In a break from its usual task of searching for distant cosmic explosions, NASA's Swift satellite acquired the highest-resolution view of a neighboring spiral galaxy ever attained in the ultraviolet. The galaxy, known as M31 in the constellation Andromeda, is the largest and closest spiral galaxy to our own. This mosaic of M31 merges 330 individual images taken by Swift's Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope. The image shows a region 200,000 light-years wide and 100,000 light-years high (100 arcminutes by 50 arcminutes).

         When yellow leaves, or none , or few, do hang

         Upon those boughs which shake against the cold

         Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sing.

         In me thou see'st the twilight of such day

         As after sunset fadeth in the west;

         Which by and by  black night doth take away,

         Death's second self, that seals up all in rest,

         In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire,

         That on the ashes of his youth do

人生不过是一个行走的影子，

一个在舞台上指手划脚的拙劣的伶人，

登场片刻，

就在无声无息中悄然退下；

它是一个愚人所讲的故事，

充满着喧哗和骚动，

却找不到一点意义。

               ——莎士比亚

该走了，亲爱的，该走了，心儿要求宁静，
日子一天接着一天飞逝，每一点钟
都带走生活的一部分，我们两个人
打算的是生活，可你看，死亡却已临近。
世界上没有幸福，但有自由和宁静。
我早就梦想着那令人羡慕的运命，
我这疲乏不堪的奴隶，早想远走高飞，
到远方隐居，在写作和安乐中憩息。

                       ——普希金　　　　　　　　　　　　　

Today Ricoh Japan announced the Ricoh GR-21 Digital Camera, it is a high resolution digital camera for professional photographers. Ricoh has placed special emphasis on the resolution, noise level, color aberration correction, color reproduction, tone, and distortion characteristics of this camera. The Ricoh GR-21 Digital has the descriptive power to show each hair on a person's head, with superb reproductive capability all the way into the corners of the picture. Ricoh GR-21 will be available in October, price unkown.

Some features include:

• CCD with 8,130,000 effective pixels.
• Compacted into 25mm thin body.
• Low noise and low chromatic aberration.

Looking in your eyes I see a paradise
This world that I've found is too good to be true
Standing here beside you, want so much to give you
This love in my heart that I'm feeling for you
Let 'em say we're crazy, I don't care about that

Put your hand in my hand baby don't ever look back
Let the world around us just fall apart
Baby we can make it if we're heart to heart

And we can build this dream together
Stand this storm forever
Nothings gonna stop us now
And if this world runs out of lovers
We'll still have each other
Nothings gonna stop us,
Nothings gonna stop us now
I'm so glad I found you, I'm not gonna lose you
Whatever it takes I will stay here with you

    “你只是个孩子，你根本不知道自己在说什麽。所以问你艺术,你可能会提出艺术书籍中的粗浅论调，有关米开朗基罗,你知道很多，他的满腔政治热情，与教皇相交莫逆，耽于性爱，你对他很清楚吧？但你连西斯汀教堂的气味也不知道吧？你没试过站在那儿，昂首眺望天花板上的名画吧？肯定未见过吧？如果我问关于女人的事，你大可以向我如数家珍，你可能上过几次床，但你没法说出在女人身旁醒来时，那份内心真正的喜悦。你年轻彪悍，我如果和你谈论战争，你会向我大抛莎士比亚，朗诵“共赴战场，亲爱的朋友”，但你从未亲临战阵，未试过把挚友的头拥入怀里，看着他吸着最后一口气，凝望着你，向你求助。我问你何为爱情，你可能只会吟风弄月，但你未试过全情投入真心倾倒，四目交投时彼此了解对方的心，好比上帝安排天使下凡只献给你，把你从地狱深渊拯救出来，对她百般关怀的感受你也从未试过，你从未试过对她的情深款款矢志厮守，明知她患了绝症也再所不惜，你从未尝试过痛失挚爱的感受......”

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The following is a minimal Miranda warning, as outlined in the Miranda v Arizona case.

You have the right to remain silent.

Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.

You ha