Determining the Olympic flame arrived at Everest road map

Five-Starred Red Flag (in), the International Olympic Committee flag (right), the Beijing Olympic Games emblem flag fluttering in the wind in the Mount Qomolangma base camp. Xinhua News Agency, Everest, May 1 (Reporter Wang Jimin) - Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee torch relay centre Everest Group for Sun Bin operation on the 1st to the media confirmed that the Olympic flame in the exhibition of Everest, climbers athletes along The northern slope of Mount Qomolangma impact on the traditional line of the top of the world. According to Sun Bin, at present the top of Mount Qomolangma nearly 20 lines, and the southern slope of the north slope have advantages and disadvantages. On the north slope in the territory of China, Sun Bin, and other 17 people last May to test the torch burning and the top of the traditional route will be the display of Mount Qomolangma, the Olympic flame by the choice of routes. Selection of this line has in fact not a secret. Olympic torch relay in Beijing official on-line, the reporter also see the same "road map", and this important camp along the traditional route of the introduction. In addition, the Chinese team captain Wang Yongfeng have in the interview admitted that, in order to ensure foolproof, the torch will be the top choice of the traditional north side of the road. This traditional route starting point is 5,200 meters above sea level in the Mount Qomolangma base camp, climbers athletes will be 6,500 meters above sea level to the forward camp. Forward from the camp to the summit, there were 7,028 meters of Beiao camp, 7,790 meters and 8,300 meters of the camp raided the camp. In surprise camps, as athletes from the mountain peak of the torchbearers will launch the final impact. In the traditional route, from the advance base camp to camp about 28 km from the camp to the summit to advance 20 kilometers. According to Sun Bin, the weather affected the top of Mount Qomolangma is the most important factor, together, the climbing of Mount Qomolangma in May is the best period. In May, were the top four best time "window": the first week of May, 10 to 15, 20 to 25 and the end of May to early June. Sun Bin said that if all the conditions are with a team requires about four days on the smooth top, and the last day of the weather conditions are most important. As for the widely concerned about the selection of torchbearers, Sun Bin said that has not been a final decision. "We are elected members are also members of the Preparatory, who As for the final and on the number of people, depending on the status of these players may be." Sun Bin also revealed that the force will be largely composed of members of Tibetan and Han Chinese, most likely including several women torchbearers. In addition, this activity is not good at the top of the Sherpa climbers who participate in (Sherpa climbers who often when the Wizard). A foreign reporter asked whether this year will top last year's use of photo » Sun Bin this clear answer: "no. Flame test in May last year climbed Everest, Xiangyun form has not been applied to the top of Mount Qomolangma on the torch." According to previous reports, the Olympic flame has arrived in Everest base camp, and fire more than one (a standby fire).

Beautiful People

"Beautiful People" is one of four new songs on Tim McGraw's latest release, Reflected: Greatest Hits II. The album also features 10 of his biggest hits, including "Live Like You Were Dying," "She's My Kind of Rain" and "Real Good Man." Rounding out the tracks are two duets that appeared on other artists albums, "Over and Over," which he recorded last year with rap star Nelly, and "Like We Never Loved At All," his duet with wife Faith Hill.

In addition to his successful music career, Tim has ventured into acting. He appeared in the 2004 film "Friday Night Lights," and, in July, he'll be seen on the big screen again in the new adaptation of the family classic, "My Friend Flicka." One of the songs from the film's soundtrack was included on Tim's new greatest hits album. Tim co-wrote the track, called "My Little Girl."

Tim says he's reading more movie scripts and is open to the idea of making a film with his wife. Faith Hill made her big screen debut in 2004 in a remake of The Stepford Wives. But, he adds, "We're not going to do it just for the sake of doing it. It has to be something that would be special."

In the meantime, Tim will spend the next four months performing concerts with Faith throughout the U.S. The couple's first "Soul II Soul" tour in 2000 drew close to one million fans. With many dates already sold out, ticket sales are expected to reach a similar number for the 70 shows on their "Soul II Soul 2" tour. The outing is scheduled to run through late-August.

Tim's new greatest hits album debuted at Number One on Billboard's Country chart to become his 9th consecutive chart-topping entry. Its first single took only three weeks to reach the Top 20 on the Country Singles chart.

'One World One Dream'

"One World One Dream" fully reflects the essence and the universal values of the Olympic spirit -- Unity, Friendship, Progress, Harmony, Participation and Dream. It expresses the common wishes of people all over the world, inspired by the Olympic ideals, to strive for a bright future of Mankind. In spite of the differences in colors, languages and races, we share the charm and joy of the Olympic Games, and together we seek for the ideal of Mankind for peace. We belong to the same world and we share the same aspirations and dreams.

"One World One Dream" is a profound manifestation of the core concepts of the Beijing Olympic Games. It reflects the values of harmony connoted in the concept of "People's Olympics", the core and soul of the three concepts -- "Green Olympics, High-tech Olympics and People's Olympics". While "Harmony of Man with Nature" and "Peace Enjoys Priority" are the philosophies and ideals of the Chinese people since ancient times in their pursuit of the harmony between Man and Nature and the harmony among people, building up a harmonious society and achieving harmonious development are the dream and aspirations of ours. It is our belief that peace and progress, harmonious development, living in amity, cooperation and mutual benefit, and enjoying a happy life are the common ideals of the people throughout the world.

"One World, One Dream" is simple in expressions, but profound in meaning. It is of China, and also of the world. It conveys the lofty ideal of the people in Beijing as well as in China to share the global community and civilization and to create a bright future hand in hand with the people from the rest of the world. It expresses the firm belief of a great nation, with a long history of 5,000 years and on its way towards modernization, that is committed to peaceful development, harmonious society and people's happiness. It voices the aspirations of 1.3 billion Chinese people to contribute to the establishment of a peaceful and bright world.

The English translation of the slogan is distinctive in sentence structure. The two "One"s are perfectly used in parallel, and the words "World" and "Dream" form a good match. The slogan is simple, meaningful, inspiring, and easy to remember, read and spread.

In Chinese, the word "tongyi", which means "the same", is used for the English word "One". It highlights the theme of "the whole Mankind lives in the same world and seeks for the same dream and ideal".

CHINA Tourism--Qufu Tourist Area

Qufu Tourist Area Located in Qufu, Shandong Province, the tourist area, which includes the Mansion, Temple and Cemetery of Confucius (1), enjoys a worldwide fame as a traditional Chinese cultural site. They attract numerous tourists from both home and abroad annually.

In 1994, they were listed as world cultural heritage sites. The Mansion of Confucius is the living quarters of the first grandson of Confucius, a great philosopher, educator and a founder of Confucianism. It is also known as Master Yansheng's Mansion because in 1055, or the second year of the reign of Song Emperor Zhaozhen, Kong Zongyuan, the 46th generation male descendant of Confucius was given the title "Master Yansheng". The title was passed down to Kong Decheng, the 77th generation male descendant of Confucius. With an area of 160,000 square meters, the mansion has nine courtyards with 463 rooms along the east, west and middle routes. The main part of the mansion centers the houses along the middle route .

The first four yards contain offices and the other five serve as residences. At the rear it is a garden. The mansion stores more than 9,000 volumes of files from 1534 (the 13th year of the reign of Ming Emperor Jiaqing) to 1948 and great quantities of rare and precious cultural and historical relics. The Temple of Confucius served as a place for worshipping Confucius in various dynasties. In 478 B.C., the second year after Confucius' death, the ruler of the State of Lu converted Confucius' former residence, the three-room mansion, into a temple and made it a place for worshipping Confucius.

The temple was constantly renovated and expanded to its present size by emperors of the Western Han Dynasty and the following historical periods. It covers an area of 218,000 square meters and is 1,120 meters in length from south to north. There are nine courtyards and 466 rooms along three routes in the left, right and middle. The temple has an outer wall, with four corner towers, which shelters ancient pines. The main buildings along the middle route are Kuiwen Pavilion, Thirteen Stele Pavilion, Xingtan Pavilion, Dacheng Hall, Hall of Confucius' Wife and Shengji Hall. Dacheng Hall stands out and is the main hall where Confucius was worshipped.

The temple houses some 2,000 tablets dating from the Western Han Dynasty right up to the founding of New China. They are one of the largest collections of tablets in the country. There are now three exhibition halls displaying tablets from the Han dynasty and Six Kingdoms of Wei, stone statues from the Han Dynasty and calligraphic carvings on Yuhonglou tablets. The 17 tablets of Han Dynasty are the largest collection in the country in term of quantity reserved in one place. The Cemetery of Confucius is about 1.5 kilometers north of Qufu and is the Confucius family cemetery. It takes up 1.998 million square meters and around it there is a seven-kilometer-long hedge.

The pavilions, towers, halls and archways built in various historical periods are set in a forest. Behind the Zhushui Bridge is the graveyard, dating from the Eastern Zhou, which houses the tomb of Confucius, the tombs of his son Kong Li and grandson Kong Ji. The tomb of Confucius is 6.2 meters high and has a circumference of 88 meters. Notes 1. the Mansion, Temple and Cemetery of Confucius 孔府、孔庙、孔林 Taishan Mountain泰山 Taishan Mountain Scenic Area Taishan Mountain is located in the central of Shandong Province. In ancient time, it was called Mt. Daishan or Mt.Daizong and was renamed Taishan Mountain during the Spring and Autumn Period, that was 770-476B.C.. Taishan Mountain was included in the UNESCO world heritage list in 1987. The total area of the mountain is 426 square kilometers with a circumference of 80 kilometers.

The main peak, Jade Emperor Peak, rising 1,545 meters above sea level, is at the north of Tai'an city. The mountain is an early birthplace of China's ancient civilization and the area around was one of ancient China's political, economic and cultural centers. In history, there were total 72 emperors from Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties who built temples on it. After Qin Shihuang (246-209 B.C.), numerous emperors and scholars from various historical periods went to Taishan Mountain, which accounts for the large quantity of precious cultural relics.

Taishan Mountain has 72 majestic peaks, magnificent waterfalls, centuries-old pines and cypresses and fascinating rocks. There are five tourist zones and two routes up the mountain-one in the east and one in the west. They meet at Zhongtian Gate and there are 6,293 steps in the nine kilometers leading to the top. Scenic spots include Longtan Reservoir, Zhongtian Gate, Five-Doctor Pine, Duansong Hill, 18 Turns, South Gate to Heaven, Bixia Tekmple, Zhanglu Terrace, Sun-Watching Peak, Moon-Watching Peak. The four wonders of the mountain are Sun Rises from the East, Golden Belt Along the Yellow River, Beautiful Sunset and the Sea of Clouds.

Other attractive spots are the Rare Rock Dock, Fan Cliff, Aolai Peak, Black Dragon Pool, Longevity Bridge, and the Dragon Pool Waterfall. Running from Songshan Valley to the South Gate to Heaven, on the top of Danshan Hill, is a path with 18 turns called Ladder to Heaven. Although the path is little more than one kilometer long it rises 400 meters. The steps along the path are made of Tianshan schist. There is now a cable car from Zhongtian Gate to the top of Wangfu Hill. Taishan Mountain is one of China's mountain parks and is a natural museum of history and art.

Along its axis there are 1,800 stone sculptures including famous ones such as the Carved Road from the Qin dynasty, the Buddhist Diamond Sutra in Sutra Stone Valley, the Wordless Stone Tablet and the Scripture of Taishan Mountain History carved on Tangmo Cliff. Tiankuang Hall in the Daimiao Temple which is also on Taishan Mountain is one of the three great halls of China (the other two are the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City, Beijing , and Dacheng Hall in Qufu). The 40 statues of arhat in the Thousand-Buddha Hall of the Lingyan Temple date to the Song Dynasty and are prized for their individuality and expressiveness.

The Great Wall

The Great Wall of China by Franz Kafka (1883-1924) is an imaginative description of this ancient project that raises the points,＂With this method of construction (section by section) many large gaps arose;″＂there are said to be gaps which have never been filled in at all.″It then asks, ＂The wall was conceived as a protection against the people of the north, as was commonly announced and universally known. But how can protection be provide by a wall which is not built continuously?″
As vice-president Dong Yanhui of the China Great Wall Society remarks, ＂Military defense is generally considered to have been the aim of the Great Wall. But it performed a peaceful rather than warlike function.″Dong acted as guide to former US president Bill Clinton and current US president George W. Bush presidents were keen to know why so much manpower, material and funds had been expended on this massive, yet apparently incomplete, defense project throughout the centuries. Dong explains,＂The Great Wall was a means of reconciling China’s nomadic and farming economies. Clashes between the Han and nomadic communities occurred throughout Chinese history. Nomadic ethnic groups north of the Great Wall, such as the Qin and Han Dynasty Huns and Ming Dynasty Mongols, sought pastures for their horses, cattle and sheep. They coveted land in the Central Plains areas that had been settled by Han farmers. Nomad sheep and cattle ruined painstakingly cultivated Han crops, and farmers retaliated by slaughtering nomad livestock.″

The core issue of Interview

1. Describe an instance where you set your sights on a high/demanding goal and saw it through completion.

2. Summarize a situation where you took the initiative to get others going on an important task or issue, and played a leading role to achieve the results you wanted.

3. Describe a situation where you had to seek out relevant information, define key issues, and decide on which steps to take to get the desired results.

4. Describe an instance where you made effective use of facts to secure the agreement of others.

5. Give an example of how you worked effectively with people to accomplish an important result.

6. Describe a creative/innovative idea that you produced which led to a significant contribution to the success of an activity or project.

7. Provide an example of how you assessed a situation and achieved good results by focusing on the most important priorities.

8. Provide an example of how you acquired technical skills and converted them to practical application.

Gerade eben flattert mir die Mail in den virtuellen Postkasten mit der Nachricht: Patrick Dempsey, auch bekannt als Mc Dreamy aus der U.S.-Serie "Grey`s Anatomy" wird in Zukunft mit Avon zusammenarbeiten!
Mit Patrick Dempsey wird Avon in den USA noch in diesem Jahr einen Herrenduft vorstellen, nach Europa kommt der Duft voraussichtlich 2009. Dempseys Frau Jillian Dempsey ist bereits seit 2006 bei Avon weltweit als Creative Color Director unter Vertrag.
"Wir sind begeistert von der Partnerschaft mit Patrick Dempsey - einem so arrivierten Schauspieler, der beim Publikum so gut ankommt - vor allem aufgrund seiner Authentizität, seines Charismas und seines Stils", freut sich Andrea Jung, die Vorstandsvorsitzende von Avon Products. Inc. über den neuen Partner. "Patrick Dempsey hat auf der Leinwand und abseits von Hollywood so viel erreicht und wie Avon gibt auch er viel an die Gesellschaft zurück und engagiert sich sowohl im kleinen als auch im großen Stil. Wir möchten ihm besonders zur Eröffnung seines Krebszentrums, des "Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing" im US Bundesstaat Maine beglückwünschen und hoffen, dass sich hier in Zukunft Möglichkeiten für gemeinsame Projekte mit der Avon Foundation ergeben."

World Folk Music

World on how many kinds of music? This is a very difficult question to answer. The easiest answer can be Chinese music and foreign music, or is instrumental and vocal, but it seems too simplistic, not illustrate the problem. If the countries of the world there are more than 100 kinds of music. But the problem is that some countries, though different, but basically the same music, and some Although it is one country, the internal race, ethnicity, culture vary greatly, the music is often very different ...

Latin American music
Latin America including Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean, this region contains a rich cultural and musical heritage. Central America and parts of the Amazon basin Indians living in lowland areas; Mexico, Guatemala, the lives of aboriginal Andes; the Caribbean, Ecuador, Guyana, French Guinea, Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil, non-Northeast American, as well as scattered in South America speak Spanish and Portuguese immigrant, and their different but it is also controlled by the Latin American unity and the development of folk music.

Asia-Pacific countries Music
Music for its own expressions, tone, intensity, and to the use and control of many of these is the oriental music very seriously. Asian Music Another common feature is not sensitive clever use of a certain pitch Hitting instruments. Whether in the East or the West point of view, the goal of the same music we are the common pursuit. We should be talking about integration rather than impact. Allow integration of different traditions into a new mainstream, all the music will be integrated into the concept of a huge tide of the music. But we also need to identify every culture in order to maintain its identity.

Indian music
Thoughts on the music of India in the world of folk music in the 100 Garden, Indian music is a kind of a long history and rich tradition, distinctive music, in its several hundred years of British colonial rule did not assimilation, in very difficult conditions compared and the preservation of integrity. But also some European instruments will be further assimilation of India's musical instruments, which can not but say that the history of human culture is a miracle, so why can not but arouse people to think deeply.

European folk music
Europe's Iberian Peninsula Spain, Portugal music, Western music on the one hand and the same with the general common, on the other hand, the legacy of the ethnic music of the impact of unique. Both the scale, melody or rhythm, harmony, singing and voice, in many ways have shown the rest of Europe are not factors. Particularly its rhythm, a lot of three beat of music, but not as monotonous Waltz, but more delicate and more dynamic.

Celtic music
Celtic traditional music is song-based, and to express the love and heroic legend mainly spend a huge amount of quickstep dance and dance tunes played rotary instrument. Linked to a series of musical instruments, like the drum-like handheld Poncelet amid drum and a wide range of instruments in solo or small portfolio often been used by musicians. Modern Celtic music from the New Age types are a major impact, and in the pop and rock is the influence of two ways.

Plato

One day, Plato asked his teacher Socrates what love is. Socrates asked Plato pick the biggest golden ear of wheat from cornfield. The condition is that there is only one time to pick, and only can go ahead never return. Then, Plato came back with empty hands. Socrates asked why there was nothing he got. Plato said: “because there is only one time to pick, and never return, although I have met the biggest one, I still gave up for looking forward to the future bigger one. Therefore, I missed the biggest one and never pick.” Socrates said: “that is love” another day, Plato asked his teacher Socrates what marriage is. Socrates asked Plato cut the biggest and most flourish tree, and suit for being the Christmas tree at home from forest. The condition is that there is also only one time to cut and only can go ahead never return. Then, Plato came back with a normal tree; not very flourish but also not too bad... Socrates asked why he brought back such a normal tree. Plato said: “on the basis of the experience last time, when I found I still was empty in hands in the half way, I met this tree and it’s not too bad. So I cut it, and brought it back. In case of returning with empty hands again.” Socrates said: “that is marriage”