Speaking Pictures

After beating Dominika Cibulkova to win Australia Open final and win her second Grand Slam title, Li Na, No.1 woman tennis player in China was awarded by Hu Bei Government with RMB800,000 prize. However, in the award ceremony, Li Na looked not very happy and always showed her poker face to the bureaucrat and the journalists, which led to some criticism from the mainstream media: Li Na, what's wrong with you (as you should have shown a flattering smile to the governor)? Soon some netizens made the explanation: this was just the fightback from Li Na to the bureaucracy. Li Na is well known for her "speak her mind" attitude and has caused a hot of heat among Chinese media. Yet, no governmental administrative like such an attitude and find every chance to humiliate Li Na to teach her a lesson . There is a video going viral recently: in the tennis mixed doubles award ceremony at 2001 China's Ninth National Games, Li Na was slapped by a Chinese official. The reas...

The picture above is the newly released beta version of Baidu's homepage design. One can see clearly the design is from Google. It is so frustrating to see Baidu keeps stealing from Google.

PAUL HUDSON • JAN 9, 3:24PM I often write about the things I believe we all should be doing, trying or experimenting with in order to maximize our success and happiness. However, it’s not always the things we do that make the biggest difference in our lives; it’s often the things we avoid doing that have the biggest effect. As human beings, we have a strong aversion to not doing; we feel that in order to produce results, there must be an initial action. However, because we are almost always doing something, piling on more and more often has a negative effect, rather than a positive one. Among the mentally strong, there are several actions that are avoided in order to produce the greatest benefit in the shortest period of time. These actions are those that the mentally strong avoid, and that we should consider adapting as our own: 1. Dwelling On The Past Mentally strong individuals focus on the present moment and on the near future. They understand that the past is out of our...