Steely Dan

Hey Nineteen

Steely Dan is an American rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Rolling Stone magazine has called them 'the perfect musical antiheroes for the Seventies.'

During their college years, Becker and Fagen spent most of their time in their dorm room creating music.  After graduation they moved to New York. The two music legends had very little success for years because their materiel was considered quite 'weird' sounding for their time. Their first music performance job, only paid them 100 USD per day. Even at this low rate, their tour manager stil

Al Green

Just For Me

Al Green was born in Forrest City, Arkansas. He was the sixth of ten children of sharecroppers! Sharecroppers are families that worked on other peoples' lands and in return had to give around 50 percent of the crops to the owners of the land. As you probably can imagine, it is a very hard life.

The gifted young artist first started to perform at the age of ten in a Forrest City quartet called Greene Brothers! in 2004 Green was inducted in to the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, also the Rolling Stone magazine ranked him #65 on their list

Frank Sinatra

Fly Me To The Moon

Did you know that Frank Sinatra was born in poverty, only attended high school for 47 days and was arrested for carrying on with a married woman at an early age? Overcoming numerous odds, he became one of the most influential singers and actors in American history.

In the beginning of the movie “The God father Part I” Johnny, who joined the party as a famous singer, was actually supposed to be Frank Sinatra! Although, the story was fictional, it was based off one of the greatest controversies the music legend had.

这是我在我的微博里的一条短信，引起巨大反响，一天之内有将近七百人转发，是我微博以来引发读者最大反馈的一条。特发到博客，和大家分享，我的微博地址：t.sina.com.cn/xuxiaoping

新浪推博（有人叫它微博）开通以来，我迟缓了几周，开始迷上了推博。推博的好处是，有任何想法，不需要构思，直接写出来发上去，用手机也可以。但最重要的，传统博客是你发你的，读者不登录你的博客就无法看到，而推博的意义在于，只要博友把你加为粉丝，你发的任何信息都可以直接推送到对方的电脑中。推博还可以病毒式转发，一条有意义的消息，可以直接送到所有人手中。

今日的我早已经加入微博了。请朋友们去访问那里的我。

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爱你们的，

小平

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法国作家拉伯雷说：A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.孩子不是一个需要你灌水的瓶子，而是一堆等着你点燃的火焰。这句话说出了一个真理：教育的本质不是灌输知识，而是传授能力，在今日之日，尤其是自主学习、独立思考、自由创新的能力。

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柏拉图说：人类行为从三个主要的源泉涌现：欲望、情感以及知识。Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.只有欲望的人是野人。放纵情感的人是土人。只有基于知识行事的人才是真正的智者，才是充分发展的人，也是

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今晚见到1980年代的歌星程琳，她转述麦克杰克逊的制作人，美国音乐宗师Qancy Jonse一句话让我难忘：You make a living by what you get, you make a life by what you give. 你靠你获得的而活着，你靠你给予的而永生。好棒！今天，我给大家这句话而”永生“！

献给正在影响世界人——所有人

 

几年前，我在河南洛阳街头旅游，同行有一位大姐，从事媒体几十年，看见街头一则鞋子增高广告，不禁像愤青一样破口大骂：“这是一则bastard广告”。Bastard是杂种、低劣的意思。这则广告的大意是：高个子的男人才有魅力，所以要买我们的增高鞋垫。

 

派遣十岁左右的幼童赴美留学，是崩溃前夜黑暗的清王朝所做仅有的好事之一。今日中国的民众几乎无法想像，这个培养了中国近代史上第一批现代科技、军事、社会、与外交人才的国家公费留学项目，推出之后几乎找不到几个愿意让孩子出国的家庭。经过该项目发起人和组织者、留学万古至圣先师容闳艰苦的招募与劝说，才在几年内凑齐了一百多个人，掀开了中国人走入世界的帷幕，吹起了西学东渐的春风。

 

容闳是中国历史上第一个留学美国并回国贡献的人。他的主要历史贡献之一，就是发起和主持了留美幼童项目，成为中国历史上名留青史的留学教父。而作为留美幼童主要派出地的今珠海市，成为当之无愧的留学故乡。

 

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