替罪羊已经撵出来了

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周正龙自始至终都只是一盘下得很大很大的棋局里的一枚棋子。下棋的人是谁呢？

以下报道中属于道听途说的地方很多，相信与否请慎重。

据传周正龙被警方带走 坦白虎照原型为老虎图片
成都商报记者 龙灿
2008年06月25日

昨日，陕西省林业厅一知情人士向本报记者透露，周正龙已于两周前因“私藏违禁物品”被陕西警方带走。为了彻底查清周老虎事件，陕西省公安厅、安康市公安局联合成立了专案组，目前，对虎照和所有涉虎官员的调查已经基本结束，陕西方面正在研究对官员的处理意见。

记者多方证实未果，看来闹腾了大半年的“周老虎”风波，大幕即将落下。

邻居讲述：十多天没看到周正龙在家了

据不愿意透露姓名的知情人介绍，两周前，来自安康市公安局的警察突然带走了周正龙。由于此事严格保密，镇坪县只有很少人知情。

据周正龙的邻居介绍，确实有十多天没看到周正龙在家了。有消息说他“出事”了，是被警察带走的。而周的妻子罗大翠自从丈夫“消失”后，也经常不在家。

知情人介绍，周已经向警方坦白了作假的过程，该虎照的原型，确实只是一张老虎图片。由于严格保密，更多的细节只有专案组的办案人员才知道。一周前，专案组派出两组办案人员，对陕西林业厅所有涉案的官员进行背靠背的调查。

官员透露：重点追查2万元“奖金”来源

据陕西省林业厅的一位官员说，一周前，陕西省公安厅和安康市公安局的办案人员分别找了厅里的领导、部分中干以及参与老虎调查项目的官员进行了询问，并做了详细的笔录。整个调查持续了4天。其中，警方追查的重点是给周正龙从林业厅拿到的20000元奖金的来源。主要是调查谁决定的给周奖励，奖金从何而来，由谁签字等。根据周领“奖”的材料显示，这笔奖金的签发人是当时刚上任不久的动管站站长周灵国，为了确定这笔“奖金”的来龙去脉，办案民警对周灵国进行了两次询问，其中一次询问从下午6点一直持续到晚上9时。所有被调查的官员还在询问笔录上签字，按了手印。这个知情人告诉记者，当时的新闻发布会后，厅领导研究决定给予周正龙20000现金奖励，周灵国没有参与老虎调查，只是按照厅领导的意见给钱。

昨日下午，记者拨通周灵国的手机时，他称自己正在陕北出差，什么都不知道。

记者调查：“挺虎派”官员集体闭口

昨日，记者与陕西林业厅副厅长朱巨龙取得了联系，一直高调挺虎的朱巨龙称自己不知情。林业厅信息中心主任关克则说，不接受采访。

而镇坪县林业局局长覃大鹏称，省上的调查组在独立调查，他也在等待消息。镇坪县长吴平一听说是周正龙的事，立即挂了电话。

曾参加陕西省林业厅虎照新闻发布会的镇坪县副县长杨高称，他不知道最新的结果。但省上在统一安排发布调查结果。当问及是否追究相关官员的责任时，杨高说，这是省上统一的安排。

Tags: 关克, 司法, 吴平, 周正龙, 周灵国, 周老虎, 和菜头, 成都商报, 批示, 朱巨龙, 杨高, 罗大翠, 虎照门, 覃大鹏, 镇坪县, 陕西省林业厅, 龙灿

荷兰队输了

Posted in 伪体育迷 at 5:28 am by 老貓 · Permalink · 6 Comments · 

还是有点不敢相信。

虽然对希丁克不抱好感，但是不得不承认俄罗斯踢得的确是好。

葡萄牙、克罗地亚、荷兰，三个小组第一都挂了。祝西班牙明天对阵意大利时走好运。

德国能不能赢土耳其，现在看来也还是未知数。但俄罗斯要赢西班牙或者意大利，照今天的表现看估计不成问题。

假如最后真的是土耳其和俄罗斯会师决赛，估计很多人会疯掉的。

Tags: 俄罗斯, 克罗地亚, 土耳其, 希丁克, 德国, 意大利, 欧洲杯, 荷兰, 葡萄牙, 西班牙

Site5 Provides Unlimited Hosting

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It is a special promotion called “4th of July Freedom Plan“. To summarize, everything is unlimited, except that the offer expires on 4th July. Pricing is the same with previous plans.

So I have upgraded my hosting plan. I don’t think I will need any upgrade in future except if the price drops.

Site5.com has been nice to me. By ‘nice’ I mean high quality, fast service and solution, low sites-to-server ratio, and affordable price. More importantly, it has not really entered the Mainland China market. That makes me feel detached from the endless stupidity of Chinese cyber censorship. ‘Nice’ but not ‘great’, because they did suffer from minute downtimes for the ‘carya’ server on which my site is hosted.

P.S.: I don’t recommend it to people holding Chinese credit/debit cards, unless you are really sure about the card details in English.

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Books I Am Currently Reading

Posted in 文史哲, 日本語 at 1:02 am by 老貓 · Permalink · Comments · 

1. 日本之窗 (日本を知る), 板坂元著, 関正昭編 [株式会社スリーエー　ネットワック　3A Corporation], 大新書局印行, 1993, 201 pages

This is a very comprehensive book about a common Japanese family’s daily life, activities in 12 months, different aspects in Japanese society that a commoner would encounter, and little boxes of general knowledge about Japan. It is fully in Japanese, without any other language, and is originally intended to serve as a reading practice textbook for foreign students in Japan, but it is not dry or boring. Quite the opposite, it is really a fun read.

2. Principles of Economics (An Asian Edition), N. Gregory Mankiw, Euston Quah and Peter Wilson, Cengage Learning Asia, 2008, 862 pages

Although I studied Principles of Economics as one of the compulsory modules in college, the content was too brief and the lecturers were too monotonous. However, this book, as a college textbook, is the most fun and easy reading economics text I have ever tried to read. It does not only cover the economics knowledge, but also inspires the readers to think about government policies and judge whether to vote for a candidate by examining his economic promises.

Prof Mankiw’s (Harvard) original text has been claimed to be a ‘market-leading textbook’ in the US. Prof Quah (NTU) and Dr Wilson (former professor in NUS) have inserted many Asian materials and made the text more relevant to Asian readers.

I have effortlessly finished one eighth of the whole book within 3 days using spare time, with all the revision questions done. So hopefully I can finish this “course” in one month.

3. Europe: A History, Norman Davies, HarperPerennial, 1998, 1365 pages

I just read the introduction (45 pages). Built upon careful reconsideration of mainstream European history writing, which was previously overwhelming, with a broad scope and a balanced viewpoint, this introduction alone is a magnificent work. I am looking forward to enjoying reading it.

Before I decided to purchase this book, I found a Chinese translation to it (titled as 《欧洲史》). Comparing the texts of the introduction, it was obvious that, although considered as high quality and serious as a 21st century Chinese translation, the sentences in the Chinese version really sounded weird and awkward. The beauty of Davies’ language had completely vanished.

Tags: 3A Corporation, Cengage Learning, economics, Europe: A History, European history, Euston Quah, HarperPerennial, Harvard, N. Gregory Mankiw, Norman Davies, NTU, NUS, Peter Wilson, Principles of Economics (An Asian Edition), 大新書局, 日本之窗 (日本を知る), 板坂元, 株式会社スリーエー　ネットワック, 欧洲史, 関正昭

删除删除再删除

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网上“福娃灾难论”被删除
（2008-06-20）

（北京讯）奥运年，中国灾害频频，五个奥运福娃吉祥物也被网民对照成五种厄运。而近日南方爆发水灾，正巧补上一角，意外凑成了网上盛传的“福娃灾难论”。

四川地震发生后，大陆网上就盛传“福娃灾难论”。橘色的福娃代表的是藏羚羊，预示了“3·14”西藏抢烧打砸事件，绿色的福娃代表燕子和风筝，而风筝就代表潍坊，这预示了胶济火车相撞事件，红色的福娃头上代表着奥运火炬，这预示火炬境外传递遭遇风波，黑色的福娃代表的是四川卧龙大熊猫，预示着汶川大震。剩下象征鱼的蓝色福娃没有应验，那时就有人预测，那将是一场水灾。 不料，南方在6月份就真的发生水灾。

按奥运官方的解释：蓝色福娃叫贝贝，蓝色，代表水。形象“鱼”取自中华鲟，头部纹饰是取自新石器时代半坡遗址中出现的鱼纹图案。

据路透社报道，一名网友就在天涯论坛上称，他来自深圳，那里连下了两天的雨，雨没有要停的迹象……现在最后一个“鱼”的诅咒也灵验了，我们该怎么办？

报道说，网络审查单位已经删除这些含迷信成分的言论。

Tags: 中华鲟, 半坡遗址, 卧龙, 四川, 圣火, 地震, 大熊猫, 奥运, 水灾, 汶川, 潍坊, 福娃, 福娃灾难论, 网络审查, 胶济铁路, 藏羚羊, 西藏, 迷信, 雪灾, 风筝