Please watch this very saddening video and then tell your government how you feel. Killing someone else is NOT a game and it is NOT for fun. Indiscriminately firing at civilians is WAR CRIME and should be treated as such even if it means you are reporting other Americans.
Culture is defined as behaviour acquired from learning from the peers. In this case, chimpanzee societies cultures. Also published simultaneously at Atheist Bible Reading and Forum
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Inca Grass Bridge [Actual footage starts at 0:20] Meghalaya's Living root bridges
Is this monkey at the same intelligence level as human's ancestor thousands (or tens of thousands) of years ago? How long ago?
I invite you to try this. 1. Hold a piece of paper with some written words on it in front of you. Shake the paper horizontally and try to read the words. Can you? 2. Hold the same piece of paper steady in front of you. Turn your head sideways while trying to read the words. Can you? Our vision system is really amazing, isn't it? Source: BBC Prehistoric Autospy Episode 2. (14:30 minutes into the show)
The final act of a police officer before he was gunned down was to buy an unknown kid some cookies... On Jun 20th, 2011, a 16 years old boy tried to commit suicide at a bridge in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China. A brave young lady walked by and started chatting with him. As she shared a similar life experience, she understood this young boy. Watch the video and this is story comparable for a fairy tale. A life saved by a stranger with a kiss ... Another amazing rescue...
I wrote about the benefit of multiple computers working together before. Here is a donate-ware which may do just that (unfortunately for Windows only) http://www.inputdirector.com/.
父親出生於印尼，在祖父回鄉退休時，排行最小的六伯，七伯和父親，隨祖父回鄉。中學畢業後，任教於梅縣城中學。中日抗戰期間，投筆從戎，畢業於黃埔軍校，多次勝戰，官至少校。
在抗戰行軍時，爸爸看見路旁有ㄧ位垂死的老人向途人乞求ㄧ口水渴，心生憐憫，停下來給老人一些水，之後這老人堅持要父親收下了一只玉。爸爸隨手把這玉放在胸前的衣袋。那天晚上，父親發現胸前的口袋有ㄧ個被子彈打穿的洞，原來袋裡的玉救了父親ㄧ命。小時的我，常常見到爸爸和他的朋友間的互相幫助，一碗飯，兩份吃的事例，非常之多。
父親戰後隻身來到香港，本來計劃這只是ㄧ短暫的立足處，後來從鄉間接來母親，我們六兄弟姊妹也就在獅子山下出生。這個暫時的家，結果成了我們長大和發展的基地。
在我和芳妹出生之後，我們是住在荃灣山邊的木屋。在ㄧ個年三十日，媽媽到市場買年貨，您留在家中照顧我們，鄰居打反了火水爐，引起大火。槍林彈雨您不怕，我們兩兄妹的安危反而使您受了驚怕。您ㄧ手ㄧ個把我們救離火海。以後，爸爸ㄧ直對火災留下陰影。
爸爸，您以前照顧我們的生活瑣事，點點滴滴存在我們心裡。記得我們幼小時，您用手掌來量度我們的小腳，就可以替我們買得合穿的鞋。
我們也不能忘記您在黃大仙做生意時的那ㄧ段時光，您早上ㄧ天亮便開舖，下午我替您工作二三小時，讓您可以小休ㄧ會，然後您工作至午夜才回家休息。您為了我們，實在是太辛苦了。
父親，我們六兄弟姊妹在你和母親的愛護和關懷中長大了。我們成長的環境雖然品流複雜，但兄弟姊妹們都能以您作榜樣，奉公守法，抬頭直腰的為社會出一份力。我們家境清貧，爸爸沒有怨天由人，努力工作，教導我們要傲骨而不自棄，不貪不義之財，腳踏實地的做ㄧ個正直人。您對我們的教育，極為重視，您對我們的教導，嚴格中充滿慈愛。如果不是您和母親，我們那有今天。自小您已教導我們不可以坐在印有文字的書刊上，這種尊重文化的態度，我們是永不會忘記的。您絕不重男輕女，對我們每一個都ㄧ視同仁，這種公平的原則，奠下我們公平處事的態度。爸爸，多謝您。今天，我們每一個倘算學有所成，六兄弟姊妹共獲得七個碩士學位，正在不同的位置上為社會服務。爸爸，請安心，我們總算沒辜負您的期望。
爸爸給我的名字是榮忠，忠心的忠，弟弟榮信，人言為信的信。這也代表了爸爸的ㄧ生做人的宗旨。早幾天我們整理您的物件時，發現了您寫的ㄧ段話，「生活必須向前，生活就是ㄧ連串的學習，人活著必須向前，別以為能夠保持原狀，便可以萬無ㄧ失，久而久之，則變成了倒退。這是我的ㄧ點人生哲理，我ㄧ直都認為自己不足，學術與做人是感到貧乏，所以我就力求補救，不灰心，盡自己所能，這樣感到無愧於心。」這段話說明了您的哲理，使我們深深體會到做人不能氣餒，盡力而為，謀事在人，成事在天的道理。
爸爸，您其中ㄧ個最大的成就，是把我們這六條「化骨龍」撫養成人。您幼時盡孝，服侍祖父母，青年盡忠，為國效命，壯年盡愛，為我們的家奉獻了一切。爸爸，沒有您，沒有我們。我們不能和您的偉大相比，但會學您教導我們的方法來教導我們的子女，您的精神將永遠留在我們的心內。
爸爸，我們愛您，敬仰您。我們知道您以我們為榮，我們一直是以您為榜樣，以後我們還不會忘了您的教導，團結一起，盡我們之力，做我們應做的事。
If the story of the passenger was right, a personal video recording would have proven her innocent.
As this blog has been selected as the Blog-o'-the-Month at STE Island's Bloggers Hut in Second Life, I welcome some new readers to my blog.
I will try, in this month, to post my feelings of using virtual world and to a more extended way the use of role-based learning. To start off, here are some posts I have written on the subject.
Second Life as a potential learning platform
Virtual World and Real Life
Role Play and 3-D Virtual World
Ten commandments of role play simulation
