!!! Environmental Issue !!! Changing our sources of energy without changing our sources of economic and political power will not make a difference. Neither coal nor nuclear are the "solution............. Read the article OVER SEAS Chinese Holidays What follows is a list of holidays. Press this CHINA link to obtain information on each holiday. Official Chinese Holidays: New Year's Day (January 1) International Women's Day (March 8) Tree-Planting Day (April 1) International Labor Day (May 1) Youth Day (May 4) Children's Day (June 1) The CCP's Birthday (July 1) Army's Day (August 1) Teacher's Day (September 1) National Day (October 1) Chinese Traditional Holidays (lunar-solar system): The Seventh Eve (7th of the seventh month) Chinese Minority Nationalities' Holidays There are 56 nationalities in China and each of them has their own festivals. The following only lists the major events in the minority group. ( Info for Minority Group in China) The Zhuang Song Festival The Bai Third Moon Fair The Dai (Tai) Water sprinkling Festival The Tibetan New Year The Mongolian Nadam Fair The Yao Danu Festival The Yi Torch Festival The Miao New Year Festival The Dong Fire-Works Festival The Bouyei Dancing Party The Tujia, Hui, Dongxiang, Baoan Songfest The Moslem Corban Festival The Jing Singing Festival The Lisu Scimitar Rung Festival The Jingbo Dancing Festival
 Bai is a very old ethnic group in China 
Hezhe settles along Heilongjiang River and lives on fishing and hunting. | Areas to Explore 区探索
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Clocks, Calendars and Concepts of Time 时钟，日历和时间的概念 GREAT DANGER FOR AMERICA 极大的危险，美国 The situation at the Republican convention and what has been going on since then is so serious and severe and tests the constitution to such an extent that it deserves its own page. Please see:
The Republican Liars 共和党骗子 
Dai is one of the largest minority groups in Yunnan 
Mongolian led by Genghis Khan governed China and established Yuan Dynasty from 1846-1890. 
Naxi migrated from Qing Hai to Yunnan long time ago 
Nu settles in very remote area and lived in very poor cditions. | Home>Site Description for outline of what is on this site
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Manchu has a history more than 2,000 years. They mainly live in Liaoning and East Northern China  Tibetans and Han Chinese have been living together for thousand of years.  Menba settles in the high Mountain and seldom contacts with outside world |
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From the WHAT? department:
"In the 21st century nations don't invade other nations."
Sen. John McCain, on the conflict in Georgia
From Doonsbury/Slate
"The process for running the city of Wasilla is probably much like the
process for running our country."
-- Dianne Keller, who succeeded Sarah Palin as mayor
and from that same department
For the past several years, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin,
the Republican vice presidential candidate,
has been embroiled in a bitter family feud
that has drawn in the state police,
the attorney general, the governor's office
and the state legislature....Readmore
The quotes below are mostly quotes that have to do with philosophy and philosophical ideas.
More quotes are added to these as I come upon them, but there may only be a few additions in a month. For those of
you who are looking for MANY additional quotes, I would suggest:
If you find some additional sites for quotes that you particularly enjoy, let me know and I can add them to the above list, and others may also enjoy them.
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536)
Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536)
Albert Einstein (1879–1955)
- It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
- Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
- A human being is part of the whole called by us universe ... We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. The true value of a human being is determined by the measure and the sense in which they have obtained liberation from the self. We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if humanity is to survive.
Albert Einstein (1879–1955)
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Rene Descartes (1596 - 1650)
Rene Descartes (1596 - 1650)
The unexamined life is not worth living. (in Plato, Dialogues, Apology )
An honest man is always a child.
As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.
I am not an Athenian, nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
Socrates (469–399 B.C.E.)
Confucius (551-479 BCE)
Confucius (551-479 BCE)
Lao Tzu (possibly 6th Century B.C.E.)
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we
did it ourselves.
Lao Tzu (possibly 6th Century B.C.E.)
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951)
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969)
Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.
Dwight D. Eisenhower (18901969)