China will soon open the largest Bible production plant in the world on the outskirts of the city of NanJing. The plant will be operated by government-sanctioned Amity Press and will print one-million Bibles each month. Bob Fu, president of the China Aid Association, says it’s ironic that this is in an atheist and communist country.
He urged government officials at all levels to devote themselves in building a government “by the people, for the people”, and one that ensures all Chinese enjoy the fruits of the country’s economic development. “The government should provide education for the young, medication for the ill, care for the old-aged and housing for the homeless.”
A number of Chinese websites have signed a pact, sent out by the Chinese government, promising to crack down on the posting of porn, violence, gambling, and other undesirable topics. The reason is, once again, to prevent the young people of China from being corrupted.
Although many people offered to adopt her, Lei DongXiang, a five-year-old girl in Chongqing Municipality, Southwest China politely refused, as she wanted to look after her older brother. In 2000, DongXiang’s father died of an illness. Unable to handle his untimely death, her mother had a mental breakdown. As a result the young girl shouldered the responsibility of caring for her mother and retarded brother.
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The Department of State has instituted a new fee schedule for passport services. In addition, the age for which both parents must appear and sign a passport application on behalf of a child will increase from 14 to 16 years old. At this time applicants will also have the option of ordering a new Passport Card alternative to the Passport Book.
Customers who purchase nonrefundable domestic (U.S., the Caribbean, or Canada) economy tickets may check one bag for free and a second bag for a $25 service fee. Oversized bags or those weighing more than 50 lbs. now cost $100 per bag. Items that require special handling also have new higher prices.
Kosovo looked forward on Monday to recognition by the Western powers headed by the United States, who went to war to save its Albanian majority, but Russia served notice the new state will never be forced on its Serb allies. Serbs in Kosovo, with the full backing of Belgrade, reject the territory’s secession…
The best way to learn a foreign language may be to surround yourself with native speakers. But if you can’t manage a trip abroad the Internet and a broadband computer connection may do the job, too, bringing native speakers within electronic reach for hours of practice.
You order a dozen roses, but the recipient only gets 11. Challenge the florist and you will be told that your beloved herself is “the twelfth rose.” This is both custom and commerce coming together in a beautiful segue. From every twelve dozen roses a florist buys wholesale, they’re making up a dozen that sell for 100% profit.
For more than 25 years, China Daily has served as the world’s window to China, and for over two decades, China Daily Distribution Corporation (CDDC) has brought that portal to North America. Now for a limited time, the English Language version of the daily newspaper is available for free for 28 days in America!
Though the 80GB Playstation 3 is a bit hard to find at traditional retail stores nowadays, Terra Soft now sells the 80GB Playstation 3 with Yellow Dog Linux pre-installed. Up until now, PS3 users had to install the third-party OS at home, but the move to sell units with Linux included should make it easy to get Yellow Dog into the home.
A big announcement of YD6.0 is the alleged word that Yellow Dog 6.0 will be shipped pre-installed on future PS3’s if Terra Soft is right. Rumors have already been flying that this is even more confirmation of a new PS3 model since right now the only way to get Linux pre-installed on the PS3 is to order one directly from companies like Terra Soft.
A young man gets deathly close to an over 8 foot long (world record sized) Mountain Lion in Nevada that is attacking his two pet dogs. He shoots from an insane distance of less than 1.5 feet away! The first 2 caps on the traditional muzzleloader fail but third time…
This free channel will provide tools to acquire basic conversation skills in Mandarin, English, and French and will offer non-Chinese speakers the resources to learn a new Chinese phrase each day. Likewise, Chinese website users will be able to learn simple, useful phrases that might come in handy next summer with visitors from around the world.
Linux, a community-developed operating system, comes in many flavors, including Red Hat, Yellow Dog and Xandros. The Ubuntu version is one of the most popular among folks seeking computing power for home and office tasks such as word processing, Web browsing and working with spreadsheets.
Terra Soft today released Yellow Dog Linux v6.0 for Sony PS3, Apple G4/G5, and IBM System p. Built upon the CentOS foundation, a popular derivative of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), YDL v6.0 offers enterprise quality for the home user. YDL v6.0 delivers the professional quality of an enterprise level Linux distribution to a just-works desktop experience for both PS3 and Apple PowerPC. Built upon CentOS with select Fedora 7 components, YDL v6.0 integrates the “E17″ desktop to provide a lean, uncluttered interface.
Terra Soft has released Yellow Dog Linux 6.0 for Apple G4/G5 PowerPC systems, the Sony PS3, and IBM System p. Built upon the CentOS foundation, a popular derivative of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), YDL 6.0 offers enterprise quality for the home user, says Terra Soft CEO Kai Staats.
She used Windows for two weeks and discovered how to simultaniously contract both spyware and viruses, not to mention had constant problems with printing and losing connectivity. Going on three months on Ubuntu, set up exactly like this, and I’ve found myself not having to help her out anymore. Welcome to Linux, mom.
For one - Humans Do not Cause Global Warming. For two - Global Warming is Beneficial to the Environment. For three - Far-fetching Climate Predictions Cannot be Made. Fight Global Warming? No! We do not fight global warming because it is futile to do so. We do, however, conserve, recycle, treat our environment with respect, show honest stewards…
