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移动办公室是经济、科技、社会三者发展进步的共同产物。通过无线互联平台（MIP）及其应用系统的支撑，移动办公室已经成为一种能够使用户获得随时随地、简便快捷、安全可靠、价格合理的通信和办公能力的解决方案。
Mobile office is the mutual product of economic, scientific, and social progress. Mobile office has become a solution that provides users with convenient, prompt, safe, reliable, and reasonably priced communications and office faculty anywhere anytime via the support of mobile interconnection platform (MIP) and its applications systems.
(Source: wwenglish.com)
Worshiping Mohele
Mohele was a baby toy on Qixi Festival in the past, a kind of clay puppet, whose figures was a baby wearing clothes made of lotus leaves with half arms naked, and a lotus leaf in hand. Each year on July 7, in Kaifeng, there were many stands selling Mohele in different streets. Actually, later in Song dynasty, Mohele was no longer small clay puppet, but became more and more delicate. The sizes and postures of Mohele were different, with the largest being three feet high, which were really like living babies. The making materials included ivory and ambergris. The dressing of Mohele was extremely exquisite, some would have balustrades and seats with colored painting and wooden carvings, some had covering case made of cinnabar. The toy in the hand of the puppet was also decorated with gold, jade, and precious stones. Thus a pair of Mohele could be as high as thousands of copper coins.
Worshiping the Weaver Fairy
Worshiping the Weaver Fairy was purely a practice for girls and young women. Usually, they would make an appointment with their friends or neighbors, the number of which could be five to ten, and carried out the ceremony together. During the ceremony, they first put a table under the moon lights, with tea, wine, fruits, longan, red date, hazelnut, peanut, and melon seed, etc. on the table. In addition, a bunch of flowers bound with red paper was inserted into a bottle, with a small incense burner in the front. The girls and young women would fast and bathe on July 7, then came to the home where the ceremony would be held on time. They burnt incense sticks and prayed one after another. Then all of them would sit down around the table eating peanuts and melon seeds, while they were contemplating their own wishes towards the Vega. The girls would often wish more and more beautiful, or be married to satisfied men, while young women would expect to deliver clever kids soon. The ceremony would last until mid-night.
Worshiping Kuixing Star
It is said that it is the birthday of Kuixing star on July 7. Kuixing star is in charge of scholarship, so those scholars who wished to succeed in civil exams would respect Kuixing star very much. Therefore, they would surely worship Kuixing star on Qixi, to pray that it would bless them to excel in exams. Kuixing star, or the god of literature, is one of the 28 constellations. It is the first star among the seven stars in the Big Dipper, also called Kuixing or Kuishou. In the ancient palace examination, the scholar who became the first winner would be called grand winner excelling all of the scholars under heaven, or to be the first winner at a stroke, which both bore Kui in Chinese character as Kuixing star was in charge of examination fate.
According to folklores, Kuixing, the person was extremely ugly when he was alive, with speckles all over face and a crippled leg. Some one had composed a ragged verse to mock him, “Ugly face needs no cosmetics, as it will not cover his spots. Perfection comes when he is married to a pocked girl, as they would be as beautiful as honeycombs. Under his eyebrows are hawk scratches, while besides his mouth and nose are foot marks left by geese on sands. He must have coveted too much sleep under house eaves, as so many plum blossoms have left on his forehead. Your jade toes are the most extravagant, one step high and one step low. Slowly walk you are dancing, dancing you suddenly fall into a hole. Sigh it that roads are all vicious, tired you are tottering. No laugh at your half bent back, beautiful posture you can deliver at any time.
However, this scholar of Kuixing was much diligent and listed high in palace examination. During the imperial audience, the emperor asked why his face was full of specks, and he replied they were the stars in whole heaven. The emperor asked again why he was lamed, he answered that he was the person to jump over the dragon gate with one leg. At these answers, the emperor was very satisfied, and granted he passed the exam.
(Source: bjchinese.bjedu.cn)
Seven gold medals will be decided on day eight of the Athletics competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the National Stadium. The clash between Ethiopian distance greats Meseret Defar and Tirunesh Dibaba in the Women’s 5000m final is likely to be a highlight of Friday’s action.
Women’s 5000m – Final
Reigning Olympic and world champion Defar was the fastest qualifier for the Women’s 5000m final after an impressive run of 14:56.32 in her heat.
Main rival and world record holder Dibaba won her heat in 15:09.89, setting up a much-anticipated battle between the two distance greats.
Other contenders for a medal include Beijing 2008 10000m silver medalist Elvan Abeylegesse of Turkey and Gulnara Galkina-Samitova of Russia, who set a world record in the Women’s 3000m Steeplechase on Sunday, August 17.
Men’s 50km Walk – Final
With reigning world champion Nathan Deakes of Australia absent because of a hamstring injury, France’s Yohan Diniz is a slight favorite to take gold after he won the silver medal behind Deakes at the 2007 World Championships.
Alex Schwazer of Italy will be Diniz’s main rival and has been in good form in 2008, finishing third at the world race walking challenge in Russia.
Denis Nizhegorodov of Russia will be out to improve on his silver medal at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.
Men’s Pole Vault – Final
Reigning world champion Brad Walker of the United States was knocked out of the competition after failing to clear his opening height in the qualifying round.
The door is open for Steve Hooker of Australia, Evgeny Lukyanenko and Igor Pavlov of Russia to fight it out for the gold.
Women’s Long Jump – Final
Reigning world and Olympic champion Tatyana Lebedeva of Russia will hope to add to her silver medal from the Women’s Triple Jump.
Carolina Kluft of Sweden, the reigning Olympic and three-time world champion in the Heptathlon, is still in the hunt for her first major Long Jump title since deciding to concentrate on the event.
Naide Gomes of Portugal, the 2008 world indoor champion, along with Brittney Reese of the United States and Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil, will also be in contention for a medal after promising performances in the qualifying round.
Men’s 4 x 100m Relay – Final
The anticipated showdown between sprinting giants the United States and Jamaica will not happen after the US relay team failed to finish their heat, dropping the baton on the third change.
Athens 2004 champions Great Britain will not have an opportunity to defend their title after they were disqualified in heat one.
Jamaica has never won an Olympic gold medal in this event, but with the likes of Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell in their team, they have a big opportunity to make history in Beijing.
Trinidad and Tobago posted the fastest qualifying time of 38.26 seconds.
Women’s 4 x 100m Relay – Final
Jamaica posted the fastest qualifying time of 42.24 to advance to Friday night’s final.
Athens 2004 silver medalists Russia, and Belgium, the reigning world bronze medalists, also looked impressive in their heats.
Like the Men’s 4 x 100m Relay team, the highly fancied US women’s team also dropped the baton on the third change and was disqualified.
Men’s Decathlon – 110m Hurdles, Discus Throw, Pole Vault, Javelin, 1500m
At the conclusion of day one, Bryan Clay of the United States was in prime position for the gold medal with 4,521 points. The 2005 world champion led the competition after every event, winning the 100m and Long Jump.
Defending champion Roman Sebrle of the Czech Republic climbed from 27th position to fifth after five events.
Athens 2004 bronze medalist Dmitriy Karpov of Kazakhstan pulled out of the competition after limping across the line in the 100m with a heavily strapped thigh. Tom Pappas of the United States withdrew after the Long Jump when he was in 12th place.
Men’s 4 x 400m Relay – Round one
The United States have dominated the Men’s 4 x 400m Relay in the Olympic Games, winning 15 out of a possible 21 Olympic titles.
The US trio of LaShawn Merritt, Jeremy Wariner and David Neville took a clean sweep in the Men’s 400m, and will be a force to be reckoned with.
The Bahamas, who won the silver medal at the 2007 World Championships in 2:59.18, should again be prominent.
Poland finished third at the 2007 World Championships with 3:00.05 and also have the potential to be among the medals winners.
Women’s 4 x 400m Relay – Round one
The United States have won two of the past three Olympic titles as well as the 2007 World Championships gold. Sanya Richards and Deedee Trotter will be their strongest runners.
Rivals Russia won silver at Athens 2004 but went one better at the 2005 World Championships, claiming gold.
Jamaica, led by Novelene Williams and individual 400m silver medalist Shericka Williams, also look a medal chance.
(Source: en.beijing2008.cn)
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