twisting peninsulas, and islands.

Prior to the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern and central Chile was under Inca rule while independent Mapuche inhabited south-central Chile. Chile declared its independence from Spain on 12 February 1818. In the War of the Pacific (1879–83), Chile defeated Peru and Bolivia and won its current northern territory. It was not until the 1880s that the Mapuche were completely subjugated. Chile endured a 16½-year long military dictatorship (1973–1990) that left more than 3,000 people dead or missing.

Today, Chile is one of South America's most stable and prosperous nations, a recognized middle power and an emerging economy.It leads Latin American nations in human development, competitiveness, income per capita, globalization, economic freedom, and low perception of corruption. It also ranks high regionally in sustainability of the state, democratic development and state of peace. However, it has a high economic inequality, as measured by the Gini index. In May 2010, Chile became the first South American nation to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Chile is a founding member of the United Nations, the Union of South American Nations and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.

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Chilean people

Chilean people, or simply Chileans, are the native citizens and long-term immigrants of Chile. Chileans are mainly a mixture of Spanish and Amerindian descent,[3] with small but significant traces of 19th and 20th century European-origin immigrants. A strong correlation exists between the ancestry — or ethnicity — and socioeconomic situation of Chileans, with notable differences observed between the lower classes of high Amerindian ancestry and the upper classes of mainly European ancestry.[4][5]

Post-independence immigrants have never comprised more than two percent of the total population, though their descendants are now hundreds of thousands, including Chileans of German,[6] British, French, Croatian, Italian or Palestinian[7] descent. Though the majority of Chileans reside in Chile, significant communities have been established in multiple countries, most noticeably Argentina[8] and the United States.[9] Other large Chilean communities are in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Spain, Sweden and Venezuela. Although small in number Chilean people make up a substantial part of the permanent population of Antarctica and the Falkland Islands.[10]

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Chilean Proverb

Advice

¶ A bad rumor is better than bad news.

¶ Ambition spills the sack.

¶ Anguish is our worst advisor.

¶ He who divides and shares, always takes the best part.

¶ Never defecate more than what you eat.

Deity

¶ God cures, and the doctor gets paid.

¶ The little birds have god for their caterer.

Love

¶ He who does not find love finds nothing.

Virtue

¶ That which is a sin in others is a virtue in ourselves.


References

Chilean people

[1]^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2007). Compendio estadístico de Chile 2006" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-09-22.
[2]^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Chilenos en el Exterior: Donde viven, cuántos son y qué hacen los chilenos en el exterior". DICOEX and INE. August 2005. p. 11. Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
[3]^ Valenzuela, C. and Harb Z. 1977.Socioeconomic Assortive Mating in Santiago, Chile: A Demonstration Using Stochaistic Matrices of Mother-Child Relationships Applied to ABO Blood Groups Departamento de Biología Celular y Genética, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Quote: The Chilean population steams mainly from the admixture of Spanish people with Chilean aborigines
[4]^ Vanegas, J., Villalón, M., Valenzuela, C. Consideraciones acerca del uso de la variable etnia/raza en investigación epidemiológica para la Salud Pública: A propósito de investigaciones en inequidades Revista Médica de Chile 2008; 136: 637-644.
Quote translated from Spanish: ..in Chile the [racial] process is vinculated to a socioeconomic stratification; the Spaniards of the upper class that did not mix, the mix of European Spaniards and mestizo women in the middle strata, in the lowest substrate the mestizo-mestizo and mestizo-amerindians.
[5]^ Valenzuela, C. El Gradiente Sociogenético Chileno y sus Implicaciones Etico-Sociales, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile
Quote: Al analizar la composición étnica por estratos sociales nos hemos encontrado con un gradiente sociogenético importante que condiciona la estructura de la morbimortalidad según estrato socioeconómico y la evolución sociocultural de Chile
[6]^ German Embassy in Chile.
Quote in German: Es wird geschätzt, dass zwischen 500 bis 600 Tausend Chilenen deutscher Herkunft sind.
[7]^ "Los palestinos miran con esperanza su futuro en Chile sin olvidar Gaza e Irak", El Economista, 2009-02-11, retrieved 2009-07-29
[8]^ "Colectividad chilena, Bajaron de los barcos, ONI". Oni.escuelas.edu.ar. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
[9]^ "Top 101 cities with the most residents born in Chile (population 500+)". city-data.com. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
[10]^ "Chilenos son atraídos por la bonanza de las islas Malvinas". El Mercurio. 2007-03-30. Retrieved 2011-09-22.


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Cheyenne


Cheyenne people

Cheyenne (/ʃaɪˈæn/ shy-AN) are an indigenous people of the Great Plains, who are of the Algonquian language family. The Cheyenne Nation is composed of two tribes, the Só'taeo'o (more commonly spelled as Suhtai or Sutaio) and the Tsétsêhéstâhese (more commonly spelled as Tsitsistas). Today Cheyenne people are enrolled in two federally recognized tribes, the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes in Oklahoma and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Montana.

The Cheyenne are thought to have branched off other tribes of Algonquian stock inhabiting lands around the Great Lakes in present-day Minnesota, perhaps ca. 1500. In historic times they moved west, migrating across the Mississippi River and into North and South Dakota. During the early 19th century, the Cheyenne formed a unified tribe, with more centralized authority through ritual ceremonies and structure than other Plains Indians. Having settled the Black Hills of South Dakota and the Powder River Country of present-day Montana, they introduced the horse culture to Lakota (Sioux) bands about 1730. Allied with the Arapaho, the Cheyenne pushed the Kiowa to the South. In turn, they were pushed west by the more numerous Lakota.

In the centuries before European contact, the Cheyenne were, at times, allied with bands of the Lakota and Arapaho. In the 18th century, they migrated west from Lakota warriors, but by the next century, bands of Lakota had followed them into the Black Hills and Powder River Country. By the mid-nineteenth century, they were sometimes allied with other Plains tribes.

The Cheyenne are one of the best known of the Plains tribes. The Cheyenne Nation formed into ten bands, spread across the Great Plains, from southern Colorado to the Black Hills in South Dakota. At the same time, they created a centralized structure through ritual ceremonies, such as the Sun Dance. When gathered, the bands leaders met in formal council. Alone among the Plains tribes, they waged war at the tribal level, first against their traditional enemy, the Crow, and later (1856–1879) against United States Army forces. In the mid-19th century, the bands began to split, with some bands choosing to remain near the Black Hills, while others chose to remain near the Platte Rivers of central Colorado.

The Northern Cheyenne, known in Cheyenne either as Notameohmésêhese meaning "Northern Eaters" or simply as Ohmésêhese meaning "Eaters", live in southeast Montana on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation. In the 2000 census, the reservation had a total population of 4,400, with 72.8%, or about 3,250 people, identifying as Cheyenne. The Northern Cheyenne Tribe reports 9,945 enrolled tribal members as of 2011.

The Southern Cheyenne, known in Cheyenne as Heévâhetaneo'o meaning "Roped People", together with the Southern Arapaho, form the federally recognized tribe, the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, situated in western Oklahoma. Their combined population is 12,130, as of 2008. In 2003, about 8,000 of these identified as Cheyenne. With continued intermarriage, it is difficult to separate the tribes administratively


Quotes·Quotations by Cheyenne

Advice

¶ Do not judge your neighbor until you walk two moons in his moccasins.


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Chester W. Nimitz (1885-1966)


Chester W. Nimitz (1885-1966)

Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz, GCB, USN (February 24, 1885 – February 20, 1966), was a five-star admiral of the United States Navy. He held the dual command of Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet (CinCPac), for U.S. naval forces and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas (CinCPOA), for U.S. and Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II.[2] He was the leading U.S. Navy authority on submarines, as well as Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Navigation in 1939. He served as Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 1945 until 1947. He was the United States' last surviving Fleet Admiral.


Quotes·Quotations by Chester W. Nimitz

War

¶ Among the Americans serving on Iwo island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.


Notes

[1]^ U.S. officers holding five-star rank never retire; they draw full active duty pay for life.Spencer C. Tucker (2011). The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History. ABC-CLIO. pp. 1685. ISBN 978-1-85109-961-0.
[2]^ Potter, E. B. (1976). Nimitz. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. pp. 45. ISBN 0-87021-492-6.


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Cher (1946- )


Cher (1946- )

Cher ( /ˈʃɛər/) (born Cherilyn Sarkisian on May 20, 1946) is an American recording artist, television personality, actress, director, record producer and philanthropist. Referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globes and a Cannes Film Festival Award among others for her work in film, music and television. She is the only person in history to have received all of these awards. Cher began her career as a backup singer and later came to prominence as one half of the pop rock duo Sonny & Cher with the success of their song "I Got You Babe" in 1965. She subsequently established herself as a solo recording artist, and became a television star in 1971 with The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, a variety show for which she won a Golden Globe. A well received performance in the film Silkwood earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress of 1983. In the following years, Cher starred in a string of hit films including Mask, The Witches of Eastwick, and Moonstruck, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress of 1987.

Cher, throughout a career spanning over 49 years, has broken many records. She is the only artist to reach number one on the Billboard charts in each of the previous six decades. Her hit dance single "Believe" is her biggest-selling recording and was the best-selling single of 1999, having sold over 10 million copies worldwide. She holds the Hot 100 record for the longest hit-making career span, with 33 years between the release of her first and most recent Billboard Hot 100 #1 singles, in 1965 and 1999 and 45 years between her first and most recent #1 ranking on any Billboard chart Cher ended her 3-year-long "Farewell Tour" in 2005 as the most successful tour by a female solo artist of all time. Cher has sold over 100 million albums worldwide. After a three-year hiatus and retirement from touring, Cher returned to the stage in May 2008 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas where she performed her show Cher at the Colosseum until February 2011. Cher has a deep contralto vocal range.


Quotes·Quotation by Cher

Loretta Castorini from Moonstruck

¶ Snap out of it!


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Charles A. Aïdé


Charles A. Aïdé


Quotes·Quotations by Charles A. Aïdé

Summer

¶ Do you recall that night in June
Upon the Danube River;
We listened to the ländler-tune,
We watched the moonbeams quiver. [Danube River]

Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)


Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)

Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was a British comic actor and filmmaker who rose to fame in the silent era. Chaplin became a worldwide icon through his screen persona "the Tramp" and is considered one of the most important figures of the film industry. His career spanned more than 75 years, from a child in the Victorian era to close to his death at the age of 88, and encompassed both adulation and controversy.

Raised in London, Chaplin's childhood was defined by poverty and hardship. He was sent to a workhouse twice before the age of nine; his father was absent, and his mother was committed to a mental asylum. Chaplin began performing from a young age, touring music halls and later working as a stage actor and comedian. At 19 he was signed to the prestigious Fred Karno company, which took him to America. Chaplin was scouted by the film industry, and made his first appearances in 1914 with Keystone Studios. He soon developed the Tramp persona and formed a large fan base. Chaplin directed his films from an early stage, and continued to hone his craft as he moved to the Essanay, Mutual, and First National corporations. By 1918, he was one of the most famous men in the world.

In 1919, Chaplin co-founded the distribution company United Artists, giving him complete control over his films. His first feature-length picture was The Kid (1921), followed by A Woman of Paris (1923), The Gold Rush (1925), and The Circus (1928). He refused to move to sound films in the 1930s, instead producing City Lights (1931) and Modern Times (1936) without dialogue. Chaplin became increasingly political and his next film, The Great Dictator (1940), satirised Adolf Hitler. The 1940s was a decade marked with controversy for Chaplin, and his popularity declined rapidly. He was accused of communist sympathies, while his involvement in a paternity suit and marriages to much younger women were considered scandalous. An FBI investigation was opened on Chaplin, and he was eventually forced to leave the United States and settle in Switzerland. He abandoned the Tramp for his later films, which include Monsieur Verdoux (1947), Limelight (1952), A King in New York (1957), and A Countess From Hong Kong (1967).

Chaplin wrote, directed, produced, edited, scored, and starred in most of his films. He was a perfectionist, and his financial independence meant he often spent years on the development and production of a picture. His films are characterised by slapstick combined with pathos, and often feature the Tramp struggling against adversity. Many contain social and political themes, as well as autobiographical elements. In 1972, as part of a renewed appreciation for his work, Chaplin received an Honorary Academy Award for "the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century". He continues to be held in high regard, with The Gold Rush, City Lights, Modern Times, and The Great Dictator often ranked among the greatest films of all time.


Quotes·Quotations by Charlie Chaplin

Appearance

¶ I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large.

Comedy

¶ All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.

Confidence

¶ I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.


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Charles Kingsley (1819-1875)


Charles Kingsley (1819-1875)

Charles Kingsley (12 June 1819 – 23 January 1875) was a minister of the Church of England, a university professor, historian and novelist. He is particularly associated with the West Country and northeast Hampshire.


Quotes·Quotations by Charles Kingsley

Season

¶ Every winter, When the great sun has turned his face away, The earth goes down into a vale of grief, And fasts, and weeps, and shrouds herself in sables, Leaving her wedding-garlands to decay-- Then leaps in spring to his returning kisses.


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Charles F. Kettering (1958- )


Charles F. Kettering (1958- )

Charles Franklin Kettering (August 29, 1876 – November 24 or November 25, 1958) was an American inventor, engineer, businessman, and the holder of 186 patents.[1] He was a founder of Delco, and was head of research at General Motors from 1920 to 1947. Among his most widely used automotive inventions were the electrical starting motor[2] and leaded gasoline.[3] In association with the DuPont Chemical Company, he was also responsible for the invention of Freon refrigerant for refrigeration and air conditioning systems, as well as for the development of Duco lacquers and enamels, the first practical colored paints for mass-produced automobiles. While working with the Dayton-Wright Company he developed the "Bug" aerial torpedo, considered the world's first aerial missile.[4] He led the advancement of practical, lightweight two-stroke diesel engines, revolutionizing the locomotive and heavy equipment industries. In 1927, he founded the Kettering Foundation, a non-partisan research foundation.


Quotes·Quotations by Charles F. Kettering

Success

¶ Virtually nothing comes out right the first time. Failures, repeated failures, are fingerposts on the road to achievement. The only time you don't want to fail is the last time you try something.... One fails forward toward success.


References

[1]^ a b Scharchburg, Richard P.. "Charles F. Kettering : Doing the right thing at the right time". Kettering.edu. Retrieved 2008-05-13. "His book of patents contains more than 300 separate applications." For the list of patents issued to Kettering, see, Leslie, Stuart W., Charles F. Kettering, 1876-1958 (Doctoral dissertation, University of Delaware, 1980, available at http://udel.worldcat.org/title/charles-f-kettering-1876-1958/oclc/9128472&referer=brief_results) (appendix VII, United States Patents Issued to Charles F. Kettering)
[2]^ Google Patents US Patent #1150523, filed June 15, 1911
[3]^ a b Method and Means for Using Low Compression Fuels US Patent #1635216, filed Jan 3, 1924
[4]^ a b Cornelisse, Diana G. Splendid Vision, Unswerving Purpose: Developing Air Power for the United States Air Force During the First Century of Powered Flight. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio: U.S. Air Force Publications, 2002. ISBN 0-16-067599-5.


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Charles M. Schulz (1922-2000)


Charles M. Schulz (1922-2000)

Charles Monroe Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000), nicknamed Sparky, was an American cartoonist, whose comic strip Peanuts proved one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium and is still widely reprinted on a daily basis.


Quotes·Quotation by Charles M. Schulz

Happiness

¶ Happiness is a warm puppy.

Life

¶ Life is like an ice-cream cone, you have to lick it one day at a time.

¶ In the book of life, the answers aren't in the back. [Charlie Brown]

Philosophy

¶ There's a difference between a philosophy and a bumper sticker.


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Charlie Brown


Charlie Brown

Charles "Charlie" Brown is the protagonist in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz.

Charlie Brown and his creator are both the sons of barbers, but whereas Schulz's work is described as the "most shining example of the American success story", Charlie Brown is an example of "the great American un-success story" in that he fails in almost everything he does.


Quotes·Quotation

Life

¶ In the book of life, the answers aren't in the back.

¶ Life is like an ice cream cone...you have to learn to lick it. (11 Aug 68)

¶ Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, "Why me?" Then a voice answers, "Nothing personal... your name just happened to come up." (13 Nov 93)


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Charles M. Schulz

Charlotte Vale (Now, Voyager)


Charlotte Vale from Now, Voyager (1942)


Quotes·Quotation by Charlotte Vale

Bette Davis as Charlotte Vale from Now, Voyager (1942)

Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars.

Charlize Theron (1975- )



Charlize Theron (1975- )

Charlize Theron (General American English pronunciation: /ʃɑrˈliːs ˈθɛrən/; Afrikaans pronunciation: [ʃɐrˈlis tron]; born 7 August 1975) is a South African actress and fashion model. She started her acting career in the United States and rose to fame in the late 1990s following roles in The Devil's Advocate (1997), Mighty Joe Young (1998), and The Cider House Rules (1999). Theron won the Academy Award for Best Actress and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster (2003), becoming the first South African to win an Academy Award in a major acting category.

She received further Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for her performance in North Country in 2005, and a Golden Globe nomination for her performance in Young Adult in 2011. In 2012 she starred in Snow White & the Huntsman and Prometheus. Theron became a US citizen in 2007, while retaining her South African citizenship.


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Charles Foster Kane (Citizen Kane)


Charles Foster Kane from Citizen Kane (1941)

Charles Foster Kane is a fictional character and the subject of Orson Welles' 1941 film Citizen Kane. Welles played Kane (receiving an Oscar nomination), with Buddy Swan playing Kane as a child. Welles also co-wrote and directed the film.



Quotes·Quotation by Orson Welles

Orson Welles as Charles Foster Kane from Citizen Kane (1941)

¶ Rosebud.


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Charles BARKLEY (1963- )


Charles BARKLEY (1963- )

Charles Wade Barkley (born February 20, 1963) is a former American professional basketball player and current analyst on the television program Inside the NBA. Nicknamed "Sir Charles" and "The Round Mound of Rebound", Barkley established himself as one of the National Basketball Association's (NBA's) most dominating power forwards. He was selected to the All-NBA First Team five times, the All-NBA Second Team five times, and once to the All-NBA Third Team. He earned eleven NBA All-Star Game appearances and was named the All-Star MVP in 1991. In 1993, he was voted the league's Most Valuable Player and during the NBA's 50th anniversary, named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. He competed in the 1992 and 1996 Olympic games and won two gold medals as a member of the United States' Dream Team. In 2006, Barkley was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Barkley was popular with the fans and media and made the NBA's All-Interview Team for his last 13 seasons in the league. He was frequently involved in on- and off-court fights and sometimes stirred national controversy, as in March 1991 when he mistakenly spat on a young girl, and as in 1993 when he declared that sports figures should not be considered role models. Short for a power forward, Barkley used his strength and aggressiveness to become one of the NBA's most dominant rebounders. He was a versatile player who had the ability to score, create plays, and defend. In 2000, he retired as the fourth player in NBA history to achieve 20,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 4,000 assists.

Since retiring as a player, Barkley has had a successful career as a television NBA analyst. He works with Turner Network Television (TNT) as a studio pundit for its coverage of NBA games. In addition, Barkley has written several books and has shown an interest in politics; in October 2008, he announced that he would run for Governor of Alabama in 2014, but he changed his mind in 2010.


Quotes·Quotation

Celebrities

¶ My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.


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